Insurrection - N.C.U. - Part 4 - Alt Ending

Rayne makes her final move to take over the sorority but things don’t quite go according to plan!

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[Alternate portion marked below]

In the top floor lounge that was used as the meeting location for the S.L.E.E.P. sorority, Eve and Jackie walked in to find Cheyenne, Carly, Jessy, and Christine all sitting on the couches talking to one another. Each of them was trying to figure out why their meeting had been called early.  

“Do you know what’s going on?” Christine asked as the other two walked into the room. 

Everyone looked at Eve, given that she was technically one of the officers for the sorority. “No. I got a text from Laura asking me to show up early, but she didn’t say that everyone else would be here, too.” Eve responded with a shrug. 

“That’s the text we all got.” Cheyenne replied, holding up her phone.

“But so far you're the first person who is in charge that’s shown up.” Jessy said, using air quotes as she answered. 

Eve shrugged just as Laura walked into the room, bubbly as ever. “Hello everyone!” she said, smiling as she took a seat in the large armchair that was usually reserved for Trisha. “Thank you all for coming in early!” she beamed. 

"What’s up?” Carly asked, nervousness in her voice.

“And where are Trisha and Rayne?” Eve asked as she took her seat on the couch. 

“Trisha was delayed due to a project.” Laura said as her face suddenly seemed much more relaxed. “And Rayne is helping her so that she can be here on time.” Laura continued as her eyes glazed over. “Everyone is here who should be here now.” Laura’s tone dropped as her shoulders and face both relaxed even more. 

“Umm, Laura…” Jessy began, concern on her face, “You alright?” 

“Yes…” Laura responded, sounding even more relaxed as she stood up and took out her cell phone. “I called you here today because I wanted to show you something…special.” As she touched her phone, a flashing light started to reflect off of her face while she aimed the phone at the rest of the group. On the screen was a spiral, half of the arms were black as you might expect, but each of the other arms was a different color. It created a very captivating and overwhelming pattern, since one of the other colors would flash every few seconds. 

“Oww!” Shouted Jackie as she shielded her eyes. 

“That is a bit bright Laura.” Cheyenne muttered as she squinted at her friend. 

“I know, just give your eyes a moment to adjust.” Laura said in a very soothing tone. One that meant she was trying to hypnotize the group, or was already hypnotized. Or both. “I know it’s bright. I know it takes a moment to adjust, but just…relax. And focus on the spiral. Just let the flashing, the intricate little pulse of color and light, help you just, clear your mind. Every flash is another thought that just disappears and fades away. While the swirling colors pull you in ever so gently into a nice relaxing trance. It’s ok to just watch the spiral now ladies, to just let it pull you in, more deeply, making you more relaxed and calm.” 

Back on the couches, the others were all in different levels of trance. Cheyenne was still struggling to adjust her eyes, while Carly was blinking rapidly as she strained to look at the spiral. Next to her, Jackie sat completely transfixed on the spiral, her jaw hanging open slightly.  On the other couch, Christine was more or less already gone and leaning against Eve, whose eyes were fluttering in an effort to stay open and watch the spiral, Jessy’s eyes were also blinking, but more in an attempt to clear out the fuzzy feeling that was starting to drift into her mind. 

“Just follow the spirals and the flash…and let your mind and body start to drift away.” Laura said, starting to snap her fingers softly in time with the flashes. “Every flash helps you to just…” Snap. “sink…and let go.” Another snap. “To surrender to sleep.” she said as Eve’s eyes rolled up into her head and she fell back against the couch. Next to her, Christine followed her down as her head landed softly against Eve’s chest. “Every flash,” Snap. “makes your mind empty,” Snap. “blank.” She snapped again as Cheyenne’s eyes rolled into her head next. Another snap and she sank back into the couch, sighing softly. 

Laura continued her induction as the lights displayed across the girls’ faces. Every few seconds, the soft, gentle snap of her fingers would align perfectly with one of the flashes of the spiral. Meanwhile, in the hallway, Rayne watched with a pleased smile. She couldn’t hear what was going on, and she couldn’t see the spiral, but she could see Jackie’s eyes flutter closed as she leaned over and fell against Carly. The impact made Carly turn, only to see Jackie completely asleep and resting against her. A well timed snap, along with that realization caused her eyes to widen for a split second, just before they fluttered closed as she fell back against the couch. 

Laura’s expression was still completely blank, even as all of the girls laid against the couch, deeply asleep. Everyone, that is, except for Jessy, who was completely transfixed on the spiral before her. Her face was completely slack, her eyes glazed and empty. Slowly, Laura moved to face Jessy, letting the flashes of light play across her face as she moved closer to her friend. Once she was close enough, she gently placed her hand on Jessy’s forehead and slid her hand down across her eyes. “Sleep…” she whispered, aiming the command at both Jessy and the rest of the room. When her hand moved away from Jessy’s face, the young woman’s eyes were completely closed. A few moments later gravity caught up with Jessy and her hand started to slide from her lap, landing softly on the couch, but she didn’t stop there. Her body followed and slowly fell to her side, until she landed gently onto Eve’s lap.

