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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     “I wish I were Crim, but it’s a   
fact of life in here and everywhere    
else in research. Mice aren’t worth    
diddly if they’re not being used in    
experiments or are contaminated.”      
     “We should do something... shit,  
I wish I’d known about this before,”   
and actually started thinking about    
looking for another job.               
     She looked at me curiously before 
answering, “We should, but what? Real- 
istically, even if by some magical     
force of nature, we were able to con-  
vince everybody in the world to let all
the mice go, where would they go, and  
what would they eat?                   
     “We’re talking about millions of  
mice, maybe billions. Even the ones in 
here would probably starve or die some 
other horrible way, but at least in    
here, they have food and their death is
painless.”                             
     “The cat population would probably
explode too,” I said absentmindedly and
wondered if getting another job would  
even work. I’d still know about this   
place.                                 
     “No doubt, but think about it,    
Crim, and I hate to admit it, but on   
some level, it makes sense. The only   
reason all these mice are here is for  
research, and they really are better   
off in here, then out there.”          
     I sighed, “I guess, but damn it,  
we should still do something, at least 
for the mice that end up in here.”     
     Denise looked at me for a few sec-
onds, and then smiled, “Most people    
don’t like it either, but they pretend 
like it’s no big deal. It’s a fact of  
life, girl, deal with it, but maybe    
you’re different.”                     
     Oh, I’m different all right, I    
thought, but instead said, “We can     
certainly try. Now, tell me about the  
killings.”                             
     She was happy to explain, in      
detail, all about it.                  
     By law, Euthanasia had to be done 
humanely and quickly, and that was code
for painless. Either gas or a scalpel  
was used, but most of the time, it was 
gas.                                   
     “I think I remember someone tel-  
ling me that it was carbon monoxide,   
but don’t quote me on that one.”       
     A knife was only used in the most 
extreme of cases, for example, if the  
gas would negatively affect the re-    
search, or if they hadn’t been weaned  
yet.                                   
     When they were that young, if they
were gassed, there was a real chance   
they’d vomit and choke to death, and   
that definitely wouldn’t be humane or  
painless.                              



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