prologue

The first thing I notice is the water. drip drip drip. I can feel it in my hair, my clothes, it's everywhere. Then I realize I'm completely immobile. My hands and feet are bound by taut rope.

I can only see a few feet in front of me because it's pitch black- but it's enough to figure out that I'm in a cave.

Wait, a cave? How did I get here? I went to bed earlier that night- in my own bed. 

Except... now I'm on a hard table in the middle of a monstrous cave and I can't move.  What is going on?

I hear footsteps in the distance and I instantly feign sleep. Who knows what they're going to do to me?

Suddenly there are voices above me, whispering about a test, a procedure of some sort. It's hard to make out what they're saying without looking.  

"We need to begin right away," one man says with a gravelly voice.

"I hear the government is coming to shut us down," the other says, his voice a bit higher. 

"She's important to him," the gravelly voiced man whispers. "We have to make sure everything goes according to plan."

My fluttering eyes give me away and the two men quickly leave, hoping I didn't hear anything important. 

It's so dark that all I can do is count sheep and try to go to sleep. As I am drifting off, I'm jolted awake by a siren and a rush of people into the room where I am.

"It's time!," someone yells and the table I am strapped onto starts moving. 

Author's Note

I'll accept any criticism- what do you think so far?

Reviews

[matrixmark]

Hmm, an intresting introduction to what I believe holds plenty of promise for things to come. The tag line caught my attention and the story is pulling me in.
A mystery is always good. You have left this part with the reader wanting answers by sprinkling numerous questions into your work.
The way you have left this piece, sure has gotten me wanting to know the answers.

Mark.