Experiment Zero

Chapter 3
Senior Year

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Chapter Description: Eric is introduced to a new environment upon waking, as he struggles to remember the truth behind what's going on.

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Eric stretched as he awoke. His crotch felt wet in front and his butt was coated in sticky goop. He sighed. Since he was wearing a diaper the mess was contained, but at this point the mess was more or less the least of his problems.

"Oh, fuck," he muttered to himself as he stirred. He couldn’t afford a lawyer, but he would have definitely sued for yesterday if he could. He figured this company could afford better lawyers anyway. No matter. He’d look into it after receiving his pay. As he shifted his weight, he noticed the bed seemed slightly larger than he’d remembered it being the night before. He shrugged off that idea though. Yesterday had been a long day and hopefully today the supplement would be out of his system so he didn’t have to wear diapers anymore.

As he got up, he noticed his diaper felt a little bit loose on him. Dismissing it as his imagination, he proceeded to stand. His diaper fell to the floor as he did so. The odor that greeted his nose was unpleasant and caused him to flinch. He hit his forehead as it thumped the floor. The mess was everywhere."Fuck," he swored out loud.

"Is everything alright?" a nurse greeted him seconds later. "I see someone might not be ready to wear regular underwear just yet." she observed as she glanced him up and down. Though Eric was trying to be patient with this intrusive messenger, he could not help but feel more agitation at her comment. "... anyway, these are for you." The nurse produced a couple pills and small cup of water.

"Oh, fuck no!" Eric exclaimed as he tried to slap the pills out of the nurse’s hand. The nurse was too quick for Eric and evaded his attempt.

Dropping pretense of formality, the nurse stated, "Look, we figured out what made you guys shit yourselves yesterday and corrected the problem. All we ask is that you just comply with our standards until the end of the trial." After Eric took the pills from her she pulled out another diaper from her cart, causing Eric’s eyes to widen.

"No, no, no, no, NO!!!" he shouted as she pulled it from concealment.

"Look, until you can go eight hours without shitting yourself, this is the protocol we have to follow. I probably hate it just as much as you do."

"Then let’s not and say you did." Eric hissed.

"Here, take this. It’ll help you relax... don’t tell anyone I gave it to you though."

Eric quickly swallowed the pills she gave him. They made him feel very groggy.

"What’s your name, honey?" she asked softly.

"Eric..." he replied.

"Well, Eric. You are incontinent. I’ve been sent to change you. School starts very soon and you don’t want to be late for your first day back." The nurse said as she started to clean Eric up.

Eric struggled to remember what he felt like he was forgetting. Something about what this woman said seemed wrong, but he couldn’t argue with it. No, he did not want to be late for his first day back to school... but did he really have school today? "H-hey, s-stop that," he stammered as she wiped him.

"Relax, honey, I do this all the time, don’t you remember?" She maintained her soft tone throughout, easing the tension Eric felt. Still, something didn’t seem right. He didn’t remember seeing her before at all. After wiping Eric clean she put his new diaper on him and dressed him in clean clothes she’d brought with her. "There, you are ready!" she exclaimed, "Now don’t forget to take your medicine." she handed Eric the first set of pills that he hadn’t yet swallowed.

Eric slowly, but obediently, swallowed the pills she gave him. He felt his stomach rumble, and then... "Aw, looks like you had another accident" she said as she stroked his head. "Let’s get you cleaned up!"

"How old am I?" Eric asked. He knew it was a ridiculous question, since he was... well, now he was unsure. He was trying to retrieve memories he was sure that he’d lost that he had but moments ago, but whatever they were, they were gone.

"You’re seventeen sweetie. Graduating high school this year. Your parents are very proud!" That remark conflicted with Eric’s thoughts. High school graduation? No, he’d never graduated high school. The nurse was cleaning Eric again while he struggled with their conversation.

"I... didn’t... graduate." Eric pieced together.

"Of course you haven’t, silly. That’s what you’re going to do this year!" The nurse insisted as she taped him in the new diaper. She removed her gloves and sanitized her hands before helping Eric to his feet. "Don’t worry about the mess, I’ll clean it up while you’re in school."

She escorted him to the reading room. Eric felt as though he had been there before. He saw a familiar woman who looked to be in her thirties.

“Eric, this is your teacher, Miss Amelia.” Susan introduced the sponsor, “She’s going to be giving you your lessons for the day... oh, and my name is Susan. If you have any problems, don’t hesitate to let me know.”

