Chapter 1: Looking Glass Of Pain

Light has flooded my eyes as I stare at the girl staring back at me. She has long, wavy red hair, big electric blue eyes, a scar slicing her nose in two (not literally), her lips covered with scares, a scar goes through her left eye, the right ear is shriveled, and she is 17 years old. How do I know? Maybe because it is me looking in the mirror.

My name is Rica Downing, and I am not the prettiest of us all. They call us mindless but we are in complete control, and some of us don't escape unscathed. I am one of the unlucky ones.

No one knew until I made one mistake. I told my best friend. She freaked out and told the police. When they talked to my parents, they said it wasn't possible. They were also part of the mindless (which pretty much such), and they would do anything to protect me. Only thing is the police had one of their scanners with them and found out we all were a mindless. My mom tried to run and help me escape. They shot her down with no hesitation. They told me and my dad that if we go with them, we would live. We didn't know that it would have been better to try to run. They took us to a secure facility, and soon after my dad died. The only time I was let out was to go to school which they had a collar on me that measured my activity so they could control me. I also was followed by about seven guards. Everyone thought I was royalty by I wasn't. Then after I graduated, they took away the light. They attacked me multiple times and showed me to my former class mates and told them I was truly a mindless. They put the scars that cover me. That make me look like I went to war.

So that is where I am right now. My room waiting for my next showing. I know if I mess up they will hurt me again. I don't know how much longer I can take it though. At first, I fought endlessly but that was before they broke me. I am so broken.

I know it is time when the bright lights blare on. I flinch and then look up at them. I see someone I haven't seen in a long time. Alex Downing, my uncle, he is the only downing that didn't have the mindless gene. He came and watched all the time. Also up there is two girls and another boy.

I know them. The boy is Drake Healson, blond hair and green eyes. Girl one, Brittany Lund, brown hair and brown eyes. Girl two, Lia Pattersen, blond hair and blue eyes. They had gone to the same school as me. Brittany use to be my best friend.

A voice enters my room from the speaker in the top right corner. "Hey, the usual Rica Downing."

Then as I go to begin, a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes walks in. I don't now him. I stare at him.

"Now, would be nice, Rica Downing." The voice comes again, waking me. Crap, this means pain later.

I look towards him and then at the target. A soldier, who has disobeyed really important order, walks in. I see he has a gun. I have to make him kill himself before he shoots me. This is why my dad died so soon. He couldn't do it. The soldier takes aim and loads it. But before he can fire, I do something that will make me suffer later, I make him point the gun towards the glass. The gun goes off, the window shatters and The voice is hit. I keep the guy shooting. Alex is next. Then Brittany. Drake and Lia get hit. The voice, Alex, and Brittany all die. Drake and Lia are just injured in the leg. As for the other boy, I leave him be and use the soldier to shoot anyone that enters the room. The boy jumps down from the observing room, I try to turn the soldier but it's like I can't control him. My eyes go wide.

"Rica Downing, Let's get you out of her." The boy says. I back away from him. I try to use my powers, which have weakened because of the beatings, but I can't get through.

"Who are you?" I ask. The moment I asked, I regretted it.