Shelly reached into the cage and pulled out the small white lab mouse. It was her last one!
Might as well go out on a bang, she thought, as she petted the nervous little creature. But it will work this time. I know it will. My new programming code is perfect.
She began the startup process and entered the first chamber with the mouse. It took a few minutes for the program to boot up, and the door could not be closed manually. She had to wait for the computer to slowly close the door. In the meantime, she held the mouse in the chamber so it could not run away. She had lost several scared mice by leaving them alone in the chamber. They would quickly scurry out if let unattended.
The mouse quivered in her hand, and she tried to calm it with gentle petting.
"Don't worry little guy. This will work. You'll see. My work is flawless. And you will be the first living creature to teleport. Well, the first living creature to survive teleportation actually," said Shelly.
Suddenly, the mouse bit down hard on her finger. She yelped and dropped the mouse to the floor.
"You little vermin! I'll get you for that! You don't deserve this honor! I'll just use something else, " said Shelly.
She chased the little mouse around the chamber, trying to stomp on it. A sudden loud hiss and click stopped her dead in her tracks. She turned and saw that the door had closed, locking her in the chamber. With horror, Shelly realized that she would be the next test subject. The computer program was automatic, and would run to completion once it had begun its sequence.
Oh no, she thought. I will be turned inside out! Or worse!
She peered out the viewing window at the computer. On the screen she could see text, calculations and images whirring by at breakneck speed. Occasionally a red screen warning would flash indicating some type of error. The screen rapidly returned to white as the computer automatically adjusted something and corrected the error. Shelly couldn't help but feel a little pride watching her creation work. It seemed to be functioning properly. Maybe she would actually survive this. She was encouraged to see her image flash by the screen a few times. At least the computer recognized she was in here.
She heard to powerful laser charging up, and prayed that her work was as good as she thought it was. Then she was gone as a bright light vaporized her in a flash.