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Neon green fire blooms on a snow bound highway and
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something crawls out of the wreckage. No one can stop
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it except Reagan, the Angel of Death. She's back, colder
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than ever, her bloodlust only beginning this Christmas. The bodies
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stack up fast. How did you get in here? Ho? Ho?
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What's that you want to be scared to? Come with me?
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This is Weekly Spooky. Hello, my spookies, It's Thursday, and
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we're getting ever closer to Christmas. So why not curl
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up tonight? So why not curl up tonight with a
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novella length episode? And it has a familiar face to
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all the long time spookies, and it may just be
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an introduction to the newcomers. But before we get to that,
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thank you so much for allowing me to bring a
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little scare to your holiday season. I hope it helps
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everything go a little smoother, having something chilling to listen
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to while you're buying gifts, running errands, working extra shifts,
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or traveling. Tomorrow we'll have an episode of cutting Deep
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into Horror, all about one of my favorite Christmas horror films,
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Dead Air, and maybe a little extra story under the Tree.
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And Saturday we'll have a compilation of Christmas horrors to
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But now, as for tonight, all right, my spookys pulling close,
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because this story isn't just a Christmas nightmare. Strickfield is
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about to give you something you've been asking for. Reagan,
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the one they call the Angel of Death. Now what
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if I told you she was back back, like a
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cold breath on your neck when you're alone in the snow,
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like a switch flipped and suddenly the body count starts climbing.
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And what if this Christmas the Angel of Death wasn't
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facing a serial killer, but a monster of a different type,
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a thing that's loose and hungry, crawling out from a
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burning chemical wreck. Tonight we witness a holiday story of
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Reagan's Bloodlust in its early violent beginning. So keep your
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lights low, lock your doors tight, and let's see what
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happens when the angel returns. You may want to get
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something warm to drink, because this one is a doozy
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an angel of death. Christmas by Rob Fields two thousand
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and fifteen. A truck from strict Field Chemicals was barreling
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down State Route one after eight pm on Christmas Eve.
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The snow had been coming down steadily all day. It
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was a wonder that the driver wasn't weaving all over
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the road, but they would eventually start doing that very thing,
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and not because of the winter weather. Buck Weathers had
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been driving for Strickfield Chemicals for several years. He was
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such a company man that Preston Miron, the owner of
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Strickfield Chemicals, gave him the special jobs, the ones that
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Preston gladly paid whatever amount Buck wanted to dispose of
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certain chemicals. Preston told Buck where he wanted them dumped,
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gave him half the money up front, then the rest
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when the job was finished. Buck always delivered results, which
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was why Preston never had a problem giving him the
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cash he demanded. On Christmas Eve night, However, Buck was
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struggling to keep his eyes on the road. Even the
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coffee he had been drinking wasn't helping, which was strange
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since he'd always relied on it to keep him going
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through the late hours. Unfortunately, for Buck, the need for
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caffeine wasn't the reason why he was having trouble focusing
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on the road. Buck had taken the truck that Preston
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had prepared for him. Unbeknownst to Buck, a small section
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near the compartment had corroded enough to let the toxic
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waste leak out slowly. To make matters worse, the fumes
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from the highly dangerous waste were overpowering Buck's senses. Soon
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they would overpower him completely unless he stopped and got out. Unfortunately,
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he had no clue what was happening or what was
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about to happen. On that same Ohio Highway, Detective Chantal
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Devereux was on her way back from Strickfield after handling
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another tough case for Chief Jeffrey Casmarak. Chantal was listening
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to Christmas songs and getting into the mood for what
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was to come. When she got home, she knew that
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her three daughters were waiting for her. Her oldest child, Gregor,
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had become more and more hostile towards her. He had
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continuously blamed Chantal for his father's death. The rift between
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them continued to grow wider, and the worst was yet
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to come. She was often hurt by Gregor's words and actions,
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but she put that pain behind her by focusing on
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her eldest daughter, Reagan and her twin daughters, Rouge and Lavender.
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Even though she might feel the urge to cry over
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Gregor at times, she truly believed that one day they
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would reconcile. Chantal was the top detective at the North
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Ridgeway Police Department, where she currently served. Every once in
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a while, Chief cosmar Ac from Strickfield asked Chief Monte
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Cobb if he could borrow Chantal when a case became
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too tough for his own detectives to solve. How many
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times had Chief Cobbs sent her to Strickfield. She didn't
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mind it so much. She liked Jeffrey and the two
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of them always got along as friends, even with him
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being a superior officer. Chantal was navigating the snow covered
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roads quite well in her corvette, keeping her eyes peeled
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for any oncoming cars. Then her eyes went wide when
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she saw the bright, neon green fire blazing just ahead.
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She breaked hard and brought her car to a quick stop.
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She got on her phone and called her home department
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to send the necessary help, including fire trucks. Chantal couldn't
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believe the color of the fire itself. She got out
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of her car and approached the scene. She could go
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no further, but could clearly make out the skeletons of
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what used to be a chemical truck and an suv
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that had collided head on. She felt sad there was
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nothing she herself could do to save any of these people.
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There were two skeletons of what were probably the husband
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and wife in the front. Chantal covered her nose against
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the stench. She had been a top detective long enough
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to sense when someone was approaching her. She whirled around
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to see. Oh God. The only way Chantal could have
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described the horrifying creature was as something straight out of
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a cheesy science fiction movie. Its insides glowed as green
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as the flames from the truck. Its skin had melted
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away enough to reveal parts of its skeleton that glowed
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just as green. It reached out for Chantal and gurgled
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something incoherent, then finished with a wet moan. Chantal ran
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to her car and retrieved her sidearm As it shambled
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after her. She raised her weapon and yelled, get your
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fucking ass back right now. The creature casually lifted a
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huge rock like it was a beach ball and hurled
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it at her. Tall, dropped flat and let its sail
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over her, then rolled and sprang back up to her feet.
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Before the creature could even touch her, it gurgled something
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as if trying to speak. It made it very clear
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that it was intent on killing Chantal. When it stopped
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and projectile vomited toward her, Chantal shrieked as she barely
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avoided the toxic bile. She landed on her backside and
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saw the vomit melt through the snow where it hit.
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She scrambled up as the creature bore down on her.
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Soon the North Ridgeway police and firefighters arrived on the scene.
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When they saw the creature that was trying to kill Chantal,
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the police didn't think twice and immediately opened fire with
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their side arms. Bullets had absolutely no effect on the
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creature whatsoever. Unfortunately, one of the officers had gotten too close.
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Before Chantal could yell, the creature grabbed him, making him
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utter a blood curdling scream. Then it hugged the officer
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to itself, melting the man's skin into its own chemically
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mutated body. The police continued firing on the creature, with
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the same lack of results. The firefighters turned their hoses
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on it, slowing it down. Chantal had been watching everything
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and had an idea that the officers hadn't tried. She
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stepped forward, raised her sidearm, and fired a single bullet
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right between its blank green eyes. The creature dropped onto
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its back instantly and didn't move again. In fact, whatever
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was left of its toxic flesh melted away from the body,
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leaving only a gross, browning skeleton. Soon, even the skeleton
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itself began to melt. Chantal stayed on sight until the
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fire had been extinguished. In the end, there were no
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corpses whatsoever. When no remains were found in the suv,
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it was determined that the flames had burned the occupants
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until not even ashes were left. Chantal herself was taken
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to Ridgeway Heights Memorial Hospital to be examined for any
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kind of contamination. She prayed she would be okay. She
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did not want to worry her kids. She knew they
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could take care of them, but she was a mother
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after all. She wanted to be there for them until
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they decided to go out into the world on their own,
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which she knew wouldn't be long. Gregor was out of
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high school, but seemed ready to leave home at any
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given time. At this point, Reagan was a junior and
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the twins were sophomores at Ridgeway High. Even though chan
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Tal knew this threat was over, she had a deep
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feeling that the incident itself wasn't. Little did she realize
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just how right her feeling was two thousand and sixteen.
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It seems lately I've been doing a lot of my
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special work before cheerleading at high school functions where on
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holiday brains from school, but the building is still open
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for extracurricular activities. It's the Friday night of Christmas weekend,
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and We've got to cheer for the North Ridgway boys
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basketball team against Ridgeway Heights in our yearly rivalry game
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known as the Battle of the Ridgeways. But first I've
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got my latest victim secured to a workbench. How many
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times do you hear about hit and run incidents? For
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that matter, how many times do you see such incidents?
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Just two days ago, downtown, a little girl walked away
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from her mother. As mom was getting her little boy
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situated in the back seat, the girl wandered out into
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the street. A guy driving a muscle car came flying
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around a curve. I'll leave you to connect the dots
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from there. My younger sisters, Rouge and Lavender were horrified
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by the hit and run. If I had emotions, I
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suppose if I had emotions, I would feel the same way.
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I could pretend to feel what they felt. But it's
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not the same thing. We saw what kind of muscle
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car it was, But I had seen the license plate
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and could easily recall it with my highly photographic memory.
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In order to find the driver, all I had to
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do was run the plate using Mom's computer. Now I've
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got Hayden Burns secured to a workbench in his family's
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garage for once, I don't need to explain to my
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victim what he did not when I show him the
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various newspapers covering this story. Uh, I'm sorry, he manages
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to choke out. If that's true, you would have remained
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on site, I counter, but no, you squealed tires and
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peeled out without thinking twice about it. I figured i'd
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find you here at home, being the holiday break and all,
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you didn't come home for a few days evading the police.
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But here you are. Now, what are you gonna do?
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He squeaks for a big, beefy basketball player from my
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high school. He sure isn't so high and mighty. Now. Yes,
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I know it's the Christmas season, but that's not the
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reason why I'm letting Hayden Burns live one. Even though
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he accidentally killed an innocent little girl then drove away,
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he actually regrets it. That's a first for a hit
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and run predator. Mom heard about it from rouge in Lavender.
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I can only imagine how she felt just looking at her.
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She was especially upset. For the record, Hayden can't see
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my face or hair thanks to the mask I'm wearing.
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I even wrapped up my breasts tightly so we wouldn't
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have an accurate description to give the police. I'm sure
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he knows I'm the serial killer. The press has dubbed
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the Angel of death. Hayden closes his eyes, fearing the worst.
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He'll soon realize that I'm gone. I waited to see
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Mom pull into the driveway along with a beat cop.
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Then they'll find Hayden nice and secure in his family's garage.
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I watched Mom read Hayden his rights and arrest him.
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Had he not shown regret, Mom would have found only
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what was left of him. I can count on one
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hand how many times I've let my victims live. As
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for how Mom found him, I simply made one of
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my anonymous phone calls from a burner, telling her exactly
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where to find him. As for me, I remove my
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dark outfit and unwrap my chest so I can put
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on my cheerleading uniform. From there, I meet up with
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the twins and the others at the basketball game. The
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game goes well enough, no matter how much we cheer.
