Dec. 2, 2024

A Zombie’s Christmas - Holiday Cheer Turns into Undead Fear

A Zombie’s Christmas - Holiday Cheer Turns into Undead Fear
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When a cold-hearted scientist's secret experiments with zombies go horribly wrong, a festive holiday turns into a nightmarish fight for survival as the undead threaten to consume a small snowy town during the most wonderful time of the year.

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At Christmas time, we all want something special under our tree.

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Some want books, some want technology, but others want revenge.

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But what happens when that desire for revenge goes beyond

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just a simple want, beyond a simple desire, it goes

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beyond death?

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What's that you want to be scared to?

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Come with me.

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You will experience tales over our ba, ghosts and death.

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Death.

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It is not recommended for the week at hard listen

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as in the dark, it's more fun at that way way.

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This is Weekly Speaking, Hello, my spookys.

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It's not Wednesday. No, no, it's Monday. But you're not

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and we have so many very special holiday themed horrors

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the best way to start the holiday season would be

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with Rob Fields in his Strickfield universe, something that has

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become near and dear to Weekly Spooky. Imagine a quiet,

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snow covered town twinkling with Christmas lights as families gather

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around fireplaces and children dream of presence under the tree.

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But beneath the cheerful holiday veneer, something dark stirs deep underground.

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A secret laboratory holds a gruesome experiment, zombies with an

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insatiable hunger, locked away and studied by a cold, calculating scientist.

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But not all experiments go as planned. This is a

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tale where festive joy collides with unrelenting horror, where the

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only thing more terrifying than the undead is what happens

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when they're hung is unleashed. So get ready, my spookies,

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Our white Christmas is about to turn blood red. Right

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after these quick.

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Words a Zombies Christmas by Rob Fields.

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Prologue. Vicky van Wert came from a long line of scientists.

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While many of her bloodline had been taken for the

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better in the medical field, Vicky was one of a

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select few who was hand picked to be part of

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the all female secret society known as the Blue Ribbons.

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In civilian life, she would be a barista at Caffeine

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Junction at Strickfield Town Center Mall. Her status as a

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barista was how she came to meet Shawnee Jerrell and

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Bev Rourke. Many months ago, Vicki had made Shawnee's favorite beverage,

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only to find that she no longer liked it. It

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wasn't long after that that Shawnee and Bev both began

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eating people. Vicki made her escape and went to inform

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her fellow Blue Ribbons about them. They would monitor the

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zombies before mobilizing to capture them. Shawnee and Bev created

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two more zombies to join them, in Lizzie and Libby Marsh,

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twin sisters. The four of them ate up hundreds of

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patrons in both an entire banquet Hall in Pendleton and

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an entire movie theater in North Ridgeway. To say these

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zombies were quite ravenous was an understatement. They were eventually

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apprehended by the Blue Ribbons and brought to their secret

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underground layer below Strickfield University. Vicky van Wert would soon

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be testing some potential new bioweapons for the Blue Ribbons

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to use in their pursuit of world domination. Vicki wasted

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no time in beginning her experiments with these new zombies.

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She had opened up Libby Marsh and was amazed to

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see how she functioned. Even though these zombies were definitely

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dead creatures, some of their vital organs still functioned. Of course,

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Libby's stomach still worked and was in perfect condition in

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spite of all the humans she and her friends had eaten.

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Vicki would determine the metabolism of these zombies was more

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than keeping up with all the living humans they needed

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to satiate their seemingly never ending hunger. Vicki also learned

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that their hearts continued to pump blood throughout their bodies.

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When Vicki was finished, she eventually sewed Libby back up

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after monitoring her for weeks. She was surprised to see

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the flesh would heal up the way a normal human would.

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Now she could easily tell Libby from Lizzie with all

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the scarring on the former's body, Vicki would conduct more

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experiments like the mad scientists she was. Even though she

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always seemed calm and collected, there was a part of

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her that relished the pain and suffering she inflicted on

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her subjects, even if they were her fellow Blue Ribbons.

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In truth, Vicky became cold through her years of studying

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science and its wonders. Since being given her for zombies,

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Vicki never seemed to grow tired of running experiment after

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experiment on them. Usually, she liked working alone whenever she

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was conducting experiments. This was most evident during such an

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experiment when one of her two lab assistants, Brooke, got

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careless and let one of the zombie bite her. Vicki

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had perfected a most effective vaccine to counter every kind

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of zombie bite there was, However, she refused to administer

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it to Brook. Cruelly and coldly, Vicky allowed Brooke to

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grow ill and eventually die. Brook's body was placed in

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containment where Vicki would see how long it would take

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for her to reanimate, which ranged from a matter of

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minutes to as much as a full day. Vicki began

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running tests on her newest zombie as the other lab assistant, Shelby,

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watched with hatred. Vicki noticed this and banished her from

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the lab, but Shelby was making plans on Christmas Eve,

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Vicki chose to continue conducting experiments on Brook. It was

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music to Vicky's ears as Brooks screamed and fought to

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escape the prison that contained her. When Vicki moved to

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gather the next instruments of her latest experiment, Shelby snuck

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into the lab and deactivated the security lock on Brook's cell.

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Then she quickly hid before Vicki returned. In the meantime,

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Brooke was out of her cell and managed to sneak

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up behind Vicki. She screamed and ran to grab an

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emergency syringe of the zombie vaccine. All she had to

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do was inject Brook to kill her permanently. Vicki found

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the emergency syringes and grabbed one. Upon injecting Brook, she

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was quite surprised that absolutely nothing happened. The zombie vaccine

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was supposed to work instantaneously, but Brooke was still animated

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and mobile. Had this zombie somehow built antibodies to the vaccine.

