[In parallel universes] a room full of confusion

Your eyelids twitch before slowly regaining consciousness. While your head feels a throbbing pain and slight dizziness, you can see the light from the lamps hanging over your head in an otherwise empty room with only you. You push yourself off the ground before collapsing again due to the remaining vertigo.

"Oh, f....fuck, where am I...?" you grumbled, grabbing your temples to relieve the dizziness before lifting yourself up again and holding your hand to keep from collapsing once more.

You try to recall the last memory you have before coming into this room. You only remember that you were coming home after a scheduled trip with Tim, and you took the last bus to go home. Before everything disappears from your memory, your eyes gradually adjust, and you begin to see the surrounding room clearly. You are in a small white room with a floor covered in thick wood. Just above your head, there's a light bulb hung to illuminate the room, and there is a small tube connected near the lamp on top. In front of you is a door with no knobs, but a small gap of metal closed from across the outside. You walk to the front door, trying to balance and shake off the stupor, and start pushing and searching for ways to open it. You start to worry and wonder why you are here, but you can't find the answer to your great curiosity.

"Hey, let me out, hey!" you scream and start banging on the door. You smash and kick, but it doesn't seem to open. Your headache is gone now, but you're stupefied with confusion and anger.

But before you start knocking on the door in front of you again, an announcement sounds like from a huge megaphone, and ear-piercing snorts ring through the pipes on top of your head. You cover your ears in excruciating pain before the noise subsides, and a voice is heard.

"Oh, you're awake, aren't you?" said a voice from above. It was a tone that couldn't be determined as male or female, and it spoke in a monotone voice that didn't express emotion.

"Get me out of here, you idiot! Why did you hold me?!" you ask the mysterious person who is speaking to you angrily.

"I apologize for confusing you and causing you to be in such a state, Lasse," the voice said.

Before you can ask how they know you, the voice continues.

"I know you better than you know yourself. Your uniqueness is your true self, and I have to make sure you turn out the way I thought."

"You... who are you? And... why did you take me here?" you ask in a mysterious voice.

"I can only tell you that I am from the Department. That's what you need to know. And for another question you want to know, why were you captured from the bus I set up? That's because your grandfather did something unforgivable to our department. You might not know, but that's not wrong-"

"If it's my grandfather's fault, then why am I involved in this?!" you interrupt with anger. The monotone sound is quiet for a moment before continuing to speak.

"You shouldn't have even considered it happening, Lasse, but your grandfather... He violated the order of the Department and did something to his daughter who just became pregnant with your father. And you were born from what your grandfather did."

"I don't even know my grandfather! My mom never talks about him!" you say.

"That's because the Department took care of him after you were born. And we've sorted things out that we thought he'd ruined and put them back on track. Until I noticed that you are what he created. And that's why I have to bring you here."

"You... what are you guys going to do to me?!" you say in panic.

"You don't have to worry about how the Department will handle it because right now it's just you and me here..."

When the announcement is finished, the door in front of you opens, and someone walks in, causing you to panic and back against the wall.

A mysterious man in a protective vest with a mask covering his face stands in front of you.

"You're luckier than you think, you know?" A monotone voice emanates from the man in protective gear in front of you. Along with picking up a key-like device, he grabs your hand and pulls you away.

"Follow me and don't do anything that doesn't make sense."