The last runner : Academy of magic

Chapter three : What did they do to me?

"Thomas," he heard someone call as he turned to see Ashley standing in a large field with a beautiful smile spread across her face.

"Ashley," He muttered then took three steps towards her but stopped as he noticed her countenance change and tears began rolling down her cheeks.

"I shouldn't have followed you Thomas, if not none of this would have happened, I am sorry. You must save us," she sniffed.

"What do you mean Ashley?" Thomas furrows his eyebrows and Ashley turns around to a large storm approaching them swiftly. 

"They are the ones," she points towards the storm as Thomas could see lightning strikes inside the storm and strange alien creatures.

"Ashley!" he ran towards her to carry her away but before he could get there his eyes fluttered open.

"Wake up, you must save us before it's too late!" Those words resounded In his ears as he realized it was a dream.

'Where am I? I can't see anything,' Thomas whispered to himself as he tried to get up only to realize that his hands and feet’s were chained to the bed he was lying on.

He struggled to set himself free but it was impossible since the room was dark.

"Help! Somebody help me, Please…" He screamed as he could feel sweat rolling down his forehead. "Help… Please…" his voice failed him and while struggling the room lit up.

He could hear his loud breath as he looked around the large white room then turned right to a table beside his bed as he could see some strange tools.

There, no doubt, he could tell that their intention was to use him for an experiment. He looked further from the table at the line of computers which run horizontally with scientific readings displaying on the monitor.

"What the heck," Thomas soliloquized and his eyes spring wide open at sight of innumerable large tubes containing human bodies inside which was ahead of the computers.

Still staring at the tubes in fright he heard the door open as he glanced downwards at the two men who walked In with a man dressed in a doctor's attire.

The other men stopped by the door and the doctor approached Thomas on the bed and without uttering a word Thomas watched him take up an injection as he began to fill it with a liquid.

"What are you doing?" Thomas asked but the man didn't give him a response as he dropped the emptied container on the floor, slightly knocking the injection with the tip of his index finger.

Thomas eyeballs hovered at every single move the man made and after a while the man moved close to him.

"Don't you dare put that on me!" Thomas scolded him when he brought the injection close to his arm as the two men standing by the door were about to intervene but the doctor stopped them with a signal then turned back to Thomas.

"You are a fine one, and if I were you I would save my energy for the transition. Just hope you don't die in the process,"

"No… keep that thing away from me," Thomas whispered as the man emptied the injection into his body then moved away from the bed.

"What did you put in me?" Thomas stared at the man whose mind was far from his question.

"At the count of three," said the man in a whisper as Thomas could see his impatient eyes. "One… two… three…"

Immediately after the third count, Thomas felt liquid movement inside his body as they were splitting into many numbers and after a while he felt his blood streams starching up.

He screamed out in pain while shaking on the bed. His throat felt sore and his saliva dried up, it was like a volcano in his inside and hurricane in his belly. He could feel his eyes tearing wide mingled with electric sparks in his head. No! The feeling was unbearable and unexplainable while his tongue rolled up and down his closed mouth and the only sound produced was deep groaning. The pain lasted for minutes and he finally blanked out.

"Bang!" His eyes fluttered open as the first thing he saw was the pale brown eyes of the scientist staring at him through a glass, and it was after another punch on the glass that he realized he was inside one of the large tubes he had seen earlier.

"What are you doing? let me out!" Thomas said as the doctor moved away from the tube then turned right to one of the people who was with him earlier but this time he was beside a tap on the wall. "Please don't do this," Thomas turned to the doctor immediately he saw a host connected from the tap to the tube he was put inside.

"Do it," the doctor said and the man turned on the water.

"Please you can't do this, you will get me killed, please…" Thomas kept moving his hand on the glass in hope that the man would change his mind but he didn't.

The doctor watched with his hands folded until Thomas was completely covered with the water. He tried to swim up but there wasn't enough space since the tube was a tin, and while gasping for breath they poured in a green chemical into the tube.

He pressed his lips close as he began to bang the tube but after a long time his arm waxed feeble and it dropped back to his side. His eyes moved drowsy while staring at the doctor's pale eyes.

"Project one hundred and fifty didn't survive the experiment, Project one hundred and fifty is eliminated," 

That was the last words he heard immediately after he closed his eyes and the lights went off.

"Beep… Beep….Beep," Thomas heard a sound as he opened his eyes then traced the sound to a red light which was constantly beeping opposite him.

"Project one hundred and fifty survived, Project one hundred and fifty is the first successful participant," 

Thomas noticed a blue glow in the water as he looked at his right hand only to see electric sparks running through his fingers and after a short stare he struck the tube hardly as it shattered to pieces and the water flowed out 

He fell on the floor panting for about a minute, then he stood up as he looked at a hanger towards his right to see his pants and t-shirt. He walked towards the hanger as he wore his clothes then hurried out of the room.

He looked left and right at the long white passageway, then took his right, walking as fast as he could while his eyes moved around to avoid being spotted by a CCTV.

He took another right turn as he could see doors to many rooms on both the right and left side. but what does it matter his only concern was getting out without being caught.

While walking he spotted a door open about five meters away from him and a doctor walked out with his eyes on the record book he was holding and in a blink the doctor lifted his gaze up and spotted Thomas but just before he could make an alarm Thomas zoomed to his side as he zapped his neck.

The doctor's body dropped to the floor as Thomas widened his eyes in shock then drifted his gaze to his hands. "What have they done to me?" He soliloquized as he swallowed hard. He glanced down then dragged the doctor back into the room and a few minutes later he walked out wearing the doctor's medical attire then continued his search for an exit.

After a few turns he arrived at an end of trail then looked forward at a ladder placed on the wall which led upwards and that was when he realized he was in an underground. This was their secret territory all along.

Thomas took hold of the ladder as he climbed upwards and when he came out,.he joined a lane of doctors as he followed them upstairs into a small room.

Thomas furrowed his face when he noticed an irritating smell as he turned to his right and saw seven dead bodies laid vertically on beds.

"Okay! We all know what is expected of us, we have to ensure that the bodies are disposed of," One of the doctors said then turned to Thomas and another doctor who was beside him. "The two of you should get the first body disposed,"

"Yes sir," the doctor beside Thomas responded as they both walked down to one of the dead men. Thomas was filled with disgust while they carried the dead body out but all he could do was hold his breath with his lips pressed closed since the doctor who had given them the command was staring at him.

They both carried the man out though the door directly opposite the one they came into then walked down an iron stairs which moved all the wade downwards to the backyard field outside the building.

This is my chance. How do I escape? Thomas thought to himself while they both walked down to a hole twenty five meters away from the building.