Chapter 2

Irma Gershwin feel exhirated. After all, the great Champion of Woman is in her home, as her 'patient.' Diana will be with her as long as the heroine's stamina can afford. By look of her physique in the bathroom, not for long. Wonder Woman is overrated, Irma thought. I mean how quickly she had wasted away. Granted, her previous 'patients' were already weak when they came to her, Wonder Woman was at her top of her physique when she came to her. All Irma had to do now is to make Diana to be totally devoted to her until her 'unfortunate' demise.

Bond is too strong at her current condition, as the Amazon meekly tested the restraint. She was a fool for not being aware of her predicament. Her goal is to regain her initiative while at mercy of a psychopath. Her advantages, her physical strength and her lasso, are not with her. Her recourse is to wage battle of will with Irma. Wonder Woman had no option, for she knew failure will be fatal.

"Irma."

"Yes?"

"How long I have been like this?"

"I don't know dear, I guess for a long time, it seem."

"Exactly how long?"

Irma pause to calculate and said, "A year.'

It was a lie of course, Irma hoped to confuse and mold Diana's mind to suit her. The Amazon knows Irma is lying to subdue her.

"That long?"

"Yes, time does fly."

"What ailment am I being treated?"

"A delusion."

"Delusion of..."

"Of being high and mighty, just like you are now, so hush and let me read you to sleep."

Diana sees that Irma is getting irritated from her inquiry. She hoped that Irma will not get suspicious and hope to gain her trust and lowered her guard so that Diana could break free.

"I don't feel good."

"Oh what is it now."

"I'm hungry."

"But you just ate."

"A porridge and it was tasteless, I want something more with substanance."

Wonder Woman notice that Irma is babying her, a psychological move to make the Amazon docile. Diana wants Irma to believe she has accepted to Irma's conditioning.

"It's late.'

"But I am hungry." Wonder Woman said in a childish whiny voice.

Irma looked at Diana intensively. She is surprised by this new behavior by her. Before, Wonder Woman was meek and quiet. Now she is loud and demanding. Does it mean Diana has accepted her situation and developed new personality to suit her new role. Or is this a ploy? This raised Irma's suspicion and for now played along.

"Alright I will bring some food."

"Something good and tasty."

As Irma left the room and closed and lock the door behind her, Wonder Woman quickly drop her facade. Asking for more food has two goals, to regain her strength and to make Irma irritated that she will stop staying in the room so Diana could plot her escape. Despite the restraint, slowly Diana flex her arms and hands to rebuild her strength and to avoid atrophy of her body. Even for a few minutes exhaust her, which was very troubling, since it shows how weaken her body had become. Yet despite the current predicament, will to be free from nefarious clutch give Diana an objective to pursue. To her this is just one small obstacle for her to overcome and in the end she will be triumphant.