038 was already up and staring at the door when it opened. The minute it did so he rushed forward almost straight into Dr. Clavery.

"Oh! You're eager. It's nothing special I assure you, just another check-up." the man said.

038 punched him in the face and shoved him out of the way and bolted down the hall. The doctor thought fast and said the one thing he knew would stop him.

"If you ever want to see subject 037 again you'll stop right there!"

038 stopped dead in his tracks.

"If I don't stop there's nothing stopping me from finding him."

"I can contact someone and have him killed long before you reach him."

"You need him for whatever stupid tests you're running."

"Trust me, he's much more disposable than you think."

"You could be bluffing."

"Do you really want to take that chance?"

He knew he couldn't, so he turned and walked back to the doctor. He begrudgingly followed him but soon realized they were going the wrong way to go for a check-up.

"Where are we going?" he asked.

"For a check-up."

"No we're not."

"No, we're not."

Dr. Clavery stopped at a door labeled 'testing lab'. He opened the door and lead 038 in. The room was very empty, it had nothing but a few straps on the far wall and another door to their right. The doctor lead him forward and strapped him to the wall.

The doctor whispered "I'm sorry." for once showing a real sign of emotion.

He then went into the other room and came back holding a strange gun-like thing. He looked very sad when he aimed it at 038, he hesitated for a moment before sending a stream of flames at him. 038 screamed as he burned. In reality the flames only lasted a minute but the pain seemed infinite. Just when his pain seemed so unbearably bad his world went black. When he woke up he was back in his room and was still in a lot of pain. He didn't dare try to move so he just stayed on the ground in silent agony.