No One’s Home

Angie Z

Description

Vivien woke up to an empty house. She didn’t let it bother her, and went on with her day. She waited, and waited for anyone to come home, until she realized how quiet it was. No cars, no chatter, it was like she was on an unused movie set. Soon, she gets a mysterious link that directs her to a website explaining the strange occurrence, and she realizes that things are bigger than they appear to be. She ends up in a city in Spain with the other leftovers, and is expected to start a new life by order of Jaghen Hine, the leader of Project 500-08. Far from home without any family left, she and her best friend, Kiera Lee, tries to return everything back to their original places and restore their families.

Sujets

• Dystopian
• Adventure (Guyana)
• Adventure
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Partridge Publishing Singapore
• Date de parution: 14 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781543771947
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

No One’s HOME
 
 
 
 
 
 
Angie Z
 
 
 

 
Copyright © 2022 by Angie Z.
 
ISBN:
Softcover
978-1-5437-7193-0

eBook
978-1-5437-7194-7
 
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Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 1
I woke up to my alarm blaring. Quickly getting up, I went to turn it off and checked the time. It was already past ten in the morning, and my sister was already up. Her bed was tucked in neatly, and the bedroom door was left open.
I got out of bed to close the door and felt the world spinning for a while before reaching the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and washed my face, then changed, and went on my phone to check for new notifications.
Apparently, no one has thought of me in the past 12 hours, so I did not get any new messages. It was rather common. After checking all my texting apps and finding all of them empty, I decided to finally go down to grab something to munch on. I was only looking for something light.
I went out of my room and walked down the stairs with a few cups in hand and my phone in my back pocket. Since I was going down to the kitchen, I might as well clear up the room a bit. Step by step, I slowly walked down the stairs and made sure I didn’t drop anything.
The living room was empty, and all the lights were off. Normally, they would leave one or two on in the morning before going out, unless no one was home. I couldn’t find anyone in the back either, which was red flag number 1.
I figured they went out to the store for some grocery shopping or they all left with my mom for a meeting, so I decided to just wait downstairs while I go on my socials.
Unable to recommend new p osts.
That was red flag number 2.
I checked the Wi-Fi connection and my data, but they were working fine. I felt that something wasn’t right, but I still waited. After a while, I got really hungry, so I texted my mother and asked where she was and if she was going to come back soon. There was nothing for me to cook. I ate the last pack of instant noodles the night before.
The message reached my mother, but she didn’t come online to check. After a while, I got impatient and went to the kitchen to see if there was really nothing to eat. I drank a cup of water and found some bread and cheese in the fridge, so I made a cheese sandwich and ate it while waiting.
The rest of my morning passed quickly, with me just going online in my game and doing my commissions. My friends weren’t online. That was normal; they only go on in the middle of the night, so it’s hard to play together with them.
After using up my stock and checking out the new events, I logged out since there wasn’t anything else to do in it for today. I checked the time, and it was already 12pm. My classes were starting soon.
I checked my schedule and remembered to send the details of the classes today to Lily, who keeps losing her timetable. I went into the classroom and opened the first link to science class. No one was in yet, so I went back to my phone and texted Keira, my best friend.
Kei
No one is home right now QAQ
It’s been like that since I woke up this morning
They wouldn’t read my texts too
Omg
Mine too
I went down and everyone was gone
[gif]
I hope they get back soon tho
I’m hungry
I just ate
[gif]
Hehe
It’s so quiet
I don’t even hear anything passing by my house
Same
Normally there is a guy selling fruits in the morning too
But today he didn’t come, so I couldn’t get my fruits
I went back to check if my mother read my texts or not. The tick was still grey. I thought I should call her to ask if she would be coming home soon since I was getting really hungry and I couldn’t survive on cold bread and cheese for the whole day.
