Being the group leader, Evelyn moved to the foot of the table. A name tag dangled from the left big toe of the cadaver. She held it and read...MORRIS STANCE'. Immediately she read the name, she fell into a brief trance.
There was blood, screams, roaring and then absolute darkness. She opened her eyes and jerked her hand away from the tag as if she had just been scalded by it, flinching away from the cadaver.
When she finally pulled herself together, she looked around and found her group's eyes fixed on her. She forced a nervous smile to lamely assure them.
"Are you okay?" Kane asked, concern painted on his expression.
"Huh...yeah...yeah." She chuckled nervously. "...I'm fine...yeah fine, i think." she sighed and resumed her former position at the side of the table opposite Sharon and beside Jalil.
"What happened back there?" Sharon whispered across the table.
Evelyn glanced at her. "Nothing..." She saw the look of doubt on Sharon's face then quickly added with a weak smile.
"Honestly, I'm fine, I just have a slight headache, that's all." She turned to meet Jalil's gaze who gave her a knowing concerned nod, she nodded back. Only Jalil knew her secret.
"His name is Morris Stance." Anna read out from the name tag.
"Hmmmn..." Kane said "I think I have heard that name somewhere before..." He peered down into the cold lifeless face of the cadaver."I could swear I have heard about this guy before." He frowned in deep concentration, as if trying to remember.
Evelyn glanced at him, rubbing her arms to keep out the cold oozing from the air conditioners planted around the room. Her mind drifted back to the trance she had when she touched the name tag.
She knew what she saw about the dead man and what she saw about Morris stance really scared her.
"Now, it's time to see the inside of your cadaver." Doctor Clint said out loud as usual after a brief glance at his wrist watch.
The group leaders picked up their slicing tools and began to tear up the mid-section of their cadaver. While this was happening in the other groups, Evelyn's team stared at her in surprise.
She noticed and shrugged.
"What?" she glanced down at the cadaver before them and the tools. "Sorry, I don't think wanna be the one to cut him open..."
"...But you have always wanted to do this, Eve." Sharon said with a note of surprise and disappointment.
"Maybe not today..." Evelyn stated. "Not feeling up to it." She turned to Jalil. "You don't mind stepping in for me, do you?"
Jalil hesitated. "You're sure about this?"
When she simply nodded, he sighed and picked up the slicing tool and gently dug it into the flesh above the middle of the rib cage from the hollow of the neck and began to slice the stiff skin of the cadaver open.
Suddenly, Anna bucked forward, making a slight noise at the back of her throat and quickly clamped her hand over her mouth.
Jalil paused, staring up at her. "...you okay, Anna?" Anna nodded quickly, not wanting to speak, lest she threw up. "Well, you need to be quiet because I need to concentrate here..."
Anna nodded again without word. Jalil looked down focusing his concentration on the blade in his hand whose end was sunk into the cadaver's skin and continued slicing downward.
Again, Anna bucked forward briefly, gasping, she clamped her mouth shut with her hand and the other hand clamping her stomach.
"Get a grip on yourself Ann, never open up a fat toad before?" Kane teased with a mocking smile.
Jalil dropped the tool on the tray, dug his fingers into the little gash in the mid-section of the cadaver and slightly push it open to reveal the dead organs of the cadaver.
This time, Anna couldn't hold back her nausea anymore, her eyes widened, she turned, letting her hand off her mouth and accidentally heaved her vomit on Kane who was rather shocked than disgusted.
"What da hell!" he flared, staring at the mess on his uniform, disgust forming on his face. "Are you outta your mind, Ann?"
Doctor Clint turned and slowly approached them.
"Sorry!" Anna apologized. "...Got to go!" She felt another nausea coming, brushed past the Doctor and hurried away to find the bathroom.
Evelyn brow wrinkled in worry for Anna and dismay for Kane and quickly said as the doctor reached them. "Sorry about this Doctor Clint, I will clean the mess up."
Swearing under his breath, Kane head for the bathroom with laughter of the other students echoing after him.
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