First week on the night shift. The pay is stupidly good, but this place gives me the creeps. They have me cleaning Sub-Level 4. There's a containment box down there that takes up half the floor. They told me not to look at it. Not hard, since the lights inside are completely shut off. But sometimes I hear this... clicking noise. Like a massive bat.
That white cat, TR-34, keeps following my cleaning cart. Honestly, it's the only normal thing in this whole building. I actually talked to it today. Swear to god, it looked at me like it understood exactly what I was saying. I gave it a little piece of my turkey sandwich. It didn't eat it, just stared at my pocket where I keep my ID badge.
I've lost my keycard. I checked everywhere. The cart, the breakroom, the bathrooms. I am so dead. If IT finds out I lost a Level 2 clearance card, I'm fired. I'm going to retrace my steps one more time before the shift ends.
I went back down to Sub-Level 4 to look for the card. The cat was sitting right in front of the dark containment glass. Just staring into the pitch black. And the clicking noise from inside... it was matching the swish of her tail. They were communicating. I know I sound crazy, but they were communicating.
I'm not waiting for morning. I'm packing my locker and I'm leaving right now.