SET ME FREE
copyright by oishielmo
g e n r e / t h e m e
ABO-verse, melodrama, psychological romance, violence, angst
WARNING!
18+ Mature content, dark past, rape in the past, child abuse, sexual harassment, slight gore.
n o t e
Set Me Free is published on Wattpad and KaryaKarsa under the same pen name.
This is an ABO-verse story, and it may be very different from most ABO stories. I made male omegas rare, since in the ABO-verse their population is basically only about 10%, so not every alpha is paired with an omega.
Set Me Free story writer by oishielmo
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"Don't be afraid of the dark, because we are destined to be born in darkness. Darkness is our true companion wherever we are, and the world we exist in is dark."
I woke up to a series of loud sounds pounding against my eardrums. My body, clad in a thin white shirt and black cotton knee-length pants, was lying on the cold floor. Opening my eyelids, I scanned in every direction.
Dark. It reminded me of what the blind beggar said when I was on my way home from school. He uttered a short line that represented his blindness.
Don't be afraid of the dark.
The deafeningly loud sound was heard again. This time it was louder, forcing my consciousness to fully return. The second one sounded like a big explosion followed by a rumble throughout the room. Some dust, or maybe sand, fell along with small cracks from the basement ceiling where I was.
While still lying down, I scanned the entire room again with a blank gaze.
Dark. I smiled faintly. Darkness is my true companion wherever I am, and the world I exist in is dark. Me and that old blind beggar weren't so different.
A piercing headache struck me as I tried to get up, even just to sit. I groaned softly. When I tried to maintain a sitting position, pain spread throughout my body. My groan grew louder and restrained when my left hand touched another creature besides myself.
Damn it, it kicked me.
Several seconds passed before I realized the chains that had been circling my neck and both my wrists were gone. I coughed in the silence. The conversation of the people outside the door was also no longer audible.
Where did they go? I sharpened my hearing, searching for any source of sound my ears could catch, finding only silence. I coughed harder as my sense of smell picked up a disgusting stench.
A nauseatingly metallic smell that could empty the entire contents of my stomach. There was another smell, one that came from the most disgusting creature in this world.
The smell of an alpha.
I immediately vomited, but brought up nothing except a few drops of saliva.
There's an alpha here. In this room.
My eyes darted around wildly while my instinct searched for where the disgusting alpha creature was. I knew this smell. The smell of coffee mixed with wood whose type I couldn't remember. But I remember, the alpha who owned this smell was also the last one with me before I lost consciousness.
Where is he? Where is that disgusting creature? Why is he silent while I start to crawl, groping for something with my blind gaze.
I grimaced. My whole body felt crushed, not to mention the creature in my stomach, so burdensome and restricting my movement.
One step, two steps I crawled, my hand accidentally touched something. No, it was someone with the smell of coffee and wood. I found him motionless, stiff, and... reeking of metal.
I sniffed again while covering my mouth to hold back nausea. I almost choked on a laugh when I realized the alpha was already dead.
Unable to bear this reality, I choked, then laughed. The desire to vomit suddenly vanished. It didn't last long, I remembered something. I hurriedly approached that disgusting body while continuing to fight nausea to search for something.
I felt from his feet, up to his waist. Hoping to find the key to this room. But what I found was something else. I removed the holster strapped to his waist. My lips curled into a tight smile as I gripped the weapon wrapped inside it. For now, I put it aside. My search continued. This time I found a folding knife. I cheered happily before it kicked me again.
"Damn it, stop kicking!" I exclaimed angrily while clutching the part of my body where the creature resided. I couldn't comprehend why it was still alive at this second.
Forget this creature for now, I had to find the key. My trembling wouldn't stop. The pain intensified. I kept searching, rummaging through every pants pocket until the clothes this alpha man was wearing. Suddenly I touched something wet, a kind of thickened fluid, right on the left side of the man's chest. In that part, the metallic smell was many times stronger.
Ignoring it, I kept searching, kept searching until both my hands were smeared with that foul substance. In the man's shirt pocket, I found a lighter and a key. Finally, I cried out in joy. Just a second, my joy vanished as an intense pain was felt in my stomach area. I bit my lower lip, my fingers clenched tightly. I felt my heart rate start to race.
Damn it, this little creature is getting smarter at torturing me.
Just wait, this is only temporary. I will get out of this damned place, then start my life as before, as if just waking from a nightmare. My smile suddenly stiffened upon touching it. This creature is a part of them. It cannot come with me.
My grip on the folding knife tightened. My other hand held the lighter I found with the key. I felt warmth on the surface of my face as I lit it. No light, it remained dark because I lived within it. Then, a crazy idea crossed my mind to immediately get rid of this creature along with the pain it brought.
I remembered Grandpa Seo's story, an old, frail man, a former war veteran. He told a story about how he survived after stepping on a landmine. I remembered clearly, how Grandpa Seo described in detail when his stomach was split open and his intestines came out. Everyone who heard his story winced in horror, including me.
