"Welcome Mr. and Mrs. Smith." a chipper woman's voice said.
Adam and Evan jumped and looked around for the source. The metal groaning noise got louder as the pair stood. On one end of the room, two metal doors opened.
"Please enter the individual decon chambers." the voice said.
"Decon chambers?" Adam asked.
"Based on the furniture, I'd guess this was made during the Cold War. They probably assumed whoever would make it here would be escaping an A-Bomb." Evan replied.
"Should we do it?" Adam asked.
"Please enter the individual decon chambers." the voice said again.
Evan shrugged and started to walk towards one of the doors. Adam walked into the other door. They gave each other one final glance as they entered the dark rooms in front of them.
The door shut behind Evan. The room was dimly lit by floor level lights, but the lights slowly started to rise. Evan looked around. To his left, was a metal panel labeled "Disposal". In front of him was a small glass chamber with doors on both sides. Above the chamber was some sort of vent.
"Please place your clothing in the disposal chute." the voice said.
Evan's clothes were wet, and it would be good to get out of them, but they weren't irradiated!
"But they aren't dirty! Just wet!"
"Please place your clothing in the disposal chute." the voice said.
Evan was about to protest again, but remembered that this was a decades-old recording. Not likely to listen to him and change based on his whims. He doubted they even had the technology for that back then.
He stripped out of his clothes and placed everything into the chute, from his jacket down to his socks. He sighed as he tossed them into the chute, the only saving grace being that the metal floor was heated, so he wasn't too cold to be without clothes.
"Please step forward into the decon chamber." the voice said.
Evan hesitantly entered the chamber and shut the door behind him.
"Please close eyes and mouth and hold breath for approximately ten seconds." the voice said.
Evan complied as a gas was pumped into the chamber for about six seconds before a fan started running and sucked the gas out. When Evan opened his eyes and started breathing again, he noticed an... antiseptic smell. Kinda like an air freshener.
"Please step out of the chamber." the voice said.
Evan stepped out of the chamber through the door in front of him and stepped back onto the heated metal floor.
"Please make your way into the next room." the voice said as a metal door on the opposite wall slid open.
Evan gulped as he made his way towards the next room. He entered the room and the door shut behind him before the lights started to raise up. Evan found himself in...
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