" Do you have any questions?"

As he spoke, Ben held up a hypodermic syringe and after filling it from the little metal vial, he began tapping out the air bubbles.

As soon as she realised that her attempts to talk herself out of the jabs were futile, Beth had sat totally silent as he moved round the room but now his voice broke into her reverie once again and she eyed him nervously, watching intently whilst he gripped the inverted syringe, gently tapping the barrel to remove any air bubbles before depressing the plunger slightly.

It seemed like time was standing still. Beth wanted to run but she remained rooted to the spot as he slowly moved towards her.

"What are the injections... I mean... How do you know I'm not allergic? "

"That's extremely unlikely. This one is just vitamin D3, it's usually naturally made by the body when we are exposed to sunlight. It's a very important nutrient and is needed for every function in your body, in particular, the proper renewal of cells. Although this is of course synthetic it's extremely safe. Its been thoroughly tested numerous times and now it's use is wide spread"

Beth flinched at the sudden sensation of cold liquid touching her upper arm as Ben cleaned the area with a cotton ball. The strong unmistakably clinical scent of surgical spirit permeated the air and she tensed as he held her upper arm firmly, stretching the skin to one side in order to locate her delta muscle.

Beth turned her head away to avoid the sight of the syringe but even though she was terrified of what was about to occur, she couldn't help momentarily glancing at the sight of the needle that would soon torture her arm.

A strange shiver ran down the back of her legs and caused her stomach to flip. She couldn't quite work out if it was nervous excitement or arousal. It was odd, she truly hated injections but the feeling almost felt quite pleasant.

"Ok just relax, sharp scratch Beth"

Ben watched as he slowly pushed the needle against Beth's upper arm, the pressure of the needle created a depression before it aggressively broke through her skin, deeply penetrating her. She yelped at the sharp sudden intrusive pain followed by the deep, burning ache as Ben pressed down the plunger, emptying the entire contents of serum deeply into her muscle in one seamless movement. He discarded the used syringe into the yellow sharps box and firmly applied a small round plaster over the injection site.

Beth held her arm unhappily, it didn't exactly hurt anymore but it felt hot and solid like there was a rock inside it. At least one was over but she knew there would be five more still to come....