Everything Went Dark
Jack continued to tell Jennan to stay where she was, but she refused to listen. Her friend was choking as all. As she walked over, Evie looked defeated. Her eyes flicked to where Jack was. A burning pain ripped through Jennan's stomach. It felt like someone had impaled her with a lightsaber, which wasn't far off from what happened. Jack had shot her with a laser beam. It was good that it killed Jennan surprisingly quickly, it meant that she wouldn't suffer. Evie had stopped choking and stared at Jennan, she was about to say something when Jack said angrily,
"Ẻ̵̞̩̬̹͔͓͇̗̜̞̪͉̘̍͗̃̽͜͜V̴̧̬̳̠͚̬̹̺̳́͛̀͝Į̷̧͍̳͓͈̥̻͓̫̲̥̭̐̂͒̎͒̾̓͗̂̈́́̅̒͘Ę̵̡̘̹̥̙̞̍̈̇̈̌̓̔͌ͅ ̸͓̜̣̬̅̓͊̍̊͒̊͝S̴̝͇͍̝̱͙͎͉̼̮̭͑̋̏̂̿̈́̽͛̄̏̀͝Ḩ̸͇͓̣̞͔̹̱̦͕̘͎̤̉̐̃̆̔̿̅̿͋̓̎̀̽̅͝U̸͉̱͎̣̠̺͎̘̫̹̙̠͙̗͚̿͗̈́̄̀͠͝͠T̶̞̝͎̞͛̎̌̒͝ ̴̛̞͎̰͖̖͖̱̥̤̳̽͜ͅT̷̡̘͓̰̞̖̗͖̳́̇͊͑͌̅̄̌̆̏̋̚͜͠Ḩ̴̨̛͎͖͉̝̜̻̬͊̓̀͑́̾̚E̶̘̠̎̉͑̀̃̆̀̽̀͛́͋͠͝ͅ ̶̢̨̼͈͉̗̲̟̼̜̱̊̀͌̀͆̈́̊̿̂̚̕͝F̴̛̛̛͙̦̩̂̀̈̎̉̆̇͊̾̄̚͘Ụ̵̣̓̄͋̀͊͗͑̕̕Č̵̯̟͕̘͔̺̙̈̆͋̔̄̒K̵̡̫̯͓̲̲̖͔̾͒̾͋̎̔͌͐͛͌̂̀͘͝͠ ̸̙̒̔̆̚Ṷ̵̡̢͚̗̟̟͈̙̮̥͊̈̃̾͊͗́P̷̨̛̖͚̺̠̻̳̍͌̑ ̸̛̻͎̱͚͉̗̓̃͋̑̆̎̇́̀̍̒̃͊͠Ơ̶̢̞̮̦̪̏̊̈́͋̊̒͂̇͝R̵̡̧͕̝͔̝̮̯̖͈̀̀ ̸̜̺̣̲̬͖̼͓͊̾̑̂̃̇ͅĮ̸̼͙̻̻͇̫̯̻̼͇̥́͆̋͜ ̴̧̹͍̜̥̜̮̐͋͌̋̀̈͐̾͗̕͝W̵̢̲̭͎̳̜͈͉̳̭̔̃̀́̓̆̉͒̈́̋̕͝Ỉ̵̛͚͓̰͕̲̙͉͔̹̻̮͚̯͆̈́͒͐͛̆̂̚ͅL̴̨̥͉̞̬͎̘̔̇̈̋͒̑̏L̷̡̡̨̺̹̝͍̳̹̇͐̀̾͒̓̑̇̌̈́̇̓͛͠ ̵̡̛̱͈̩̫̠̲̲͕̲͇̭̉̑̋D̷̡̢̛̟̦̤̪̲̬͙̙͉̺̝̲̈́͒̌̑̾Ẹ̶̜̮̥̪̺̓̍̅͊̀͛̏͊͐̊̚͝L̵̢͎̜͖̠̤̞͕̳̣͍͈̈́͗̾̿̃̀͜͝͝Ē̶̡̮̳̩̙͋̽̄̀͑̾̌̎͊̕͘T̷̢̹͎̥̣͕̮̰̗͇̠̹̏̔͗̄̇̓͜É̷̡̢͍̳̜̲͖͖̈̓̊͆͒̕͘ͅͅ ̷͙̮̝̼̽̅͛̊͒̽͌̽̿̕͜͜E̴̯͇̽̾̒͝ͅV̷̙͈̹̳̻͚̘̘̝̼̔̏͆̏̒̊̈́͑̈̓̈̊̓͗ͅĔ̴̡͙̯̠̰̟̳̱̼̮̬̞͔̱̠̅͒̂͂̂̚͠R̵̢̨̡̗̪̫̤̻͖̜̅͘Y̶̨̗͙̥̥͊̓̏͌̔̍͜T̶̜͕͇͚̝̖̀͋͋͗̉͂͌̌Ḩ̶̨̛͓̘̱̦͖̠̪̊͗̈́̓̉̊̅̈̅̂̚͝͝Ị̸̣̯̘̪͖̠̙͇̝̲̏̔́̾͒̍͌͛̈̿̒̕͜͠N̵̛̳̙̅̐̿͑̑͐́̒͝Ģ̵̞̞̤̟̩̖̝̭̖͉̗͓͈̈́̆̿͑́͊̉̚!̸̨̡̛̛͕̗̠͍̘̘̖͙̑̈́͌͒͛͒̐͝ ̸̡̨̖̭̟̰̙̞̣̬̎̈̑͊̔̉̉̽̋͘̚͠Ỹ̵̩̗͛̍̍̆̂̽Ơ̵̢̪͎̼͔͙̖̞̻͚̰͖̺̠͑̊̒͆Ứ̶̡͉̻̜̗̘̭̦̝̼̩͕͚̬͍̒̌͆̔͋͊̂̑̓̕͝ ̴̡̝̼̺̦̼̺̞͗͛̇̈̊̆̌̓N̷̙̖̜̟͚̺̤̝̗̂̋̉̽́̄̉̈́̐̔̆̏̚E̴͇̱̬̯̥̫̥̪̲̥̫͒̎̍͛̉̚E̸̡̧̨̞̱͈̤̠͍̲͔̮̓̎͐͑̓͊̾͌͒̑̕̚̚D̴̢̳̹̮͙͕̩̩͔͋͂̀̓͊͌́͆̏͝ ̷̳̪̗͍̜̜̲̙̺̌͝ͅT̷̳̏̋̾̒̉̏̉͒͌̐̄͋̚͠Ö̵̩̖͉́̎̑͗̄͐́̕ ̴̛̪̣͉̠̳͍̓̎͗̌̎̆̉̍̊̈́̽͘͜͝S̷̢̥̯͍̱̙̜̫͙͚͔̤̽̿́̊̈T̵̢̖̻̻̫͉̥̼̩̳̆̊Ì̶̢̖̬̘͕̠̞̟̜̜̝̿̒͜C̴̛̞̞̮̾̍Ķ̴͖̠̤̘͓͖̯͙͈̥͖̟́͐̏̂̒́̽͛̾̑̎͑̋̆̑ͅ ̴̧̢̢̺̟̟͉̬͉̤̟͚̙̿̾͐̿̍̈́̒͝Ţ̶̲͔͇̪̲͔̝͍̞͈̫̈͛̀̀͋̀̆O̸̟̽ ̴̢̭̘͍͔̺̗͚̣̱̤̪̺͈̳̿̏̒̈̿̂̉̓͘̕T̶̡̧̺̩̤̱͚̦̀̃̌͜H̶̛̫̮̾͛̾͗͌͠͝Ë̷̟́ ̸̛͚̜̔͌̂̉̑̌̌͌̎͆̈́͗͝Ḑ̴̦̩̭̃̐I̷̧͖͙̭͕͍͇̜̦̠͇͕͕̣̊͆͒͛̀͊͐͠Ạ̸̼̣͍̙͕̩̗̓͗̋̋̃͆͒̄͑̄̚̕͜͜͠͝Ļ̸̢̧̨̡̢̩̹̗̼̖̯̦̬́͗͆̆Ǫ̵̛̛̱͔͍̮͔̹̫̺͇̀̿͆́̇̒̀͒̀̅̉̚G̴͇̪̖͚̝̱̖͙͔͕͌͑̊Û̶̡̘͎͍Ẻ̴̛̳̂̒̏̒͒̓́̌̂̕͘̚͝!̴̛̮̪͙̋͊̂̄͌͑̒̆̀̉ ̸͖͍̈̍̌̊͋̒̍͌͜"
He went silent. Evie stayed silent. Exactly 1 minute and 24.385 seconds later, Evie felt a strange tingling sensation throughout her body. "What's going on, Jack?" She questioned. Jack looked up at the sky, where a flying grey thing was,"They won't drop us, don't worry." A large green beam enveloped them and lifted the two into the air. As they got higher and higher, Tatum's splattered remains could be seen. Evie looked away and turned her gaze to the large floating thing.
