looked down at the man’s torso and took note of the bruises continuing to grow on their patient’s body. Or were they…
“ Are they moving,” Banning put his left index finger on one of the bruises above Shah’s navel and traced what appeared to either be a growth pattern of a bruise or its potential movement.
Moreland watched as she set herself to put the paddles down onto Shah’s chest.
“ Bruises don’t move, Sherman,” Moreland then looked over to Koko who nodded. The doctor took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and all her tension rose into her frail arms and hands.
“ Clear!”
From that point on the story get a little muddled.
Private Alec Romantine sent an email from his IPAD at 12:47 p.m. from his post at Test Zone Zero. The email, sent to his girlfriend Barbara, simply said: “Hey, babe, all goes well. See you in two weeks. Can’t wait to get off this rock and come home.”
It was a slow day. Most doctors were on lunch and only a couple of medical personnel were working at the time. The main test subject of focus was taken to Moreland and Banning after appearing to suffer from chest pains.
Moments later, an alarm went off throughout the complex, originating from Wing B, home of Lab 43, and where Romantine was posted.
The private shot off another email at 12:54 p.m.
“ Holy shit, babe. I’m supposed to just watch over docs and sick people. Why the fuck is there an alarm going off in the compound?”
Romantine was stationed at the main security portal to the labs. On the other side of the door were three hallways leading to 16 different labs, totaling 48 in all placed within the wing. Each corridor had its own military pairing to monitor and keep watch on rooms where known inmates were being tested. To get into those corridors one simply needed to unlock the door with a keycard leading to the foyer outside the security door.
Romantine’s ID number was punched in at 1:09 p.m. after two calls to his superiors went unanswered.
He never sent another email.
For the record, the public was never made aware of just how things played out.
Unofficially? It was all caught on security cameras.
Moreland twice tried the paddles on Shah to no avail as his spasms ended, the blood ceased to flow from his anus and for a bit, his ears. Then his heart stopped.
The videotape told it all, shared the entire story.
“ This can’t be happening,” Banning looked over to an equally shocked Moreland. “What do we tell our superiors? This isn’t supposed to happen!”
Moreland looked to Koko who was looking down at Shah. None of them expected any of this.
They especially hadn’t prepared for what was about to happen next.
It was caught on video, so it must have happened, right?
It must have…
Koko’s eyes are seen going wide as she continued to look down at Shah’s dead…
Dead?
… body. A growl or roar of some kind is heard and it is discovered it came from Shah. Only moments after being called dead, the first casualty of Test Zone Zero experimentation, Shah rose from the table and with tremendous force, head first and planted his jaws into the neck of the quiet nurse. Moments later, the screams came, a fist sized hole appeared in Koko’s neck, blood flowing profusely, and the two doctors backpedalled in a panic.
Shah rose slowly, pushing himself into a seated position and was obviously chewing.
Yes, chewing.
Koko soon fell backwards from the shock and blood loss and ended up on her back, obviously soon to be another casualty in all of this madness.
The doctors, incoherent and panicky, ran for the locked lab doors. Each worked the handle to no avail to open them, forgetting at first they each needed to have their key cards placed in the read slots simultaneously and only after alerting military personnel waiting in the hall.
Due to this error under duress, Moreland was next on Shah’s hit list as the maybe-not-dead man sprang from the operating table and launched himself at the
“ Are they moving,” Banning put his left index finger on one of the bruises above Shah’s navel and traced what appeared to either be a growth pattern of a bruise or its potential movement.
Moreland watched as she set herself to put the paddles down onto Shah’s chest.
“ Bruises don’t move, Sherman,” Moreland then looked over to Koko who nodded. The doctor took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and all her tension rose into her frail arms and hands.
“ Clear!”
From that point on the story get a little muddled.
Private Alec Romantine sent an email from his IPAD at 12:47 p.m. from his post at Test Zone Zero. The email, sent to his girlfriend Barbara, simply said: “Hey, babe, all goes well. See you in two weeks. Can’t wait to get off this rock and come home.”
It was a slow day. Most doctors were on lunch and only a couple of medical personnel were working at the time. The main test subject of focus was taken to Moreland and Banning after appearing to suffer from chest pains.
Moments later, an alarm went off throughout the complex, originating from Wing B, home of Lab 43, and where Romantine was posted.
The private shot off another email at 12:54 p.m.
“ Holy shit, babe. I’m supposed to just watch over docs and sick people. Why the fuck is there an alarm going off in the compound?”
Romantine was stationed at the main security portal to the labs. On the other side of the door were three hallways leading to 16 different labs, totaling 48 in all placed within the wing. Each corridor had its own military pairing to monitor and keep watch on rooms where known inmates were being tested. To get into those corridors one simply needed to unlock the door with a keycard leading to the foyer outside the security door.
Romantine’s ID number was punched in at 1:09 p.m. after two calls to his superiors went unanswered.
He never sent another email.
For the record, the public was never made aware of just how things played out.
Unofficially? It was all caught on security cameras.
Moreland twice tried the paddles on Shah to no avail as his spasms ended, the blood ceased to flow from his anus and for a bit, his ears. Then his heart stopped.
The videotape told it all, shared the entire story.
“ This can’t be happening,” Banning looked over to an equally shocked Moreland. “What do we tell our superiors? This isn’t supposed to happen!”
Moreland looked to Koko who was looking down at Shah. None of them expected any of this.
They especially hadn’t prepared for what was about to happen next.
It was caught on video, so it must have happened, right?
It must have…
Koko’s eyes are seen going wide as she continued to look down at Shah’s dead…
Dead?
… body. A growl or roar of some kind is heard and it is discovered it came from Shah. Only moments after being called dead, the first casualty of Test Zone Zero experimentation, Shah rose from the table and with tremendous force, head first and planted his jaws into the neck of the quiet nurse. Moments later, the screams came, a fist sized hole appeared in Koko’s neck, blood flowing profusely, and the two doctors backpedalled in a panic.
Shah rose slowly, pushing himself into a seated position and was obviously chewing.
Yes, chewing.
Koko soon fell backwards from the shock and blood loss and ended up on her back, obviously soon to be another casualty in all of this madness.
The doctors, incoherent and panicky, ran for the locked lab doors. Each worked the handle to no avail to open them, forgetting at first they each needed to have their key cards placed in the read slots simultaneously and only after alerting military personnel waiting in the hall.
Due to this error under duress, Moreland was next on Shah’s hit list as the maybe-not-dead man sprang from the operating table and launched himself at the
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