For Everything

The Woman With The Turqouise Hair

I'm watching Rosie inside the classroom right before Alex attacks her. She's running around, terrified of what's going on. The she stops, and Alex lunges for her. Her scream becomes mine, painful and filled with sorrow, and that's how I wake up. . I jolt up from the ground in fear, still screaming, but I'm dragged back down by something. I look down through my watery and puffy eyes at my wrists and ankles, horrified to see them bound in rusty shackles. I gasp, these shackles are the exact ones in my visions. I look around to confirm my suspicions, and unfortunately for me, they are true. I'm sitting on the white padded bench in my padded cell, my visions were real. The door at the far end of the padded room clinks and rustles, as if someone's trying to unlock a really old rusty lock that isn't cooperating. Sure enough, after a couple minutes of rustling, the door swings open, and two lab coated figures walk inside the cell. They don't say anything to me, just walk over and unlock the rusty shackles on my ankles and wrists. I stop to rub my wrists for a minute, then try talking to them.

"Where am I? Who are you? What is going on?" The figures don't respond. They just take me by the my hospital gown covered arms and escort me out of the cell. I haven't got a good look at the figures' faces, mainly because they're wearing black veils over their faces, thick ones. They pull me out of the cell into an extremely bright room, and then let go of me. I have to shut my eyes for a second, then open them to adjust to the light. Everywhere there's lights, floodlights, ceiling lights, wall sconces, any type of light you can imagine. I look around at the room to see several gurneys, tables with trays of strange looking tools on them, and people in white lab coats everywhere. All the people have similar looking black veils over their faces, and they stand extremely still. I look around to see all sorts of hair colors: red, black, dirty blonde, and even ombre. I scan the room for the one person I actually want to see, and then I find her. The woman with the turquoise hair stands in a far corner, staring at me through her black veil, her eyes piercing my very flesh. A sudden feeling comes over me when I rest my eyes on her. A red hot anger bubbles up in me, slowly but surely, until I feel like I'll explode. She's the reason all of this has happened, she's the reason Rosie and Alex are dead. That the school is on fire, that so many innocent people have lost their lives. She's the reason that so much has ended in tragedy, and so it's only fitting she does too. I run at her, fresh tears coming down my face, tears for Rosie. Tears for all the wrongs this woman has committed. I scream and lunge for her, but before I can reach her, two strong arms catch mine and pull me back. I fight them, but their grip is too strong, and I can't beat them. I don't give up though, still trying to break through, a murderous look in my eyes as I attempt to get to the woman with turquoise hair. I yell and scream some more, trying to scare the woman, but she doesn't even flinch, until I hear another voice, also screaming. I look to my right down a long hallway filled with doors to see two more lab coated figures escorting a flailing silhouette. As the figure drew nearer, I saw all the features of the person I now resented the most. Gale. He struggled against the lab coated figures, but they held on too tight. They carry him over to me. I stop struggling. The sight of Gale paralyzes me, no matter how I feel about him right now. His face is bloody and bruised, accompanied by a black eye. His body is scarred and beaten. I feel bad for him, after all, he did get this way trying to save me. I realise that the glass that was once in my eyes is not there anymore. My eyes are a little sore still, but they don't hurt like when the glass cut into my eyeballs. I wonder what they did to me. Nothing happens for a couple minutes, until I hear yet another voice, screaming. I look down the hallway that Gale came down to see Felicity, struggling and screaming. The guards struggle to hold her, I think back to my dream; And like my dream, Felicity's foot flies up and collides with one of the figures' noses. He instantly cripples and lets go of Felicity, blood pouring from his broken flesh. This gives the advantage to Felicity, and she takes it. Her arm plunges into the other guard's stomach, and her foot lands in a certain place that shall not be mentioned here. The guard howls and slumps to the floor, letting go of Felicity. She looks at me, and instantly charges toward the figures that are holding me. She jumps and tackles one of my guards, forcing him to let go of me. I seize my opportunity and slam myself into my other guard, knocking him to the ground. I look around frantic, and dive out of the way just as one of Gale's gaurds atttempts a tackle for me. I run at the woman with turquoise hair once again, dogding the lab coated figures that run and dive for me. I reach the woman with turquoise hair and pounce on her. She topples over easily and falls to the ground. I pin her to the ground, and she makes no effort to struggle against me, not uttering a sound. It's almost, if she wants me to do all this to her. I can't find the words to say to her, but the curiosity of who she is overcomes me, and I reach for her black veil, tearing it off. Instead of a human face, a blank wooden head faces me. It's a dummy. She's not here, she never was. Two hands grab either side of my body and haul me off the wooden dummy, still confused. I'm still facing the wall when a familiar voice sends chills up and down my spine. The guards turn me around as a figure emerges from a dark hallway. Felicity is contained once again, and Gale is lying on the floor, helpless. The figure enters the bright room, dressed in a dark hoodie and black jeans. 

"It's been quite a while, hasn't it?" the figure says, removing their hood. A cascade of brunette hair ripples over the woman's shoulders, but I know it's her. Her face is covered by a dark veil, just like all the others. I try to say something, but my tongue is tied, and I don't find the words. I've imagined this moment for so long, to see the person under the veil, and clearly so has she. The woman reaches up and removes the veil from her face. Felicity and I both gasp in shock. But then I realize, everything is so clear now. Everything makes sense. Why she has been able to find me so easily, why nobody knows who she is, thanks to her perfect disguise. I gasp again, and angry tears roll down my face. Of course. It was her. It was always her, and now I know, everything.