2 Afraid

As the man began to spasm all over the floor Shawn tried to go beside him to help, "Someone come in here this man needs help! Someone!" Shawn shouted at the top of his lungs.

What Shawn observed as all of this happened was the fact that the old man didn't seem to be in any agony since he didn't scream or make grunts of pain but only shook for a few moments before finally going still.

In that moment the man's eyes opened once more and stared straight into Shawn's. The image in front of him was shocking not due to the fact that the old man was awake once again but the fact that the old man's irises were in the shape of a heart and colored a deep red.

"A-are you alright sir?!" Shawn questioned the old man as he still tried to be polite. Despite this crazy situation, Shawn still needed this job, so he would take anything that happened as if it were normal.

"You. YOU HAVE SEEN HER! YOU HAVE LAID YOUR EYES ON MY QUEEN YOU BASTARD!" The old man suddenly shouted as he lunged toward Shawn with sudden anger.

"WOAH CALM DOWN! WHAT DID I DO?!" Shawn shouted in fear as he pushed the old man away when he lunged. Despite the strange situation, Shawn was still a lot stronger than the older man so he didn't pose as much of a dangerous threat.

Just as Shawn was going to ask more questions, the door he entered opened and multiple men in black Kevlar and military gear crowded in the room surrounding the old man.

"Hold. Fire on three, 1 2 3 shoot!" One of the men shouted before they shot what looked to be a dart straight into the old man's neck before he could even really react. Once the dart hit the man's neck he wobbled for a few moments before collapsing onto the ground.

Shawn sat there in shock as the men dragged the old man's body out of the room and one of the last men took the photo that was now facing down and shoved it in his pocket the way that the old man had held it before.

'What am I supposed to do now and what in the world was that about?!' Shawn thought in shock and fear. As much as he needed the money he was starting to become worried about what this job entailed and the situations he was going to be involved in.

Now that it had gotten to this point Shawn began reflecting for a few moments on why he needed the money remembering bad memories that were filled with yelling, abuse, and doctor visits.

The more he thought about these the more he solidified in his mind that he needed to continue on if this money was real so he sat back down in the chair he was previously in and waited for something to happen.

*****

Far away from where Shawn was there was a girl looking at his movement through a computer. If Shawn were to look at her himself he would realize that it was the same woman in the jumpsuit from the picture that he saw.

The woman had a big grin on her face as she watched clearly amused, "I've never seen a specimen like you before~ I think you'll fit in nicely~" The woman said with a smile before picking up a phone beside her on her tiny bed inside her cell dialing a number.

"Yes, it's me. The one in that room right now, I want him. Yes, I'm aware that he wasn't affected that doesn't matter to me just make sure that no one else knows about it. Alright, bye." The woman spoke over the phone before ending the call soon after with a grin caressing the screen in front of her with her nails.

*****

While Shawn sat in the chair and waited he continued to think by his lonesome for a while before someone finally walked into the room once more. This time it was a man in a white lab coat that wore glasses and seemed to be just as old as the first man.

"Hello young man I'm sorry for how things have gone so far we had something unexpected happen." The man spoke with a smile and chuckle as he sat down across from Shawn.

"It's no problem sir as long as I'm able to make good money here." Shawn said with a smile as he also greeted the man.

The man was surprised by Shawn's words but thought they were music to his ears since this would make things a lot easier for himself, "Well I'm glad to hear that because there is definitely money to be made. Let me explain the job to you. After you agree to work for us you will be taken farther away to our own personal facility where you will be working. Your job is to simply take notes of the patients that surround you while also merging within the subjects to get a better idea of the inner workings of the experiment. You of course will not be subject to the experiment but instead a watcher that will show us the progress and give us insight." The man explained while Shawn listened closely.

'An experiment?' Shawn thought to himself uncertainly. It definitely didn't sound like something too dangerous since the man made it very clear that he wouldn't be subject to the experiment but instead one of the people documenting it.

"That will be fine with me when do I begin?" Shawn asked nervously as he began to sweat slightly. Just because he needed the money didn't mean that the alarms within his body weren't going off and he wasn't more than a little afraid.

It was clear that whatever he was going to do was not going to be easy but for money, he was willing to do just about anything at this point, "Good. Here are the documents here just make sure to sign each line clearly and we welcome you aboard." The older man said with kindness as he handed over a stack of papers and a pen so Shawn could get writing.