Leo's Capture

Part 5

In the morning after he woke up, he wasn't expecting to be fed so early in the day now that he had gotten used to staying here. He was used to being fed in the evening.

"Let's just say that you've earned a special reward." Victoria said as she offered him some pancakes, eggs, and toast, along with some water.

Leo was a little suspicious, but he wasn't going to turn down this offer of eating a good meal in the morning. And after he was done eating, he wondered what was in store for today. He hoped it wasn't something too strenuous right away as he was so full. And nothing happened, so again, it wasn't poisoned.

About 45 minutes later, the door unlocked and some men came in to get him. They didn't say anything as they had a hold on his arms once again and unlocked the shackle on his ankle.

Leo wished they would stop escorting him like this; holding his arms as if he was a criminal.

He was hoping for another day in the courtyard, but what he was taken to was a room that didn't look to be very friendly to him. It looked more like a surgery room. And that was the last thing that Leo ever wanted. As he was taken deeper into the room, Leo began to struggle.

The men then started to take him toward the x-ray machine. He struggled for all he had. "Let me go!" He cried out.

"You'll be fine, Turtle. This won't hurt." The one on his left said.

"No! I won't get on that table!" Leo snarled through his teeth.

The men tightened their grips on his arms and continued to pull him toward the table. Leo was trying all in his power to keep from being forced onto that table. He saw the bonds on the table and he didn't want to be tied down.

Once at the table's side, one man took out a knife and held it to the scared turtle's face. "If you don't stop struggling, there will be another injury inflicted on you, you understand?" He growled.

Leo swallowed. He nodded.

"Now, get on that table or else!"

The men still wouldn't let go of his arms and he backed up to the table and he sat down first, then the men began to pull him upward, and Leo brought his legs up. Then one man kept hold on his arms and the other let go to go deal with his legs.

They brought him to the middle of the table, then had his arms strapped down above his head, and his legs tied down too.

"You don't have to tie me down, you know." Leo said.

"Well, you've shown that we can't trust you. So that had to be done." The men now backed off to the side of the room.

Leo saw they were still there, but he couldn't help but test the bonds on him. He began to struggle again, trying to get loose. He had to get out of here before something drastic happened to him. Then Victoria came in to the room.

"Was he secured tightly?" She asked.

"Yes Victoria."

"Good. Now to begin." She said. She had some flat devices in her hands.

Leo watched her every move. He was nervous about what she was going to do. His breathing was fast and his heart pounded in his chest.

He watched her as she put the devices down and took one out then put it in a drawer of sorts. Then she came over to him. She saw that he was breathing heavily. She looked down at his middle. It was heaving. Then she looked him in the eyes.

"You may be trying to hide it in your eyes, but I can tell from your breathing that you're scared." Victoria said.

"Well, what do you expect? What are going to do to me?" Leo asked.