The beds are lined up in pairs. Eight pairs. Only ten woke up. There's only seven of us alive, well, now anyways.
The fifth one who woke up was a woman. Her eyes shot open and she got off the bed. Bloodshot pink. She grabbed a pair of scissors off of a nearby nightstand and stabbed someone who hadn't woken up yet. Well, they're awake now.
Screaming. It echoed through the halls.
It was just Tatsuha, Suika and I, despite the fourth person waking up. We couldn't get his name because he started mumbling something and trembling uncontrollably. We let him go back to sleep. The scream didn't even wake him up.
The woman kept stabbing and we stood and watched, not believing what we were seeing. It didn't really shock me all that much. I just assumed that this is what the world was like. Perhaps that's why I slammed my wheelchair into her.
"Grab her!"
Suika and Tatsuha are pulled out of shock and jump, pinning her down. She struggles but can't deflect the strength of two people.
We tied her with bandages to the bed and she struggled for a while, but calmed after she realized that she couldn't do anything.
By the time the twelfth person awoke, we had found out that many were already dead. After the incident with the crazy woman, we made sure to watch those who hadn't awoken. After all, they could be like her.
The last one rose. Grey hair, blue eyes. It's this type of person. He sat up and spread his hands wide.
"Hello world! What'ch you been up to?"
I was wrong. Definitely not that kind of person.
No one responded to his question.
"Huh? Oh yeah. The Tragedy."
"Do you remember anything that happened?"
Tatsuha handed him the report. I didn't even need to tell him anymore.
"I got stabbed."
He looked through the report. He pulled out a photo and pushed it into my face.
"This was him! Taeki Mizoru? Her? Him!"
That's me. Oh shit. Shit shit shit. This is why I didn't take off my mask.
"My name's Kin Kas—"
We heard a tearing sound and I immediately knew what it was.
"She broke the bandages!"
Everyone turned around. It was too late. Scissors in hand, she slashed the closest person to her, a man named Naki. He screamed and yelled and we pinned her down but it was too late. He was bleeding out. One of the nurses vanished, but the one that didn't just stared at the pink gush from his neck. Murata grabbed her and yelled. He was the seventh who woke up.
"What the fuck are you doing! Help him!"
No response.
Murata let go of the nurse and grabbed the scissors.
"You know what, woman? You killed two of us, so we kill you."
There were no objections.