Event: Blackout
When the power went out, Adam had been working overtime. He really hadn’t minded the thought of staying behind at the garage alone - he had kind of liked the idea of just working on on his own steam. The flickering of the lights made him look up from where he was bent over the hood of a car, brows furrowed in annoyance. Then fzzt and everything was gone. “Uuugh!” He groaned, standing up and moving over to the switch, flicking it back and forth to no result. “Shit.”
Using his phone, Adam managed to find his way to the circuit box, flicking the main breaker, thinking it might just be a tripped switch. Nothing. He flicked the breaker back. Nothing. “Fuck sake.” Going to the window, all Adam saw was darkness; this was city-wide. He managed to lock up, his phone still his torch until he found one in the office. He took it, keeping it with him as he locked up, simultaneously to help him get home while being there to whack anyone across the head if they thought he was easy pickings during this blackout.
As Adam walked, he felt a prickle of tension tingle along his back. He glanced over his shoulder but saw no one. A few seconds later, he felt it again, an uncomfortable tingle on the back of his head but again no one was there. Adam wasn’t some stupid bitch from a horror movie; he didn’t call out that ‘hello’ that translated into ‘come kill me now’
It was the soft growling that really made Adam’s hairs stand up. There was something in the dark just down the street, ballsy enough to not even hide in an alleyway or nothing. Whatever it was, it was too big to be a dog, didn’t sound like a bear, and, oh yeah, had glowing eyes that Adam was man enough to say made him leg it.
Uncaring about being seen, Adam pushed his timeline forward, zooming down the street until he came closer to the city centre, coming to a stop on the fringes of a crowd that had gathered, torches in hand. Safety in numbers, Adam thought, glancing behind him for the dog, wiping sweat of his forehead. It shouldn’t have been that hard moving like that...it was like time had thickened, making it like running through water...