Chapter 9
I don't know what to do. What should I do? I don't have anything aside from the crowbar. Is this even useful? Can I hit him using this? But I don't have any fighting experience.
This fight is like using my brain. I run, trying to think but how can I think properly if Chu keeps on attacking me!
I stop, my stamina is too short. I can't run anymore. I need rest.
A pain suddenly struck me. I feel the horrible pain on the back of my shoulder as the blood-spitting through the cut. I run again, trying to hide in the bushes. Just when that monster again came out. Now, it's too of them. I pants heavily. I can see the faint red around my vision. Where do I go? Right. The vent.
Soon, it started raining as the thunderstorm keep on coming. I remain in my hiding spot. I don't know what to do exactly. I'm thinking aimlessly. I can hear them roaring. The rain is going heavy and just when I noticed something. From the tree, I can see the water increasing. I looked down on my toes, seeing the water going up. I gasp in horror. If I won't get out of here fast, I might be fighting those monsters in the water. The worst part is, the water is discolored and dirty. I can't see under it.
I stood up, start running again but Chu got me. He hit me with his ax. I stumble down on the discolored water. I can feel the dirt under me going smooth. My hands move and I felt something hard under them. Does it feel like metal?
"Die!" He screams, raising his ax and swinging it to me.
I hurriedly rolled away causing him to hit the hard thing under. I heard the metal make a sound. He tried to hit me again and I dodged. I stayed in my place until he hit the metal rapidly. We keep on doing the same thing but I noticed the monster running to us. The monster runs fast and jumps high as possible. I stumble to get up and run. Just then, he hit the ground and it made a discomposed hole causing the two of them to fall.
I pants, walking to the hole. I can't see anything but darkness. I wonder what's underneath?
I heard the door open. My eyes move to it and saw doctor Chil.
"Incredible thinking."
"You want to kill us! That's all you want!" I shouted. "Useless or not, you will kill us all!"
"I like your toughness." He said, smiling at me. "Well then...more patients will die while you will fight your life partner."
I freeze. He wants me to fight Hyunsung?
"If you win in this fight, killing the patients will be over and if you lose, Hyunsung will make himself and you be reunited as one."
"What are you saying?!"
He raised his right hand as if telling me to shut up. "Shall you begin?" He said then disappeared into the darkness. Just when I noticed the whole ward is dark.
What is that sick doctor talking about? And how did he vanish like that? I'm afraid to get in. I can't see in the darkness. The door beside me slowly closed. I watched it in horror until it slide shut. Darkness surrounds me. I blinked, squinting my eyes but it was too difficult to see. I adjusted my vision to the darkness but I can't still see anything. It's pitch black. Everything around me was quiet and the only thing I can hear was the rain from outside. I gulped, gathering all my courage, and pushed back nausea I'm feeling. I breathed in and out. I took a step. I don't know where I'm heading but I just keep on walking. I don't know where Hyunsung is but I hope he won't find me.
Suddenly, I heard a loud thud somewhere in the place. My heart races and I immediately stop. I feel my surrounding, feel the cold, hear any sounds, and use my instinct. I carefully step forward, quietly. I grasp something and it feels like a chair? I touched the chair until I grasp onto something again. I picked it up and feel the shape. I gasp when I realized that it was a cellphone. I hurriedly turned it on but to my dismay, this phone doesn't have any apps other than the nigh vision app. I tap the app and used it for guiding myself in the darkness.
From here, I can see nothing but obstacles and types of equipment- some stuff that can't be useful. I heard it again but this time it's far away. I don't have any idea where's the source of that sound.
"Help!"
I jumped in shock, shone the phone in the place. I tried to find the voice and when I moved it up, I gasp after seeing the woman- running from the stairs. I was about to run after her but the monster got her, dragging her somewhere. I can still hear her screaming. I run-up to the stairs, gathering all my courage. I stop when I saw blood spread on the floor. I covered my mouth in horror. I moved my eyes around me. My hands were shaking from the fear.
I saw the trail of blood leading to somewhere. Despite my fear, I took a deep breath and followed the trail of blood. I don't know where this leads to but I'm afraid that this blood is coming from the woman I saw earlier. I don't if she was still alive.
