
Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then356Please respect copyright.PENANAsSmjHYRm9w
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.356Please respect copyright.PENANA6MurgNgMzc
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made356Please respect copyright.PENANAqdo66LBfxX
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard356Please respect copyright.PENANAYPwCuRVtDv
someone coming.356Please respect copyright.PENANAzAJzCjk3D3
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.356Please respect copyright.PENANAJmlB6boYnZ
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my356Please respect copyright.PENANAEVeUfzI4PM
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response356Please respect copyright.PENANAkeo4TWQt2x
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt356Please respect copyright.PENANA1NwXwGlw2Q
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled356Please respect copyright.PENANAire7KomOVm
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.356Please respect copyright.PENANAiG0ZkUqYaq
Examining.356Please respect copyright.PENANAUCbQUOUKr8
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking356Please respect copyright.PENANAHD5I5eQhPC
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some356Please respect copyright.PENANAo6YsFYvg3Q
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read356Please respect copyright.PENANAbYU3E1Kp4b
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided356Please respect copyright.PENANAmi4qO2qEF8
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.356Please respect copyright.PENANAi7XrJqxwzH
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than356Please respect copyright.PENANAiL5201rugC
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim356Please respect copyright.PENANA9NagymtGAY
a word, my face was turned away from it.356Please respect copyright.PENANASswug90qt8
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one356Please respect copyright.PENANADopoRjkQmw
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,356Please respect copyright.PENANA0Pprxho3h2
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.356Please respect copyright.PENANABvcaGNSmXO
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very356Please respect copyright.PENANAaBQljqzNQB
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers356Please respect copyright.PENANAx2Gp8CJFgR
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after356Please respect copyright.PENANAC15NQk7oEJ
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.356Please respect copyright.PENANAkqddG0MjZg
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying356Please respect copyright.PENANAcCKZXqcaUx
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.356Please respect copyright.PENANAqsjIAWgixt
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not356Please respect copyright.PENANAabJSIMSuZD
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as356Please respect copyright.PENANA2pUKkgg0Jc
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter356Please respect copyright.PENANAT8OkwZXXcj
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.356Please respect copyright.PENANAIYLqWd0XWX
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and356Please respect copyright.PENANAucMAST5ufH
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually356Please respect copyright.PENANAIOV0Rvu54p
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my356Please respect copyright.PENANAlECJsQeI4b
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to356Please respect copyright.PENANAzbsIDHOGbI
interrupt it.356Please respect copyright.PENANAKprbmQfXP3
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted356Please respect copyright.PENANAOocoDybNAj
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,356Please respect copyright.PENANAD4pqSxt7A4
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through356Please respect copyright.PENANAPqamzY6ltE
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,356Please respect copyright.PENANASKv6hxERTf
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.356Please respect copyright.PENANAacnWi8m0XI
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.356Please respect copyright.PENANAj4HnOrrql6
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in356Please respect copyright.PENANAArAQQCdp7k
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.356Please respect copyright.PENANAERzd1QlByL
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older356Please respect copyright.PENANAACiqw5TDKl
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even356Please respect copyright.PENANAdImcpoPMSo
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.356Please respect copyright.PENANAsl5RFdMTHs
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”356Please respect copyright.PENANAhbN2a80kjj
“Yes...”356Please respect copyright.PENANAXQR4BhzJA9
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.356Please respect copyright.PENANAuvy41uYTuV
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.356Please respect copyright.PENANAxbxZyFgbCc
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”356Please respect copyright.PENANArHWCp7NU2a
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”356Please respect copyright.PENANAVxzCNWXJNL
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of356Please respect copyright.PENANA6Lp7woUpzd
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”