rhythmic, loud noise woke me sea. made seagulls and the annoying hooting of a foghorn me completely awake.
Damn! What a scary awakening.
Yesterday I had apparently turned the wrong mode - too loud to boot. Normally, I let myself woken by rustling wind and birdsong. Since I had probably made a mistake by accident at night. These pesky pills on the party. In my head, muttered the engine of an old propeller aircraft. I felt
Searching for the remote, turned the speakers softly and The light shower on. That was better. I set the timer for 10 minutes. Now just switched a little massage and warm wind of the day could begin.
slowly returned to my spirits. Carefully, I turned on my stomach, I stretched luxuriously and closed his eyes. Everyday sounds came only from a distance ...
After some time drove the plexiglass cover of my bed buzzing up. The light went out and silenced the noise.
A look at the clock had to boot me.
"My God, already so late? Lisa! Lisa ... "
I got up and shuffled to the window naked. Lead-gray skies and drizzling rain was not exactly what pleased me on a Sunday morning. Lisa's bed was untouched. Apparently they had me last night not accompanied home. Too bad.
I shuffled into the hall to the service center, three new messages waiting on the screen to read and to be confirmed.
door open at 23:54:11 - door closed at 23:55:01 - front door unlocked
Aha! So I was not come home so late.
Hello Uli! Today I am staying at Manuel. Greetings Lisa
"Manuel, you rascal you.'s Why you donated to me so so many smiley pills. Hst 'range makes up to my girlfriend!"
you have a new call from 05353219967 at 8:32 clock
Do you want to be connected to the call now, press 1
you want to call the person back at a later time, press the 2
ignore delete call and press 3
The number was me completely unknown. Who could that be? So early on Sunday? I would take care of me like that. First, I programmed the shower over - today I would also enjoy a water massage and a few minutes solarium.
shower process is initiated after activation
Full breakfast program? Nah, not hungry. So just coffee and surrogate. I typed the desired one.
surrogate stocks last for about 3 servings. Please re-order, select order optimization and press the Enter key
coffee and surrogate production is now
initiated Well I chose from the phone mode, the digit pressed one for the connection and activated on the screen
participants see their own camera from
Finally, I wanted to save complete strangers my hung-over look.
connection is established. Subscriber is online. Please press the Enter key to accept the call
"Martens. Company Corondance-Germany GmbH Good day Mr. Kroll. .? Nice of you to call back the same "
" Good day Mr. Martens ... "The screen flickered
:; me a totally strange man was sitting against a white desk in a white room. Also, it was all in white: His hair, his clothes, even the skin of his face was pale and translucent color matched to the environment. During the welcome he tapped around on a flashing keyboard.
"I received last week by the oversight board sent to your application. One would like to invite because of the excellent products and long experience in the IT field to a company's leadership and a first conversation. "
"Oh, I am very. I had not even expect an answer! "
" We have reviewed your application in detail. As you already know of the announcement, it is an extraordinary trust. I would like to quickly arrange an interview with you. "
" I'm unemployed and can come at any time. "
" Well, Mr. Kroll! Very good! It fits you today at eleven clock? Sunday we will be undisturbed. "
" Yes, can be set up, "I replied casually.
" Fine. A company car will pick up about half an hour before. We look us on. Goodbye "
Before I could say goodbye, the connection was lost.
strange. It picks me up? On the holy Sunday? No matter. have come mainly in the short list too! Maybe it worked at last with a job. The cost of the house I grew slowly over the head. Now I had to hurry
. I showered briefly, put on my best suit and sipping my coffee from a paper cup at the front door.
held on time a car with gray reflective discs on the curb. The back door swung upwards.
"Great truck", I thought, and let me fall on soft leather upholstery. The aircraft engine in my Head had finally fallen silent. I would show that, already, what a smart guy and I just that I would be the fittest for the job.
Before me was an opaque partition in the car. I could not out, yet look at the driver. But this was very strange. We have been there but not in the Mafia, right?
Silent put the car in gear. Where are we going? I was kidnapped? Then all of a sudden it was black for me ... I woke up shivering
on a narrow bed in a small, bare room. What had happened? As I was coming here? Fear crept over me. What were the plans for me?
"There you are again Mr. Kroll! You probably had a little faint. Our driver has brought in here. Well, we have injected a cycle means you should now be better. "
The delicate man, it was Mr. Martens, looked in fact still pale and translucent, as on the screen.
" Make now no questions, but look at their new field at your leisure. You can look at the Institute to move freely. But you respect, that the building can not leave. When you finish the tour, press on the Piper. I sites and bring They then our review panel. "
He handed me a small transmitter, turned and waved to defensive, not to follow him. Then he disappeared behind a sliding door. Unexpectedly
fit and full of expectation, I made my discovery.
