simply let it pass by without study? It made no sense to him.
If his hypothesis was correct, the small bit of tissue was actually a different form of life that had been trapped in the cell wall.
“But what kind of life ?” His wife asked him over dinner on more than one occasion since the discovery.
He could never find an answer. Hours and hours of study came and went without any answers.
How it got trapped there was something that he and his colleague needed to study further.
It was hard to fathom a guess, but Jesseph hypothesized that this had been confined on purpose.
By man, by nature, by something unnatural, he didn’t know; but if his theory was correct, then the actual evolution of mankind had been a mistake. Mankind had been allowed to evolve because this other irregularity had been stunted, shunned, locked inside the cell wall. It had not been allowed to evolve.
“If I’m right, and I believe you feel the same way,” he whispered. “Logically, we all shouldn’t be here as humans. We should have grown from the tissue inside the cell wall – not from the cell itself. The anomaly is the more dominant tissue.”
“Yes, I am in agreement with you, doctor. I believe, in retrospect, that humanity was given the chance at life,” Julie said matter-of-factly. “It was trapped by nature. This cannot be defined by science. This is nature. Nature did this. Nature trapped it.”
“Yes. But the question remaining is why .”
Jesseph sighed heavily. His palms were sweaty. “We should be something different,” he said with a wipe of his brow. “Whatever this was intended to be is what we, humans, should be.”
“Humanity evolved wrong,” Julie added solemnly.
“Yes.”
“Doctor, we should test it! I know we discussed waiting until after the holiday, but perhaps we should remove it from the cell wall. Give it the opportunity it was never given. Let it grow. Let it flourish. It could become a new species, a new life never seen before on earth. Doctor, we need to release it. This is an amazing discovery. We will definitely be nominated for the Lasker Award, perhaps even the Nobel Prize if all goes well.”
Jesseph nodded. “Yes. If all goes well. Ms. Snow, we need more studies on this. We need to get more people involved. There are safeguards we must follow, you know this. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. At least we know we’re the ones who discovered it.”
“Yes. You’re right, doctor,” she said with a sigh, giving into him. “There are rules to follow. Safety is paramount.”
He nodded with a tight lipped smile. His brow was covered in sweat. His face was getting red.
Snow asked, “Doctor, are you feeling alright?”
“Yes. I’m - just a bit tired.”
She agreed. “Oh, me too.”
“Fine then, shall we take a break? Perhaps go get something to eat? It is nearly lunchtime.”
She smiled kindly. “No, I had plans to meet with Pratt downtown.”
“Ah, ok, well, tell him h…hello for me, won’t you?” He put his hand to his chest.
“Are you sure you’re ok?”
He nodded, his lips tighter. His heart was starting to beat heavily in his chest. He felt his blood pressure going up.
He nodded, “Yes, just going to sit…here for a min…a minute longer…”
He fell backward off the stool. His heavy body crashed to the floor.
“Doctor! Doctor are you alright?”
He didn’t answer.
Julie went into a panic. She needed to call someone! She needed to help him! Quickly running into a small office outside the testing lab, she dialed security.
“ Security .”
“Doctor Jesseph just passed out in Lab 44! Please hurry! I think he had a heart attack!”
“ We’ll get a call into 911 right away .”
“Thank you.” She hung up and hurried back into the lab.
Untouched, the slide still sat on the microscope.”
“This can be all mine ,” she thought, her eyes darting around the room,
If his hypothesis was correct, the small bit of tissue was actually a different form of life that had been trapped in the cell wall.
“But what kind of life ?” His wife asked him over dinner on more than one occasion since the discovery.
He could never find an answer. Hours and hours of study came and went without any answers.
How it got trapped there was something that he and his colleague needed to study further.
It was hard to fathom a guess, but Jesseph hypothesized that this had been confined on purpose.
By man, by nature, by something unnatural, he didn’t know; but if his theory was correct, then the actual evolution of mankind had been a mistake. Mankind had been allowed to evolve because this other irregularity had been stunted, shunned, locked inside the cell wall. It had not been allowed to evolve.
“If I’m right, and I believe you feel the same way,” he whispered. “Logically, we all shouldn’t be here as humans. We should have grown from the tissue inside the cell wall – not from the cell itself. The anomaly is the more dominant tissue.”
“Yes, I am in agreement with you, doctor. I believe, in retrospect, that humanity was given the chance at life,” Julie said matter-of-factly. “It was trapped by nature. This cannot be defined by science. This is nature. Nature did this. Nature trapped it.”
“Yes. But the question remaining is why .”
Jesseph sighed heavily. His palms were sweaty. “We should be something different,” he said with a wipe of his brow. “Whatever this was intended to be is what we, humans, should be.”
“Humanity evolved wrong,” Julie added solemnly.
“Yes.”
“Doctor, we should test it! I know we discussed waiting until after the holiday, but perhaps we should remove it from the cell wall. Give it the opportunity it was never given. Let it grow. Let it flourish. It could become a new species, a new life never seen before on earth. Doctor, we need to release it. This is an amazing discovery. We will definitely be nominated for the Lasker Award, perhaps even the Nobel Prize if all goes well.”
Jesseph nodded. “Yes. If all goes well. Ms. Snow, we need more studies on this. We need to get more people involved. There are safeguards we must follow, you know this. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. At least we know we’re the ones who discovered it.”
“Yes. You’re right, doctor,” she said with a sigh, giving into him. “There are rules to follow. Safety is paramount.”
He nodded with a tight lipped smile. His brow was covered in sweat. His face was getting red.
Snow asked, “Doctor, are you feeling alright?”
“Yes. I’m - just a bit tired.”
She agreed. “Oh, me too.”
“Fine then, shall we take a break? Perhaps go get something to eat? It is nearly lunchtime.”
She smiled kindly. “No, I had plans to meet with Pratt downtown.”
“Ah, ok, well, tell him h…hello for me, won’t you?” He put his hand to his chest.
“Are you sure you’re ok?”
He nodded, his lips tighter. His heart was starting to beat heavily in his chest. He felt his blood pressure going up.
He nodded, “Yes, just going to sit…here for a min…a minute longer…”
He fell backward off the stool. His heavy body crashed to the floor.
“Doctor! Doctor are you alright?”
He didn’t answer.
Julie went into a panic. She needed to call someone! She needed to help him! Quickly running into a small office outside the testing lab, she dialed security.
“ Security .”
“Doctor Jesseph just passed out in Lab 44! Please hurry! I think he had a heart attack!”
“ We’ll get a call into 911 right away .”
“Thank you.” She hung up and hurried back into the lab.
Untouched, the slide still sat on the microscope.”
“This can be all mine ,” she thought, her eyes darting around the room,
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