Day 1

Flashes of light dance over her eyes as she is wheeled down the hallway. Moans and screams can be heard coming from various directions assaulting her ears. Her brain is sending her signals to open her eyes, but the very effort drains her, and she is unable to comply. Her heart is pounding faster and faster. She takes a deep breath and her mouth tastes air that is dead and decaying. Muffled voices of the people pushing her bed distract her from the screams. She hears words that confuse her: drugged, poison, undetermined condition, segregation. The lights have ceased dancing, and one single light now beats down on her. She hears the sound of locks being opened and chains rattling. Her brain sends her new signals to mover her hands and feet. Again, she is unable to comply. The sound of a heavy door being closed resounds within her, the electronic beeping signalling she has been locked down. Time passes, how long she does not know, but the light over her fades and is eventually gone. Her heart continues to pound faster and faster. A deep apprehension comes over her; she doesn't want to be here. Every fibre of her being is shouting out to escape. It is fruitless. Her incapacitation prevents it, the locked door assures it. Sleep eludes her as pained screams and wails fill the night with their torture.