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"426, get up.” A cold male voice said, all too familiar.
I open my eyes, seeing a man in a lab coat. I get up from my bed and sit. He slides a dinamap to check my vitals. “Open your mouth.”
He puts the temperature gauge in my mouth. He writes down something on his clipboard. “It’s chow time.” I sigh.
He leaves my room. Growling, I get up, revealing the cat legs on my human body. I walk out the door and into a line with other experiments. The scientist walks us to the cafeteria. We all get our “special” trays. They are specialized for our nutrition needs. I only eat the meat on mine, the rest is disgusting.
We have a schedule, vitals, breakfast, room, vitals, lunch, room, vitals, rec, dinner, room. It gets tiring after a week. After we all throw away our wasted food, we walk back to our rooms.
I lay down, waiting for what feels like ages. I start to hear static. After taking a shaky breath I close my eyes tight. Soon, the static goes away. Am I hearing things? I think to myself. Covering myself in a blanket, I try to fall asleep.
I see myself in a forest. I haven’t seen the outside world for years, is this what it looks like? The forest surrounding me is dark and green with patches of sunlight scattered around the ground. I hear movement. “W-whos th-there? Show yourself!” I growl.
I hear static again. Where is that coming from? It’s getting annoying. A tall, slender figure in the trees stares at me with its featureless face. “What the fu-”
I gasp. Was that.. Just a dream? It felt so real. I take a deep breath. Who… was that? I think about it between each breath. Shakily, I got out of bed. Do it. A voice says. What? Do… what? You know what. This is starting to scare me. What’s going on? The voice gets louder and louder. How could I ignore it? Maybe I should do it. Whatever “it” is.
It hits me. I know what it wants. Something I wanted to do for a long time. When they check on me next, I’ll do it. I’ll get my revenge on what they did to me.
So I wait. And wait. The silence soon turns to static. It gets louder and louder. Make it stop. Stop, stop, stop!
The scientist comes in my room, before he closes the door I leap towards him, slitting his neck with my claws. I run out of my room and attack anyone and everyone in my way. I see a door, it leads to the outside! I’ll be free! Finally! I reach for the door with my blood covered hands. But the door doesn't open. Fuck! It’s locked. But then I saw it, a key card! My ticket to freedom! I run to it and pick it up, Unlocking the door I run. I run and run. Then I see him again. The slender man.