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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPMzOJ3gFl
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5a17pJ0VrJ
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UaOwQ1HsB
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3yCnn7AkI
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The sockets were empty.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZCs7k9Yck
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKTP1wm7wS
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPZTJGKZFe
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCZVYIMCrd
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcT4PsTmXt
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdufi8ceHB
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fsD2xpXbg
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLoAcnRiWr
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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."705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dgk43lFUs
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIB1OBsJ1q
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPgQgEsHHF
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdLbna7GCw
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mokbojaWh
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCfkJDBGtp
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZISx1gTNVC
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tv3GQ6kuY
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFW9kU78a7O
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsryJqTVuE
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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?"705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDs1B6h6Ra
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPbpFdbS9U
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnxwV3driw
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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."705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZjTrVRwpF
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOtmAf96BI
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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."705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF516A7rO1Q
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OymJbOMov
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyT5ZEKXxPr
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yGtAHNI40
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yrI2HCg3R
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe2FTBKVp4
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZR0fiSA4y
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tLK0yj7Pg
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1vExYa7Xj
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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."705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagtO8ffLlS
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVQzRA9Kzk
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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.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZJUjz8Cdz
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fY6VRyTtx
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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