asks.
The other 3 cringe and you can tell that they would never question Mikes authority or decision.
“Excuse me, did you not just hear what I said? We will proceed with the human, if you don’t like it- there is the door!” Mike says aggressively.
“BUT how can we be sure!? We absolutely cannot send a human being into that machine without identifying the source of the wei….”
“… You haven’t been in the company long have you, lad?” Mike snaps at John.
“No, not very long” John replies
“Well if you want it to be much longer I suggest you be quiet and do as you are told” as Mike walks off.
“Fucking asshole” John mutters just as Mike is out of sight
“Dick” Alex mutters whilst shaking her head
“Wow I can’t believe you just stood up to him John!” Cat adds
“John, we have all been there, and we have all failed, and we have all learnt what you just have learnt. Chin up, lets carry on” Paul reassures John.
Chapter 3- Thirteen
A Couple of days later, the first human test subject arrives at exactly the correct moment, as the machine is spooling and ready to go. This time, there are no cameras being set up, or anything like that. Two armed police officers then enter the lab followed by a Male, approximately 35 years old, Caucasian with brown hair and in shackles with two more armed guards behind him. One begins to question if this is all above board and completely legal but not a word is said. It seems like they have just plucked a prisoner off of death row to test the teleporter, maybe with nothing but a promise of being let off death row if they go through with it. Regardless, this man is about to go down in history.
Or not as the case may be.
“So, what’s your name pal?” Asks John as he is taking a blood sample
“Dave” the prisoner replies
“Sooo, why were you in prison, if you don’t mind me asking?”
Dave looks at one of the guards, then looks down and replies with a simple “Dunno”.
John at this stage realises he isn’t going to get more than a one word answer every time so he decides just to get on with it and no speak to him.
“It’s time” Says Paul
Paul and John then direct him where to stand and give him a count down from 10.
“10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1… Now ” Paul says.
*Whoosh*
‘Dave’ vanishes in a more of a ‘pop’ sound this time, as opposed to the dramatic sounds and light that was previous.
He then instantly appears on the receiver pad. He is conscious but loses his balance a little, but regains it and manages to stand upright.
“Give us a wave, Dave” Cat Yells
Dave then instantly waves and leaves the receiver pad, to sit on the nearest chair in his normal negative manner.
“That went well, didn’t it?” John states.
“Yeah, a little too well. I personally was expecting more of a show…” Alex adds
“So Dave, where are you from?” Paul asks him
“Dunno”
“Ha! He’s fine!” John says, then he turns to Paul and continues “He’s not the talkative type”
“John, check the weight again” Paul orders as Dave is escorted out of the lab quite roughly.
A few minutes later; “I don’t believe it, exactly 21 grams again!” John shouts in confusion. Alex and John look at each other and again, dismiss the irrational hypothesis that they are both about to communicate.
“We can’t focus on this John, you know this, you heard Mike” Paul explains
“Fuck Mike” John curses
“You can if you want, but believe me, you will be ‘fucked’ afterwards” Mike calmly replies “Good work team, I’ll be in tomorrow at 09:00 to collect the full reports from each of you. We have 12 more test subjects, all from different walks of life to test and I want them all done this Friday, Live on Television”
“Again Mike, we need to test fully before we can…”