Rachel began to stir. She felt uncomfortable, and awoke with a start when she realized that she was not, in fact, safely wrapped in her bed at home, but somewhere else. She sat bolt upright as a shiver ran down her spine. Her eyes darted around the cold metal cage, taking in the details and desperately looking for some clue as to what happened and why she was here.
“Help! Is anyone there!” She shouted to the darkness. She was naked and cold, her eyes squinting and slowly adjusting to the darkness. She could feel the mattress under her and was grateful for the tiny warmth it offered to her. What happened to her? why was she naked? What was this cage?
“Well, I see your finally awake.” If she wasn’t cold enough already, that voice was enough to turn her blood to ice. From the corner of the room stepped a man Rachel had hoped she’d never have to meet again. Jack stood with a evil look to him, far more menacing than she’d ever seen him before. Had he done this to her.
“Jack! Let me out of here” She screamed. She was desperately clinging to the hope that Jack was not responsible for this, and instead could be her saviour. This dream was short lived however.
“Why would I do that” he replied, as he made to sit down at the nearby desk, eying her closely. “I don’t take orders from my test subjects.” Rachel truly now was in panic mode. What was he going to do to her? What could he do to her? How did she get in this position in the first place. She tried to cover herself with her arms in a vain attempt to shield herself from his gaze.
“Jack. Whatever you want you can have it. Please, just let me out of here. No-one has to know. This doesn’t have to get any worse”
“There’s no use trying to beg my dear. I have the power now. Since you took away my lab and my experiments, it’s only right that you take their place.” His gazed burned its way into her very soul and Rachel fought hard to hold back the tears and she shook in her cage.
“Jack please…” she begged.
“Before we go too much further, Rachel my dear, I’d like to introduce you to Subject 1. A brief experiment with my new-found powers to see what I could do. Hopefully it should enlighten you a bit on exactly what I have in store for you.”
With a push of a button, a clunk echoed through the basement and a light lit up another section of the lab. Rachels squinted at the sudden brightness, but was soon greeted by a sight that shocked her to her core…