<div align="center">(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/thetragicfragments/character/Tobias.gif)<br/></div>It was a long journey. He knew it because of how groggy he felt as the sedatives wore off. His arms were numb and is was difficult to breath. The world shook and rumbled, and it smelled of leather, sweat and cigar smoke. It tickled something in his slow waking mind.<br/><div style="text-align: right;"><em><br/>Dark. Stale air. Heat along his back and thighs. Pain. Grunting.</em></div><br/>Tobias jerked, throwing his weight away from the phantom touch. The shuddering stopped for a second - then something smacked into him. Colder, harder. He tasted the tang of blood on his lip. Curses drifted into his head in a different voice. His arms wouldn't move from behind his back but now they started to prickle.<br/><br/>Then a new sound came. A crunching roar that filled his head with its meaningless white noise. Blurring his thoughts, making it all a static grey. The metal slickness in his mouth was difficult to swallow, his mouth dry and bitter tasting. Suddenly, the rumbling-crunching stopped. Different sounds. A sudden wave of cold. A hard jerk, up and forwards. Strong, heavy hands dragging him out into brightness. He gasped and flinched at the pain from his eyes, but his body wouldn't move in the way he wanted.<br/><br/>With a twist and a shove he was forced into a chair. He could tell it was a chair because he could feel the sides and back. The world lurched again - and this time there was pain shooting up from his feet. He cried out, and the voice behind him cursed. There was a strange tilt, then he was moving again, backwards this time. His feet still hurt but not as badly. Squinting through his eyelashes, he saw a dark landscape and a car illuminated by bright lights.<br/><br/>The sight was cut off as the door swung shut. Instead of gravel, his feet dragged over smooth tile. A thick scent of bleach caught in his throat and stark light pierced his eyes. It was a hospital. He knew that much. He also knew he wouldn't be getting out... not through that door, anyway.<br/>