The scream heard from a room made my heart skip a beat. I ran towards the door, or what I thought was a door, nearly tripping over my own feet. The screams slowly morphed into sobs, sobs that caused cold sweat to run down my back. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5FddqQhST
I could hear the drumming of my heart in my own ears, a constant reminder that something wasn't right. I wasn't right. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTEvPeeWdd
Every moment seemed slow, as if my body couldn't keep up with my mind. I shivered slightly, wrapping my arms tightly around myself. I wanted to cry, but it seemed as if my eyes were dried and puckered from long ago. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoWmGiCk1u
I knew that I was in a room, it had taken me a while to feel around it blindly until I realized that it was just a square. A padded, small, locked room. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh7UHLj5ZM
The screams started again, and I cupped my ears. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QN86E0h75
Please, please, please. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81UMVwG5Ng
The person wouldn't stop begging, and I wanted to scream, shout, tell them that it wasn't working. No good amount of begging seemed to get anyone's attention. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡVT36PtuFTa
Except, maybe it did. Light flooded the room, and I hissed, covering my eyes at the bright intensity. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7rbfiU2if
"She calmed down," a deep voice observed. I opened my eyes to see about four men standing cautiously by a door, eyeing me warily. Mask covered their mouths, and they seemed to carry a heavy, drowning emotion I couldn't place. They had bright red scars across their cheeks, one with a black eye. Whoever did that must have been furious. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡrM1o8VvItk
"Only because they gave her enough drugs to nearly kill her," a woman muttered, stepping towards me, fear and uncertainty clouding her dark eyes. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5EQE4S7i4
"She deserves it, monster." copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡQP2SUl9qce
M o n s t e r. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2By7lTx4k8
I blanched at the word. It seemed to slow down my heart, at least. I opened my mouth when the woman that had been approaching me quickly jumped back, as if I would bit her. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3teBJGnbvX
"D-don't say a word," she stuttered, pointing her trembling fingers at me. The other guards seemed to snap out of a haze, and jumped towards us. Two gripped my arms painfully, with gloves, I noticed. The other two walked behind us, but at a safe distance. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbRnQ2r9QG
"What's going on? Where am I?" I finally got the words out. I flinched when the guards grips on my arms tightened to the point where I knew there would be a bruise later on.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlq3RPuEj1
I thought no one would answer me. The quietly dragged me through what seemed like an endless hallway. Everything was white. The tiled floor that cooled my bare feet, the white ceiling that had flickering florescent lights in them, and the white walls, that seemed like they had never been touched. "It seems like you have a visitor," one finally said in a gruff voice, as if forcing themselves to talk. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡRI8fixHxlv
"Nora Black. 16. Quiet. Leading student in her class. You know, it's always the quiet ones." copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡMV3S6b8dD6
I sullenly glanced at the table, watching the shadows from the overhead lamp flickering. The guards had dragged me into the room and in a chair sat the woman in from of me. Red hair pulled harshly from her face, and a cold smile that I wanted to slap off of her.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7yNIO1gfj
"Hmm, no talk? The guards said you put up quite a fight." She must have seen my quirked eyebrow. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOyxviYx9h
"Oh, you don't remember? They had to send one of the guards to the hospital. A few bruised ribs-" copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyl9rAm7Iw
"I didn't do anything," I hissed under my breath. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡInF5OeXK96
"So you didn't murder your best friend, Amie?"copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzAfAScW2t
My blood froze in my veins. "W-what?" My voice came out raspy. The name was a distant bell being rung from the corners of my mind. Vague, but familiar. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3DLPT0jtm
"We found Amie. Dead. By the water at your summer camp. And you were beside her."copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡIe9NiABiMq
"Do you want to know what you were doing, Nora?" Her face curled up in disgust. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjUNfqUvnq
"You were laughing."copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNlSUhFjXu
Like a wave it all came back to me.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPV42Pf8ys
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"You'll never be able to do it."copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9pD2Hw96q
I couldn't believe it. My own friend was taunting me, teasing me about the one thing she knew that I was terrified of.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57HMEH6hbN
The water.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOqKgAibjx
I clenched my hands at my sides and looked at the way the wind blew the grass, tickling my feet.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuWNwiZ6Gt
"Look at her, she's about to cry," said a girl. Lily was her name, I think.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJv0avyUsb
They were wrong, though. I wasn't about to cry. I was angry. Furious. The type of anger that made you want to hit, spit, hurt, even.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHYEsK8urc
I could hear the faint waves of the water hitting the dock, causing my heart to speed up.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKsEnabkHG
"Well," Amie said with a sly smile. "Maybe she just needs a... push."copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDOIU1oux0
The next second, I was pushed into the cool water by my friend. Instinctively, i gasped, and water rushed down my throat, leaving a fiery path in it's wake. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9AshUFOly
My fear of water was fueled by one reason. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5N7MLJkkte
I didn't know how to swim. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61bnXAK3aP
I reached uowards, to where I could barely see Amie still leaning over the dock, watching me struggle. Why wouldn't she help?copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡOy5zAY8PgI
My feet touched dirt from the bottom of the lake, and I realized that the water wasn't that deep. copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡAquey5KU8J
Slowly, I dragged myself out of the water, being dragged down by my heavy, soaking clothes.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3jCruTbTy
Amie watched me with an unsure expression on her face. Her group of friends were gone.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡCc3Wufudvy
"I'm sorry Nora-"copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡQF39uhyR99
I was furious. My hands shook as I stood there, shivering when the air hit my wet skin. I wanted her to feel scared like I did. Hurt. Confused.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJwmvzqeMv
I wanted her to suffer.That's when a look of terror crossed her face, and she dropped to the ground. She didn't move.copyright protection239ＰＥＮＡＮＡV03PSFImIe
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