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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5H13Nh3KBu
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDtqKClJEU
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImGo17OlNu
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNkEid4776
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The sockets were empty.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRFnlpfCS6
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gwTgkUIj1
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fdxSy45ja
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBGiWybcCx
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cncwoDcvp
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2DXevug9P
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0KzHKZjIB
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ncgQJ2pDB
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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."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAvty2c7ze
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmxxlFuljp
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWAP3et3D8
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORmquNAYD4
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlQeL8AsHL
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmf0oqXfen
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqvMRt8gXV
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWZuTxuA69
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTRU1YTcyw
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbV5G5fQP2
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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?"733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQHPAK3XRb
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIJQwmxjFj
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lStL5DJMT
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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."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOP25Mk7RCZ
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UkpCyQ89S
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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."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Cw4mh9sdw
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXAZ7AqWz6
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufpe4lGsad
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0Lvhu33gf
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgBsBkVTi9
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAKRICbJ0G
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqZ0brt8uv
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknDLAsaF9N
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dx9DmcB7B
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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."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQhNhVNehs
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFsZK09Yqz
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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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmnXQKqvAS
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkXAyLC8iZ
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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