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    It was dark, cold and rainy. It had to be 8:00 or something. I had to walk back to my apartment in this stupid rain. I found my shortcut that I took to and from school. It was a large alley with smaller ones stemming from it. There were some hobos in some of the smaller alleys, trying to keep out of the rain.
It was a little shady, and I admit, a little scary, but I could get back home in 7 minuets, so that was a plus. I was at least half way down the main alley when I heard something. It sounded like someone throwing  something heavy into the alley that I was to my left. 'Probably a cat.' I thought, but it seemed unlikely. What cat was that fat? I decided to look left, to see what happened. I saw a black lump laying in the middle of secondary alley. Back doors to buildings and dumpsters dotted it. I decided to get closer to this mystery object, but it was too dark. I turned on my phone flashlight to illuminate my path. As I got closer, I could see that it was a body. I wasn't sure if the person was dead, but they weren't moving. Upon closer inspection, I concluded that this was a dude and he was definitely dead. His head was bleeding, so I just thought that he got hit in the head, but when I got closer, I almost barfed.
Half of his face was gone, so all you could see was muscle. I covered my mouth in horror. Whoever did this to this guy could do this to me, so I decided to turn around and leave. I ran all the way home. Once I got to my apartment, I unlocked the door and slammed it after I got inside. 'I am never taking that shortcut again.' I thought. I tried to shake that horrible image from my mind, but all I could see was that poor man's face. 'Who would do such a thing?' I thought as I crawled into bed. After a few minutes, I closed my eyes, and drifted off to sleep.

Unknown POV
"Is this the one?"
"Yeah, it's the one."
"You think she'll squeal?"
"Nah, she looked to afraid."
"Just in case, you know what to do."
"I don't think it'll get that severe, but ok."

I hope you guys like the story! Thanks from reading!

-L

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