Angel of Light (A Zak Bagans Story)

Chapter 19: Scary Encounter

Chapter 19: Scary Encounter

"Bro, I thought you only had to pee so much on airplanes, not while on the road too!" Billy complained as he pulled into a parking spot near a gas station.

"I'm getting old Bill, get used to it," Zak joked as he undid his seatbelt and got out of the car.

"I'm older than you!" Billy retorted.

"Yeah, your bad hearing is telling," Zak replied.

"What?" Billy joked, holding a hand up to his ear as if he hadn't heard Zak properly.

Zak and I laughed.

"Be right back," Zak said and took off toward the entrance of the gas station.

Billy looked back at me.

"Having fun yet?" He teased.

I laughed.

"I just want to know how he," I started, motioning to Aaron next to me. "Sleeps through it all," I finished.

Billy laughed.

"We haven't been able to figure it out yet either," Billy replied. "Hello, what's this?" He added, reaching over to the passengers seat and picking something up.

As he leaned back in his own seat, I saw that he had grabbed Zak's phone.

"Looks like someone has been declared worthy enough to replace graveyards and other dark images as the background image on Zak's phone," Billy said with a smile.

He turned and held up the phone so I could see.

I saw a picture of myself and Gracie from Zak's backyard the day I had gone over to his house.

I smiled and tried not to make a big deal of it.

"Probably just because Gracie is in it," I said.

Billy laughed.

"Oh right, because of Gracie," he said, as he put the phone back.

I laughed and turned my head to look out the window and nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw Emily standing near the door to the gas station.

I took off my sunglasses, as if expecting her to be a trick of the light or something.

But she was still there, just standing there, staring at me.

For the first time in my life while having one of these experiences, I felt scared.

I couldn't pinpoint what it was, but there was something off about her.

I continued to watch Emily and saw her lift one hand up, and motion for me to come over.

I hesitated and looked at Billy, who was playing with his phone.

"I think I'm going to go too, since we're stopped anyway," I said casually, as I undid my seatbelt.

"Sure thing," Billy said, not looking up from his phone.

I set my phone and journal aside and got out of the car, closing the door behind me.

As I proceeded to walk toward the gas station, Emily turned and walked through the door.

I blinked.

That was the first time I had seen her do anything like that.

I walked into the gas station and looked around casually.

It was your typical gas station, with a small convenience store built into it.

There was one clerk standing behind the counter, currently ringing someone through.