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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYv8LC3rskE
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWzMofrt0F
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6i0JbMRd4
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRfSQ2LhSL
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The sockets were empty.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfXDPYpj3z
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ7NUzZIFk
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHb68KiGNT
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEwPY10WTc
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqtysOPgEJ
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivdtVF1d4m
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAU8gKT4Ee
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoamunCI79c
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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."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppzEeeqgvY
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjar92qcxuk
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnb6ftL37J0
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdP7iI2Nib
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXl9ukaMOGZ
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDexlVBfY2A
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsR9CKxHel
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb83FRPBqW7
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXPzt1gJZU
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRafOup53V
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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?"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAb3huQVOlC
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdgcDlJvFp
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3hHInCbKi
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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."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2Z1S1lg9u
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaHnyXRYoP
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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."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfaCvZ0tZC
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfl8pvJT6J2
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s4iYy2xtd
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0J4WMTW2RJ
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zvBzybRMM
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54KVa7dxw0
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5JJehAIx9
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2YAzRsrR6
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXWVE5uRtk
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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."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy1gU43YOi
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5WRQY9VMF
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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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ey0kZN7VU
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBV8jYZAvPJ
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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