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Vicki had certainly experimented on her enough with it. No,

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Shelby had changed out every vaccine syringe with luminescent water.

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Now Vicki found herself backed into a corner with a

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very enraged Brook, foaming at the mouth and raising her

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hands into claws rains, she chanted no, stay away. Vicky shrieked.

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Brooke growled as she grabbed hold of Vicki. Fortunately she

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didn't have to worry about scratches infecting her. It was

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the zombie's bite that would prove lethal if Brooke succeeded

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in doing that very thing. The inhumane human and the

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living dead former lab assistant continued their struggle. Clearly the

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zombie wanted this struggle more. Also, the zombie was quite famished.

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Vicky managed to get away and grab a metal bar,

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which she used to smash Brook right on her. Unfortunately,

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Vicki had forgotten that these particular zombies wouldn't easily be

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destroyed by a heavy blow to the skull. The vaccine

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was currently the only known way these particular zombies would

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cease their animation forever. Then, Vicki remembered where she kept

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more of the zombie vaccine and ran to it. She

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felt Brook closing in quickly, since she could push herself

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harder and faster being undead, Vicky reached her intended drawer

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and pulled a syringe out. No, no, bitch, Brooke teased,

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grabbing her wrist. I want some Christmas dinner first. I'm

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going to eat your heart as an ordure. But you

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don't exactly have a heart, do you. Brooke took Vicki

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to the floor again. I owe you for all the

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hell you put me through. I won't stop eating you

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until you're nothing but bones. Again, they struggled on the

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floor as Shelby watched on. Then she decided to get

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in on the action and quietly moved to where Vicki

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had dropped the metal bar. She picked it up and

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went to crack Vicki's head. As Shelby raised the weapon

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to deal the killing blow to Vicki, her enemy saw

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her in time and rolled off brook As Shelby went

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after Vicki. She hadn't counted on Brooks springing to her

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feet and jumping on her back. Brainss Brooke chanted before

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biting into the back of Shelby's head. She screamed and

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blood started squirting. When Brooke pulled back, tearing a huge

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chunk of scalp away from her victim's head. Vicki knew

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she would have to act quickly before she'd have two

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of the living dead to deal with. She ran around

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her lab table and soon dove for the life saving syringe.

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She grabbed hold of it and turned onto her back

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just as Brooke was diving right on top of her.

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As Brook's body slammed on top of her own, Vicki

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injected her at the neck as blood dripped from the

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zombie's mouth and on to her. Brook only shook for

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a few moments before she went limp onto Vicki and

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remained still forever. Vicky quickly moved the again dead body

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off her and headed to Shelby's fresh corpse. She lifted

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its hands and dragged it to the cell that Brooke

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once occupied. Once Shelby was safely inside, Vicki hurried out

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and secured the cell. She cleaned up the lab and

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disposed of Brook's body in the insiderator. When she returned

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to the lab, she found that Shelby had reanimated and

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was screaming to be let out. Vicky gave Shelby a

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sinister smile. Now you'll serve me better than you ever

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did when you were alive. Then Vicki felt a slight

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tingling on her wrist and looked to see the shapes

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of what appeared to be teeth marks. She gasped when

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she realized that even though the skin wasn't broken completely through,

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the marks were red enough to where she had become infected. Unfortunately,

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she didn't have any more zombie vaccine in her laboratory.

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She had more, but it was currently incubating and wouldn't

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be useful until that period was over. Vicki knew she

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would eventually turn. I've got to escape, she gasped to herself.

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Then Shelby laughed in her cell. What's the matter, Vicki?

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You scared now that your name's on the waiting list.

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Soon you'll let me.

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Out of here.

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Then we'll eat our way through this entire compound. Vicky

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immediately left the lab, but not before arming the safety

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protocols to destroy the entire space Shelby would become completely incinerated.

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As a result, Vicky escaped the compound, got in her car,

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and drove into Strickfield just as it began to snow.

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It was then when she started to feel a little off.

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You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky will be right.

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Back, perspective railing. Seriously, I can't believe this shit. Everybody

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else gets to spend the holiday break with their families,

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not me. I get to spend the entire holiday break

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here Strickfield Academy with these fucking nuns. Not only did

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Headmistress Hiltonson suggest this punishment to my parents for what

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I had done, my parents were okay with it. Seriously,

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don't these nuns have anything else better to do with

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their lives? Anyway? Here I am in the office on

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Christmas Day itself, with Sister Abigail treating my punishment like

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it's a regular day and religion class. Are you listening

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to me, Raylene Hollow? Sister Abigail demands, huh, I mutter rudely.

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The nun size hard. You're just stretching out your punishment further,

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young lady. I raise an eyebrow. I'm sorry, did I

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give you even the slightest impression that I give a fuck.

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Sister Abigail size hard again. I can't believe how much

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worse you became after your sister Bernadette died on Halloween

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over a year ago. I point right at her. Yeah,

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think about how you'd feel if you lost your sister

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and you knew Headmistress Hiltonson killed her. I shoot right

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up out of my seat. I don't give a shit

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what kind of lies you want to keep telling me here?

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I know, I know the head mistress herself killed Bernadette.

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And I think it was right then that something inside

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me finally snapped. Where do you think you're going? Raylene?

