“What is happening!?”.....
“Where are we!”.......
“This can't be happening….”
It was all too much.
And I watched helplessly as the crowd of people shouted over each other.
Many of them comparing what happened to them. While others just stood with blank faces.
And me? I stared at the yellow message.
What did that mean..
Did other… things.. Come to earth too? ….
I didn't know. But I couldn't just stand around in this forest. If the yellow message said others were here, they could be anywhere. And that meant….
I left my tree and headed to the building. Outside wasn’t safe. If people were able to pop into existence, what was to say something else couldn't do the same?
The crowd of swarming people were everywhere. Groups would form, then split to talk to other groups. And when I took one look at them, I headed the opposite direction. I wanted to avoid any form of speculated questions. I didn’t mind a small group… but there were just so many people.
I stepped over… plants… and roots as I headed to the more held together building. The whole situation still leaving me in shock.
Plants I’ve never seen were everywhere. Even the trees were slightly different shades of brown as I passed them. To my right was a slightly purple tree. The others around it in other shades of blues and deep reds.
When I glanced up, the leaves were just.. big. They looked like they could be the size of my torso. Well.. as best as I could tell. I was speculating because I could still see them even though the tree was at least six stories tall…
What was I doing? Sure a building could be safer. But I was completely surrounded by a forest. Strange plants inhabiting a world they never belonged to. And I was planning on what?
“Escaping to something familiar.”
I sighed and kept walking. Avoiding any bush or shrub that looked suspicious.
As I walked, I went over my options. The college building was still standing. I and maybe even the crowd of people could use it as a shelter while we figured.. whatever this was, out. I mean, it was a solid shelter for goodness sake. But what after that?
I shook my head as I stepped over parts of a crumbling wall.
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The building was in bad shape. Dust was in the air. Pieces of the building were scattered across the forest floor, and…..
I looked up and stumbled backwards in horror.
Webs.
Thousands of webs covered the walls, the doors and even the windows. A web the size of a car blocking off one of the entrances to a hallway.
What in the world???
I couldn't look away. There were just so many webs.
“What are you… Frick..”
I flinched as I looked over my shoulder. Standing right behind me was the guy. The one who got squashed by the woman.
He looked up and down the room and back at me with disbelief.
“What…?”
He slowly passed me and entered the building.
The room in front of us was dark. The trees of the forest not helping when it was shading everything underneath it.
I glanced at the dark ceiling lights.
It made since…
We were surrounded by a literal Forest. Of course there would be no electricity. Whatever happened to our world, it somehow teleported us or this forest here. Heck, most likely destroying the sewage and power.
We both stood there for a few seconds, then the guy dropped his backpack and headed right into the building. And I watched as he went to one of the windows and touched the webs.
“What are you doing!” I whispered.
He glanced at me as he shook his hand. Trying to dislodge the webs he touched.
“What happened to the building? We were seriously just in here..”
He looked around the room and saw the hallway.
“Frick that’s big.”
I couldn't believe it. He started to walk to the ginormous web blocking the hallway.
“ Stop it! We don't know what’s been happening!”
“ ..But why are there so many we…”
Something. I.. The guy stopped moving as his head fell from his neck.
***
Everything was in slow motion.
His head slowly rolling away. His body crumbling to the floor.
And the blood…
It was everywhere.
Blood was pooling from his neck. And red painting the walls when it splattered everywhere.
And all of this happened within seconds.
I gagged.
There was nothing else for me to do.
I watched in terror as something glistened from within the hallway. Slowly moving its way out from the shadows as it stared at me with black eyes.
Click click click click click click…
The air was filled with the metallic smell of blood and I could hear something clicking on the floors and walls.
Something.. Somethi….
Spider.
A ginormous Spider.
I couldn’t breath.
It stared at me as it slowly, but gracefully, clicked its claws my way.
Click click click click click…
The spider moving its pinchers every other second.
Click click click click click click…
Legs that were longer than mine
Click click click click …
Legs… leg.. that was stained crimson…
Click click…
I ran.
***
Frick Frick Frick Frick!!!!!!
I knew it was chasing me. But what was I supposed to do!!!!!!
I stumbled and ran away from the building. The Clicks a faint taunt as I passed trees.
Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!!!!
His head just…. It was just… the blood!!!!
I could hear the clicking getting closer. I wasn't going to last.
I ran. And I ran right to where the crowd of people were.
I’m such an idiot!!!!
“RUN!!!!!!!” I screamed!
People turned and others froze as they saw me running at them like a maniac. But I just kept running. Running as I tried to steer way from them, but also still run away from the.. the… Spider.
That’s when I heard the screams.