Chapter 1. The Powerless women

Around 2 a.m. on May 16, 2024, I get off work and start walking to my car. It starts, and I begin driving home. About 10 minutes in, my car overheats. I sigh, "This damn 2006 minivan, it's been getting me to work for the past two years." I get out to check the engine. As I'm walking to the front of the car, I feel lightheaded and dizzy. I look up to see a bright light and then fall into the darkness of the night.I wake up in an unknown scene with bars around me. I look down and see that I'm chained and appear starved. "Oh no, where am I?" I start to panic. I look up to see a guard angrily yelling at me in a language I can't understand. I panic and try to get up, but I fall weakly to the ground. I feel as if I've been starving for weeks. I groan as my legs hit the cold concrete floor. The man who was yelling at me grabs some ancient-looking keys and unlocks the cage. The door creaks open, and he comes in. Then POP—he slaps a whip on my back. I scream as blood seeps from the wound. Tears stream down my face, and I wonder where I am, and why I'm in this dark, moldy, dusty room.