The Room

chapter 9

He left her standing against the wall screaming. He went to the control console,turned down the heat to 50 degress,put on the thrash metal on high volume and hit the strobe lights.Her world became cold ,loud and blinding.Add all of that to the knowledge that the search for her had been called off and you get one mindfucked person.He left her there all night.In the morning he changed the trash metal music to a tape of Holloween sounds with all the screaming and yelling,put the temp up to 95 and turned off the strobe lights.After 5 hours of that she was bathed in sweat and could barely stand anymore having been in the same spot for over 24 hours with her feet still in pain from the beating of her soles.Now she was alone in the dark with ear pierceing screams all around her and sweating like a pig.She finnally fell.He released the wench just enough so she could sit without choking herself.Next it was back to the strobe lights.She had been in the dark for  hours and when the strobes hit her she screamed and tried to shield her eyes without much luck.After a long night of that her turned off the strobes and played the tape of the news report over and over.

Two days later he turned off the tape and put the temp back to a normal level and walked into the room.She had been tortured like this for 4 days now.She was sitting against the wall staring blankly into space.She had pissed and shit herself several times and the room smelled like an open sewer.He released her arms from the shackles and they fell to her sides.She was in very bad shape.He was unsure if she had lost her mind.Maybe 4 days had been a bit too much.He walked over to her and looked in her eyes.She was still staring off into space completely unaware he was there.So he slapped her hard across the face.That brought her back to reality and she screamed and cringed away from him.He went over the the shower area and filled a bucket of water up with cold water,turned back to her and tossed the water over her.She screamed again and was starting to wimper.He got the cattle prod from the other room,walked back in and without her seeing it zapped her.She screamed again and jumped .

He put the prod down and bent down in front of her.He needed to know if her mind was still working."NORA!!" he yelled.She looked straight into his face wimpering."Nora,what is your name,you may speak"My name is Nora!!" she yelled.

"Good" he said."What year where you born?"

"1965" she replied in a smaller voice.

"Very good"he answered back."Now stand up"

She tried to stand several times before she managed it.

"Turn around" he barked the command and she did.He handcuffed her hands and hit the release for the wench.He took her over to the shower and pushed her in and turned on the cold water.She jumped and yelled as the water hit her.She tried to move out of the spray but he kept her in the shower for 15 minutes before turning it off and toweling her off.He led her back to the cot and uncuffed her.She was shakeing.Her gave her a cup of coffe and a cigerette.She downed the coffe in one gulp,He refilled her cup.She had stopped shack after some time and seemed to be back in this world.

It was several days later when he returned to the room.He had left her alone on purpose.He had made sure she had water and food to eat and had made the shower available to her.She had not dome much except eat and bath a few times,she just stayed laying on the cot sleeping or just looking up at the ceiling.He hit the lights three times and at the signal she went to stand at her place on the wall as the wench took up the slack in the line.He went inside and put a table and chair for himself and brought with him a pot of coffee and two mugs,poured them both some coffee and put a fresh pack of cigerettes on the table as well."Help yourself" was all he said.

She sipped her coffee and reached for a cigerette.He put the lighter on the table for her use.She lit it and took a long slow pull before inhalling and he saw her body relax a bit.He had one for himself and they sat there in  the slience smoking and looking at each other."Well, here we are.what shall we do"? She said nothing not because she did not permission to speak but because she had nothing to say."I guess its time to tell you a few things.By now you have I hope realized that your life belongs to me now.I hope you have given up and hope of escape from here or at least escaping alive.You know that there is no shinning knight on a white horse coming to your rescue.So where does that leave you you wonder?What meaning does your life have now?How long will you indure this toment?All of these are good questions and now I will give you the answer.Your life as you knew it is over.Your new life begins today.Today you learn what you will be for the rest of your life.Mine.You now have only one thing to care about.Me. That is your only concern.You are going to be taught how to please me in every way.You are going to be taught that my happiness comes before your own.In time you will learn that making me happy will bring you happiness.Not making me happy will mean pain and torture for you.So you now have a choice to make.Do you begin to learn how to make me happy and in doing so bring yourself happiness or do we continue like this and you live in fear and pain and I take want I want from you anyway until one day I grow tried of you and torture you to death? I can make your life pleasent and enjoyable or I can make your life a living hell.I will leave you know Nora.I will come back in one hour and then you will tell me your choice"

One hour passes and he returns to the room and sits down at the table.He had been watching her from the control room.Watching her and her mind working.Watching as she talked to herself.Watched as she would go from calm  and quiet to weeping with great angwish,watching as she would recall the pain and then see her  regain your composure only to lose it again with anger and hatred.A million emotions came and went from her face in that hour.Now as he sat before him she was calm and quiet." Well Nora,have you reached your decision you may speak".She looked away from him and with a quiet voice said"Yes"

"Sorry I did not get that please repeat it".She turned to him and said in a stong voice "YES I will do as you say".

"Very good .A wise decision.And now you will see what I mean by making me happy you make yourself happy".He rose from the table and went to the control room.He retuned with a bundle under his arm.He placed the bundle on the table and told her"You may get dressed" and unrolled the bundle giving her a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt and socks.She looked down at the clothes not beliving what she saw."Tomarrow will begin your training.I suggest that you get a good nights sleep".He rose and left the room closing the door behind him.He released the wench so she could move and he watched as she began to dress.She Had tears in her eyes,he was unsure if they were haapy tears from be allowed to dress or sad because she had given in to him.