Darkness and pain.
Those were the only two things I could sense. A throbbing in my head, the bite of something sharp against one side of my body, and the tingling sensation of one of my arms having gone to sleep.
Slowly, my eyes began to open, my head spinning as I tried to see anything, but there was nothing. The more aware I became, the more I began to notice my surroundings. The more I noticed the stiff and sore muscles. How long had I been out?
I tried to remember, to recall how I ended up in pain in a strange place, but my mind was still muddled. A groan left me and I tried to sit up, but when I moved to press against the ground, I found that my wrists were secured together in zip ties. The plastic scraped across my skin, and I hissed out.
Thankfully my legs weren’t trapped, but t
