Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then161Please respect copyright.PENANAej542jus3a
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.161Please respect copyright.PENANAGRdcsXvyj5
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made161Please respect copyright.PENANADcMdlps2yt
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard161Please respect copyright.PENANApN26Lf4Hzm
someone coming.161Please respect copyright.PENANAEJGexMK75X
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.161Please respect copyright.PENANAF34GVRVPgD
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my161Please respect copyright.PENANAFdJkaK5PgZ
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response161Please respect copyright.PENANAcmHQea0tzA
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt161Please respect copyright.PENANA2qaI6J36Ua
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled161Please respect copyright.PENANAU8pOvxFpnW
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.161Please respect copyright.PENANATPYf4lbU8e
Examining.161Please respect copyright.PENANAFQ9jALubr2
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking161Please respect copyright.PENANACWYpXmuCQr
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some161Please respect copyright.PENANA9DziaMZ4op
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read161Please respect copyright.PENANAg72nooH5BJ
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided161Please respect copyright.PENANA6xBe4r908W
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.161Please respect copyright.PENANAXNs0PdN7hy
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than161Please respect copyright.PENANADOzGftm874
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim161Please respect copyright.PENANAsyKGOgP7Ye
a word, my face was turned away from it.161Please respect copyright.PENANAbV6APzmLVI
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one161Please respect copyright.PENANAuhb6RDtGQk
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,161Please respect copyright.PENANAg8QKbkJ08E
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.161Please respect copyright.PENANAIK4vCcmXdq
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very161Please respect copyright.PENANAD86kJrt5bs
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers161Please respect copyright.PENANAFAEmdswFyX
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after161Please respect copyright.PENANA5IW6Rex6d3
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.161Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1uC41YbQj
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying161Please respect copyright.PENANAMroHBlRrXI
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.161Please respect copyright.PENANAer9GnJoOKw
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not161Please respect copyright.PENANAmcsktsrcD1
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as161Please respect copyright.PENANAg5Lu3qurXu
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter161Please respect copyright.PENANA5Yb1pHnANc
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.161Please respect copyright.PENANA3D3xb0DeAF
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and161Please respect copyright.PENANAylBeSJUrmJ
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually161Please respect copyright.PENANATJduU4uZEO
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my161Please respect copyright.PENANAzI7NXS1FW9
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to161Please respect copyright.PENANA6Om49SlAv8
interrupt it.161Please respect copyright.PENANA0jNtDhB5zn
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted161Please respect copyright.PENANAWbRbmBFQPg
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,161Please respect copyright.PENANAOIgTS6PTIr
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through161Please respect copyright.PENANAzeqaZ7UHmx
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,161Please respect copyright.PENANA9DnVM74YsU
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.161Please respect copyright.PENANA3Uy1IcKFul
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.161Please respect copyright.PENANAP9gcs8swrV
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in161Please respect copyright.PENANAKbJCnUeonQ
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.161Please respect copyright.PENANA5nvh54ibdg
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older161Please respect copyright.PENANA8vOR0AtCgO
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even161Please respect copyright.PENANA1g1l7Yv5J8
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.161Please respect copyright.PENANAzZoG3Ufm3Z
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”161Please respect copyright.PENANA2efDrdV2Vq
“Yes...”161Please respect copyright.PENANAJuJ6tHxdLS
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.161Please respect copyright.PENANAfS8pr951Ox
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.161Please respect copyright.PENANADUyW5akpx5
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”161Please respect copyright.PENANAPNIxFRcKFC
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”161Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZoLDTAZVh
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of161Please respect copyright.PENANAOoPsWgCnVO
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”