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Northridgeway loses this year's Battle of the Ridgeways, but not
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by much. These two teams will meet one more time
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to end their regular seasons in the Eerie Shore Conference.
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As it turns out, I do have a circle of
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friends here in North Ridgeway, more like friends and family.
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After I finish my shower. Beatrice Sherwood. Everybody calls her.
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B comes over to talk to me while we get dressed.
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I've heard people say Be is like a Japanese anime character.
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Be herself isn't Japanese, but her face can somehow contort
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to the emotional states of well anime characters. B becomes
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more animated the more emotional she gets. Today, she's talking
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about one of our friends and ramping up. I'm telling
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you rage. I'm tired of Chester. Willis always thinking he's
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right about everything. B mutters as I'm listening to b Rant.
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I remember hearing how the two of them first met
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late last winter. Chester told me how Bee went into
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the wrong shower after arriving late. Chester was still in
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there since he was late too. He tried to explain
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to Be that she was in the wrong locker room.
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I could only imagine the two of them arguing while
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they were naked in front of each other. She even
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ended the argument by pointing at him and becoming animated
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when she yelled, I'll bite your face off. The truth
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is B isn't a bad person. She's just very opinionated
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and always believes she's right. She's even admitted her parents
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think she's quite a handful. Quickly diffuse Bee by reminding
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her that we agreed to go to Vansen's for a
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late breakfast. When we finish our showers and get dressed,
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we see Chester willis waiting for us. This time, he's
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got Rouge and Lavender sitting on either side of him.
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As of late, it seems like the twins have taken
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a bit of an interest in Chester. I've been living
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with my sisters their whole lives, and people think they're
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quite weird. Keep listening and you might understand why Chester
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himself never judge them though. Maybe that's why the twins
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give him their full attention when he talks. Chester is
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a nerdy guy who always wears dark trousers, a button
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up shirt with a vest, a bow tie, and loafers,
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all punctuated by his glasses. You just know people at
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school give him a hard time, but he often just
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brushes it off. After his family moved here last year,
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Chester and I became lab partners in our science class.
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Since I don't have it in me to be repulsed
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by him the way normal girls are, I often had
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pleasant conversations with him. We became friends and started hanging
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out together. Seeing him and be arguing led me to
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believe they don't really hate each other. They're what you
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call frenemies. Looks like you girls cheered another great game,
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Chester says, you ready to hit Vanson's I know I am.
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B glares at Chester, noticing how close the twins are
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sitting to him. She points at him accusingly. Oh so
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now rage ain't good enough for you? Huh? Now you're
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looking to score her sisters? What you got some fantasy
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about scoring with twin cheerleaders? Real original? Chester just gives
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Bee his usual look that says he's used to her
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crazy accusations by Now, don't you look at me like that? Chester?
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When Bee clenches her teeth and growls, I can see
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where she looks like an anime character. Then she points
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at him and tells the twins he stared at me
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naked once in the shower for like a whole hour.
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Chester sighs, you were in the wrong locker room. I
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was trying to get you to leave, but you just
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wouldn't go. How many times do I have to keep
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telling you that? The twins burst out laughing. Bee rapidly
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points from one twin to the other, what's so funny? Huh?
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The twins stop laughing and smile mischievously. You, they say, together.
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Then Lavender turns to Chester, will be glad to give
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you a personal show. Just name the time and place
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Rouge finishes. What's interesting about the twins is that they
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always seem to be together, never too far apart. They
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always seem to know what the other is thinking, because
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they finish each other's sentences or they speak in unison.
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It's as if the two of them truly are separate
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halves of a whole person. And yes, I can tell
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them apart. Even though they dress the same and have
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the same hairstyle, they don't have any identifying marks. But
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I just know even Mom gives me that jealous look
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when she can't tell them apart. Be has more trouble
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wrapping her head around the twins than anyone I know.
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She wants to yell at them, and they're waiting for
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her to do it. In truth, the only thing that
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really gets to them is when the other is threatened
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in some way. I feel Rouge is more the aggressor,
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while Lavender is more passive. Want to be our date
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for tonight, the twins per to Chester together. Lavender takes
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his hand. Two's always better than one, right, Chester puts
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an arm around each twin. Okay, ladies, sure, why not?
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Be scowls and points a shaky finger right at Chester.
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Oh you, you, you sexist pig. Chester smiles. I can
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always marry you after graduation. B. Then I can add
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you to my growing collection of anime figures. B growls
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at him. You just keep it up, I'll bite your
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face off. Chester. When Bee's a out, ready to lunge
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at him, Lavender immediately strikes and kisses her on the cheek.
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Be staggers back and looks at both of them. Then
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she turns to me. They're both crazy. Rage and there
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my sisters. Be. I promise you they're not going anywhere
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except to Vansen's. Lavender interjects, let's go, Rouge adds. We
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leave North Ridgeway high and get in Chester's suv. Soon
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we arrive at Vancing's and head inside. Only a few
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of the booths are occupied. Normally this place is packed
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after a game. It's Christmas weekend, Teagan Andrews calls out
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from behind the counter. People usually tend to be doing
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other things around this time. You guys can sit wherever
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you want your usual coffees, sure, Chester tells her. The
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five of us sit at one of the tables in
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the center. Teagan brings us waters and coffees as she
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takes our orders. Be still can't believe Chester has a
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twin on either side of him. The girls seem like
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they're interested. I can't tell for sure. If it turns
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out Chester likes them too, well, he'll have his hands
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quite full. Be points at him. Yeah, you just keep
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enjoying the fantasy. Just wait till the joke's over. The
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twins look right at her and they appear insulted. Are
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you saying we're a couple of players. Rouge asks that
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we would just tease Chester here and laugh at him later,
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Lavender finishes. Then the twins slowly get up and suddenly
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look menacing. They move to either side of Be glaring.
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Lavender starts, okay, b you asked for this, Rouge finishes. Suddenly,
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the twins lash out and get Bee laughing fast when
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they start tickling her. Bees spent plenty of nights at
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our house since she came to North Ridgeway High around
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the same time Chester did that's been plenty of time
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for the twins to learn her main weaknesses. When Bees
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crying and ready to fall out of her chair, they
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stop and return to Chester's sides. When Bee calms down,
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she glares at them, I hate you too. I raise
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a finger. Ah ah ah. B being my best friend
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means putting up with the rest of the family. When
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she looks at me, I make a joke. Imagine if
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Chester married the twins, then he'd be family. Guess that
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means you couldn't bite his face off. B gawks now.
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Then she looks at Chester, points at him and withhispers
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so only we can hear womanizer. Chester laughs, Hugh kill me. B.
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You know that, but I already told you I'm marrying you.
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I want you so bad. Before Bee can return fire,
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the twins have something to say about that and grab
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his attention. Rouge starts you Mary, B never gonna happen.
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Lavender finishes. Now they turn and glare at Be He's ours.
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They say together, b starts growling again, but before she
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can snap at the twins, Teaguan arrives with our breakfasts.
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I can't feel emotions, but I do have physical sensations.
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The look and smell of the pancakes makes my tummy
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rumble as I'm reaching for the strawberry syrup. I see
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today's newspaper that was left behind by a previous patron
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and read the headline. Officer found melted at home. Focus
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Rage Lavender says, fresh pancakes in front of you, Rouge finishes.
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I don't look up from the paper, but I point
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across the table and chester in between you two. I
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only need to skim the article to commit the whole
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thing to memory. I'll read it in full later when
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I'm at home. I don't need people here getting suspicious
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about what I do in my private time. I have
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a feeling I'm going to hear Mom talk about this later.
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Little did I realize just how involved I would end
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up in all of this chrismas eve. It seems like
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no matter how much or how little sleep I get,
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my mind always knows to wake me up at seven.
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I don't have cheerleading practice or a game for the
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next two days, but it's always seven am, just the same.
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I peek in on the twins and see they're both
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still sleeping soundly. Then I head downstairs and find Mom
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having her morning coffee and looking over yesterday's paper again. Mornin', baby,
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she says as she sees me enter tough case, I ask.
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She's really frustrated when she takes another drink of coffee
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and realizes her cup is empty. I got it, I
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tell her. Looks like I'll have to make a fresh pot.
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You always know just how to make it, she says, gratefully.
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I make Mom's coffee extra strong. When I face her again,
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she tells me about the officer who was melted. He
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was in his patrol car downtown when someone shattered his
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window and placed a hand on his face. The skull
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itself had a burned handprint. The rest of the skin
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on the body was all melted, and, as my mother
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described it looked like goopy, wet candlewax. What on earth
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could even begin to do that? When Mom looks ready
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to lose her mind, I pick up her cup and
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top it off with the fresh brew. She takes the
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cup and drinks, never mind that it's fresh and hot.
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Then again, Mom loves her hot and spicy foods, same
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as the twins. How does this fucker do it? Baby?
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She's ready to slam the cup down, but stops herself.
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I don't mean to yell at you. She looks at
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me again. I've dealt with cases where fellow officers have
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been gunned down, run over, died from a heart attack,
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even an occasional automobile accident. She growls and drinks more
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hot coffee. Down. I've been shot, I've been stabbed, I've
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been hit by cars. I've even been in fights to
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the death with creatures of the night. But melted, melted,
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She closes her eyes and calms down. More coffee, baby.
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I take the cup from her and fill it up again.
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Like you always tell us, think outside the box. She
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sighs and takes her cup. I know what I said.
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What I do know for sure is someone intentionally targeted
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officer back. No one just does what this fucker did
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out of the blue. For the record, I'm used to
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Mom being coarse. She's talked that way for as long
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as I've known her. She's never cared if any of
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us kids use words like that, as long as we
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know when and where not to use them. Mom doesn't
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even really care if we bring boys home to spend
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the night. She's pretty lenient with us until we cross
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the lines. Only Gregor ever did that, and he always
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did it on purpose. After last Christmas, he no longer
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lives at home. It's just us sisters and the wild
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cougar herself. Mom's frustration bubbles up again. If that ain't enough,
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Chief Cobbs is sending this sexy hot mama back to Strickfield.
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In other words, he doesn't want me anywhere near this thing.
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He knows it's got something to do with that shit
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that happened a year ago. Today, I remember you telling me,
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I say, taking the empty cup from her again more,
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she nods. Mom is definitely a mess. To her credit,
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at least she doesn't go off the deep end when
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she's worked up like this. She's binging on coffee, not cigarettes,
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booze or drugs. I get another pot going, So you're
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headed to Strickfield? I ask when? As soon as I'm
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done venting to you, baby, she answers. I don't know
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how I understand what Mom needs sometimes, but I go
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and hug her. Oh baby, Mom calms down and hugs
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me back. You know what an insufferable bitch I can be.
