Chapter 1: The First Encounter

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   Pump was jolted awake at about 3:52 A.M. to screams of agony. This of course made him,  get up and peek out to see what was ruining his sleep time. Something was off about the hallway however, he couldn't put his finger on it. He went to the living room only to be met by somebody or something in the middle of the room. It was a weird blackish-blue and had a pink face that look like it came out of hell. It was also a tall creature that had long claws with a liquid (that Pump hoped he was wrong about) stained on the fingertips. He asked one simple question to it, "Who are you?" The creature's head snapped to face Pump before it screeched this god awful noise that made his ears nearly break and bleed. Pump dashed full sprint back to his room and heard the thing crawl by the room. Pump had a feeling that he shouldn't stay in here for long and so he started packing things out of panic. He packed clothes first. He packed a pair of PJs, 6 pairs of pants, 3 t-shirts, 2 sweatshirts, a hoodie, and a pair of sneakers. He put on his costume and grabbed some candy he hid from his family for midnight snack purposes. His family... Would they be okay? Pump than thought about it. His sister was strong enough to handle herself and grandfather was gonna die any day now anyway. Yeah they would be fine. Pump continued packing, a flashlight, his phone, and lastly he packed his baseball bat. He was ready to go and opened his window, only to realize he was on the 2nd floor.

   How was he gonna get out without being caught? Stealth. He slowly crept his door open and peeked out into the hall, nothing. He slowly crawled through the hall keeping near the walls and keeping behind and pots he saw. The stairs were right there on the end of the hall and Pump lightly stepped down them and dashed out to the now busted but still functioning front door that was just a few feet away. He opened it, slid out and lightly shut it before letting out a sigh of relief... Until he felt the door being banged on. He panic ran into the woods and ran as far as his little legs could've carried him. The thing came outside and gave pursuit, keeping an even pace with the poor child before Pump stepped onto an area that wasn't stable. He saw a gap ahead of him and ran through the unstable ground. As he jumped to get to the other side the ground gave way and fell, taking the creature with it. Pump laid on the other side panting as he ran farther than he ever had before. He slowly got up and started walking away from the gap before texting Skid about what happened. He never expected a reply from his friend so quickly but he was replied to just a few minutes later. The text read, "Something weird is happening, mom got me up at around 2:30 and told me we had to go before packing my stuff up  and taking me to the car where we drove for an hour and stopped at a bunker where we were checked, then let in."

   This was quite the odd text to say the least. Pump had no idea what to do or say so he just kept walking. After about 35 minutes or so of walking he stopped to eat some candy, he hadn't eaten anything this morning and then had to run what felt like a marathon with a monster lurking behind. After eating, Pump realized that there was one thing he forgot. Water. As he thought this he came into town. There was nobody around and the place looked one of those movies where everyone suddenly just disappeared and there was one person left. Cars tipped and on fire, things on the ground, and houses still unlocked. Pump was confused to say the least but thought, "at least I can get some water." He stocked up on water in one of the houses before he heard something outside. No, wait... SOMETHINGS. Pump heard somethings outside. This was enough to set Pump into panic mode.

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