3 - Three's A Crowd

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human

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extinction level yes

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dr frankenstein i presume

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dr krenner stared into another enclosure

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this one was much more crude than the

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one in his lab in the upper level

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this one had to be fashioned

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surreptitiously

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cobbled together from what he could find

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and what others would not miss

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this one rested in a large storage room

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in the back of the skunk farm

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a forgotten place

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it was a small thing really

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the clandestine way he was now forced to

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work he was in charge of the program

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a department head

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nobody would question his use of cages

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of restraints

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he had moved what he needed down to the

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skunk farm after hours

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it was much easier than that bit of

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business in the city

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he had removed the body from cold

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storage

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it was vastly convenient to him to have

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the freezer unit down here

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that was a bit of serendipity having the

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freezer unit in the same place as the

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crematorium

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test subjects that could not be

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autopsied immediately were stored and

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catalogued just across the room from

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where they would be disposed

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it was not unusual to see him or one of

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his assistants riding a freight elevator

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or walking the passageways

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pushing a sheet covered gurney to and

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from the skunk farm and his labs

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in reality he had hoped to be doing this

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all in the full light of day

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or as much as one could work in the full

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light of day inside a top secret

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installation deep in the rocky mountains

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but they would not let him

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forced his hand

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so he had to do what he must

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in secret

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a secret within a secret

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dr crener syringe in his right hand

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opened the large cage door and stepped

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inside

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he knelt down by the motionless body of

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abner freeman

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he knew the vagrant had been dead long

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enough that if he were to somehow

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reanimate he would have severe brain

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damage

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no matter this was simply a preliminary

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trial the first of many

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it was fitting that the first should be

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under the worst of conditions

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a supreme test

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could his creation bring someone back

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from the dead

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the parallels to the literary

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frankenstein were not lost on him

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but neither did they deter him

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having thawed the cadaver he injected

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the corpse

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the luminescent green disappearing into

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the arm of abner freeman

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dr kriner stood and looked down on the

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body

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when nothing happened he was not alarmed

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the effect in the chimps had been almost

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immediate

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but while being so similar to humans

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there was enough difference to make the

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effect it would have and unknown

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dr krenner almost shook with excitement

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as he checked the restraints

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he didn't think he would need them

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but it was a fool who took chances

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he left the enclosure and secured the

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door with a padlock

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he had a briefing to go to

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the results of his autopsy on the chimps

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was complete and his taskmasters

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demanded a report

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while the agent stimulated the desired

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areas of the brain

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there was also something happening with

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the simple bacteria on the chimp's teeth

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he felt it definitely bore further

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investigation

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a surprise visitor

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the briefing had gone as he had expected

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he presented his findings

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attempted in the process to frame them

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in the concept of ongoing discovery

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his efforts were met and rewarded with

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timetables and further threats of the

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imminent end of the program

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but now

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rather than being filled with a crushing

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sense of foreboding

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he was more determined than ever to

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conduct his experiments along two tracks

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he would carry on like a good minion in

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the labs above

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but the real science would happen here

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in the lower recesses of the mountain

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when dr krenner returned to the skunk

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farm

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francis delrony was waiting for him

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he sat on a stool by the crematorium and

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watched as dr krenor came in

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the doctor did not notice him at first

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caught up in his thoughts of what he

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might learn from his new test subject

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and of how many more he would have to

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procure

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hey doc

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del roni said

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dr krenner almost jumped out of his skin

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as he came up short and stared at the

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young semen

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who the hell are you

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dr krenner barked

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delrony sat confidently on the stool and

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smiled at dr crenner

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i'm your new assistant doc

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i'm supposed to help you dispose of your

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dead animals and whatnot

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i think the man upstairs meant for me to

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contemplate the air of my ways down here

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or something

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but now i know something he don't know

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if he catch my drift hey doc

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doroni said dr krenner having recovered

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from his surprise

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walked over to a filing cabinet and made

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a show of looking for something

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important inside it

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that won't be necessary i don't need

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another assistant not down here you'll

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just have to tell the colonel to put you

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somewhere else

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dr krenor said

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delrony turned to face the doctor's back

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then cast his eyes about

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the place was deep in the mountain

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dark and looked about as much fun as

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going to a mass on saturday night

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but if francis delrony knew anything

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it was how to recognize an angle when he

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saw it

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yeah i don't think so doc i think me and

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you are going to get along just fine

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you see doc i can keep a secret or i can

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tell a secret

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either one's fine with me you know doc

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del rooney said

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dr krenner spun around and stared at

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delrony his presence here was

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catastrophic to his plans and he had no

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patience for it

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what in god's name are you talking about

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secrets you would be brought up on

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treason the work we do here at this

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facility is beyond top secret you i

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ain't talking about the work what goes

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on here at this facility doc i'm talking

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about the breather you got locked up in

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that cage back there

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ain't no other reason you would keep

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somebody locked up in a cage down here

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except you don't want nobody else to

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know

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only i know now see and the price for me

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helping you keep that secret is uh let's

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just say negotiable and ongoing eh

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delrony said

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dr krenner was aghast he was a doctor

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for christ's sake a man of science how

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dare this little of a boy presumed

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to manipulate him into some kind of

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corner

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before he could frame a proper response

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it occurred to him what the boy had said

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what did you say breatha

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why did you call it that

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dr kerner asked

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though rooney smiled okay doc i like you

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i can tell by your face you thought

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through this fast no threats are nothing

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now for starters just answer the

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question boy

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why did you call it a breather

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delrony looked at dr krenner like he was

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out of his mind

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cause he was freaking breathing

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i mean i guess he was breathing because

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he's sure his was moving

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he said

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dr krenner glared at delrony that's

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impossible there is nothing but a

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cadaver a body donated to science for

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research purposes nothing more

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dr kraner said

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even as he said it realization dawned

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and dr krenner spun around

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hurrying to the back office

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and the cage

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doc that guy is breathing same

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as you and me if it were just a stiff

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then why would you restrain him

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you can't a a doc

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delrony said

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but dr krenner wasn't listening

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dr krenner his mouth opened wider than

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the cage door behind him stared at the

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body

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the movements were subtle

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but observable

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abner freeman

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lived