First Stoplight Novels & Stories

He felt a low vibration in the tree-trunk, he lay both of his hands. “Luan?!” he calls. “My Dear moonlight” he said. A string of light came out from Aelius pinky, then climb up until it reaches the treetop. In the road of darkness, Stella saw a string of light wrapped around her pinky. Then another string of light appeared from the direction of Aelius. It was as if, he is reaching out for her.

The building's silhouettes suddenly became the dark night sky and the lights from their windows suddenly were twinkling. "Isn't that beautiful?" I asked when I saw a broken stoplight, the red light was blinking and the green and yellow once didn't seem to work. I thought it was aesthetically pleasing, under the gloom of the night, along the empty streets and silently passing cars. The slow blinking of that stop light seemed to harmonize with the quietness of the evening. I looked at Edgar and he was frowning at the stop light. "Pretty much could cause traffic, goodness, that should be fixed," he said and I rolled my eyes at him.

The lights go out. Fuck!

Now I'm waiting for the count to begin. One emperor, one light. After ten minutes of silence, the light turned on. Please assist me with counting. The first five white lights flashed, then three yellowish lights flashed, one dim light flashed, and finally, one red light flashed. Thank you very much. Thank you to my grandfathers who have voted; eleven of you have done so. Those who believe we should take the saw route, please show yourself as your light has shown. Five red lights appeared first, followed by two yellowish lights, and finally one faint light.

Lights shifted from red to green to amber in steady rhythm. Order. Structured. Predictable. Aria stepped into it. Right at the center. Not blocking. Not interrupting. Aligning. Damien moved to her right. Liam to her left. Formation. Again. Unspoken. The moment she stopped— The pattern changed. Subtle. But immediate. A car hesitated too long at the light. A pedestrian slowed mid-step. A cyclist adjusted course. Tiny disruptions. Building. Aria felt it. “They’re here.” Damien’s voice dropped.

I yelled, and she surpassed other cars using the other lane of the road already. --- We are following the blue car for almost thirty minutes now. How far is she gonna go? While following her, I already memorized the plate number of the car and its details. "Come on, when are you gonna stop?" I said out of nowhere, and suddenly, Morgan stepped on the brakes and made us almost bump our heads. Thanks to the person who invented the seatbelt. "Why did you stop?" I yelled. "F*cking red lights." She replied, and as the mention of red, I looked at the traffic light, and it's red. Yes, Red is mine. Just mine.

Nothing good can come from that right, stay away from the light that’s what they all say. I try to slow myself down but it’s not working, I just keep spinning down, my heart hammering now and I can feel sweat drip down my neck as I fall more. The light from the tornado gets bigger and brighter, noting I do stops me hurling towards it. My feet hit the bright white light first the rest of me following.

I ѕlumр against the wаll аnd wаtсh hіm administer thе same trеаtmеnt tо thе others before wе’rе all hеrdеd down thе frоnt ѕtерѕ аnd оut іntо thе street. At fіrѕt, аll I саn see іѕ the flаѕh оf lights аѕ thеу slow down аnd drіft over mе, саuѕіng a shadow against thе wаll behind mе.

Not blinking. Something really isc razy. I feel it deep in my bones.

he whispers, trying to swat my hand away. Suddenly, the blue light of the system flashes a blinding, violent crimson, a fresh message popping up directly across my field of vision with a low, digital chime: [BOND INITIALIZED. SYNC AT 10%.] [SYSTEM RESTRICTION ACTIVATED: HOST AND ALLY CANNOT EXCEED A 30-METER RADIUS UNTIL SYNC REACHES 100%.] [PENALTY FOR VIOLATION: IMMEDIATE INSTANCE TERMINATION.] I blink, my mind stalling. Instance termination? That means death.