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Chapter 4 Zoe

Chapter 4

I didn't think that it was THAT serious, I really didn't. I had even thought that they might give everybody back, just to scare me, just to pressurize me. But apparently not, because what they've done was not seen before, it was worse, worse even than the Holocaust, because this is serious, people cannot do anything about it. Well... except me, if I am prepared to let them experiment on me and help them to experiment on other people. But I must not do that if they found out something important, this might effect the whole entire human race.

And anyway, where had the animals gone?

Looking outside the window as I ran past it, I see no animals, no birds, nothing. It seemed that even the animals were.... gone.

It didn't make sense, it really didn't. I wished that it was a dream, just a bad dream, I wanted it to stop, I WANTED IT TO STOP!

'I want it to stop!'

'Zoe?' a concerned voice asked.

I looked at Merryn, her glance worried, even scared. I wanted this to stop, I wanted my friends to be happy again, but I can't just kill another by saving one. I can't.

'Nothing, it's fine.' I smiled. A complete lie...and a very bad one.

'Yes, of course.' Luanna coughed, I looked at her and sighed, sure, I knew that she knew that I was lying but she didn't have to make it THAT obvious.

Running up the stairs, I headed for the sixth former common room together with Ellen-L and Khloe and Inya, while Luanna and the rest went to search for other people in the classrooms, the corridor leading to the common room was... deathly silent, our supposedly light footsteps echoed around and our shadows stretched before us. It was not yet four o'clock, why does the time go so slowly?

'Hello?' Ellen-L shouted as we pushed open the common room door, nothing.

Absolutely nothing. No sounds, no people, nothing.

I sighed lightly, though I had not expected to find many sixth formers here, I did expect a few. But apparently, my guess was not always right.

We walked into the Common room. 'Ew...' Khloe commented, yes, ew is just the right word to describe the state of the room.

For the first time in my life did I really register how messy those 'grown ups' can be, paper plates, cups lying in the middle of the floor, empty food bags, cans all cluttered around the seats, leftover pizza that looks like it was from one month ago lied there next to the sink, untouched and mouldy.

We made our way around the mess into what should be the sixth form library, and there we stopped... not just us... it had seemed that even time was stopped.

I had a prediction of what was going to happen, I dreaded it... I prayed for it to not come true. But it was... it was correct...

About forty sixth formers were just there. Just lying there, motionless. A shiver... a strange shiver passed through me, I didn't know what to do, I didn't. For the first time, I felt helpless... I needed to help them, but I couldn't move... I did this, if I had agreed that I would help the GMgroup then none of them would have suffered... It was all my fault.

All mine...

(Yes... yes... this chapter is the shortest chapter anybody could have ever read but I wanted to change to a different perspective and I thought that Zoe would be in no state to continue this if she was blaming herself for everything. :) Sorry: ) ) - Nerdinaction

This is dedicated to Seaswallow because I said that I would and She is a lovely friend! Love you Italy!!!! :)