Story I wrote

**Adny** · 10-03-2012, 12:32 AM

My eyes shot open - the world around me slowly came into focus. The air was thin and dusty, making it much harder to catch my breath and maintain consciousness. I took a quick glance around the room, but it was too difficult to see further than a few feet away due to the darkness that enshrouded me. I tried to move, but my extremities were bound, making any attempt to move from where I lay an impossibility.

I heard distant murmurs, slowly growing louder... closer. There were two distinct voices. I heard a small metal jingling as their voices went silent. The metallic clanging sounded like keys. The door on the other side of the room suddenly burst open, flooding my newfound habitat with an intense, heavenly light. I was temporarily blinded - my eyes weren't able to adjust to such a radical change. I could see 2 hazy figures standing in the doorway, looking down on me.

My eyes snapped shut, feigning unconsciousness. The figure on the right blurted out in a harsh, joking voice: "Aww, he's asleep. Perhaps we should wake him up?" I cracked my eyes open - still trying to adhere to my charade. Now being accustomed to the light, I gazed in horror as the hulking figure on the left nodded, inching closer and closer to me. Step by step. My heart was pounding in my chest. "Wake...Up!" The brute synchronized the last syllable of his grunt with a swift kick to my throat.

My body jolted as I received the kick. My limbs began to spasm uncontrollably. Everything went black. I couldn't move at all; I couldn't even gather the strength to open my eyes for a glance at the culprit. But I could hear. "You idiot! Do you have any idea what he's going to do when he realizes that you accidentally killed one of his test subjects?" He let out a long, drawn-out sigh as he came to terms with the severity of the situation. "Okay...if we want to live, you'll have to get rid of this body." Could I truly pass for being a cadaver? I struggled to move even the tiniest muscle to relay that I was still among the realm of the living; my efforts must have been in vain. Then...

Spoiler below!