Trapped Stories

When a deadly disease ravages the town of Holmsley, Frankie and her friends find themselves trapped inside a military-blockaded quarantine zone. ***** A story that was first published in 2014 and feels more relevant than ever. Fifteen-year-old Frankie and her friends must find their way out of quarantine if they want to survive. As the body count rises, Frankie realizes that this is no ordinary quarantine and no one is coming to help. Once infected, the sick become crazed and violent, while fear turns other survivors to savages. And who or what are the mysterious figures Frankie keeps seeing around town? It seems she'll have to unravel the dark truth behind it all if she wants to get out alive... Content and/or trigger warning: This story describes disease outbreaks and contains scenes of violence, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

"You're blowing this out of proportion," I say, even though my voice doesn't sound convinced. "I'm not," he says. "I'm accounting for worst case scenarios because that's my job. Yours is to pretend nothing bad can happen. So let me do mine so you can do yours." . . . Briella Vixen is used to being in the spotlight, but she's never felt more out of control. As one of the biggest pop stars in the world, her life is dictated by schedules, appearances, and the expectations of fans and family alike. When a dangerous encounter shakes her world, her parents decide she needs protection she didn't ask for. Enter Simon Chase: precise, unflinching, and hired solely to keep her alive. He doesn't care about her fame, her feelings, or even her opinions, he's here to do a job, and the only thing that matters is her safety. Thrown together in a tense cohabitation, Briella and Simon clash at every turn. She's impulsive, restless, and desperate for freedom. He's disciplined, unyielding, and unamused by her charm. But as time goes on, they begin to realize, that maybe they're exactly what they need.

Blue Cube/Friend Elliot reader. You died trying to help. You ended up in a place where you can't die and your help is needed...a lot. Will you manage to escape, or will you be stuck there forever like the rest of them? Forsaken x Just Shapes and Beats (not fully cannon :333). (I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY!!! I MIGHT ADD SOME OF MY OC'S LATER, BUT FOR NOW ALL THE CHARACTERS I WILL USE IN IT ARE FROM THE TWO GAMES I MENTIONED ABOVE!!!!) (And, I will edit the cover later :3)

The livestream was supposed to last one week. The silence stretches on. When a promotional stunt traps twenty-four movie cast and crew members in a luxury bunker and severs all contact with the outside world, fear spreads like wildfire. Supplies dwindle. Systems fail. Personas fracture. As the group descends from a rigid social hierarchy into a violent struggle for resources, script supervisor Saint Navarro uses her hyper-observant memory to track their moral collapse. While the survivors battle paranoia over whether the world above truly exists, they must decide what kind of humanity is worth preserving before the bunker becomes their permanent tomb. "We're all so busy acting like survivors that we haven't realized there might not be a world left to save us."

"The Neuro-Buffer." It is a mind-bending science fiction story that follows Kaelen Vance as he navigates a 48-hour memory loop, uncovers a deep-seated conspiracy involving his own wife, and ultimately joins a global resistance against a pervasive AI network. The novel concludes with a sense of ongoing mystery and a cliffhanger, as Kaelen and Elara realize that their fight against the Omni-Network is just beginning.

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The harsh, blue-white glare of his monitor painted Araon's face in stark relief, reflecting the frantic, hateful words scrolling across the "Skipper" app. He'd stumbled upon her profile, a quiet digital nook devoted to obscure fantasy novels and fledgling writers, now a battlefield of cruel accusations and venomous nicknames. The atmosphere in his cramped room, thick with the scent of stale pizza and the metallic tang of energy drinks, practically hummed with the malice directed at her- a girl he only knew as 'Scarlett Wolf.' He'd been drowning in the sticky warmth of a gaming sleepover, the dull throb behind his eyes a testament to hours of screen time and too much sugary soda. Boredom, a gnawing, restless beast, had driven him to seek out something, anything, beyond the predictable clatter of controllers and the mumbled snores of his friends. Then he saw her desperate posts, a fragile plea for help, almost lost amidst the digital vitriol. A flicker of something new ignited in him - not just the thrill of a challenge, but a strange, potent mix of curiosity and a nascent desire to be a hero. He rallied his friends, their sleepy grunts and reluctant clicks morphing into a coordinated digital defense. It wasn't just about saving a life; it was about the *drama*, the delicious tension of a real-world crisis he could orchestrate from behind a screen. He craved the rush of witnessing chaos, then stepping in, not just to quell it, but to emerge victorious, his 'social skills' and 'passion' for justice burnishing his nascent online reputation. He achieved it - a real-life rescue, a badge of honor he wore with a quiet, almost smug satisfaction.

For fourteen years, I have lived beneath the earth, sealed away by my father's fire. As my eighteenth birthday nears, the magic I was taught to trust begins to change. The words that once promised safety no longer behave as they should, and the truths I was protected from start to surface. I was taught that fire obeys the right words. I'm starting to learn what happens when it doesn't. Updates every week

He found himself consumed by the picture of Arya until he heard the muffled cry of his victim he just cut off the tongue. Shhhhhhh can't you see I'm admiring my love, well...well looks like you still have not learnt your lesson let me give you a demo on what will happen when you don't behave. Arya the most successful psychotherapist and an expert student of criminology has finally accepted in the police department as a full time criminal psychotherapist after eighteen successful cases.finally she found happiness in her life. But things take a turn around when she takes up the case of the most ruthless sociopath "The black Iris killer".

Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber suffered something horrible as teenagers. Now, it's 5 years later, and they're getting married. The two adopted 5 year old Aviella Monet together, and Ariana is pregnant. Read to find out about the life of being Free. *READ TRAPPED BEFORE YOU READ THIS!!! IT'S ONLY TEN PARTS!!!*

Sienna thought it would be just another ordinary school trip. But nothing could prepare her and her classmates for the chaos that awaited. A sudden attack on their bus throws them into a world of fear and uncertainty. Trapped in an abandoned school, hunted by strangers-and something else lurking in the shadows-they must fight to survive. Secrets, danger, and betrayal surround them at every turn. Will they escape with their lives... or were they never meant to leave?

Lyla comes up as the first and only girl in the glade. She is not one to be trapped anywhere. She will do anything to find a way out. But the gladers are hesitant to allow her to become a runner. While Lyla works to gain their trust, something happens that complicates Lyla's position even more.

"Looks like we'll be stuck here for a while... alone." Wherein Kim Sa-ri and her class went on a Christmas class trip, it was suddenly turned into a waiting game as a powerful snowstorm rained down on them, causing everyone to be stuck until help arrived.. Ironically, in cabin 09011, Sa-ri is faced with being with her arch nemesis, Eom Seonghyeon. They had been rivals ever since elementary school because of how Seonghyeon used to tease and bully Sa-ri. They avoided each other like the plague for the first few days. When they realized the snow wasn't stopping anytime soon, their feelings eventually changed once they realized they might die with each other. NO SMUT WILL BE IN THIS STORY.

Beneath the sand of Asharrah, there remains a legend story about .... "A lamp that does not grant wishes... it collects them" Jungkook is a thief who steals to survive, his existence ruled by sands and the shadows that haunt them. But.....One night, within the ruins of a forgotten palace, his hands close around a lamp and a voice answers. It was not of a savior.... But something far older & dangerous. A soul bound in gold and fury... Its gaze like molten lava & a whisper like smoke "You don't crave freedom... Little thief..... You want me" Every bargain has a cost & every truth hides blood. In a kingdom built on secrets, Jungkook must decide will he use the lamp's power to seize a throne... or break its chains & risk the gods wrath? But remember Sands remember & the lamp is never truly Empty.

" I won't jump. " She sighed, relaxing her neck. She was still standing on the rooftop ledge. Relief washed over his face when she said that, but it was quickly turned to horror after he heard what she said next. " I'll just fall off " ...And thats exactly what she did. She turned around, faced him, and leaned back as he yelled her name. He had ran to grab her. But he was too late, and she was already flying to her new home. What was even worse, is that he knew it was all his fault.

Natalie was the average teenage girl living in a small town. She had two close friends since she wasn't a person that loved groups. One day, she is forced to go to New York and not only gets one of the One Direction guys to like her, but two of them to. What will happen when she goes to college and something from her past is brought up and destroys her relationship without her even knowing? How will she deal with all the drama heading her way?

What would you do if you had a psycho friend to soon turned into your psycho boyfriend ? Would you break up with him or will you stay with him just to make him more obsessed with you ??

Four strangers are trapped in an elevator and forced to reveal details about their most malicious deeds within the hour to prevent a fall to their death. But as secrets are exposed, tension escalates, leading to a reality no one is prepared for. ***** Tasha Pierce receives an anonymous invitation she believes is from her ex-boyfriend hoping to see her in the high-rise building where he resides. But upon ascending in the elevator with three strangers, one of them hits the emergency stop and demands they share details of their most malicious deed within the hour to prevent falling several stories to their death. As secrets are revealed and the hour closes in, who the people are and why they are trapped in a precarious elevator together soon becomes the least of her worries. ***** ONC Prompt 56: You are on a typical awkward elevator ride with a group of other people, and suddenly someone says, "So, I bet you are wondering why I've gathered you here," before hitting the emergency button. ***** | ONC 2023 Round 1 Ambassadors Pick | Copyright©2023 by L.L. Sanders

✎ in which jisung keeps waking up in a strange forest, and a barrier keeps him separated from the only other boy there chensung sungchan_sunday_ 2020

The eighth novel in The Shadow Wars. After the events of Ceaseless and Snowblind, Allan Gray, formerly a member of Security-Investigations, now a Specialist in Special Operations, is having some trouble keeping sane. He experiences sudden tremors, inexplicable terrors, and is incapable of removing his suit of power armor, even for something as simple as a shower. He knows something is wrong, but refuses to let anyone else into his life. All he wants is to keep doing his job, keep running missions and bury his head in responsibility so that he doesn't have to put up with his own problems. So when Hawkins comes to him with another dangerous job, he leaps at the opportunity. Allan's new objective seems simple, on the surface: investigate a Rogue Ops ship found adrift in space. Intel is low, no one has any idea what happened to the ship or even what it was doing, but an opportunity to seize crucial data on the enemy is too good to pass up. Allan and a small team of experts are rushed out to the isolated vessel. Upon arrival, the mission goes bad and Allan finds himself trapped on a Rogue Ops ship, facing down an enemy more insidious, more lethal than any he's ever encountered before...