Chapter 6: Welcome to Nexus

   
Waking up was hard. I could barely move, my eyes wouldn't open, and I didn't want them to. I was scared. I didn't know whether I was in hell, or on some desolate planet. It was a bad situation. I sat, knowing that I was alive, and using my other senses to determine whether I was safe, or dog food. I heard saws, the loud screeching, and lasers, like the classic ones you see on those cheesy syfy dramas. I smelled... cheese. Like that shitty bleu cheese you find behind a grocery store counter. I felt the temperature, and it was cold. Not as cold as Minnesota's winter, or the top of mount Everest. It was temperate, like 60 degrees or 50 degrees. (F) I loved it actually.
As I analyzed my surroundings, I knew the moment was at hand. I had to open my eyes. So I did. I looked around. And what I saw was amazing. I looked and saw blades, tables, and even a TV that was on the "Classics" channel. (Classics?) "Saw 3"was playing. I looked to my left, then to my right. Overall, I think it all looked like... A hospital. I call for a nurse. "NURSE!!! NURSE!!!" hoping I would get some response. They came running.
"His vitals are normal. Son, are you ok?" The lady was pretty weird. She looked 20-30 but had an aged look too.
"Where am I?" I asked, knowing how mental I probably would sound, wondering what planet I was on.
"You're in the Nexus Strait Hospital" she said. It reminded me of an old episode of "ER" or "Grey's Anatomy". The nurse spoke up again. "You must have been in quite the fight. If Molly hadn’t found you near Halsburrow you would have been Slicer bait."
That got in my head. "Who was Molly?", "What the hell was a slicer?", "Where's Fandora?" Where was I???
I had to first figure out something. I wanted to know the date. Maybe this was Earth and I was in the future. It would explain "Saw 3" being on the classics channel. "What day is it?" I asked, so I didn't make myself seem helpless. So I played the part.
"I figured you would eventually ask that." said the nurse. "Its January 9th, 2132."