Haven Bound An Enhypen Story

Chapter Six

At first, Sunoo felt nothing but the sting of the needle piercing his skin, but after Dr. Park pulled the syringe out of him and placed it on the tray his arm at the injection site started to itch, and little by little. "By now it should be itching, that's your nerve endings becoming irritated after about five minutes or so your body will start to burn and you will feel such immense pain that you will pass out." She reached for another syringe filled with a clear substance and injected this one into an IV that was placed on his arm that she hadn't already used. "This will keep you awake during the whole process."

A few moments after the second injection Sunoo felt the itching start to burn, at first the burning started in his hands, his fingernails throbbed with the pain that traveled like a swarm of wasps up his arm stinging every nerve ending through his whole body. She was right he wanted to pass out to stop feeling the pain but he couldn't he was aware of every burning muscle in his body. Dr. Park smiled as she picked up a third syringe empty this time but the needle was longer, she walked up to him, and the smile fell from her face. "This one is special see this syringe is my favorite, I am going to take this one here and gently insert it into your abdomen right here." She lifted his shirt exposing his convulsing abdomen to the brisk air in the sterile room if it wasn't for his insides being on fire Sunoo was sure he would break out with goosebumps, she pressed two fingers deep into the concave area where his rib cage separated. "Did you know that in most Syfy movies they always say the adrenal gland is at the base of the brain near the spine, but it's not, it's right where I'm pressing right above your kidneys there are two but for today I'm only going to need one. The burning should be subsiding by now then we can start."

Slowly but surely the burning stopped replaced by a feeling of ice-cold water being pumped through his veins she inserted the needle and Sunoo felt nothing his body was numb he watched Dr. Park slowly pull the plunger of the syringe up pulling along with it an opaque foamy substance. " In the movies, it is always yellow but as you can see that's wrong too." She filled the syringe and placed it on the table beside him, " That wasn't so bad right?" She asked rhetorically grabbing a fourth syringe filled halfway with another clear substance injecting it into the IV and walking away with a promise of next week falling from her mouth.

Sunoo woke up back in his room, the morning Sun was creeping along his window sill and the clock on the desk read six am he sat up and looked around nothing was different and maybe that was a dream but when Sunoo looked at his arm there he saw it two small holes on his arm one looked like it bled a little. "So it was real, that shit happened," he whispered to himself getting out of bed and going into the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth. He grabbed his towel, clothes, and toiletries and left his room to go downstairs to the showers, most of the doors were closed as he passed them except for a few but Sunoo paid no mind almost in a trance he made his way downstairs and into the shower room, he sat on one of the benches and got undressed he walked to an empty stall closed the curtain, turn on the hot water and stood there letting the water wash away the memory from last night the pain, the look in her eyes as she watched him writhe in pain, and the feeling of the anesthesia pulling him into oblivion for a moment Sunoo wished he hadn't woke up, wished he hadn't even gone to the testing facility in the first place.

Sunoo punched the ceramic tile in the stall causing it to crack and cut his knuckles. He started to cry as he began washing his body small sniffles breaking through the barrier of the water washing away the tears as they fell. He turned off the water and grabbed his towel drying his hair first and then wrapping it around his waist, he stepped out only to find Jay–he thinks standing in the walkway between the stalls. "Morning man, I wasn't trying to be weird or anything but I heard you crying and it's dumb to ask but are you okay, did something happen?" Sunoo looked at him at the concern Jay was having for him and started to cry again, they barely knew each other and yet here this guy was comforting him in the shower. Jay hugged him tight something he knew he needed without Min-Gi there he thought he would never have someone to hug again.

Sunoo cried in Jay's arms and he just stood there holding him, as other people started to wake up and enter the shower room Jay started to become stiff, "I don't want to stop you from having your moment but we are both naked and wet hugging each other in front of other naked people..." He trailed off pulling back from Sunoo who sniffled again before wiping his face, "Sorry, I just- after last night I just needed some comfort, thank you." Sunoo cracked walking away to get dressed Jay followed getting dressed nearby. "What happened if you don't mind me asking, was it someone here I'm pretty strong you want me to kick their ass," he asked seriously turning to Sunoo while putting on his shirt. "To be honest yes I do but I don't think you can, last night I was taken out of my room and Dr. Park practically tortured me."

Jay stepped closer and placed his hand on Sunoo's shoulder, "Seriously, is it because you don't have powers yet?" Sunoo quirked his eyebrow at that–powers? He thought. "Powers? We aren't superheroes you know that right, we are nothing but freaks of nature with no human rights, I was just injected with unknown substances so some fucking scientist doctor could extract my adrenal fluid. Do you think normal people are being experimented on, do you think normal people have their parents sign them away to the government without even saying goodbye or even fighting for them, no they aren't. Normal people get to wake up and go to school, be with their friends and family not stuck in this fucking facility with any way to escape!" Sunoo yelled and punched the wall behind him in frustration.

His knuckles split and started bleeding again and Jay came to his side grabbing his hand, "Hey, calm down!" He yelled. "I know it's not ideal to be here but don't take your frustrations out on me or the wall it won't help." Sunoo exhaled and stepped away from Jay, " You're right." He stated as he walked away back to his room.

After dropping his things back inside his room Sunoo went back downstairs to the room he was in yesterday. He could see Hee-Seung and Jung-Won talking through the door window when he entered Hee-Seung faced him before he could speak Sunoo walked up to Jung-Won and Punched him, "Holy shit!" Jake yelled Sunoo didn't see him when he came in, but it also didn't matter. Jung-Won spat blood and then stood from his seat, "Let me guess first doctor's visit?" He breathed in and then there were two of him they separated sandwiching Sunoo, "I can't go through that again, so let's go whatever it takes, no matter how long it takes I'm ready." He swung again but missed the Jung-Won behind him grabbing his arms and holding him back as Jung-Won in front pelted him, in the back of his mind he could hear Jake laughing at him and he struggled to get loose with his hands bound, and Jung-Won knocking the wind out of him with each punch Sunoo could feel his heart pounding as he tried to wretch his body away from the Jung-Won behind him.

"Keep going he's almost there." He heard Hee-Seung say when Jung-Won stopped for a moment he heard the sound of an exhale and the fists were back on him. "He isn't going to die right? He looks pretty bad." Jake sounded. The Jung-Won behind him let go and pushed him down Sunoo covered his head as they both started kicking him, he couldn't breathe as one of the Jung-Won's kicked him hard in the chest the blow had him coughing up blood, they backed away when Sunoo's coughing turned into chocking. He felt like his lungs were on fire bringing back memories of last night when Dr. Park just watched him burn from the inside out, he tried spitting up the blood that filled his mouth but he couldn't, swallowing the air felt like he was inhaling fire. Sunoo clawed at his throat trying to breathe in as the door slammed open again, he felt ice-cold hands grabbing his face and another pair started doing chest compressions Sunoo coughed more as he felt the blood fill his lungs.

"What the fuck Jung-Won!" He heard someone yell, and then more clattering and commotion filled the background Sunoo coughed twice more before he stopped moving the Person doing chest compressions stopped and the ice-cold hands let go. Sunoo felt his body go still but his mind was still functioning he guess it's true your brain is still active up to seven minutes after death...

"Holy shit you killed him."