A strange reek brushed her nose, a mixture of chemicals and spoiled meat. She blinked her gummy eyes open. A dark roof of metal girders arched far above her, a few rays of moonlight leaking through a skylight.She turned her head, and a moan of fear slipped from her mouth. She lay spread-eagle on a metal table, her wrists and ankles pinned by heavy metal shackles. A rack stood besides the table. It held a variety of surgical instruments and serrated knives, all of them crusted with blood. The memory came crashing back, and she remembered the winged demon towering over her bed.She thrashed against the metal cuffs to little effect. Her head turned, eyes darting over her surroundings. Dim blue light came from a few lamps scattered about the floor. Her table sat in the corner of a cavernous room, the shapes of ruined machines hulking against the walls…Her gaze fell over a massive glass tank, and Ally screamed until her lungs felt as if they would burst.The tank held a naked female corpse floating in blue chemicals, slashes and scars marking the pale dead skin.
