Kyuhyun looked at himself numbly in the mirror as he finished buttoning up his black suit. He was finally let out of the purging room early that morning, and like always he feels like a walking corpse after leaving that dreadful place. After each purging, it's like his entire being is numbed for a few hours; his senses and emotions dulled to the point where he felt like a mindless robot.

He hardly batted an eyelash when someone knocked on his bedroom door, and answered flatly, "Come in." 

The person entered silently, except for the creaking hinges of the door. Kyuhyun didn't turn his head to see who had graced him with their company; he had a pretty good guess. When a pair of arms s around his torso, he hated himself for being right.

"Hello, Kyu," Yesung purred into his ear, resting his chin against the younger cyborg's shoulder.

"Yesung," Kyuhyun greeted coldly, meeting the other's dark gaze through the reflection of the mirror.

"Did you miss me?" Yesung asked with a cheshire grin that made Kyuhyun's skin crawl with disgust. Even in his purged state, he'll always feel repulsed by the man. "Because, I really missed you."

"How was Nepal?" Kyuhyun questioned, ignoring the elder.

Yesung sighed, pouting like a three year old, "Boring. They said Everest would be challenging, but I peaked it multiple times within the first week. The only interesting thing that happened was when an avalanche hit base camp, and thirty people died. I got to keep some of the stuff they left behind that their families didn't want, so I guess it was a little fun. But," his voice suddenly lowered to the tone Kyuhyun always dreaded, "it would have been a blast if you were there. Oh, the things we could have done on that mountain peak; things that would be impossible for normal people." His grip constricted painfully around Kyuhyun's waist. He would have broken the younger's ribs, if they weren't made of titanium. "I'm starting to get hard just thinking about it," Yesung said lustfully, pressing a kiss to the side of Kyuhyun's neck that made the latter's stomach turn.

Even though he felt absolutely revolted, Kyuhyun kept his face neutral as he tried to pry Yesung's arms off of him, "I don't think the reality would have been as good as your fantasies, Yesung."

"Well," the elder purred, unfazed by Kyuhyun's squirming, "we'll just have to see about that. Once I resolve the issue of the escaped subjects, they're sending me right back." One of Yesung's hands began to trail down Kyuhyun's abdomen, and it took all of the younger's willpower to keep still. "All I have to do is make a request to Mr. Lee, and he'll be happy to oblige."

Just before that despicable hand could reach its destination, there was another knock at the door. Internally rejoicing at the interruption, Kyuhyun bit back a smirk as Yesung groaned in frustration, and removed himself from the younger cyborg.

"Enter," Kyuhyun answered as they both turned to the opening door. Kai stepped into the room, and paused for a millisecond when he saw that Yesung was also present.

"I apologize for disturbing you, Mr. Kyuhyun," Kai began, eyes darting to Yesung as he added, "Mr. Yesung."

Kyuhyun grinned mechanically, "Not at all, Kai. What is it that you need?"

Clearing his throat in hopes of hiding his discomfort, Kai continued, "Master Choi has requested to see you, sir. Director Lee has granted you permission to visit him for fifteen minutes. After which, the Director said you are to head straight to the operation rooms." Like a light, a second emotion sparked within Kyuhyun's purged state at the mention of Siwon. The slight raising of his eyebrows and widening of his eyes were the only visible indications of the cyborg's excitement.

"Thank you, Kai," Kyuhyun responded to the younger as he quickly walked to the door, only to be stopped by an iron hand on his elbow. He turned to see that Yesung was right behind him, a ghost of a grin on his lips.

"I'll talk to you later, Kyuhyun," the elder said simply before releasing him.

Pushing aside the small feeling of dread, Kyuhyun exited the bedroom and began his journey through the facility to make his way to the hospital wing. With only the two of them left in the room, Kai shifted uncomfortably under Yesung's glare.

"D-Director Lee also gave me a message for you," Kai said quickly when Yesung stepped toward him.

Yesung tilted his head in mild interest as he continued to stalk toward the young man, "Go on."

"He wants you to m-meet with him on floor B6," Kai replied hastily, backing up to the wall when Yesung didn't stop his advance.

Pausing half a foot away from the trembling man, Yesung mumbled, "He finished it?" When Kai nodded, he then asked, "Did he bring Jinki back, then?" Again, Kai nodded, and the cyborg smiled, "Excellent. You're lucky, kid. If it wasn't for this bit of good news, I don't know what I would have done."

And just like that, the menacing cyborg strode out of the room. Kai let out a loud exhale, placing a hand over his racing heart as he slumped against the wall.

"ing monster," Kai hissed under his breath as he glared at the spot Yesung stood a moment ago.

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The elevator jerked to a halt, and the metallic doors parted to let a wave of cool air flood the lift. Yesung stepped out into the concrete hallway of the 6th basement level floor, whistling a happy tune. Flourescent lights illuminated the chilly corridor as he strolled right up to the bare iron door at the end. Without a knob to turn, Yesung whipped a card out of his pocket, and pressed it to the reader to the left of the doorway. A small light at the top of the device flashed green, and the door slid open to the right with a hiss.

On the other side of the threshold was small a white room, a stark contrast to the darkness of the concrete hallway. Inside were two black leather chairs placed in front of a large viewing window, one of which was occupied by the grey-haired Mr. Lee. To the right of the viewing window was another door laden with 6 heavy duty tungsten steel lock bars.

Yesung took slow steps into the room, his gaze locked on the sight on the other side of the viewing window. Inside was a cube-like white room that was a little smaller than the one they were in. In the center of it was a single bed, occupied by a sleeping man with pink hair. The only other object in the cell was an IV stand holding plastic bag that was nearly empty of a bluish liquid. A tube hung from the bag, leading to the top of the pink-haired man's right hand where the IV was placed.

"You finally did it, old man," Yesung said in admiration as he sat down next to Mr. Lee, his eyes never leaving the sleeping figure.

"It was difficult to build," Mr. Lee responded, gesturing to the cell as he spoke. "The walls are made of a high entropy alloy that equals the strongest metal in the world, New Magnesium alloy, while also containing electromagnetic shielding properties that makes it impossible fo