My Daily Writing Journal

Daily Prompt 3-27-19

                    
           🌹 Prompt: You are told that you are about to enter a room with one person who          
                  wants to kill you, and two people who would do anything to save your life.
                                     Inside, you find  your two best friends and your crush.🌹

~Narrative: The scientist looks me in the eye, her grey eyes appearing to be iron. "You know what to do. This is why we've trained so much. Your final BAP test." I nod, my eyes welling. The last test. The last day at the Academy before I can go back to my home. Before I can see my Mom in Chicago. The heavy white door opens, revealing a white chair. The white chair that i've seen so many times before.  The door closes once i enter the room, and i take a deep breath. Three panels on the wall open, showing nothing but darkness. I sit down in the chair. My hands shake and my palms sweat. I already feel unnerved. Five minutes. Five minutes to get out of this wretched Academy. Five minutes until i'm free. Five minutes until i start a life well deserved and well earned. Three people step out into the small room. Jessica. Hailey. Cody. Words appear on the wall above them.
" One wants to kill you. The others would do anything to save your life."

Cody was my crush before I was taken to the Academy. He kinda still is. Jessica and Hailey were my best friends before i came. I search their faces for any emotion. Nothing.
"Hello, Jenna. Why did you leave?"
I struggle for the right words.
"Guys, she's probably really confused. Leave her alone." Cody says.
I have one on my side. He walks around to my side, squeezing my hand. My heart flutters in my chest, and I scold it for doing so in such a serious situation.
"So. Why did you leave, Jenna? Left us with absolutely no sign of your departure. Not a text or voicemail or phone call or even a note. Left us wondering where the hell you were. For all we knew, you were dead. Missing. Kidnapped. Psychotic. Had cancer. God, we knew absolutely nothing! And here you are, in this little jail cell of a room. Thinking. Where have you been?"
I try to speak but no words come out.

Cody studies my face, his expression a one of worry. He turns back to Hailey.
"Why do you care, anyway? You found all of your new friends and you talk about how much you hate Jenna, how much you want to kill her when you see her, and now you just explode! You're mad at her for something she probably didn't even mean to happen."
I nod. "Hailey, they didn't let me contact you or tell my family or even pet my dog. I've been disconnected from the world for five years. I never meant any of this to happen. I didn't have a choice! I had no say in anything!?! Do you really think i'd do this to you? To anyone? No!"

Her jaw tenses and her arms cross.
"Fine. Say what you want. I don't even know who these people are, but- Why would they torture you? You're just making up excuses, Jenna."

They're just testing you. It's all a hoax. I remind myself.
"Believe whatever makes you happy, Hailey. I'm here now, aren't I?"

Her hands fiddle with her waistband and she pulls out a knife. Before i can process what is happening, she pulls Jennifer into her grasp, and she threatens to kill her if i don't apologise.

"For what?" I ask cooly, trying to keep my calm now. The calmer i am, the better the end test results will be. That's how BAP tests work. "Keep your head, and it will end." That's what Joanne tells me. She was the scientist who led me to my last door.

"You know what." Hailey snarls. The knife gets a microcopic particle closer to Jennifer's neck.
Cody snaps out of his daze and screams.
"Hailey! No! Please don't kill her!"
"Shut up, Cody. Or you die too."
Cody swallows the lump in his throat as the lump in mine grows.
"Why should i listen to you? It's all a test. It's all fake, Hailey. Put the knife down."
Keep your head, and it will end.
Her lip trembles. "You left me! When my boyfriend broke up with me, no one was there! When i had an anxiety attack, no one was there! When someone threatened my sister and I, who was there? You weren't! You were never there!"
She starts to sob, and the knife wavers dangerously close to Jennifer's skin. Her eyes glisten with tears and i feel bad for her. Always pushed around by Hailey.

I come to my senses soon. Before Hailey can react, Cody kicks her in the gut and she drops the knife. I dive to the ground and snatch it from beneath her foot. "Enough!" I shout.
The alarm sounds, the white door opens, and the three panels stay open as the three exit.
The last test. The last test. Keep your head.

I sob, covering my head with my arms, my back against the door. Joanna sits next to me, but i get up. "How could you?!? You dove into my personal life! You stole me from where i belong! I hate you! I hate you!!! Her steel eyes soften, and her mouth open tentatively.
"We had to. You know that."
"No, you didn't! You took my life away! I hate all of you!"
I open my locker, grab my backpack and slam it in her face. I storm out of the hall and i don't look back. I'm done with the Academy.

A/N: Hey guys! This was a bit dark but this was a randomly selected prompt and i felt evil in that moment so yeah. Here we are. The next one will be a bit happier- i promise. Thank you so much for reading! Comment prompts that i should do! Love ya'll! 🌹