As one of the guards reached for his own laser gun those pointing at the sphere immediately turned around in his direction, threatening him. He looked between his partner who stood frozen in fear and the man who started it all, finally deciding on lowering the weapon and raising his hands up. The second guard followed suit and the two glanced towards Jude in the hope that he knew what was going on.<br/><br/>The voice from the sphere spoke again,<strong>“I detect signs of elevated heart beat. Please remain calm”.</strong>The instruction was curt and directed at Graham who had seemingly been looking around for cameras, all of which had been disabled prior to his entrance. Behind him one of the guards had shifted towards the doors, carefully turning its handle for an escape and the sphere hovered away from its place,<strong>“I wouldn’t do that. Please remain calm”</strong>it coaxed.<br/><br/>The man shook his head, fear getting the better of him as he bellowed,<strong> this is madness, and this can’t be possible.</strong>Not adhering to the specimen’s warning, he turned around and dashed for the door but not before a single beam from one of the guns caused him to collapse onto the ground.<strong>“Please remain calm”</strong>the voice iterated, inching closer to where Graham stood,<strong>“Jude Graham”</strong>the name resonated around the room.<br/>