Shoot From The Hip: Loops

Loop #2: Chapter 3

*Rebecca's P.O.V*

I woke up in my bed, a soft mattress underneath me. Once I opened my eyes, I saw I was back in my room. It was a bright blue, with clouds painted near the baseboards. The floor was a white carpet, which was a pain to keep clean, but I preferred it over a wood floor, at least in my room. 

I looked at the alarm, which was beeping incessantly. I hit the off button on the alarm and slowly started to wake up. 

I shook my head, and looked at my alarm again. What? But I thought....Weird. I must've dreamed I already lived through today, and then woke up. 

But as I was getting ready for the improv show today, I just couldn't shake the feeling that something was...off. Deja Vu, or what, I didn't know. 

Changed and ready for work, I got in my car and drove to work, which was Shoot From The Hip. Honestly, it didn't feel like much of a job. I was having fun creating stories with my friends. I was so lucky. 

I got there, and Tom, AJ, and Sam were already at the venue getting set up, though Luke was missing. 

"Where's Luke? Running late again?" I joked, though strangely I felt as if I'd already made that joke before, despite me never having said it before.

"Well, he does have to fly all the way over to London from Spain, so.." Sam explained, and I nodded.

"Yeah true. You guys ready for the show today? I am!" I exclaimed, giddy with energy.

AJ and Sam smiled at me, at my newcomer energy and nodded silently.

My eyes narrowed in confusion, but I shook it off.

I swear they did that exact same thing in my dream.

*Time Skip to 15 minutes before the show.*

I had had a very strange day today, and I think I finally know why. I think I might...be in a loop. I know, I know, it sounds insane, but everything that happened in my dream last night, happened again. Word for word, movement for movement.

I knock on the door to the boys dressing room.

"Come in!" Tom's voice rings out.

I open the door and a nervous look comes upon my face. 

"Everything all right?" AJ asks, looking concerned.

I look at them nervously, not wanting to say anything, but also being concerned that maybe, just maybe, they're all playing a prank on me.

"Okay, so...are you guys playing a prank on me? By saying and doing everything that you said yesterday? Because if so, it's really not funny. I'm quite scared by it, actually. I feel like I'm going insane." 

They all look at each other, than at me, looking lost. 

"What do you mean, a prank? No, we're not...pranking you. Are you feeling all right?" Sam asks me, as I fidget with my hands nervously.

"Okay, then...And this might sound like I'm going insane, but I think....I think I might be in a sort of...loop. Like, a time loop. Because I swear, I went through all of this yesterday."

The guys looked at each other again, looking confused and concerned about me.

"Maybe you should sit this show out," AJ said gently, grabbing a glass of water for me and handing it to me.

I grab it, but don't drink it at all. My fingers tap on the glass anxiously. 

"I know it sounds crazy, but I swear I'm not making it up! I-I also, I'm going to have a...a vision of one of you here soon." 

They look at me, confused. 

"What do you mean, a vision?" Luke asks.

Before I can answer, my eyes roll in the back of my head, and I start levitating. Terrified and knowing now what's about to happen again, I grab AJ's hand. 

"E-Everyone, s-sit or lie down. Now!" 

From the shuffling of clothes, I assume everyone has done so.

"N-now, I'm starting to have a vision. I-It's going to be a-about one of you. G-getting kidnapped. A-and tortured. Don't freak out, b-but the vision, as it's happening, whoever is in the vision will  be affected and will f-feel the pain." 

Gasps of terror can be heard from the group. 

"What?! C-can you stop it?" AJ asks, clear terror in his voice.

I breathe in shakily. "Y-yes. B-but it takes a lot out of me. A-And I think...I think if I take too much energy from myself, the loop, it starts over."

"How many visions did you have in the last loop?" Tom asks, trying to think of this in a logical way.

"T-two before I passed out. And the loop started over."

Nothing could be heard for a few seconds except panicked breathing and the excitement of the crowd just a few feet away.

"A-And the vision is shared. S-So you all will be able to see what I s-see."

*Vision Starts* (TRIGGER WARNING FOR SOUND TORTURE)

Luke lays on a metal table. He's crying, begging and pleading for the woman next to him to let him go. She doesn't budge, but carries over two heavy amps for sound and places them right next to Luke's ears, one on each side. She then puts on noise cancelling headphones and then turns the amps on. She then picks up her phone and starts playing extremely high pitched noises from the amps, and Luke closes his eyes in severe pain, his ears hurting from the loud, and high pitched sound attacking him. He tries to struggle, to cover his ears with his hands, but his wrists are restrained tightly.

*In Real Life* 

Luke in real life starts covering his ears, groaning in pain as the sound from the vision starts affecting him in real life.

"S-Stop! Make it stop! Please!" Luke begs, and so I relent, ending the vision. 

Luke lies there, still covering his ears tightly. 

Exhausted already, I fall to the floor, also having ear pain but not showing it as much as Luke. 

AJ goes to help me up while Sam and Tom help Luke out. 

"How do we help, Becca? Obviously these....visions are m-meant to tell us something, or the woman. But what is it?"

I shake my head in disbelief. 

"Wait a second. I recognize the woman in the vision."