Trapped & Anna’s Trauma

-• Tia's P.O.V •-

"Leon?" "He's dead…" Jessica backs off slowly. "Leon!" Kyle, one of Leon's best friend since birth, ran to his now dead friend, kneeling, and holding Leon's hand as tears dropped from his face. "No, stop!" Kyle turns around, and surprisingly, his eyes are normal, making all of us shocked. "How…" "Why are you all looking at me like that?" Kyle asked, raising his right eyebrow.

"You're supposed to be dead…" "Dead? What the hell are talking about?!" He stands up. "That's a rule." "Yeah, once breaking a rule, your eyes turn white, then, you're hypnotized to commit suicide." "Then how am I still alive?" "That's what we're confused about…"

"Wait…" I step towards the front, catching everyone's attention. "What?" Sam crossed his arms. "A few hours and minutes ago, something happened." "And?" "When Damien harassed me—" Damien scoffs, cutting me off. "You know, you don't really have to be so specific."

Damien walks away, and I could tell everyone was relieved when he did. "Anyway, when he did that, Vernon punched him, which counts as violence." "You also cried earlier…" Anna said as she placed her thumb and index finger under her chin. "And also when…" As I'm about to say something, a flashback of Lia comes to mind, making me pause.

Seeing her scared face as she backed away from me, I felt this heavy feeling fall upon me, but I manage to calm down, and I sigh. "It's also when I killed Lia." "You're right…But how could this be? Are the rules gone now?" "It can't be. When we killed The Eye Of History, we made it steal." "Yeah, and it worked, meaning the rules are still present." Lucas agreed.

"Okay, are we all just gonna ignore the fact that he said someone here is a part of a group that's planning to kill us?!" Anna reminded us. "We have no time for that, let's just keep a close eye on each other, and if someone is acting suspicious, you have to tell us."

"Okay, fine, but we have a problem." "What is it?" "I don't know how longs it's been, but I'm pretty sure most of us here are hungry by now." "Yeah, the last time we checked the time was when…" Lucas paused, but Vernon continued the sentence. "When Dan checked it, it was 12:44 pm." "Why'd you pause, Lucas?"

Sam asked. "Because…" I could tell Lucas was still bothered by Dan, his best friend's death, so I decided to tell the others myself, first taking Lucas to a different location. Once coming back, I tell them. "So, Dan died since he looked at the time." "Looking at the time is a rule?" Kyle asked. "Yeah."

"Then how are we going to know what time it is now?" "Easy, we can't," He opened the door into the school and entered, us, following soon after. SHUT! Once we all enter the school, we all head towards the cafeteria. *Door closing* Closing the door, we all start searching for food and drinks.

As I'm searching the cabinets, A third-year student comes to me. "Hey, you're Tia, right?" "Uhm, yeah, and you are?" "I'm Veronica." "Wait, you're the girl that suggested the plan to kill The Eye Of History, right?" "Yeah, it was me." "You're pretty smart." She laughs. "I think you're a lot smarter than me."

"Well, in that case, let's just say we're both smart." "Sure." We continue searching together and when we were done we gathered in the middle of the cafeteria. "There's nothing left here." "Yeah, the other students must have taken the resources." "Fuck!!!" Kyle smashes his hands on the table.

"Kyle, calm down." "Calm down?! We'll all die of thirst or hunger!" "From what I heard, you can survive three weeks without food and three days without water." "Well, sorry to break it to you, but I'm pretty sure a lot of us are pretty thirsty and hungry by now." "Wait…"

A third-year runs out of the cafeteria and we follow him, arriving at one of the water fountains. "Wait, but isn't the water contaminated?" "Let me see…" The guy puts his hand underneath the water dispenser and unexpectedly, clean water comes out.

"Wow! Finally!" As the guy is about to drink from the fountain, another guy pushes him away and starts drinking the water from the fountain. "Ahh~~~" He wipes his mouth. "Okay, I'm done, who's next——" The guy is cut off, his eyes turning white. "He's hypnotized!" "Someone splash cold water on him!"

Some of the guys grabbed the hypnotized student as me and the others ran to the janitor's closet to get a bucket. Returning to the group, we start gathering water from the fountain. "Why are you all trying to save him? You all already know he'll die after a few minutes." Damien raised his right eyebrow.

"We could at least try to see if we can save someone!" "By doing what? Splashing cold water on him over and over?!" "He has a point! I think we should let him go." Michael agreed. "Michael?" I looked at him, shocked by what he just said. "I know we want to save him, but by trying to…We're just wasting time that we should be using to kill the monsters!"

We all took some time to think, and soon Vernon breaks the silence. "Okay, fine." "Vernon?" "Michael is right, by trying to save this one guy, we're just wasting time. If we use time wisely, we could end up saving a lot more people." "Finally, these two get me." Damien stepped up to the front. "Now, let him go." He said, commanding the guys holding the hypnotized student.

