Friday, June 2, 2017. 10:37p.
It had been a long week of basically no results. And yet here you were, still going out at night, after most of the daytime search parties had dispersed. Still looking. A stupid move to make, some might argue. Going out alone when people were vanishing without a trace.
The night was warm, but not terribly humid. At least the weather was cooperating even if nothing else about the search was. The neighborhood you walked down had very little to make it stand out from all the rest, but the missing people could be anywhere.
It was up ahead that you noticed movement. A nighttime jogger, some suburbanite getting their daily exercise after the sun had gone down. At least the disappearances weren't making people too afraid to lock their doors and never come out. As they rounded the corner out of sight you felt a sudden surge like static electricity skipping across your skin.
And then the muffled sounds of a struggle.
It had been a long week of basically no results. And yet here you were, still going out at night, after most of the daytime search parties had dispersed. Still looking. A stupid move to make, some might argue. Going out alone when people were vanishing without a trace.
The night was warm, but not terribly humid. At least the weather was cooperating even if nothing else about the search was. The neighborhood you walked down had very little to make it stand out from all the rest, but the missing people could be anywhere.
It was up ahead that you noticed movement. A nighttime jogger, some suburbanite getting their daily exercise after the sun had gone down. At least the disappearances weren't making people too afraid to lock their doors and never come out. As they rounded the corner out of sight you felt a sudden surge like static electricity skipping across your skin.
And then the muffled sounds of a struggle.