Shelia controls the base

"Virtual world" Derek's voice trembled as those words left his lips, his eyes blurred and scenes of his experiences at B.N. replayed. He was awake while those machines tore through his body, though his pain receptors were dulled, he could see it and when his body had reached its limit, the pain came back.

It floods his mind such much that he goes blank for minutes, the face of that masked man appeared before his eyes, he remembered seeing him before his torture began, that man spouted a bunch of rubbish he couldn't remember but their cruelty stuck to him like glue.

Derek's family couldn't afford such luxury as they could barely satisfy their needs, though Derek was entranced by the wonders and vast adventures that lay within, the wonderful image of the virtual world crumbled due to his first experience.