Chapter 4!
"Uuugghh…" moaned Uo as she woke up from a much needed nap.
She opened her eyes a smidgen, but immediately closed them tightly at the bright light emitting through an unknown source. Her head was spinning even though she hadn't moved. Uo lifted her arms, which felt like blocks of lead, up to her head. She worked her fingers in circles to try to get the spinning sensation to go away.
Her blonde hair felt damp as she brushed her fingers against her bangs. Brushing her hair away from her face, she noticed that it too was pretty moist. 'I must be sick,' she thought as she ran her digits through the whole of her hair. She let the tendrils fall through each finger like water, the sensation calming her.
Feeling the spinning start to go away she chanced opening her eyes. Expanding her eyelids slowly, she squinted her blue eyes at the white ceiling. It hurt, but she knew she'd get use to it eventually so she just kept them open.
Once the pain went away it was then that she noticed she was lying down. 'I must be in a bed,' Uo thought. Since she could hardly move without pain or her head spinning, she gradually rubbed her hands near her head feeling a soft pillow. Ok, lying on a pillow.
Then, Uo tried rolling her body just a tiny bit to feel what sort of surface her body was lying on. The slight movement caused a jolt of pain to go through her head, her brain protesting the movement. But even thought it hurt she got her answer, it was a nice soft, yet firm bed. She also felt a sheet and something heavier laying over top her body, probably a comforter.
Happy, the young woman bit by bit turned her head to the side, snuggling her face into the pillow. 'I love this pillow,' Uo blissfully sighed mentally, closing her eyes. She would have turned her whole body, but decided against it, feeling her head spin from the minor movement she had just made.
Uo breathed in the scent of the pillow. Even though the smell was unfamiliar, it smelled extremely good. The schoolgirl felt content just breathing in the pillow, she could do it all day. And that is exactly what she did, even as she fell into a light sleep.
Awhile later the girl woke up again, but this time she was unable to breath. She wheezed, trying to get more air in. Oxygen was going in, but not enough. Panic started to set in and Uo bolted up from her position, ignoring the protest of her body. Her nose was clogged and her throat felt like it had a huge ball in it preventing almost all air flow.
She spun her head around trying to find something that would help her. The world around her was rotating at a dangerous speed, but something out of the corner of her eye caused her to focus. Uo squinted at the object on a blob, which she supposed was a night stand. A large glass of water sat there inviting her to grab it and take a drink.
And grab it she did, however ungracefully. The spinning world and her body feeling off balance, almost caused her to knock over the whole glass, but at the last moment she put both hands on either side of the glass. Shaking, she put the glass to her lips and tried guzzling the water down. Water gushed out the side of her mouth as her throat protested against the liquid.
Determinedly, Uo used all her might to gulp down the water and the obstructing mucus in her throat. She did this a few more time, until she could finally breathe almost normally through her esophagus. She set the nearly empty glass down on the nightstand blob and held firmly onto the side of the bed trying to calm herself down. Uo closed her eyes tightly, until she could breathe without shaking horribly and most of her pain subsided.
Finally, Uo felt calm and she opened her eyes. Looking around she also found a tissue box on the now noticeable nightstand. She slightly smiled thankfully and took out a few to blow her nose. Her ears started to pop and the off-balance feeling she had before had gone. Uo took in some air from her nose, causing her to swallow some disgusting crap, but she was finally able to breathe through both airways.
The world had stopped spinning for the most part and she finally noticed she was not in a familiar setting at all. A rock formed in her stomach and she wanted to throw up, but she quickly relinquished the thought. If she was in the position she thought she was in then she needed to know her surroundings incase she needed to escape.
To her right was a wall which the side of the bed was up against. The wall was a very plain off-white, which she personally found quite boring, thinking it needed more color. Uo had to move her head slowly because she needed to take in everything, even though really it was so the room wouldn't go in circles. In front of the bed was what looked like a line of black counters with lots of things she couldn't make out because her eye sight was still too blurry. There looked to be a sink in the middle of the counters. Above the counters were cabinets you would find in a kitchen. After all of the four or so gray cabinets, Uo saw a door facing her. So far one escape root.
She looked next to the door and saw about two meters of the plain wall again until she saw a black leather chair. It was shaped very stylishly, like a half a circle, with the back a little high to rest your back on and some arm rests. Then on the wall adjacent to her was a line of book shelves filled with books, little knick-knacks and a plant or two.
