|Audree|
I Find Zahaire and I see him with some girl and they seem to be having a good time talking so I back off and wait until they are done talking, eavesdropping a little. Once she walks away I go and meet Zahaire.
"You went with a Plain White T's joke...really? I knew you didn't have any game." I tease.
"I-I have a game, I don't know what you are talking about!" He says.
"C'mon, I need to go to the basement to get more drinks."
Zahaire looks at me with an eyebrow raised.
"You need more drinks- from the basement?" He asked, confused.
I nod my head.
"I know it's like super sketchy but I haven't even gotten drunk yet and I had like FIVE drinks." I reply but Zahaire just looks unbothered.
"Fine lets go." He says.
We walk around looking for the entrance, eventually we find an open cellar entrance and a purple glow emits from the room. Once we enter, my shoes glow as well as my lipstick and eyeshadow. Zahaire's shirt and shoes glow as well.
"Cool, blacklights." Zahaire looks to see if anything else on him glows.
"Come here let's take a pic. My makeup is literally popping." I pull him in closer for a selfie.
"Wait what poses are we going to do? Are we sticking our tongues or-" Zahaire rambles on but I focus on adjusting my hair and getting the right angle.
"Smile~" I snap the pic and look at the results.
"Please don't post that I didn't even get to pose." Zahaire says as he looks over my shoulder.
"Well you were thinking too much and I didn't have time." I scroll through the filters and Zahaire stops me because he notices something.
"Wait, zoom in on that corner real quick...I hope I didn't see what I thought I did."
"What?" I say kind of nervous seeing his reaction.
I look closer at the photo and I see two legs poking out from behind a standing tool drawer. I slowly turn around and we both walk up to confirm what we saw.
My heart is racing and I feel weak in the knees. I turn to see how Zahaire is holding up and I see that he is puking in the corner of the basement near a rusty motor engine. Soon after I hurl at my feet not being able to hold it back after seeing him crack.
"This...t-thats a DEAD BODY!" Zahaire shouts.
"Shhhhh, you want the whole frat to come down here and see us?" I whisper.
"We need to call the cops-" Zahaire stops and looks at the corpse growing an even more horrified look on his face.
"W-what is it?" I ask, too afraid to look at the body again.
"Look!" He wretches.
"I was hoping you'd tell me..." I whimper and slowly turn towards the body.
The muscles all over the body are all contracting and twitching. Foam comes out of the corpse's mouth and his skin starts to bleed and seemingly melt. I screech and hold Zahaire's arm tight, I felt as though I should look away but me and Zahaire's eyes were fixed on the horror that laid in front of us.
"What's happening...bodies don't do this r-right, HUMANS DON'T DO THIS RIGHT!" I stammer trying to make sense of this all.
We stare at the body as it seizes and melts until eventually the face starts to look like a face again and is...all purple and bloody. Taking a closer look I see its skin looks rough and leathery. It's ears are gone and the eyes are pitch black with golden pupils. His hands now only have three long fingers...what...what is happening right now!?
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YOU ARE READING
The Secrets Among Us
Science Fiction"W-what is it?" I ask, too afraid to look at the body again. "Look!" He wretches. "I was hoping you'd tell me..." I whimper and slowly turn towards the body. The muscles all over the body are all contracting and twitching. -- The art for the cover i...
