When Mike arrived at work, there were two police cars outside in addition to his employees. They all looked a little baffled. "What's going on?" asked Mike. "Someone has robbed us. Almost all of the plants are gone." "What do you mean gone?" asked Mike. But Mike didn't wait for their reply, he stomped off toward the front door. The first thing Mike noticed was that the glass was broken on both doors, and the doors were still locked. Upon entry, Mike saw that all of the planters were still there, and the larger bushes and trees that were in the back had their gunnysack that covers the rootball cut or torn away. Everything still seemed to be there other than the plants, and something was strange about how they disappeared.
"No one stole these plants." said a man in a white coat. The man had entered while Mike was looking around, and everything about him was suspicious. His hair was slicked back, and pulled into a small pony tail in the back, he had thick eyebrows and his glasses were mirrored so there was no way to see his eyes. He was only about 5'6", and he was a bit heavy in the midsection. "A team is on the way to clean this up. We will replace all of your plants, and fix the door. There is nothing for you to worry about." Mike approached the man, and noticed a badge on the right side of the man's coat. "Jack Sperino" "Lead Scientist" it read. "You work for 'Mother Nature' right?" questioned Mike. "Tell me something, if these plants were not stolen, what did happen to them?" "You should know," replied Jack. "You used the fertilizer on them after all."
"The fertilizer was created to accelerate plant growth, just as any other fertilizer would be." Jack explained. "But for this product, we engineered an additive that accelerated plants to five times their normal growth rate. That wasn't enough though, our CEO wanted more from this product. She told us that we needed to improve it further. Something was different when we experimented with various amino acid and DNA alterations." Just then, Mike felt something poke into his neck, and he immediately began to feel nauseous and tired. Just before he fell asleep, he reached back, removed the dart from his neck, and asked "What was different?" Jack kneeled down over Mike's unconscious body, smiled and whispered, "After today it won't matter."
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Chapter 4: Assimilation
2:30 A.M
Mike awoke to a buzzing sound, turned to shut off his alarm, and realized it wasn't his alarm. The covers were soaking with sweat and everything seemed to be spinning. It was like being stuck on the teacups at disneyland while in the middle of a bad stomach flu. Everything, even his veins were riddling him with painful jolts. Mike struggled to get from his bed to the bathroom and barely made it to the toilet before he was vomiting. Mike gathered a big mixing bowl, some water, and some aspirin and made his way back to bed.
The stomach pains and spinning had stopped by 6:30, so Mike decided he would be okay to go into work today. He poured himself some cereal, and paused after just one bite. He gave the cereal a funny look and checked the date on his milk to make sure it hadn't gone bad. "Something doesn't taste right", thought Mike. Mike finished his cereal anyway and headed out to work. It was sunny this morning, with a few patchy clouds here and there. "The weather is so nice today", Mike said to himself. There was something different about how the sun felt on his skin that morning, but there was something even more peculiar than that.
"What is happening to me? Am I just hearing things?" Mike was very worried that he was going over the deep end, because from the moment he stepped outside, he had been hearing things. Not hearing though, it was as though thoughts were entering his mind, thoughts that weren't his. It was all very unclear, and he couldn't really make sense of it. On the way to work, the thoughts became a bit louder and made his headache much worse, he felt like his brain might burst from the stress. Through the night and that morning, something had been changing within him, and he had no idea what was coming next.
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Mike awoke to a buzzing sound, turned to shut off his alarm, and realized it wasn't his alarm. The covers were soaking with sweat and everything seemed to be spinning. It was like being stuck on the teacups at disneyland while in the middle of a bad stomach flu. Everything, even his veins were riddling him with painful jolts. Mike struggled to get from his bed to the bathroom and barely made it to the toilet before he was vomiting. Mike gathered a big mixing bowl, some water, and some aspirin and made his way back to bed.
The stomach pains and spinning had stopped by 6:30, so Mike decided he would be okay to go into work today. He poured himself some cereal, and paused after just one bite. He gave the cereal a funny look and checked the date on his milk to make sure it hadn't gone bad. "Something doesn't taste right", thought Mike. Mike finished his cereal anyway and headed out to work. It was sunny this morning, with a few patchy clouds here and there. "The weather is so nice today", Mike said to himself. There was something different about how the sun felt on his skin that morning, but there was something even more peculiar than that.
"What is happening to me? Am I just hearing things?" Mike was very worried that he was going over the deep end, because from the moment he stepped outside, he had been hearing things. Not hearing though, it was as though thoughts were entering his mind, thoughts that weren't his. It was all very unclear, and he couldn't really make sense of it. On the way to work, the thoughts became a bit louder and made his headache much worse, he felt like his brain might burst from the stress. Through the night and that morning, something had been changing within him, and he had no idea what was coming next.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Chapter 3: Fertilizer
Dinner was cold pizza from the day before, and before Mike knew it, the alarm was buzzing again. Monday had arrived too soon, as it usually does, and the alarm was slapped, as it usually was. Steam rose from behind the shower curtain, milk was poured into the cereal bowl, and Mike was ready to start his day. The end of the month had arrived, so there was a lot of accounting work to be done at the nursery, and with the new product coming in this would put an extra strain on his day.
