Test Subject: 153

Test Subject: 153

Vomit floods his mouth.

Shackles lacerate into writhing arms.

Rubber gloves plunge a syringe of swirling sludge into his neck.

A timer starts.

Arm bones snap first, then the legs.

Veins pucker and balloon.

A shriek of agony ricochets off blast proof walls.

The timer stops at thirty seconds.

Silence.

Then, the mouth yawns unnaturally wide.

Blackened innards glide onto the floor.

As observed before, digestion immediately begins.

The mess churns while gagging workers mop it into a drain.

The project director watches behind a screen, unbothered.

Her voice crackles over the intercom:

“Start again.”