•DEMA Dont Control Us•Tyler x Reader•

•Chapter 3: Bishops•

"They want to make you forget"

??? POV:

The morning light shined through the window, waking me up from my slumber. I can't tell what time it is nor do I feel time passing at all. I sit up and fiddle with my fingers, wondering whether I should get out of bed.

20 minutes passed and I still haven't decided whether to leave the room. I put on a fresh pair of clothes and open up one of the drawers, placing a bright yellow flower inside along with the others before closing it up again.

Just as I closed it up, Vetomo barges into the room, speaking in her ever so silent voice.

"Number 1021, its time to leave your room for breakfast. We also have new members to cleanse and introduce."

I tense up. "How many?" I ask. Worried if they bought up to 50 like that one time. Hearing all their screams was petrifying.

"Sadly not many this time. About 6 today. All were collected by Bishop Keons." She answered

I sighed in relief. Though it may not be a good thing that anyone came here to DEMA, at least it's not a huge amount. At least all the other innocent people can still live better lives outside of this place

"Thank you, Vetomo" I said in a shaky voice

"It's Bishop Vetomo, Number 1021. Speaking of which, Bishop Nico will like to speak with you later. I would speak more of this matter but we must prepare for cleansing. We hope to see you there" And with that, Vetomo leaves.

I don't know why but every time I'm around Vetomo, I feel anxious for some reason. There is no reason to be but it happens every single time. Maybe because Vetomo is the 8th of the 9 Bishops here in DEMA and has a really high authority. I'm not really sure but there is no time to think about it. Vetomo and possibly the other Bishops will beat my ass if I'm late.

~Le smol time skip~

After arriving to the large lunch area, I sit down in front of two other people or "patients" as they call them of DEMA. I don't know either of their names since there are over 2,000 of us here. I tap on the table and chew on a piece of bread while waiting for a dear friend of mine.

"Heyyoooo Tyler!" I heard a familiar voice come from behind me. Surprised that I didn't hear his footsteps in the silent room, I greet my one and only best friend, Josh Dun.

"Josh, good morning." I reply back

He gives me a pat on the back before sitting down next to me. The two patients across from us stare up at Josh and roll their eyes.

"So I'm guessing Vetty told you all about the cleansing happening after breakfast? I don't know much but I heard it's 2 boys and 4 girls. Ranging from the ages of 10-32 years." Josh ranted

I look back at him in surprise. "How the hell do you know so much? Damn I didn't even know about a cleansing till this morning."

"I have my ways Joseph" He smirked in reply to my question

"Not questioning it then"

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"Gather around everyone! The cleansing ceremony will begin momentarily" Une said, ushering us to multiple different seats and showing others to balcony's to watch the cleansing.

Une was an unusual person. Most patients here at DEMA were certain that wasn't his real name but it's not like we can prove it. He had the high rank here.

Josh and I were placed in the second row of seats like we usually were. The first row was reserved for the ones with higher authority like Une. We had no special rank here in DEMA. We were only the ordinary patient number 1020 and 1021. It was confusing how we were always put there with no certain reason. Maybe the Bishops were fond of us. For what purpose? We don't know