Chapter 1

7:37 P.M February 11

I was driving along the road on a rainy night heading back from an indoor flea market that had guitar gear I wanted to check out, they didn't have it so I left for my dad's to visit for a few days.

The weather was stronger than what was originally forecasted (go figure), the sky was dark and the rain was relentless and the wind gusted without warning. The clouds cast an eerily deep purple color that looked almost like a tornado was set to strike.

My car was running low on gas so I decided to pull over, fill up and get some stuff for the road. No one else was at the gas station except the people working there; I parked at a pump then went in to get my snacks and an energy drink as the rain pelted me.

I walked to the snack aisle and grabbed a few Slim Jims then looked for something to drink and noticed that the station still sold Cocaine energy drinks so I grabbed three, one per day.

As I was checking out I noticed the weather report mention unusually strong weather moving in and the Doppler radar showed purple and pink spots in the storm mass (the really heavy weather)!

"It's really comin' down out there." I said trying to make small talk.

"Well with the frozen ground there's gonna' be a lot of flooding." Said the man at the checkout.

I rushed to the pump my car was at and the underside of the pump station, after putting my stuff in the car I proceeded to pump my car.

As the rain fell and the numbers on the pump went up, I looked out into the dark and empty countryside, not a light in view, no cars on the road and increasingly stronger winds.

I was getting worried, so I thought that driving safe and slow would be the best thing to do, I was twenty miles or so from my dad's and who would be out on a night like this anyway?

I was just about finished when I noticed that the lights at the hotel down the road were flickering and suddenly went out. Then the

Tollbooths lost power, and the BP up the road and the Comfort Inn.

I started squeezing tight on the pump before I lost any gas.

"C'mon, c'mooooon!" I said to myself practically crushing the handle.

*P'lunk*

I just made it as the power was cut off to the station I was at and the street lights who's "copper pink" light vanished. I thought I'd check the guy inside to see if he was okay but I saw him pull out his cell phone.

So I assumed he'd be well enough alone and got the gas cap on when I heard a weird sound come from across the field nearby.

*gugyugubah*

I thought to myself 'The fuck? Did someone just crash or something?'

*gagyagyaah*

Again a the weird sound came this time in a different "voice", but just as faint as the first and then I assumed it was the way the wind was blowing.

I the thought I'd text my dad and say that I would be a little late because of the weather, so I whipped out my iPhone only to discover an unusual loss of service.

I checked everything I could but nothing was connected to the Internet or the network.

I figured he'd know and I knew my way around on these roads and what one's would be safe.

I got in my car, started it up and hit the road with my high beams on.

I was passing into an open stretch of road where there was nothing but trees on either side of the dark two-lane highway road. The next town would be in ten miles, as would the next likely source of light aside from other driver's cars on the road.

I lit one of my own tube cigarettes as I looked for the lights of the next town in the distance but it was dark also, assuming the power outage was that bad.

Suddenly, what looked like lightning was flashing in the sky accompanied by thunder and the same sounds from before.

*gugyugubah*

*gugyugubah*

*gagyagyaah*

I thought the wind was picking up and making weird noises, or if the sound of sirens were being distorted and dampened by the rain and wind.

I took a drag on my cigarette trying to keep the rain from ruining it when I saw the same kind of lightning but more sporadic this time and showed some pink and purple given the fact the clouds were reflecting light that technically "wasn't there" I got curious as to what was going on.

*Gagyagyaah*

*Gagyagyaah*

*Gugyugubah*

The sounds seemed to be getting louder as did the thunder, and I was approaching a low point in the highway where there was a good chance for standing water so I kept my guard up and clicked on the high-beams.

It seemed quiet for a little while, but then there came a strong rumbling from across the field that shook my car and my insides.

*GAGYAgyAAh*

*GuGYuGuBaH*

A bright flash of white light of some sort flashed towards the shoulder of the roadside opposite of me and the sound wave rattled my car with enough force to send my car skidding across the road.

*FrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrR*

As my car whizzed down the road I screamed in terror, my heart raced and my hands tenaciously braced themselves for a likely impact.

Then acting on an unexplainable impulse, I grasped the Emergency Brake, pushed the button and heaved the lever up.

I sat petrified clenching tightly to my car's steering wheel and E-Brake trying to recover mentally from what had happened and shake off the trembling I was experiencing.

I slowly pried my hands and turned off the car to relax and regain my composure as I began to heavily puff on my cigarette.

'Okay Brian calm down, just take it easy and slowly start the car and drive on to dad's house. This was just a freak accident that almost was an accident in general, all you have to do is keeeeeep cooooool.'

I was trembling as I tried to start my car up again until I heard the sounds coming towards me from across the field.

*gugyugubah*

*gagyagyaah*

'Oh shit, oh fuck, oh shit, oh fuck, oh shit, oh fuck, what ever that is it ain't getting me!'

I started to panic trying to get going while avoiding the ominous sounds approaching.

*Gugyugubah*

*Gagyagyaah*

*Gagyagyaah*

'C'mon, c'mon, c'mon start already!'

The sounds were drawing closer as I felt the ground shake beneath me and the waves of noise made my skin tremble.

*VRrrUtututututudu*

My car was probably soaked from the underside messing up the engine.

*GAGYAgyAAh*

*GuGYuGuBaH*

The lightning from before was now circling my car from the sky and the sounds were rolling in from all sides as everything shook like it was an IMAX movie.

"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shiiiiiiiiiiit!" I was in an absolute state of fear as the unknown powers descended upon me.

A few minutes passed and as the lightning continued, nothing came to my ears so with one final try before running for shelter I turned te ignition.

*Vrututututut-varuuuum*

My car started normally but the celebration was short lived.

*Vrwrwrwrwubfoktlkytlkyk-thunk*

With that dreadful sound my car crapped out and soon that white light from before was hurdling towards me with those calls roaring out as if right beside me.

*GAGYAGYAAH*

*GUGYAGUBAH*

"Oh shi-"

*VEEEEOOOWVWIP*

My senses slowly returned after being trapped in the blinding white light for what seemed like hours and the glaring light began to dissipate and dim.

I was still in my car, rain was still falling and my sat motionless in the dark.

'What. Was. That?' I thought looking around for the light and listening for the sounds but nothing came to my ears or eyes.

I was shaking still as I tried for the ignition after I flicked the lights on but something happened, the scenery around me had changed.

No road lied ahead or anywhere, only more and more forest, fortunately for me I was in a spacious clearing where I could drive out (if the damn car ever started).

I was entirely confused, between those roars and the light now I'm somewhere else entirely. I checked my iPhone's GPS but nothing came up, no weather or service at all.

'Where the hell am I?'