Check out this bit from the upcoming Athena Lee #12!
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I woke up from a deep slumber, suddenly
realizing I was strapped onto a cold stainless-steel table. A strange, yet
familiar voice droned on, as if reading from a script. Things like ambient room
temperature, pH of the activating solution, and other scientific terms were
bandied about.
“She’s awake,” said a female voice.
“No matter,” said the male voice.
“You must take special care with this
one,” the female voice continued. “They want Athena to heal properly.”
I tried to look over but my upper body
was immobilized. The man came into my view instead. I suddenly recognized him
as Gamma 153. Somehow, I was back on Earth and I knew what was going to happen
next. Gamma 153 expertly positioned my hips and made an incision to my abdomen
with a laser guided scalpel. I was fully conscious during the operation but
didn’t notice whether he applied any anesthetic. Yet, I felt no pain; only the
coldness of a metal probe as he inserted it into the unnatural opening he had
just made.
Without a word, the Gamma’s assistant
handed him the correct tools and kept the wound clean, swabbing away any
superfluous fluid that leaked out from within my body. I thought I would
scream, but instead, I was more intrigued by what they were doing to me.
“Won’t be long now,” said the Gamma
reassuringly as he finally looked me in the eyes. I must have had a look of
bewilderment on my face.
With dumbstruck awe, I just nodded as
if we had mutually agreed on a trivial matter. His assistant handed him a glass
tube that was connected to a jar and some sort of machine. The Gamma activated
it, where upon it made a sucking noise. Satisfied that it was operating
correctly, he shut it off and then inserted it into my abdomen, following the
path that the previous metal probe had uncovered.
I watched as the Gamma used the glass
tube to extract many small orbs from within my body.
“No!” I screamed out, as the scenario
played itself out, and I watched as my eggs traversed the glass tube and began
collecting in the attached jar.
“I won’t take them all,” said the
Gamma, chuckling. “There’s plenty where that came from.”
That was little consolation, as I felt
violated. They had no right. But I could do little else as I was still their
prisoner.
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The Forgotten Engineer, right HERE.
