Another World || Aiden Clark x GN!Reader

Episode 16

Y/N's POV

"Loud.." That's the only thing I could understand. I could hear it, and I know Ashlyn could too. Though it sounds distant for her, I can hear it like it's breathing down my neck. It hurt so much. My ears... My head...

Before I knew it, the sounds had become too much for me. I felt a tear fall down my face. I was crying. Because this phantom--or whatever the hell it was-- was huge. I could hear it. it made a different sound compared to the phantoms we were used to. The human sized ones would make a screech, but this one. It sounded like a scream.

Whatever the hell this phantom was had some horrible effect on me. I started hyperventilating due to anxiety. I felt the urge to squeeze something, but I couldn't remove her hands from my ears. I felt like if I did, my head would explode. Not only did the screams make my head pound and my heart race, but I felt like something was there, other than the huge phantom. Something was watching me, and it wasn't a normal human phantom. 

I felt more tears fall down onto my lap. I was just waiting for some snarky comment from Tyler, but I felt a hand come to my right ear. It removed my hand and quickly replaced it with its own, returning to the same loud screams rather than a full explosion of sound. The other hand grabbed my right hand and nudged it, as if asking for something. I looked to the right, tears in my eyes. It was Aiden.

Now was not the time to be falling for him. He cared about me enough to remember my anxiety issue. That's boyfriend material. I squeezed his hand tightly, feeling the warmth of his skin. It felt... slightly soothing. I felt my heart slow down, but my head was still pounding from the screams.

I felt him pull my head down, until it was resting on his chest. I buried one of my ears into him and he covered the other with one of his hands. One of my hands rested somewhere in the space between us, the other squeezing his hand with anxiety and slight content. Yea, it might have earned us a dirty look from Tyler, but I'd rather have him talk my ears off later than deal with these screams. My tears dried up on my face, leaving slight streaks across my cheeks.

I couldn't hear what Ashlyn and Tyler were yelling about due to how tight Aiden's grip on me was, but at the moment, I was glad I couldn't. I buried my head more into his chest and my eyes fluttered close. I couldn't sleep because of the sound, but I could get some shut-eye. It would help a ton. The only thing I didn't understand was why Aiden was helping me. And more importantly, why would he care enough to even remember what to do during one of my panic attacks? But it didn't matter, because I felt him intertwine fingers with my hand. It sent my heart in racecar mode, and I felt it beating faster. But what surprised me was the fact I could hear his heartbeat as well. It was... really fast. I tried to distract myself from the screams by trying to figure out his heart rate. Don't ask where I got 513 from. I tried again, at it was around 160. I might be wrong, but I know that's fast. The max heart rate of a 16 year old boy is around 205 (I had to search this up bro-)

Suddenly, I felt an eerie presence, and I knew just by the sound. Whatever the hell that thing was, it was right behind us. Right behind us. Like 10-20 feet. I tried to get a look, but Aiden's hand kept me firm against his chest. "Believe me, sweet cakes, you don't wanna see what it is." I couldn't see it, but the fear was evident in his voice.

At this point, everyone was yelling over the car engine, and though the others couldn't hear it, the screaming blocked out sounds too. But I could faintly hear the conversation.

Tyler: "Ain't no way our lights would do any damage to that thing!"

Logan: "Sh-should I try shooting it..?"

Ashlyn: "IT won't do anything but be a mere annoyance."

Taylor: "Uhm, why is the environment changing..?" 

Aiden was basically my translator for the scene. He told me we went from a road, to the woods, to rock pillars. The hell was happening?!

Tyler: "WE NEED TO TURN BACK NOW!"

Ashlyn: "If we can circle the pillar, will it be enough to slow it down?" She paused. "Screw it."

I felt the car take a sharp turn, throwing everyone to the right slightly. I felt the vibrations decrease by something, and the second I realized the creature raised it claw, it slashed down next to our car, messing up the door on Tyler's side pretty bad. The door was intact, but it was banged up. 

I felt the car swerve sharply through the left, and heard a sound I hoped I would never hear. Click. Tyler had hit the door roughly from the turn. I pushed myself off Aiden, panicking. My eyes widened when the door opened. Tyler was falling out.

"TYLER!" I yelled loudly, not even caring that my head felt it was about to explode. I tried to reach out to grab him, but I wasn't fast enough. Tyler hit the ground with a thud.

"ASHLYN GO BACK!" Taylor yelled, sobbing intensely and her eyes wide. Ashlyn yelled back "I CAN'T!" because of the monster behind us.

I did what any non-sensible person would do. I jumped out of the car. I rolled a few times  before regaining my balance. I looked around frantically for Tyler. Where? Where? WHERE? WHERE?

I saw him after a second skidding across the floor. I saw him frantically try to stop himself from sliding by trying to grab the grass, but it was no use. I leaped over, but I felt a sharp pain in my right leg. I looked back at myself. I had rolled my ankle. Now, out of all times. I crawled over to Tyler, or tried to. But not before I saw him fall off the cliff that was there.

I said "fuck the pain" and stood up. I limpingly ran over to the cliff. As soon as I reached the edge, I leaned down to try and catch Tyler. I leaned down as far as I could, but the momentum was too fast, and he slipped just out of my reach when he tried to grab my hand. I saw his back hit a tree, before the worst thing happened. 

SNAP.

The tree had snapped in half.

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A/N: Help, why did I actually cry why writing both the panic attack and Tyler's death? 

SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY CRUSH RIGHT NOW, OR BEYONCE WILL COME FOR YOU.

It's his birthday!!

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