Vision | My first sci-fi 5 minute Freewrite! Prompt: Describe the room you are in

Milly sat very still. The arm bands where tight and scratchy. The room smelled like cleaner, not the good kind her mom used, but the bad kind that made her want to plug her nose. But she wasn’t allowed to plug her nose, or scratch her upper arm, or even wiggle her toes. She tried once but the man with the pointy nose had gotten mad at her. She didn’t like the way his voice sounded.

The woman with the long blonde hair had a pretty voice. She liked it best when she asked the questions.

“Milly,” she had said. “What do you see when you close your eyes?”

Milly had tried to answer to the best she could, but she didn’t know how to. That made the man with the pointy nose huff and roll his eyes. But the lady with the blonde hair told her it was okay, and to try and relax.

She tried again, but this time she breathed in very deeply like her Mom had taught her. Her mom said it would help bring the visions in more clearly. It had worked for her mom, but now it was Milly’s turn.

“Well?” barked the pointy nosed man.

“I’m in a room,” Milly said slowly.

“Describe the room you are in,” the blonde lady asked gently.

Milly shifted her eyes back and forth.

“The sun is coming in through the window above the couch, and the carpet is red and smells like cat pee. I think I’m sitting in wooden rocking chair.”

“Very good Milly,” the lady said. “Keep going.”

“I feel anxious,” she started. “My hands are shaking, but I want a cigerette.” The words felt foreign in her mouth. She was too young to know what smoking was. It was outlawed before she was born.

“When I look to my left I see a fireplace, but when I look down the hallway and towards the kitchen I feel worse.”

“Can you get up and move?’ the man said impatiently.

“No…but now I can hear the cries,” Milly said growing more uncomfortable.

“One last thing, Milly, then you’re all done for today. Do you know where the cries are coming from?”

“The bathroom,” Milly said. She opened her eyes quickly, her heart raced, as she pried the armband loose.

“Thank you, Milly, for your service.” the lady said.

“Can you find him now?” Milly asked. “The bad man in my vision?”

“Not yet,” she said. “But because of what you can do, we‘re one step closer.”

Thank you for reading! This was my first try at something more science fiction...or creepy haha. Hope you liked it!

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