Chapter 2: Procedures

Time: 4:59 am
Yr. 2853 // October 29th
Location: Starstreaker // En-route to Earth // Private sleeping quarters

*Beeeeeeeeep*
*Beeeeeeeeep*
*Beeeee-*

Jake quickly swat his hand to the left, silencing the infernal beeping noise with a groan of his own ringing out shortly after. He sat up with a grumble as he began rubbing his face in an attempt to wake himself up.

"My favorite part of the day..." He growled, "Morning... at least there's no blinding sun." He added with a glance at the nearby window, streaks of stars passing by outside. "Well... time to go." He finished with annoyance as he stifled a yawn and stumbled towards his bathroom.

He wasn’t going anywhere without his morning shower.

The room Jake resided in on the Starstreaker was pretty basic, considering his rank. Normally, someone of his rank would be offered much better... however due to the large population already dwelling inside the ship, a few sacrifices had to be made for comfort. Jake didn't mind too much as he wasn't into all the flashy expensive stuff, he liked the simple things. His room in question was spacious for it's size anyway, a twin sized bed with a dresser at the end and a single bathroom all to himself. A few hooks were on the inside of the bathroom door, which currently only donned a change of uniform and a single leather jacket.

There was one thing, however, this room offered over any of the 'luxury' high rank rooms that lay in the bowels of the ship...

'The view...' Jake thought as his eyes once again paused on the streaking stars outside his window, before pulling the bathroom door shut.

__--20 minutes later--__

Jake exited the showers, a mist gently wafting out as he began drying himself off with his towel. After a minute or so he wrapped it around himself and made his way towards his dresser, situated at the end of his bed, where he pulled the top compartment open. Before he’d left, Jake was ordered to dress 'normally' for the occasion. In reality, they didn't want to replace a uniform if something happened to it during medical procedures. Reaching into the compartment he pulled out a pair of older earth-style jeans along with a black shirt to go with it.

"Eh... what the hell, haven't wore jeans in a while, and they could use a bit of love." He pondered aloud as he dropped his towel and slipped on a comfortable pair of boxers, followed by the jeans and shirt. "Still good for a bit longer..." He said to himself, giving a small stretch as something else caught his eye as the item moved slightly on its hanger "…one day, but not today." He whispered to himself as he tried to look away from the leather jacket, unworn by anyone for years now. "Besides... not sure if it even fits me anymore." He continued in a quieter tone as he made his way to the jacket and picked it up.

Fiddling with the hanger inside it, he glanced over to the clock on the side-table near his bed.

5:24am, he was due in six minutes.

"SHIT!" He yelled, throwing the jacket onto his bed with the hanger and running for the door.

Jake hurriedly made his way through the bowels of the large ship, swearing to himself for not setting his alarm farther back the night before. Powering his way past people walking the halls, getting some dirty looks as he bumped shoulders and sharply turned corners, he breathed in relief as the hall quickly came to an end. As he approached the set of double automatic doors he’d been looking for, he quickly regained his composure when the doors suddenly opened.

"I don't know where-" A woman in a white lab coat began but stopped herself as she walked through the doors and locked eyes with Jake, her face quickly morphing from annoyance to delight as she beckoned. "Ah, Lieutenant! Nice of you to make it, and so… punctually as well!" She exclaimed with a quick glance to her watch as Jake smiled with fake enthusiasm.

The woman offered a hand which Jake quickly accepted and shook firmly. "Glad to be here, sorry for being late... I had-." He began, only to be interrupted with a wave of the woman's hand.

"Fine fine, it's quite alright we’re still on schedule… now, follow me! I'll show you where you’ll be sitting." She insisted, motioning for him to follow.

Jake followed her closely and into a large room. The whole place was a sterile white and nearly empty, except for the single white chair in the center of the room. The seat looked like it was made out of some kind of metal alloy, small bends and cracks strewn about it’s figure with straps on the arms and legs.

'Comforting' Jake thought as he looked away from the restraints.

Near the top of the room, which was around 30 feet up, lay a single glass window with what looked to be a small group of people watching the operation.

"Do you just want me to go sit down now, or...?" Jake questioned, causing the woman to stop and turn as she looked up from her clipboard.

"Yes, please. Go ahead and sit down… we'll be with you shortly." She answered back quickly as she turned and walked away, towards a door on the opposite side of the room that hissed shut.

Jake made his way over to the chair and gave it a quick look, specifically the different restraints littering on the object. His hand brushed over a bend on the right arm, some of the straps looking lightly frayed from past trauma. Suddenly, the sound of loud footsteps on the polished floor caught his attention. He turned to see a few doctors walking towards him along with a nurse, a cart of medical instruments in tow.

"Now… let’s get to work, shall we?" One of them said with a slight smile.

Author's Note

I'm so sorry I had to end it there. But I decided a short chapter is better than anything. I have been feeling really sick lately and can't concentrate. So I edited this a bit and decided to publish this as a half chapter.

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