【Chapter 20】 (1/2)
Author Note: ....Have I mentioned how much I love Youngjae's character?
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Howard Ephelis did not personally pick and choose patients for this Facility by indulging in a random game of chance.This was no Hollywood movie where freed convicts were focused on nothing more than raising Hell and getting revenge.No this was different.They were not the mindless Monsters that they had paroozed themselves to be. Not all of them at least.The C-Mates took the roles of Security and those with power.They were kept in the dark, locked away deemed too unsafe to be amongst the civilized.Kyungsoo convinced them that this was not the case.There was nothing wrong with these men and women they were simply more misunderstood than the ones who were allowed to walk in the light. If they swore their loyalty to him he promised restitution.To take over the very place that people funded to keep these supposedly crazed individualizes kept and controlled. The very people who originally wanted them all dead.Well look who was in control now.This isn't to say the red jumpsuits weren't time bombs ready to detonate.There were still corpses of civilians and security scattered about infested with bullet holes.S-mates and I-mates wandered hallways freely but still avoided any unnecessary confrontation with C-mates.
Jinyoung peaked his head into the library.Disheveled Teachers still tried to hold classes despite their pale faces and shaking torsos.You have to admire their Professionalism in the face of death.Every so often they'd look over to the Red Security keeping watch with an auto-mated weapon to make sure what they were doing was acceptable.Inmates were going through shelves. Some were displacing things, some were reorganizing but they all cohabitated without much traction.In the hologram outdoor facility it was a wonder to see C-mates playing normally with others.Children were looked after, equipment was handled properly, nothing out of the ordinary but the broken status quo and the absent of any employee or discipliner.Jaebeom adjusts the gun on his back and crosses his arms.There's something eerie about this seemingly serene atmosphere but he just couldn't put a finger on it.He couldn't give two fucks about the innocent civilian employees, he'd pop one in the head for fun if he wanted.He could care less about the fate of everyone here aside from himself and possibly his crew."It's the calm before the storm"Mark sighs observing all the different personalities around him.Everyone's still in the safe window of being affected by their medication but what happens when that time is up?When the masks that blinded them disappear and they break out into unadulterated violence and insanity.It'll rain blood. It'll spill from anywhere and everywhere. Flooding until each and every last person in here drowned in their own sins."Hey only C-mates are allowed to carry around weapons in the Do Facility"A tall built man comes over. Red Jumpsuit and rifle in his hand as he talks the claw marks across his eyes and cheeks move with him.Jaebeom scoffs and sucks his teeth."The Do Facility now? That right? Then I'd like to see you come and fucking take it from me"The man aims his weapon but then proceeds lowers it slowly as he gets trapped in Mark's manipulative gaze."I remember this gentleman from a few cells down from mine back in the day. A Doctor who's a necrophiliac. You could’ve followed me to Social Area but the big soft man just can’t. control. his. urges.”The C-mate backs away swallowing his nervousness.“I heard stories about you. They say just being around you triggers us”
“Why don’t you stick around to find out? How do you think the others will feel knowing that they’re not safe around you in their sleep? They’ll probably take you out faster than Jaebeom here if any of you point your weapons at us again”The man backs away calling off his back up that were arriving. Explaining the situation the others don’t give the three a second glance and carry on their way.Jinyoung whistles teasingly and places his glasses on his face.And they thought just because the men moved from the Cages to Society that they had gotten soft. Quite the opposite. Sheep in a wolf’s clothing.After finishing an initial sweep of the facility Jaebeom leads his men to the control room.Under gunpoint the employees continued their jobs of maintaining the main frame and making sure they were not disturbed by any outside visitors.Mark and Jinyoung watch with question as their Leader casually leans against a machine and addresses a small starky man with glasses.“Hey buddy I need you to do something for me”He says with a bit of grunge in his voice. The small man jumps and nods his head in compliance.“Do you have personal files of anyone who was inhabiting the facility?”Jinyoung rolled his eyes and sighed. And here he thought he was going to ask about the fail safe or system schematics.“Like-Like-Like who”
“I’m more likely to shoot you if you stupidly stutter like that. Alice Ephelis. I want her record”
“Why?”
“I’m sorry? It sounds like you just asked me something stupid”Jaebeom grips his hand around the mans throat showing his dominance. The employee nods and with a few clicks Alice’s face pops up on the glowing screen.The real Alice. Dark hair, light eyes and precious freckles.Mark leans against his hands getting a better look.Address, occupation, credit score, blood type, medical history, family tree, just your normal run of the mill information.He turns to his Leader and smirks.“Were you expecting some deep dark secret?”
