Accident (Updated) - Emerson Barett

Two

It was so bright, I honestly think I'm going blind. I squinted my eyes and looked around. I'm on the bus, but where is everyone else? "Jess? Aiden? Hello?" I yelled. My voice echoed through the empty bus. I looked at my shirt, and it was soaked in blood. 

What the fuck is going on here? I opened the little door that separated the back room from the rest of the bus.

"Hello? Is anyone in here?" I yelled. I heard Aiden whisper my name and I turned around. 

"Get in here, you're my safe out there." He pulled me into his bunk and closed the curtain. 

"What the actual fuck is going on?" I whispered to him. He shrugged and looked at me.

"Everyone is missing, and there are pools of blood everywhere. I think someone broke into the bus while we were sleeping." He whispered back to me. 

I looked at him. "We have to get out of here." I slightly opened the curtain and looked around. "Follow me," I whispered to him. We both crawled out of the bunk and ran towards the door. I opened it and jumped off the bus. I looked over at Aiden. "This is insane, what's happening?" I looked around us, and pools of blood formed around our feet. 

Everything was cloudy and odd-looking. I shook my head and looked back at Aiden, and he was gone. "Aiden?" I said. No answer. "Aiden, stop playing. This isn't funny anymore." Still no answer. "Aiden! Where are you?" I yelled. 

Still nothing. 

I looked all around me and felt pains in my side. It felt like someone was stabbing me. I bent over in pain and yelled. I dug my nails into the dirt and groaned. "Wh-what is going on?" I felt another pain, then blacked out.

I woke up in a pool of blood. I sat up and looked around me. "Aiden?" I slowly got up and walked to Aiden. "Aiden. Hey, wake up." I put my hand on his shoulder. No response. I felt tears forming in my eyes. "A-Aiden. Aiden, stop this isn't funny." I shook him and breathed heavily. 

My hands, and clothes were completely covered in blood. I shook Aiden as hard as I could and felt tears roll down my face. "Aiden..." I whispered as I hugged his lifeless body. I wiped the tears off of my face and looked around. I could see Framcheska and Louey lying in pools of blood. I closed my eyes, blinking the tears away only to find Mason also lying in a pool of blood.

I collapsed to the floor and cried. "Who did this?" I yelled. My voice echoed through the emptiness. 

"You did." I heard a whisper come from behind me. 

I looked around and saw a figure completely dressed in black with a white and red mask standing behind me. "Wh-who are you? And I would never kill them, these people are my friends." I shook my head in disbelief. This can't be happening. This isn't real. 

The figure laughed. "Are you that stupid?" I looked at it. It pulled the mask up so I could see it's face and grinned. "I've got something you want." It laughed and made Jessica appear out of nowhere, but a smaller version of her, trapped in a cage. 

"Come get her, or I'll kill her too." It smiled and held the cage up. I got up and ran to it, grabbing the cage, but my hand went straight through it. It laughed and appeared farther ahead. "Did I mention, you'll have to catch me." It laughed and disappeared.

After what seemed like hours of chasing him, I finally caught up. "Give me my best friend back," I yelled. 

It laughed. "You ran out of time. It's over." It held the cage up. 

I looked at it and shook my head. "No! There was no time limit!" I yelled. 

It smiled. "There was, I just didn't want to tell you." There was an eerie silence as the figure grinned at me. "I'm too exhausted from playing chase, how about you kill her for me?" 

I backed up, "I'd never kill her, she means too much to me." 

It laughed and pointed to me. "Maybe you wouldn't kill her, but I know who will." It stabbed his finger into my sides, causing me to curl up in pain. 

This is the exact same pain I felt before. I bellowed and felt my teeth grow longer and my fingers turn to claws. My eyes turned blood red, and I was thinking differently. I was like an animal. 

It smiled and opened the small cage.

I tried to control myself but jumped into the cage. I looked at her, and jumped on top of her, clawing her and biting her. When I was finished, I jumped out of the cage and collapsed on the ground. 

Did I do all of this? 

The figure laughed and poured the cage full of blood on to me. 

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I woke up to cold water being poured on me. I jumped up and breathed heavily. Mason looked at me, "Uh, are you okay?" 

I breathed heavily and ran my hand through my hair. "Yeah. I'm fine." I sighed, trying to relax. 

Jessica and Louey walked up to me. "You weren't moving, we thought you died in your sleep or something," Jessica said to me. 

I shook my head and came out of my bunk. "What time is it?" I asked. Jessica checked her phone. 

"1:38 PM" Aiden walked past me and then stopped. "We have a soundcheck in about 45 minutes, if you want you can come to listen." 

I nodded at him and walked into the bathroom. I stared at myself in the mirror, checking my eyes, my mouth, and my hands. No blood-red irises, no claws, not sharp teeth. It was all just a crazy dream. I shook my head and brushed my teeth. I walked back out to my bunk and picked out an outfit. I pulled out a Bring Me The Horizon sweater, ripped black skinnies, plain black vans, and a grey beanie. 

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I sat on a table during the soundcheck, and a tall guy wearing a top hat with really long hair came out. "Hey, do you mind if I watch the soundcheck with you?" He asked me. 

I smiled at him, "That would be awesome, and nice hat by the way." 

He smiled at me. "Thank you, I'm Emerson, by the way." 

I laughed softly. "Yeah, I know. I'm a huge Palaye Royale fan. I'm Eleanor by the way." 

He fixed his hat and then looked at me. "I'm surprised you're not all fan girl freaking out right now." 

I shrugged and looked at him. "Eh, I'm lazy, and fangirling is a lot of work." 

We both laughed.

"Are you in one of the bands?" He jumped up onto the table with me. 

I shook my head, "No, I'm just friends with the drummer from Bad Seed Rising." I smiled at him. 

"Ah, I see. You're a plus one type of thing?" He laughed. "I didn't mean for that to sound rude if it did." 

I laughed. "No, it's fine. It's what I am, I'm a plus one." 

He looked at the floor. "Are you going to be on the whole tour?" 

I nodded. "Yep, and I'm excited." 

He looked at me and smiled, "Well, maybe we could grab some food sometime. But for now, I have to go, Palaye Royale's soundcheck is next." He smiled at me and ran off to the stage.