In that moment, Evie chose to...
"Ẻ̵̞̩̬̹͔͓͇̗̜̞̪͉̘̍͗̃̽͜͜V̴̧̬̳̠͚̬̹̺̳́͛̀͝Į̷̧͍̳͓͈̥̻͓̫̲̥̭̐̂͒̎͒̾̓͗̂̈́́̅̒͘Ę̵̡̘̹̥̙̞̍̈̇̈̌̓̔͌ͅ ̸͓̜̣̬̅̓͊̍̊͒̊͝S̴̝͇͍̝̱͙͎͉̼̮̭͑̋̏̂̿̈́̽͛̄̏̀͝Ḩ̸͇͓̣̞͔̹̱̦͕̘͎̤̉̐̃̆̔̿̅̿͋̓̎̀̽̅͝U̸͉̱͎̣̠̺͎̘̫̹̙̠͙̗͚̿͗̈́̄̀͠͝͠T̶̞̝͎̞͛̎̌̒͝ ̴̛̞͎̰͖̖͖̱̥̤̳̽͜ͅT̷̡̘͓̰̞̖̗͖̳́̇͊͑͌̅̄̌̆̏̋̚͜͠Ḩ̴̨̛͎͖͉̝̜̻̬͊̓̀͑́̾̚E̶̘̠̎̉͑̀̃̆̀̽̀͛́͋͠͝ͅ ̶̢̨̼͈͉̗̲̟̼̜̱̊̀͌̀͆̈́̊̿̂̚̕͝F̴̛̛̛͙̦̩̂̀̈̎̉̆̇͊̾̄̚͘Ụ̵̣̓̄͋̀͊͗͑̕̕Č̵̯̟͕̘͔̺̙̈̆͋̔̄̒K̵̡̫̯͓̲̲̖͔̾͒̾͋̎̔͌͐͛͌̂̀͘͝͠ ̸̙̒̔̆̚Ṷ̵̡̢͚̗̟̟͈̙̮̥͊̈̃̾͊͗́P̷̨̛̖͚̺̠̻̳̍͌̑ ̸̛̻͎̱͚͉̗̓̃͋̑̆̎̇́̀̍̒̃͊͠Ơ̶̢̞̮̦̪̏̊̈́͋̊̒͂̇͝R̵̡̧͕̝͔̝̮̯̖͈̀̀ ̸̜̺̣̲̬͖̼͓͊̾̑̂̃̇ͅĮ̸̼͙̻̻͇̫̯̻̼͇̥́͆̋͜ ̴̧̹͍̜̥̜̮̐͋͌̋̀̈͐̾͗̕͝W̵̢̲̭͎̳̜͈͉̳̭̔̃̀́̓̆̉͒̈́̋̕͝Ỉ̵̛͚͓̰͕̲̙͉͔̹̻̮͚̯͆̈́͒͐͛̆̂̚ͅL̴̨̥͉̞̬͎̘̔̇̈̋͒̑̏L̷̡̡̨̺̹̝͍̳̹̇͐̀̾͒̓̑̇̌̈́̇̓͛͠ ̵̡̛̱͈̩̫̠̲̲͕̲͇̭̉̑̋D̷̡̢̛̟̦̤̪̲̬͙̙͉̺̝̲̈́͒̌̑̾Ẹ̶̜̮̥̪̺̓̍̅͊̀͛̏͊͐̊̚͝L̵̢͎̜͖̠̤̞͕̳̣͍͈̈́͗̾̿̃̀͜͝͝Ē̶̡̮̳̩̙͋̽̄̀͑̾̌̎͊̕͘T̷̢̹͎̥̣͕̮̰̗͇̠̹̏̔͗̄̇̓͜É̷̡̢͍̳̜̲͖͖̈̓̊͆͒̕͘ͅͅ ̷͙̮̝̼̽̅͛̊͒̽͌̽̿̕͜͜E̴̯͇̽̾̒͝ͅV̷̙͈̹̳̻͚̘̘̝̼̔̏͆̏̒̊̈́͑̈̓̈̊̓͗ͅĔ̴̡͙̯̠̰̟̳̱̼̮̬̞͔̱̠̅͒̂͂̂̚͠R̵̢̨̡̗̪̫̤̻͖̜̅͘Y̶̨̗͙̥̥͊̓̏͌̔̍͜T̶̜͕͇͚̝̖̀͋͋͗̉͂͌̌Ḩ̶̨̛͓̘̱̦͖̠̪̊͗̈́̓̉̊̅̈̅̂̚͝͝Ị̸̣̯̘̪͖̠̙͇̝̲̏̔́̾͒̍͌͛̈̿̒̕͜͠N̵̛̳̙̅̐̿͑̑͐́̒͝Ģ̵̞̞̤̟̩̖̝̭̖͉̗͓͈̈́̆̿͑́͊̉̚!