Diana

Diana slowly opened her eyes, different voices could be heard everywhere, 'is this how noisy afterlife is? I guess there's no peace anywhere.' She took a deep sigh and tried to lift herself up.

Before she could succeed in doing that. "She's awake!" she heard someone exclaimed, and woosh! She was up in mid air.

Her heart leaped, making her wonder if it's how heaven was or perhaps she's in hell and was about to be thrown inside fire. It's funny because she's not sure. She believe she hasn't done anything that could make her end in hell. All those ridiculous kept popping, but she's still being caught and throw up again.

"Eh? what's going on? put me down!" she screamed. Before she knew it; she was thrown up and caught again. she heard cheers and laughter everywhere.

Her heart nearly jumped out of her chest as she got thrown up again, 'wait heart!' she exclaimed in her head, 'can I still breath after death? or I didn't die?' she thought and felt her body get settled down on the floor.

Gaining her balance; she looked around the hall illuminated by an orange light, which gives a clear view to everything around her.

Her eyes darted around, looking at the familiar faces of the trainees she has come to know; she knew immediately that she's not dead. Fear gripped her heart immediately, 'how come?' she thought and suddenly, she saw a guy with a cut on his lips among the crowd who were still all over her for a reason unknown to her.

She stepped backward immediately and quickly look around for a weapon to defend herself with.

Her eyes caught Nathan standing at a very far end in the hall, his hands across his chest, staring at her with his back against the wall.

"Woah! she's scared of you Rick." Someone said to the guy whom Diana deducted to be behind everything. Diana break her gaze with Nathan and look at the guys.

She kind of feel like an idiot now, she felt like something isn't right. "Diana!" She heard the voice of Beast and turn around like an idiot, and got pulled into a tight hug immediately. Fatty who was standing in queue behind Beast hugged her as well.

"Ok guys, can someone explain to me what's going on please." she said, looking around at everyone faces. There are so many of them that it's making her feel dizzy.

"When I told you, no one here will try to kill you, it's because I'm sure they wouldn't Diana." Aroma walk up to her from the crowd and patted her shoulder.

"Everyone here undergo this same trial before officially becoming a member of this organization, Rick here isn't a spy, it was a test and you passed, congratulations." Aroma informed her.

Diana was shocked silly, 'what sort of trial was that?' she thought.

"But," Aroma continued, "none of them has ever chose to take their own lives, they summoned the courage and reported to a senior, taking the risk, while the greedy one who chose to execute the task were killed. Your roommates knew about the plan and was fully alert, if you had really chose to kill them, this will be your funeral instead of your welcome celebration."

Engulfing the still dazed Diana in a hug, Aroma whispered into her ears, "I'm proud of you Diana, you've impressed me, I will keep my end of the promise tomorrow, thanks for not letting me down." She said and moved away to allow her time with the fellow trainees.

Her colleagues started showering her with praises, making Diana stunned. She just attempted suicide and she's getting praised for it. She somehow started feeling good about this and has begun smiling and chatting with them.

She expected the Rick dude to whine about losing 3 teeth  but instead, he praised her and even shared with the rest, how he find her brave and interesting.

"Hey everyone, time to tell her about the donations from you all." Madonna, with her cat in her hand appeared, a smile on her face. It seems everyone was very happy with her, even the old woman that barely left her spot unless she was heading inside her room to sleep or the cafeteria to grab something to eat was present.

"Oh yeah!" A trainee exclaimed and brought out a piece of A4 paper from her trousers pocket. "Aroma paid 10,000 USD from the 50,000 USD you're owning the corporation for the needed items you got. All the trainees has cleared the debt you're owning for food and also volunteered to pay for your intake for the next two month. And….."  The girl outlined her reward and welcome her for officially becoming a part of them.

Diana held her breath all through the reading, she didn't understand why she felt like killing herself again, she wondered how attempting suicide bring forward this sort of reply. She was shocked and also by the amount Aroma gave her, the debt always felt like a joke to her, but now that someone paid such amount for her from it, she finally took it seriously. She looked for Aroma, but the crowd couldn't let her get a good view or locate her. That's a huge amount of money, and she hope to repay her one day.

"Thank you guys." Diana said with sincerity. They made her feel like a hero for trying to kill herself.

"And oh!" the girl suddenly exclaimed.

Diana's heart was ready for another surprise and she did got one.

"We came up with a name for you." She said and everyone started smiling mischievously making Diana felt an oncoming headache.

"You're no more Diana here, you're Ugly D." The girl said and everyone cheered.

"No! No! No!..." Diana exclaimed non stop until she got their attention. "You guys can't seriously mean that." she said, her eyes wide opened. She didn't understand why her former nickname 'rat' sound pleasing in her ear now.