A6 - File 9: Why Waves Wait
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:29 pm
And... we're late at posting it again. XD
File 9: Why Waves Wait
“Okay, before I go rabid and bite the life out of your body, why in the world am I back in a doberman’s body?”
Rick couldn’t say it. It was not his intention to put Al back into a dog’s body. But for some reason, just moments before the transfer commenced, the machine initiated lockdown and channeled Al into a different body.
“I don’t know what happened. There must be a glitch in the system. I can’t access the system ever since I started the transfer. Attempting to shut it down in between transfer might turn you into a vegetable. And…” Rick paused, still hesitant to disclose that perhaps tiny little fact.
“And… what!?” Al remarked, clearly stressed at being back to his old situation. His gaze, or more accurately glare, was frightening enough even at his current state.
“You’re actually a mini-pinscher, not a doberman.”
The look from Al’s face was beyond anything he saw before. It would have been great if he was able to take one picture, but currently it’s inappropriate for him to do so and who knows what he can do with those tiny snout and claws.
“I wouldn’t believe that that fox is right. But I need to get back to the machine and switch back to my real, actual body as soon as possible.” He stated in a panic, all the while he was attempting to remove the straps and locks that was restraining him on the chair. “Look even the tail is still short. This is clearly much worse than getting stuck with in a doberman’s body.”
“Fox? What do you mean by that?” Rick said, now puzzled about Al’s first statement. He had never referenced any fox before.
“It’s hard to explain, you would call me a lunatic if I told you about him.” Al stumbled to the ground as he removed the last remaining belt. “But basically, I always see him at the final moments of the transfer sequences.”
Rick helped Al up. He was much lighter and oddly cuter for that reason. Whatever caused this malfunction must have been a comedian.
“Okay, bring me to that device again, let’s try this one more time.” Al stated, but paused to glare at Rick. “Don’t even think of making me get stuck with this body because I look cute. I’m older than you remember?”
“You just read my mind.” Rick smirked. “I can do that but it seems that the system is still locked. I’ll try to find a way around that.”
Rick was about to head for the control panel when he noticed that one of the doors into the sector hissed open. Two shadowy figures entered the room before the door closed shut, with the usual hiss.
“Sorry, but the system is now permanently locked.” Said one of the figures. “It’s nice to see the both of you visiting us again.”
---
Karl was visiting the Doctor Lehrer in his office. It was still pretty early in the night when he left the resort. He hated mixing up work during his vacations but with all the odd circumstances and the weird events happening around him ever since the incident with the Subject, he was forced to arrange this impromptu meeting.
The doctor was of course accommodating. He offered the dog some tea upon his arrival then immediately went straight to the talk about the Subject, and how that was his father’s prized work. He gave some history, going back to the 1950s all up to the late 1980s when apparently he died in a lab accident.
The doctor was about to discuss about some theories on Sam’s behavior when an alarm rang from the doctor’s desk. Apparently, someone had accessed the archives, and by the appearance of one of the figures, it looked like Sam was one of them. The doctor keyed in some commands from his computer before promptly asking Karl whether he wanted to accompany him to meet the intruders.
Intrigued, Karl joined him.
“What do you mean by that, doctor?”
“These two were the very two people my father were hunting. It was never a secret but the original subjects of the experiments, 152A and 152B were never really terminated.” The doctor , adjusted his glasses as he stared at the experiments across the rooms. “They were moved to a more secretive division of the company where we do the so called fringe research.”
Karl was more confused with what the doctor said. It wasn’t because of the facts or details he had given, but rather the manner in which he said them, something was off.
“So, what does Sam have to do with these subjects?” Karl asked. “And what do you mean by visiting us again, have you seen them before this encounter?”
“Just a sec.” Lehrer said, while bracing himself against something.
It seemed too surreal to the dog. He has read the facts about the subject, it detailed about the capabilities of the subject, capabilities that by themselves, seem completely out of this world. But seeing it happening right in front of him, it was something different.
