Children Light
A bitter unforgettable experience

R3 awakens with a feeling of anxiety. Sleep is not good . He was still in the shadows with what he saw yesterday. Soon the siren will sound, and he will return to his usual routine. The problem is that after the horror he witnessed yesterday he did not know if he could pretend and follow the other actions simultaneously. Because even though it has been done many times it still requires high concentration.

        NGUIIIYING,,,,,,, NGUIIIIIIII....

        The deafening siren voice broke the silence. Immediately he woke up, and hurriedly lined up following the others. They followed him as usual, running towards the field. As they run around the field. Suddenly he could hear another noise that he had never heard in the morning before, but it seemed that all the members of his group were unaware of the commotion. He began to feel afraid whether this commotion had anything to do with his bravado actions yesterday?

        Suddenly from the building where the guard lived, darted a small black figure and behind him appeared two people who were chasing the figure with a wand that was brandished. For the first time R3 saw the guards. They look like him. Unlike the large tall figure he saw yesterday, but the clothes they were wearing were different from the clothes he was wearing. The clothes that R3 wore were only one connecting from the top of his body to the bottom. While the guards were wearing clothes that seemed to consist of two parts. The color of their clothes is black.

        They began to line up in the field to exercise in the morning. The black figure that was being chased by the guard seemed to be darting past those who were exercising in the morning. R3 glanced at R1, he wanted to know how he reacted, but R1's gaze remained forward and his face remained expressionless. By trying to keep the position of his head, R3 tried to see more clearly the black figure. And suddenly the black figure stopped suddenly in front of him. R3 looked at the four-legged creature, his body thin until he could see his ribs, his yellow eyes looking at him.

......Meow. He's a cat, but R3 doesn't know that it's called a cat, because this is the first time he's seen another creature that moves other than humans like himself. And all of a sudden the cat darted away, as the two guards ran after him. R3 quickly looked ahead and emptied his expression and continued to exercise following the other movements. The first guard ran after the cat. The second guard stopped in front of him and watched him. He brought his face closer to R3's face and suddenly shouted loudly in his ear. I don't know what forces are guarding it but R3 manages to not flinch and still maintain his blank look and expression.

        "Sad....."

The guard looked disappointed, he then spat near the foot of R3. And began to run after his partner who was chasing the cat earlier. R3 glanced at R1, and he could see R1 exhaling a sigh of relief. His heart was happy not to be upset because it turned out that R1 was still worried about him. He was already anxious, another thing that caused him to have difficulty sleeping was fear if R1 would get angry and ignore him. Because all night last night they did not talk anymore like they used to do before going to bed.

    His heart again felt light with steady steps followed by his group to the bathroom to prepare to carry out the next routine.

****

        Since then, every night R3 always comes out of his room. He was very careful and waited for R1 to sleep first. Because he didn't want to worry her. In addition, he also thinks if he gets caught then R1 will remain safe. He didn't want anything bad to happen to R1. From his night adventure, he begins to get to know his neighborhood.

        The building where the bedrooms and bathrooms are located at the western end. At the south end is a dining hall, a soup kitchen and next to it is the factory where R3 is on duty. . The north end is a guard building where he witnessed terrible horror events that until now he could not forget. To the north of it is also beside the guard building there is a high watchtower. At the eastern end are farms and greenhouses where the R1 works. In addition to these buildings there are other smaller buildings. R3 does not know the function of the building. All of the buildings were built around a large field where they exercised. And surrounding all those buildings was a three-meter-high wall. It's been a few nights R3's been going around along the wall. But how hard he searched he could not find a single door. He was confused and wondered if the guards who since the cat's existence became easy to realize never came out of the place.

        That night was no exception, waiting for everyone in his room to sleep. He can tell from the sound of their regular breathing when they are asleep. Slowly, he got up from his bed and tiptoed towards the R1 bed. He saw R1 was asleep, his chest up and down regularly. After he was sure of it, he tiptoed towards the door and slowly opened the door and nimbly slipped out. He kept to walk slowly without a sound and made sure to always stick to the building he passed. This time he headed east, to get there he passed the guard building and watchtower.

          R3 was puzzled by what the tower was for, as he had never seen any movement there. The building was tall and at its top was just a flat roof. There's only one door under it.

