chapter five: The Realm of Nightmares
The cybernetic picked her up and set her down on the floor, he rammed the butt of his rifle into her back.
"walk."
Throughout the camp, people were being marched into cages, then helicopters, thier searchlights peirceing through the fog, would carry them away, screaming and crying for mercy, Ziggy struggled against his captor.
"Kagome... I love you"
Kagome felt her heart skip a beat, this man, whom she had just met, loved her?
"Kagome, you don't remember, but, oh, god..."
"what?"
"when... when you still had your memory, we used to love each other so much, Kagome, I love you..."
The cybernetic, a creature formed of pure cold steel, marched her towards a cage, his single eye glowing slightly, his endoskeleton whirring as his servos moved his unfeeling limbs, she saw out of the corner of her eye Ziggy being marched to another cage, the cybernetic pushed her into the cage and locked it securely, a helicopter lowered a tether and grabbed her vehicle, it took off.
They flew for an uncountable number of hours, by the time they landed, her stomach was spasaming painfully from hunger, a cybernetic opened her cage and walked her to a cabin marked 'RESEARCH', the sky was completely grey, fog permeated the atmosphere, rain fell in torrents, the ground crunched under her feet, screams eminated from the building, she entered, inside was a jail, strangely reminesent of the cells at the insane asylum, wreched screams of the tortured fell out of every cell, the cybernetic pushed her into one.
"wait here."
He closed the door and locked it, Kagome tried to look through the bars, all she could see was concrete and the cell opposite her, inside was a cybernetic with a syringe and Ziggy, Ziggy was bound by leather shackles, the cybernetic began talking.
"the injection is ready, please, try to relax."
The cybernetic injected the yellow fluid into Ziggy's arm.
"now, we wait for it to take effect."
Kagome could see Ziggy visibly frightened, his face was slick with sweat.
"Kagome... remember me..."
The straps binding him to the wall tightened, he was completely sealed, the cybernetic picked up a remote dial, he turned it, Ziggy screamed.
"hmm... one-hundred pounds of pressure, screaming..."
He turned it again, Ziggy had a far-away look in his eyes, his mouth foamed, still screaming.
"two-hundred pounds, glazing eyes, dislocated limbs, hmm... but not quite insane..."
He spun the dial to the maximum, Ziggy stopped screaming, his eyes closed.
"three-hundred pounds, he is now locked away in his dream world, completely insane, the HOPE drug can now be applied."
The cybernetic drew out another syrenge and injected Ziggy, his eyes opened, he looked shocked.
"where am I?"
"you are in an insane asylum, Mr. Stardust..."
The cybernetic pressed a button on the remote, Ziggy's limbs were ripped off, killing him instantly.
"time of death, five forty-five, natural causes."
Kagome held her breath, 'how can he describe such atrocities so... clinically?', she froze, the cybernetic was looking directly at her, he stepped out of the cell, and walked across the hallway, he unlocked her cell and walked in, he revealed a syringe.
"no..."
"something wrong Mrs. Hiragashi?
"I saw you kill him!"
"kill who, Mrs. Hiragashi?"
"Ziggy, you did it yourself, you pressed a button and... oh god..."
"I did now kill Mr. Stardust, Mrs. Hiragashi, he died of natural causes."
Kagome saw another cybernetic walk into Ziggy's cell and begin cleaning up his body with a blood-soaked broom.
"you..."
"please, Mrs. Hiragashi, place yourself into the device behind you."
Kagome turned around, four leather straps hung off the wall, identical to Ziggy's.
"never..."
"I don't want to have to force you, Mrs. Hiragashi."
The cybernetic grabbed her wrists and forced he into the bonds, he pressed a button, Kagome was immobile.
"now, for your injection, it may help to close your eyes, you may feel a slight pinch in your right arm."
The cybernetic squirted a bit of liquid out of the syringe and tapped it on his arm, he slid ithe needle into Kagome's arm, she could a slight burning sensation move throught her arm, then spread to her entire body, she could feel everything, every molocule of air that touched her she could feel, she could feel the leather bonds so deeply that she felt she knew the steer that bore it, she felt the concrete so acutely she could feel the center of the earth, everything was so... so... vivid.
"you can feel the drug's effects, Mrs. Hiragashi?"
She had completely forgotten about her impending doom, she smelled steel, concrete, and rotting bodies, she could see through wall, she could see thermally, the cybernetic turned the dial. Suddenly, she was swimming in a sea of broken glass, her skin was burning off in a boiling pot of acid, a platoon of spartans was stabbing at her with thier pikes, a voice, broke through the pain.
"one-hundred pounds of pressure, this biological has suprisingly high endurance, for a female."
He cranked the knob again, her arms and legs popped out of thier sockets, she banged her the back of her head against he concrete, trying to stop the pain, she remembered the razor in her cell with the men in white, oh, how she longed for the razor, she could have finished it then.
"two-hundred pounds of pressure, hallucinating, screaming."
He cranked the dial for the third time, the pain was not a part of Kagome's world, it was her world.
Then, the void. Kagome was floating through a blackness, there was no pain, grass formed beneath her, she opened her eyes, Inu-Yasha was standing above her, the youkai that killed her was lying dead next to her, Inu-Yasha was in full demon form, his eyes blood red, his voice deep.
"three-hundred pounds of pressure, Mrs. Hiragashi..."
She was spiraling through the blackness again and she was back in the shackles.
"Mrs. Hiragashi, you're in an insane asylum."
He pressed the final button, Kagome could feel her limbs part with her body.
"time of death, six o'clock, natural causes."
Kagome closed her eyes, she was finally dead, the pain of insanity was over, her mind was her own, she flew to heaven, she was in bed, her mom was there.
"Kagome, wake up, you'll be late for school."
