Prologue (Rewrite)

My name is David Hakarov, i'm 32 Years old, I Live in California with my room mate, Carl Newton A- Wait a minute.... Why the hell am I Telling you all this? You probably don't give a rat's ass about who I am, Well since you're already here, Wanna hear a story? no? To bad, i'm telling you anyway.

So it all started wen I was at work, Typing away at my computer and drinking some nice, warm coffee at my side, Looking around, I spotted my friend, James, Head into the bosses office, curious, I decided to go and check what was going on, I've seen almost 5 people go in there in less than half an hour, I got up from my desk and headed over to my bosses office and laid my ear against the door.

"B-b-but boss! I have to feed my family" James cried in despair, hoping that the boss will give him another chance.

"No but's James! every single day you arrive late and proceed to do nothing!" He said as he shook his head, at that point, James was on his knees, begging to be given another chance, I looked around and noticed almost everyone in the office were all around me, they probably had heard James screaming and decided check, not that I blame them, I was here for the same thing, turning my attention back at the conflict James and the boss had going on, I noticed that the boss was on the phone with a worried  worried expression on his face, even though I could not hear then clearly, I could hear what he was saying,

"What do you mean that he could not make it? I though he was already in California?" He said as he stood up from his chair and made his way to his office door.

" I'm sorry to hear that, i'll get right on it" He placed his phone on his desk and opened the door,

"James, I need you to exit my office"He said in a stern voice,

"B-b-but sir! I cant get fired! I have a fami- " James has Interrupted by the boss as he said,

"Due to a turn of events, You're replacement will not be arriving, consider your sell lucky" He pointed out the door and said,

"Now get out of my office" James scrambled up to his feet and made his way out of the office, Sobbing and softly crying as he went back to his desk.

"Hey dude, what the hell happened to him" I jumped, slightly startled at his sudden appearance.

"Shit Carl! How many time have I told you not you sneak up on me?" I said with an angry expression on my face.

"Sorry, didn't mean it. Anyway, what happened to James" He turned around and looked at James, who had stopped crying and now lay motionless, staring at his computer screen like his life depended on it.

"He almost got fired, poor guy didn't take it so well" I said as I turned around to look at Carl, Who had an eyebrow raised for some reason.

"Why was he about to get fired?" He asked in a curious tone.

"From what I've heard two minutes ago, he is apparently always late for work" I said as I headed over to my desk and sat down, Carl, who had apparently more questions, walked over to my and leaned over the small wall that separated me and someone else's workplace.

"That's a load of bullshit" He said as he shook his head " Everyone Knows he is the first one to arrive when the opens!" He said as he looked back at James, who had begun to get back to work, If you were to look closely, you'll see faint tear marks across his face

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"I dunno, maybe it's because the boss doesn't like him?" I said, in more of a statement than a question, him and the boss never got along, but since he was the top employer, he didn't fire him, but looks like that changed today.

"How the hell could he not like him!?" Carl said in a voice of disbelief "Everyone likes him! Plus, he has the highest sales record around here" He stated as a matter-of-factly.

"As I said, I don't know, maybe its because his background" I said as Carl looked at me with a surprised face.

"Oh? was he a criminal or something?" Carl looked back at James For what seemed like the fourth time in the last 10 minutes.

"That's a story for another time" I said as I looked at my watch, I had quite the surprise wen I saw what time it was. I turned to Carl and said,

"Looks like it's closing time" I stood up from my chair and picked up whatever things I had in my desk that I  had brought from my home and made my way to the exit.

"Hey David! still up for that game we were going to play at you're house tonight?" He said as he got in his car and started the engine.

"Hell yeah dude! See you later tonight" I replied as I did the same and pulled out of the parking lot and began to make my way home.

It was beginning to get late as I drove down the empty streets, There was a large forest that surrounded the street. I began to grow paranoid as I thought I saw shades of some sort of animal just inside my field of vision, having watched to many horror movies, I had every right to be paranoid.

As I was distracted by the shade dancing around just inside my field of vision, I did not notice the dark, creepy thing that was in the middle of the road.

By the time I did notice it, It was already to late to try to maneuver around it, Thinking it was a person I  quickly turned the wheel of my car as fast as could, by sheer luck I managed to evade the shade but I quickly looked in front of me fast enough to see a tree smash into my car's bumper, If I had not been wearing a seat belt at the time, I swear I could have flown for about ten seconds before I had hit the ground and died on impact, But I had no such luck as I was I was violently thrown around my car for about four seconds. As I began to lose consciousness  I could had sworn I saw the very same shadow that was standing in the middle of the road tree minutes prior right in front of me.