CHAPTER 2: TEST SUBJECTS

"Hey, Cory, hey...", 

"Ugh... just a minute". 

"You're going to be late for school"

"OK, mom, I am com..."

I was awoken from the slight glimpse of my past memories, 

"Hah, it was a dream", 

"I really miss home", 

I said in a low voice as I was hit with the fact that was my former life. I could only express disappointment as now I live in a world unknown to me. 

Exactly 5 years later in this new world, 

Everything was still unknown to me as the only information I was able to find on this new world was that we were all test subjects, 

I started to notice this as the [men in white] spoke in a weird way mentioning experiments, tests and etc. 

But on the larger scale, 

We were ten in numbers as we were all in this unknown facility 

After the continuous circle of being watched over by the [men in white], I could only seem to understand that we were being treated as a test product for a project which was unknown to me, 

But due to the fact that we were given matching white clothes and given medical care every now and then, I was sure of my thoughts, 

We are [Test Subjects] 

But another reason for this mainstay was because, 

On a certain day a special person came who was dressed differently from the other 

He was dressed with a military-grade hat though his face wasn't visible to me, 

He also wore a stunning red military uniform which had a unique style, 

As I gazed at him, I was instantly giving off the idea he was the boss around here,

Though I don't know why, the vibe which he gave off was that of a boss, 

"Morning, Commander Leazus", 

"Morning, how's the project going?", 

"Everything is going well, sir, the test subjects are all healthy", 

"Okay, how's the coming phase proceeding?", 

"All well, sir, just waiting for confirmation to move on", 

"All proceedings have been granted, you can now move on to phase 2", 

"OK, sir", 

Later on, after talking to the [men in white] 

The [red] moved in my direction as he started to walk through the hall to inspect the babies, like how the boss of a company inspects his goods. 

The next day, after the commanders inspection, 

We were to be moved to a new hall, 

On moving to the new hall, I glanced at my surroundings as I could see a walk-way with large glass walls at the sides, I looked over the walls as I could see a vast range of snow piled up above us creating a beautiful frozen scenery, so large that everything there was white. 

"Wow", I said to myself as I couldn't avert the gaze upon this beauty. Though my body froze from the feeling of nostalgia from the scenery, I was made to remember the dream of my former self in the cold of the snowy night, 

"Hey"

On hearing the men in white calling me over, I quickly ran to catch up, so as to avoid unnecessary suspicions. 

As we arrived at a small but big room, I could see various equipment which gave off the feeling of a doctor's office, 

"Everyone remove your clothes", 

As the [men in white] said the words, I did feel a bit of delay but obeyed—if only I was a bit older, I could have been embarrassed in doing so. As we were all stripped naked, 

The [men in white] examined us thoroughly, though I couldn't figure the use of the test, 

Moving on to the next room, there was another [men in white] who lined us up in a random order, 

And to my notice, we were being numbered as we were being placed on a neck tie displaying numbers which started from 100-110,

Mine was 102, though the numbers had no specific meaning, just a means of identifying us, 

As I got the strangest feeling, when I was placed a number, I felt inferiority. 

After being given those neckties, we were given an injection with a blue liquid. As I felt the slight pain of the needle piercing through the layers of my skin and into my blood vessels, I couldn't resist but to succumb to the act, 

Before I realized the stringe entering my hand, it had already ended, we then wore our clothes back. 

After a while, I could hear the [men in white] speaking 

"Done, that's the last of them, 

Inform the higher ups that the phase 2 had been done" 

"Okay, sir"

I then thought to myself, 

"Is that phase 2, it did feel that much scary", 

Little did I know that the real experiment was to come. 

After the phase 2, we moved out of the building, heading out through the snow, 

Then I realized we were being moved to a new [shelter], 

Beside the door of the shelter which had an odd circular shape, I was made to see the [men in white] opening the door with his palm above a dark screen, 

My thoughts were, 

"It's a hand scanner".

Through the door there were other doors lined up like a hostel suite with numbers from 100-110,

As we were then taken to our rooms, 

Inside the rooms there was a provided bed and a desk with a chair placed on the left side and a window in each room.

"This is your room", 

The [men in white] said

On the movement of the [men in white] out the door, 

I sighed with relief as I thought, 

"Finally, some privacy", as I jumped over crashing onto the bed, 

As I was looking around, I noticed a camera being placed in the top corner of the room. We were put on surveillance all day, my thoughts were still positive, saying, 

"At least it's a step to freedom"

At night time,

I couldn't catch a glimpse of sleep because, 

I felt a strange feeling as if I was being flooded with information large enough to eat my brain. As the feeling got stronger, it kept on eating my brain, 

"It hurts... it hurts...",

After a while, my brain was able to endure the pain of my brain melting from the inside. As I tried to figure out why I started to feel this way, my thoughts were all washed away from exhaustion. 

