The volume within the containment facility was astronomically loud. Everyone was talking- panicking about the approaching deadline. If the proposed law wasn't overturned by 17:00, then the purge was to proceed as planned. It would be mandatory. Being in a containment facility specifically for holding omegas in preparation for the purge, a lot of chaos was underway.
Guards were posted at the doors, ready to execute. Omegas were in their locked rooms screaming, pleading, begging, and sobbing towards the guards. Clawing at the concrete walls, banging on the large steel doors, Omegas were fighting for their lives. Literally. The overhead speakers alerted everyone in the building of any updates, the countdown, and any direct orders from the government. For the omegas, it felt like the end of the world. In a sense, it was. The end of their world.
"GO!" A guard yelled, whacking his group of omegas with a baton to direct them back to their cell block. The lower ranks of government at least were able to mandate that the captured omegas were given basic necessities until the law passed, so until then, the guards who were in support of the purge had to abide by it and provide food, comfort, and showers to the omegas. So, they were delegated specific groups to be in charge of.
"Attention agents, the new law has not been overturned as of this moment. The purge is to commence in T-minus fifteen minutes." Was announced through the PA system.
Shrieks and wails filled the hallways, the banging increased tenfold, terror palpable in the building.
The ting of a keycard opened one of the holding rooms at the back of the facility. Holding a finger up in front of his lips to 'shh', the guard motioned for the two boys to come with him. "Restroom, hurry up!" He yelled for good measure.
Felix and Hyunjin sprung from their beds, running to the door in just their socks. The guard nudged their backs, carefully leading them through the halls to a storage closet.
Once inside the storage closet, the guard hid them inside one of the linen carts and told them to stay still and silent. The two boys nodded. Felix curled up into Hyunjin's side, and they both shook from fear.
"Attention agents, the new law has not been overturned as of this moment. The purge is to commence in T-minus ten minutes. Please return the subjects to the dwelling quarters, and proceed to the nearest security station to receive your headgear." The speakers announced. Every guard that had taken their set of Omegas out for the restroom or to eat began to round them up toward their rooms.
Hyunjin and Felix jumped when the storage closet door crashed open. Felix almost whimpered instinctively when someone began digging in the linen cart, until the last layer was lifted and they saw the guard who brought them in there to begin with. The guard lifted another boy, Changbin, into the cart, then another, Jeongin, who was smaller than the rest. He gave the same instructions to be quiet before leaving again.
"What happens if the gas doesn't take 'em all out?" One of the guards posted at a hallway door asked the other.
"What do you think we have guns for?"
The guard who collected the children heard the conversation, and sighed to himself. He turned down a different hallway, trying to blend in and not seem suspicious.
Blaring alarms rang for an announcement. "Hardlock on cell doors activating in sixty seconds."
There was no time left to be inconspicuous. The guard ran as fast as he could, he had one more room to get to. He keyed into the room and found the two boys crying, holding onto each other. "Climb on my back, Seungmin. Jisung, come here." He guided, having Seungmin hang on as if he were a backpack, then picked up Jisung and held him like a backpack in the front. The children's fear was noticeable, their little hearts were racing, and he could feel it as they were against him. Jisung was also shaking. Unable to act on his instincts to calm the little ones, the guard ran down the halls faster, despite knowing his shoes were squeaking loud on the floor. Bolting into the storage closet, he made quick work of getting the last two boys into the cart and covered, before walking out casually with the linen cart towards the laundry area.
