Shan decided she wanted to run a few experiments, seeing how people could be cured of phobias. She felt it was time to try and give something back to society, but she did it in her own way…

She had seen the young woman who, when she saw the slightest spots of rain, ran for cover or yanked out a thick all-over raincoat and dressed herself in it. She seemed to be terrified of getting wet.

“I should definitely help cure her of that”, she thought…

She pointed the woman out to Hannah and Stacey, and sent them out to ‘encourage’ her to participate in the experiment…

Hannah and Stacey soon returned, dragging the woman between them. They’d had to bind her wrists and ankles and gag her to ‘convince’ her to come with them…

The terrified woman was carted into the medical bay and injected with a muscle relaxant. Stacey then unbound her, ungagged her, stripped her and sealed her into a transparent suit, like a hazmat suit but completely clear. The suit was watertight and airtight, except for a few small vents right at the top, it was also thick enough to remain fairly rigid, but it allowed the wearer to move about while sealed in it.

The muscle relaxant started to wear off, and the woman started swearing, fighting to get out of the suit. Stacey pressed a button. Water started spraying into the suit, in a fine mist, soaking the woman in seconds. She screamed, frantically trying to find out where the water was coming from and trying to stop it. She then realised that the legs of the suit were filling up…

As she felt the water lapping at her crotch, she really started to panic, scrabbling at the suit trying to find a seam, screaming for help. Shan and Hannah just watched, impassively. Shan then signalled to Stacey.

Stacey increased the speed of the water going in. It had now passed the woman’s waist and was just sitting under her breasts.

“Bet you never thought you’d be worried something was too watertight”, Shan said to her, smiling. “Still scared of a bit of rain…?”

The water was now up to her neck. The woman whimpered, wailed and screamed, begging for help. Her arms filling up with water had slowed the rise a little, but not enough.

She started coughing and spluttering as the water went past her mouth and nose, then shut her eyes in terror. It was at that point she passed out…

Shan waited a few more seconds, then signalled to Stacey to stop the water. The suit was then drained and the unconscious woman released. She was thoroughly dried off, even down to using a hair dryer on her, then she was dressed back up and taken back to where Hannah and Stacey had collected her from.

Claire shook her head and looked around. Everything looked normal. God, she must have dropped off for a minute. What a crazy dream…!

Then, she saw the carrier bag sitting next to her. In it was the suit. Her face went white…