Blackout

I was lost in thought, a lot was going through my mind.

What should I do?

What do I need to do?

What is the right thing to do?

Was the thing that came out from Mister Williams mouth true?

If so, am I suppose to annihilate the apparitions?

Are they truly created from negative energies?

What can I believe?

Who should I believe?

"Nik, hey Nik!" a voice called out my name in a concerned tone.

"Huh?" I responded immediately after snapping back to reality.

"Jeez, what are you thinking about?, you really were spacing out weren't you"

Then I realize those concerned words were coming from none other than Chloe.

"Ah, it's nothing, I'm just confused you know, considering the situation that we are in"

"Ah, I too am worried about what will happen to us next, I mean something almost attacked you" Chloe's voice was filled with relived.

Then, I realized that I haven't thanked Chester yet.

I left my desk and walk towards Chester. Surprisingly, his eyes isn't filled with happiness anymore, instead, it looked dead. Is he somehow mad?

The closer I get to him, the heavier the air arounds me get, the chatting of others remains unheard to me, it's almost like I'm in a world where only him and I exist. Finally, I was standing tall in front of him, I wanted to thank him but it almost felt impossible because of the atmosphere surrounding us.

The both of us remain silent as we are standing in front of each other with our eyes down.

Then, I finally have the courage to look him in the eyes, but the moment I lifted my head, I could see his eyes glaring at me with no mercy.

"Hey thanks for earlier" I thanked him sincerely

"No problem, after all isn't it our mission?" He replied.

Then I realize, the atmosphere around has been cleared, Chester's eyes revert back to normal.

Suddenly the lights in the classroom were out, now the classroom was filled with darkness. I can't see anything anymore, I was surrounded by nothing but darkness. There's no light source whatsoever.

Then, I heard a scream, but that scream doesn't sound normal.

The scream doesn't sound like it's coming from anyone in the classroom.

Then, I felt something tapping my shoulder, I turned around and what I saw was a face, it was burned, no eyes can be seen, it's eye hole is empty, the mouth is torn apart, the nose is bleeding. The thing that I saw wasn't a human nor an apparition.

I quickly grab the gun that I had in my pocket and shot the horrifying creature, following that gun shot, was screams of my classmates. I was dead sure I shot it, but then it came closer it almost grabbed my hand just right before I managed to shot it once again, this time I made sure it was on the head.

Seconds later, the creature vanishes and the lights in the classroom returned to normal.

My hands are shaking, that is the very first time I have ever used a gun. My whole body is trembling, it almost feel like I could collapse anytime.

Thankfully, I managed to calm down.

Everyone was looking at me since I have smoke coming out of my gun.

"Did you shot an apparition?" said a voice. It was Shepherd's voice.

"No it wasn't an apparition, it was something else"

"What do you mean by something different?"

"It had a face, a very ugly one"

Everyone stood in silence since apparitions aren't supposed to have faces.

"Maybe it was indeed a different being than an apparition" said Charlotte who has kept quite since yesterday.

"But I heard two gun shots, were there two of them?" Daniel asked

"No, there was just one of them, yet it took two shots to kill him"

"So you are saying that this creature is way stronger than an apparition?" Amelia interrupted.

"That's a possibility, but for now, I suggest that we call them 'soulless'".

"Why are you calling them soulless?" Daniel asked in curiosity.

"They looked like a human being, but with no actual human presence and face"

"For now hold onto the gun that's on your table" Chelsea starts speaking.

Everyone grabbed the gun that's on their table.

We all form a circle, in the middle of the classroom, preparing for another ambush.

But, nothing happens after that, everything returned to normal.

Hours pass by, and Mister Harry finally came in the classroom, he looked calm even though in front of him standing are twelve of us holding guns tightly in our hands.

He didn't looked suspicious nor terrified, it almost like he expected it.

He then continues to put down his stuff on the teacher's table and begins to speak.

"Okay class, please sit down"

We all didn't say anything and we all take our places and the day went on normally.

Nothing was happening, no weird presence nor is the air tense anymore after the blackout. No one was really talkative that day.

I went home with Chloe that day, but during our walk, we didn't really talked. Both of us really have nothing to say to each other.