Hexx groaned, straining to push herself up. A searing pain clawed at her side, another pain shooting through her left leg. She fell back to the bed she was on, gasping for air. Wait, bed? This time she fully sat up, ignoring the burning pain it caused her. What was she doing on a bed?
She looked around the room, her electric blue eyes wide. The pale walls and carpeted floor stared back at her, their normality almost mocking. How had she gotten into this room? It seemed... different from those she had experienced at the School. It seemed... homely.
"Mom! She's awake!" Hexx stifled a scream at the yell and her head snapped to the doorway, where a Hispanic looking girl of around 12 was peeking in. Her black fringe fell slightly into her chocolate brown eyes, giving her an innocent expression.
"Wh-Who are you?" Hexx stuttered, her long fingers unconsciously curling around the sheet spread on her lap. The girl seemed to hesitate in the doorway before she came into the room fully. Smiling, she came to a stop by the side of the bed Hex resided in.
"I'm Ella." She introduced, still smiling as she pushed some hair out of her eyes. "Mom said you should have slept for the next few days but your kinda like Max so I told her you wouldn't. Mom was the one that found you actually." Hexx's face scrunched up in confusion, though fear still lit up her eyes. Who was 'Max'? And where was she found? Ella seemed to find her confusion humorous and held back a laugh.
"Mom said you just dropped from the sky when she was out in the garden. I tried to ask more but then she pushed me out of the room 'cause she had to do some surgery on you and didn't want me to see I think..." Ella trailed off as Hexx started hyperventilating, her hand tightening around the sheets to the point where her knuckles went white.
"Maybe I shouldn't have said that..."
"Ella? Did you say she woke up?" The two girls in the room looked over to the doorway where an elder looking version of Ella stood, drying her hands on a dishcloth. Ella smiled brightly.
"Yep Mom. I told you she'd do a Max!" Hexx's eyebrows scrunched up again. Who was this 'Max' she was being compared to repeatedly?
"Well, I suppose you being awake makes for a quicker recovery..." The woman mused, walking further into the room. Hexx glanced warily between the two females, her eyes showing her unease. Sure these people seemed friendly, but so had the white coats before they had begun messing with her anatomy.
"You should lay down dear." The woman said, coming a step closer to the bed. Hexx pushed herself further away from the woman, hissing at the pain flaring in her abdomen. The elder woman looked to Ella who shrugged in response. She looked back to Hexx with an odd expression on her face.
Hexx shifted nervously under her gaze. Something was tugging at her memory banks. Her memory banks which she had sealed off from any contact with her conscious thought. She swallowed nervously and found her electric blue eyes flitting around the room. She heard the woman sigh and whisper something to Ella.
"Wait outside for a moment Ella. She might not want to show them yet." Hexx scowled mentally, her face betraying only her worry. Would they just talk to her like she was nor-semi-normal? Her eyes trailed Ella as she left the room and the snapped back to the elder woman she assumed to be Ella's mom.
"...Where am I?" Hexx's voice was barely a murmur if that. She supposed it had to do with the rules she had been enforced to follow. The woman smiled kindly, her brown eyes showing only warmth and compassion. Hexx didn't trust her yet though. That white coat which had worn far too much lipstick had seemed kind at first. Actually, if she squinted her eyes just right, Hexx could see… Oh wait. Was the woman talking to her?
"-Arizona. Can you remember what happened to you dear?" Hexx's eyes scanned the face of the woman, taking in every small detail to read her intent. Call her paranoid if you will, but living in captivity tended to mess with a girl's head. The woman stayed silent and Hexx sighed, dropping her eyes from her face.
"… Did you see them?" she asked her voice barely audible to her own ears. She saw the woman shift slightly from the corner of her eyes and bit the inside of her cheek.
"Yes…" She answered at length, letting out a sigh as she pushed some hair away from her eyes. "They were-how can I put it… in a bad way. The left will be out of commission for at least a week, due to the injuries sustained to the carpal joint. The right has lesser injuries but some tearing of the tendons. And your side… looked simply like someone had taken a rather large bite out of it." Hexx grimaced lightly as her injuries were accounted to her. So that's why she felt that much pain.
"Ouch…?" Hexx offered, causing a smile to tug at the woman's lips. For some reason, she wanted to be able to trust this woman. But, no; not yet. Trusting people took it's time. Remember that Hexx, take your time.
Taking what seemed to be a deep breath, the woman looked Hexx straight in the eyes. Hexx squirmed slightly, though her gaze never left the other woman's brown orbs. Eye contact always bugged her. This was why I hung out with Havoc… she muttered mentally.
"There is one question I need to have an answer to dear." She paused for a beat, seeing if Hexx was planning to object. Hex stayed silent, her electric orbs unwavering. "Did you escape from Itex, or as you may call it, The School?"
Hexx felt her breath catch in her throat. Oh God No. Don't make me remember… Oh God, I had tried to block that out… Oh Go-
Her eyes glazed over in warning, before she slumped forward, unconscious.
