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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisyYc68jEY
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm69nzPUUnd
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfcdNjBL9U
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabuWHO0vVo
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The sockets were empty.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FYzUYgZQz
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16l8v6z8qy
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KnRnXifiU
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Sdm55Sj9v
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12aJzPnlo4
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZICkUmBGRG
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eEvIcN2pN
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29FSyg4HSx
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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."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsqyr9oUJ1
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LqxdvL7dT
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjTZkBfXQZ
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8x8ahWtpBq
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Mb7MYPepX
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ITpSFbckM
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqU01MZgd9
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4HGxuFa4N
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCkMFZatLc
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkMAwwM1m0
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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?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddrsJ8QfEY
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInrYJOSO94
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpU6SeEbel
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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."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYo4SMwrt6
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkjG7t2r9O
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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."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4iKhGEHEY
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnII5RyVM5c
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5hsJ7ubZz
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10Q8KDIRSy
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDsYWxBHo2
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0hsx2HgCt
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaAz8r47fX
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwZVfsRbX9
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAm2zUmLcV
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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."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2i6XwFMjQu
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUPCjPXDFo
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5MMFpG0oE
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUm2HpPQacK
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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