Mystery : Cozy Mystery: Murder on Board the Macedonia (mystery, thriller, cozy, shocking, short stories) (short reads, detective, murder, suspense) (7 page)

And also get to find evidence that indeed, the subject ought to have some proof of coming back from the particular year that it had been sent in the future.

Getting to prepare the serum would take a hell lot of time, and that said, the only thing that would have made some sense would have been to get to work as fast as possible. And so without wasting any more time, Dr. Greene went straight to work.

He took all of his machines out and put on his lab coat and face mask and using a syringe, made sure that he had taken a sample of the mercury right before putting it in a test tube and checked it against the bright light that was shining just above his head. It was pure, and he liked it, just the way it was. The next step was to make sure that he was in a position to mix it with some biological matter, to make it resemble the human cells and put it into the freezer.

Once he had done so, Dr. Greene made a point of going to his laptop where he continued working as hard as possible to ensure that he was going over the calculations that he had made previously. The good thing about Dr. Greene was that he never took any chances at all, and that explained why his experiments were always top notch and always gave him that all-important result.

Chapter 4:

-On to bigger subjects-

The breakthrough was such an incredible thing as far as Dr. Greene’s time travel research was concerned. And now, the only thing that was remaining was for him to kick back and make sure that he wasn’t sleeping on his hard work.

Just because he had figured out that the time travel machine could work. And that the subject could be stuck in limbo, something that was once assumed as imaginary or better yet fictitious, now it was time for the good doctor to make a move. 

And that was making sure that he was in a position to make a few changes in the serum, then recalibrating the time machine right before he could look for a much bigger subject to try out. He knew jolly too well that if at all he was to bring in a human being, Dr. Greene had to be one hundred percent sure of whatever it was that he was doing.

And since he was going to be the human subject, he knew that there were no chances to be taken there. They always said that the scientists were never afraid of dying since they believed that life is never destroyed but transformed.

But as far as he was concerned, he knew that he was scared of death. And so it would only be logical for him to get to make the time traveling as safe as possible so as to limit the chances of him dying, or even worse, coming back with horns and claws, or even a tail as a result of being stuck in limbo.

And that said, he made sure that he had fixed the calibration. And since he had been working his butt off over the night, the good doctor had managed to repair the calibration problem as well He found the most efficient dosage of the serum that would be able to transfer a much bigger subject. And that said, it seemed as though the subject that was in question was a monkey. Dr. Greene had managed to get the calculations of the weight of a small animal and worked with that to prepare the serum.

And if at all he was going to be very successful with his plans, then it wasn’t going to be difficult enough for him to stay successful as far as his experiment was concerned.

And now that it was all out of the way, then next problem was getting to find a monkey. Dr. Green knew that the problem was somehow going to present itself at some point. But he always managed to procrastinate about it, saying that he was most definitely going to cross that bridge when he came to it.

And now, it seemed as though he had come to reach the bridge but just like he had been expecting, getting to cross it was becoming somewhat of a problem and he didn’t like it at all.

The one question that he was always scared of asking himself was this one – where the heck was he going to get a monkey to test? Of course, they had plenty of animals back at the company. But it went without saying that it was a monkey that they were talking about, not a flimsy little rat that they could just put in a pocket and walk away undetected.

Even though Dr. Greene always loved not looking into that topic, it seemed as though it had reached a point where he just couldn’t ignore it in as much as he wanted to. And that said, he decided that he should look into the matter as soon as possible.

And without wasting any more time, he decided to make sure that he had gotten his laptop and begun checking for any zoos that were around that area. Even though he had lived in that place for a very long time, Dr. Greene never seemed interested in pretty much every single thing that was going on there. And that said, all he ever wanted was an opportunity just to kick back and do some fresh research.

Thankfully, he found out that the place had a zoo and to make matters even better for him, they were giving out monkey to those warm homes that wanted to adopt. And just like that, Dr. Greene’s eyes lightened up. He apparently didn’t need to worry himself hatching up ideas on how to get a monkey since all of the work had been simplified for him and all he needed to do was to get there and get the monkey without any hustles at all.

And so without having to wait any longer, he immediately took the liberty of getting his mobile phone and calling the zoo keeper as soon as possible.

*** 

The baboon was staring at him without even blinking a little. And that sent cold chills of fear down Dr. Greene’s spine. The last thing that he ever wanted was to engage in a fist fight with a fully fledged primate since he was most definitely not going to win no matter how hard he was going to try. And that said, the only thing that would have made some sense at the time would have been to kick back and make sure that he was looking for a plan.

“Come on doctor, why won't you say hi to the little fellow. You are the proud owner now aren’t you? I am sure Ricky is just feeling a little bit lonely. I am sure a couple of bananas and some love will cheer him up.”

“Little? You call this fellow little?” Dr. Greene said, corking his eyebrow while he was at it.