The "Mother Nature" truck had already arrived at the nursery when Mike got there, and was starting to offload the pallets. The guys were there helping the driver and Mike just gave them a short wave on his way in. After getting to his office and doing a bit of organizing, Mike quickly headed out to see the new product. The fertilizer was the usual white color, and it was in small pellets just like any fertilizer. The smell however, was something that no one could seem to get over. It was almost like sulfur, methane, and rotten fruit were piled up and then painted with a can of white spray paint. The scent was so foul in fact that the truck driver was wearing a mask over his mouth and nose to deter the stench inside of his truck. "Are you sure this stuff is okay to sell?" Asked Mike. "Yeah yeah, It's totally fine, the smell is a bit off though haha," laughed the driver. Mike signed off on the delivery papers, and went back to his business.
"Should we try this stuff out on some of our plants?" Asked Robert. Robert was still just a teenager, and though he did have a funny side to him, he was almost always serious about every topic. He was not particularly religious, or maybe he just didn't like to talk about it much, but there was always something mysterious about him. And though Mike was busy with his month end work, he was curious about the new fertilizer too and couldn't wait to see what it could do. They applied fertilizer to all of the plants in the nursery, and to their amazement, nothing happened. "So it was just a gimmick after all," exclaimed Mike. "I researched this stuff all weekend just to see nothing happen." "I'll give you $20 if you put some in your coffee." said Robert. "If it didn't do anything to the plants, it won't do anything to you." "You must be crazy if you think I would eat fertilizer, why don't you eat some yourself?" said Mike with a bit of retort. "I'll do it when you do," said Robert.
Strangely enough, they both ate a spoonful of the fertilizer. But after Mike swallowed his down with some coffee, Robert spit his out with laughter. "I can't believe you actually ate some!" Robert was rolling with laughter, tears welling up in his eyes, when he received a light kick from Mike. They both finished their day in high spirits and prepared for the release of the new fertilizer tomorrow. It was projected to be one of the busiest days of the year, with all the press that had been buzzing about this stuff. Dinner was salmon creole with an assortment of vegetables, one of Mike's home favorites. Afterward Mike went out bowling with some of his friends, had a few drinks, and passed out on his couch soon after.
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The "Mother Nature" truck had already arrived at the nursery when Mike got there, and was starting to offload the pallets. The guys were there helping the driver and Mike just gave them a short wave on his way in. After getting to his office and doing a bit of organizing, Mike quickly headed out to see the new product. The fertilizer was the usual white color, and it was in small pellets just like any fertilizer. The smell however, was something that no one could seem to get over. It was almost like sulfur, methane, and rotten fruit were piled up and then painted with a can of white spray paint. The scent was so foul in fact that the truck driver was wearing a mask over his mouth and nose to deter the stench inside of his truck. "Are you sure this stuff is okay to sell?" Asked Mike. "Yeah yeah, It's totally fine, the smell is a bit off though haha," laughed the driver. Mike signed off on the delivery papers, and went back to his business.
"Should we try this stuff out on some of our plants?" Asked Robert. Robert was still just a teenager, and though he did have a funny side to him, he was almost always serious about every topic. He was not particularly religious, or maybe he just didn't like to talk about it much, but there was always something mysterious about him. And though Mike was busy with his month end work, he was curious about the new fertilizer too and couldn't wait to see what it could do. They applied fertilizer to all of the plants in the nursery, and to their amazement, nothing happened. "So it was just a gimmick after all," exclaimed Mike. "I researched this stuff all weekend just to see nothing happen." "I'll give you $20 if you put some in your coffee." said Robert. "If it didn't do anything to the plants, it won't do anything to you." "You must be crazy if you think I would eat fertilizer, why don't you eat some yourself?" said Mike with a bit of retort. "I'll do it when you do," said Robert.
Strangely enough, they both ate a spoonful of the fertilizer. But after Mike swallowed his down with some coffee, Robert spit his out with laughter. "I can't believe you actually ate some!" Robert was rolling with laughter, tears welling up in his eyes, when he received a light kick from Mike. They both finished their day in high spirits and prepared for the release of the new fertilizer tomorrow. It was projected to be one of the busiest days of the year, with all the press that had been buzzing about this stuff. Dinner was salmon creole with an assortment of vegetables, one of Mike's home favorites. Afterward Mike went out bowling with some of his friends, had a few drinks, and passed out on his couch soon after.
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