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(𝐒𝟐) 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟒

May be long chapter.

(𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐒/𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄;
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟓 (𝟓𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝟑) 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟐 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟒 😭🙏)

𝟑ʳᵈ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.

𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐚 and Miguel stare at the vending machine for a moment before sighing. They both turn to look at each other.

"Papa.. estoy preocupada por (Your name).." Rosa tells her dad. He softly sighs and puts his hand on her shoulder.

Translation; "Dad.. i'm worried for (Your name).."

"Ya se hija.. yo también. Pero no se si yo era el único pero no se parecería como un-" Miguel got cut off by Rosa.

Translation; "I know daughter.. me too. But i don't know if i was the only one but she looked like a-"

"No. No lo digas. No puede ser posible." She states sternly.

Translation; "No. Don't say it. It can't be possible."

Miguel sighs at his daughters words. I places his hand on her shoulder and pats it. "Okay." He says with a comforting smile.

She slightly frowns.

"Lo siento papá. Es que estoy estresada. Ella siempre nos dice si algo está pasando pero nuca nos dijo de esto. También puede ser que es algo que pasa no ase mucho tiempo."

Translation; "I'm sorry, dad. It's just that i'm stressed. She always tells us if something is happening, but this time she didn't tell us anything. It could also be something that happened not long ago."

Rosa sighs in frustration as she messes her hair. "Cálmate hija, si creo que va estar bien. Ella siempre está bien. ¿No te recuerdas? Siempre cuando la ponen abajó ella siempre vuelve a subir." Miguel tells her with a reassuring smile.

Translation; "Calm down daughter, I do think it will be fine. She is always fine. Don't you remember? Whenever they put her down she always comes back up."

Rosa sighs and smiles at her father. "Sí tienes razón papá. Gracias papá."

Translation; "Yes, you have a point dad. Thank you, dad."

He smiles back at her and nods. "Muy bien, ya volvamos a los demás." He tells her. She sighs and nods.

Translation; "Alright, let's go back with the others."

The father and daughter make their way back to the rest of the adults and kids.

Once they get back with the group they took notice that the kids weren't there. "Uh, where are the kids?" Rosa asked the adults that were still sitting down.

"Oh, Ashlyn and Mike came in and wanted to talk to them and Emma about something." Naomi says.

Rosa and Miguel look at each other both equally confused. "Uh- we don't know who they are- or who any of you are actually-" Rosa says as she sweatdrops.

They also seem to realize she had a point and chuckled awkwardly. "Right- haha- we haven't introduced ourselves-" Naomi says.

"Alright, I'm Naomi Clark, this is my daughter Lily Clark and my husband-" She she motioned at the little girl i'm her lap then pointed to the man beside her. "William Clark." He nods his head as a greeting.

The two elderly couple introduced themselves. "Mary Fields." The woman said. "James Fields." The man beside her says with a small smile.

The rich looking couple beside them introduced themselves. "I'm Jessica Clark." "Daniel Clark."

The lone woman beside Naomi and William introduced herself with a small. "I'm Marianna Hernandez."

Not long after Aiden, Taylor, Ben, and Emma came back to the lounge. "Where's Mike and Ashlyn?" Jessica asked Emma.

"Oh, they'll be back. They went to go do something. We have to discuss something with all of you." Emma tells them.

The adults all look puzzled but nod. Emma then turns to look at Rosa and Miguel. "Ah- i don't think i've introduced myself- I'm Emma Banner. My husband Mike will be back with our daughter later." She tells the two of them.

They both nod and give her a small. Emma sighs and takes a deep breath as she begins to explain to the best of her capabilities what the group of teens have been experiencing.

At the end of the explanation Jessicas sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose. "I'm sorry- you're trying to tell us that all of our kids are going to another dimension every night? full of demons and monsters?" She asked puzzled.

"Please understand if i'm a little skeptical, without an adequate reason to believe you." Jessica tells Emma.

William and Naomi look at each other, wearily. Rosa's hand besides her shake slightly. Her dad puts a hand on her shoulder, his lips in a firm line.

"...But we did all say we were seeing things lately. It's not completely unbelievable is it?" Emma asks her.

"Yes but stories told by the campfire and reality are two different things." Daniel says from beside his wife, with the same puzzled face as his wife.

"I agree that the coincidence was a bit weird, but i'm not sure if it's enough to believe something like that." Mary says, her eyebrows furrowed.

Taylor stays quiet for a moment before speaking up. "..White eyes." She says, her body starting to shake as she speaks. "Human build.. pitch black, white eyes, a disturbing grin?" She asks them.

The adults visibly sweatdrop and grow uneasy. "That's what you guys have been seeing, right?" Taylor asks them.

"How did you-" Jessica gets cut off by Taylor.

"-Those things and that place.. are trying to take both my brother and my close friend from me. "Adequate reason"?" Taylor says as she tightly squeezes the water bottle in her hand.

"Do you know what we've been through? How strong we've had to be?!" She asks them, her volume getting louder and her body slightly shakes with every word she says.

The lights above flicker. "We've been on our own for months just because we were scared you wouldn't believe us!"

"While you were laughing around the campfire, i watched both my brother and my friend take a nosedive off a cliff as that thing tried to kill us! If you don't believe us now.. then what are you going to do when one day- IT'S YOUR KID WHO DOESN'T WAKE UP!"

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𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭: 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡. 😭🙏

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Word count; 1073
June 21ˢᵗ, 2024
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