After this little bombshell, Lake found himself with a million more questions, but was speechless with shock.
"Why? How," he questioned.
"Because they were using that lab for illegal experimentation," Reilly answered. "They were hurting people."
Lake tried to absorb this.
How were they hurting people," he asked.
"They were conducting genetic experiments," she answered. Lake noticed her eyes became strained and her fists were beginning to clench. The dog stood up and watched her instead of the door.
"How did you find out about this lab? Did you tell the authorities," Lake asked.
"I was one of their test subjects, their only successful subject," she answered. "I am the only remaining evidence of their playing God. And they need to get me back. I did tell the authorities and they tried to commit me. Turns out, these guys were in the scientist's pocket. They knew and were paid not to interfere. So I ran for my life. I decided to put an end to their work."
By this time Reilly's knuckles were white. Jin-Sun nudged her hand and let out a rumbling growl. She looked at her hands and unclenched them, but the strained look never left her eyes. The dog laid his head in her lap and watched her. Lake saw a far away look in her eyes and wonder where she had gone in that moment.
"I went back to the lab in the middle of the night. I managed to get into the control room. I knew the passcode for the computers, they didn't know I'd figured it out from watching them. I logged on and started wiping the system. Every nook and cranny. Destroyed all their notes, everything I could find. I know my way around a computer and no amount of programming could recover their data. They caught me smashing all the monitors and servers. I escaped but knew I'd have to go back to finish what I started. I came back a few nights later, hoping to free the other experiments. But most of them had died from complications from their experiments, the rest had been killed by the scientists. They were prepping to move all the bodies to another lab to study them their and hopefully rebuild. I knew I couldn't let that happen. I placed timed charges in the generator room and in the control room. I hit the fire alarm and everyone evacuated the building, then I blew the charges. Nothing survived the blast. All the bodies of the experimental creatures, all the notes and files, everything went up in flames."