Wicked Soldier ☆Minho☆

~03~

It was dark in the room now. The only light was from the tanned lamps around the room. All the boys were asleep now, all except Thomas.

Thomas washed his face over with the water from the sink before laying back down on his bed. He lay face up just staring at the top bed.

A rattling noise brought him out of his thoughts. He tilted his head to the side to locate where the noise was coming from. The rattling got louder as Thomas propped himself up on his elbow,"Psst."

Thomas looked at all the boys trying to work out where the noise was coming from,"Hey." A whisper came from somewhere,"Down here."

Thomas lay down on his stomach, leaning over the side to look under the bed. Underneath Aris was in the vents. He put his finger up to his lips to shush him before he made another noise. He signalled for him to follow after him,"Come on, follow me."

Aris began backing up whilst Thomas stared for a second processing,"What?" He muttered to himself before sliding under the bed and crawling into the vents.

He crawled down the vent and rounded the corner seeing Aris waiting for him,"This way." Aris didn't wait for an answer crawling further into the vents.

"Come on." Thomas heard him say as he started to follow after him.

They crawled down the dark vents, Aris every now and then looking back to see if Thomas was still following him. After a while, Thomas stopped him," Wait a second, what are you doing?"

"Come on, we're going to miss it." Thomas let out a deep breathe realising he isn't going to get an answer yet,"What the hell am i doing?" He muttered to himself again.

Aris came to a stop in a big square of the vents with a small dip where the vent opening was, Thomas followed in after looking around before resting on Aris. "What are we doing here?"

"Shh. Just come here." Aris beckoned for him to come over as they both spoke in hushed voices. Thomas stood up in a crouched position, walking over to him as fast as he could.

He looked down to the vent opening and looked back up to Aris, who looked back at him. "Watch."

Thomas looked at Aris, doubting him before looking down at the vent coverage. They waited for a moment until Dr. Crawford walks under the vent, pulling out a keycard out of her pocket and swiping it. The doors slide open. Tables with a silhouette of a human body are rolled through the doors, followed by Dr. Crawford.

After the doors close, Thomas looks up at Aris,"What the hell was that?" He asks.

"They bring new ones every night in like clockwork." Aris replies.

"Do you know what they do with them?"

"I dunno. This is as far as I've gotten. The vents dont even go into that section." Aris says,"But when they go in those doors, they dont come back out." Aris pauses, pursing his lips,"I dont think anybody ever really leaves this place."

They stayed in silence again for a little while,"Come on, we gotta go before anybody notices we're gone." Aris says, starting to leave.

"Why are you showing me this?"

"Because maybe the others will listen to you." Aris says. "There's something weird going on here, and i know you think so, too."

"W-wait." Thomas says, gaining his attention again,"What is your name?"

"Aris."

Thomas gave him a small nod,"Thomas."

On their way back, they passed over a vent, both of them stopping once they heard voices beneath them.