Crescent || SF9

Chapter Five

2004, May 6
Jung-gu, Daegu

"Follow me, 002," the doctor in wearing all white called while holding out his hand. I moved my legs back and forth as I looked up at him. I placed my small hand in his large hand. The doctor pulled me along with him, entering a room as he let me go next to a chair. "Sit down," he demanded as I did what he said. I could barely see over the table, but I put my arms on top of the table and continued swinging my legs as the doctor was behind the glass across from me. "002, I need you to do everything I say," he said as I nodded. "A butterfly," I focused my eye on him as an image of a small, yellow and black coloured butterfly appeared in front of him. The doctor glanced up at the butterfly, lifting his arm and poked his finger at the butterfly, touching it. "Good," he whispered to himself and picked up his pencil and wrote something on his paper.

"Again" he called again, for about the tenth time. I sat back in my chair and crossed my arms. I looked towards him again, making some appeared on the table. "002, that's a knife, not a butterfly!" He yelled and stood up, pushing his chair back, causing it to fall back and hit the wall. "Doctors!" The doctors ran through the door as one of them held a needle in their hand. I screamed back got off the chair and ran towards the door.

"No!" One doctor grabbed my arm and pinned me to the wall while the other doctor squeezed my arm. I felt the needle pierce through my skin as I let out a little whimper. The doctor lets go of my arm and pulled out the needle as I felt my body drop to the floor. I rested my head against the wall and looked up at the doctors. "I want mom back!" I yelled and stomped my feet on the ground. The doctors just looked at me but did nothing.

"Come on, we're going back to your room," the doctor said and grabbed my hand again and pulled me up to my feet. He took me out of the room as I passed another child, who looked younger than me. He had a straight face on as his hair was dark brown, almost a black. He was tall for his age. I didn't look at him for any longer because the doctor covered the side of my face, blocking my view of him. The doctors wanted none of the children here to know or get too close to each other. The doctor pushed me into my room and locked the door as he walked out.

I lid on my bed and covered up in the thin white blanket. The rooms were plain; A white floor, white walls, white blankets, just a lot of white. The door opened as I looked over, seeing one of the doctors in the doorway, he smiled at me as my frown still stayed. "It's sleep time, prepare for more tomorrow" he informed me as I nodded. He flicked off my light and then closed the door, locking it behind him as I sat there in the dark. I heard silent knocks against the wall as I stood up and walked towards the wall, placing my ear up to the wall and listened. I heard movement, which I assumed was one of the other children. I tapped on the wall as the movement stopped, then another tap was heard.

"Hello?" I called, even though whoever was over there probably couldn't hear me.

It went quiet as I sighed and walked away from the wall and stood in the middle of the dark room. The movement stopped, then started again, but this time it was more of a stomping, then cries. "Shut up!" someone yelled as I stopped moving, assuming the doctor heard us. I ran over to the bed and climbed up on it and crawled up into a ball, quickly closing my eyes.

I opened my eyes to the sunlight shining through the curtains on the window. "002, please come to the main room," A doctor said as he pecked his head through the crack of the door. I nodded and uncovered myself from the blanket. He opened the door wider for me as I walked out of the room and followed him towards the door that brings you into the backyard. "Okay, this time I want you to make a seagull appear," he said and sat on a chair which his notebook in his hands. I sighed and sat down on the ground and make a seagull appear in the air. He smiled at me and wrote something in his notebook. He glanced up and me as I looked around, eventually making eye contact with him. "Make a butterfly appear again, but not a knife, never a knife," he said.

After about an hour of using my powers, I get up and the doctor brings me back to my room. "Dr. Yoon is making food, go wait in your room" he demanded. I walked into my room and sat on the floor as he closed the door, but not all the way. I sat up and quickly ran out of the room, walking into the hallway. I looked both ways, no doctor in sight.

"Yes," I said to myself and walked the opposite way then the other doctor walked. I passed a few rooms with names on it – well, numbers. I stop in front of one room and read the name '003'.

I placed my hand on the doorknob and twisted the knob. It opened with a loud clicking noise, meaning it was unlocked. I stuck my head through the opening of the door and seen a boy sitting on his bed with his book, quietly reading to himself.

'This is the boy that was talking to me through the wall' I said to myself and walked in, closing the door behind me.

"H-hello" I nervously said as his head darted up from his book.

"What are you doing in here?!" He asked-yelled as he folded his page and closed it.

"I sneaked out" I Informed him, causing him to shake his head.

"If any of the doctors catch us, we're in trouble," He said, and I nodded.

"002, please return to your room, right now!" A doctor yelled through the speaker. I looked at the boy, which I assumed was 003 from the name, and he shook his head.

"You should leave," he said and got off his bed, walking towards his door and opening it for me.

"Good thing you unlocked it, then we can both run away" he smirked as I smiled, following him out of the room. 003 ran down the hall as I followed behind him. "Let's get the others," 003 said and I nodded. He opened another room door, which said 004, as he walked in, talking to the kid as he walked out with us as well. After 003 got the other two, we ran down the hall as fast as we could. The doctors crowded the halls in front of us. I turned around and ran away from them. After passing my own room again, I ran into the main area and ran towards the door. I felt arms around my waist, instantly being lifted off the ground.

"Let me down!" I screamed and kicked my feet.

"Where do you think you're going?" A doctor asked and carried me back to my room.

"You'll never be strong enough to escape here"