I Notice

Chapter 21: Father

                             2 Days Later

~Peter Ballard~

There she was.

My daughter.

my astrin.

It has been years since I've seen her. She's grown up. God, I missed her. She's beautiful. There was still blood in her face and her veins looked almost black.

I got down so I was sitting next to her lifeless body. I felt tears form in my eyes.

She's so strong.

She did all this.

She gave up her life to save everyone. To save the people she cares for.

I put my face to her ear.

"Wake up Astrin." I whispered softly into her ears.

Her breathing slowly started.

It slowly came to normal.

Her eyes snapped open. She took a deep breath in. She didn't see me at first. She finally sat up and looked at me.

~Astrin May~

I saw a figure next to me.

I slowly turned my head to look at him.

Blonde hair.

Blue eyes.

It's him.

Tears pooled my eyes. I looked him in his eyes. I was filled with happiness and I think Im in shock.

"How- How are you here?" I asked.

"Astrin, That's a story for another time. Let's get you out of here. Your friends didn't care to do that." He responded.

I hugged him. "Okay."

wait.

They left me? They didn't care to get me out of this place?

Tears flowed down my face "They left me here?"

"Yes."

Tears continued to flow down my face.

Why would they do this? How could they leave me here?

"Astrin?" I heard along with fingers snapping.

I looked up to see my father trying to catch my attention "Oh"

"Let's go."

I stood up. Feeling my legs go painfully sore. I just continued to push through it. Me and him walked to Eddies trailer. Going through the gate I looked around.

What happened? It's destroyed. It's red. It looked awful. It goes on for miles. Holy shit.

The sight of my home made tears fall from my eyes.

My legs hurt from all the walking. My father had to put my arm around his head to help me walk.

Me and my father finally got to the parking lot to my apartment and made our way to my apartment.

"Astrin!" A apartment owner yelled.

I looked back to them.

A crowd of people swarmed me.

"How are you alive?"

"Call 911."

"This monster needs to be locked up!"

"Get her away!"

"Your a monster Astrin!"

"Your a disgrace to this town!"

"Get the cops down here now"

"Who is the man your with?"

"Does he know what you did?"

"Does he know your a monster?"

"Is be your next victim?"

"Someone get this man away from this freak"

"Is that your blood on your face or his?"

What is happening? Why are they screaming at me? Why are they calling me a monster? Why is this happening?

I didn't do anything. Im just Astrin. Astrin May. Im not a monster.

I looked at everyone with confusion.

"Run to your apartment, I'll be right behind you." My father whispered in my ear.

I ran as quick as I could to my apartment. I stood right next to the door until he came up. I let him in and locked the door. I ran over to the TV and put on the news.

A man was standing in the town.

"It's been less than 48 hours since a 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the quaint town of Hawkins, 80 miles outside of Indianapolis, in an event that seismologists are calling a natural disaster of near-unprecedented scale. The death toll now stands at 22. But with hundreds more filling Roane County hospitals and many more still missing, officials expect those numbers to rise." The man said.

An earthquake?

He kept on going. "This is only the latest tragedy to befall this once-safe town. Most recently, a string of high school students were killed due to Astrin May. People who knew her says she died in the earthquake, But this offers little comfort to the people of Hawkins, who are scared, angry, and searching for answers. Why their town? What have they done to deserve so much suffering? A growing chorus believes the two recent tragedies are linked, claiming the May murders opened a doorway between worlds. A doorway, they say, into hell itself." He finished.

Tears flowed down my face.

Me? I didn't do this. Why are they saying I did this? I didn't!

My lamp shattered and my father tapped on my shoulder. I snapped my head back and looked at him.

"Why are they saying I did this?" I sobbed.

"I didnt do it!" I yelled causing another lamp to shatter.

People started banging on my door.

"Open up! Hawkins P.D!" They yelled.

Is that fucking Powell banging at my door?

I got so many ideas to keep this going for at least 20 more chapters so lmk if you want to do that or do a quicker ending :)