Eric couldn’t help but feel like something was off. He knew that he knew “Miss Amelia” from somewhere else, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it. He greeted her shyly.

“Why, hello, Eric,” she greeted him politely, “have you already taken your medication this morning?”

Eric nodded, not wanting to also admit that he had an unpleasant reaction to it.

"He took it like a man." Susan laughed as she took her leave. Eric blushed.

“I’m sorry champ, I bet you’re starving,” Miss Amelia offered. Eric nodded in response. “Let’s get you something to eat.”

Eric was deeply confused at this point. Was this really who he was? Some passive high school student who had to wear diapers? Something about the whole scenario seemed off, but he just couldn’t wrap his mind around it. He followed Miss Amelia as she led him to breakfast.

Eric grabbed his food and sat with his normal crowd. Tim was very small for his age, Julie had lovely blond hair which people couldn’t help but admire, Ralph was scrawny and wore glasses, but he was one of the sharpest guys that Eric knew. Eric paused as his eyes passed over Ralph. ’Shouldn’t Ralph be bigger and muscular?’ he wondered as he sat down. Andrea had long, dark hair. She was older than the rest of them, in college, in fact, but she did her classes online and spent her time hanging out with them. She’d graduated when they were just freshmen, but she was sort of their leader, so they looked up to her and she stuck around. Every group at their school had someone older who stuck around to give guidance. In the back of his mind, Eric wondered if any of that was actually real, but he kept that to himself. His friends would think he was weird if he mentioned something like that.

Eric dug into his pancakes. They were so good! It was great that the school was giving them free breakfast like this. “Are you guys excited for your first day of being the top-dogs around here?” Andrea asked. Everyone at the table nodded in unison. “I know I sure was. This is going to be your best year in school ever. Make it count!” Everyone finished their food. There was so much excitement in the air.

Miss Amelia entered the room with her announcements. “Good morning guys! I hope you guys are excited to be here because I sure am!” the room exploded with cheers. “Now if you could all follow me back to the classroom, we can start out the last and best year of high school!” More cheers. The voices in Eric’s head that he was trying ever-so-hard to tune out were asking him to consider whether or not this was remotely close to how a first day orientation to senior year would turn out.

As they reentered the classroom, Eric slowly approached Ralph. "Does anything about this seem a little off to you?" he kept his voice as low as possible.

"I take it that you actually took their pills they gave you?" Ralph replied.

"You mean my medication?"

"No, the other pills."

"Which other pills?"

"Is something the matter, boys?" Miss Amelia asked.

"No, not at all," Eric wasted no time in responding. Ralph on the other hand, had something else in mind.

"Just what kind of research are you doing here? I lost all my muscle mass overnight and today I have to wear diapers around the facility, and now you’ve got this school facade going on. What the hell are you doing to us?"

Amelia put her hand on Ralph’s forehead. "You’re pretty warm," she said, "I’m sending you to the nurse’s office." Before Ralph could protest, he was escorted out of the classroom. Eric felt the back of his diaper fill as Miss Amelia made eye contact with him. "I hope you’re feeling alright today?" Eric nodded. "Then please take your seat."

Eric had trouble focusing on Miss Amelia’s lecture. School facade? Then this wasn’t real? Eric scratched his head as he pondered Ralph’s one-sided argument with the teacher. But even more than that... he seriously needed to be changed. His diaper felt like it would burst.

When Eric looked up, he saw Miss Amelia standing over his desk. She was looking at him as though he had told the whole class a fart joke, which while funny, was still disgusting and not the best topic for that setting. When she caught his eye, she asked, “Do you need to get changed?”

Eric turned red and nodded. How did she know? Nobody was laughing at him, or whispering, which he found a bit odd. “Here, I’ll call your sister. She can help you out.”

’Sister? What sister?’ Eric wondered. He didn’t know he had a sister... or who she was for that matter. Eric was very surprised to see Andrea come through the doors a few minutes later.

“Where is he?” she asked Miss Amelia, who nodded in his direction. They prattled on for a bit, after which Andrea approached Eric’s desk.

“Hey bro... heard you had a little accident.” Eric nodded in shame. “Aw, come on man. It happens to the best of us. I remember in my senior year, I didn’t even make it to my desk half the time.” Eric found it strange that he felt a little bit better after she said that. “Now come on. Let’s get you cleaned up.”

