Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then124Please respect copyright.PENANAakRsHLTeaO
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.124Please respect copyright.PENANAGFQm2n1xK3
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made124Please respect copyright.PENANAzadjfd2pnO
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard124Please respect copyright.PENANAfe0GwJfSi2
someone coming.124Please respect copyright.PENANAeTOB58dylE
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.124Please respect copyright.PENANAo8QWvMbjwx
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my124Please respect copyright.PENANAxiaHLH2U6J
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response124Please respect copyright.PENANAVE1EBWWmgq
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt124Please respect copyright.PENANAWSpfICIv0X
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled124Please respect copyright.PENANA3Q6afP8n4v
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.124Please respect copyright.PENANAWWkgosQA2W
Examining.124Please respect copyright.PENANAqqs21VccOw
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking124Please respect copyright.PENANAF7q7bveGAH
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some124Please respect copyright.PENANAG3uPzFJSJC
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read124Please respect copyright.PENANA5qAWaTkzyL
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided124Please respect copyright.PENANAzfZMdnVcSN
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.124Please respect copyright.PENANAxE8p05wYdE
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than124Please respect copyright.PENANAtCNgoEIZHV
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim124Please respect copyright.PENANA2xmEzEKx6P
a word, my face was turned away from it.124Please respect copyright.PENANAUMYO0r2chy
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one124Please respect copyright.PENANA6p1dQzxZdk
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,124Please respect copyright.PENANA8JN37Fa8nF
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.124Please respect copyright.PENANARVB4xOpXxf
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very124Please respect copyright.PENANAc0EpQ4yBSd
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers124Please respect copyright.PENANA3K7Leju6yP
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after124Please respect copyright.PENANA3eX10B2RWO
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.124Please respect copyright.PENANAexAK7gArem
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying124Please respect copyright.PENANAs7BkvblONs
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.124Please respect copyright.PENANAYfjK6wJbfx
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not124Please respect copyright.PENANAH5aPanQPOJ
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as124Please respect copyright.PENANAJLQfcx4qUB
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter124Please respect copyright.PENANAtXqcSUeeMJ
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.124Please respect copyright.PENANAH6EaRRnuSw
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and124Please respect copyright.PENANAgetHjtLkXP
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually124Please respect copyright.PENANApRrsXX3flo
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my124Please respect copyright.PENANA2a1912tTte
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to124Please respect copyright.PENANAuiArKAhYna
interrupt it.124Please respect copyright.PENANA7tXfbHy3Wt
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted124Please respect copyright.PENANARhMdXZQ3KQ
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,124Please respect copyright.PENANAtj617ln76A
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through124Please respect copyright.PENANAt3SQr7dATJ
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,124Please respect copyright.PENANAlQkaTFUVEO
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.124Please respect copyright.PENANAXYTx77FGdd
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.124Please respect copyright.PENANAIXAUsH6I9X
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in124Please respect copyright.PENANA3BMpyhN0qv
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.124Please respect copyright.PENANAWanFfuSzZB
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older124Please respect copyright.PENANAE1Snjz34Ck
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even124Please respect copyright.PENANAnHeWTYFKZ4
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.124Please respect copyright.PENANA4bM4EH7jjr
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”124Please respect copyright.PENANAmmWSSs50Vs
“Yes...”124Please respect copyright.PENANAOCi4sjfOEJ
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.124Please respect copyright.PENANAHcQm2a9KAt
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.124Please respect copyright.PENANAZKp1ZfZeKq
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”124Please respect copyright.PENANAtdOe8PoAY4
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”124Please respect copyright.PENANAor2RwpUE9p
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of124Please respect copyright.PENANAEVXWs4hGd4
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”