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You know I'm always vising on coffee. You know I'm
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a literal man. Eater. Yet you baby's all put up
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with my shit. I could tell her that I can
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put up with absolutely anything she throws my way since
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I can't feel ins. But I've learned how to help
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mom when it comes to certain things. Just hugging her
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like this calms her down more than the coffee. Even
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though I consider myself a primal girl, I do understand
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some things about the human condition because you're our mom,
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I tell her. She squeezes me a little. I always
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want to do right by you babies. Being a mama
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is the one thing I'll never regret when we come apart.
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She looks me over. I want some grand babies, you know.
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I fake a smile. Someday, Maybe I have to find
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my ideal mate first, She just looks at me. You
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sound like a cave girl. What about Chester. I know
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the two of you get along quite well. Then a
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voice calls out from the hallway. Chester, did he call
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the other twin? Finishes? Rouge and Lavender come into the
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kitchen in their oversized T shirts, one of the few
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things they wear in their own signature colors. I give
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Mom an uneasy smirk and point to the twins with
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my thumb. Chester might become your son in law someday, Mom,
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but it'll be because he married them. Mom gives the
472
00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:31.719
twins a scowl. Seriously, are you two Sharon boys again?
473
00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:35.639
What did I tell you both about that? Why not?
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They answer in unison. Then Lavender starts. Chester actually told
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us that together we're the perfect woman. Rouge finishes. When
476
00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:51.639
the twins look at each other, I still wonder if
477
00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:56.800
they truly feel emotions. For Chester, I imagine he'll want to
478
00:38:56.840 --> 00:39:00.280
talk to me about them later. He can find in
479
00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:04.559
me about pretty much everything. Then the twins go to
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Mom and hug her together. She squeezes them both, my babies,
481
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I love you all so much. I don't think any
482
00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:17.360
of us have ever said that back to Mom, but
483
00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:21.119
I think she knows the feeling is mutual when the
484
00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:26.800
twins squeeze her back. I myself can't feel love, but
485
00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:30.360
I understand that this woman carried me inside her body
486
00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:36.400
for six months and raised me into adulthood. I was premature.
487
00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:41.639
I know I owe her everything. If Mom ever needs
488
00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:44.519
me to take care of her, then there's no question
489
00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:48.400
of my loyalty. But Mom still wants to take care
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00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:54.960
of us and raise her future grandchildren. She's calm enough now.
491
00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:57.480
I make her a to go cup for her drive
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00:39:57.599 --> 00:40:01.519
to Strickfield. She promises us she'll be home tonight for
493
00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:06.079
Christmas Eve, and home all day on Christmas. The three
494
00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:09.840
of us watch Mom get in her corvette and drive away.
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You two seriously have feelings for Chester, I ask the twins.
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00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:22.000
They look at me and give a single, romantic sigh,
497
00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:25.679
making me wonder if they are truly two halves of
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00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:32.079
a single person. Seriously, they never fight, They're always together.
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They watch out for each other. They never mind sharing
500
00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:40.280
a guy on a date together. While guys might find
501
00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:44.119
this a perfect sexual fantasy, they don't want to be
502
00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:48.840
in a long term relationship with twins. I'm thinking that
503
00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:52.840
that is what they're looking for. The twins divide the
504
00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:55.760
rest of the coffee between them and go into the
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living room to watch TV. Holy shit, they speak in
506
00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:05.320
unison like they're sharing a thought. Rage get in here.
507
00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:09.840
I walk over to them and see the news. Missus Overton,
508
00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:15.519
our cheerleading coach, was found dead in her home. The
509
00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:20.719
news cruiser outside. This young reporter from Strickfield named Miranda
510
00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:23.559
Mason Phillips was first on the scene to cover it.
511
00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:28.760
The front door looks like someone burned right through it
512
00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:32.599
to get in. You can see the outline of a51300:41:33.360 --> 00:41:38.320
human shape. Watching the story further, I don't get to51400:41:38.320 --> 00:41:43.119
see the body. It's already in a bag. Mason Phillips said.51500:41:43.199 --> 00:41:48.000
The body's flesh was grossly melted, just the same as51600:41:48.039 --> 00:41:52.719
that cop that Mom lost her shit over earlier. Without thinking,51700:41:52.760 --> 00:41:55.800
I get up and grab one of mom's high school yearbooks.51800:41:56.519 --> 00:42:01.440
I open it to find some rather interesting picture. It's51900:42:01.480 --> 00:42:04.920
amazing what you can reference with a highly photographic memory52000:42:05.039 --> 00:42:09.559
like mine. Long ago, Mom mentioned she went to her52100:42:09.599 --> 00:42:15.880
senior prom with David Bach. Linda Moore was Mom's best friend.52200:42:16.679 --> 00:42:20.639
She married Dale Overton, the man Mom set her up52300:42:20.679 --> 00:42:25.719
with as her prom date. There is definitely a link here.52400:42:26.679 --> 00:42:30.079
She also mentioned the incident that happened on Christmas Eve52500:42:30.199 --> 00:42:36.559
last year out on State Route Ie. This man, Buck Weathers,52600:42:36.559 --> 00:42:40.880
caused a bad accident while driving a chemical truck. I52700:42:40.960 --> 00:42:44.519
still remember every word of that article like I had52800:42:44.679 --> 00:42:48.400
just read it. The chemical truck crashed head on into52900:42:48.440 --> 00:42:52.679
a car coming in the opposite direction. It was believed53000:42:52.719 --> 00:42:57.559
the chemical truck exploded on impact. Then the flames overwhelmed53100:42:57.599 --> 00:43:04.559
both vehicles, burning everybody inside. Somehow the green fire mutated53200:43:04.599 --> 00:43:08.920
Weathers into a mindless thing with melted skin and a53300:43:09.000 --> 00:43:13.360
glowing skeleton. Mom was the one who put Weathers down,53400:43:14.000 --> 00:43:17.199
but not before he melted a north Ridgeway cop who53500:43:17.239 --> 00:43:21.960
got too close. Not much of anything scares Mom, but53600:43:22.599 --> 00:43:27.159
Buck Weathers definitely spooked her. She even tried to nail53700:43:27.239 --> 00:43:32.760
pressed In Mirn, the owner of Strickfield Chemicals, for the incident. Unfortunately,53800:43:33.519 --> 00:43:39.079
Mom would not win. There was just no proof of negligence. Also,53900:43:39.280 --> 00:43:43.840
Miron himself paid all the costs for Weather's funeral, even54000:43:43.920 --> 00:43:48.679
though there was nothing to bury. The chemicals themselves burned54100:43:48.719 --> 00:43:51.880
up completely in the accident, so there was no way54200:43:51.920 --> 00:43:57.079
of knowing what they were exactly. After Mom shot Weathers,54300:43:57.719 --> 00:44:03.280
the body melted away, bone and all. I tried investigating54400:44:03.320 --> 00:44:07.159
preston Mirn myself. Since I can't be one hundred percent54500:44:07.320 --> 00:44:10.880
sure of his involvement, I can't pass judgment on him.54600:44:11.639 --> 00:44:15.559
