Strange Silhouette

Seriously, Luke has been stuck in that lab for a very long time.  I think it's about time to get him out of there. Something strange happened last time we saw Luke.  If you don't remember then you will have to go back and read, The "Event".  It was the last post and it was a long time ago.  Sorry about that.  I got a new job and focused my time on training for that and then just became a procrastinator.  I'm putting an end to that now.  I'm going to try and post at least once a week.  Luke is probably ready to move along.  So, here we go:

The last thing Luke can remember is glancing back as he was being rolled out of the room and trying to make out what was on the floor looking back at him.  He could only make out a red blur with large white eyes staring at him and panting.  There was chaos in the room as the scientists all scattered and were trying to get away.  The pain in his side was unbearable.  Then, there was darkness.

Luke still has nightmares about the whole experience.  However, when he asked he father about it, he always gets the same answer; “you were having a bad reaction to the treatment.  What you saw, was a hallucination.”  There was no evidence of any wound on his side, where he clearly remembers the intense pain and warm liquid that he was sure was blood.

His father has become even more distant than he already was.  Luke, however, is slightly relieved because they have not subjected him to any more experiment since that last one.  That was nearly two weeks ago.  There is still a lot of activity around the lab though.  Luke constantly catches glimpses of people as they run by his window.  They hardly even stop to look at him anymore.  Sometimes, he hears loud yelling and commotion echoing through the hallways, but no one stops by long enough for him to ask what is going on.

One night, Luke wakes up violently from a nightmare about the last experiment.  He sits upright and lets his eyes adjust to the darkness of his room.  The light in the hallway is still on and makes the window a giant fluorescent light until his eyes adjust.  He looks out the window to see a figure standing there with a hand pressed against the glass.  Through his sleepy, adjusting eyes, he can only see the silhouette.  The person looks bald and is about the same size as he is; shorter than everyone else in the lab.  He rubs his eyes and opens them again to see a fleeting silhouette run away from the window.

The questions that Luke already had have now doubled.  He is ready for some answers.