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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuvBmjjVWV
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yAu6VWbwV
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sZclgfNNA
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1s5w4sQonM
The screams started again, and I cupped my ears. copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡjslTXrPUDl
Please, please, please. copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJOPW95cXS
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZlSwpkmNI
Except, maybe it did. Light flooded the room, and I hissed, covering my eyes at the bright intensity. copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97av08WQ2z
"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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSj0HfaMr7
"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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡFe707Dqs0e
"She deserves it, monster." copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡaallFmtBdw
M o n s t e r. copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpoup6KzTb
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzqOzyr00r
"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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaBAvhXZSa
"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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4zUyY1iyV
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡufuV43uv4u
"Nora Black. 16. Quiet. Leading student in her class. You know, it's always the quiet ones." copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjFzTbQRbJ
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HNBCmADF8
"Hmm, no talk? The guards said you put up quite a fight." She must have seen my quirked eyebrow. copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡyao36s7AYb
"Oh, you don't remember? They had to send one of the guards to the hospital. A few bruised ribs-" copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WuLwoXnf8
"I didn't do anything," I hissed under my breath. copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hPUSrhs5X
"So you didn't murder your best friend, Amie?"copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡBE80HetOPs
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VouGVTDi9
"We found Amie. Dead. By the water at your summer camp. And you were beside her."copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpqBkj3BM9
"Do you want to know what you were doing, Nora?" Her face curled up in disgust. copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoOHowVSkL
"You were laughing."copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡklGJQmEJ0W
Like a wave it all came back to me.copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMlioGCsho
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"You'll never be able to do it."copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnCV6shLbi
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡH443nsJZU1
The water.copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwSaWrlSVo
I clenched my hands at my sides and looked at the way the wind blew the grass, tickling my feet.copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aML5SdnDp
"Look at her, she's about to cry," said a girl. Lily was her name, I think.copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡFltJpQc9P6
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdD4nzvJrq
I could hear the faint waves of the water hitting the dock, causing my heart to speed up.copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ABTmGMA4q
"Well," Amie said with a sly smile. "Maybe she just needs a... push."copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKLtubjGk9
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvnqALZ5ur
My fear of water was fueled by one reason. copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB27voOiYT
I didn't know how to swim. copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYDur7FKN0
I reached uowards, to where I could barely see Amie still leaning over the dock, watching me struggle. Why wouldn't she help?copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBwh1621cw
My feet touched dirt from the bottom of the lake, and I realized that the water wasn't that deep. copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡtI8vQEUEWT
Slowly, I dragged myself out of the water, being dragged down by my heavy, soaking clothes.copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡxERa9jiP35
Amie watched me with an unsure expression on her face. Her group of friends were gone.copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYHmgItiKF
"I'm sorry Nora-"copyright protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡPenYJdDESz
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqepAnITdM
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 protection161ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3LGp1pSk9
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