"We are on a major breakthrough in understanding the mind, you cannot stop my project!"
Dr. Barlow was getting tired of his share-holders' getting cold feet and he refused to allow their fear to ruin all that he worked so hard for.
"You have five days to give us conclusive proof or we are going to pull out this time for certain James."
The phone clicked to announce that Perry; the lead share-holder, had ended the call.
The doctor wasn't sure whether this time the threat of leaving his project was serious and his fury had become icy.
He grabbed a glass of his favorite whiskey and mulled over the many thoughts racing in his mind as he stared blankly at his computer, zoning out the incomplete data that filled the monitor.
"Five days..." Dr. Barlow whispered to himself as he stood up and stared out of his office window, a howling wind and rain attacked the woodland around the building yet the building was well made against the elements and even with the foulness of the night, was like a majestic symphony to one indoors. A connection of dangerous peace and beauty, all of nature had secrets that would submit to him, one way or another.
Five days...
Dr. Barlow awoke thanks to the pain of noise coming from the office telephone, his head thumped and after remembering last night, wanted nothing more to do with any communicative devices but he grumbled explicit at the phone before slowly reaching to answer the caller.
"Dr. Barlow how did it go?" The voice was like a crisp breeze of Spring but couldn't hide her concern.
"Urgh, you don't want to know Felicity, it's not good."
"You always say that after they have called you but you always find us hope and manage to keep them onside, you will again. Say what time period did they give you, this time? Two months?"
"How about 'sigh' five days."
Felicity takes a sharp draw of breath, unsure what comfort to give her boss. They were always hounding James to give fast results in every stage they managed to reach but this?!
"Don't worry Felicity, I'll think of something, it's not over yet!"
After he and Felicity said goodbye, the doctor gave himself a hard slap across his own face. He thought himself a fool for giving into that feeling of hopelessness.
He needed to find the missing link and getting drunk was not going to solve anything.
Before Dr. Barlow began to leave from his office to his lab, his computer gave the sound of an email being received. At first he was going to ignore it, probably Perry enjoying reminding him of his deadline; Perry had lost hope ages ago but the others' persuaded him in the past to stay and now he had lost patience too.
James told himself to stop being dramatic over ignoring messages, it could be important! So he dropped some of his paperwork on his coffee table and checked his computer.
The sender was anonymous...
To: J.Barlow.87@syntech-industries.com
From: SENDER UNKNOWN
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You have not searched every avenue, the darkness must be lit, the light must be penetrated, tasted.
All hues must be conquered. Just like the last time.
You understand of course... Dr. J. Barlow.
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His face went white but his blood felt hot, feeling suddenly sweaty.
He tried to forget about 'last time' but now after the email, this sender had a good point but, could he dare try it again. It was dangerous, albeit he was such a child of science with what he knew then and knows now.
'The light must be penetrated, tasted... All hues must be conquered...'
He fell into his computer chair after being sat so rigidly.
His whole body went loose, went numb.
He grabbed the little of what remained of his whiskey and thought 'to hell with a glass'. Dr. Barlow needed to calm his nerves and cool down. He needed to calm the erection that he couldn't control every time his mind licked his memory of that 'last time'.
Felicity looked at the Dr. Barlow with her wide, beautiful eyes.
He didn't come to the lab late nor look unkept, ever. So she couldn't help wonder 'why now, even with this ridiculous deadline?'
Felicity had said something to him but James struggled to hear anything. His pulse, erotic reactions were fighting the alcohol (which normally when consumed left him unable to keep an erection), every thought that jumped to his past seemed to repel the usual alcohol results with passion, his cock throbbed hard, it was beginning to feel a little painful.
'Should I do it? Do I dare?' he thought to himself, while concentrating to reach his computer with the data he had wanted to look at.
An hour later Felicity joined him after she had gone about her usual tasks for the start of the experiments.
"Are you O.K? You seem to have changed to an ill coloured hue in your face doctor, I'm a little worried about you."
'Did she say hue?' He daren't ask her to repeat 'but she couldn't have known, she couldn't have been the sender, it wasn't possible!' He quickly thought, his cock flicking against the fabric of his trousers.
"Doctor? It's OK, we can do this." Her smile wonderful... innocent.
Gruffly he replied "I think I know what we can do, are you with me Felicity? I need you, I can't do this without you." Suddenly cupping her hands in his.
She smiled at James again, trying to show him as much trust and comfort to him as she could, his hands were strong and she saw the needfulness in his touch.
"Of course doctor! Anything I can do I'll do it, we've given so much to this project, there's no turning back now, we have come too far to give up hope on this! It's going to change everything we know of the world, nothing will ever be the same again Dr. Barlow, tell me; what's the plan?"
"Your right, nothing will ever be the same again, we need to break the barriers of nature, explore new... avenues. The mind will be conquered, secrets will be revealed, please join me in the B.D room. Wait, I need to get some things, too short a time to explain, will you wait for me there?"
A little perplexed of what he expects to accomplish in that area of the lab, she has always hoped to understand and learn all she could from her mentor and nervously agrees with the nod of her head.
'What is he planning, will it work? There's not much chance for errors.' she thought to herself as her lovely sensible shoes click it's way to the room, the corridor looks much more daunting, clinical, sterile; nerves making her cold yet her curiosity buzzed and she had noticed, her nipples had peaked, became sensitive via the touch of her bra; that tried to hide her excitement...
James felt a little guilty for deceiving Felicity, he had entered the other entrance and already prepped everything before leaving quietly to enter the normal way.
Seeing her on the experimental C.C.T.V camera's felt a little 'naughty'.
The chemicals slowly entering the corridor should begin to cause very small arousal sensations. The 'last time' he managed to get to 30% efficiency before things didn't go according to plan.
This time he altered the formula, not expecting to give the results he needed the first time around but hopefully poor Felicity would help perfect it... soon...
Felicity was waiting in the B.D room but had struggled with the light, she was unable to turn it to full brightness and the lack of light spooked her with the shadows. She sat down in the near-darkness, unable to see the changes that the doctor had made. Felicity felt warm and thought she could get away with loosening her blouse, her chest felt constricted and couldn't sit still.
The doctor watched Felicity shift about, he switched to the heat camera and could see her body temperature rise in her intimate areas, now for the first test.
"Hey Felicity, don't panic, it's me James, I'll be along shortly, just sit tight, oh is it me or is it really hot, my skin is beginning to feel wet."
He forgot how much he enjoyed the turn on from taking control in this way.