Prologue 4
"What
manner of person is this?" The one who spoke was a nurse of the East Block
who found the young kid on the ground next to the block. The child was feverish
when she took him to see the doctors. They treated him and then placed him in
the unit. They would not had done it but Mr Miller was there. He told them to
take care of the child; he was like five years of age then.
"What is
he to you, Mr Miller?" The doctor who was treating the child asked him.
"A life
to be saved." Paul replied. "I want him taken care and placed here in
his own room. If anyone asked, tell them I am the benefactor."
It was how the
child came to be under the care of the Benefactor. The child soon recovered and
was a burst of energy in the Block. He was like any kids then, but he also had
his fear of the nurses who spank him. Due to his previous condition, he grew up
malnourished and never truly recovered to his full self. He was short and had
the emancipated looks despite all the medication given. They decided to name
him Ariel; the 'lion of God' in Hebrew. He was fearless when confronted by the
inmates and ran circles around them.
"We
should used him as a test subject." A Doctor Hermann once told the
Directors. "He is perfect'; no consent needed, and non-entity in the
records."
The Directors
agreed but on one condition; Paul Miller must not know. So it was that day
Ariel became Subject A. He was subjected to many tests that was deemed
non-violent or evasive to the body. It was a broad scope given that all the
tests done was the above. But Ariel was started on the basic tests which made
him happier to join in. He was given the card test, the memory test and also
the game test with the rewards of a pat and sweets. Soon the test became more
rigorous and as he grew on, it became more intense.
But Paul
Miller found out.
"Who
authorized those tests?" Paul asked. The doctors pointed to the Directors.
"It was
needed, Mr Miller. With Ariel, we had made some progress in the clinical
studies, but we never harmed him." Ariel was produced and he looked fine.
He was quiet but he looked fine.
"No
more." Paul Miller told them, but he was not there most times. The doctors
stopped the tests but not the nurses; they on Ariel like a punching bag. He was
subjected to many beatings which he kept quiet. Even Elaine punished him, and
that was one thing that Timothy told Paul which triggered the incident on
Elaine.
Soon after,
Ariel was called to his benefactor.
"From
now, when I am here, you are to be my personal servant. You would do my
biddings." Paul told him. But it also earned him a lot of attention from
the others. They beat him when Paul was not around. But there was some nurses
who took kind to the lad. One of them later showed him the hidden corridors.
"Its
where we checked on the patients." Ariel was told. He then used the
corridors much to avoid the nurses, and found more on his own. He was amazed
that the place had so many corridors. He asked the nurse that told him of the
secret.
"I don't
know, but it was there when they build this place."
Ariel soon
became the King of the corridors and he was happy about that, until he met one
other who also knew of the corridors. He was another smaller lad but he had a
crooked back. The two stared at each other.
"Who are
you?" Ariel asked but the other ran away. Ariel gave chase through the
corridors and finally trapped the other in a small room near the dungeons. It
was a place but it was filled with assorted items. Ariel recognised the items;
they are items from the labs or the wards. There was also items of jewellery.
"You been
stealing?" Ariel asked.
"No...No....Kabib
never steal. It was given to Kabib." The other denied the accusations.
"I would
report you to the benefactor." Ariel threatened the other. Kabib in turn
rushed at Ariel. For a smaller person, he was strong. They both wrestle but
Ariel was stronger and agile. He managed to push the other way and ran for the
corridors. Kabib called put to him.
"Please
don't go. Please don't tell. I did not steal. I only took what was not
needed." Kabib pleaded with the other. Ariel stopped and looked at him. He
turned back to approach the other and soon they were friends.
It was an
unusual friendship; they hardly talk much even when they meet, but they never
tell on the other.
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