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This story is about a dream I had. There is fantasy sci fi stuff in it its just later.
“Curiosity Killed the Cat…”
Prologue
It was horrible times for the world nowadays. The animals that the humans consumed were growing extinct, meat was something that was hard to come by nowadays. Humans had killed animals in the past ruthlessly, cutting them apart to get meat to eat yet they killed them without needing too. Humans were spoiled, they would kill cattle and then not use all the parts of the animal or only eat the best part then throw the rest of the animal away. For sea creatures, humans caught so many fish in their nets daily that the fish in general were close to becoming extinct. If a dolphin was found in the net the fisherman would kill it and sell its fins then throw the body into a dumpster.
Technology could not help with this problem, cloning animals could work yet they could not clone animals fast enough since the population rate was so high and the demand for meat was up over the roofs. They could not supply enough cloned animals to kill for all the humans on the earth it was impossible.
The humans knew that something had to be done, and were trying but to no success. The age of humans is going to collapse yet no one wanted to admit that all was lost. Humans continued their jobs and careers not caring one bit about the environment.
The global warming crisis had already passed, the ice glaciers had all melted causing humans to live on top of elevated places that is not affected by the ocean. In fact humans lived on the ocean, they made there own islands, yes, now humans had that power. They populated on floating islands that did not move in the waves since they were so large and heavy, it was like their own piece of land that was not manmade. The hole in the ozone layer had long since healed, since many humans use hoverboards instead of cars and airplanes. Hoverboards and hover scooters were the way around these days unless one was very rich and could afford a flying car.
Yet some people knew that live was coming to an end. With nothing to eat everything would go into chaos and people would die. People would kill each other, and if hungry enough would probably start to eat each others flesh. The people that were aware and afraid hid. They hid underground, underneath the ocean in caves that not many people paid attention or knew about. The people in these “caves” were known as outcasts. No one was willing enough to talk to them or interact to them for they thought that the “cave” people were an annoyance and a waste of time. Who would want to live in a dank cave when they could live in their deluxe skyscraper apartment that was so tall that the top apartment touched the clouds in the sky?
Chapter 1
A man sat behind a polished oak wood desk. His feet, which were clad in black leather dress shoes with black laces, were propped up on the desk, his legs crossed at the ankles. The mans face was hidden behind a newspaper, a newspaper titled; “The world coming to an end?” The man seemed to be in his work office. It was a large space yet it seemed empty except for the bookcase on one wall that was filled with all different kinds of books from erotic novels to textbooks. Everything else seemed empty except for his desk and a cabinet on the other wall opposite the wall with the bookshelf that was a file cabinet filled with files.
A loud rapping on the door caused the man behind the desk foot to twitch.
“Yes, come in.” The man said in a rather annoyed voice. The door burst open revealing the sign “Call me Dr. Prince and Dr. Prince only” on the door. When the door opened it revealed a short, chubby man that seemed to be in a hurry since his face was all red and he was sweaty.
The man was breathing hard, but forced himself to speak as fast as he could.
“Dr Prince! Can you believe these stupid cave people! They are trying to scare the public into thinking that the world is in peril! Who the hell do they think they are? At this rate more people will get scared and will start to hide underground! Stupid cave people they are so annoying!” He huffed angrily as he threw his own copy of the newspaper down on Dr. Prince’s desk.
The newspaper did not lower, instead a calm and nice to the ear voice sounded from behind it.
“Mr.Dolupe don’t you have work to do?”
“No.” Mr. Dolupe answered. “I’m on my break.”
“Oh really? Already?”
“Yes.”
“Then why Mr. Dolupe, do you come to me when you are on your break complaining to me about the newspaper?”
“Well…you are really the only one that listens to me, so I thought I’d tell you about the newspaper and its stupid articles.”
“Didn’t you know, Mr. Dolupe, that every single person in this office gets a copy of the newspaper and mostly everyone in the office reads it? Why did you come all the way up to my office to speak to me about this?”
“I just wanted to tell you about what I thought about it.”
The newspaper lowered revealing a young and very handsome face.
“I’m not really interested Mr. Dolupe. I have a patient seeing me in thirty minutes I have to get ready.” Dr. Prince said as he brushed his bangs that were beginning to grow into his eyes. He reminded himself to get to a barber shop if he had time.
“Well yes…but usually it only takes you five minutes to get ready. You are just saying that to kick me out huh? That’s not very nice! I want to talk to you.” Mr. Dolupe said frowning, the mustache on his upper lip bristling.
“I would like to talk to you, but not about the article. You and I both have totally different opinions about the article-“ Prince replied but was cut off before he could say anything else.
“You mean you agree with the world being in peril? Ahahahahaha! Oh Dr. Prince! Don’t you know that it is all a scam? It is a lie! Those stupid people in those caves are crazy!” Mr. Dolupe cut in.
