Repugnance [ri-puhg-nuh ns] (Noun)

1. The state of being repugnant
2. Strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy
3. Contradictions or inconsistency

Origin:
1350-1400; Middle English Middle French Latin (repugnantia, equivalent to repugn (āre) to repugn + -antia -ance)

Synonyms:
Hatred, hostility, contrariety, incompatibility, irreconcilability

Repugnance

- Kowalski's Story

- Horror/Crime

- 'She's dead, but she still lives'

The laughter echoed down the hallways, filling the entire, empty house. The cries had long died, and the only sound was the breaths of a terrified being.

"N-no-o, pl-please." She begged, chains rattling as she shifted back. "Ple-ase sto-o-op." She swallowed a sob and dropped her head to the side, tears streaming down her face.

A chuckle, different from the deranged laughter of before, came from the shadows.

"They, they," a sob escaped, and she dropped her head into her hands, "they, huh, were my friends."

"Good. Now you accept that they're dead."

"No!" She screamed and fell to the ground, eyes too filled with liquid to see the pool of red she had fallen into. "NO! How could you do this to me? I trusted you!"

"You only fooled yourself..." The chuckles came back. "You're too caught up in something that isn't real."

Sobs filled the sinister silence as she looked up, feeling as hopeless as the lifeless piles before her. She looked over each twisted, mangled or torn body until her eyes caught the frightened ones of a fellow she had grown accustomed to at work. "Now, my dear..." Her eyes drifted to the glinting piece of metal, a drastic change from the pool of red. "I believe we still have one living..."

"No. I won't do it. You've made me do it to the others."

"You need to make him suffer for what he did to you."

"No."

"Make him suffer."

Make him suffer...MAKE HIM SUFFER. The words ran through her head over and over, making her scream out.

"No! No, I won't do it! I won't do it!"

"Make him suffer."

"NO!" She wailed, gripping her straggled strands in her bloodied hands. "Stop IT!"

"Make him suffer. Make him suffer now." With another cry, she grabbed the knife and got to her feet. Her chains dragged against the stone and her bare feet sloshed about in the still warm liquid. She watched him wriggle away, or at least tried to. He stopped struggling and just lay there, looking up at her with pleading eyes. Asking her to finish it quick.

"I'm sorry." She whispered before driving the blade down on one eye. His scream filled the tiny room, and he didn't stop when the same thing happened to his other eye.

*Taken from dictionary/reference . com. Accessed 24th November, 2014.