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Andre's POV

I was dreaming. I had to be. Right?

I was in an empty hospital, the hallways eerily quiet, making my footsteps seem like gunshots. The oddest past was that I could see me. It was like I was on the outside looking in. Somehow, my feet knew where they were going. I passed room after room, sometime glimpsing in to see an exact clone of, well, me or one of my friends. The only difference was that the clones were hideously disfigured.

After I passed a room containing a Robbie clone with only half a face, I stopped walking. I knew this room. I pushed open the door to a far too familiar room with garish pink walls and hideously white floors. The bed was empty and made in the stiff military fashion. Someone in a worn blue bathrobe stood looking out the window. She turned around.

My mother stood in front of me, but she was too pale. Andre. Andre. Why did you leave me? She spoke quietly, but it wasn't her voice. I knew that much. It was so familiar, but I just couldn't place it. It tugged at the corners of my mind, trying to unravel it at the seams and drive me to insanity.

I guess it was just in my genes.

Mom, I never left. Tears were streaming down my face. She smiled and opened her arms for a hug. I rushed forward, aching for the contact, but I ran right through her.

You forgot me! She screeched, brushing past me into the hallway. I followed her, tried to run, but the floor had turned to goo and I couldn't move fast enough.

Mom, please! I never forgot you. Never. I still miss you. Please, mom! Wait! Come back! My voice cracked at the last bit. I finally made it to the door.

My mom was waiting at the end of the hallway, her back turned. I touched her shoulder and she turned around, but it wasn't her.

It was Tori. Why didn't you save me? She cried. My eyes widened, and I realized whose voice is was earlier. I needed you, and you weren't there. Suddenly, her face morphed. Her teeth yellowed and fell out, her eyes turned red and her flesh started to melt. Horns sprouted from her head. She smirked and a ball of flames appeared in her hand. I ducked and it flew over my head.

The hospital dropped out from around me, leaving only a black obsidian bridge. Flames lapped at the sides of it, and the monster 'Tori' stood several feet away. I started running, and she started chasing me. I ran for hours, dodging and weaving, but 'Tori' kept up. Suddenly I fell into the bridge, and kept falling. The disfigured faces of my friends circled around me, whispering Your fault. Your fault. It's all your fault.

I woke up suddenly and almost fell out of my chair. I glanced at the wall clock. It was 1:32, and I was still tired. I blinked a couple of times and wiped the crust from my sleep deprived eyes. My head was pounding and my back hurt, but all I cared about where my two friends in trouble.

I checked my phone, but there were no new texts, no new updates, nothing but nothing.

Standing up, I stretched, and a groan escaped my lips. Robbie shifted in his sleep beside me. A wet patch on my shoulder told me that apparently he had fallen asleep on my shoulder, and that he drooled. Great.

I stretched some more, swiveling, and noticed Cat staring at me with big eyes from behind her knees.

"Hey Lil' Red," I spoke softly. She didn't need any more crap right now. "How you holding up?"

"I think that the better question is how are you holding up?"

"What do you mean?" For once, I was the one who was confused. She stood up, shortening the height distance, though only by a little bit.

"Did you know that you talk in your sleep?" I did (I never could ever keep my feelings in), but I feigned innocence.

"Really? I say anything interesting?"

"Yep. You kept saying 'It's all my fault' and 'I'm sorry' and stuff like that" she said, moving a bit closer.

"I – I just really don't like hospitals." She nodded, accepting the answer for now, but her eyes still narrowed. "Did you hear anything about Tori or Jade?" I asked, changing the subject.

Her eyes narrowed as she sadly said, "No. Nothing new. Nobody's been able to see them."

I nodded, dejectedly. I sat back down, hoping for something to happen.

As they say, you gotta be careful what you wish for. About half an hour later, Mrs. Vega showed up. She smiled at us as she passed, then went on to Tori's room.

She returned a few moments later and argued furiously in hushed tones with a nurse, finally shouting "Where the fucking hell is my daughter?"

"I-I don't know," The timid nurse stuttered.

"Then find her."

Robbie, Cat and I shot each other worried glances. "Um, Mrs. Vega? What's going on?" Robbie cautiously asked.

She pinched her brow. "Tori's not in her room."

"What? Where is she?" I shouted.

"She might just be having some tests done, but…" Mrs. Vega trailed off. Cat whimpered beside me and Robbie comforted her as my phone began to ring.

"Andre!" I heard Beck's voice, but it was different than usual. He sounded panicked. It seemed worried panicky-ness was becoming normal for all of us. Jade couldn't have – she couldn't have died or something, right? "Jade's missing." Beck just blurted it out. I was silent for a minute. Something was definitely up.

"Andre? You still there, man?"

"Tori's missing too." Cat and Robbie perked up at the 'too' part. I looked at them and shook my head, telling them not to follow as I walked into the hallway.

"Andre, I'm not joking."

"Neither am I."

"That's a bit suspicious, don't you think."

"Well, I don't think it's normal. I think we should tell the police," I whispered, somehow it seemed too important to just say outright.

"Okay, okay. Is Tori's dad there?"

"Naw, but he should be here in a bit."

"Right, so I'll come to you, and then we'll both tell him, deal?"

"Sounds like a plan. But, ah, Beck? What about Cat and Robbie?"

"We'll fill them in when I get there." Having a plan, however flakey of one it was, made the situation more real, but also a bit less…severe.

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