Waking up

Danielle groans and moans, slowly regaining consciousness as her eyes open wider, noticing the dark roof above her and the warm orange glow of fire, crackling somewhere in the vicinity. As she comes to realization, she finds her hands tied up by metal handcuffs attached to a metal pipe, and shaking it does not help at all.

"Hey!" Danielle shouts, realizing that she is sitting alone, without her weapon or gear, in nothing but her dirty underwear and bra covered in her sweat and blood from the altered encounter earlier. "Hey?!" Danielle tries again.

"Damn it." Danielle resigns to her fate and looks around the room. A small window slit that lets some moonlight in, four walls and a door. Nothing else.

"I suggest you keep it down." An old man's voice is heard as the door creaks open and an elderly man with greying hair walks into the room and sits in front of the woman. "They are extremely active at night, but I suppose you already know that."

"Who are you?" Danielle asks, calming herself down and coiling her legs back inwards in defeat. "What do you want with me?"

"Caught you in the trap wire by the highway entrance at I-40 earlier." The old man speaks in his aged voice as he sips a steamy drink from a metal cup. "Those traps are usually used to catch the altered when they run through it."

"Why are you catching them?" Danielle asks, suspicious and highly alert of the man's intentions.

"I suppose you will think that I am a scientist who does experiments on specimens, possibly to find a cure." The man looks down and laughs a little. "No, no. You see, In this world, there are other men... Armed and smarter than the women that seek to devour us whole..."

Danielle looks at the man, then scours around for a way out. "Uhh yeah hmm..." She attempts to stall him.

"The altered, the women that I catch..." The old man continues. "I end their miserable lives for them..."

"Fuck.." Danielle whispers in panic.

"Don't worry. I won't harm you." The old man looks at Danielle and smirks. "When I noticed that your body was still warm, I knew you were human."

"Haha yeah..." Danielle nervously smiles.

"The last and perhaps only female human left... Would you look at that." The old man laughs. "And a supermodel at that, too."

"Thanks..." Danielle replies.

"I will release you, miss...?" The old man speaks.

"You can just call me Clara." Danielle lies.

"Clara." The old man smiles and nods. "Clara Clara. If I release you, will you be my companion?"

"What do I need to do....?" Danielle asks.

"Just make love to me, and be my woman." The old man leans in closer. "I will protect you, give you food and shelter."

"Sounds like a deal." Danielle winks and says, thinking up escape plans in her head as the old man approaches to release her.

"Oh, don't try to kill me when you are out of these cuffs." He adds. "I have installed a kill switch in your body, a biological bomb that triggers the virus to re-infect you for a second time and then you will turn into an altered."

"Where the fuck did you get that-" Danielle furiously asks.

"My son is a genius at this thing." The old man smirks.

"Your son?" Danielle asks.

"Yes, in fact he lives with us here, and tonight you will help him out by taking his virginity." The old man says as he uncuffs her.

"Damn..." Danielle blurts.

"Just have sex with him, and prove your loyalty to us. I am sure he will enjoy your perfectly built and athletic female body." The old man grins.

Danielle just anxiously smiles and nods. In her head, she schemes.