Marie opened her eyes then shut them tight as light shone harshly at them. She let out a groan and tried to sit up but something restrained her. She forced her eyes open and saw gloomy grey walls and a bright florescent light overhead. Did they set her below it on purpose? She could barely keep her eyes open much less take in her surroundings. Just then a shadow passed just beyond her line of sight.

She tried to sit up again and made a sound when a strap dug into her chest. Where the hell was she anyways? It looked like a hospital if you looked past the unwelcoming color on the walls. Maybe she was sent somewhere else. She wished she could see more than up and to the sides of her. It made things hard. All she could see were things above whatever she was laying on. She imagined it was a table, though it could've been a really hard gurney. It worried her a little.

But a pain in her thigh cut through the inner thoughts. She bit her lip to keep from screaming. What the hell were these people doing? She raised her head off the table and tried to see who was messing with her leg. But with the strap she couldn't lift her head more than an inch off the table. She gave up on that idea and leaned to the side.

One man was prodding at the new hole in her leg while another was scribbling on a clipboard. They were wearing dirty smocks and masks that seemed to be used often. She doubted they would've passed a health inspection if the department showed up at that moment. She contented herself with the image as the bullet hole was prodded and pinched at. What exactly was this accomplishing? Besides pissing her off. She wished she hadn't been strapped down.

Would've been nice to see their pained faces when she caught them in the crotch with a hard heel. Sadly she had to content herself to the image and not act upon it. Stupid straps! She bit the inside of her cheek as the man prodded the wound painfully. She was about to tell the idiot to go find a puppy to torment when she heard footsteps close by her head.

Marie glanced up and saw a relatively clean man looming over her. She noticed that he was wearing shades. Shades inside a hospital? Now she had seen everything. Suddenly the man placed a hand on her chest. She seethed and tried to move away, forgetting the straps that bound her momentarily. The man removed his hand and she slightly relaxed but she kept a wary eye on him.

Thankfully he moved away and she let out a soft breath. Her eyes followed his every movement though and she hissed when he touched her leg. This man was just oozing with a taint of something and she didn't want him anywhere near her. She shifted her attention when she heard a whirring noise then let out a scream as pain scorched through her body.

What the hell were they doing to her? She screamed again as more pain arced through her. She felt something hot and wet splash and slide across her skin. She hoped this was a damn dream. But the pain was saying otherwise. She shut her eyes tight and wished it would stop.

Suddenly the mangling of her body ended and the constricting pain of the straps vanished. She opened her eyes and looked around. She was trapped in the same drab room but the pain and men were gone. She tried to stand but a pain slashed through her leg and she dropped back. It was then that she noticed the jagged slashes through her leg. A few were oozing blood still. How the hell was she still alive? She was sure she had lost a lot of blood.

Marie snapped her head up when she heard someone coming. She scooted as far as she could into a corner. A strange nurse walked into the room. Marie watched as the murse made her way over to where Marie had been. The nurse looked like she was having a spazz attack every few seconds. Where the hell was Marie? She heaved a sigh as the nurse left.

Well that left her a choice of leaving or staying put and wait for some other strange thing happen. She stood up, wincing as she put weight on her ruined leg. Once she was better she was going to cut that fucking guy's head off. She limped to the door and looked down each hall. Everything seemed clear.

Marie made her slow way down the left hall. Her leg acted like dead weight as she moved it. If only she could just be rid of it. But then again she wouldn't be able to go any faster dragging herself along the ground. She sighed and tried to move faster but her leg protested. Stupid damn doctor fucking up her leg like that!

She managed to reach the end of the hall. But with the extra slowness of yanking her leg after her she felt exhausted by the exertion. She leaned against the wall and closed her eyes. She had to escape this place. She had to find out what happened to Kristy all those years ago. And how could she do that if she ended up dead?

A loud sound echoed through the hall. It sounded like something heavy and metal was being dragged across the ground. She pressed tight to the wall hoping to hide as a shadow. The sound grew louder as it drew closer. She inched herself down the wall further from the corner.

The sound kept growing closer and she bit her lip to keep from screaming in a panic. She moved further down as the sound was joined by footsteps. She looked towards the end of the hall and saw the same pyramid helmet wearing person. She couldn't believe the sense of relief that flooded through her. But it vanished when he turned towards her and was holding a giant blade in his hand.

She tried to run away but with her leg, she couldn't go far. He moved closer and swung his blade at her. She ducked at the last moment. She felt the air whoosh through her hair as the blade sliced close to her. She limped out of the way as he brought his blade up to attack again. She thought she was out of the path of the sword or whatever the hell it was. But it sunk deep into her back.

She let out a cry and fell to the ground. This couldn't be happening to her. She couldn't be dying at such a creature's hands. Not when she was so close to finding out what happened. But she felt her body slowly leaking out its life flow. She was going to die here. She closed her eyes as the last ounce of breath left her lungs.

The End

Sorry for the abrupt ending but I honestly couldn't find the energy to keep it going. Plus I was thinking of killing Marie off before she found the end of her quest. It just happened more quickly.