Why is life so bad for posers?, chapter 4
A week later, I was walking to the library down the street. I had my hands in my pockets shivering. It was so cold. Now being October, the leaves were falling. It was cold and wet. There were wet leaves scattered all over the road. Cars drove over them, slashing in the puddles. I walked. I put my hood up. I kept walking. I heard talking from behind me. I slightly turned my head to listen to the voices.
"...she looks like a poser," one girl giggled.
"I know, she probably cuts herself," said a boy.
"What punk would have glasses, and look! She has braces!" Everyone burst out laughing.
They were talking about me!
"Hey, Girl! Who's your favorite band?" one guy called.
"Green Day," I mumbled.
"Green Day?" They laughed so hard I thought they would cough up a lung each.
"Green Day is for posers! Aren't the guys in it 48 or something?" said a girl with blond hair.
"POSER!" They chanted. "POSER!"
I ran, I should have kicked there butts. I didn't. What was the point in fighting if you would lose anyways?
About an hour later, I was walking out of the library. I wasn't really in the mood for reading my war books. I loved them, but not today. I was walking home when something tripped me. I fell and basically landed on my face. I heard two cracks.
One from the bridge of my nose where my glasses were and the other from my nose itself. I sat up and looked at my glasses. Smashed. I touched my nose and pulled my hand away to reveal blood on my fingers. Great, broken glasses and a broken nose.
I heard snickering. I turned my head to see some blurry figures walking towards me. One had a baseball bat, the other, a rope.
"So you know Green Day in person huh? Well, to bad you cant say goodbye to them." I knew that voice. One boy from those people who called me a poser!
I tried to crawl away. Then I heard a crack and a huge headache. It was so intense I blacked out.
I must have woken up the next day, because.... I don't know, there was no light. My head felt heavy. It hurt so much. I tried to lift my hand to my head but it was tied by rope. Soon a screen flicked on. There was the face of a pig. It scared my so much.
"Welcome Emily Joe, or should I say, Mina Steaves?"
I gave a small gasp, they knew my real name!
"You are breathing in a toxic gas. To find the cure, you must go through a maze. Not just any maze but one with life and death situations. You have 3 hours until you die or if you find a cure. If you find it, you are free to go. There is a key inside your friend," said the pig.
A light came on but did not fill the room. It only showed Laz, tied to a chair, dead. My eyes went wide but I couldn't scream.
"I'll give you a hint where the key really is, there's an X-ray beside your friend.
The key will open a door. Be careful, there are traps everywhere." said the pig.
The screen flicked off. I tried to stand. I walked over to the X-ray. There was his skull with a thing in it...
The key was in his head!
I saw a knife beside Laz. I reached for it. I felt it. I couldn't kill Laz, even if i dreamed about him dieing. I couldn't do it.
I heard a sound a snake would make, I turned to see a light.
My eyes focused. It was a robot! It was an eye with a light on top. I couldn't scream still. I was going to faint. So I did. I woke to see that thing sucking blood out of Laz. The eye turned to me. I pretended to still be out. I heard the thing retreat. I opened my eyes. I got up and got the knife back.
Did I want to live, yes?
I took a breath and stuck the knife into his head. I found the key and got it out. It had blood on it but I ignored it. I found a door. I inserted the key and turned it. There was a bang as a gun was shot and a bullet it me.
It went right through my ear. I had a piercing at the top of my ear, now there was a hole. I whimpered.
I started running until I found a door. I tried it but It was locked. I heard the familiar voice of the pig person.
"You have found someone you cared about here, can you get in, try it.
There's an object that boys break windows with here. Houses are made of it too."
The voice stopped.
I looked around. This was a riddle of some sort. The wall was made of brick.
BRICK! Boys throw bricks at windows and people build houses out of them! I searched them all until I came to a brick with an X on it. I used the knife from getting the key out of Lazes skull to carve around the brick until I could take it out.
There was a letter inside.
Hello Mina, You have figured out the riddle and killed your friend. Now here is the key to get to someone else close to your heart.
-I.G
I pulled the key out of the hole but felt something soft there to. I pulled my hand back with the key when a thing came out. It was a gremlin! It bared its teeth at me.
I inserted the key into the key hole in the door and being sure there wasn't another gun there, ran in. Leaving the Gremlin smashing itself against the door.
Then I saw him, It was Tre!
"Tre!" I said.
