Once inside the maintainence shaft, there was a decreased chill. The corridor housed a pathway for steel pipes that ran further underground. John and Martha made there way down cautiously until they met a steel door with an overhead sign that said 'Entrance 2.' The door was unlocked but heavy, both John and Martha had to push for it to budge enough for them to enter.
Inside the Ranger station was dark except for a single red light that dimly illuminated a portion of the room. John made out in the far corner, a control panel with eight screens along with some other equipment that looked out of place. He walked up to the control panel and the lights flickered on automatically illuminateing the whole room. The screens came on and the control panel lit up. The screens weren't of no use as it just screened white noise. Martha noticed a metal filing cabinet next to the panel so she opened the drawers to search for answers.
John touched a dial on the control panel and suddenly the white noise turned to a blank screen followed by what looked to be a recording of an accident that originated in a laboratory somewhere, dated a few days ago. On one screen in the furthest corner of the room, flickered on before bearing another recording with audio discribing the incident. On screen showed a woman strapped down on a table being cut via cesarean section, the doctors took out a rounded object and put it in a container while she was left to watch. No anasthetic was administered and they sew her stomach shut like an animal while she screamed in pain until she passed out.
Another video showed a series of the different tests they performed on the subject. They called the subject 'Authermus' while the project was a Molecular DNA Transfusion or 'MDT' for short. During one of the tests, Authermus while being administered a vaccine didn't take likely with it and caused a chemical reaction in its brain. The wolf gene it had been transfused with grew violent and broke free, killing every scientist beside one for some reason. That scientist was the person recording the video with the audio. Authermus then broke out the facility stalking anyone who dare to wonder in the area.
The scientist recording the video for some reason seemed familiar but John couldn't place his mind on it. The video then stopped and the screen went blank. Martha was so caught up searching for answers in the cabinet she didn't see the video. There was a file in the cabinet named project MDT. Inside bore top secret files which they couldn't understand due to the crossing out of certain words and sentences, but there was this map in the file circled in red marker with the coordinates that were not too far from where they were located.
Martha began to look around, digging through drawers and cupboards in despiration.
"what are you doing Martha?," John asked.
"looking for any supplies we could use," Martha responded.
"Good idea," John continued.
They found a few tins of beans, a half loaf of expired bread, three grains of matches and an almanac with the date of their wedding circled in red. Upon discovering this, John began to get goosebumps.
"What could this mean?," he pondered to himself.
Suddenly the lights flickered off, the generator had been exhausted of gas and the dim red light came on again. John and Martha exited the room and made their way back up the maintenance hatch. Nightfall had met them on this icy cold part of the mountain, wind howling as a wolf to the moon. Martha had a bad feeling about this and the only way to go was up.
There was a pair of eyes peering through the darkness staring right at them. Out into the light emerged a young woman, Caucasian, dark hair, slim built with unusual eyes. John could tell that there was something wrong with this woman since all she wore was a loose fitted black dress and no coat despite the freezing tempature of this part of the mountain.
"hi, I'm Jen!" she said.
"what are you doing all the way up here, and alone at that?" John asked
Martha got a strange feeling in her stomach but she stayed silent about it.
"I'm looking for my parents, last I saw they went in this direction," she explained.
John and Martha invited the woman to accompany them on their journey since they were heading in the same direction. Further up the mountain they came across a narrow path that would take them accross to the other side. Martha went first then Jen followed by John who had the bag with the supplies. Almost accross John lost his footing on a peice of ice but managed to hold on to the ledge. His feet dangling over a steep drop mere moments from death Jen offered her assistance. He made it safely due to the quick timing of Jen pulling him up and away from harm's way.
They then continued their journey upward, the wind grew calm, the atmosphere seemed more cold than usual, it was frozen stiff. They noticed they had nearly reached the coordinates on the map when Martha noticed Jen had disappeared. They called out to her repeatedly but to no avail, she was gone, but to where?.
"Did you notice anything strange about Jen" John asked.
"well she did come out if nowhere" said Martha.
"And how could she survive without a coat in this cold?" asked John.
"I didn't want to say anything but did you notice her eyes?" said Martha again.
"Yes it really was strange the way her eyes glowed in the dark like that." said John.
"John do you think Jen could be that thing?" asked Martha.
"You mean the experiment Authomus?" replied John.
"Its a possibility but why would she help me?" John continued.
"I don't know, snack for later?" Martha chuckled.
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Who did I just marry? (18+)
Mystery / ThrillerNewlywed couple Mr and Mrs Johnson (John and Martha) were perfect together. Things were goin well for the first three months, everything was just as expected but something changed. Join Mr Johnson as he tries to uncover the mysteries of what happene...
