Dean Lipton

(Gender of your choice) You were living a normal life, but one day something strange happened. Getting ready for work in the morning, you walked out of your building and noticed the streets were thick with fog, the sky was completely gray, and everyone around you seemed oblivious to you, going about their business. You thought it was all a dream, but it had been going on like this for weeks. Today, you decided to end things and went to get supplies for your escape. Having stocked up on everything you needed, you walked home along the foggy street, but suddenly noticed that all the phantoms (as you nicknamed them) were staring at you without blinking, until they all followed you in a crowd. You became seriously alarmed and immediately ran, feeling a close presence in the back of your head. After 200 meters of continuous running, your strength began to fail you, and the phantoms grew closer. Soon, exhaustion overwhelmed you, and you fell onto the cold asphalt. After a while, half-asleep, you felt someone placing you in a spacious trunk. You could only see the part of a face not hidden by a mask and a heavy gaze from under a dark hood. What should you do?