A Bad Dream

It was 3 A.M. in the morning. I couldn't sleep the entire night. How could I? What I found in those video files was insane!

I looked at my bed, Mayur was sleeping soundly. His peaceful face didn't show any of the horror that he had been exposed to. I wished I hadn't seen what I saw.

Last night, after Mayur fell asleep, I started the videos from the very beginning. I thought I would go and sleep in the living room once I was done seeing few videos, but seeing what I saw, I wondered if I'll be able to sleep without having nightmares ever again.

I studied the hard files that I brought with me. One of those files had Mayur's photo on it. I opened the file and on the very first page it was printed-'Subject H-039' and what worried me the most was that, all over the front page of the file, was stamped, 'TERMINATE'

I didn't like that word. I went on flipping through the pages and though I couldn't understand all of it, I understood one thing very clearly- something went wrong and the scientists were ordered to kill him.

I put the back of my hand on my mouth. What are these crazy jerks up to? I was too shocked to think anything.

Does these experiments even have government approval? I doubted it. No human, in their sane condition, would ever approve of something so outrageous as this.

I clicked on the first video file and it started. It was the report of the first experiment on the very first subject. But the container was empty. A scientist came forth and started explaining just like that other video. The only difference was that the speaker was different.

"This is Day-1 of Akash Project. I'm Dr. James Warner, the project director and supervisor. We'll begin with the said procedure very soon." Dr. James continued speaking as he worked on some kind of machine.

"Our goal is to create a human, male or female, capable enough to harness the energy of the Erbium and become an Osiris."

He came forth and held two test tubes in front of the camera.

"The genetic sequence of the source cells have been modified to give the intended results. When the Subject H-001 will reach pre-natal stage, these serums will have to be injected in its body to preserve the genetic code from malfunctioning."

He showed some weird diagram that was too complicated for me to understand and then went on,

"Our experiments showed that the development of this progeny can not be accomplished inside the body of a living organism such as a human female, and therefore this experiment had to be conducted 100 percent in-vetro, right from fertilization to its overall development..."

The video went on for quite a long time. They had recorded every event of the experiment. I saw everything. They LITERALLY created a human out of two cells in a test tube.

I skipped through several videos and opened the video that was filmed two years after the first one.

What I saw, shouldn't have been possible. The experimental subject, a girl, who was conceived just two years ago, was now as grown as any average adult. All in just two years!

This speed simply defies the laws of nature and science.

"What..." Before I could think any further, I heard Mayur's voice.

"Stop...Please...please. " he said, still asleep.

"It...hurts."

I ran over to him. He was completely drenched in sweat. I shook him as hard as I could.

"Mayur wake up."

He started groaning even louder and was tossing around violently.

"STOP!"

He groaned and woke up with a sudden jerk. His entire face beaded with sweat.

"What happened?" I asked. His eyes looked as if he saw the devil. They were out of focus and confused.

....

"What happened?"

She asked again and again, evidently worried to death. Arya was sitting beside me and I remembered where I was.

"I..."

How was I supposed to describe what I saw when I don't know it myself. I had a dream, but not like the one I always had.

It's true that I just woke up yesterday, but I know that I have been here longer. I was... asleep. I can't remember where I was or who I was, just fragments of dreams. I had several dreams before, but I can remember none of it. Except for one image that I can't seem to forget. I remembered it when I first opened my eyes yesterday and tonight, I saw it...again.