Project I.R.I.S.

Tearing down the last of the caution tape, Jack grabbed the handle and was surprised that it opened so easily. Easing cautiously into the dark building, he pushed the door open all the way to let the light from outside shine into the large reception lobby. The lobby was quite large and decorated with what once was lavish baby blue drapes and vinal chairs, that added a splash of color to the otherwise dismal white walls. The place confused him. From what he could see, the place far higher tech than any building in Ireland or possibly the world. Every corner of the room had mounted security cameras. The staircases that led up to the second floor were lined with broken blue tinted glass. Some of it shattered across the glossy floor. The rounded reception desk was the same baby blue color with a strong looking glass that had once protected employees behind it. Slowly approaching the deck, he brushed shards of safety glass off a clipboard and picked it up to read it. It was a standard sign in form for visitors of patients, but it was completely blank.

Thumbing through the sheets under the first, he saw that every sheet was blank. When the last of the sheets fell back into place, he gasped as he noticed fresh words written on the bottom of the page that read. 'What are you looking for?' Dropping the clipboard back onto the desk, he jumped as the front door slammed shut. Dashing over to the door, he grabbed the handle and fought to open it. He could pull it open enough to see light, before it was tugged shut and locked. Banging on the door, he yelled out. "HEY! This isn't funny! Let me out!" No answer came. Kicking the door, he bitterly snapped out. "Fine. You brought this on yourself!" Going over to a chair, he set his camera down on the seat next to it. Picking up the light metal chair, he moved up to one of the windows and adjusted his grip. Raising the chair, he let out a loud yell as he threw it at the large glass window. The chair hit the strong safety glass causing it to crack. He could only gawk as the chair stayed against the cracked glass with nothing holding it up. Then in the next second, the chair came flying back at him as if the glass itself had thrown it.

Diving to the floor, the chair barely missed him as it clattered across the tile farther away. Looking back up at the glass, he watched in disbelief as the crack seamlessly fixed itself. Sitting slowly back up onto his legs, he exhaled out nervously. "What the hell...?" Staggering up to his feet, he looked around for anything that suggested this was all an elaborate prank, while calling out into the dark. "Hello? Anybody? It's me, Jack. You got me... Come out and show yourself." The place remained as silent as a graveyard. Licking his lips, he picked up his camera and quickly switched on the night vision mode. Raising it high, he scanned the dark spaces of the room, calling out. "Please, come out... I'm not in the mood for games." Backing up toward the elevator set on one side of the reception desk, he scanned the room slowly with the camera. Keeping his eyes on the screen, he reached back to touch the button a few times. He was pretty sure that the place didn't have any power, but he decided to try it since he was closer to it than the light switches.

To his utter surprise, the panel faintly glowed with a soft blue light and let out a ding before a set of denied tones. Turning to look at the panel, he frowned. The button told him that the elevator was available but on the grimy screen something was moving to prompt him to do something. Using his sleeve, he rubbed the screen off to see a highlight hand putting a key card against the screen. The screen glitched a little but was working. Huffing to himself, he chuckled out. "Holy shite. It still works." Looking to the light switches by the front door, he took a step to head for them. Only to hear the sickening sucking sounds of something sticking to his feet. Panning the camera down, he switched the modes to shine a bright light for a few seconds. Catching the horrifying smear of thick blood that led into the elevator. Something had been dragged into it. Jumping back, he lifted the camera to see the whole elevator door in the light and gasped sharply. The panel had been covered in dried blood from a set of hands that hid tried to resist being pulled inside.