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  The assistant led me to a large metal panel built into the wall. He pressed his hand to the reflective silver and I stared in wonder as a security camera protruded from the ceiling. It flashed once then retreated upwards. The panel slid down as I blinked the spots from my vision.
  The white-coated assistant ushered me through and I entered the spacious room. I stared in wonder at my surroundings, not noticing the door slide noiselessly behind me.
  Computer screen lined the wall to my left, a long keypad running down the side of each. Most screens were blank but a few displayed an intricate pattern made of neon green numbers and symbols. A central section made of around twelve screens showed views of various areas of the building outside. I could see the corridor I had just come from and a room similar to this one, only smaller.
  Turning my attention back to the colossal room I was currently in, I walked over to the central bench, which stretched on to the darkness beyond. The room was dimly lit and I couldn't even make out the end. Running along the bench was a series of complex experiments, some of which bubbled furiously, while others were a series of winding pipes which flowed into a beaker containing a sweet smelling, colour changing liquid. One experiment was what appeared to be a sheep's heart, still beating with a mess of tangled wires and needles sticking out of it.
  Feeling sick, I staggered back and collapsed onto my knees. Taking shaky breaths I stared at the floor which I noticed was polished black marble. Regaining my composure I stood up and supported myself on the bench which was cool under my hand.
  It was then that I saw a flashing light in the darkness of the room beyond. As I walked towards it lights all around me flickered on and I raised an arm to shield myself from the glare. At last I reached the other end and I was faced with a gigantic screen, easily one thousand times the size of one on the wall to my left.
  The image on the screen filled me with an unimaginable terror; it showed a wasteland, brown earth littered with branched blackened by fire, remains of buildings crumbling into grey dust which seemed to rest on the air before being carried away by an unseen wind.
  Suddenly the screen flickered and displayed a stream of numbers like the ones on the smaller screens. I heard a crash behind me and turned around to see fluids leaking onto the floor from a cracked container on the black bench. A foul stench filled the room and burned my nostrils. At the same time all the computer screens and lights blinked out one by one and I was plunged into a suffocating darkness.
  The only light that remained was the tiny flashing LED. Green, red, green, red on and off, perfectly matching the white strip clamped tightly around my left wrist with the small disc-like light. Only one question remained in my mind.

Description
  The assistant led me to a large metal panel built into the wall. He pressed his hand to the reflective silver and I stared in wonder as a security camera protruded from the ceiling. It flashed once then retreated upwards. The panel slid down as I blinked the spots from my vision.
  The white-coated assistant ushered me through and I entered the spacious room. I stared in wonder at my surroundings, not noticing the door slide noiselessly behind me.
  Computer screen lined the wall to my left, a long keypad running down the side of each. Most screens were blank but a few displayed an intricate pattern made of neon green numbers and symbols. A central section made of around twelve screens showed views of various areas of the building outside. I could see the corridor I had just come from and a room similar to this one, only smaller.
  Turning my attention back to the colossal room I was currently in, I walked over to the central bench, which stretched on to the darkness beyond. The room was dimly lit and I couldn't even make out the end. Running along the bench was a series of complex experiments, some of which bubbled furiously, while others were a series of winding pipes which flowed into a beaker containing a sweet smelling, colour changing liquid. One experiment was what appeared to be a sheep's heart, still beating with a mess of tangled wires and needles sticking out of it.
  Feeling sick, I staggered back and collapsed onto my knees. Taking shaky breaths I stared at the floor which I noticed was polished black marble. Regaining my composure I stood up and supported myself on the bench which was cool under my hand.
  It was then that I saw a flashing light in the darkness of the room beyond. As I walked towards it lights all around me flickered on and I raised an arm to shield myself from the glare. At last I reached the other end and I was faced with a gigantic screen, easily one thousand times the size of one on the wall to my left.
  The image on the screen filled me with an unimaginable terror; it showed a wasteland, brown earth littered with branched blackened by fire, remains of buildings crumbling into grey dust which seemed to rest on the air before being carried away by an unseen wind.
  Suddenly the screen flickered and displayed a stream of numbers like the ones on the smaller screens. I heard a crash behind me and turned around to see fluids leaking onto the floor from a cracked container on the black bench. A foul stench filled the room and burned my nostrils. At the same time all the computer screens and lights blinked out one by one and I was plunged into a suffocating darkness.
  The only light that remained was the tiny flashing LED. Green, red, green, red on and off, perfectly matching the white strip clamped tightly around my left wrist with the small disc-like light. Only one question remained in my mind.