Experiment 07021990

Nodding at the security guards, I walk past the hallway to my failed experiments. Some people might throw away their experiments, but I create life. I can't get rid of them just like that, I consider every one of them my child. It's not like they're awful in anyway, they just didn't turn out to be the way I wanted them to be.

Every night, I go to them to check up on the ones who stay awake for twenty four hours. Interact, feed and just simply say hello. They're creatures too, they need as much care as a human. Even if it was in a different way.

I apply my card to the security pass and enter the dark blue room with a big smile. "Hello everyone." I greeted as soon as I closed the door. I run my hand through the glass. I normally try to create sea creatures, which is strange since I am petrified of the sea.

I grab the food drugs and sprinkle some of it in experiment 22740749's, 36349920's and 14293304's tubs. And last but definitely not least, 07021990. He doesn't eat, he doesn't sleep, he doesn't talk and he's the only one who has a strong enough mind to understand who he is and what's going on. He's the most I talk to.

"Hello, Jack." I grab the nearest uncomfortable seat I can find and drag it in front of his too-small-for-him tub. He grins and excitedly waves his right, small hand. I slowly and carefully touch the glass, making him re-act what I did. "Enjoying life?" I whisper as I slowly come closer and closer to the glass. Since 07021990 is so energetic, if he did the things I do quickly he will break the glass, so I have to make sure I do it carefully.

He nods as he copies my actions. We both remain doing this until we touch the glass with our foreheads, our eyes closed. I feel really bad for not getting him a bigger tub, to get his energetic side more running, but it's the largest one I can afford now. I can't imagine myself being trapped in that small space, especially when I can't even sleep. And I can't send him to the ocean. That place is too scary for anyone. Even if I do so, he will get mugged by humans, making him to all the horrible things they can do to him.

I open my eyes when I heard water moving. 07021990's looking at me worriedly. "I'm just thinking, Jack. I'm fine." I smile and enter my hand to the water, ruffling his shouldn't-be green hair.

07021990 is a failed experiment because he doesn't speak, he doesn't know how to open his mouth. And his hair is green, when it should be blue just like his tail, his eyes and his birthmark. I don't really care about this precise texture, but it is one.

Knocking sound pushes me out of my thinking train. It was 07021990. He gives me a sorry look and moves his hands beside his face, then resting his head on them. Mentioning the word sleep. Then he points at me. "I assume you're right, I really need to rest. Maybe one day I can fix you to go to sleep." I joke. "Goodnight.." I stand up, move back the chair, wave Jack goodbye, and get out of there.

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"Dr. Fischbach, I need to speak with you."

"Huh?" Dr. Chase grabbed my wrist and dragged me into her office. "Yes, Dr. Chase?" She takes a deep breathe as she sits down on her seat.

"Dr. Fischbach, I need to talk to you about your failed experiments."

This line. This line is the line I fear the most. She could do anything to my creatures, she can even decapitate them if she wants. The only reason she doesn't do it is because I practically begged for them to stay alive. Might not be free. But alive.

"Listen... I know they mean so much to you, and I know you love them to death but... We need to get rid of them... All of them."

My heart suddenly sunk and I can feel sweat crawling everywhere. "Rid of them? All of them? C-can I keep at least seven? Five? Three? C-can we not kill them? Just... Put them in the sea..."

"Dr. Fischbach... I know this is hard but it's the right thing to do. Once in a while you need to let go."

"CHASE, THEY'RE MY EVERYTHING!" I scream, trying to say my side of the story. Tears start to fall from my eyes and I can feel my throat scratching. "I-I can't lose them... Yo-you can't do this to me... You can't make them leave..."

"Dr. Fischbach we need more space to the more important ones, the ones we're sure we can fix. You can take the small ones home but the rest have to leave. I'm sorry, Dr. Fischbach." There she goes. Leaving me in my mess of tears. She basically told a mother to get rid of her children.

I sprint out of the room, "Out of my way." I push anyone who's in front of me. I don't care that anyone here can fire me, I need to see them. I blast through the door and slide my way to the first tub I find. "Drake, Rosanne, Dex!" My voice cracks, but right now that's the least of my problems.

Splashing noises caught my attention. Jack. His chest-up is out of the water and he's staring at me, full of worry and sadness. "JACK!" I clumsily run my way to him, hugging him as tight as I can. "Jack, oh Jack... They'r- they're going to kill you, they're going to murder you, they're getting rid of you!" I cry into his shoulder. I can't lose him. I can't lose him. I can't lose him. I CAN'T.

I felt patting at my back, "Aren't- Aren't you worried?" I sniff, still clinging into him. I can feel his head shaking. What? I let go him to understand. "What do you mean?" I sniff.

He smiles and sinks in his tub, all the way down into the sand, and started to... Draw?

"Itc beter four you mark"

"It's better for you, Mark? How is it better for me? My favourite creature is going to die TONIGHT." A blush appears on his cheeks, making him let half of his body out of the tub and crash his lips into mine. My eyes widen and push him back into the water. "What was that?" I question calmly, letting him know that I'm not mad. But confused.

He got both hands together to his heart, forming a valentine shape and point at me.

"You love me?"

He nods, sticking in a tiny smile on his face. Which only leads me to cry even more. "I can't lose you... I just can't! You're too precious to just die like that..." I sob even more.

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"Nigel." I whisper as they behead him. They killed most of my precious creations, except one. The last one. The biggest one.

"Experiment 07021990, bring him right here." Dr. Chase said through the megaphone, signalling the guards to take 07021990's tub.

"JACK! NO, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS! PLEASE!" I sob and scream, trying to escape the guards that're holding me. "Please, if you have a heart, let me talk to him... Please." I beg them to let me go. One of them looks at the other, basically they're communicating silently. And let me go.

I run to Dr. Chase, "Chase, Chase listen to me! He has a human brain! He can understand what's going on! I'll keep him with me! I'll bring him home! I'll make him breath oxygen! I'll give him legs! I'll do fucking ANYTHING for him to stay alive! PLEASE! DON'T DO THIS!" I look behind me, seeing Jack wrapped in ropes.

"Stop." I hear Dr. Chase sigh. "He's taking him home." She told the guards, making my tears turn from sad to happy ones.

They unwrapped the ropes and dropped him back into the tub. "JACK!" I run to him, he grins and swims up and down, showing his energetic side. I hug him, not caring about the water all over my coat.

"I will never let anyone touch you, Jack."

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