Chapter 1 Confined in the Shadows

Time was the enemy. As they said, silence was golden; duct tape was silver. Life was but a dream, shattered in a few seconds when reality slipped out of hand. Reliving painful memories, the horrors, found their way into a mind of consciousness. Secrets withheld, by a fist of fury, which cannot be diminished. Sweet, very sweet.

The hospital patient room was small, surrounded with gray empty walls, with only one window,  allowing the brilliant sun outside to shine in. The room was grim, however. It was barred. Huntington Memorial Hospital was engraved by a wall opposite the bed.

Everyone in the room was shifting nervously, feigning a sneeze or a cough every few minutes. The brunette girl on the bed was lying there motionlessly, face clothed in a deathly pale color. There was a slight bruise on her left eye, lightly concealed. Her facial features were close to a hybrid of different races. A mysterious background. At the moment,  she seemed relaxed.

“Who is she,” a man whispered to a woman.

“I have no idea,” the woman replied.

“What are we doing here,” an elderly man whispered.

The door flew open and a tall young man, with chestnut colored hair, clothed in a white overcoat, stepped in. The whispers died and everyone straightened up. The newcomer cleared his throat and walked to the lying patient. He stretched out his hand and placed it on the girl’s forehead. The girl began to stir, her breathing picking up pace. Soft gasps spread throughout the group around her.

Her bright auburn eyes flashed open immediately. She eyed everyone nervously, slowly at first. Finally her eyes settled on her arms and legs, strapped tightly to the bed. The tall man lifted his hand and began stroking her hair.

“It’s going to be okay…,” he crooned at her. Eye contact was exchanged between the girl and the man briefly. Without a warning, she let out a blood-curdling scream.

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~ by jellylver123 on April 30, 2009.