Volume 1: Test subject

Escape 

Chapter 1: Test subject 

Kei Fukushū

From the depths of nothing, light reached out to me, pleading for me to grab it with my hands. Behind my shivering shoulders, an elegant figure stood with her hands open in front of me, the mistress had brown hair similar to mine.  I studied the woman with my eyes hoping to find out exactly who in the world she could have been. She observed my eyes stare at her dazzling gaze while saying words that couldn't be heard but only read.

"Kei... Wake up now." The omniscient woman gleed.

I jumped out of my uncomfortable bed, my hazel eyes opened quickly as goosebumps spread along my thin arms. A brown strand of my bangs landed on my bed with no blankets or pillow. I was covered in an expression of shock and confusion after an abnormal dream appeared in my sleep. 

The state of my room was unbearable, green moss slept on my white walls and slowly expanded. The only mirror I had was completely shattered into pieces of cake. The wooden table which hasn't been cleaned for years emitted dust that danced in the cold air my room was enveloped in.

"Test subject 344 may you please proceed to the testing room, immediately. I repeat Test subject 344 may you please proceed to the testing room, immediately. " The robotic voice echoed across the large pentagon prison.

I began wandering toward the room, the hallways were filled with human guards who wore expensive blue and white striped attire packed with black weapons. The hallways were always uninhabited and lifeless. As I got closer, to my desired location, the guard who stood out near the glass automatic door, stared at me with his intimidating gaze, all I could do was look at the floor that reflected my face as I refused to make eye contact. The doors opened smoothly like the skin of an apple.

A blue orthodontic chair waited for my arrival. The robots around me moved their limbs,  preparing their needed elegant equipment, as I walked towards the seat. I  placed myself onto the chair, my head facing upwards towards the blank ceiling and my arms resting on the side of the blue seat. Suddenly a sharp needle pierced through my rough skin, my vision faded into darkness as the yellow liquid invaded my frail body.

3 hours later...

I was back in my atrocious room, my legs stretched across the unsettling bed I lay on. I stared deeply at the white ceiling above me. My brown 6ft portico door emitted a knocking noise, that spread along my small room. I jumped down from the top of my shaking bed and landed on the wooden floor, I dashed towards the door and was met with a man who stood 5'10, his medium-sized beard was the first thing my eyes laid upon, his livery which consisted of black weapons informed me more about the profound man.

Standing beside him was a child who was around my height, he had orange curly hair and a slim body. His eyes hid away from mine as the obscure man thrusts the boy into my dreadful room.

"Test subject 344, this child is your partner, teach him how to be loyal!" his glare shook my spine.

"Y-Yes, sir..." my eyes glared off, as the door in front of me shut closed.

My gaze laid upon the boy in a similar white gown like mine. I formed a smile on my face, as I tried to lighten the mood. The boy avoided my gaze as I studied the boy more, he had dazzling scarlet eyes that looked as though they were given to him by a god and he had thin arms and a scar that sent shivers down my throat, it looked like he was born with the large scar that's what I thought at least. My lips began stretching as I formed words in my head. 

"Hey, are you hungry?" my concern evident in my facial expression.

A dull and unsettling silence filled the bedroom. I sighed as I tossed a piece of bread toward the boy who avoided my gaze. Unexpectedly the anonymous child caught the food in one swift motion. He gently cut the bread in half and began consuming the bread that he had caught using both hands. I hadn't expected any other sound moving forward but to my surprise, a soft voice echoed from the boy.

"Thanks..." his voice could barely be heard, but I knew what I had heard wasn't me going crazy.

I nodded in reply. My roommate soon finished absorbing the energy he needed and quickly placed himself under my bed and I did the same as I realized what time it was. I positioned my body to face the white blank ceiling as I asked the boy a question that has been laying in my head from the first time we met.

''Hey... what's your name'' I asked my partner who was crawling up like a ball.

"Aka..." the voice remained soft and low.

"It's nice to meet you! Aka. I have never once had a friend, so why not you become my first?"I asked with a desperate expression on my face, luckily he hadn't seen it.

"Sure" his soft and low voice made me want to know more about my new friend.

we both drifted off to sleep and a smile washed over my face. I slept in peace for the first time in 15 years.

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My eyes slowly opened up like a baby opening its eyes for the first time. My mouth opened up as I yawned while turning my head to the right side to recall what time it was, thank goodness I woke up early, or else I would've been in trouble, big trouble.

I stared out my bedroom window as the sun greeted me a good morning while it rose from its slumber. I climbed down from my bed to see the sleeping curly-haired boy who slept like a baby... literally.

My eyes began scanning the boy's complexion, his hair looked very messy and made him look very funny in his sleep, and his eyes were filled with sleep crust. I moved my arms toward the boy's shoulders and began shaking him in an attempt to wake him from his shuteye.

"Wake up! It's time to eat breakfast!" I said in a normal voice, trying not to grab the attention of the guards roaming around outside my room.

Luckily the boy momentarily awoke from his sleep. He leaned against the wall, with his arms hugging his legs he had a shy expression but his scarlet eyes finally noticed me. 

"Okay..." Aka said with a low voice.

A smile crept on my face, I was glad that the boy finally got some sort of courage to look at me. I stood up and reached out to the boy with my tough hands as if I were offering him aid.

"Let's go, shall we?" I said to the shy boy as he grabbed my tough hand with a bit of hesitation.

We exited my hell-like room and headed to the elevator which was luckily very close to my room. The guards had already begun glancing at me with disgust and unacceptance. My gaze was focused on the foundation of the building as one of the female guards approached us.

Aka used me as a shield and hid behind me in fear, he clenched my gown with his hands shaking viciously. My gaze looked avoided the strict women's unmatched gaze, her mouth began opening to form words 

"Where are you two off to? may I join you?" the woman with a built-up figure spoke.

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