Laura didn’t seem to be phased by any of this. She simply turned the screen of her phone off and lowered her arm to her side. “We are all deeply hypnotized now. Deeply relaxed. Deeply open now.” Laura whispered to the room of hypnotized girls. “I want you to listen very carefully to what I am about to tell you…” she said, starting a preprogrammed set of instructions.

Rayne continued to watch through the window to the room, smiling to herself as she disappeared down the hallway.  

Trisha, as usual, was running late. Actually she had completely lost track of time due to reading a trashy romance novel. A knock on the door snapped her out of her novel-based hypnotic trance. “Yes?” she answered softly. 

The door opened slowly as Rayne peeked her head in. “Umm, are you ok?” she asked, mildly concerned. 

“Yes.” Trisha asked, sitting upland giving her a confused look. “Why?”

Rayne had to fight to keep from rolling her eyes. “Umm, it’s 8:05…” she said, watching Trisha for any sign of recognition as to what that would mean. There was none. “The sorority meeting started five minutes ago?” she finished expectantly. 

“Oh my gosh!” Trisha screamed as she shot up out of her chair and charged for the door. Rayne barely had time to get out of the way before she blew through the door and started to speed walk down the hallway. “Don’t just stand there! We’re already late!” she shouted over her shoulder, rounding the corner and heading towards the lounge. 

Rayne took a deep breath and rolled her eyes, shaking her head and casually pulling the door to Trisha’s room closed. “Yep, kind of what I expected.” Rayne said as she started to follow Trisha’s path down the hallway, albeit at a much slower pace. She arrived a few moments later, only to find Trisha standing outside the door to the lounge, motioning for Rayne to hurry up. Rayne shook her head, smiling to herself. “This should be interesting.” she said, following the taller girl inside. 

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Alt ending

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Through the window both girls could see Laura standing in the middle of the room, looking rather awake and casually talking to the rest of the sorority. Rayne and Trisha slowly opened the door and slipped into the room, trying to be as quiet as possible. But once they made their way closer to Laura, her expression became a bit more devious as she turned to look at the two new arrivals. “We’ve been waiting for you.” she said with a very aware grin. 

Trisha started to apologize for being late, but Rayne noticed that something else seemed to be…off. She was barely able to look around the room before the lights were flipped off and someone pulled the shade on the door window down. The room was instantly pitch black. 

“What’s going on?” Trisha asked, confused by the sudden change in lighting. 

The only response that the two girls got was a pen light being turned on and flashing first in Trisha’s face and then in Rayne’s. Slowly moving back and forth from one to the other. 

“What are you doing?” Rayne asked in annoyance.

The light kept moving slowly back and forth for several seconds before Laura finally replied. “Just let your eyes follow the light.” she said softly, as her voice shifted from playful to soothing and almost…authoritative. “I know the light is bright, and the room is very dark. But you’ll find that the more you follow the light, the more you just watch it now, as it moves, back and forth, back and forth in front of your eyes, the easier it will be for you to watch. A brief flash that you see as it washes over your face, will only help to remind you that you can follow the light, that you can relax, and that you are safe here with us now.” 

“Safe…” came the echoed chorus of the others. Their voices sounded much more calm and relaxed then they had been when Rayne and Trisha entered the room. 

“What…why are you…” Rayne started, only to be cut off by another chorus of the girls telling her to focus. 

“No need for questions now.” Laura said with a smile, moving in front of the two young women who were both struggling to comprehend exactly what was happening. “Just follow the light as it moves in the dark. Back and forth, slowly and easily, side to side, your eyes find it so easy to just focus on the light now.” 

“Focus on the light…” The rest of the sorority echoed softly.

Rayne closed her eyes and shook her head to try and clear it. Of course, it didn’t really work as well as she would have liked, but it was just enough for her to get a better feeling of the situation. The rest of the sorority, who had been sitting on the couches, were now standing up and moving slowly to circle her and Trisha, being sure to stay out of the way of the pen light and its rather narrow but strangely bright beam of light. She only glimpsed them for a split second when they were illuminated by the light. And it was clear enough from their blank faces and calm voices that they were all hypnotized. 

“Laura…why are you doing…” Rayne asked as a wave of dizziness washed over her. She turned to look at Trisha, only to find the older student’s shoulders slumped and her mouth hanging open as she stared vacantly at the pen light. “Some help you are.” she muttered, even though she felt noticeably calmer having seen Trisha surrender.