        Suddenly.......

        The door in the tower opened, R3 was shocked to death and quickly hid behind the guard building. From that door came out men who wore uniforms like themselves, about fifty in number. They walked in an orderly line, there were two guards behind them carrying glowing objects. Flashlight. R3 never saw a flashlight.just this time he saw an object that could emit light at night. The people who lined up in an orderly and uniformed manner like himself, after he had looked carefully, turned out that their stature was much smaller than his. R3 never looked in the mirror.he only saw his reflection from a puddle on the bathroom floor while bathing. But he could make sure the people who came were smaller than him.

        They lined up and walked towards the building where he was sleeping. Followed by the two guards who brought the flashlight. They came in, and slowly and tiptoe he went to the door of the tower. Open the door and as expected it was not locked as well.he slipped into it. Inside the tower was a circular staircase leading to the top besides he found nothing. In wonder he walked, and accidentally stumbled on something.  He saw a curved iron attached to the floor. And after being noticed there is a different patch of floor from the surrounding floor. If the other floor is cast concrete one floor plot it appears to be from wood.

       Intriguingly R3 bowed and held the iron. He tried to pull it and it was unexpected that the floor plot was swinging open. Under him he saw a ladder.he hesitated to continue his steps. But in the end curiosity overcame his hesitation. Slowly he went down the stairs and closed the floor again. Arriving at the base of the stairs he could see a passageway that was large enough for four people to simultaneously pass together. Carefully he stepped.

        Twenty minutes he walked, the hall sometimes turned right and then turned left. And suddenly as he turned right, he saw another staircase leading up. It seemed that he had reached the end of the hall. Slowly he climbed up the stairs to the end of the stairs he could see the same door as where he had entered. Plastered by his ear, he heard no sound, he tried to lift the door and it turned out the door was not locked. As he stepped out, he felt the night wind beating on him. Looking around him he saw himself surrounded by strange trees and was first seen. He tried to find the building complex where he lived, but he could not see it when he was sure it could not be far from there.

From where he stood, between the crevices of the trees he could see the road that cut through the trees, extending until he could not see the end. Of course R3 did not know that what he saw was called the road. Sometimes there are high-speed objects passing through. Some continued to stick and some were floating as high as roughly 3 meters above it. Both have similar shapes, both have round objects on the bottom. Some have four round objects there are only two.

The difference, which is attached to the road, the round object rotates quickly while the floating round object is just silent. He was fascinated to see it. His head followed the direction of movement of those things. To the left, to the right and involuntarily his mouth agape. For the first time in his life, he saw cars and motorcycles.

Everything feels so much to digest R3. Overnight, he saw a lot of new things that he had just seen first. And R3 doesn't know what those things are called.

Trees, grass, shrubs, roads, cars and motorcycles........

He was fascinated by all of that. Slowly, he walked towards the road. Carefully and occasionally hiding behind a tree he moved slowly. Occasionally the wind blew and made the leaves rub against and make a sound that made his heart almost dislodged.

Ten steps he walked, and suddenly, he came to his senses. He did not know anything around him, but he knew for sure, that he had come out of the complex where he lived.

He turned back to the stairs, down....

Back down the hall...

He was glad to find a way out. His heart is beating fast. Adrenaline was flowing, never before had she felt this excited. He had to hurry back, meet R1 and devise a plan for how they could get out together because it seemed to be more difficult with R1. R1 cannot see in the dark.

He reached the stairs under the watchtower. In his haste up the stairs, he could not wait to tell what he found on R1. Opening the floor that became the door....

"Look at what we found!"

Two guards stood above him.

R3 is frozen.

****

Steps sucked. Two guards walked behind him. Sometimes they pushed him hard until he almost fell.

The two guards were wearing the same uniform as the guard he saw chasing the cat a few days ago. But somehow, these two guards felt so terrible for R3, the fur on its back stood just by close to them.

In addition to their larger and taller stature. These two guards also had much paler skin.

So white...

Their eyes glittered sharply, their eye color was red and they were also extremely strong. It only took one of them to pull R3 out of the stairwell. And it only took one jolt, R3 was immediately lifted out, to then be thrown to the floor.

