Until Your Last Breath: Chapter 2

Twice my size , it stood on four legs , large drops of saliva dripping from it's mouth , covered in blood. Bloodshot eyes , with white fur all over it . It had a lot of missing fur....from fights , I assumed. But no matter how much I looked , this creature wasn't trying to play friends with me.

Not wasting a second, it lunged at me. Survival instincts are pretty dumb sometimes , you know? I threw the only thing I had with me at it. A keyboard...at a beast. It broke. I did the only thing I could do next. I ran . anywhere but near that thing. It ran after me , and I knew that I couldn't outrun it. But what else do I do in this situation? Scanning my surroundings while basically running for my life , the only obstacle for the beast was the vehicles scattered around the road. 

The vehicles! I could see a truck right up ahead. All I had to do was get there as fast as I could , and hope that the key was still in there. Out of the blue, there was a shriek. I turned around for a split second to see....there was someone. Someone that needed help , just like me. 

She could've stayed silent , but I was guessing she did it to distract the monster from me . Sure , I was grateful , but why would she do that to herself? She should've just saved herself. My shoes weren't helping me much so I took them off . 

The truck.... I had to get there. It's always at moments like these that the distance makes it look like it would take you an eternity to reach there. But I made it. I wondered what happened to the lady who shouted but I had a beast running after me. I got into the truck and sighed in relief when I saw the key was still in the ignition. I turned the key , and stepped on the gas. The lady was out of sight , and the beast was still running towards me. 

I hit whatever that thing was. The windshield shattered. I couldn't see a thing , but it didn't matter. There was unbearable pain, all throughout my body. I'm going to die , aren't I?

**********************************************************************************I was blinded by light when I was conscious again. I was in a room , with white walls on all sides so it made the room all the more bright. There was a rhythmic beep sound somewhere around me. Was this a hospital? Looking ahead , there was a TV screen. It looked weird.... like it wasn't supposed to be there. The screen showed 3 hearts , and one of them wasn't filled red like the others. What was this supposed to mean? Is this what I think it means? 

"Hello? Anybody there?" I shouted out. No answer. Fortunately , I wasn't stuck to the bed. Standing up , I walked to the door and tried to open it. It was locked. Of course it was. There was one more door that I hadn't tried yet though. I walked over to it , feeling a little dizzy. Weird. To my surprise , the second door opened by itself , before I could even reach for the handle. There was no one on the other side. In fact , I could see nothing on the other side of the door. It was empty, or it looked empty. Just like the room I was in , the other side was also completely bright. So bright that I couldn't figure out whether it was a room or a hallway .... or something else. 

Playing it safe sounded good right now. Turning back , I realized there were meals set up. It was probably for me, right? They looked hot... and I was starving. I went back to the bed and decided to have some food. It was rice , and a curry of some weird meat , I didn't know what. It tasted... different yet , good. I jumped when I heard the click of a door . I was just about to be done with my meal , and the first door had opened by itself. 

So many weird things were happening today. I walked over to the door and was over the moon when I saw another human being. not any human , but the lady who saved me from the beast. "Hey! Thank you so much for saving me! I'm glad you're alive !" I said , and held my hand out for her. But there was no response. She kept staring into blank space , like I wasn't there , and closed the door again. That made no sense at all. What in the world just happened? Did she not hear me , or was she pretending not to hear me? If she hadn't locked the door , I would've tried to go her room , but that wasn't the case. 

I had to know. Maybe I had control over one door and someone else had control of the other? Maybe the door that opened for me was going to take me to someone else . someone I know , hopefully. I walked over to the second door and it opened by itself again. I looked back at the other door one more time , hoping she'd open the door again... but no. This was it. I have to take the risk. I walked into the emptiness.

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"Grace wake up!" I stood up , way too abruptly. It was Sam . I was back in my cabin . Everyone was around , doing their own thing. "Be careful, John isn't in a good mood today." She warned me with a slight smile again, just like she had a few hours back. Or was it ? I had to make sure. I waited for a while again , and my heart fell in despair when I heard what I didn't want to hear. "Ms. Grace , why have you not uploaded the announcement to our page yet?" 

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