The Labyrinth

Just another day

I opened my eyes and realized I was fast asleep for a while. It was a bright and sunny day......at least I think so. For one, I have been inside my lab for god knows how long. I actually lost track of day and night ages ago. I noticed that I now have a beard...a thick one too. Maybe I need to take a break. Yup a break is necessary!

"All great scientists need their breaks! Hahahahahahahaha"

"ye sound like a nutcase rather than a scientist!"

That was my assistant, Shit..i mean Smith aged 17. Well he is a waste of my salary and time so I don't really think calling him shit is rude because he is!

"You're being awfully rude early in the morning Smith."

"It's late night ye old fart! It's actually 01:43 am."

"I'm only 21, who are you calling an old fart, you good for nothing servant!"

"I'm yer assistant! Why would I be a servant to a loser like ye?"

"Ugh."

I'm tired of arguing with that baboon. I, the great scientist Xavier Maximus need....some well deserved rest I guess. My head hurts. Let me check my bag, I might have something to eat.

"Ye ate everything from that bag 2 days ago."

"Smith goddammit, I always tell you to refill my goody bag whenever it's empty!"

"I'll go buy some, so shut yer trap old fart!"

"Don't bother for today! I'll buy it myself. I need some exercise anyways."

"Well, less work for me."

"you piece of shit, you are getting paid so do something for it!"

"It's not like ye're paying much! Even Happy earns more than me and her work isn't as tedious as mine!"

"Ugh."

That assistant of mine is lazy as hell! I'll just head out before I begin to start an hour long argument about being lazy with him. The lab is a mess, filled with wires and papers all over the floor. It's a sign that my damn assistant wasn't doing his other jobs well. What can I do with him?

Speaking about messy labs, I am proud of my lab's design as I took a bit of time to do it myself, hehe. It is a huge room with an arching ceiling complete with white interiors. The raft connecting the wall and the ceiling has RGB lighting which looks nice on the shiny floor and some of those lights go to the center of the ceiling which makes it a fun lab to work on.

There is also a small door at the right side corner behind a fake wall which is actually an elevator to the basement floors. On the left corner is a retinal scanner hidden behind the fire extinguisher case which slides open the fake wall revealing the elevator door. That's where my main experimenting and inventing takes place. The floor I'm in now is for my other smaller inventions. Aside from the lab equipment, There is also my big bag of goodies that Smith fills up with food whenever it's empty which he forgot to do so this time around.

The door to the lab is password protected with a retinal scanner also in place. To enter the lab, you need the 5 digit password and retinas of either mine or Smith to open the first security door which is followed by a full body scanner for weapons and whatnot. If you clear the scanner, the second door opens for you to get in. But to get out of the lab, we can just walk as the door opens automatically for us. I made it this way because it was way more convenient and I didn't want to bother with all the security mumbo jumbo to get out of the lab too.

"Catch!"

"OOF"

Smith just winked at me after I caught the thick warm sweater which he threw. It was black with thick fur on all the edges and even had a hoodie. I carried the sweater on my arm getting ready to leave. I looked at Smith and started remembering how he and I ended up being in this situation. It was awful to say the least.

As you can already guess from the over the top security placed all over the lab, the work I do is extremely confidential. It is important that what I do be kept a secret until it's completion or else I'm sure people will try to stop me from finishing it. If the worst comes to the worst, people would come after my life and everyone associated with me. This is why I don't involve other people into my ambitions.

Smith knows why I'm doing this and also knows the risk of being associated with me. Despite that, he stays and supports me. He is my valuable ally and also quite an intellect when it comes to science. He can keep a secret on top of being extremely loyal to me. That's the only reason he is hired despite him sucking at errands and other tasks he is meant to do like cleaning the lab, etc.

I thanked Smith for the sweater and left the lab. Passed the lab doors is a 150 meter corridor that ends with another door which can be opened using our retinas again. Past that door is the outside world. As I walk though the corridor, I checked my purse to see how much money I had for goodies. Turns out, I had enough for a full sized pizza from this pizzeria called "California pizza". I don't really know what is so California about them but nevertheless, the pizza there is amazing. Smith usually buys me pizza from that place.

I opened the entrance door at the end of the corridor, A cold gust of wind blew towards me. It was so cold that my body started shivering and my nose slightly felt like it was running. I should've known to wear my sweater before opening the door. I wore the sweater, wore the hoodie up, bowed my head and hugged myself a bit to warm myself down. After a minute of self hugging, my body was warm enough to move again.

"Now, let's conquer that pizza joint!"

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