The monitor droid was watching the student closely. Capable of turning invisible due to hologram projection, it followed Nanaca. The machine analyzed Nanaca. A young beauty, firm and curvaceous, perfect for the experiment the Labs had intended for her...

Extra credit.

God how she hated those words. Nanacas science teacher had given her this "assignment" to work over at N.I.C.E. Labs as some sort of volunteer. To her, "volunteer" is akin to selling yourself to slavery, albeit with more privileges, but still it was similar. She didnt have to go through with this if she wanted to, but better grades means she gets to graduate faster and get off this infernal island.

The night was freezing. How she wished she had worn more than her school uniform as she waited along the docks for her transport to the labs, humming along to some unheard tune as she peers over the moonlit ocean for some signs of it. The sooner this gets over with, the better.

It appeared to the student that a boat was approaching the docks. However, once it was close, it began to change shape, unfolding itself. It now rather resembled a cross between a metal water strider and some sort of bondage machine.

The monitor droid slowly became visible. It was a complete sphere, every square inch of it covered in circles. The machine pushed two metal tentacles out of two of the circles on its surface. They seized Nanaca's arms, lifting her into the arms of the water-striding machine.

"What in the~YEEK!!"

Nanaca was startled at the sight of her transport, if it could be called it. Imagine her horror as metal appendages slinked their way around her arms, taking to the air with her in tow. She struggles against her captor, opting to risk an evening swim than be dragged off in a contraption that god knows what does.

"HELP!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!" she screams into the night air, only to be answered by the humming of crickets as she gets positioned in her little ride to the labs.

The water strider robot now carried her on the water, its movements silent, moving at an insanely fast speed. The monitor droid followed closely after. With Nanaca secured to the machine, it quickly made its way to the Labs. The sea air was only colder against her flesh from the moving.

Finally it reached its destination, and the Labs loomed over the student like a towering giant. The monitor droid grasped her arms again and easily carried her weight. She was lifted onto the platform, where the droid continued to hold her just an inch off the floor.

Nanaca shivers momentarily from the wind chill and the cold sea breeze, her uniform not helping much in insulating from either. She dangles helplessly, unable to free herself from the robots grasp. If this is how they treat volunteers, she shudders to think what they do to those that didnt.

looking around, the imposing structure looked even larger, though it didnt hint of any sort of scientific work being held inside. It was spartan, bare, function clearly chosen over form. Anxiously she waits, from what shes seeing so far, serving bland coffee to the lab personnel will be the least of her worries.

(It, you mean?)

The monitor droid floated her inside. Through little portholes on some doors Nanaca could see horrible experiments being performed on young women, about her age. One woman was writhing, trying desperately to escape as she was molested by a massive reptilian humanoid.

Another door, another window. This girl was crying, laying on the floor helplessly as some sort of device sucked what must have been milk from her tits.

After what seemed like a countless number of doors, Nanaca was led into an open one, where a spotless lab was ready to admit the woman.

A man named Keithley waited for her. His ice-blue eyes lay behind a pair of spectacles. His neat lab coat hid most of his black shirt. "Hello," he said to the woman.

((corrected ^^; ))

Nanaca couldnt believe what she was seeing, she was too petrified to do anything more than hang there as she gets ushered into one of rooms. If this was for extra credit, she would have rather stayed another year or two in school than face whatever waits for her inside.

Soon her gaze is met by a man in a flowing white labcoat, his expression hinting nothing of whats to come.

"Sir, there must be some mistake, I was sent here to do volunteer work."

(Keithley never said his name)

Keithley looked at her. "No, looks like it's all going according to procedure." He looked at a clipboard. "Your name's Nanaca?"

(( sorry ._.; ))

"Eh?!". Procedure? What in the world is he talking about? She signed on expecting to do grunt work for socially challenged geeks, not get interviewed while being held hostage by a floating pile of bolts and circuitry.

Regardless, maybe it was a cruel prank these dorks were trying to pull, though the images she saw earlier looked nothing like pranks. She decides to play along with him and see where it leads.

"Yes sir, that is correct", she responds to his query.

"It says here," Keithley replied, "that you've applied for extra credit through volunteering here." The droid set her down and the doors closed. "Shall we begin?"

With her feet back on terra firma, Nanaca rubbed her chaffed wrists as the robot let her go before drifting off to who knows where. She did want the extra credit, but this was a little overboard just to get some extra points for her grades.

As her bespectacled attendant asked her if they should "begin", she swallowed hard, backing up till she hit the knobless door.

"Begin? begin what sir?"

"The experiment, my dear. You're to help us with the experiment."

Keithley looked at her with a smile. "You don't mind being a lab assistant, do you?

"Oh! um..y-yes of course, Im sorry". Nanaca was relieved somewhat by the scientists words, Lab assistant indeed, immediately thoughts of smoking beakers and cackling scientist entered her head as she relaxed a little.

Gaining a little bit of composure, Nanaca works up a little courage to walk nearer to the man with the glasses.

"So, how may I begin assisting Mister...um....?"

"Keithley," he said. "Hederick Keithley, but I prefer my last name." He smiled warmly at her. "Well, Nanaca, the experiment's about to begin, as soon as our test subject arrives. I'll tell you more then."