"Hammond, what just happened?" you ask him, bewildered.

"What do you mean? We just completed another day of the same old boring tests that seem to have achieved nothing at all," he answers.

"You know what? I think something happened!" you say, confusion giving way to excitement. Something was finally taking place!

"What are you talking about Jones?" he says, tired and in no mood for games.

"The last thing I remember, I was turning the gamma radiation dial to five. The counter passed four, and there was a flash of light! The next thing I know, I was standing here and the day was over!" you explain, bursting with excitement.

"Is this some sort of joke," he says, standing up, and getting his things, ready to go home. "Look, Jones, we tested it for gamma, we zapped it with more x-rays, we doubled the air pressure, we tried to cut it open with lasers! Nothing happened, no lights, no sounds, no anything. Look, you're probably just tired, imagining things. There's nothing so boring as staring through a window at a block of metal that just sits there, for hours on end."

You maybe you just imagined it?

You yawn. Actually, it does feel like you've been working for a whole day. Maybe Hammond was right, maybe you're just tired. Day after day of repetative tests could indeed make everything seem to blur together, after a while.

"Yeah, maybe you're right, Hammond. I guess I should drive home and get a good night's sleep," you say.

"Rest up, and I'm sure you'll feel better tomorrow," he says. "Well, see you later then, I'm off."

Hammond puts on his jacket and heads home.

You leave the Facility.

You grab your jacket, flick off the lights, and walk out through numerous corridors and doorways. Finally, after passing through two security checkpoints, you reach the garage. Taking your car keys out of your pocket, you hop into your Toyota Aurion V6. You sink into the comfortable seat with a smile. Ah, the perks of your job.

Switching the car on, you pull out of the multi-level garage, and head out onto the road. The Facility was mostly underground, but a large boxy building juts up from the barren surface. Your temporary home, for the duration of the tests, was a house the company purchased in a relatively modern country town an hour's drive away.

It's getting dark outside, but the sky is clear, the moon and stars bright above you. You flick on your headlights, and there is a flash of light as they turn on...

You waking up to more confusion.

You wake in your bed, in a house that the company has purchased, about an hour's drive from the Factility. Stretching, you get up out of bed. What an odd dream... Something had happened out at the Facility, but you couldn't remember what. Dreams tended to be like that. You were in your car, or something?

Stretching your arms above your head, you bend to each side, stretching your aching muscles, then reach out and open the door to the ensuite.

A fierce, hot wind assails you, and you stumble backwards, your sleepy limbs not prepared. For a moment you just stand there in your underwear in shock. Outside your bedroom, looking through what should be the door to your ensuite, was the desert! You glance out the bedroom window, and it's still there! Bleak, barren desert sands and rocks stretch off to the horizon. Where is the town? More importantly, where is the rest of your house!

You step outside

Astonished and confused, you open your main bedroom door, to see more desert outside. You step outside, onto the hot sand, to see if it is real or an illusion.

The sand is hot beneath your feet, and you quickly step back inside. Perhaps you should get dressed first?

You get Dressed

Your clothing lies scattered across the floor around your bed.

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