"Hello? Can anyone tell me why the fuck I can't see?" Cordelia, aka CC, had been in the human A&P lab when the sudden darkness happened. She was the only one in there at the time, studying blood smears and the interaction of cells with certain medications she would place on the slides. With her headphones playing music loud enough to have drowned out any noise in the hallways, and her eyes clearly focused on the microscope, CC hadn't even noticed the room turning black until she was ready to test a new slide. Her head popped up to retrieve a new slide on the table next to her- only to reveal no light coming from anywhere except the battery operated microscope sitting in front of her. Cordelia had made her way across the lab, toward the door that lead into the hallway- bumping into chairs and table edges, hoping not to spill any hazardous medications and had opened and left out for testing.
"I guess that would be a no.. Is anyone there? I don't know what is happening. Dear god please don't let me be the only one here." Her hands felt along the walls as she made her way toward the auditorium down the science hall. She felt that if there was a mass gathering, that was where it would be. Cordelia pushed her way down the dark hallway, but felt an open door to a classroom and decided to ask and see if anyone was in there confused like she was. Cordelia walked in and started feeling her way around. She wished now she hadn't left her cell phone at home this morning in a rush to get to school. Suddenly CC felt a presence in the room, but something didn't feel normal- like it wasn't a student in the room with her.
"H-hello? Are you okay? Can you help me? I don't understand what's going on." Cordelia walked toward where she felt the presence coming from. "Corey, Corey, corey.." There was only one person who called her that- "Dad? Is that you?" Cordelia stopped in her tracks. She had not seen her father since elementary school when she was finally brave enough to stop the abuse that he put her through. "Corey, you little worthless piece of shit, do you honestly think anyone would want to help you? No one could handle your stupidity. You're as dumb as your mother. She deserved her beatings..And so do you. The sudden feeling of a fist colliding hard with her abdomen made CC screech and try to flee, only to be shoved, fall on the floor, and be drug backward by her foot back to whatever this being was that was acting out her worst nightmares. The fist collided with the side of her face and CC felt blood pool in her mouth. She kicked and swatted toward the direction of the fists, but never collided with anything stable.
CC paused for a moment, lying flat on her back on the cold floor. It was gone.. She was okay.. Then the whirling sound of a fist cutting through the air made CC go into fight-or-flight mode. She leaned up and pushed herself to her feet only for the fist to collide with her right temple. Her body collapsed to the ground. CC couldn't tell if she blacked out- or if she was just laying in the darkness, but the next time she moved to stand the being was gone.
Cordelia quickly stood up and ran frantically down the hallway toward the gym. The metallic taste of blood made her spit as she neared what should be the auditorium doors. The sound of voices made her heart lurch at the possibility she was alone and going crazy. CC walked into the large space to find students working on a task they had been obviously given, But by who? Who was in charge? Where were the teachers? CC walked slowly, she could now feel the swelling of her right eye and the blood washing into her mouth from a gash across the corner of her mouth. She looked around, trying to find someone familiar, but only recognizing a few voices- one being Jack. They had a few classes together a couple years ago- she always thought he was hilarious while everyone else found his sudden outbursts annoying. CC walked through the crowd of students, trying to asses what was going on, and why they were tearing apart tables. She needed to find whomever was giving the students their orders, maybe they could tell her more about what has happened.