No Escape

Part 13

The click of his cell door being unlocked brought Leo out of his slumber, that was his only refuge from the harsh reality of his capture. The door opened, and Leo wasn't surprised to see two Foot ninjas enter his cell. The ninjas strode over to him, and pulled him roughly to his feet.

"Time for your next test." Hissed one of the ninjas holding him.

Leo started to walk towards the door, pulling the ninjas holding him, with him. Before he had gone two steps, the ninjas holding him, jerked him to a sudden stop.

"Not this time. This time the test will be held in here." The ninja on his right side growled.

Another two ninjas entered, carrying a large vertical metal table between them.

Leo, fearing the worst, started to struggle with the two ninjas holding him.

Leo didn't see the punch coming. The ninja on his left hit his jaw, knocking him to the floor.

Leo hit the floor hard, briefly knocking the wind out of him.

As Leo lay stunned on the floor, gasping for breath, the first two ninjas picked him up, and dragged him over to the metal table in the center of the room.

Three ninjas held Leo down, while the last one strapped him to the table securely. A strap was placed on the shoulders, one mid-abdomen, and another mid-thigh held him down tightly. More at the ankle and wrist level with individual straps to restrain his feet and hands, made sure that he wouldn't be able to move an inch.

When everything was in place, one of the ninjas approached him with a container, and a device. The ninja opened the container and spread a cold sticky substance on his plastron, right above his stomach. Then the ninja placed the device on top of the substance. It held fast to his plastron.

'Must be some sort of glue,' Leo thought. 'But what's with the device? Is it part of the test?' He wondered.

As if reading his thoughts, one of the ninjas explained what the device did and his next test. "Your next test is a hunger test. Every time your stomach growls, the device gives off a sound. Every time the device emits a sound, is one more hour you'll be strapped to the table."

Leo gulped. It had been so long since he last ate, and he was very hungry.

All the ninjas left the room. Before the last one left, he turned and looked at Leo. "Oh, I almost forgot to give your stomach some incentive to growl." He laughed cruelly as he reached for a walkie talkie on his belt that he quickly talked into.

After a few minutes, ninjas started to fill the room and placed tables around his cell. After that was set up, they quickly left, but came back in a few minutes. Each ninja carried a different food dish. There were dozens of different types of food.

Leo's heart began to pound, and his mouth started to water as food was paraded around him. There was so many different types: Chili, Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Sausages, various types of stews, desserts and pizzas... just to name a few.

Then the ninjas started to eat the food in front of him. He watched as they feasted. He longed to be one of them, sinking his teeth into the delicious smelling food. But no, he couldn't even have a meager meal, let alone a crumb. All he could do was watch with envy as they ate, and enjoyed their meals.

'They couldn't even spare a little something for me. Maybe that's what they wanted; me to wither away to nothing. It would probably make it easier for them to kill me in one of these crazy tests. I'd be practically dead already.' Leo thought bitterly. 'I really, really wish I could have some of it... all of it.' Leo thought to himself as his stomach loudly voiced its agreement.