Don't look away

Chapter 1

"Will tomorrow ever come
Will I make it through the night ?
Will there ever be a place for the broken in the light..."

The sweet tranquility and void of sleep doesn't seems to last for very long as Jesse wakes up, lying on her bed and facing the ceiling. One day, it'll crumble on her. If it does, she might lose her bed. But who cares. It's not like she often has the time to take a nap.

With a sigh, she tries to stand up, but is feeling weak. Now is really not the time to- Before she can finish her thought, someone knocks on the door and Jesse freeze. If she is sick, she might be considered as weak and her life will become even more of a torture. As if it could get worse...but she's not ready to take that risk.

A blonde girl with short hair and completely black eyes pass her head through the door, like making sure that Jesse is awake. She is wearing a kind of entirely white outfit and has a small clip in her hair. She has a sword attached to her belt. Most people keeps a weapon at all time with them. Jesse doesn't though.

That's Dina, one of Jesse's only friends here. When noticing that Jesse is awake, she smiles and enter the room. She's just so energetic... how does she manage to do that-?

-"Heyy ! I was just checking on you, I noticed that you didn't ate yesterday. Do you feel okay ?" Dina hop like a kid towards Jesse and sit next to her, making the bed creek. Actually...the bed could break, Jesse wouldn't care to that point.

-"Yeah I'm fine. I was just... a bit tired. Do you need anything ?"

-"Actually, no. But I wanted to inform you that you're not the newest proxy anymore ! People won't pick on you that much anymore. Isn't that good news ?"

Jesse doesn't answer immediately, still not really awake yet. When the information finally get to her brain, she shrug her shoulders.

-"More or less. Poor new proxy though, they probably thinks that the job is a piece of cake. They'll be disappointed."

Dina chuckle, not perceiving the irony in Jesse's sentence. -"I'll get going now, I have work to do. Oh and by the way, do you mind checking if the new proxy has a mentor yet ?"

Jesse doesn't have enough time to answer that Dina is already gone....Poor newbie indeed. She was at their place before. Fooled by the medias and friendly representation of the proxy life. Thinking it's a big family and that everybody there is friends. But life is not all sparkles and pink. Especially here.

She stands up and take a look at herself in the mirror. Pale skin, blue eyes, short messy brown hair, purple strand of hair, scar on the cheek, bags under her eyes. She looks more like a hikikomori than one of the famous proxies. Maybe Cody is right. She should brush her hair. But...she doesn't  have the energy to right now.

She push the door of her room and lock it behind her, walking down the halls of the manor.It's not like it's gonna keep the others out but at least it keeps her grounded. Some people are talking and arguing but Jesse avoids them and keeps looking at the floor.

How stupid would that be if she bumped into some very handsome guy and they fell in love uh ? Well nope, this only happens in bad fanfics and romances. She arrives to the living room looking around for any new faces. So many people... why did she even agreed to this ? Oh yeah, she didn't. But honestly ? She won't take the risk to make Dina angry. She's not the more violent here but still. A killer is a killer.

While Jesse complains in her mind she notice a girl sitting alone on a couch. It's.... Zero. Wrong pick, she is now staring through Jesse's very soul.... And shit.

Jesse turn around, hoping not to get in trouble. She suddenly jumps, feeling a hand on her shoulder. And here we go again, she messed up. If it was anyone else, they would probably be praying to god right now. But she's not Christian. And right here, no god can interfere. No matter their strength. She doesn't turn around but hears a sharp and cold voice shouting.

"Hey ! What's your problem ?!" That's Zero... Jesse is in a REALLY big mess...

"Sorry, I was searching for-" Jesse doesn't have enough time to finish her sentence that she gets hit in the jaw.

Jesse grunts and tries to step away, but hit the wall behind her. A small crowd of people gather around both of them. So many faces, some of them disfigured, some other that look like... kids ? What the heck is happening here ?

"LISTEN TO ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU LITTLE SLUT"

Jesse freezes and her vision starts to get blurry. Zero's voice is harder to hear even though she's shouting and being extremely loud.

Jesse's sight stabilize itself but she isn't in the room anymore. An entirely empty and black space that look infinite surrounds her. When she tries to speak or call for help, her own voice echoes back to her. She's feeling dizzy and struggles to stay up. The floor isn't stable, like sand or mud in constant evolution.

In the void of that black space, two bright purple eyes are staring at her and watching her every movements. A voice suddenly can be heard.

"Come on, stop struggling uselessly. You'll get out of here when I'll decide to let you."

A girl that looks almost identical to Jesse walks out of the shadows and stand in front of her. The only difference between the two is the eyes, Jesse's being blue while the other's one being purple.