BEFOREMATH (SJSM fanfic)

Why..

Goop:

Why.. why oh why..
All I wanted to do was explore, I was just curious
And now I've ended up here, and it looks like I'll be here forever..

What did they do to that poor man.. what has witnessed
Are there other Specimen here besides me? I know of Specimen 1.. they don't seem too nice, they might be one of the reason as to why he was so.. eccentric.. so shaky and angry

I can't blame him, he and god knows who else are being used as a guinea pig in these horrible experiments...
I

've been so shaken up that I've just been curled up in the tank they put me in when everything was done.. I can't count how many times I've cried and fainted already, I feel as though I've been here for days.. and I already don't know if I can take anymore of this.

I blame myself for what happened to me, I was foolish enough to walk into a mansion despite all the warnings and rumors and I've doomed myself..

I can still remember all of what they asked and did to me.. I tried asking them why they were doing this but they just ignored me and continued with the experiments

... Though my encounter with Specimen 1 was unpleasant, I'd rather talk to it again instead of having to go through all of that again, I just need to interact with something, someone, who isn't one of those lab assistants or I might go further into insanity than I already am

I hugged myself and tried to fight back more tears, it's not like they're going to help me, it's not like crying, begging and screaming for help will get me anywhere, I tried that, they ignored me.
I have tried windows, but even though they portray the outside world, they lead right back to the mansion
I swear
I can see it
I can see the outside through the windows but as soon as I open or break them I'm right back inside, it's something about this girl, Spooky, being tied to the mansion...

I've seen portraits of her, but I've never actually seen her... I would ask questions but I'm afraid of the answers and outcome

Hey.. behind you !!

What- another one of those-
Were my "prayers" answered?!
They.. sort of sound like Specimen 1, but deeper and a bit angrier.... What do I have to lose ?
I slowly turn around to see s purple, bubbly thing floating over me, glaring

" Hey ! Specimen 2 ! "
" My name- "
" OOOH didn't Jeli already tell you that here, your name doesn't matter ?! Calling you your real name won't help you " they snapped at me, barely letting me get a breath out (that is, if my constant choking would even allow me to breathe)
I sighed and just looked up at them, feeling sore and having nothing to lose, I have very little to fear with this thing
" What do you want... ? "
" I'm Specimen 1- "
" Wait- hold on- " I just came to a realization " Jeli ?! You guys get names and- " but a bubbly arm wacked me over the head, for something made of bubbles it sure was strong. I flinched and backed up a bit
" AUGH !! We get names because there's TOO MANY OF US SPECIMEN 1S !!! " They shouted, they huffed and called back the arm

" .... Look- I'm Specimen 1, nick named Bubs, Jeli and the others wanted me to check on you "
" The... Others ? "
" Mhhhm, there's a lot of Specimen 1s, we were stuffed into cardboard for being too dangerous... "
There was silence for a bit, seems like neither of us really knew what to say, especially after that first impression

" ... Are... Are there... Other specimen ? "
" They're working on a specimen 3, they currently terminated their latest version of it, Subject 4, apparently Subject 5 has been a success "
" Whaaat... ? "

Bubs blew some bubbles, they formed into shapes of 4 different insects
" Ok, there was their first attempt at Specimen 3, Subject 1, it asphyxiated to death, Subject 2 ate itself, Subject 3 had to be terminated due to being too unstable and was in constant agony, Subject 4 was terminated for simply not growing at all and was expected to die soon anyway, but Subject 5 has been mostly calm and mostly alive, though for some reason they stuffed it into Subject 3's old vat "
The bubbles of the insects popped to show themselves dying, and so the bubbles dissapeared
It was.. pretty interesting, frightening but interesting nonetheless.. maybe this place has already driven me crazy to the point where something like this, which would normally scare me, isn't phasing me as much as it should

" .... Do you know why.. they're doing this ? "
Bubs shrugged, " dunno, they just seem crazy.. "
" R.. right.. "
" They've also found another ghost, Specimen 4, they're preparing a locale for her, it's an abandoned school "
" Oooh... Who is she ? "
" A ghost who haunts schools and eats people "

I shuddered, I hate ghosts, I'm fucking scared of them.. but judging by where I am and the stupid decision I made, I should get used to seeing them around..
I just hope that she's not super violent or maybe that she's nice or maybe I don't have to talk to or look at her

" ... There's.. also a town believed to be haunte- "
" We know " this Bubs person sure loves interrupting me " the GLAs have already taken a bunch of stuff from there, they've even used relics to place us into those cardboard prisons, only reason we can leave is because the imprisonment is temporary "
" Oh... "
" Yyyup, just get used to this torture, maybe your patience will be rewarded "

I scoffed, I may be a comedian but that doesn't mean I'm skewed optimistic, I can't see anything good coming out of this hellhole, nor can I see anything good happening to me besides maybe those GLAs dying, this situation has already more than proved itself to not just be some sick, horrific dream.
" Yea, right, like what ? "
" A friend, perhaps, maybe a specimen they drag in here becomes your greatest friend ? "

I stayed silent, I didn't respond
Becoming friends with someone like me.. demon, freakish abomination or not, I guess a friend in these times would be nice.. but I highly doubt that'll ever happen, especially since Jeli said the GLAs don't like specimen interacting with one another

After a few seconds, I heard Bubs click her tongue, " welp, I'll go now, expect to see more of us later on " and they vanished
I didn't look back, I just want back into my vat and laid there..