Short+Story

The Test I woke up in light that would blind anyone, except I was used to it. I should be. I’ve been here since I was born. I looked around the completely white room through the narrow bars in my cage. I saw the rest of the cages. There were about 50 others. I couldn’t see through the bars of the other cages. They were to close together. I could only see through one cage. Inside was a black cat that had something coming out of its head. I looked down at my once white fur. It was half red. The other half had no fur. The red was from my blood and the human I had bit. I had tried to get away when they were shaving off my fur. I had moved and the razor nicked my skin. I started to bleed a lot. I started to bite the hand that was holding me. I had just bitten into his hand when he used his free hand to pick me up and throw me against the white wall. I fell to the floor hard. I curled up into a ball. I looked up and there was the guy. I looked past him and saw red on the wall from where I hit it. Then I started to black out and I woke up in here. I wasn’t sure how much time had passed. I started to try to stand up but my leg wouldn’t hold me up. I fell back in a heap onto the floor of my cage. I was so hungry, but of course I wouldn’t be getting food anytime soon. I laid in my cage for a while. I couldn’t tell how much time had passed. I seen the door open and in walked a human. She was one of the nicer ones. She started walking around all the cages and giving them food. She stopped at my cage and gave me a piece of bread about the size of my paw. This was the biggest piece of food they had ever given me. I ate it hungrily. I looked up and saw she was just leaving. I wanted more, but I knew I wouldn’t get that much food again. I wanted to move, but my cage had barely enough room for me to lie down. The door opened and in walked the guy I had bitten. I saw the white bandage on his hand. I tried to shrink back in fear but I was already as far back as I could be and when I moved I almost passed out from the pain in my foot. He walked around banging on all the cages. He stopped in front of my cage. “You’re finally up, you stupid rabbit. It’s time for your next test.” He started to open up my cage. I looked around in panic. I couldn’t find a way out. He grabbed me by my ears. He started pulling at my broken foot. I started squirming around. He hit me on my head with his open hand. He opened up the door I knew so well. I was now in the testing area. There were a few other people in the room. The one holding me sat me on the table. They started to strap me onto the table. All the pressure on my foot made it hurt. I was starting to wonder what test they would have now when they pulled out a brown bottle. It had a symbol with a skull and bones on it. They started to twist of the cap when I started to squirm. The guy hit me on the head again. They were bringing the bottle closer and closer. They started to pour it on my skin and fur. The moment it hit me I started to scream. I could feel my skin and fur burning away. It was the worst pain I have ever been in. I looked behind me and I could see most of my skin had been melted away. I started to see black spots in my vision. I was so weak I couldn’t scream anymore. The black spots got bigger and bigger. I could barely see the white of the walls anymore. The last thing I saw was someone picking me up and throwing me into the bin with the other dead animals. THE END