Night of the Comet (Jori)

Chapter 13 - Grey is the new black

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Night of the Comet

Chapter 13 – Grey is the new black

No One's POV

After going with Dr. Rosen and the think tank guards, Trina Vega got in their helicopter and took off. When her dad was in the military, he had taken her up in a Blackhawk, so the trip was nothing new. Instead, she looked down at the city below, looking for some movement, some sign of life.

For Trina, convinced she'd be a world-famous superstar, it gave her rather hollow and empty feeling. How can you be world famous when there was no world? Trina pondered. But she wasn't all that selfish, as her now departed friends came to mind. She wondered if they suffered, what their last moments were like and prayed silently that they had gone quickly.

But down below as the city passed into the suburbs, there was just more of the same; an empty, lifeless place, that was once a city. After a while, she couldn't look anymore and looked to the red dust filled sky, which the setting sun, made look almost crimson in color.

In time, they passed out into the desert and landed in a fenced in compound, with a few drab looking cinderblock buildings. Her first impression was not a good one.

Dr. Rosen escorted her out of the chopper and into the center building where they entered an elevator.

"We'd like to give you a full medical work up, Miss Vega, but I'm sure you'd like a chance to shower and get cleaned up. We also have some hot coffee and food. " Dr. Rosen said as he pressed a button marked, Living quarters.

"Yes, I haven't showered since Friday and I do feel a bit ripe. I gotta look my best at all times you know."

"Of course."

In the living quarters they led her to a small room with a bed, desk and a small bathroom with a shower.

"Feel free to use the shower, there is soap and shampoo." He then pointed to a small phone on the wall. "When you're done, just press 7 and one of the nurses will escort you to the exam room. Again, I'd like to thank you for aiding us. Helping to find out what caused people to survive, will be an enormous help to our research. I'll leave you."

As he left, Trina reflected on Dr. Rosen, he was pleasant and polite but at the same time he seemed just a bit phony, but then again, a lot of people are like that, so she quickly dismissed it.

She showered and cleaned up, which made her feel a 1000% better then dialed to go to the medical lab. A nurse named, Lori, with red hair took her out of the living areas to the next floor down which was marked, Labs/work areas.

While her first impression of the place was not a good one, as she moved further into the underground facility, that impression only got worse.

The whole complex was the most drab and dull place she had ever been in. Grey walls, grey floors, grey furniture, grey ceilings, no art work, no decorations, it very utilitarian with the 3 primary colors being grey, greyish white and greyish black. Not to mention it was very dimly lit.

It wasn't like some musty basement, it was all very clean, sterile and functional, but the place felt depressing and she felt almost as if the place was physical draining the life out of her.

"They spend all this cash building this whole underground bunker and they don't bother to put up so much as a single poster or a potted plant. It's a crime." Thought Trina.