This is stupid, I told himself, what was I doing creeping under the bleacher? There was nothing but trash here, and there no old man. I probably imagined him, or worse …show more content…
The walls shook, and before I could properly swing the door back open, I felt a shooting pass by my ear. It was the sound of fluttering wings that mutated into a high pitch ringing noise. I took two steps backward, pressing my hand to the side of my head. With the door fully open, I watched as the blood from the flooring spilled to the dirt. The inside was now empty.
"Dude, there you are!" Austin blurted running toward me, "Quick you’re needed back in the game. Jack got injured."
"What?"
"C'mon man."
Without time to even process the encounter I had just witnessed, I threw the door shut and sprinted, following my teammate back to the field.
Coach wasn't pleased by my sudden disappearance, but instead of a lecture, he was more than eager to get me back in. Next thing I knew, I was being tossed into the field without any word of Jack's injuries. Still jarred, I shook my head and forced my mind to the