Chapter 1: Portal

"Where am I? What is all this?"

A troubled voice resounded in the dimly lit facility with only the flicker of lights given off by the busy machinery to allow a fleeting glimpse of his shadowy profile.

"The specimen has been processed and we are now ready to begin. Initializing testing protocol"

A cold monotone voice drones. Grinding gears creep up, providing an unsettling rhythm throughout the dark hallows. Wide eyed and bewildered, the captive looks up to find a drill looming in overhead.

"Why are you doing this?"

Bound to an operating table, the subject thrashes wildly trying to break free from his bindings as the drill casts a somber shadow overhead. The humming of the drill reverberates through the chambers, as it rotates with more fervor as if crying out from being restrained.

"NO! Stop!"

Piercing his temple, the drill burrows into his head.

"50%, Heart rate rising, subject seizing"

Entwining dizziness overtakes the prisoner, trembling hands that just can't shake this feeling, of an unending pain that has no ceiling.

"80% complete. Subjects pupils dilated"

Sputtering lights from the baffling machines monitoring and cataloging the findings glare with increased intensity as the readings become more sporatic.

"AHHHHHHH!"

A guttural bellow emerges, after being drown out from the sound of drills rending of flesh and bone

"Danger! Unidentified energy eminating from test chamber"

The manufactured voice distraughtly declares as the room begins to quake as if it were frightened. Sparks fly and puffs of smoke shoot out of overheating machines as circuitry malfunctions. A dark rift opens above the prisoner, wrapping the chamber like a gift wrapped in fire, fires from the bowels of hell, the type of fire you just can't quell. Computer apparatus are sucked into the bottomless vacuum. The rock ceiling begins to give as the portal rips away at the compounds very seams, unraveled like the dark plots that sewn in that labyrinth, until eventually caving in.