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Sister Abigail demands you are under campus arrest until after

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the holiday break. Then I laughed scornfully, Eh, and who's

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gonna keep me here? You? Oh, the nun definitely intends

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to keep me here. I quickly pull her to me

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and plant one right on her. Now, Sister Abigail is

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the one fighting to get loose. I finally let her

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go and walk her stagger back. Come to think of it,

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that's how I got in big, big trouble to begin with.

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If those of you who know Bernadette's story. Thought she

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was bad, You're just now meeting me. I'm Bernadette's younger

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sister by about a year, and even my parents'll tell

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you that I'm so much worse than her. Bernadette was

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a bad girl, but she never ended up in the

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kind of trouble i'd get in. Why did I get

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campus arrest? I may look cute and geeky on the outside,

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but even had Mistress Hiltonsons told me to my face

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that Satan's taken over my body. In fact, she was

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the one who busted me. I was tutoring Rodney Brams,

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the dumbass basketball player who just happened to be the

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best our team had. Then he got turned on and

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started touching me. When he touched me down there, I

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was ready to grab a steel chair and beat him

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to death with it. Then he showed me some green

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Rodney told me I could have it all if I

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let him have me. I won't say how much money

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it was, but far be it from me to turn

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down that kind of cash. So I lowered my walls

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and let Rodney reach up my skirt and remove my panties.

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The truth was I'd done sexual favors for money before,

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but this was the most money I'd ever gotten to date.

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Rodney was on his knees in front of me, taking

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care of business when head Mistress Hiltonson herself came in

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and saw us. Long story short, Hiltonson expelled Rodney. I

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expected her to expel me too. The reason she didn't

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was because my parents are the most powerful lawyers in

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all of Feldner County, maybe even further than that, since

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they represent many of the mirons here in Strickfield. Also,

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my parents made generous contributions to the academy. No, I'd

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get to stay at the school, but I'd be getting

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campus arrest for the holiday break. Getting back to now,

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I ran from the building and all the way to

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the main gate, which was closed. Yeah, like that ever

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stopped me. You know how many times I've skipped class

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and climbed over the wall to both escape and come

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back in. Once I drop to the other side, I

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get as far away from that damn concentration camp as

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I possibly can. Oh, but I know Sister Abigail's probably

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on the phone with the head mistress. That means she

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herself will soon be coming after me. I keep running

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and cut through multiple yards until I make it into

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downtown village. I know I can't stay here long. It's

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likely going to be the first place Hiltonson will look.

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There are times when I've evaded her, but eight times

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out of ten she finds me. Then she stuffs me

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into her car and brings me back to campus, and

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by I mean in the trunk. I quickly stop into

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Roth's Rings and order a dead eye. I can't function

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or think properly unless I have my caffeine jolt. I

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don't know why, but I've never been able to think

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like I do without caffeine. Can't be mountain dew or monsters.

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It's got to be straight up coffee. Once I get

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my caffeine, I work on drinking it. No, I won't

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go back home. I know my parents will be waiting

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for me, as I'm sure Sister Abigail called them too.

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I still got all the money that OAF paid me

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for wanting to fuck me that day. Hiltonson never even

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thought to frisk me. Of course, none of us mentioned

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that Rodney was trying to pay me for sex. I'm

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just finishing my coffee and leaving Roth's Rings when Hiltonson's

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car screeches to a halt just outside. Then the headmistress

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herself gets out of the car, not wearing a habit today.

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Raylean Hollow, you get in this car immediately, she yells.

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I turn and run. Hiltonson's right behind me. For a

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middle aged nun, she sure can run pretty goddamn fast.

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Oh believe me. I have every intention of getting my

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revenge on Hiltonson herself, but not just yet. I can't

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fight her directly since she's got a martial arts background.

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Last time I tried, she took my skinny ass to

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the floor just like that. I'll have to lose Hiltonson

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and fight her another day when I can better use

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my mind. I turn down an alley and knock over

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some trash cans. Hiltonson easily flips right over them. She

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never makes things easy for me, No wonder she's the

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headmistress at Strickfield Academy. Even though I hate the bitch

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for what happened to Bernadette, at the same time, I

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actually respect her for backing up everything she says. Wow,

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I can feel that caffeine revitalizing me.

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Now.

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Definitely have to get more coffee to keep my juices flowing.

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I finally duck behind a trash bin and wait. When

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Hiltonson gets close enough, I spring right out and spear

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that bitch the same way WWE Superstar Roman Reigns does.

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It works every time. After knocking the wind right out

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of Hiltonson, I quickly get back up and run again.

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It'll take her a little bit to catch her breath.

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I'll be long gone by then. As I'm coming to

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the end of the alley, I see this person leaning

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on one side against the wall. Sounds like a female

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moaning and groaning. Next thing I know, she drops to

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her knees and pukes. Christ I really don't need this.

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I run and jump over her. When I land to

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run away, she suddenly springs up and grabs me. The

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woman growls intently as she's pulling me back to her.

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I see a tattoo on her inner right wrist that's

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shaped like a breast cancer awareness ribbon, except it's all

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in blue. Get off me, I yell. This crazy woman

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is bigger and stronger than me. Sucks to be me

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when it comes to being small and scrawny. Ah, but

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this bitch is about to learn that you never ever

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fuck with Raylen Hollow I quickly move my arms around

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the back of her head, locking my fingers. Then I

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drop my ass and feel my nog and bust her chin,

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making her let me go. I quickly get back to

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my feet and run.

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Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your doors, weekly, Spooky,

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We'll be right back.

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The crazy bitch is growling louder behind me. I can

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literally feel the caffeine giving me that extra burst of speed.

