Chapter Twenty Three (Part 2)
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Chapter Twenty Three (Part 2)
When the book shelf was thoroughly slid to the left, a secret door welcomed me. I opened using a key before pushing it open. The door lead me to a black room that is only a few meters wide. It walls are white and the floors are black. I smirked before entering it; but I first locked the door behind me again before proceeding to go inside.
I used my phone's flashlight again to lighten up the floor. I kneeled on the floor again; trying to find the secret tile that will lead me to an underground passage towards the blue room.
I grinned when I found the right tile, I removed it from the floor and it revealed a secret passage similar to what I we have back in the kitchen.
Our basement is divided into two portions; the first portion is my parents' underground lab facility while the second one is the blue room and there are two ways to enter it respectively. The passage that will lead to my parents' underground lab is the one in the kitchen while the only passage that will lead to the blue room is this one. You cannot go to the underground lab by using this passage and vice versa.
I walked down the passage using a metal ladder. Once I reached the bottom, I skilfully hop to land gracefully. An identical hallway welcomed me again, it is similar to the underground passage in the kitchen.
I used my phone to illuminate the surrounding, at the edge of the hallway lies the door of the blue room.
I silently walked there while playing with the key on my fingers. Scenes from the past played inside my brain as I stride towards the door. My feet automatically stopped when I reached the door, my fingers then slid the right key inside the key hole. A sense of anxiety filled me as I twist the key inside. I remembered that I was not able to open the door in my parents' former underground lab, I can't help but to wonder if this one would even open.
A sigh of relied escaped mg mouth when the door sprang open before me. Damn it. I almost feel scared.
I opened the door thoroughly to see the inside of the room. The refreshing color of blue in filled my eyes as I entered inside. The cushioned walls, the tiled floor and even all the furniture and equipment inside are all in the color of blue. My parents designed it for me because it is my favorite color. I have always viewed blue as a refreshing color that is why they intentionally created this this way--hoping that I may someone feel a little comfortable while spending my time here. But it was not really the case because being in this room means doom.
Nevertheless, this place actually doesn't look like a room. It looked more like an underground clinic or something. It is divided into different portions as well: the medication portion, the therapy portion and the bed portion which covered with sliding fiber glass wall. I stared at the bed portion, that is where I usually sleep everytime I feel ill... and that time when the epidemic erupted in this place.
I remembered Blade, Vanessa, Lumence, and Gamence visiting me here once. It was candidly taken in a picture. They are not allowed here and this is a secret passage afterall but when I asked my parents why did they let them go here despite us having rules that outsiders are strictly prohibits in this room. They only answer me with a smiled.
Yeah, right.
I brushed those thoughts away and just busied myself in finding something relevant here. The former tools and equipment that my parents used for me are still here, some unused dextrose, needles, injections and drugs. The only thing I found somehow curious is the mini cabinet beside the medication table. I walked towards it, sliding the glass wall horizontally before admitting myself inside.
I briefly glance at the long metal table where all types of medications lies before returning my eyes to the drawer beside it.
I never really opened this one before because I was mostly preoccupied with the thought of how long would I need to stay here. So it was my first time when I pulled the side drawer box to see something inside it but It was empty. I tried the other two drawers but they are also empty.
That was strange.
Why would they even put a drawer here if they will not use it? I was about to pushed back the opened drawer when I noticed something.
My eyes slightly widen ad my lips firmed into a smirked when I realized it.
I glance at the table beside it to find a pen and when I did, I disassemble it to get the ink chamber. I stared at the thing before turning my attention back to the last dr of the drawer.
I inserted the ink chamber of the pen beneath the compartment and I smirked when I found a small hole where it will fit.
I was right afterall, this compartment has its own trapdoor. If I insert this pen inside the tiny hole beneath the compartment, the bottom plywoof of it will be pushed upward revealing a concealed drawer.
My eyes widen in mild surprised when I saw a black folder lying on it.
I curiously picked it to see what it was all about. My eyebrows knitted when I noticed something about it, the edge of the folder looks a bit burnt. Instead of thinking about why is that, I just brushed off those thoughts and decided to checked it out.
The moment I flipped the first page of the folder, the title page enveloped my sight.
Project: LOTUS
My lips parted as I saw those two words. This folder is... a classified file of the Project: LOTUS mutants?
-C. N. Haven-
- Writer