A small pulse of what he assumed to be the gravity waves slightly bending the light along its path. It was barely noticeable, but its effect was something like a thin lens moving towards him.
He felt a slight push from the waves, unlike the doctor who felt the full impact of it and was flung towards the doors. The sound of a crack sent shivers to the dog.
“You see, they actually took Sam’s body, probably from the stolen plans of it way back in 1989.” The doctor stood, to the shock of the dog. He adjusted his back and shoulders like it was just a simple sprain. “They did that with intents of getting more data on them from the archives, something that I denied Sam, whom I was suspicious of being them, access to.”
Karl backed away, still staring at the doctor as he approached the two subjects slowly.
“And about them visiting us again, Doctor Heinrich Lehrer never really died from in 1989.” Now smiling like someone who just received a prize from a fair. “I am Doctor Heinrich Lehrer.”
A faint red glow started emanating from the doctor’s hand.
---
“Can you both slow down, please?” Insisted Brunolf. He was resting his arm on one of the beams in the corridors of what seems to be the fringe division. “We can probably think about where they could have brought her rather than simply running around this maze.”
“We don’t have time for that anymore.” Sam remarked, stopping at one of the intersections. He started getting anxious as soon as he was in the fringe division. “We should probably just split up and meet up here in a few minutes, it would make looking for it quicker.”
A low hum could be heard as the whole structure started shaking a bit. This was enough to snap Trey back to the real world from his never ending internal monologue.
“Sorry about that. I was just trying to understand what’s happening here.” He said anxiously as he looked around him. “But Sam, I think Dmitri’s right this time. We’re wondering around in circles in this division and there seems to be something else happening here, it might be better to stick together.”
Sam sighed as he looked back at the two. He was still clearly curious about what that sound was. The emergency warning lamps started blinking, it was just a level one emergency signal.
“Okay guys. I wasn’t totally honest with you two.” Sam hesitated to continue for a moment. “I was spying on one of the assailants. I can’t tell you exactly why I was spying on them, but let’s just say they took something really important from me they’re using it to infiltrate this facility.”
Trey’s eyes raised in suspicion.
“And, I kinda forgot to tell you this tiny detail but I overheard them saying that they were trying to access the fringe division archives.”
“That makes all the difference!” Trey exclaimed, masking his worry with a bit of excitement. But all of it faded, as quickly as it came.
“Let me guess, you forgot where that is?” Dmitri remarked.
“Yep...”
One of the researchers, a dalmatian wearing a lab coats and protective gear, passed by and noticed Trey. He was carrying several stacks of paper along with a laptop and an odd looking device.
“Oh Trey, what are you doing here? I don’t remember you being part of the Special research division.” He placed down his papers and approached Trey, barely noticing the other two accompanying him. “You know that they’ve activated level one here, we need to evacuate. Here, have this.”
He held up several gas masks and a compact lab goggles.
“But you don’t need to evacuate for level one emergen…” Trey went ahead and grabbed the masks and goggles. “I was just looking for Hannah when I heard about the alarm. I can’t seem to find her.”
“Oh great! Here, have another set.” The dalmatian said. “I think I saw Hannah going in that door at the end of the corridor there, it’s the access to the archives. But don’t touch anything in there, the boss might get mad.”
“Thanks Salvador.”
“Don’t mention it.” Added the researcher, who promptly picked up his stuff and walked away. “Lucky husky.”
“I heard that.”
All he got back was some laughter as the dalmatian walked away quickly.
The three immediately ran towards the said door as the whole structure shook once more. A lone door stood at the end of the glass sided corridor. They walked straight to it just as the door hissed open to reveal another tube.
“So that’s why we couldn’t find her here, she’s at a completely separate sector from us.” Remarked Dmitri, even as the two ‘walked’ past him. The beautiful dark blue waters and the glow of the lights along the tube was disregarded. There was something in else bothering everyone's mind.
“Hannah!”
