This ongoing sci-fi series will contain non-consensual elements.
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The controller's suite was at the highest part of the station. The suite wasn't just her private rooms, but her own ship. The interior was decorated with exquisite beauty and care. Hogarth's equipment had already been brought up, and I waited for him to tell me to unpack.
He spent a few moments looking around deciding which room would be best. At first he wanted to use her bedroom, but realised that soiling her sheets might not make her happy. So he picked one of the many guest bedrooms. While not as grand, it was of a decent size, and had a large double bed. I unpacked the crate onto a side table, while he moved some furniture out of the way, to give us more room to work.
I asked him about the mind wiping procedure, but he told me that I would have to learn as we went. All I needed to know was where he stored the brain scans. Hopefully mine would still be with them.
There was a buzz on the internal comms system, and after a brief conversation, Hogarth told me his client was here. We met them in the main foyer. It was well appointed with many fine pieces of wooden furniture. A large bookcase covered one of the walls. It looked more like a planet bound room, than something you would find in a space faring vessel.
There were two of them, a man in his forties, and a girl just a little older than me. She was tall, and with long slender limbs. There was a nervousness about her, and she moved shyly. Hogarth told her to wait in the guest room while we talked. I tried to give her a smile as she walked past, but she kept her gaze lowered.
Hogarth and the man chatted. It seemed that she was his child's nanny, and even though his wife had forbidden it, he had slept with her occasionally.
"I couldn't help myself," he said, to Hogarth. This mind wipe was to make sure she didn't share his secret. Hogarth assured him that the procedure would clean all those memories, but couldn't promise others wouldn't also be lost. The man was in some state, as his wife was soon to return from a trip, which accounted for the emergency aspect of everything.
"You can have sex with her one last time if you want," Hogarth offered. The man declined, and said that maybe it would be best if he waited on his ship for her instead. Hogarth agreed, and told him that she would be brought down once it was over.
After he had gone I followed Hogarth into the guest room, where the girl waited patiently on the bed.
""I won't say anything," she whispered, softly.
Hogarth assured her that there was nothing to worry about, and took a set of restraints from the crate. He said more words of assurance as he bound her wrist in her lap, and then her ankles. As he laid her on the bed, he told her they were for her safety.
There was a small black case which he now opened. It contained things I hadn't seen before. One of the pieces was a cowl with wires stick out. He laid them carefully on the table. Then he took out a small data stick and placed it next to the cowl. My heart began to race and I wondered if it had my brain scans on it. I knew better than to ask. I had to let him show me so as not to raise any suspicions.
"Prepare a sedative," he said, quietly, as he took out a small gag from the case.
I filled the medical injector as he went back to the girl. When it was full I turned to see that he had placed the gag in her mouth. Her eyes were wide and full of alarm. She didn't struggle though, and just lay motionless. Was I really going to let him wipe her mind just to get an answer to my question? I couldn't save any of the others, but I had a chance to save her.
"Not the prettiest of girls," he said, and began to unbutton her blouse. I stood by his side now, with the injector in hand.
"Firm little tits though." I watched him scooping out her breasts from her bra, and give each one a playful squeeze. The horror in her eyes was sudden and apparent. Her body began to wriggle and writhe on the bed. He tweaked her nipples, and I heard muffled noises of displeasure. He then moved his hand down to her legs, and slid in in between her thighs. The ankle restraints were stopping him spreading her legs.
"Never mind," he said, "I will fuck her while she is sedated," he said, and then turned to me, and told me to inject the sedative.
I pressed it hard against the skin as I had been taught, and quickly pressed the button. There was a loud whoosh as the fluid was released. It was a risk, but with great joy I watched Hogarth double over and tumble to the ground. There had been a chance for him to activate my collar, but I had been lucky and gotten away with it. What I had done could now not be reversed, and I was aware that I was far from safety.
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My first instinct was to untie the girl, grab the data stick and make a run for Hogarth's ship. That wouldn't work with my collar though, and I sat on the bed to think about my situation. I had no idea how long the procedure was supposed to last, but I had a few hours at least. The girl on the bed was still again, and I fought against the desire to take her gag out. The sedative in Hogarth was for two hours, so the first thing I did was to prepare another one.
The collar I was wearing would kill me if I got too far from Hogarth, and a similar result if I tried to remove it. I played with the idea of somehow getting him to reveal how to disable it, but had to dismiss that thought. It was too risky. So I made the decision that he was going to have to come with me. I cleared out the rest of the large crate. It would easily fit his sleeping body.
Then I took some gauze and carefully wrapped it around the ring that controlled my collar. It would mean that if he woke up, he couldn't easily manipulate it. I used the rest of the bandages, to tie his hands, and gag him. After my experience with the husband the other week, I tied two knots around his wrists.
I noticed that the girl had sat up, and was making strange noises.
"I'm not going to harm you," I said. This quietened her down, but I had to speak to her properly. I took the sedative and concealed it in my hand.
"My name is, Cara, I'm going to escape, I think you should come with me," I said, as I removed her gag.
"No," she said, vehemently.
It wasn't the answer I wanted to hear. I explained to her that she had been brought here to have her mind wiped.
"No, he told me he loved me, if I can just speak to him, I can change his mind." She was close to tears
I was at a loss. I couldn't just leave her here. She might have trusted her master, but I knew better.
"Okay," I said, with a sigh. "I will take you to his ship, just so I know, does your collar have any security devices built in?"
As she shook her head, I injected her with the sedative. She was coming with me one way or another. After everything I had seen, I had to do this small thing.
Hogarth was easy to heave into the crate, but I had a little more trouble squeezing her in. Her legs were too long, but after repositioning her, I finally managed it. I topped the crate up with the mind wiping equipment, and the data stick.
With that done I looked at the time, not that much time had passed, so decided that I needed to wait another hour before I left. I spent the time by hiding the medical equipment under the bed. The longer people didn't realise what had happened the better. I started to feel optimistic about my chances. Still, my heart raced.
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The crate was far heavier than before, and I had a hard time pushing the trolley. As I pushed it into the foyer, I was suddenly stopped by a figure sitting on one of the couches.