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Knowing she's catching up to me, I quickly duck into

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the alley next to the Strickfield Centennial Theater she's about

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to enter. I come out fast and hit my second

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spear today. Normally my spear takes the wind out of anybody. Hell,

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I just stunned Head Mistress Hilton's in This crazy woman

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is back on her feet in seconds. I'm almost to

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my feet when she grabs me and bites me on

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the side of my neck. No, I shriek and again

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push her away. One thing people have found out about

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me at Strickfield Academy, which also got me in trouble

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many many times there is when you back me into

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a corner, I totally lose my goddamn mind and attack

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like a wild dog. If Bernadette was still alive, you

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could have asked her she loved picking on me simply

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because I was her little sister. I couldn't tell you

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how many times I fought her when she pushed me

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too far. I know I got the lion's share of

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our fights. No, Bernadette and I didn't hate each other.

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That was just how our cister lee rivalry worked between us.

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Getting back to now, I scream bloody murder and attack

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the bitch who bit me. I come right at her

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and slam right into her, knocking the back of her

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head into one of the brick buildings in the alley.

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When the woman drops to her ass, I grab two

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handfuls of hair and keeps slamming the back of her

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head into the wall again and again. Soon the brick's

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getting splattered with her blood. I can't control myself. I

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was pushed too far. I keep slamming her head into

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the wall again and again. When I finally let her go,

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she stops moving on her own and slumps onto her side.

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I'm really shaking as I look down and see I've

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busted her head open enough to war where I'm calm

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enough to see bits of skull and brain matter on

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the wall. I'm still shaking, but aware enough to know

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I killed her, but I'm not done with her yet.

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I'm still shaking. When I scream bloody murder and raise

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my foot and with everything I've got, I stomp on

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the side of her head and feel her skull collapse.

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More brain matter oozes right out, looking like a tofu scramble.

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I'm still shaking. Why do people feel that they have

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to fuck with me? Why can't people understand I'm I'm

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way too unstable. For the record, this isn't the first

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time I've killed people when they pushed me too far.

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I only ever showed restraint against Bernadette because she was

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my sister and I loved her. I turn and walk

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away from the mess I made. I'm still shaking. When

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I make it back to my house, I have to

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focus to be able to unlock the door and get inside.

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I make my way upstairs into my room. I lay

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down on my bed and hold myself. Calm down, Raylen,

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I tell myself, just calm down. It's all over. You're safe. Now,

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you're safe, You're safe. I'm not sure how long I slept,

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sometimes sleep or hot and nasty sex are the only

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ways I can bring myself out of my craziness. I

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finally wake up and see it's dark. Wow, I really

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slept all day. I'm surprised had Mistress Hiltonson wasn't sitting

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in my recliner like she was at times when I

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had skipped school. I turn and sit up. You know

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what I feel like going out tonight? I'm nice and

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calm again. I just want to go dancing, maybe get laid. Ah. Shit,

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it's Christmas Day. There won't be any clubs open. Sigh.

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I don't care. I just want to go do something.

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I'm thinking. My only options are the movies, Andy's China, Dragon,

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Denoyer's Grill, Strickfield Video, or the convenience stores. I also

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remember I can't go to Roth's Rings again today. They

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were only open limited hours earlier. I change into some

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yummy clothes and head downstairs. Then I see the answering

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machine and play the two messages from Strickfield Academy. I

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was right about sister Abigail reporting me. Wait a minute,

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Mom and Dad aren't home. Did they just go on

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vacation somewhere while I was stuck in that Oh? Fuck them?

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Then my tummy suddenly growls, and I know I've got

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to eat something. I open the fridge and see it's

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fully stocked no junk food, though my parents are such

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health nuts. Screw this. I'm going out and getting some

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junk food tonight. Definitely more coffee too. It's not like

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I need to be on any kind of a diet,

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being a scrawny little thing like I am. I pull

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my insulated jean jacket on and head out into the snow.

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My tummy's growling again. I won't make it to Denoyer's grill.

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I'll have to stick to downtown Village. I finally make

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it to convenient Village Mart and head inside. Then I

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see the hot dogs rolling around on the machine. I

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also see a single employee mopping the floor. When my

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tummy roars now, I immediately turned to the mop boy, grab

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him to me, and sink my teeth into the side

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of his neck. He screams like a banshee as blood

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gushes and squirts all over the candy racks. When the

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mop boy falls on his back, I drop to my

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knees and start eating. I came here to get some

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junk food. I mean, I'm surrounded by junk food. My

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tummy's getting happy fast with what I'm eating. I gobble

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up all the flesh, muscles, and vital organs. Now I've

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got his brains in my hands. As soon as I

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bite into the gray matter, I feel an immense sensation.

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Everything I ate was just delicious. But the brains, Holy shit,

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are these the absolute bomb. The brains are definitely the

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best part. It doesn't take me long to gobble them

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all up. All that's left is the skeleton. With the

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skull busted open. There's blood everywhere. I'm soaked in it myself.

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I get to my feet and look around the convenience store.

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I definitely want more meat. Then I see the coffee

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pot and go drink it. The caffeine starts amping my

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brain up fast. I look around and don't find any

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other employees. I guess anybody who wants a five fingered

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discount here can have a free for all. Knowing what

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I want, now, I head back out into the snow.

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It's not long before I see a couple walking together

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and run after them.

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Don't go away weakly, Spooky will be right back.

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I'm covered with blood and snow. Now I've been out

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here for quite a while. I've eaten six people and

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still want more. It was that crazy bitch I killed earlier.

