I shifted my bag over my shoulder as I paced the sidewalk, seething. My ash-brown hair thrashed in the wind of the approaching storm, and the strings of my backpack whipped at my arms.

I was standing under a sort of carport in front of my school, waiting for my mom to come and pick me up. The last buses had driven away, and the only other people outside were two teachers and a few straggling students. I had my phone in my hand, which was still lit with the reason for my anger.

Mom: Hey honey. I'm sorry, but could you have one of your friends pick you up? The diner is super busy right now and your dad can't get off work to drive you home. Sorry. Love you <3

'Great.' I inwardly snarled. 'Just what I need. Another two hours of waiting.'

I know it seems trivial, waiting for your parents to come pick you up. But this was the millionth time this had happened. There had been so many times I had to wait until sundown that I'd lost count.

I was so sick of it.

The worst part was the fact that I didn't have phone service. I only had my texts pulled up because I'd checked them while in school, and therefore with Wi-Fi.

"Whatever," I muttered. "I'll just walk. See how guilty she feels after that."

I turned and quickly crossed the street, heading toward the downtown area that I, unfortunately, had to cut through. My long legs carried me quickly across the pavement, fueled by fury. The cool air bit my ears as I strode down the sidewalks of the poverty-ridden streets. I didn't exactly want to be in these neighborhoods, but it was the only way to get home. The possibility of being mugged always sort of scared me, but I honestly doubted I had anything worth taking, besides maybe my phone.

The dark windows of the houses leered at me, along with the few people that actually dared to sit on their porches. Most of the buildings were covered in peeling paint, and some of the windows had been shattered and were covered with sheets from the inside.

Unease slowly rooted itself in my stomach, urging me to move faster. Thunder rumbled in the distance, and the sky darkened even more than it already had.

Despite all these things, the red-hot anger in my chest didn't die down.

I finally made it out of the maze of dilapidated houses. Instead, a busy highway stretched in front of me. Cars of all shapes and sizes whizzed past me, their headlights blinding me. After a moment of pondering, I decided to turn and walk to some sort of crosswalk. By this point, I was out of breath and my legs were trembling. I was not an active person, and I had to walk from one end of town to the other. You can probably imagine how much that sucked.

My head turned to glance at the passing cars, whose numbers were starting to decline. My thoughts raced, going so fast I couldn't keep up. Every time I looked at large numbers of anything manmade, I felt a pang of deep guilt. I knew they were hurting our planet. I wanted to do something to stop it, to fix it.

I shook my head. My thoughts were getting to me again. 'Come on. You're a sixteen-year-old troglodyte. What are you gonna do?'

I sighed. Why did my brain always go to that topic? Not only is it kind of edgy, but it's also unrelated to this story.

Oh. Oops, I broke the fourth wall. Whatever, this is an SCP fanfiction. That's just the norm.

HONK! HONK HOOOONK!

My heart nearly leapt out of my chest as my head whipped around to pinpoint the source of the sudden noise. My eyes first landed on a baby deer on the road, then on the eighteen-wheeler hurtling towards it.

I immediately dropped my bag and ran to the fawn. It bleated for its mother and pulled on one of its back legs. Just then I noticed its hoof was wedged in a pothole. I wrapped my arm around it and tried to pull it free, but it wouldn't budge. The truck was getting closer, its horn blaring loudly. My hands shook as I twisted the fawn's leg, doing my best not to break it. I tugged harder and fell back as I finally dislodged the poor thing. I hurried to push it into the ditch. It stumbled up onto its legs and ran to the treeline.

I heard the horn of the semi and knew I didn't have enough time to get out of the way. I could only look at the fawn I'd just saved. I watched as it turned back to look at me. And then...

And then it dissolved into shadow.

I didn't have time to question what I'd seen when the last honk of the semi filled my ears, and it collided with me.

Everything went black.