̸̨̡̛̛͕̗̠͍̘̘̖͙̑̈́͌͒͛͒̐͝ ̸̡̨̖̭̟̰̙̞̣̬̎̈̑͊̔̉̉̽̋͘̚͠Ỹ̵̩̗͛̍̍̆̂̽Ơ̵̢̪͎̼͔͙̖̞̻͚̰͖̺̠͑̊̒͆Ứ̶̡͉̻̜̗̘̭̦̝̼̩͕͚̬͍̒̌͆̔͋͊̂̑̓̕͝ ̴̡̝̼̺̦̼̺̞͗͛̇̈̊̆̌̓N̷̙̖̜̟͚̺̤̝̗̂̋̉̽́̄̉̈́̐̔̆̏̚E̴͇̱̬̯̥̫̥̪̲̥̫͒̎̍͛̉̚E̸̡̧̨̞̱͈̤̠͍̲͔̮̓̎͐͑̓͊̾͌͒̑̕̚̚D̴̢̳̹̮͙͕̩̩͔͋͂̀̓͊͌́͆̏͝ ̷̳̪̗͍̜̜̲̙̺̌͝ͅT̷̳̏̋̾̒̉̏̉͒͌̐̄͋̚͠Ö̵̩̖͉́̎̑͗̄͐́̕ ̴̛̪̣͉̠̳͍̓̎͗̌̎̆̉̍̊̈́̽͘͜͝S̷̢̥̯͍̱̙̜̫͙͚͔̤̽̿́̊̈T̵̢̖̻̻̫͉̥̼̩̳̆̊Ì̶̢̖̬̘͕̠̞̟̜̜̝̿̒͜C̴̛̞̞̮̾̍Ķ̴͖̠̤̘͓͖̯͙͈̥͖̟́͐̏̂̒́̽͛̾̑̎͑̋̆̑ͅ ̴̧̢̢̺̟̟͉̬͉̤̟͚̙̿̾͐̿̍̈́̒͝Ţ̶̲͔͇̪̲͔̝͍̞͈̫̈͛̀̀͋̀̆O̸̟̽ ̴̢̭̘͍͔̺̗͚̣̱̤̪̺͈̳̿̏̒̈̿̂̉̓͘̕T̶̡̧̺̩̤̱͚̦̀̃̌͜H̶̛̫̮̾͛̾͗͌͠͝Ë̷̟́ ̸̛͚̜̔͌̂̉̑̌̌͌̎͆̈́͗͝Ḑ̴̦̩̭̃̐I̷̧͖͙̭͕͍͇̜̦̠͇͕͕̣̊͆͒͛̀͊͐͠Ạ̸̼̣͍̙͕̩̗̓͗̋̋̃͆͒̄͑̄̚̕͜͜͠͝Ļ̸̢̧̨̡̢̩̹̗̼̖̯̦̬́͗͆̆Ǫ̵̛̛̱͔͍̮͔̹̫̺͇̀̿͆́̇̒̀͒̀̅̉̚G̴͇̪̖͚̝̱̖͙͔͕͌͑̊Û̶̡̘͎͍Ẻ̴̛̳̂̒̏̒͒̓́̌̂̕͘̚͝!̴̛̮̪͙̋͊̂̄͌͑̒̆̀̉ ̸͖͍̈̍̌̊͋̒̍͌͜"
He went silent. Evie stayed silent. Exactly 1 minute and 24.385 seconds later, Evie felt a strange tingling sensation throughout her body. "What's going on, Jack?" She questioned. Jack looked up at the sky, where a flying grey thing was,"They won't drop us, don't worry." A large green beam enveloped them and lifted the two into the air. As they got higher and higher, Tatum's splattered remains could be seen. Evie looked away and turned her gaze to the large floating thing.
In that moment, Evie chose to...