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Izuku Midoriya shivered to himself, his eyes were shut tight and his teeth were gritted tightly as he leaned against the cold metal bars of the cage he'd been forced in. It was so cold, and he could only sit in silence as he listened to the others in the room, some screaming, wailing, inconsolable.. They'd been like that for a while. Green eyes snapped open at a particularly loud noise and he blearily looked around in fear, catching a glare of one of the monsters, one of the many who'd been broken over time. They didn't speak, they only stared at him. Many came before him, many came after him, but he was the only one who remained here, they were taken out, brought back in..Somewhat more broken than they'd been before they left.
Izuku wished he'd be taken. He wished he'd be gone, he'd been here for so long, hadn't talked in so long, hadn't been outside in so long. Another shudder wracked his body and he huddled against himself, pressing his feet against the cold barren floor of the cage. His eyes traveled back to the monster. Was there anything left at all? There must be. "H-" He wheezed, coughing from using his unused vocals before trying again. "H..Hi?" He croaked out. He got merely a grunt in response. These things were barely human anymore, of course they couldn't speak. He sighed in defeat, just wishing for someone to talk to.
"Can you..talk?" He still struggled to speak, but..it was worth a try..trying was better than giving up..despite wanting to break..wanting to hide in the corners of his own mind and stop..stop whatever this was..whatever his captors had planned for him. It could've been months..it could have been weeks..it could have been years. Everyday was the same.. darkness..occasionally a bit of light from an opening door, someone left..someone was brought in..
The monster shook it's head, cold and angry eyes never leaving Izuku's scared ones for a second. Cold..calculating..a mind was still there it seemed.. still there..still there but barely.
Izuku slowly leaned back, head pressed up against the cool back of the cage and closed his eyes again. He had to make sure. Now he knew. They couldn't talk, and he was right. He was scared..he was lonely..was he going to die here? Was he eventually going to lose himself like many others had before him? Was he going to become...them? Another shiver.. another shake. He..didn't..want to..
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Izuku stayed still, leaning against the cold metal once again before he jolted upwards in surprise as the door opened, but this time, the short man pointed to *his* cage and Izuku’s mouth opened in shock as two others..he wasn’t sure what they were, just not...completely human..with their animalistic features, sharp teeth..disfigured *snouts..* His cage door was popped open and one of the monstrous figures pulled him out, shoving him to shaky feet.
He almost couldn’t breathe as he looked on in fear. “We don’t have all day.” The short man snipped, eyes not visible from the dark glasses he wore but by his voice, Izuku was sure they were cold. As he was marched through the door, Izuku was overwhelmed by the sheer *smell* of the hallway. Blood. It reeked of blood and his breath hitched in his throat. No. He changed his mind.. he didn’t want to go, but as he tried to rush back into the room from whence he came, the animals stopped him with grunts and growls, knashing their teeth until he turned around and kept walking.
Clenched teeth, shivering body, he kept walking, his green eyes sharp with fear, not holding their usual dullness, they looked more vibrant than usual. Wide, terrified. He slowed, yelping as he was swatted with a claw. “Fast...er..” It snarled out, its cold yellow eyes cruel and inhuman. Izuku nodded, tears in his eyes. The short man didn’t stop once, just kept walking down the impossibly long hallway.
“E-Excuse me..s..s-sir?” His voice was raw from under use.. but thankfully it was still there, not a whisper as it had been with the other...test subjects. No response. Another sharp nudge. “Ke..eeep MOV..ING!” They repeat themselves as they scowled at the stuttering, terrified boy.
“We’re almost there..9785. Try and stay calm for me.” The small man said at once, Izuku shuddered. They’d never called him that before. It had always been his real name.. so why now? Why 97.. fuck..what was it? He didn’t know..his heart was beating swiftly..keep walking..keep walking.
*Nudge.*
He yelped in surprise, but picked up the pace, shivering in fear as he stared ahead, trudging ahead after his captors....fear.. he was afraid..he was terrified.. He wanted the cell again..anything was better than this..
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As he was instructed to sit down on that cold metal table, he gave an involuntary tremble but didn’t bother resisting as he sat down, internally panicking as cuffs clasped over his hands, pinning them to the sides of the chair. Fuckkkk... the man turned towards him, a cruel grin on his face as he slipped white gloves over his hands.
“Let’s get started then, 9785.”
We’re there that many before him? His heart sank. “I should warn you this’ll take a few days, young one.” Izuku froze and met his gaze with fearful green orbs.
“Well why are you surprised 9785? I need to figure out how much of this you can take, we don’t need you collapsing on us during the actual procedure do we?” He chuckled and Izuku shook his head, clenching his fists, the rest of his arm movement restrained by the cuffs that chilled his skin. Izuku wanted to jump back when the doctor turned back around with a small syringe, a bubbling pink liquid glowed inside and Izuku cringed, pressing against the chair in fear as he eyed the needle. 9785.. That wasn’t him..why were they calling him that.
“Don’t struggle.. it’ll hurt worse.” The man whispered and Izuku shivered, closing his eyes at the prick that entered his neck. His eyes opened in shock at the chill that entered his veins and then it burned, and then.. Izuku screamed.