Fears

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"Sit." A man commanded me.
I do as he says and sit down.

"This is your own fear landscape. If you don't survive you will be punished. So survive each and every fear you have. The normal amount is between 10-15. You may have more or less."

"Why would I be punished for dying? And could you explain one punishment?"

Stupid question.

"If you start asking more questions then you get that punishment got it!"

I nod even though I don't know the punishment. That is why I asked. He puts a syringe to my face for me to see. He is trying to scare me but that doesn't work.

"There is a serum that I will inject you with this needle."

He sticks the needle in my skin.

Then he says, "Be brave."

What is that supposed to mea...?

*blackout*

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A lady comes up to me with a knife. I try to get up but I can't move. I am strapped to a table. I look behind her and see a table full of torturing instruments.

My eyes widen as she cuts my thigh. I screech in pain. She does it again but to my other thigh. A voice in my head says to calm down. I can't, she sticks it farther into me.

She sets the knife down and gets another tool. Scissors? Just the tip of it burns my skin. I grit my teeth. Then she cuts into the muscle. How am I supposed to conquer my fears when I can't move?

That is my #1 fear; I Can't Do Anything About It. But that is one example of which I Can't Do Anything About It.

When I try I blackout and I know I have died. Then I remember something if you live in within three strikes you live on your own in your normal typical life. If not you have a punishment which I don't know about...yet.

You think this is simple because it is not real, right? No. Just to let you know right now that we are in war.

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