The lights went out just as an emergency broadcast was repeated on the television. There was an incident nearby. There was weird lights in the sky as we looked out out of the window. We didn’t know whether we should stay in or or stand out. I got my shotgun out saw people outside looking at the sky looking at the lights. Just be cautious we decided to stay indoors then suddenly a huge beam of ligh...

I look up from my phone as the power goes out. The screen flashes with bold letters in my hands. I scramble to the cabinet and grab out the candles and flash lights. As I’m lighting the candles with a lighter, the front door slams open. ...

I don’t normally listen to dumb internet things about serious topics. But this one was different.

A loud ringing came from my phone. I picked up my phone then reading the words, ‘Local stalker/killer around neighborhood. Please stay indoors and lock and close all doors and windows. If seen any suspicious activity please call 911 and do not go to the area’. I rolled my eyes thinking it was some r...

It was a typical night with my parents and little brother when all our phones blared with an emergency alert about an incident in our neighborhood; we all shared perplexed looks just as the power went out. My little brother, Max, peered out the living room window, noting that all the lights in the neighborhood had gone out. Dad returned with candles and flashlights, setting them on the coffee tabl...

The family gets woken up exteremely early by the parents cell phones chiming on the nightstand. The kids are sleep acros the hallway. The husband does not have to get up just yet. The chim is not the normal alram clock. This is the emergency warning that the police send out. It goes off twice before both parents are woken up. The emgerceny alert reads “SWAT staand off in your area. Shelter in plce...

I am an American soldier

I am a warrior and a member of a team

I serve the people of the United States and live the army values

I will put the mission first

I will never accept defeat

I will never Quit

I will never leave a fallen comrade

I am disciplined and mentally tough trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills

I will always maintain my arms, my equipment, and myself

I am ...

AH! I hear a scream from outside.

Bing! An amber alert comes from my phone, someone got killed across the street.

FUCK. The lights go out, i race to the back door, locked

I run to the front door, locked.

Im in the basement the lights are off im holding a flashlight

A creak comes from the side door

shit....

My phone begins to blare out that hideous alarm to alert us to danger, and I reach for it hesitantly, but then I can’t see it, the lights have gone out.

I creep from the room to the landing. Skrtch skrtch skrtch. It’s coming from the door.

Maybe it’s just the cat.

The cat runs up the stairs.

Maybe it’s not the cat…

The hairs on the back of my neck stand up. There’s someone behind me, I can fe...

Quiet darkness

Unable to see

Inky stillness

Emergency

Stay silent

Do not move

Creeping violence

Nithing to prove

Not a hero

Hide in your home

Equating to zero

Do not roam...

I hear the soft sound of a whistle, it is distant, almost as if its like the wind passing by the woods. Yet, my gut tells me not to listen to that thought as I bring the lukewarm tea cup from my now wettened lips to the countertop as my eyes narrow and eyebrows furrow. I am alert and aware of it all surrounding me. I can feel myself flinch and dart my eyes as any little mild creak whines through t...