I woke up to a sharp pain. Bolting upright, I compulsively grabbed my arm. Grimacing in pain, I pulled my hand away to discover a bloodflow. My arm twinged again, and I saw a thin slit in my forearm. I could just see a small electronic chip that looked more like it belonged in a computer than in my arm. To my surprise, it jerked and burrowed deeper into my arm. Someone moved outside my cell.

"Nice piece of Technology, huh Phantom?" I heard, immediately recognizing it as Agent K. "It's a tracking device. It took twelve years to develope. Once ecto-electricity was understood, though, it was a sinch. Tracking's not all it does." K held up a small metallic box, pressing the button that was evidently indented on it.

It was horrible. A wave of piercing electricity ran through my, causing me to fall to the floor, almost black out since it was my first time experiencing the device. Al my senses went blank. White splotches obscured my vision, and all I could hear was a faint pounding of my heartbeat in my ears. The cold floor was gone, and it felt as if my body were on fire.

When I came to, I was lying on the tile, gasping for breath, almost spasmodically. I could feel the man standing over me.

K grabbed the collar of my shirt and suspended me in the air. "You'd better watch what you say and do around here, kid." I found irony in that statement seeing as I hadn't talked almsot since arrival two years ago. "That thing's not enough to kill you, but it's damn near close enough. Believe me, after a while, it's sure going to get annoying." He let go and I fell to the floor. "We don't intend to use it as a torture device, just as punishment. And if you behave, we won't have to use it. This chip runs from anywehre on Earth, not just on base. No matter where you go. So don't get any ideas."

and he left.