(I think this is a one-shot. Not sure yet!)
Mr. Curtain called me in.
"Sarabeth… sit down. In my Whisperer."
My hands shook, but I stared him right in the eye. "I will NOT sit in your foul invention and help you take over the world!"
He shot over and forced me in the chair, then shot over to his side and shouted "Ledroptha Curtain!"
The handcuffs were snapped, the helmet was on. I knew in that instant that he was going to brainsweep me.
A blackness filled my brain. I started to forget my dog, my cats, my mum…
"No." I heard myself say.
It all cleared. I heard him chuckle. The handcuffs retracted. The helmet lifted.
He shot around to me. "Your name is Sarabeth Contraire. You're my Helper."
"NO!" I screamed.
For I remembered everything.
He looked at me in surprise, then horror.
Because he realized something.
"You… you…" he pointed at me. "You remember!"
I stared at him stonily. "Yes, LEDROPTHA. I remember everything."
He got up out of his wheelchair - something I didn't think was possible - and stormed towards me, his eyes dark behind the sunglasses.
He called his Executives while I was climbing out of the window to escape.
"GET THE GIRL!" HE screamed so loud that I'm sure they would have heard him if he hadn't been using the walkie-talkie. And on the other side of the building.
They all reached out to grab me as I passed, but I got away. I remember seeing something about a Nicholas Benedict. Maybe I'll go to him. He's well-known and is sure to have shelter for me. So I ran.
As I ran, two words ran over and over in my mind.
I survived.