Doctor reached into his pocket and came up with some sort of black rectangular box that fitted snugly in his hand. From my point of view I could see a retractable antenna, a dial halfway down it, a button underneath it and a flip switch beside the button. I was only guessing but I thought there might have been a screen on the top half of it. Doctor saw me staring at it and the smile widened a bit more. Slowly he moved his thumb and made it hover over the button, while my eyes followed it. Slowly it descended and pushed it with a small "click."

But it fell on deaf ears, my ones weren't listening. As soon as the button had been depressed my knees were already banging on the floor and my hands soon followed. The pain was unbelievable! I thought I was experiencing pain in the dining hall but compared to this it was like comparing a spark to a fire! In the dining hall my head felt like it had been pounded once, now it was like it was being slashed over a hundred times at once. It was incredible, there was no way I should be able to experience and still be conscious.

My hands desperately felt around to hold onto, something to try to take the pain away, but instead they just clutched themselves into fists. It didn't help that much nevertheless, it took my mind a little bit away from the pain I was feeling. Only a little bit though. By now though, every muscle in my body was clenching, from my jaw to my toes, which meant I couldn't even make a sound if wanted to. My muscles felt like they were on fire. Soon my eyes were swimming, not because of the pain, but because the sweat from my forehead dripped into my eyes. In next to no time my tears of pain soon followed the tracks made by my sweat. My body was now like a tight spring; everything about me was rigid and then…

It stopped.

The pain just stopped. Not that I wasn't happy but it took my body a few seconds to comprehend that my body wasn't being bombarded with pain anymore. My body sagged. One second my body was as stiff as a board trying to unsuccessfully get rid of insurmountable pain, the next second my body slumped like a deflated balloon. It felt like all the energy in my body had either been drained or sucked out of me. The only reason I wasn't lying on the floor was because I had locked my arms. But my aching muscles refused to obey my mind telling them to unlock themselves so I could just lie on the floor. I chocked out a sob to try and bring more air into my oxygen-starved body.

I heard something float in and out of my mind but it was like it was speaking another language. The word was said again but I still couldn't understand. The voice tried for a third time, more forcefully.

"Charlie!"

I flinched. In one go, my brain had already accustomed Doctor's voice with pain. A lot of pain.

I kept on staring at the floor though. I didn't have enough energy to lift up my head and look at him in the face. I felt three fingers with a little bit of pressure lift up my chin.

"Now, that was level one, do you want me to demonstrate level tow. I saw his lips move before my stunned brain could tell what he was whispering into my ear. When it got through though my eyes widened in terror as I silently begged him not to. I tried to pull away from him but I didn't have the energy. Blue eyes reflected brown ones, as one pair reflected shock while the other reflected indifference. He left me go and my head dropped, making me stare at the puddle in front of me once more. "Dinner is served at six. You have-" he checked his watch, "Just under three hours. But you will be there. Unless of course you want another demonstration." He finished quietly.

"O…kay." I managed to squeeze out.

"Good," he said with a nod.

Suddenly something hit me in the ribs and sent me skidding a few inches across the floor. Automatically my body had curled up in a foetal position while also reaching to clutch my side. The funny thing is…I didn't really feel it. My body felt numb but I did that on instinct even if I couldn't feel a thing.

I lay there, not thinking, just staring into space. I saw without seeing black shoes turn and click away. I heard the clicks but take no notice, I just stare, blinking every so often.

'My life doesn' feel worth livin' anymore. Is this wha's gonna happen meh, should ah stay here? But even if ah do somehow ge' ou'a here…where do ah go? I don' know where ah am, how ah go' here, heck, ah don' even know wha' coun'ry ah'm in!'

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I lay there for some time …staring…thinking…trying to rid myself of the pain and the memory of it, even though it was burned into my brain. After a while, all I could hear was a humming noise. Wondering where it was coming from, (plus the fact it was really starting to bug me) I shakily got to my heat.

