Skylar woke up on the couch. It was still dark in her eyes. Yanking both hands, Skylar felt her wrists tied with straps, as were her ankles. Everything around was closed with plastic walls. It was a ward. Suddenly a disfigured patient, in appearance resembling a surgeon, entered the 'ward'.
                -Oh, you've already woken up! I am glad. I didn't have to wake you up with an electric shock. I'm Jack Haley, a surgeon. And what's your name?
                 Skylar was silent because she had not yet recovered from the effect of the tranquilizer.
                 -Not talkative? Okay. There was a girl who looked like you. You are just like sisters! I liked her. Looks innocent like an angel. Therefore, if you are her sister, then you either protect her, or you're in conflict with her. Can't you speak?
                  -What do you need?
                  -Oh, tough nut to crack. I like it, but I will split you. Are you crazy in this madhouse yet? I don't seem to. I speak coherently, I control my actions. Truth be told, I'm a sadist, but that's another story. If you don't support my conversation, then let's get straight to the point.
                  Jack took the scalpel off the metal table and with a slow motion of his hand made a cut into Skylar's shirt. Hot blood began to flow. Skylar closed one eye from the tingling sensation, but that was just the beginning. His skills as a surgeon didn't disappear after losing his sanity.
                  -Wow! Didn't even squeak! Well, then I'll cut deeper.
                  He did so with the next cut. The blood rushed harder from which Skylar already screamed. Only by a miracle, the scalpel blade did not touch any artery.
                  -Bleed a little. I'll be back soon. I still have someone to shed blood.
                  After these words, Jack left the room, leaving Skylar to bleed. Skylar held back all the pain, and when the surgeon left, she shed all the pain through screaming, tears and sobbing.
                  'If there is an infection, I'm finished myself.' ;-Skylar thought.
                  Looking up, she saw smoke, and in the ventilation shaft - a ghost. Her heart beat faster. Her eyebrows brought themselves together out of fear, and her eyes stared into the wraith's nonexistent face. He waved his head left and right as if to say 'no', and then disappeared.
                   -Sorry for making you miss. Ohh, it stinks of smoke here. Do you smoke or what? It's bad for your health, even at such an early age! Okay, I’m distracted for some reason.
                  The torture continued. Taking the same bloody scalpel, he brought it to Skylar's face and made an incision in her cheek. Then a couple of incisions in the abdomen.
                  'I won't last that long. The wounds don't have time to heal, as new ones appear.' ;-Skylar thought.
                  -See you in an hour. ;-said Jack and left the room.