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I was just fine, all things considering, until she bit me.

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In fact, I put my hand to the side of

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my neck and feel where her teeth broke my skin.

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It was and to clean bite, but she broke my skin.

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She must have been infected with something and passed it

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to me with that bite. It's not long before a

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police car passes me. Suddenly, it breaks fast and backs up.

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When the car reaches me again, the two officers get

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out and point their guns at me. The one closest

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to me points, you're the one who left that mess.

459
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We're cleaning up at convenient village. Mart get on the

460
00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:30.799
ground now. The other one yells, coming from the front

461
00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:33.440
of the car. When I run at them, they both

462
00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:36.559
shoot me. Next thing I know, I'm flat on my back.

463
00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:39.880
Guess when people at school say I'll blow away in

464
00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:44.119
a strong wind, they probably weren't wrong. I open my

465
00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:47.599
eyes and see the cops above me. Suddenly I grab

466
00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:50.279
one by the hair and bite into his head. He

467
00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:53.880
screams only for a moment before he drops on top

468
00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:56.640
of me. I come out from underneath him and start

469
00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:59.920
working on his head some more. That's when his partner

470
00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:02.640
kicks me right off him. I get on my feet

471
00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:08.319
fast and look at him crazily. More brains. The other

472
00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:11.400
cop quickly runs and gets back in the patrol car.

473
00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:15.880
His tires squeal as he speeds away. I lower myself

474
00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:20.200
and eat some more. I'm such a glutton and decide

475
00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:26.160
I want the brains first. I'm finishing the brains when

476
00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:31.799
another car pulls up. Wow, head Mistress Hiltonson finally found me.

477
00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:35.960
Took her long enough, though. I'm surprised she didn't come

478
00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:39.119
to my house when I was sleeping. Oh the look

479
00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:43.240
on her face. What have you done, you sinful Jezebel.

480
00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:48.079
I hold out the last of the officer's brains, finishing

481
00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:52.279
another helping of Christmas dinner. You can have the last

482
00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:57.359
piece of these yummy brains. When she looks ready to

483
00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:01.759
piss herself, I shrug, Hey, hey, don't say I never

484
00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:07.079
offered you anything, Hiltonson. Then I eat the last bite.

485
00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:13.719
She approaches me very slowly. Let me help you, child,

486
00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:16.920
Let me bring you back to God. Only he can

487
00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:22.280
save you. I lick my lips. Gee, you really think so,

488
00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:27.679
I pat my still tight tummy. You know I've eaten

489
00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:32.639
six people tonight and this guy's brains. You'd think my

490
00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:35.960
tummy would have burst a long time ago. And you

491
00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:39.480
want to know what's really fucked up? Now, I'm looking

492
00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:45.800
the head mistress over. I'm still hungry. Then I remove

493
00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:49.239
my jean jacket and raise my finger. You know what,

494
00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:53.480
Now I can get revenge on you for killing Bernadette.

495
00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:58.360
I tighten my tiny fists. You had no right to

496
00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:03.519
kill her, you cunt. I had to Hiltonson tells me

497
00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:10.079
your sister became just like you. Something happened to her

498
00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:13.480
to where she got injured in the backwoods of Strickfield

499
00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:18.400
on Halloween night last year. She died from her injuries

500
00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:23.239
and became one of the living dead. She created a

501
00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:27.079
lot of chaos at Strickfield Academy when she started eating

502
00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:32.239
people herself and making more like her. She came for

503
00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:37.639
me and I put her and her army down. Satan

504
00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:41.199
took hold of her. Now it seems the Prince of

505
00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:46.000
lies has taken hold of you, Raeleine. I give her

506
00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:50.840
a weird look before rolling my eyes. Satan never took

507
00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:54.800
hold of me, you fucking cook. I was bitten by

508
00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:58.559
somebody earlier and became infected by whatever it was she

509
00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:03.320
was infected with. Those cops just shot me and I'm

510
00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:08.559
still here. Then I realize I likely died in my sleep.

511
00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:12.639
When I woke up, I was one of the living dead.

512
00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:18.599
Like I said, I'm still hungry. I rush right at Hiltonson,

513
00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:21.760
ready to bite her, when she reminds me she's more

514
00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:25.280
than capable of taking me in a fight. She's hitting

515
00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:28.920
me with punches and kicks. Soon I'm on my ass,

516
00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:32.280
but Hiltonson learns I just won't stay down. When I'm

517
00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:35.960
back on my feet and coming at her again, more

518
00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:39.800
cops arrive. The one who escaped me drives his car

519
00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:42.840
right into me and sends me flying into somebody's yard,

520
00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:46.639
where I knock over a brightly lit Santa Claus. I

521
00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:49.920
sit back up and move to run at them. Hiltonson

522
00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:52.800
quickly drops fast when the cops pull their guns out

523
00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:57.079
and shoot me up with more bullets. Soon I'm flat

524
00:36:57.119 --> 00:37:00.519
on my back again. The police all gasp when I

525
00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:03.280
suddenly sit right up and get back on my feet.

526
00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:07.239
I quickly change my strategy when I see them reloading,

527
00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:11.559
not because I know they'll shoot me again. The police

528
00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:14.840
have the numbers advantage on me. Even though I'm one

529
00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:17.320
of the living dead. It's obvious I'm no stronger than

530
00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:22.239
I was before. I have to flee Hiltonson's pursuing me again.

