AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 3: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd

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     “Once a rack is empty,” she con-  
tinued, “we send them to the Clean-    
Side by way of the Cart-Washer.        
     “We use it for carts and things   
like that too, but mostly it’s used for
racks, although, for some reason, no   
one’s ever called it a Rack-Washer.”   
     She pointed to a metal door that  
was right next to it.                  
     “That’s the autoclave, and it’s   
used to send anything that has to be   
sterilized first, or can’t be sent     
through the other machines,” she said, 
and then showed me how to start and    
stop each one, and then how to dump    
cages and send them through the Tunnel.
     “That’s it. That’s the whole she- 
bang, except for the killings.”        
     “The killings?” I asked.          
     She showed me a bright yellow line
that was tapped to the floor near the  
only door in and out.                  
     “That’s the de-contamination line.
Anything passing over it is considered 
contaminated and can’t leave this room,
unless it’s de-contaminated first. That
means, the only way out of here is by  
Tunnel, Cart-Washer or autoclave.”     
     “How the hell do we get out of    
here?”                                 
     “Oh, we can leave, but we can’t go
anywhere else in the Vivarium, except  
back here, unless we first take a      
shower and change into clean scrubs.”  
     “What’s wrong with that?” I asked,
and then added, “It makes sense to me.”
     “It does make sense, but that’s   
not my problem with it,” she said and  
shook her head.                        
     “My problem is with the mice.”    
     “Why? What’s wrong with the mice?”
     “We can’t send them through the   
Tunnel, Cart-Washer, autoclave, or wash
them in a shower...”                   
     “Why would you want to?”          
     “I don’t want to, but if they     
cross over that line,” she said and    
pointed at the de-contamination line   
again.                                 
     That’s when I realized what she   
was talking about. A mouse could mis-  
takenly end up over here, and then...  
“What? You’re kidding, right?”         



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CHAPTER 3: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd
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