'𝟏+𝟒' ➻ 𝟎𝟎𝟏 || (𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨)

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟹 - 𝙳𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚍

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'1+4'

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Chapter Thirteen

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'Devoted'

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Tick....

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AS 001 STARED at Estella from across the room, he noticed how the other children whispered behind her. The girl in question was trying to make her counter pass the pegs and fall into '2', but instead it fell into '6' once again.

'Children.' Papa spoke, entering into the room, as if hardwired to do so, the many children inside dropped their activities and walked over, almost robotically towards the Doctor.

'I will be taking you all to your lesson, follow me.' As 004 stood up from her activity, Papa strode over to her, pushing the children forcefully back if they blocked his path

'Not you 004, you shall stay here with extra time, I'll be back later though, Robert, Steven, follow us please.' Gesturing to the 2 other lab workers standing guard, only leaving 001/Peter behind.

As the others left the room, 001 did a double-check off the room before disabling the cameras, turning and walking over to her.

As he approached her he spoke with a gentle tone 'Hello my darling, you looked lonely, wanted to sit with you of course, but I couldn't without getting caught in front of them.'

004 only looked at him and nodded before returning her attention back to the activity.

'The cameras are off my love.' He whispered, placing his hand on hers

 She glanced down at their hands and turned her gaze towards the man she loved; he was her everything in this hellhole.

'Henry, are you sure they're off?' She whispered back anxiously

'I'm sure. We better go before somebody notices I turn them off darling.' He replied to her.

She nodded as he stood up again, this time offering her his hand to pull her up. She took it and he pulled her close as she stood. His eyes scanned the cameras once more before making his way out of the Rainbow Room, 004 following suit. Her heart beating quicker than ever possible, afraid of getting caught.

'Where abouts is this exit?' She asked the man holding her hand

'Downstairs, it took a while to find. I don't even believe Papa knows about it, to our benefit of course.'

'Thank god.' She breathed out a sigh of relief as they came to a small door in the corner of a deserted corridor. Henry pushed the door open as they stepped down the staircase quietly, still trying to stay quiet as they continued down a dangerous path.

'It's just down here.' He whispered quietly as they stepped off of the last step. 004 squealed as a rat ran over her foot, her overly-anxious mindset making her sensitive to things she was used to such as rats ect. Henry was quick to whip his head around, seemingly scanning her body for injury. When he saw none he raised his eyebrow at her.

'I thought I was the pish-posh one, not liking anything dirty and ratty, yet here we are.' He laughed breathily, trying to lift the girl's anxious mind. She blushed and looked down at the floor, hiding a shy smile as he took her hand once more, leading her to the corner of what seemed to be a storage room. A deserted one at that. A pipe was in the corner of the room, it was large enough to crawl through. Henry crouched down as 004 sat on her knees, they both looked into the pipe.

'You sure you want to come with me?' Henry asked 004 tentatively, her response was looking down at the floor once again, he placed his hand beneath her chin and lifted it so that her eyes met his.

'I-I'm sure.' She smiled at him after a while. 'You go first Henry, lead the way.'

'I'm sure it's pretty straight forward, just follow the pipe.' He laughed at her last sentence, causing her smile to fall into a face of "really?".

'But if your sure.' He added quickly after seeing her serious expression. Entering the pipe, Henry could smell the foul stench of gas, causing him to cough and splutter. He realised 004 hadn't reacted to the gas yet, he was wondering if she had entered at all.

'004?' He spoke quietly, a hum came from behind him in response. 'There's a gas leak of some sort okay? Why aren't you coughing?'

'Henry, I think you forget what Papa does.' She laughed, suddenly Henry's heart sank into a bottomless pit, remembering what she goes through practically daily.

Pain.

It killed him that she went through this weekly, daily even. The thought of that monster laying a hand on her made him ball his fists as he shut his eyes tightly, trying to get the image out of his head.