Chapter 1
Make money for school right now. That's what the ad said, and Jamie was all for that. The High School Senior had just graduated and now it was time to make that cash she needed for school.
The month of may was about to come to an end and she didn't get hired anywhere else. Jamie was a very attractive girl being 5'5" tall and weighing around 105 pounds. She had a perfect butt, nice sized breasts, and pretty long dark hair. Most guys really responded well to her even though she simply wore blue jeans and a tee-shirt most of the time.
According to the ad the job was more of an experiment. The subjects were offered a lot of money to participate and money was what she needed for college.
The building wasn't that old, and there was a fence that when all the way around the outside. A guard was posted at the main gate. Jamie walked up to the booth, her car left parked in the outside lot.
"Hi, I'm Jamie Moore. I'm here about the ad... I'm not sure where..."
The guard smiled politely. He had a glow to him.
"You're in the right place. We've had all sorts of people show up. All you have to do is walk through the gate here and into that central door."
The guard pointed to the large automatic doors.
"Thank you very much."
With the same smile he replied, "Oh it's no problem at all. I'll get the gate for you."
Jamie simply smiled as the gate opened and she walked inside.
Inside there was a large waiting room. Four or five people, a mix of guys and girls, were sitting around filling out forms. There was a front desk with a large stack of paperwork on it. The woman working quickly acknowledged Jamie.
"Hi there, you must be here for the research project."
"Yes I am."
The woman took one of the forms along with a pen and handed it over to Jamie.
"If you'd fill this out and bring it back we'll be able to see if you're right for us today."
Jamie took the paperwork and pen, and then found a place to sit. The whole experience really reminded her of a doctor visit more than anything else.
The forms were fairly standard. Age, race, gender, physical health, and so on. It was really just like going to a doctor for the first time. After Jamie had completed the form she turned it in. What took place next was waiting. For almost two hours. Finally a tall pretty young dark haired man opened the door and called out Jamie's name. She walked quickly over to him.
"Ms. Jamie Moore?"
"Yes."
He offered his hand and she took it.
"I'm Doctor Andrews. Could you please come inside."
Jamie found herself in a new much smaller room. A video camera was set up recording.
"What's the camera for?"
The Doctor looked over at it and laughed.
"Oh that's pretty standard in this kind of project. We're doing government research so we have to document everything. Even candidate selection."
"I see."
Andrews starts to look over the form.
"I see that you're now 18, and are trying to get money for college... is that correct?"
"Yes it is."
He continued to look over the form.
"We do offer very nice scholarships to subjects after the completion of experiments. This shouldn't take more than a summer if your selected, and you'll have plenty of money for a first years tuition."
Jamie was excited
"That sounds great."
"Is there any physical problems that you have that aren't mentioned on this form?"
"No."
The Doctor smiled once again.
"Excellent. From what I've seen I think you'll be perfect for this."
Jamie shifted positions in her seat.
"What exactly are you testing."
The Doctor put the form down.
"Now as I said, this is government work so you'll have to sign paperwork saying that you won't disclose any information about the project, but I can tell you a little about it right now. We are going to be testing the reaction of individuals to a new spectrum of light that we've just discovered."
"A new spectrum of light... that's amazing."
Andrews was impressed by the girls knowledge.
"Yes it is. We've already done some tests with none human subjects and the light doesn't have any harmful effects. In fact, it seemed to actually improve vision."
"That would be great."
"I'm glad your this excited about it. I can't really say anymore right now, but unfortunately you have more paperwork to do now that you've been chosen. I will see you again bright and early tomorrow."
He stood and shook her hand.
"Thank you for this opportunity."
"It was nothing really. Now if you'll just go to the woman you received the forms from earlier today she'll be able to help you out."
The rest of the day seemed to take forever with all of the paperwork that had to be filed. Jamie was happy to go home, but tomorrow was bound to be a new and exciting day.
Chapter 2
Jamie had parked in the employee lot just as she had been told to. She wore black dress pants on a tee-shirt just like the paperwork she had taken home told her to.
She entered the lab to see that there was equipment everywhere but not many people doing any testing with it. Jamie finally found Doctor Andrews.
"High there Jamie, ready to get started?"
Jamie took another look around the lab.
"Yeah, but where are the other subjects?"
Andrews laughed.
"This is still pretty early in the experiment. We only have one subject right now."
"Isn't that sort of odd? I mean wouldn't you want to test my results to somebody else?"
Andrews went over to a chair that had a mechanical arm attached to the side.
"This is going to be a very long experiment. We're only testing one subject right now and are going to bring more in later."
"I see."
"If you would please sit down for me."
"Sure."
Jamie sat in the chair.
Andrews pointed out a camera as he said, "I would just like you to note the camera right over there."
"Yes I see it."
"Good."
Andrews moved the mechanical arm to face Jamie. It had an odd light fixture mounted on it. Andrews took some dark glasses and put them on.
"Now I'm about to turn on the light device and you're going to see some flashing light. You should perceive it as multiple colors flashing all at once. All I need you to do is stare directly into it. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
"Excellent. I will begin."
Andrews picked up a small remote. He activated the light and a swirls of every color in the rainbow came from it. Jamie was pulled in. Time seemed to stand still for an instant and before she even was able to really absorb it the light was turned off.
"What's wrong?"
Andrews walked over to her and smiled.
"Nothing... you did fine."
Jamie lifted from the seat. She felt tired.
"Then why did we stop?"
Andrews was taking notes on a pad that Jamie hadn't seem him with before.
"We've been doing this for the last four hours. Do you not remember?"
Jamie became dazed and confused. She tried to remember back, but all she could think about were the swirling colors.
"No I don't."
Andrews nodded.
"Interesting. I'm sure it's just a temporary side effect caused by first time exposure. If you continue to have problems in the next few days we'll examine it more closely. I don't think it's anything to worry about."
Jamie nodded.
"You can go for today. Make sure you pick up your check from Gloria on your way out."
Jamie became very confused. She hadn't realized she was getting paid every day.