Just a Trial

A Story by katristar365

Aurnet blindly tried to look around, turning her head back and forth. The blackness was overwhelming, it was completely dark. She pulled at the restraints on her arm, not able to move them past her shoulders. All she could hear was the groaning and grunts of the creatures shuffling just outside of the cage. The fear was choking her entire body. Aurnet tensed all the muscles in her body as she tried to keep her face clear. Breathing deeply, she tried to calm her emotions. She knew they were watching, monitoring her every move, the changes in pulse, breathing, everything. It had been only a few days since she’d been put down here, but it was already breaking her. Handling not only being alone, but in the dark and hearing inhuman creatures out there was even worse than everything else they had tried. They had whipped her, cut her, drowned her, burned her, brought her up high, experimented with everything they could to defeat her rebellious spirit. Nothing had affected her except this. The one thing that terrified her beyond all else was being left behind, in the dark, with nobody there. She didn’t know how they found out, whether they actually discovered it or just guessed, but Aurnet could only wonder how much time she had before they realized she had broke. She kept trying to keep her face straight, her muscles untensed, her breathing steady, but the cover was slipping more and more everyday. The groans got louder as time went on, and the creatures got closer. Days kept passing, as everything was intensifying. After fiftee or sixteen days, she couldn’t keep track, something grabbed her leg. Her entire heart stopped as claws from some unseen beast dug into her skin. She tried to scream, tried to hold it in at the same time, causing little squeaks to come out. Aurnet pulled her leg away, tried to pull her body away, but the cold metal held her back. Twisting her stomach, she threw whatever she could move of herself away from the claws, just in time to run into another set on the other side. Her body pulled into the center as much as it could, leaving her arms exposed far from her side. Aurnet squeezed her eyes shut as she turned on her side and curled her knees up to her chest. While tucking her head in, she tried her best she could to sleep. After hours of attempting to, she finally gave up and just lied there, huddling in a ball in the middle of her cage.