001 â Containment Protocol: Level 2
The containment alarms had not stopped since the pressure spike began.
Inside the laboratory chamber, the Red continued its slow, deliberate movement against the stabilization field. Not violently. Not randomly.
The drones around the chamber remained motionless, their attention fixed on the growing anomaly within the containment capsule. Diagnostic readings scrolled across the glass console faster now, energy levels fluctuating in patterns that no normal substance should produce.
The Red sample had doubled its activity in less than ten minutes.
âPrepare Level Two containment,â I ordered.
The lab drones moved instantly. Reinforced field emitters activated around the chamber, locking the laboratory into emergency isolation mode. Steel shutters sealed the outer corridors while the internal containment grid expanded across the floor.
The Red was no longer a specimen.
A black case rose from the laboratory floor beside me, its surface marked with the golden insignia of PDU-001.
Full drone containment armor.
If the Red could convert drones, then a drone would have to face it first.
The suit unfolded piece by piece as the drones assisted the preparation sequence. Glossy black rubber slid across my legs, sealing tightly against the skin before locking into reinforced boots. The torso plating followed, compressing firmly across my chest and back as the neural interface connectors aligned with the internal monitoring system.
Gloves sealed over my hands. The final helmet locked into place with a sharp mechanical click, sealing the suit completely. The internal display activated instantly, flooding my vision with biometric readings and containment telemetry.
Neural connection confirmed.
âRecording directive,â I said through the suitâs comm channel.
The drones turned toward the console as the command log began transmitting.
âIf this experiment confirms Red conversion capability⊠all Polo Drones are prohibited from direct contact with Red material. All future testing will be conducted through remote containment protocols.â
The Red had already shown compatibility with drone polymer.
If it could spread through the suitâŠ
Then every drone in the Golden Army could be vulnerable.
âExperiment classified as highly dangerous,â I continued.
âIf contamination occurs, this lab will enter permanent lockdown.â
The drones acknowledged the command.
The containment chamber opened its secondary interaction field.
Inside the capsule, the Red stilled.
For a moment it looked almost harmless again.
A small crimson mass suspended in energy.
I stepped forward until the reinforced glass separated us by less than a meter.
The stabilization field lowered slightly, allowing controlled interaction between the sample and the outer containment layer of the Level Two suit.
The Red remained motionless.
âBegin interaction scan,â I ordered.
The suit sensors began analyzing the surface behavior of the substance. Chemical readings spiked briefly as the Red reacted to the proximity of the suitâs rubber shell.
A thin tendril extended slowly from the crimson mass.
It stretched toward the suitâs surface with careful precision, touching the black rubber layer for less than a second before pulling back.
The same behavior we had seen with the earlier drone polymer sample.
âContact minimal,â I reported.
âContinue observation.â
This time it did not retreat.
The Red spread across the surface of the containment field, pressing harder against the barrier separating it from the suit.
Energy readings climbed sharply across the console.
The stabilization field flickered.
âPressure spike detected,â one of the drones said.
The chamber erupted with violent movement as the crimson mass expanded outward in a sudden wave of tendrils. The containment field strained under the impact as the substance slammed against the barrier separating the chamber from the suit.
A fragment of Red slipped through the destabilized grid and struck the surface of the Level Two armor.
The contact point burned across the suitâs display.
WARNING â UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE DETECTED
The Red did not dissolve.
The crimson mass flowed across the rubber surface like living liquid, gripping the suitâs material as if it had been waiting for the opportunity.
âContainment breach,â a drone announced.
The alarms escalated instantly.
Emergency barriers slammed into place around the lab as the drones attempted to reactivate the stabilization field. I raised my arm to examine the contamination point.
The Red was no longer outside the suit.
âSeal the chamber,â I ordered.
But the suitâs neural interface stuttered.
A wave of static exploded through the internal systems as the crimson substance burrowed deeper into the rubber layer. The pressure against the suit increased rapidly as the Red began spreading across my chest and shoulders.
WARNING â SUIT INTEGRITY COMPROMISED
WARNING â NEURAL INTERFACE ERROR
My breathing distorted inside the helmet as the internal sensors began failing one by one.
The Red tightened across the suit like a second layer of rubber.
The drones moved toward me.
âUnit PDU-001 contamination detected.â
The suit did not respond.
My arms moved without command as the crimson mass crawled across the surface of the armor, spreading toward the helmet.
âLock the lab,â one of the drones ordered.
The laboratory doors sealed shut.
Containment protocols activated.
But the Red was already inside the system.
My vision flickered as the internal display warped into a storm of distorted signals.
The suitâs command interface no longer responded to my input.
It was responding to something else.
The Red tightened across the armor.
My voice distorted through the comm channel.
âContainment⊠failureâŠâ
The drones froze as the suitâs posture changed.
Not a controlled movement.
The crimson mass pulsed across the armor as the suit systems collapsed under the corruption spreading through the neural network.
The Red had found a host.
And the laboratory was now sealed with it.
Research Log: Red Sample 01
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