"Don't Ever Hold Back" First Act

Log 003

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"Subject 0024, please respond."

"Subject 0024, please respond."

Subject 0024:

[opens eyes]

[environment is blurry and dark]

(Where am I? Where are they?)

(It's a female's voice...)

"I...Is that you Nurse Desmond?"

"I seemed to have passed out..."

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"Who is Nurse Desmond?"

[confused]

"This is Dr. Lavender Monday."

"Thank goodness, you are awake."

"Your vitals seem okay too..."

Subject 0024:

[eyes widened] [extreme confusion]

"Why am I here? This place is supposed to be destroyed..."

(Which is real? Which is real?! Which is real?!!)

"What's going on?!"

"Why are you here?!"

Dr. Lavender:

"Calm down..."

"You almost died because of your panicking, Subject 0024."

"We had to halt the operation because you went into shock."

"Please do not complicate the situation."

"We don't want to administer too much sedatives or you might go into coma."

"Please relax."

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Subject 0024:

[breathes deeply]

[still puzzled but realizes that it will not help the situation]

[tries to calm down]

[breathes in and out...]

[calms down...]

"I want to sit up..."

"Please open the pod..."

Dr. Lavender:

"Vitals stabilized..."

"Alright, we'll open the pod."

[presses button]

"Please do not sit up immediately. You might suffer from orthostatic hypotension."

"Please roll to the side before sitting up."

"I've already noted from the personnel to assist you."

Subject 0024:

"None of what I've experienced is real..."

[slowly sits back up]

[looks around the lab and the assisting personnel]

"I want to use the toilet..."

Lab Personnel:

"Please grab through our arms so that we could carry you up."

[offers hand]

Subject 0024:

"Thank you..."

[reaches the arms and brings self to stand up and out of the pod]

[sighs] "What's happened to me?"

[looks around at the other pods in other rooms]

[sees a couple of subjects up and walking around in their own rooms]

(I remember what happened now...)

(I was the one to go first thinking that I'm already prepared.)

(Why aren't they inside their pods yet?)

[sees Dr. Lavender Monday at the control room up above]

[waves hand at the purple-haired doctor wearing a matching purple lab coat]

[proceeds to the toilet along the hallway]

Dr. Lavender:

[nods at Subject 0024]

[proceeds to speak through a microphone]

Subject 0024:

(I wonder who she is talking to right now.)

[looks at rooms of other subjects]

[sees Subject 0017 getting inside the pod]

(So it's her over there huh...)

[looks around and sees other subjects also entering their pods]

[looks above to see other doctors talking to other subjects]

(I should hurry as well...)

(So that was a dream huh...)

(It felt so real that I wasn't able to tell which one is the truth...)

[reaches the toilet and goes to a stall to urinate]

[notices something odd]

(This is supposed to be the real world, right?)

(Why am I still seeing my own thoughts, actions, and sentences?)

(These logs should only come out when the pod activates...)

[finishes urinating] [proceeds to the sink to wash hands]

[uses sensory-activated soap dispenser]

[rubs hands together while water from sensory activated faucet flows out]

[confused] [doubtful] [anxious]

(Is this all real or am I still inside the pod perceiving all of these things?)

[rushes out of the toilet]

[environment changes]

Nurse Desmond:

"Oh thank goodness, you're awake..."

[worried]

[relieved]

Dr. Fletcher:

"You suddenly blacked out, but thank goodness Bob was able to pull you inside the vent before those things could reach you..."

[nods and then sighs]

"At least we're all saved..."

Mr. McKenzy:

"You had it tough kid..."

"You had it tough..."

[sighs]

"Don't ever strain yourself..."

Subject 0024:

(WHY AM I BACK HERE?! WHY AM I BACK HERE?!!)

[looks around at the dimly lit room]

[breathes heavily] [starts to panic] [goosebumps felt all over the body]

[sits slowly back up] [checks hands and feet] [feels abdomen and chest]

(WHAT THE f**k IS GOING ON?!)

(WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?!)

[breathes heavily]

Nurse Desmond:

[feels Subject 0024's arm]

"You're cold and white all over..."

"Are you okay?"

"Mr. Vitam? Are you okay?"

Subject 0024:

(Which is really real?)

[tries to calm down]

[breathes in and out]

[checks meds out]

"These are all pain pills..."

Nurse Desmond:

"What are you looking for?"

[puzzled]

"Are you hurt anywhere?"

Dr. Fletcher:

"Are you okay?"

[approaches Subject 0024]

"Nigel Vitam?"

Subject 0024:

"I'm looking for an anti-anxiety drug... if you carried one with you, I'll gladly have it..."

[searching through meds and putting them back inside the pocket]

[breathes heavily]

"Please..."

Mr. McKenzy:

"I have one, here take it."

[hands over anti-anxiety meds]

"I didn't know you're also suffering from panic disorders..."

Dr. Fletcher:

"Don't drink it if you don't have an illness."

[takes the meds and gives them back to the security personnel]

"Just breathe... breathe..."

[hands over a bottle of water]

"Drink water..."

Subject 0024:

[breathes heavily]

(There's no point in arguing)

[takes the bottle of water]

[nods at the doctor]

Nurse Desmond:

[sighs] "I don't know what's happening either."

"I'm as confused as you are."

"We'll get through this, together."

Subject 0024:

[finishes drinking a quarter of the bottle]

[hands it back to the doctor]

[sighs heavily and then leans on the wall]

[composure coming back]

"So... ... ... where are we now?"

Dr. Fletcher:

"This is one of the rooms that are being renovated as of this moment."

"Thankfully the vents were sturdy enough to hold us and climbed to the first floor."

"You should thank Bob for dragging you up here..."

Subject 0024:

[looks at the security personnel]

"I'm sorry I didn't know..."

Mr. McKenzy:

"Don't be..."

[waves hand]

"We're all in this together..."

Dr. Fletcher:

"We're near the exit..."

"Just a few more and then we'll be able to get out of here."

Nurse Desmond:

"I agree... however, we don't know if we are safe outside either..."

"I recommend going to the ambulance garage so that we can ride inside the ambulance."

"I can drive us out of here..."

Subject 0024:

(Which is real? I don't know which to believe in... anymore... but as long as I'm alive...)

[clenches fists] [sighs deeply] [looks at the three]

(I'll keep on living... and I'll keep on fighting...)

"We're going to that garage... ... ... so that we can get the hell out of here..."

(We're all going to survive... the four us... together.)

[heavy footsteps heard outside]

[roars and growls heard outside]

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End of Log 003