CHAPTER 4 - An Escape
Nicole's last virtual experience -which had taken place in the subway- had been more powerful and intimate than she could have imagined. She had been brought to the precipice of an incredible orgasm and then yanked back when the Professor removed the VR headset. She still felt like she was floating in an intoxication of erotic desire.
"Nicole, we don't have much time. We need to go. They'll be back soon!" said the Professor.
"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me truthfully what is going on!" said Nicole.
"The last thing I wanted was for you to be dragged into this, but they were going to take you against your will and conduct these experiments with or without my participation. I thought maybe if I played along, I could help you," said the Professor.
"You call this helping?" Nicole screamed, "I've been hooked up to your machine, my deepest desires have been probed!"
"Nicole, you have to realize I designed this program for recreation, not for control. It was to help couples stay connected with each other virtually even when they couldn't be physically together. I had no idea the company would use my invention this way!"
"Then tell me: Why are you the one appearing in my virtual fantasies?" She demanded. "Every time I experience one, you are there. I only just met you."
The Professor's face started turning red.
"Well, I...um... I came across your Livestream, and I thought you were incredible and so beautiful." He looked down at the floor as if caught stealing cookies from the cookie jar, but continued: "The program needed to incorporate two personalities, so I had it scan my brain waves while watching your shows and interacting with you online. The artificial intelligence must have provided you with an image of me based on what it sensed were my desires about you," he said.
"How do we get out of this place?" asked Nicole
"This is an old cold-war era bunker, and there is a little- used tunnel leading to a forested area accessed from the sub-basement. Let's go," said the Professor.
They made their way out of the examination room down a long hallway to a set of stairs. They started descending when alarm bells screamed through the building.
"Damn! They know we've left the room," said the Professor. "Security will be on us! Hurry!"
They rushed to the bottom of the staircase and along another long hallway when they heard voices close behind them. "Let's hide in this room!" said Nicole.
It was a storage room. They locked the door from the inside and turned out the light.
They heard footfalls on the other end of the door but kept silent. The door handle rattled as somebody attempted to get inside. Nicole and the Professor held their breath. Then they heard a voice: "This one's locked, try the next one."
The footsteps moved away.
"That was close," said the Professor. They both breathed a sigh of relief but wondered how long they could hide?
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Nicole and the Professor had escaped from the experimentation facility to find an empty storage room on a lower level of the building. They knew security would be scouring the halls looking for them, so this seemed like as good a place as any to wait it out.
Nicole was still feeling the effects of being experimented upon. She had been pulled away from the experiment just before climaxing. In addition, the adrenaline of escaping capture was making her feel very excited. She looked over at the Professor. He was handsome in his own way, and he was trying to help her. Maybe? She thought.
