R U N A W A Y • yoonkook

TWO

Yoongi knew that the next water test would be on Monday, and he was prepared. They gave him his breakfast and he ate it slowly throughout the time, making sure the timing was perfect so that he took the last bite before they opened the door to his cell to take him to the water chamber. He took a deep breath and swallowed the last bite of food, feeling more energized and lively than he usually does. He needs to be ready for this. He hears the lock on the door move and he spins around, enough time to see the heavy metal slide open to reveal three scientists. One holds handcuffs and ankle restraints, and the other is more muscular, as if he is only there for a scare tactic so Yoongi would behave, and the third one holds a recorder and a notepad. He silently holds his wrists out as the one scientist cuffs him tightly, enough to make him wince and then he squats down and does the same to his ankles. 

"Come on, 10-045." Is all he says, giving him a hard shove forward, making him stumble and then collapse to his knees. They say and do nothing, making him get himself up. He grinds his teeth together and counts to ten, trying to keep his calm. He wants to give them a false sense of security. He stumbles his way down the long hallway, the white walls and floor lit up by the white florescent lighting makes his head pound and he has to squint his eyes. He does his best to ignore the screams of pain and terror coming from the rooms lining the hallways. The doors each have three locks and made of thick steel with a small 1x1 bulletproof glass window on top, and through said window, he manages to see a girl strapped to a hospital bed. She looks so sickly with how frail her body is, almost making Yoongi feel better about the treatment he gets. She has bald spots all over her head and the little hair that is left looks to be smoking. Her mouth is open and Yoongi swears he can see steam coming from her lips... Almost as if she is being burned from the inside out. 

He turns away before he can see anymore, and finally he is standing in front of his own hell. The door slides open and the scientists break apart, going to their own stations. One sets up the tank for him while the other starts the computers, and muscle-man stands behind Yoongi, making sure that he remembers that he will never have a chance to escape... At least for now. 

They step towards him and take his ankle cuffs off, but leave the handcuffs on, like always. "Alright, 10-045, you know what to do." And he does. 

He steps onto the yellow X marked on the floor, mentally trying to prepare himself for what is coming next. One moment, he is standing above ground, completely dry, and the next he is plunged into complete darkness, water filling his nostrils and mouth. He hacks and chokes, managing to relax his body enough so that he just floats on the top to conserve energy. The water chamber completely cuts off all of his senses. The water has no taste and smell, and when he tries to move around, he can't feel it against his legs or hands. He has tried to scream, yell, and just talk to see if he could hear anything and he can't. It's completely dark too, to the point he can't tell how big the tank actually is or how deep. He doesn't really want to try and find out, either. 

They monitor his heartbeat, his breath, the electrical waves in his brain... They watch everything while he just floats in nothingness. For the first hour, it's not so bad, but then it gets unbearable. He feels antsy and his fingers start to itch and his wings tremble as if he could actually take flight. 

Deep breath in... Deep breath out... Deep breath in... Deep breath out...

He repeats this process for several minutes, and slowly he feels as if his mind is completely shutting off. As if someone inside of him is flipping each switch. He can feel his heart slowing down, and now it almost feels as if he isn't breathing... He isn't even thinking... He is nothing, but just a corpse in water. Time doesn't exist for him at the moment, until the hatch above him clicks and he has to stop himself from moving or even changing his breathing as the sudden light bursts in, causing his eyes to burn behind his eyelids. Rough hands grab him by the upper arms and yank him up, throwing him onto the ground. He can feel the frantic hands of the scientists as they try to figure out what happened, and he even hears someone ask how he died.