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Chapter 1: Amanda Alert

               She had just been talking- Gage was sure of it. Now she was gone, the only sign of her previous presence being the dust of chalk floating into the air from the board’s eraser that had soundlessly fallen to the ground. The lesson for the day- a rather boring one that was over anatomy- was only partially erased on the board. One could see the exact place where the eraser stopped wiping away at the letters as the teacher disappeared.

               There was a stunned silence in the room, the only sounds coming from outside, but what the sounds were of, no one was sure, as they were so focused on the situation at hand. The silence that persisted for only a few moments seemed like an eternity to Gage, but this eternity was cut short by a scream.

               All heads turned to the source of the scream- Trisha Barnes. The girl was one of the quieter Juniors in Clarkton, and Gage had only really seen her talking around Molly Woods, the girl many considered too nice for her own good. At first, he was confused for why, when Trisha screamed, she was staring at the seat next to her rather than the empty space that was once occupied by the teacher. His emerald eyes stared at the seat a while before he finally understood the girl’s reasoning. Hadn’t he seen Molly sitting there earlier?

               Trisha shook her head in disbelief, her short pink hair moving to slightly cover her hazel eyes, which were now travelling across the entire classroom. The other students, including Gage, were all too stunned to speak, making her own soft, shaky voice the first to do so as she said the next sentence that many were probably thinking, but then too frightened to voice.

               “…They disappeared.”

               It was an obvious statement, but hearing it spoken made the situation all the more real and all the more terrifying. Following the sentence was another long pause, one induced by the sudden uncertainty of the situation. Gage glanced around the room, his pale hand tapping against the desk as a sudden nervous habit, trying to figure out exactly what happened. This couldn’t be real, could it? Maybe it was all a nightmare. Nightmares could be this real, right?

               Another voice broke the silence- one to the right of Gage that he immediately identified as Brandon Mercer’s. The dark-skinned boy was one of his best friends despite their differences in personalities- Gage was rather average and tended to keep to smaller groups of people, while Brandon was the popular jock of the school. He went to all of the parties, had dated all of the girls, and was pretty much loved by everyone.

               “Okay whose idea was it to pull this prank?” He interrogated, his deep voice booming throughout the room as his tall, well-built form arose from the small desk that appeared even smaller next to his physique.

               “Josh is gone, too,” Was the only response to that, this one coming from another close friend of Gage. Zachary Brown, more commonly known as Zack, had spoken up from two seats down. He was the infamous preacher’s kid in town, known for being fun and yet pretty kind to everyone. His blue eyes were wide behind his thin-rimmed glasses as they stared at Brandon. The statement from the average, sandy-haired, freckle-skinned boy sent the room back into another long moment of silence, this one being interrupted by a voice on the intercom- the voice of an alarmed secretary. Her voice sounded dazed, likely still filled with shock from the recent events.

               ”We ask that all students please head for the auditorium. If you wish to contact your parents, you will be allowed to do so as soon as we find the missing persons. Please remain calm and act in an orderly fashion.” The voice seemed to confirm another thought that lingered in some of the students’ minds but was too sour on the tongue to confirm- people were missing from other classrooms.

               It was with this that the numb feeling of confusion that was present in all the students of the classroom became that of a confusion-induced panic. A few girls and even some of the guys in the class actually began to tear up and talk among themselves as they headed towards the classroom exit, all of whom were discussing the same thing. What happened? Were they going to disappear too? Is everyone okay? Was it aliens?

               Gage, despite this empty feeling he felt from the confusion, felt a pained smile appear on his lips with the last question he heard. Brandon had begun walking to his right, muttering one curse word after another under his breath. Looking farther to the right, Gage also saw Zack. His mien was one of melancholy as he silently looked on, seemingly deep in thought. Gage didn’t blame him- with such an odd circumstance where people have gone missing, who wouldn’t feel such a sense of confusion and sadness?

Chapter one: You're at it
Next Chapter: Forty-Two Months Chapter 2: Lost
Okay so that's chapter one of Forty-Two Months. Just getting started with all the drama trauma.

This story is based off of Revelations in the Bible, however is made for anyone to read. There will be some religious discussion later on in the story, however.

