[ "Defective" ] | BFB/TPOT fanfic [canceled]

Where They Lie

‼️Warning #1‼️
This chapter contains slight gore and implied cannibalism!!

‼️Warning #2‼️

!Another possible eyestrain cover!

"oh what a shame."

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I walked down the hall.

...up to a doorway with a camera attached to the top. It doesn't observe or keep watch of anything. Only for scanning our stickers. Mine was beginning to merge into my body - didn't think the scanner would be able to recognize it, but it was still functional and let me walk through.

Melted. That's how I felt. I was rotting from a lack of food. I wasn't given any during the last experiment.

It was an isolation experiment. Only two other subjects participated, though I wasn't familiar with any of them. One looked like a red gem which I thought was made out of candy. They told me they didn't taste like candy - after they bit into their own arm. A strange one. The other participant seemed not as strange but was much less talkative. They were a clock. Their ticking was starting to drive me insane and I think it bothered the other subject too. We weren't given any food; only water a few times every few hours. They predicted that the other two would eat me due to my strong scent - that of a freshly baked dessert. They even went on to tell me that the gem had a sweet tooth.

Of course I was terrified.

Every second I desperately hoped that I wouldn't be torn apart by their teeth. Every time the lights turned off so we could sleep, I wished that I wouldn't wake up in a puddle of my own blood.

I know - I well know that I would be recovered right after, but even then, knowing that a horrible fate awaits you and that you can't do anything but wait for it to happen is terrifying.

They promised that they wouldn't eat me, no matter what. They said that I was a subject just like them - they claimed they would treat me just like any of their own friends. I brushed off their promises with a smile but I never trusted them. At night I could see them - that gem - they would look at me without the smile that they maintained throughout the light hours. I knew that they were thinking about it. They were hungry.

We all were.

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"Cake, you're back!"