When We See the Sun Again

Chapter 9

17 hours 30 minutes until dawn

Ashlynn looked around at the dark woods. They had forgotten the flashlights so they were going by the light of the moon. Things had been tense ever since they had left the others to their own devices in the cabin. Hopefully what Ashlynn had seen wouldn't come to pass, her psychic powers flared up the moment the window shattered. She hopes that since some of them left maybe the fate she saw wouldn't come to pass, and even then, not everything about it was bad, but still not worth staying.

"Well guys I'm sorry" Sage sighed "We are hopelessly lost"

"Its okay," said Emmy "I didn't want to go and get the flashlights either, not with whatever that thing was in the house"

"I honestly can't believe Brianna decided it would be a good idea to stay with them in the house with the demon whatever it is" Juliana sighed 

"Well staying behind probably seemed more rational with a bunch of big strong men to keep her safe," Charles said sarcastically.

"Well I'm sure they are all probably going to regret staying in the house with that demon, or maybe it ate all of them and they don't have time to regret it," Ashlynn said like this was no morbid thought at all

"How about we don't think about that happening" Says Emmy "Because that is an incredibly morbid thought to have and I'm sure they are all fine, running for their lives probably but fine"

The night seemed to get darker as the group walked along. Or maybe Ashlynn was just in a foreboding mood. Then they saw the warehouse and it seemed like things were only going to get worse from here.

"I feel like I recognize that building or warehouse or whatever it is," said Sage "It's hard to tell with all the rotting wood and how dark it is out here" She went to inspect the sign on the building.

"And of course the is way too faded to read" exclaimed Sage "Why not? Everything else around here is falling apart anyways so the sign may as well just not be worth it anyways" and then she kicked the seeming wall and it fell off.

"Well it has probably been here way longer than the lodge" observed Charles "and it hasn't been used in a long time. I'd guess we are the first to stumble upon it in a long time"

"Which means that it is probably infested with things we don't want to meet," Ashlynn said, a real ray of sunshine this girl is. "and that we should not go inside for the sake of our survival"

"Well, I'm not seeing any other options!" Sage groaned "Unless you want to sit out here and wait for the wolves to find us, meanwhile at least we can build a fire and it offers some means of shelter!"

"Point taken" Ashlynn relented "Anything is better than outrunning a hungry pack of wolves, at night, in the middle of the forest, where we are lost"

"Oh yea and Ashlynn totally isn't the Debbie Downer of this party" Charles muttered

"I'm just being realistic," Ashlynn said in her defense. Sometimes these people could get so ignorant! At this point, if there is anything else that could go wrong it can and probably will go wrong.

"Creepy warehouse it is then," Emmy said, somehow still peppy. "Think of it like a very weird sleepover at your creepy friend's house I guess?"

And so they all made the (probably very stupid) choice to spend the night in the (probably very dangerous) warehouse. Nothing was possibly going to go wrong. Yea right.