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(𝐒𝟐) 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟏𝟎

TW; Mild mentions of blood.

𝟏ˢᵗ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.

"𝐀𝐡, i see one!" Aiden says happily.

I look up from Taylor's shoulder and see a red truck. "Does it have the keys?" Ashlyn asked Aiden.

"Yeah!" He says with a smile and puts up a thumbs up.

We all walk to the car, when Ashlyn gets to the driver's door she pauses for a moment. Aiden walks up behind her and lena's onto the drivers window.

"Want me to drive?" He asks her.

"Didn't you say you've only driven Go-karts?" Ashlyn asks him with a raised eyebrow. "Yeah, but it's basically the same thing, right?" He says with a smile.

I could see Ashlyn visibly sweatdrop.

We all the get into the car. Taylor on the right, Tyler in the middle holding his side, Ben to the left, and i was slightly laying on Ben as my legs were partially on Tyler's lap.

Ben was holding my shoulder, and Tyler was holding my knees so i don't fall off.

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐏.

𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 we got to the school Aiden stepped on the brake a bit too harshly. "We're here!" He says happily.

'Another note to self: Don't let Aiden park. He doesn't know how.' I think to myself as i glance to him and Ashlyn.

"Aiden.. i think i tore something with how you pressed on the brake.." I mumble as i put my hand on my abdomen and groan. I could see Aiden turn his head to look at me and gives me an apologetic smile.

Ben looks at me worriedly along with Tyler and Taylor. Ashlyn turns to look at us. "How are they doing?" She asks Taylor and Ben.

I deadpan. "Dude, i'm alive and conscious you could've just asked me. But to answer your question, how do you think i feel? I got impaled by a tree and mind you, i think it had mold on it." I say as i scrunch my nose up in disgust.

They all sweatdropped as i said that.

"Well, we stitched what we could and wrapped the rest, the thing is.. so much was torn and broken.. for the both of them. Tyler is just now starting to bleed through the bandages. But (Your name) keeps on bleeding through the bandages and the cloth and we don't know how to stop the bleeding.." Taylor says as she looks over at me.

I give her a small reassuring smile. "I'll be alright. It's not like i'm in a coma or something."

I say with a grin and chuckle slightly before groaning and holding my abdomen again.

They all stay silent as i say that. I look at them confused. "What? Did i say something funny?" I ask them, confused.

"..(Your nickname).. you are in a coma in reality.." Aiden tells me.

I stay quiet and blink. "Oh." I sweatdrop slightly and give them a grin. "I'm sure i'll wake up today!" I reassure them. They all give me a small smile.

'At least i hope i do wake up..' I think to myself.

I then feel a chill run up my spine. I could tell Ashlyn heard it as well. "Turn the truck off, it's nearby!" Ashlyn tells Aiden in a rush.

Aiden quickly turns the truck off. "Don't shut the doors when we get out. It might hear them slam." Ashlyn tells us. We all nod at her words.

We all carefully get out of the truck without closing the doors. Ben helps me get out and Taylor help her twin get out. Both Taylor and Ben switch places.

Taylor hold me up on her back and Ben hold Tyler on his back.

"..Hey, Tay, do you use some sort of Strawberry shampoo, or body wash?" I ask Taylor. She looks at me a bit confused.

"Well, i use strawberry scented shampoo." She says with a small smile on her face. I smile back and nod. "Yeah, i thought so. You smell like strawberries is all." I tell her.

𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋.

𝐀𝐬 they, (Taylor, Ben, Aiden, Logan, and Ashlyn.) walk through the hall their footsteps echo.

From what i've been told Ben's dad had an idea to use the school's football field lights to wards off the centipede creature that we encountered.

There's a 50/50 chance this works because the generator for the school bus graveyard worked, so in theory, the generator for the school lights should work too.

Since time has stopped the power supply isn't running. But, guessing due to the time paradox, the generator still thinks the power is being fed to the lights. It's a little weird to be honest.

But, the plan they set up is to manually shut down the power supply so the generator will recognize there is no power and the alternator will kick on automatically.

To do that, we have to get the keys that ho to the control room. Taylor said she knew where coach usually left the keys, since she always hung around Tyler and the team so often.

'I'm getting this uneasy feeling again.. i don't like it.' I think to myself as i slightly glance behind me and see everyone.

"How much further?" Ashlyn asked Taylor.

"Down the hallway and a couple classroom doors down." Taylor responds.

I look around slightly and notice it get darker for some odd reason. Logan seemed to notice this as well as everyone else as we all glance outside the window.

We were met with the eyeless-centipede monster. My eyes widen and i felt my heart racing.

"RUN!!" Ashlyn yells at us. We all pick up the pace and begin running.

The centipede monster slams into the school and takes part of the hallway with it. I glance behind me and Taylor and see Ashlyn slightly stumble.

"Ash!" Aiden exclaims a bit worriedly. Ashlyn hold her ears as she runs. '..It's too loud for her..' I think myself and bite the inside of my cheek.

Logan then turns around, gun in his hand.

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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬/𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲? 🤯 (𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 😈)

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Word count; 964
June 26ᵗʰ, 2024
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EDIT;
Word count; 1028
June 26ᵗʰ, 2024

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