Prologue

"Dr.Tannin will see you now." a pale nurse said with a small lack of emotion. She continues to file her nails behind the desk. I turn to face my brother. This is the last time I will ever see him. And all because the government chose me to be their stupid lab rat, their little test subject. I can be as mad or sad or scarred as I want but I couldn't refuse. I'm not allowed to. No one is. If I don't follow the regulations that the government had enforced in the beginning of the year, the first regulation of many being 'Citizens must not disobey the government,' then they would go after my whole family. I couldn't do that to my brother. He is all I have left. I watch him swallow and I know he is holding back tears. I burst into a hug. "Goodbye." I choked. I was trying just as hard as he was to hold back the tears. 

          I walk towards to double doors that lead to the rest of my life, however long that may be. "I'm ready." I spoke and I hand her my birth certificate, social security and papers I got from the government saying that I was to be here.  The nurse checks them quickly, puts them in a folder and then presses a button somewhere behind the desk and a loud buzz goes off which means the doors are unlocked. I push open the doors and glace back one last time at my brother. He waves goodbye and I see a tear fall down his cheek. I walk forward and jump when I hear the doors slam shut. I am greeted by a tall man in a long white coat. I can only guess that he is Dr. Tannin. Around him stand five or six nurses smiling faintly like they know something that I don't. Are that many nurses really necessary? A short nurse wearing a ponytail walks up to me pushing a wheelchair. I want to ask Dr. Tannin what's going to happen to me but every time I open my mouth to begin I seem to just choke on air.

          I sit down in the chair and immediately they strap my wrists and ankles tightly to the chair. Dr. Tannin must have seen that I was shaking because he told one of the nurses, Amy, to get a tranquilizer. After I heard that, I really started to freak out and shook my whole body to try to get out of the straps. Why where they so tight? And why was it so hot in here? I start to scream right before Amy injects the tranquilizer into my thigh and then I suddenly feel sleepy. 

           "Were er w'go-in? Wuss guh happen t'me? " I ask. I can't focus my eyes and my head feels super heavy. Dr. Tannin chuckled before he spoke. "To the examiner room. We are going to take blood samples and do a check-up, make sure you vital signs are good and where they need to be heath wise. Then, if everything checks out a-okay, we will take you to a room where you will help us find a cure to the S4 Virus."

          I fell asleep sometime on the way to the examiner room and when I woke up, I was alone in a room. I was spread out on a hospital bed and again, strapped down at the wrists and ankles. I see that I'm hooked up to a heart monitor and I also see that it's a bare room. There is nothing on the walls except for two cabinets, a fire extinguisher and a one way mirror across from me. All I see is my reflection. There are no extra chairs or any other kind of seating and next to me sits a bare table. This room is really a depressing place to be. I hope I don't have to see it long. Dr. Tannin walks in through the door and I jump. "A little jumpy today, aren't we?" He chuckles at his own words. He has a little box with him that he places on the table, checks my restraints and then walks out.

          After maybe twenty minutes or so, man walks in wearing a yellow suit that covers him completely. He opens the box and pulls out a syringe and I froze in fear. The liquid on the inside was a brown liquid and it's kind of clear, like it’s been watered down. What exactly is gonna put inside my body? He walks over and ties this elastic band tightly above my elbow. "Ow!" i said. "Sorry ma'am. In a minute you won't care at all about that." He responded. It sounded kind f muffled because of the yellow mask he had on. He injects the brown liquid into my arm. Immediately, I feel pain shooting down my back and chest and I arch my back. My head feels like it's going to explode and I scream for it to stop. Then, without any warning, my body starts to shake as if I were having a seizure. I am still conscious though and I notice that no one is in the room to help me. I stop shaking violently and calm down and then right when I think it’s all over, the room grows dark and I pass out.

I woke up and just in time because Amy is in the room with me putting fresh sheets on the bed. She glances over at me and notices that I am awake. "You are able to walk around if you'd like. You shouldn't be hungry for at least another day. I think you should go outside and get some fresh air. I mean, heck, you were out cold about, oh, I don't know, three days? I'll just wheel you out back to the courtyard." I guess when she wanted to change the sheets on the bed, she had sat me in the wheelchair. 

          She walked behind me and pushed me toward the door. she pressed a button on a key chain around her wrist and the door shot straight up. She took a right out of the room and walked straight down the hall until we stopped in front of a door. She pressed another button and the door in front of me shot up and I saw daylight. I don't think I have ever felt so happy in my life. I slowly got out of the chair and Amy had to help me to make sure I wont fall flat on the ground. After I gained my balance, I walked all over the place. I looked back at the chair and I could not believe what I saw. There, hanging on the handle of the wheelchair was Amy's key chain and that was my ticket out of here. I walked over and took it and frantically looked around for a door leading to the other side of the fence. 

          I had to be quick and I had to be quiet. Why would Amy leave that on the handle? Are they testing me? I walked behind the corner of a large brick building and there it was, a door with a yellow sign that read "For employee use only." On the other side was freedom and I was gonna get there. This is too easy. I clicked a yellow button on the key chain and sure enough the door in front of me opened. But as soon as I stepped out into the other side, an alarm went off. And then I ran.

               

Reviews

[Rogue]

This is definitely an attention grabber. I enjoyed what I read so far.
Excellent build up. :)

[UseMeAbuseMeCureMe]

I like the suspense in this :) Im going on to Chapter One :)

[Confessions of an Addict]

Thanks lots!