CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SIX

I get out of bed and head to the bathroom, reciting the plan as I walk through the corridor. First I'll get the sleeping pills in the cabinet over the sink, swallow them and head back to sleep. While laying in bed, I'll put relaxing songs on my phone to fall asleep quickly, waking me up with a loud alarm twenty minutes later.

    I enter the bathroom and open the cabinet to search for the pills. Damn, there are so many  different medicines here! It takes me a few seconds, but I manage to locate the pills.

    I take the pills, as I cover myself with the blanket and turn the music on quiet, just loud enough to be vibrating in my head, but not too loud, so I won't recognise which.... song is uhh.. Playing. 

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"Ugh, my head" I mumble to myself, complaining about the throbbing pain in my forehead with the song's bass humming in my head. Well, at least I'm not back at my checkpoint. I take a look at the clock, but it takes at least ten seconds before my vision adjusts and my thoughts are clear enough to understand the digits appearing on the clock's monitor.

    12:13PM, I didn't wake up on time! I need some air so I open the window and breathe heavily, trying to calm myself down. What if waking up resets my checkpoint? Chloe and Tyson are already at the ceremony without me and there are only 32 minutes until the bomb detonates! can I even save them? Do I stand a chance at rescuing my friends, no matter how much I try?

    Shut up! Don't lose hope. Maybe the checkpoint is not reset, maybe I will still wake up at 8AM when I die. Yeah, I can't just assume the checkpoint changed, I need to check it. I was just not thinking clearly and overreacting, "I'll just kill myself and it will all be ok" I say, putting a big smile on my face.

    I walk quickly to the bathroom again, lock the door and take my razor. It's time to shave my veins, I think as I break the knife off the handle and enter the bath tub. 

    "Todd" I hear my mother calling from her room, "Toddy, are you home?"

    I can't allow her to find me, if she takes me to the hospital and saves my life, I might never have a chance to save the school. I crawl inside the tub and lay there silently until I'm sure my mother fell back asleep.

    I take the razor and place it against my arm, I take a deep breathe and press the blade against my skin, penetrating deep into my flesh. The pain is sharp and a lot more intense than expected, and the blood pours out instantly. My breathing shudders as I focus all my powers on cutting along my arms, despite the dizziness threatening to stop me.

    I watch blankly as an unbelievable amount of blood leaves my body, staining my clothes and..

    Boom! I hear from afar, everyone is dead, and I'm on my way. 

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My head hurts as I wake up again, the song on my phone tells me I don't need to even check the clock to know how fucked up the situation is. I jump off the bed quickly, shaking my head to drive the blood over to the brain. I need to call Chloe, NOW!

    I take my phone and pause the song, pressing long on the home button.

    "Call Cho" I say when Siri appears.

    "Calling Cho M/" my phone replies to me, before making a call to her cellphone.

    After thirty seconds of ringing, I almost hang up, but she answers, "Todd, where are y.."

    "CHLOE, PINK WASABI, TAKE TYSON AND LEAVE THE CEREMONY, GET OUT OF THERE NOW!" I cut her off and hang up the call, I can only hope she recieved my order now.

    I open the phone application and dial 911.

    "911, what is your emergency?" Says the operator.

    "A bomb is about to explode, get me Lieutenant Wyoming right now!"