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It was supposed to be a short cut to the hotel…

Morgan and Reid were driving down a deserted road to the hotel. They just finished a case in Maine, now they were going back to the hotel to sleep for the night and fly home the next morning. One of the officers told them to take this route to get the hotel faster but it was well off the main road of the town. With now street lights and just forest surrounding them, it was like a set for a horror film. It was autumn and the road was littered with golden leaves. It would have looked night during the day but at night the forest was pitch black.

"Man this road is beyond creepy" said Morgan.

Reid sat in the passenger seat gazing out at the window. "Did you know that Maine has 3500 miles of coastline?"

Morgan glanced over at him, "…so?"

Reid looked back at him, "Just…trying to pass the time."

Morgan hit the steering wheel, "God some short cut this is…let's turn around." Reid nodded in agreement.

Just as he turned around, the car just…stopped. The radio went dead and the engine died in a heartbeat.

"What the…" said Morgan with a gasp. He got out and inspected the car. But everything looked to be in working order. When Morgan tried to start the car it didn't do anything but make that annoying sputter that only meant on thing.

They were stuck in the middle of nowhere in darkness.

Reid stayed in the car and tried to get his cell phone to work, but for some reason his cell phone died.

"That's strange, I charged it to 100% this morning" he said.

When Morgan looked at his phone his cell phone was dead too. "This is beyond weird" said Morgan.

"Oh wait…I have a map here…" said Morgan as he dug through one of the compartments near the gearshift. He opened a map that was given to them by the police station.

"Hey…there's an old apartment building near here. It's also part of a small fishing village too" he said.

Reid looked closer at the map, "Morgan…this village, Rosewood…its abandoned."

Morgan's head shot up, "What?"

"I read about this place…back about 30 years ago it was abandoned when the all the residents moved out."

"Why did they leave?"

"They didn't say why…they just said that the children and elderly went missing…one by one…the police couldn't find any trace of them."

"So the town got spooked and left" said Morgan with a snort. "Well at least there we could find a place to stay and maybe some tools to fix the car. Who knows maybe there's a working phone still there" said Morgan.

Morgan got out flashlights and their jackets from the back. "Ready kid?"

"Sure…" Reid said, obviously not comfortable in the dark.

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After about fifteen minutes, they saw the silhouette of buildings and a large one in the center. To their surprise some of the lights still worked, mostly the street lights. The town seemed so dark and desolate. Near the buildings was the ocean, small fishing boats were still at the dock. Most were rusted over and some were sunk under but the mast was still poking through the murky water.

"They didn't bother to take their boats…"said Reid.

"…or even their cars" added Morgan when he noticed an abundance of cars littering the street.

"Morgan…I'm not…really comfortable here…I say we go back…"

Morgan smiled at him, "Reid…it's just an abandoned town, no one is here except for a few raccoons and insects eating away at the buildings now."

As they walked, they saw an old mechanic shop. "Alright some tools for the car" said Morgan as he went to the shop. He opened the door and saw many tools hanging on the walls. "Cars, boats and belongs…why did they leave so much behind" said Morgan.

"What scared these people so bad that they would leave everything behind" said Morgan.

"…What if they didn't leave" said Reid quietly.

Morgan turned back at him, "…What?"

Reid sighed "Never mind…I'm just thinking…"

Morgan collected some tools and Reid waited outside on the small porch for him. The streetlights were comforting in the gloom but still his nerves were going crazy.

"Calm down Spencer, it's your overactive imagination again" he thought.

You better get out of here while you still can.

The voice in Reid's mind made his eyes widen and his heartbeat quicken. He stood up and looked around wildly, but saw no one.

Reid went inside and saw Morgan was still gathering tools. "Ok that's about it…Let's go Reid."

Reid sighed with relief, "Good."

They walked out of the shop and back on the road to the car. However when they got to the car, their hearts fell to the floor.

The car was smashed to pieces. The windows were smashed, the engine was a wreck and pretty much the whole car was destroyed.

"What…the hell" breathed Morgan with a shocked expression on his face. Reid face was the same.

Too late kid…

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