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Sam woke to a nightmare. Dark and cold, stale air and no wind. She was lying on something hard and as she shifted around she noticed equally hard surfaces surrounding her. There wasn’t much moving space at all.
A coffin? Taking small, but controlled breaths she tried to calm herself.
No, I’m naked. Not an ordinary coffin then.
Either abduction or…autopsy. Oh holy fucking shit. I need to get out of here. Get out, get out, get out!!! Feeling her breath starting to come in short, shallow puffs and her chest constrict painfully Sam forced control back into her mind.
No, not panicking. Won’t help. Need to think. Need to get out of here. The door should be at my head. She moved her hands first up over her chest and then up over her head.
Feeling a smooth rectangular surface with no hint of a handle of any kind Sam was ready to freak out completely. Thankfully her long practice of mental control won out and she breathed carefully before moving her hands lower and bracing for a flip of her body. As she settled down on her stomach she pushed her arms out in front of her, crossing them and pushing out with the help of her body. There was a thump and her arms hurt a bit, but no movement. Oh well, at least someone might hear her.

”Help!” she screamed and then moved forwards to thump on the door once more. Nothing, as expected. Still, there wasn’t anything else to do really so Sam kept up a steady rhythm;
scream, thump, scream, thump. The compartment grew warmer and it was getting harder and harder to breathe. Sweat had broken out on her body and her throat and arms hurt. Her chest was starting to hurt too and she knew there wasn’t much time left now.
Forcing all thoughts, all emotions out of her head, she only concentrated on her movement and sound. Tears started to flow, her head was pounding and her lungs protested.
Thump, scream, thump. Redness and lightning under her eyelids, pain all around. One more lunge and then she just couldn’t move any longer, couldn’t scream, couldn’t breathe. Everything burned and after an eternity of pain, peace finally claimed her.

She woke up with a painful gasp for air, feeling her whole body shudder as the much need oxygen was pulled down into her lungs.
How the hell am I alive? Feeling cloth surrounding her instead of those horrible metal walls of the freezer Sam nearly panicked again, but opening her eyes she saw a dim light above her, obscured by white cotton. Her back was once again lying on a cold, metal slab, but this time she was apparently out in the morgue.
As fast as her aching body could move Sam had removed the sheet from her face and was off the table and trying to stand on wobbly legs. Feeling another shudder through her body she forced herself not to faint as her head started to spin. A shaking hand came down to steady her against the metal table and she took a few controlled breaths.
Easy now, easy. After a minute or so of calm breathing and centering of her mind Sam wound the white sheet around her body and looked down at her feet.
Huh. Good thing I didn’t cut myself on that. Seating herself on the table once more she carefully raised her left leg and plucked off the ID-tag hanging off her big toe.
Jane Doe
09-06-06
Preliminary cause of death:
Major force trauma
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