STEPHI Things were beginning to get stranger and stranger the longer we walked. I could hear faint cries, yet I was the only one who could hear them. I couldn't stop myself from glancing around, trying to decipher where the sounds were coming from. And because I was the only one who heard them, none of the others could help me figure it out. Lilith currently carried Levall, I had felt that was the safest at the moment. The cries had been low and faint, when suddenly they turned high pitched and loud. I spun around, sure I would see the source of the sounds. But I was met with nothing. Turning back, I froze. The others were gone. I was completely alone. This didn't seem possible. "Sam?" I called out, but was met with silence. It was as if they had completely vanished into thin

