she ever going to escape this grim nightmare?
“Please, somebody help me!” Eliana sobbed, blurry tears
filling her eyes.
What do I do? Eliana’s thoughts shrieked, her hands grabbing her face as she cried hopelessly. This is a nightmare! Am I
dreaming? She wondered.
Eliana jogged into a nearby store and gazed into a mirror.
Her body did not appear in the reflection in front of her. There
was no image, nothing at all.
“I’m invisible,” Eliana whispered.
In all the books she had ever read in her lifetime, none were focused on a time-traveling preteen. How on earth was this possible?
Eliana turned away from the mirror and realized she was
in a high-end jewelry store. It had gold and silver bracelets and
rings with diamond studs. She peered at them, comforted by
their beauty.
Looking up, Eliana’s eyes latched onto the one other person
in the store: a man dressed in leather jacket and pants. Eliana
felt as if she’d seen him somewhere…his physique was utterly familiar…but where has she seen him? It was only when the man
pulled a black mask over his head that Eliana remembered where
she’d seen him: this was the Blackout Burglar, a robber who committed crimes by shutting out the power and escaping with a
rich treasure, and Eliana was alone with him in a pretty jewelry
store.
“Oh no,” Eliana muttered. She felt frozen in place. Suddenly, the lights went out and everything turned pitch black. Eliana
gave a yelp and watched the shadow of the man snatch some-
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