Mind Games

Chapter 2

"Marks! We got another one!" Blake Bishop barked into the phone angrily as she merged into the highway. "Jesus Christ!" She could hear him hastily getting dressed. "You know you really shouldn't use Gods name in vain when your sending your kids to a Catholic school." She sighed. How are we gonna catch this killer when he is always a step ahead? "Lay off Bishop, so where am I headed?" She rolled her eyes at his; don't worry about me attitude, before responding "hold on I got another call." She switches the call. "Bishop it happened at Methodist University. He's taking out college kids." The panic on the other end was overwhelming. "Buzz don't worry we WILL catch him." She switched back. "I can not believe you would switch calls on me to talk to Buzz! Unbelievable I thought we were tight." She laughed. "Buzz just informed me that this body was found at a University. Good thing your kids are still in high school."

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" hello?"
No response.
God what is happening?
I follow the lights and walk into a huge dark room, filled with cafeteria tables. What is this, a prison? Cell doors line the walls.

A click and then..
"WHHHAAAA WHHHAAAA WHHHAAAA!"
One by one the cell doors open and girls, in their late teens, step out and sit down at the tables.

Where is this place?

"PLEASE TAKE A SEAT."

I sat down and stared at the girl across from me. First thing I noticed was that her hair was also dyed blonde. Her eyes were sunken in, bloodshot, and blue. She was pale with bruises and scratches all over. Her face looked bloody. As did her fingers.
I didn't know what to say, considering I didn't even know who I was. I didn't want to talk about how much she resembled a zombie so I said. "Um hello, how long have you been here? Can you tell me what is going on? Did you get brainwashed too? Do you know your name?" I waited for her response but she seemed to have some difficulty. She opened her mouth and said "I'm Sarah, we're all Sarah."
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"Detective Blake Bishop and detective Richard Marks, this way." The university supervisor mentioned them over to a dorm room. Marks lifted the caution tape for Bishop to duck under and she smiled "thanks" with her eyes. She knew this was hard for him.

They had gone to the same college and had been high school sweet hearts before that. They had even gotten engaged but she was afraid to care for him too much because one day, he would get hurt. She couldn't bare it if he got killed. At least this way he had a family to come home to. Urix her Great Dane was all she could offer him. She couldn't have kids and it had devastated both of them when they got the news. Another reason she had decided to let him go. He wanted kids of his own and she couldn't provide that.

She stepped in front of him, into the dorm room and gasped. "Oh my God."

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"What do you mean your all Sarah?" I asked. Taking in the dark blood that was spewing out of the corners of her mouth. I looked around. Every head of hair was blonde. I stood up and walked around to each of their tables. They all had blue eyes. They all had short hair. Some curly, wavy and or straight. They all had bruises and were bleeding.

"What is going on here?"

I started to walk back to the girl, but before I could, a hand grabbed my wrist as I passed by. I glanced down sharply. "If your not Sarah your dead." I ripped my hand out of her grasp.

"WHHHAAAA! GET READY FOR INSPECTION."

They all stood up. The girl that I had talked with first spit dark blood and lead the zombie like girls into the hallway.

"Follow me." The one that had grabbed my wrist squeaked before joining the line. I stepped behind her and prayed to God "Give me strength."