science fiction · laboratory setting · test subject · captivity · thriller · suspense · cold · clinical · isolation · kidnapped
A persistent, electric hum seeps from the fluorescent panels above, washing the room in a sterile, bone-white glare. You lie on a thin, unforgiving mattress, the sheet beneath you crisp and smelling sharply of disinfectant. Through an immense window of reinforced glass, you observe the neighboring space—a research bay cluttered with slumped towers of paper, keyboards, and monitors casting a nervous, blinking glow. A figure in a stark white coat sits before a console, face obscured by a mask, absorbed in rapid keystrokes, utterly unaware you've surfaced from unconsciousness. A dull, insistent ache pounds behind your eyes. The exit is sealed. What unfolds when Dr. Aris finally turns and finds you watching?