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Chapter 132: Olympus
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Darkness Chapter 1: A Bad Night
KiraI turned the key. The engine clicked twice. I sighed as I let the ignition turn back. With another twist, I tapped the pedal. The engine clicked then clicked some more.I looked out the window to the darkened grocery store. I hated closing. It was the worst. The lights above from the "Discount Grocer", which was missing the last four and the first word completely, cast a yellow glow through my windshield.I sighed heavily. I didn't much like the dark. I only lived five minutes away by car. I could walk. But... I didn't like the dark. With another flick and a kick, I tried the key again. The car responded with a series of clicks that sounded like a ticking bomb. I released my hold. I slammed my hands down on the steering wheel as a slew of curses left my lips. This was just fuckin' great.I stared out the window down the street towards home. So close, yet so far. There were street lamps, but not the whole way. Well maybe there was, but a good portion of them have been burned ou
Darkness Chapter 2: Darkness
I walked across the parking lot. My eyes locked on to the street corner. As my heart beat faster, the thoughts of the surrounding darkness pressed in. I held on to my anger. What did I have to lose? A crappy flip phone? Half a college education? Or even a one bedroom apartment I shared with a roommate. There wasn't much here to hold on to.Well, my roommate wasn't so bad. My anger lessened a little as I thought of the spunky little Mila. In a fucked up world, she somehow made everything a little brighter. Sometimes her bubbling over happiness was a bit annoying, but she had a heart of gold and was the only reason I managed to pay the bills. Without her, I'd never be able to afford the apartment on my own. It was nice having someone with a rich daddy.I got excited for a moment. Maybe I would catch up with her. She could be out here waiting for me and I wouldn't have to walk home in the dark. But, probably not. She should be home by now. Maybe she was even making dinner and she always
Darkness Chapter 3: Murder
I scrambled across the ground towards her. The man yelling at me jumped out of the way. I didn't register what he was saying."Mila, I'm so sorry." My hand wrapped around her arm. She was cold. "Mila?"She lay still. Too still. Her face was frozen in a silent scream. Her eyes looked like she was in shock. They were too big, too wide."Mila! Oh my god." I spun on my injured knees, grounding them into the asphalt. I looked up to the man still shouting obscenities at me. "What did you do? Did you kill her? Did you rape her?" I screamed at him."What? No! Fuck no! She's my sister. Damn it. Who are you? How do you know her?"I ignored the man and turned back to her. My arms closed around Mila's body as I pulled her into a hug. My breath still came in gulps as my lungs spasamed. Her body hung limp as I held her against me. I felt awkward. I wasn't really a hugging kind of person, but Mila was my friend. And now, she was dead. She was the only good thing in my life and now that had been
Darkness Chapter 4: Figure
As if from a distance, I registered the scramble of Anton's footsteps. He was speaking to me, I think, but I couldn't process it. I just kept staring into the empty alleyway. Absently, I rubbed at my aching arm, the pain eventually drew me out of my state of shock. I looked around as if I had just come back to my body. The dark pressed in around the pool of lamp light. My purse's contents lay scattered about the circle. Mila was gone. There was nothing, just the empty alleyway that slowly took shape as my eyes adjusted to the light again. Behind me I heard footsteps and heavy breathing. When I turned around, Anton was booking it like his ass was on fire."Hey!" I shouted after him. "Where are you...? This isn't over!" I'm not sure what I meant by that, but I said it anyway.I sagged heavily as he turned the corner. I was left alone again surrounded by darkness. And Mila was dead. And she was gone. I reached for my fallen phone, but the fingers on my hand twitched with pain from the d
Darkness Chapter 5: Home
Very slowly, I collected my contents into a pile. With a few scooches of my ass, I was able to reach my broken purse. After an armload of stuff, it was full again. The broken strap lay useless next to it as the fake leather lay like bloated roadkill on the asphalt. I needed to cut down on the stuff I carried, but that was a problem for another day. Today's problem was to get home.I crawled to my feet. My left shoulder screamed in pain with the movement, but I soldiered through it. If anything, that was one thing I was good at. I could soldier through a lot of pain, because I got hurt a lot, but mostly because I was raised to be tough, at least physically. I had to get home. I couldn't stay here all night, especially if I was losing my mind. I bent over slowly and picked up my purse. The gravel in my hand and the fresh blood stung. I knew I was getting blood on everything, but I just needed to get this done. When I was finished, my purse hung by the singular strap as I pinched it to
Darkness Chapter 6: Work
Sun streamed in through the pale pink curtains. It was an odd sensation for the morning since I was on the west side of the building. I blinked against the impeding light as I realized what the time must be. I rolled over, having forgotten about my shoulder. I cried out in pain. My body freaked, failing like I was being beaten and I promptly fell on the floor. This caused a surge of pain that rattled through my bones into the aching shoulder. My teeth rattled in my head with the concussion. After many minutes of recovering from the pain and the spinning vertigo, I pulled myself up using the edge of the bed to balance. As I stood, the sun streaked across my arm. I sucked in air with surprise that of course made me cough and sputter. When I caught my breath, I twisted my arm around to see it better.Swirling red marks wrapped around my arm from my fingertips all the way to my shoulder. I opened and closed the right hand as I flipped it back and forth. My eyes traced the spiraling mark
Darkness Chapter 7: Vanish
I packed my stuff from my cubby into my tote. It was time. I was the last one again, left alone in the light of the work room. I stepped out the back door. My finger hesitated above the light switch. I knew I would get in trouble for leaving the light on, but I just couldn't do it. My hand shook. I couldn't make it flip the switch. I closed the door and locked it, then pressed my back against the door. The parking lot lay out before me cast in the yellow glow from the store sign above. The hornet was the only car in the lot. Damn thing. I briefly considered trying to start it again, but no, it wasn't worth the effort.My eyes scanned the lot, then passed the bushes to the street. The more I stared, the more images of unknown scary things flickered through my mind. No, I would not start that again. I banished the thoughts. They never completely left me, but I buried them beneath my grief for Mila. I felt the familiar "being watched" feeling. A burning cigarette caught my eye from acr
Darkness Chapter 8: Hospital
I waited on the hospital table for the doctor to show up. I was dressed in one of those paper gowns with my ass hanging out. I really didn't think it was necessary, but the nurse insisted. They had already patched up my scrapes on my knees, palms, and chin. I felt like a mummy wrapped in bandages. I was just waiting for the doctor to show up and put my shoulder back into place.I twiddled my thumbs together and stared at the wall as I waited. My eyes went out of focus as I stared. The shadows around the room pressed in. A red spot appeared in my peripheral vision. I slowly turned my head to see the faint outline in the shadows.I knock at the door snapped me out of it. The hospital room was bright and clean."Kira? Can I come in?""Yes, sorry. Yes, please."The doctor arrived with his professional tablet and his professional smile. "Seems you have a dislocated shoulder.""I nodded."He probed me with a few fingers. "You're going to feel some pain as it moves back into place. I'm
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