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Omitted Memories Chapter 5.
A loud swing of the door opening awoke Norman making him sit up on his bed and look in a daze at the man in a labcoat standing at the doorway. Norman stared for a moment before speaking.
"Who are you?" Norman asked with a glare.
"I am scientist, and that is all you need to know about me. Now get up and follow me we have some test's we need to run." The man responded as he watched Norman reluctantly hop out of his bed and did a quick stretch before he turned and looked at the man in the lab coat.
The scientist then turned and walked out of the room and Norman followed him down the long hall of the building they were in. The pair walked for what seamed like hours when the scientist suddenly stopped in front of a door and opened it with his card. Norman followed him in to see that the room was set up like a normal doctors office.
"Sit on the table." The scientist said as Norman quickly did as he was told and hosted himself on to the patient table. As he sat there quietly as he watched the man in the lab coat look at a clipboard.
"So what test are you going to be doing?" Norman asked nervously.
"Nothing major just want to make sure your health think of this as a normal trip to the doctors for your yearly check up." The Scientist responded as he looked up from his clipboard and stared at Norman with a blank expression. He then set the clipboard down and grabbed a case that was on the table and opened it. He then pulled out a stethoscope and put it around his neck and then grabbed something else from the bag.
"Open your mouth." He said and Norman did so cautiously as he watched the scientist walk up to him and placed a thermometer his mouth. "Close" the scientist said and Norman did so as scientist then pulled out a flash light and orthoscopic and walked over to Norman.
Norman sat there with the Thermometer in his mouth as he felt the orthoscopic go into his right ear for a moment before he felt the same sensation in his left ear. Norman watched as the man walked in front of him and took out the thermometer from Norman mouth and looked at it for a moment before putting it away.
"Close your right eye" the scientist said as Norman quickly did he suddenly felt the light of the flashlight hit his left eye. Norman reacting in shock the scientist proceeds to his right eye before putting the flashlight away and grabbing his clipboard as he turned to Norman.
"I am now going to ask you some questions, do you understand." The man said as he watched as Norman give a nod.
"How old are you?"
"12" Norman responded.
"How long do you remember having your ability."
Norman opened his mouth but the closed it as he thought to himself for a moment before he opened his mouth once again. "I have had this ability since as far back as I can remember." Norman said as he watched the scientist scribe on the clipboard.
"Has ability itself ever brought you any physical pain?" The scientist asked.
"No" Norman responded blankly.
"Do you have control over it, by that I mean can you turn it on or off."
"No, I have no control I always see ghosts, if I don't want to deal with a ghost at the moment I simply ignore them." Norman answered.
"Are there any ghost currently in this room?" The scientist asked.
"No" Norman said.
"Do you have any other special powers?"
Norman became silent for a moment as he thought to himself as he stared into the eyes of the scientist. "Not that I am aware of, the only thing I can do is see and talk to ghost." Norman responded as he watches the man continue to write on the clipboard. Before he put it down and walked over to Norman.
"I'm going to take a quick blood sample okay now stick out your hand." The Scientist ordered as Norman slowly tuck out his hand. He watched as the lab coats scientist dabbed it with a wipe before Norman felt a quick prick of pain and watched as the man collected the blood and bandaged his hand.
"That is all we need right now. Follow me back to your cell." The Scientist said coldly as He turned and exited the room and Norman hopped down from he table and followed him as Norman thought about all the possible tests that could come next in his time at this unknown place.
Norman watched the door to his cell close behind him as he slowly walked to the bed and sat down on it. He stared out the blank wall for a moment before he fell back onto the bed.
"If that was just one series of test, what other ones could they have planned for me?" Norman thought to himself as he stared at the celling. "How long are they going to be doing these test's and what are they going to do with me when they are finished?" He thought to himself as the daunting fear that he may never be able to leave this place solely started to creep over him as he laid on the bed.
The scientist walked quickly to a door with a folder in hand as he pushed to door opened and stood in a room with a large black glass screen.
"So, Henry you finished the first set of tests." A voice from the other side asked.
"Yes sir, the results are right here." Henry said as he slid the folder though an opening in the screen and waited for a moment as he hears the sound of paper being turned.
"So nothing of interest?" The voice asked.
"No, he is just a Norman healthy 12 year old with the ability to see ghost." Henry responded.
"Nothing abnormal in his blood work?" The voice said as it let out a loud sigh.
"No" Henry answered.
"I see, in that case prep the CAT scan. I am going to see if there is anything abnormal about his brain activity.
"Yes sir." Henry said as he turned around and started to walk to the door.
"Henry." The voice said causing the scientist to turn around and stare at the screen.
"Yes." he asked.
"Will the machine be ready by tomorrow?" The voice asked and an eerie silence filled the room as Henry stared at the glass for a moment.
"Yes, it will be fully functional." Henry responded with a nod.
"Good, you may go now." The voice said as Henry gave a nod of understatement and walked out of the room.
He stood in the hallway for a moment before he pulled out a phone and dialed a number and held it up to his ear.
"Yes it me, I want you to Prep the CAT scan we will be brining the boy up in an hour. Do you understand? Okay good to know" Henry said.
