Confinement and hunger
"PAPA! PAPA, PLEASE LET ME OUT!" Eleven cried as she slowly sank down resting against the dirty floor as she wept and sobbed alone in the darkness. How did this happen, what could she have done to deserve solitary confinement?
It began just like every other day in the lab she awoke to a nurse guiding her to the restroom.
Once she arrived the nurse entered with eleven closing the door behind them as eleven relieved herself and the nurse patiently waited for her to finish.
The nurses were kind unlike the bad men. They were patient with her and they had soft content voices that made eleven feel warm and bubbly inside.
The nurses almost reminded eleven of papa, although they didn't talk as much as him and obviously the nurses were not men.
Papa was kind to eleven, he made her feel like she belonged somewhere, when she was good and obedient, he would reward her and give her nice gifts.
Last week papa gave Eleven a coloring book! It had all sorts of different shapes that she could color with whichever color she desired!
Eleven flushes the toilet and goes to wash her hands. The water is cold as it hits her palms and splashes up to her wrists.
The nurse holds out a rag for Eleven to dry her soaking hands with.
"Thank you" eleven says softly while wiping her hands.
"Of course, dear" she softly smiles.
The nurse holds eleven hands as she walks her back to her room (Cell).
"Wait here until you are given further instructions" the nurse closes the door and locks it from the outside so Eleven cannot leave even if she wanted to.
She sighs as she sits on her bed thinking of what she can do to entertain herself until the orderly come and take her away to who knows what.
She decides to color in her new coloring book.
Grabbing it from her desk she sits back down on her bed contemplating on whether she should color the triangle red or blue.
"Hmm, how about both!?" She giggles to herself thinking of how funny that would be.
"What do you think Mr. Lion?" She asks the soft lion plushie smiling.
"I'll take that as a yes" she begins coloring the triangle half red and the other half blue.
"What do you think?" She shows the lion plush the triangle to colored.
Eleven sighs depressingly, she has no one else to talk to or even communicate with.
Although she doesn't know a lot of English and her vocabulary is limited, she can still talk.
Even papa is within her she can never say what she wants she can only speak when spoken to or else papa will punish her for not obeying.
Suddenly she hears her door click open.
She stares up at the door as she sees papa walk in.
"Good morning eleven" papa smiles at the young test subject.
"Good morning papa" eleven says softly smiling happily that it's not one of the bad men."
"How are you feeling today?" Papa asks
"Good papa" she says, staring up at him.
"Very good" he takes a seat next to her on the small creaky bed.
"I see you are enjoying your new coloring book?"
"Yes papa" she fakes a smile as he pats her thigh.
"That's a peculiar choice of colors, isn't it?" Papa smiles at her
"Yes Mr. Lion told me to color it" She smiles at papa.
"Did he now?" papa chuckled.
"We'd better be going eleven if you have testing and we don't want to be late now do we?" papa asks while standing up straight holding his hand out for her.
"Yes papa" eleven sets the book aside and takes his hand.
They walk out of her room turning off the lights and shutting the door.
Walking down the labs long hallways they run into Henry who is taking notes outside of a room.
"Good morning, Dr. Brenner" he smiles.
"Morning," Brenner replies, stopping in front of him.
"Hello eleven" Henry smiles looking down at the small scrawny girl.
"Hello" she softly smiles, staring up at him.
"Right this way please" Henry swipes his keycard, opening a door and walking both of them through it.
They walk to an empty room. This is strange to eleven. She has never seen this room before. Is she going to do tests or something new?
Eleven began to get a little nervous clinging onto papa's hand.
"It's okay eleven, today we have something new we want you to try, and I know you are going to be a good girl and obey every command.
Henry scoffed under his breath so Brenner wouldn't hear him. He couldn't help but be angry as it sounded almost like he was talking to a dog.
"Right in here" Henry sighs, opening the door for the two of them.
Eleven sighs in relief, this room looks like every other testing room so how different can it be. At Least she didn't have to enter the sensory deprivation tank.
Papa guides her to take a seat on the small chair.
Both him and Henry leave to go to the other side of the glass.
All of a sudden the lights turn on and it startles eleven for just a moment.
She can see various men all dressed like papa wearing silky white lab coats.
Some have clipboards, some are working on machines and others are smoking cigars watching her with blank stares.
She gulps nervously, she's never had such a big audience before this must mean that today was important.
All of a sudden, the door opens, and a scientist enters with a hat of electrodes.
