I was alone in the woods. The only other person there was, well the woods. I don’t remember how I got here. I just woke up here a few days ago. Every so often I remember something from my past. Something scarring. It seems like I was a terrible person. Maybe that’s why I’m stuck here. Stuck here with only the woods.

     My name is Clare Wellings. That’s the one thing I remember. I haven’t eaten since I don’t know when. I think this might have been some sort of punishment. Trap me in the woods while everyone watches from the outside. Trap me here so they can watch me rot in hell. I think the people who put me here brainwashed me or something. But I think whatever they used is wearing off. I feel drowsy. I have no energy. I can barely get myself up off the ground.
I remembered something today.

     I killed someone when I was alive. Well I think I did. I just saw blood. A lot of blood. It was on my hands and there was a body. I don’t know who it was, but it appeared to be a young girl. Probably 9 or 10 years old. She was wearing a pretty white dress with flower patterns embroidered on, but the dress was no longer white. It was stained red from the blood that was spilling out from her chest and making a pool around her. I fall to my knees letting the blood soak into my pants. My eyes follow the blood to a knife stuck in her chest. Right where her heart is. Right where her heart was beating before the knife was plunged into her chest. Someone stabbed the young girl. I hope it wasn’t me, but I don’t remember.

     Why would I stab a young girl? My eyes glance to the girls face. Her eyes are still open. I lean over and using two fingers the slide her eyelids closed. Now maybe she can rest in peace. Now the horrible world can’t hurt this young girl anymore. The longer I stare at her face the more I feel like I know her, but I don’t remember. I wish I remembered.

     I hear a voice through the trees. I run towards the sound arriving at a screen of white light. The screen makes a wall between two trees. It’s the hologram. The hologram is back. The hologram shows me stuff that’s happening out in the world. It’s usually a news broadcast, but it doesn’t usually say what the date of the broadcast is, so I don’t know if they’re old or new broadcasts. They could be from anytime. Even if it says a date, I still don’t know. For I don’t know what the date is. I don’t know how much time has passed. The sun goes up and comes down and sometimes it rains. But nothing else ever happens. There’s no animals. Just the trees and I. The trees are starting to lose their leaves. It must be autumn. That means it will be turning to winter soon. I hope I make it to winter.

     The hologram suddenly fills with colour creating a picture. It’s another newscast. The colours slowly adjust and the image becomes clear. There’s a man standing to the side. He’s wearing a black suit with a tie. He’s smiling. I wonder why he’s smiling. What is making him so happy?
“Welcome back to Channel 7 News, my name is David Helming and tonight we will be discussing the new invention that is changing the path of civilization forever!” The man, David, readjusts his tie before turning back towards the screen. “Today a new invention has been revealed by the government that will be affecting the whole world. This new invention is called the Belling Tracker! It's a micro sized tracker that is inserted into your heart that by tomorrow tonight, it will be illegal to not have one. It allows everyone to be tracked no matter what happens. It also can track your heart rate and other problems that will help doctors be able to get you help you need quicker and more efficiently than ever before! Now we will be tuning into Haley Knight who will be talking to the creator of this new tracker, Michael Belling,” David turns towards the screen and for a split second the hologram goes dark before lighting back up.

     I wonder when this invention came out? Do I have one too? Am I being tracked right now? Could people help me right now, but are choosing not to? I get distracted by the new girl on the screen. This must be Haley Knight.

     "Hello, my name is Haley Knight and I'm currently sitting with the one and only Michael Belling who is the creator of the new Belling Tracker! Tell us about how you came up with this new innovation?” Haley, a women with short blonde hair points the microphone she was just holding towards the guy sitting to her right. The man is older. Has short grey hair and his eyes are a icy blue. His face is very round and I'm guessing he's probably in his 50's. He takes the microphone from Haley and leans back in his chair as the camera zooms in on him.

     “I came up with this idea after my daughter was kidnapped and murdered 10 years ago. I hated not knowing where she was and I had to live a whole terrible year not knowing where she was before police were finally able to find her. Sadly they found her too late. This is what lead me to this innovation. This tracker which everyone will have and that will be inserted into the heart is so small you can’t even see it and starting today everyone will have to get one and babies at birth will begin to have them inserted,” Michael finishes smiling, handing the microphone back to Haley. The camera zooms back out so you can see both people on the screen.
“And tell us about how the tracker is inserted?” Haley says handing the microphone back over to Michael. Michael takes the microphone again this time instead of looking at Haley when he talks he looks straight into the camera. His icy blue eyes glaring into my hazel eyes.

     “The insertion process is quick and painless. A tiny needle is used to insert it into your heart and then you're all done. The process takes about 3 minutes each and you don't feel a thing,” Michael smiles into the camera this time, clearly proud of himself.

     Haley takes the microphone back from the man and the camera zooms back onto her face. “Well that's all the time we have for today! Thank you for tuning in tonight to Channel 7 News! Good night!” and with that the hologram goes dark and it was quiet. Once again it was just the forest and I.