Chapter 12:

Chapter 13: Electric Therapy

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Max woke up. She lifted her head and looked around and soon recognized the room. She shot up. The leather straps held her down. She thought to herself, "Damn it! What the hell. I have been stuck in these for days!" Although she didn't show her emotion. She knew better than that. She was back at base; she had failed her objective. She was in the Discipline Room. She waited. Then, someone came from the shadows. Renfro.

"Hello Soldier X-5452. You failed the objective; you know what is in store for you correct? Correct? ANSWER SOLDIER!"

"YES MA'M!"

"Good. Oh dear, you know what else I discovered? That you may have revealed information to you friend that we have also captured. She is in her cell though. Soldier, if you tell us what you told her, we will let her go unharmed."

Max stayed silent. She really couldn't remember if she had said anything, although she didn't doubt it. She knew she was basically drunk as hell from the drugs they pumped her with. Max also knew that Renfro had a way with words. She would tell you, "If you do your objective right, than your training will be less today." Of course, then it would be double the next week. So she remained silent. If anyone paid for her mistakes, she wanted it to be her. No body else, just her.

Renfro noticed the defiance immediately; she called over a little box in the room, "Will Medical staff 4368 come to the disciplinary room immediately? That was Medical staff 4368"

Renfro smiled, "Just like before huh? Well, we will get it out of you sooner or later. As well as some other little secrets of yours."

Renfro then walked out as soon as the medical staff walked in. The door shut and she turned her head immediately to the staff, she spoke in hushed words, "Do you know what you are doing? Don't do this. Don't do"

"Be quiet soldier or we will have to double your punishment." Interrupted a doctor.

"Don't talk to me like I am some science project of yours! I didn't do shit to deserve what you are about to do."

"That's it, double. Doctor, 212, set up the system for another hour added on top of the two hours already prepared for soldier X-5452."

"How many minutes apart should the shock wave be?" Asked the other doctor.

"There should be a shock for one minute, every 25 seconds. Renfro wants the Shock Wave to move slowly."

Max knew that there was no use in arguing. But then she saw the surgical knife on the table beside her. She felt the blood leave her face. She was terrified. They knew it to. She couldn't help herself, she shouted at them as they tightened her straps, and put a cushion under head, "DO YOU KNOW WHY RENFRO IS DOING THIS? BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT PEOPLE THAT I CARED FOR! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THIS?"

She knew she would be paying for that sudden outburst. She heard the doctor mutter to another, "Set it for four hours."

Max was angry. She couldn't even remember when she spent time with that Cindy' or Logan', but for some reason she was going through hell to protect her and the other. Possibly more than that. She shut her eyes in frustration. She felt a nurse come over and slit her arm with the surgical knife. She wasn't expecting that. She let out a gasp of pain. She turned her head to the nurse, "Don't do this. Please don't do this. I don't know if I can deal with this again. Please!"

She saw the nurse look into Max's eyes. Max could tell at an instant this woman hated where her career had brought her. She just blinked a few times and placed the IV into Max's arm. Several more slits were made along her arms, as well as up to her knees. In each slit, a copper wire was inserted. They lifted Max up, just enough to slit her back as well. She felt her eyes tear up at ever cut. She choked her tears down every time a wire was slid in-between her flesh and muscle. They laid her back down. She felt her heart quicken. Of course, it wasn't exactly her heart either. She blinked a few times while looking at the ceiling. The thought of Zac brought her a deep sadness that no one but brother and sister could explain. She couldn't think of that now. She had to think of things that would keep her strong through the four hours to come. So she took a deep breath and then she heard it.

CLICK

The Shack Wave had been set. She took another breath. She counted down the seconds,

25, she closed her eyes; 20, she could feel the wires warming up; 18, she kept thinking of the pain to come; 15, the wires grew hotter; 10, she let the tears come and didn't hide it; 5, she felt the wires burn; 3 she was almost sobbing, and in the corner of her eye-she could make out the nurse from earlier looking away; 1, this was it, she took a deep breath.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

She screamed at the top of her lungs. Her eyes felt like they were going to burst because she was holding them so wide. Her skin crackled and felt hot. It felt like blue fire running up and down her arms and legs. She could feel her veins expanding under the pressure. She could smell the stench of her skin starting to smoke. She screamed and kept screaming. It was the worst pain ever. She could feel her old blisters pop and newer ones form. She could hear her pulse being calculated on the machine behind her; it was up o 98, 99, 120, 124, 120, 119, 97, regular pulse. She looked at her arms. They were waxy and purple. There were little red dots where vessels had popped under the pressure. She could see where her veins were even more than she could before hand. Wherever large veins were located on her arms, there was a swollen red purple bulge. She looked at the clock. Her 25 seconds were up. She felt the wires blue fire again and soon what happened in the last minute would happen again.