Chapter #2From Dusk to Dawn by: BeeJay   Hi. My name's Janelle Lee, and this is my story.
Let me take you back before everything happened. I lived in Levittown, Long Island, New York. I was the older daughter of Stephen and Anita Lee; my younger sister was Courtney. I was graduating from Hammer High, where I'd been a cheerleader. I was also dating Brad Butler, the star quarterback.
Now, before you start thinking this sounds a little cliche, there are a few differences from what you might expect. For one, I wasn't the head cheerleader; that was my friend, Mindy Kier. She wasn't jealous of me; she was dating Zooey Hirsch, another friend of mine. That's me: the straight best friend.
Another difference from the usual story was that I was a vegan. I wasn't the type to protest the cafeteria for serving meat; but I did take pride in that nothing I ate or wore came from anything that had a face. My family was supportive: Mom joined me in going vegetarian; Dad had no problem cooking veggie burgers and veggie dogs on the grill; and Courtney had my back, sticking up for me when my Uncle Mike would ask if I could hear his hamburger screaming when he bit into it.
Anyway, that was my life before I graduated.
After graduation, I have to say, it sucked.
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After the graduation ceremony, I wanted to cut loose a bit; so I got permission from my folks to stay out a little later than usual. My curfew was moved back to midnight, with Mom saying that I could probably push it to 1:00 without much trouble.
Driving out to Manhattan, I asked around, and found out about this underground rave. Thinking it sounded like fun, I tracked it down, and bullshitted my way in. The music was good, and I could dance to it, which was just what I wanted.
And then I met him.
He said his name was Micah, and he was the guy behind the rave. He didn't mind that I got in without an invitation, and he seemed to like me. We did some dancing, and he brought me a soda.
I was about halfway done with the soda when it occurred to me that I should have gotten my own soda. By that time, though, I realized that Micah must have put something in it, and I was feeling the effects of it. Micah carried me toward the back, where three of his friends joined him. One of them held my head, one on each side took an arm, and one hiked up my skirt and sniffed my inner thigh.
Then they started biting me. My God, I thought, I'm being eaten alive!
As the darkness pulled me down, I remember thinking, Please, God, don't let me die...
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As I slowly regained consciousness, I thought something was wrong. I could feel water washing over me. It felt like a shower; however, I had never heard of anyone taking a shower while lying down.
The water stopped, and I heard a woman's voice. "Subject's name is Janelle Lee," she said, "aged 17. What are you doing here, Janelle?" Her words suggested she was asking me, but her tone suggested she was talking to herself. "You should be at home, or having fun with your friends. What happened to put you here?"
"Four guys," I replied.
"Jesus Christ!"
I opened my eyes, and sat up. I was on a metal table, in a strange room. I was also naked. The woman, about Mom's age, was standing a short distance away. "Who are you?" I asked. "Where am I? Where are my clothes? What's going on?"
The woman swallowed. "I'm Dr. Joanna Kinski, Chief Medical Examiner for the City of New York. This is the morgue. I cut your clothes off of your body. And I was about to perform an autopsy on you."  | Members who added to this interactive story also contributed to these: |
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