I sighed in relief, 

Finally, I can... Sle...". 

The next day

We were all brought into a new place with toys and books everywhere with a large screen right to the left corner of the hall, then I questioned myself, 

"Why are they observing us play?" 

"Is this where the main project starts?"... 

As I kept on questioning myself, I lost track of time and could feel the cold gaze of the people behind the screen. I instantly took off to avoid arousing suspicions,

Our days started like that, with ourselves being watched over.

After a few days of the cold gaze from the screen, 

Our days were pretty much normal in a way as everyone kept to themselves until

"Hey"

I heard a voice of another person as I looked up in sight of who it was. 

"Number 101",

"Ehh, who is this guy"

I said as I wondered, 

"I am number 101, would you like to play with us?" 

"Play"

I looked behind the boy as I saw another person behind him, it was a girl, she wore number 100, 

She gave off the feeling of an introvert. 

I then wondered, 

When did they get together, 

Though, in my former life I had no friends, every day in school was just a day of hell, 

I would be able to have friends in this life, I thought 

"OK, what do you want us to play?",

"Uhmm..., what do you want us to play?",

"Ehh..."

- You came here for that

"Hah, OK, why don't we play a word game"

"OK", 

After a little while of playing, 

The girl who was clinging on to number 101 started to get closer to me, and before I noticed, I had become her [hiding tree], 

"What are you looking for?", I said as I smiled at her. 

"...", 

She replied 

"Ehh..."

- "She's weird" I thought 

I then tried to move her from me, but she kept on chasing me, then I asked number 101. 

"Why is she following me?", 

"Oh, she just likes clinging to people, she would go away after a few days",

"Ehh", 

- Please don't tell me I have to keep up with this for a few days, 

Well, for the first time we met she was clinging onto me to, well Goodluck 

As he said those words with a smile, I felt that I had just been sabotaged 

But I thought times like this was OK once in a while, 

After some moments, a thought hit me, 

- "Where did they all learn to play?,

That's weird. Where did they learn to speak...",

Within a moment I was suddenly struck with an inspiration that the blue substance we were all given might have caused it, 

I then tried to access the situation as my mind couldn't keep up, 

- The blue substance was injected into us, number 100 to 110,

After a few days, number 101 started talking, 

Number 100 first met 101, then 101 meet me 

After a delay

- Wait, aren't I supposed to meet 103, 

But I don't feel like it, 

Well, I would have to wait for the next day to check. 

After I could find what the substance was for, I gave up and thought of another thing. 

A few days later, everyone started getting together. I was able to get a lot of friends compared to my former life,

It was a huge step for me who didn't really have many friends, 

Later on, 

I felt that, 

- Wait, why am I calling them with their numbers? Why don't I call them with their names?

They don't have names

After pondering for a while, I came up with the idea of giving them names. 

100 is the clingy type that always follows me like a puppy following its master out, her eyes are cobalt blue and her hair is white. I called her Aria.

101 gives off the aura of an elder brother who protects his siblings with his rare reddish brown hair and reddish black eyes, so I called him Leo. 

103 with his nerdy looks resembling my former self and a bookworm behavior, 

And his eyes are light brown with light-type eyes.

I called him Eli. 

104 with his feasible dark eyes and brown hair, with a behavior that standout as a boss

I called him Lepus 

105 is a little bit of a [tsundere] that pouts at every little thing, as her blonde hair and eyes, emerald eyes give off the feeling of a maiden. 

 I called her Mary. 

106 who has golden white hair and green eyes, who looks as if he had every physical attribute of a male. 

I called him Noire 

107 and 108 are twins who gave off the expression of a dark aura and eyes shining green and yellow hair, 

I called them Alice and Lisa. 

109 who gives off the aura of a bad guy for movies with his glaring face and dark eyes with red hair shining brightly 

I called him Drok. 

110 is cute, cheerful and with sapphire eyes that shine blissful and an expression of a feminine cuteness, with orange hair running down like that of a girl, but he is a boy. 

I called him Phil 

Though the names were gotten from random books, I read, mine was Blu because of mostly distinguished features of blue eyes and black hair. It was a lot better than being called by numbers. 

As I was playing fun house with friends, 

Unaware of being watched over, I didn't know that the dangers of this facility were to come.