The cell door with the name "Varity Shiner" on it closed.

Is that my name?

Yes.

the lights are on but I

am

in

complete darkness.

I shout.

They took me. They actually took me.

They took me away from work. From home. From him.

I'm trapped for 1000 days. But I'm not staying that long. I have to get back to him.

I

must

get

out

now.

---

The cell door is glass.

I can see the other hostages.

A little girl.

A frail old man.

All in here with me. But not for long. I'll be leaving them soon.

Very soon.

---

I was screaming.

I was screaming so loud they took me out of my cell.

I saw the outside.

I saw a tree. It was beautiful.

I wanted to go out and touch that tree.

But I didn't.

Before I got out of their grip they shut me in a room with people in white.

Then everything

went

black.

I leave the room with a bandage around my neck.

And I can't scream anymore.

---

I sit here.

Silent.

The old man in the cell in front of me gets food.

I don't.

The girl in the cell next to him sings.

I can't.

I've been here for 199 and a half days.

I haven't screamed for 43.

I haven't seen him in 220.

I want him.

I

want

him

now.

---

Nobody walks by.

The people in the cells are gone.

I

am

alone.

I am completely alone in this place.

It's completely silent.

I cannot stand it.

I CANNOT STAND IT.

---

I see grey clouds.

I have seen them before.

They are not real.

They

are

in

my

head.

The people are back.

The sound is back.

I am not.

--

I heard the guards talking as they walked by.

"She's too far gone," they said.

YOU ARE TOO FAR GONE, I screamed in my head.

But they are right.

I

am

gone.

---

The grey clouds are too thick.

I can't see inside the cell.

I hit the cell door

over

and

over.

They take me out.

I can see again.

I can see the tree again.

I want to touch the tree again.

But I do not.

They put me in the room again.

Everything

turns

black.

Again.

I leave the room with a bandage on my back.

And I can't move.

---

Grey.

Greygreygreygreygrey.

---

i can move again.

almost.

i look around.

grey.

WHY IS IT ALWAYS GREY?

i have been here for 404 days.

how have i not gotten out?

i

must

get

out

now.

---

i a m g o i n g i n s a n e . i c a n n o t t h i n k r i g h t .

m y

t h o u g h t s

a r e

s c a t t e r e d .

G E T A H O LD OF YOURSELF.

---

i re mem ber w he n i hit t h e door the y took me to th a t r oo m. ma yb e if i do it again i c an esca pe.

515 days.

i cannot make it to 1000.

i must focus.

I must focus.

I

must

focus.

---

The gray clouds are gone.

I can focus.

I can escape now.

---

I hit the glass just as the guards are walking by.

I make my eyes unfocus. I let my head loll to the side.

I look insane.

I

am

insane.

They take me to the room. before they get to the door, I go limp.

They drop me.

But I

get

up.

And I take their weapons.

And

I

escape.

When I get to it, I shoot the tree.

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BREAKING NEWS

UNKNOWN EARTHEN MURDERER AND 1000 DAY MARTIAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ESCAPEE VARITY SHINER GO ON KILLING SPREE

23 DEAD, 570 WOUNDED