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help, but got no further response. He was alone in the darkness of his dead body; trapped in a husk with no means of escape. A feeling of defeat rushed through him along with depression. Everything he knew and loved was gone! He was dead, he was actually dead, but why was he still here?
From somewhere deep below him, a warm, glowing blue energy appeared. It was dim at first, but slowly grew in intensity. The warmth surrounded him, permeating his very core, and began to make the feelings of loss and depression fade away. Aaron thought it might be heaven, but then wouldn’t the light be coming from above, not below? Slowly he began to feel like he was being pulled back into his body, not disconnected like he had been lately. The sensation of cloth draped over his skin sent shivers up his back. He heard the creaking of the sliding bed followed by the click of the latch from the morgue freezer door closing. The cold air surrounding him was more a sensation then an effect; his body felt warm and comfortable. The concept of time began to return to him in waves with the realization that he had been in the locker for a few days now. Aaron began to feel a build-up of energy inside him; the glow from the depths intensified.
No longer was he looking around the black well of his core self; no longer did he feel separated from his body. In fact, Aaron felt more in tune with his environment than he ever had before. He would try to wiggle a toe or finger, but to no avail. His body was still readying itself for something more. The energy felt as if it would burst through his pores; Aaron felt like it filled him entirely!
Then he felt a release; with a beat of his heart it sent a pulse wave outwards beyond his body. It was weak, but Aaron could feel the air move as the wave moved through it. Slowly, another buildup of energy started inside him; this time a bit more intense than the first.
The time for us to leave is close, my child. Her voice rang in his skull. You are nearly ready to awaken!
He was unable to answer with either his voice or his mind. Everything inside him was focused on the energy growing inside him, filling every deep recess of his body. He felt a minute pass as it began to get closer to release. Then the wave broke free, rattling windows and doors in the building. It shook the door right off the locker he was resting inside, and sent specimen jars and surgical tools crashing to the floor. Just as soon as the wave burst free of his body, Aaron felt the build-up of another one, this time infinitely more intense than the first two. His whole body felt like it was about to burst at the seams and he felt himself rise from the slab he was laid upon. He could hear the morgue staff’s panic stricken voices as they scrambled to figure out what was happening as the energy broke free to begin its final assault.
Rocky Mountains, Utah –
Military Installation Code Named White Rock
In the ICU, Phillips attended to the final two hybrid subjects who were recovering from the neural implant surgeries. It had been a week since Subject 54 had expired, and she couldn’t shake the feeling of remorse that had firmly gripped her heart. There was something about his case file that had touched her, something about him that held her emotions captive. Maybe it was the devotion to his family that was noted in his file. Maybe it was his resilience to survive the continuous torture that was thrown at him with the project. In her heart, she was unsure of the exact reason, but she knew she felt bad for her part in his death.
Moving on to the back corner of the ward, Phillips approached the bed with the comatose alien in it. Subject Zero had never been awake in the entire four year span of the program, and as Phillips lifted the charts she didn’t expect some miracle to happen to change anything. But something had changed; Zero’s brainwave activity was off the charts and was consistently growing.
“What is going on in that head of yours,
From somewhere deep below him, a warm, glowing blue energy appeared. It was dim at first, but slowly grew in intensity. The warmth surrounded him, permeating his very core, and began to make the feelings of loss and depression fade away. Aaron thought it might be heaven, but then wouldn’t the light be coming from above, not below? Slowly he began to feel like he was being pulled back into his body, not disconnected like he had been lately. The sensation of cloth draped over his skin sent shivers up his back. He heard the creaking of the sliding bed followed by the click of the latch from the morgue freezer door closing. The cold air surrounding him was more a sensation then an effect; his body felt warm and comfortable. The concept of time began to return to him in waves with the realization that he had been in the locker for a few days now. Aaron began to feel a build-up of energy inside him; the glow from the depths intensified.
No longer was he looking around the black well of his core self; no longer did he feel separated from his body. In fact, Aaron felt more in tune with his environment than he ever had before. He would try to wiggle a toe or finger, but to no avail. His body was still readying itself for something more. The energy felt as if it would burst through his pores; Aaron felt like it filled him entirely!
Then he felt a release; with a beat of his heart it sent a pulse wave outwards beyond his body. It was weak, but Aaron could feel the air move as the wave moved through it. Slowly, another buildup of energy started inside him; this time a bit more intense than the first.
The time for us to leave is close, my child. Her voice rang in his skull. You are nearly ready to awaken!
He was unable to answer with either his voice or his mind. Everything inside him was focused on the energy growing inside him, filling every deep recess of his body. He felt a minute pass as it began to get closer to release. Then the wave broke free, rattling windows and doors in the building. It shook the door right off the locker he was resting inside, and sent specimen jars and surgical tools crashing to the floor. Just as soon as the wave burst free of his body, Aaron felt the build-up of another one, this time infinitely more intense than the first two. His whole body felt like it was about to burst at the seams and he felt himself rise from the slab he was laid upon. He could hear the morgue staff’s panic stricken voices as they scrambled to figure out what was happening as the energy broke free to begin its final assault.
Rocky Mountains, Utah –
Military Installation Code Named White Rock
In the ICU, Phillips attended to the final two hybrid subjects who were recovering from the neural implant surgeries. It had been a week since Subject 54 had expired, and she couldn’t shake the feeling of remorse that had firmly gripped her heart. There was something about his case file that had touched her, something about him that held her emotions captive. Maybe it was the devotion to his family that was noted in his file. Maybe it was his resilience to survive the continuous torture that was thrown at him with the project. In her heart, she was unsure of the exact reason, but she knew she felt bad for her part in his death.
Moving on to the back corner of the ward, Phillips approached the bed with the comatose alien in it. Subject Zero had never been awake in the entire four year span of the program, and as Phillips lifted the charts she didn’t expect some miracle to happen to change anything. But something had changed; Zero’s brainwave activity was off the charts and was consistently growing.
“What is going on in that head of yours,
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