Chapter 1

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The basement was cold and dark, with little to no light at all.
No sound could be heard, only the sound of breathing. And sometimes the guard's steps.
In the far and deep down of the basement lay a figure of a boy about 15 or 16 year old.

He had pale skin and dark hair. No scars at all on his porcelain body, his face seemed like it's scluptured so perfect as if it's done by the god itself.
He slept so quitely as if he's dead.
He was barely breathing and his temperature was too low.
On his right leg there's a chain installed that's connected to the middle of the floor.

step step step.

"You guys placed him here?"
The man in his glasses and pure white lab uniform was asking a guard with a gun both his side and a body a size bigger than him.

"There's nothing we can do, sir. He is too slicked, one moment and he's gone."
The guard was kinda flustered, there's been too many times the boy was trying too run away and each time if it's not bcs of other secret chips plant in his body, the institute might not be able to detect his movement at all.

"We are here", the guard said as he was tapping at the touchscreen pad just right outside the steel door.

The door was opening and they were immediately shown a boy lying on a bed and his foot chained, there's a glass like cubed protecting him from the outside and there's only a small dim lamp hanging up.

"Hey boy wake up!" The guard was pressing something on the wall.
Immediatelty after that there's a buzz sound that came from the chain around the boy's foot that jolted him awake.

His awakened state was totally different to when he was sleeping. His eyes were cold and threatening, his entire body was radiating a powerful momentum a young boy his age shouldn't have.
The man from the lab unconcioussly took a step behind and swallowed a gulp.

"A, eh hey there.. Um, i mean, *cough* let me introduce myself, my name is collin white from the HT Lab and i'm here to bring you to a better place than this cold and dark room. Would you like to come with me, 005?"
The smile on collin's face was about to crumble when finally the boy who was said to be 005 started talking.

"A better place? Back to the lab?" 005 was talking slowly, his voice was hoarse and there's a vague feeling of mockery in his tone.

"Yeah, you see, things are getting better and our research is going well. We also have many newcomers who you can be friend with too!"
There's a slight upturned on the boy's lips, but his eyes were hidden behind his long hair. It's hard to read his expression.

A moment passed and no one was talking, collin got flustered and wanted to continue persuade him until the boy was unexpectedly saying something suprising.

"I'll go".

Collin was kinda stunned with the boy's response. He thought it would be hard to talk to him seeing how the boy was quite on defense the moment he woke up.

"You guys wouldn't let me refuse anyway"

"What, how could that be..-"

The guard who was silence all this time was suddenly laughing.
"HAHAha i was wondering why would you persuade this kid since a while ago sir, is there even a need? Let me guess you are a new hired right? "
Collin was fixing his glasses to hide his embarrasement.

"I am, isn't it just according to etiquette in asking his agreement?"

The boy named 005 was silence.
The air was suddenly heavy.

"I hope you stay that way, sir". 

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