Beep... beep... beep... beep ...
Danny groaned, wanting to go back asleep, not in the mood for school. He moved to turn his alarm clock off, but his arm met resistance. His eyes flew open in alarm as he pulled at the restraints, all that had happened pouring back into his mind like a flash flood. He tried to phase out, but stopped when his body screeched in pain. He yelped at the sudden shock, followed by a low groan. Man, that hurts! He decided to take in his surroundings instead.
The room looked like it was made entirely of metal. Strange machines lined the walls and were piled on the counters, reminding Danny of his parents own lab. Underneath him was a metal table, much like an examination table. Thick bands of metal circled around his wrists, chest, waist, thighs, and ankles, keeping him glued in place. Several wires were connected to these bands and his body, the beeping coming from a monitor to his left. He was wearing a pair of long wight pants, his chest bare.
"Ah, you're awake." A thin reedy voice came from the door as the man from before walked into the metal room. Danny scowled at him, doing his best to keep up an intimidating demeanor despite his compromising position.
"Who are you and what do you want with me?" The man smiled in a sickly sweet way.
"Yes, introductions are in order. I am Professor Trumins, the head director of this little facility you seem to have stumbled upon. It took a lot of work to get it all here. But that's getting off topic. You are here to help with one of my latest projects." He wandered over to a computer to the right of Danny, right next to his head, typing as he continued. "Since the discovery of this dimension, another realm, if you will, we have bean researching everything and anything about the beings found here, capturing the most powerful and unique of their kind for experiments. Imagine our delighted surprise to find you, a half human half ghost, wandering just outside of the facility." He turned back to the halfa, a smile playing on his face. "I must thank you for coming here. If you didn't, we may have never found out that your specific species even existed."
He smiled as Danny squirmed in his restraints, silently cursing himself for falling into this sadistic man's hands. He gave a chuckle as Danny got a shock from trying to phase through again. "Now, now, that won't help. I'm afraid you're trapped here." He said, not sounding sorry in the slightest.
"What are you gonna do with me?" Asked Danny, still shaking from the electrocution.
"Oh, this and that. There are many tests to be done. We have to understand your pain tolerance, strength, stamina, things like that. But for now..." Trumins pushed a few buttons on the computer, making a small disk of metal pop out of the wall. Danny couldn't see what was on the sheet of metal, and wasn't really sure he wanted to. "We have to take a few safety precautions. We don't want anyone to get hurt, now do we? Last time we underestimated a creature of your kind, it almost destroyed the entire site. We can't let that happen again." Trumins stopped messing around on the computer and picked up whatever was on the metal disk.
Danny paled at the collar that Trumins was holding. On the inside were two pairs of prongs, each easily an inch long. Trumins smiled at the look of horror on the boys face. "This is a correctional band. We place it around your neck and it helps us give your behavior a nudge in the right direction."
Before Danny could process what was said, the professor had clamped the thing on his neck. He screamed as the prongs dug into the soft flesh, sending bolts of pain down his body. The pain filled every cell, its clawed hands reaching into his heart and lungs, diving nails into his bones. Everything was burning up, turning his body into ash even as it froze. His screams were heard all through the base, reaching every beings ears, even if it was just a whisper. Bright lights flashed before his eyes.
Trumins watched, a wicked smile spread across his face, as the ghost writhed on the metal table, screaming in pain. It begged him, pleaded for the cease of the pain, tears staining his face as it only increased. Finally, several hours later, it exhausted itself to near whimpers, unable to even lift its head. Trumins walked to it, pulling on the new collar to make sure it locked properly. He turned and left, noting the time till exhaustion to be used later.
Danny gave another tired whimper, the black finally taking away the pain as he fell into a dreamless sleep.
