Subject 0912 ♥ Sunki ♥

Find me in another reality

"I can't take it anymore, please stop." the teenager repeated with all his might, but no one heard him. His whole body ached terribly, and his head was splitting from lack of sleep.

A kind of punishment for poorly performed tests and experiments. He was so sick of these constant tests on him. For any slightest slip up, he would get a strong electric shock to keep him focused and awake. He doesn't know when it all started. At what point his abilities became a burden to him rather than a gift. The horrible trials, the constant stresses and punishments. He regretted two hundred times that he was born with these abilities. He just wanted to be a normal teenager and live a normal life. But unfortunately, life doesn't always go the way we want it to. He had no choice but to obey orders and try to get the "right" results, only the right ones for those horrible doctors, not for him. They did nothing to help him. Only constant punishments and disgusting words.

"Subject 0912! This is no time to get your head in the clouds. Listen to what you're told and do as you're asked!" shouted a low male voice through a speaker on the wall. "Move that huge stone over there to the far corner of the room, now!"

He concentrated on the stone, trying to lift it as carefully as possible and with difficulty moved it to the far corner marked with a red circle. It cost him a great effort he was sure he would not be able to stand today's ordeal due to extreme fatigue. "Well done! Now do you see the car in front of you? Try to completely destroy it."

There's that disgusting voice again, how he's sick of it.The subject focuses his gaze on the car slowly lifting it up and making an effort to shrink it part by part. First the body, then the smaller parts and now he is almost there, as at some point a sharp pain pierces his head and he clamps his eyes shut breathing heavily. The car crashes down with a thud without falling apart."Shit! You were so close! You naughty boy! I swear you will not escape punishment for today's failure! You'll get me demoted." shouted the doctor, but the subject didn't care. His only wish was that it would all be over soon so he could finally rest.

***

"Dr. Yang, are you busy? I'd like to introduce you to the new head of the project you were previously in charge of. I'd like you to meet Dr. Kim Sunoo." Yang bowed and Sunoo did the same in return. He realized that he was obviously not happy at the prospect of being transferred to another project, so they would probably not be on neutral terms.

"You have been doing quite well, but our project has not progressed beyond the results you presented at the last meeting. Unfortunately, I will have to remove you from your position as project manager. But that doesn't mean I'm removing you completely. You will be assisting Kim. Your experience will be useful to him and together, I'm sure you will be able to achieve the result we are all striving for here."

"Of course, Boss, I understand. We won't let you down, you can count on us." Yang bowed once more, but this time only to Park, and Sunoo followed suit and did the same.

"That's great! Please give Sunoo a brief tour and start your full work tomorrow. I believe in you, good luck!" Park left the room, leaving Sunoo and Jungwon alone.

"Well, Dr. Kim... Let's start studying the materials and I'll tell you everything that's been happening so far. It's not an easy job and you're still new to this, but I'll do my best to help." Yang was surprisingly friendly to him. But he didn't pay much attention to that, he had another goal in mind. To prove that he could lead a project of great importance to success.

***

Sunoo received a dossier from Mr. Park about the so-called "Price of a Different Reality" project. He wasn't told in detail what his job would be. To be an observer in the research? Based on the lab director's words, his job was to make contact with the subject. He had to try to gain his trust and get him to like him. To do that, he would need as much information as possible. Sunoo sits down at his workstation and begins studying the files.