I woke to the sound of a crackling fire and the staticy voice of Mark Sean the reporter for GFH 34.6 news radio.
“Paris was declared a free country today and our…” I didn’t bother to pay attention to the rest. I realized I was lying down on a leather couch. I sat up. The radio clicked off.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, buddy, slow it down there.” What Mr. Jones meant to say was ‘hey lie back down I don’t want to get in trouble if you get hurt, but really I don’t care’ Joe Jones lied me back down.
“Can I get some water please? My throat is killing me.”
“I can’t believe that you are being polite, even though you hate me so much.” ‘You are really weird.’
He put a glass of water in my hand. I chugged it down gladly.
“Get me out of here please?”
“Why would I do that? We still need to run some tests on you.” ‘Nah, let’s torture you some more.’
“It’s the middle of June why is there a fire?”
“Aren’t you cold?” ‘Does it matter?’
“Answer my question please.” No point in beating around the bush.
“I missed winter so; I made an office in my industrial freezer.” ‘I just happened to have an industrial freezer, money, and time, to do such a silly thing.’
“What was the surgery about and what is an industrial freezer? Is it a weapon of some sort?”
“What surgery? Don’t worry about the industrial freezer; it’s a classified government experiment.” ‘You don’t need to know 43789’
“I knew you were dumb, but not this dumb, or am I just a stupid blind boy called 43789, who has no rights?”
“It’s classified.” ‘I don’t want you to know because you won’t like the evil thing we did to you and run away again.’
“Of course you would use excuse number 45 out of 61. In fact it was your favorite one as I recall.”
“Oh Ricky Jr.” he chuckled. “You always had a good sense of humor.” ‘Oh 43789, it’s funny how you have a personality, self-esteem, and feelings.’
“What did you do to me?”
“You will find out soon enough.” ‘Who cares?’
“Take me home please.”
“I’m sorry but, we have to finish the experiment.” ‘Nope, we have to keep on hurting you.’
“Why must you torture me so?”
“It’s not torturing; you are helping humanity with the research you provide.” ‘I like to, it keeps me employed, and it’s fun.’
“It seems I have no choice.”
“Sorry Ricky Jr.” ‘Yup, I don’t care 43789.’
“Now what do I do?”
“You need rest; I will transport you to your room.” ‘I got tired of you so, I will put you away in a room until I want to play with you again.’
He guided me to another room which was at a comfortable temperature not too hot, not too cold. He lied me down on a soft bed.
“I hope you enjoy this room Ricky Jr.” ‘Have fun in prison 43789.’ I heard him walking out.
“Wait.”
“Yes?” ‘Now what?’
“Where is the bathroom?”
“There is a door on the wall to your right.” ‘Pee your pants I could care less.’
He walked out of the room and locked the door behind him. I’d look around if I could and give you a detailed description of my jail cell but I can’t. Meanwhile, I will just entertain you with the intriguing tale of me going to sleep for 15 hours. I call this famous tale “Deep Sleep with Hardly an End and No Dreams”.
Yup it doesn’t get better than this.
…
Well, this is awkward, and I am finding it hard to say anything else. How about I tell you what happened when I woke up?
When I woke up I brushed my teeth and I found a tray of “food” on the end of my bed. There was a bowl of fruit, and a piece of bread with butter accompanied by a glass of water. After I finished this banquet, I was full to the brim and needed a rest. Let’s go back to “Deep Sleep with Hardly an End and No Dreams.” Because I know you loved it. Okay I will keep this stupendous story in mint condition but I will edit it just a bit. This time it will be on a different day. The day after the day depicted in the first version. Yes, it is amazing I know. By now I’m sure you are sick of my sarcasm. So let me sum it up nice and sweet.
It was the most boring time of my life. I slept and ate the same for a week. The unsettling thing about it was that I only had to use the bathroom twice and I took a shower 5 times during the week. Yes, I did brush my teeth every time I woke up.
After a week of this exciting routine, there was a knock at the door while I was feasting on my bread and butter.
“Come in.” I said. Words felt strange in my mouth especially since it had been a week since I have spoken a word. I heard the door unlock and someone step inside.
“Jeremiah, you’re awake.” Amelia Jones said.
“Yup, so are you.”
“Are you mad?”
“No I have a feeling you didn’t want to ruin my life.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know. If I did, I probably would have run away when I had the chance.”
“You’re a lab rat too huh?”
“Yeah I guess.”
“So Mr. Jones isn’t really your dad.”
“Yeah, he is actually.”
“Oh, I’m so sorry.”
“Why are you sorry?”
“I mean your dad is Joe Jones.” I took another bite from my bread. “That sucks.”
“It’s not the best, I got to admit.”
“So what do you need Amelia?”
“Nothing.”
She seemed sad, and I had a strange compulsion to make her happy. “Come here please.” I felt her come to my bedside. “Put your hands out please.” She did as I instructed. I pretended to have something heavy in my arms and put it over hers. “There you go a bunch of nothing.” She began to giggle in that cute way of hers. I smiled, mission accomplished.
“Hey I got to go, thanks so much Jeremiah, you have made my day.” She reached down to hug me I hugged her back. Heat traveled from her body to mine.
She left the room and locked the door behind her.
About half an hour or so later, I heard the door being unlocked I woke from my slumber of boredom and heard footsteps on the wood floor come in, it was more than one person.
“Ah, Ricky Jr. you are awake.”
“How can I help you gentlemen?”
“How did you know there was another person with me?”
“It’s classified.”
“Oh Ricky Jr. you’ve always been a little jokester.”
“Get to the point Mr. Jones.”
“It’s time for some experiments.”
“Oh joy.”
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43789
FantasyA 16 year old boy, who doesn't have family or friends is being hunted down. For what? He doesn't know. All he knows is that he is blind and abandoned. Parents? He was raised by scientists. Follow Jeremiah as he meets other people like him and goes o...
