The dining hall remained silent as everyone sat stiffly at their tables, eating their slop. Five men sat together, one of them, whose family was seated in a corner, trying not to show their familiar bond in case one or more of the other guards who were present were still under the influence of the serum.
Being on the Kreq disk was becoming more difficult; One wrong move. One show of emotion other than fear, and someone would die.
If anyone who was still under the influence found out who was no longer under the control of the serum, it meant an immediate death.
The door to the dining hall slid smoothly open, and Commander Grev strolled in. The five men covertly looked around the room. There were a handful that immediately went stiff, their face going slack. The small group quickly did the same in an attempt to hide the fact that they were no longer under the influence of the serum.
