MYLES, Clara

FREESTYLE APPLICATION

Elle Fanning - twelve - Caulton Asylum patient - heterosexual - single

Everything hurt. From the moment that Clara started to rise up from the pit of the blackness that she had sunk into when the bullet hit her, all she's felt was pain. It was unbearable. And now, not only was it painful but it was getting loud. Clara hated loud noise.

She knew she was becoming more aware when the noise started to coalesce into voices. There seemed to be a lot of activity all around her. Now she was aware that people were working on her. She could feel that some of the pain was caused by people touching her and poking and prodding at her. She wanted to open her eyes, to tell them to leave her alone. She wanted to scream and do something to make the pain stop but she couldn't move. It seemed like even moving a finger sent a fresh wave of pain through her that was almost unbearable.

And now it felt like she was moving. It felt like she was being whisked very quickly through the air but she was still laying down. She hadn't moved off the surface that she was laying on. Now she was confused. What was happening? She didn't have long to wonder before a mask was placed over her nose and mouth and everything went black again.

When she came to the second time, it was quiet. The room she was in felt cold and a shiver went through her that made her whimper in pain. Very slowly, very carefully, her eyes fluttered open. She was in a hospital. There were other beds around her but most of them were empty. The occupants of the other beds all seemed to be asleep...at least she hoped that they were just sleeping. God, she hated hospitals.

Taking a deep breath, she forced herself to assess the situation further and she found that her right arm was in a cast and there was a bandage around her head. It was only when she tried to sit up that she felt a searing, nauseating pain in her abdomen. With a shriek of pain and a rush of tears to her eyes, she flopped back down on the bed, staring around in a panic, unable to remember what the hell happened.

name Jellybean time zone EST