He opened his eyes and gave a muffled scream. He was gagged. I un-gagged
him.
"What happened to your ear!?" he asked.
"I got shot by opening a door." He looked at me strangely. Then the voice came back...
"...she looks like a poser," one girl giggled.
"I know, she probably cuts herself," said a boy.
"What punk would have glasses, and look! She has braces!" Everyone burst out laughing.
They were talking about me!
"Hey, Girl! Who's your favorite band?" one guy called.
"Green Day," I mumbled.
"Green Day?" They laughed so hard I thought they would cough up a lung each.
"Green Day is for posers! Aren't the guys in it 48 or something?" said a girl with blond hair.
"POSER!" They chanted. "POSER!"
I ran, I should have kicked there butts. I didn't. What was the point in fighting if you would lose anyways?
About an hour later, I was walking out of the library. I wasn't really in the mood for reading my war books. I loved them, but not today. I was walking home when something tripped me. I fell and basically landed on my face. I heard two cracks.
One from the bridge of my nose where my glasses were and the other from my nose itself. I sat up and looked at my glasses. Smashed. I touched my nose and pulled my hand away to reveal blood on my fingers. Great, broken glasses and a broken nose.
I heard snickering. I turned my head to see some blurry figures walking towards me. One had a baseball bat, the other, a rope.
"So you know Green Day in person huh? Well, to bad you cant say goodbye to them." I knew that voice. One boy from those people who called me a poser!
I tried to crawl away. Then I heard a crack and a huge headache. It was so intense I blacked out.
I must have woken up the next day, because.... I don't know, there was no light. My head felt heavy. It hurt so much. I tried to lift my hand to my head but it was tied by rope. Soon a screen flicked on. There was the face of a pig. It scared my so much.
"Welcome Emily Joe, or should I say, Mina Steaves?"
I gave a small gasp, they knew my real name!
"You are breathing in a toxic gas. To find the cure, you must go through a maze. Not just any maze but one with life and death situations. You have 3 hours until you die or if you find a cure. If you find it, you are free to go. There is a key inside your friend," said the pig.
A light came on but did not fill the room. It only showed Laz, tied to a chair, dead. My eyes went wide but I couldn't scream.
"I'll give you a hint where the key really is, there's an X-ray beside your friend.
The key will open a door. Be careful, there are traps everywhere." said the pig.
The screen flicked off. I tried to stand. I walked over to the X-ray. There was his skull with a thing in it...
The key was in his head!
I saw a knife beside Laz. I reached for it. I felt it. I couldn't kill Laz, even if i dreamed about him dieing. I couldn't do it.
I heard a sound a snake would make, I turned to see a light.
My eyes focused. It was a robot! It was an eye with a light on top. I couldn't scream still. I was going to faint. So I did. I woke to see that thing sucking blood out of Laz. The eye turned to me. I pretended to still be out. I heard the thing retreat. I opened my eyes. I got up and got the knife back.
Did I want to live, yes?
I took a breath and stuck the knife into his head. I found the key and got it out. It had blood on it but I ignored it. I found a door. I inserted the key and turned it. There was a bang as a gun was shot and a bullet it me.
It went right through my ear. I had a piercing at the top of my ear, now there was a hole. I whimpered.
I started running until I found a door. I tried it but It was locked. I heard the familiar voice of the pig person.
"You have found someone you cared about here, can you get in, try it.
There's an object that boys break windows with here. Houses are made of it too."
The voice stopped.
I looked around. This was a riddle of some sort. The wall was made of brick.
BRICK! Boys throw bricks at windows and people build houses out of them! I searched them all until I came to a brick with an X on it. I used the knife from getting the key out of Lazes skull to carve around the brick until I could take it out.
There was a letter inside.
Hello Mina, You have figured out the riddle and killed your friend. Now here is the key to get to someone else close to your heart.
-I.G
I pulled the key out of the hole but felt something soft there to. I pulled my hand back with the key when a thing came out. It was a gremlin! It bared its teeth at me.
I inserted the key into the key hole in the door and being sure there wasn't another gun there, ran in. Leaving the Gremlin smashing itself against the door.
Then I saw him, It was Tre!
"Tre!" I said.
He opened his eyes and gave a muffled scream. He was gagged. I un-gagged
him.
"What happened to your ear!?" he asked.
"I got shot by opening a door." He looked at me strangely. Then the voice came back...
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