531
00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:25.280
Then I surprise her when I turn around and run

532
00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:28.719
right at her for the second time today. I take

533
00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:32.480
Hiltonson down with another spear. The cops are ready to

534
00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:35.119
shoot me again, but they see I'm right on top

535
00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:38.800
of Hiltonson and don't want to risk shooting her. I

536
00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:42.320
surprise them all again by springing right off Hiltonson and

537
00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:45.440
jumping into a nearby squad car with the driver's side

538
00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:48.599
door open. I hear all the shouts and four letter

539
00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:52.239
words behind me as I drive off with it. I'm

540
00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:55.440
driving around in my new toy and playing with everything

541
00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:58.280
I can play with. I really get a kick out

542
00:37:58.280 --> 00:38:01.239
of turning on the sirens and the flash. I even

543
00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:04.000
get on the radio and talk dirty to anyone listening.

544
00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:06.840
It's only going to be a matter of time before

545
00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:10.280
both the cops and the headmistress are after me again.

546
00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:15.960
It's time to do something crazy. I turn onto University

547
00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:19.760
Drive and stop. I remove my shoes and use one

548
00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:22.719
to pin the gas pedal down to the floor. The

549
00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:27.159
car practically flies away after shifting it into drive. Then

550
00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:30.119
I jump out and land on the road. I get

551
00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:33.639
up and go hide behind some bushes. It's not long

552
00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:36.719
before the other police cars are following my rigged car.

553
00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:41.239
Hopefully the car stays straight at least long enough for

554
00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:44.239
me to get away. I get up and decide not

555
00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:47.519
to return to downtown village. I head in the direction

556
00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:50.760
of Strickfield Town Center Mall. When I get under a

557
00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:55.039
street light, I can see my bare knees are busted open. Shit,

558
00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:57.960
probably from when I jumped out of the police car.

559
00:38:58.760 --> 00:39:01.880
I didn't see or feel myself bleeding, but I know

560
00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:05.159
I'm hurt. Fuck am I even going to heal up?

561
00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:10.280
Since I'm dead, I've got to be more careful. I

562
00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:12.440
get hurt too much, it might be the end of me.

563
00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:15.800
I eventually make it to a truck stop down the

564
00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:20.800
road from the mall. Ooh, they're open twenty four hours too.

565
00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:24.119
That means I can clean up in one of their showers.

566
00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:30.480
But since they are open, that also means food. I

567
00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:33.440
run straight to Waltz's twenty four hour truck stop and

568
00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:37.840
head inside. Damn, I never realized how huge this place

569
00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:41.559
was from the outside. It's like a little indoor mini mall.

570
00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:41.960
In here.

571
00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:46.000
They have a convenience store, a Popeye's Chicken, a burger king,

572
00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:48.719
a waffle house, a little store where you can buy

573
00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:53.159
different electronics, and a cellular phone place too, and not

574
00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:57.559
just restrooms, but showers too. I see a sign that

575
00:39:57.639 --> 00:40:02.199
says a Starbucks is coming soon, which reminds me I've

576
00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:06.679
got to get more coffee. But I also want more food.

577
00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:10.719
And there's a couple of nice porkers in here, including

578
00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:14.800
the one behind the counter. When they turn and see

579
00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:18.199
me grabbing the coffee pot and drinking from it, they

580
00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:22.920
ask if I'm okay. After I finish chugging the coffee,

581
00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:27.159
I give them a sweet little smile. I am now,

582
00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:31.119
I giggle a little. I'm thinking maybe I should have

583
00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:34.239
saved the coffee to enjoy with my food.

584
00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:40.719
More scares to come weekly, Spooky, We'll be right back.

585
00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:48.559
Even as an undead zombie, the feeling of a nice

586
00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:52.199
hot shower raining down on my naked body is still

587
00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:57.159
just the greatest feeling. After I've rinsed the shampoo out

588
00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:59.760
of my hair and the soap off my skin, I

589
00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:02.079
can and still feel all the bullet holes in my

590
00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:05.920
torso and the injuries on my knees. I think I

591
00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:09.360
can even feel a few bullets still inside me. It

592
00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:11.880
sure took long enough to wash off all the blood

593
00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:16.159
I was covered in, especially from eating those porkers. I

594
00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:19.440
moan and finish my shower. Then I get out and

595
00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:22.039
look for fresh clothes in one of the locker rooms.

596
00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:24.599
Damn it, am I going to have to put my

597
00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:28.239
bloody bullet holed clothes back on. I can't find a

598
00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:32.480
damn thing my size. These truckers are either hulking giants

599
00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:37.360
of men or big motherly looking women. You think that

600
00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:42.480
any scrawny, petite girls drive semis? Fuck? No, what bullshit?

601
00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:46.840
Then I finally do find some clothes in the very

602
00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:50.079
last locker. I put on another pair of shorts to

603
00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:53.440
replace the ones I had. They're way shorter, but at

604
00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:56.760
least they fit. Then I throw on the T shirt.

605
00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:59.840
I'm about to look for shoes for my tiny little

606
00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:03.960
when I feel someone's eyes right on my back. I

607
00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:09.199
turn around and see, oh, come on, really, I groan.

608
00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:13.599
Head Mistress Hiltonson is back. This time she's wearing an

609
00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:18.760
all white outfit, pants, turtleneck, sweater, boots, and an overcoat.

610
00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:22.320
And if that ain't enough, she's definitely packing some hardware.

611
00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:26.960
She even has Is that a sword? No two ways

612
00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:30.519
about it. Hiltonson came looking to put me down the

613
00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:34.039
same way she put Bernadette down. Now I'm starting to

614
00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:37.679
shake again. The head nun herself is backing me into

615
00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:41.480
a corner. I tighten my tiny fists and feel myself

616
00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:46.440
slipping into that crazy place again. Seriously, Hiltonson, why can't

617
00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:50.440
you just leave me the fuck alone? She draws her sword.

