The Experiment

~06~

I woke up tied to a chair. I started screaming until someone walked in. 

"We can't allow this kind of behavior from our soldiers." - the unknown man in the military uniform said. He looked at me with disguisted look on his face.

"I'm not a soldier. And I don't belong to you." I shocked myself at how arrogant I sounded. That wasn't what I wanted to say. It just came out.

"Well, actually you do. You sign the contract. I guess you didn't read it." He broke a laugh at me like I was some 'act first, think later' person.

"No, I didn't."

"You signed that you will put yourself available when we need you. You have to follow the orders, just like every other soldier. You are obliged to."

"I didn't know what I was signing. I never agreed to this." I tried to get myself out of situation which I knew was impossible to get out.

"It looks like your problem."

~silence~

"Okay...so, I think we have an agreement." - the man said.

"We don't!" - I answered loudly.

"Don't make things harder. Just cooperate. It will be a lot easier for both of us, than forcing you." He was telling me this like this was some every-day shit. Like he's experienced at forcing people to do what they don't want to. It scared the crap out of me.

"You can't force me. You still need me. Also you can't blackmail me, because as you sure know, I have nothing to lose." I finally found some courage to get back at him and get myself back on track in this argument.

~silence for a minute~ *sigh*

"Fine. What do you want?" - the man was pissed off. I could see by his cheeks and forehead getting red with anger. He was tempted to punch me and I could see that clearly.. 

"Answers. What do you need me for?"

"To test the drug. As you signed."

"The nurse said that I'm going to war."

"Yes. We need to test you in combat. If you do good, you will be on high position in military. Don't you want that?" He said with tempteting voice.

"Keep going." - I said intrested. As my face lit up and all of the sudden I wanted to know more, I made my first mistake. He saw me put my guard down and saw an opportunity for a manipulation. He took a chair from under the table and sat on it.

"You have unbeatable opportunity standing in front of you. It just waits for you to grab it. You would be an idiot if you don't do it."

As he was saying, I started thinking a little bit more about it. I have something scary but probably amazing inside of me. I have something that no one else has. Why throw it away. The more I thought about that, the more I liked the idea.

"I will think about it." - I said. - "Can you please untie me now?"

"Sure."

He untied me and let me go. I went back to my room and thought about everything. What will happen if I choose to listen to them? They for sure wouldn't just let me go. Or what will happen if I choose not to listen to them? Will they kill me?

***

"Good morning. Here is your breakfast." - the woman said.

She gave me the breakfast and left. As I was eating, I heard the footsteps outside. I looked up to the door when someone knocked.

"It's open." - I said while chewing on my butter toast.

The tall white male came inside and introduced himself.