Grace. A name I was used to answering. It's been a few months. The world isn't what everyone knew anymore. Things have changed , and it's not for the better. The sunset that we used to enjoy...haunts us now. We don't know why this is happening , or when it's going to end but we're going to make it . We have to make it.Â
When did this begin , exactly?Â
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"Grace wake up!" I was nudged awake from my cabin. Shit, I fell asleep again. "Sorry Sam , I've been tired lately" I said in a low voice , stretching a little. "Be careful , John isn't in a good mood today" She warned me with a slight smile. Today was going to be a long day , and I could barely keep my eyes open. I focus on my laptop and try to recollect what I was doing prior to falling asleep. Yes , the announcement.Â
I'd had a rough couple of days and was hoping to finally get some shut eye after this week. The company I'm working for , was planning to introduce a new project , and I'm in charge of the promotion. It wasn't exactly going according to the plan , considering the lack of sleep and countless hours I spent on it. John was the CEO , a real menace to all the employees. Not only was he a competent professional , he was also quite talented at emotionally panicking the other employees into messing up. I was one of the few who got used to his tactics. Or so I thought.Â
"Ms. Grace, why have you not uploaded the announcement to our page yet?" Speak of the devil. He was here. "I apologize sir. It'll be uploaded in about 10- 15 minutes" If only I could tell him the delay was because of the company itself. I'd fallen asleep while waiting for the company internet to work faster. But of course , I knew better than to tell him that. "I've been noticing how you spend your work hours Ms. Grace. Please do not spend any more of your time to take unrequired breaks or other personal reasons." He was piercing into my soul. "Yes.... sir." He left like he was never there.Â
Personal reasons. What did he mean by that? I didn't have much time to ponder on it though , because Sam was calling for me. "What's going on Sam? Is it urgent ? cause I got some work to do like , righ-" I stopped midway when I saw what was going on. It was only 11 AM , but the sun was setting. The sun was setting , when it wasn't supposed to be setting.... What in the world is going on right now?
Everybody in the office with me , ran towards the huge windows , pulling out their phones , wondering the same thing. At one point , unconsciously , everyone became pin drop silent. BOOM. The building right next to ours, the one I usually went to get my coffee , blasted off. It was no longer there. Panic kicked in , everyone went haywire and started running , to hide or to run away , I don't know. But what I did know was that I couldn't move. My legs were stuck to the spot and I hated it. Why can't I move?Â
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A few minutes in , I was the only one in the building. I was able to move again, but it was pitch dark outside and evidently , nobody had tried turning the lights on. Turning the flash on from my phone , I moved around , trying to make sense of the situation. The sun set at 11 in the morning. The sun set at 11 in the morning. The sun set at 11 in the morning. The sun set at 11 , in the morning? It made absolutely no sense ! Maybe one of the news channels had covered it? I opened my phone and tried , but the internet wasn't working. This company was utterly useless. The coffee shop would've been a good idea but it was blown away so I needed another option.
Even though it didn't look like there was any danger , just to be cautious , I guarded myself with a keyboard outside the building. That was the only thing I could find. The roads were completely empty , many of the cars abandoned , some even broken. Only the street lights were on , so it was hard to see anything outside of that range. It was also dead silent , and I didn't exactly like it. This place wasn't supposed to be a quiet place. Still , I thought it safe to keep being silent and walked towards the building next to the blown up one. Everything was going fine when I began to notice two sets of faded footsteps, right behind me. Was it a threat ? I didn't know . But I had to check in order to know if I was about to be attacked .Â
I spun around as fast as my tired self could , my only weapon a stupid keyboard, and found myself facing something I never thought I'd face . A fucking monster , a beast , whatever you call it. Twice my size , it stood on four legs , large drops of saliva dripping from it's mouth , covered in blood. Bloodshot eyes , with white fur all over it . It had a lot of missing fur....from fights , I assumed. But no matter how much I looked , this creature wasn't trying to play friends with me.
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