I won't take the chance of killing an innocent But54700:44:15.719 --> 00:44:19.239
thanks to Mom, I've learned many of her detective skills54800:44:19.719 --> 00:44:23.599
and applied them to my work. I take a deep54900:44:23.679 --> 00:44:26.760
breath when I feel my bloodlust pushing me to find55000:44:26.880 --> 00:44:35.079
and claim this chemically created killer, you Oka, Rage, Lavender asks, Hugh,55100:44:35.159 --> 00:44:39.400
look like your horny Rouge ads. They suddenly look at55200:44:39.400 --> 00:44:44.719
each other as if realizing something. Then say, do you55300:44:44.880 --> 00:44:48.800
finally have a boyfriend? If only a boyfriend was the55400:44:48.880 --> 00:44:52.239
issue I had to worry about. I can never let55500:44:52.280 --> 00:44:57.360
my mother or sisters know I'm a serial killer. I55600:44:57.440 --> 00:45:00.639
flipped them both off. Yeah, guess you you to suck55700:45:00.679 --> 00:45:04.199
at reading people, or you figured out I'm fucking Chester.55800:45:05.159 --> 00:45:09.480
The twins scream like banshees and charge me. They both55900:45:09.559 --> 00:45:13.480
tackle me onto my back. Now they're looking down at me.56000:45:14.159 --> 00:45:18.199
Rouge starts trust us, Rage, you need to get laid,56100:45:18.679 --> 00:45:24.679
Lavender finishes, Maybe I do, I mutter. After they get56200:45:24.679 --> 00:45:27.159
off me and help me up, I grab a soda56300:45:27.199 --> 00:45:30.400
out of the refrigerator and head out. I don't tell56400:45:30.400 --> 00:45:34.159
the twins, but I do message Chester and tell him56500:45:34.320 --> 00:45:37.239
I need to talk. He tells me I can come56600:45:37.320 --> 00:45:44.320
over afternoon. Chester invites me to sit on his bed56700:45:44.440 --> 00:45:47.960
while he's at the computer. Then he takes my hand.56800:45:48.840 --> 00:45:52.199
Are you all right? Rage? When he sees I'm in need,56900:45:52.719 --> 00:45:56.880
he understands, I'm guessing you saw the paper last night57000:45:58.119 --> 00:46:01.960
and the news a little while ago. I add, I57100:46:02.079 --> 00:46:06.159
still can't believe someone like you is a serial killer.57200:46:06.719 --> 00:46:11.400
He says, I wish you hadn't learned my secret. I reply,57300:46:12.239 --> 00:46:16.920
I'm usually good about covering my tracks after I passed judgment.57400:46:17.480 --> 00:46:21.000
The problem is I let Chester Willis get too close57500:46:21.039 --> 00:46:25.199
to me. The more we talked, the more we became friends.57600:46:26.119 --> 00:46:29.559
I appreciate the companionship he gives me when we're together.57700:46:30.360 --> 00:46:33.920
The two of us could talk about almost anything for hours.57800:46:34.480 --> 00:46:38.800
He's called me both his friend and his intellectual peer.57900:46:40.079 --> 00:46:43.360
How did he learn my secret? It was just after58000:46:43.440 --> 00:46:48.440
I destroyed Annie Judge back in September. Chester didn't know58100:46:48.559 --> 00:46:52.119
her true nature as a drug dealer and a sexual predator,58200:46:52.800 --> 00:46:56.519
and was devastated to learn that about his favorite teacher58300:46:56.800 --> 00:47:01.280
at our school. As Chester was talking to me about her,58400:47:02.360 --> 00:47:08.239
he noticed I was unmoved. Then, just like that, he58500:47:08.320 --> 00:47:12.320
came to me and kissed me on the lips. He58600:47:12.480 --> 00:47:16.679
stopped to look at me when I didn't react. At58700:47:16.679 --> 00:47:21.719
that moment, he knew I had killed any Judge and58800:47:21.760 --> 00:47:25.280
that I was the angel of death. He could tell58900:47:25.320 --> 00:47:29.239
that I was emotionless, and he felt sorry for me59000:47:30.639 --> 00:47:34.760
since I killed only bad people. He said he'd keep59100:47:34.840 --> 00:47:40.920
my secret, which now only he knows. He also told59200:47:41.000 --> 00:47:48.480
me he wanted to help me. Since he was already59300:47:48.559 --> 00:47:52.599
kissing me, I offered to have sex with him. He59400:47:52.639 --> 00:47:55.920
admitted he was tempted and thanked me for the offer,59500:47:56.760 --> 00:48:00.719
but said he didn't become my friend plea for the59600:48:00.719 --> 00:48:04.840
hope of sleeping with me. He said he truly liked59700:48:04.880 --> 00:48:10.000
me and loved our conversations, and that he deeply respected59800:48:10.039 --> 00:48:14.320
me for my mind, especially when he found it difficult59900:48:14.440 --> 00:48:17.320
to beat me at the games we would play together.60000:48:19.079 --> 00:48:23.639
What do you think, Chester asks, now, I'm guessing some60100:48:23.719 --> 00:48:29.599
one's after your mom. I nod. Once I concluded that myself.60200:48:30.280 --> 00:48:33.519
The question is whether or not this person knows Mom60300:48:34.159 --> 00:48:38.480
isn't in North Ridgeway right now. You know, if you're60400:48:38.559 --> 00:48:41.599
right about this, there's a chance we can learn who60500:48:41.719 --> 00:48:47.719
this person is here his expression changes. But if that's60600:48:47.760 --> 00:48:52.519
the case, you yourself might be in danger, maybe even60700:48:52.559 --> 00:48:58.000
the twins. That means the killer would definitely be targeting Mom.60800:48:58.760 --> 00:49:03.360
I agree, of course, I can't be afraid for myself, Chester,60900:49:04.239 --> 00:49:07.079
but I don't want anything to happen to my sisters61000:49:07.519 --> 00:49:12.079
or to you. He sighs. I think your sisters are61100:49:12.119 --> 00:49:16.199
both crazy and interesting, and I like them. I don't61200:49:16.199 --> 00:49:20.400
want anything happening to them either, and I especially don't61300:49:20.400 --> 00:49:24.239
want anything happening to you. Rage. Mom thinks you'll be61400:49:24.320 --> 00:49:27.639
her son in law some day, I tell him, which61500:49:27.679 --> 00:49:31.239
means you better watch yourself around the twins. I may61600:49:31.280 --> 00:49:35.079
not have emotions, but if they truly like you, I61700:49:35.199 --> 00:49:38.199
don't want you to hurt them. He gives me a61800:49:38.239 --> 00:49:44.400
surprised look. Really, me and them, two girls at the61900:49:44.440 --> 00:49:49.039
same time. If you don't reciprocate their feelings, then don't62000:49:49.119 --> 00:49:53.679
lead them on. I advise him. No, I wouldn't do that.62100:49:53.840 --> 00:50:00.280
Rage he replies, I just never thought. Wow. Then he62200:50:00.320 --> 00:50:04.199
returns to the matter at hand. I think we should62300:50:04.199 --> 00:50:07.440
look more into the accident from last year. I can't62400:50:07.480 --> 00:50:09.840
put my finger on it yet, but I think the62500:50:09.920 --> 00:50:15.000
ANSWER's there. But we know it isn't Buck Weathers, I say.62600:50:15.880 --> 00:50:19.159
After Mom shot him in the head, his body melted62700:50:19.199 --> 00:50:24.599
away though still Mom would think outside the box, and62800:50:24.679 --> 00:50:28.480
we need to as well. Chester suddenly has an idea62900:50:29.000 --> 00:50:32.719
and lays flat on his back on the floor. Okay,63000:50:33.480 --> 00:50:37.039
I'm Buck Weathers and you're your mom. Now I'm melting63100:50:37.079 --> 00:50:40.639
away here after you've put me down. Chester's making me63200:50:40.760 --> 00:50:45.960
think again. Then I shake my head slowly, doing what63300:50:46.039 --> 00:50:49.199
Mom said. Well, the only way I can think of63400:50:49.239 --> 00:50:54.079
where it could be Weathers would be maybe Mom didn't63500:50:54.280 --> 00:50:58.440
kill him after all, Maybe he could control himself enough63600:50:58.480 --> 00:51:03.760
to liquefy and refort. Later when nobody was around, he63700:51:03.840 --> 00:51:10.599
reconstitutes himself. He decides to wait one year tonight to63800:51:10.719 --> 00:51:14.639
come for revenge on mom. Chester looks up at me.63900:51:15.960 --> 00:51:18.840
Have I ever told you how beautiful you are when64000:51:18.880 --> 00:51:23.639
you're thinking thirty eight times as of right now? I64100:51:23.719 --> 00:51:29.119
reply instantly. Thirty seven was last week. I really love64200:51:29.199 --> 00:51:33.719
that photographic memory of yours, He says excitedly as he64300:51:33.760 --> 00:51:38.559
gets back up. I'm so jealous. You're no slouch either,64400:51:39.199 --> 00:51:42.360
I remind him, did you gain anything while we were64500:51:42.400 --> 00:51:45.960
re enacting last Christmas Eve? I came up with the64600:51:45.960 --> 00:51:50.719
same thing you did. But he shakes his head. It's64700:51:50.840 --> 00:51:55.840
not logical, it's just not He gives me a stern look.64800:51:56.639 --> 00:52:01.639
That's like saying vampires are real. They are. I tell him,64900:52:01.639 --> 00:52:06.960
without hesitation, I've actually killed a few. Chester looks at65000:52:06.960 --> 00:52:09.639
me like he's waiting for me to say I'm joking.65100:52:10.679 --> 00:52:15.320
When my expression doesn't change, he gives me a weird look.65200:52:16.159 --> 00:52:19.599
You always have to be so damn honest. I can65300:52:19.639 --> 00:52:24.679
lie for you sometime, I offer. Chester gently pulls me65400:52:24.760 --> 00:52:29.400
to him. This isn't the first time he continues to65500:52:29.400 --> 00:52:34.360
feel sympathy for me. Since I can't feel emotions. I65600:52:34.440 --> 00:52:38.079
hold him in kind, mainly because he's a great friend65700:52:38.440 --> 00:52:44.119
and companion. We come apart and face each other. I'll65800:52:44.159 --> 00:52:48.760
always be here for you. He's told me this before too.65900:52:49.039 --> 00:52:55.079
Then he sighs, I really wish you could feel something anything.66000:52:56.400 --> 00:52:59.599
I can feel things that are physical, I remind him.66100:53:00.440 --> 00:53:05.920
Chester groans, I wish you could feel how incredibly frustrating66200:53:06.000 --> 00:53:09.719
this case is. I can see how frustrating it is66300:53:09.800 --> 00:53:14.239
for you, so to a degree. I can experience what66400:53:14.360 --> 00:53:18.960
other people feel, but in a physical sense, like you,66500:53:19.239 --> 00:53:22.639
I feel we've hit a stumbling block. I hate those66600:53:22.719 --> 00:53:26.679
things rage. He says. I'm supposed to be competing with66700:53:26.719 --> 00:53:30.920
you for the coveted spot of valedictorian. We're currently numbers66800:53:30.960 --> 00:53:34.039
one and two in the senior class and we can't66900:53:34.079 --> 00:53:38.079
solve this thing. Well, I still believe in what Mom67000:53:38.159 --> 00:53:43.039
says about thinking outside the box. I tell him, you'd67100:53:43.039 --> 00:53:48.760
