And The Show Must Go On

John who wasn’t dissuaded by the signs continued descending the stairs. He began to feel as though the stairs just kept going on and on but tried to keep his mind off it. The stairs creaked under toe but it was nothing he hadn’t dealt with before. To John as long as the floor is not falling out from under him anything is worth exploring. Surprisingly as he met the bottom of the stairs before him appeared a very large lab like structure.

John looking just on first appearances would assume the lab was still in use were it not for some fresh roots barely peaking through the cement ceiling. John made sure his camera was recording and getting as much of it as possible noting how it looked like whoever was working there left in a hurry. He couldn’t believe his luck that the power was still running he continued onward until he reached a part of the lab that looked way different. A sign read ‘Danger! - Experimental Tech: Authorized Personnel Only’. A sign never dissuaded John before but something was definitely off here. Out of any part of the lab this one looked like it was the most recently washed.

Looking at his clock John saw the night was going by fast and he would soon have to leave. He stepped through the open door to the so called tech lab to discover this part of the lab is complete disarray. There were books and papers scattered everywhere as well as what appeared to be bullet holes lining the walls. Whatever happened here was not good and either no one was harmed or whoever did the shooting cleaned up afterwards. John decided right then and there he would leave as soon as possible, but John’s inner content creator drove him to push further in.

John was at a loss for what he was seeing. Being the urban explorer he was he had seen plenty of buildings in disarray but this was a new level. Someone wanted to make sure whatever was being worked on here didn’t make it out. John found more and more signs of foul play from stained papers to general stains on the floor. Recording it all John knew it would probably be one of his biggest videos. Upon continuing his grand adventure he found that there really was a lack of technology for this to be a tech lab. Almost as if someone took it all away. That was until John saw a sudden flash from under a desk which was pushed against a wall. Nothing stuck out about this desk as there were others pushed to the same wall but none of them were flashing.

John against his better judgement and breaking a rule he had made for himself not to touch anything found himself pushing the desk away from the wall. John made a discovery he almost wasn’t sure he should have. Behind the desk was a computer which appeared to be in dark mode likely to keep it hidden. The screen read “Internal Memory Full - Please Connect External Device to Continue…”. But what scared John was what sat next to this computer. A severed decomposing hand John had not dealt with a situation like this before but something was pulling him along for the ride. He found himself grabbing from his bag his phone plug and connecting it to this computer. Then without further ado he plugged his phone in and the screen on the computer shot to life. The text on the screen changed to say “External Device Connected Transferring Data: Do NOT Disconnect Device”. John shortly after saw the screen load for a moment jump to 100% and before he could react the computer blew up blowing him back. John’s inability to react caused his head to swing back right into the concrete wall. And with that John blacked out.

John found himself in a dream like state he was completely unaware of what was going on. His mind began to float on and on much like the staircase he came down. He saw lots of beautiful women surrounding him some half dressed the others completely nude. All sizes of tits and asses whatever John desired. Then just as quickly as they were there they were gone.

John awoke in his bed at home drenched in sweat. He had on his full exploration gear camera included. John thought maybe it was all a dream a very real dream. John went to check the camera and though the camera appeared fine upon further inspection he found that the lens and the screen were both heavily cracked. No image or audio could be made out and when John checked the memory chip it was weirdly missing. This really bummed John out as he now had no proof of his experience.

John decided there were too many weird coincidences to have been a dream. He began to question how he even got home looking through his window to see his car was in the driveway. This would make him assume he drove home though he had no recollection. John made the call to make his way into his connected bathroom and when he did immediately looked in the mirror. He found himself to be covered in dirt and grime like he was crawling through trenches. A small line of dried red blood ran down the corner of his head down his cheek. John was just happy to be alive in the moment while he pushed back the thoughts of how weird everything was.

Everything seemed to be fine with John except for his camera. He didn’t feel injured which was very weird given he was in an explosion the night before. At least he thought it had to be the night before John thought about it and realized he never even checked the time. He grabbed his phone ignoring the notification of one new application being installed and looked at the time. He saw it was 3:30 PM Saturday, June 22nd. He breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn’t fell into a coma or anything he began summing everything up to being in a state of shock which he must’ve snapped out of.

John still curious about the lab he had been at before began trying to find any details about any company called Mericos but found nothing. It was as if they never existed. John checked his phone one more time and this time he saw the new application ‘Changes’. John didn’t remember installing it but remembered right before the explosion having his phone plugged in.