The January Club

Exposition

The man that spoke to us sat back in his chair. "So...you eight," he began. "Do you all...know each other?" Everyone nodded. "Alright. Now before we get into the whole story, to start off, my name is Dr. Enero. And I am the head of this lab known as 'Unknown'. Code named, 'January'. "I told you this lab was called Unknown!" Austin said, triumphantly. Meagan shook her head in annoyance.
"Indeed it is. Now, about you three," he said, pointing at Michael, Lauren, and Sam. "These are our friends from school," Meagan said. "Is that so?" He asked. "Yes. And they're not born in January," I said. "I see. And how are you doing in school?" We're doing alright," Brooke said. "And uh...Mr. Jacob," he said, looking at me. "Any...relationship going on?" "What?" I asked.
"So is that a no? Sorry, it was just a personal question. Just checking to see how you were doing throughout the last 13 years."
"13 years?" I asked. "Yes. And we have been searching for you ever since." "What is it you want from us?" Meagan asked. "The same thing we wanted to do years ago. Research," he said. "Well if you wanted to research us, why did they try to shoot us?" Michael asked.
"Wait? What? They tried to shoot you?" He asked, getting a bit furious. He then noticed the guns. "Why are you carrying those guns?" They quickly dropped them on the ground. "I told you to search them! Not shoot them!" He yelled. "Did you not understand my english?!" He then carried one of the guns and pointed it at them. "Alright! Who was the one that told you to shoot?!" No one said anything, until he noticed a guy leaving. "Hey! You!" The guy then ran off. He ran to the opening and immediately pulled the trigger! And then...BANG!!! Boom! And then...dead....
Everyone grew silent. The mens' lips were quivering. The doctor was panting, but then looked at us, and chuckled softly. "Hehe...hey, I was just mad, that's all." I slowly started shaking when he walked closer. He then dropped the gun. "I'm sorry. It's just that...I'm like a student. And you all are like my little projects. And if anything ever happened to you...why...I don't know what I would do.... Hehe...hehe.... Heh...." I looked at him closely, his eye started twitching. Wow. Were we really that important to him before?
"Weeeeeelllllll...not saying that this isn't fun," I began. "Buuuuuut...we better get going.... Because you know...our parents might be worried about us...and...we got school...and...we got dinner.... Sooooooooooooooo...." I then slowly walked to the door. Just then, one of the men blocked the door. "Oh, I'm sorry, but where do you think you're going?" Enero asked. "Uh...home...?" I asked, as if the question was too obvious. Well actually, really obvious! "And with the rest of my friends as well," I continued.
"Awwww that's sweet. But no. You're not going anywhere," he said. "Didn't you just hear me? There's still projects I gotta complete. And so...you all are gonna have to stay here for a while until the projects are complete." "How long is a while?" I asked. "I don't know. But since the projects began a long time ago, and have been compromised, I'm afraid you are all gonna stay here for the rest of your lives. Guards!" The guards then immediately grabbed us!
"Why are you doing this to us?!" Brooke asked. "Yeah! Weren't there other babies back then?!" I asked. "There were," Enero answered. "But unfortunately...there have been a few...accidents...." "What kind of accidents?" I asked, struggling to get free.
"Oh boy. Where should I begin? Oh yes. You see, many years ago, I was born. And like you, I was also born in January. And throughout my whole life, I have become fascinated with the month. And so I became rich, and me and my men that I have hired to be my guards, built this whole lab. And so, we have tried many times to research our main goal."
"And that goal is?" I asked. "To figure out the secret to this month," Enero said. "What secret? There is no secret! January is just the first month of the year!" "Enough!" Enero yelled. He then cleared his throat.
"Anyway. We have tried to accomplish our goal, but due to our poor technology, there have been many failed projects." "How did they fail?" Austin asked. "Well...sadly...the babies have um...um...hehe...," He then started sweating.
"You killed the babies?!" Meagan asked in fright. "Look it's just that...well uh...look the point is, everything changed in 2001. That's when you five came in. But then the projects have been compromised because of your parents. And then, 13 years later, new technology has been made. And so, we have theorized that the new technology would make this a little more...harmless." "YOU KILLED BABIES ALL FOR A STUPID GOAL!!!" I yelled. "It's not like we meant to kill them," he said calmly. "YOU CAN'T BE DOING THIS BECAUSE YOU WERE BORN IN JANUARY, YOUR NAME MEANS JANUARY, AND THAT WE WERE ALL BORN IN JANUARY WITH SPECIAL POWERS!!!" "I believe you need some time to calm down," Enero said. "AND YOU KNOW WHAT?! THIS WHOLE ENTIRE GOAL YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH, IS ALL NOTHING BUT A WILD GOOSE CHASE!!!" "ENOUGH!!!" He yelled back. "GUARDS! TAKE THEM ALL TO THEIR CELL!!!" "Um...sir...we only have four cells...," one of the guards said, nervously. "WELL THEN...JUST...JUST PAIR THEM UP IN TWO AND TOSS THEM IN!!! GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" He really started getting furious.
The guards then grabbed us and took us to the cells. A minute later, we saw four iron doors. The guards pushed Sam and Lauren in one, Daniel and Brooke in another, Austin and Michael for the third, and me and Meagan in the last one. They then immediately slammed the doors and walked off. "UGH!!!" I yelled, pounding the wall. This isn't happening.... This cannot be happening....