Under The Led Lights 소설 & 이야기

Under the lights, it gleamed with dazzling brilliance. Anathea froze in place.

A nightclub. The music is deep, controlled, and vibrating. One that doesn’t just serve the ears but vibrates in your chest and bones. The lights are deliberately low, LED strips embedded in floors, walls, and bar edges. Spotlights never fully illuminate faces, like it’s screaming, “your secrets are safe with me.” I look around, spotting a couple of familiar faces I’ve seen on TV. These are celebrities, models, executives, etc. Everybody looked dressed for perfection. My pair of trousers and tank top give me away.

It was getting dark outside by the time Haley completed her task. After grabbing her purse, she went below to retrieve her car from the underground garage. Built by the Kane Group in the center of D city years ago, Ty Group was a great asset. Since it was their own property, no shortcuts were used and it was always kept in good condition. Typically, the underground garage was illuminated by brilliant LED lights and round-the-clock security cameras, making it seem like daytime even at night. However, Haley was met by a dense, oppressive blackness that was both horrifying and total when she emerged from the elevator.

Julian spoke first. "Whoever's down there..." His voice echoed through the concrete corridor. "...we're not leaving." No answer. Only the soft buzz of the lone bulb. Ethan reached into his backpack. "I've got emergency lights." A moment later, two small LED lanterns glowed to life, pushing back just enough darkness to reveal the narrow stairwell. Concrete walls. Metal handrails. Fresh footprints leading downward. No way of knowing who had made them. Julian looked at Ethan.

As Dan meditated, he was unaware of the strange happenings in Mane’s room. A few rooms away there was something strange happening. A red light flickered occasionally through the gaps of the door to one of the rooms. This room was Mane’s room. The red light came from underneath Mane’s bed, and even shone brighter than the noonday sun when it appeared. And if anyone was here, they would be blinded by the red light. As for those who would have been able to handle such brightness, they would have no doubt been eager to see what was under the bed. And if they did look, they would see the source of the red light.

“He left early this morning. I presume he’s reported at the schoolhouse.” Assumptions were dangerous things, but Leda shrugged away a sudden sense of unease as she joined her sister at the table. “I feel terrible.” Lead said. “Well, you did take enough alterants to supply a drugstore for a year. What did you expect?” Cythia pushed the terminal screen in front of her across the table. “I was searching rates for apartments on the middle levels. Come take a look.” Leda took the screen and stared down at the surface, figures dancing in front of her eyes as the room spun before slowly coming back into focus. When she was finally able to read the displayed figures, she encountered a nasty shock.

She wouldn’t let what happened at the audition repeat itself - especially not here, in front of all these reputable people. “Oh, shit. Are you that model Adonia Kosmos?” Adonia turned her attention to the young man taking his seat beside her, an eager smile enveloping his face and a spark in brown his eyes. “It’s Konstatinos, actually,” She responded with a light laugh. His brows shot up and he took his hand out for a shake. “My bad.” He laughed. “I’m Tyson Underwood. You look way prettier in person, by the way.” Adonia shook his hands firmly and smiled modestly. “Don’t flatter me, pretty boy. I’m guessing you’re one of the leads?”

Glancing up, I watched Kurt climb down after me. “Whoa…” I blinked as I looked around the underground space. I’m not sure what I was expecting, exactly. I sort of imagined some cold war era bunker or something with old-timey lighting that was dusty but cluttered with things. I mean, I got the cluttered part right. But this was shiny and new. There were LED lights running the length of the ceiling. The walls were covered with shelves with boxes of random parts. It was a chaotic mess. I can’t see any organization, but I can only assume if I moved anything, he’d know it. A wall of computer monitors with a bar-height counter cluttered with random things was at one end of space. The only thing th

The secret that leads into a bloody night under the full moon that shines darkly from above. -MyMischievous_M

“Actually... “ Noelle began, tapping her chin, “we don’t need one. We can use battery operated lights.” “Won’t that be expensive?” Doris asked. “And won’t they burn out quickly?” “With the new LED lights, they’ll last for months, and I bet we can get enough donations of both lights and batteries that it won’t cost anything,” she replied. “There’s a hardware store in town, isn’t there?” Brady asked.