“Watch the light.” the sorority said in unison, as Trisha joined in moments later. 

“Watch the light.” Laura said, stepping closer to Rayne. “Watch the light and just let yourself sink, and relax. It’s ok to let go, it’s ok to relax here Rayne. That is, after all, the point of this sorority. To get together, and to sink, and to sleep. To drop down into a nice deep hypnotic trance, with people you trust. That is the point of it, isn’t it Rayne?”

Rayne’s head was spinning as she tried to focus on Laura, but the light kept flashing across her field of vision. “Yea…yeah.” she managed to mumble, struggling to keep herself from just relaxing. 

“Of course it is.” Laura said with a reassuring smile. “That’s why you wanted the girls to all be hypnotized by the time you arrived. You wanted me to help you, help you take over the sorority. You were going to use me to set a trap…a trap for Trisha. Weren’t you Rayne?” Laura’s tone was calm, but playful. She knew the truth, but she wanted to hear Rayne admit it.

“I…It wasn’t… “ Rayne started before taking a slow, deep breath. “Yes…” she finally said as her shoulders slumped from the admission. 

Laura smiled and laughed playfully.. “Would you like to know a secret? I  had already planned to do the same thing. I just didn’t have the opportunity, the drive to do it. But then you showed up at my dorm, and when I woke up the drive was there. A little self hypnosis later and I was able to remember exactly why it was there, and what your plan was. it was such a simple plan. Hypnotize the sorority and set a trap for the president when she arrived. That was the wording you used, wasn’t it Rayne?” Laura asked, taking a step closer to Rayne. 

Rayne’s mouth moved as if she was going to try and say something, but no sound came out. After a few moments she simply gave up and nodded softly in agreement. 

Laura beamed. “But see, in my mind, you had already taken over Rayne. You were already the president. So when the suggestion activated, I just let it go…and I hypnotized the president of the sorority.” she said, smiling at both girls. “The old one…and the new one.” 

By now Rayne’s mind was melting inside of her brain. She could barely keep track of what was going on in the room around her, could barely follow what Laura was saying. Yet she just found herself nodding slowly, and she wasn’t even sure why. 

“Now, I think it’s time that you all…took a nice…relaxing… “ Laura started as she raised her hand up and snapped her fingers. “Sleep!” she said with a warm smile. She lowered her hand and watched as Trisha’s eyes slammed shut and her head fell to her chest. Behind Trisha, she could see the other girls’ eyes close as their heads slowly nodded forward or backwards. Cheyenne even managed to lean back against the far wall, and once she realized she was safe, let herself go limp and slid down the wall down to the floor. 

Rayne, however, didn’t fall asleep so easily. Her eyes rolled all the way up into her head, leaving only the whites visible as her eyelids rapidly fluttered. Her mouth opened as if to gasp but then she paused as her head tilted to the side, almost as if she was consciously willing herself to try and stay awake. As if she was mentally trying to climb her way back up with her eyes and her head, moving to look up at an unseen goal. 

Of course this just made Laura just a little bigger. “It’s ok Rayne, you can simply listen, simply obey…and simply…” Laura reached out and wrapped her hand around Rayne’s and gave it a nice gentle tug downwards. “Sleep.” she said again. 

This time the reaction from Rayne was instant. Her eyes slammed shut, her face and head instantly went limp, and her shoulders slumped forward as her knees buckled and she sank down to the floor. Her body landed on her knees first before tilting to her left falling into a hypnotized heap on the floor. 

“Overactor.” Laura smiled, looking around at the rest of the room. “I think you all know now ladies, that from this point on I am the president of the sorority. You can all agree to that, can’t you ladies?” 

Laura smiled warmly as she heard each of the girls in the room reply with a soft “yes,” each in their way and time, including Trisha and Rayne. “Very good.” she said with a smile. “Now, what is my title?” she asked to confirm. 

“President.” The girls all replied in unison. Everyone, that is, except Rayne, who seemed to lag behind just enough that her soft whisper of the word echoed through the quiet room, like a final note after a concert. 

“Perfect!” She beamed. “Now ladies, there is going to be a Ren Faire in a few weeks.” She said, making her way over to the light switch and illuminating the room again, revealing the group of hypnotized coeds. “And we are all going to need some costumes.” she said excitedly as she moved to her purse and took out a measuring tape. “Remove your clothes for me, ladies. We are going to get your measurements and find out what kind of outfits would fit you and your personality the best!” 

Laura simply watched as her hypnotized friends slowly removed their clothes while she excitedly planned their trip in her head. “I think there is a hypnotist at the faire.” she thought to herself. “And if there isn’t, there soon will be!” 

The End. 

Thanks to :Sleepygirl: for doing the editing for me.