Drawing (c) CeloTheImpossible

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Chapter 1: Amanda Alert

               She had just been talking- Gage was sure of it. Now she was gone, the only sign of her previous presence being the dust of chalk floating into the air from the board’s eraser that had soundlessly fallen to the ground. The lesson for the day- a rather boring one that was over anatomy- was only partially erased on the board. One could see the exact place where the eraser stopped wiping away at the letters as the teacher disappeared.

               There was a stunned silence in the room, the only sounds coming from outside, but what the sounds were of, no one was sure, as they were so focused on the situation at hand. The silence that persisted for only a few moments seemed like an eternity to Gage, but this eternity was cut short by a scream.

               All heads turned to the source of the scream- Trisha Barnes. The girl was one of the quieter Juniors in Clarkton, and Gage had only really seen her talking around Molly Woods, the girl many considered too nice for her own good. At first, he was confused for why, when Trisha screamed, she was staring at the seat next to her rather than the empty space that was once occupied by the teacher. His emerald eyes stared at the seat a while before he finally understood the girl’s reasoning. Hadn’t he seen Molly sitting there earlier?

               Trisha shook her head in disbelief, her short pink hair moving to slightly cover her hazel eyes, which were now travelling across the entire classroom. The other students, including Gage, were all too stunned to speak, making her own soft, shaky voice the first to do so as she said the next sentence that many were probably thinking, but then too frightened to voice.

               “…They disappeared.”

               It was an obvious statement, but hearing it spoken made the situation all the more real and all the more terrifying. Following the sentence was another long pause, one induced by the sudden uncertainty of the situation. Gage glanced around the room, his pale hand tapping against the desk as a sudden nervous habit, trying to figure out exactly what happened. This couldn’t be real, could it? Maybe it was all a nightmare. Nightmares could be this real, right?

               Another voice broke the silence- one to the right of Gage that he immediately identified as Brandon Mercer’s. The dark-skinned boy was one of his best friends despite their differences in personalities- Gage was rather average and tended to keep to smaller groups of people, while Brandon was the popular jock of the school. He went to all of the parties, had dated all of the girls, and was pretty much loved by everyone.

               “Okay whose idea was it to pull this prank?” He interrogated, his deep voice booming throughout the room as his tall, well-built form arose from the small desk that appeared even smaller next to his physique.

               “Josh is gone, too,” Was the only response to that, this one coming from another close friend of Gage. Zachary Brown, more commonly known as Zack, had spoken up from two seats down. He was the infamous preacher’s kid in town, known for being fun and yet pretty kind to everyone. His blue eyes were wide behind his thin-rimmed glasses as they stared at Brandon. The statement from the average, sandy-haired, freckle-skinned boy sent the room back into another long moment of silence, this one being interrupted by a voice on the intercom- the voice of an alarmed secretary. Her voice sounded dazed, likely still filled with shock from the recent events.

               ”We ask that all students please head for the auditorium. If you wish to contact your parents, you will be allowed to do so as soon as we find the missing persons. Please remain calm and act in an orderly fashion.” The voice seemed to confirm another thought that lingered in some of the students’ minds but was too sour on the tongue to confirm- people were missing from other classrooms.

               It was with this that the numb feeling of confusion that was present in all the students of the classroom became that of a confusion-induced panic. A few girls and even some of the guys in the class actually began to tear up and talk among themselves as they headed towards the classroom exit, all of whom were discussing the same thing. What happened? Were they going to disappear too? Is everyone okay? Was it aliens?

               Gage, despite this empty feeling he felt from the confusion, felt a pained smile appear on his lips with the last question he heard. Brandon had begun walking to his right, muttering one curse word after another under his breath. Looking farther to the right, Gage also saw Zack. His mien was one of melancholy as he silently looked on, seemingly deep in thought. Gage didn’t blame him- with such an odd circumstance where people have gone missing, who wouldn’t feel such a sense of confusion and sadness?

Chapter one: You're at it
Next Chapter: Forty-Two Months Chapter 2: Lost
Okay so that's chapter one of Forty-Two Months. Just getting started with all the drama trauma.

This story is based off of Revelations in the Bible, however is made for anyone to read. There will be some religious discussion later on in the story, however.

Drawing (c) CeloTheImpossible