“… Look if you want to fuck with me one more time go right ahead, John, as it will be your last. You can either do as I say or get the fuck out. We clear?” Mike interrupts and shouts whilst pointing directly at John.
“…Crystal clear, Thanks Michael” John backs down for the best whilst the team look on in agony because they are desperate for someone to overpower the tyrant.
“09:00 tomorrow people. Do not disappoint me” Mike shouts as he strides out of the lab door.
“You know, it’s physically and technically impossible for that man to be any more of an asshole that what he already is” Alex vents.
“Paul, this is bullshit, we are prevented by Mike at every turn to try to prove the safety of this machine, we need to properly analyse where this 21 grams of weight is coming from. We absolutely cannot proceed without identifying the source… it could be something important you know!” John says to Paul.
Paul then replies “John, I don’t know how many times I have to tell you, Mike is in control, what he says is ultimately what we do. I have tried and cannot do anything about him… its useless to battle him”.
“… What about getting a third party involved, you know, making it actually impossible for us to continue unless we go through different processes?” John is now clutching at straws.
“Look, we have tried everything John, I know it’s frustrating but seriously, just ignore it” Alex reassured John.
“Okay Fine. But know that I don’t agree with sending these 12 human beings through on Friday…”
Friday, 09:30
Today is the big day. 12 human ‘volunteers’ are sitting outside the lab. Their samples and checks are completed prior to entering, but this time is different. There are news cameras outside interviewing them. They seem to be quite high- profile volunteers. John then goes back in the lab and has a look at their files. Some of the job titles include Singer/ Songwriter, Commercial Pilot, best-selling author and even an Army Captain. John is impressed and immediately walks over to Alex. “Look, Airline pilot, Military Captain… These volunteers aren’t exactly off death row this time are they?”.
“Haha, no babe they’re not, they all seem to be famous, rich or both.” Alex replies.
The day goes without a hitch. Throughout the success of the day, teleportation after teleportation, and the whole thing being recorded from seemingly every angle, the team are sitting there compiling the results, again.
“So that went well” Paul breaks the silence. “Good work team”.
“Paul, its Friday afternoon, its 23 minutes past 8… I should be drunk right now” John says for a laugh.
The team then laugh and Alex and Cat then agree. “Ok, since we’ve all worked so hard today, we can all go. The first round is on me!” Paul says, which is very out of character as the team believed that he actually didn’t drink as he was so ‘square’.
As they are followed by their bodyguards to their local pub, they then bump into that Mike fellow just leaving the pub. “Oh for fuck sake, look at who’s coming out” John says in a melancholy tone.
“Oh hi, if it isn’t my favourite bunch of people! You guys have out done yourselves” Mike says. The team then politely agree as they shuffle past him into the pub. “But you…” Mike stops John “… Look, I like you, you have balls, but if you have a problem with me, then tell me now. We’re not at work so I…”
John then interrupts “You are nothing but a tyrant. You listen to nobody as you think you know it all, but really you are just blinded by the money and the greed. We needed, we were required by every bone in our bodies to make fully sure that the missing weight wasn’t life threatening but YOU…” John realises that he is