They took him towards the building where the guards were next to the watchtower. R3 doesn't know what's going to happen to him. But he knew one thing that comforted him a little, his decision not to involve R1 was right. At the very least, R1 will remain safe for the time being no matter what happens to him.

Exhaled out loud, whatever happens let it happen....

He stepped into the guard building. Like other buildings, this building also has no lighting. Everything's dark. There is a hallway separating the rooms on the left and right. The building was not as big as the one where he slept and bathed. On his left and right were lined doors that were about four meters away from each other. The doors were facing symmetrically, he passed the stairs to his left. The stairs are right in the middle of the building.

The guard to his right pushed him again. They took him to the very end of the door, and R3 knew he was being taken to the room where he had witnessed the massacre before. His throat was blocked, he was very scared. The guard to his left opened the door and pushed him into the room. R3 slumped, his hand reflexively resisting the fall. And he felt pain in his wrist.

As he looked up, what he saw made his entire body go limp.

R1 sits in a chair in the middle of the room. His head bowed, his long hair unraveling covering his face.

****

The guard who pushed him into the room. Gripped and pulled R3 hair until his head jerked, and his body pulled up from the prone position, into a sitting position.

His scalp is in tremendous pain.

With his left hand, still clutching R3's hair, his right hand patted R3's cheek. From his mouth a mocking smile.

"Ho.ooo we got another hotshot this time."

"The two will be happy to get a new toy."

The other guard entered the room. And while stepping over the foot of R3, do not forget he landed a hard kick to the right rib R3.

R3 grimaced, but he didn't care about it all. Thought garbled. He was worried about R1. How can R1 also be found out if it has been awakened. His eyes glanced at R1. The girl was still quietly bowed.

R3 panic is amazing. What they did to R1.

The door of the room to the hallway was still open, and he could see the window where he was peering. Without a second thought R3 rebelled.

The guard grabbed her hair and her legs were swept to the feet of the guard who kicked her.

The guard fell......

Shocked not to think there will be an attack.

"Lariiii! LARIII! R1 LARIIII!"

With all his might his hands were held onto the guard and his legs hooked hugging the waist of the fallen guard.

Surprisingly the two guards did not fight back.

Except....

"HAHAHHAHHAHA......Hahahahhaaaahh...."

"Run? HAHAHAHAHAHHA.. ..."

They laughed out loud their bodies were shaken.

"WHAT IS THIS?"

Suddenly, the room became bright. The room lights were turned on. The two guards simultaneously raised their hands covering their eyes. And in haste they wear sunglasses

But the man was wearing a different outfit. His clothes were much better than the guards. Looks multi-layered.

R3 looked up and observed him. The eyes of this man, red like those of the guards. Unlike those guards, he did not seem to be distracted at all by the light from the lights. R3 looked astonished. For the second time he saw an object that gave off light at night.

The guards were already in the handsome category. But this guy is so handsome. His nose is sharp and symmetrical. Thick eyebrows. There are cleavages on his chin and lips. The color of his lips was also as bright as his eyes.

" Sit down."

The man took a chair, pulled R3 and let him sit on the chair. The two guards saw him.

"Chairman.he tried to escape..."

"DIAAAAAM!"

The two jumped, for some reason they now looked shrieked.

"You two get out!"

Without ba bi bu the two guards headed straight for the door and quickly disappeared from their sight.

"You all right?"

The man asked in a friendly manner. But somehow R3 could feel the overwhelming horror behind his smile and friendly voice. The same horror he felt that night.

R3 did not answer. His eyes were fixed on R1.

The man smiled again.

"Include my name, Derrick. I'm in charge of all the facilities here."

Suddenly R1 moved, he squirmed. His wriggling head jerked back until his hair blushed backwards.

"R1, are you okay? What the hell's going on? Why are you even here? How did you get here?"

All the questions that had been haunting him rushed out of his mouth.

R1 looked at him, for some reason his gaze looked unfamiliar. And the girl smiled.

"Well.. here is R3. R3, is that how you were called?"

R3 nodded he did not know for sure what happened. Glanced at R1 the girl was now standing up and stretching her body.

"How long have you been hanging around every night hmmm?"

"A.aaa..I'm.."

"Just be honest. It better be that. Because even if you lie which is impossible, I'll know."