Surrend pushed himself, as if by magic moves, a different partition to the side. I entered a strange, large-area building. The semi-circular curved roof was made of a transparent plastic material through which they could see the gray overcast sky. The air in here was almost unbearably humid and very warm, almost like a tropical house, but lacked appropriate plants.
Area seemed barren and sterile. All around were
shoe box size glass containers stacked up to the ceiling in shelves. There may have hundreds be. At first glance, the water in the vessels looked like a muddy brown liquid. Over each of the tubs floated a red light halogen lamp. The front of the discs were each micro-cameras attached. I heard water dripping and bubbling. Here and there a pump humming. The connected tubes resulted in tied strings to the shelves and then individually in the aquarium-like containers in which shone bright LED lamps. Most pulsed green light flickered a few red.
Confused, I looked around. What am I doing here? And what the hell was in the aquarium? Amazed, I went through the huge hall.
In a corner, tucked separated, I discovered a kind of controlled areas with screens and keyboards. Polyphonic buzzing fan. The standing there were similar to the mainframe system, which I had previously operated in a data center. Now I understand! So looked my new workspace: Aquariums control and supervise any farming of aquatic plants or fish. Would I like! Looked pretty easy out. Hopefully I got the job.
A comfortable chair, invited to sit and explore one of the electronics. Even on board they had thought. Full breakfast and steaming coffee were on a small table next to the console. Man, I was hungry! I ate and drank plenty. Besides switched I am curious about one of the screen. On the surface appeared to many small thumbnails of the glass vessels. I marked one to enlarge. Nothing to see further than a water-filled aquarium. So on to the next image. Again the same. More ...
My God! What was that? I had hallucinations?
A small, pale hands clenched into a fist. It suddenly rowed around in the red-lit liquor. There! A second arms
blurred ... I could see the outlines of an embryo: Small legs were moving slowly in the liquid. Then the creature turned weightless like in slow motion. His head was now close to the disk. I zoomed in closer. The high screen resolution made me realize every contour of his face. A baby. A small toy, swimming baby.
I clicked off the image, enlarged to another ... and one more thing ... and one more thing ...
in each basin were tiny, white, identical-looking sexless fetuses. Some slept stretched out, some were moving slowly, others sucked on her fingers and some were curled into balls. But all had one thing in common: they were too small for normal babies.
I activated a different screen. Again numerous thumbnails. And then I clicked on the most terrible images I had ever seen in different containers with crystal clear liquid floating, separated by species, countless tiny body parts: arms, legs, ears and tiny bodies. A container was filled to the top with marble-sized eyes, in another floated zuammengeballte finger long intestines ...
Tormented by horror, I jumped up and pulled it around the breakfast table.
Out! Get out, get out and just get out of here!
But the dividing wall through which I had come, had closed. I rummaged in my pockets after the Piper. Nothing. I had probably left on the table. Just do not go back there! Just do not have to see these images.
I roared! Screamed! I hit my knuckles bloody and kicked the wall!
nothing. They did not open ...
The more I screamed, the more the liquid sloshing in the tanks. Small brown puddles formed in front of the shelves. Then burst the first glass jar! With a dull sound something splashed on the floor. Broken glass rattled. Just do not look. Another container burst. Again the ghastly noise. More and more vats were broken. I
screaming for help, half mad with horror and fear.
Then I pissed me ...
"Uli! Uli! Wake up! Stop crying. Hey! Wake up! "
difficulty I opened my eyes.
"You have been dreaming. Hey! 'll Finally wake up! "
Lisa stood in front of my bed. She had folded up the plastic cover and rattled around on me.
"Man! You cry all the time. What was that for a dream? Hadst times yesterday, not thrown so many pills! ! You Heini "
Dazed, I scrambled to my bladder pushed me completely hoarse I whispered..." No, let me, Lissie must urgently go to the bathroom ... "
Confused and still completely cruel the dream captured, I shuffled into the bathroom been. growled in my head again the aircraft engine. Oh God, I had to be wide yesterday!
lay crumpled on the tiles underwear, socks and the jacket. My best suit! He was out. When I tried to lift up the toilet lid, a stabbing pain shot through me: the knuckles of my hands were swollen and thick scab of coagulated blood.
And then I discovered my suit pants over the bath. She had huge damp patches. The material was dark and discolored on the floor, had little brown puddles formed.
Oh shit!
nausea came over me. The overwhelming urge to vomit more, an all-covering black comforting.
I passed out ... and did not hear more like Lisa clamored next door: "If you hit me with you again with Manuel, come I did not go home! I leave you! Do you hear? I'm sick of your jealousy! Now hurry up time! At eleven you have the interview at the biotech company! "
(c) Elke Kemna
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