Jen nodded, thanking the doctor that came to give her the injection. She was scared and though that an injection to calm her nerves was really unnecessary. It was probably normal to be scared.
Her first idea of this place was that it looked like a castle and she was a little princess being brought here to get a better re-start at life.
But it’s cold inside, and it feels so stiff and like... like she doesn’t belong here.
Jen’s parents weren’t there with her, although they promised to visit and to help her get better. That was kind of a bad start. Jen followed the lady that showed her around and eventually settled in her bedroom.
This was strange and new. She just wanted to leave – it felt like she didn’t belong here.
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Mikey threw another card down on the table as he watched some of the new toys being brought in. He chuckled as a dazed, obviously drugged, white haired girl was shown to her room.
She seemed vulnerable, easy enough to play with.
Mikey looked back at his cards as soon as his troubled thoughts lost interest in the people around him.
But the guards were an ever burning though in his mind. They were clearly here for him, to take him to the government. He hadn’t cracked that top secret code on the serial box for nothing – the government knew they’d find him that way.
He bit his nail as he looked around; panic and fear started pushing up from inside his chest.
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Karl slipped his shoes on and dusted the imaginary specks from them. He smiled when he was satisfied with his shoelace loops. Much like Mr. Greery taught him.
Karl pushed himself up from his bed and walked over to the open door. He caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror on his way there, making sure his hair was just untidy enough.
Karl stepped into the hallway when it looked like the coast was clear. He smiled at some random paranoid person that lay reclined on a couch by the TV, then slipped through the door that would lead him to the staircase.
Karl waited patiently as he was searched by the nurse at the door. When they were satisfied with him, another accompanied him outside.
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