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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1I7rsT4vg
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqj9J7bvAZ
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfyOgmxEOY
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡS00A8r32wy
The screams started again, and I cupped my ears. copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOYCXIJ9ek
Please, please, please. copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UzGIP3guR
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnSfX0G02c
Except, maybe it did. Light flooded the room, and I hissed, covering my eyes at the bright intensity. copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡzl0yXYhH8v
"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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gpBX8r0pW
"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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEjKThLziN
"She deserves it, monster." copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡMR8Nq6MHOU
M o n s t e r. copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQaCs8LU8a
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1OaMHrxhJ
"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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4BtR2AEJo
"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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWfJzHRkB0
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡus2iCO04li
"Nora Black. 16. Quiet. Leading student in her class. You know, it's always the quiet ones." copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGmqaesKSc
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8q9naJ513H
"Hmm, no talk? The guards said you put up quite a fight." She must have seen my quirked eyebrow. copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2y94RMSRRe
"Oh, you don't remember? They had to send one of the guards to the hospital. A few bruised ribs-" copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFVw65KzPD
"I didn't do anything," I hissed under my breath. copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡLY3VmdErfI
"So you didn't murder your best friend, Amie?"copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8igim74fZV
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9BpGHuqgk
"We found Amie. Dead. By the water at your summer camp. And you were beside her."copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42i7XElC6B
"Do you want to know what you were doing, Nora?" Her face curled up in disgust. copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfUAxgIBwH
"You were laughing."copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1R8qxQVY7
Like a wave it all came back to me.copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2aza8evKk
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"You'll never be able to do it."copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gQXphugds
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡntux3FFhbq
The water.copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡBivbkbiCz1
I clenched my hands at my sides and looked at the way the wind blew the grass, tickling my feet.copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGhjDGB7WO
"Look at her, she's about to cry," said a girl. Lily was her name, I think.copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡAki5SlKxDV
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeetqyFIbf
I could hear the faint waves of the water hitting the dock, causing my heart to speed up.copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEV1XyIyGF
"Well," Amie said with a sly smile. "Maybe she just needs a... push."copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhZGmR27pF
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oUhSkQx32
My fear of water was fueled by one reason. copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNGHPDgxcW
I didn't know how to swim. copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAdchA4jHu
I reached uowards, to where I could barely see Amie still leaning over the dock, watching me struggle. Why wouldn't she help?copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKSU2KfSii
My feet touched dirt from the bottom of the lake, and I realized that the water wasn't that deep. copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡU46AMVe2tr
Slowly, I dragged myself out of the water, being dragged down by my heavy, soaking clothes.copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG1dTiNYCv
Amie watched me with an unsure expression on her face. Her group of friends were gone.copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCfmwi7Lap
"I'm sorry Nora-"copyright protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45uaGh6Vjz
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjgowaHj8k
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 protection87ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCW4Ytm6ex
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