1st POV: Minette (earlier on...)

He put me in a room. It's an all white room with a single padded area in the corner, everything else is white tile. And it's cold.

But that's not the worst part yet, there is a wall of objects.

Anxiety's old skin is hanging on a hook.

There are seven missing objects.

They all give me shivers and horrible feelings sprout into my head when I pass by them.

For all except one.

A single rose floating in a slow circle with a pocket knife intertwined in its roots.

But I'm scared that it might be activated by touch, so I'm staying away by going into the fetal position on the mattress with my back to everything.

"Come on dearie, it's no fun if you simply sit there!" Fear has been trying to get me out of this position ever since he threw me in here. "You know, I could start going in there more often. I mean, one of your fears has already happened. You've lost your Seed." My hands are very aware of that, they keep trying to grab at the vial for comfort only to find the glass is broken and I keep almost cutting myself on it.

"The Lord will still protect me." I whisper as I lay my head on my knees.

"If that's true, then why are you hiding in the corner?" His voice seems closer. I close my eyes.

Don't do it. Don't turn around. This is Fear you're dealing with here Minette, not someone like Tranquil... and Lust.

"Em?" My eyes snap open and I whirl around to face Iris and Zuri, they are both smiling at me. I stammer,

"G-Guys?" Tears sting my eyes as I turn to them completely.

Use your common sense, how would they have gotten in here? This is only Fear using your weakness against you.

I ignore my thoughts as Iris reaches out a hand,

"Come on! It's time to go!" I stand and reach for it, then snap my hand back.

Their eyes have switched colors.

"Stay away from me..." They both laugh,

"You noticed! What gave me away?" As it speaks, their voices merge together until they are one. A deep voice.

Fear.

It's okay, just go back to your corner.

I turn to do that whenever a force slams into my back and sends me crashing into the wall, cracks appear like spider webs. Pain floods my senses and I fall to the floor with a groan.

"You don't get to turn your back to me!!" He growls and vanishes. But I know he is still in the room.

My heart is beating fast. Adrenaline is running through my veins and is making me shake.

Lust isn't here.

He can't protect me.

Tears run down my face and I wipe them away, but they aren't stopping. I'm lying on the floor, crying.

There is a noise that echoes off the walls.

The rose has fallen off the shelf...

... the top of the flower is angled towards me. Like it's looking at me.

I can't stop crying as I realize just how hopeless my circumstances are.

I'm alone. Screw God, he said he would keep me safe! The Bible says he is supposed to save us!!

Then where the hell is he?!!

I can't... I can't last until Lust decides he should save me. Hell, he probably is sitting somewhere with girls on each limb having the time of his life.

Wrath is on his phone, not noticing I'm gone.

I'm a nobody.

I'm just a waste of space.

My parents will have another child.

Tranquil will move on.

Nobody will care if I vanish...

... nobody cares that I've already vanished.

Why should they? Why should they go through the effort when there are plenty better choices then me?

I slowly get to my knees.

If nobody cares... why am I here? Why did I find the-

I didn't.

I'm not the one who found the Seed. Zuri was. She's the important one here.

Iris even has a boyfriend she can run to.

My body starts moving on it's own accord, I'm crawling on my hands and knees towards the pocket knife.

Maybe... Maybe I can take my mind off it...

... Maybe I can be happy still...

... But first....

I grip the knife as the needles on the rose dig into my skin, the pain clouds my mind.

I'm able to forget my real pain for just a second.

The knife flips open, causing the rose to bend up.

It looks at me, and I at it. We stare.

Then it seems to elongate itself.

The pedals lead the stem round and round my arm, the needles becoming hooks to latch onto my skin. Then it changes its mind and tunnels under my skin, it's needles flip to the outside.

I can only cry harder and whimper as it spirals up my arm until the petals sprout from the top of my shoulder.

There is a deep laughter that I barely hear,

"I leave for a few moments and you've changed. Joy!" Suddenly, there is another voice,

"You finally figured it out, did you?" I freeze and slowly turn around. Lust is looking at me,

"L- Lust?" He snorts ad rolls his eyes,

"Don't sound so surprised. You knew deep down the only reason I stuck with you was because of your looks. You even had the Seed! Now that thing can burn." This hurts. It hurts worse then the flower that has dug into my arm. It hurts worse than all the holes in my skin.

My blood is dripping down my arm.

"You-.... W- What?" My voice is small. It's weak.

It's disgusting.

I'm disgusting.

And now I know it.

"You honestly thought I cared for you? Ha! Seriously, Minette, that's hilarious!!" He kneels down in front of me, "You're just another girl, just another piece of trash I can shove out of the way. Your nothing special! You're pathetic! I can barely remember your name!! Why else would I hardly use it?!"

Tears mix with the blood on the floor.

Lust walks out of the room.

The open pocket knife is now attached to my wrist where the roots of the plant are sticking out right at the base of my palm.

I pull and the roots get longer.

The knife hovers over my wrist.

I am nothing.