Chapter Sixteen
Stolen Away
I saw very little of what followed, but quickly discovered that my preparation for this journey was very security conscious and quite complex. To begin with, I was fitted with haversack belted onto my shoulders then around my waist. In actuality it was a portable form of the device buried in rubber upon Kristels back. Hoses from its base were plugged into connectors on the rear of the wide belt and as a test, my insides were once more put through the washing, purging, and feeding procedure. A final tube from the top of this haversack was taped temporarily to the back of my rubber encased head; this being my breathing tube, and I prayed they knew what they were doing.
My next travail was to be lifted and manoeuvred inside a large, translucent rubber sack, the
