Leaving the patients lobby, Jude led the tour to the patient rooms. Carly was standing at attention outside one of the rooms waiting for the tour to reach her. She stood anxious remembering Joanie and Sal's warning that the President was suspected to be deeply involved. As they approached Carly, Jude motioning towards Carly and said, "This is one of our nurses who will be showing what she does on a daily basis."

The President nodded and extended his hand out to Carly saying as they shook hands "It's a pleasure."

"The pleasure is all mine Sir." Replied Carly politely.

Carly began to show the President how she did her routine checkups and prepped the patients for the doctor. She explained how she did some home checkups on occasions. The President listened to her every word and nodded his understanding. As she was finishing up he asked "Now, I never caught your name."

Carly cleared her throat and responded "It's Carly Sir. Carly King."

Raising his eyebrow and looking at Jude he asked "Any relation."

Jude nodded and replied "Yes, she is my daughter Sir."

The President smiled and responded "Well, Mr. King you have a very lovely daughter and Carly you are a very intelligent woman. Thank you for sharing your work with me."

The President and his men slowly exited the room and continued on the tour. Jude took the group down the hallway and turned the corner to find a doctor for the President to speak with. Seeing Dr. Taylor standing nearby Jude motioned his hand for Dr. Taylor to come forward. Dr. Taylor walked up the group and greeted the President and Mr. King with a smile. Jude introduced Dr. Taylor and had him explain his job to the President. Dr. Taylor explained that he saw patients daily and checked up on their health making sure there would be no issues when their pill day arrived. He explained how he had to ensure that the pill would not have an adverse effect on the patient that would cause any sort of pain. The President nodded his understanding and the tour continued on. Jude continued on looking for an ambulance doctor to speak with the President. He found Dr. Neal and asked "Dr. Neal would you care to explain your job to the President."

Nodding, she explained, "Well Sir, it's simpler than you might think. We go out to the home of the patient and we are there to administer the pill. All we do is simply make sure that the patient receives their pill and that they do not suffer. After that we transport them back here for a basic autopsy and cremation."

The President looked confused and asked "Autopsy? That seems odd considering we know the cause of their passing."

Dr. Neal explained further "Well Sir, the autopsy is for basic medical research. It is only to learn from their body and to help future generations."

Seeming to be satisfied with Dr. Neal's explanation the President thanked her and Jude continued the tour. Heading towards an elevator Jude explained that the tour would be continuing on to the lab section of the facility. They reached the elevator and waited for it to arrive. Pilling into the elevator Jude, the President and his men crammed into the elevator. As it moved up to the next floor the group stood tightly together listening to the mind numbing music. Bing. The elevator doors slid open and the group exited quickly as if escaping from a claustrophobia-causing hot box. Exiting the elevator, the group walked into the room which was an open space excluding a few small closed rooms. There were men and women in white lab coats creating all kinds of concoctions. Jude explained "Like Dr. Taylor explained, during the patient's checkups we are looking to make sure that they will not have any side effects that would cause suffering. Sometimes we have to create a special pill according to the blood work that we use to determine any effects the pill would have on the patient."

The President nodded as he walked around to the various work stations to observe the scientists working on their projects. Jude continued "Some of our scientists are working on creating a pill that will have the correct effect while others are checking to see the effect the pill would have on various patients." Jude thought to himself of the darker truth that they were working to make sure the patients did not die from the pill. Continuing Jude lead the tour to the next floor. Taking the elevator up the next floor the tour continued onto the security level. Rutherford was waiting patiently for the group when the elevator doors opened he began to walk the tour through the various offices explaining the job of each area. He showed the Control room where all of the security issues were resolved. Walking into another room filled with monitors Rutherford explained that the security for the building was top notch with the best security personnel that money could buy. As they explored the floor Rutherford took them into another room of office space with people scanning through piles and piles of papers. He explained "What we do here is controversial with some of the public and we have to scan through piles of threats to see if there are any legitimate threats to the security of the building or our staff." 

