✓ Midnight Phantoms ✓

∆ chapter 7 ∆

A phantom appeared near one of the windows. Then another. And then another. They where surrounded by phantoms. But how?

Logan peaked outside to see that the moon was covered by clouds blocking access to the solar panels. "Guys, the clouds-" he managed to mutter

To which everyone nodded with their eyes wide. Aiden grabbed a weapon from under the seat while everyone did too and crawled onto the bus. They where now all in a huddled circle, facing the outside with flashlights.
Aiden looked away before he looked over at the moon. The clouds where slowly, very slowly moving away.

"It's probably gonna take at least thirty minutes for the clouds to move.." Ashlynn grumbled. Aiden stepped on the hand of one of the phantoms trying to come up, making it screech. Now they could all hear it, it slowly developed over time after the Tyler incident. They could hear the phantoms screams, screeches, them running, everything. So why couldn't they hear them before this?

"Do you think that generator would be able to work for about thirty minutes and power up the lights temporarily?" Aiden asked with an eyebrow raised as he playfully flicked the lights towards some phantoms further out.

Ashlynn looked over at the generator, remembering that it was at a decent point of charge to try. "Yeah, but how would you get there?"

Aiden handed Tyler his flashlight before he grabbed one from his back pocket. Aiden hopped off the bus.

Aiden landed right in a clearing of them and then bolted. Aiden felt seat dripping down his face as he peaked behind him. The
where close, but not close enough. Aiden hopped on top of the generator that the phantoms slip smooth hands couldn't climb on. Aiden only could because of the mountain climbing he always did. Whenever Aiden looked down the generator was a good 9 feet tall giving him a decent distance between him and the phantoms.

A slight chill ran across his back as he opened the generators power box and toyed with it. It was cold. Really cold. He fiddled with the switches and wires before he finally turned it on. The lights turning on flashed on the outside of the walls, killing the phantoms on the outside. Aiden grumbled slightly as he felt the generator heating up. He quickly leaped off the generator and clung onto a few chunks taken off the wall. He was hanging on by a mere thread as the phantoms screeched and jumped at him. Aiden surprisingly began to climb.

Aidens hands grew sweaty as his legs trembled just slightly, he climbed up, at one point he was literally hanging off the wall by his left hand after his foot had slipped. If he fell off he'd likely land on his back or directly on the phantoms, either way he'd die. Once Aiden got to the top he managed to flip the lights around, watching as all of the phantoms on the inside of the wall melted and died out. A good four minutes passed by and Aiden flipped them all back around, a slight shiver in his hand as he waved back to everyone on top of he bus. Aiden hopped back down onto the hot generator, letting out a yelp. Now the moon was out, but the generator was hot. He instantly turned it off and hopped off the generator, wincing as he held his slightly burnt palm. No more finger prints for him..

When Aiden got back to the bus, Ashlynn and Tyler grabbed him by the ear and started to scold him, talking about what would've happened if it had failed. Or if he didn't do it correctly. "I swear to fucking God Aiden! You almost slipped! If your dumbass didn't have the grip of the koala and the reaction time of a cheetah you wouldve fallen directly into the phantoms!" Tyler yelled angrily to which Ashlyn agreed "Tyler's right, you shouldn't have been so reckless, we can't lose you again, how would we explain that to your parents?! They'd probably get a restraining order and then move, AGAIN. You almost failed Aiden, you almost did something wrong and almost died" Aiden replied with something smug "like I ever do anything wrong, besides. Almost doesn't mean did" Aiden said with a grin. Ashlynn slapped the back of his head and shoved him towards Ben, making everyone snicker. Ben bandaged Aiden up, cleaning his burns as he muttered something soft. "Careful.." he rasped out softly. Logan was next to Ben fiddling with his hair while Tyler continued to scold and mutter angry things "stop being so damn reckless Aiden.." Aiden just looked back at Tyler and grinned while Taylor snickered and said "someones worried~" Tyler replied with an angry "am not!"

After a few moments of talking/arguing and deciding a few plans, bens phone buzzed. One minute until they go back to the real world. "Let's meet up later and write all of this down."

ILL FIX THE FONT THING LATER I DIDNT NOTICE THAT IT WASNT ON ITALICS TILL AFTER..!!

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