Among Us [M] { iandraws & lobo }
[Rated M for mature content including but not limited to violence, gore, course language, sensual situations, drug use, and things that do not fit these limitations.] Viewer discretion is advised.
Among Us
The news was buzzing.
Another person missing.
Another person dead.
It had only been a few weeks since these news stories began to take over, but everyone already lost count of just how many people have been killed. Best friends, relatives, and even entire families have all been wiped out in just those couple of weeks. The police insist it's just another one of those murderers, curing his or her boredom through manslaughter.
However, these killings aren't taking place in one specific location. They have been reported anywhere from the United States, to Canada... to even as far as Europe and Asia. All of the assurances and promises made by the government and the police force, were only meant to pat down the mass hysteria threatening to break out among the people.
In truth, no one knew who, or what, was capturing and killing those hundreds of people.The possibilities were almost endless.
A new disease is spreading like the plague? But...no one reported feeling ill.
Terrorist attacks? But...where is the evidence they should have left behind?
Or possibly, an alien community landed on the planet, and they want it for themselves?
But that one's impossible, isn't it?
Despite what was being announced on the news, Juniper was determined to continue on with her every day life. She had college classes to focus on, and a GPA she did not want to drop. Though it was distracting, when the only thing her friends wanted to talk about was the mysterious deaths and missing person reports. So far, their little college town had been safe from the works of this thing, but that didn't mean it was going to stay that way for too much longer. Juniper was determined to believe that this would all blow over and it would become something that people joked about a few months from now.
As the weeks went by, and the news only continued to add stories of the broken, or dead, families, Juniper found herself starting to worry. She had never been much of a paranoid person, but now she found herself looking over her shoulder more often than not. There was never anything there...but she always felt as though something was still lurking in the shadows.
She was also beginning to notice something a bit off about one of her friends. It wasn't anything major, and if she hadn't been so paranoid, she probably wouldn't have noticed in the first place. Juniper had just started to pick up on words that sounded odd coming from this friend in particular. He wasn't vastly different than normal, Adam just
Juniper didn't pay much mind to it, and by the end of that day, she even found herself forgetting those brief moments of suspicion. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, at least... Not too out of the ordinary.
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About a day had passed since Juniper had started to sense something strange about Adam, and things were seeming to be normal again. She hadn't been around him since, but she still went about her day as she usually would. It wasn't until she reached her first class of the day, that things started to turn upside down.
The professor was standing outside the room, turning people away and insisting they return to their rooms. Out of curiosity, Juniper decided to continue closer to the professor, listening as he explained what had happened.
There's been a little accident. Do not worry too much, alright? We're still learning the details, but for today, all classes are canceled.
Juniper's confusion was not settled by this, and worry finally began to stir up in her gut. Something was majorly wrong, and she hoped it did not involve the person she suspected it might.
As she quickly turned away from the professor and started back the direction she had come, she instead bumped into the solid body of another person. She quickly took a step back, blinking up at the male with wide eyes. "Sorry...- I'm sorry," she murmured quickly, a blush creeping onto her cheeks in embarrassment. Though she recognized the male from her class, and realized that he must be on his way there. "It's canceled. Something happened, but I'm not sure anyone knows what exactly," she explained, glancing back at the professor before her gaze returned to the boy. Michael something, she remembered then. They had never spoke much before, but she new his name just from sharing the class together.
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