JULIAN GONZALEZ704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkAkwYSQ2V
This guy sucks.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYKqEKt0Zb
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.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZ0Dxd7rBH
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.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24CrFBF35B
How many schools does this guy go to?704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB5LKWQHaK
Everyone was chattering about nonsense except Cassedy, who had gone into psycho-analysis mode, staring holes into Davis’s head.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpeHsNbrH1
I was just standing there, bored outta my mind.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJahzg3uCmh
“Hey, Dave. What you got five bags for?” I asked.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngJjkvxTwa
“Clothes,” he replied, not even looking up.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8brq90XPW
I squinted. “How much clothes do you have?”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjGmJ6gtD8
“Not much. Just enough to fill the bags.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZk1zhDghAb
“Then what are the drawers for?”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1aIR1jzpX
He shrugged, avoiding eye contact. “Just random ‘nerd’ stuff you wouldn’t be interested in.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChYDtyARQg
He finally noticed Cassedy staring. He turned sharply. “Eyeyey! Watch the children, not me!”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxpZ8VV0HQ
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. 704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdr7m4gfJ2
“Eyo, Cass, what are you? Obsessed with this guy?” I asked, smirking.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXN7JTb6nU
Cassedy turned toward me so fast I thought her neck was gonna snap off.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFWDde1057
“NO!” she shouted.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6Vo1qMawr
Davis turned away, muttering something under his breath like he was regretting every life decision he ever made.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpH9xvUjpo
“Hey! Is there gonna be a fight? I bet the money I don’t have that Julian wins!” Adan cheered.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajkkPJglNZ
Davis stood up slowly. “There’s no fight.” He pointed directly at me. “Don’t be dumb.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhtdbzfr4V
That annoyed me. “The only dumb one will be you after I bash your brains against the wall, frickin' Dave!”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOZ6TMvG1X
He shook his head like I wasn’t even worth the effort, grabbed his Switch, and sat back down.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEIk27xzJb
“Who wants to play Smash?”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcNbwT9l9E
Everyone joined. Even Cassedy.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6yCRpPbFC
Me? I flopped on the floor, yanked one of Davis’s bags over, and used it as a pillow. I drifted off to sleep.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZCpv7kHsM
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I stood in black nothingness.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ665ku5ohsA
No floor. No ceiling. Just floating.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCBa5ixBWl
A square formed ahead of me… then vanished.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq1dt89vZ1
In its place: flashes. Images. Hooded people. Blurry. Warped. Like they were being scrambled on purpose.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFpmQgk1y3
One figure stood clearer than the rest—a half-cybernetic guy with a glowing red eye.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGI35bBtme
He turned. Glaring right at me.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZG7m3nqDk
Then a giant, robotic beast stepped out from behind him.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoXjJoxClf
From the darkness, a voice whispered.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEz7ah0CjH
“Don’t.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzl0ehTI6J
That was it. Just don’t.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdf23YgnaWX
I wanted to ask “Don’t what?” but my mouth wouldn’t move.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL1btf6XFX
Everything warped again—sucked toward a new image. The basement door.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OSECqXJ4V
The smell hit me like a train.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkV8T0ZJO1A
Not fishy anymore. Worse.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcF4RgODPZw
Like some dude who hadn’t bathed in a decade rolled in a dumpster full of rotting sushi. Times ten.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnRiT2BKYD
“Don’t.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y3VtGvikT
My hand reached for the doorknob. My fingers twisted. The voice begged again.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwc0XGAvS0b
“Don’t.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxgjdILcl3
I pulled. The door creaked open.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSznFT3wDHt
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…704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfYKwUK2pj
…turned black.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DnJbBdJJF
“Don’t.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkqulRA9ST
I fell.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNovXhsUcn
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“Dang,” I muttered, sitting up groggily. “That was dark.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxC27zOczzv
Everyone was sitting around, talking about Davis’s dad—except Davis, who was just nodding occasionally and trying to change the subject.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMccXzbrK6
He cleared his throat. “Anyone want lunch?”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomDwnjcbjS
Everyone nodded.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cRb5P8Ouv
“Eyeyey! Let’s go in the basement!” I said, stretching.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCw7XrIVsDM
“No,” Davis snapped. “How many times do I have to tell you?”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijDPZa44N2
“Not enough.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfW3SxqSBWf
“No.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLhBcZhEWn
“Why? You got a dead body in there or something?”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6nqvlFXI0
“No!” Davis looked around, visibly confused and tense. “My dad will get mad.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbRptjGmtB
“Where is he?”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy36FhWIfm1
“He’s asleep.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQkp848CO1
Cassedy stepped in, finally. “Julian, we should respect the rules, okay?”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPcYrQeVw5
The twins tugged on her sleeves. “I wanna see what’s inside!”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWKOpVBCzt
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.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcSRGOaIVf
Davis sighed. Big sigh. Like the kind of sigh that carries trauma.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76vhUW4dHj
“Fine,” he muttered. “No touching anything.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTGNeL4nu6
“Well…” I started, already smiling.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdtbUedV3w
He looked at me with a stare that could crack glass. His voice was low.704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyWvJoA98h
“Don’t.”704Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EGTioTVra
and then Add to home screen.