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That evening two staff men met him at the side entrance instead of the main dormitory.
They led him through corridors he had never seen. Then through a steel door hidden behind old storage shelving.
He smelled chemicals and something metallic. Inside were bright white lights, glass rooms, beds with restraints and people in coats moving quickly.
Large tanks filled with pale blue liquid. Jonah felt the urge to gag when he saw a body floating in one.
"What is this?" Jonah stumbled backward.
Rows of cages stood beyond another partition. A teenage girl in another room screamed while two men held her arms. An older boy pounded weakly on glass with one bloodied hand.
"This is not a project."
He turned to run but the larger guard caught him around the chest.
Jonah fought wildly, elbowing, kicking and screaming for help when a needle drove through his neck.
