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~The next day~
We were all getting ready for today's training, which is the start of stage two. "You guys nervous about stage two?" Dia asked and I shrugged. "A little bit, but then again, we are getting ready to face our fears." I said and we all started heading to the training rooms. Once we arrived, Brian, and David were already there, talking about something. Once we all arrived, they took us to another room and had us all sit down. "Now you'll all be scored for how long you take to get over your fear. You'll only face one fear, but each will be a different fear of yours." Brian said while scanning the initiates. They started taking one initiate at a time, every fifteen or so minutes, an initiate will exit, and they look scared as hell. Dia already went, so did Clare and Joseph, I was waiting for my turn. "Maria." David said and I got up from my seat. "Good luck." Vincent said and I nodded. I walked into the room, and sat down on the chair, David puts wires on my head and gave my the simulation serum, I drank it and everything went black.
I was standing in a dark room, I kept looking around to see where I was but I only see darkness. Then spotlights turned on, and underneath the lights were mom, dad, Anna, Jenny, Alec, Jessie, Dia, Joseph, Vincent, Clare, and Danny. What's going on? A gun shot was heard and I hear Alec screaming in agony, he had a bullet wound in his chest and he crumples to the ground. "ALEC!" I screamed, I was trying to move but it was as if my feet were glued to the ground, I could only watch. Then mom and dad both burst into flames, they were screaming too. "NO!" I screamed trying to break free. Dia's face all the sudden became bloody and she started coughing up blood, she fell to the ground, still coughing. Vincent had rope around his neck and he was being lifted up and he started chocking and thrashing around, seconds later he became motionless. "NO! STOP!" I screamed and felt tears go down my cheeks, I don't want to lose any of them! Another gun shot was heard and I looked over in time to see Danny getting shot through the head, he immediately crumbled to the ground. I don't want any of them to die, I don't want to be alone in this world with everyone I cared about dead, I just clutched my head and closed my eyes tight. 'This isn't real!' a voice in my head says and I snapped my head up and looked around where the voice came from. 'None of this is real!' the voice said again, then Anna was clutching her chest and she started screaming in pain. "This isn't real." I mumbled to myself. Screams were filling my ears, getting louder by the minute.
'It's not real!' I thought then Anna took a gasp for air and she just looked healthy again, Vincent's rope snapped and he fell to the ground, but then started chocking, gasping for air. Alec's bullet wound started to disappear and he gets back up, he was smiling. Dia stopped coughing and she looked around confused, as if not aware what just happened. Mom and dad was put out, their skin heals and they look back to normal. Danny gets up and his wound just disappears too. I looked around to see they were alright, I smiled.
I sat up gasping, taking deep breathes and looked around to see David looking at me a bit shocked. "How did you do that?" he asked and I looked at him confused a bit. "How did you stop them from dying and bring the other ones back to life." David explains more. "I just calmed down, that's all." I said, a bit nervous. "You've been in there for five minutes, pretty impressive especially since it's your first time in the simulation." David said looking at me with a raised eye brow. "Anyways, I should get going." I said getting out of the chair and just before I opened the door, I heard those five words. "I know what you are." he said quiet, almost enough for me not to hear it. I just opened the door and left. He can't mean what I hope he doesn't mean.
"I was in a room full of spiders, I barely was able to see the lighter that was near me, but I was able to lit it up and throw it at the spiders." Dia said telling Vincent and I what she saw in her fear simulation. "What about you Maria? You were there for only five minutes." Vincent asked looking over at me. "Mine was just people I cared about dying. I'd go into detail but..." I shudder at memory of what I saw. "It's okay, plus I don't wanna hear what death I had." Dia said. "Well you were all bloody and stuff. You reminded me of that old legend people from the hundreds of years ago used to talk about. Bloody Mary or something." I said trying to remember that old story I heard at school one day. "It's an old story, there's no way it's true." Vincent said and I rolled my eyes. "We know it's a story, I don't get why people still talk about it today." I said and Joseph walked in looking horrified, he just walked over to his bed and lied down in it. "You okay, Joseph?" Dia asked and Joseph shook his head. "I have never been so terrified in my life." he says, I would ask but he looks like he doesn't want to talk about it.
"So what about you, Vincent? What'd you see in your fear simulation?" I asked looking over at him. "It's nothing really." Vincent saying his cheeks were turning red. "Come on, what'd you see?" Dia asked and Vincent sighed. "Myfearsimulationwasfailingatanytest." Vincent said fast, we looked at him confused. "What was it?" I asked and Vincent took another deep breath. "In my simulation I kept failing at stuff, mostly test." Vincent said and I had to prevent myself from laughing, once an Erudite, always an Erudite. "It's okay." Dia said patting Vincent's back. "Lets go grab something to eat, I'm starving." Vincent said, we asked Joseph if he wanted to go with us, but he declined. As we were heading to the cafeteria, I felt like someone was watching me. I turned around to see who was there, nobody. I shake it off and catch up with Dia and Vincent.
~?'s POV~
I was almost caught by Maria, luckily I was able to hide. Why does the boss want me to keep an eye on her so bad? What makes this girl so freaking special? I only had to keep watch on her until the plan is set, but who knows how long that will take? I received a message on my phone and check it.
You have to gain enough trust from her, when the plan is set you have to lead her here. Do not fail me, we both know what will happen if you do.
I gulped from that message, all this trouble to get trust from one Amity girl? I sighed and walk to where Maria and her friends are walking to. Failing this mission is not an option, if I do fail, everything I care about will fall apart.
Who's this person that's following Maria? Who is this boss and why do they want Maria? Find out later on in the fanfic! Until next time, peace!