"The Outsider"
By: Retroville9
The sun rose and the light hit my face like lightning. I yawned loudly and stretched out my arms knowing that today was just be another day of the life of Jimmy Neutron. What else is new?
I went downstairs to find Cindy sitting on my living room couch. I was shocked and squinted to see if my observations were accurate. Yeah, it was her.
"What are you doing here Vortex?" I said with my arms crossed.
She stood up and walked over to me. Her hair was in a messy ponytail with a bathrobe on. She still looked beautiful even though she looked like she just woke up after a week of not sleeping. She had bags under her eyes and looked like she had just stopped crying. She had black eyeliner smudged all over her face.
"Everyone…gone…my…" she started to say and started gasping for air. She put her hand on her throat and croaked. She slumped down to the floor and put her head between her knees.
"Cindy?! Cindy! What's wrong?" I said in a panic.
I attempted to help her back up, but it was no use. She had passed out.
I was suddenly panicking and ran out of the front door slamming it shut almost breaking the window. I ran across the street and tried to look for someone I could get help from.
The road was deserted.
There was nobody around. Everyone was gone. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was a Saturday afternoon and there was no one out? I shook my head and walked down a couple of miles or so.
Deserted.
"HELLO!? ANYONE THERE?!" I yelled. No one answered.
Someone then all of a sudden tapped me on the shoulder. I spun around.
"You better watch out. I believe you're next in line." Cindy said looking me dead in the eyes wide open.
I gasped.
Then, I ran. I ran as fast as I could and slammed my front door shut, breaking the window. I ran up to my room and put my pillow on top of my head. Goddard was gone to. My parents. My friends. Everyone was gone.
I then had a sudden urge to look up and take the pillow off my head. I looked up to them wide-eyed trying to gasp for some air.
That's when I passed out.