Breakfast consisted of two slices of buttered white toast with a choice of strawberry jam or marmalade, a small bowl of fruit salad, a glass of orange juice and a strong black coffee. It arrived with a ding through the chute in the wall at he back of her cell, and although Reagan was loathed to accept anything from her captors, she had to admit that it all looked delicious. She took the tray reluctantly and settled herself on the floor in front of the blue energy field that contained her, Milly sitting opposite her in her own cell. She could hear the other girls talking farther up the corridor but such was the design of the cells that she couldn't actually see anyone else. The girls to her left were called Zara and Alyss but that was as much as she or Milly knew about either of them.
"How did you sleep?" Milly asked tentatively.
Reagan swallowed the bit of toast she had been chewing before answering. She had told Milly everything that had happened in the Doctor's lab the other night but she hadn't said anything about the video of herself that she had seen afterwards. In the video she had told herself that all of this was happening for a reason, that it was somehow necessary and that she was there of her own choice. The Doctor had even offered her a chance to leave but she had declined and taken a pill to make her forget. None of it made sense and whatever comfort she had found in her decision was swiftly overshadowed by her confusion. If she didn't understand it, what hope did she have of explaining it to Milly.
"I slept fine," she lied. She had been up all night trying to make sense of that damned video. "You?"
"Yeah, me too," Milly replied. "The beds are surprisingly comfortable..."
Reagan had to agree. The bed was comfortable and what sleep she had managed had been deep and undisturbed. The food was also excellent and the cells were warm and spotless. Whatever this was, they were being treated very well.
"I could kill a shower though," Milly continued as she picked over her breakfast.
Reagan laughed softly and nodded her agreement. In her short interaction with Milly she had already decided that she liked her. She talked a lot, often saying whatever came into her head before she had thought it through. Reagan supposed it was a coping method for her and honestly didn't mind the distraction. It was good to know that she had at least one friend in there.
They finished their breakfast, spending the rest of the meal chatting about food that they liked and didn't like in the vague hope that it might help trigger some kind of memory for either of them, which it didn't. After breakfast they returned their empty trays to the chute at the back of the wall and Reagan decided to take the opportunity to do some basic stretches. Milly had just started to join in when a sharp wail cut through the air and they both collapsed to the floor with their hands pressed tightly over their ears.
"Good morning, ladies!"
She sat up as the sonic siren stopped abruptly. The Doctor stood in front of the large door to the left of his cell, flanked by the two nurses in their short white dresses, PVC boots and gloves and surgical masks. His hands were folded in front of him and he smiled broadly as Reagan and the others approached the doors of the cells cautiously.
"I trust you all had a good night's sleep and enjoyed your breakfast?" he asked to a silent reply. He tutted, a frown creasing his brow as he looked around. "I can see we still have to work on your manners," he mused. "No matter, that will begin today I suppose! We will begin wit a simple experiment, starting with this side of the block."
Reagan glanced at Milly as the Doctor indicated her side of the corridor. Her eyes were wide and her face had turned noticeably paler even through the soft glow of her cell's energy field.
"Restraints are being provided for each of you now. Please kindly put them on, hands behind your backs please. I'm sure miss Reagan can tell you all what will happen if you choose not to comply."
Milly looked pleadingly at Reagan who gave her what she hoped was an encouraging nod. She watched her friend turn and walk to the back of her cell, returning a few moments later holding what appeared to be a ball gag, a set of leather handcuffs, a matching collar and a blindfold. Reagan glared at the Doctor as Milly began to attach the restraints, starting with the collar and gag before sliding the blindfold over her eyes with one final look at Reagan and then snapping the cuffs around her wrists. Reagan watched as one of the nurses marched up the hall and she heard the crackle of her stun baton followed by a yelp of pain before the nurse returned and gave the Doctor a curt nod.
"Very good," the Doctor said. "And with minimal resistance. I am impressed. You shall all come with me now, the rest of you can enjoy a spot of freedom until this afternoon."
Reagan watched as the energy field on Milly's cell was deactivated and one of the nurses guided her out into the corridor. She was trembling as the other prisoners, ten of them including Milly, were lined up behind her and the nurses began to link their collars together with lengths of silver chain. Once they had finished, they attached a leash to Milly's collar and Reagan gasped as the sonic sirens began to wail once again. She fell to the floor, striving to keep her eyes open as the nurses led the girls out of the corridor through the doors to the lab that had began to open. She caught sight of the Doctor smiling cooly at her before he turned on his heel and followed his charges out of the corridor.
When the sirens at last fell silent Reagan pushed herself to her feet and to her surprise she found the energy field of her cell had also been deactivated. She hurried to the threshold, peering tentatively into the corridor to see nine other heads doing the same. The door that the Doctor and the other girls had left through was shut but at the far end of the corridor another door sat open, a large space visible beyond the threshold. She swallowed her unease and stepped into the corridor, the other girls watching at her as she did so as if they were expecting her to suddenly collapse or burst into flames. The floor was cool under her feet as she strode the lenght of the corridor, glancing at the other girls as she passed their cells. They were mostly human but she spied a fellow Lunar Elf and a horned Taritan who stared at her through large black eyes as she approached the far door. She peered through the opening, seeing a large, hexagonal room beyond, the floors, walls and ceiling all white like the rest of the facility. Tables with white benches sat in the centre of the room whilst a row of showers stood against the far wall. To her eyes it looked like some kind of communal space for them all to use.
"It looks safe," she said over her shoulder, not sure if any of the girls were listening.
She stepped into the room, aware that the other girls were now starting to follow her. She could hear them whispering to each other, pointing to the showers as they bundled over the threshold. She thought of Milly and how she had longed for a shower and hoped that her friend was alright.
"Reagan, right?"
She turned to see a tall girl with blonde hair standing behind her. Like the rest of them, she was naked though she was attempting to cover her boobs with one of her arms. The fact that her bare boobs seemed more concerning to the other woman than the fact that Reagan could clearly see her uncovered pussy was vaguely amusing to her.
