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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMUErDwMug
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoT7310vhE
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgthSC0eBZO
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGQZP2fqvJ
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The sockets were empty.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxGal4pGnf
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhsmBHaMM3
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdVQLqk2JS
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfX19o1cER
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRkFOMh30A
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhq34fA6FUO
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0hr3zjgG9
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgva6dSTjJ
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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."706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSY0BgCYfVk
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTNnscERNA
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdFxChja4v
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxh8g8Za6Td
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqWvG2pcrC
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gPH9QCnRY
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHc8opzSSPC
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyRosUDVx7
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eR3os0CRN
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuyD4TxxZa
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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?"706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWt8S0ZXvE
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3smRYCw8KI
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrzcoR54wd
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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."706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AoyqfPBEi
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1be9GIo0Y
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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."706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOU0jFSE8NG
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdEZyHaCIg
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcl3wbtaIa
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ520qHv0NOu
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeV0aySKC43
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKLFXylkMi
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOQ2kcpxg3
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qYySduYk9
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtOVPq74ZH
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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."706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuVOPYSfqR
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RggksjDvr
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnydie1meT
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXthIYE82ao
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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