The Amanda Project: Book 4: Unraveled by Amanda Valentino, Cathleen Davitt Bell
Authors: Amanda Valentino, Cathleen Davitt Bell
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Methodology: Subjectsexposed to gene therapy and varying levels of extra-genetic sensitivity hormone 5K during a nine-month experimental testing program were informed that due to the presence of a (fictional) contagious virus in the dormitory, they were being assigned sleeping quarters in Experimentation Chamber 16, which had been converted to a bedroom laboratory for the purpose of this experiment and equippedwith soundproofing, two-way audio channeling, and video monitoring to allow for clinical observation.
At 20:28, all four subjects were injected with a mixture of sleep-inducing narcotics and, after some initial protest from C33-2990 1 , subjects entered REM cycle at 20:35, 20:42, 20:51, and 21:07 respectively. Siren effect C (British Air Raid) was broadcast into hidden speakers in room at 21:12:00at 35 decibels (rough equivalent of a foghorn held three feet from the ear).
At 21:12:12, 21:12:16, 21:12:16, and 21:12:21 subjects’ eyes had opened, and heart rates were increased by a uniform 45%. Later blood work demonstrated increased levels of adrenaline as well as a surprising increase in cortisol. All subjects attempted to remove themselves from leg and arm restraints, with C33-2990 1 infact freeing his left hand and partially removing IV tubing such that technicians were required to enter the laboratory, subdue subject, and reinsert the IV needle before trials #2–#14 could be attempted in the same testing period.
PRESSURE RESISTANCE , I read on another box. In this experiment subjects were pitted against one another—all of them were told that the first to complete a series ofintelligence tests would be given a prize. At first they completed the tasks unhindered, but then were required to undergo different testing while encumbered in some way: either wearing a lead jacket, or glasses that obscured their eyesight. At one point they turned the heat up so high that one of the subjects fainted and at another time researchers made the room so cold the report read, “subjectsstruggled valiantly despite bruising later detected on spots where numb fingers had been clutching pencils.”
And what was the prize so amazing that these test subjects were willing to work against the odds to complete the intelligence exams? The prize was a week off of “going to the nurse.”
“What do you suppose ‘going to the nurse’ even means?” Callie asked. We were all reading the reports togethernow.
“I’m not sure I want to know,” I said.
Chapter 7
O n our cross-countrytrip, my mom kept the cash in a coffee can tucked under the driver’s seat of the RV. Once, at the very end of the trip, she’d taken my sisters out somewhere. I pulled the can out to count the money, and I found a piece of paper, worn and folded many times. We’d been living on the road for a long time then, and were just about ready to move to Orion. I’d been lost and confused the whole timewe were on the trip, but this note offered some glimmer of understanding.
My darling Tina:
If you are reading this, I must be dead. I pray that you are safe, that whatever has happened to me has left you alone. In the last few months, I have thought of nothing but how to keep you and the girls safe. I’ve given this letter to a friend, someone I trust, who will be watching us—and you.
If I’mgone, I beg you to do what I am about to tell you, and to do it fast. Believe me when I swear that it’s the only way. First, sell your piano. There is a man I have worked a deal with downtown—I’m writing his address on the back of this note. He’ll pay cash, which you should bring down to Sam at the lot. He’ll set you up with an RV cheap. The day you buy it, load up the girls and leave town. For aweek, keep moving. Don’t stop in campgrounds. Don’t register anywhere. Sleep when you can but mostly just go. Always pay cash. Steal if you have to. Remember—you are
Methodology: Subjectsexposed to gene therapy and varying levels of extra-genetic sensitivity hormone 5K during a nine-month experimental testing program were informed that due to the presence of a (fictional) contagious virus in the dormitory, they were being assigned sleeping quarters in Experimentation Chamber 16, which had been converted to a bedroom laboratory for the purpose of this experiment and equippedwith soundproofing, two-way audio channeling, and video monitoring to allow for clinical observation.
At 20:28, all four subjects were injected with a mixture of sleep-inducing narcotics and, after some initial protest from C33-2990 1 , subjects entered REM cycle at 20:35, 20:42, 20:51, and 21:07 respectively. Siren effect C (British Air Raid) was broadcast into hidden speakers in room at 21:12:00at 35 decibels (rough equivalent of a foghorn held three feet from the ear).
At 21:12:12, 21:12:16, 21:12:16, and 21:12:21 subjects’ eyes had opened, and heart rates were increased by a uniform 45%. Later blood work demonstrated increased levels of adrenaline as well as a surprising increase in cortisol. All subjects attempted to remove themselves from leg and arm restraints, with C33-2990 1 infact freeing his left hand and partially removing IV tubing such that technicians were required to enter the laboratory, subdue subject, and reinsert the IV needle before trials #2–#14 could be attempted in the same testing period.
PRESSURE RESISTANCE , I read on another box. In this experiment subjects were pitted against one another—all of them were told that the first to complete a series ofintelligence tests would be given a prize. At first they completed the tasks unhindered, but then were required to undergo different testing while encumbered in some way: either wearing a lead jacket, or glasses that obscured their eyesight. At one point they turned the heat up so high that one of the subjects fainted and at another time researchers made the room so cold the report read, “subjectsstruggled valiantly despite bruising later detected on spots where numb fingers had been clutching pencils.”
And what was the prize so amazing that these test subjects were willing to work against the odds to complete the intelligence exams? The prize was a week off of “going to the nurse.”
“What do you suppose ‘going to the nurse’ even means?” Callie asked. We were all reading the reports togethernow.
“I’m not sure I want to know,” I said.
Chapter 7
O n our cross-countrytrip, my mom kept the cash in a coffee can tucked under the driver’s seat of the RV. Once, at the very end of the trip, she’d taken my sisters out somewhere. I pulled the can out to count the money, and I found a piece of paper, worn and folded many times. We’d been living on the road for a long time then, and were just about ready to move to Orion. I’d been lost and confused the whole timewe were on the trip, but this note offered some glimmer of understanding.
My darling Tina:
If you are reading this, I must be dead. I pray that you are safe, that whatever has happened to me has left you alone. In the last few months, I have thought of nothing but how to keep you and the girls safe. I’ve given this letter to a friend, someone I trust, who will be watching us—and you.
If I’mgone, I beg you to do what I am about to tell you, and to do it fast. Believe me when I swear that it’s the only way. First, sell your piano. There is a man I have worked a deal with downtown—I’m writing his address on the back of this note. He’ll pay cash, which you should bring down to Sam at the lot. He’ll set you up with an RV cheap. The day you buy it, load up the girls and leave town. For aweek, keep moving. Don’t stop in campgrounds. Don’t register anywhere. Sleep when you can but mostly just go. Always pay cash. Steal if you have to. Remember—you are
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