"Welcome to my workshop!"
Jim was amazed. He had seen many gadgets before on TV but never in real life. Three gadgets drew his eyes in immediately. Two of the gadgets were arm attachments. The last one was an earpiece. They seemed to be for support instead of attack.
Jim asked T
"What do those do?"
"One is for controlling all the gadgets you have as well as a shield and the other one is a scanning device. The earpiece is a helmet with night and thermal vision."
'That's so cool, I can't believe that small earpiece can become a helmet.'
T then told Jim to help him make a new device, but wouldn't tell him what it was no matter how much he asked. After 5 hours of helping T Jim was told that it was time to sleep. They brought him back to his cell and the captain said.
"You will not attack us and will alert us if anything happens, you will sleep and not exit this room until I say otherwise."
Jim then slept. From that day on he would continue this routine, wake up, eat, help out with stuff the members needed and then sleep. Jim kept asking questions from time to time but usually he would get ignored except for when he asked T he was nicer to Jim than everyone else. Jim didn't miss this chance he would continue to learn from T on how to make gadgets and how to use them.
Jim started to get worried after a month of being captured. Usually, people who got kidnapped were found fairly quickly because of the heroes but he still hasn't seen even a little hint of being saved. Jim was also confused about how such an advanced and experienced group hadn't been exposed to the news yet. It's not like they are sneaky from what he could tell. So he decided to ask.
"Hey Captain? How come I haven't seen you on the news? You seem like an experienced group who should have some reputation."
The Captain then responded.
"Well you see our boss has a special ability, he can erase memories. Specifically information about people. I don't know how it works but basically, it makes it seem like you were never there. Of course, hard proof still exists like birth dates and school grades and stuff. So if we rob somewhere the fact that stuff got stolen will be apparent but if someone saw us they would forget. Of course, if they taped us we would still be there. But with the guidance of our boss, we have been able to avoid becoming a target. But now since he is captured we need to be careful because we can't wipe memories anymore.
Jim was surprised that they had such a power. That was probably the reason why they couldn't find him, no one knew where he was because they all forgot where he was brought.
- - -
Jim had been captured for 4 months now. The group was kinder to him but they still knew he was a prisoner and treated him so. He had never even gone outside. He did try about a week after being captured, but just like they said his throat felt the same pain as before. He would try his hardest to never feel that again. He was also told to start training every day. Due to him being a slave, he had to listen to the command. The team abused this and made him do any annoying chores they could find. The entire layer was now spotless except for his cell where he trained. He was pushed to the brink sometimes they would push him too hard and would end up being counterintuitive, but in the end, he was much stronger and faster than before. Jim was fairly convinced that he could easily beat his former classmates as long as it was hand-to-hand combat. The captain noticing Jim get lost in thought spoke in a harsh tone.
"Kid, it's time you start to pick up slack we can't keep you here forever without help. After a month we are going to do a bank heist and we need your help Go to T he will show you something."
Jim went to T's workshop and asked him why he called him. T then gave him a slick black glove made from a thin metal mesh.
"Here, this is yours. You better not lose it or you're doing the heist without a gadget so be grateful"
"What does it do?"
"It has three modes the first one is for hacking computers and other things of the sort. The second is a laser that can kill, the third is a pulse that will knock back others. With training, you will be able to control it with feeling, but for now, just adjust it manually. The last one can still kill so be careful. Oh, and I'm sure I don't have to tell you to start preparing for the heist. If I were you I would want to get some experience first. Maybe go rob a corner store or something."