Intricately designed street lamps line the empty sidewalk, their fluorescent glow illuminating the cracked concrete. In between each section, moss and weeds make their way through the ground, defiant as always as they seemingly reach up to the night sky. (y/n)'s soft footsteps lightly echo into the darkness as she leisurely strolls towards the college campus. Shoving gloved hands into her coat pockets, her warm breath coming out as a light fog, she quickly pulls out her key card to scan at the door
"Hey, Gerard" She greets the man sitting behind the college check in counter, smiling lightly at the way he's made himself comfortable in his seat
"Evening, (y/n)" He responds lazily, propping up his legs onto the marbled surface of the desk. (y/n) chuckles lightly at the sight, knowing he must be tired having to do all of these night shifts lately. Peeking at the modern looking clock hugging the wall above the man, she raises her eyebrows in surprise at the time.
"Long night, huh?" She tries to make friendly conversation.
"Too long, but hey-" He raises a teasing eyebrow in her direction ,"-who else is gonna let delinquents like you back in at this time?"
"Ha Ha" She replies sarcastically, making her way over to the grey elevator doors and pressing gently onto the button ,"Very funny, Gerard."
Once the doors finally glide open, she waves a quick goodbye to the security guard practically already asleep in his chair, and steps inside. The ride takes only a few seconds, the metal doors sliding back open once she reaches the third floor of the dormitories. Biting her gloves off and holding them in her lips, she uses her now exposed hands to fish out the keys to her own room. Scrounging around in her pockets as she finally stops in front of the light colored wood door to her dorm, her eyes widen suddenly
"Shit!" The exclamation comes out muffled through the gloves still being held in her mouth. Quickly shoving the soft fabric into the back of her jeans, she starts to look through her coat pockets at a more panicked pace.
"No, No, No" She whispers, frustration lacing her hissed words ,"This can't be happening!"
Finally giving up her frantic search, she figures out another plan of attack. Theresa. Raising a closed fist to the light colored door, she knocks loud enough to know that her roommate should be able to hear even if she were asleep. Waiting at least an entire minute, (y/n) decides that her growing exhaustion is too much for her. Glancing down each end of the seemingly endless yellow hallways, she takes a few deep breaths
"You better be blacked out or gone, Theresa" She lets out a frustrated huff before holding her breath. Feeling a slight tingle surge throughout her entire body, she reaches out a hand and smiles at the sight of it completely disappearing behind the closed door. She wasn't as rusty as she thought she was. Stepping forward, she lets her body slide through the light wood, letting go of her breath the second she's fully inside of her own room.
"Still got it, baby" She chuckles lightly. Running a soft hand through her (h/c) locks, she quickly scans the area, making sure that her theory was correct. Empty bed, empty chairs, empty bathroom. Her roommate was gone like usual. Tossing her bag and her jacket onto her creaky metal framed bed, she lets out a tired sigh before sitting at her desk. She opens up her laptop
"My father died and you're assigning me extra work?" She grumbles, clicking onto her emails and skimming through the messages her professors had sent while she was taking the day off ,"the American education system, how wonderful"
Clicking out of her email tab and opening up the google homepage, she notices an alert that's popped up near the bottom. Squinting slightly to look at it, her eyebrows raise in shock at the story being presented before her: A Dozen Men Found Dead in Local Diner After Massive Shoot Out. Reading the story, she finds herself scoffing in disbelief. Suddenly, she recalls Number 5 coming to her covered in blood. Shaking her head, she convinces herself it was just a coincidence.
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-The Phantom-
FanfictionOne day, in 1989, a girl is inexplicably born with what some would call very abnormal abilities. Shortly after birth she is given up to a man named Sir Reginald Hargreeves who is on a quest to adopt as many as these strange children as he can. He on...
