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(𝐒𝟏) 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟑𝟑

𝟏ˢᵗ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.

'𝐖𝐞 all best pick up the pace..' I think to myself as i run a bit faster. I could tell that the phantoms who saw us were catching up real quickly.

Everyone also seemed to see that they were catching up. Tyler then spoke up. "Ashlyn.." He said a bit wearily.

"It's okay, it'll work. Just keep running." Ashlyn tells all of us. As we approach the car i hear a,

𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤.

I look back and see that the phantoms got near a motion censor light and got flashed with it.

"It worked! We're not gonna die!" Taylor exclaims, happily. "Told you." Ashlyn tells her.

Once we got to the car Ashlyn then tried to open the front door of the car. "It's locked?!" She said confused as she pales. "I thought you said you made sure it was unlocked with the keys inside?!" Tyler asked her, panicked.

"I did! One of my parents must have grabbed it or something!" She tells him. I feel myself grow nervous. 'If they stay hear arguing the phantoms will notice us..' I think to myself.

"Stop arguing. The more we stay hear arguing the more at risk we are because we're out in the open." I tell them in a stern voice. They stop arguing and Ashlyn grabs her walkie-talkie as she turns on her headlight.

"Logan, we can't find the keys! Stay there, we're gonna run into the house and get them!" She tells Logan through the walkie-talkie.

"..I thought you put them in the jeep??" Logan asked as his voice goes through the walkie-talkie. "I did! Just— stay there and keep watch!" Ashlyn tells him sternly.

"Okay.. be careful.." Logan says a bit wearily.

The others then begin to dash to the door. I looked around to make sure there was no danger near us. I hear a pop and i look at the porch. I see Aiden grabbing his ankle. "Woah! What are you-.." Ashlyn began to ask him. 

'He did get hurt by his recklessness.' I think to myself and mentally groan.

I then see a phantoms coming down from the roof. My eyes widen. "Ashlyn move!" I yell to her which cut off what she was going to say. She then looked at me confused. Aiden also looks at me confused the phantom then grabs Ashlyn.

"..Shit.." I mutter to myself i then go to the porch at a fast pace. "Ash!" I hear Aiden yell for her. I see that Ashlyn gets her head bumped on the roof of the porch. Aiden tries to go help her but to avail as he slips.

As i about to grab onto Ashlyn leg i felt something run into me. My eyes widen as i realize it was a phantom. "Ashlyn!! (Your name)!" Aiden yelled out loudly.

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Word count; 457
April 27ᵗʰ, 2024
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EDIT;
Word count; 488
June 19ᵗʰ, 2024

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