RED

I woke up, and my alarm screeching at me, the big white letters blinking. [7:30 A.M] I groaned, and pressed the button to shut it up. Sitting up I looked around the familiar gray room. I kicked my blanket off of me, before standing up out of bed. I could immediately tell my hair was gonna be messy.

I stretched, and looked in the mirror, I could've sworn I saw my eyes look a strange, color for a split second. I shook my head, closing my eyes before looking again. darker gray, like normal. Was I seeing things?

Never mind that, I have school to get too, and I slept in, I had 20 minutes to get ready and get there. I quickly got changed, and washed my face. I practically sprinted out of my house, jumped on my bike and started pedalling. I didn't have time to put a helmet on, I only had 15 minutes left to go 2 miles.

I pedalled as fast as I could, I went fast, faster than ever. Halfway there my legs were burning like never before. The cold air making me tear up, my throat burned from the chill, my hands went numb.

When I got there I practically sprinted in to the school, I had 3 minutes left. I chuckled, a feeling of pride fell over me, I walked into the classroom right before the bell rang.

I went through class, it was boring, as always, but I got through it, as always. everything was gray as always, but then I could've sworn I saw something brown. The world lost all color years ago, but I remember how it used to look. i remember my dark brown hair and eyes. the green grass and tree leaves. the blue sky, the white clouds.

I realized I forgot my medicine, I felt fear. was the medicine blocking color? Fucking with my eyes? and then on the ground, I saw red. The color of blood, it only flashed before fading once more, the dim lighting never let anyone see the pattern on the ground, but I just saw it.

why was everything red? Was it really blood or was I tripping out? Or am I maybe finally not tripping out? What is happening?! Did anyone else know about this? Is this why people had been going missing? Did they see this and tell someone? Did they get killed for what they knew?

What about the walls, were they covered too? in blood? Color flashed into me once more. I saw people wearing blue, red, gray, black, pink. no one had any color hair out of the natural, since color didn't matter the hairdye industries went out of business. the walls were the same color as blood, but there wasn't any blood on them.

Everything went gray once more. I Knew everyone was going to be monitored if the medicine was actually an experiment. I needed to stay quiet, to pretend there wasn't anything wrong. I knew I was hyperventilating, but I would just say something like I think I left my door open.

i started biking my way home, when suddenly color flashed again, but this time it stuck around for a couple seconds. I saw the streets covered in blood, specifically the road, I looked up, at red clouds and I realized, that it was raining blood. At this sight I lost balance, fell onto the concrete, on my head. I passed out.

When I woke up, I saw nurses and doctors surrounding me, all covered in blood. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" I yelled, but then they took off their masks and smiled at me. Their teeth were stained with red, blood, half washed away from spit.

They just smiled at me, their grins widening every passing second. blood started pouring out of their mouths, onto me. "GET AWAY!!!" I screamed at them before I kicked one of them, they fell. I ran over their body running out of the hospital. everything was covered in blood.

I ran out of the hospital, it was always raining here, and it was always blood wasn't it? Was I safe here? No. I was never safe, i know what this world is now, a deathscape. if i wasn't medicated i was in danger.

I ran home, grabbing a pill, when I realized, I only had 10 left, but i took it and hid in my room. 20 minutes later I felt as if something slammed into my body, like a wave of pain. I thrashed about uncontrollably, 10 minutes later the color faded from everywhere. and i fell asleep. In the morning i walked out of my room, i didn't bother going to school today.

But i felt a need to go to school, like there was a reason to go there. I felt a pain in my stomach, a hunger rung throughout my body. I didn't eat lunch yesterday.

Something in this medicine made me hungry for something, the schools were in on this government experiment. I wasn't safe from anything anymore, I was in danger. I always have been in danger.

I got halfway to school, and i saw my bike. I must have forgotten it. suddenly i was hit, by something. I flew forward and hit the ground, hard. Everything went black.

I Woke up, on the concrete, my head throbbing. I was soaked in the blood from the clouds. the blood rain, I got up, stumbling. I knew I had a concussion, I was too dizzy to be ok, I almost fell. i looked at myself, covered in blood. i looked around me, a cascade of red pouring everywhere.

everything, is blood, everywhere I looked was red, the houses, the concrete, the road. everything is blood, and I was the only one who knew.

the best thing I could do was take my medicine, and pretend everything was ok. Id have to hope they sent me my meds before I ran out