The President walked around and glanced down at some of the papers. He skimmed a few documents before nodding and the tour continued. Finishing with the security level the tour took the elevator to the next floor. Jude stepped off of the elevator first and led the tour down the hallway. "Now this floor is just an executive space with offices for the department heads located here." Jude led the tour to his own office and asked the President as they filed inside "Sir, do you have any questions for me about anything?"

Walking up to the photo behind Jude's desk the President asked "So, you have thoroughly explained how this facility operates and I feel that I have a grasp on what you do here. What I do not understand is how one person's pill date can accidently be moved. That still baffles me Mr. King."

Clearing his throat Jude explained "Well Mr. President, I do not know very much about our technical systems here, but I know there was a glitch and her date was switched. I have asked my staff what can be done, but I was informed that nothing could be in fact done. See Sir, the pill has an expiration date and it would not last until her actual pill date. Once the paperwork is filed and the pill is already made it would take too long to create another duplicate for the patient. It is a serious mishap that has been handled internally."

Moving away from the photo the President walked over to sit in the chair across from the desk. "Well, Mr. King I am satisfied with your explanation. As long as this does not happen again I feel you have done your best to correct the situation." Replied the President as he sat in the chair. 

Jude walked over to sit at his desk and replied "Thank you Sir. Do you have any other questions for me?"

As Jude sat down in his seat the President replied "No, your tour cleared up any misconceptions I had before this visit."

Sitting at his desk Jude leaned forward with his hands folded in front of him as he spoke "So Sir, if it's not too forward. May I ask what the purpose of your visit was?"

The President sat quietly for a moment before responding "Mr. King, I was told that this facility was attacked recently and that a patient's body was stolen. I felt that was a concerning fact and I believed I should personally see if this facility was up to par with its purpose of serving the public. Your motto is serving man for future generations, is it not?"

Jude leaned back into his chair and replied "Yes, Mr. President that is our motto and I assure you that we are up to par with regulations. We are working diligently to recover the body and we work very hard to ensure that this facility is serving its purpose." 

"Very well, I think that you erased any doubts I had before that this facility was not up to par. I should be going I have to meet with Vice President via video conference." Replied the President as he rose from his seat.

Standing to see the President out Jude replied "Sir, it was a pleasure to meet you. If you need a conference room you can use ours. It has state of the art video conferencing screens."

"Thank you that would be great. If you could show me to the room Mr. King." Responded the President.

Jude walked out of the office and led the President to the conference room. "Here it is Sir."

"Thank you Mr. King." Replied the President as he stepped into the conference room. Turning to speak with his head of security the President continued "Braen, you and the men can relax. I will not be long just leave a guard at the door, but this meeting is to be a private matter."

"Sir, I have to advise against that." Replied the large man.

"Braen I'll be fine. Relax." Replied the President waving his men off as his shut the conference room door.

The head of security gave orders for his men to guard all of the exits on the floor. Jude began to walk back to his office when he heard footsteps following him. He entered his office and closed the door, but a hand stopped it from closing. Turning around Jude gave the man who entered a confused look. Stepping inside the room the head of security spoke first "Mr. King, I am here on behalf of my employer." He said quietly.

Confused Jude asked "The President?"

"No Sir. The man in the shadows sends his regards and a message, the old die so that the young may live." Replied the man looking ominously with a darkness in his eyes.

Standing frozen with fear Jude was stunned. The man in front of him was here because of what had actually happened and he would want an exclusive tour of the facility. Jude thought that he needed to be very careful and prove his worth to this man and his employer. Shaking himself out of his daze Jude asked "How can I help you?"

Braen smiled smugly and replied "I will need a tour of the facility. A private tour."

