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You know I didn't go into the day thinking it would go like this.
It was a cool autumn day, the leaves had begun to turn colors a few weeks ago. Their different shades of red, yellow, and orange looked beautiful all through the day. Even during my morning run I couldn't help but stop and take in the view along the path.
Other than my stopping to take in the breathtaking view along the road the day had gone on like all other Saturdays.
After my run I decided to bake an apple pie. That was always a tradition in my family around this time of year, and just because I now lived alone it didn't mean it had to stop.
Once it was done I waited a bit and had a slice. Along with a bit of whipped cream it was perfect. I had to brag a bit so I took some pictures for instagram. After a bit of editing I posted them and sent off a text to my friend Isabella, though I only ever called her Bella.
"I'm so glad we went apple picking last week!"
"Wow, that looks amazing! You know what you should do?"
"No?"
"Give me your chip number so I can try!"
Chips came out a few years ago and changed our lives. They were these little things that you could get installed into your brain that would allow another person to sort of take control and feel things as you do. For instance if you had a pain your doctor could take over to help pinpoint it, Or if you got lost someone could help find you. Some people even used them to experience how an orgasm felt from the opposite sex.
I recently had one installed because of a pulled muscle that I needed physio to help me with. They encouraged me that this way would make the identification a bit easier. Honestly, they were right. Things have improved dramatically.
Many people had been put at ease about the chip when it came out because they had severe limitations. Some of these were that you could only be controlled for an hour at a time, otherwise you would have to wait for the mandatory cool down, double whatever time you used it. Before your body could be controlled again.
Another limitation was that you could change your user number using an app that would randomize it in an instant. With these limitations in mind most people felt completely safe from wrongdoing.
Once you had the chip put in you could be a controller or be controlled. All you had to do was log into your app, type in the chip number and you were given a countdown that appeared in your vision. The person being controlled was also given one as to prepare them. After the countdown the controller would fall asleep. And their brain processing would be passed over.
With no side effects it seemed completely safe for all to use...
"I don't really want to double those calories though, what's the point of running if I'm going to eat a whole pie?"
"Firstly, it's not the whole pie. Secondly it's just this one time!"
"You're lucky I'm so nice Bella. My chip number is A9CC5 D1HLO QZ842 CLOP0 5AGHN."
"See you soon!"
It wasn't long after that the countdown appeared.
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
First my vision went out of focus, then I felt a chill go down my spine, followed by one of those full body shivers we all get from time to time. But it wasn't my first time so I was used to it.
Just as all the other times I first noticed my eyes couldn't be moved. Then I couldn't move my fingers.
"Are you here Bella?" I thought
"Yes, I'm here." my voice replied
I could feel my eyes begin to move, looking at different things in the room. Even though I had done it before it still felt weird. I could feel her getting used to my limbs. Getting her balance.
"Are you going to eat this pie or learn to walk?" I asked
"Don't worry about it."
Then my body began to walk out of my kitchen.
"Where are we going?"
"Turn dialogue off." I could hear her voice in my head
The chip had some basic commands that could be used, one such was cutting off the ability to communicate for the person being controlled.
Only I could hear my thoughts now.
"Where is it?" I heard my own voice ask
We were in my bedroom looking around, then my eyes stopped on a folder.
Once we got closer I could see what we were looking at.
It was my chip folder. Once it was in my hand I opened it. Began reading, which was weird because I could hear her voice registering the words and numbers. I then felt my hand reach for my phone, fingerprint unlock, and start a text to Bella.
Weird, what the hell?
It didn't take long for me to realize. On the paper in the folder there was an admin code.
She sent it to herself. But I didn't even understand what it was for.
Then my hand dropped my phone and proceeded to break the screen. After that we went out to my living room. It wasn't hard to see her going for my laptop. My one bedroom apartment didn't hide a thing. My body grabbed it and smashed the screen out. That bitch was breaking all of my stuff!
After we went back to my room, I felt my hands grip one of my soft shirts and begin shoving it into my mouth. I was so confused. I slid it deeper and deeper and felt my throat begin to try to voice some loud words but everything was muffled. I felt my body cough but the shirt didn't move.
Then I grabbed a leather belt, wrapped it around my ankles and tied it as tightly as I could. Followed by my wrists, they couldn't go that tight because my mouth was full. So my teeth couldn't be used.
In my mind I tried to think of what to do after this, I had no idea what Bella was trying to do, but whatever it was she didn't want me to be able to change my chip number. So it couldn't be good. I knew the rules though, she had been using me for about 10 minutes so I knew I'd have 20 to fix whatever was happening.
Then I heard my voice again.
"See you soon." she whispered.
"Sever connection."
Just like that I could move again.
As quickly as I could I started to rip the shirt out of my mouth. Once that was done I tried to untie the belt.
But once it was off I felt my eyes go out of focus, the chill down my spine. Then the shiver.
Where was the countdown? Where was the twenty minutes?
Then all of sudden. I felt myself lose my body.
"I'm back!" I heard my own voice using my mouth
"How!? What about the countdown, or the cooldown between uses!?"
"You see, once you have the admin code you aren't bound to the rules." I heard Bella subconsciously
"What the fuck is an admin code!?"
"It's a code that allows approved controllers to take over someone so long as they have the chip number and admin code. You know, so the police could capture people easier. You just need to put the admin code into an admin collar, put on the collar, and just like that. No limitations. I can even use your mind against you. Your subconscious works for me now"
