Edward stirred. Everything was hurting. He was whimpering. He could hear the sound leaving his throat. It was so foreign yet familiar. He hadn't allowed that noise to come out of him in a long time.
Hands were touching him. Lots of hands and he didn't like it at all.
One hand touched his wrist. He screamed and tried to pull away, but he was tied down. Edward panicked. He tried to thrash about but whatever was tying him down was done tightly enough that he couldn't freely move.
Edward tried to shout. He was trying to beg to be freed but his voice was simply an unintelligible gargle.
Along with the straps holding him down, he felt hands on his shoulders, pressing him down.
Edward sobbed. He just wanted to be free. He didn't want to be trapped anymore. He was sick of that.
His eyes opened to blinding white lights. For a moment he thought that he was dead and that he was at Truth's gate.
He didn't want that.
It took a few moments, but then Edward realised that it wasn't at the gate but a hospital. The smells of strong chemicals was the indicator.
Was he safe? He didn't feel safe. They had him tied up. Were they bad doctors? Scientists who were there to preform tests?
Edward's whole body shook with sudden shivers.
He heard a voice calling out for more blankets. At least out of the few words he caught that's what he thought was said. That would be nice.
Edward flinched hard. He felt a slight prick in his arm.
"No!!" he tried to scream. It came out wrong, though. It sounded a lot more like "ahh!"
"He's not reacting well to the sedative," A voice called. Everything was getting clearer but then everything went fuzzy again. His vision blurred and spun.
He could hear them talking quickly among each other about setting bones.
Edward froze. He didn't want them to keep touching him after he fell asleep. He didn't want to know that they'd do something to him. But he wouldn't be able to fight back against the sleep for long. He could feel it over him like a thick covering.
Darkness was seeping in more and more. Edward's eyes would shut for a moment, before snapping back open.
He didn't want to sleep.
They would do something to him.
He didn't want them to mess with his broken body. He couldn't allow it.
Where was the team? They would save him.
He fell of the edge of awareness.
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