Prolouge
All my days blend together in a mess of pain and darkness. A constant stream of injections and tests that last for days, if I'm lucky. Every morningn, I'm sedated and doctors in masks will take me and hook me up to machines. After hours of testing, men with guns will drag my exhausted body back to my cell and leave me in darkness until the next time I'm required for testing again.
It was different now though. The doctors didn't come for me. I've been sitting in darkness for days now. It's been silent all around me. I wondered at first if this was another test, but after I lost track of how many days had gone by, I started to think otherwise.
Why did they leave me here? Did I fail? Was i not good enough? What was going to happen to me? I felt so weak. No light came into my cell, so I couldn't tell if my eyes were open or closed anymore. I forgot what hunger and thirst felt like. I forgot what anything felt like, actually. There was just... nothing.
Was I even still alive? Did I die and this was some purgatory that i would spend eternity in?
Who knows.
Suddenly the walls rattled as a noise thundered above me. The impact shook the room enough to make me fall from my upright position to slumped over on the floor. I didn't have the strength to lift myself back up. My ears were ringing and it was getting difficult to breathe.
What happened?
The room shook once more, dust and small chunks of concrete fell over me. A series of footsteps ran across the ground above me, and muffled voices shouted.
People? There's people here?!
I opened my mouth to scream for help, but all I could manage was a dehydrated squeek. Everything in my mouth stuck together like I had swallowed glue. The footsteps were getting closer. I weakly felt around me for something, anything that i could use to make a loud enough noise for them to hear me. I grabbed, what felt like, a chunk of concrete as the steps passed my door.
"Come...back.." I whispered, "Please.. come back!"
They kept going. My cries for help falling on deaf ears due to the lack of food and water. Using all my strength, I swung the hand holding the concrete chunk as far as I could until I hit the metal post of the nearby cot. My breath caught in my throat as the metal rang through the air.
"What was that?" A voice from outside questioned.
I steadied myself as best as I could and repeatedly hit the metal post to create enough noise to further get their attention.
"Its coming from in here."
They were outside! Thank God! A bright light shot through the door, but I still hit the post as hard as I could. I couldn't stop, not now. Not until I saw the faces of the strangers on the other side of the door.
It felt like hours until the light cutting through the door had come to a stop and the door fell with a BANG to the ground. The dust and light from the outside blinded me. I dropped the concrete chunk to cover my eyes.
"I thought you said this place was abandoned?!" One of the strangers exclaimed in shock.
"It was! At least... I thought it was." Another one defended themselves.
Three figures stood in front of me, mumbling amongst each other about what to do with me. My vision became hazy as they approached me. I was slowly losing my grip to reality, the last of my strength was gone with my attempt at being rescued.
"H-...Help me..."
Then the darkness consumed me and everything became silent once more.