Torture

Author: Jeannette Sheehy
Word Count: 305
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Torture

Torture belongs to the following groups:

! Creative Writing & Poetry !, Graphic Scratch, Masterpieces: Literary Workshop, Short stories - Spherical Scriptings, Twisted Tales, WMG and Writers Edge

Eyes rimmed red, I shoot glances around me from where I sit, uncomfortable, and unable to move. A light almost blinds me, glaring down at me from above, and I am ignored. I am dispensable. I am another one to torture. I am terrified.

To the right of me, glinting malevolently are the weapons of torture. They are laid out neatly, as if to politely yet forcefully remind me of what is to come. But I am determined to make no noise. If they want it out of me, they will have to dig deep.

Can I be that strong? Will I break? Will they get what they want?

I will the terrified tears back. Don’t cry; don’t let them know you’re scared. That’s what they trained for. They love the power.

The one selected for the task ahead walks into the room and looks at me. I know he’s smirking. He knows a lot of information about me, and is confident that it will serve him well as he endeavours to get what he needs.

White knuckled, I’m sure I’m going to pass out before he even asks me the first question. My eyes are shut, in the hope that blocking out any sight will block out any pain. I know it won’t. I know they will get what they want in the end, with or without pain.

I was trained all my life to be careful. But I got careless. And this is how I end up here.

Snap! The silence is broken by the sound of rubber gloves being pulled on. The smell of them makes me gag.

“So Mrs. Sheehy,” my torturer walks toward me. I wait for the interrogation to begin.

“I believe you’re here for a root canal today. Am I correct?”

Mark Bateman

Very clever Mrs Sheehy. It absolutely portrays the picture you set out to paint. And keeps us right to the very end!! I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a “twister” word in here at some point, and submitted for the bi-weekly challenge!
Jeannette Sheehy replied

Thanks Mark…I am absolutely terrified of the dentist. Even just going for a check up scares me. He’ll ask me a question, and mortifyingly, my chin starts to wobble and I cry when I answer a simple question. It’s pathetic.
Damian

Haha, excellent :)
Jeannette Sheehy replied

Cheers Damien :) I have had bad experiences at the dentist!
iAN Derrick

These days when I use the excuse of excruciating pain, my sadistic friends inform me …dentistry these day is quite painless…But then unlike me and some others they did not have to survive a youthful, prehistoric rigors of PNG and Charters Towers.
You have my sincere sympathy and understanding Jeannette.
Jeannette Sheehy replied

thankee sir. I call my dentist “The Butcher”. It’s the feeling of helplessness that scares me. There’s nothing I can do if they hit that painful spot..argh!
Matthew Dalton

In an episode of a TV show I used to watch a man was being tortured by having a tooth drilled without anaesthetic. The torturer leans back with a smile and says, “You had a cavity”. So where do you draw the line? I mean that’s torture in the show but at least he didn’t have to pay for it.

Very enjoyable read Jeannette. I was there.
Jeannette Sheehy replied

Didn’t Dustin Hoffman play a guy who was tortured that way by Laurence Olivier as a Nazi torturer? I hate dentists so much. The worst time was when I had an abcess and the dentist banged the tooth with a metal stick asking me, “is this the tooth?”. Then put a shot in and left me in the waiting room rocking with tears streaming down my cheeks at the pain. It took 4 shots and still didn’t go numb. She had to take the tooth out with me screaming and her almost crying! good times…
Zolton

ZZZZZZZT, ZZZZZZZZZT. ha ha.Floss, floss and more floss. Still doesn’t help! Good one, Jeannette.
Jeannette Sheehy replied

cheers Z ! I was able to enter it into this week’s challenge..hurrah!
Solar Zorra

I was just hoping it wasn’t the Gynocologist, the snap of the gloves made me jump. Great build up to the twist. :) SZ
Jeannette Sheehy replied

omigosh SZ!!! the gynaecologist?? rofl!! you’re funny! I hate the dentists beyond anything else. :)
anya

“Now this may twinge a little” – famous bloody last words. Erk. I hate the dentist. Great twist Jeannette.
Jeannette Sheehy replied

thanks Anya :) – famous last words indeed. I find that I have tears coming even when I go for just a routine checkup!!
ArcadiaTempest

LOL …..was so thinking Ok too obvious to be a terrorist….then maybe someone caught shop lifting….even went down the road of tax evasion….Yep the drilling was a surprise indeed. So like your style of twisting :)))
Jeannette Sheehy replied

oh no Tempestuous One – I didn’t even acknowledge your lovely comments…thankee. Glad you liked it! :)
Matt Penfold

Jeannette, this would have taken me by surprise had I not had root canal therapy a couple of weeks ago LOL, you captured it beautifully. Nice twister indeed :-)
Jeannette Sheehy replied

root canal “therapy”? Therapy? You need therapy mate! Glad I captured your moment of terror beautifully..lol :)
Alison Pearce

Oh God!! I felt that!! Fantastic write!!
Jeannette Sheehy replied

Thanks Alison!!! It’s a terror of mine :)
sinX

hehehe….good twist my friend..very good twist..hahaha…this should be featured in one of these twister groups.lol
Jeannette Sheehy replied

thanks so much sinX – I appreciate the comment AND the feature!! :)