He places it on the girl's head, adjusting it so that it fits perfectly.
He then plugs something into the wall, and she can hear the machine start beeping and making all sorts of noises from the other side of the glass.
The scientist exits the room leaving eleven alone staring back at papa for some sort of command order or request.
All of a sudden, she hears the speaker produce static and she can hear papas muffled voice speaking to her through the static.
"Eleven, today is a very important day because I have a very special request from you, something that you are not exactly… familiar with." papa says blankly.
Interested eleven continues to watch papa through the glass.
Again, the door enters, and a scientist shows eleven a scrawny cat shaking in its small confinement.
Eleven stares at the small cat immediately her heart drops and she shudders, staring at it, they want her to kill it.
Her heart sinks and she stare back at it horrified.
Recently she was forced to kill a cat a couple months ago, she was traumatized.
What had she done wrong why are they making her do this again she was just confused and scared.
The scientist continues to hold the cage, not letting it go. All of a sudden, she hears the static and papas' voices speaking.
"Eleven take a good look at this cat, study it in every way, make sure you remember what this cat looks like."
Eleven obeys and shuffles closer to the shaking cat, she looks at it making sure to get a good look at it.
A couple minutes later the scientist leaves taking the cat with him.
"Eleven I want you to find that exact cat with your mind, once you find it tell me and await further instructions."
Eleven obeys closing her eyes steadying her breath. She focuses on her breathing trying to channel her powers.
Shifting in her seat she imagines herself in the void.
Water, she can feel water submerge her feet. Eleven opens her eyes to see that she is in the void.
Everything around her is pitch dark. Only the water being illuminated by a very faint light.
Eleven tries her hardest to remember what the cat looked like remembering every small detail about its fur, the way its nose twitched and how its large pupils stared back at her.
She began walking aimlessly searching for the little cat.
Water splashing just up to her ankles as she walked in the endless darkness.
All of a sudden, she heard a sound, it sounded like meowing, and she could hear the cat scampering around in the small metal cage.
She turned around and knew she had succeeded when she saw the cat.
She smiled, feeling proud that she had fulfilled papas' orders.
"P-papa…Found cat." eleven stuttered, speaking through her physical body was never easy when she was in the void.
"Good girl" papa smiled at her body.
"Terminate it" he said coldly.
Eleven Shaked hearing what just came out of papa's mouth. Why, why was papa making her do this!?
The sweet cat did nothing to hurt her, but papa still wanted her to harm it for no reason.
Her breath became shaky as she shuddered. Her head began to throb from being in the void. She could feel a warm trickle of blood run down her nose.
This was it now or never she was running out of time, she had to make a choice.
If she didn't kill the cat, then she would get some sort of punishment and she wouldn't be able to run because she would be too weak and tired from using her powers.
If she killed the innocent cat, then she would be fed and get a reward, but she would also have to suffer from the guilt of hurting an innocent creature.
She heard her stomach growl, she was so, so hungry using her powers drained her and on top of that the meal portions were never big and never really filled her up.
But she was starving and it showed, she was skinny and pale, her body desperately needing nutrition, she hadn't even had breakfast yet and she couldn't bear to go another day with no food.
She had to kill this cat so she could live. It was a sad decision to make but it was for her own safety.
She shuffled closer to the shaking cat. Staring at it she held back tears as she reached her arm out in front of it focusing hard on it.
She concentrated all of power on it, willing to snap its neck and end its suffering for good.
She felt more blood trickle down her nose, and she could feel her ears start to bleed from the intense use of her powers.
Her eyes rolled to the back of her head as she heard the cat's neck snap. Finally ending the cats suffering for good.
Eleven immediately left the void gasping for air as she felt her strength leave her body.
Her eyes dropped down as she stared down at her feet watching as blood dripped down from her face onto the floor.
Eleven looked even more pale and tired, her eyes baggy and lips covered in blood.
She looked like a ragdoll as she laid back in her chair exhausted and depressed from the events that had just occurred.
The men outside of the glass were all waiting for a response to see if the girl had really ended the cat's miserable life.
Just then a loud sound of static could be heard coming from papa's walkie talkie. He picked it up and held it up to his ear as a man spoke.
"The cat has successfully been terminated" a man spoke.
Papa didn't even bother to answer, instead exiting the room and going to praise his little experiment.
He hurried over to her and picked her up out of the chair cradling her in his arms.
"Good girl, very good girl, papa is very proud of you little one." he softly spoke, stroking her head and smiling down at the shaking girl in his arms.
