[ WP ] You have invented a drug that can increase your intelligence 10000 fold . Only problem is , you will die 8 hours after taking it .

`` Julaim, what are you doing? Those are n't explosives. Put it down.'' 
 
 Hekkan stood over his counterpart, fuming as the diminutive brown man tinkered with an unmarked box. Instead of looking for the armory *like he should have been*, Julaim was on the ground, surrounded by plastic bags, pills, and expensive glass equipment. 
 
 `` Where is the map, Julaim? Are you listening to me?'' 
 
 Julaim threw a thumb over his shoulder, without looking up, `` It's on the table.'' 
 
 Hekkan grunted, and went to retrieve the map. Glass crackled under his dusty, rock-chewed boots. After a moment of searching, he found the blueprints hidden under a stack of papers and envelopes with a fat, red `` Classified'' stamped on top. 
 
 The blueprints were soaking wet with some recently spilled chemical solution. Hekkan had to stop himself from shaking. 
 
 He drew in a deep breath, like the calm before an explosion. 
 
 `` Julaim! How in All-'' 
 
 A loud *click* interrupted his tirade. Julaim yelped, and threw the unmarked box against the wall. On instinct, they both covered their faces with their arms. 
 
 `` What did you do?'' Hekkan shouted, his hands still in front of his face, `` Is it a bomb?'' 
 
 `` I do n't know...'' Julaim answered. He stood up, careful not to disturb anything on the floor, and padded gingerly over to the box. 
 
 It was open. 
 
 Inside, the box was all black velvet. A white symbol, which heavily implied danger of some sort, was painted on the inside of the lid. Inside of the box, five separate capsules lay still, like the revered carcasses of ancient Egyptian Kings. 
 
 `` What is it?'' Hekkan stood behind Julaim, using his body as a kind of shield. 
 
 Wordlessly, Julaim passed him a sheet of paper with writing so tiny, Hekkan had to hold it up to his nose to read it. 
 
 `` This was on top,'' Julaim said, `` I ca n't read it.'' 
 
 `` Warning. Clinical. Trial. Do. Not. Ingest.'' 
 
 Hekkan looked up from the paper to see Julaim holding one of the capsules between his finger and thumb, inspecting it in the light. Hekkan looked back down at the page, and skimmed through it, muttering to himself. 
 
 `` Julaim, it's a miracle drug.'' 
 
 `` What does this mean, Hekkan?'' 
 
 `` It will make you very smart, *very, very* smart- and then you will die. Wait, Julaim, do n't take it.'' 
 
 He held out a hand to stop Julaim, but there was a look in Julaim's eyes that he knew all too well. It was the same look Julaim had when he bowed to the West, every morning. It was the look of utter devotion that Hekkan had worked so hard to instill in Julaim. 
 
 `` But Hekkan, I am already dead.'' 
 
 Hekkan scratched his dirty fingernails through his beard, `` Good point, brother. Ya Allah.'' 
 
 `` Insha'Allah, brother,'' Julaim said, and threw the pill back into his mouth. He swallowed, and gasped, and rubbed his esophagus. 
 
 His breathing grew heavy, and more sweat than usual beaded out across his brow. He turned to look at Hekkan with eyes as wide as landmines. 
 
 `` Do you feel it, brother?'' Hekkan asked, his voice hushed. 
 
 Silence, as Julaim mentally checked himself. 
 
 `` I do n't feel a fucking thing.'' 
 
 Hekkan glued his face back to the sheet, his eyes darting across the page. 
 
 `` It says it can take up to forty five minutes. Maybe less.'' 
 
 `` Does it say how long until it... until I...'' Julaim bowed his head, unable to say what he was thinking. 
 
 Hekkan clapped his hand on Julaim's shoulder, `` Until you see Allah, brother?'' 
 
 `` Yes.'' 
 
 Hekkan shook his head. 
 
 `` No, it does n't say,'' he lied. 
 
 `` Are you sure?'' 
 
 `` Is Allah the only God?'' 
 
 Julaim took his point, and put his arm around Hekkan. Then, Hekkan did something he had never done before - he pulled Julaim into an embrace. 
 
 He whispered into Julaim's ear, `` God wills it, brother.'' 
 
 `` God wills it.'' 
 
 `` Come, Julaim. We've got to find those explosives before *they* find out we're in here.''
