38 Mysterious People and Powers

Third-person pov

In a dim storage room, the light seemed to have forsaken the space, leaving only dust particles constantly dancing in the air.

"Cough, cough." A faint sound broke the silence.

Another weak groan, "Ouch," sounded, indicating pain.

A man staggered to his feet from the cluttered piles of miscellaneous items. "WTF, who attacked me...?"

He looked around, surrounded by darkness. Trying to move his arms, he realized he was bound. The ropes that he could easily untie under normal circumstances seemed impossible to unravel now.

Wandering with floating steps through the room, he bumped into various objects, unsure of their identity, nearly stumbling. Eventually, he found the door and located the light switch on the adjacent wall.

As he adjusted to the brightness, he realized he was in a small storage room. Understanding his current situation, he must have been injected with some kind of paralyzing substance. His steps felt ghostly and weightless.