text: Dr. Anthony: Project door way, Day 7,301, test subject 1 did not re-enter from void, current location unknown. Sphere dissipated. The Dr's excitement was short lived due to this trial, it was the first time the portal actually opened. His persistence, dedication, and ambitions has driven him to a secluded, maddening state. He hardly bathed, his body withering away. He carried himself very well in the beginning, but now his face was masked with facial hair and heavy bags under his eyes. Determined to find out where his little friend went he decided to inject his next subject with a tracking device. As he jumped on the controls, the loud humming of the machine began to send waves of vibration outwards. The room quickly illuminated by the collapse of matter into a perfect sphere that sent happiness into his depressed body. He embraced the test subject then launched him into the sphere like you would a bird to take flight after recovering from an injury. Glancing at the screen, the tracking signal was still strong but motionless. The sphere began to rumble, shaking his laboratory in the process and then vanished along with the signal. Defeated, the Dr decided to shut down for the night. The difference in these two particular trials was the rumbling after the test subject entered. Before he could grab the bottle of his favorite whiskey, the sphere reappeared sending him across the room as if someone through a grenade at his feet but without the following death. As he sat up he saw his other little friend crawling out but behind it was a trail of liquid and as he drew closer he saw the tips of the hairs singed along with scorched eye balls. Terrified the Dr came to the assumption of there being a sun that was orbited closer than our own and a body of water that laid in the wake of the doorway. He had no choice but to see if a stronger life force could sustain the conditions of this new virgin environment. He grabbed Petey an annoying yet qualified chimp that been the labs survivor of many ground breaking experiments. His credentials were substantial. Luckily enough for the Dr the chimp once visited space and had a suit on hand. Preparing the chimp for the experiment, the Dr finally felt he had made progress, happily he pressed the keys to open the door. He immediately grabbed the chimps favorite toy and threw it into the sphere. Petey walked up closer to the doorway, grazed his hand along the surface and partially inside of it, then pulling it out to look at it and admire. He scooted closer and poked his head inside then retracted to look back at the Dr. He smiled, jumped up excitedly then followed it up by a quick burst of clapping his hands. Pointing into the void, he ran into the light, but this time there was no rumble after its closure like the trial before. The Dr once again looked at the screen to check the tracker, this time it was strong, pulsating and rapidly moving in various directions. Graciously re-opening, Petey walked out. There was a trail of the same liquid but he wasn't harmed just slight discoloration at the bottom of his boots. Eager to tell his master what he saw Petey began to sign with so much joy, the Dr couldn't make out what he was saying. He quickly remembered Petey had a translation device and equipped it onto his arms. Dr: Tell me what you saw!!! Petey: Water, Land, Paradise. Petey happy. Dr: Were there people there, or any animals or plants?! Petey: People, yes. Animals, yes. Plants, yes. Remembering the condition of the first rat, the Dr had a few more questions of concern. Dr: Was there a sun? how big was the sun. Pete: one big, one small. Dr: Was it very hot? Petey then pointed to his feet. Petey: Ground, hot. Water, hot. He then assumed the rats arrival on this new world was on a watery location and the heated liquid partially boiled him. But Petey, beneficially bigger could sustain the conditions. The evidence of the life forms could prove to be habitable for himself Needing more answers the Dr was going send Petey back to bring back samples. Dr: Petey I need you to go back and get some things for me can you do that. Petey: Yes Dr. please, paradise again, happy. Gathering the necessities for the next trial, he needed a sample of the land, water, temperature, and readings of the air. They began the process and immediately as the sphere appeared, Petey with no hesitation zoomed into the new world, and as before the door closed. With the computer beeping the active tracker, the dr decided to have a toast. He picked up the bottle and took a couple of swings. They were followed up by Peteys return of all the requested items. The Dr went to embrace Petey, and as the chimp moved away from the void a womans hand reached out to touch him. He smiled back at the Dr. and began to sign. Petey: Stay, Paradise, Bye Dr. Petey happy As Petey handed the Dr the tray of findings, he turned his back to him and faded into the void. Instantaneously the rumble emanated from the collapse and threw the dr into the furthest wall of the lab. He scurried to collect the findings to witness them evaporating into nothing except for the containers and the meters Dr: The air is like ours, the temperature matches up as well! But why couldn't the other samples exist on our side? As the he sat on the ground where he saw his friend say goodbye, the door way reopened. He stuck his hand into sphere and he felt the life he lost over all those years flow back into his body ans he couldn't help but to smile. Like Petey had done previously, he pulled his hand out and admired it. Suddenly he could faintly hear a voice. the words were expressed like a child beginning to put words into sentences Faint voice: come Dr. Paradise. The Dr thought to himself, "Petey?!?" but the voice wasn't digital like his translator. The more the voice continued to talk the more they sentences began to flow. He began to grow confident that it was Petey speaking to him from the other side. Petey: Come in Dr, Paradise awaits you. This is your lifes work, how can you deny yourself the fruit of success? All those years I sat in my cage and watched you tirelessly shatter your mind to unlock the potential you see before you. Dont deny yourself, and join me. Petey's hand appeared, no longer encased by the suit. It was free, and he was more than alive. Petey: Take my hand Dr. Dr: How is this possible? How are you speaking to me with such intelligence? Petey: I don't have time to explain, and I'm growing impatient with you. Do you not want to see paradise? Dr: I need more time and you, you can't be the same chimp I just saw crossover. Petey: Like I said Dr, I am in paradise now. This world does not operate on the limitations as your world or universe for that matter. Dr: No, I need more time and I need you here to help me understand before I take that leap. The Dr began to feel a sudden gravity towards the sphere. Fumbling towards it in attempt to keep his distance. He could not fight it for long. Petey's hand motioned into a ball and the gravity became immense. As the Dr. grew near the sphere both of Petey's hands were exposed and caught his head. Petey grasping the Dr's head between his palms, began to emerge the top half of his body from the void. Both locked eyes and the Dr witnessed evolution at a rate of demonic acceleration. Before his eyes Petey transformed from lab chimp to a human with a savage aura that would make any apex predator urinate itself. Petey began to speak to the Dr, but his lips never moved. Petey: Dr, you have chosen to deny my request, and now paradise shall feed on your world. Goodbye! Petey along with the void vanished, dropping the Dr to the ground. He heard screams from the outside, then an earthquake began. He rushed to the outside to see the consequences of his choice. As the earthquake continued, cracks in the city streets began to form. From them a liquid started seeping out. Street signs, and building began to collapse. The bottom of people's shoes began to evaporate. A lady ran and fell into the stream off fluid before and you could see the flesh falling off the bone until she was no more. He looked up to the sky to see the sun pulsating from large to small as if it were alive. This was Petey had described in the beginning. The happiness that illuminated the Dr and Petey was just bait, like an angler fish attracts its prey. Paradise was alive, it was feeding. It didn't matter if the Dr crossed over or not. All those years of trial and error, it was just poking at it and woke the beast from its dormant state.