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It's pitch black outside. I see myself walking to my car in an empty Walmart parking lot. I must have just finished my night shift.
Everything feels distant.
Am I seeing in third person? Am I even seeing through my own eyes? No, no, I'm not. I can't be me. I'm not me. It's not possible.
That's me, over there, walking over to my Honda. Wait, could that be me? It may just be my doppelganger. There can't be two of me, right?
I glance down, hoping to see my black Converse. Nope, no Converse. There is nothing there. No feet, no legs.
Beginning to panic, I try to touch my face to see if there's anything there. Before I can, I realize I don't have any hands.
What is going on?
I, or my doppelganger, finally reaches my car and slowly opens the door. For some reason, I'm drawn to watch myself get into my car, so I redirect my attention from my bodiless self to my doppelganger.
I hear a loud thump, but I can't tell if it's from my car or not.
I see my doppelganger looking around, searching for something to blame for the noise. They jump backwards, startled.
"What was that? Who's there?" they scream. I can't tell why they reacted so quickly, but my doppelganger either sees, or hears, something in my car.
They slowly back up, then call, "I know somebody is in there! You can't kill me just because I know too much. It's not my fault! I swear!"
Trembling with fear, my doppelganger continues. "I have a life. I have a family! I don't deserve this and you know it!"
My cheeks are reddening and tears are starting to crowd my eyes. I know something is off. I haven't cried in three years.
I see my doppelganger take off toward the Walmart entrance.
My eyes slowly return to my car, as I retreat from the possible danger which lurks inside it. I go in the same direction as my doppelganger, my eyes locked on the car. I feel like squinting as I see the most sickening thing I have ever seen. While I was in my body, or now, while I'm body-less.
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body-less
Mystery / Thrillerimagine finding yourself without a body. can't imagine it, can you? 16 year old drew can. he was pulled from his life - his family, his school, even his job at walmart - and is now bodiless. new chapter once or twice a week!
