there was what looked like cages built into the wall itself. Other than that, there was nothing else in the room. The smells in the room were even stranger. It smelled musty. It smelled different. He couldn’t place what it smelled like, but it did smell strange. It all made him look back to the man, and in doing so, he had the sudden feeling that he had just walked in on him doing something that he wasn’t supposed to see him doing. The sudden feeling of wanting to run again crept up into his heart. “I’ll leave you now.” He turned to leave.
“You don’t have to go.” Collins raised an arm out to the young guard and motioned him with a wave. His voice cracked some, sounding almost surprised. He also sounded almost like he was pleading. “I don’t get too many visitors.” His voice turned demure, almost serene. He sounded almost like a little kid that was bored and wanted someone to stay to play with him.
Hearing it all surprised Jimmy even more. “Visitors?” He stopped as his hand touched the doorknob. He turned it, just before, and found it surprisingly locked. He didn’t really think about it more than that and turned back around. “You work here right?” he felt that he needed to ask, so he did. This all feels weird. It doesn’t feel right. If what he felt was right, he needed something more to go on. He had no idea what else to do.
“Work?” The man laughed. It sounded deep, almost childish. “I guess you can call it that?”
Jimmy could see something that looked like shame in his eyes. The look surprised him some, and he didn’t know why. Why would he be ashamed to be there? He didn’t know what to think about it, so he tried not to. “What do you do?” he had to ask next. I had to come into the room with a card. If I had to do that, than he would have to do that too right? It made sense, but he still felt obliged to ask anyway.
“I’m a guinea pig.” The man shrugged and laughed again. “I help with research,” he added after catching his breath.
Jimmy nodded, trying to understand everything. However, he now knew he didn’t want to know anything else. “I should go?” He turned again.
The man obviously didn’t want him to leave. “I was wondering if you could do me a favor first?” he asked, sounding rather rushed.
“What?” Jimmy stopped just as he used his card on the pad just next to the doorjamb, and opened the door.
The man left the center of the room and made his way towards where he stood. “I was wondering if you could get me something to eat. I haven’t had anything to eat for a while.” He smiled.
His breath smelled beyond bad, it almost smelled as if it was petrified. “I’m not sure that I should.” He bowed his head, and again held his breaths.
The man, Collins, nodded and sighed. “That’s okay.” He truly looked disappointed. He looked like the child was just told that he couldn’t have the friend stay and play with him after all.
Jimmy nodded and quickly swung the door open and left as fast as he could go. He made it down the hallway and back to the intersection, and there he stopped and turned back to the double doors.
Collins now stood there, holding the left of the double doors open and looking straight at him. He smiled, showing his deep yellow teeth.
Jimmy couldn’t do anything else but stare for a brief moment and take a deep breath. He didn’t know what he just walked in on, and for the life of him, he now knew that he didn’t want to know it. He couldn’t figure out anything more than that, so he just turned and moved on. The need to run felt overpowering, and the need to get back on his tour became stronger than that. When he reached the next intersection, he looked down at his watch, and saw that it was now 12:45 . Shit! I am really running late. He had to find his way back. He had to run. He had to get back to the lobby and now.
He turned and headed down the hallway to his left, and at the next intersection, he turned right.
“You don’t have to go.” Collins raised an arm out to the young guard and motioned him with a wave. His voice cracked some, sounding almost surprised. He also sounded almost like he was pleading. “I don’t get too many visitors.” His voice turned demure, almost serene. He sounded almost like a little kid that was bored and wanted someone to stay to play with him.
Hearing it all surprised Jimmy even more. “Visitors?” He stopped as his hand touched the doorknob. He turned it, just before, and found it surprisingly locked. He didn’t really think about it more than that and turned back around. “You work here right?” he felt that he needed to ask, so he did. This all feels weird. It doesn’t feel right. If what he felt was right, he needed something more to go on. He had no idea what else to do.
“Work?” The man laughed. It sounded deep, almost childish. “I guess you can call it that?”
Jimmy could see something that looked like shame in his eyes. The look surprised him some, and he didn’t know why. Why would he be ashamed to be there? He didn’t know what to think about it, so he tried not to. “What do you do?” he had to ask next. I had to come into the room with a card. If I had to do that, than he would have to do that too right? It made sense, but he still felt obliged to ask anyway.
“I’m a guinea pig.” The man shrugged and laughed again. “I help with research,” he added after catching his breath.
Jimmy nodded, trying to understand everything. However, he now knew he didn’t want to know anything else. “I should go?” He turned again.
The man obviously didn’t want him to leave. “I was wondering if you could do me a favor first?” he asked, sounding rather rushed.
“What?” Jimmy stopped just as he used his card on the pad just next to the doorjamb, and opened the door.
The man left the center of the room and made his way towards where he stood. “I was wondering if you could get me something to eat. I haven’t had anything to eat for a while.” He smiled.
His breath smelled beyond bad, it almost smelled as if it was petrified. “I’m not sure that I should.” He bowed his head, and again held his breaths.
The man, Collins, nodded and sighed. “That’s okay.” He truly looked disappointed. He looked like the child was just told that he couldn’t have the friend stay and play with him after all.
Jimmy nodded and quickly swung the door open and left as fast as he could go. He made it down the hallway and back to the intersection, and there he stopped and turned back to the double doors.
Collins now stood there, holding the left of the double doors open and looking straight at him. He smiled, showing his deep yellow teeth.
Jimmy couldn’t do anything else but stare for a brief moment and take a deep breath. He didn’t know what he just walked in on, and for the life of him, he now knew that he didn’t want to know it. He couldn’t figure out anything more than that, so he just turned and moved on. The need to run felt overpowering, and the need to get back on his tour became stronger than that. When he reached the next intersection, he looked down at his watch, and saw that it was now 12:45 . Shit! I am really running late. He had to find his way back. He had to run. He had to get back to the lobby and now.
He turned and headed down the hallway to his left, and at the next intersection, he turned right.
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