Time had slowed to a crawl. He drew deeper into himself, into his body as well.
His heart begin to beat again, and it was thunderously loud to his deprived ears. Unwanted. Repulsive. But it would not stop.
His mind turned to an approaching creature, grasping, diffuse, re-learning focus, settling around it like a haze. What had woken him? What was it? He willed it closer, and the vault responded. Two doors began to slide open: The outer vault door, and at the other end of a pitch black hallway, the door to his chamber. The red glow of a force field behind it was the only light source, placing one last barrier between the invading mind and his body.
He hung in the midst of the machine, its leechlike conduits twitching slightly as they pulsed.
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Date: 2020-05-20 10:21 pm (UTC)His heart begin to beat again, and it was thunderously loud to his deprived ears. Unwanted. Repulsive. But it would not stop.
His mind turned to an approaching creature, grasping, diffuse, re-learning focus, settling around it like a haze. What had woken him? What was it? He willed it closer, and the vault responded. Two doors began to slide open: The outer vault door, and at the other end of a pitch black hallway, the door to his chamber. The red glow of a force field behind it was the only light source, placing one last barrier between the invading mind and his body.
He hung in the midst of the machine, its leechlike conduits twitching slightly as they pulsed.