Chapter 30 - Room 44!

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When I retrieve my consciousness, I realize that my thoughts are a little slow

Besides that, I cannot move my body as I normally would, as if something was wrong with my nerves.

When I realize this, I get a little confused and agitated

'Damn it! Don't tell me that I died again? That's not funny! I didn't stay alive for even a day!'

However, a few seconds later, I control myself, and I start to calm down.

I stay for a while, trying to get used to the sensation while I wait for my thoughts to return to normal.

Time passes, and after a few minutes, I finally feel my thoughts are no longer slow, and that I can move my body again.

Then I open my eyes, and realize that I'm not in the forest, but in a corridor full of doors.

"Where the hell am I?"

I start walking slowly, while I look at the place.

A white corridor, about three meters wide and about twenty meters long.

I look up and realize that I can't see the ceiling and just great darkness, as if the ceiling was too far away or just didn't exist.

"What a bizarre place!"

After walking for a few minutes, I realize that it seems that my surroundings have not changed at all.

I stop and look back, as I do this I notice that the initial twenty meters in length have become more than a hundred.

"It seems that, the more I walk, the bigger this place gets! So, walking on will not come to nothing in the end!"

After reaching that conclusion, I shift my attention to the doors.

White doors, the same shade of white as the floor and walls, they are taller than normal doors, being about three meters.

They are on both walls of the corridor

The distance from one door to another is only a few centimeters.

I approach the doors, and one in particular catches my eye.

It catches my attention, because unlike the other doors, which are completely white

This door has a small black pattern, drawn right in the middle of it

After looking at the door for a few seconds, I reach out to open it

However, when I do that, I notice that the door has no handle

Seeing that, I move away from the door and move my vision to the other doors

With that I realize that none of the doors has

Upon realizing this, I close my eyes and stand for a while lost in thought.

'What the fuck is going on? Where the hell am I? What kind of place has doors that don't have handles? Every door needs something like a handles to open them! Wait, unless that...'

I open my eyes, walk to the door with the little black pattern, raise my right hand and touch it at the door

When I touch the it, a very strong light covers my vision

"Huh? What the hell is that?"

I close my eyes and raise my arm to cover them.

When I feel that the light has dimmed, I lower my arm and open my eyes

Then I realize that I am no longer in the corridor, but in a dark room.

I look around, but the room is very dark and I can't see anything

As I try to find out where I am, I hear a loud voice coming from behind my back

"Turn on the lights in room 44!"

Right after that, the lights in the room come on, so I can see my surroundings.

A completely white room

This room has only one door, a toilet and a bed.

On top of the bed, a human boy sits with his eyes closed

He appears to be sleeping.

He looks about ten years old, has very pale skin, short black hair and is very thin.

He has several scars on his body, they go from his arms to his feet

He is wearing white clothes that are stained with blood.

At that moment, the door opens and two men enter.

I get scared for a moment, but I soon realize that the men can't see me

So I stop, and look at their appearance.

One of the men is very short, a little less than five feet tall

He has a reddish skin tone, a tail protruding from the back and two horns on his forehead

He's clearly not human, he's an Enfys.

He wears an all-white outfit, and has a big scar on his right eye

The other man is the complete opposite of the first

He is very tall, having a little more than seven feet tall

He has a grayish skin tone and has four large arms

Like the other man, he is also not human, he is a Gullbhar.

He also wears white clothes, and is holding some pills.

The Enfys with the big scar, looks at the boy with scorn and screams

"Hey! Wake up now, Number 44! It's time for your meds!"

The boy slowly opens his eyes, gets up and then stretches.

After that he looks at the two men and says in a friendly voice

"Oh, if it's not my two favorite henchmen!

Hallo, Henchman Number 6 and Henchman Number 9! Good afternoon... I think. I'm sorry for that! You know, I can't say what part of the day it is now! After all, I'm always stuck inside this building! I hope you can forgive me Henchman number 6! Huehuehue!"

A vein pops on the Enfys' forehead, and then he runs towards the boy

Upon arriving there, he gives a big punch knocking the boy to the ground

Then starts he punching and kicking him, while screaming

"Shut up! You stupid Guinea Pig! When I give you an order, you must just be quiet and obey it!"

