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(𝐒𝟏) 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟑𝟏

Once again, may unintentionally be a long chapter.

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𝟏ˢᵗ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.

𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 the lights do keep the phantoms from coming near the graveyard, it also makes the graveyard seem like a whole concert with bright white lights.

Something i've also noticed was that the phantoms don't actually die to the light, it just makes it lose its shape. That can cause a challenge, but i think we have to keep pushing forward. Especially after how far we've come.

We then start to get down the wall. Ashlyn, Taylor, and Tyler are already on the ground floor waiting for the rest of us. Logan is climbing down the ladder. Aiden decided it would be good to jump down from the bus. 'Imagine he gets hurt from doing such reckless things..' I think to myself and i shake my head.

Me and Ben are the last ones on top of the bus. I sit at the edge of the bus as i really didn't want to get down. I have this feeling something's about to happen.

"Alright, let's go over the plan one more time." Ashlyn tells us. "..um-.." Taylor stutters a bit. Ashlyn looks at her curiously, the rest of us do the same.

"Are we uh-.. are we sure we want to do this..?" Taylor asks as she holds the ladder and has a nervous look on her face. Ashlyn looks puzzled at her statement and she furrows her eyebrows. "..what?"

"I mean-.. y'know, m-maybe staying in the graveyard every night wouldn't be.. so bad, right? Especially with the lights up.. couldn't we just hide in here? 'Till the seven hours are up..?" Taylor asks nervously. My eyes widen at her suggestion. "I- i like that idea.." Logan says.

"Are you for real?" I ask in unison with Ashlyn. Ashlyn glances at me and seems grateful that someone agrees with her.

She then glances at both Taylor and Logan again. "I thought you guys wanted out of here? Now you guys are saying you don't mind being trapped here for the rest of our lives?" Ashlyn asked them.

She then turns to Tyler. "And you, why are you being so quiet? You're the one who pitched a fit wanting to go to savannah, so why are you so passive about it now?" Ashlyn asks him. Tyler seemed to stiffen as she said that.

"That was before we knew about the lights and before there was a horde of those things right outside our door!" Tyler tells her in a defensive tone as he raises his voice slightly.

"I'm not saying we should stop trying to find a way out- just.. maybe not with this particular plan. We don't really need guns anymore, right?" Tyler asks her.

Ashlyn runs a hand through her hair in frustration. "And you chose to bring this up now?!" She asks as she slightly raises her voice. I then speak up. As i begin speaking they all turn to look up at me, on top of the bus still.

"Do you guys actually want to do that? After all the things we did to prepare? We placed traps, and we asked Ashlyn parents to teach us self defense, do.. do you guys really want to back down after everything we did to prepare for this moment?" I asked them calmly as i furrow my eyebrows in confusion.

"There too many right now!" Tyler tries to defend his case.

"Which is why we set up traps in the first place!" Ashlyn tells him, yelling. She then turns around and says. "No." She puts her hands up in the air before repeating, but more sternly. "No!" She turns around.

"I'm getting that jeep. Even if we don't need the guns, we'll eventually need to go out there and learn how this place works so we can find a way out! That was what we agreed on!" She tells us with an angry voice and an irritated face.