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Bobbing and weaving through crowds of worried parents, children, and loved ones, my anxiety worsened at the thought that I might not make it off this ship alive.
I needed to know some details of what is going on, therefore I’m making my way to the captain’s headquarters. If I tell him that I know his daughter, even if I believe she’s eerie, which I won’t mention, he might feel more open to informing me on what’s going on.
Just a few feet away from the captain’s living space, I hear the wails of pain. I could not tell if they were due to physical or emotional pain, but whatever was going on, it just makes me more frightened.
Even though I can clearly hear every word they’re saying, I place my ear on the frigid metal door in the musty, dark
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I wasn’t sure what to feel. Should I have told her I saw her husband with another woman? Would that have stopped her from doing all this?
“But that’s not the important part-”

Not important? She’s dead! What could possibly be more important?

“As soon as I heard of it on the news I ordered an immediate autopsy at the closest morgue and what they found is terrifyingly interesting.”

The suspense just builds and builds until becomes almost unbearable.

“There was a microchip found in her leg. The mortician called me asking for permission to view it on his computer and I commanded it be viewed as soon as possible and to contact me when the results return. He just got back to me. It’s a formula to a homemade poison. It’s made to torture victims and boil their insides until they drown; she has it circulating through the air vents.”

There it is. My worst nightmare. How could such a small woman make something so wicked? So many questions that will never be answered? All worries aside, I need to let my parents know I love

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