I wake up and my hand automatically goes to my head, which is throbbing with so much pain that I'm sure someone is hitting me in the head with a hammer.
''You hit your head very hard when the tranquilizer bullets were fired into you. ''
I automatically sit up and open my eyes in response to the voice.
''Oh, don't worry about me. Domaxus, is it? Interesting name. ''
I swallow and downcast my eyes toward the ground.
''Domaxus, tell me about yourself. What you can do, what you like to do.''
I take a good look at the figure sitting next to my bed. It's a man. He has clean-cut hair, and his clothes are colorful and reek of a strong perfume.
''Domaxus?''
I frown. '' Well, I recently joined drumline...''
''Oh dear. We already have a drumset player in our band, so we don't need a percussionist. ''
'' Oh... I don't think it's important... But I can draw.
'' My, my, my! Domaxus, I think we have a job cut out for you here at Happy Jacks.''
I look up at him, cocking my head to the side.
''You will be working with a man named Jaelyn. He is a painter, but states that he does not have the ability to draw. He was requested to work with a male.''
I frown. ''What will I be doing?''
''You will be drawing murals on the inside walls of Happy Jack's. We are attempting to linght the mood with artwork.''
I smile at him.
''Jaelyn isn't an unwind. In fact, he is thirty-three years old. And Domaxus, you recieving this stay at Happy Jack's by at least three years. You are about to turn fourteen, correct?''
I nod. '' In twenty-one days.''
''That was the date of your unwinding, as well?''
I look at the ground and not again.
He begins to stand up. '' Well, that date has been extended to June 29th of year 3002.''
''One day before my eighteenth birthday.''
The man smiles. '' Yep. Well, Domaxus, I have to go now.'' And with that's he's gone.
I lay back and sigh. My breakfast is on a table next to my bed, but I don't feel like eating.
I close my eyes and soon I am fast asleep.