early mourning | the laboratory
NYXXIE. ( @necromvntic )
moving HURT. breathing HURT. as if he wasn’t in enough pain, he became aware of a fierce headache starting to bloom right behind his eyes. all matty wanted to do at that moment was curl on his side, dry heave in his suffering, but something was halting his movement.
matty’s awareness of anything other than pain increased in pitifully slow increments, as he gradually came to. his sinuses were stinging, an alkaline taste in his mouth, as if he’d been sucking on a battery. no, it was blood - a bitten lip, a bitten tongue, a bitten cheek. he couldn’t move his hands; something was keeping them bound in front of him. black dots swam in his vision. what happened to me?
the low buzz of hushed chatter in the background registered in his mind next. footsteps, too, and with his eyes now adjusting to the light matty could make out several blurry individuals standing around the room, all in crisp white uniforms. lab coats. and there were others, like himself, some of them coming to like he was. he looked down; his hands were clasped in what looked like cuffs, and try as he did, he couldn’t force them off. some distant part of him urged himself to be calm, but that part was overridden by a wave of sheer, undiluted FEAR. where am i?
he’d be wondering if this wasn’t just a nightmare, if he didn’t know for a damn fact that his imagination had nowhere near the capability to cook up something like this. he couldn’t remember where he had last been. he had gone to buy cigarettes and other essentials… no, he’d gotten home after that, and then he’d gone to pick up ruby… how the fuck do i get out of here?
the doctors? scientists? whatever they were, appeared to come to the conclusion of their discussion, voices coldly clinical, and they left the room, farewelled with a sharp hiss from what sounded like an hermetic seal. he couldn’t even work his mouth open to call out after them. all that was left was silence, muffling the sound of his shuddering breaths. matty looked back down at the cuffs, followed their link to another pair of cuffs. his breath caught in his throat, matty only then seeing who was beside him. finally, he managed a hoarse, shaky whisper.
❛ nyx? nyxxie. oh shit - please wake up. ❜













