Chapter 12
Why did she run to the delivery room?
And what room is this? Isn't this the delivery room for the woman who has about to give birth? Is she pregnant? That's why he runs here? I slowly approached the door and open it. The door closed by itself behind me. That means, there's no turning back. I need to know what happened to that girl then I can solve something to make a way to get back to reality.
The room wasn't dark at all. It's slightly dark because of the dark green lights and weak lights that keep on flickering wildly. I made a step forward. Very slow and careful. I can't hear anything aside from the flickering bulbs above me.
"No! What are you trying to do?!"
I went alert as soon I heard the voice of a girl. I looked around but I can't see no one in this hallway. But when I turned around, I sense the heavy tension. I move the mirror right where I can feel the tension. My eyes widen when I saw the girl that I assume who run here? And Jihae?
They seem fighting. The color of this mirror is different from what I can see the reality. The color of the mirror is a hue. In editing apps, there was a two-layer with pictures and when I turn the first layer to hue- that's it. It's the hue effect. Does look like a fast?
Why show it now? Did this thing has something to do with my escape? Or is she showing me how bad they are?
"Why are we here? Do you have any idea of what is this room?"
"I'm not stupid. Of course, I know." Jihae said while staring at the girl like he wanted to do something not good to her.
"Then why bring me here?" The girl asked again, annoyed.
Who is this girl seriously? What is she trying to show me?
Jihae moves closer to the girl, cornering her. The girl looks nervous and she tried to remove Jihae's arms but it seems she can't.
"Jihae cut this crap already!" She said as she tried to push him away but Jihae grabbed her wrists.
He leaned to the girl. "I like your smell. I like you. Do you want us to be mated?"
"What?!"
The reflection suddenly turned black and in seconds, the reality is already reflected in it. So, that was part of this girl's fast?
When did that happen then? Jihae is still sixteen by now. Maybe...last year?
I noticed the door beside me opened. The lights in there are bright. I went inside of the room and again, look through the mirror.
I see one bed and them on top of it doing something. The girl was sobbing while begging Jihae to stop whatever he doing to her. I hurriedly move the mirror to the other corner of the room and noticed the drawer. I walked to it and open it. There's nothing but in the reflection, I can see the pile of documents inside. I suddenly remembered what Homin said. He did mention the file and their mental...illness?
"Stop!"
I moved back to the mirror on the bed as soon I heard the girl scream. But I don't see anything, instead, the reflection is back to reality again. I put down the mirror and just when the girl with a wide slit on her mouth popped out in front of me. That girl, that's the girl Jihae likes!
The lights in this room flicked out and just when I heard the girl run out from the room. I turned around to exit the room but I gasp in horror once I saw Fin already standing in the doorway.
He instantly runs to me with his knife. I nearly dodge it but it got my arm again. I winced and run off of the room. I saw the girl running ahead while I followed her.
We run and run while Fin chasing behind me. She runs to the other corridor and I found myself inside of a cell?
How did I get in here?
I looked through the mirror. In reality, I wasn't in the cell but a room. I saw a note that was placed underneath the bed. Wait, is this her room? I put down the mirror and I saw her writing a note. She's crying and I noticed that her stomach is a bit bloated? Wait, is she pregnant?!
She folded the letter before giving it to the person outside of the cell. My heart skip when I saw that it was Fin. Does he receive the letter from that girl? And maybe, in reality, I was inside of Fin and Jihae's room?
Fin didn't say anything and just walked away. I watched as the girl came back to her desk and grab the knife.
"This child is a monster!" She screams rapidly. She raised the knife and stabbed her stomach- killing her child. She tabbed her bulging stomach multiple times until slitting her throat. She coughed with blood flowing out from her mouth. She looked at me.
"Don't trust them! Get your half before they get you both."
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I gasp and open my eyes. My vision is blinking red and my whole body especially my chest is hurt so much. I feel my whole world is shaking violently. I can hear voices, the fastening beeping sounds beside me.
Everything is hurt and I don't know what is happening!
"His BP is high and his heart is too fast!"
I can feel my eyes sting from the tears flooding out in my eyes. I need Hyunsung. I need to get Hyunsung before they get us both. I gasp, trying to chase my breath.
"Sunie, try to calm down okay? Calm down..."
I squint my eyes, trying to fix my vision but the pain only got worst. It hurts to breathe. I can't breathe. My throat is burning and my eyes stinging. My vision slowly turned back to normal and everything seems to stop shaking. I saw Junghwan looking down at me with worry in his eyes. He wipes the tears or maybe blood away from my eyes. I cough and blood spurt out from my mouth.
Junghwan's hands were covered in blood and even his brother. I don't know where Homin is but I can hear his sniffles. Homin is too young to see something like this.
"His fever is still high hyung!" He said to his brother. "If this continues..."
"I know! We need equipment to perform the surgery!"
Surgery? What? Are they going to cut something out of me?! Are they going to do an operation?!