ILIKEREDGLOWYTHINGSAKARANDOMNESS
Thanks for reading. See you next week! XP
File 9: Why Waves Wait
“Okay, before I go rabid and bite the life out of your body, why in the world am I back in a doberman’s body?”
Rick couldn’t say it. It was not his intention to put Al back into a dog’s body. But for some reason, just moments before the transfer commenced, the machine initiated lockdown and channeled Al into a different body.
“I don’t know what happened. There must be a glitch in the system. I can’t access the system ever since I started the transfer. Attempting to shut it down in between transfer might turn you into a vegetable. And…” Rick paused, still hesitant to disclose that perhaps tiny little fact.
“And… what!?” Al remarked, clearly stressed at being back to his old situation. His gaze, or more accurately glare, was frightening enough even at his current state.
“You’re actually a mini-pinscher, not a doberman.”
The look from Al’s face was beyond anything he saw before. It would have been great if he was able to take one picture, but currently it’s inappropriate for him to do so and who knows what he can do with those tiny snout and claws.
“I wouldn’t believe that that fox is right. But I need to get back to the machine and switch back to my real, actual body as soon as possible.” He stated in a panic, all the while he was attempting to remove the straps and locks that was restraining him on the chair. “Look even the tail is still short. This is clearly much worse than getting stuck with in a doberman’s body.”
“Fox? What do you mean by that?” Rick said, now puzzled about Al’s first statement. He had never referenced any fox before.
“It’s hard to explain, you would call me a lunatic if I told you about him.” Al stumbled to the ground as he removed the last remaining belt. “But basically, I always see him at the final moments of the transfer sequences.”
Rick helped Al up. He was much lighter and oddly cuter for that reason. Whatever caused this malfunction must have been a comedian.
“Okay, bring me to that device again, let’s try this one more time.” Al stated, but paused to glare at Rick. “Don’t even think of making me get stuck with this body because I look cute. I’m older than you remember?”
“You just read my mind.” Rick smirked. “I can do that but it seems that the system is still locked. I’ll try to find a way around that.”
Rick was about to head for the control panel when he noticed that one of the doors into the sector hissed open. Two shadowy figures entered the room before the door closed shut, with the usual hiss.
“Sorry, but the system is now permanently locked.” Said one of the figures. “It’s nice to see the both of you visiting us again.”
---
Karl was visiting the Doctor Lehrer in his office. It was still pretty early in the night when he left the resort. He hated mixing up work during his vacations but with all the odd circumstances and the weird events happening around him ever since the incident with the Subject, he was forced to arrange this impromptu meeting.
The doctor was of course accommodating. He offered the dog some tea upon his arrival then immediately went straight to the talk about the Subject, and how that was his father’s prized work. He gave some history, going back to the 1950s all up to the late 1980s when apparently he died in a lab accident.
The doctor was about to discuss about some theories on Sam’s behavior when an alarm rang from the doctor’s desk. Apparently, someone had accessed the archives, and by the appearance of one of the figures, it looked like Sam was one of them. The doctor keyed in some commands from his computer before promptly asking Karl whether he wanted to accompany him to meet the intruders.
Intrigued, Karl joined him.
“What do you mean by that, doctor?”
“These two were the very two people my father were hunting. It was never a secret but the original subjects of the experiments, 152A and 152B were never really terminated.” The doctor , adjusted his glasses as he stared at the experiments across the rooms. “They were moved to a more secretive division of the company where we do the so called fringe research.”
Karl was more confused with what the doctor said. It wasn’t because of the facts or details he had given, but rather the manner in which he said them, something was off.
“So, what does Sam have to do with these subjects?” Karl asked. “And what do you mean by visiting us again, have you seen them before this encounter?”
“Just a sec.” Lehrer said, while bracing himself against something.
It seemed too surreal to the dog. He has read the facts about the subject, it detailed about the capabilities of the subject, capabilities that by themselves, seem completely out of this world. But seeing it happening right in front of him, it was something different.
