ETERNITY'S GATE
Screaming… Crying… the beating of the victims’ hearts were the only sounds enclosed in her mind. She could smell the smoke that rose from the burning houses, and the faces filled with terror haunted her mind. She knew exactly where she was located and yet she knew this town had been destroyed about nine years ago. Dawn, her hometown was taken over by the government and all the girls with a certain bloodline were imprisoned in a fortress. One of these young girls, this experiment was now nineteen and the fortress was her home but she still has nightmares of that night. Everything else from that period of her life was completely displaced in her memory. She had no past… no future...she was D10.
“Seventy-five percent.” A scientist exclaimed while glancing at the computer screen and writing down some of her data.
D10 was encased in a circular glass tank filled with water and she was stripped of everything but her underwear and bra. Her long brown hair danced in the water as she drifted up and down. An oxygen mask was taped onto her face and tubes projected from her arms and chest. She shifted in the water and brought her legs up to her chest. She rested her head on her knees and listened to the voices in her head. They all told her to save them and free them but she couldn’t; she was a prisoner herself. Suddenly, the voices went away as a green liquid seeped into her veins and the drugs made her peaceful.
“Do you see any abnormities?” The head scientist asked, walking up to the tank and put his hand up to reach out for her.
“Nothing, Sir. She just has some inflation in some of her organs but that could be the change in her medication. She just seems bloated. We also found some bruises on her arms and burns on her hands. We have no idea what they are from. She has not been on cafeteria duty for the pass seven months.“
“Maybe she has a lighter or other object in her room. Send the cleansing squad into her room and see if they can find anything.” He stepped back and shook his head as his assistant called for the squad.
D10 remained still in the tank, peaceful as ever and nothing upsetting her. The lead scientist walked over to the computer screen and look at the scanner that scaled up and down the tank. No abnormalities appeared on the screen and it was the same as her last check up. Without any warning, a man walked in the room and demanded to know her progress. He was a sponsor who had been keeping an eye on her and noticed how strange she was beginning to act. He walked up to stand in front of the tank, crossed his arms and just stared at her. The lead scientist handed him a computerize clipboard with the details on D10 and he stood there reading the data.
“Ok, start the ending procedure and then I want to see her in my office.”
The sponsor threw the clipboard down and walked out of the room. The scientist watched the heart monitor as he waited for the other few assistants to join him. She drifted, hearing the bubbling of the water and she was conscious but waiting to be freed from the tank. She had been in there for a few hours and the medicine was beginning to wear off. Her chest went in and out as she began to breathe heavier as she woke up.