[Nine Months Ago]
A man in a white lab coat punched a six-digit code and waited calmly as the heavy metal door groaned and slowly slid open. Behind him, two tall and hefty men stood. One of them carried an unconscious woman in his arms.
The door revealed a restless lab, with men in similar lab coats bustling here and there. The pungent scent of chemicals and something acidic hung heavy in the air.
As the three men entered the lab, the man in the lab coat paused and lifted a hand to guide the two large men.
“Take her to cube number five,” the man said, and without waiting for a response, headed in the opposite direction.
The two hefty men followed the order and stationed the unconscious girl in the indicated cube. After settling her on the bed—surrounded by black-tinted glass walls—the
