Pacifiers

Chapter 3

The lights in the room went dim and a presentation on a screen placed on the back of the stage began.

"Wow so we get to see a movie." said James Dean sarcastically.

The movie started in black and white and was initially about the history of the school I.e. stuff we already know. Then this old pair, which I guess were married came up and started speaking stuff that I when look back, still had trouble believing.

Then woman said, "Welcome novices. There must be a great confusion about what all this is about. Well let us clear it. Perhaps I should introduce us first."

The man interrupted her saying," Camille sometimes, let me speak. "

I couldn't help but laugh.

He smiled and continued " I'm Gabriel Mraz Fernandez and me and my wife here Camille, are the current head Pacifiers."

Both of them disappeared and instead clips of a barren and scary place came up.

"This is Anatlapasia. This place has been kept a secret from the rest of the world for it is not something that can be revealed to governments or rather even citizens of the state. You may ask why so? The answer lies in the fact that

the populace living here is dangerous. Some of them are suffering from genetic disorders others are mentally disabled and there are even others who came into this land by mistake and in the company and influence of others turned, may I say in a mild term 'Insane'." spoke the woman.

The man continued saying " These kind of people exist everywhere. So what is so different about these certain people? " Various notorious criminals, hostile government officials,Serial killers, shooters have been residents of anatlapasia. And as we all know, these are dangerous people.Now here come the pacifiers. The first council of pacifiers was formed in 1799 and those were the bravest people the world has or rather will ever know. They developed techniques, skills and the heart to help the poor residents as well as to secure them, to prevent them from turning to the dark side and to prevent them from escaping."

"We want you to do the same. This is your destiny, and we want you to accept it. Be pacifiers help the people, help the nation and help the whole world." ended Camille

The screen went blank and the lights were switched back on. We all were too numb to speak. The man came up and said , "If you have any questions raise your hands"

Everyone was shaking and no one had the nerve to do so.

"NO ONE?"

A few hands went up and he picked up a boy sitting on the front row.

"S-s-sir why is this our destiny? Why do we have to become pacifiers? "

"As it was clear from earlier, most of you have come here directed by some family member which implies that you are a descendant of one of the 17 members of the council of pacifiers. "

A girl stood up and said, " People are still escaping, so then what has been done to prove the futility of these so called "pacifiers" you are training us to be ?"

A lady who was probably a teacher spoke " Yes, casualties are still happening but the strength of what we are teaching here is being increased day by day. We are learning from our past mistakes and our statistics show that in the past 7 years not one criminal has escaped.

Another girl got up and said , " So basically you are training us to become guards so that these people don't escape and cause harm ?"

"That is partly true. We are not only training you to become 'guards' but also doctors engineers mothers fathers brothers sisters helpers friends chefs caretakers , EVERYTHING. We want to release these people. But they first need to be pacified, need to be calmed. So that the world is at peace."

James Dean stood up and asked , "Where is this place? and Moreover why don't you tell the residents of this country about this school. Why only a few selected people."

The way in which he asked this, I was shocked. There was pure hatred in his voice.

Everyone was staring back and forth at him and sir who was full with anger.

The sir replied, " Be patient. That is your first lesson. Certain questions will be answered as your classes progress. "

With this we were told to dismiss.

"And this proves my point." muttered James dean.

"ohkay. this was not something that I had expected. My great aunt sending me here for all this. Woah!" said Liberty to me.

"Well we can turn around and go back but that will just prove ourselves as cowards. Moreover I could use some adventure in my life." I replied.

"I couldn't agree more."

"This is not something simple as rock climbing that you want to be adventurous." said James Dean. Actually I was thinking of changing his name to Mr.Arrogant.

"What's your name?" I asked him.

"Clovis Thompson. he replied dryly.

" I'm Scarlett Franklin. And I just wanted to say that you might want to lower your arrogance level."

He rolled his eyes and said, " Whatever." And then he left.

"Scarlett forget about him. Most guys are jerks anyways. Let's go."

We went to the Canteen where food had been laid for us and then we proceeded to our dorm rooms. In every room there were 3 students and I shared my room with a punk emoish girl named Reagan Sparks and Melissa Jones who then traded rooms with Liberty. Classes were due to begin from Monday so we still had two days to adjust. I was way too tired and slept at 10 pm. Unfortunately this sleep was not free of nightmares.

I dreamt that I was in a small dark room which made me feel claustrophobic and nauseous. I could see another pair of eyes with me. Big green menacing but they seemed to be scared at the same time. Suddenly the lights came up and I was apalled. It was the same man who had been sitting and whaling near the auditorium. And he came closer to me and mouthed "Beware Beware of the danger which will scare."