True Darkness

3:30 Pm

A/N I suppose a trigger warning is in order here, but it's not that bad. (Or maybe it is)

As Sally solemnly paced down the flooded and pothole-ridden street, her gaze absently came upon a lone, leafless tree, situated behind a large wall, but easily accessible from the other side, she was reminded o the time she first met Brent.

It was a sunny afternoon in mid July, when Sally was sprinting through the park, coffee in hand, to meet her boyfriend.
When she got to the bench that they so often sat upon, she realised for the first time that it was a memorial bench, and so it had a small metal plaque inset to the middle of the top plank. Sally brushed the dirt from the smooth rectangular surface and began to read aloud what it said.
"In loving memory of Gerard Way
2001-2013"
Suddenly, Sally heard a loud snap, which startled her quite profusely, subsequently causing her to trip over the bench.

She then got up and, assuming that the snap was of a branch from the nearby tree, started to run around to the over side of the wall, but, thinking it may be more urgent, she swiftly scaled the full concrete obstacle in question, and the lowered herself down to the other side.

The first thing Sally saw was a boy.
The sight shocked her.
Assuming he had fallen, she went over to him.
Then she saw the rope.

A car drove by suddenly, alerting Sally and interrupting her flashback
"Good" she thought, as she didn't really want to remember what had happened next.

When she got home, her parents were watching the news.
"....in what we believe was a rudimentary body-stealing, but for whatever reason, we do not know. Here's Detective Investigator G. Anderson, hoping to shine some light on what happened"
"Well, this is a very curious case, as the criminal must have infiltrated the room via the ceiling, seeing as the door was locked. Further evidence to support this is that the window was most definitely broken from the inside...."
At that point Sally's father noticed her watching, and turned off the TV.
"Was that about Brent?"
Her mother looked at her sympathetically.
Her dad said nothing.

Fin