Just as I was about to tap the call icon, a new notification popped up. The icon was completely unrecognisable, so it piqued my interest. It was the first notification that popped up on my phone that day. I tapped it, and it loaded for a bit before showing me a five-minute countdown.
I took a screenshot of it and sent it to Kei.
Got a notif and was sent here
Wonder what it is
[gif]
You too?
I got it just now
What do you think it’s for?
??
Idk
We are living the same lives
Soulmate connection?
[gif]
No one is attending class too
I asked the monitor but she didn’t reply
Really?
Maybe it’s the wrong class
I checked the time. 12.27pm. No one joined class on my side either. I checked the day and looked back into my schedule, making sure I did not send the wrong classes to Susan. But no, I had it right.
I looked into the group chat for science class, and the teacher did not say anything about cancelling class that day. I wondered if I should call my classmates to see if I was the only one confused.
Kei
No one is joining my class too
I checked my timetable, i was in the right class but no one is joining
Is today a holiday?
I don’t think so
The five minutes is almost up
[gif]
Let’s go check first
I tapped back to the website and was just in time for a new link to pop up. The link brought me to another site again, this time with a huge map. We could scroll around and zoom into countries, and there were glowing dots around the globe all over the world. A “500” was on the top of the page.
What does this have to do with me?
I ignored it and went back to the chat, but suddenly, my phone turned itself off to restart. It took a while, so I went to get more water and sadly had to prepare another set of bread and cheese right out the fridge. When I went back, there were almost a dozen new messages from Kei and a new link with the same symbol I saw on the map earlier.
Vi
What is this
[screenshot]
What did it mean
Did I read it correctly
Terminated?
What does it mean
Vi?
Hello
Did you disappear too?
?
My phone was restarting
Mine didn’t take so long
I went to get food too
And water
[gif]
Oh nvm
Hurry and check the link
I opened the screenshot and read through the message.
“?”
To double-check, I tapped on the link and read through it again. I didn’t have to, of course. One glance and you would know that it was identical, but I wanted to make sure.
WELCOME.
YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR PROJECT 500-08.
FIND YOUR PARTNERS AND START THE NEW WORLD.
INSTRUCTIONS:
EACH TEAM NEEDS A GOLD AND A SILVER MEMBER. FIND YOUR SUITABLE PARTNER AND SURVIVE THE NEXT 200 DAYS.
REWARD TO FINDING PARTNER: 10 STARS
FAILURE TO FIND PARTNER: DEATH
What the heck was that?
I went back to Kei and replied with a screenshot of my own.
[screenshot]
I got the same thing
Is this a prank
I don’t know any of your friends
Who else can prank the two of us at the same time?
Hmm…
Maybe we just don’t know who they are
This has to be a prank
The whole world can’t disappear
Where will they go? Mars?
Did they purposely leave us behind QAQ
Am I dreaming
[gif]
[gif]
HAHA
But seriously, no one is replying
And there is no one outside too
Then what do we do?
I’m so hungry
[gif]
Maybe just wait
You don’t have any food?
Okok
By 5 maybe we should start thinking of something
Yeah
[gif]
Alright
I put my phone down and went upstairs to check. You never know, maybe my sister was hiding somewhere. I called their phones, but no one responded, so I went to look for Gobs, my dog. I had a pet dog and two cats.
It was beginning to feel creepy being the only one at home. I went outside in the sun and looked around for Gobs. I tried calling her but got the same results. I went back in to grab my phone and more bread and a carton of milk this time to bring it all up into my room.
The room was very messy. There were clothes piled up on the floor, books on the tables, spiderwebs in the corners, and walls covered with chalk drawings.
I placed the food on a table beside my bed and got comfy. I went online and looked for series that just came out and clocked on an action movie. I was not in the mood to go back into the game or continue reading one of the novels I bookmarked.
One episode passed. Then two. And three. Four, five . . . No one came back yet, and it has been two hours. Six episodes, seven, eight . . .
I had enough. I couldn’t force myself to continue watching the same show after three hours of it. No matter how good the plot or characters are, I have my limits. My head spun when I got up, and I felt nauseous.
It’s almost 5
I’m still waiting for someone to come back
[gif]
I’m bored