Fading

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The group stumbled out of the oppressive cave, their hearts still pounding from their eerie discovery. The forest greeted them, but it felt different, as if it were alive with a malevolent presence. The camera, their silent witness, captured their disoriented exit.

As they stepped into the open, the world seemed to waver and distort around them. Dizziness washed over them like a sinister tide, and one by one, they collapsed onto the damp forest floor, their vision fading to a nightmarish darkness.

When consciousness returned, they found themselves sprawled across the forest floor, shivering in the cold shadows of the towering trees. The camera had survived the bizarre ordeal, its lens capturing their disoriented awakening.

Joey, his voice trembling, was the first to speak, "What just happened? Why are we back here?"

Sophia's eyes darted around the gloomy forest as she tried to make sense of their situation. "And where's Kaleb? He was right there with us, wasn't he?"

Aria, a sense of dread creeping over her, reached for her phone to call Kaleb, but her trembling fingers struggled with the touchscreen. "I can't find his number. It's like it's been erased from my contacts."

Ethan attempted to call Kaleb as well, but the same eerie phenomenon unfolded. "His number is gone from my phone too. This... this can't be happening."

Panic clawed at their throats as they realized Kaleb was missing, and any trace of him seemed to have vanished from existence. Their desperate calls for him echoed through the twisted woods, but the sinister silence remained unbroken. 

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