I DON'T OWN STRANGER THINGS. THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS SCENES OF TORTURE. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
Area 51, Nevada.
(Dr. Reaves POV)
Dr. Cameron Reaves truly did not know how much longer he could stand by and watch Jane "Eleven" Hopper be tortured. She was an innocent child with truly remarkable gifts who did not deserve what was being done to her. On the other hand, Jane was the strongest child he had ever seen. Day after day, Agent Tyrone Seibert dealt out beatings and pain. She had been spanked, electroshocked, and even waterboarded.
"Mike Wheeler does not love you." Agent Seibert told her. "You are nothing to him." Despite all of this torture, Jane did not break. She would always insist that she and Mike would be together forever.
"Mike is mine..." Jane told the sadistic MJ-12 agent. "And I am his." Dr. Reaves had no choice but to admire her. Seibert however, had no such admiration and punched her in the face several times.
"You can break easy or you can break hard girl!" He shouted as he hit Jane over and over. After the water boarding session, which lasted several hours was finished, Reaves carried Jane back to her cell and tried to comfort her as best he could. He told her about his personal life, as he had done with Barb. His mother and father had both been scientists and had always encouraged him to follow in their footsteps. It was fortunate that he turned out to have a talent for science. Cameron had been a theoretical physicist at Stanford University, which had the best physics program in the country. However, when Dr. Sheldon Hofstadter approached him with an offer to join him at Area 51, he had taken the job as Dr. Hofstadter's right hand man and as a result had been force to sever ties with his family and his previous life. Jane felt pity for Dr. Reaves as he told her how close he was with his mother. It reminded her of her own mother who had been stolen from her by the equally sadistic Dr. Martin Brenner.
"The bad men hurt mama." Jane said as she laid on the cot.
"I'm so sorry Jane." Reaves said, feeling even more sorry for the girl. "Is she...still alive?" Jane nodded.
"They shocked her. It hurt her head. Aunt Becky said that she's stuck in a dream." She said.
"They must have too much electricity and caused brain damage. It's sad, but it's more common than you think." They were both quiet for a moment before Jane looked at Cameron.
"Why does the bad man want me to tell lies about Mike?" She asked.
"He wants to make you obedient and he thinks that without your love of Mike to hold onto, you will do as he says. Dr. Reaves replied.
"When will I see Mike? He needs me."
"I am trying to come up with a plan to get you out of here. I promise, you will see Mike soon."
"I hate soon." Jane replied. "You say soon on day 3, you say soon on day 12, you now say soon on day 18. When is soon?"
"Soon is when I can figure out a way to get you out of here with Seibert and Hofstadter knowing." Reaves explained.
"When? On day 20?"
"I don't know..."
"On day 30?"
"Jane, please..."
"On day 40!"
"I am trying!"
"I NEED TO SEE HIM!" She screamed as she pushed Cameron flat on his ass. "Friends don't lie!"
"Dang it Jane. I am trying to get you out, but you have no idea how secure this place is. You need to trust me. I want to help you." He shot back.
"Then prove it!" Jane yelled as she turned away. Dr. Reaves stood up and left the room. He was frustrated with Jane and himself. He didn't how to get her back to Hawkins without Seibert knowing about it. He needed her to be patient, but he didn't know how to gain her trust. Suddenly, he thought of an ingenious idea. He headed for the elevator and hoped that he could find a way to show Jane that he was a friend.
When Dr. Cameron Reaves exited the elevator, he knew he was in the right place.
LEVEL 9
MIND CONTROL AND THEORY
As Dr. Reaves entered, he saw one of his colleagues: Dr. Amy Wolowitz. Dr. Wolowitz had been brought to Area 51, due to her work on Neuroscience. She had actually developed a serum that had great potential, but MJ-12 hadn't thought it worthy of their time or money because they couldn't weaponize it. As a result, the project had been shelved and she had been transferred to working on way to brainwash people. The two had become friends because she shared his contempt for Majestic 12. As Amy saw Reaves, she excused herself and took him aside.
"Cameron, what are you doing here?" She asked. "You don't have clearance to be here."
"I know, but I need to talk to you about Omnirix." Dr. Reaves insisted. Dr. Wolowitz turned stone faced.
"From this point on, this conversation is hypothetical." She insisted. They had to speak in code in case anyone caught onto them.
"Agreed. Hypothetically speaking, did you ever test the drug?"
"Well, we would've tested it on Chimpanzees and the results would've been that 11 out of the 13 test subjects would've been successful. Higher brain function and capacity."
"Assuming that the Chimpanzee subjects were successful as you claim, would MJ-12 have given you the green light to test on human subjects?" Reaves inquired.
"If we had, the results would have been that 10 out of the 11 subjects were successful." Wolowitz replied.
"And the one that failed, what happened?"
"It was an Alzheimer's patient. There was no change. The brain continued its normal downward spiral."
"And in the subjects that were successful?"
"Their brains repaired themselves and their brain functions increased ten fold." Cameron sighed as he asked the big question.
"Hypothetically speaking, could you get me a does of Omnirix?" He asked.
"Are you insane?" Amy whispered. "Just talking to you about this could get my clearance revoked. I would be a liability."
"You know I wouldn't ask this if you if I didn't really need it." Dr. Reaves insisted. "There is a woman who was tortured by electroshock therapy and her brain was scrambled. Her daughter is being tortured by Agent Seibert as we speak and I need to show her that I am going to help her. Please." Dr. Wolowitz sighed.
"All right, all she would need is one dose and it should repair the damage in her brain. I'll get you the dose, but I need time."
"How long?"
"A week?"
"That works." Reaves replied. "Amy...Thank you." She nodded.
"Just help that girl and make Seibert pay." Wolowitz said.
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