Hard core.

I heard the gun shot, saw the bullet take a trip out the gun and felt the piercing pain in my head. I felt my skin take a pill and cold blood spill out the other way. In my last moments as I fell over and got a blurry vision of the hanging moon in the beautiful night sky. I could only think of one thing… "Yumeko".

I woke up to the sound of whispers and muttering. The constant ray of light in my eyes, combined with the sore taste of lemon in my tongue. I took a glance across the small four cornered room, it was like a wall casing. Small but horizontally long a bit. I let out a low moan as I felt my head ache a bit. I thought I was shot, dead if possible. How did I? Did I die? Perhaps this is heaven. I thought to myself as I managed to get my back against the concrete wall. There was a bed, a private area for toilet and only one bulb light that shines bright. The door seemed automatic and can only be controlled when the remote is activated in the control system.

I groaned again and gripped my aching head, must have been a sleeping pill. He must have shot me with some kind of drug gun or something. I let out a sign of relief as I glared at my palms. Wiping my straight nose and light pink lips, I felt the clanking of metal across my neck and took a peek. I was cuffed around the neck with some kind of mutant cuff, that detected and stop a Kagune from coming out.

It was quite hopeless as I was only, wondering what Yumeko would be thinking now after I ran away. Would she even notice? Came looking for me or even forget about it? Even if she come find me, where will she start looking? My thoughts were endless and ached me in every angle.

"mother, father…I'm sorry". I muttered and heard footsteps thudding forward. I listened again and heard it approaching, there were at least two in coming. Perhaps I could over power them and forge an escape. I embrace the thought and waited for them, beside the automated door.

There was the should of buttons been pushed like a passcode to it. After that the sound of a little joy play was heard in the end. It was one of those sound you hear when you unlocked your phone password. The door slide open to the side view of two shadows as predicted. Two walked in looking rather confused as to where I was. I rushed at them from the corner but before I could even lift my fingers, I was teased clean and dry. I didn't feel any electric something on me like a pole stick or a teaser gun but perhaps it could be that the Kagune preventer (cuffs around the neck) was also a ready made conductor, that shocks ghouls who went out of line.

I looked up shakily and slowly from the ground I laid to see another party member with them. He wore a different dress from them and kept his hands to his back. I was guessing he's the one who called the shocks on me, perhaps he had a button or something. The men grabbed me and pulled up to my feet unto a chair. I was barely conscious but they didn't care, the chair was a wheel chair and was pushed on by one the security men.

I don't quite remember this phrase of my ghoul journey but I do remember sitting in a wheel chair in some kind of office with a man who was dressed as a doctor or scientist. He wore a white cloak jacket of doctors, leather black gloves and a pair of glasses. He's shoe were pointy as his nose and mustache to his face. He seemed like one of those wide characters that can't be predicted easily and change base on circumstances.

I looked up at him as he applied his gloves to his hands. Then forced my eyes to glance on the table in front of me. There were tool, work shop tools or should I say torture tools. I gasped and attempted to break free but it was pointless. My hands were strapped and sealed to the chair, so was my legs. "what are you doing? What are you gonna do to me?! I shouted and he kept ignoring me. He offered out a smirk and gave a nod to his associate, who stood behind me.

"please don't". I muttered in fear for my own life but no response. Again and again, I pleaded still no response from him until he finally spoke.

"you quite noisy for a ghoul". He pointed out and glance at me.

"what do you want? I asked after getting his attention.

"Two things actually". He snapped and had a syringe needle pierce a bottled substance to extract a greenish discharge.

"what is that? I asked in a stuttered tongue. He offered another cold smirk and looked at me.

"This is a poison ivy, used to subdue the Kagune of a ghoul". He said and flickered his finger at the sharpness of the needle.

"Guru, was murdered by you. I didn't expect a ghoul to kill a human without a Kagune but you proved exceptional. I…I believe that you underrated you and probably had not intent of killing you, that's why he held back a bit". He passed and placed the needle down.

"But…I hope his reasons were fairly acceptable. Now! You my friend, are a ghoul and probably the newest member of Aogiri tree. You will tell us where their HQ is or I will break you down by subduing your Kagune even further, causing you to feel pain but you will heal…so you will be like an immortal raw meat". He ended his speech and had me terrified as ever.

"You're insane". I muttered in a low voice and begged for something to happen. Those the man hunter organization actually torture little children, because they are ghouls. Like it's was upon them or probably by choice to be that way.

I struggled a bit further with my chains but it was really not much of a use. I looked up to see him smiling and picking up the needle. I felt his associate's hands on my hair, tugging it and ready to push my head down upon the desk.

"Your reply? He asked and I found it hard to say anything. I didn't want my silly error to lead to the death of the entire Aogiri tree especially not after hearing Yumeko is the leader of the gang. One word of information from my lips could jeopardize the entire of her crew, she could end up dying. I grumped as the imagination of Yumeko being tortured like me or worse, killed. Besides there no guarantee that after my information spill, I would leave this place alive. Either way I'll be dead and killed by either Yumeko or this crocked organization. After all I would only feel pain but not die right, I was already used to pain, this wasn't new to me. I hate Yumeko but after what she did to me, saving my life and now I'll return the ugly favor.

I looked up to the doctor with a creepy smile and a sharp needle. With a hardened heart and cold face of seriousness, I let out a cold exhale and offered my own creepy smirk. "Get on with it".