Love & Hate
Selene's eyes slowly flutter open. They have a blank and distant look that makes her seem to see through everything. Then, next to come is the sensation of being trapped. As the life returns to her eyes, she glances down at the numerous straps holding her in place on a hospital cot. She tries to struggle, but her body feels too heavy to move. Irked, she rolls her eyes, not at all amused.
"Drugged…" she murmurs. "Right, obvious much?"
Selene glances down at her hands intently. Slowly, but surely, they start to move. Meaning that whatever it was is moving out of her system. The metal clips holding her bindings in place refuse to budge. Their steel teeth-like grip almost slice through the leather bindings. Her weak struggles don't loosen the bindings, or cause the teeth to break them. Frustrated, she hits her head back against the cot.
"Sayer…" she sighs. "Why did I come here? I'm sure it wasn't to become someone's still doll. Playing the part I'm assigned without any doubts, no, that's not why…"
A loud silence fills her head as her eyes flutter closed. All around the silence, swirls an ever-darkening blackness. Then, another colour starts to make itself known. A clear, film-like substance comes over it. Next, are the images of a darkened shack that's nearly completely collapsed. All around it are dead looking trees bent over by long gone winds. There are no sounds whatsoever, and no breeze. The entire place looks as though it's dead, and had been haphazardly brought back to life.
"Um, er, mister scillia, are you here?" a timid voice whispers, shaken.
"Hehe, you've come…" a voice cackles. "As I knew you would."
"Uh, yea…" the timid voice murmurs. "I was, er, um, hoping you could help me out…"
(… I know that voice from somewhere… Whose speaking in the dark? …)
"… For a journalist? Anything…" the voice replies darkly. "Which case are you most interested in? What knowledge does your heart crave?"
(… Where have I heard it before? … What has this person seen? …)
"It's about a girl," the timid voice replies, braver. "She went with someone bad, and she's in a lot of danger. I want to know where she is… Her name is Selene."
( Carly? )
A ripping feeling suddenly overwhelms her mind, and brings a paralysis over her. The darkness takes full control of the situation, plunging her into a world of nothing but it. Nothing but it, and her worst nightmares…
Selene lurches forward, gasping for breath. The first thing she notices is the lack of bindings around her torso and arms. The room's still dark, but it's lighter. Light enough for her to see the steel, square plates the wall's made up of. The lack of any furnishing, except the hospital cot she's still partially bound to, make her realise something not too nice. Her eyes widen slightly as she stares, biting down on the oncoming panic. Gasping for enough air in her panicked state, she starts to struggle violently.
"P… panic room…." Selene whispers hoarsely.
In front of her, monitors on the wall start flashing. They illuminate a lot of buttons situated on the wall. The possibility of getting the correct code to open the doors is a thousand to zero point zero one. Selene half-turns to look at the floor, finding traps lay to ensure she doesn't get up and off the cot. She knows that, normally, panic rooms were to stop the burglar from getting anyone or anything inside. They were designed to keep people out, this one though, seems designed specifically to keep her in. With the lights so dim, it's not worth trying to escape. She wouldn't see any laid traps, and could end up maimed…
Author's Note: Sorry, sorry. I've been busy and such. The small holiday and all, and my first day as a 3rdYear! It's awesome, so don't listen to the prologue of Horror High! I've got music with a friend I haven't spoken to in years, it'd be great if we weren't moved.
Anyway. Sorry it's not all that long. If you're bored waiting, try my FictionPress stories…. Though I'd avoid Horror High and Decessus. They're not so good. To Where You Are was kind of rushed, but it's short and sweet. It goes with a song so it's easy to understand. The part with the still doll, is a B-side of a quote of mine, and I'll kill you if i find you using it. Okay? Good.
Ahem! Sorry to keep you waiting, and with my rambling and all… Yea, my bad. Okay then, It's a kind of circuit that I'm working my way around so that updates are more fair. Seven more uploads until I'm back here, but hey, reviews make me smile, and I need one anyway. I think it has a sad feel to it, if you thought that too, then it's because I've been listening to Evanescence's October.
Thank you for reading, I love you all for it. The next chapter, wow. Things really kick off there.
In the vision she had of Carly, the parts in with brackets are Selene's thoughts. So, please tell me what you thought too!
(She can't use her abilities because she had been drugged, remember)