Story-A-Day #175: Facility 17

FACILITY 17

There used to be an illuminated sign in that metal frame that "Ministry of Corrections - Private Facility". For years, people assumed that was exactly what was in Terence, a correctional facility of some sort, or more likely, an administrative building.

They had been smart that way. When the truth came out, it was clear that they had the resources to build a secure, impenetrable location if they wanted to, but they chose to hide right out in the open.

What better place is there really? Slap a name on a sign out front and curiosity is no longer an issue with the public. Choosing the Ministry of Corrections was also a simple yet smart decision as it provided a cover for the late night deliveries to the secure delivery bay at the rear of the building. What better time to conduct a prisoner transfer?

Of course the truth was far more sinister. It often is.

There was no way we could have known the ungodly experiments that were actually being conducted in there. Even the city officials claimed ignorance.

"We had toured the facilities and aside from a few restricted access areas, everything seemed as it should," they said.

"They operated with transparency and full cooperation. There was no need to doubt their credibility."

Of course that probed false. It was only two months ago that the event occurred, and most of us are still afraid to leave our homes.

The abomination that got loose, the one that rampaged through the facility and wiped out the medical staff unfortunate to be working that shift, and over half of the security personnel, is still out there somewhere. It stalks us in the night, fueled by an untempered rage.

After the breakout, the facility was wiped clean. Their massive investment a write off. Stories trickled out about the horrors discovered within that building, not just the maimed workers strewn about, but the horrible chambers in the lower levels, those deep underground 'restricted access' dungeons filled with unnatural hybrids.

Facility 17 is no more, but that Alpha creature is still out there. Most of us fear that there is probably more to be afraid of beyond that single escapee.

After all, this was Facility 17, not Facility 1.

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