Afterlife | Justin Foley

"They're gone."

Mia's POV:
I held the book full of names in my hand. I was asleep. I knew I was. "Phillip Anderson." All of a sudden a tall boy with shaggy hair appeared. He looked around and said "I survived?" "Survived?" I asked. "The fall. I survived the fall?" I furrowed my eyebrows and realized he had to be dead too. I noticed his arms and legs were slashed open. "Your arms." Was all I said. Phillip looked at his arm and his vein fell out of it. I yelped and covered my mouth. I looked away and Phillip said "shit." Squelching sounds were heard and he said "you can look now." His vein was back in his arm and I said "what happened to you?" "Well, Freddy got me. Cause I fell asleep. Why are you here? In the dream world? I shouldn't even be here." "I found this stupid book. It has a bunch of names in it. I think everyone in it is dead." "Can I see it?" Phillip asked. I nodded, handing him the book. He took it from me and his eyes scanned the pages. "Wow. He got all of them. But he didn't get Summer. Thank god." "Summer Foley?" I said. Phillip smiled a little and said "she married Justin?" "Yeah. They've been married for a long time." Phillip handed me the book and said "I was one of her friends. When she was younger. I'm assuming that she's older now." "She is. He's and Justin have a son. I don't know his name but I know Summer's brother, Light." "Summer has a brother?" "I think he just showed up on her doorstep one day. Him and I are the same age." "How old are you?" Phillip asked me. "Seventeen." "Hey, me too." I smiled and Phillip said "too bad Freddy got me." Laughter was heard and my eyes widened. Phillip looked around and he said "I'm outta here." He took off and I said "Phillip! Wait!" A thump was heard behind me, like someone jumped down from a ledge. I turned around to be faced with a burned man. "Mia. How nice to see you. I haven't met you yet, but I've met Light." "What did you do to him?" I asked. "Nothing. Yet." I panted and said "leave Summer and her family alone." "Can't do that. I'm so close to breaking free from this world, through her son." I wanted to punch him. But I knew I didn't have the strength. I tried to think of a weapon to use against him. I put a pane of glass in front of us. Freddy looked at it in shock. "What're you doing?" I made the pane of glass stretch from one end of the room to the other. Freddy rolled his eyes and began trying to get under the floorboards. A gun appeared in my hand and I knelt down, as Freddy was climbing under the floor.

Freddy looked up at me and said "gonna get you." I shook my head and said "no. You won't." I shot him with the gun, the bullet going right through the glass and into his chest. Freddy groaned and eyed me.