Mike awoke to a cold hard bed, one made from cement, and similar to those found in the local prison. He could hear some noise that he couldn't quite make out yet, coming from an adjacent room in the facility. When Mike picked up his head, the throbbing pain from earlier immediately returned, sending him back to the icy cement slab. A bracelet, on Mike's right wrist told the time, date, and had a small red blinking light that indicated seconds passing. Mike reached over with his left hand to further examine the bracelet, but upon touching it he was poked by the bracelet. This sent Mike straight back into his unconscious world, where he had been for 36 hours already.
When Mike awoke again, there was a tray on the bed across from him. Mike was famished and the smell was amazing, even though it was just a basic nutritional meal of pot roast and mashed potatoes with a side of broccoli. Also included with his meal was one bottle of water, which appeared to have been opened for him. At first, Mike could barely get the fork to his mouth, but before long he was ravaging his plain meal. Just as he was finishing up, there was a loud buzzing sound.
The sound of footsteps coming closer and closer made Mike's heart race. His hands were still shaking from low blood sugar, and though he was too weak to fight, Mike felt like he had to. There were three men, one of them wearing a lab coat. The other two were wearing dark suits, and were heavily armed. One man carried a flamethrower, and the other had two small machine guns. Both men carried machetes on their back as well. "Mike, you're awake." The man in the lab coat said. "Glad to see you are eating now. Get some more rest, you're going to need it." Just then, another poke from the bracelet came and put Mike back to sleep. The next time Mike awoke there was finally a familiar face, but not a friendly one. Jack Sperino greeted Mike with a smile, "Good morning sunshine." "What is this place? Why do you keep putting me to sleep?", Mike questioned. Jack's guards were dressed the same as the other scientist's, and armed similarly too. They were both clean cut, well built, and had a certain attitude to them that said, "don't try anything".
"Come with us," said Jack. "It's clear that you won't believe this until you see it. Be ready though, because everything you know has changed quite drastically over the last few days." Mother Nature's facility stood on a small hill outside of town, and from up there, you could see for miles. When they got to the window, Mike gasped for air. There was too much for him to take in. Homes were wrecked, windows broken and doors missing, trash strewn about everywhere. There were cars overturned, even roads that had literally been ripped up. The strangest part about everything was that every little bit of plant life was gone. The once lush, green scenery had now become a dry, barren wasteland.
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