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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7NoFwQFXG
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl320qk5esp
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv08p9w4aHk
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Something that truly terrified me were her eyes.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FCw05wtWm
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The sockets were empty.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVilGEB2TK7
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6uEJTT2uX
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I heard the door open to my left and someone asked me a question.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd57Nt1uZSI
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"Are you ready to see the doctor? He's waiting for you."758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2IUpvg8Ly
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEIkcnLML9
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABbVQMHKWG
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguuN0wiro6
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCZELYqmkd
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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."758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbN7v6jg9u
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO6o8f1Ll0
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"I'm sorry," she whispered, "but this is for your own good."758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3NJY3WmzP
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuJxd2Ll6n
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"Please," she murmured soothingly. She lowered her hand. "It's the only way."758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kg1oyagz8
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡre6SJf5pQg
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpZEYc3Quw
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"Do you feel better since they're dead?"758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5nRB8VvH0
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"Who?" I blinked, watching him carefully. Panic slipped into my body and I felt a way of nausea hit me.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgMERAc0oH
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He chuckled and sat in the chair beside the bed. "Those people. All of them."758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXgjtg9exi
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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?"758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNromgzLdc
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"I'll ask you to watch your language, Emily."758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKqEE2uVpS
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My head was spinning. "How do you know my name?"758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe024Svbh0F
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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."758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjEQfC0jJG
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6SjROV2aT
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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."758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMsLMflrk2
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2N20zULNeQ
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWE7zxjT97
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HGyJ6m1NX
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24RN6wX0SI
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF91hTaXViL
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAjgydJ8yO
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"God," I whispered into the blackness. "Fuck."758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVMPPBWSQ9
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBw8Kk8UtG
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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."758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgSrtUjNxj
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiuSD9btZJ
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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.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nIGkPWS12
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Nothing seemed to be out of place except for the discoloration and mark under my left eye.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDo1KEVswK
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It looked like a thumbprint.
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