By the time, Susan and Dr. Williams got to talk to Floyd Wilkinson, it was 9am. The man had been scrubbed clean of everything including his tattered remains of clothing, shaved bald and dressed in a spare hazmat suit. He sat in the tent with a dazed expression, band-aids on his arms where the techs had taken numerous blood samples. He was at least fairly sober.
He looked at them as if trying to focus as they came in under escort. Wilson came in with them. Susan was glad to have him there. not sure why but the Marine's presence was reassuring. Floyd did not show that he remembered or even recognized Wilson.
The man just sat at a hastily erected folding table with a desolate expression.
They brought in their own folding chairs and sat down across from him. After a moment, Mick came in with a laptop and his own chair (somehow) and sat up next to Dr. Williams. It made her legal pad seem insignificant.
Then there was silence (the pregnant pause as it were).
Floyd looked at them, they looked at Floyd.
No, actually, they stared at him hard.
Floyd gulped and looked away.
"What?"
No one responded for a few beats, then Dr. Williams cleared his throat and shrugged.
"Floyd? I am Dr. Bill Williams, this is my lab assistant Mick Ohare," He stopped to point at Mick then pointed at her. "This is Dr. Susan McGraff."
"Youins doctors?"
"No, we are scientists."
"Who's he?" Floyd pointed at Wilson.
"No one important." Wilson said. They must have all looked at him. He shrugged.
"What do you want?" Floyd asked.
"Well, Floyd, we were hoping that you could tell us what happened earlier tonight?"
"Oh. Well like I told those fellers who were just here. I pulled over by the road to take a leak-"
"The road is over 75 yards from where your truck hit that tree." Wilson interrupted.
Floyd peered hard at Wilson then shrugged.
"I guess I pulled way off the road then." He stopped to peer at Wilson who shrugged.
"And then?" Dr. Williams prompted.
"Anyways, I was standing there in the field taking a leak when this bright light comes out of the sky so I look up and blam!"
Floyd sits back and spreads his hands.
"Blam?" Dr. Williams prompts.
"What?"
"Blam, that's it?" Dr. Williams sighs, leans back then takes off his glasses before rubbing the bridge of his nose. "That's all you remember?"
"Well yeah, I mean no. Shit."
"What do you mean, Floyd?" Wilson interjected.
Floyd peered up at him again.
"I know you. Your that cop!"
"I was that cop." Wilson sighed.
"Oh." Floyd answered as if not sure what to say next.
"What do you remember next?" Dr. Williams asked as calmly as he could manage. his right foot had begun to tap.
"Um- right, well there was this bright light and then I was kind of- well I was dreamin' and these aliens came out of the light and gave me a-"
"You have got to be kidding me!" Mick suddenly said.
"What now?" Dr. Williams asked.
"This man is missing some of his DNA strands!" Mick said, staring at his laptop.
"What?" Both Dr. Williams and Susan said together.
"I was running a scan over the bioscans the techs did of that man and look at this-" Mick pointed at the simulation running on his computer.
Susan and Dr. Williams crowded around the laptop. Floyd forgotten.
Wilson stared down at the stunned man.
"What did these aliens give you Floyd?"
He looked at them as if trying to focus as they came in under escort. Wilson came in with them. Susan was glad to have him there. not sure why but the Marine's presence was reassuring. Floyd did not show that he remembered or even recognized Wilson.
The man just sat at a hastily erected folding table with a desolate expression.
They brought in their own folding chairs and sat down across from him. After a moment, Mick came in with a laptop and his own chair (somehow) and sat up next to Dr. Williams. It made her legal pad seem insignificant.
Then there was silence (the pregnant pause as it were).
Floyd looked at them, they looked at Floyd.
No, actually, they stared at him hard.
Floyd gulped and looked away.
"What?"
No one responded for a few beats, then Dr. Williams cleared his throat and shrugged.
"Floyd? I am Dr. Bill Williams, this is my lab assistant Mick Ohare," He stopped to point at Mick then pointed at her. "This is Dr. Susan McGraff."
"Youins doctors?"
"No, we are scientists."
"Who's he?" Floyd pointed at Wilson.
"No one important." Wilson said. They must have all looked at him. He shrugged.
"What do you want?" Floyd asked.
"Well, Floyd, we were hoping that you could tell us what happened earlier tonight?"
"Oh. Well like I told those fellers who were just here. I pulled over by the road to take a leak-"
"The road is over 75 yards from where your truck hit that tree." Wilson interrupted.
Floyd peered hard at Wilson then shrugged.
"I guess I pulled way off the road then." He stopped to peer at Wilson who shrugged.
"And then?" Dr. Williams prompted.
"Anyways, I was standing there in the field taking a leak when this bright light comes out of the sky so I look up and blam!"
Floyd sits back and spreads his hands.
"Blam?" Dr. Williams prompts.
"What?"
"Blam, that's it?" Dr. Williams sighs, leans back then takes off his glasses before rubbing the bridge of his nose. "That's all you remember?"
"Well yeah, I mean no. Shit."
"What do you mean, Floyd?" Wilson interjected.
Floyd peered up at him again.
"I know you. Your that cop!"
"I was that cop." Wilson sighed.
"Oh." Floyd answered as if not sure what to say next.
"What do you remember next?" Dr. Williams asked as calmly as he could manage. his right foot had begun to tap.
"Um- right, well there was this bright light and then I was kind of- well I was dreamin' and these aliens came out of the light and gave me a-"
"You have got to be kidding me!" Mick suddenly said.
"What now?" Dr. Williams asked.
"This man is missing some of his DNA strands!" Mick said, staring at his laptop.
"What?" Both Dr. Williams and Susan said together.
"I was running a scan over the bioscans the techs did of that man and look at this-" Mick pointed at the simulation running on his computer.
Susan and Dr. Williams crowded around the laptop. Floyd forgotten.
Wilson stared down at the stunned man.
"What did these aliens give you Floyd?"
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