SUBJECT V || VKOOK

CHAPTER FIVE

Jeongguk's head jerked to where the growl originated from and made eye contact with white glowing eyes. The staring competition between the two was absolutely unsettling- especially for Jeongguk. Even though he felt paralyzed, he could physically feel the fear clawing at his flesh.

Those white glowing eyes soon showed their owner when a person suddenly lunged at Jeongguk. Before they could get their hands on him, a loud sound of chains restricting the person echoed throughout the cell. They were yanked back harshly.

Jeongguk stumbled back and fell onto the concrete floor in shock. Finding control over his body he crawled backwards into a corner. His eyes had widened, his heartbeat became more and more unstable, and his blood began to run cold.

When the person snapped their attention towards Jeongguk, their eyes met once more. It felt as if time has slowed down for Jeongguk. The person in front of him was a man- a man by the name Subject V.

Subject V had very damaged feminine features, but even with those features he looked manly. Subject V also had long black hair the looked like it was filled with knots and full of grease. His body looked frail and starved. And those eyes- those eyes were void of colour. Void of emotion.

Jeongguk didn't know how long he had been staring into those eyes, but it was long enough that the two guards outside the door ran into the cell. One was pointing their gun at the now growling man, while the other ran over to Jeongguk.

Jeongguk felt a prick in the back of his neck, his eyes becoming heavy. Although they were threatening to close, Jeongguk couldn't help but stare at the rogue man. Subject V's eyes met with Jeongguk's one more time before he lunged at the guard who pointed the gun at him.

"Mr. Jeon, are you alright? Mr. Jeon!"

—S U B J E C T  V—

As Jeongguk regained consciousness, he realized that he couldn't move a muscle. His ears began to crackle and pop, a sudden thunderous ringing noise soon echoing throughout his mind- causing Jeongguk to internally scream in pain.

Jeongguk. Jeongguk. Jeongguk.

"Mr. Jeon can you hear me?"

Jeongguk suddenly felt a small part of his body begin to work in his favor. Using that to his advantage, he forced himself to let out a weak strangled grunt and a small nod. His musclee began to flare in pain while his throat felt as if it were burning up.

Jeongguk. Jeongguk. Jeongguk.

"Okay Mr. Jeon. I'm going to need you to take a deep breath and try to open your eyes for me."

In pain and listening to the person's instructions, Jeongguk tried to take a deep breath and it completely backfired. His whole throat felt as if it had closed up on itself and restricted his lungs from getting the oxygen it so desperately needed.

Jeongguk. Jeongguk. Jeongguk.

It felt what seemed to be like minutes before his eyes suddenly shot open and his body launched itself out of the bed- causing Jeongguk to crash onto the floor with a loud thud.

"Mr. Jeon please calm down!"

Jeongguk started to claw at his own throat for breath- his eyes stinging and watering. His throat had suddenly reopened, which caused the oxygen he was trying to retrieve to slam itself against his throat. When the oxygen entered his desperate lungs, they felt as if they were burning.