Understanding the man's meaning Jude walked over to the bookshelf on the right side of the room and pulled out one of the books. The bookcase began to move revealing an elevator with a keypad. Jude punched in a four digit code 5656. The elevator doors opened up and the two men stepped in. Jude selected the level and they rode the elevator slowly down. Bing. Bing. Bing. Bing. Bing. The doors slid open to reveal a hallway lit with florescence lights so bright they could cook an egg. Jude and Braen walked down the hallway with their footsteps echoing loudly as they approached a large vault door. Jude entered a code and a loud beeping noise echoed through the hall as the door opened. As the door opened Braen scanned the area taking everything in. There were rows and rows of rooms. Walking past each room the man glanced inside seeing each room contained a patient hooked up to machines. The faint sound of the heartbeat monitors were in sync causing a ringing in their ears. As they walked past one room a patient shot up and began to scream trying to pull his arms up but his restraints restricted him. His eyes were bloodshot and his hair was standing on end making him look like a mad man. Braen remained statue like as he gave the patient and icy glare. Winching, as the patient screamed Jude quickly composed himself before Braen turned to face him. Jude swiftly stated, "He's harmless one of our top prospects."

"Are they all like this?" asked Braen with a slight look of disapproval.

"No most of them realize it is useless to fight the inevitable, but we do restrain all of the patients." Jude replied as they continued to walk

Jude explained to Braen as they walked "Each of the patient's we receive comes in and is assigned to a doctor. They're processed while they are still under the pills effect. They are placed in a room and are restrained." Turning the corner Jude pointed out glass room that had scientists wearing goggles and lab coats "That is our lab there were all the magic happens. I've been told they are very close to finding their solution. All of our employees are heavily screened before they are brought into this part of the Mill. Some employees never know anything about this level." Continuing the exclusive tour Jude led the man inside the glass room. As they entered the room the man noticed a woman mixing together two mystery liquids and observing its reaction under the microscope. There were various scientists working at different stations mixing together unknown liquids and seeing the reactions. The woman in the back smiled as she lifted her head from the microscope. She created another mixture and filled up a syringe. Placing a cap on the syringe she walked out the back door and headed to a different area. Pointing out the woman Jude said "See her? She has had great results and is taking her newest results to the testing room. Here let's follow her and I'll show you the testing area." The two men walked to the back door and followed the woman into a room with an old woman lying down restrained to a doctors table. All of the walls were a bland white color with only the table in the center. The woman walked up to the doctor standing next to the woman and handed over the syringe. Taking the syringe the doctor stuck into the woman's arm. Jude and Braen stood outside of the room watching as the doctor did her work. Seeing Mr. King the doctor approached the two men.

"Mr. King what a surprise." Said the doctor as she approached the men.

Jude began to introduce the doctor, "Dr. Button this is. Well, I am sorry, but it seems I never got your name."

Reaching out to shake the doctors hand Braen responded "I'm Braen and I work for Mr. King's employer."

"Well, it is nice to meet you Braen." Responded Dr. Button as they shook hands. 

"We've been seeing some great results and we are hoping to have a solution soon." Replied Dr. Button as she addressed Jude and Braen.

Behind them the woman began to distort and shake uncontrollably. Rushing to the woman's side Dr. Button held her down. Jude and Braen looked on as the doctor barked orders out for her staff to come. Braen's face seemed to tighten with displeasure as the woman shook wildly. Jude averted his eyes to hide his sympathy trying to avoid drawing attention. Jude seeing the situation was worsening he decided it was time to move on. He led Braen away as they continued on the tour showing Braen the remainder of the facility until Braen looked at his watch and said, "We should be heading back the President will be finishing up soon."

Heading back to the elevator Braen said "I believe that our employer will be pleased with what I have to report. It seems that you have this facility running efficiently."

The two men reached the elevator and made their way back up to Jude's office. Exiting the elevator Braen and Jude shook hands and parted ways. Braen walked out to meet up with the President as he was just exited his conference. Cramming into the elevator The President and his men rode it back to the front lobby. They exited the building in a box formation as the crowd erupted into a roar seeing the men exit. The President lifted his hand again to wave to the crowd through his body guards. The President entered his limousine giving the crowd one last wave before the door was closed. The caravan pulled out of the parking lot with the chopper hovering overhead.

Jude sat in his office as he thought over the day's events and sighed. He thought he had made a good impression on the guard Braen and hoped it would reflect well to his employer. Jude could hear the crowd scream as the President exited the building and the chopper flying away. Knowing that the President was gone Jude sighed a breath in relief and slouched in his chair.

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