Sylvia sighed as she stepped through the first set of mechanized doors. She could feel the anticipation and excitement in her joints, her fingers, her toes. She was anxious to be inside the sterile room where the experiment was to take place. She'd been reading and preparing for weeks. The day had finally arrived.
In the first room, she stripped down to her underwear, a black bra and black thong. Her t-shirt, jeans and black flats lying on a pile on the ground. Tiny cameras snapped pictures of her from every angle as she stood with her head level, her jaw set. She was ready. She had no fear.
The overhead light flashed green. The doors opened and Sylvia stepped into the second room.
She had been one of a dozen interviewees from within the company. A few men, but mostly women. They hadn't applied for the experiment, but been selected.
Sylvia remembered when they had narrowed it down to just her and Donovan, a man from the accounting department. Even then, as they waited for their final interview, neither knew what they were being interviewed for. Sylvia went before Donovan and sat before three higher ups, one of whom wore a white lab coat. He stood and explained to her that she or Donovan were to be the first to have contact with a unique life-form discovered deep underground. They said that they had lost a great deal of people obtaining the specimen so this project was not being taken lightly.
The doctor then turned on a video showing her a video of what the team who had gone underground had encountered. Sylvia gaped at the image. A half dozen black sacs hung from the ceiling as the blurry cam stumbled into a cave. A woman with blonde hair pointed a flashlight at one of the sacs. The sac bore the outline of a man's shape, but seemed vacuumed sealed. You could see nose, eye dimples, fingers, toes and a very frank outline of his genitals. The woman with blonde hair shouted something in German(or so Sylvia thought) and prodded the hanging man-sac with her hand. A lengthy moan emerged from the man sac and the blonde woman stepped back quickly as the camera slid backwards.
The video ended abruptly. The doctor explained that the team had been caught by these creatures, which appeared as a kind of worm or snake like creature, but would then bond with a human host. The host didn't seem to feel any pain nor did they suffocate. Instead, the host would enter into a symbiosis with the creature. The creature would further it's lifespan by merging its DNA with that of the human host, while the human host would be kept alive and then released after a time.
Sylvia asked what happened to the team if the creatures released them. She was told that those not initially captured made their escape as quickly as possible, but suggested that live hosts were probably very appealing to these creatures and would not be let go quickly.
Sylvia asked why she was selected. They explained that based on her medical files, the company knew she was sterile. Barren. Sylvia felt a hot flush run into her face. That was private and how dare they know that. That was her business. The doctor explained that this was preferable because they hoped this genetic predisposition would pass to the creature, preventing it to reproduce. They told Sylvia that if she spent 3 months with the project, she would be paid a sum of 15 million dollars and would be allowed to quit the company at the end of the experiment's term, if she would so choose.
Sylvia was blown away. But she couldn't get the image of the sac out of her head. She'd tried some light bondage before, had a boyfriend tie her up, but nothing like this. She asked if she'd wind up like the man in the video and the three higher ups fidgeted around the question. The answer was yes, but in a much more controlled setting. She wouldn't be lost underground.
Sylvia paused briefly, thinking of all she could do with the money. They assured her it was safe. They assured her there would be no long lasting effects. She accepted, cautiously. Then began her training.
In the second room, she was to take off her bra and panties entirely. She undid the clip in her hair and let the long black straight locks flow down her black. The black bra and panties fell to the ground as the cameras observed her. She was a thin girl with a narrow waist and slim breasts. Her nipples were pert and erect in the cold sterility of the room. The cameras captured her porcelain skin, her slender arms and shapely legs. A light mist was sprayed into the room. She could feel the cool wetness kiss her skin as she was bathed; prepared for the creature. All of the outside world was washed away as thick droplets rolled down her skin and onto the floor.
The light flashed green and the doors opened. The containment room was before her. A bright tube light on each wall around the perfectly square room keep the room bright and visible. She took a deep breath and stepped in. The doors quickly shut behind her. She looked down at the thing before her, laying in the center of the room.
It looked like a big earth worm. It was mat black, like a piece of black tubing but had a reflective quality, making it look like a big black balloon animal not yet folded. It lay folded in a pile, coiled around itself. A transparent slime could be seen underneath it. It seemed dead. Sylvia approached it, taking tiny steps forward. Every breath was ragged. She bent down on her knees and looked down at the small thing that lay before her. It was maybe six, seven feet long. Nothing like what she was expecting. Nothing like what Marie had told her about.
Marie had been one of the three who came back from the underground mission. She'd help bring the creature that lay before Sylvia now back to the surface. Marie had done an initial interview with Sylvia after a great deal of training, to explain her experiences. Marie had been one of the people caught and pulled into the creatures, bonded with. She'd actually been found wandered through a forest near the entrance to the cave by a few hikers nearly a week after Charles and Sonya(the blonde woman from the video) had escaped. They found her with the creature in one of the special cages that they had brought into the cave.
Marie seemed like a pleasant enough woman. They'd exchanged pleasantries. Related. Talked. But then came the time for Marie to Sylvia what it was like, what to expect when the creature bonded with her.
"The creature will only be rough with you if you're rough with it. I learned after I'd been taken by a few of them: the less you fight, the better it is for you. You're going to be in there for about a day and a half, then you'll be released. You won't have to breath, you won't have to eat, you won't be worried. Now, I know this is going to sound crazy: but it will be one of the best experiences of your life. I know, it's insane. But the creatures are built this way, it's supposed to feel good when they bond with you. It's so you don't want to escape when their offspring come back looking for their genetic ticket. But it'll feel just...electric. The way it presses into you, forms to you, becomes you. You'll be driven higher than you've ever been. I swear, some of them were practically begging for it when I left. Probably still are. Even the slime they have on them, it's an aphrodisiac, the scientists figured out. It's supposed to calm you, make you feel good, think that this is okay. It's like a drug. I can still feel that yearning to go back to the things, for them wrap around me and take me inside of them. To in the tight perfection again. Just let it happen and you'll be thanking them at the end of it. Trust me. Look forward to this."
Sylvia stood up, her grey eyes shimmering as she looked down at the creature. They had told her it would only be active in the dark, as it had been underground. The thought sent a shiver down her spine, but she turned to the grey wall where she knew there were dozens of cameras watching.
