“Wow, I really do glow…” Keegan said as they viewed both pieces of footage side by side on Rick’s laptop…

“So I was just fine all day, other than a headache I had around noon, but I think that was just a bit of dehydration…” Keegan said over chat after work…

Day 19: Subject has escaped containment by blocking the sedative and triggering an activation…

When he finished his moment of staring blankly into space, Keegan gave a little victory shout and raised his fists in the air.

“Let’s see…” Keegan said to himself as he began planning his escape…

For Keegan, life became like a constant bad night when you can’t stay asleep. Repeatedly he would wake up to the dark room, lie still for what seemed like hours, then the burning headache would return and ravage him until the machine kicked in and returned his sleep…

“So what do we do tomorrow morning when he is supposed to be at work?” Rick asked over chat on Sunday afternoon…

Tamaya ran back to Keegan’s place as fast as she could while trying to remain as inconspicuous as possible. As she reached the door she bumped into Rick.

Keegan wandered aimlessly, his brain burning in his skull…

“So you’re saying that the experiment is behaving differently than it is supposed to?” Keegan asked as Tamaya finished explaining her theory…

By the time Keegan made it back to his house it was a bit late for messaging, but he sent one anyway…

As much as he wanted to deny it, Keegan was getting quite concerned…

The part numbered 39 in the story titled Dust.