Walking towards the school whilst he looked around, his mind was still on an almost constant state of alert, no matter how much he tried calming himself down by taking long deep breaths and releasing them slowly as he walked, it wasnt having any effect that was worth mentioning.
'Can't seem to get my heart rate to go to normal either, its not beating super fast exactly but its most definitely faster than it should be normally.' Alan thought to himself as he placed two fingers on the pulse on his wrist before releasing a sigh and closing his eyes for a brief moment and then snapping them open almost instantly as he looked around before continued to walk inside the schools parking lot.
It was at that moment that he saw three people that he wasn't exactly hoping he would meet however he had acted as their friend, he had gone with them, he had laughed with them, he couldn't exactly pretend to not know them now, not when he had just gone to their place yesterday to get drugged up together.
Standing there near the front entrance of the Forks Highschool were the three people that Alan had made as friends.
Jennie, John and Adrian.
Something however clearly was wrong with them, something that Alan noticed almost instnatntly.
'Mana Perception.' Alan thought inside his mind as he activated the skill, as soon as he did, his eyes widened almost imperceptibly as he saw it, their entire bodies were covered in mana, from head to toe, and it wasn't the blue cozy mana that felt like water that he had seen in the baseball bat. No, this mana was a sickly yellow colour that semeed to almost constantly be in erratic motion around them.
In a certain way, it looked closer to vomit than it did to clear water.
'Thats… disgusting. Is that what the drug did to them?' Alan thought to himself as he looked closer at the three of them as he got closer.
Each of them had dark circles under their eyes, the blood in their sclera was bloodshot and their pupils were slightly diluted, they were standing in a way that clearly showed they were completely and utterly exhausted.
"Hey guys, y'all look like you got ran over by a truck. What happened after I left?" Alan asked, simply as he arrived to stand before them, giving them a short wave of his hand in greeting.
The moment he spoke, the three of the students seemed to get out of some kind of stupor as their eyes refocused and then turned to look at Alan.
As soon as they did, Alan felt a shiver run through his entire body. The movement, the moment of refocus, it would have been normal if it wasn't for the fact that all three of them had done it at the exact same time.
"Alan, hey!"
"Alan, hey!"
"Alan, hey!"
All three of them said at the exact same time, all three of them lifting their left arm up and waving back for a moment before lowering it, all three mouths then curling up into a smile that didn't exactly look like a real smile, it looked too forced, too stiff as if it was the smile someone had drawn onto a clay doll.
*Gulp*
'What… the fuck.' Alan thought inside his mind as he instinctively took a brief step back and brought his arms slightly forward in a more defensive position yet trying to not show it to the three of them.
'Observe'. Alan thought to himself as instantly three holographic panels appeared right before him, floating mid air.
[ Observe Skill has been Used. ]
[ John Miller ]
[ Race: Human ] [ Level 12 ]
[ Status: Complete Possession ] [ Intelligence Stat: -4 ]
[ Jeannie Adams ]
[ Race: Human ] [ Level 9 ]
[ Status: Complete Possession ] [ Intelligence Stat: -4 ]
[ Adrian Stone ]
[ Race: Human ] [ Level 11 ]
[ Status: Complete Possession ] [ Intelligence Stat: -4 ]
'Complete… possession? Its… not just possessed like last time… its complete possession… it could just mean that possession is at one hundred percent… but wouldn't the system just show me that instead then?' Alan thought as he gulped softly, taking another step back unconsciously as his hands turned into fists.
"So… Alan, you… want… to… come… with us… Palm Angels?"
"So… Alan, you… want… to… come… with us… Palm Angels?"
"So… Alan, you… want… to… come… with us… Palm Angels?"
All three of them asked at the same time once more, their fake smilies widening more as they gazed at Alan.
'Hell no, hell in the no no no. I don't fucking wanna.' Alan thought to himself inwardly as he opened his mouth to say something in return, to reject them somehow in someway however he didn't even have to speak as in the very next second, someone else spoke for him.
"I dont think Alan wants to. And besides, me and him have some plans, just the two of us. Maybe another time he can come with you."
The voice said from behind Alan, freezing him still for a moment in shock and even slight relief, even though he didn't even know the person who had spoken, he was thankful that he wasn't alone with these three 'things' infront of him.
Turning his head to look behind him and see who it had been that had helped him, Alans eyes widened as he saw who it had been.
It was someone that he knew, someone that he had exchanged numbers with recently, just yesterday actually.
It was Alice Cullen.
'What… she… is this better or worse… nevermind, it's much fucking better, I don't even know what she is, I don't even care, I havn't seen her possess someone's body before and neither have I seen her devour and digest a human leg. She is the far far far better option than the others, than everyone else. And shes a pretty girl. Save me Alicee!' Alan thought inside his mind as he quickly took a few steps towards her before slowing down.
'Fuck… can't actually be too excited, this is still like the ol saying, between a rock and a hard place.'
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