Just thinking that gives me to fear in my heart. I heard the beeping sound quicken than before. My breath is ragged and blood still flowing out from my mouth like a waterfall. I bit my lip but that cause the blood to run up through my nose.
I cough and struggled. I cried painfully.
I heard the door open violently and Hyunsung barge in. He's not with Jihae anymore. He rushed to me and held my hands. He looks pale as his skin is almost grey. I heard him gasp as soon he touched my skin.
"His burning!"
"We need to do something! If we bring him to doctor Chil, he'll probably kill him instead!" Junghwan's brother said almost frustrated and worried.
"So what now!" Junghwan shouted between his sniffles. "What tools we need! I'll get them to save him!"
"Did we frighten him that much?" Hyunsung mumbled.
The ceiling suddenly broke a hole and from there, Jihae jumped down. I remember the dream- my dream. Jihae is a bad person, he did something inappropriate to that girl. He forced her to be mated and impregnated against her will. She becomes pregnant at such a young age. But that girl looks older than Jihae. Is she probably in her eighteen? She looks like eighteen and how about Jihae? When did that happen? What is he thinking? Did he like that girl?
I tried to get up despite the pain. I grab Hyunsung's arm and he seems to notice it. He forced me to lay down. I violently shook my head. Blood of tears continues to roll down my face. "Please...let's get out..." I mumbled between my whimpering.
I feel Junghwan wrap his arms around my shoulder and patted my head. "We know you want to get away from him but you're too weak."
Jihae stands up after he broke through the ceiling. He turned around and I feel my body tense as soon I saw his eyes. It's all black as ink and black veins around his eyes. His skin is really pale like it almost turned grey. Blood all around his mouth down to his chest. Like Fin, he is also covered in blood as if he just eat a human?
"Get out." He simply commands with his sinister voice.
From the wall, a black ink slowly forms and from it, hands come out. They all stretched long enough to grab my friends and pulled them into the ink including Hyunsung. I gasp and hurriedly get up but Jihae teleported beside me. He hold me down and forced my hand to the restraint belt. He tied it on my both wrists and neck, even on my head.
I struggle, kicking my feet in the air but this won't help me at all. I began calling them, asking them to help me as I cried.
Jihae tried to calm me down and ran his hand over my hair while hushing me.
"You won't calm down?" He suddenly asked. His voice came back to the way it used to be. He touched the ECG machine beside me, watching as the line moved violently as the faster beeping sounds rang into his ears.
He turned back to me and touched my chest. He sighs after feeling the abnormal speed of my heart. I still gasping, struggling to breathe. I tried to calm down but whenever I see Jihae and knowing that we are alone in this room led me to a panic attack.
Jihae walked out of the room and suddenly teleported from somewhere. I'm left alone in this room. I'm scared. I'm scared. This can't be happening to me. I'm scared Jihae might do something bad to me.
I whimpered and cried once again. A muffle of sobs escapes from my mouth. The door suddenly closed by itself and Jihae popped out beside me with surgical pieces of equipment that were placed on the surgical table.
"What...are you..." I cough once again as more blood spurts out from my mouth.
"Shh...relax Sunie. I'm going to take out the pain alright?" He assured and a cruel, menacing smile crossed his face.
He took a big tube under the table and a knife onto it. His hand went over my mouth. A pressure built up in my chest as I continued to try and pull myself free. He squeezed my chin to open my mouth. I groan when I feel his nails dig into my skin.
Before I could know what is gonna happen next, he shove his arm down my throat, choking me and restricting my air. I almost gagged when he touch my uvula. His hand continued to go down. My throat burned and I felt as though my neck was going to be ripped open as I could feel his hand stretch and pull from inside my chest. Not a single huff of air was able to reach me. The pain was excruciating. I clenched the sheet under me as he continued to go down until it reach my heart.
What happened next is very painful. He rip out my heart and pulled his arm out. All I thought was, I'm going to die but to my surprise- I'm not. I stared my heart into Jihae's hand. It still beating fast. I can see the tubes that linked to my heart and that led inside my chest. He stared at my heart for a while before licking it. I feel goosebumps all over my body. Is he going to eat it?
"Do you know...this heart isn't your heart but Hyunsung's. So! If he dies, you'll die. Do you know where is your heart?"
The door opened and Fin went inside. He walked towards us and suddenly, Jihae shove his free hand inside of Fin's mouth. Just like what he did to me. He ripped out his heart that still beating normally. Fin almost falls on the ground.
"This is your heart. Doctor Chil pretty lied to us." He chuckled darkly and bit Fin's heart or to be exact, my heart.
The pain suddenly shot through me. I groan, almost biting the tubes in my mouth. I closed my eyes tight as more tears escape from it.
I feel him lick my heart and the pain slowly vanish. I heard Fin groan and when I looked at him, my heart is being shoved back to Fin again. He holds my mouth again and shoves the heart back to my chest.
The blood stops from flowing out but the pain is still here. He softly closed my mouth and peck my lips. "Let me explain to you how this life cycle is. Your life was connected to Hyunsung and if he dies, you will because you have his heart. If you die, Fin will be too and if he dies- I'll die, and if I die...Sungjoon might too then your best friend Junghwan and Minhee. After Minhee...last is Jeongsun. Seunghyun is out of the life cycle."
