Suspicion

Dr Makovsky stood behind the see-through screen, his expression bored as he watched a lab assistant infuse his serum into a screaming girl. He looked as he always had: his white hair and moustache giving him an eerie Einstein look. He wore a crisp waistcoat under a starched-white lab coat and his hands were deep in its pockets.

"Nothing as feral as I would like" He said. His voice rose above the screams of the girl and the assistant looked up.

"Should we give them more doses, then?" The assistant asked.

"Yes." He replied and turned to another doctor beside him "Two shots would do, yes Axel?"

Axel gave a small jump, like he was startled from deep thoughts. "Yes? Yes, doctor." He murmured and turned to the screen, flinching as the screams of the girl permeated the room.

"You look ready to drop dead." The doctor noted, patting Axel on the shoulder "Why don't you take a break?"

Axel's eyes moved to the hand on his shoulder, then up at Dr Makovsky's face. Their eyes locked and t