Blackout: After You, Phoebe, A Forsaken AU

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Blackout: After You, Phoebe - Chapter 7_ _ POV: Phoebe Oliver "Maybee Sixer woold liek that bettr, Noob!" Noob looks down at me, smiling and holding my hand. "Yeah, y'know, maybe she would." He picks up the collector's hat, paying for it and plopping it onto my head. "Keep it safe for her till we get to her place, yeah?" I nodded, gripping his hand tightly as we walk down some stairs, "Oki!!!" We continue walking through the fair, the sounds of our footsteps tapping against the sidewalk very rhythmic and in sync with one another. At some point, we're walking down our block when I hear something. "Nooby, wht's that noiise?" I ask my older brother. He gazes warily towards Sixer's apartment. "I don't know, Pheebs-" Noob frantically lets go of my hand, picking me up and piggybacking me. "-but I think we'll figure it out soon." He picks me up like that sometimes, because it helps him get from place to place with me faster. That way I don't slow him down. Finally, we reach Sixer's apartment, the loud thumping noise still playing. Noob leads me into the elevator, hitting the fourth-floor button. He puts me down and I grasp onto the railings, standing up on my toes- noting my impatience. He ruffles my hair, "Nearly there. Your patience will be rewarded." Noob winks. My face lights up at the sound of a reward, standing a little more still. I take the hat off my head and look at the red and white 'R' on it. I tilt my head, thinking of all of the words I could that start with 'R'. Roses. Red. Rubies. Rocks. Reality. Rich. R-r-r-r... "WATCH OUT!" I blink, snapped out of my simplistic thoughts. "Nuh-uh, 'watch out' doesn't start with-" Noob suddenly tackles me to the ground as a large icicle pierces through the back wall of the open elevator. He slides me out from under, standing up quickly and picking me back up. I grip onto the hat tightly in panic- not exactly sure how to react to the sudden chaos. I see Sixer out of the corner of my eye... and a person I've never seen before. A tall ice crown adorned her head, long blue cape flowing from the back, and a black square hung still in front of their face. ...But half of their body was covered in unmelting ice, black sword gripped tightly in one hand. She looked back at me and Noob, I assume the icicle was initially aimed for Sixer. The stranger growled for some reason and slowly approached me and my brother. As I quietly whimpered in fear, Noob whispered, "Listen Pheebs, when I say go, run off to Sixer, okay? She knows what to do next." He looked up at his best friend, and she stared him back in the eyes, firmly nodding. The ice-covered stranger was still approaching, only about twenty feet away now. Sixer kneeled down, arms wide open, and ready to grab me and run once Noob gave the signal. The stranger raised her sword... Noob stood up... The sword came crashing down... "GO!" I dashed off to Sixer, past the stranger. Sixer grabbed me tight, covering my ears. I thought I heard a muffled scream, but I'm pretty sure it was just my imagination. What I did hear, was Sixer cry out, "NOOB!" Using her weight to open the door to her apartment, Sixer put me down in there. "Phoebe, no matter what you hear, STAY. IN. HERE. Do you hear me?" Not waiting for a response, she slammed the door, locking it indefinitely. "O-okay." I stuttered. I heard a lot of scary sounds out in the hall- I was so terrified, I ran off to the other side of the apartment and buried myself into Sixer's bed, crying in fear. ...I'm not sure where Sixer and Nooby went after that. ... ...Maybe Noob was out getting my reward for my patience, and couldn't pick anything without my help. ...Yeah- yeah, that's it. ... I've been locked stuck in this apartment for... Maybe three years. ...I've lost all track and sense of time. Every noise is a scary noise now. So, no matter what I hear. I stay in here.