Chapter 1: This is…. Strange…
By: Shadow amongst Shadows
Daniel had been in most forms normal. Or as "normal" as can be when you're a teenager going through hormones. He was somewhat socially awkward towards most, he tended to stay quite most of the time, and only have a few friends. Daniel was 6 feet and 1 inch at the time. While he obviously didn't have the best of looks Daniel also didn't have the worst. With dark blond hair and hazel green eyes Daniel wasn't horrible looking. He had an average build, but always wished his cardio was better. Daniel could jog no were near as long as he should have been able to at his age, and he was mildly aggravated with that. He had pale skin and lived in Missouri, but he tended to move a lot because his father was in the military. Daniel's closest friends at the time Alex and Sean were the only two people he really hung out with.
Sean was black (I apologize if that seems racist to some of you, but I think African American number one is too preppy and two is too long to say) 5 feet and 9 inches, black hair, brown eyes, and was stronger than Daniel. Meanwhile Alex was Mexican, 5 feet and 11 inches, black hair, brown eyes, wore glasses, and had a thin body. He also happened to be the weakest of the three and the most spastic.
It had been a rather exciting day in Daniel's opinion. They had gone to school only to find a kid who had brought a knife to school. The staff were able to "put him down" and by put him down they wacked him over the head hard enough to knock him out cold. Then afterwards that's all anyone in the school would talk about, yet the day went on.
Alex of course had acted strange, but that wasn't knew he acted strange most days and Daniel could handle it. Well up until the point where Alex had intentionally rammed his head against Daniel's shoulder. Daniel quickly turned to look at Alex holding his head in pain. "Why…." was all he could say as he stared at his "spontaneous" friend. Daniel never got a reply and after a few seconds of staring and silently laughing walked off. Leaving his friend gripping his head in pain.
It had been his final period of that day and he just couldn't seem to pay attention to the class. He just stared out the window at the bright blue sky. There were a few clouds here and there, but for the most part the sky was clear. He really just wanted to get out of that class so he could just hang out. They day's events had left him tired.
That's when it happened. The bell rang, and immediately everyone in the class stood up and headed for the door. Daniel was just about the last one out of the class and by the time he got out his friends were waiting for him. "So… what are we doing today" Sean asked in an "I'm bored" voice. "Well we could go play some games at Daniel's house unless you guys wanna do something else" Alex suggested as he leaned on his left leg. Deciding they really didn't have anything better to do they made their way over to Daniel's house at a slow rate. They eventually showed up on the doorstep of his house and were greeted by a white two story house. As they entered the house they noticed Daniel's mother and all said hey at almost the exact same moment. With Alex almost tripping over the last step into the house. They then made their way to the door that lead to the basement. Daniel had been lucky enough to get a basement he could turn into a game room with a fridge, TV, his consoles, a couch, and some chairs.
After they spent 15 minutes just trying to find the old game, they eventually found it under a pile of other games. Next, they inserted the game and played. They spent the next few hours playing the game, remembering when it first came out, and sometimes bickering at each other for mundane things. They had started a whole new profile, but by the time they stopped playing they were already on chapter 6. Deciding it was time to put in a different game Daniel got up and ejected it. Inserting Splinter Cell Blacklist for their next play. They were all getting mildly hungry so Alex was forced to go upstairs to retrieve the snacks for them. While Alex was upstairs Sean had turned to Daniel and said "How much you wanna bet he's gonna do something retarded while he's up there?" "Not long" was Daniel's only reply as they waited for Alex to come back downstairs. Eventually the lights started to flicker in the basement and they both immediately blamed Alex thinking he was trying to pull a prank. After a bit though the TV went out. Alex couldn't have done that unless he turned off power to the house, but they could still see light coming from upstairs.
While they began to wonder what was really the problem Alex decided just then to come back down. For some reason as he was coming down they got really nervous. With each sound his steps made down the stairs it made them more anxious. Until finally he was down the steps. Seeing that all the lights were flickering and the TV was off his reply was "what's going on?" Both Sean and Daniel looked at him like he was retarded, how the hell we're they supposed to know. Just then they saw a light coming from the other side of the room. They all at the same time froze saying nothing but stared at the light for a second. That's when both Sean and Daniel both stood up and began to make their way towards the stairs. Meanwhile Alex stood there dumbfounded for a moment. Before either Daniel or Sean could make it anywhere near the stairs the light became blinding and they could see nothing.
They then rapidly lost consciousness….
