Jessica awoke with a mind-splitting headache. Quickly she realized that her arms and legs were shackled to a huge ring with her in the middle. She was naked as the day that she was born. A fast look at her bonds and she knew that any possibility of escape was useless. The room was mirror polished panel beside mirror polished panel. Her flaming red hair fell down her back and seemed to have a life of its own with each breath that she took as she hung there waiting for whatever had taken her.
Her wait was short. One of the panels opened and a person walked in. The stranger walked toward her with the purpose of a military officer. The long black robe and hood that covered their body didn’t let her in on the identity of her captor. A black leather gloved hand came from the robe and lightly, almost lovingly, touched the right side of her face tracing down her body and wrapping around her left breast. She had been scared there when she was learning to cook years earlier. The hand now caressed that scar and withdrew back into the robe. A mechanical voice began to speak. It was piercing into her soul. “You have been brought here. No one knows where you are. Everyone thinks that you’re dead. You had a beautiful funeral. You have been purchased. You will be trained to our client’s specifications. You will learn to be happy and grateful of the life that you have been brought into. You will NOT fight. You will NOT argue. You are now PROPERTY. A THING. An OBJECT to be bought, sold, and traded. You are a SLAVE.”
“But what about my children? I have a little boy and girl. What about them? Who will take care of them?”
The robe spoke, “They are no longer your concern. You will never see them again in your entire miserable life. But to show that we are no completely heartless, I will tell you that they have placed in very well run boarding schools by the same client. They will receive a proper education and go onto to good jobs. Which is more than I can say for what you had to offer them? Your daughter would have ended up a bar slut just like you. She will learn to mind her manners or at eighteen, she will join you here. Your son is broken inside from you constantly ignoring him. He would probably have committed suicide before he finished high school. He will have confidence and a strong will instilled in him. They will be productive members of society. What have you done with your life so far? Two children by different fathers, a string of failed relationships, and a selfish attitude. You were destined to come here. We will straighten you out. You will love us when we are done with you. You will care. You will love. You will give these to others as their slave.”