
Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then290Please respect copyright.PENANAV49A1jeXes
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.290Please respect copyright.PENANAdSKooEH89e
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made290Please respect copyright.PENANAdM8jLCsg2v
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard290Please respect copyright.PENANAs9E21eaW1L
someone coming.290Please respect copyright.PENANASbm2tZ3YYw
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.290Please respect copyright.PENANAjVR7SMN7Y1
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my290Please respect copyright.PENANA6PQphdlj6e
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response290Please respect copyright.PENANAZWkUZD6gEm
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt290Please respect copyright.PENANAPZmZxpUwY0
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled290Please respect copyright.PENANABkJbyeQibV
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.290Please respect copyright.PENANA15KLfubp3Y
Examining.290Please respect copyright.PENANAGKEd1DDWFe
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking290Please respect copyright.PENANACzDPZyeWYy
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some290Please respect copyright.PENANAcrjaWQoOs7
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read290Please respect copyright.PENANAa0DMYptwCD
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided290Please respect copyright.PENANAikoxEobE1W
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.290Please respect copyright.PENANAxHthGJCioL
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than290Please respect copyright.PENANAFA8gj7ESW4
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim290Please respect copyright.PENANATegFo1uxP5
a word, my face was turned away from it.290Please respect copyright.PENANAeVTGkdiJea
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one290Please respect copyright.PENANA5S439J2sz9
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,290Please respect copyright.PENANAISfPKLylV5
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.290Please respect copyright.PENANA0FREjVxM6z
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very290Please respect copyright.PENANAZQR04RXgHd
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers290Please respect copyright.PENANAdUnX2xKXGh
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after290Please respect copyright.PENANAcq5sMXjkzZ
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.290Please respect copyright.PENANAqKUlHgH8fp
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying290Please respect copyright.PENANAP90hv4wNjT
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.290Please respect copyright.PENANAv5kr79Xnti
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not290Please respect copyright.PENANAtE5slO6t5s
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as290Please respect copyright.PENANAcP6nQtmDId
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter290Please respect copyright.PENANAPI4Vmlu6Cx
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.290Please respect copyright.PENANAMCCRIRQEDT
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and290Please respect copyright.PENANAQyHA6Aiv4G
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually290Please respect copyright.PENANAJXReWJZxui
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my290Please respect copyright.PENANAv3D9kEPjVT
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to290Please respect copyright.PENANAsOLOHZgBRo
interrupt it.290Please respect copyright.PENANAMH46F87H8Y
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted290Please respect copyright.PENANAt3Phy8OXHZ
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,290Please respect copyright.PENANApzWbIGobjv
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through290Please respect copyright.PENANAwOssyT2TDD
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,290Please respect copyright.PENANADP8ItQ4t9s
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.290Please respect copyright.PENANAI5pHdWHahi
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.290Please respect copyright.PENANAdzCbzXbYHF
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in290Please respect copyright.PENANAUTQfpIovWQ
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.290Please respect copyright.PENANAizStJcecLQ
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older290Please respect copyright.PENANAioF0qdwaca
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even290Please respect copyright.PENANAHq0x3ykW1H
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.290Please respect copyright.PENANAATvRuY8xtz
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”290Please respect copyright.PENANAVDn34nIrhH
“Yes...”290Please respect copyright.PENANAOgF5s8jS5y
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.290Please respect copyright.PENANABeSaMwZ4kS
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.290Please respect copyright.PENANAAK9MlE6GiA
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”290Please respect copyright.PENANATlYNDnLPul
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”290Please respect copyright.PENANATHMWAGwQ7S
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of290Please respect copyright.PENANAvQPnIVnJmb
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”