I stood with my back to the wall and looked around at all of the people in those chairs. I remembered when we used to be called here to sit and listen to whatever announcement was being made. I never really paid attention anyway. Well, not until now.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4grsX6qTH
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In the far left corner of the auditorium, a man stood up. I watched him point at something but he didn't say a word. I followed his hand and my eyes widened. I felt my stomach twist unpleasantly as I looked up at the stage.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunPyW3O8H3
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Tied to the rafters was a woman: brunette, half-clothed, and dead. Blood dripped down from the present bullet wound in the middle of her forehead, her mouth open in a scream I'm sure she was never able to utter.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuICmAYRMP9
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgPy5fxDfG
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The sockets were empty.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnxsXSpPD4
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My knees buckled and I fell, using my hands to brace myself so I didn't hit the cold ground. I gasped for air, my mind filled with the image of the woman, and I shut my eyes tightly.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uFpENbsiw
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9ZkCYj53H
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNMFaFtj8J
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I turned my head, my eyes on the woman who had spoken. She was dressed in a nurses uniform and holding a clipboard. I dared a glance back at the others in the room and felt the bile rise in my throat at what I saw.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHn0OdVPhRi
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Some were lying in the middle of the aisle, some were draped off the backs of the chairs, and some were spread across the stage. But they all had one thing in common; each looked like the hanging ornament with hole above.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHPIaNvHr7
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"Emmy?" the nurse muttered. She crouched down and touched my shoulder. When I didn't reply, she hoisted me up and led me out into the lobby.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwbM87OUfa
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Only it wasn't the lobby I had known when I was younger. It wasn't a lobby at all. It was a long, white hallway.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62ZXsdpk2p
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"You told me you were ready," the woman replied before I could say anything. "It will be all right. I promise."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVGf4lMCCu
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Not far down the hall there was a room, which she led me into without discussion. She instructed me to sit on the bed. As I laid my head back against the pillow, I watched her face turn grim.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RdJgBOID5
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvB68xPL6m
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"What do you mean?" I asked, my voice barely steady. My heart slammed against my chest at the sight of the needle she held.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9tPP6ZaOq
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOAAfuv168
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Her free hand touched my face, then, cold fingers caressing, reassuring. When she turned away, I felt relief wash over me. But the feeling was short-lived as she went to the door and opened it, revealing another person beyond it.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHdaFBuWG2
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It was a man, the doctor I presumed. He came toward me and put a hand on my arm. He smiled down at me; his blue eyes cool as he spoke.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dA8XXXTeV
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lMpjlplRt
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxKjeqAF9q
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUJiIZqjKC
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"The people in the auditorium?" my throat tightened. "Why would I be happy that they're all mangled and bloody? What the fuck is going on?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4GEyyFzSC
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOFhzOa5PC
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zcxlYJAeL
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"Oh, I know quite a bit about you," he said, flashing a smile. He ran a hand through his brown hair and shrugged. "You can't hide anything from me."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk56Y3MyjYg
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"Please." I sat up but he touched a hand to my face and slammed me down. As he spread his fingers so they were across my cheeks, but kept clear of my nose, his own facial features changed.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaKC4vxkZb
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"No more," he hissed. I watched as he beckoned the nurse over and grabbed the needle from her hand. "I cannot allow this horror to continue."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7VLN4y00O
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I felt something slid around my wrists, binding them to the bars attached to the bed. It took me half a second to realize they had been there the whole time. I had been so frantic to figure things out that I didn't notice.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYBI5kLiuf
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As the nurse stepped away from my left side, she shook her head sadly. I looked at the doctor as he secured the second set of straps. Then he slid his other hand over my mouth and pressed down. I thought he was going to suffocate me. I shut my eyes.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFxk90FJJj
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As I brought my legs up to fight, he climbed on top of me, his weight enough to hold me down. I continued to struggle, refusing to die like this. A muffled cry erupted from my throat but it died in his warm, sweaty palm.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OtDxLBeJm
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He brought his unoccupied hand up and the tip of the needle gleamed as it hovered over me. Another hand gripped my face, gripped my eye, forcing it open. Terrified, I cried into his hand again, the tears welling up as the tip of the instrument penetrated.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2h4ceRgWl
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The scream I heard was horrible. It echoed in the dark as I shot up and listened, my breathing ragged. It wasn't until I finally stopped shaking, sometime later, did I realize the sound had come from my own throat.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKtRquzvFg
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I was covered in sweat, drenched, my body aching as if I had run a long distance. Terrified but not willing to allow this nightmare to consume me, I slid out of bed and doubled over.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRfhv063on
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3VXiGKWlA
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Trembling and nauseous, I was finally able to regain my balance. I trudged to the bathroom, flicked on the light and winced. I hesitated as I looked at the mirror above the sink. My heart hammered in my chest, so hard that I thought it would break through.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnuSJ5XV8N
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"It was just a dream," I whispered. God, my voice sounded pathetic. "You're okay. Just go over there and look or you'll never go back to bed."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAhAGu60G2
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I had to coax myself like this a lot. This nightmare wasn't the first. The very first was one I never liked to think about. This current one was tame compared to the others.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjL2L8MMw3
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Taking a breath, I stepped up to the mirror and looked in; my red hair was knotted and messy, my skin pale, and my lips cut from where I had obviously bit into them at some point during the night.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwv0Dxy9KP
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBtPlcx0ag
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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