When All Lights Go Out I (TFP)

Chapter 2

She relaxed in her seat as the bus drives out of town and she opened her bag to grab out a snack. Deciding to eat some biscuits, she opened a packet and began to eat quietly. She was still feeling a little hungry despite having food already. Though it was not unusual, since the orphanage never really fed the kids properly.

She ate a few of the biscuits before putting the packet back into her bag and she leaned back to try and sleep, knowing it would take many hours before the bus would arrive at Chicago. Azura relaxed and closed her eyes, not knowing that if she looked out the window, she would see a bird-like figure following the bus.

However, she opened her eyes when she heard someone gasp loudly. "What the hell is that?!" She turned her head with a frown. "Do you see that? Looks like a drone or something?"

Azura heard people chatting as they move to look out the windows. She looked out of curiosity and she saw it. It was a large figure that looked like a black bird following the bus. It had red lenses, but Azura didn't think much of it. She figured it was nothing to worry about as she yawned and tried to fall asleep again.

But she didn't get much luck as there was a loud explosion behind the bus, making everything scream loudly. Azura sat up straight in fear and surprise, looking around in confusion. The bus jolts and she shrieked, clutching her bag to her chest and she gasped when she smelt smoke. She turned her head to l see where the smoke was coming from, only to tense as the bus swerved, trying to avoid whatever was attacking the bus.

However, the tyres seemed to lose control and grip on the road as there was water laying on the road, making it hard for the driver to control the bus. Azura screamed when something hits the bus from the side, sending it off road and she felt it tipping. She heard people screaming and saw almost everyone had taken their seatbelts off to look at whatever was following the bus before.

She braced herself and hugged her back as the best felt on its side hard and there was another hit, and she clenched her eyes closed as she felt the vehicle rolling down a hill. The glass of the windows break loudly around her and she hears the screams of everyone around her, though many get cut off and she realized people were being killed.

Once the bus finally landed on the bottom, it landed upright and Azura took deep breaths as she tried to calm down. She opened her eyes and looked around, widening her eyes in horror as she saw blood streaks around the bus. She heard some people crying, but she had no doubt most were dead.

She removed her seatbelt carefully, grimacing as she felt a sting and looked down, realizing that the belt had cut into the skin of her chest and right shoulder, and she had blood staining her shirt. She check to make sure the necklace had not fallen off her neck, and thankfully it did not. She placed her hand on her head and felt shards of glass in her skin.

She tensed when she heard the sound of something big walking towards the bus. She could not see it and she was looking left and right until she saw something on the opposite side from her. Tentacles began to reach into the bus and grab different bodies of people, and seemed to be checking them. It was like it was searching for someone.

But she did not want to stick around. She stood carefully and brushed some of the glass away from the window frame and grabbed onto the frame, swinging her legs over slowly and dropped onto the ground. She grimaced as pain shot up her legs from the impact, but she looked around for a moment and ran towards the trees.

Once she hid behind a tree, she looked back at the bus. She widened her eyes when she saw what looked like a tall, robot. It was lean with dark purple colors. It had no face, only a glass visor, and the arms were very thin. However, it had tentacles reaching out from its chassis, and she swore that she can see that it's chassis seemed to have the drone she saw before attached to it. And this bot was indeed pulling people out and checking them.