618
00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:54.079
You know I can't do that, not when you've committed

619
00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:58.880
a very grave sin. Raylen, thou shalt not kill you

620
00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:01.719
are a child of sin. Now, when I swear before

621
00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:05.199
Almighty God, I shall bring you before him right here

622
00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:09.679
and now, I scream when the craziness takes me. Now

623
00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:11.880
I don't even know if I'm at the wheel or not.

624
00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:14.960
When I run right at Hiltonson. She goes to swipe

625
00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:17.760
me with the sword, but I spear her one more time.

626
00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:20.559
I take her through the shower entrance and back out

627
00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:23.760
into the large restroom. Now I grab her head and

628
00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:28.400
start slamming it repeatedly on the floor. I'm gonna eat

629
00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:35.079
your brains, I sing, crazily. I'm gonna eat your brains.

630
00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:40.199
Even in my crazy state, I've again underestimated her. She

631
00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:43.400
easily uses her martial arts training to get me off her.

632
00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:46.719
I'm crazed, but not stupid. I quickly get up and

633
00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:50.159
run away. It's not long before the bitch is after

634
00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:53.880
me again. I turn and run the wrong way. My

635
00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:57.480
eyes open wide when I see all kinds of Christmas

636
00:43:57.519 --> 00:44:01.039
stuff in here? How did I not see this store

637
00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:04.000
when I came in here? I scream when I feel

638
00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:07.639
Hiltonson's sword coming right out through my gut, But I'm

639
00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:11.079
not in any pain. I think I was just surprised.

640
00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:16.000
I'm dead right, so I don't feel pain. When Hiltonson

641
00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:18.880
pulls the sword back out, I turn back to her

642
00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:23.719
and leap right on her rains. Now I'm like a

643
00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:26.840
little spider monkey that won't let go. I'm ready to

644
00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:30.920
bite into Hiltonson's head. When I'm feeling more gunshots in

645
00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:33.760
my side. The force of the bullets is making me

646
00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:36.440
let her go and fall on my back. I don't

647
00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:39.119
stay there, though. I get back up and run around

648
00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:43.079
in this little Christmas store. I'm grabbing snow globe displays

649
00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:46.559
and throwing them at Hiltonson. She's just knocking them away

650
00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:49.960
with her sword. There's nowhere for you to escape, Rayleen,

651
00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:53.880
Hiltonson tells me, just let me give you to God.

652
00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:59.280
Perhaps he will have mercy upon your tainted soul. Now

653
00:44:59.320 --> 00:45:02.800
I'm totally overtaken by the craziness. I just can't be

654
00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:06.440
backed into a corner. I just can't. I scream again

655
00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:08.719
and run right at her. I know I'm not at

656
00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:11.480
the wheel now when I feel myself leaping at Hiltonson

657
00:45:11.719 --> 00:45:14.480
and landing right into the blade of her sword again.

658
00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:18.360
Her blade can't kill me, but it's making me bleed

659
00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:21.679
more and more. These skimpy clothes I found are all

660
00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:25.199
red with blood. Now I grab the blade of Hiltonson's

661
00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:28.960
sword and pull myself further onto it. Anything to get

662
00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:31.639
to her, I scream as I grab her hair and

663
00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:38.440
move to bite her. I hate you, I roar. Now

664
00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:42.480
I have Hiltonson backed into a corner. She's grabbing boxes

665
00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:45.880
of Christmas figurines and smashing my head with them. I'm

666
00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:49.039
far too crazy to give up. Now I scream one

667
00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:53.719
more time and bring my teeth nearly to her exposed wrist. Never,

668
00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:58.599
Hiltonson screams with strength I never knew the headmistress of

669
00:45:58.639 --> 00:46:03.039
Strickfield Academy had. She lifts her sword with me still

670
00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:07.519
on it, and runs full speed ahead. We stop when

671
00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:10.320
the tip of the blade hits a wall. Now I'm

672
00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:14.400
impaled and stuck tight no matter how much I try

673
00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:17.079
to move, I'm skewered like meat on a shish kebab.

674
00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:20.840
I look at Hiltonson and growl again. Then I scream,

675
00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:24.639
even though I don't breathe anymore, I'm heaving and struggling

676
00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:28.719
like crazy to get free. I'm really feeling scared now,

677
00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:31.880
like I've never been scared in my whole life, and

678
00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:37.639
start crying. Then Hiltonson draws one of her guns. I

679
00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:41.679
really wanted to save Bernadette Raylene. I really don't know

680
00:46:41.760 --> 00:46:43.880
what happened to the two of you to fill you

681
00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:47.719
both with so much hate. It's even stranger that the

682
00:46:47.760 --> 00:46:51.639
two of you became completely different incarnations of the walking dead.

683
00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:55.639
More than anything, I would wish nothing better than to

684
00:46:55.719 --> 00:46:59.000
try and restore you and make you listen to reason.

685
00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:05.239
But like Bernadette, you yourself are also beyond saving. Now

686
00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:12.880
she raises her gun. May may may God have mercy,

687
00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:17.559
and for the first time ever, I see the headmistress cry.

