Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then101Please respect copyright.PENANAq9wbmbM9Pp
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.101Please respect copyright.PENANAv4EEvrJIO1
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made101Please respect copyright.PENANABipwutkwYJ
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard101Please respect copyright.PENANAQJatarcn6Z
someone coming.101Please respect copyright.PENANAzci4bUV3q9
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.101Please respect copyright.PENANA9lY7RuKwtH
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my101Please respect copyright.PENANAu6HSwluxhG
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response101Please respect copyright.PENANAdxjzttX07x
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt101Please respect copyright.PENANAdiVfX2NVM1
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled101Please respect copyright.PENANAHBRuyO0Fd5
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.101Please respect copyright.PENANArGbc5nvMxZ
Examining.101Please respect copyright.PENANAKt61ISl4iP
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking101Please respect copyright.PENANAZ512UvuclC
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some101Please respect copyright.PENANAm1nkfScLMi
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read101Please respect copyright.PENANAYruqoh3Ml9
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided101Please respect copyright.PENANAIdYdg2qMBb
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.101Please respect copyright.PENANAvVWawQltpX
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than101Please respect copyright.PENANAYZ7AxhudJI
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim101Please respect copyright.PENANAM5Nl2gI86r
a word, my face was turned away from it.101Please respect copyright.PENANAiE8UrRckzC
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one101Please respect copyright.PENANA2uOABN5qFI
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,101Please respect copyright.PENANAlN67zJl4fA
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.101Please respect copyright.PENANAhLrnlS72EU
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very101Please respect copyright.PENANAEZQquons3H
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers101Please respect copyright.PENANA9OMDyrlHK5
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after101Please respect copyright.PENANAn2Ni4M1imV
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.101Please respect copyright.PENANAuC31JEo7Rz
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying101Please respect copyright.PENANAFyfExMt4ZQ
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.101Please respect copyright.PENANAlsbGnKzg9m
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not101Please respect copyright.PENANActpaI5BErq
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as101Please respect copyright.PENANAt650WHuYYm
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter101Please respect copyright.PENANAgxtjZAHEf8
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.101Please respect copyright.PENANAdqu3C0E05l
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and101Please respect copyright.PENANAQznZ42oUnj
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually101Please respect copyright.PENANA5KQHIkkjtt
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my101Please respect copyright.PENANA1jUjUxQgrd
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to101Please respect copyright.PENANAOWBN3g0Khm
interrupt it.101Please respect copyright.PENANAkAh6LqAkoI
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted101Please respect copyright.PENANATLBlhbiy9j
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,101Please respect copyright.PENANAzSPOErqBaR
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through101Please respect copyright.PENANACTyTJpyUiE
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,101Please respect copyright.PENANAkNmqyRhsNn
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.101Please respect copyright.PENANAmy5sYei2uu
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.101Please respect copyright.PENANAwoqFO66b3m
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in101Please respect copyright.PENANAKlMSkEztXl
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.101Please respect copyright.PENANANBM68Lk3Tl
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older101Please respect copyright.PENANAK2h9YhdVB3
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even101Please respect copyright.PENANAu4jIlqnHJx
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.101Please respect copyright.PENANAbZceDyy68A
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”101Please respect copyright.PENANAOSsdOrg2bR
“Yes...”101Please respect copyright.PENANAgIMqphsRDT
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.101Please respect copyright.PENANAqtyXLTVCn2
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.101Please respect copyright.PENANAoPSGeL2T6D
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”101Please respect copyright.PENANAiP1zQtwZQk
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”101Please respect copyright.PENANAeqFGKteiIn
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of101Please respect copyright.PENANAzif5sVnL67
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”