How are these the same halls? The same walls that stood here three days ago plastered in thick crimson blood. My footsteps echo up and down the corridor tempting me to turn back. I could just march back to my room and hide away in my dorm. Skip classes and meals until I starve, but I need to face my classmates and the guilt.
Entering the dining hall I stare at my shoes in order to avoid eye contact. The buffet is as overflowed as before, but strangely nothing seems appealing. I still scoop myself a serving of eggs and grab a couple muffins anyways. I could feel their eyes piercing my back, so I rush out of the cafeteria quickly heading toward my dorm.
Despite myself, I twist my head toward the table I use to sit at every day. Margret's stare is filled with a vicious hatred that feels completely justified. When my glaze meets Lily's for a moment she turns away. Keith is eating silently with his shoulders hunched, along with Evan who's nonchalant persona only seems slightly mutilated.
I stare at the two seats at the table left empty. One of them is for me, and the other is because of me. Charles stands to extend a forgiving hand with a compassionate expression on his face. "Alex," I can only mutter two words before my eyes turn glassy and I spin around sharply sprinting back to the dorm that feels more and more like a cage.
"I'm sorry."
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Experiment 1.0
Fiksi IlmiahAs a mysterious epidemic sweeps the nation, leaving hundreds hospitalized-one of whom is Alex and Arthur Bishop's father-Alex receives a letter from Y.I.E.L.D.( a scientific association that specializes in studying and providing cures to recent outb...