A person doesn't have many choices in a desperate situation, right? With my blind vision, I groped around, removing the man's outer clothing. To hell with the metallic, rotten stench and the alpha pheromones clinging to its fibers. I was more pissed at this creature.
I didn't know how effective cloth was at stopping bleeding. If I didn't try, I wouldn't know. Even if I ended up dying from blood loss, I didn't care anymore.
A drop of blood welled from the tip of my index finger that touched the sharp edge of this folding knife.
Meanwhile, I sat leaning against the wall of this narrow basement. I bit down on a wad of cloth. The lighter was lit as the blade touched the flame.
I felt the heat travel all the way to the knife's handle; at that moment I knew the knife was ready to use. My left hand trembled as it felt my lower abdomen, my fingertips drawing a transverse line.
I screamed loudly as I felt an intense pain accompanied by movement from this creature. It seemed it knew what I was about to do. I bit the cloth gagging my mouth while cursing vehemently in my heart. I made sure it would die after this.
The door suddenly burst open. I froze in the position of the dagger ready to slash my stomach.
The pain had lowered my awareness of my surroundings. There was no time to find a hiding place. I wasn't fast enough.
"Damn, this place stinks," said a man who entered first. Several pairs of footsteps followed him.
"That's Chairman Jang, right." A second man, with a more relaxed tone of voice, hurried over. "Eh, there's someone else too," he added.
I swallowed roughly. My body was frozen, not moving. Both my legs felt weak. I felt cold sweat trickling down my temples.
"Hey!" he called out, to whom else but to me. I heard footsteps approaching, his footsteps. The knife in my hand slipped away, while my heart raced even more wildly in my ribcage.
I heard the sound of someone sniffing. It must be this second man. His presence felt very close. I couldn't see, but I felt him. His smell was different from the first man, but he was from the same group. Alpha.
I still didn't give any response. Especially when he half-shouted, "You're an omega?!" A soft chuckle followed. "Oh my god, you really are an omega. A male omega!" He exclaimed happily to his two friends. Yes, I was sure there were three of them.
Don't come closer! Don't hurt me! Please, just kill me!
Among those three sentences, I was confused about which one to choose. My mouth was locked shut as I felt a gust of wind hit my face. It was when this man waved his hand right in front of my face.
Now I was scared. Terrified. My fear multiplied until I felt fluid pooling. I was so scared I pissed myself, like the first time I was in this damned room. This could be a sign of my last moment here before death.
Behind, two pairs of footsteps approached. I heard the same person ask, "Are you okay?"
"Don't touch me!" I shouted hoarsely, I swatted at the hand I had felt just inches from my face moments ago. And sure enough, I hit it and tried to create distance even though it was futile, my back was already against the wall.
There was a moment of silence. I was sure, even without seeing, they were shocked to see my condition. Until finally the man who had been quiet until now spoke.
"Not just a male omega, but a male omega who's pregnant."
"What should we do with him?" asked the man who first entered.
"Or to him," the second man added. His tone sounded enthusiastic. "Male omegas are rare to find."
Hearing the conversation of these three disgusting creatures in front of me made my ears hurt. Quietly, I felt around the dusty concrete floor, searching for something I failed to use for...
"Agh!" I screamed, the sound stifled, as a wave of pain worse than before hit me.
"Hey." I couldn't tell if it was the first, second, or third man. This pain was truly torturous. This creature really knew the perfect time to do it.
Clutching my stomach, I curled up simultaneously with a few drops of water pooling in the pair of useless eyes I possessed.
"Are you okay?" he asked, it was the second man, his voice sounded worried. Damn it, I don't need pity from disgusting creatures like you. Leave me alone.
"Jiwon, he's going to---"
BANG! I didn't react at all when the iron door, forced open, startled the people inside.
"Has everything been taken care of?" A man with a heavy and firm voice asked from the doorway.
"Yes," replied the third man.
"You missed one," he said, his voice flatter. "Or do you want to enjoy him first." The last man entered.
A moment of silence. I was sure they were looking at each other. Maybe drawing lots to see who among them could enjoy me first.
"No," the second man answered.
"Alright then," replied the man who had just appeared. He sounded like he was holding something, something he brought with him. "This is the last one." He was still doing something.
I recognized this sound. The sound of someone loading bullets into a firearm.
The painful contraction returned. At this second, I realized something. This little creature was about to be born into the world. No, I won't allow it. It would definitely just become one of them.
Forget getting up; in a crawling sitting position, I gave a look to the last man holding the weapon.
Kill me, I beg you...
"Wait!" An instruction was heard. "He's pregnant and---"
"He wants it, Siwon, he does. Just look at his blank stare. This omega is begging for his death to be hastened."
This is what I chose. The man seemed to understand. He took one step closer to me.
"Don't make such a sad face, Jinwoo, he's just an omega," the man said, now very close to me, and so was the muzzle of his gun.
I resigned myself. Closing my eyes while holding my breath. My hand groped for something. One thing I regretted. I had to die with the creature inside me. All my senses went numb instantly when a deafening sound filled the room. Everything slowly turned dark.
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