The men on the other side of the glass were astonished yet satisfied and pleased that the experiment had been a success.
Henry could see eleven being praised by papa, he was disgusted but happy at the same time.
Eleven wouldn't have to be punished or be rejected food yet she was forced to use her powers against her will to the point where she was becoming ill because of it.
This place was truly a prison for both him and all the other subjects.
Brenner carried eleven out of the room going in the direction of her room.
Striding down the hallway they passed Dr Owens. Who stopped walking and instead looked at them both concerned.
"Hey wait just a minute!" Owens shouted running over to them. Brenner stopped and turned around facing him.
"What now?" Brenner spoke annoyed by Owens.
"What happened to her Brenner? What did you do this time!?" Owens stared at her concerned, looking at the scrawny little girl wrapped up in Brenner's arms.
Her lips and chin covered in blood, eyes baggy and dropping from exhaustion as he could hear her ragged breaths.
"What I do with her is none of you concern Owens, now go do your job before I fire you."
Brenner scoffed under his breath "bastard."
Owens just stared back at them with concern and shock as Brenner turned around striding down the hallway along with the helpless girl.
Brenner opened the door to her room turning on the lights with a flick of his finger.
He went over to her bed picking up her coloring book and setting it back down on her desk.
He placed eleven on her bed and she immediately rested her throbbing head on the pillow.
Papa wrapping her up in a blanket tucking her in. He brought the covers up to her shoulder so she would be warm.
Papa grabbed a couple tissues and knelt down to her head and began wiping the blood off her nose, mouth, and chin.
He got up to throw the tissues away and started admiring eleven peacefully resting.
Eleven was still conscious but was exhausted and about to pass out any moment could clearly see the poor girl's pain.
Papa smiled gingerly and brought his hand up to her face stroking her cheek softly smiling at her.
"Such a good girl eleven" papa softly spoke as if he was talking to an abused dog.
She faked a smile for him and enjoyed the praise and affection papa was giving her.
He just sat next to eleven on her bed admiring her, she was so powerful but so docile it was truly incredible to him.
He stroked her head and his hand rested on her forehead. She was warm and he couldn't have her getting sick.
They needed her to make progress and if she was sick, she wouldn't be able to give her best performance.
Papa got up and fetched a wet washcloth and placed it on her forehead.
It felt good and helped her headache calm down for a little bit.
He brought Mr. Lion and placed in front of her on her chest.
She smiled as she held the plush in her hands stroking the Plushes furry mane. It was so soft and comforting it was eleven's favorite toy papa ever gave her.
Papa stroked her chest, and he could feel her developing breast and gave them a little squeeze.
Eleven winced and he stopped chuckling at her.
What was so funny? Eleven certainly didn't find pain funny at all.
Her stomach growled and eleven groaned. It felt as if her stomach was being twisted into a ball, she was so hungry, she was physically starving at this point.
"Is someone hungry? Hmm" papa asked, lifting her gown up and rubbing her flat stomach.
"Yes, papa I'm hungry please feed me" eleven whimpered almost crying she begged waiting for an answer.
All of a sudden papa's walkie talkie started to make noises of muffled static.
He brought it up to his ear.
"Sir we have an unstable patient on the third floor, and we need backup." A man's voice spoke through the static.
"I'm on my way," Brenner replied, breaking his soft voice of affection.
"Papa has to go take care of important things darling, a nurse will bring you food, stay in your room and rest until someone brings you food."
Papa wrapped her back up in her blanket and walked swiftly away.
"Goodbye eleven, behave." Papa spoke before shutting the lights off and shutting the door.
Eleven whimpered in the darkness. She misses her papa, why did he have to leave her so soon. She was enjoying the affection that she rarely got from him.
She held Mr. Lion up to her chin and nuzzled her face into his mane trying her best to sleep and not focus on her hunger.
A half hour went by and eleven grew concerned when was she going to get her food?
She heard her stomach grumble, and she moaned in pain.
Another hour went by and now eleven was sure no food was coming anytime soon. She sat up in her bed holding her stomach as she began to cry.
She would eat anything they gave her. She was just so hungry and starving.
When was papa coming back or was, he even coming back at all.
Sleeping was impossible; her body wouldn't let her rest until she could eat. She walked towards her door and turned the lights on.
Eleven was fastly reaching her breaking point, if a nurse didn't walk in within five more minutes, she was going to end up doing something she knew she would regret.
