Summer Programming

I wake up.

I can't open my eyes.

I have the sensation of being jostled slightly, but I can't turn my head to see what is moving me. Wouldn't matter anyway, I can't open my eyes.

I try to shift my weight on what I think is a bed, but my wrists and ankles are bound by something, or someone.

God, I wish I could open my eyes. There is a dull throbbing in my head, and I have an overwhelming urge to rub my eyelids...a dull throb, and slight itch. Why are my wrists bound?

Where am I??

"We're almost done here?"

Voices.

Just there, I can hear them.

"Yes, very nearly. Less than five."

...and again! Who is that? Hello?!

I call out, "Who's there?!" I can feel my mouth moving, but only just. My whole face feels slightly numb. I don't hear the voices anymore, but I feel a presence next to my right ear. Was that fabric on a coat?

A slight pinch in my right arm.

I feel myself falling asleep. I've never felt so tired, and relaxed.

Even though I can't see, I have the sensation of 25 pairs of eyes watching me intently.

"Gone in two."

The dagger-like pain shoots through my chest and lungs. I can't breathe, and my chest is burning!


I suddenly have the very desperate desire to break from my binds and leave, but the hands begin to grasp all about my torso, pulling me down.

My eyes are open, now.

"It's done. Time is 12:07"



Oh God, I wish I could close my eyes.