Fiction

bridge -prelude

She walked through the mental dream landscape of her own creation, this place. This world was hers . A trick she had learnt since she was ten years old and she had ruled it for the six years after. To her the mundane waking world to her felt like the dream and was the real world.. for in here everything was complete, for in here everything was perfect , safe and liberting.

A stark contrast to the waking world. She was vividly aware that het body layed in a piss soaked little matress were she had been gagged and strapped to for the last weak, enduring endless abuse at the hands of her captors.  The asylum she jad been kept for seven years.

Those days of pure hell would of been unbearable had it not been for this world,  her sanctuary from the reach of her captors and all evil. Were time stretched and reality blurred with fantasy and physics didn't apply.

She walked through a forest she had remembered from young where her and her sister had played when they would visit they grandmother before she had died and her who step father forced their mother to sell the property due to his gambling debts. There her sister and would run to tbe nearby lake and sit under a large tree and play all day. Their gran would come later to give them snacks and tell them stories

She had replayed those memories in this place over a million times. She held back tears when thinking of her sister and grandmother. She tried to saviour all those moments especially ever since she'd been locked in this hell hole. She had endured so much from asylum and it's so called rehabilitation.

"Autumn, honey, what's got you so bundled up inside?" Autumn whirled to see her Gran standing behind her. "Gran!! How?! How you here?"  Her Gran simply gave her a faint smile. "I'm afraid I'm not dear. I'm more a memory collected up in thoughts and projected here help you cope. You been through a lot dear." She simply approached her gran and silently wepted. Her gran let her for a moment and then led her nearby tge lake together and sat for awhile.

Finally her gran turned to her and said " dear you can't keep punishing yourself for what happened in the past and that means not letting others hurt you to as some type of divine punishment for it too,"  Autumn kept her eyes on the lake a mamma goose and her chicks had now occupied it on the far sids of thd bank. "I don't know gran."   Her gran sighed. "Aren't you the same little girl that got suspended from shool for beating up fight three boys in second grade ? Autumn laugh "they wouldn't let me play spit ball with them."  Her gran laughed "that's my girl you a fighter! You can take anything on! So I need you to do just that, fight." Autumn's face looked grim."I will gran, i promise." She turn to stare at her gran now but she was gone. "I love you gran, thanks."

Autumn sensed a someone entering her room were her body lay dormant. She sighed and slipped herself back into the waking world as she did she regained consciousness into the waking world. She woke to see the familiar  cracked ceiling and flicking light in the detention ward,were they kepted those more then usually dificult patients. The intruder that had come in was one of the male nurses/guards who she favourably referred to as scumbag. Which she would have happily chimned out in greeting had her mouth not been gagged. Scumbag would usually return the favor with a lashing or some nasty words geberally make her time spent with him hell. A delightful arrangment. "Well, well look who's  awake, aren't we looking pretty.   She returned the gesture with giving him the bird. Scumbag lunged at her viciously  slapping her face , she was unable to defend herself being tied down she simply braced herself.

"You know your a real piece of work " he snarled good news you getting new medication. Soon you be nothing more than just a veg drooling halfwit straring at the wall all day in a wheelchair" she simply glared at him in defiance though she was scared,she didn't want to lose her mind in this place.  "The Professor will be here momentarily. " speaking of the devil, Autumn could sense that the professor was making his way to them now with two more nurses behind him apparently he anticipated her to put up a fight again they were in the  in the coridor. They'd be here in three,two,one.

Professors Barkly walked in in his usual lad coat and board. "Take the gag off, i need to speak to her" Scumbag moved to take off the gaged. She thought about biting him bjt that would lead to a worse punishment so she complied and remained silent. The Professor beģan "due to no recent change in your current treatment we decided to change it. But depending on your behavior largely depends on whether you leaving this room."

"What kind of treatment are you giving me?" She asked faintly to weak from lack nutrition she had been here a week. " new medication as well as being moved to ward D, the rest you'll find out later." He turned to the female nurse behind him and simply to her "do it." She pulled out an injection. Autumns main instinct was to pull away but she was to weak to fight back she simply watched as she was injected and after a few moments everything blurred until the world went black.

She woke up to the sound of the monitor beeping and she realized she was in the treatment center in the asylum . She could sense a presence to her left. Nurse Lee was treating another  comatose patient until she finally turned to her " you're awake! Goodness what have they done to you?! You were in pretty bad shape. You really need to stop getting yourself into so much trouble." She moved beside her bed and inspected her. "You looking better than wgen you arrived. Don't try to sit up yet! I'll be back with a meal and your medication." She turned and headed out the door.

Autumn sat up slowly and instantly regretted it. Her head was pounding but she had to think. She closed her eyes thinking back to her new treatment D ward was for what they called difficult patient it was also unisex normally genders were keot seperated at all times and had higher security. That's all she really knew rumors had it that those patients never got out the institute and there were disappearance.. her thoughts were interupted by the tray Nurse Lee brought in. "I told you not to sit up but here water and pills then eat up" she was starving and didn't have a choice she obeyed. "They pretty strong Autumn so they'll kick in, try rest." The Nurse took the tray and left. Autumn was more than eager to leave the waking world behind. She focused to induce sleep and everything faded..

She woke up staring into darkness to the sound of the monitor in the  treatment center , nothing had changed except it was night time. and was confused. She wasn't sure what had happened but felt dizzy when she tried to move. She tried induce herself and again sleep came and again she woke in the center unsure of the time that passsd. Nurse Lee was inside though doing her nightly check ups she moved towards her and whispered "try rest up Autumn it's late . Do you need a glass of water? Autumn ignored her and simply said "I'm having trouble sleeping" Nurse Lee sighed" just lie down ,the medication will affect your sleel cycles it can be one of tbe symptoms.  The blood rushed out of Autumns face. What if it affected her ability enter the dream world? That night she tried again and again to leave the waking world but she couldn't. That night for the first time since the first year she had been here. She felt completely trapped. Autumn wepted.