The blow came out of nowhere, slamming into her back, knocking the air out of her lungs and blistering her back while throwing her through the air towards a wall. Instinctively she flung her arm out and felt it shatter as it hit, broken bones piercing through her flesh making her scream breathlessly, then her head hit the wall with a massive *thunk* and everything went blissfully black....

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...Where was she? Buried in rubble? She couldn't move! She couldn't feel any part of her self? Was she paralyzed? Was she in a coma? Was this a floatation tank for burns? Was she in surgery? Was she...? Was she dead? Was this death? Why did this happen to her? Who did this to her and why? Was this heaven? Hell? Limbo? Why wasn't she in heaven? Was it what she did with Johnny back in high school? That counted? Then why was she the only one here? I don't belong here! I had a life! I had a job! I had friends! I don't belong here! Let me out! Let me out! 

...How long have I been here? An hour? A year? Five minutes? SOMEBODY LET ME OUT OF..!

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[color=00ff00]...Cold hit her first, a shock after feeling nothing for so long - and then she realized she was falling. Fluid was running out of her mouth but there was no air to scream with. Feebly she tried to tuck her head before her body slammed on the stony ground, making her spew out the liquid, gasping as she was finally able to pull in air...

"Svo-lach'!" came out weakly, but air was filling her burning lungs, making her cough then her body painfully heaved, spewing more liquid from her stomach. For a fleeting moment, she wished she was dead again before the next contraction forced more liquid out. 

Niki wearily raised her head, her vision all blurry but someone was there with a light...?

"Kto ty? Gde ya?" she managed, slipping into the motherland tongue she grew up with. Blinking, she could make out a man, no, two men, one bearded with a really old lantern. This didn't look like a hospital...?

"Kak ya syuda popal? Chto so mnoy sluchilos'?" Niki demands, then gasps in horror as she sees her bluish-grey arm. Somehow she managed to sit up, but looking down she was horrified. "Chto sluchilos' s moim telom? Eto uzhasno!"

Niki turned, taking in the room and the two blue glowing pods that had people in them...! Nor was she the only person writhing on the floor.

"What have you done to me?" she angrily demands, turning back to the other two.[/color]