Days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months. You fell into the same routine; you'd wake up every morning at 6, take your medicine and receive your morning IV injection. Next you would attend a couple of classes till noon. You would then receive the same meal and head towards the gym. After training you would shower and then join Gaia to the forgotten room. Lastly you would head to the dorms to take your nightly pill. When everyone has gone to sleep, you would open your notebook and write. Everyday was the same, even on the weekends. All the students would do as they were told, no one stepped out of line, and they rarely talked to one another. You noticed that you were getting stronger, faster, more aware as time went by. But you also found yourself in a daze. Surrounded by a sea of students, as their faces started to blend. Time went on and you had started to forget the faces of your own parents. Only in your dreams would you be haunted by them. Your notebook was soon covered in nonsense; you were losing yourself.
Then one day, almost two years since your arrival, something new happened. Gaia had went for extra training one afternoon, leaving you alone to wonder the halls. Lost in your thoughts, you had found yourself in a unfamiliar hallway. You held tighter to your notebook. You started to pick up a sound. The sound of something dripping, coming from behind a staircase. Cautiously you went around it. The dripping sound got louder along with what seemed to be the sound of wet flesh, slamming onto the floor. When you reach back, you stumbled back at the sight. It was a young boy, number 5640, drenched in sweat, clawing out his throat. His eyes were blood red and his body was bent backwards. You dropped your notebook and ran towards him. Hovering your hands over his body, you looked around for help. But no one was around. You looked closer, and saw how drenched he really was. As 5640 started to gurgle in pain, you ran. To find anyone, anyone that can help you. When you found Mrs. Hills, you dragged her to were the boy was. But he was gone. All that was left was your notebook and a pool of clear liquid. " 3847, you're probably not taking the drug well. We'll be adding a new dose before you sleep starting today. Follow." You followed and received your new nightly dose. Which looked the same as the morning one.
As days went on, your chest would sometime feel heavy and warm. Your head would start to pound. One day in class it started to get bad and you excused yourself to go to the bathroom. You ran all the way, almost missing the sink as you started to go to a coughing fit. You brought your hand to your throat and tried to calm your heart. Something was happening to your body. But what? Not wanting to stay there any longer, you returned back to your classroom.
After the incident with 5640, you noticed that more and more students started to go missing. The teachers would dismiss it as a simple transfer. You would have believed them if it didn't happened again. You were walking with Gaia to your secret place when an older girl, 0991, came walking up to you. "You're 3847, t...the one th..that saw 5640 right?" She was frightened and pulled on the ends of her sweater. You pulled out your notebook and wrote yes. "D..did he..." her eyes started move frantically as she pointed towards the end of the hall, "l..look like that?" You started to walk forward, except Gaia had grabbed hold of your arm. You had grown stronger then when you first arrived, even stronger then her. She knew she couldn't hold you back, so she let go. As you got closer you started to hear the familiar sound. The dripping, the sound of flesh on the floor and the gurgling gasp. It was a girl, a few years older then you. Her eyes were blood red, face red as she tried gasping for air. Her hands clawing at her thought and her body soaked with her own sweat. You backed up against the wall as you stared at the struggling girl. "Frisk! You have to do something!" Shouted Gaia, seeing how you wouldn't move, she ran. Looking to your left you saw 0991 had started to shake. Her body had collapsed to the floor. Bending awkwardly her mouth started to foam. You ran once more.
This time you went straight to the head mistress' office. You wrote down that one of the students was in danger, prompting her to follow you and once again there was no one there. The head mistress merely patted your head and advise you to return to the dorms for much needed rest. You did as you were told. When you arrived, you noticed that Gaia was there. She was too afraid to have said anything when she found Mrs. Hills that she just sent her to the dorms as well. You laid your hands on top of her shaking ones and gave her a patient smile.
The next day during gym class, everyone was measured on how far they were able to leap across a line. You jumped farther and farther each time they did this test. Expect today, your chest was burning once again. Not wanting to draw attention you ignored it. You would hear naming out the feet that was jumped. 10ft...12.5 ft...9.7 feet...14.57 ft. So far that was the longest anyone has ever jumped. It belong to the oldest female, 0080. Everyone cheered. Then you heard, "3847!" It was your turn, you walked to the start of the line. At the sound of the whistle, you ran. Picking up speed till you reached close to the jumping line. Your heart pounded louder against your ear as you lept into the air. Landing with a thud, you stood there, calming your heart. Everyone was quiet...confused on why Mrs. Hills had not called out your measurement, you turned around.
