You, Derrek and Tim were talking about what to do tomorrow while you're leaving the Zoo. The three of you recently turned 16 years old and you're looking for summer jobs, but your small city has less and less opportunities for guy like you to get a decent job. Tim was even considering selling some of his stuff to get money for this zoo trip, and Derrek and you weren't too far for that financial situation.
Like a miracle or a coincidence, Derrek found a flyer on the ground. "Guys, listen! The zoo is looking for people. It's our chance to get some money!" You took the flyer from Derrek's hands and read it. It doesn't specifies which kind of job you're suppose to do, but it says that any male can apply. It sounds weird that it says male and not man or boy, but it doesn't matter because you're males after all.
Following the flyer instructions, you and your friends went to the office building at the back of the zoo. Unlike the exhibits, it's a dark place that seems almost abandoned. You hesitated before going inside but you're so desperate for money. "It could be worse." Tim said like your minds were synchronized. It was getting late and maybe they're close to end their work day, so you came in and look for the recruitment office.
"Excuse me, ma'am." You tried to get a lady's attention but she seemed very busy. You tried to do it again several times but you got the same answer. Derrek was getting impatient and he took the flyer from your hand and asked to a old man behind a desk about the job offer. The man smiled and told you to go through the corridor at his left. Someone would attend you behind the last door.
The man sounds weird but it was the best thing you can do right now, so you followed his instructions until you were in front of an old metal door with an "Only employees" sign. Tim knocked the door two times and then you heard a voice that invited you in. You hesitated once again, but Derrek pushed you in and the metal door immediately closes when the three of you were inside. You felt trapped.
That place was almost empty, barely illuminated and dirty. It seems the walls were soundproof and there wasn't any window. "I have a bad feeling about this." You whispered to Derrek's ear but before he can reply, a man came out from a dark corner. "Welcome... boys." That silence between the two words he told you sounded very creepy and his look didn't help it at all.
He's a tiny pale man wearing a dirty lab coat. His thick glasses were shining under the lights and you can hardly see his eyes, but you can perfectly notice his creepy almost unnatural smile. "S-sorry to interrupt you. We're leaving right now." You said but the man took a few steps closer to you. "You came looking for a job, don't you?" He said and Derrek and Tim nodded. "Well, this is the right place."
He took a few more steps closer to you and you now can smell an awful scent coming from him, like rotten meat. "You look like fine male specimens." He said and you gulped. "How old are you? Sixteen? That's a nice age, you still have some room for improvement. Good, good." You're ready to run away, when the lights suddenly turned off and a loud screech deafened you. Then you got unconscious.
You recover your senses after a while and you immediately realizes that you're tied by your wrists and ankles to a metal table. At your sides, Tim and Derrek were in similar conditions. The room seemed almost exactly the same like the one you were a moment ago, but this one doesn't have a door and it was full of weird devices and machines like the ones you can see in a mad doctor's lab at movies.
"What's going on?" Tim said when he woke up and he and Derrek started to scream for help. You know it useless because the walls are soundproof. After five or ten minutes, the scientist came from behind you with a clipboard in hand. "Tell me your names and addresses. We will be sending a card and your payment to your parents while you're here." He notices you don't seem cooperative.
"Are you going to do this for free?" The sounds upset. "Names and addresses, now." He acted quite different from the smiling guy from before. You hesitantly agree and give him the information he's asking for. At least, he has confirmed they're going to pay you for whatever thing they're going to do with you. "What are you going to do with us?" Tim asked, once again like you were synchronized.