Dominion of None by Justin Alan

Author:Justin Alan [Alan, Justin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781688246690
Published: 2019-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

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Melissia secured the last restraint. This was usually the point where a patient’s anxiety and fear overwhelmed him, but Mr. Houston had yet to display anything other than eagerness. As Melissia moved away, Helena stepped forward with her hands clasped behind her back. She had donned a pair of black glasses to give the appearance of astuteness.

“Comfortable?” she asked him.

He nodded, to the best of his ability.

Liar, she thought. They had removed his hideous flannel shirt and jeans, leaving him in socks and matching white boxers and an undershirt. The metal chair in which he sat restrained both ankles and wrists with brown leather shackles. A metal cap had been fitted around the crown of his head, much in the same fashion as a hooded hair dryer at the salon—only this one radiated something other than heat.

The last clamp had yet to be secured. That would be the final nail in the proverbial coffin, when they all truly realized their true fate.

“It smells a little funny in here,” Mr. Houston said.

Like shit and death? she thought sardonically.

The room contained the apparatus in which their subject sat, ringed by supercomputers to read and analyze every microsecond of data. The chair had to be scrubbed after every use. Not because they needed it sanitized, but because fecal matter and blood-covered chairs caused their patients to back out of the procedure. The second tier contained a mezzanine overlooking the laboratory, where Helena would soon observe the procedure.

Helena patted the man on his hand and leaned in. “This is for a good cause. I promise.” The smile faded from her visage as it was replaced by the same hunger Mr. Houston had shown in the office when looking at his reward.

Realization dawned in his eyes just then. Melissia dutifully stepped forward and bolted down the forehead restraint, preventing him from moving his head. His shrieking and pleas for them to stop fell on deaf ears.

Helena raised her voice to speak through his incoherent cries. “The promises hold true. Your wife and children will receive all agreed-upon monies.” She reached forward and placed a hand on his chest, temporarily stilling him. “You’ve saved them, Geoffrey. You did the right thing.”

He fought against the restraints. A man facing death tended to ignore all logic in his final moments. When you’ve heard one scream, you’ve heard them all.

Helena ascended the grated metal spiral staircase in the corner. She leaned against the railing of the mezzanine and watched as Melissia called for support. Five Prometheans appeared from a back door and went to their designated workstations. When everyone was in position, Melissia looked up for confirmation.

Helena nodded. A worker flipped a switch, and Geoffrey Houston wailed.

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