Cora opened her eyes a fraction. The sound of a monitor had woken her. A torch was shone in her eyes almost immediately. As she tried to move she realised her arms and legs were clamped down with metal restraints.

"When will we know the results?"

"We won't know anything until she regains full consciousness."

"Can you hear me Miss Harvey?" A familiar voice said, but even from within the haze Cora knew the voice wasn't friendly.

"Fuck you." She whispered, she was barely able to move her lips but the speaker got the message as he wrapped his hand around her neck.

"Sir, Mr Redfern Sir! She's not very strong yet!" The hand loosened. Cora couldn't open her eyes anymore, her body was struggling to heal.

"Put her in lock up." Redfern snapped, and Cora felt her restraints being removed.

Someone picked her up and she let out a groan as her sore muscles tensed slightly with each step her carrier took.

When he dropped her onto the hard concrete floor she struggled to stiffle a yelp of pain. Cora floated in and out of awareness for a few hours before she was able to open her eyes and pull herself into a sitting position to lean against the wall.

The pain in her neck was almost unbearable.

"Good morning Miss Harvey." Redfern's voice came through a small speaker on the wall.

"Fuck you!" She shouted and grasped at the back of her neck as the pain magnified.

"Is that all you can say? Not very polite Miss Harvey, I've done my homework on you. No manners, no respect. You used to be such a nice girl. Now stand up."

Cora stood up quickly and stood firm, but she it wasn't a conscious decision. Her body had moved without her willing it to.

"What have you done to me?" She asked horrified.

The sound of laughter echoed through the microphone.

"Lovely invention of mine Miss Harvey. You seem to have had many run ins with my various creations over the years. However, this is yet another you cannot defeat."

Cora scowled trying to make sense of this information, but the throbbing moving up the back of her neck was spreading throughout her body and clouding her thoughts.

The door to her immediate right opened and Cora turned to face it as Redfern walked casually into the room. Her senses told her to attack but Redfern shook his head and shouted.

"Stop! Do not move!"

It felt as if her bones had suddenly turned to concrete and she stopped mid-movement.

"Ahh, now this is fun." Redfern chuckled. "Bow to your master Miss Harvey."

Cora tried as hard as she could to restrain but the harder she tried the more the pain increased.

She felt blood trickle from her nose as the pressure increased inside her skull and eventually she gave in and allowed her body to bow.

"I told you I'd have you." Redfern whispered moving his face close to hers. He flashed a grin at her, his eyes ignited with pleasure.

"Whether you like it or not Miss Harvey, you're mine now."

Cora managed to swing her stiff arm into the side of his face and Redfern stepped back looking shocked.

"Lane, get in here!" He yelled, and a sheepish looking man with large eyebrows and small eyes moved towards him.

"How is it she is able to move when I have clearly told her not to?"

The man, Lane, looked uncomfortable in Redferns presence. He had beads of sweat on his brow and his eyes looked anywhere but towards Cora.

"I don't know, she shouldn't be able to. None of the others have ever spoken." He finally said and winced slightly as if expecting Redfern to suddenly set upon him.

"My my Cora Harvey, you are a special one." Redfern sighed. He turned quickly and hit her in the face. She buckled slightly but she remained on her feet, blood leaking from her expressionless lips.

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Over the next few days Cora was made to continually fight off attacks from opponents at Redferns command.

He would order her to come up to a large room with a wooden floor and blank white walls and then set three or four vampires or werewolves on her at a time.

Over each session he ordered her to freeze and watched gleefully as she was beaten by the various groups and then ordered her to her feet to attack again.

Every night she was forced with barely any food or drink to sit against the wall of the dungeon and a silver chains were attached to each wrist. They burned her skin, and the awkward way she was sitting meant sleep was impossible. She was ordered to stay completely still.

She knew what he was trying to. He was trying to break her but he obviously didn't know as much about her as he thought he did if he thought this would do it.

Over the last few nights Cora had been wiggling her toes within her boots. She'd managed to move her fingers but was very weary of doing so just in case the cameras were being manned 24 hours. She was sure they would be.

Her mind remaned strong but physically her body had never felt so ruined. She had six broken ribs which were almost refusing to heal because everytime they began to mend they were shattered again the next day.

Each morning Dr Lane would come in and inject more fluid into her neck, which would send what felt like acid through her veins and then she would be made to fight all over again.

_

Cora was summoned to Redferns office and she stood at the door alongside a group of male werewolves who jeered and grasped at her.

She was confident even after a direct order she had enough ability in her to snap all their necks in a few seconds but it wasn't worth it. Now was not the time to make her move.

There was a large screen up and various pictures of Keller were placed about the screen, and a breif bio at the edge of the screen.

"Ahh, Miss Harvey. Just in time. We are going to allow you to pay your old friends a visit. You will bring the government agent Keller to me. Do you understand?"

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