Roman

Roman is awake, his eyes fluttering open to reveal the harsh hospital lights above him. He feels as if he is in a dream, a strange fog clouding his thoughts as he tries to make sense of his surroundings. As he tries to move, he realizes that he is strapped down to the hospital bed, unable to move his arms or legs.

As he struggles against the restraints, a figure comes into view. It's a nurse, with a stern expression on her face. She approaches him and looks down at him with a coldness in her eyes.

"You're awake," she says softly. "That's good."

She reaches for a syringe and injects it into the IV that is hooked up to him. Roman feels a sudden wave of dizziness and fatigue, and he closes his eyes once more, drifting off into unconsciousness.

When he wakes up again, Roman is alone in the room. Slowly, he tries to sit up, but the stitches on his torso and neck cause him pain, each movement sending stabbing sensations throughout his body.

He looks at the stitches more closely, and realizes that they are not stitches at all - they are some sort of wire, connecting his chest to his neck, his body acting as a conduit for something.

In a moment of clarity, Roman remembers the scientists and their experiments. He remembered how they had taken him captive, how they had violated him without his consent. A wave of anger and frustration washes over him as he tries to make sense of it all.

He is not a lab rat, a test subject to be experimented on. He is a human being, a person with dreams and aspirations, and he will not allow himself to be treated like this any longer.

With this newfound confidence, Roman slowly stands up, wincing against the pain. He takes a deep breath and heads towards the door, determined to find a way out of this nightmare and back into the real world.