Where am I?
Where are they? Am I with them? The silence - they've been
haunting the unpopulated shadows and corners of the globe, choosing
at random their next victim. They tell the world they need us for
the experiments as they call them, that they need us to fill a
"greater purpose" . A creature cabale of so much cruelty
can not produce shame. I stare ahead. It's only me in this dark
little room. The air is musty and smells of infection. My face must
light up the dark stall around me when I remember my locket, the
last connection I will ever have to my family. As I search for the
locket under my blouse, a question comes to mind. How long am I
going to be here? I start panicking just like I did back at home.
That was me, always with my burning anxiety of something so tiny.
But no, I had to give myself some slack, this is big. The kids back
at home would never tease me for this like they did anythings else
- would they? That's what the silence does. They choose the
people so messed up, the people with such a charred past that
they're almost worthless. The people like myself. I finally
find my locket and the cold metal feels comfortable on my hand. I
hardly notice the many sharp pains in my hand, like needles slowly
edging themseleves into my skin. I look at my hand, or at least,
what's left of it. The flesh is charred and some bone peeks
though. I'm so scared. In the excitement, my thumb brushed
the locket, making the oddly weak chain break and the locket
shatters on the floor. I pick up one of the pieces and struggle to
bring it to my eye. I am so weak. Something catches my eye - or
someone. An elderly woman is staring back at me where my reflection
should be. Her face is so weak, she is so covered with blood and
bruises and so many scars. A sad excuse for a human being. Her eyes
and nose are morphed into places they should not be. I move all the
muscles on my face that I can feel, and she moves in unison. Then I
realize something jaw droppingly terrifying. That woman is me. The
thing is - I'm 13. I just got here. How long have I been here?
60, 70 years? I hear the unmistakable cry of the silence. I look in
the door and see the terryfying chreature an-
Where am I?