My name is Ira Allen, my life was normal until I moved for college and work I couldn't believe it when I had gotten accepted to work for Helios corporate such a prestigious company it was hard to even get them to look at your resume or even an interview but they wanted someone like me! they even payed for my flight and apartment and today was my first day at my new college I was fluent in Korean not many people thought that though so they often spoke to me in English and I'd respond in Korean it was always a silly mistake I managed to make some good friends I think their my friends they sat with me at the school buffet and even spoke to me I was quite happy... right. happy
happy was an overstatement especially after I started at my new job not many people talked to me probably because everyone was trying to get their work done they had piles and piles of work and even though I had just there I already had a stack to do myself which was weird for a new hire but I barely had time to do it before I was dragged away to take pictures with the CEO shaking his hand while he was praised for his inclusion and tough decision to choose me over all the other candidates... tough.
I mostly zoned out after that while he gave a speech about inclusion being everything for the people and that it was time to start a new area where everyone was included not excluded....
I felt like a prop instead of a human like I was for show before I knew it I was back at my desk doing my work while others chatted around me right. because props don't move.
work felt endless just more papers more typing more more more I felt like I was being worked to the bone on my first day. It was crazy I barely made it to lunch break and then it was back to work and more work.
When it was all finally over I packed up so quick I could barely see myself moving I walked out of the office trying not to trip over my heel in the rush I was out the door in seconds I had made it home by 11:30pm and laid in my bed I clocked out like a light...
I woke up to the smell of. smoke?. SMOKE! I sat up as quickly as I could and looked around. why was I in a forest? what was going on!! I was in a forest smelling smoke how'd I get here!? why was I outside!? I barely managed to stand up my stomach growling hard... that's when I looked at my hands... so skinny, dirty, bony, starved.
I was starving... I felt so hungry and scared. I looked up to see which way the smoke was coming from it was coming from the east. that's when I heard voices. possibly help? I started heading in the direction of the voice there was men with torches. great!!. foolish being.
"foolish wha-" I mumbled to myself just as I felt a horrible pain in my shoulder and then wetness... blood. an arrow had pierced my shoulder the scream came out loud I barely had time before another one hit just barely missed. just barely.
the air in my lungs was ice cold as I ran for my life the pain unbearable wasn't this a dream? why could I feel the pain I was scared so scared I knew self defense why wasn't I defending myself maybe because it was a dream... it was a dream.
just then my foot tripped over a rock and I tumbled down what I thought was a hill. until I was falling. this was a nightmare it was a sick nightmare I felt my head bang against the edge of a rock and everything went black...
I woke up with a scream as I tumbled off my bed covered in what I assumed was a cold sweat I tried to stand up only to get yanked back down by my hair because it had gotten caught on the knob of my bedside table when I had feel I reached to untangle it only to scream from the random jolt of pain I managed to get my hair untangled and stood up and ran to my body mirror even though my foot was in pain.
I stared in the mirror in pure horror. I had a star or plus like scar on my shoulder and a bruise on my foot...
did I always have those...