JULIAN GONZALEZ706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbgbpYbr9W
This guy sucks.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK63wx59w5P
He’s ashamed of his own dad. And that basement? Yeah, something was definitely fishy about it—and I mean literally. Even from the second floor, where Davis’s room was, I could smell… whatever it was. Something old. Something that wanted to stay hidden.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bkp9JVNi4
For a scientist’s kid, his room was weirdly plain. Walls white enough to blind you. No posters, no LED lights, no trophies, not even a pair of dirty socks. Just drawers, cabinets, a TV, a Switch, and five... yeah, five different backpacks.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRk391q1md
How many schools does this guy go to?706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQh2iUhlMUv
Everyone was chattering about nonsense except Cassedy, who had gone into psycho-analysis mode, staring holes into Davis’s head.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjne6sMheLQ
I was just standing there, bored outta my mind.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7gpapdnng
“Hey, Dave. What you got five bags for?” I asked.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJczsehf1J6
“Clothes,” he replied, not even looking up.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqQa5mrZ5s
I squinted. “How much clothes do you have?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrlxA5gmlr
“Not much. Just enough to fill the bags.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQJ4YGyTmv
“Then what are the drawers for?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSA6bDDM858
He shrugged, avoiding eye contact. “Just random ‘nerd’ stuff you wouldn’t be interested in.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN1aTpAIJq
He finally noticed Cassedy staring. He turned sharply. “Eyeyey! Watch the children, not me!”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUxQARRgGp
Dang, this guy gets uncomfortable fast. I mean, I get it. If someone stared at me like that, I’d probably be in jail for beating the stalker to death. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9tNKmhFwC
“Eyo, Cass, what are you? Obsessed with this guy?” I asked, smirking.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrBHc4CbAM
Cassedy turned toward me so fast I thought her neck was gonna snap off.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qUZr6Mo08
“NO!” she shouted.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZJmblks19
Davis turned away, muttering something under his breath like he was regretting every life decision he ever made.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOtIfZd2w8
“Hey! Is there gonna be a fight? I bet the money I don’t have that Julian wins!” Adan cheered.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4liovM5nX
Davis stood up slowly. “There’s no fight.” He pointed directly at me. “Don’t be dumb.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT4kxDuMue
That annoyed me. “The only dumb one will be you after I bash your brains against the wall, frickin' Dave!”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdouGC5nY0
He shook his head like I wasn’t even worth the effort, grabbed his Switch, and sat back down.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA9T7GV5ZN
“Who wants to play Smash?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErdCUllETC
Everyone joined. Even Cassedy.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJhRodlxyo
Me? I flopped on the floor, yanked one of Davis’s bags over, and used it as a pillow. I drifted off to sleep.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafx9vYICYX
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I stood in black nothingness.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFaK6vpflz
No floor. No ceiling. Just floating.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMlX4yeSRV
A square formed ahead of me… then vanished.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTcAFwmgE8
In its place: flashes. Images. Hooded people. Blurry. Warped. Like they were being scrambled on purpose.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzkCn9XGTQ
One figure stood clearer than the rest—a half-cybernetic guy with a glowing red eye.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5K0hvmUMv
He turned. Glaring right at me.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mFzlHqSIo
Then a giant, robotic beast stepped out from behind him.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7CZFAR7o2
From the darkness, a voice whispered.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRQsNROdit
“Don’t.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgIYTpkF76
That was it. Just don’t.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4v5FjALHnN
I wanted to ask “Don’t what?” but my mouth wouldn’t move.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72ZyEdNDO1
Everything warped again—sucked toward a new image. The basement door.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwh4Y3od9SR
The smell hit me like a train.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6oSNQ7nlJ
Not fishy anymore. Worse.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGA4Hf4430M
Like some dude who hadn’t bathed in a decade rolled in a dumpster full of rotting sushi. Times ten.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjLMfvvD0E
“Don’t.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFbWIN2vQa
My hand reached for the doorknob. My fingers twisted. The voice begged again.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56r3Fti9Od
“Don’t.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFc8QxnXUz
I pulled. The door creaked open.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFiLMNfGXe
I wasn’t looking into the basement. I was looking down at the house itself—like the basement floated in the sky. And then everything below…706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLD6rY5BXDE
…turned black.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrd5WJIQdw
“Don’t.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYm9F9dYtR
I fell.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgkm4VreRU
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“Dang,” I muttered, sitting up groggily. “That was dark.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBdbPFenVv
Everyone was sitting around, talking about Davis’s dad—except Davis, who was just nodding occasionally and trying to change the subject.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvicElmCQW
He cleared his throat. “Anyone want lunch?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwumsqJ8Ja
Everyone nodded.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iQBPvmH8B
“Eyeyey! Let’s go in the basement!” I said, stretching.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1quefXdYBf
“No,” Davis snapped. “How many times do I have to tell you?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFBpMuCAqo
“Not enough.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FWwrjNnvb
“No.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvlnNKx4EC
“Why? You got a dead body in there or something?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBJmOExFnK
“No!” Davis looked around, visibly confused and tense. “My dad will get mad.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUP54xcKEJz
“Where is he?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg6kZzHu2r
“He’s asleep.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQ2qtDpd8P
Cassedy stepped in, finally. “Julian, we should respect the rules, okay?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAyGD5xr0g
The twins tugged on her sleeves. “I wanna see what’s inside!”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VRKE8H9vW
Adan shrugged like he wasn’t the reason we were about to get grounded by a rogue scientist. “What if… since the doc’s off duty, we just peek? Look around, don’t touch anything. Then bounce.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAv8MUbtv3q
Davis sighed. Big sigh. Like the kind of sigh that carries trauma.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDqeDANw0s
“Fine,” he muttered. “No touching anything.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxLBx8bw6G
“Well…” I started, already smiling.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwxRi7Cuc3
He looked at me with a stare that could crack glass. His voice was low.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjjRRaFYiY
“Don’t.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7jmIV5aN8
and then Add to home screen.