Awake

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Maggie was Awake, and she felt amazing. She was experiencing none of the side effects, of course this was a trial study, but after she sat up she let the Doctors and nurses run a barrage of tests, pulse, blood pressure, pupil dilation, and a dozen more she couldn't begin to understand. After giving a blood sample she was allowed to have something to drink.

This was her 3rd time under, and each time the medical community reacted the same.

"How long was I under?" she asked, knowing there were trying longer periods of being under. Most people couldn't go under for even a few hours. Of the original sample only ten had made it the whole test week, and she was under for a couple months last time.

"Eight months," Dr. Carson replied.

She nearly dropped her glass, she had missed her birthday, Christmas, and more. Maggie laid back down and felt the absence of time hit her. "Why did you Wake me up?"

"We implemented some language learning, and we didn't have FDA approval for testing longer than eight months."

She should have read the fine print. She closed her eyes, practiced her breathing, after the first success they'd monitored her diet and recommended weight training as there was a slight loss in muscle mass while Under. They were supposedly working on Cryogenics for space exploration, but had failed miserably when so many test subjects rejected the process. Now there were looking at medical and educational applications.

"So what languages do I know?" she sat up again and smiled as her first meal arrived. Regardless of time of day she got oatmeal. Easier on the system, or so she was told.

She heard him rattle off a list of languages and asked again, "Which one do I know?"

"Well there were implemented each month so you should know them all."

She slowly moved her spoon to her mouth and recalled the list, Latin, Russian, Chinese, Icelandic, Navaho, German, Spanish, and Klingon? "Why in the world do I know how to speak Klingon?" she asked in Klingon.

"Um, I have no idea what you just said, but it looks like the language programming took. You'll undergo some linguistic testing when you are ready."

She continued to eat her oatmeal and wondered what kind of sick programmer decided Klingon was an appropriate use of the language learning process. Maggie waited patiently for her physical therapist to arrive and they went through the wake up process. Then she was allowed to shower while a nurse waited nearby.

She always thought about things that changed while she was under. For example, since it was she mentally counted the months, February, Dr. Carson had a beard. One of the medical staff was wearing a wedding band, another was visibly pregnant. They all were wearing winter appropriate clothes.

At least she hadn't missed the presidential election. Maggie washed her hair slowly, wondering what she'd gotten herself into being a cryo guinea pig.

(I've been off site for over a year and hope to find someone to spin stores with, I hadn't been sleeping well for about 2 years and I didn't realize how much it sapped my energy until I started getting a GOOD nights sleep.)

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