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Chapter Two: The Best Laid Plans

Nighttime had finally reached the small town. Seth waited at the park for his friends, wondering if they could even pull off what he planned. One by one, the lights throughout the town went out, until only the moon was illuminating the whole area. "I wonder where the others could be." Seth asked himself, "Did they chicken out?"

Steps could be heard walking on the road from a few feet away. "Seth are you there?" a feminine voice asked from the shadows.

"Yeah it's me." he answered back. The steps grew closer, but still remained as quiet as they were. June, Kira and Garrett came vaguely into view.

"Of all the times in the day, you had to pick midnight." Garrett scolded him, "So what's the plan now? We can't exactly wander around in the dark."

"Hey, I thought this was supposed to be a friendly trip." Kira scolded right back at Garrett, "You know, with laughter and fun. Last time I checked, fun didn't involve complaints."

Seth chuckled a little. Kira always could put Garrett and Seth in their place, ever since they were little. "So what took you guys so long?" he asked.

"Ahem." June cleared her throat as she reached down into an orange bag, "I knew that we would need some supplies, so I brought some flashlights and blankets." Inside the bag were some jackets, blankets, batteries and flashlights. June took out a faded pink jacket and put it on herself, trying to warm up. "You sure you don't want a jacket Kira? It's bound to get cold."

"No, I'm fine for right now." she replied back while handing out some flashlights. "Save the batteries, we going to need them all night."

They all nodded, "Okay, time to get started. After all we only have 6 hours." The group proceeded outside of the park, with only the light from the moon guiding them. The town was eerily quiet at night. Seth continued his way down the dirt road, passing each of the identical houses. Half an hour or so had passed. Finally, their destination was reached. There, in front of them, stood the wall.

"So we're here." Seth said, still in shock that they were going through with this. He turned on his flashlight and shined it at the massive wall that stood before them. He carefully examined it, looking for any crack or crevice. "I don't see any weak points." he said disappointedly, "We should travel down it, hopefully we'll find something else that way."

The rest of the group agreed as they made their way following the wall. An hour had passed, and they made no progress in getting out. "You know, I'm starting to see why no one ever got out." Kira commented, "It's exhausting to even try."

"Wasn't it you who said no complaining?" Garrett said. He and Seth busted out laughing, while June let out a few giggles. Kira couldn't even help but smile.

"Well at least this is fun in a boring sort of way." Kira told Garrett, "Hopefully this is worth it when we do happen to get out of here." Kira looked up to see where the moon happened to be. It was nearing the middle of the sky, but the stars were the main attractions out here. Each gleaming brightly scattered across the whole sky. You could just lie down in the park, and watch the sunrise come. Suddenly a shooting star passed by the moon as it made its way zooming across the sky. "Look at that guys." she said in awe.

Immediately the others stopped in their tracks and turned up to the sky. "Not too often you see something like that." Seth said. June was captivated by the star's beauty. Oddly enough, see then stood on her toes and closed her eyes. "What are you doing June?" he asked.

She seemed to be in some sort of trance. June opened her eyes and finally seemed to come back to earth. "Oh, I was just making a wish on it." June blushed, embarrassed by doing something that might have seemed childish.

"Well we're going to need something like that to find a way out of here." Seth said still examining the wall, "Isn't that right Garrett?" With no answer from his friend, Seth turned to find him. Garrett happened to be knelling down next to the wall, more interested in it then whatever Seth had to say.

"Hey guys," he said, "I think we just found our ticket out of here." The gang all enthusiastically went down besides him to see what he was examining.

"Um," Kira said while touching the spot Garrett was examining, "I only see a wall."

"Of course you do," Garrett told her, "a wall that we're going to knock down."

"What!" Kira said surprised, "How do you expect us to knock down a wall this big."

Garrett only smirked, "Here." he pointed at a small crack at the base of the wall. "For some reason the wall is hollow right about here. You can tell by hearing the sound it makes when you tap it. If we apply enough force, we might be able to break it."

"How do you expect us to knock a piece of the wall off?" June asked innocently, "Are we strong enough to knock it down?"

Garrett rose to his feet and paused for a moment, trying to think things through. "Hey Seth." he said slyly, "Come over here for a sec yeah?" Seth rose to his feet as well. "Let's hope your hard headedness will come in handy right about now." Garrett told him with a huge grin on his face. Seth stood there for a moment, wondering what his friend was talking about. Suddenly Garrett put his hand behind Seth's head and slammed him head first into the wall. Garrett was right, it was hollow and cracked a large hole at the wall's base.

"What the hell is you deal!" Kira said while hitting him over the head with a flashlight.

"Ouch!" Garrett clinched his head in agony. "I knew it wouldn't hurt him! Besides I still owe him a lot more from when he broke my nose."

Kira gave him another slap in the back of the head, "Stop living in the past!" Garrett was obviously trying to hold back his own tears. She paid no attention to him, and turned her attention towards Seth, "Don't you even dare try to get back at him!"