Dr. Prince heaved an irritated sigh and rolled his eyes, which were two different colors. One was green and the other brown.
“The governments covering the fact that the worlds food is running dry. They don’t want people to panic. Anyone smart would be able to see that fact.” Prince said as he folded the newspaper into a neat little square and put it on the side of his desk.
Mr. Dolupe was gaping in surprise. Did the Doctor, the famous Dr. Prince really believe that? He was going to laugh but then when he heard how serious Dr. Prince sounded…he realized that Dr. Prince was not kidding around.
“Well…then do you want to talk about something else?”
Dr. Prince answered by turning around in his chair and staring out the window that looked down on the streets below. Dr. Prince, the famous psychologist who got a doctorates degree at age 21, worked on the nineteenth floor of a fourteen floor building. It was one of the smallest buildings in the cities but Prince liked the building where he worked. It was cozier and was not as large so he could never have a fear of getting lost on one of the floors.
“No Mr. Dolupe. I told you I’m busy. Leave me be.”
Mr Dolupe seemed crestfallen.
“A-alright…see you later then…” He muttered. He picked up his newspaper that he had placed on Dr. Prince’s desk a short while ago and was about to trudge out the door when Dr. Prince’s voice stopped him.
“Mr. Dolupe…how about you and I go grab a cup of coffee sometime? My treat...this Sunday at nine o’ clock at the Starbuns coffee shop.”
Mr. Dolupe seemed to recover from his recent disappointment. His eyes lit up happily.
“That would be nice! Sunday at nine o’ clock at the Starbuns, see you there Dr. Prince!” Mr. Dolupe said happily as he went out the door and closed it behind him.
Prince could not help stopping smile forming on his face. Somehow Mr. Dolupe was so happy when Prince took him out for coffee. Probably because Prince told Dolupe to order whatever he wanted and Dolupe ended up buying tons of food and leaving a hearty bill in the end of there breakfast, and Dolupe did not have to pay. It was nice seeing Dolupe happy though, Prince knew that not many people were very fond of Dolupe which was one of the reasons he was sad. Dolupe was one of Prince’s patients who worked a floor below him, it was his job to try and make his patients happy. Prince did not really have to, but he liked to take his patients out to lunch and breakfast a lot. It seemed to make them relax more then if they talked to him in the office only.
Dr. Prince pushed his wire rimmed glasses, which were slipping down his nose a little since they were a little big, up into place on the top of his nose. He reminded himself to get his glasses tightened so they would not slide down. Dr. Prince rested his slender elegant fingered hands, which had no rings on them, on the large wooden desk. His fingers were beautiful and perfect, piano playing fingers they were called.
Dr. Prince did play the piano, it was one of his hobbies. He imagined himself playing the piano in his office, imagined the music flow from his fingers around him. He wished he had a piano right now, it would help pass the time. After ten minutes passed, Prince let out another sigh. He ran his fingers through his ebony colored silky hair, then shook his head.
“I really should read a book or something…” He muttered aloud to himself. Straightening his dark blue tie, and brushing off his black suit jacket and slacks, he made his way over to the bookcase. He brought one of his fingers to his full pink tinged lips as he bit his lower lip and thought of what he should read. Right when he rested his pale skinned hand on the spine of one of the books the door opened, and his boss walked in.
“Oh hello-“ Dr. Prince tried to say, but was cut off by his boss.
“Dr. Prince. I have something for you. You are changing jobs.” The boss said.
Dr. Prince blinked.
“Wait…what?” He said quite confused.
“You are going to the caves. There you will talk to people and see if they are actually crazy or not, and do a report on them. All your patients have been laid off for a week, they will see another psychologist while you are gone. We want you to go to the caves and see what kind of people those humans really are. Get packed. You are leaving as soon as possible.” The boss said gruffly.
“B-but I…wha-caves? But-“
“Its not just me Dr. Prince. The government wants you to do this too. The famous psychologist Dr. Prince, you are the smartest. You need to determine it those people are insane are not and you are one for the job. Have fun on your trip to the caves.” The boss said letting out a small chuckle. He turned around and closed the door to Prince’s office before Prince could utter a word.
Prince stared at the closed door for minutes on end before it hit him. He was going to the caves…for real. He lowered his body and sunk into his chair. This was like hell….
Chapter 2
By the time Dr. Prince went home and packed clothes and things that he needed, there was a limousine waiting for him on the outside of his house. He did not want to get but it did seem interesting, a trip to the caves. He would have to live in a dank, damp, and smelly place yet he wanted to meet the people. He wondered what they were like and what life was like down there. He brought lots of paper and pencils to write a diary like journal when he went down into the caves.
 wingedprinceofdarkness · Sun Sep 02, 2007 @ 11:26am · 0 Comments |
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