Colours

1) Arrival

"Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being redirected to something better." - Steve Maraboli

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{3rd Person}

After Eric had left the room he headed down another hallway. There was a door to his right and he entered it. The room looked like a normal office. Eric placed the serums on a table and left, locking the door. He headed back down the hallway to another door. He opened it. It had led outside and there he sat. Waiting.

{Cory's POV}

It was dark. Cold. Black. I couldn't see and I felt as if my movements were restricted. The last thing I remember was being taken from my parents during a mission. I opened my eyes and I felt a bump and flew upwards a tad and landed on my side. Hard. Groaning, I sat up. I looked around and saw black walls, floor, and roof. The only light was coming from a small crease in the back and a checkered pattern window in the front. I also noticed 8 other children around me. They all seemed to still be sleeping. I heard a car running and noticed this wasn't a room. We were in the back of a van. Immediately, the driver slammed the brakes and left. I heard footsteps walking to the back door. Quickly, I laid back down and pretended to be knocked out while facing the door. I opened one eye and closed the other one. I put my arm in front of the open eye to conceal it. The door opened as I finished my charade and there stood three men.

"Do you have the cousins?" Man 1 asked. The other men nodded. Only now did I notice two bodies on their shoulders. One was a boy with curly brown hair and was wearing grey coloured clothes. The other was a girl with brown hair fading to a blonde and was wearing a white shirt and skirt. She was also wearing black leggings. The girl seemed to be struggling.

"Let go of Ross!" She shouted in a very high pitched voice kicking the man were it hurts. The man tossed her into the van along with the boy.

"Yeah, and we had troubles with her." The man said meanly. Just before the door shut the girl lunged at the door slamming into it once it shut. Probably leaving a dent at the force she came at it with. After I was sure the car had started and the men were gone I sat back up. The girl looked at me shocked.

"You okay?" I ask. She nods.

"Shelby." She mumbles and holds out her hand.

"Cory." I say taking her hand and shaking it. Another bump in the road broke our hands apart.

"Do you know where we are?" She asked looking around at the other people. I shook my head 'no' sadly. Her face fell.

"I'm pretty sure that were going somewhere though. We could find out then." I said trying to reassure her. She smiled brightly and nodded. I don't know why but I felt like I had to make her feel better. It was weird, but I smiled back.

"Do you know who these other kids are?" She asked.

"Nope." I said poking one's cheek. The person shifted and snored. Shelby giggled. The van stopped again.

"Don't go too crazy okay." I told her. Her face reddened.

"You saw that?" She asked. I nodded and the door opened.

"When did you wake up?" The man asked me.

"I woke him up when I hit the door." Shelby interrupted before I could say anything. The man nodded. He pulled out a Taser.

"Don't cause trouble and we'll be good." The man said. I looked to Shelby and nodded.

"Ok." We said. We carefully got out of the van and five men came out and carried the rest of the kids. They walked towards a door where a man sat. He wore a suit and was smoking a cigarette. Once he saw us he threw his cigarette on the pavement and smiled at the men. Noticing me and Shelby his expression fell.

"Aren't they supposed to be sleeping." He whispered just loud enough for us to hear.

"The boy woke up and the girl destroyed her sedatives." The man said. The suited man nodded and led us through a door and down a hall. There were two doors at the end of the hall and we ended up going into the room farthest away from us.

"Ok, so we have to put you to sleep. Starting with the girl." The suited man said turning to us. We backed up a bit and the man with the Taser held it up.

"Remember don't cause trouble." He said venom seeping from his words. I didn't notice there was a man behind us until I heard Shelby scream and all I could see was black.

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The next thing I remember was waking up in a cell. All of the kids were awake and Shelby was sitting next to the boy she was trying to protect earlier that I believed was named 'Ross'.

"Morning Sleepy-head." One dude called. He had brown hair tied into a rat-tail and he had sunglasses on.

"Say that for yourself." I said. He faked looking hurt and smiled.

"Anyways! We need to get out of here." Another boy said. He had red hair and a red jacket with a yellow lightning bolt on it. At that second the man from earlier walked in with a woman. The woman wore a lab coat with a black dress. We scooted back a bit as we were all sitting on the floor.

"Hello. My name is Sieraa, but call me Ms. Sieraa. My partner here is Eric. We would like you to know why and what you are doing here. We have personally made 11 serums to test. We would like you to test them." She said.

"Why us?" A boy with ginger hair and a 'Z' necklace asked. Ms. Sieraa smiled.

"Because, you are special." She said. Her expression fell as she turned to leave the room.

"Now be good and sit in those chairs." She said. All of us quickly got up and went to the chairs. We each sat down in one as she left.

"Now place your hands on the armrests for a surprise!" Eric said smiling and giving us a thumbs up. We did as told and Eric pushed a button. Immediately we were mechanically strapped to the chairs. Eric smiled sadistically and I recognized this look. The look my parents had before they committed murder..

Eric snapped his fingers and 5 men came into the room holding small syringes of different colour. I started to panic. He came up to the dude in sunglasses and asked his name. The dude quietly mumbled 'Adam' and the man rummaged through the vials until he pulled out a yellow one. Adam struggled, but the man stuck the needle into his neck and inserted all of it in. You could see the yellow coursing through his veins and he screamed. The man smiled and moved onto me.

"Name." He asked. I shook my head.

"That's Cory." Eric said. The man nodded and pulled out a black one. He stuck it in my neck and the liquid started seeping into my blood. It felt like thousands of knives stabbing me. I held in my scream as my blood started to go black. My muscles tightened and I felt as if I was going to explode. Soon the sensation stopped and he moved on to the next person. He was the dude that Shelby was trying to protect. The man didn't ask for his name and was told by Eric that it was 'Ross'. You could see the hatred in Shelby's eyes as the man pulled out a grey formula.

"Ross!" She called as the serum was going into him. Shelby struggles against her bonds and was giving herself bruises. It didn't look like she cared though.

"Leave him alone!" She yelled tears escaping her eyes. Ross screamed and the man skipped a few people and went to Shelby. He pulled out a white one.

"Shelby?" He asked smirking. She stopped struggling and looked at him with fear in her eyes. His smirk grew wider as he put the white serum into her. By now everyone was scared. A girl with pink hair and a white shirt was on the verge of tears. Soon enough he had gotten to everyone and everyone, including me knew all our names. There was Adam, Ross, Shelby, me and 7 others. The pink-haired girl was named Lizzie. The boy with the 'Z' necklace was called Max. There were also Barney who had brown hair with an eyepatch and wore a purple dino onesie, Red, the boy with the red jacket, Joel who wore a white t-shirt with a brown blazer that matched his hair colour and jeans, Aphmau who had long black hair and a purple tank top and white shorts, and Jin who also had black hair with a white shirt and a purple blazer with jeans. When the man was done with all the injections he left. We were unbound from the chairs, but none of us moved. We just sat there in silence.