have to since you said vampires are real. Then he sighs, Okay,67200:53:49.239 --> 00:53:52.079
we're not giving up here. There's got to be something67300:53:52.159 --> 00:53:56.360
neither of us is thinking of. Before I can answer him,67400:53:56.760 --> 00:54:02.920
my phone rings. It's Kam's mom. Hold on, Cameron Drexel67500:54:03.039 --> 00:54:07.119
is our cheerleading captain. Don't tell me you're calling for67600:54:07.199 --> 00:54:11.360
us to have practice today, I say, trying to sound67700:54:11.440 --> 00:54:18.440
like a normal high school girl. Missus Drexel, what's going on? No,67800:54:19.320 --> 00:54:26.199
I haven't seen Cam since yesterday's game. Chester watches intently67900:54:26.280 --> 00:54:29.719
as I talk to Cam's mom. Since hearing is a68000:54:29.719 --> 00:54:34.159
physical sense, I can understand her tones of anguish and worry.68100:54:35.000 --> 00:54:38.360
When the conversation is finished, I put the phone down68200:54:38.840 --> 00:54:44.599
and address Chester. Cam never came home last night, he translates.68300:54:45.599 --> 00:54:50.840
I raise an eyebrow perceptive as always. Then Chester and68400:54:50.880 --> 00:54:54.159
I have a twins moment when we actually think the68500:54:54.199 --> 00:54:59.280
same thing at the exact same time. Chester powers off68600:54:59.320 --> 00:55:03.280
his computer before we leave his house and make our68700:55:03.320 --> 00:55:12.000
way to Northridgeway High to check on our hunch. I68800:55:12.079 --> 00:55:15.800
can't believe how easily you can do that, Chester says,68900:55:15.920 --> 00:55:20.119
after I pick the lock and get us inside. Comes69000:55:20.119 --> 00:55:24.639
with being me, I reply. When we're in the basement,69100:55:24.920 --> 00:55:28.360
We walk out into the hallway. Then we cut through69200:55:28.400 --> 00:55:31.440
the cafeteria and get to the area where the locker69300:55:31.519 --> 00:55:36.119
rooms are. We walk in to the girls. We have69400:55:36.159 --> 00:55:39.719
a twins moment and stop at the exact same time again.69500:55:41.199 --> 00:55:46.960
The shower's running. Chester whispers. I nod. Then he sees69600:55:47.000 --> 00:55:50.519
me pulling out my knife in the daylight coming in69700:55:50.599 --> 00:55:56.440
from outside. I can see Chester's face. He's jealous that69800:55:56.559 --> 00:56:00.320
I can't be afraid. I've told Chester not to come69900:56:00.360 --> 00:56:03.679
with me on jobs like this, but he cares too much.70000:56:04.679 --> 00:56:07.480
That's when I again feel the physical part of me70100:56:08.400 --> 00:56:12.480
that is glad for his companionship. The two of us70200:56:12.519 --> 00:56:15.920
walk through the locker room, the sound of the showers70300:56:16.000 --> 00:56:20.800
getting louder. Chester's ready to go in and look, but70400:56:20.920 --> 00:56:24.800
I stop him. I point to myself, then to my70500:56:24.960 --> 00:56:29.880
eyes to indicate I'd better look first. He nods and70600:56:29.960 --> 00:56:34.000
pulls out his retractable baton. At least he knows to70700:56:34.119 --> 00:56:37.800
arm himself when we're out like this, I pull out70800:56:37.840 --> 00:56:41.159
my phone and use the light to illuminate the shower.70900:56:42.280 --> 00:56:47.000
Then I see it and turn to Chester. You're warned71000:56:47.000 --> 00:56:52.000
if you come in here. His jaw drops. Did you71100:56:52.199 --> 00:56:58.159
find yes? I confirm. Then he takes a deep breath71200:56:58.960 --> 00:57:04.880
and enters. Oh God. Looking at the hair, I know71300:57:05.280 --> 00:57:09.079
it was Cam Drexel. Like the other victims, the skin71400:57:09.199 --> 00:57:14.039
is completely melted into what looks like pus. Chester reaches71500:57:14.079 --> 00:57:17.599
out and tilts my wrist a little to better light71600:57:17.719 --> 00:57:23.519
up what he just saw, bloody footprints. We look at71700:57:23.559 --> 00:57:27.480
each other. I can tell he's scared, but he won't71800:57:27.480 --> 00:57:31.639
abandon me. He gulps and nods, telling me he's ready71900:57:31.679 --> 00:57:36.800
to follow me straight into Hell itself. I tell Chester72000:57:36.960 --> 00:57:40.840
to stay behind me as we follow the footprints, they72100:57:40.880 --> 00:57:45.480
go in the opposite direction from the way we came in. Suddenly,72200:57:45.519 --> 00:57:49.280
I stop and make Chester as well. I tell him72300:57:49.320 --> 00:57:54.880
over my shoulder, whoever it is is still here. These72400:57:54.920 --> 00:58:01.119
prints are fresh. You're right, he chokes out. We both72500:58:01.199 --> 00:58:05.840
hear something wet close by. Chester shrieks when he sees72600:58:05.920 --> 00:58:11.639
the glowing thing emerge. It's a gruesome, bloody, meaty creature72700:58:11.719 --> 00:58:16.119
with melted flesh slowly oozing and dripping off its body.72800:58:16.880 --> 00:58:21.000
We can see its muscles and bones. We can hear72900:58:21.119 --> 00:58:25.519
its heart beating. Its eyes are still in their sockets73000:58:26.239 --> 00:58:31.199
as the thing looks directly at us. Seeing the bumps73100:58:31.239 --> 00:58:36.679
on its chest, tells me it's female. Before I can73200:58:36.679 --> 00:58:40.360
tell Chester, the thing stretches its arms out towards us.73300:58:41.679 --> 00:58:46.360
Come to me, Reagan. The voice is wet and gurgling,73400:58:47.159 --> 00:58:52.519
like Mom described buck Weather's voice a year ago. Then73500:58:52.639 --> 00:58:57.199
it hisses something gross as it comes at us. Chester73600:58:57.400 --> 00:59:01.119
screams like he's in a horror movie. While it's true73700:59:01.119 --> 00:59:04.880
that I don't feel fear, that doesn't mean I'm stupid.73800:59:05.960 --> 00:59:08.159
I know I'm as good as dead if that thing73900:59:08.320 --> 00:59:12.960
gets its gross hands on us. Chester suddenly doubles over74000:59:13.559 --> 00:59:17.480
and throws up. No doubt it's from the awful smell74100:59:17.599 --> 00:59:21.000
of that thing. The best way I can describe the74200:59:21.079 --> 00:59:26.719
odor is a mix of decomposition and pure acid. I74300:59:26.719 --> 00:59:30.400
don't have time to see if Chester's okay, but I74400:59:30.440 --> 00:59:34.639
won't leave him here to die. Since I can't be afraid,74500:59:34.679 --> 00:59:37.719
I have no problem jumping up and kicking that thing74600:59:37.840 --> 00:59:41.800
right in between its breasts. It cries out and falls,74700:59:42.239 --> 00:59:46.239
sliding a little on its back along the floor. I74800:59:46.360 --> 00:59:49.719
quickly turn back when I see my shoe sole bubbling74900:59:50.159 --> 00:59:54.760
and nearly gone. I yank it off. Chester, get up,75000:59:55.199 --> 00:59:59.559
I yell. Chester dry heaves before he forces himself back75100:59:59.599 --> 01:00:03.000
to his He staggers along as I'm moving him back75201:00:03.039 --> 01:00:06.360
to where we came in. He pulls himself together. As75301:00:06.400 --> 01:00:10.480
we move back through the cafeteria and out into the hallway,75401:00:11.719 --> 01:00:14.760
we hear the wet noises and gurgling and see that75501:00:14.920 --> 01:00:19.199
thing coming after us. It raises a slimy arm and75601:00:19.320 --> 01:00:27.239
points I won't stop until I've tasted your lovely skin. Reagan,75701:00:28.679 --> 01:00:32.599
what do you want with her? Chester yells, what did75801:00:32.679 --> 01:00:39.800
she do to you? Suddenly the thing belts out a disgusting,75901:00:40.360 --> 01:00:44.639
bile like blast from its mouth. You would have thought76001:00:44.719 --> 01:00:49.519
Linda Blair from the Exorcist was portraying this thing. The76101:00:49.599 --> 01:00:52.559
bile lands on the floor directly in front of us76201:00:53.239 --> 01:00:59.119
and starts burning and eating through the tiles. Oh shit, run, rage,76301:00:59.679 --> 01:01:03.000
Chess yells. We turn and run to the stairs and76401:01:03.119 --> 01:01:06.440
race up to the first floor. We hear the thing76501:01:07.079 --> 01:01:11.960
right behind As we're turning a corner. We barely miss76601:01:12.000 --> 01:01:17.800
getting hit by another burst of projectile bile. After nearly76701:01:17.920 --> 01:01:21.519
tripping while running with one shoe, I decide to lose76801:01:21.559 --> 01:01:25.679
the other and go barefoot. I have another quick idea76901:01:26.360 --> 01:01:31.400
and turn around. Keep moving, Chester, I yell, heaving my77001:01:31.519 --> 01:01:38.360
knife right at that thing. The blade hits its mark77101:01:38.880 --> 01:01:42.880
square in the thing's chest and knocks it onto its back.77201:01:43.599 --> 01:01:47.119
I rush to catch up to Chester. We dart into77301:01:47.159 --> 01:01:50.920
a classroom. When he pulls the door shut. I quickly77401:01:50.960 --> 01:01:55.000
shove the teacher's desk right in front of it. Since77501:01:55.079 --> 01:01:59.639
the door opens outward, the desk won't do much, maybe77601:01:59.679 --> 01:02:03.599
slow it down a little. Not thinking twice, I run77701:02:03.679 --> 01:02:06.599
to one of the windows and smash it with my fist.77801:02:07.840 --> 01:02:11.840
I looked to see the door burning away, like someone's77901:02:11.920 --> 01:02:17.000
literally dissolving right through it. Move Chester, get out the window,78001:02:17.639 --> 01:02:20.880
I command him. He looks at me and shakes his head.78101:02:21.800 --> 01:02:24.880
No way. I won't leave you here to die. Don't78201:02:24.880 --> 01:02:29.280
worry about me. I tell him I'll be right behind you. Now,78301:02:29.320 --> 01:02:32.599
get out of here. The thing is coming in now.78401:02:33.079 --> 01:02:37.119
The door was no match for its acid bile. It78501:02:37.199 --> 01:02:40.760
could have easily opened the door and walked in. I78601:02:40.800 --> 01:02:43.440
think it wanted to show us what it could do.78701:02:44.599 --> 01:02:48.920
Safe to say it probably disintegrated my knife. Now it78801:02:49.039 --> 01:02:57.039
points right at me. I'm in so much pain, non stop.78901:02:58.119 --> 01:03:04.960
The thing rasps. I can never be human again. After79001:03:05.039 --> 01:03:09.760
I get my hands on you, I'll go after the twins.79101:03:10.400 --> 01:03:17.679
Then your mom will know what it's like to lose everything. Go,79201:03:18.599 --> 01:03:25.400
I tell Chester, not without you, he insists again, without hesitation.79301:03:25.559 --> 01:03:28.920
I shove him through the window. All I can do79401:03:29.039 --> 01:03:32.840
to keep that thing from touching me is to quickly79501:03:32.880 --> 01:03:35.679
