Animal Testing: A Short Story

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The sounds of torturous screams echo through the long, empty, steeled hallways. I can hear the sounds of an electric drill, and the shouting of people over the shrieking of screams. It sounds like they are doing a set of subjects today. I rock back and forth to keep my mind occupied, but it doesn’t work. The screams ferociously echo in my mind. Pounding my ears and creating a rising pain in my head. At this point, I might have already lost my sanity. My head spins uncontrollably and my craving stomach lets out a loud growl. I have to lean myself against the wall, after a week of not having food or water, I might as well be dead. The unlighted, windowless room and the stinging, cold air doesn’t help, but I’m able to balance myself onto …show more content…

I look outside to see a gang of scientists surrounding a patient lying limped on the bed; dead. His face is ashen and his eyes are dazed. His white gown is cut open, revealing an opened gash on his stomach. His sticky, red, blood slowly glides down his mouth. A slur of curses comes from the scientists as they look down at their failed experiment. I shakily move away and limp over to the empty corner of the room. Leaning my head against the cold, steeled, metal I check for any signs of my brother, Eight. I cancel out the sounds of torturous screams, and yelling scientists and zone in on my own breathing. I concentrate and I can hear the rhythmical breathing of my brother. He sensed me too and I can his heavy knocks against the metal, telling me that the coast is clear. Knock…..Knock…..Knock. I repeat his heavy knocks and withdraw from the wall. I hear the shifting of walls as he slowly opens up the wall. After seventeen years of being in this hell house, I’ve remembered the combination. Left, then right, then up, then left, and lastly, down. The shifting abruptly stops and then, I hear the grunting of Eight trying to push open the heavy slab of steel and I rush over to assist

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