A massive hall spread before me. This gives me the ambiance of someone will attack me from the darkness. This night vision cam won't help me at all. It scares me more. I took a step forward, looking around while following the trail of blood. Now, it leads me up to the stairs. I climbed onto the stairs, watching my surrounding until the blood stopped in the room in front of me. I slowly approached the door and open it quietly.
"I'm glad to see you okay, my Sunie."
I jumped and hurriedly turned around. I saw Hyunsung standing close to me with a syringe in his hand. Wait, how can he see me? He can see in the dark? Isn't that my ability before?
He raised his hand- no, a claw?! And swung it down on me but I quickly kneel causing him to hit the door instead. Wait, did he just... lure me here?
I quickly crawled away from him and stand on my feet before running. I can hear him running after me.
I know, I know...Hyunsung doesn't want to hurt me. It's what the sick doctor wants him to do. But why, why I can't see any hint of mercy in his eyes? It's full of rage and hatred. What's happening to him? If he intends to kill me this day...
It's time for me to escape right?
I found myself running in the long corridor with vents on the wall. I heard a weird noise behind me and when I turned around to look at it, I was surprised to see Hyunsung standing far away from me with two monsters that looks like spiders crawling up on the ceiling.
I stumble to run again and pushed the double door open. Just when I saw the switch. I run to it and quickly opened all the lights.
And I think, that's a bad idea.
When I once turned around again, Hyunsung already standing in front of me.
"You're gonna leave me?" He asked with his cold voice.
I quickly shook my head. "No! I-I..."
I gasp when he held my neck, choking me. "Let me mated you first then,"
"We can get out of here together if you want to. But please, don't be" I winced, gasping for air when I feel him squeeze my neck tighter.
"You know how much I like you right? I badly want us to be one." He said, stepping close to me until I already pinned on the wall.
"You're just..." I cough. "...under that sick doctor's control!"
"No!" Hyunsung throw me away and I flew away, back hitting the polished floor. The wound on my shoulder and back sting. Hyunsung slowly turned around me and took a step forward.
I tried to crawl away and stood up but he quickly got me. He steps on my wound causing me to scream. He kneels beside me and I felt his index finger inside my wound. I scream in pain again as my vision began to turn red. Tears gathered in my eyes and run down my face. He did something inside and I don't know what is it. It's too painful. Everything is painful. He flip me over to face him and showed me the tube that was covered in blood. He pulled it out from my inside and I bit my lips to prevent my scream. What is he trying to do?
I saw a long tube with what seemed like a weird organ with veins were still moving. I feel a shudder in my entire body. What is that thing?!
He grab that thing and pulled it off of the tube before throwing the tube on his side. He held my chin and forced me to open my mouth. When the realization hit me, I began struggling. I tried to beg him even my mouth was open and my chin began hurting. The tears won't stop flowing out of my eyes.
I squeezed my eyes shut as the creature reached my mouth. I scream in agony. For an unknown reason, I felt my blood rush up into my head and everything seemed to go fast. I found myself already standing behind Hyunsung. Not far away from here, either not near him too. My vision is blurry and all around me is moving in waves. I squint my eyes, trying to fix my vision but nothing happens. My body moves on its own towards Hyunsung. I can feel the blood flowing from my back and arms.
What is happening to me? Why I can't control my body? Why I can't...
Hyunsung tried to attacked and I thought I was gonna hurt him too but to my surprise, I just run. I run while he chasing me from behind. I saw another door and opened it just to be in another room full of that doctor's clone. My blood rushes up in my head again and I can notice my hand slowly changing into a dragon's claw.
"Impressive. I am right. You both aren't a white-tailed deer but a water dragon!" I heard him say. His voice is echoing in my head. "My perfect creation indeed!"
I'm not your creation! I'm a human being and the god is the one who created me, not you!
"Impressive!" He shouted while laughing. He keep on chanting that same word over and over again and laughed like a maniac. It hurt my head even more.
"Stop!" I screamed, rushing to the clones of Chil- ripping them off with my claws. I can hear muffled screams, grunting, whimpering but I continue slashing them.
Until two giant spiders, not spiders but a monster that looks like it jumped in front of me. They tried to attack me but I quickly dodge it. I jumped and just when I noticed that even my feet turned into claws.
A loud bang of a gun was suddenly heard as the pain shot through me. I looked down at my stomach and see blood soaking my clothes.
What? Did someone shoot me?
