Hearing Voices

by Russell Ruffino

“Timmy it’s time you met the others, I’m sure you’ll fit right in.” Dr Klimt led Timmy into a perspex walled room. There was a mattress in one corner and a toilet in another.

“Your new friends.” Dr. Klimt gestured at the transparent walls. Through them Timmy could see children in other rooms exactly like his, arranged in a circle around a larger central room. 13 rooms in all, but 6 were empty, the kids looked mostly around his age, and must have been between 8 and 10.

“Why am I here Mr Klimt? Can I go home?”

“Please call me Kurt, and the sooner you realise that you’ll never go home again the better. Now, get some rest, I have a busy, tiring and painful day planned for you tomorrow.”

Timmy was frightened, the doctor’s tone and look had changed, become crueler. Then he heard a girls voice inside his head, lie down Timmy, pretend to sleep, and listen to what I have to say, it will save our lives.

As Timmy lay on the mattress he saw a small blonde girl two rooms to his left looking at him intently.

Comments

Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

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    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Very nice sequel. The bit about coming to grips with the fact you’ll never go home was haunting. I wonder what the girl will have to say.

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    uselessness' Buddy Icon uselessness

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Interesting… so we know that not all of the children have the same power. Like Eckhouse said on the previous story, it’s really very X-Men.
    LoA

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 4 months ago

    Totally out there situation, explained very matter-of-factly, which seems to work with how mundane the doctor seems to treat the whole situation.

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    Apostrophe 's Buddy Icon Apostrophe

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Man that Dr seems like hes pure evil. He probably scared all the children.

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    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Yes, it is very X-Men, only this doctor is no good doctor!

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