Guilty: A Short Story

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Being abducted is one heck of a rollercoaster when you’re as skeptical as I am. Late last night was when the “incident” happened; at about 3 o’clock in the morning, or what I like to call it, fantasy hour. Once the clock strikes three, everything you know about your loved ones is thrown out the door. One time I even saw my Aunt Lucia bouncing on a pogo stick in the living room with a frying pan in her hand. That was the weirdest trip to the bathroom I've ever had. Well not even a minute after the forbidden hour rolled around, Chloe, my best friend, has her eyes dialed in on the lake across from us. “Julie”,she said stoned faced, we NEED to go over there. What? Why? I said puzzled at how she thought this was a good idea. Before I could even start to walk away she grabbed my arm and dragged me to the lake. WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! I say yelling so loud that my own eardrums almost burst. With no hesitation she marched on still as stone faced as before. …show more content…

Blood was seeping through her baggy t-shirt while a blinding light hits the grass in front of me. My curiosity draws me to closer to the destination it was coming from. Across the lake was a small silhouette with the light attached to their finger and, It looked as if I could touch the beam of light without it bouncing off. Wondering what it was, I grabbed the small light and held on tight. When my finger had its first touch on the freezing beam, I got jerked from the ground under

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