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(𝐒𝟐) 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟖

TW; Slight mentions of blood/gore.

(𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐒/𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄; 𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐲? 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 😍.)

𝟑ʳᵈ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.

"..𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 the plan?" Tyler asks the group, through the phone.

"Yeah, for now." Ashlyn confirms.

"And you're sure the power will work?" Tyler asks, a bit skeptical. "..In theory i mean, the generator for the graveyard works, so this should too." Logan says.

"What do you think?" Taylor asks her twin.

"..Well i guess it's the only real plan we have right now, so it's worth a shot." Tyler says with a shrug before he sighs.

"I still think you guys should just leave me behind first. I've already died once, what's the worse that can happen?" Tyler asks as he narrows his eyes at the group through the screen.

"And i said we aren't gonna do that!" Ashlyn says, a bit irritated by Tyler's comment.

"We don't know what the phantoms are trying to do and i don't think it's as simple as them trying to kill us. We aren't going to risk anything until we know more information. Not to mention, the stroke from shock could've killed you!" Ashlyn says as she scolds him.

Tyler sighs and closes his eyes. "Tsk. Fine, fine, whatever. Stop yelling. Anyway, none of you have slept yet, so stop talking to me and try to get more rest before midnight." Tyler tells them.

Ashlyn stays quiet for a moment. "..Alright."

Tyler then hangs up the call. Ashlyn stares at her phone in silence for a few seconds. She then feels a hand on top of her head.

"He's right, Trooper." Mike tells Ashlyn in a calm voice.

"You kids need to sleep. I brought some melatonin gummies if you need them." Mike says as he pulls out a bottle of melatonin gummies.

"We'll stay awake so if anything happens, we'll be here when you all wake up." Mike reassured them.

"..Thanks, dad." Ashlyn thanks her dad as she grabs the bottle of gummies.

"No problem, kiddo." He says with a small, comforting smile on his face.

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐏.

𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 rolled around fairly quickly. The teens along with Lily were laying down on the floor of the living room.

Lily being the only on who was fast asleep.

Ben held Lily with his right arm, his other was holding onto Taylor's hand, loosely.

Logan holding onto Taylor's other hand, both their grip tight against one another's.

𝟏𝟏:𝟓𝟖𝐩𝐦.

"..It's almost time." Jessica says as she sips her coffee.

Her and all the adults in the kitchen.

"I still can't wrap my head around all of this. I just- i wish there was more that we could do." Naomi says a bit disappointed.

"There isn't much we can do now, but once the kids make it to a safe place, and make sure (Your name) is fine and well, we can start helping them research and look for ways out of whatever this is." Emma says as rubs her eyes.

"Hopefully, the more we learn about this place, the more ways we'll figure out how to help." Emma says with a sigh.

"But, until then.. we're just going to have to hope they're strong enough to last a bit longer." Emma says.

Back in the living room, Ben, Taylor and Logan quietly cry.

Ashlyn looks to the side as she faces away from everyone, looking exhausted. 'I'm so tired of this..'

She feels a foot nudge her. She sits up and turns to look who it was, Aiden. Aiden gives her a small smile, trying to comfort her.

'Even Aiden look exhausted..' Ashlyn thinks to herself as she slightly frowns. She lays back down, slightly moving down. Her foot against Aiden's.

𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎𝐚𝐦.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭.

𝟏ˢᵗ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.

'Dude, how long have i been here for?' I ask, boredly.

About a day and a half.

'Sighhhh- wait- why do i feel some sort of shift?' I ask as i feel my surroundings shift.

Ah, it seems now is the time that you wake up.

'Wait-'

I get cut off as i gasp and feel my body slightly twitch. I cough harshly, blood spilling from my mouth as i do.

I gasp sharply as i feel this horrible pain in my lower abdomen.

I slightly look over to my abdomen, my body shaking from the pain.

My eyes widen in horror and tears prick up in my eyes at the sight.

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𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭; 𝐈 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩. 😭 (𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝟏:𝟐𝟓𝐚𝐦 🫠.)
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Word count; 793
June 25ᵗʰ, 2024

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