I was running, running, as fast as I could, down the hallways, anger rushing through my body like fire and lava. Now was the time! Now was the time to escape this horrid place! No one, no guard, no nanny, no server, no other prisoner, no one!
THREE HOURS EARLIER:
The burn on my back stung as the nanny drifted away, it's mildly feminine body stiff and hard. The woman next to me sighed in sympathy, her face revealing nothing. I chanced a glance at her face, and had to bite my tongue to stop any noise from escaping. Her hair was sheared off close to her chin and her eyes had attained that lost look that only comes from the deepest and most world-swallowing loneliness, but I still recognized her. It was Alice. I'm sure my face paled, but it no longer mattered. Pain, suffering; no it was all irrelevant now. My sister had found her way back to me. Nothing could have made me want to smile more. I scooted closer to her, placing my hand on top of hers surreptitiously. She made to move away in disgust, but stopped abruptly, like a freight train hitting a wall. Her face froze like a rose dropped in liquid nitrogen and I saw a flicker of horror and joy twitch across her beleaguered face, an explosion of expression compared to what I had become horribly accustomed to. Tears welled in her gray eyes, like diamonds they were, cold hard things, full of regret and apologies. I shook my head, a smile full of pain threatening to twitch my lips. No, what had she to apologize for? She and my grandfather had enriched my life to the fullest, and I couldn't thank her enough.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the nanny move toward us menacingly, and I jumped farther away from Alice. I sighed internally. I wanted nothing to separate from her, but it wasn't worth the sensory deprivation torture. I shuddered at the memory of the black pit, the rubber gloves, the soundless hole of memories.
Nothing, not even my sister could put me back in the Pit. Not the Pit. Never the Pit.
From behind me, I could feel a nanny pressing against my back, watching me, measuring me. It put a metal gloved hand on my shoulder, yanking me away from Alice forcefully. I couldn't keep a whimper of anger out of my breath, and the nanny pressed its electrified weapon into my back, straight into my spine. I screamed, and the world went black.