Maelstrom

An Unusual Bond

Alberto POV:

"Hey! Fish freak! Wake up!" Said a man in a white hazmat suit pounding on Alberto's fish tank.

Alberto woke up breathing heavily from his nightmare, he was in a large aquarium fish tank and looked at the man in the plastic suit, he was holding a tray with something inside. "Here's your breakfast." He said and dumped it in Alberto's tank, it was calamari, cooked. The man left and Alberto swam up to the glass, he tried the calamari, it wasn't that bad, and continued to eat the other ones that sank to the bottom of the tank. After he was done with his breakfast, Alberto swam to the back of his fish tank and sat down in a corner holding his legs, and sighed. His eyes started getting heavy and his body started to go numb, did that guy put something in the calamari? Alberto passed out into a deep sleep and some more men in HazMat's came and stood in front of his tank draining the water and then climbing inside to take him out. After a few hours, Alberto woke up to see that he was strapped down to a table, he looked to his left and saw X-rays that believed to be his,

"Ah, your awake! Perfect timing!" Said a man in a lab coat as he approached Alberto. He was a tall man in a black suit and tie, he had black dye that still showed some of his grey-white hair, he had small blue eyes and a small round nose and flat cheeks, and a small chin.

"What did you do to me?" Alberto said scared,

"Oh nothing much, just took some X-rays to make sure your healthy, and now that your awake we can check your weight and height! That sound easy for you to do?" Said the scientist.

Alberto was shaken, they took pictures of his insides, these people are a monster of their being.

The scientist sighed, "I know you're scared and confused, we're just trying to make sure you're strong and healthy like a good boy should be." The scientist said unstrapping Alberto and helping him up to his feet, Alberto backed up a bit still scared as the scientist tried to calm him down, "Hey, it's okay Alberto, we're just gonna measure you and check your weight and then that's it for today. You'll be able to go back to your tank and rest." Alberto stared at him for a moment and then sighed, what was the point? There's no way out of this horrid place, no way to wake up from this nightmare.

Alberto followed the scientist to a corner of his aquarium 'room' where there was a scale and a bed with plastic covering it,

"Please, sit." The scientist said, Alberto sat on the bed with the plastic on it as another scientist walks in.

"Alberto, this is your health doctor, James." The other scientist said, Dr. James looked like he was in his 60s and had grey hair that looked like it was falling off, he had glasses on and dark brown eyes with a small, pointed nose and a small chin, he was also wearing a white lab coat, black jeans, and shoes and had gloves on,

"Thank you, Professor Clyde. Hello, Alberto! We're just gonna check your weight first, step on the scale please." Dr. James said.

Alberto stood up and walked over to the flat square lying on the floor and stood on it as the light bleeped and some numbers showed, the doctor leaned over and look at the large numbers,

"Okay good! Perfect weight!" He said as Alberto stepped off the scale, Dr. James grabbed a clipboard and started writing stuff down, "Okay, next just stand on the stadiometer please." Dr. James said.

Alberto stood on a black pad and next to him was some sort of meter, then the doctor brought a black block attached to it down to the top of Alberto's head then started writing in his clipboard again,

"Okay, just two more things and then your done! Sit on the bed please." Said Dr. James as Alberto sat back down on the bed, "I'm just gonna check your temperature and your mouth." He said,