The familiar stench of gasoline and cleaning products filled my nostrils.
I scrunched my nose, I moved my arm, feeling several of the IV’s move with my arm, making me wince “ You've been here nearly three years, you should be used to this ” I thought, it was the truth, I had been in this testing facility for three years, but never will I get used to the way they treat me.
I sat midway up, wincing in pain, I was still groggy from the anesthesia, I reached up, the IV’s in my veins seemed to move along with my arm, I shielded my eyes, the lights were so bright.
I sat up, my back straight, they always did this to me, whenever testing was done, they’d leave in a room where they could monitor my vitals and whatnot, even if I was used to this , I would never, never in a million years, never in my life would I ever get used to this place.
“Ah, nice to see you’ve woken up” I heard a voice call out, I spun my head, looking in all directions from where the voice had come from.
“Right here, experiment 821345” The voice called out once more, I still couldn’t see anything, but I recognized my number.
I finally gave up looking for where the voice had came from, I sighed and pulled my knees up to my chest, feeling a few IV’s come loose, I bit my lip, yes I wanted to scream out in pain, but I couldn’t, I wasn’t allowed to.
“Listen here experiment 821345, we have ten new people coming, it will be your job to assign them their rooms and show them around, understand?” The voice asked, I nodded.
I’m pretty sure whoever was talking to me smiled at my cooperation because when the voice rung out again, it seemed nicer and softer, “Okay then, you are released from testing for the rest of the day” the voice rang out last. I smiled to myself and thought “Finally !” as I heard two doors open and the people in their white face masks and white body suits, one of the grabbed my hands and held them behind my back. The other took the IV’s out, every one seemed to add on to the pain.
They finally released me, I sigh in happiness as I made my way to my room, “ No more testing for today, that’s…great ” I thought as I turned the corner.