Five minutes pass and eleven runs to the door and opens it. She tip toes across the lab's hallways.
She knows where the cafeteria is by now, she goes there every morning to eat with the other subjects.
She walks down a hall passing the rainbow room, she can hear a couple of her siblings playing, they must've gotten a special reward.
Eleven keeps walking down the deserted hallways when all of a sudden, she can hear voices speaking. It must be bad men.
Eleven hides behind a wall and waits for them to pass. She watches as they pass her.
She stares down at their belts and sees the tasers. Surely papa wouldn't give her electroshock if she got caught…would he?
Eleven gulps at the thought but her hunger quickly pushes that consequence away, food was her main priorite right now.
She swiftly walks away once they are out of sight. She walks down the halls as if it's a corn maze.
Finally eleven sees the sign that states cafeteria on it. Desperately she runs in but still makes sure to be somewhat quiet.
Eleven sees the conveyor belt that usually brings the food out for all the test subjects. She follows it and the conveyor belt leads her to a doorway she enters eagerly.
Eleven searches around hunger overtaking all her actions. She gasps as she finds various bowls of porridge on the counter.
She doesn't even bother to grab a spoon instead grabbing the bowl bringing it up to her face and desperately devouring all the food.
She eats at least three bowls before her hunger is satisfied. The porridge is cold, but she doesn't care how it tastes as long as it can satisfy her starvation.
Eleven looks down at herself and realizes her gown is a complete mess. She got porridge all over mouth and gown.
She wipes her mouth clean with her hand.
Luckily, she has extra hospital gowns in her room that she can change into before anyone would notice that she was eating outside of mealtimes.
With her hunger satisfied eleven decides to go back to her room before any guards catch her.
As she's exiting the room, she remembers that she needs to hide the bowls so that no one finds out someone was stealing food.
She opens a cabinet and grabs all three of the bowls in her arms and stands up on her tiptoes reaching to put one bowl in the cabinet.
Accidentally eleven slips and drops one of the bowls, horrified at what she's done she puts the rest of the bowls back on the counter and makes a run for it.
"So, what are you going to do for Christmas, I think I'll take the day off got to be there or else my crazy wife will kill-" BANG.
"HEY SOMEONES IN THE CAFETERIA!" A guard shouts, three guards start running in the direction of the sound when all of a sudden eleven crashes into one of them.
The guards automatically restrain her. "I GOT HER" one of the guards yelled.
"NO LET ME GO!" eleven shouts.
"And just where do you think you're going?" A guard teases.
Eleven squirms around trying to break loose from their hold.
"If you keep moving, we're going to have to tase you and I know you don't want that!"
Eleven stops moving and accepts this horrible fate. Papa was going to be so mad at her and she was finally being good but she just had to let all that go down the drain.
The guard grabs her wrist bringing up his face so he could see which subject they caught.
"Subject 0-11" the guard said to another guard.
Grabbing his walkie talkie, he alerted , his boss.
"Sir we caught subject 0-11 sneaking around in the cafeteria."
"Bring her to me" Papa spoke angrily.
"Yes sir" the guard replied.
The guards carried eleven away to office.
Eleven began to wail as the guards dragged her across the lab to Brenner's office.
Once they arrived she could see papa who had his hands behind his back, and he looked furious.
Once they were close enough the guards stopped in front of Brenner.
Before Brenner even said anything he walked up to eleven and slapped her across the face.
"HOW DARE YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN SNEAK AROUND THE LAB WITHOUT ANY SUPERVISION" Brenner scolded eleven.
"I'm sorry papa" eleven cried looking at papa's furious scowl.
"I trusted you eleven, but you broke that trust now you are going to have to pay the price." Brenner spoke calmly but you could still hear the angry tone in his voice.
"Take her to solitary confinement" Brenner spoke, turning around and walking back into his office.
"NO PAPA PLEASE!" Eleven cried and begged for forgiveness.
She wailed as the guards dragged across the hallway.
"NO PLEASE STOP!" Eleven begged.
The guards did not listen instead throwing her roughly into a dark cell right as she hit the floor she heard the guards slam the door behind her.
She turned around and banged her fist against the door of the cell.
"PAPA! PAPA, PLEASE LET ME OUT!" Eleven cried.
Well, this is how she ended up here in this dark cold solitary place all alone confined for many years never to see the outside world.
I hope you guys like this fic! Please let me know, leave a review and tell me if you want to see more of this!