Sleeper Code by Tom Sniegoski

Author:Tom Sniegoski [Sniegoski, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sleep disorders, Psychology, Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, General, Experiments, Multiple personality
ISBN: 9781435212916
Publisher: Paw Prints
Published: 2007-09-29T23:00:00+00:00

The throbbing inside Tom’s head was so severe, he almost wished that he would die just to make it stop. He had to get away. He would rather risk the unknown of the darkness outside than stay in this cabin a moment longer. He staggered toward the front door. The bizarre dream cabin started to tremble violently.

But Quentin reached out, grabbing his arm in a steely grip, preventing his escape from the disintegrating dream place. “We don’t have much time left, and there’s still so much to tell you.” There was panic in the doctor’s voice.

Tom tried to pull his arm free, but the doctor held fast. “Let me go,” he demanded. The walls of the cabin creaked and moaned, bending impossibly, as if made of rubber. “I can’t stand it anymore. . . . I have to wake up.”

“Listen to me, Tom,” Quentin bellowed over the noise. “The children of Janus were supposed to be the perfect weapons—weapons that had no idea they were weapons. Do you know why I’m telling you this, Tom?”

The cabin lurched to one side, loosening Quentin’s grip on his arm, and Tom managed to pull away. “I can’t listen to this anymore,” he cried, starting down the shifting corridor in a spastic run.

The cabin door loomed ahead of him and he reached for it, just as something began to pound savagely on the other side. Tom froze, watching as the wood of the door trembled and shook from the force of the blows.

He turned and saw that Dr. Quentin stood at the end of the hallway, smoking his pipe. “What is it?” Tom asked.

“The truth,” Quentin said, puffing on his pipe, creating a swirling fog that threatened to envelop him. “The truth is on the other side of that door.”

The smoke grew thicker, spreading down the hallway toward Tom. He felt a sudden warmth on his face and reached up to his nose. His hand came away covered in blood. The door shook in its frame, and he turned back to it. It has to end now, Tom thought as he took hold of the numbingly cold knob and flung the door wide.

Tom wanted to scream, but his voice had been taken away. Standing in the darkness outside the door was someone who looked exactly like him, was even dressed like him . . . but something was different. Something about this person was deeply disturbing.

“Hey there, bro,” said the doppelganger with an unnerving grin. A dark trickle of crimson flowed from one nostril down his face. “How’s it hangin’?”

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