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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVoqqCa9gi
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNXrAqZsIY
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR1t9RDHPk
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHxuuJKiQ6
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The sockets were empty.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jkhvZVjFL
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBNITf5QSA
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21VGndwQSy
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iUmsGoKBR
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0Jj3T5SFb
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2cl9rj2t2
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLtL84eTbV
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiSMtm7llg
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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."769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL503e3DNg3
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gNSbObTZ9
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3xdwsw2yT
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfMHAiAEOh
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzy46XdyU2
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFZHUAuXuG
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTA0iTLGbJl
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MH4GiMvby
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHOg0M7uth
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoSpD8oZPe
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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?"769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJl9DIF6R1
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzZU0DEh1w
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriMGBiYxGp
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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."769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cPvnS4Dry
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC9Cuun7gK
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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."769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxulwyH0MAN
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJ7O9qkgj7
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjvYid1ds6
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1D7SBlOwav
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qbsaJd1cq
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3F7byzItmw
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtggsgDvXy
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGGU5ptQT4
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiX5sTtDKx
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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."769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaNG2oLUf3
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL08UFkAzSh
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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.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzN2BIlUODr
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1fyZ0u52l
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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