couldn’t possibly be connected to the control chips placed throughout my body.
The nurse and the orderly took me by the arms and walked me back through the various corridors until we got back to my hospital room. When they opened the door, I saw the straightjacket waiting for me on the bed.
Right away, I started to fight them. I had been well behaved on our way through the clinic, but now I wasn’t going to just let them restrain me again. Knowing that my doctor had inserted those chips into strategic spots throughout my body made me feel debased and helpless.
There was no way I was going to let these people add to my bondage.
Because I jerked away so quickly and furiously, I managed to free one arm from Valerie’s grasp. Kicking against the floor, I threw myself away and pulled free from Tony’s grip as well. They had been complacent, thinking that I wouldn’t put up any more of a fight.
They were wrong.
I managed to make it about five feet before my body stopped. All of a sudden, I couldn’t run anymore. Then I turned around and started to march right back for the door. Adrian never turned off the mute function, so I couldn’t speak. I could only glare back at my captors and think of new ways to insult them.
As I went back into the room, Tony picked up the straightjacket, and pushed my arms into the sleeves. He pulled the sleeves around my back and tightly secured them. While he worked on my arms, Nurse Valerie touched another icon, which sent a different single. I got onto the bed and laid down as though I fully agreed to this.
Inside my own body though, I was fighting, thrashing and kicking and screaming with everything I had. If this had been a movie, I could have overridden the technology’s grip on me with nothing but sheer force of will. As things played out, they restrained me, leashed me to the head of the bed.
“What about her legs?” Tony asked.
“I don’t know. She’s nice and secure the way she is, don’t you think?” said Nurse Valerie, and for once, I actually wanted her to be right. I wanted them to leave me there more than anything. At least this way, I might have been able to break free. It was a long shot, but there was some hope.
“Doctor’s orders,” Tony said. “Make her spread her legs.” Then he grinned at me, probably because I was a new toy, like a cell phone or a TV. I was sure a guy like Tony really wanted to see what I could do.
My only consolation was the fact that I belonged to Adrian. If the doctor got wind of one of his employees behaving inappropriately with a patient, the consequences could be brutal.
After a few more touches to the tablet screen, I spread my legs. Tony took his time securing my ankles to the bed, and although my arms weren’t restrained, the straightjacket kept me completely powerless.
“Think she’ll get away?”
Nurse Valerie shrugged without looking up. She scanned across a couple more menu options, picked which commands to enter, and sent another signal. “She’s free to try. Now.”
I didn’t understand what she meant at first, but then I started to fidget. Right away, I realized I could struggle. I could wiggle and move around. But stuck there on my back, with my legs strapped to the bed, I didn’t have much chance.
But at least it was something.
Tony and Valerie obviously disagreed because they took a moment to chuckle at my predicament. They liked watching me wiggle around, never moving more than a few inches in any direction.
After a while, watching me fight against the futility of my restraints, they gave up and left me alone. But I didn’t quit. I kept at it until the sun went down and someone came by to let me up to use the restroom. Throughout all that time, I wasn’t allowed to speak.
I didn’t get to talk again until my doctor came back with Tony and his favorite nurse. They unstrapped my legs and led me from the room. For once, I didn’t try to fight, and they didn’t have to use the table to ensure my
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