The boy uses his arms to defend himself from the angry Enfys' punches and kicks, while laughing and asking in a mocking voice

"Huehuehue! What's up, Henchman Number 6? Was your day bad? Let me guess... Did you do shit and then Pseudo-Boss, yelled at you?"

Upon hearing this, Enfys stops your movements for a second

However, he soon hits the boy again, with even more intensity

Feeling this, the boy start laughs out loud and says

"Huehuehue! Oh, I was right? Dude, you're too stupid! Besides, Henchman Number 6, your strokes are very weak! The blows of my little sister, just three years old, hurt more than that!"

The Enfys continues to beat the boy

However, a few seconds later, the big Gullbhar screams

"It's enough, Bohum! The boss will kill you if you end up killing the brat with one of your rage attacks!"

Hearing this, Bohum stops hitting the boy, and walks away

While wipes the blood off his hands with a handkerchief that was in his pocket, he clicks his tongue

"Tsk! I already know that, you don't have to remember me!"

Seeing this, the Gullbhar nods, approaches the boy and picks him up off the floor using one of his arms

Then with the other arm, he puts a pill in the boy's mouth.

The boy tries to fight, but the Gullbhar is very strong

In the end, the boy is forced to swallow the pill.

Seeing that the boy swallowed the medicine, the Gullbhar throws it on the floor and leaves the room.

Bohum looks at the door, and then looks at the boy on the floor

He hesitates for a few seconds, but in the end, he still walks to the boy

Upon arriving there, he crouches down and whispers to the boy

"Okay, listen! I'm one of the guys that keeps you away from your family!

I am also responsible for the thousands of experiments you participated in! You know, here between us... I love doing it!

So, remember this, number 44! My name is not Henchman Number 6... My name is Bohum Anselm Smyth! Was I clear enough?"

The boy slowly raises his head to looks at Enfys, and then he starts to move his mouth as if he's trying to say something

Realizing this, Bohum approaches his face to the boy and asks

"Huh? What did you say? I couldn't hear you!"

Seeing this, the boy opens a big mocking smile and spits on Bohum's face

"Okay, listen! I am the person responsible for leaving this beautiful scar on your face! I am also responsible for the many times that the Pseudo-Boss yells at you! You know, here between us... I love doing it! So, remember this, Henchman Number 6! My name is not Number 44... My name is Icarus Royle Hill! Was I clear enough?"

Bohum freezes, not knowing how to react to the situation

After a few seconds, he slowly raises his right hand and with a handkerchief, he wipes the spit off his face

Then he looks at Icarus and while the veins on his forehead are pulsing

He slowly raises his arm ready to punch Icarus again

However, at that moment, he feels his feet come off the ground, so he quickly looks back

In doing so, he realizes that the Gullbhar has returned and is lifting him off the ground using his muscular arms

The Gullbhar looks at him with a calm look and says

"I said that's enough! Stop teasing Number 44! Besides, we both know that when it comes to irritating and offending people.

No one here is a match for this kid! So… why the hell are you still try? Are you a masochist or something?

Sigh! He already took the medicines, which he had to take! That means our mission here is over! So… let's go!"

Upon hearing this, the boy starts laughing aloud, and while look at Enfys with a look of contempt, he says

"Huh? Are you two already leaving? What a pity... I wanted to talk some more! Well, see you later, Henchman Number 6! Huehuehue!"

Ignoring this, the Gullbhar carries the Enfys, who is furious, out of the room and, when the door closes, he screams.

"Turn off the lights in room 44!"

After the room light goes out, I feel the scene in front of me freeze

Realizing this, I calmly close my eyes and after a few seconds, I open them

As I do this, I realize that I'm back in the white corridor

I look around and realize that beyond the door I just entered

There are many others doors with the same black pattern

"All these white doors are my memories! Those with this black pattern must be my memories of Hell! This is interesting!

Maybe if I look at the memories of these doors... I may end up finding memories that I don't remember!

For example the memory of the day I managed to escape Hell! If I do that, maybe I finally find out what happened!

I find the reason why I don't remember those memories!"

After reaching that conclusion, I try to walk to another door

However, after taking just one-step, the space around me starts to become illusory

Seeing this, I stop walking and sigh

"Sigh! It looks like I'm waking up! Well, okay, later when I get back here, I check the other memories!"

After that, I slowly close my eyes

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