Her mind slowly clawed its way up through the darkness that had claimed her for an unknown amount of time.
She still couldn't see.
Her foggy brain remembered walking into the bedroom to investigate an odd sound, but after that...nothing.
More awareness returned. No, she thought...it wasn't that she couldn't see, she couldn't open her eyes. Something soft was pressed firmly into them and held in place by some sort of band around her head. "Odd" was the only comment from her clouded mind.
Consciousness continued to return piece by piece as she tested her situation and discovered new aspects of it. Eventually, she came to the firm conclusion that she was blindfolded. Then, after a moment of consideration, she realized she was face down on something soft. She tried to feel what it was, but found she couldn't move her hands.
No, that wasn't exactly it. Her mind struggled to understand.
Suddenly, clarity snapped into place and the situation clearly defined itself.
She was bound, blindfolded, gagged, and most likely face down on a mattress. Her breathing quickened and her heart began to race as panic ensued.
At first, she sat very still, listening for a clue to what was going on outside the darkness of the blindfold. The only smell was that non-smell of a clean, climate controlled space. She only sound was the low hum of an air conditioner as its refrigeration drifted across her skin.
That thought lingered for a moment and then, once again, panic gripped her. She was naked! She began to struggle, but was awarded only with a faint, plaintive squeaking from what she was certain was a bed frame.
After several moments of fruitless struggling, she collapsed...sweating and exhausted. The effort had done nothing except define her situation very clearly. Her ankles were bound with what seemed to be rope or another soft material. They were attached to something that kept them spread across the bed, but her wrists were together over her head. The stretched out position made it difficult to struggle, much less accomplish any sort of escape. The dark nothingness of the blindfold offered no clues.
She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself, when suddenly the world shifted to the left. Everything tilted and for a moment she was confused again, wondering what had happened as the bed squeaked its now familiar complaint.
Her mind was working to grasp this new event when a hand touched her back.