Plugged In_A Short Story by Natasha D. Lane

Author:Natasha D. Lane [Lane, Natasha D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Natasha Lane
Published: 2018-04-16T22:00:00+00:00

THE WORLD WAS FULL of blue that surrounded Oceana. She floated in the substance, her body feeling lighter than ever. She blinked, breathed and blinked again. Her eyes wandered around her surroundings and her chest tightened. She thrashed around the small space encompassing her, when she realized her arms and legs were restrained by wires.

Oceana pulled at the wires holding her until her hands slipped free and she could press against the glass hovering over her. The glass shimmered green before becoming clear again. There was a light vacuum sound. The screen raised itself before pulling back to the end of the container, so that Oceana was free.

Once the screen was gone, Oceana shot up and stumbled over the side of her container. She fell out sluggishly and slumped to the ground. It was cold against her skin. Shivers ran through her and she wrapped her arms around herself. Her fingers touched bare skin and for the first time Oceana realized she was naked.

She sat up, still shivering, and pulled her knees to her chest. She was alone aside from the rows of white pod-shaped containers in the room. Where was this room?

Oceana jumped at the sound of the pod to her right closing—her pod. The screen of the pod lifted and moved from the bottom of the container to the top where it sealed itself.

Another shiver ran down Oceana’s spine.

Is that...Is that where I came from?

She leaned over the container and looked inside.

It was empty. She looked around her. There was a pod to her left, as well. Once again, she leaned over and looked inside. A man with pale skin and green hair stared back at her.

Oceana gasped and pushed back from the container. She shook her head and wiped her hands over her face. A scream caught in her throat when she saw strings of blood on her palm. Frantically, she searched her face for the wound. Her fingers lingered on her right temple that was slightly swollen. When she drew her hand back there were trickles of blood. She repeatedly wiped the spot until the bleeding stopped.

The man in the pod next to hers’ had not moved. Oceana waited a moment. He was motionless. Finally, she crept to the man’s pod and peered inside again. He was still staring back at her, but he was not seeing her. He was not awake, she realized.

Oceana roamed over his body. She had never seen a man so tall and with such broad shoulders. Now that she was calm, Oceana could see that his skin was actually a slight blue tint and his eyes were like steel.

“Hello?” Oceana spoke in a low tone. “Can you hear me?” She lightly knocked on the clear glass door that separated her from the man.

“Can you hear me?” she asked again. The man did not stir.

There was a beeping noise. Oceana followed the noise to the end of the pod where a box with wavy lines was displayed. She looked back to the front of the pod, now noticing another larger box.

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