pull a student's desk to me and shove it right79601:03:35.719 --> 01:03:39.480
at it. Then, as the thing has to knock it aside,79701:03:40.000 --> 01:03:44.000
I turn and dive right out. Chester's there to help79801:03:44.039 --> 01:03:47.679
me up, he gasps. When we both see the thing79901:03:48.360 --> 01:03:54.519
glowing bright in the window. I'll get you, Reagan, it80001:03:54.599 --> 01:03:57.960
gurgles in as close to a yell as it can manage.80101:03:59.119 --> 01:04:03.239
Let's get out of here, Chester says. I don't argue80201:04:03.239 --> 01:04:06.400
with him, and we escape from the high school. That80301:04:06.519 --> 01:04:09.400
thing can't run to catch us, and it knows it.80401:04:10.239 --> 01:04:15.239
We hear a loud, disgusting scream behind us. When we80501:04:15.280 --> 01:04:20.159
get far enough away, we stop to collect ourselves. I80601:04:20.239 --> 01:04:24.760
thought things like this only happened in Strickfield. Chester groans80701:04:25.639 --> 01:04:31.920
that glowing thing was really real, just like vampires, I80801:04:32.000 --> 01:04:38.119
remind him. Chester laughs a little, oh man. At least80901:04:38.159 --> 01:04:41.400
we know what that thing wants and where it came from.81001:04:41.920 --> 01:04:47.440
I point out, should we call your mom? Chester asks, no,81101:04:47.719 --> 01:04:50.559
I don't want her panicking. I know Mom would do81201:04:50.679 --> 01:04:53.639
anything to protect me, but I don't want her to81301:04:53.760 --> 01:04:58.239
risk her life. What's to say Chantal isn't already pursuing81401:04:58.320 --> 01:05:03.039
that thing herself. Chester points out, we both know how81501:05:03.079 --> 01:05:08.280
determined she can get. You're not wrong. I agree. Then81601:05:08.360 --> 01:05:12.199
I have a sudden thought that thing may likely go81701:05:12.239 --> 01:05:16.639
after the twins, maybe even be I turn back in81801:05:16.679 --> 01:05:20.280
the direction of the school. I won't let that thing81901:05:20.440 --> 01:05:25.320
take my family. Chester grabs my wrist. How are you82001:05:25.400 --> 01:05:29.519
going to stop it with what? You don't even have82101:05:29.599 --> 01:05:35.679
your knife anymore, or even shoes my mind? I tell82201:05:35.760 --> 01:05:40.599
him simply, And where do our minds get shaped? You82301:05:40.599 --> 01:05:44.480
yourself could stop that thing. He gives me his usual82401:05:44.559 --> 01:05:49.280
look when we're on the same page. Chemistry lab. That's82501:05:49.280 --> 01:05:53.440
what you're thinking, right, uh huh. Ten to one. We're82601:05:53.480 --> 01:05:55.400
not going to be able to stop that thing with82701:05:55.920 --> 01:05:59.880
just what's in our high school lab, he says, perhaps not,82801:06:00.000 --> 01:06:03.199
but maybe we can get some data on how to82901:06:03.239 --> 01:06:06.760
stop it. I tell him, and if not, then you83001:06:06.880 --> 01:06:11.239
have to remember one other thing. It's still human in83101:06:11.320 --> 01:06:15.800
spite of its mutations. We can stop that thing, you83201:06:15.880 --> 01:06:19.719
and me. I'm willing to bet it's still inside the school.83301:06:20.360 --> 01:06:22.800
If not, I'm sure we'll be able to track it83401:06:23.039 --> 01:06:27.760
while there's still daylight. He sighs. I really wish you83501:06:27.840 --> 01:06:30.719
knew how much I envy the fact that you're never afraid.83601:06:31.760 --> 01:06:35.199
Be careful what you wish for. I warn him, My83701:06:35.400 --> 01:06:38.639
not having fear is a double edged sword. I couldn't83801:06:38.679 --> 01:06:41.000
tell you how many times it's gotten me into trouble.83901:06:42.000 --> 01:06:45.480
Kind of like how I almost don't feel pain. We84001:06:45.599 --> 01:06:51.599
look at each other for a long moment. Chester sighs again. Okay, Rage,84101:06:52.440 --> 01:06:55.880
let's go back to the school. It's not hard to84201:06:55.920 --> 01:07:00.719
retrace our steps even without my photographic memory. We make84301:07:00.800 --> 01:07:03.840
it back to the school and through the basement window again.84401:07:04.719 --> 01:07:08.920
As Chester lowers himself through, I stop him. Let's go84501:07:08.960 --> 01:07:12.400
around the building and make sure it didn't leave. I suggest.84601:07:13.079 --> 01:07:15.519
If it did, we should be able to track it.84701:07:16.039 --> 01:07:20.880
Chester nods and raises his finger. Good thinking. He points84801:07:20.960 --> 01:07:25.440
to the window. WHOA, I just realized, what if that84901:07:25.639 --> 01:07:28.960
thing was right there waiting for me as I climbed in.85001:07:30.079 --> 01:07:34.320
Now you're thinking, I compliment him. Let's split up and85101:07:34.400 --> 01:07:38.159
go around the school. We'll meet out front and keep85201:07:38.159 --> 01:07:41.960
that baton handy. It won't stop that thing, but it's85301:07:42.000 --> 01:07:45.239
better than having no weapon at all. We split up85401:07:45.280 --> 01:07:49.119
and cautiously move around the building. So far, I'm not85501:07:49.159 --> 01:07:54.280
seeing any chemical or bloody footprints. Then I see Chester85601:07:54.400 --> 01:07:59.039
as we converge by the front steps. Nothing. He tells me.85701:08:01.440 --> 01:08:05.840
I look at the building. That thing is definitely still inside.85801:08:07.119 --> 01:08:09.400
Too bad. We can't see where it's at by its85901:08:09.480 --> 01:08:13.519
radioactive glow. It must be hiding. I guess we go86001:08:13.639 --> 01:08:16.960
in the way we got in earlier. Chester stops me.86101:08:17.920 --> 01:08:22.159
I can see he's truly afraid for me, but I'm86201:08:22.199 --> 01:08:25.560
about to find out it goes deeper than that when86301:08:25.560 --> 01:08:30.399
he gently pulls me to him and kisses me. The86401:08:30.479 --> 01:08:33.560
first time he did this, it was to determine my86501:08:33.720 --> 01:08:39.239
true nature, and it was an empty kiss. This kiss86601:08:39.319 --> 01:08:47.159
isn't long, but it's to the point. Now. He looks86701:08:47.199 --> 01:08:52.000
at me, I love you, rage I know, I reply,86801:08:52.960 --> 01:08:56.960
Remember I can read your feelings through your facial expressions86901:08:57.640 --> 01:09:03.880
and your actions. Gets bold and kisses me again, holding87001:09:03.920 --> 01:09:07.760
me to him. This time I respond to his feelings87101:09:07.760 --> 01:09:13.199
by holding him gently and kissing him back. I wish87201:09:13.239 --> 01:09:18.359
I could feel something for Chester emotionally. However, I'm not87301:09:18.479 --> 01:09:23.479
opposed to experiencing the physical with him. Have only had87401:09:23.520 --> 01:09:27.560
sex a few times and gained no satisfaction from it.87501:09:28.960 --> 01:09:32.399
But when we stop kissing again, I know he wants87601:09:32.439 --> 01:09:36.600
to tell me we should call the police or Mom.87701:09:37.840 --> 01:09:41.439
But I plan on killing that thing for sure. It'll87801:09:41.479 --> 01:09:46.239
satisfy my bloodlust. For many years, the dark passenger that87901:09:46.359 --> 01:09:50.199
lives inside me has pushed me time and time again88001:09:50.399 --> 01:09:55.079
to claim many victims. Each kill I make gives my88101:09:55.199 --> 01:10:00.720
bloodlust a feeling of satisfaction. Perhaps this is the closest88201:10:00.760 --> 01:10:06.119
thing I feel to emotions more than anything. Right now,88301:10:06.760 --> 01:10:11.079
I want that thing's life. I make sure we're in88401:10:11.119 --> 01:10:15.079
the clear before we go back into the school. Chester88501:10:15.239 --> 01:10:18.720
lets me go ahead of him to scout. I've learned88601:10:18.720 --> 01:10:21.439
a lot through my years of being a serial killer.88701:10:22.239 --> 01:10:26.680
That thing won't catch me on my worst day. Chester88801:10:26.760 --> 01:10:30.199
and I return to the girl's locker room. What's left88901:10:30.239 --> 01:10:34.199
of Cam's body is still in the shower, water still89001:10:34.319 --> 01:10:38.159
raining down on it. We are careful as we follow89101:10:38.239 --> 01:10:43.399
the thing's footsteps. No matter what precautions we take, neither89201:10:43.439 --> 01:10:46.920
of us is ready for the surprise waiting for us.89301:10:47.119 --> 01:10:50.479
When we get to the gym, I can see a89401:10:50.520 --> 01:10:57.520
glowing word on the concrete walls. Oh shit, he gasps89501:10:57.880 --> 01:11:04.079
when he reads it. Twins we know right then what89601:11:04.159 --> 01:11:07.720
that thing means. I go to one of the exit89701:11:07.760 --> 01:11:11.640
doors and pick the padlock. Chester's almost to me when89801:11:11.640 --> 01:11:14.880
I raise my hand for him to stop. Then I89901:11:14.960 --> 01:11:18.800
pull the door shut. We both nod once to each other.90001:11:19.479 --> 01:11:23.479
Knowing that that thing is still here in the school somewhere,90101:11:24.039 --> 01:11:27.079
I motion for him to come with me. We go90201:11:27.119 --> 01:11:30.239
to where the baseball bats are stored. I pick the90301:11:30.279 --> 01:11:33.760
locks so we have our choice of weapons. There's a90401:11:33.800 --> 01:11:37.560
good possibility these bats won't help us against that thing,90501:11:37.800 --> 01:11:42.800
but it's better than going after it bare handed. Plus90601:11:42.840 --> 01:11:47.680
the bats are bigger than Chester's baton. Knowing the thing90701:11:47.840 --> 01:11:51.600
is likely stalking us, we move through the school until90801:11:51.600 --> 01:11:55.079
we make it to the chemistry lab. Once we're inside,90901:11:55.720 --> 01:11:59.279
we pull the door closed. We can't really block it91001:11:59.680 --> 01:12:03.399
since it opens outward. At least we'll know if the91101:12:03.479 --> 01:12:07.359
thing is coming. There weren't any bloody footprints that we91201:12:07.439 --> 01:12:12.039
could see on our way to the lab. Chester and91301:12:12.119 --> 01:12:15.119
I look around. Between the two of us, we cook91401:12:15.199 --> 01:12:18.479
up a batch of test tube weapons we can maybe91501:12:18.600 --> 01:12:23.159
use against that thing. Unfortunately, we don't have a lot91601:12:23.239 --> 01:12:26.479
to work with, meaning we have to make these count.91701:12:27.439 --> 01:12:30.000
You'd think that thing would have come for us by now.91801:12:30.520 --> 01:12:35.119
Chester says, it's got to know we're here. I was91901:12:35.319 --> 01:12:41.199
just thinking the same thing, I reply. Suddenly, Chester screams92001:12:41.399 --> 01:12:44.880