You had passed over the limit line. Almost 30 feet.
Your breathing started to pick up...you grabbed your notebook and ran.
As you ran towards the nurse's office, your mind flashed on how everyone looked at you. Of anger, spite, of fear. What you were afraid of most, was the creeping smile that grew on Mrs. Hills' face. Once inside the nurse's office, you tried to catch your breath. Your hand gripping tighter on your notebook to your chest, you started to hear murmurs. The class had followed you. The students surrounded you as they chattered amongst themselves. Out of the group, walked 0080. Grabbing your shoulder she slammed you towards the medicine cabinet. Her voice was drained against the chatter, with your head down you could barely hear her. "I knew you were a freak when I first saw you", as she continued to slam you against the cabinet. Then she stopped, Gaia had walked in front of her.
"Leave her alone,"
"Or what? Little miss 'fraidy cat is gonna run back to her bed covers? We all know you only stick around her so much beacuse she's more pathetic then you." The room became quiet, as Gaia ran out of the room. "Still pathetic as always" 0080 sneered. She continued slamming you against the cabinet, causing you to drop your notebook onto the floor beside you. Calling you a freak, pathetic, ugly useless piece of shit. Neither of these insults did anything to you. You were used to them. The only thing in your mind was how she had belittled Gaia. The only person who ever was nice to you, the only one who seemed to care for you. You didn't care how she really felt about you. But what you did mind was how annoying 0080 voice was starting to get. So before she could slam your head against the cabinet once more, your hands went into a fist, shutting your eyes tightly as you slammed your fist behind you, screaming at her face. Your scream masking the sound of shattered glass.
When you semi opened your eyes, you saw that the students had taken a few steps back. Heart pounding, you looked down at 0080, who had fallen to the ground. Her face was filled with fear and littered with scratches from the flying glass. You grabbed hold of her neck, lifting her higher and higher from the ground. Squeezing tightly as her face started to change color. She tried to pry your hand open as you were chocking the life out of her, at this time Gaia had arrived with Mrs. Hills and the mistress. Gaia went to you and started shaking your shoulder. Pleading for you to stop. You couldn't hear her, all you could hear was the pounding of your own heart. You're not sure why you stop, it could have been of numerous reasons: the cries of your only friend, the cold hand of the mistress on your shoulder, or how you started to hear the heart of 0080 slowly starting to fade. You opened your grasp from her neck, her body fell into a heap to the ground and the students joined Mrs. Hill as she walked the dazed 0080 out of the room. Leaving you alone with Gaia and the mistress. You fell to the ground covered in glass.
Your eyebrows furrowed as you stared at your shaking hands. They were covered in blood and glass. Not only your hands, for you were covered in it. Even as you sat, glass shards had started to pierce itself into your flesh. Grabbing your notebook, you looked up at Gaia's concerned face, you wrote 'why doesn't it hurt? Why can't I feel anything!' Gaia's breathing became frantic as she read your words. She grabbed your shirt and started to shake you.
" What are you!?Who are you?!"
The mistress pried her away from you, gathering you into her calm hands. As she took you away from the nurse's office, you looked at your friend's face, her face filled with fear and confusion, as if she was looking at a monster. "3847, I'll take you to your next lesson." The head mistress carried your weakened body all the way to a back room she had hidden behind her office. It was a cold and dark room. The only thing you could make out was a chair connected to a couple of wires in the middle of the room. She sat you down and started to strap your hand, feet, neck and forehead to the chair. "You are going to make my dreams come true." Those words sucked you out of your stupor as you realized what was happening. You tried struggling against the bonds to no avail. The mistress laughed at your attempt to escape. Her face lowered closer to your ears as she whispered, " I was waiting for somone like you, for someone with your level of determination." She walked back to the room and flipped a switch. A stream of lights curled itself around you as you started to feel the electricity coursing throughout your body. Even though it only lasted a second you still screamed as the pain in your head was enormous. As if your head was about to explode. Every inch of your skin crawled and burned with pain. The glass wound started to split wide open as you felt the blood in your body start to boil and your veins were about to burst through your body.
The mistress continued shocking you for the rest of the day. The pain started to numb down. When it was time for bed, the mistress unlocked you from your bonds. Your body was worn-out, and your legs could barely hold you up. Unable to put up a fight, you let the mistress escort you back to the nurse's office. As you layed on the bed, you heard her whisper one last thing before sleep took ahold of you.
"Tomorrow we'll start your last and final lesson."