Face Down.
The thought trickled into her consciousness. She was warm. Comfortable. Asleep.
Face Down.
Hot!
Again. Ah, I was asleep. Did I dream? So tired.
Time passed.
Face Down.
... Oh, again, I'm asleep. Wake up silly!
"What?", a muffled question could be heard. Her face was, in fact, face down in the unusual carpet. Gaining a foothold in reality she rolled over and opened her eyes. She could only see white as if she'd woken on a cloud. Hot! She felt in a daze, confused.
No you are not in bed.
A voice. In her head. Was it her own voice? Did she imagine it?
You did not.
Confusion still, but now with a touch of panic. "Where am I?"
You will learn.
"What? What the fuck is going on? Who are you? WHERE AM I?" Panic was tightening its grip deep in her belly. Looking around she saw no walls. No ceiling. No floor. It was all white. She knelt and felt the 'floor'. It was there. It felt like a soft carpet, but it was so white it couldn't be distinguished from anything.
You will learn. I will return.
Learn!
The last had the force of command.
"Look, whoever you are. This isn't funny. I'm scared. Let me out of this ... this ... room?" Spinning around she inspected all four points of the compass. White, white, white, white. "Come on! Stop it!" Her breathing began to quicken as the impossibility of her situation sank in. HOT! More questions ... who? ... why? ... where? WHERE? ... Finally, she broke down. Falling to her knees, she began to sob as feelings of panic and lonliness washed over her.
It ran its course. She could only panic for so long. As her mind returned to her she began to notice more.
The first and most dramatic thing she noticed was that she didn't know who she was. "Where?" suddenly seemed such a small matter. Concentrating intensely, she tried to recall everything she remembered. She had full memories of everything that you'd expect to find in an encyclopedia, but nothing personal. No parents, no friends, no home, no past.
HOT!
Strangely, this lack of personal memories worried her less that her current predicament.
HOT!
She assumed she'd suffered from some form of mental trauma and all that personal stuff would come back as her mind ...
HOT!!
... processed whatever had caused the problem in the first place.
She decided that exploration was a good starting point. First, she needed to ...
HOT!!
... she finally listened. shutting her eyes she realized that she was actually burning. On fire. Tears came to her eyes as she imagined her skin blistering and charring. How had she ignored this unimaginable pain? How had she let herself catch on fire?
Opening her eyes, she looked down and saw that she was wearing Jeans and a T-shirt and wasn't in fact on fire.
HOT!!
Her skin told her otherwise. Only her arms seemed to be immune to the invisible flame. She lifted her shirt to see if she could detect what was causing the problem and instantly the fire on her exposed belly stopped. Pulling off her shirt, the pain left completely, except for her breasts and back which still screamed in pain. Reaching back she removed her bra and with it the remainder of her upper body pain.
She realized that the palms of her hand burned fiercely where she was in contact with her shirt and bra. She let them drop and immediately lay down to remove her pants, socks and panties.
Liyng there completely nude with none of her clothing touching her and without any pain was the most blissful feeling she could imagine.
"OK fucktard, you clearly want me naked. Now what? Why am I here? WHO AM I?"
Learn more.
"Right. 'Learn more.' Fucking dipshit."
Lying there, naked, she contemplated her next move.
Hot.
She could stay here and sulk. She could wander and see there was anything other that 'white' out there. Were there any other choices?
HOT.
Hearing the message more quickly this time, she realized that the whole back of her body, where it touched the carpet, was starting to feel pain. Understanding that the pain she'd felt earlier left no physical damage and feeling quite angry by now at the absurdity and hopelessness of her predicament, she didn't move.
HOT!
The pain was getting intense. She could imagine blisters forming and again and felt fear. Maybe this time, it wasn't an illusion.
HOT!!
"FUUUUUCK!", she really didn't want to give in ... but the pain! The pain was blinding. The pain became her world.
The PAIN
HOT!!
was too much. She rolled over and again felt cool bliss. The absence of pain was almost as intense as the pain had been.
Hot.
"What?" a sob escaped her. She could hear the message clearly and instantly now, and was appalled as heat and pain began on the font of her body as she lay there, face down, enjoying the short reprieve.
"Learn right?" sighing in resignation, "I guess I stand." Getting to her hands and knees she felt the stirrings of pain dissipate. As she stood up, an odd thing happened. She began to feel heavy.