Awakening

Where am I?
Am I in some kind of fluid?
It feels like. But why am I not drowning?

I open my eyes and see some kind of orange membrane around me.
It seems very bright. Maybe light from the outside shines in.
A loud pounding echoes through my container, almost like a heartbeat.
It seems like I'm connected to the membrane through some bands.

From the outside I hear some dull voices, getting louder and louder.
I try to listen, but I don't understand anything.

It seem there's nothing I can do now.
I can't say anything. I have difficulties moving.
The only thing I can do is wait.

Suddenly there's a strong jolt, causing the container to fall and membrane to tear apart.
The fluid flows away, and everything is suddenly cold and uncomfortable.

Not in the fluid anymore, it feels like I'm running out of air. I will suffocate like this.
Then I notice I'm not even breathing. So I open my mouth and try to breath in. It's difficult, but it works.

So far everything seems fine.
So I can take my time to assess the situation.
I'm lying on a wet ground and it's pretty cold.
I guess I'm also naked, feeling a gentle wind drying my skin.

My view is pretty blurry.
Besides a few bright lights it's pretty dark here.
But I still recognize some figures in my view.
I hear them talk, but their voices also sound very unclear to me.

I try look around some more, having difficulties to move my head. We must be outdoors.
I feel pretty helpless now.

Soon two of them are coming closer.
I don't know what they're doing, but I feel their touches.
They grab my arms and help me to get up.
And then I'm already standing on my own feet.

I'm very shaky, but I'm glad my legs carry me at all.
The two individuals keep holding me and help me with walking, leading the way.
And soon we enter something that looks like a building.
There we walk through some corridors until they sit me down on a padded shelf in a room.

Another person, mostly white, starts to inspect my complete body, touching me.
I can't feel the exact spots either. It all feels a bit tingly.

Then the person takes out some equipment and uses it on my body, causing me to feel some mild pain.

That's all I can do now. Everything else should get better without further action.

Oh, seems like I can now hear properly again.

The person hangs some scarf around me so that I'm no longer completely naked.
Then the two from before come back.

So, let's keep going!

I get up and walk with them through more corridors.
It's quite exhausting.

I want to ask them what's going on here, but I can't get any sound out.

It doesn't take long until we arrive in another room where they let me sit me down on something very soft.
It's probably my bed.

This is your room now. Get some rest first. Getting started here is always difficult.

Then they disappear and a door closes automatically. I can't get out again.
So I just lie down in bed and get some sleep.

I open my eyes and two boys are standing in front of me.
They just have woken me up.

Hey, new one. We just wanted to check how you're doing.
I'm number 17 and this is number 21.

Another person appears behind them, a quite small one.

Hello, I'm 38.
You must be my new roommate.

I assume that this one is also a boy, but I can't tell for sure, even if my sight already has improved a little.
It seems that he's my roommate.

But what I can clearly see now is that all of them almost don't wear any clothes.
And I also notice their hair colors. The little one has lighter hair.

May I lie down next to you?

I want to ask what he has in mind, but I don't get anything out, so I just nod.
Then I hear some electronical sounds. I realize that they already must have made similar noises before.

Soon he's lying in my bed and starts cuddling me.
It still feels a little weird to be touched.
It seems like they check if my senses are back already.
They touch me at a variety of places. Everything feels a little dull.
Sometimes they ask me something, usually how something feels, but I can only nod or shake my head.

They tell me that my senses will be back soon.
And they seem generally nice.

Soon they say goodbye to me.
As they are leaving, I hear one of them mumbling.

It's nice how much one can do with these new ones, and they don't even notice it.

The other ones just laugh.

But you didn't do this to me, did you?
It didn't feel like you did something that disgusting to me.

Then the door closes and I don't hear them anymore.

I wonder if they really did something weird to me.
What could they have done?
I probably just shouldn't think about it. At least they seemed nice to me, and that's what counts.

As I'm lying alone in my room, I try to get stronger by training.
I try to leave the bed on my own and want to get up.
It's difficult, but soon I'm standing there.

While moving, I hear these electronic sounds again all the time.
I wonder what this means.
It only happens when I move, so it must be related to that...

After moving for a while, I'm pretty exhausted, so I lie down in my bed again and think about the situation I'm in.
But I'm very tired. I'm already about to fall asleep.
I have no idea what I did do before I came here.
But I'm sure there must have been something...
I'm sure I'll find out, but for now I really need some sleep.