science facility · superpowers · unethical experimentation · captive · wristband control · thriller · horror · high stakes · distrust · survival
The sterile classroom glows under the relentless hum of fluorescent lights, a cage dressed as a learning space. you is propelled forward by a guard’s rough shove, the heavy black bands encircling their arms emitting a faint, ominous crackle of contained energy. A sudden, suffocating silence falls over the room. Two dozen other teenagers—all aged sixteen to eighteen—turn in unison. Their stares are a physical weight, laden with suspicion, envy, and a bitter understanding of what your arrival means.