Chapter Two
The Deep Slumber
A week had passed. The last week passed in a haze. A lot of goodbyes, a lot of introductions, a lot of documents, a fair number of medical tests. Ava had consented the very next day. She was sure she wanted to go. She was excited, and scared, and worried, but she was looking forward to it.
Now, sitting in Mulwray's room, Ava waited in anticipation. She heard footsteps. Her mouth was dry. Suddenly the door creaked open and Janet Mulwray walked in.
"Good morning dear." She smiled at her and started rummaging through some papers. "How are you feeling?"
"Nervous."
"That's alright." She smiled.
She checked her blood pressure one last time. Convinced that everything was okay, she said to Ava, "Would you follow me, please?"
Mulwray led Ava out of the room into the hospital alley, with flighted footsteps, she followed her. She was led out of the Bovine department, and finally out of the hospital through the back gate, where she boarded a bus. Mulwray led Ava into the bus. There were two men and another woman. They were being led to the facility too. Mulwray loaded the coordinates into the bus.
"Well, good luck to all of you. I will visit you again tomorrow. Try not to be frightened." She smiled and signed off.
As the machine roared to life, Ava looked at her companions. Two athletic, well-built, rather attractive boys. Little patches of beard over their cheeks, sharp jawlines, blue, deep-set eyes, with a piercing look. The other woman was a lovely lady, slightly older than she was. She looked stunning with her green eyes looking out of the window as they were being led.
"I'm James." One of the boys extended his hand. Ava didn't accept the handshake, he retracted it after a while, a bit awkward. "And he is Chase" Ava looked at the other boy, he was too distracted to answer back. Ava forced a smile. The silence was eerie. All the noise came from the machine they were in. The entire trip was spent in awkward silences.
As the bus screeched to a halt, all of them looked outside at the facility. A middle aged man who was waiting at the gate, approached the vehicle and got the four of them down.
"Welcome to the Bovine Institute." He led the four of them inside. They were led through a large laboratory into enclosures. The four of them were assigned to a separate person who led them into their respective enclosures.
Ava marveled at the lab. Large fluid filled tanks with injecting needles and incubation zones. There were a large number of clustered tanks, a large number of scientists were constantly working on something or the other. Ava was assigned to a woman, Dr. Marina Vidal. Cuban, with a distinct English accent, she was friendly and nice to talk to. She led Ava into a room. It was all-white with those familiar tanks at a corner, and a bunch of keys alongside it. There was a mysterious lever nearby.
"So do you know the procedure?"
Ava nodded. She had read about them. They seemed intrusive, but she had agreed never-the-less.
"We would require you to get completely naked."
Ava pulled her tee over her head, her breasts heaved as the tight fabric was pulled off. She then quickly unclasped her bra, and it fell to the floor. Nonchalantly, she unbuckled her pants, and pulled them down, followed by her panties, which were lowered to her heels.