To be continued...
The cybernetic picked her up and set her down on the floor, he rammed the butt of his rifle into her back.
"walk."
Throughout the camp, people were being marched into cages, then helicopters, thier searchlights peirceing through the fog, would carry them away, screaming and crying for mercy, Ziggy struggled against his captor.
"Kagome... I love you"
Kagome felt her heart skip a beat, this man, whom she had just met, loved her?
"Kagome, you don't remember, but, oh, god..."
"what?"
"when... when you still had your memory, we used to love each other so much, Kagome, I love you..."
The cybernetic, a creature formed of pure cold steel, marched her towards a cage, his single eye glowing slightly, his endoskeleton whirring as his servos moved his unfeeling limbs, she saw out of the corner of her eye Ziggy being marched to another cage, the cybernetic pushed her into the cage and locked it securely, a helicopter lowered a tether and grabbed her vehicle, it took off.
They flew for an uncountable number of hours, by the time they landed, her stomach was spasaming painfully from hunger, a cybernetic opened her cage and walked her to a cabin marked 'RESEARCH', the sky was completely grey, fog permeated the atmosphere, rain fell in torrents, the ground crunched under her feet, screams eminated from the building, she entered, inside was a jail, strangely reminesent of the cells at the insane asylum, wreched screams of the tortured fell out of every cell, the cybernetic pushed her into one.
"wait here."
He closed the door and locked it, Kagome tried to look through the bars, all she could see was concrete and the cell opposite her, inside was a cybernetic with a syringe and Ziggy, Ziggy was bound by leather shackles, the cybernetic began talking.
"the injection is ready, please, try to relax."
The cybernetic injected the yellow fluid into Ziggy's arm.
"now, we wait for it to take effect."
Kagome could see Ziggy visibly frightened, his face was slick with sweat.
"Kagome... remember me..."
The straps binding him to the wall tightened, he was completely sealed, the cybernetic picked up a remote dial, he turned it, Ziggy screamed.
"hmm... one-hundred pounds of pressure, screaming..."
He turned it again, Ziggy had a far-away look in his eyes, his mouth foamed, still screaming.
"two-hundred pounds, glazing eyes, dislocated limbs, hmm... but not quite insane..."
He spun the dial to the maximum, Ziggy stopped screaming, his eyes closed.
"three-hundred pounds, he is now locked away in his dream world, completely insane, the HOPE drug can now be applied."
The cybernetic drew out another syrenge and injected Ziggy, his eyes opened, he looked shocked.
"where am I?"
"you are in an insane asylum, Mr. Stardust..."
The cybernetic pressed a button on the remote, Ziggy's limbs were ripped off, killing him instantly.
"time of death, five forty-five, natural causes."
Kagome held her breath, 'how can he describe such atrocities so... clinically?', she froze, the cybernetic was looking directly at her, he stepped out of the cell, and walked across the hallway, he unlocked her cell and walked in, he revealed a syringe.
"no..."
"something wrong Mrs. Hiragashi?
"I saw you kill him!"
"kill who, Mrs. Hiragashi?"
"Ziggy, you did it yourself, you pressed a button and... oh god..."
"I did now kill Mr. Stardust, Mrs. Hiragashi, he died of natural causes."
Kagome saw another cybernetic walk into Ziggy's cell and begin cleaning up his body with a blood-soaked broom.
"you..."
"please, Mrs. Hiragashi, place yourself into the device behind you."
Kagome turned around, four leather straps hung off the wall, identical to Ziggy's.
"never..."
"I don't want to have to force you, Mrs. Hiragashi."
The cybernetic grabbed her wrists and forced he into the bonds, he pressed a button, Kagome was immobile.
"now, for your injection, it may help to close your eyes, you may feel a slight pinch in your right arm."
The cybernetic squirted a bit of liquid out of the syringe and tapped it on his arm, he slid ithe needle into Kagome's arm, she could a slight burning sensation move throught her arm, then spread to her entire body, she could feel everything, every molocule of air that touched her she could feel, she could feel the leather bonds so deeply that she felt she knew the steer that bore it, she felt the concrete so acutely she could feel the center of the earth, everything was so... so... vivid.
"you can feel the drug's effects, Mrs. Hiragashi?"
She had completely forgotten about her impending doom, she smelled steel, concrete, and rotting bodies, she could see through wall, she could see thermally, the cybernetic turned the dial. Suddenly, she was swimming in a sea of broken glass, her skin was burning off in a boiling pot of acid, a platoon of spartans was stabbing at her with thier pikes, a voice, broke through the pain.
"one-hundred pounds of pressure, this biological has suprisingly high endurance, for a female."
He cranked the knob again, her arms and legs popped out of thier sockets, she banged her the back of her head against he concrete, trying to stop the pain, she remembered the razor in her cell with the men in white, oh, how she longed for the razor, she could have finished it then.
"two-hundred pounds of pressure, hallucinating, screaming."
He cranked the dial for the third time, the pain was not a part of Kagome's world, it was her world.
Then, the void. Kagome was floating through a blackness, there was no pain, grass formed beneath her, she opened her eyes, Inu-Yasha was standing above her, the youkai that killed her was lying dead next to her, Inu-Yasha was in full demon form, his eyes blood red, his voice deep.
"three-hundred pounds of pressure, Mrs. Hiragashi..."
She was spiraling through the blackness again and she was back in the shackles.
"Mrs. Hiragashi, you're in an insane asylum."
He pressed the final button, Kagome could feel her limbs part with her body.
"time of death, six o'clock, natural causes."
Kagome closed her eyes, she was finally dead, the pain of insanity was over, her mind was her own, she flew to heaven, she was in bed, her mom was there.
"Kagome, wake up, you'll be late for school."
To be continued...