I heard the monsters roar. I looked up and see the monster striking its hand at me. I grab it with one hand and threw it at the other monster. I start to run again as the person who shot me rained bullets on me. I cough, blood spitting out from my mouth. I run to the door and pushed it open. Just when hundreds of Chil's clones spread before me. They all holding different sharp objects.
"He's here! Kill him!"
I don't know what happened next but when I came back to reality, I found myself standing in the middle of the hallway. Bodies from the teens spread all over the place and the polished floor was covered in blood. I stared at all the corpses around me. They all rip off. The body parts were all over the place with their organs. I looked down at my hands and see them covered in blood. My hands and feet were still claws. I was covered in blood. The smell of blood runs down my throat and this makes me realize what happened to them.
I killed them all. I killed them in thought they were the clones of that doctor. The sprinklers above me suddenly sprayed water- no, it smells like acid. The corpse around me slowly burned as the acid run through them. But for some reason, I can't feel anything and my skin won't burn or even dissolve aside from my hair.
Everything around me is a nightmare. I can't feel anything. It was like I'm numb.
But the horror will remain in my mind.
I soon began walking to the room I saw. It's a storage room. I might find something useful here. I saw a ladder, bolt cutter, and a screwdriver. I took it all with just my hands. I also need flashlights-
I stop when I saw myself in the mirror standing in front of me. I can see myself already bald but there are still a few hairs left. I stared myself into the mirror and I was surprised when my hair seems to grow back and the wounds slowly healing. I have the ability of healing? That's great. I don't need bandages for that but it still pains me whenever they try to scratch me up.
I noticed my clothes were already ruined because of the acid. I rip it off of me and now I'm half-naked. I'm not quite comfortable walking half-naked like this. I need to find better clothes.
I saw the ladders close to the mirror. I walked to it and grab it. If my hands just turn into claws again, I can maybe carry all this stuff.
Wait, when my hands turn back to normal again? Also my feet too?
I peep my head out from the doorway, checking if there's anyone around. The sprinkles also stop and I think it's safe to go around. As soon I step out of the storage room, the lights are out once again. I opened the flashlight I took back there and shone it to the vents. I swear I saw something an open vent here. My heart skip a beat once I saw it. I run to it almost in a hurry and placed the ladder below it. I climb into the vent, began crawling. It took me minutes before I finally see the opening. I placed the bolt cutter under me and began working the vent, removing the nails in it with the screwdriver. Once it is all done, the cover falls loud on the ground. I pass my head to the hole and shone the lights anywhere in the room. When I think it's already safe, I slip. I fall hard in the unfamiliar room. It's another room for a patient?
Wait, I forgot my bolt cutter!
Okay, forget it. It's too unprofitable to bring that thing along although that can be in handy later. I looked around the room. No, it wasn't the patient room. It's an office.
I rummage the drawer but I don't see anything useful. I sigh in disappointment and run to the door. I opened it and Hyunsung already standing in front of the door.
He grab my neck again and threw me on the wall. My lungs began to hurt as my eyes too. Why the heck is my body starting to hurt?
I whimpered when Hyunsung grab my nape hard.
"You won't leave me right?" He asked, voice becoming sinister.
I quickly shook my head. "No..."
Just then, the lights turned on.
That's the last thing I remembered before I woke up in the same room when I first came here. I painfully get up from the bed and looked at myself. I have my clothes on again without anything like tubes or something. Hyunsung wasn't on my side and I wonder what happened to him back then?
Did I win?
I noticed the letter under the door. I get up and walked to it. I picked up the letter and read it.
"Congratulation my dear patient 207. You won the game by killing all hundreds of teens. I hope you won't regret what you did in the game. Now, wish a good morning after you get out of your door."
I already know it. I'm a killer now? If I open this door and went out of my room, everyone will hate me for killing hundreds of people. I felt guilty for what I did but it's his fault, it's that doctor's fault! He plays my mind and kills them. I crumpled the paper and toss somewhere.
I grasp the door and slide it open. I see people passing by while the others were just standing while talking to their friends.
Someone passed in front of me and when I looked at his face, my mood brightened. It's Fin.
I ran to him and grab his arm but someone suddenly shove me. My back hit the wall.
"Don't you dare touch him!"
My head moves to the person who just shoves me. It's Minhee. He's glaring at me. "W-why?" I asked even though I know already what's their reason.
