The Experiments of ADEM- part 6
Their bodies ached and their skin tingled. The last several hours were spent being poked and prodded. The cold metal of teks had brushed across their skin, penetrated their organs, and had been pasted to their bodies. Now in their small cell not even the smell of sweet root porridge tempted them.
“Etah, do you know what mates are?” Rahan’s whispering voice asked struggling through her fear.
“No I don’t my friend,” she said trying to rub away the cramping feeling in her belly. Her mind tried to remember the rumors and fanciful tales spread among the slaves about the colonies from her youth, but she could not discern truth from her memories.
This place did not seem like noisy herd of people and the cries of babes. There were now tight quarters of men and women forced together for the spoiled creatures of Terranova. Nothing of what she had heard about the colonies resembled this place. It was cold, secluded, and void of hope.
“Come, Rahan. Let us eat. If tomorrow hold more of the events of today we will need strength.”
“Please my friend, let us sleep and escape this place.” Etah could see Rahan’s tears, and their dream world would be a refreshing escape. But they would be woken to this reality again, so they needed to eat.
“After.” Etah passed her dear friend her porridge with her own fears spurring her determination to escape the earth of Adem.
The warmth of the porridge swam about their stomach and lulled their minds to into the vibrant forms and colors of Layvas. A welcoming change from the darkness of their cell.
Neither of them spoke for a long while. They walked about the fields allowing the lush ground beneath them tickle their feet. The four legged, Jovra, watched them closely with his eyes longing to rid them of their fears. Layvas had never been a sad place, but the fear within was holding an odd shadow around them.
“Let us go swim and splash about. We need not bring the fears and concerns of our cell to this place,” Etah said trying to lift their spirits.
It took a few moments for Rahan to respond, but slowly as smile returned to her face. Laughter and playfulness filled their souls in the cool pools of Layvas.
“Etah,” Rahan began walking amongst the solid forms surrounding the waters. “What do you think this place is? Is it a memory of where our people come from?”
“I don’t know. If that where so why are we the only ones here? You saw how many other women there were before we were chosen by those Gobs. I had never seen so many of our kind.”
“I had never seen so many even in Terranova. But I am loosing hope, Etah. I want this place to be more than our dreams.”
Etah sighed at the hopelessness in Rahan’s voice. The unknown was before them when they wake, and every inch of her body trembled as she tried to comprehend the experiments that would come and the meaning of mate.
“Etah, do you know what mates are?” Rahan’s whispering voice asked struggling through her fear.
“No I don’t my friend,” she said trying to rub away the cramping feeling in her belly. Her mind tried to remember the rumors and fanciful tales spread among the slaves about the colonies from her youth, but she could not discern truth from her memories.
This place did not seem like noisy herd of people and the cries of babes. There were now tight quarters of men and women forced together for the spoiled creatures of Terranova. Nothing of what she had heard about the colonies resembled this place. It was cold, secluded, and void of hope.
“Come, Rahan. Let us eat. If tomorrow hold more of the events of today we will need strength.”
“Please my friend, let us sleep and escape this place.” Etah could see Rahan’s tears, and their dream world would be a refreshing escape. But they would be woken to this reality again, so they needed to eat.
“After.” Etah passed her dear friend her porridge with her own fears spurring her determination to escape the earth of Adem.
The warmth of the porridge swam about their stomach and lulled their minds to into the vibrant forms and colors of Layvas. A welcoming change from the darkness of their cell.
Neither of them spoke for a long while. They walked about the fields allowing the lush ground beneath them tickle their feet. The four legged, Jovra, watched them closely with his eyes longing to rid them of their fears. Layvas had never been a sad place, but the fear within was holding an odd shadow around them.
“Let us go swim and splash about. We need not bring the fears and concerns of our cell to this place,” Etah said trying to lift their spirits.
It took a few moments for Rahan to respond, but slowly as smile returned to her face. Laughter and playfulness filled their souls in the cool pools of Layvas.
“Etah,” Rahan began walking amongst the solid forms surrounding the waters. “What do you think this place is? Is it a memory of where our people come from?”
“I don’t know. If that where so why are we the only ones here? You saw how many other women there were before we were chosen by those Gobs. I had never seen so many of our kind.”
“I had never seen so many even in Terranova. But I am loosing hope, Etah. I want this place to be more than our dreams.”
Etah sighed at the hopelessness in Rahan’s voice. The unknown was before them when they wake, and every inch of her body trembled as she tried to comprehend the experiments that would come and the meaning of mate.
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