“Something’s not right with her and I ain’t going to bed with something I don’t trust”Jinyoung tsks.“Don’t knock her till you try her”
“My cock will never get hard when it comes to her again. Hey Stupid you still with me? Bring up Do Kyungsoo’s file”The man types away and soon Alice and Kyungsoo’s photos are aligned side by side. Mark arches a brow.“Well well what have we here?”Before he can get a good read in the screen blacks out and is replaced with a red buzzing ACCESS DENIED.Jaebeom sucked his teeth releasing the man and ordered his men out. He looked up at a near by security camera.“You got something to hide?”I merely gave you a chance to advance but it seems Alice’s merry band of gentlemen haven’t figured out the real game yet. Which now I feel compelled to mention you follow this woman around blindly but just how much do you really know about Alice Ephelis?Jinyoung chuckles.“Enough to know that she’s eligible for a nice estate and car if she weren’t going to die along with the rest of us”As the other two instigate a fight with the controller of Hell Mark chews on the inside of his cheek.Perhaps it was just Jaebeom’s paranoia but now a feeling of unease was creeping up on him as well.Something was wrong, he was missing something. Something so painfully obvious but it was just out of his understanding.But would this something wrong be a good thing or bad thing? It’s hard to tell in a mental hospital.“Mark? We’re ready to head out where’s your head?”Jinyoung shakes the man snapping him from his reeling thoughts. He smiles.It’ll come to him eventually. No need to stress over nothing.Else where Yugyeom, Youngjae and BamBam are on the hunt for Mr. Min Yoongi. Dead or Alive they were tasked to locate him.“Here boy~ Woo woo wooo here boy~ Come here Yoongi come on~”Youngjae teases into the air. He whistles and slaps his lap in a showy and obnoxious fashion.Yugyeom rolls his eyes tossing aside an empty pudding cup he raided from the kitchen.“Why are we checking Cage Area of all places? He was a Flight Risk who switched from I-mate to S-mate”The taller young man crosses his arm but his comrade only smirks and points to BamBam.Puzzled BamBam points to himself.“Me? I didn’t say to come down here”
“No but you’re the only one of us who gets triggered by red. If we’re traveling around and you suddenly turn zombie when the pills wear off hopefully the red lights will keep you from cutting us open”The Thai boy scoffs in disgust and grumbles. His mates weren’t beautiful enough to cut up anyway.They stop walking simultaneously when the big guy freezes.“Shhh. Do you hear that?”They listen quietly for whatever Yugyeom had heard but it’s silent in the hole.All the cages are emptied. Steel bars open with not a soul in sight.Youngjae shrugs his shoulders and pats the youngest reassuringly.“Probably all in your head. As always. Not surprising. Back to the task at hand. HERE YOONGI! COME HERE BOY!”He ridicules louder and this time the young men are answered with a deep animalistic howl that sends a shiver of unease down their spine as it pierces their hearing.Slowly they look over their shoulders to see a small pack of the K-9 unit and they don’t look cuddly and friendly at all.They were no longer wearing their uniform vests and resembled wild wolves. Even in the darkness their snarling teeth could be seen.Hungry, rabid, and wanting vengeance for their fallen human security partners.BamBam puts his hands up nervously and the three men begin to back away slowly.“Nice poochy. Pretty poochy......RUN!”He yells as the animals initiate an attack.With a kick to the shin from Yugyeom Youngjae tumbles to the floor and almost gets ensnared by jaws.“YOU PETTY SON OF A BITCH”He growls scrambling to his feet to catch up with the young man who was smirking with mischief. Told you he heard something.Feeling snapping mere inches away from his shin BamBam jumps and screams.“GOD CAN THIS GET ANY WORSE!?”The deeper into the cages they went the more they could here a chorus of children crying.He sulks and contemplates just feeding himself to the dogs.“Kids. God I hate kids. Of course it could get worse.”Turning the corner they see a small crowd of children herded to the wall by the rest of the pack of German Shepherds.A toothless girl waves at them then screams as a dog snaps at her to keep her in her place.“Mifsters! Helfp mwus!”BamBam rolls his eyes and mocks her shrill child voice.He removes his shoe mid run and throws it at a dog’s head clearing an opening so they could join the smaller people.His skin crawls when he feels their little arms hooking around his legs to hide. Yugyeom and Youngjae hold up their hands against the hounds prowling them.They’re completely trapped in the depths of the dungeons.“Nice Doggy. Good Doggy. Go for the children first Doggy!”
“Hey!”A little boy whines in annoyance and kicks Youngjae in the back of the knee making him topple to the floor with a groan.Youngjae points a finger at his little face and roars.“That one! Go for that one! Rip him apart!”Rubbing his eyes with his fists the little boy begins to cry saying he doesn‘t want to die.Yugyeom grabs at his hair feeling frustrated from all the noise.The barking, the crying, the yelling, the voices in his head threaten to take over in his dazed state.As the dogs are about to go in for the kill the humans duck to the floor as a flamethrower engulfs the air over head.The K-9 units’ fur catch fire from the inferno and they scatter and cry trying to put it out.“Woof”A low familiar voice greets them.Yoongi glares at Youngjae who gives him an apologetic grin for demeaning him earlier with his pet calls.He drops the empty can of disinfectant to the floor and kicks it away.While the children run finally free the man grabs onto one little boy’s shoulder. Yoongi kneels to his height and opens his palm to him in demand.“Give it here”