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i walked to the park blasting panic! at disco from my headphones. their music always comforted me. i sat down on a bench and stared up at the stars. the stars make you think. they make me think about what i have. i don't really know why. i have a brother and sister that need me, a mom that loves me, friends that sorta like me, and a bestfriend that isn't here with me in anymore but she is in my heart, right? oh, and an amazing boyfriend.

i try and focus on the music blaring in my ears instead of thinking. i rest my eyes for a second and let my feet tap to the rhythm.

my eyes shot open when i heard a loud bang coming from the woods next to me. i wandered into the woods slowly trying not to make any noise. i saw two men standing in the middle of a field looking down at something. i could kind of hear what they were talking about.

"josh, i kinda feel bad. did we really have to do that?" the first man spoke to, josh, i guess.

"do what, tyler? kill him? yes we needed to. you've killed people before," josh said with a hint of annoyance in his voice. i felt my breath hitch. that noise had to have been a gun, the thing they were staring at was a body. i just witnessed a murder.

"joshua dun, i'm kidding," tyler said giggling. josh dun, where have i heard that- twenty one pilots. twenty one pilots? twenty one pilots?!

those murderers were none other than tyler joesph and joshua dun, most commonly known as twenty one pilots.

i can't believe this, not only did i witness a murder; it was by one of my favorite bands. i got up quickly and ran through the woods, really carefully this time. but of course, as soon as i started to run i trip over a branch. how cliche can this get?

i looked behind me to see josh and tyler staring at me. i locked eyes with tyler and he started running towards me. oh god. i got up as quick as humanly possible and ran, i ran as fast i could. i could literally feel tyler on my tail. i sped up and got out of the woods. tyler was still after me.

i took a shortcut through some bushes and continued running. i knew tyler was still after me because i heard his foot steps quicken. i ran even faster. i was running at nearly full speed, my lungs were burning and my ribs were aching. i kept telling myself 'keep going', the police station should be near here.

"c'mon, doll. stop running and make this easier for the both of us," tyler spoke effortlessly. he obviously was having no trouble running like this. what was he? a track runner?

i ignored him and kept running, i took a sharp turn that threw him off a bit. i was really running out of breath, my ears were ringing and my head was pounding.

there it was, the police station. i came to a vicious stop and swung the doors open. everyone in the building looked up at me. i tried regaining my breath as quickly as possible.

"um, miss? is everything all right?" a lady asked me coming up to me. i shook my head.

"no. i was sitting in the park and heard a gunshot so i went and tried to go see... go see what was happening. i saw these guys standing over a body and talking about how they always kill people and then they saw me and... and then one of them started chasing me until i got here. i don't know where he is but-" i stopped and found myself out of breath again. the lady was trying to take everything that i just said, in. once she did, she acted fast.

"jonah! lock all the doors! hopper! take this young lady in for questioning in the safe room! you go with hopper and i'll bring you some water, ok?" the lady was sweet even though she was visibly stressed. i nodded my head and she was off. an officer came and took me in to his office.

i sat down and the officer sat at his desk across from me getting out a notepad.

"so, what happened?"