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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsDXeNc2v6
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNoDIobWKr
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIzXqahqe7
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEieu03HL2
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The sockets were empty.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDgNrum4hJ
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IY4CnTzF0
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPOgd2t6px
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1mV4vgTju
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgC6YHzpNX
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Snz2p9YFI
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNLCgoi8DB
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp3EHgtVcf
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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."692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5rSbI84Xc
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLu0sDIEk8t
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡns2m68lglv
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCVARSYm9s
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3fvkEjMyf
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEacIFRY5Ug
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqS50XN6CF
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gUBmFnKOE
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFuUnK9UOl
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dzcM0V9ps
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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?"692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hgKN0o2gv
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLe3JhAUyE
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGpykGsKyn
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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."692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPx7Xgh9Pq
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQVlr82cb0
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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."692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlUfR2qp5M
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKfZzVVMfl
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1U1EsEf0D6
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil0IDiOsDU
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaNznV9ijv
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVReKc1zpvM
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJcWmnTnAJ
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsgFwmP7a3
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLft1luKj1N
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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."692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh33uqwekDE
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87N4FLbUsV
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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.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXwO1WcFsX
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.692Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj6msodLOy
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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