Town Of The Lost

The door shuts quietly with a slight creaky noise. There was a faint breathing in the background. The room was dead silent, enough to hear a pin drop.

"Shhhh...keep your voice down, they can hear you", Cameron whispered.

"Remember. Duck, and, Cover. If you see one of those creatures, Duck and Cover." Cameron whispers softly...

"Also, be very careful... I don't need more folks dyin' on my conscience. Already looks like Hades graveyard around here."

Cam and his team looked around the room and slowly stepped out of the corridors to sneak to the other side of the building. As soon as they reached the door, they all had a silent celebration to themselves. They were finally leaving this wretched place.

At the door, the team was greeted with a lightning shock to their bodies.

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A shuffling sound is heard in the background. Soft sounds of a mobile phone being turned on, followed by a few stroke of some keys are also heard.

A black screen comes on with a flashing red dot in the corner. The camera flipped on and the black screen turns into a hazy light grayish background.

A man's face came into sharp focus on the screen. He had on a dark gray and white striped long sleeved shirt on, short to medium jet black hair with a dark gray skull cap on and long slanted bangs hanging out of his hat. He also had two pierced black earrings in his ears.

He brushed his bangs out of his face, straightened up his posture, and began.

Hi there. (looks around for a place to sit, finds a crate in the corner of an ally wall and sits down)

This is my first time using this phone for Vlogging so, please forgive me for my nervousness.

So, how did all this mess start? Let me explain what's going on. Brace Yourself.

The townspeople are turning into something strange. You see, there are these, things...beings that have taken over our town and other towns like a spreading disease. Encircling the very life of this loving and hopeful town. This place has now become a wasteland. A dark and dreary existence.

It's all over the news. People are going crazy, looting stores, attacking each other...it's basically the end of life as we know it. No more Cafe Mochas or Macchiatos, no more peaceful moments to yourself (walking by yourself down the street is even a difficult task), just chaos and madness.

I'm Brandon by the way. Just a town local/reporter, trying to keep it together like everyone else. You can call me Bear. Not sure where the nickname can from, just stuck I guess.

Anyway...These "beings" that I speak of, they are ghost-like creatures who suck the breath out of the newly dead.

Well, The term "ghost-like" wouldn't be very descriptive of these beings...more like Poltergeist like ghost figures.

They can use their energy to slip into human form (Also known as vessels or human hosts).

So, What do I mean when I say that these creatures take the breath out of the "newly dead"?

What would qualify a person to be "newly dead"?

They have to be a person who just got in an accident or barely survived an accident, someone who just died (body has been transported to the Morgue), and someone who has tried to take their life (but unfortunately succeeded).

Basically, anyone on the edge of death itself, had near death experiences, or have gone passed that and lived to tell the tale.

Believe me, no one is exempt. Not even babies are exempt (they take their spirit over as well and come into form as they grow up). Those ones are the toughest to spot.

Everything is getting worse and worse. Hopefully, there is hope for all of us (most of us) to survive. We even have walls up that are built with the strongest materials we could muster, just to at least try to keep out the affected out.

The air has become more and more polluted, it is starting to affect the skin (I came prepared to be outside with my pollution proof attire with which is also layered underneath).

Rumors started to spread about this town, calling it the "Town of the Lost". Very true title for what is happening. Everything and everyone is lost. I don't know how long this can go on. All of us have begun to live on rations of whatever is left since most of the townspeople have transformed.

It's either join the masses, starve, or just completely let go of life forever hoping there might be a fresh start on the other side.

This is now not only spreading through just a few towns, but it may be a whole world to wake up to if this doesn't end.

A literal Ghost Town. How about that? I don't know if could think about right now. I need to think about how to protect myself and my sanity. What if I'm next?

Someone has to report this craziness right?!?

I wanted to document most of this while I still can. Maybe someone will see the video and other people will be more informed about the situation at hand.

All I can do is try and see what happens.

Oh well. I guess, Cross your fingers and hope NOT to die...Carpe Diem!

See you soon.

I hope.