"What are you trying to do to Sunie?" Fin intervened and touched my trembling hand. "He lost too much blood and he still burning."
Jihae drops his hands on my knees which shocks me. He moves his hands up to my legs- under the pants I'm wearing. He pulled it up, showing my legs. "I can see your red veins." He said while tracing the veins.
His hands move up to my tights and I feel his cold hands touch my- I gasp and began to move violently in panic.
"Don't touch me!" I scream.
Jihae seems pissed and rips the belt on my neck before choking me. "Oh...so you're acting like her?"
"Who wouldn't be? You are the sick perverted person who rape the poor girl and forced her to be mated to you. Do you know...that you impregnated her?!" I shouted. His face turned paler and his hold on my neck tightened.
Even Fin paled up and he looks terrified and guilty? I know Fin has nothing to do with that girl. Jihae was holding his neck all along that he can't do anything but follow him.
Fin touched Jihae's back, hands is shaking. I can feel Fin's fear. He's scared. He is scared that we might die in his hands but if he dies, Jihae will too.
"How do you know about her?!" He shouted, squeezing my neck. I struggled, gasping for air.
"Stop it Jihae!" Fin pulled Jihae away from me and untie my hands. He pulled me up and hugged me. I keep on coughing with tears running down my face.
"What the heck Fin?!" Jihae is angrier than earlier. Is he mad at Fin because this is the first time he fights him back? And to think of it, Fin is stronger than Jihae. He can stun anyone even monsters I think? Or someone like Jihae.
"I won't let you hurt him again!" He shouted, his deep voice is wavering. I checked on Fin and see him already in tears.
"Because you're scared that if he dies, you will die too!" Jihae laughed like a maniac.
"It's not something like that. Sunie is precious to me. I cherish him even he's my life or he isn't! Please..." Fin sniffles, squeezing my body. "Stop this- "
I struggled to Fin but he won't let me. Jihae marched towards us and pulled Fin away from me. A black ink appeared on the wall and the hands get Fin. I scream, calling Fin but Jihae hits my throat. I grunt, coughing once again. I held my neck.
"Don't worry...they teleported back to their room. They are safe."
Jihae pulled my hair and dragged me outside of the room while holding syringes and small knives, tubes were looped on his shoulder. We even encounter the twins eating the poor patients. Surprisingly, they didn't notice us.
My legs were trembling and the pain is becoming worst in my throat. My vision is red right now and blood still dripping out from my mouth.
We reached the hall and my eyes widen in horror as I watched the people from area 1 tangled up the people from here. It seems like they were killing all the people in this area. Everything is so messed up. Everyone was fighting for their lives and Doctor Chil and his minions can't do anything about it even they are struggling to stop the commotion. Dead bodies were sprayed on the floor and I could see the fire outside. Everyone was using their ability to fight against each other. I saw the guards of this ward, bombing them or shooting every one of them. So, the explosion is coming from the war outside?
I feel like I was in a war.
I strip off one of the corpses but I hurriedly regained my balance as I felt the pain in my scalp. Jihae brings in the quiet hallway and one of the rooms. I realized that this room was a dispatcher's room. The room is scary and bloody. Corpses were lay peacefully on the metal bed and seem like their bodies are still fresh despite that he died long ago.
This room is suffocating me. Everything in here is so gruesome.
Jihae lay me on the table with blood all over it. I assumed that table is where they killing all these dead people.
"What do you want! Let me go!" I shouted, struggling.
"Stay still and this will be over soon." He said with his voice turning soft.
"Please let me go!"
"I said...stay still!"
He moved my head up and smashed it on the hard bed. I winced in pain. I curled into a ball while holding the back of my head. I can feel the thick liquid on my head and crack...I froze as soon I realized that my skull already has a crack. My head is in pain and my vision become more bloody. I can't see clearly. All I can see is red. I can barely see my surroundings but the red.
I cried in fear, I cried with blood. My nose is bleeding and my ears too.
"Do you know who is that girl to me? She's my life source but when did she suicide? It turns out to be Fin." He starts.
He grab my arms and tied my wrist in the restraint belt. "She caught my interest and soon we develop feelings. I love her and she also loves me. Everything was so well but when she rejected me when doctor Chil was about to make me breed her, my feelings for her changed." He unbuttoned my shirt revealing the wounds and the bruises.
I shivered when I feel his hand touch my bare chest.
"That led me to my madness."
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I can't move my body but it is twinching from the pain. My eyes were rolled up and I can't feel myself breathing but I'm sure that I breathed hollow. I can't see anything. My vision is red but I can hear my flesh and I can feel his hands working in my organs. I don't know what is he doing to me but it is sure bad. My body isn't functioning anymore except my senses. I can't even feel my body. It seems to become numb from all the horrible pain I went through. It looks like I'm dead but still breathing.
My red vision slowly turned black and everything went silent.