mirrored | nct dream x reader

𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏

after our confusing discussion, we headed out the medical room and into the hallways.

it was emptied out and silent, except for dead men and women along with a ringing alarm blaring.
the amount of bodies, have we done this?

are we the monsters that he wanted us to be?
his weapon? have passed his test or this sick game?

this was something in a movie, a zombie apocalypse, something unrealistic. thinking again, ourselves aren't realistic.
the view gave me some sort of feeling, the feeling of sadness, stress and complete guilt.
all my anger surfaced, i fell on my knees and screamed.
this was exactly what he wanted, how could we possibly control our powers if the outcome will result in deaths?

renjun is now by my side as helps me calm down.

"its not your fault," he says softly. "its not any of ours. we did what we needed to protect ourselves and the others who are being treated like animals." i look at him and so does the boys.

"but renjun," i cry out. "we could've done something! i could have done something."

"wait," chenle speaks up. "the others who were being tested, do you think they took them along?"

"chenle's right." i say. at this moment i spring from my feet and storm my way to the chambers. with a trail not far behind me, i open the door and see what i suspected.

"jani what is this?" hyuck exclaims.

"he was making clones," i put my hand over my mouth in disbelief.

one clone for each of us. jackie was gone, with jinyoung i suspected.

"help us please!" said the person in the closest chamber. it was jisung's clone, looks exactly like was him. acts like him too.
if i hadn't known, i would have let that boy free.

"please let us out!"

"hurry before he comes back!"

the shouts and screams were overlapping that we couldnt even process what to do next.

"enough!" jeno yells. the quietness from the room signaled him to proceed. "i know you guys are scared, so are we but im afraid we cant let you out at the moment."

"bullshit!" yells hyuck's clone. "youre going to leave us here to die."

"wow, stubborn just like you." i nudge hyuck and he softly laughs.

"yeah i guess, but you would rather be friends me right?"

"hm, depends." i smile at him and get one in return.

we close the door to the chambers and block it just in case jinyoung and mark eventually do comeback. we clear a small table and we sit on it. we're currently talking over what we should be doing for the night time, but to be quite frank. im distracted.
these people are in cages but i know i cant let them out, if they do have powers are they the same as ours?
earlier in the white room jackie didn't exactly demonstrate a smart mindset, she was honestly not smart to begin with.

"jani?" renjun waves his hand in front of me. "you okay? you were spacing out."

"we should let them out." i say.

"sure, if you have a death wish." jaemin mumbles.

"no," i look at him. "im serious. we can put them in those handcuffs, the radioactive ones we were put in and question them."

"that's not a bad idea." jisung agrees, chenle nods in addition.

"what about you guys?" i look at the remaining four.

"doesn't hurt to try, right?" hyuck chuckles.

"okay, im in." jeno hops off the table and searches for the handcuffs. "here they are!"
jeno passes them to me while he takes the clones out one by one.

we sit them on the floor and stand in front of them.

"was this necessary?" says a clone. i smile, he acts just like mark.

"you guys wanted out, right?" renjun says. "well then youre going to have to be chained."

"lets start be learning your names," i say. "oldest to youngest please."

"the name is minho."
"yixuan."
"kenny."
"im min."
"my name is jongin."
"hi, im jun."
"im taejin."

we need to give them nametags, theres no way i could remember them.

"youre jani, arent you?" kenny asks.

"yes, i am." i reply.

"youre well known here." yixuan says. "they call you the key."

"the key to what?" chenle says.

"we're not sure, most of the time we're drugged and cant really process what goes on," kenny answers. "we just know the repetitive info."

an hour passed and what we learned so far is that they are unable to hold powers, theyre just able to clone our features and not our actual dna. the clones call themselves D8 or "day eight". its what their study was called and they just stuck with it.

we eventually uncuffed them and sat in a deformed circle. we talked about the plans of breaking out and D8 informed us about the layout of the building, deadends, openings and radioactive areas. so far they came off as respectable and trustworthy.
from time to time i would make eye contact with minho. eveytime i would feel betrayal and hatred, i guilty hated this as i just met minho and already didnt like him because of this stupid image i have!
this image i had of mark, the person who i knew well, has now disappeared.
i dont know who he is anymore, was he on his side all along? was this their plan?

it wasnt just jinyoung.
it is now jinyoung and mark.

for the time being, lets focus on minho and hope he is nothing like the mark i know.

actually.

scratch that.

hes nothing like mark.

a/n:
team dream or day eight? 🤔
also just to clarify,
minho = mark
yixuan = renjun
kenny = jeno
min = hyuck
jongin = jaemin
jun = chenle
taejin = jisung