JULIAN GONZALEZ743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcl0OnSRmXj
This guy sucks.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23I1Ef5txV
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.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gA5kfpbh4
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.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1j4K35Ren
How many schools does this guy go to?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9NVsBBanb
Everyone was chattering about nonsense except Cassedy, who had gone into psycho-analysis mode, staring holes into Davis’s head.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJLA2u6PKz
I was just standing there, bored outta my mind.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9DWATVvzb
“Hey, Dave. What you got five bags for?” I asked.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFI2Tn2rp4I
“Clothes,” he replied, not even looking up.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18hvZBRFig
I squinted. “How much clothes do you have?”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEmfuqbw9G
“Not much. Just enough to fill the bags.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXe0QuRXURj
“Then what are the drawers for?”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpfl0wmrfQ
He shrugged, avoiding eye contact. “Just random ‘nerd’ stuff you wouldn’t be interested in.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqLTPPndld
He finally noticed Cassedy staring. He turned sharply. “Eyeyey! Watch the children, not me!”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tc5PU0fXe
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. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDrgOOqk4C
“Eyo, Cass, what are you? Obsessed with this guy?” I asked, smirking.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwT1HqlQEvE
Cassedy turned toward me so fast I thought her neck was gonna snap off.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluVlguU9UZ
“NO!” she shouted.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNcqRRZEUd
Davis turned away, muttering something under his breath like he was regretting every life decision he ever made.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rNNqwTNXn
“Hey! Is there gonna be a fight? I bet the money I don’t have that Julian wins!” Adan cheered.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDPXGmW8Rk
Davis stood up slowly. “There’s no fight.” He pointed directly at me. “Don’t be dumb.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ142hjQfAZU
That annoyed me. “The only dumb one will be you after I bash your brains against the wall, frickin' Dave!”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iR5zHKmiL
He shook his head like I wasn’t even worth the effort, grabbed his Switch, and sat back down.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZFgZuu4Oy
“Who wants to play Smash?”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJuWe1oYbc
Everyone joined. Even Cassedy.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAT8v9RkZq
Me? I flopped on the floor, yanked one of Davis’s bags over, and used it as a pillow. I drifted off to sleep.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QJiJwZZVz
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I stood in black nothingness.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Kv5ADegK2
No floor. No ceiling. Just floating.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqbFnUCjm9
A square formed ahead of me… then vanished.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMGciVGEXr
In its place: flashes. Images. Hooded people. Blurry. Warped. Like they were being scrambled on purpose.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVBjRpumdi
One figure stood clearer than the rest—a half-cybernetic guy with a glowing red eye.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnW2RZR1cfd
He turned. Glaring right at me.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2tdNEvMTQ
Then a giant, robotic beast stepped out from behind him.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXJieKVEdF
From the darkness, a voice whispered.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KXMuk6nmi
“Don’t.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxH7s3TYwA5
That was it. Just don’t.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HLnMDEj5y
I wanted to ask “Don’t what?” but my mouth wouldn’t move.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqsVIzkidl
Everything warped again—sucked toward a new image. The basement door.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jJoJ5kaO3
The smell hit me like a train.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04vIGjhiQj
Not fishy anymore. Worse.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yqL2Eu9S6
Like some dude who hadn’t bathed in a decade rolled in a dumpster full of rotting sushi. Times ten.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PWzPOFY6e
“Don’t.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YtNGDynXb
My hand reached for the doorknob. My fingers twisted. The voice begged again.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHlMPUH9qH
“Don’t.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3M9GuEIp2
I pulled. The door creaked open.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ60Ab50Zh
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…743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfgcxWnuv6
…turned black.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMyQ2dcrPT
“Don’t.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYddFTyZNG
I fell.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1LRSeh51w
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“Dang,” I muttered, sitting up groggily. “That was dark.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JBwzAevni
Everyone was sitting around, talking about Davis’s dad—except Davis, who was just nodding occasionally and trying to change the subject.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wK8UhVKSO
He cleared his throat. “Anyone want lunch?”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpevPZKT9n
Everyone nodded.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmtoiZsfAK
“Eyeyey! Let’s go in the basement!” I said, stretching.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKI5Z7bPgvB
“No,” Davis snapped. “How many times do I have to tell you?”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAFj4E6dtC
“Not enough.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlwDmud6Y2
“No.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPpjj72b5n
“Why? You got a dead body in there or something?”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81cqIU3pvf
“No!” Davis looked around, visibly confused and tense. “My dad will get mad.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJF531Z3vRL
“Where is he?”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d5cf7oA9K
“He’s asleep.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2SAnhvz1T
Cassedy stepped in, finally. “Julian, we should respect the rules, okay?”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVPYdYXuuS
The twins tugged on her sleeves. “I wanna see what’s inside!”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDD5R24lkf
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.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWru8NsFZR
Davis sighed. Big sigh. Like the kind of sigh that carries trauma.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZmKzHB4rO
“Fine,” he muttered. “No touching anything.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlr2YmFDgPv
“Well…” I started, already smiling.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8jgue6Lcb
He looked at me with a stare that could crack glass. His voice was low.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEQmtrTGv8
“Don’t.”743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6RFdMv7Qg
and then Add to home screen.