Murder Note

Obviously, you’re all dead if you’re reading this.

I just want you to know that is for the good of mankind that you’re inside the box. I left this note on the table so that you’d know why.

You are the scientists that came up with the solution. This room is where the celebration party was to take place. I converted it into a giant matter dispersion cube. The disassemblers are in the walls and the door is locked.

In minutes you will all be atoms and the plan will be secure.

I set the plan in motion twenty minutes ago. The world will be safe now with no knowledge of our involvement. I trust you all implicitly but I do have to say that I’m not sure that trust extends to what would happen if any of you were captured and tortured.

This is the only way to be sure.

You were chosen because your brilliance and dedication left you free of spouses and children. Your disappearance will be a blow to the scientific community but since your public contributions were small and no one knows about the top-secret projects you were working on under my supervision, your absence will hopefully not trigger anyone’s suspicion.

Myself, I will take poison after throwing the switch to cleanse the room you’re in.

I am deeply, deeply sorry to all twenty-six of you that I have come to know as sisters, brothers, and in some cases, lovers. It’s been an inspiring eight years. All the more heart-breaking for the fact that no one will know what we achieved.

Peace on Earth, gentlemen and ladies, scientists all, and good will to all humankind.

Hold on to each other. I am watching on the camera. This will not hurt at all.

Professor Shale


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