"So this is R3, as you know. You're not the only one who woke up. And not everyone who wakes up can meet me."

R1 moved slowly towards Derrick. And with a pampered smile, he wrapped his hands around Derrick's neck. But Derrick, looking disturbed, put aside his hand R1 violently. His eyes lit up and his forehead frowned.His other hand was raised like he was about to hit.

Not accepting Derrick's treatment of R1, R3 stands up quickly, and Derrick's hand is held. Derrick looked at him in surprise.

"Don't hurt R1!R1 doesn't know anything! The guards took him wrong!"

The room became quiet....

And then it broke with the sound of laughter. Derrick laughed so hard, his shoulders were shaken and before long R1 jg laughed along.

"Oooooh I think I know what made them laugh. Wkakwkakaka......"

"Oh.oh R3. But you don't know anything. But you were great. That's what's keeping you safe to this day."

"So we don't usually do this to those who wake up. Usually enough cruciferous guards are playing around with them."

His eyes narrowed, and he looked at R3 closely.

"But you're different. And I guess, a case like yours has never happened in another compound."

"The compound?"

"Ah yes this complex where you live we call it compound."

"Look R3, the reason why I'm taking the time to talk to you is because you seem special. You can avoid our surveillance cameras, and somehow you can see in the dark."

Uh.....R3 shakes his head. He didn't know that not everyone could see in the dark like he did. He knew that R1 could not see in the dark. But he thought that there might be others who could see in the dark like him.

"Therefore, for those of special talent, I offer do you want to be like us?"

"Oh... You offered him too? But I'm gonna do what you're gonna make like you? I've done a lot for you, I've been spying on those who woke up and reporting it to you. I also reported R3 to you, otherwise you wouldn't know he's awake, tonight I am too....."

"TOLOOOOOOL GIRL! DIAAAA."

With a single swing of his steps, Derrick was already standing in front of R1, strangled the girl's neck and lifted her up until R1's feet hung from the floor.

"Never speak if I don't tell you to speak."

"Let go! You hurt her."

"Oh my....R3, are you still worried about him? Amazing charm, isn't it?"

With a slight release of his strangulation, and R1 fell on the floor.

"You're gonna do anything for her, aren't you?"

R3 was confused by what he saw. The words R1 were difficult to digest. R1 reported it? R1'S?

"If you join us, you can be with him always. It will be yours. Whatever you do to him."

"What do you mean to be one with you? What's?"

"You can be like us. The incredible power you never dreamed of could be yours. And you will be immortal aka live forever."

"Immortal...."

"Yes immortal. And with this basic talent of yours, I think you'll have more power than those guards. I'll make you my right hand."

"Wait for Derrick. What about me? You promised to make me your right hand. Why now you give it to him. I'm the one who handed it to you. Why is he the one you're going to make your right hand?"

Derrick looked at him with a bored look. He felt angry because for the second time the girl spoke without her permission. How foolish this girl was, thinking she would make him her right hand. The anger took longer to master it, and he tried hard to hold it.

The words R1 made R3 aware, that Derrick seemed to promise the same to many people. His eyes fell on Derrick's hands, he saw them twitching, and sharp pointed nails grew from his fingertips.

Derrick followed R3's eyes, and he smiled, ah it seems he can't pretend anymore. The foolish girl had made him lose his self-control.

R1 is aware of Derrick's change. He also became very frightened.

"Tu.wait Derrick. Ii'm sorry. Don't hurt me. I have always been faithful to help you. Plizzzz don't hurt me. Just kill him! He was too stupid even though he had talent. He won't be of much use to you. He didn't even know that I'd realized all this time that he sneaked out every night. I've been patient with his stupidity, he's the dumbest of all the awakened I've ever known. I'm disgusted at him."

Can't believe R1's words. R3 felt an unseen excruciating pain in his chest. He doesn't believe R1 is that cruel. He was worried about R1.

"Quite the charade, make his betrayal a bitter experience precious to you......" With a hissing sound, Derrick began to change, his hands extended and the taper nail had now grown completely. The body is getting higher. From his shoulder came a taper horn. And it grew to a height of nearly two and a half meters. His mouth grinned and R3 could see sparkling white fangs.

"What decision? Join us or die?"

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