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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqiCbtu3E4
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscOyJexxmr
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ191pgAwCdG
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs36BgyJBPs
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The sockets were empty.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXsdugoF7p
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7sLcUcPQM
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQKGgnXU3z
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoN0C7ArmX
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHjSUw1E2y
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEvpEmpV7w
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk81TmtunO7
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8xijo5ecg
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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."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1j1hJtkZPn
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2TICRQhtz
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgsWAAw9es
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfCHXn8AyJ
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL77tyPQTJX
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUSt37E33a
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7KXNzFhMU
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hNYhXoSIr
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡec5nZoYWf2
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmToOceFCJ
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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?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlb5yJUX3CX
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcgvpfI5fn
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgV6qbjO5y
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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."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3K2PDX0Hw
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIzAyUUmvI
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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."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWxLMNuYrR
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY599d7nQqt
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGJ3Ii36tp
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡip5RDGbjL3
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQF0XNfcXsd
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROeknP4iia
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLiYmHBupv
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpt2esml9p
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDq9BPkTaqg
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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."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1aliUH4Bm
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8RtJo6UZN
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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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiO15zjhByo
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtQIW5qQx3
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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