Blood. Blood everywhere. It was the first thing I saw as I stepped into my new boss’ laboratory. I had seen blood from cuts and scrapes before, but this was different. It covered the walls and floors, it filled the jars that sat on the shelves lining the walls, it dripped off the operating table in the middle of the room. The huge amount of blood excited me, experiments with the human body had always fascinated me. I had applied for the job of being the mad scientist's apprentice because I had heard he performed experiments on humans and that he was trying to discover things that would change the world. I was so honored to be a part of these experiments, sure they killed the patients but a few lost lives was worth the knowledge the mad scientist would gain

I stepped into the laboratory and noticed the mad scientist leaving his office to join me in his laboratory.

“Hello. You must be my new apprentice, right on time.” He said when he saw me.

“I'm so honored to be your apprentice. I couldn't even imagine being late to this amazing opportunity.” I replied.

“Perfect. Are you ready to observe my next experiment?” He asked.

I smiled, “Of course.”

He waved for me to follow him so I walked after him into a room with jail cells filled with people along the walls. They must be the patients, I thought to myself. The mad scientist pulled a key out of his pocket and unlocked the door to one of the cells. He reached in and quickly grabbed the nearest person's wrist. She was a short, long-haired woman with a terrified look on her face. She must not realize the importance of these experiments.

“Your turn,” the mad scientist said with an excited smile on his face. He must love his work as much as I do. I followed them back into the laboratory and watched as he forced the women onto the table and tied her wrists and ankles to the table.

He grabbed a scalpel and told me, “Eventually I will teach you everything I know, but today you will just learn the basics.”

“Yes, sir,'' I couldn't wait until the day when I knew as much as the mad scientist did.

Suddenly the door to the laboratory burst open and a squad of police officers burst in, armed with guns. They began shouting orders to us and into their radios.

When they grabbed the mad scientist I yelled, “No! Don't take him away! His experiments are going to be ground-breaking!”

The officer closest to me turned, grabbed me too, and shouted, “Let's take this kid too. I think he's working for that evil scientist.”

No, they can't do this to us. The mad scientist is a genius. We were going to make history together. I began to struggle against the officer but it was no use. He was so much bigger than me, I was never going to break free. I gave up. the world would never get to see the result of the mad scientist's brilliant experiment, all they would ever see was the lives that were lost to make them possible when that didn’t even matter.