FIA
Pushing through the crowd of students, I elbowed my way past limbs, backpacks, and stunned whispers, my heart still pounding in my ears. My gaze was fixed on the hallway ahead, recalling how Avel had vanished down the hallway.
I heard a sharp crunch as I stepped inside—glass. Casting my gaze downward, there were broken lightbulb fragments all over the floor. I realized they must have exploded when everything went dark.
Other students followed suit, taking cautious steps with their phones lit.
It was not completely dark, but it was dim enough that my eyes took a second to adjust. For a heartbeat, I could not see beyond the blur of shapes and movement. And then, I did and gasped.
Students' bodies lay sprawled across the hallway floor, some groaning and others eerily still. A few clu