He then put the phone back into his pocket as he started to walk down the hallway as he approached a door and opened it. He stepped inside and walked over to a machine that had been placed in the side of the room. He placed his hand on it for a moment before he grabbed apiece of paper that was on the table beside it. He then started going over it to make sure that the machine was ready for it purpose tomorrow as he started to press the buttons and turn the knobs.
Norman slowly reentered his room as he watched the guard behind him close the cell door, as he had just got back from the CAT scan they had just forced him to take. He stretched out his body to try and get the cramps of laying down on the machine out his his system.
He began to walk around the room as his mind began to wonder to what his friends and family must be going through at the moment.
"I wonder where exactly they are looking for me at the moment" Norman said to himself bitterly. "No matter how hard they may be looking they will never find me there, I mean I don't even know exactly where I am right now" Norman thought to himself as he let out a loud sigh.
He sat down on his bed as his mind slowly wondered to what the ghost must be doing at the moment. "I hope grandma is doing okay." He thought to himself as guilt flashed over his face as he began to image the pain and worry she must have been going through at the moment.
"There has to be a way for me to get out of this place. I mean all the hallways and people here I doubt they all live here, and if that's the case I must be near a city or town of some place. So if I can get out of this cell and make a run for it and out of this building I got a good chance I can get out of here and find someone to help." Norman thought to himself as he sat on his bed.
"If I can cause a distraction at some point in time while I'm here I could make a run for it and attempt to get out of here." He whispered to himself as he started at the locked metal door. Norman breathed outward in an angry manor as he fell back onto his cell bed closed his eyes. "I wonder what other boring pointless tests they're going to but me though." He thought to himself as he slowly drifted to sleep.
Once again a loud knocking on his cell door awoke Norman as he sat up from his bed and stared at the door.
"I'm coming." Norman said in a tired voice as he hoped out of his bed and did a long stretch as he watched the cell door open and he saw the scientist from yesterday standing in the doorway with a smile on his face.
"Hello there Norman" He said as he looked down at the tired young boy.
"I suppose I need to follow you?" Norman responded with a glare.
"Yes you do." The scientist responded as he looked at Norman and gave a nod before he turned and walked out of the door and was closely followed by the young boy. Norman walked down the hall as he followed the man down the long hallway. Norman quickly realized that he was following the man to a completely different room that he was in yesterday.
"So we're going somewhere else?" Norman asked as watched the scientist slowly turn his head to look at Norman while they both walked done the hall.
"The equipment that we will be using for this test is kept in another separate room," The man responded as Norman watched the scientist stop in front of a door and opened it.
Norman followed the scientists into the room and when he walked in a few things grabbed Norman's attention. The first was that there were several other lab-coated people in the room. Norman's attention was then brought the many different computers that were set up in and the large table in the center of the room were several of the lab-coated men were standing next to. They all then turned and stared at Norman without saying a word.
"We need you to get on the table" One of the scientist said as he looked at Norman who just stood there before he slowly walking over to the table, propped himself on the table and laying down. He then felt two hands slowly lift his head up and place a soft and comfortable pillow beneath it.
Norman rested his head on the pillow as he felt them place plasters onto his head. "I wonder what they are going to be doing" Norman thought to himself when he suddenly felt something tight on his arms and legs as he looked down to see that he had been strapped in.
"What are you doing?" Norman asked in shock as he looked around at the scientists standing next to him.
"Relax, it's all part of the test." One of the scientist responded as he looked down and smiled at Norman before he turned and made sure that the straps were secure. Norman attempted to struggle in the hopes they would become free.
Norman laid there as fear and worry began to come over him as he watched as all of the scientists move around the room doing various actions. "What is going on?" Norman thought to himself as he noticed a scientist approach him with something in his hand.
"Open your mouth" the man said as he approached Norman and placed something in it. Norman closed his mouth and with his tongue realized it was a mouth guard. What exactly is going on I could have sworn I have seen something like this before." Norman thought to himself as he lay there.
"Is everything secure?" Norman heard one of the scientists ask.
"The machines and computers are all prepped and ready for the test." Norman heard another scientist answered. "Henry you ready to do this?"
"Yes" Norman heard the voice of the scientist who brought him to the room as he looked up to see him standing behind him.
"What is going on?" Norman screamed out in panic.
"Relax Norman, it will make this easier." The man who was named Henry responded looking at Norman and back up at his fellow scientists.
"You ready" Norman heard a voice say, as he lay there afraid on the table.
"Clear." Norman heard when suddenly he felt two flat metal circles touch the side of his head. Norman suddenly screamed and convulsed in pain for a moment as the shock ran though his body. He felt the circles leave his head as he was left there on the table shakings and breathing heavily as a pair of hands grabbed his head and held it down.
Through the pain Norman heard a loud laugh somewhere in the room. "The damn kid just pissed himself." The boy heard when suddenly and fearfully realizing it was true as the feeling of liquid on his legs registered to him. He continued to feel pain travel through his body as the hands releases his head.
Norman took several deep breaths in as he tried to relax and ignore the pain to no success. When he suddenly heard Henry speak up again.
"CLEAR."
Norman felt the circles touch his head again he felt the electricity shock through his entire body as he lay there and screamed in agony.