Dr. Brenner's Daughter (001)

Chapter 5 - Rethinking

My shoes clacked on the snow white floor as I made my way to Dr. Brenner's room.

Yup, I'm back.

To be fair, I did mope for a solid four days before returning.

My heart rate speeds as I pass through a plethora of white coat doctors with their torture devices and clipboards.

In retrospect, was showing up here a good idea?

Probably not.

But then again, good decisions all the time don't make a good plot, do they?

(way to break the fourth wall, genius.)

We're gonna call this character development and keep going.

There's so much that could go wrong today, and very little possibility of things going well.

Dr. Owens spots me and smiles at me, probably surprised to see me back here.

"Kathy, I'm surprised to see you here, welcome back!" he spoke happily.

Yeah you and me both, brother.

"Hi, Dr. Owens, could you just inform Dr. Brenner that I'm here? I'd like to begin as soon as possible" I spoke politely with a smile.

He nods curtly and leads me to one of the labs where I'm assuming one of the experiments are going to take place. 

Please let it not be a brutal experiment, please let it not be painful for the children. Please. Please.

Dr. Brenner looks up from the pile of papers in front of him and smiles at me.

"Welcome back, Katherine. Didn't think I'd see you here again."

That makes two of us.

I smile lightly and take a seat, taking out my pen and notebook. 

I exhale nervously and ask, "So, what experiment are you going to do today?"

My hands fidget as my brain forms morbid, gore-ish images of what could possibly take place right here in this room. I mentally cringe at the thought of painful screams, bloodshed or perhaps worse. How far was this going to go, how far was he willing to push these children mentally.

God, I'd kill myself if this was my everyday job. 

"We're not conducting an experiment today" he calmly spoke. 

Huh? 

"I meant, we're not going to be testing their abilities today. We're going to talk to them, normally." 

I did NOT see that coming.

I could practically hug him right now from all the happiness I was feeling. 

Yeah no, I'm not going to.

Don't get me wrong, I still don't support any of this. But I'd take this any day over some barbaric experiment. 

"So, here is what's going to happen, just to make it clear, I am going to be asking the questions, and you can write down the observations according to what works for you... unless I want something altered or redacted. You are, in no way, allowed to expose confidential information in your little project. Are we clear on that?" 

Why doesn't he just take a dump on my project while he's at it.

I nodded with a clenched jaw. 

It's a take it or die situation after all.

He spoke to one of the attendants on his walkie-talkie, ordering them to escort the children one by one.