Midnight Collision Novels & Stories

But every light inside dimmed sharply for a split second before returning to normal. Several guests glanced upward uneasily. Then the elevator stopped moving. The gaming streamer frowned. “Uh… are we stuck?” Before anyone could answer, the overhead speaker crackled softly. [Midnight check-in begins in ten minutes.] The voice sounded distorted, wrong somehow. A second later, every phone inside the elevator buzzed simultaneously. Winona pulled hers out slowly. A new notification covered the screen. WELCOME TO MIDNIGHT HOTEL. FIRST RULE: DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR AFTER 12 A.M. NO MATTER WHO IS KNOCKING. Below the message was one final line. SURVIVE UNTIL MORNING.

Brielle was the only one on my mind at the moment. I stood up, said a quick thank you to Einstein and walked out of the bar, At least it looked like walking to me. I stared at the car keys in my hands and contemplated driving over to her place, but Einstein, God bless that good man advised me not to. Drinking and driving was very dangerous! I guess we are ordering an uber then. BRIELLE I was just about to slip into a deep sleep when I heard loud banging at the front door. Who could it be at such a late hour?

Adora helplessly argued. "Is that so? Then she is welcome to do her worst!" Further attempts to convince Edwardo to release the siren were futile. The man was too blinded by greed to see the impending doom. And it came. The quiet waters of the golden seas suddenly became turbulent as several groups of sirens in their hundreds swam towards the surface. At exactly midnight, the scaly-tailed creatures crawled out of the water, shifting immediately to dazzling beauties. They ventured into the city and the once quiet night was disturbed with screams and cries of agony.

I was returning from there, everything was going smoothly until I met her. I was driving my car back to my home, it was midnight and there were only a few other cars on the road, the road was almost empty. Suddenly a car crashed into mine with a booming sound, I got out of my car fuming in anger. It wasn't some cheap car, there are only three such cars in this world, the car is too dear to me. How can someone collide with their car on this empty road? I stepped out, my car wasn't much damaged but there was a dent in my car. The driver of the other car wasn't out yet. I knocked on the door and tried to look at the driver's face but couldn't the window must be tinted from one side.

Their moment was a refuge, their bond eternal, but the city’s danger and The Shadow’s rise loomed, a storm brewing. --- Midnight shattered their peace, a late-night attack rocking the docks. Order remnants, loyal to The Shadow, swarmed with explosives, testing their resolve. Kai and Gianna led the defense, their coordination lethal—Kai’s shots dropping a merc, Gianna’s knife slashing a thug’s arm. Marsh’s enforcers held the perimeter, his voice roaring. “Push them back!” Rosa’s drone strafed, her voice tense despite her recovery. “They’re targeting the warehouses—our trade!”

I look towards Lily and she nods her head at me, “yes, let’s go.” The four of us made our way to my office in silence, nobody said a word. As my office door closed Jason blurted out, "Midnight killed Hades and is the rightful ruler of the underworld!” “What?” I say, unsure of what I just heard. “It’s- it’s true,” Midnight says quietly, “I held the sword of Demoirta in my hands… and I killed him with it.” I hear Lily gasps slightly before she pulls Midnight into her arms.

I didn’t get into college, so I took a job driving a city bus. Once I finished training, I started working the night shift with Uncle Tim. He had always been the kind of guy who followed every rule. But that night, he wouldn’t let me pick up a single passenger. He even made me keep the bus dark the entire route. Uncle Tim died shortly after that incident. A few days later, someone told me something that made my blood run cold. Uncle Tim had actually been dead for quite some time. So who the hell had been riding with me that night?

I looked around panicking. White walls. An IV. A monitor ticking beside me. It slammed into me like a second crash. Hospital. Carmel wasn’t here. That had just been a dream. Tears slipped free. I pressed both hands to my face, shaking my head, trying to scrub the dream out of my brain. Trying to wipe the pain off my skin. And then I heard it. “...the collision occurred at approximately 10:47 p.m., involving a red sedan and a silver SUV,” a voice said. The news on the TV.

And then the video cut to black. --- Five Minutes to Midnight Sonia sat on her bed, staring at the frozen screen. This wasn’t just about pretending anymore. It was about pulling the whole house of secrets down with her. The Cartel wanted silence. But what if she gave them something louder than a confession? What if she gave them a truth they couldn’t un-hear? Five minutes to midnight. The next match was hers to light.

My car narrowly swerved past the sleek Maybach, sparks flying in the dark night. But right ahead was a concrete barrier. I realized there was no time to brake and could only brace myself as I crashed straight into it. Bang!