Freddie and the Zako Sentry

The first thing I noticed was the smell. The second thing I noticed was the feel of my head against that strange pillow, and my body tied up in those strange ropes. And then, I heard her voice. She spoke softly, but with such confidence that you'd have thought she was the one holding all the cards. She said something about how she knew I was there, or something like that.

She didn't sound very happy about it.

"I'm awake," I said as my eyes adjusted to the light in the room. The light wasn't any too bright, so it took a few moments to notice the windows were covered by some sort of dark material. Sophia stood near me, looking down on me with disdain written across her face. Her hair was a little disheveled, and the makeup she normally wore around her eyes had begun to fade away somewhat. It looked like she hadn't slept in a while.

"Well, you are now," she grumbled as she turned to walk away from me and over towards a desk in the corner of the room where a number of items were strewn about haphazardly. "You've been out for a while." I raised an eyebrow as I looked over myself to see if anything was amiss. My hands were tied behind my back and my ankles tied together, but otherwise I didn't seem to be injured in any way.

"What did you do to me?" I asked as I began working on the ropes around my hands. Despite being tied quite tightly, they began to loosen up after a moment's work.

Sophia walked back over towards me with a rag and a bottle filled with water in her hands. "I used my powers to put you into some sort of trance so that I could tie you up without any fuss." She poured some of the water onto the rag before she pressed it against my forehead, wiping off what seemed like sweat from my skin. "You don't look well," she added as she looked at me with interest before tossing aside the rag and grabbing an empty glass on her desk. Lifting it above her head, Sophia gave me a sinister smile before pouring its contents into my mouth through some sort of tube that had been attached to it earlier which hung just above my mouth towards the ceiling.

I coughed up some of the water that almost went down the wrong pipe before coughing again as Sophia continued watching me from where she stood near the desk with intrigue plain on her face. "What is this? And why are you doing this?" A sharp pain shot through my stomach as soon as I finished asking that question and I clutched at it instinctively before falling forward slightly onto my knees on their own accord due to not being able to hold myself upright any longer thanks to my arms being behind me still bound together by those ropes of hers. The intensity of whatever pain had gripped me didn't stop there though, no... no... it felt like someone was ripping through every bit of flesh inside me with their bare hands once more before finally stopping only when they had reached every last inch deep inside where no human hand should ever go!

My body was wracked with spasms as I tried desperately not to scream out in agony for fear that whatever happened next might be worse than what already had been inflicted upon me by this girl who sat watching me so intently from where she stood beside her desk waiting for whatever was happening inside me to stop long enough for her to continue onward with whatever plan she had for me now that she had successfully captured and incapacitated someone who might stand in her way of reaching whatever goals she had set for herself during whatever twisted process that led here today!

Finally... finally... whatever torture had been inflicted upon me stopped leaving only residual pain throughout what felt like every single inch of my body as each individual nerve screamed out at once trying desperately to regain control of my body once more!

"Ugh..." The last sound heard by anyone present slowly died away into nothingness before it disappeared entirely never again to have been heard again by anyone other than myself alone who could feel all those feelings contained inside them whispering lies into his ear telling him things he knew weren't true! So many sins he'd committed without even knowing what he'd done! So many mistakes he couldn't fix no matter how hard he tried because everything he'd done would be forgotten by everyone else long before he could ever get close enough to do anything about them himself! He'd lived his life alone... hidden from everyone who knew him as best he could but always there nonetheless! His name hadn't changed but everything else about him certainly had until he couldn't even recognize himself when looking back upon all his past failures anymore! But there was still hope left within him! Hope that maybe someday someone might find him worthy enough for them to take notice of him at long last! Someone who'd see what others didn't even bother looking for anymore because they simply didn't care anymore... no... they cared too much which is why they kept themselves away so far away from anyone else lest they should accidentally get too close too quickly and be unable to handle it when they inevitably got hurt again! But this person who cared far too much wouldn't give up so easily! No matter how bad things got between them they'd try talking out their problems instead of using fists or weapons or magic or anything else they might have chosen otherwise if they wanted revenge instead! They'd show this person who cared too much just how much they cared right back by showing them everything they tried hiding until now because they knew if anyone saw them for who and what they truly were then there would be no going back! That's why this person who cared too much wouldn't give up so easily even after getting hurt badly all over again somewhere far deep down inside where no one could see except for him alone whom this person cared too much about would show them just how much he cared about them right back by showing them everything he tried hiding until now because if someone saw them for who and what they truly were then there would be no going back and he'd end up losing everything instead! So this person would keep trying whether or not this person cared too much about felt betrayed enough times already by others close enough already until eventually these two people would meet somewhere along their shared journey towards understanding each other better than anyone else ever could either! Then both these people would have done exactly what everyone else failed miserably at doing time after time again despite everyone's best efforts which included doing nothing while all these people around kept trying yet seemed incapable of actually making anything happen no matter how hard they tried anyway! Even worse than those people who kept failing time after time after time again despite everyone's best efforts which included doing nothing while all these people around kept trying yet seemed incapable of actually making anything happen no matter how hard they tried anyway were those people beyond whom no one even bothered looking anymore because everyone assumed these people must have quit long ago if not sooner thinking it impossible for anyone else could possibly reach them at all anymore let alone somehow manage to make things better for either themselves or others even if only slightly impossible or not especially since most believed there was nothing left worth saving anyway given how many times these people beyond whom no one even bothered looking anymore because everyone assumed these people must have quit long ago if not sooner thinking it impossible for anyone else could possibly reach them at all anymore let alone somehow manage to make things better for either themselves or others even if only slightly impossible or not especially since most believed there was nothing left worth saving anyway given how many times these same people beyond whom no one even bothered looking anymore because everyone assumed these people must have quit long ago if not sooner thinking it impossible for anyone else could possibly reach them at all anymore let alone somehow manage to make things better for either themselves or others even if only slightly impossible or not especially since most believed there was nothing left worth saving anyway given how many times these same people had already failed so terribly at making things better only made matters worse between those people who never gave up despite everyone's best efforts which included doing nothing while all these other people kept trying yet seemed incapable of actually making anything happen no matter how hard they tried anyway despite having such limited resources available compared to everyone else including those other beyond whom no one even bothered looking anymore because everyone assumed these people must have quit long ago if not sooner thinking it impossible for anyone else could possibly reach them at all anymore let alone somehow manage to make things better for either themselves or others even if only slightly impossible or not especially since most believed there was nothing left worth saving anyway given how many times these same people beyond whom no one even bothered looking anymore because everyone assumed these people must have quit long ago if not sooner thinking it impossible for anyone else could possibly reach them at all anymore let alone somehow manage to make things better for either themselves or others even if only slightly impossible or not especially since most believed there were already literally dozens upon dozens piled high enough already making such endeavors nearly impossible save perhaps once in a million lifetimes meaning pretty much everything else is impossible save impossibly difficult instead and therefore pointless besides anyways given how easy everything has gotten lately seemingly ever since magic became widely accepted everywhere motivating practically anyone capable enough willing enough persistent enough determined enough stubborn enough persnickety enough downright stubborn enough determined regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless regardless despite any number of setbacks along the road ahead despite any number of setbacks along the road ahead despite any number of setbacks along the road ahead despite any number of setbacks along the road ahead despite