Agent 205

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎

Lunch was given to us with our vitamins and we finished it in a rush. Just put it all in my mouth.

I wonder who cooks these meals. They taste and look the same, bland.

The more I shove it down my throat, the more I get tired of it. I hope they do change meals here everyday, or else eating this plain stuff would make me lose my mind.

Vitamins, again.

I thought it would only be just a breakfast thing, but who am I to say?

I guess I know what dinner is gonna be.

Gosh, even food in this place is terrible.

After lunch, we were given a break for an hour. We were instructed to sleep, which we didn't actually do. It was all going too fast for us to just actually doze off. And despite of the fact that we were all so drained and sleepy, we couldn't risk sleeping. So we just lay there, overthinking about what were going to do next.

The buzzer goes off. It's time to assemble again as we were told this morning.

Finally, we were going out. The room we were at was cold at night but toasting at daylight.

We walk to a training field while the sun scorched our skin, too mucg for complaining about the room huh? The area was endless in our eyes. The running tracks warned us about what we were going to do next.

A sharp sound came out of the speakers making us feel the ringing in our ears as we covered them.

Someone behind the speakers informed us that we were going to go through a Physical Test to see how well our stamina is and all that stuff.

I trembled. I knew I wasn't a fast runner and I run out of breath when doing the slightest things. I mean I don't want to admit that I'm on the chubby side but I guess I need to be honest.

Fear struck through me as we started. A guard pulled the trigger from a g*n and a shot was fired. I believe we took a few more seconds to process the fire before actually starting to run.

Most of the kids with me were crying as they ran foe their dear lives. I seriously want to cry too, I was just holding it back. Who even was I trying to impress in this state? I realized that I wasn't trying to impress any one. I was just scared. Fear drives me like nothing else does.

I ran with all my might. I could feel my heart pumping and screaming that I should just slow down but my head and body was also blasting me with adrenaline. What am I supposed to listen to?

20 laps. That's what we all finished after so much agony and suffering. For the first time I told myself that I have lost pounds in one hour.

I was sweating so bad my clothes were drenched. My skin was burning with the sun's violent rays but I didn't care that much about it. I mean no one will notice it anyway, who even has the time to stare at me that long here. I panted so hard and fell to the ground. I wanted to drink some water but it's no where to be found here.

We were given a short break. Thankfully we were actually given a bottle of water infused with electrolytes to refill that lost strength. I looked around to see that my friends were all exhausted as I was, but I couldn't see Mee-ji.

I stood up. My legs were shaking. I slapped it a few times just to get some energy flowing in there. I realized I was already limping before I could take a few steps. My gaze wandered for my best friend.

I instinctively ran again as I saw Mee-ji at where the last finishers were sitting. She was almost suffocating. I remembered that if I had a low functioning stamina, Mee-ji doesn't seem to have stamina at all.

I was so worried again. Good thing we managed to get her back into breathing normally just before the second task was announced.

We all had thought that the running was the end, but we had plenty more to do. The whole afternoon was spent under the blazing heat while we all tried to push our bodies to the limit.

After all, we had no choice.

At 5:30 we finally started to close this hell of a test. Our bodies were sore if not limping. We felt that Our knees didn't have the strength to hold up the rest of our weight. We all made a slow line to the cafeteria. Taking each step painfully.

We smelled the food from afar. Surely it wasn't what we just had this morning. That made us a bit more excited. We knew it was a better meal, judging from the smell.

Meat! We saw meat! Our eyes formed into hearts out as we saw the sight of it. We hastened to arrange ourselves in the tables. We couldn't wait to taste it, that we forgot we were actually required to wait for the commands.

We were about to grab our utensils but then we heard a shot. Someone just dropped dead. Screams. We were all screaming if not just staring at it blankly.

Another shot. Silence. We all stared at each other as we sobbed. We all knew we were going to end like that if we don't shut our trap.

Listen well if you don't want to end up like this. Don't do anything if it's not commanded.

We all swallowed our saliva as we tried to suck back our tears.

Soon we realized it wasn't one of us. But one of the guards. I don't know if I'm supposed to feel relieved or stressed. But I am stressed. Everything is just adding up to it more and more.

"Do you understand?"

We all nodded.

Another shot.

"Say sir yes sir you-"

"Sir, yes sir!" We all chorused trying to sound tough.

We all were told to sit. We had to be punished since we didn't wait for commands. We didn't get to eat.

We went straight to bed. No food, with sweat stains all over us. And Trauma building up more and more. We were starving. Our lunch got used up in all of those physical activities. We wished we hadn't forgot.

I couldn't think of anything at that time. It was all page blank. I stared at the bunk above me as I cried. I turned my head to Mee-ji's bed. She was curled up so bad. I knew she wasn't wanting to be here any longer. I wish I could go to her.

We all shed silent tears that night. All quiet but we knew deep inside that we were all suffering both mentally and physically.

Thoughts started to creep to my brain. And when it does, it never stops.

Will we survive tomorrow?

Will we get shot in front of everyone?

Will we die?

Did we even deserve this? All of this? Isn't it to harsh? We're all just children! Right?

Someone please tell me I'm right...

I hugged myself to sleep. I had a nightmare that night. It was me getting shot. So I woke up. Drenched in sweat again.

I realized that people here don't value anything. Not even a person's life. We were all just sheep heading for the s*******r. I feel like all the bad people of the earth are gathered here.

I waited for the sun to go up. A second day, I thought. Will I ever see the next?