Death is the Only Escape

by Light Brown Shoes

The school has had many more experiments. Some lived, some didn't. Some, though alive, aren't considered alive. This is their hell, and they can't escape.

3. Chapter 3

Alex

Tick, tock. Eleven forty nine and thirty two seconds. Tick, tock. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tock. Endless ticking, endless tocking. Forever and ever, never relenting. A white noise forever in my head. Forever ticking. I rock back and forth in tune with the ticking and tocking. Tick, forward. Tock, backward. Forward, back. Forward, back. Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Tick, tock. I wish it would stop.

They never come for me. All I ever hear is screams and footsteps. And the ticking and tocking. I always hear that.

I wish I had a better ability. All I know is time. That's it. Nothing else. Nothing at all. Most people here want to be normal. I want powers that don't tell me all the time that passes. I want one where I won't know numbers. Tick, tock. Tick, tick, tick, tock. I hate it. I am slowly losing my mind. Did you know that I have been in here for 7359120 minutes and fifty four seconds? That's fourteen years, twelve days, and fifty four seconds. I know exactly how ling I've been here, because not only do I tell time, I can calculate it. Exciting, isn't it? Tick tock, tick tock. All the time, forever and always. I clutch my head harder and rock back and forth.

But I know. I heard them talking. They don't want me anymore. I am a waste of space, with no ability worth studying. They are going to kill me. I hope it's soon.