Limitless

Chapter 6: Experimentation?

WARNING! WARNING! There are some depictions of graphic injury. Please proceed with caution if you are disturbed by this.

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

"Wake up!"

Kaito groaned tiredly as he heard this rude awakening. He looked at the digital clock beside him. 4:30am? Why did he need to get up so early? Since he had met everyone else, he had been too excited to sleep when he was scheduled to. He was only able to sleep by time midnight had rolled around. He knew that breakfast was scheduled to be served at 8am until 9am, so he would've had plenty of time to get more sleep until he woke up a little later. Kaito ignored the voice, choosing to sleep a little longer. That was until his door was pounded on harshly again.

"Alright!" Kaito shouted at the door. He begrudgingly crawled out of bed and hurriedly got dressed. Rubbing sleep out of bed, he opened the door, surprised to find it open. The morning hadn't come yet, and the doors are electronically locked during the nighttime hours. Kaito couldn't remember the exact reason for it. Something a ton security measures or something like that. Kaito looked up to see big burly men staring down at him. They wore blacked clothing that looked similar to police or S.W.A.T team body armour. This wouldn't have been that much of a problem, except for the face that they had face visors that covered the upper halves of their faces. This made it impossible for Kaito to tell what the men looked like. Not to mention the baton looking weapons that hung from their belts unnerved Kaito a little bit. He had seen these guys walking around the Facility. Apparently they were security guards or something. Kaito didn't see much of a point, but figured that it was a necessary precaution should a terrorist group or another government attack.

"Can I help-" Kaito started to ask, but he got interrupted.

"You're needed in the lab. Move!" One of the guards ordered as if he were a drill sergeant. Kaito couldn't stop himself from flinching at that. Then the words sunk in. Lab? Oh yeah. White did say that Kaito had to go through some experiments as part of his training. He still didn't see the point with it being so early though. Maybe they needed to get as many people done as possible in one day, depending on how long the experiments are. Kaito complied, planning on taking a nap later on. The lights weren't as bright as they had seemed earlier. They were dimmed down to the point where Kaito thought that he was walking under street lamps at night. It was immensely quiet. Everyone was still sleeping.

Just as Kaito thought that, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the other direction. He looked ahead and noticed Shuichi walking towards him, also escorted by two guards. Kaito was ready to say "good morning" but he suddenly found himself going mute. Shuichi looked awfully pale and he looked so exhausted that Kaito was worried that he'd collapse with every step he took. How long has Shuichi been awake for? He couldn't have been up all night surely. He might have been awoken a lot earlier than Kaito was if he was returning from the lab now. Shuichi noticed Kaito through half lidded eyes, but didn't have a chance to say anything as they were walking past each other at that point. What happened to him?

Kaito couldn't dwell on it much as he was pushed through a door to one of the labs. They say that it was a lab, but it looked more like a surgical theatre. A hospital chair that folded down into a bed was in the centre of the room with a large bright light hanging over it. There were multiple cupboards all around with diagrams of the human body pinned to the walls. Some of the people in the room were cleaning what looked to be equipment and their hands. If Kaito wasn't told about this place to begin with, he truly would've thought that he was in a hospital somewhere.

A woman approached Kaito. She seemed to be in her early thirties. She had pitch black hair that was tied back so tight that it gave the illusion that her scalp was pulled back with it. She had sharp brown eyes that narrowed almost harshly at the teenager. She was fully dressed in hospital scrubs, just like a normal doctor.