A small pulse of what he assumed to be the gravity waves slightly bending the light along its path. It was barely noticeable, but its effect was something like a thin lens moving towards him.
He felt a slight push from the waves, unlike the doctor who felt the full impact of it and was flung towards the doors. The sound of a crack sent shivers to the dog.
“You see, they actually took Sam’s body, probably from the stolen plans of it way back in 1989.” The doctor stood, to the shock of the dog. He adjusted his back and shoulders like it was just a simple sprain. “They did that with intents of getting more data on them from the archives, something that I denied Sam, whom I was suspicious of being them, access to.”
Karl backed away, still staring at the doctor as he approached the two subjects slowly.
“And about them visiting us again, Doctor Heinrich Lehrer never really died from in 1989.” Now smiling like someone who just received a prize from a fair. “I am Doctor Heinrich Lehrer.”
A faint red glow started emanating from the doctor’s hand.
---
“Can you both slow down, please?” Insisted Brunolf. He was resting his arm on one of the beams in the corridors of what seems to be the fringe division. “We can probably think about where they could have brought her rather than simply running around this maze.”
“We don’t have time for that anymore.” Sam remarked, stopping at one of the intersections. He started getting anxious as soon as he was in the fringe division. “We should probably just split up and meet up here in a few minutes, it would make looking for it quicker.”
A low hum could be heard as the whole structure started shaking a bit. This was enough to snap Trey back to the real world from his never ending internal monologue.
“Sorry about that. I was just trying to understand what’s happening here.” He said anxiously as he looked around him. “But Sam, I think Dmitri’s right this time. We’re wondering around in circles in this division and there seems to be something else happening here, it might be better to stick together.”
Sam sighed as he looked back at the two. He was still clearly curious about what that sound was. The emergency warning lamps started blinking, it was just a level one emergency signal.
“Okay guys. I wasn’t totally honest with you two.” Sam hesitated to continue for a moment. “I was spying on one of the assailants. I can’t tell you exactly why I was spying on them, but let’s just say they took something really important from me they’re using it to infiltrate this facility.”
Trey’s eyes raised in suspicion.
“And, I kinda forgot to tell you this tiny detail but I overheard them saying that they were trying to access the fringe division archives.”
“That makes all the difference!” Trey exclaimed, masking his worry with a bit of excitement. But all of it faded, as quickly as it came.
“Let me guess, you forgot where that is?” Dmitri remarked.
“Yep...”
One of the researchers, a dalmatian wearing a lab coats and protective gear, passed by and noticed Trey. He was carrying several stacks of paper along with a laptop and an odd looking device.
“Oh Trey, what are you doing here? I don’t remember you being part of the Special research division.” He placed down his papers and approached Trey, barely noticing the other two accompanying him. “You know that they’ve activated level one here, we need to evacuate. Here, have this.”
He held up several gas masks and a compact lab goggles.
“But you don’t need to evacuate for level one emergen…” Trey went ahead and grabbed the masks and goggles. “I was just looking for Hannah when I heard about the alarm. I can’t seem to find her.”
“Oh great! Here, have another set.” The dalmatian said. “I think I saw Hannah going in that door at the end of the corridor there, it’s the access to the archives. But don’t touch anything in there, the boss might get mad.”
“Thanks Salvador.”
“Don’t mention it.” Added the researcher, who promptly picked up his stuff and walked away. “Lucky husky.”
“I heard that.”
All he got back was some laughter as the dalmatian walked away quickly.
The three immediately ran towards the said door as the whole structure shook once more. A lone door stood at the end of the glass sided corridor. They walked straight to it just as the door hissed open to reveal another tube.
“So that’s why we couldn’t find her here, she’s at a completely separate sector from us.” Remarked Dmitri, even as the two ‘walked’ past him. The beautiful dark blue waters and the glow of the lights along the tube was disregarded. There was something in else bothering everyone's mind.
“Hannah!”
ILIKEREDGLOWYTHINGSAKARANDOMNESS
Thanks for reading. See you next week! XP