Relda lifted her eyelids. Alertness returned, but mobility levels took longer to return. She stared at the ceiling. It was a comforting white - the color of clean linens. She let her eyes trace the room. The walls were also white, and electronic glows from one demanded attention. A viewing screen was one with the wall. Cameras with flaring red eyes glared at her.
"Where am I?" She wondered aloud.
Her strength returned, and she threw the blankets off her body and approached the electronics. She stopped a few feet away. Her gut ached.
"Where are my girls?" She screamed.
Her words echoed and vanished into the air. She squinted into the viewing screen.
Cameras online, a notification read.
Another appeared above it.
Viewing screen 4: Adult Suite 1.
A third notification superseded the others.
Now showing Viewing screen 1: Children's Suite 1.
"Wait, what?" Relda thought aloud.
Relda was not the only one with accidental viewing access. In the suite next door, Daly wrinkled her nose. She put her hands on her hips and leaned in closer.
"Children's Suite 1?" She questioned.
Hunley stirred in his suite. Electronics had been installed there as well. Nearby, a foggy glass concealed a bathing unit. A ledge hid on the wall opposite the electronics.
Twin levitating cots held a pillow and cotton blanket. A teal-skinned creature with an adornment implanted in his forehead stared into the distance.
"We gotta get out of here, Brade," Hunley remarked. "Before they take us for another torture science session."
"Where will we go?" Brade asked.
"I don't know," Hunley said with a shrug. "I could live with my grandpa, but it's not safe. Mother and Father are gone. I don't know who will be left."
Emotion choked his words, and he focused on the viewing screen instead. Daly smiled and waved from her suite.
"I remember you!" Hunley exclaimed.
"What?" Brade cut in, but Hunley waved him off.
"I was at the Curian hospital and the lab," Daly said. "Me and my sisters. You're Prince Hunley."
Hunley narrowed his focus. The setting around Daly blurred.
"I'm Daly Tenner," she told him. "I'm your guardian."