Next to the book shelves was a door, however, she didn't believe that it led to an escape root. It could lead to a bathroom. Suddenly Uo remembered the other door and wondered if that lead to a bathroom as well. But for some reason, she really felt that the one in front of the cabinets and counters led to the outside, but she didn't know why.
She moved her eyes towards the night stand, the only thing on the wall that was behind her if she was lying down. Uo remembered the light that had hurt her eyes when she first woke up. Was someone in the room and had turned the light on? No, if there was someone they would have noticed her waking up.
Uo looked up and saw a light casting on a counter. Uo followed the light with her eyes, until it was behind her. The girl turned around slowly to find that there was a window, however it could not be used as an escape root. It was too small and pretty high.
Sighing, she put together everything and found there were two possible escape roots, but she felt one of them was a bathroom. Uo figured there was only one way to find out, so she slowly swung her legs over the side of the bed. She gasped loudly at her exposed legs, causing her to cough for a few seconds.
Uo blushed horribly, she was in a large button up shirt that didn't belong to anyone she would know. She also wasn't wearing any pants and feeling the lightness of her chest, no bra either. The young woman was just in a button up shirt and underwear, thank god she wasn't wearing a thong.
Running her fingers through her hair she sighed angrily, very embarrassed. She really hoped the person who took her wasn't a pervert or a rapist. She'd beat them to their death if they even tried. But Uo could tell she wasn't raped, usually it hurt, according to her older gang mates. Uo didn't hurt there at least and normally a rapist wouldn't change his prey into a shirt and the bed would be pretty messed up. The bed was surprisingly smooth and neat, even though the girl had moved around quite a bit.
Going back to her original plan, Uo got up and walked over to the door closest to her, next to the book case. Uo opened it, surprised that it lead to a hall way with many doors just like the one she opened. Ok… maybe she was wrong. The ex-gang member was about to just run out of the door to freedom, but something told her not to run, that for now she was safe.
She quickly shut the door and walked over to the other door. As she walked past the counters and cabinets, Uo noticed her school clothes thrown haphazardly into a pile on one of the counters next to the sink. The young woman picked them up examined them and shook her head. They were not in the condition to wear, but she would change into them if needed. First she wanted to check out the door facing the cabinets at a 90 degree angle.
She opened the door and found that this one was a bathroom. There was a clean tub, toilet, sink and a hamper with some dirty clothes hanging out of it. Uo blew at a strand of hair that had gotten in her face in annoyance at the clothes. She figured that the person who took her in was a clean person, however, do to the clothes thrown untidily she figured wrong. Even though she didn't look it, Uo liked things neat.
Something caught her eye and on a counter near the sink were new clothes in a neat pile. Uo walked cautiously over to them and surprisingly found a note on top of them. A bit confused and suspicious of the note, she opened it carefully, expecting it to explode. Instead there was just some neat handwriting on it.
Her eyes were a little bit blurry still, but she was able to make out what the note said:
"Here are some clothes. I didn't expect you to wake up, but you would be awake if you found this note. I recommend taking a warm shower. The clothes I'm sure are not to your liking, but they are better than nothing. I don't recommend exploring because you may be arrested. Stay in this room."
Uo huffed as his blunt and commanding note, but decided to take his advice for now. She tossed the note into a wastebasket and picked up the clothes to examine them. The blonde wrinkled her nose at the clothes that were clearly left for her. There was another button down shirt, but this time smaller and thinner along with sweat pants that looked way too big for her. There were no undergarments to her dismay, though it didn't surprise her. There was a robe and Uo was just thinking of wearing just that, but due to the note she figured her provider was male. A female would usually be more motherly and give her women's clothes, while this man clearly left her men's clothing and the letter was straight to the point. 'So much like a man,' Uo couldn't help but smile.
Heeding his words Uo took a nice warm shower. It really opened her up, making breathing much easier. She made sure to dry off good because the shirt was white and white plus wet plus no bra equals a not happy Uo. A not happy Uo is not a good thing. Surprisingly Uo was comfy in the oversized pants that drug on the floor and the shirt, even though button-up, was not stiff like she expected.
Her head started to spin once she went from the warm bathroom to the cool tenant room. However that cleared up once she got use to the temperature. Uo looked around the room, bored… What to do now?
