Out of the Ordinary

A sunny day it is. The sky is an immaculate blue. No clouds are hiding the sun. A flock of birds flies beautifully, making their way to the trees. Except that, there are no trees. Not one scruffy plant.

Just then, a woman’s voice says, “Ladies and gentlemen, kindly go to your respective UV protection shields now. In 50 seconds, you’ll be experiencing tremendous heat of 300 degrees Fahrenheit.”

300 degrees! What?

I am expecting for some sort of reaction from the people, like scram or shout. But there is none. Not one little shriek. They just obey the voice and silently, very silently, go to their protective shields, which by the way looks like a cocoon. And I am left wondering, what the heck is happening.

“15, 14, 13, 12...”

Is this for real or is this just some kind of joke they’re playing on me?

“10, 9...”

Oh, no, this...is terrible. Where’s my protective shield? Where is it?

“7, 6, 5...”

Then I see it. Without a moment’s hesitation, I go inside my “cocoon” and BOOM! I think we are all going to die. I feel the earth shaking under my feet. I feel like I want to get out of the cocoon and run as fast as I can. But to no avail, the entrance door of my cocoon, doesn’t budge. What am I going to do?
But before I could think of a plan, the door opens, and I find myself where? Where in the world is this place? I step, barefoot, on a cold, marble floor. As I look around, I realize, I am still in the same place. Except that, I thought that the skyscrapers were burned. But now, they are in front of me, without a scratch on them.

The people are just doing what they were doing before the heat thingy. I shout at the top of my lungs, and ask them, “Are all of you robots?” Their heads turn to me all at the same time. They stare for about three seconds, without any reaction, and turned away again. Just then, we are all wearing white. Wow, we have a uniform. Great.

“C-14, you’re coming with me. Now.” A girl’s voice says, behind my back.

“Oh, thank God, someone’s talking to me. I need help. Where am I? What's this place? Oh, sorry. I haven't introduced myself yet. I’m Celine, and you are?” I put my hand forward, but she did not accept it. Instead she says, “C-14, you’re coming with me. Now.”

“C-14? You’ve got the wrong person, sorry.”

“C-14, you’re coming with me. Now.”

“As I’ve said, I’m not what you’re looking for. It’s great talking to you, but it seems, you repeat the same sentence, thrice. It bores me and it’s kind of creepy. Bye!”

Before I am able to walk away, she grabs my wrist, and says the sentence again. I am about to retort, but she runs so fast, and within a second, we are in a room, full of people I’ve known my whole life. They stand like statues; they’re eyes close.

All of them are there. My family, my relatives, my friends, our helpers, my classmates from nursery up to now, and even my teachers are there. The crazy girl leaves me with them alone. She turned off the lights a while ago. I need to turn it on. I touch for the wall and then feel the switch. I turn it on and I gasp loudly.
I look at all of them; their eyes are like that of cats, except that they are bulging from their eyelids. One by one, they move closer to me. I would not say they walk toward me, because they are floating! Slowly, they are nearing to me. I turn my back from them, trying to open the metal door. I look back, and they are horrible! Simply horrible!

“IneedtogetoutofhereIneedtogetoutofhereIneedtogetoutofhere.” Now. But how? I try to shout, but no sound came out.

Before I could think of a plan, one of them grab my neck, choking me. Tears are falling down my cheeks. I cannot breathe. I’m dying. I close my eyes, and in a second, I am back in my bedroom.