The Rink of Time

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"It's just an inch, let it go" Emily looks down in false agony.

"Hey, what's that light?" Elijah asks and we all turn to the direction he was looking at.

"Yeah, I think it's time we leave, we might be starting to hallucinate" I chuckle, scared as a sea turtle on land when I see the light he is talking about.

That is not normal, I've seen a lot of crazy things in my time but not that, that beam of light shouldn't be there or anywhere for that matter.

"What the hell is that?" Skai asks looking intrigued.

"Something we should probably stay away from" I stumble back.

"I think we can agree on that Bardo" River moves back as well pulling Skai with him.

"Shouldn't we see what it is, it might change mankind forever" Emily says seemingly amazed by it.

"Sorry what?" River looks at her as if she had two heads "Do you even hear yourself speak?"

Elijah turns to face her "We can see it on the internet when someone else finds it and takes a picture of it, but we're not about to risk our lives walking towards something we don't know to 'change mankind'" he gently cautions her, clearly just as scared as the rest of us—except Emily for some reason-air quoting 'change mankind' because let's be real, none of us intend to put our lives on the line to change mankind.

I've watched enough horror movies to know not to walk towards an eerie bright light that appears out of nowhere in the middle of the night.

Emily walks a little closer but not close enough to be in arms-length with it.

"I guess you're right, it's probably best we leave" Emily turns around and we all start returning back. But then a harsh wind comes out of nowhere pulling us back.

"DOOMSDAY" A sinister voice echoes and that is the last thing I hear before being sucked into the bright light.