NetherMyth

Long before she opened her eyes, she knew something was not right. The screaming siren of alarms was the first indication, ricocheting painfully between her temples. Then came a darkness as familiar as an old friend, soured only by the terrified screams of the white-coated men who had been sticking her with needles for the last several days. Or had it been weeks? Maybe even months… She couldn’t remember as she tried to open her eyes. The anesthetic drugs still coursing through her veins made it impossible for her to focus on any one thing for very long and her body felt heavy and sluggish. Difficult to move. For the first time in her life she felt… Vulnerable. And it made her extremely anxious and apprehensive. So when the shadow darker than the surrounding blackness fell over her face, she tried to react. However, the numerous bindings keeping her restrained kept her from twisting more than a few, non-lethal centimeters. Plus her drugged state made her movements torpid