A/N: Basically, Alice's story from the asylum to meeting Jasper. I may go further with the story, though. ;)
Finding My Forever - Prologue
Chills flowed through the girl's body, as she squirmed against the hard mattress. Her eyes darted towards the cracking ceiling, and wondered silently to herself, if she could somehow cause it to fall upon her, and end her misery.
She rubbed her dried out arms, attempting to cause some sort of friction against it. Worn out bandages were tied around her hands, grime smeared along them. The cloth felt rough against her skin, but it was better than the cold. She shifted her eyes from side, awaiting for them to come.
A shudder flowed through her body violently, her thoughts attempting to remember...to think up of any reason why those kind faces brought on an emotion upon her that felt so frigorific, that her bones clattered loudly. She searched, and searched...desiring some sort of explanation, and came up short.
It was clear. Empty. And hollow as anything could possibly get.
Misery vibrated through her, and she attempted again, and again to figure it out, her hands running roughly through her hair. The fabric of the wrap stuck slightly against her short hair, leaving a burning trail at it's awakening.
A whimper escaped her lips, and she whined. Why, oh, why couldn't she remember? Her instinct told her that she should know something, yet her mind failed her.
Right at that moment, her blood froze. Footsteps began to set towards her, echoing against the concrete walls. Three, perhaps four members, she thought. She shuddered violently, her vision blurring as they began to water. Squirming against the mattress, the girl bit her lip, using every single part of her from letting out any sort of peep.
She ran her hand down her arm anxiously, as the rebounding footsteps caused a shudder to run through her body at every thump. A mix of iron and salt arose to her nose, and she glanced down onto her arm. Her nose scrunched up in disgust, and a whimper of distress escaped her lips, as she realized that she wasn't sure at all of what it was. She shot her eyes back up, and gasped in shock, as she heard the footsteps cease in their movement.
"They've heard her", she thought with fright. The steps began once again, seconds later, this time slower. They teased her in every which way, and she wasn't sure what was to come of her. With a sharp shudder, she felt her eyes glaze over.
Gripping onto the sides of the mattress, she gasped loudly, her heartbeat increasing dangerously. A sight of white coated men, standing over her flashed through her eyes. She blinked, and her head thudded to the side of the mattress, another flash taking over her sight. They were putting plugs, connecting them to an oddly shaped box. With a nod, their faces stiff with disgust, they turned a dial. She couldn't see what the dial was, what the box was, but she felt her body quiver severely.
Her eyes fluttered back to life, and she attempted to catch her overly increased breath. A dark chuckle erupted the sound barrier around her ears, and the girl shot her head up.
"See how much of a disgrace you are, Mary?" The man scoffed, fixing his white coat with a sharp movement. "No human, no creature on this planet earth should have such an ability like yours. You don't deserve this world. But, perhaps.." He elongated the word, walking over to the same odd box that the girl had seen minutes before in her eyes.
She glanced up around her, taking notice of the other white coated men around her. Their faces, too, were stiff with disgust, and the white light that floated above her seemed to cause an eerie affect upon their wrinkled faces.
A shot of electricity surged through the air, and she shot her head up. The man had plugs in his hands, and he was creeping his way over to her. She squirmed, and in an instant the other men pinned her down. "With this, you'll change, Mary. Change from the pitiful creature that you are, with the strange ability that you have..." He placed them onto her short, brittle hair, pinching her scalp sharply. A cry escaped the girl's lips, and it was quickly shot down, as a surge of shock erupted throughout her body. She shook and quivered in response, her mouth dropped open horrifically, and her eyes shut closed.
