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A voice called out to me
Asking me to open my eyes
People in white surrounded me
Speaking excitedly amongst themselves
But their voices do not reach me

I begin to think of myself
My body automatically responding
Though stiff and slow at first
I wondered what I was doing here
But I didn’t have the time to ponder

I looked up as a voice called out to me
A mixture of numbers and letters
Different from what they call each other
One of them separates and leads me to another place
A white room barren of anything

Suddenly as I stand there
A person is shoved into the room
He falls into a heap on the floor
Groaning as his discolored body shook
Though I couldn’t understand what was wrong

The man in white smiled
He turned to me and spoke up
Telling me it was time to do my job
Though I didn't know what he meant
My body unconsciously moved to his words

The man on the ground looked up as I approached
Fear flashed in his eyes as he watched
I lifted up my arms and reached towards him
He tried to back away
But his legs seemed to fail him

My hands wrapped around his neck
And lightly squeezed
A strange sound came from his lips
Before his neck made a cracking sound
And the resistance in his body disappeared

I let go of the man
And he slid to the ground
The man in white clapped excitedly
And congratulated me for doing a good job
Though I didn’t even know what my job was

The man in the white pushed me from the room
I looked back at the other man
But the man hadn't moved
Still crumpled on the floor
I never saw the man again

Back in the room where the others stood
The man in the white excitedly talked to them
Smiles like his lit their faces
Then they left the room
And left me alone without a second thought

Sometime later
Though I couldn’t say how long
The man in white returned
And once again led me somewhere else
Though the white walls all looked the same

He brought me to a new room
This one was filled with people
Though they looked nothing like the ones in white
They were darker and more colorful
Much like the man left behind in the other room

The man once again told me to do my job
Though something seemed different about the orders
Regardless my body responded to his words
And I approached the people huddled together
And picked the nearest one up

I pulled lightly on the arms
And they came off easily
Red liquid sprayed from the thing in my hand
And the man fell to the ground
Yelling something incomprehensible

I continued to go through the people
Doing to them what I did to him
Noises escaped from their mouths
Though they were soon silenced
And the white room was turned a deep red

The man in white returned
Standing out against the red
And once again gave a great smile
He clapped his hands
As something flashed in his eyes


I looked back into the room as we left
Moments ago there were multiple people
But now it was just a pile of parts
Dripping with red liquid
Unmoving like the first man

I began to wonder
Why they were so easy to break
I looked at the man in white
And thought about whether he was the same
Something that would stop moving at my touch

I wasn't given time to think much more about it
As I was again lead to a different place
This one also held people
They were different from the others
But at the same time much the same

This time I moved at the same time he said the orders
Once again I grabbed onto one
A higher pitched voice reached me
As long hair revealed a soft face
The woman screamed as she looked at me

The sound bothered me
And I instinctively pulled on the body
The woman's screams reached an even higher pitch
And then suddenly went silent
As she fell to the ground

More screaming erupted from the others
And I immediately quieted them down
I'm not sure why I had to do so
But something in their voices affected me
Making me want them to disappear

This time I did not look back
When I was led away
I was brought into a different room
This one was empty
And even the man in white soon left

Left alone in the room
I began to wonder around
Unsure of what I was supposed to do
And came across a silver thing
Hanging from the wall


A weird feeling came over me
And I felt the need to walk over to it
I looked within
And saw something similar to the people yet not
It was me

Skin much lighter than the people in white
Covered my body
And was partially concealed by black and red cloth
White hair sprouted from my head
Falling over scarlet eyes

I looked similar to the people
But at the same time I was different
While the other people were soft and fragile
Mine was hard
And didn't move like them

I wondered why I was different
But my thoughts were soon broken
By the arrival of the man in white
He called out to me
And I moved to follow his orders

He brought me to another room
This time there were only three
I moved unconsciously without the orders
Heading towards them
And stopped just in front

My hand shot out and grabbed onto the man
His body felt so frail compared to my own
I barely even had to squeeze for it to break
All sounds from him disappeared soon after
And redness quickly spread on the body

Next was the woman
Again I wondered at the weakness of them
As she came apart easily
Not a sound escaped her throat
And she dropped to the ground

I turned to the last one
This one seemed smaller than the others
Her body shook violently
As she watched me
As if waiting


I grabbed onto her
But she didn't make a sound
Instead she closed her eyes
And the resistance in her body faded
No longer trying to fight

Something suddenly changed within me
I let go of her without doing anything
She stared at me in surprise
Unsure of what was happening
Though I didn't get it either

The man in white strode into the room
His eyes lit in fury
He pointed at me and then the girl
And told me to do my job
But for once I didn't respond

Saying something incomprehensible
The man in white turned to the girl
He pulled out a black item
And a loud noise resounded
The girl fell to the ground

Something seemed to break within me
Not knowing why
I grabbed onto the man in white
And pulled on him
Like I did to the others

His face went blank
As he was stained red
No longer the man in white
Then others came in
And grabbed onto me

Words floated between them
Though they never reached me
I watched the little girl laying on the ground
Next to the two I silenced earlier
Yet something seemed different from before

Something went off within me
And my sight began to blacken
I continued to watch the little girl
Knowing she had caused something inside me to change
And then my awareness was gone