Seth slowly raised to his feet from the fall, "Yes ma'am." He had no intention of getting him back though. Garrett was right, it didn't really even hurt at all. Plus being hit by Kira was more then enough enjoyment for him, even June was full out laughing. He was just happy that they actually found an exit. "You guys we did it!"

Garrett quickly pulled himself together, "Well who first? The hole is big enough for one person to go through."

June went through without any hesitation. She slid through the opening in the wall easily and made her way to the other side, "Whoa, it's beautiful."

Seth then made his way into the hole, before Kira pulled him back. "Ladies first" she said winking at the two boys.

Seth then tried making his way through again, only to be held back by Garrett this time. "Now we're even." he told him as he passed through the cracked wall.

Now no one else was there beside him. Seth took one last breath, before he finally would know what lied beyond the wall. The brown haired artist took his first step through the wall, as he ducked his head to make the narrow fit. As he lifted his head back up, he saw his friends staring off in the distance, with June in front of the crowd.

What awaited them was a massive field. The slight wind that was blowing threw town was much more noticeable outside of the wall. The grass would sway with the wind. The sight of the star field sky with the massive field was simply breathtaking.

"Wow," Seth couldn't help but say any other word. His other friends were definitely awestruck. "So this is what was outside the town this whole time."

"It's beautiful." Kira said enchanted. "It's almost a little overwhelming to finally know."

"This doesn't make any sense ." Garrett grabbed his head in confusion, "Why would a wall be built to protect us from this?"

June turned to Garrett and the others, "Well that wall was made long before any of our grandparents were born. Maybe there was something here but now it's gone."

"I guess." Garrett replied still confused over the whole thing, "So now what are we going to do?"

"Didn't you pack some blankets June?" Kira asked, "It would be awesome of we camped out here."

June reached into her bag and pulled out some blankets, "I have enough for all of us."

Kira smiled as she tried picking out the best blanket. Seth grabbed onto his pendent, "We should make camp at the top of that hill. Maybe we'll be able to see what else might be out here." Garrett made the first move and walked up to the hill, as the others followed his lead. "So anyone see anything out here?"

"Over there!" June shouted. Seth turned his attention to the area that she was pointing at. "It's a road like in the town!"

"Why would that be out here?" Seth asked himself. "Let's follow it!" Seth turned his head to Garrett as they both gave a mutual nod.

But before they even took one step forward, Kira grabbed both of their shirts and pulled them down. "It's late. We can sleep first, then travel down the yellow dirt road." They both turned their heads back as they saw June let out a massive yawn.

"Okay we can wait another day. Besides, it's best to sleep with the city in sight." Garrett said, "We'll live." Garrett got up and picked the second best blanket out of June's collection. Seth reluctantly got up and picked the worst, so June would be warm that night with the remaining blanket. "So tomorrow then guys, first thing. I can wait a night, but I can't wait another day." They each smiled as they prepared their own little beds out of their blankets and got underneath the covers.

June, Kira and Garrett seemed to fall asleep as soon as their head hit the pillow. Seth, however, couldn't contain the excitement he felt. He just laid there, looking up at the stairs. A while had passed since they made camp, but Seth still was up. What exactly would they find?

"Tshh. Tshh."

Seth looked up to see what that unusual noise was. "You guys?" he quietly asked, "Are you awake?"

"Tshh. Tshh."

Seth had heard the noise again. He saw that the others were fast asleep. "Who's there?" he go to his feet, puzzled. He repeated himself but no one answered.

"Tshh. Tshh."

Seth turned around to see if anything was behind him. "Who's there?" he repeated once more.

"Tshh. Tshh."

Seth heard the sound once more and turned back around. He saw a creature that was pure black with piercing yellow eyes standing a few feet away. It had antennas sticking up on its head, and was about one-third his size. The shocked teen fell on his behind. "What the hell are you!?" Suddenly the ground that he was sitting on turned black, and he felt like he was sinking straight through it. "No. What is this!?" Seth's legs sank through the ground, and he saw his other friends being sucked into the black holes below them.

"Wake up guys!" he yelled, "June!" The others sank into the ground much faster then he was. The hole had sunk the boy up to his shoulders. "No!" the dark creature moved a little closer to Seth's face. His eyes grew wider, and felt like he was a kid again, being afraid of the dark. The feeling he had now was the same, except much more visual. It was as if he was staring at the Boogey Man himself. He slowly sank into the darkness, as he blankly kept looking into the creatures eyes.

"Seth." The boy heard June's voice. "Seth." she repeated with almost no emotion, "Wake up."

"Seth wake up!" Kira was shouting.

Seth jumped up from the ground. "A nightmare." he thought. He realized that he was covered in a cold sweat, with the sun was beating down on him.

"Seth!" Garrett yelled to get his attention, "The town is gone!"

"What!" he turned to see where the town was standing last night. There was absolutely nothing there, or even the slightest trace that there was anything there to begin with. All that was around them, was nothing but the endless field and a single road that lead off into the unknown.