when the thing drops down almost on top of us,92101:12:44.920 --> 01:12:49.960
having melted its way through the floor above. We both92201:12:50.039 --> 01:12:52.720
get some of that thing's blood on us and have92301:12:52.880 --> 01:12:57.199
to remove our upper garments fast. Now Chester's only wearing92401:12:57.239 --> 01:13:01.079
his wife beater and I'm in my braw The clothing92501:13:01.199 --> 01:13:06.159
we stripped off burned away quickly until practically nothing was left.92601:13:07.359 --> 01:13:12.800
Just let me touch you both. The thing gurgles more92701:13:13.000 --> 01:13:20.479
flesh for me to devour. Get away from me. Chester shrieks, Shit,92801:13:20.640 --> 01:13:25.479
what are you? Chester? And I quickly back away. I92901:13:25.560 --> 01:13:28.279
throw one of my test tubes at that thing's face.93001:13:29.079 --> 01:13:33.039
When it shatters, the liquid inside splashes the creature and93101:13:33.159 --> 01:13:40.239
it turns to me. Are you serious? It gurgles. We93201:13:40.279 --> 01:13:43.640
don't have much time to think when it suddenly projectile93301:13:43.720 --> 01:13:46.880
vomits at us again. Chester shoves me out of the93401:13:46.920 --> 01:13:50.479
way and dives to the floor. He gets back to93501:13:50.560 --> 01:13:55.039
his feet and runs, not wanting that thing to touch him.93601:13:56.359 --> 01:14:04.319
It's shambling after me now nice tits. Oh you like them?93701:14:05.159 --> 01:14:07.880
I pull the cups of my braw down and expose93801:14:07.960 --> 01:14:13.600
my breasts peek a boob. The thing is surprised and93901:14:13.760 --> 01:14:17.760
actually pauses what it's doing, which allows Chester to come94001:14:17.840 --> 01:14:21.680
up behind and blast it with a fire extinguisher, making94101:14:21.720 --> 01:14:25.560
it cry out in surprise. After I pull my braw94201:14:25.640 --> 01:14:29.920
back up, Chester drops the empty extinguisher and follows me94301:14:30.039 --> 01:14:34.720
out of the classroom. Chester reminds me why I appreciate94401:14:34.840 --> 01:14:38.439
him as my intellectual peer. When he grabs a chair94501:14:39.079 --> 01:14:41.920
after closing the door, he jams it under the knob.94601:14:42.800 --> 01:14:48.439
Good thinking, I compliment him. Let's go, He says, that94701:14:48.560 --> 01:14:51.920
thing is melting right through the door and the chair.94801:14:52.880 --> 01:14:54.960
We know we're not going to be able to beat94901:14:54.960 --> 01:14:57.680
it with a few test tubes that we have left,95001:14:57.880 --> 01:15:03.239
or with our bats. Then I have an idea. I95101:15:03.359 --> 01:15:06.920
pull out my phone and quickly text Chester what I'm thinking.95201:15:07.920 --> 01:15:11.239
I'm going back to the gym. I tell him not95301:15:11.359 --> 01:15:15.720
before I do. Chester counters, I got your text. I'll95401:15:15.760 --> 01:15:19.640
be ready, just I know, Chester, I will, I promise.95501:15:21.199 --> 01:15:24.079
He gives me a quick peck on the lips before95601:15:24.159 --> 01:15:28.960
running off. I turn back around to see the thing95701:15:29.560 --> 01:15:37.600
shambling toward me. I'll have your beautiful skin, Reagan. The95801:15:37.600 --> 01:15:46.880
thing gurgles. I would have thought the thing might projectile95901:15:47.000 --> 01:15:51.319
vomit at me again, but I think it can only96001:15:51.399 --> 01:15:56.159
do that so many times. It probably needs to reload,96101:15:56.640 --> 01:16:02.079
so to speak, probably from consuming another body. Speaking of96201:16:03.319 --> 01:16:05.680
just what the hell is going on in here? A96301:16:05.800 --> 01:16:09.640
voice yells, I saw kinds of lights moving from room96401:16:09.680 --> 01:16:13.760
to room outside. What are you kids doing here? The96501:16:13.840 --> 01:16:18.319
school is closed. When I see it's Tom Arbor's, one96601:16:18.319 --> 01:16:22.399
of the janitors, wearing a Santa Claus suit. I remember96701:16:22.479 --> 01:16:25.720
he rings the bell for the Salvation Army out at96801:16:25.800 --> 01:16:30.640
Denoyer's grill every holiday season. I quickly yell his way,96901:16:31.359 --> 01:16:34.840
get the hell out of here. When the thing appears,97001:16:35.720 --> 01:16:40.960
Arbor sees how it glows as it shambles towards him. Oh,97101:16:41.079 --> 01:16:45.720
give me a break, he groans. It's Christmas Eve. I97201:16:45.760 --> 01:16:48.880
ain't got time to be dealing with this Halloween horseshit97301:16:49.039 --> 01:16:54.600
from you dumb kids. That thing will kill you. I yell, run.97401:16:55.560 --> 01:16:58.680
I throw my last two test tubes and hit the97501:16:58.720 --> 01:17:02.840
thing on the back of the head. Unfortunately, it does97601:17:02.880 --> 01:17:07.640
not distract the creature. Not when easy prey is so close.97701:17:08.640 --> 01:17:12.199
You'd think Arbors would flee slow as that thing is,97801:17:12.920 --> 01:17:18.399
but he's too ignorant and thinks that glowing creature isn't real.97901:17:19.600 --> 01:17:23.239
I try using my baseball bat, but it catches the98001:17:23.359 --> 01:17:26.960
end of it, yanks it from me and disintegrates it.98101:17:27.880 --> 01:17:32.119
And still Arbor's refuses to believe and keeps standing there.98201:17:32.960 --> 01:17:36.680
In fact, he pulls out his cell phone. I mean it,98301:17:37.079 --> 01:17:44.800
he yells at it. I'll call the too late. Yummy. Yes,98401:17:46.039 --> 01:17:51.000
it moans like it's having the most delicious feast. Arbor's98501:17:51.079 --> 01:17:56.439
continues to scream and bleeds out fast to describe what98601:17:56.600 --> 01:18:00.720
that thing is doing. It's eating the flesh off the98701:18:00.800 --> 01:18:05.800
Janitor by simply touching him. The chemicals it secretes are98801:18:05.840 --> 01:18:09.760
breaking down the flesh and letting the thing absorb whatever98901:18:10.119 --> 01:18:15.159
nutrient's Arbors had into its own body. He finally stops99001:18:15.199 --> 01:18:21.319
screaming as his flesh continues to seemingly melt away. Even99101:18:21.359 --> 01:18:25.960
the Santa suit dissolves, much like our clothes that were destroyed.99201:18:26.880 --> 01:18:31.159
His vital organs begin to liquefy. This is what that99301:18:31.399 --> 01:18:36.840
thing did to all those people, including cam. Soon, the99401:18:36.920 --> 01:18:41.119
Janitor is nothing more than a yellowish brown skeleton. Wearing99501:18:41.199 --> 01:18:46.039
a Santa cap and black boots. The thing lets it99601:18:46.119 --> 01:18:53.119
collapse into a pile on the floor. Thanks Santa, it gurgles,99701:18:53.159 --> 01:18:59.000
sounding almost grateful. Now it turns its attention back to me.99801:19:00.279 --> 01:19:08.720
Now where were we? I turn and run. After a moment,99901:19:09.159 --> 01:19:13.399
I stop and look back. Soon the thing comes around100001:19:13.399 --> 01:19:17.680
the corner and seize me. When I blow at a kiss,100101:19:18.520 --> 01:19:22.960
it hisses and shambles after me even faster. I move100201:19:23.000 --> 01:19:26.520
again when I need to, keeping enough distance for that100301:19:26.680 --> 01:19:30.840
thing to see me, but to avoid its toxic vomit,100401:19:31.720 --> 01:19:35.199
I return to the gym and run back inside. It100501:19:35.239 --> 01:19:38.199
doesn't take long for that thing to burn right through100601:19:38.239 --> 01:19:42.319
the doors. When I reach the doors on the opposite side,100701:19:42.960 --> 01:19:49.039
I shake them shit locked, I cry out, before turning100801:19:49.039 --> 01:19:52.880
to face that thing. With my back to the doors.100901:19:53.359 --> 01:19:58.800
It's inside now, making the dark gem glow bright. You101001:19:59.279 --> 01:20:04.600
should just get naked. I'd much rather enjoy your flesh101101:20:04.640 --> 01:20:10.680
without the without the clothes anyway, Hey, you greasy bitch101201:20:11.199 --> 01:20:15.640
over here, a voice calls out. The thing looks to101301:20:15.680 --> 01:20:19.319
see Chester standing at the entrance to the equipment room.101401:20:20.000 --> 01:20:24.119
He looks over at me and nods. Once I turn101501:20:24.239 --> 01:20:30.399
back around and easily opened the doors. What the thing gurgles,101601:20:30.800 --> 01:20:34.399
realizing that I tricked it. I must have done a101701:20:34.439 --> 01:20:38.680
good job pretending to be scared. Then the thing screams101801:20:38.720 --> 01:20:44.079
after Chester approaches it and blasts it with another fire extinguisher.101901:20:45.079 --> 01:20:47.800
I move out into the hallway to the other equipment102001:20:47.880 --> 01:20:51.600
room on that side. I find what I'm looking for102101:20:52.000 --> 01:20:56.720
and come back out after the thing recovers from Chester's attack.102201:20:57.399 --> 01:21:00.000
It looks right at me as I'm aiming a bouve102301:21:00.239 --> 01:21:04.640
and arrow at it. If that thing could smile, but102401:21:04.760 --> 01:21:10.039
it gurgles with laughter instead. Haven't you learned anything from102501:21:10.319 --> 01:21:15.000
when you threw that knife at me? Nothing can kill me.102601:21:16.439 --> 01:21:20.000
I lock eyes with it. I don't know your name,102701:21:20.560 --> 01:21:26.760
but let the punishment fit the crime. Without a second thought,102801:21:27.199 --> 01:21:31.920
I fire the arrow right into the thing's heart. It102901:21:31.960 --> 01:21:36.399
glares right at me before beginning to disintegrate the arrow.103001:21:37.319 --> 01:21:40.720
Then I remember what happened to my knife earlier and103101:21:40.840 --> 01:21:44.439
quickly knock a second arrow. As it shambles toward me,103201:21:45.399 --> 01:21:49.720
it hisses and stretches out its skeletal hands. Then I103301:21:49.800 --> 01:21:54.520
recall what Mom told me about how she killed Buck Weathers.103401:21:55.039 --> 01:22:01.399
I raise my bow's aim slightly and fire the thing103501:22:01.640 --> 01:22:07.039
gasps and stands still for the longest time. It gurgles103601:22:07.079 --> 01:22:12.319
briefly before its skeletal legs give out, dropping it to103701:22:12.399 --> 01:22:17.279
the floor. At the same time, I feel my bloodlust103801:22:17.399 --> 01:22:22.960
being satisfied, and I moan softly. The thing looks right103901:22:23.000 --> 01:22:27.920
at me, even though it can no longer see. Then104001:22:28.119 --> 01:22:33.239
some strange liquid starts pooling underneath the skeleton as its104101:22:33.279 --> 01:22:40.720
glow dims. Careful rage, Chester warns me, noted, I reply,104201:22:41.560 --> 01:22:46.159
