
Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then386Please respect copyright.PENANAK1TtCuRwKV
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.386Please respect copyright.PENANAKZdcQZfwnq
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made386Please respect copyright.PENANAng6kMdHzjZ
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard386Please respect copyright.PENANAI7wROpQdVm
someone coming.386Please respect copyright.PENANAkHpAUDpaDp
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.386Please respect copyright.PENANA99oaFZZlO2
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my386Please respect copyright.PENANA2sBD30Xdla
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response386Please respect copyright.PENANAhz2PwT2wP5
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt386Please respect copyright.PENANAzvyCPr3qsI
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled386Please respect copyright.PENANArbIxBvnbjl
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.386Please respect copyright.PENANAodL99QeBjy
Examining.386Please respect copyright.PENANAvnymtdf8tz
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking386Please respect copyright.PENANAHLaeCV85IY
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some386Please respect copyright.PENANAKx6dJiCltt
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read386Please respect copyright.PENANAJtUjyJYnnH
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided386Please respect copyright.PENANAW589xaeQjR
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.386Please respect copyright.PENANAdokerNie3Q
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than386Please respect copyright.PENANAWTpau4PsFV
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim386Please respect copyright.PENANA1mrymX60Jb
a word, my face was turned away from it.386Please respect copyright.PENANA3lemclLYdF
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one386Please respect copyright.PENANAg6IMVHiGhu
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,386Please respect copyright.PENANAQyG3Vrwrql
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.386Please respect copyright.PENANA20nhk4NqFb
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very386Please respect copyright.PENANASCm7XXM2pP
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers386Please respect copyright.PENANAP6nox0ecyK
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after386Please respect copyright.PENANAX4Vdz56IpC
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.386Please respect copyright.PENANAcLZvKIP8dV
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying386Please respect copyright.PENANAsCHmABoq93
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.386Please respect copyright.PENANAsczs5S8Wuj
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not386Please respect copyright.PENANA0MqHUz49Vh
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as386Please respect copyright.PENANAzH9gNzWRhY
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter386Please respect copyright.PENANAIoY19pM4AQ
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.386Please respect copyright.PENANACIlxi5nUn0
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and386Please respect copyright.PENANAdRXf8whZ2B
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually386Please respect copyright.PENANAm7svTpk8Xx
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my386Please respect copyright.PENANAh4aznq5U03
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to386Please respect copyright.PENANAOooBeLw1mo
interrupt it.386Please respect copyright.PENANA1jHOYaY5al
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted386Please respect copyright.PENANAmghb6oDtiR
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,386Please respect copyright.PENANATOL3e2meZf
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through386Please respect copyright.PENANAO623a05rtK
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,386Please respect copyright.PENANAvZxznjRFww
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.386Please respect copyright.PENANA0Li4oSi23I
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.386Please respect copyright.PENANAbA3zRkVUxs
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in386Please respect copyright.PENANAwFhYP0JFIu
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.386Please respect copyright.PENANAPyy5pY3gnc
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older386Please respect copyright.PENANA32evrjxUTN
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even386Please respect copyright.PENANAm4azvP5mM1
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.386Please respect copyright.PENANAWOrMyBiVSx
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”386Please respect copyright.PENANAIgUMsBuccy
“Yes...”386Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0gKMkQDs0
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.386Please respect copyright.PENANAP7LG4lAy1D
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.386Please respect copyright.PENANAfmrjZyrGgW
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”386Please respect copyright.PENANA3W6rVs1A9l
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”386Please respect copyright.PENANAwuWaqdZSGU
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of386Please respect copyright.PENANAD9Zh2PHVg3
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”