"Don't play numb patient 207, because of you most of us died!" Someone said from behind me. I don't know who is this dude but he looks like he wants to kill me.
"Is he one of the special species?"
"That's right! He's that rare species the doctor want so much!"
"He just killed my sister! He deserves to die as well too!"
Mixed with different voices ringing into my ears, people surrounded me. They want me dead, they want revenge. Suddenly, someone grabs my collar, and before I know it- I already punched in the face. I fall to the floor. All the people around me began chanting together full of hatred and distress. I pushed myself up but the guy who punched me grabbed my ankle. He dragged me somewhere I don't know but I think he's dragging me outside of that hallway. I tried to hold onto something while telling him to stop dragging me like this. My heart pounds inside in fear and I'm afraid of what this guy will do after.
I found myself in the middle of the hall with many teens walking around with their books.
"Hey! Listen, teens! I captured the culprit!" He shouted, stealing the crowd's attention.
They all stop from what they were doing and looked at us. When their eyes landed on me, they began saying painful words to me- even throwing papers or their books. I blocked myself, hoping this will stop.
"What do you want me to do with this bastard?" He asked, pulling me app and holding my nape- keeping my head low.
"Torture him!"
"Kill him like what he did to the poor other us!"
I feel my ears stung. I feel my whole world has crashed between guilt and agony. My eyes watered, seeing tears of dots in my vision as half of it is blurred. I can see my tears drop on the floor, escaping again from my eyes. I bit my lips to prevent my sobs but they escaped.
I heard him whistle.
"Oh, now you're crying? Such a cry baby. Where's your courage? Courage for killing many of us!"
"I'm...I'm sorry..." I mumbled, looking up at him. I sniffles. "I-I didn't mean to kill them...I-I...the doctor did-"
"Shut up your fucking mouth monster! Do you think we let it pass? No! My baby brother died because of you! You should feel the most embarrassing moment of your life, it will hurt you yeah? Just like what you did to us!"
I shook my head violently, tears still running down my face. The people around us agreed to him.
"But...torture you is the best way to do it!" He chuckled and began dragging me again.
I begged him for mercy but it's useless. This guy or anyone in this sick place is already blind in revenge. They want me to suffer.
He brings me outside and signs the two guys to bring something out. He continue pulling my nape until we stop in the middle of the deserted field. He forced me to kneel on the ground, still holding my nape and keeping my head down.
After a while, that two guys tied my wrists and ankles together. Then he looped the rope around my neck. I winced when the guy tied my neck hard. The rope was connected to the door and once they slide it shut this rope on the neck will probably kill me. I cried silently in agony.
"Hey! I heard that guy can regenerate himself and even heal!" The girl shouted from afar.
"Oh, really huh? Then...let me cut this hands-off."
He raised my hands. I'm crying hard, begging him and even making myself stupid to tell him to make me his maid or anything, just to stop this misery.
One girl handed the ax to another dude. He raised my hands up and without any mercy, the guy who have the ax cut my hands. I scream hard, crying hard at what I just witnessed. They cut my hands, blood spitting out from it. I curled into a ball, trying to stop the blood even it was too impossible to prevent it.
"What a disgusting hand!" Another guy step on my cut hands many times with anger.
"This is satisfying," I heard the guy behind me said.
I whimpered as the guy pulled my hair, forcing me to look up at him.
"What else do you want to cut off hmm?" He asked sheepishly.
I didn't respond but glared at him. I didn't mean to kill them, it's the doctor who played my mind, and yet you're doing this to me? Is it because you can't fight the doctor? You're useless and be dispatched soon.
He suddenly pushed me away. He looks troubled. I watched him in wonder. He held his throat, coughing hard until he vomit with blood. The girls near him scream while the others are just standing in shock.
What?
"Patient 207 is just a human too just like us. He didn't mean to kill them. It's the doctor who forces him."
From behind him, Sungjoon appeared. He watched the guy with no emotions at all. The guy still coughing until he fell limp on the ground, dead.
He turned his eyes at me and stepped closer. I feel something in my hands and when I looked down, I saw my veins moving out, stretching wide until they reach my cut hands. Just in a split second, I have my hands again but the cuts are still visible. I move my hands. It feels alright.
"Are you alright?"
I flinch when I feel him touch my shoulder and felt his breathe on my ear.
"It's alright. It's wasn't your fault."