TYLER
About an hour past since I've seen anybody and since I drank the bag of blood the doctor had given me. My mouth was still watering, wanting some more. This was pure torture.
I suddenly heard the sound of the door opening and I noticed Dr. Morgan enter the room again.
"Hello, Mr. Scheid... how are you feeling?" He asked.
"I-I'm feeling fine." I fibbed.
Dr. Morgan raised an eyebrow, knowing I was lying.
I sighed, "I'm craving this blood that you've given me, I need more of it."
"How badly do you need it?" Dr. Morgan asked. "On a scale of one to ten, ten being that you need it the most?"
"One hundred." I immediately responded.
"Well, our next experiment actually involves the human who's blood you've drank." Dr. Morgan stated.
"I-I dunno if I can do it." I admitted. "I have a feeling I'm going to end up hurting them."
"We will make sure that doesn't happen." Dr. Morgan assured me. "And this experiment will help you improve and control your cravings. It may take a while, but you will overcome this feeling and the scent won't bother you anymore."
"But... there are other scents out there... scents that are possibly more... mouth watering than this..." I explained. "If it takes me a while to overcome this scent, there's no way I'll be able to overcome another scent like that."
"Don't be doubting yourself like this, Mr. Scheid," Dr. Morgan said, "You are a lot smarter and a lot more controlling than you think you are. Having this negative mindset, and having these fears will only make things worse."
I didn't want to argue or complain to him anymore, I just wanted to get this experiment done and over with.
I looked at Dr. Morgan and gave him a slight and assuring nod, "Alright, you're right."
Dr. Morgan smiled, giving me a pat on the back, "Good job."
He then stood up and began walking towards the door before giving me one last look.
"In a couple minutes, we will set you up for the experiment." He told me.
He then shut the door, leaving me alone in the room again.
ETHAN
Dr. Carson escorted me and my friends downstairs into another room. It looked just like an interrogation room you would find in police stations and prisons. A long table with two chairs across from one another, along with a window you can't see through where people watch from the other side. This place sort of felt like a prison, so it made sense.
Dr. Carson sat me down in the chair facing the door and I nodded and took a seat.
"Alright so Ethan, you are going to stay right here, and we will be watching you from that window over there." Dr. Carson explained. "The experiment will begin after the subject is brought in."
I nodded as he left the room. Mark, Amy and Kathryn looked over to me.
"Are you alright?" Kathryn asked.
"I-I don't know, really." I shrugged. "I don't know how Tyler will react to seeing me, how he'll react to my scent, after everything the doctors have been telling us..."
"They promised us nothing would happen to you or to Tyler." Mark assured me. "And they also believe that once Tyler sees you, he will react differently."
"But what am I supposed to say to him?" I asked. "I mean, he's probably gonna want answers."
"You don't have to tell him anything if you don't want to." Amy responded. "The doctors will probably explain everything later."
Suddenly, we heard an announcement over the intercom coming from the other room.
"Can you three please come to the observation room? The other subject is about to arrive." Dr. Carter spoke over the intercom.
The three of them looked over to me.
"Good luck, Ethan." Mark told me.
"Th-Thanks..." I responded.
I watched as they left the room. As the room grew silent, I began tapping my foot on the floor, creating an echoing noise throughout the room, I began playing with my hands as I had them folded on the table, trying to keep myself calm as my heart began racing.
Any minute now, an old friend of mine was going to be entering through the door right in front of me. What he will do afterwards is something I cannot say for sure.
TYLER
Dr. Morgan handed me another surgical mask and we made our way down a few flights of stairs and down towards the end of the hallway, pausing before the doorway where I would be having my experiment.
"This is where the human is." Dr. Morgan explained. "As soon as that door opens and you are seated, I will remove your mask and the experiment will begin."
"I-I dunno if I can do this..." I stuttered.
"Mr. Scheid, we cannot back out of this, otherwise you will never be able to adapt to society as a ghoul."
"I don't want to hurt this person." I responded.
"And I know you won't." Dr. Morgan assured me. "Remember, you were once a human before, and ghouls have feasted on your body before, both willingly and unwillingly. Just think of how it felt to you and how it would feel to them."
"Will that work?" I asked.
"I'm not sure." He shrugged. "It's just some encouragement and advice. But just know I will be in the next room over watching, and if anything happens, I will come right in."
I hesitated, but finally nodded. "Alright, thank you doctor."
Dr. Morgan then grabbed the doorknob, twisted it and opened it.
As the door opened and I could see inside of the room, my eyes widened as I saw an old friend sitting at the table in front of me.
It was Ethan. He was now somehow human. It was his blood I was feeding on, and now he's part of my experiment.
ETHAN
My heart skipped a beat as the door suddenly opened, showing Dr. Morgan and right next to him was Tyler, wearing a surgical mask.
His eyes widened, probably wider than a pair of eyelids can stretch. He stood there completely frozen, and I could see his body trembling.
He hesitated but then slowly made his way into the room and sat down. Dr. Morgan closed the door behind him as he headed into the other room.
Tyler didn't say a word, he just looked at me, most likely in disbelief. I can't really blame him, I thought I would never see him again either.
"H-Hey Tyler." I finally said.
"Y-You're alive." Tyler remarked. "How?"
"Well, they didn't want to put your human organs to waste, so they decided to see what would happen if they put human organs into me, and here I am." I explained.
"Oh my god..." Tyler simply responded.
Suddenly, we heard another message from the intercom coming from Dr. Morgan.
"Mr. Scheid, please remove your mask." He stated.
Tyler looked over at me, I gave him an assuring nod. He then hesitantly began to take off his mask. It took him about several minutes for him to make the mask fully off, but eventually I could see his whole face, but he immediately covered it with his hand.
"Mr. Scheid, please remove your hand." Dr. Carter demanded.
Tyler looked over at me again. I gave him another reassuring nod, but he still didn't remove it.
"Tyler, it's okay. Just do what he says." I told him.
Tyler still kept his hand to his face for another moment, before finally removing it. I could tell he was uncomfortable. I couldn't blame him, I felt the same way before.
Tyler continued looking at me with an unsure and uncomfortable look, not saying a word, which made me feel the same way. I knew I had to break the silence.
"H-How do you feel?" I asked.
He still didn't respond.
Suddenly, without any warning, Tyler jumped out of his chair, over the table and tackled me to the ground.
"Tyler! TYLER STOP!" I screamed.
I could then feel his teeth digging into my neck. I've felt pain before, having been slaughtered nearly to death by Mark when I was a ghoul. But this was a whole new level. I don't know if it was because I was human and feel things differently, but either way I wanted it to end, whether I would end up dead or alive.
Finally, after what felt like minutes, both doctors removed him from on top of me and took him out of the room.
But the damage had already been done, and I could feel myself growing dizzy and my eyes going blurry before blacking out.
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I'm so sorry for the late updates! For some reason I've just been terribly inactive in writing my stories lately and I'm going to try and get back into the swing of things again!
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