All Chapters of Killing Me to Save Mother Earth: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Zoe Harrison, the resident advisor, looked up from her half-reviewed orientation list. "Jane Beasley? You just checked in, and you're already asking for a single room?"I placed my acceptance letter, a copy of my ID, my medical report from a top-tier hospital, and the dorm transfer form on her desk."Ms. Harrison, I have severe myocardial ischemia. Extreme heat can trigger cardiogenic shock. But my roommate, Katie, won't let us use the AC or the fans."The office went dead silent.Beside Zoe, a student assistant wiping sweat from his forehead looked up in disbelief. "It's 100 degrees out today, and she won't let you use the AC?"Zoe frowned. "Look, roommate issues can be talked out. Single room approvals don't happen overnight."A soft, tearful voice echoed from the doorway. "Ms. Harrison, it's not an issue. It's a spiritual journey."Katie Lloyd stood there, clutching our room's AC remote. She wore a faded, coarse linen dress. Her face was drenched in sweat, and her eyes were r

The dorm manager and a technician from the housing department arrived shortly after.When the door to Room 503 swung open, the blast of heat sent everyone taking a collective step back.It was 2:00 pm, and it was 100 degrees outside. The dorm windows were wide open, letting a relentless wave of scorching air pour into the room. Worse yet, the floor was drenched, covered in puddles of water.The combination of intense heat and standing water turned the entire room into a massive sauna—stifling, humid, and completely suffocating.The dorm manager's face turned sour. "Where did all this water come from? Did a pipe burst?"Katie peeked out from behind Zoe, looking completely innocent. "Ma'am, that's natural water I brought up from the campus lake. I read online that splashing water on the floor cools things down through evaporation. It's the eco-friendly cooling wisdom of the ancients. Plus, natural water carries spiritual energy."The technician stared at the lake water, which was g

The blare of the ambulance siren cut through the early morning silence of the campus.When I woke up, I was already in the emergency room of the campus hospital. An oxygen tube was hooked into my nose, and the heart monitor was emitting sharp, rhythmic beeps.Dr. Ferrell, the chief of the emergency department, stared at my EKG, his face tight with anger as he slammed my medical chart onto the desk.Zoe stood by the side. Her hair was slightly disheveled, and her jacket wasn't even fully buttoned. "Dr. Ferrell, how's Jane doing?"Pointing at the vitals on the chart, Dr. Ferrell shouted loudly enough for his voice to carry into the hallway, "Ten minutes later, and she'd be dead! The patient has severe myocardial ischemia. She must strictly avoid extreme heat and respiratory irritants."But you people managed to trap her in a stifling, unventilated room and then forced her to inhale massive amounts of toxic smoke from low-grade chemical incense! This isn't a sleeping environment. Thi

Finding out this much about Katie, I thought I'd already seen the absolute peak of her depravity.But I had still underestimated just how low an unhinged fanatic could sink.To fully investigate where this earth-saving money was going, Zoe opened Katie's Venmo transaction history and WhatsApp chat logs. What came up next made the entire conference room fall into a dead silence."Katie, what's this 350-dollar transaction?" Zoe pointed to a transfer made to a non-profit environmental organization called Lung of the Earth.Katie puffed out her chest proudly. "That's the charity fund I used to help save the Earth! I donated to them so they can plant trees in the desert. I even got a digital certificate naming me an Outstanding Young Eco-Advocate!""Is that so?" Zoe let out a cold laugh, then turned to look at the three of us. "Did everyone in your dorm chip in for a utility deposit on the first day of the semester?"Miley blinked, then it clicked. "Yes! Since this is the older dorm,

Since her actions involved intentional injury, theft, and multiple regulatory and legal violations, the university officially issued an expulsion notice and handed Katie over to the local precinct for investigation.The afternoon the decision came down, the National Weather Service issued the city's first red alert for extreme heat of the summer, with temperatures scraping 108 degrees.I was in my new single room, unpacking my things. Suddenly, with a dull pop, the status light on the wall AC went dark, and the cold air immediately died down into a lukewarm breeze.It wasn't just my room. Up and down the corridors of the women's dorm building, a chorus of screams and furious complaints erupted."What happened? Did the power go out?""Ah! My laptop! I hadn't saved my ten-thousand-word thesis!""It's blistering in here! What is going on in the dead of afternoon?"While everyone was reeling in confusion, Katie's screeching voice suddenly blared through a megaphone from right outsid