Since there was no way he could go back to Richardson’s company to steal as he was under twenty-four-seven surveillance, Dr. Greene had decided to go to the nearest zoo to adopt a monkey pet. But the truth of the matter was that he just needed to make sure that he had done all in his power to get the little animal back to the lab for testing.

Besides, the fact that he stole a rat just made him feel as though he was some lowlife and that made him feel filthy. I mean, who steals a rat? Even the most desperate person on earth wouldn’t do that. And even the fact that he did it for a good cause wasn’t going to wash the bad taste from his mouth no matter how hard he tried to do so.

The problem with the ‘little’ baboon was that he was almost his size and getting to sneak him all the way into his home laboratory was most definitely going to be a hustle that he never wanted to engage. But from the look of things, it seemed as though the good doctor was left with no other choice but to make sure that he was doing all in his power to get things done rather perfectly indeed.

And the only way that Dr. Greene was going to make sure that he had everything on lock. And for starters, he was supposed to show the cute animal that he was on his side, something that he was finding it a tad difficult.

“You know what, I think it's for a good reason that they called these animals WILD. You think he will just stand there and smile at me as I try to trick him into going back home with me?” Dr. Greene complained.

The zoo keeper was having fun with his stupid questions since more often than not, the man almost fell laughing. The doctor was just too darn funny as far as he was concerned.

“Look, doctor; I am afraid that’s the only way for you to get this little one to go home with you. Just assume the baboon is a woman you just met at a club and you want to take her home. What will you do to seduce her? Simple, buy her drinks, look your best, be confident and then convince her that you mean no harm. Right?”

Doctor Greene just stared at him without uttering a word. Was he serious? This subject was a bloody baboon, not a woman. The zoo keeper didn’t need to hear the doctor respond to know that the assumption he had made was the worst one in the entire history of bad assumptions. So he immediately swallowed his words as swiftly as possible.

“Ok, ok. Maybe the woman thing was a bad example under such circumstances. But I am too darn sure that you get the point, right?” ok. So what are we going to do? If you want, I can help you take the little one back to his new home.”

“No. It’s ok. You say that I need to make friends with him, right?”

“Right.”

“Ok then, that’s what I am going to do.”

Dr. Greene figured that it would be very difficult for him to explain to the zoo keeper when he went back to his home and found out that he had a lab and wanted to do some illegal experiments on the poor creature. So he decided that he was going to do all in his power to ensure that he had won the little baboon.

“So, you were saying?”

“About what?” the zoo keeper asked, still with the delightful smile on his face

“About making friends with the baboon.”

“Oh, that? It’s simple. Just hand him the banana and smile. Then edge a little closer and make sure that you are avoiding the possibility of making eye contact until it allows you to touch him.”

“What if he doesn’t?”

“Well, he might just rip off your arm.”

There was a long and very awkward silence right before the zoo keeper, for the umpteenth time, burst out laughing like a hyena of a full belly.

“Ah, I am just messing with you man. The baboon is tamed. You can just talk to him and take him home. Oh snap, I can’t get enough of this.”

Dr. Greene hated the zoo keeper almost immediately.

Chapter 5:

-The unusual visit-

Dr. Greene had just called in at work and told them that they shouldn’t expect him at all since he had come down with some kind of very contagious flu. And as soon as his poorly framed excuse reached his boss, Richardson decided to board his chopper immediately and went all the way to his home.

Up to that time, it seemed as though Richardson had been working too darn hard to ensure that everything in his company was up to date.

And it went without saying that the only missing link was Dr. Greene’s research. Richardson always expected every product to go through Dr. Greene’s office for testing and approval right before it went into mass production. And ever since they had their little chat, it seemed as though things weren’t turning out as he had expected since Dr. Greene continued staying aloof, something that Richardson didn’t like at all.

But since he didn’t want Dr. Greene to suspect that Richardson was starting to suspect him, he decided just to kick back and pretend as though he wasn’t aware. But Richardson knew Dr. Greene inside out and at that moment in time, he knew that something was cooking up pretty good, and that said, the only thing that would have made some serious sense would have been to watch him closely.

And as soon as he called him in his office a couple of weeks back, Richardson had decided to put one of the doctors as his assistant so that he could watch Dr. Greene and make sure that everything was being reported after every six hours. Yes, Richardson was that strict with his employees. But either way, it didn’t seem like that much of a big deal to begin with and in the end, the most important thing was for him to keep tabs on the brilliant doctor.

Up to that moment, Dr. Greene hadn’t given him the information about the secret invention that he was working on, and that gave Richardson some goose bumps.

Was Dr. Greene trying to play him? Had he been pouched by another company? Richardson knew that such were the kinds of questions that brought a lot of doubt and in the end, made things a little harder than they were supposed to be. And eventually, it always led to people having a difficult time trusting each other.

And the worst thing about getting Richardson to start suspecting you was that he wouldn’t let go until he was convinced that everything was working out rather too well with his intuition. And for the latter to happen, then you needed to make sure that you have convinced him beyond the reasonable doubt that everything is fine.