Building 4. I hate that building, of all the crap that comes with being a security guard, bad pay, poor hours, and of course being portrayed as an anal retentive loser. All of those reasons pale in when compared to how much I hate building 4.
It just sits there in the middle of the North Yard, a half-mile from Milner's main plant. During Wisconsin's winters leaving snow up to your knees, trudging out there just to check an abandoned building. ARRRGHH!!! At one time building 4 was important, why else would the Milner's have built a double row of storm fencing topped with barbed wire surrounding it? I know that once the building was used as a shipping office, then it was a storage site for toxic waste. Now it was just a pain in my ass.
All of these thoughts ran through my head as I plodded my way through snowdrifts towards the cinder block building. Feet freezing, fingers numb as I fumbled with the cold metal pad lock. Bitching under my breath, I stomped through the open gate and into Building 4. Like silver fog my breath mixed with the smells of pigeon shit and musty feathers. Stomping up the concrete ramp, to knock snow off of my boots, I headed towards the one key I had to scan. Just so I could turn around and walk the half-mile back to the main plant. "There" I spoke to no one as the scan wand made a beep, scanning the keys magnetic strip. I turned to leave and stopped. There was light coming from underneath the old shipping office door. Like a puddle of spilt yellow paint, it lay there in the shape of an upside down yield sign.
One would think all of my security guard training and experience would be screaming me. "GET OUT!" or "CALL FOR HELP!" No, none of this crossed my mind. Just a curiosity to see what was making that light. Like a marionette with tight strings, I walked and place my hand on the doorknob. It was suddenly warm. The warmth snapped me out of the trance I had been in. The warmth, building 4 was unheated. My partner's, John, voice ran through my head. He had caught some stoned teenagers in building 4 once and only as John could tell it.
"Stupid motherfuckers where fucking like bunnies." Probably just some kids in there then, I thought as my hand started to turn the doorknob. I pressed my shoulder to the old thin door, planning on my sudden appearance to scare that was in the other room. That was my plan. Not the plan of it, the thing waiting for me on the other side of the door.