"Tia, they're right," Anna said to me. "I…" I pause, thinking of what to do next, but I decided to do what's best for the group. "Let go." "Tia, are you serious?!" One of the guys asked. "Yes, now, let him go!" They all paused, still holding the hypnotized student, but soon they give in and let go.

"I can't look…" Anna hides her face on Michael's chest. The hypnotized guy runs towards the water fountain, breaking the faucet, and making the water pressure higher. He then places his mouth on top of it, and we stopped looking, turning back…Knowing what will happen next. As we're walking away, we hear the body flop to the ground and the water stop.

(IN THE THIRD BUILDING)

*Door closing* As we continue walking, Anna grabs my arm. "Hey, don't you think that we should…Get some time of peace?" "What…Do you mean by that?" "You know, let's play a game. Get to know everybody." I don't think we have time for that——" "Come on, I know you and everyone wants to. Especially after what just happened." I stop to think, but I give in and agree with Anna.

"Yes..! I'll go tell the others." Anna walks towards the others. "Hey guy, I think we should play a game." "Uhm, what?" "Anna now isn't the time for games." Michael sighed. "Come on, after all that's happened, don't you want to do something in peace, where we can have fun?" "I mean, I don't think it's a bad idea," Sam said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Yeah, just this once. I'm pretty sure the others want to as well. Right everyone?" Vernon looked at the others, them nodding. "Great, it's settled." "Okay, but we have to be quiet. We wouldn't want the monsters barging in as we're playing."

We all walk towards a classroom, clearing the room, we sit down on the floor. "So, what game are we playing?" Veronica asked. "Never have I ever." "I thought we were going to play something fun." Damien scoffed. "You never know, we could expose some people here." "Expose?" "Yeah, someone here could've pooped their pants before." We all laugh.

"Okay, okay, let's start. Never have I ever…Kissed more than one person in a day." Damien, Lucas, Kyle, and Anna raise their hands. "Oooo~~Tell us about it." "Well, I was drunk, and…It was just bound to happen." "You drink? No surprise." "Oh, come on, there's no way I'm the only one here that's drunk before." "Okay, okay, you have a point. What about you Lucas?"

"I was in a love triangle, and the two girls that liked me just couldn't keep it themselves anymore, so they kissed me." "At the same time?" Sam asked. "Eww, bro, that's disgusting. No way josé." We all chuckle. "Kyle?" "Well, it's just a habit?" "A…habit?" "Yeah." "So kissing girls is your habit?"

"Yes, are you deaf?" "What about you Anna?" "I'd rather not tell…" "Oh come on, everyone gave an answer." Damien crossed his arms. "I said I won't, so stop." "Come on, just say it." Damien starts touching Anna, and I could see her getting uncomfortable. "Hey, Damien stop it."

Damien ignores me, continuing to grab Anna. "Hey, I said stop!" I stand up, but as I'm about to reach Damien, Anna yells…"I was raped!" Everyone gasps, and Damien backs off. "I…Want to be alone…" Anna runs out of the classroom, but Damien follows her. "Anna!" I run out of the classroom until…

"Don't." Vernon grabs me. "I can't leave her with Damien." "I know, Damien can be a douchebag, but I talked to him, and I think he's a pretty decent guy." "Are you fucking serious, Vernon?! You know, Anna has been trying to forget that trauma of hers for so long now, and because of that piece of shit, she has to undergo the pain of remembering!"

I look down and scoff, raising my head right after. "I thought you cared about her." I pull back my hand from Vernon's grasp, and continue running. Going back to the first floor, I see Anna and Damien arguing at the end of the hall. I run to them and stand in between their bodies. "Stop it!"

"What are you doing here?!" Anna asked, her eyes, and nose red from the tears that dripped down her face. "I know, that this is a difficult situation for you, but we have to go back to the others, staying here is way too dangerous." "For the first time, I agree with you." Damien rolled his eyes. "Oh, shut up——" *Boulder being thrown across the hall*

"Watch out!" "Ah!" Damien pushes both me and Anna away, the Boulder him in the process. "Damien!" We all look at Damien, who is now passed out, his back against the wall. We both run to him and check his Pulse. "Phew, he's still alive." *Groaning* Me and Anna look behind us, and see…"It's the Giant!" "We need to get out of here!" Anna yelled.

"Okay, help me carry him." We each place Damien's hand around us, and we walk to the other hallway to our right, but…*Swords clanking* The Samurai appears out of thin air, walking towards us slowly. With our last way out we turn behind us to the last open hallway, but…*Bones cracking* "This is bad!" We back off against the wall as the monsters get closer. "We're so fucked..!"