'Okaaaay. Maybe ah shoulda gone up a lii''tle bi' slower ay?' my world spun with bright lights as the blood rushed away from my head. I leaned against the wall for support to wait for the world to stop moving. I curved my mouth into a small smile. This felt good, to not feel anything apart from gravity. I closed my eyes and let myself be guided solely by my ears.

When I opened my eyes I saw I was at the back of the room listening to the red beam that covered Trilox. Anger flashed into my eyes as I remembered the pain I had felt, no one should go through what I…we went through ever again. No one. I looked about trying to find the panel or whatever that would switch it off.

'Where is i'? Where's the flippin' off switch? There should be a bu''on here sayin' " to switch off" or someth-'

Suddenly the beam just switched itself off.

'-in…huh? I guess i's on a timer. I hope you're okay Trilox.'

'I'm feeling much better now that you got the tranquilliser beam off me. Thank you.'

'Wha' the? Where did tha' come from? The tranquillizer…Trilox?' 'Yes. Where do you come from? I've never heard that accent before.' 'Whoa, whoa, whoa! No offence bu' are you sure? 'Coz ah'm pre''y sure people can' talk t'bi' beasts!'

'How about I put this is simple talk then? You are a human, I am what some people call a biiiiit beeeeeast. Is any of this getting through? So when are you going to tell me where you're from?'

'This is unbelievable! Ah'm actually talkin' to a bi' beast!'

'Are you ignoring me?'

'Oh, no. I guess I can tell ya. Ah'm from Sco'land. So are you gonna tell me how you can talk to humans?'

'You're Scottish? Funny, I thought you'd be wearing a kilt from what I've heard.'

'And can you say stereotyped? Puh-lez! Like I'd really go 'round wi' a kil' an tossin' a caber around.'

'Since you asked, actually I did. And I think you should rephrase your question. It's not how can I talk to humans but how can you talk to bit beasts?'

'Wha' do ya mean by that? Ah'm talkin' in English so?'

'You think you're talking in English but to me you're talking in bit beast lingo.'

'You sayin' ah'm a linguist?' 'I guess I am.'

'Wai'aminu'e, why did you say thank you? I didn' do anythin.'

'But you did. The computer can monitor your thoughts and when you thought, "switch off" it did just that.'

'I' can read my though's?!'

'To an extent. It can only detect the words switch and off.'

'Do you know that you sound like those scientists?'

'What do you expect? They are the only voices that I have heard so it's only natural that I sound and talk like them. Just like you talk in a Scottish accent.'

'I s'pose'

'I'm just wondering, but how did you end up here?'

'Me? I was kidnapped an' brough' here. How 'bou' you?'

'I was-'

I waited for about five seconds to see if he/she/it would continue.

'Hey! No fair! I told you how I go' here. Why aren't ya tellin' me how you go' here?'

"You've been staring at that for some time. Aren't you going to turn it over to see what it is?"

Whirling around, I saw a lady standing beside the door. She had brown hair that was tied up in a bun on the top of her head. She was also wearing rectangular glasses which (it seemed to me) only covered half of her eyes.     

" …"

"And why did you suddenly frown when I came in but you seemed surprised when I started talking."

" …"

She looked over her glasses. "Are you going to say something or are you still lost in your own little world?"

I raised my left eyebrow. "An' wha' do ya mean by "still"?"

"It's just the way you were staring at the bit beast. You weren't moving, just concentrating on it, like you were talking to it in your mind. But then no-one can talk to a bit beast and get a response can they?" She said with a friendly smile.

"…Yeah…"

"Are you normally like this? Or is it that you just don't trust me?"

'No, I don't. I wan' t', bu' I don'. I really wan' t' but the day (?) that ah've been here, two people have been semi-nice to me. The first person knocks me out an' the other now seems t' be jumping at the chance to torture me. So tell me, can I trust you or are you going to be like the others?'

I closed my eyes and raised my left shoulder in a half shrug.

" * Sigh * I guess you have good reason to not trust me after all that's happened. Look, about what Doctor did-"

"Yeah, wha' 'bou' i'?" I spat out bitterly.

