The Wild Scientist

Chapter 9

After dinner, I went upstairs to my bedroom and laid down. I untied my hair and relaxed myself. The moon was smiling through my window and I smiled back. It was half past 8 o' clock and I wasn't feeling sleepy or tired by the day. The excitement kept me awake.

I began to think about the factory. I wanted to go there right now and explore more. I wasn't afraid of it but felt very curious. I wondered what I could do. I can't leave Xander and go by myself. He'll be mad at me. But I didn't have any other option.

I thought more and more about how to take another visit to the factory.

Finally, I made a decision.

I decided to sneak out of my house tonight after everyone went to sleep.

I got up and grabbed a little backpack from the corner and put the things I needed. I made sure I got a little knife like Xander did, when he used it to open the lock in the factory.

I tried to concentrate on sleeping a little bit to be active afterwards. I set the alarm on 10 o' clock in my phone and laid down on my bed.

Moments later I woke up to the alarm, quickly turned it off and put my phone in my backpack. I changed into some warm clothes and tied my hair. After checking on my brother, Lyon, I went downstairs to see if my parents were asleep. Yes, everybody was sound asleep. It was the time. I sneaked out of my house through the back door and closed it behind. I wore my cap and began to walk down the street until I found the path.

The moon gave me enough light to walk along and I thanked him secretly. I came to the small path and walked carefully, not tripping over thorny bushes. Finally, I made my way through the trees and was in front of the factory.

The excitement inside me began to grow and I was feeling nervous. I began to walk towards the factory as quietly as I could and came to the door. Yes, it was locked. I took the little knife I brought and began to try the technique which Xander used. Luckily, I was able to get it unlocked.

I stepped in. It was pitch-dark there and I turned on my torch. Everything was normal and I headed to the door of the other room. I opened it and went straight to the shelf. Placing the torch inside my shirt-pocket, I began to push the shelf sideways.

The shelf easily slid and I was there, standing in front of the mysterious and secret door of the old man.

"Ok. Amber! Get ready to see what's inside." I spoke to myself.

I opened the door and walked in. I used my torch to see if there was a light switch nearby and it was there. I turned it on, ready to face the scene.

The room consisted of the cylinder which Xander saw, and some tables on which glass tubes and bottles filled with colorful liquids were kept.

There were two curtains behind those tables and I felt a bit scared seeing those. I walked over to the cylinder and examined it.

The cylinder was half-filled with red liquid or blood, I didn't know. To prove myself I opened the cylinder and looked down. Well, it did seem like it but I wasn't really sure. So, I went near the tables to see if there was an empty glass bottle to take some of that red 'thing' home.

Luckily, I found one and walked back to the cylinder. The cylinder was only up to my waist and I easily bent down and filled the bottle with the red 'thing'.

The next thing I did was, going to see what's behind the curtains. I was feeling scared already but I gently pushed the curtains and....

"Oh my god!" My eyes widened as if to pop out.