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Thursday, November 12, 2020, 12:42 am

Houlton, Maine 

 Kit

Thunder cracks, and I jump, waking me up. I look out the window, rain pouring down, and thunder booming. 

"Good Morning!" Joshua chuckles. 

"Oh, hi." I yawn. 

"What time is it?" I wonder. 

"12:44." he answers, and I nod. 

Olivia's phone buzzes from my pocket, and I take it out. ~


Olivia: Where are you guys? Are you almost here?

~ "Lauren, are we almost there?" I question. 

"We are almost there!." she answers. I forgot that she had that Jersey accent. 


Olivia: Where are you guys? Are you almost here?

You: Almost

Olivia: Great! What street are you on?


"What street are we on?" I wonder. 

"Flint Avenue!" she bubbled. 

"Okay, thank you!" I grin, and I answer Olivia's question. 

Olivia: Where are you guys? Are you almost here?

You: Almost

Olivia: Great! What street are you on?

You: Flint Avenue

Olivia: Okay, Ace says to have your driver friend stop at the corner, then have you and Joshy walk the rest of the way.

You: Walk? 😭

Olivia: Yeah, sorry 😔, his father doesn't want anyone knowing where the lab is.

You: Oh, well, okay

"Josh, Liv- I mean Kit, says for us to stop at the corner and start walking from there." I address, turning to Joshua. 

"Oh, well, okay." he replies. 

"You can just stop at this corner here, Lauren." I inform. 

"You sure? It's still raining outside." she questions. 

Joshua shrugs, "It's fine, we can take a risk." I answer. 

"Okay, no problem." she replies, stopping on the side of the road. 

"Okay, kiddos, here we are!" she bubbled. 

"Thank you again!" Joshua thanks. 

"Oh, it's no prob doll, I was heading up here. It takes just about thirty minutes to get my daughter's house, no worries." Lauren smiles, and Joshua and I unbuckle our seatbelts. 

"Thank you! Goodbye!" I chirp, waving 'goodbye,' stepping out of her car. 

"Bye-Bye doll!" Lauren beams, and Joshua and I start walking. 

Lauren drives away, and Joshua and I walk along the side of the road, cars occasionally passing by. The rain calmed down, only drizzle. 

"So, I think we just start walking straight." I assume. 

"Yeah, I think so, I hope so." he chuckles. 

I turn my head, a field with tall grass almost as tall is me, the sky foggy, gloomy, and gray. Quite creepy if you ask me. I look back at Joshua, then back forward.

 A barn painted white stands in the distance, hard to see because of the fog, "That's not the lab, is it?" I wonder. 

"Maybe, maybe not. Let's go." Joshua states, and we start running toward the creepy barn.

 When we get up to it, a giant metal door stands, and I look over at Joshua. He shrugs, then awkwardly knocks on the door. The door opens slowly, and we walk inside.

 I look across this laboratory, and I turn my head, and I see me, my body, looking me in the eye.

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