Trevor Collins

Once paralyzed, the subjects could only follow the attending researchers with their eyes.

The paralytic cleared their system in an abnormally short period of time and they were soon trying to escape their bonds.

The moment they could speak,

They were again asking for the stimulant gas.

The researchers tried asking why they had injured themselves, and why they had ripped out their own guts, and why they wanted to be given the gas again.

Only one response was given.

I must remain awake.

All three subjects' restraints were reinforced and they were placed back in the chamber, awaiting determination as to what should be done with them.

The researchers facing the wrath of their military benefactors for having failed the stated goals of their project considered euthanizing the surviving subjects.

The commanding officer, an ex-KGB, instead saw potential and wanted to see what would happen if they were put back in the gas.

The researchers strongly objected, but were overruled.

In preparation for being sealed in the chamber again, the subjects were connected to an EEG monitor and had their restraints padded for a long-term confinement.

To everyone's surprise, all three stopped struggling the moment it was let slip that they were going back on the gas.

It was obvious that, at this point, all three were putting up a great struggle to stay awake.

One of the subjects that could speak was humming loudly and continuously.

The mute subject was straining his legs against the leather bonds with all his might, first left, then right, then left again for something to focus on.

The remaining subject was holding his head off his pillow and blinking rapidly.

Having been the first to be wired to the EEG monitor, most of the researchers were monitoring his brainwaves in surprise.

They were normal most of the time, but sometimes flatlined inexplicably.

It looked as if he were repeatedly suffering brain death before returning to normal.