"-He's doing this for control. So that you won't disobey him in the future and have a hasher punishment."

"Disobey…you have a strange way with words lady. Huh, disobey." I shook my head. "You make it sound like he's the master and ah'm his servant, his slave. Something he can do anything to an' no' ge' in trouble for. But then, he's awready done that anyway, ay? 'Coz no-ones gonna tell 'coz they'd ge' in trouble an aw for helpin' 'im in the first place." I looked up to see if I was right and also her reaction.

"So, you've figured it all out all ready." She wasn't angry, far from it. If eyes are the window to the soul her grey eyes showed she was drowning in her own feelings.

"I' wasn' tha' hard. I' was really obvious most of the time." I sat on the table that Trilox was on with my legs dangling over the edge.

"I guess you want to be alone for a bit longer." Came the quiet reply. Before I could even open my mouth, she was gone.

'That was an interesting conversation.'

'I s'pose that's why you stopped talkin' ay?' 'Yes' 'Why?'

'You don't know how much concentration you put into talking to me. You didn't hear her coming up behind you did you?'

'No. * Sigh * you know her righ'? Is she for real?'

'Yes, thankfully. Unfortunately, there is very few people who are also like her.'

'Good. So, are you gonna answer my question before we were interrupted?    

'I don't really know. All I know was that I was suddenly able to see and that all I saw was this room.'

'So you've never left here?'

'No.'

* Sigh * 'Do you know what they're gonna do to you?'

'Not a clue. How about you?'

'I think I was just a guinea pig for the psychic powers.'

'So what are you going to do for the next hour and thirty-five minutes then?' 'Have you got an inbuil' clock or somethin'?' 'Now that you mention it…' 'How 'bou' I just talk to ya till then?'

'Do you now how to get there? You don't want to be late.'

'Pshh. Yeah, o'cour-oh crud.'

'Let me guess'

'I think I need to do a wandering to be able to find my place around. And to walk off the rest of Doctors "peace offering"'

'At least you can move around' 'Um, can't I just pick you up?'

'NO! I'm on a button the exact same size as me. If I'm taken from this point without the proper way of doing it, it'll set off a silent alarm and I think there's some hidden guns connected to the wall.'

'So much for that then. I'll be back later, if I can find here again though.'

'I'm sure we'll see each other soon.'

'Yeah, see ya.' It's strange, Trilox is the only friend I've made, a real friend how seems to understand me because she/he/it is and has gone through the same as me in this place. And the funny thing is, Trilox isn't even human! With a small smile I walked out to see if I could remember where to go.

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Yey! I'm finally done! This one took ages! This chapter isn't what I thought it would be but…* shrugs * Now for my reviewer:

Dudems: ^_^ thanks. Sc-I won't say it. * Shudders * homework…NOOOO! I'VE GOT TWO TESTS COMING UP! A skit is when you have the people from your fic start talking to you. * Looks about * which sound like the blabberings of a crazy or a paranoid person…which I'm not…really.

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Charlie: * Pops up * Do you hate me or something?

Dark Ice Dragon: O_o how did you get here?

Charlie: That's for me to know and for you not to find out.

DID: Riiiiiiiight.

Charlie: Like I said, do you hate me or something?

DID: no, course not, why do you say that? And where did your accent go?

Charlie: Let's see, you've * counts fingers * had me kidnapped, knocked me out a "few" times and now you've just had me tortured!

DID: yeah, well, uh…it's part of the fic so…um.

Charlie: * takes out Trilox * I say that you change it or else I'll release Trilox upon you!

DID: How did you get that?!

Charlie: Change it!

DID: * Grins evilly *

Charlie: What?

DID: Well if I change it you won't have Trilox anymore will ya?

Charlie: Uh oh…GO TRILOX!

DID: O_o. eep…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *runs off *

Charlie: Now, that she's gone you WILL review! Unless of course you want to end up like DID over there. O_O YOU…WILL…REVIEW…

(* whispers * Eep. This is the longest chap I've written…ever. 2,500+ please review)