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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLp4oG6TVW
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0Po7vNdNB
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSGJySwFbC
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNLjH6jVE5
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The sockets were empty.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE71pMLp5JR
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy0CT4qXV1
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oJMZbMQMl
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4HYSUvdtb
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyfiTn3Iia
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1YtbudSje
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYm0DBACRuC
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PDRIVsaIq
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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."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcgbIxTJXW
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYMwckNNne
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQnGtMuPcU
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqi6noN8Vk
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMXROGIGrM
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokGKOY5LW4
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aCSKTN97r
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnFeEX0x4K
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GE990xQwQ
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIURlcY2a96
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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?"669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnb3FGGjit
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZUZGh1HFT
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtVYEhsgcT
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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."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySrMwLo5Fm
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2eKKpIVq2
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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."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQe2KctIBl
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2h9QoZl1A
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMkVA1IMl1
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZ7FPKVU6U
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoF5eiTYesH
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ifPVIIeRu
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXA0O5iUg3c
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaT7a4C5G0
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3ToxXxSCJ
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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."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99UbvMcgWR
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnhop8bQwC
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSs5pUh2523
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GTOhO7yQA
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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