I sat on the bed, pondering what I can do. The room was completely indoors. No windows I can climb out of and no lock to pick as there was only a lock on the outside. I was completely trapped. Across from the bed was a mirror, as I went closer to it I saw that it was nailed to the wall. That didn't make any sense, why nail a mirror to the wall when you can hang it?
Then it all made sense. It was a one way mirror. I was being watched. This was the same with the mirror in the bathroom and in that moment I saw a camera in every corner of the room. There wasn't a single spot in the room where I wasn't being watched. This made me terrified. I sat back down on the bed, accepting my fate. There were two feelings I felt in that moment; fear and hunger.
I hadn't eaten in... I didn't know how long I had been asleep. But it must've been a long time as my entire body was hairless and there were still marks across my body from where the straps cut in, suggesting I'd been tied up for a while. I needed something to eat. I didn't know how I could eat. I know that the scientist said to me, "Call if you need anything."
She made it sound like I was a guest here, but I wasn't. I was a prisoner. Maybe I could still press the intercom and ask for food. With this in mind I pressed the button and heard a loud buzz.
Someone on the other line asked, "Yes, what is it?" I took a deep breath, hoping when the scientist said, "Call if you need anything," she actually meant it and asked, "Could I have some food, please?"
The buzz sounded again and I heard no reply. I expected that this meant the answer was a resounding no. But then in that moment I heard my door unlock and swing open. An attendant dressed in white came in with a tray. This tray had a bowl of Greek yoghurt, a tub of egg mayonnaise, grilled fish on a bed of quinoa, charred asparagus and two strange looking pills next to a glass of water.
It was a lot of food. More than I expected. More than I needed.
I think the attendant noticed this as he then explained, "The boss likes his subjects to be nice and meaty. As thick as a brick. Looking like a man, if you will. Eat all of it as it is one of the last real meals you'll have in a long time."
As I looked over the spread I couldn't help but ask, "What is that pill there for?"
"It's a drug that makes a certain part of your body bigger, this will be beneficial to the boss' experiments." He explained.
Experiment? I instantly stood up and pointed at him on this word.
"Experiment? I'm here to be experimented upon?" I asked desperately, hoping the answer would be no.
From the clinical look of this place I worried that's what it would be, but this was confirmation. The attendant cursed himself under his breath.
There was a look on his face that said, "Shit, I've said too much."
He then looks up at me and slowly nods. I felt like I was going to be sick. It felt like the room was closing in on me. All the walls were coming closer. Or maybe I was just growing smaller.
"Why me? What kind of experiments?" I demanded.
I was going to be reduced to nothing more than a lab rat.