688
00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:24.480
Then she lowers her gun. Almighty God, forgive me. I

689
00:47:24.519 --> 00:47:28.119
can't do it. She looks right at me as I'm

690
00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:32.119
still crying. I'm going to try and save you, Raylene,

691
00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:39.360
her tears actually moved me. God in Heaven, she really

692
00:47:39.400 --> 00:47:42.760
does care about me. It sure would be the first

693
00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:49.000
time that anyone ever did. Just like that, my craziness

694
00:47:49.039 --> 00:47:54.760
fades away. I I don't want to be this, head Mistress,

695
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I say, actually feeling regret for what I've done tonight. No,

696
00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:05.000
I can't be saved. I've killed and eaten so many

697
00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:12.719
people without remorse, and I'm already getting hungry again. Please

698
00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:15.760
You've got to stop me, kill me and let me

699
00:48:15.800 --> 00:48:21.079
face judgment before God Christ. It fucking hurts so much

700
00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:24.840
now I can't stop crying. I'm a zombie who doesn't

701
00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:28.880
feel physical pain. But head Mistress Hiltonson just made me

702
00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:34.880
realize I still have a soul on Christmas Day, the

703
00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:40.400
head mistress actually made me feel that. Shoot me, head Mistress,

704
00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:44.079
I beg her again, It's the only thing you can

705
00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:47.920
do for me. I look her in the face. I'm

706
00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:50.920
ready to answer for what I've done. I hold out

707
00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:55.719
my hand if you can't do it. Give me the gun.

708
00:48:56.360 --> 00:48:59.960
You'd think Hiltonson wouldn't have done it, but she actually

709
00:49:00.320 --> 00:49:04.039
hands me the gun. No, I don't turn it on

710
00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:06.960
her and shoot her. I put the gun under my

711
00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:11.239
chin to blow my brains out. I try so hard

712
00:49:11.280 --> 00:49:16.960
to squeeze the trigger. I can't. I wail. I'm so afraid,

713
00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:24.199
head Mistress. She approaches me again. Then let me redeem you, child.

714
00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:29.360
It doesn't have to end this way. Then we both

715
00:49:29.400 --> 00:49:33.119
hear the sounds of police cars coming. I know Hiltonson

716
00:49:33.199 --> 00:49:36.559
didn't call them, not when she came after me herself.

717
00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:40.320
It finally dawns on me, what's going to happen If

718
00:49:40.360 --> 00:49:44.199
I get taken by the police. I'll become a labrat.

719
00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:47.920
I'll be dissected and studied. And no, I won't let

720
00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:50.760
that happen to me. I won't ever feel trapped again.

721
00:49:52.199 --> 00:49:55.800
Then Hiltonson puts her thumb on my forehead and makes

722
00:49:55.840 --> 00:50:01.199
the sign of the Cross before Almighty God. I baptize

723
00:50:01.239 --> 00:50:03.480
you in the name of the Father and the Son

724
00:50:03.920 --> 00:50:07.480
and the Holy Spirit. Then she puts her hand on

725
00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:11.000
the side of my face and gives me the last rites.

726
00:50:12.360 --> 00:50:17.280
I put my hand on hers. Thank you. I whisper,

727
00:50:18.679 --> 00:50:22.440
I know that you did redeem me, and on Christmas,

728
00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:26.519
if I do see God, I'll tell him what you

729
00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:30.280
did for me. We hear the police running towards us.

730
00:50:31.199 --> 00:50:33.880
As soon as they find both of us, I make

731
00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:37.039
the sign of the Cross, put the gun under my

732
00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:45.000
chin again, and squeeze the trigger before everything fades. Head

733
00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:50.119
Mistress Hiltonson says, may God have mercy upon your soul

734
00:50:50.800 --> 00:50:59.119
this Christmas night, child, and then I only see the bright.

735
00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:06.159
Light.

736
00:51:09.559 --> 00:51:12.480
Well, my Spookyes, I hope we started off the holiday

737
00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:16.320
cheer just right for you by giving you something delicious

738
00:51:16.320 --> 00:51:19.559
and Christmasy to chew on. And I want to say

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a huge thank you to Rob Fields, who always brings

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00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:26.159
us great stories, but at the holidays he really goes

741
00:51:26.159 --> 00:51:29.000
all out. We have so many more stories to share

742
00:51:29.039 --> 00:51:33.000
with you in the Strickfield universe, including two novellas, so

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00:51:33.719 --> 00:51:36.960
make sure you're subscribed on your favorite podcasting app because

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you do not want to miss it. And speaking of

745
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future shows, on Wednesday, we have a very special story

746
00:51:44.400 --> 00:51:47.360
from my good buddy Mike is Skewey. I know a

747
00:51:47.400 --> 00:51:50.760
lot of you liked his Thanksgiving time story, Well this

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one goes even further so click that subscribe button and

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And remember, if you want to support us directly, all

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it really makes a huge difference for the show. And

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speaking of I want to say an extra special thank

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Thank you all so much from the bottom of my

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heart for your support. And if you want to hear

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out at Weeklyspooky dot com slash Join. But now I

769
00:52:53.199 --> 00:52:54.880
have to get back to work. There are so many

770
00:52:54.960 --> 00:52:57.599
stories to share with you this holiday season, and I

771
00:52:57.639 --> 00:53:01.199
am so honored you're spending it with me. So for myself,

772
00:53:01.280 --> 00:53:04.159
for my producer Dan Wilder, my executive producers Rob Fields,

773
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Markshields and Bubbletopia dot Com, and our composer Ray Mattis,

774
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stay scared and warned.

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00:53:09.239 --> 00:53:10.719
Thank you for listening.

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Make sure to find your way back next week, but

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for now you are safe.

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Trust me,