Ashley, Interrupted.
'Darkness..., When i was a little girl I feared the dark, like all children do, I was afraid that there were monsters hiding in the shadow that wanted to eat me, I remember i used to run into my mom's bed and I would say "Mommy, I'm scared" and she would hold me in her arms and i would feel safe'
Ashley lay in her bunk in the her dark room. She no longer feared the darkness, for it was in the darkness where she was safety, it was when the light came that she knew danger was coming.
She heard the footsteps coming, her body readied itself to protect herself. She heard the voices outside muttering. She could not make out what they said except for the odd word, she could make out words like "Dangerous and Beware"
She heard the door open and the light from the corridor flooded into the room. Instinctively Ashley readied herself to defend herself from her invaders.
Two tall silhouettes entered the room and walked towards her, Ashley frightened and reacted by punching one of the men in the stomach. he fell over in pain and the second man grabbed Ashley's arm and saying "We're not here to hurt you, we want to help you". She responded by punching him in the face with her free arm.
He steps back as the blood pours out like a waterfall from his nose. She looks at his face and for a flash of a second she see the familar and horribly scarred face. She screamed and heard a voice call "Ashley"
She turned to the doorway and saw the silhouette of a woman standing in the doorway. She recognised the voice and answered "Mom". With that she felt a pinch in her arm and suddenly began to feel lightheaded and dizzy. She turned to the see the the first man had recovered from her punch and and had injected her with some sort of drug
She found it difficult to concentrate and fall to the conscience was now a strainous labour as she struggle with each moment, not giving in to the the powerful effects of the drug. However it soon became too much for her and before everything went dark she saw the figure of her mother walking towards her and placing her arms around her.
"There, there Ashley, it's going to be alright" her mother said before Ashley slipped into sweet unconsciousness.