Andrea took him into the girls restroom with her. It was empty. She took out a disposable diaper from her purse. “Alright, I think you know what comes next.” Eric obediently got down on the floor.

Andrea quickly unfastened the tapes which kept the garment wrapped around Eric’s waist. “Whoo-wee... looks like you went a little overboard today!” She made quick work of cleaning him, after which she unfolded the new diaper and placed it beneath his rump. After showering him with powder, she quickly sealed the tapes shut around the front. Eric felt good as new.

“Th-thanks sis.” He said shyly. Was she really his sister? Nothing about this seemed normal to him, but he had nothing to base normal upon, so he drew a blank as to whether he should be skeptic or take her word for it. What were those pills that Ralph was talking about?

Andrea ruffled his hair. “Any time, bro.” she answered her cell phone as it rang. “Yeah, be right there.” She hung up and turned her attention back to Eric. “Look, I have to go, but you give me a call if you need anything, and I’ll be right there. That’s what big sisters are for, right?”

Eric nodded. He was still having trouble processing the part where Andrea was his older sister, but her words were comforting, and he appreciated them. He left the bathroom and returned to class. He saw Ralph in the seat next to him.

Ralph looked a lot shorter than he had this morning. In fact if Eric didn’t know any better, he’d say it was a younger kid who looked like Ralph, but Eric did know better. "What did they do to you?" he whispered. Ralph didn’t seem to hear him so he repeated himself. Ralph looked very terrified and had his focus directed toward Miss Amelia.

"Eric, I’m glad you could rejoin us for class," Miss Amelia stated, "If you’d please focus on the lesson instead of trying to distract Ralph, I’d really appreciate it."

Eric couldn’t take his mind off of it. Ralph looked smaller... and younger. Had the same thing happened to the rest of them? Eric tried to remember what Ralph said before he was taken away, but he just couldn’t, and now that Miss Amelia had her eye on him, it would be a lot harder to talk to Ralph.

Ralph bolted from his seat after class. Eric tried to follow, but was confronted by Miss Amelia. "Are you doing alrright there, Eric? First you have an accident and now you’re trying to disrupt class. We never had that problem last year."

Eric couldn’t remember being there last year. Hell, he couldn’t remember being there before today.He didn’t want to say anything to Miss Amelia though. "... no," he replied finally, "I’m just having a rough week is all, what with my mother being sick. I’d hoped talking with Ralph would help take my mind off it." His mother is sick? He couldn’t come up with a better lie than that? Eric hoped beyond all hope that she’d buy that story without too much question.

"Ah, yes, actually your mother did call today to ask me to let you know that she’s feeling a lot better, so you can stop worrying now." Doctor Amelia produced a sheet of paper, "But in all seriousness you did almost flunk last year, so I want you to spend the afternoon studying instead of playing with your friends." Not knowing what else to say, Eric nodded. Susan arrived to escort Eric back to his room.

On the way they passed Julie. She was in fetal position on the floor, sucking her thumb. Susan stopped to help Julie to her feet. "Are you feeling alright?" she asked as she hugged her. Susan gently pulled Julie’s thumb out of her mouth.

"I’m just so confused!" Julie whispered hoarsely."I don’t know what to do about it." Andrea arrived just as Julie was about to put her thumb back in her mouth.

When Susan tried again to get Julie to stop sucking her thumb, Andrea said, "Let’s just leave her be for now, I know it’s been a very long day for her. If you’ll take Eric back to his room, I’ll escort Julie to the counselor’s office." Susan nodded in agreement and Andrea took Julie away.

"Is Andrea really my big sister?" Eric asked as they continued toward their destination.

"Of course she is." Susan responded, "She just helps out around school all the time."

Eric was still puzzled. He knew he needed to talk to Ralph again. When they got to Eric’s room, he noticed that the mess had been cleaned up, just as Susan said it would be.

"I know this is a bit harsh, but Miss Amelia wants you studying tonight, so I’m locking you in for the night."

Eric felt betrayed, but he’d just have to speak with Ralph tomorrow. "Alright, guess I should probably hit the books then." Susan winked at him as she confined him to his room. The only problem was that there were no books or resources for him to study.

Eric lay on his bed as he waited for the day to be over. He’d have to get to the bottom of it all the next day. Ralph obviously knew something.

 

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