“Mute”
(Brief story, bored and wanted to do something, so here is, an story that born a few days ago)
-”Mute” would look at the mirror of his little office, after washing his face with some water, he would return to his desk, watching the cameras, a little breeze from the vents moved the pages of his diary, he didn’t did anything about it, he just kept looking at the cameras, until one of the test subjects of HII passed the test #10. After looking that the subject passed the test chamber, he would smile a bit, giving him hope, suddenly, the subject didn’t had idea to continue, “Mute” with a bit of worry on his face, would open his mouth, suddenly a voice stopped him”-
??????: Hold up, you know that the other 1137 employees committed the same mistake, you survived a lot of time so far, so, be thankful that I’m telling you that if you say something, we’ll have to kill you, not in a very human way, but, its what we must to do, for our improvement, that’s what our organization stands for. The rule we had at the start stills alive, so, don’t talk back, for your own good. Have a good day of work...Since you belong to us now, remember, HII for your improvement and better future. I almost forgot, if 20 minutes pass, just kill the test subject, how you may ask, as you did with the other 200, just use the neurotoxin release button, for your own good follow orders.
-”Mute” would wait, the clock ticks simply would fill his office with desperation, meanwhile, he decided to get his diary, he would look at the previous pages, after that, he wrote a new entry-
-The sound of paper and a pencil filled the air-
Date: 1/1/38
I still on this place, I really don’t know how and why my sanity stills good, may be all the trash they give me to eat, who knows...As far as I know, I’m the last worker here...Well, if you consider the test subjects workers, I must be one between thousands, certainly I don’t know why HII would want to us to work like this, certainly...I don’t even remember why I signed up, I don’t remember my family, I don’t remember my own name, I don’t even remember how it was to talk to other people, these laws keep getting strict, that horrible voice keeps threating me, if I don’t follow orders, whoever is in charge will kill me, the test subjects call me “Mute”, since I never talked to them, I can’t call myself a survivor, I’m a coward, just using my instincts to survive, that explains a bit why I don’t talk.
-Luckily, after writing that entry on his diary, 20 minutes passed, the subject gave up and sat on a corner, “Mute” without questioning released the neurotoxins which were visible, the subject beg for mercy and beg “Mute” to open the door and let him pass to the next test chamber, “Mute” demoralized and completely scared, simply turned off the audio system, being incapable of turning off the cameras, he just closed his eyes, the test subject died, the clock stopped ticking, everything went dark, time to sleep, before heading to his bed, a pill appeared on his desk, which came from a tube, he approached to the pill, which had a little note-
“Take it and consume it, FOR YOUR OWN GOOD”
-He did it, he consumed the pill and slept on his bed-
-The next morning, he checked the archives, noticing that no one passed the 11th test, he sat down on his chair, near the cameras, he turned on the audio system, when the test subject was released, he passed the test, finding an entrance, it took the test subject just a couple of minutes, he passed to the test chamber 12, again passed quickly, “Mute” was impressed, suddenly, the test subject reached the chamber 13 which had an advice-
-The text subject would look at the sign-
“Congratulations, you passed the first phase of the experiment, we are impressed, the next phases are to see how are you psychologically prepared, this is the second and last part of the test, good luck and remember: We do this for our improvement and better future”
-These new test chambers were harder, it tested the subject’s mind, how they reacted to fear and how they reacted to lose a friend or someone important, it was a madness, suddenly a blackout happened, the facility went completely dark, there was no light, suddenly the auxiliary power activated, since there was no main power, “Mute” decided to write again-
Date: 1|2|38
The power went out, that happened before, for some reason I kept having hope that something different would happen, maybe it was God ? Maybe it was the last part of my happiness ? I don’t know, I don’t even know why I’m writing this, possibly for anyone whoever finds this diary
-”Mute” stopped writing after hearing gunshots, he didn’t knew how to react, he just hid, after that the door of his office opened for the first time on all his career (If we can call being abused and destroyed psychologically a career). He got out of his hiding spot, putting his hands up, he saw a feminine figure with a pistol, she didn’t shot “Mute”, she talked to him-
April: Hey, you are the one who watched me pass the tests, the one I heard he was called “Mute”. Ok, maybe you don’t want to talk me because you are on panic, but, we don’t have a lot of time, we need to get to the high command of this place and free all these people. Are you with me ?
-”Mute” Simply nodded in approval-
Abril: Okay, lets move.
-They walked through the facility, “Mute” knowing he did horrible things, he realized pretty late that he wasn’t in a good mental state, he had a horrible trauma which April would notice, “Mute” helped April with some systems and maps, also information, since he, as a member of the organization he knew almost the whole facility, April and him started a good relationship, April promised “Mute” help with his trauma, “Mute” wasn’t sure how to react, they just kept walking, avoiding members of security and some experimental robots-
-After a long day, they reached the top offices, where the manager and high rank people was, apparently this little breached, was enough reason to evacuate all the personnel, the manager of the facility saw “Mute” and April enter his office, he was scared, with his hands up, he didn’t knew what to say, suddenly “Mute” took April’s gun, aiming at Roland, simply pulled the trigger-
April: I guess you had a reason to do it. Don’t worry, he deserved it. Take your time before release everyone since you are the one who knows how to operate this.
-”Mute” After hearing that, he took his diary and wrote an new entry-
I may stopped writing suddenly, my story doesn’t matters now, I got what I wanted, I killed the crazy man-Sorry, I killed the monster that controlled this place, if my trauma wasn’t serious I could wanted to say “You know what ? I don’t question my morale, I actually thank you, without this, I couldn’t feel this satisfaction” I know I’m insane, but...Well, that doesn’t matters anymore, I know my story will end soon, April will tell my story.
-”Mute” would search on the archives about him, he was disappointed since the HII didn’t had information about him, he wasn't sad, he just looked at April-
April: I’m sorry, well, take your time.
-”Mute” would release everyone and turn off every neurotoxin system, after that, took the gun of April once again-
April: What are you going to do ?
-”Mute” would act that he pulled the trigger at himself-
April: I see...Well, do it if its the right think to do it, at least Human Improvement Investigations wont exist anymore.
-April left the room and led the others to an exit, before she left, “Mute” gave her his diary, once she left with his diary, he aimed the gun at his head and pulled the trigger ending with his weird and sad story, at least he had a happy ending and saved many lives-
(Well...The end of this story...I don’t know what its the meaning of this or why I wrote it...This is all, just a little story that showed up on my head...Have a wonderful day)