r/shortscarystories
4 yr. ago
SimbaTheSavage8
Shock
“Take off your coat. Now.”
The words are cold and emotionless. The person ordering them wears a mask of stone. She looks down upon me with wire-rimmed glasses, from her great height, and though I am wearing my coat, I am shivering.
“I said, take off your coat!”
But I can’t. The temperature has plummeted over the past few days, and the cold is penetrating me to the bone. My fingers feel like they are made of ice, and I find it difficult to move them. Taking off this coat, which protects me like a suit of armor, will be suicide.
She reaches towards me and tries to rip off the coat. I instinctively shrink back, wrapping my arms protectively around myself, and a low whine escapes my lips. My heart banging against my ribcage, I hug my knees, and sway and rock, sway and rock. Eventually my heartbeat starts to slow down.
She growls in frustration. “You are testing my limits, boy. You know what happens when you don’t listen. Show him.”
She signals, and matrons march in. They grab me by my arms, my legs. Knowing what’s next, I try to wriggle away, but their grip is stronger than iron. My arms and legs flop uselessly by my side like a can of worms as they take me away.
***
They lie me down on a wooden board, with chains hanging off to the sides. They strap the metal against my limbs, securing it tight so I can’t run.
Then it starts.
The device they strap me to sparks blue, and then the blue shoots up my spine. Pain burns into my nerves, cracks my bones. I cannot help myself. The guttural scream pierces the silence.
Then they utter the dreaded command that burns into my ears till this day.
“He screams. Do it again.”
SimbaTheSavage8
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4y ago
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Edited 4y ago
I risk being banned from the sub and having my story removed in general to raise awareness on a very important issue: The Judge Rotenberg Centre