It turned out that Klara was selected for a study that would involve injecting substances to test their effect on the ability to perform high in a fitness test. "Don't worry though" the doctor said "it is 200% safe and prior tested. Any long term issues are completely ruled out". Klara was still worried though. She didn't like needles. Most people don't. And now she was about to face multiple.

The first one she remembered was just in the arm and it was a very brief stung. Not too bad she thought at that stage. If this was all it was, it might be very easy going. When the doctor approached her with the small syringe she was worried and her heart was beating fast but she tried to calm herself by remembering that this was not any worse than any vaccination she had gotten. The needle even seemed smaller.

Just as Klara felt a little less nervous and miserable, the doctor mentioned the next needle was to go in the thigh. "The leg??" Klara couldn't believe what she was hearing. She has never had a needle put into her leg but that sure as hell was not going to be fun.

She considered running away but there was no real options other than letting her thigh be a victim to this needle that whereas not huge, was definitely bigger than the previous one. In awful anticipation she watched the doctor disinfect her skin and dart the needle in. She could watch the pointy bits going in her skin, slowly moving in. And she could feel it too. A very sharp sting. As the doctor injected more of the semi liquid, it started to burn. Klara was beyond relieved when the doctor slowly pulled the needle out and put a pink bandaid on her right upper leg.

The next part was easy going. She was asked to run and cycle. Whereas it became exhausting, anything was better than the awful needles. Unfortunately for Klara though, that part was not yet over.