Escape Seems Impossible
The Black Void - Episode 394
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A voice in my head was screaming Escape! Escape, you fool! But I
couldn't really pay it any heed. Instead I thought of the different
variables that were thrown up. If I even wanted the slimmest chance of
escaping, then I would have to trust Jane - if that was her real name - to
help me. That brought up another point. There was nothing about Jane I
could be certain about. Perhaps they had put me through Jane's last
moments in an attempt to sow seeds of doubt about her, and thus less
likely to try to escape. I sighed inwardly. If that was the case, then it
had worked. Not being able to count on Jane to help me would mean I would have five people to deal with; the three troopers, Jane and the sadist. I would have to prevent them from raising the alarm. Killing them would certainly do that, but I wouldn't want their deaths on my conscience. If I was able to knock them all out, I would have to use strips from their uniforms to bind and gag them. Then there was escaping from the base itself. I had no idea how large it was or the number of men stationed here. The troopers inside seemed not to be armed, but then why would they be? Not having anything other than rabbits to deal with. The perimeter guards - and I was certain there had to be some - were a different matter. It would all depend on whether I was worth more alive then dead. The former of course was more preferable over the latter. And a final thing. Where the hell is this base, anyway? Probably slap bang in the middle of nowhere. Could even be underground for all I knew. If it were, then it were render my thought about perimeter guards obsolete. So if I escaped, where exactly would I escape to? Would I have to try and commandeer a vehicle of some sort? All these questions with no answers. So considering all that, I had no choice but to allow them to strap me into the machine. I was strapped in such a way that I couldn't move a single muscle, with some bizarre helmet placed on my head. Just out of the corner of my eye, I could see Jane going through the same. During this, I was, against my better judgement, trying to think of what the machine was for. The only thing I could think of chilled me to the bone. As I recounted earlier, the telepath said that we had a mental block. Perhaps this machine would try to forcibly remove that block. Hearing a gulp from beside me, it seemed Jane had come to the same conclusion.
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