THE COMMON BATHROOM

When Elise left I stood rigid for a few seconds before reluctantly starting to undress myself. The other girls around me were already butt naked and it was weird and awfully uncomfortable. The girl to my right actually bended in my direction, revealing her bottom to me, and it was just disturbing. I decided to concentrate on my own body because it seems like I'm the only one looking around to the other people. I might be the only junior here because all these people look like they are very accustomed to this.

The water was cold as it hasn't been warmed even a little bit. Will I be bathing with this very water even in June and the other cold months; it's freezing! If I'm going to survive this place I will need warm water and my phone. I wonder when Oliver is going to deliver the phone to me because last night I think it would have been better if I had a phone. I would have kept the light on all night long but then come to think of it....there's no adaptor in the room to charge the phone. I've just remembered that Oliver brought a solar powered charger so it's cool. I'd just leave it by the window every morning because I'm sure no one is allowed to go back to the dormitories so every day when I get back, it will be safe. The question is, when will I see Oliver?

I used my face towel to scrub my body lightly to get rid of all the sweat that had built up from all the sweating from the scare last night. I can still smell it. Whenever I bath I use a lot of water so I'm hoping the water in the coundrone will be enough. When I looked up from the it, I was alone in the bathroom. I looked around me and wondered if it was already late for me to be bathing because I had zoned out and it is very possible that everyone had left. But Elise left just a while ago. Then I realized what was happening; it was the mother clone again. Why is this happening to me?! Can anyone else see her? Is everyone else trapped in their own mind the way I am right now?!

I could feel some sweat slide down my back or maybe it's just water. She was standing in the corner, close to the door which meant that I had no way of getting out because the windows in the bathroom were very small and at the top where I could not reach.

"What do you want from me?" I asked her not sure if she hears but I'm sure she does.

"El....ise....." she said the name in a really low and slow voice.

Why did she keep mentioning Elise? Did Elise do something to this girl? Was this part of her punisher duty? What on earth does the punisher do? When I blinked the scenery in front of me had slightly changed to one with a bunch of girls that I didn't recognize from early when I first come to the bathroom and they all looked older than the other ones; even the room looked older. Did I just go back to the past when this place had not been remolded or was it the future? Was the girl trying to show me something?

I felt something walk through me and to my surprise it was the girl, this time she had no cuts and no uniform and her hair was brushed properly and tied into a bun at the top of her head that she covered with a shower cap. "Elise? Come here. Let's bath together." she said walking towards Elise.

"You know we're not allowed to do that, Jen." Elise replied with lines of worry on her face.

"Come on. No one will report us and besides, the punisher isn't in our dorm. No one will tell, right guys?" Jen said.

The other girls nodded and to this Jen said,"See Elise, there's nothing to worry about."

"Not right now, maybe when it's Halloween but not now." Elise politely refused and Jen frowned but complied and left Elise alone.

I watched the scene in front of me and to me it seems none of these people can see me; for some reason I think I'm grateful for it because if mother clone is here it means they are all dead girls. Elise looked older than she does in my timeline. Jen is short for something I presume. Suddenly I saw Jen was sitting on the floor in the corner sobbing while Elise was standing next to a tall slim girl who still had a uniform on even though they were in the bathroom. The other girls stood watching as Jen was shouted at by the girl.

"Thank you for telling me this. Such people deserve to be punished...." the girl first addressed Elise who had no emotion in her eyes as she stared at her friend,"....and mind you Jen, this is is your 16th offence this year; this term to be specific which means you have earned yourself a ticket to the sewing room. I'll be seeing you later tonight and I hope you have fun ."

Jen started crying even more as she watched Elise walk away with the girl whom I have come to believe was the punisher at that time. She resembles someone I know but I don't know who but I know the person is from this school; Ancestors' Academy. Jen looked at Elise with hatred in her eyes and from what I have seen, Elise betrayed her friend.

When I blinked again it was back to me being in the bathroom but Jen was standing right in front of me with bloodshot eyes looking straight into mine. She was breathing heavily and I felt every inhale and exhale of hers. I started sweating again. I repeated my earlier question and even now her response was Elise. She probably wants me to help her take revenge on Elise but how on earth will I do that?

"What do you mean Elise?" I asked even though I knew why.

In turn Jen just stared at me then suddenly she raised her hands to run her fingers through my hair twisting it it around her fingers like she was playing with it and then she grabbed it and used it to yank me to the floor. I groaned from the pain while the girls in the room turned to look at me alarmed because I think they can't see Jen. I felt the sting behind my head from the fall and looked at the spot where Jen had been standing but instead she was behind me. She grabbed my hair again and I immediately started screaming for help and soon enough the door opened and I was thrown to the wall. Before I could see who had come in Jen picked me up again and raised me above the floor which I'm sure made me look like a possessed girl. Jen whispered something to herself that I couldn't hear what she had said then she sent me flying through the air again and I went to crash into the wall on the opposite side. I heard a cracking sound on my right shoulder and I'm sure I'll be visiting the clinic soon enough.

I can now see that Elise is the one who came in to see what was happening and she was glaring at Jen. At least I know I'm not crazy. I have never received a beating, ever in my life so this is excruciatingly painful. Before relief could spread throughout my body, Jen appeared right next to me while Elise hurried towards us. Jen grabbed the back of my head as well as my chin and tried to twist my neck to possibly strangle me but my survival instinct kicked in and I twisted the rest of my body in the direction Jen was twisting it in and saved myself from been killed. Elise came to kneel behind Jen and whispered into her ear and Jen immediately disappeared from where she was.

Elise brought her hand forward for me to take as I gasped for air to get enough oxygen into my body. Does she really think I can walk in my state! I can't feel my limbs at all! I hate my life. I hate Elise too. If she had not betrayed her friend then I would be having a normal school girls life like the others. I don't want this girl's help anymore but if she's the reason for all this. I don't think I can move on my own at this point and I highly doubt the other girls will be willing to touch someone who they think might be possessed. I tried to look away from Elise by my eyes hurt even when I moved them a little. I managed to look up and instantly regretted my decision because Jen was levitating in the high ceiling as if she was waiting for the right time to attack me.