i am so sorry if you have to read this I wrote it years ago ago sjkd
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One small town, one giant monster.
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When intelligent but paranoid Cody Jett moves to the small desert town of StrangerVille, he doesn't expect the insani...
All Sammy wanted right now was for Braylen to come over. He wanted Bray's company... Wanted to hear his laugh... At this point, Sammy knew that his "crush" was much more than just a crush. Sammy... Sammy had fallen head over heels for his best friend. Realizing his thoughts, he pulled out his phone and texted Braylen.
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Smiling at Bray's reply, Sammy sauntered over to the kitchen to make some snacks for the two. A few minutes later, he clawed through the pantry, desperately trying to find at least a bag of chips but only finding moldy food.
Then it hit him: Had the previous house owners left their food here? What the...?
Pushing the thought to the back of his mind, Sammy's hand brushed against a bag of Sour Cream and Onion chips and he grabbed them out and set them on the counter. Next was digging in the fridge...
After another minute or two had passed, Sammy finally found some fruit salad to serve. Upon closer inspection, it did not have that weird glowy red things from yesterday, so that was a relief. Suddenly, Sammy heard a knock coming from the door. Bounding over, he yanked down the handle and pulled so hard he swore the door had almost come off its hinges.
"Um... hi, Sammy," Bray said, "Is your door... um... broken?" "No. I pulled too hard..." Sammy said, rubbing the back of his neck. "Well... ok." "Want some snacks? Maybe we can play a game or something? Catch up?" "Sounds great."
After hearing Bray's reply, Sammy led Bray to the kitchen, where his crude supply of snacks was laid out. "Sour cream and onion, huh?" Bray said, obviously pleased. "Yep! Plus, it was the only thing I could find," Sammy said, laughing. "Well, good thing," Bray replied, digging into the chips.
Sammy decided to update Braylen on the situation with StrangerVille. Cody had mentioned something going on at the lab, and Sammy had seen people walking around oddly, and of course told Bray about his first encounter with the crazies.
"Whoa... please tell me that's a story you made up..." Bray said, hunched over and listening to Sammy's story intently. "Nope, it really happened!" Sammy replied. "That... That's awesome. We should definitely go check out the lab sometime," Bray replied. "How about now?" Sammy asked excitedly. "Uh... ok. Actually, that sounds awesome!" "Ok... but first one more thing... I've heard about some criminal around town. People say he's been getting into trouble, but I'm not quite sure what kind. Can we go check him out first?" Sammy asked, in the mood for adventure. "That sounds dangerous... are you sure we should go around looking for a legitimate criminal?" Bray said, nervousness tinging his voice with worry. "Well... I'm bored. It's creepy here, so what better to do than investigate?" Sammy said, confident. "Umm, stay here and play a game?" Braylen asked. "As much as I love spending quality time with you- and you know I do- I want to do something else today. You in?" Sammy reasoned. "I'm in." Bray said, hesitating a bit beforehand, "I mean, if I'm saying to go explore some creepy secret lab, I shouldn't be reasoning against you wanting to investigate some criminal that can't be too harmful if we don't even know what he's doing. Let's go."
Sammy decided if a criminal was to hide anywhere, it would be in the trailer park, which just happened to be right next door. Running over with Braylen, they found it to be empty- from the outside. Sammy peeked inside a few windows, seeing no suspicious people. Hmm... Darn. Sammy was really looking forward to finding a criminal... maybe just to see him? Why did he want to find this criminal so bad? Sammy didn't really know...
"Ok... so the secret lab now?" asked Braylen, obviously not having seen anything either. "Yeah." Sammy said, knowing his voice projected his disappointment. "We can look for him again later. There's not really any guarantee he lives in the trailer park either." Braylen said, laying a hand on Sammy's shoulder to try to cheer him up.
A shiver went down Sammy's spine... a nice one though. He knew this wasn't how it felt to be just friends... he knew...
Sammy, just shut up about your feelings for Braylen, Sammy's mind said, stay on track.
It was getting dark, and Sammy and Braylen had just arrived at the lab. Suddenly, a flick of blonde danced through the air.
Huh?
Sammy inched closer, pulling out his phone so he could take a picture for further inspection. Pointing his camera to the blonde color- which was moving very fast- he snapped a photo, scrambling to turn off the flash beforehand. He zoomed on the picture... it was definitely a person, and not his blonde cousin Seb. Could this have been the mysterious criminal Sammy kept hearing about? The figure had tanned skin- but that was to be expected, since this was a desert, and was wearing a black tank top and blue jeans. He was surprised to have such a good picture- the only thing missing was the face, since half the figure's body was obscured by the lab itself, and their face was the size. Looking at the build of the figure, it was a male.
"So, this is it?" Braylen asked, walking up behind Sammy. "Yep," Sammy said. "It looks pretty... I dunno... normal," Bray said, sounding almost confused. "Don't judge a book by its cover," Sammy murmured in response. "Well, yeah," Bray replied, scratching his arm, "I guess."
Sammy looked back and eyed the ripped off section of the gate he and Bray had come through to achieve access to the back entrance of the lab, the side without a guard.
"Wonder how that got there..." Sammy wondered out loud. Braylen nodded his head in response.
Finally, the two gained the confidence to walk in, but just as they did, they heard voices. Forcing themselves into the corner of the lab, Sammy felt Bray pressed against his side. Everything he couldn't have right next to him. Pressed up against him.
"So anyways, I got-" one voice said, a male voice, that was cut off when Sammy peeked out from his corner. His heart raced, expecting some person to scream and run after him and Bray, but it was just Seb and Cody. Seb looked notably uncomfortable and Cody looked like he had too much coffee (he probably had). Upon noticing Bray and Sammy, who were slowly coming out of their corner, Cody smiled, seeming excited, which was amplified by his coffee.
"Um... hi, Cody," Sammy said awkwardly. "Sammy! What are you doing here?" Cody asked, speaking quickly. "Bray and I were just-" Sammy started, but was cut off by Cody. "I got something more exciting!" Cody said. Loudly. "Oh?" Sammy asked, curious. "I have a key card."
A/N: For no reason whatsoever, I've decided to post an extra chapter today! Enjoy! <3<3