arming another arrow. The thing never moves again over the104301:22:46.199 --> 01:22:51.319
next several minutes. Since I felt my bloodlust being satisfied,104401:22:51.960 --> 01:22:57.479
that was confirmation that the thing is finally dead. I104501:22:57.600 --> 01:23:03.039
lower the bow and arrow and them to Chester. Suddenly,104601:23:03.560 --> 01:23:07.039
the gym lights come on bright hold it right there.104701:23:07.760 --> 01:23:15.159
A voice shouts, Oh shit. Chester chokes out as he104801:23:15.319 --> 01:23:19.800
slowly raises his hands as all these cops storm in.104901:23:20.840 --> 01:23:23.760
Then he quickly points at what's left of that thing.105001:23:24.760 --> 01:23:29.079
We didn't do that. The cop who yelled tells Chester105101:23:29.159 --> 01:23:33.079
to shut up and starts reading him his rights. Let105201:23:33.119 --> 01:23:39.600
them go. A familiar voice calls out, Mom, I call back.105301:23:40.680 --> 01:23:44.479
She comes to us and throws her arms around me. Baby,105401:23:44.960 --> 01:23:50.479
you're safe. I hug Mom back. We're okay, Chester and105501:23:50.520 --> 01:23:56.479
I stop that thing, Detective Devereaux, another officer, shouts in105601:23:56.560 --> 01:24:02.000
protest as she hugs Chester away from him and points105701:24:02.000 --> 01:24:06.039
at the cop. You do not test me, asshole. Now105801:24:06.079 --> 01:24:09.479
back off. I'm taking these two home. We'll have to105901:24:09.560 --> 01:24:15.720
question them first, Detective. Another detective informs her it'll be okay, Mom,106001:24:16.239 --> 01:24:21.359
I assure her. Mom nods reluctantly. Chester and I are106101:24:21.399 --> 01:24:24.319
then escorted out of our high school and to a106201:24:24.319 --> 01:24:27.920
squad car. We're taken to the station to be questioned106301:24:27.960 --> 01:24:31.720
about this afternoon. Let's just say we were in the106401:24:31.760 --> 01:24:36.800
interrogation room until it got dark. When we were finally done,106501:24:37.520 --> 01:24:42.840
Mom brought us home. Chester and I are in my106601:24:43.000 --> 01:24:46.560
room talking about things. I gave him a T shirt106701:24:46.600 --> 01:24:52.039
Gregor left behind when he moved out. Anyway, Mom definitely106801:24:52.119 --> 01:24:56.720
had some interesting information to share with us. While Chester106901:24:56.840 --> 01:25:01.840
and I were dealing with that female monster thing. Mom107001:25:02.000 --> 01:25:06.239
wasn't in Strickfield after all. In fact, Chester and I107101:25:06.319 --> 01:25:11.039
overheard Mom getting into it with Chief Cobs over disobeying107201:25:11.079 --> 01:25:16.279
a direct order. Long story short, Mom didn't get suspended107301:25:16.399 --> 01:25:21.920
or reprimanded, especially not when she told Chief Cobs absolutely107401:25:22.000 --> 01:25:25.760
no one comes in between me and my babies. I107501:25:25.800 --> 01:25:29.840
stressed referring to that thing as female, because Mom said107601:25:29.880 --> 01:25:33.800
she had pursued and killed a male one earlier today,107701:25:34.720 --> 01:25:37.720
about an hour before the police found Chester and I.107801:25:39.199 --> 01:25:42.600
We didn't talk too much about the female one. We107901:25:42.720 --> 01:25:46.960
didn't want Mom to get an idea about our own investigation.108001:25:48.239 --> 01:25:52.720
I love my mother in my own emotionless way, but108101:25:52.840 --> 01:25:55.960
I do understand that it would devastate her to know108201:25:56.119 --> 01:26:01.239
she'd given birth to and raised a serial killer. Mom108301:26:01.279 --> 01:26:06.520
and the twins must never know. The only conclusion Chester108401:26:06.600 --> 01:26:09.680
and I could come up with was about that couple108501:26:10.000 --> 01:26:14.439
in the car that supposedly burned to death a year ago.108601:26:14.760 --> 01:26:17.920
We reasoned that those green flames had something to do108701:26:18.000 --> 01:26:22.600
with them not actually dying. They were pronounced dead when108801:26:22.640 --> 01:26:26.920
their bodies were never found inside the car. It was108901:26:27.000 --> 01:26:32.000
assumed the flames completely destroyed them. A positive ida was109001:26:32.039 --> 01:26:36.760
never made then or now. The bodies both melted into109101:26:36.840 --> 01:26:40.960
goo after they were killed, the same as Buck Weathers109201:26:41.520 --> 01:26:45.439
after Mom took care of him. We reasoned the couple109301:26:45.640 --> 01:26:49.680
escaped from the car. Since it was snowing heavily that day,109401:26:50.359 --> 01:26:54.399
it likely covered up their tracks. They were badly burned109501:26:54.439 --> 01:27:00.199
and mutated by those chemical flames, just like Buck weathers.109601:27:00.720 --> 01:27:05.159
I'm sure glad that's over. Chester says, I don't think109701:27:05.199 --> 01:27:09.319
I'll ever forget that thing we saw tonight. I know109801:27:09.439 --> 01:27:13.800
I'll never forget for sure. Having my highly photographic memory109901:27:14.239 --> 01:27:17.800
means once I see something, it's in my brain forever.110001:27:18.960 --> 01:27:22.640
Seeing Chester's face, I know tonight is going to stay110101:27:22.640 --> 01:27:26.720
with him for some time. I take his hand and110201:27:26.880 --> 01:27:31.199
try to comfort him. You going to be okay, He110301:27:31.279 --> 01:27:35.640
squeezes my hand a little and shrugs. I don't know.110401:27:36.760 --> 01:27:40.720
First there was that thing. Then you told me vampires110501:27:40.720 --> 01:27:45.720
are real. Anything else I should know about? I shake110601:27:45.800 --> 01:27:49.479
my head. I know those things are real, for sure.110701:27:50.439 --> 01:27:54.479
I wouldn't be surprised, however, if other things we've only110801:27:54.520 --> 01:28:00.000
heard about in stories or in movies were real now too.110901:28:00.199 --> 01:28:04.039
I look at the clock. It's getting late. I can111001:28:04.079 --> 01:28:06.479
walk you down to the front door, or I could111101:28:06.479 --> 01:28:12.239
even walk you home. Chester smiles. Yeah, your family will111201:28:12.279 --> 01:28:15.239
be home to have Christmas Eve together. I'm sure my111301:28:15.359 --> 01:28:19.079
parents will be expecting me home soon too. When we111401:28:19.159 --> 01:28:24.239
get up, we find ourselves still holding hands. We stare111501:28:24.279 --> 01:28:29.600
at each other, and then Chester kisses me again. I111601:28:29.640 --> 01:28:34.560
should tell Chester that this isn't a good idea, but111701:28:34.640 --> 01:28:38.439
I kiss him back. I know Chester wants to make111801:28:38.520 --> 01:28:44.640
love to me. Likewise, I do desire him physically. When111901:28:44.680 --> 01:28:49.319
we come apart, he looks at me. I'm sorry, Rage,112001:28:50.239 --> 01:28:53.680
I can't help how I feel about you, he tells me.112101:28:55.199 --> 01:28:57.520
I let go of his hand to move my door112201:28:58.159 --> 01:29:03.239
and close it and lock it. Chester can't believe it112301:29:03.439 --> 01:29:07.319
when he sees me undressing. Once I'm naked, I move112401:29:07.399 --> 01:29:12.159
to the bed and pull back the covers. I look112501:29:12.199 --> 01:29:16.359
at him expectantly. He gets naked and joins me in bed.112601:29:17.199 --> 01:29:26.640
From there I let him make love to me. We112701:29:26.760 --> 01:29:29.760
must have dozed off for a bit, but we soon112801:29:29.840 --> 01:29:33.319
wake up. I'm resting with my head on Chester's shoulder.112901:29:34.079 --> 01:29:39.920
Then he fully realizes what just happened. I'm sorry, Rage,113001:29:40.520 --> 01:29:44.479
he says. I only wanted to be your friend. I113101:29:45.920 --> 01:29:49.640
didn't mean for this to happen. I look up at him.113201:29:50.640 --> 01:29:56.479
Don't be sorry, I'm not. We sit up. I'm willing113301:29:56.560 --> 01:29:59.600
to give you a chance to explore your feelings for me.113401:30:00.680 --> 01:30:06.119
But you can't feel anything, rage, Chester says, caressing the113501:30:06.199 --> 01:30:11.319
side of my face. I hold his hand there. You're right,113601:30:12.199 --> 01:30:17.640
I can't feel what you feel. However, I desire these113701:30:18.560 --> 01:30:23.279
physical sensations you give me in that I can at113801:30:23.359 --> 01:30:28.560
least give you something in return. Knowing he hasn't lost me,113901:30:29.319 --> 01:30:35.399
we share another kiss. Reagan, Chester, are you here? I114001:30:35.479 --> 01:30:40.239
hear mom calling from downstairs. Yeah, Mom, we'll be down114101:30:40.239 --> 01:30:43.520
in a minute. I call back. I'd better get out114201:30:43.520 --> 01:30:48.399
o here before your mom shoots me. Chester says she won't.114301:30:48.720 --> 01:30:53.079
I assure him I'll talk to her. He caresses my114401:30:53.239 --> 01:30:58.199
face again, I was joking. Rage. We get out of114501:30:58.239 --> 01:31:02.479
bed and dressed. We share one more kiss before I114601:31:02.600 --> 01:31:07.520
walk him downstairs. Sure enough, Mom doesn't give Chester a114701:31:07.560 --> 01:31:11.159
hard time. The look on his face says she knows114801:31:11.359 --> 01:31:16.199
exactly what we just did. You can stay with Reagan114901:31:16.239 --> 01:31:20.199
if you want, Mom says sincerely. But no, if you115001:31:20.399 --> 01:31:23.520
ever hurt my baby, there won't be anywhere you can115101:31:23.600 --> 01:31:29.920
run to escape this sexy hot mama. We clear, Yes, ma'am,115201:31:30.560 --> 01:31:35.560
he stammers quickly. She points at him, sharply, you ever115301:31:35.640 --> 01:31:38.720
call me ma'am again, and you'll be out on your ass.115401:31:39.279 --> 01:31:44.159
I told you before, call me chantelle. I'm a mama,115501:31:44.439 --> 01:31:49.359
not an old lady. Remember that. He almost repeats himself,115601:31:49.640 --> 01:31:54.600
but I nudge his arm. Yes, Chantelle, I'm going to115701:31:54.640 --> 01:31:58.359
walk him home. Mom. I tell her I'll be back shortly.115801:31:59.279 --> 01:32:03.800
Then I noticed where are the twins? They just texted115901:32:03.840 --> 01:32:06.880
me and said they were on their way home. Mom answers,116001:32:07.479 --> 01:32:11.199
I sent them to Wylder's Market to get some things. Sure,116101:32:11.239 --> 01:32:14.960
I'm glad they stay open later on Christmas Eve. Just116201:32:15.079 --> 01:32:19.039
then the back door opens, the twins come in with116301:32:19.199 --> 01:32:23.960
B and they're all carrying lots of stuff. Mom turns116401:32:24.000 --> 01:32:27.760
back to Chester. Are you sure you won't stay? I116501:32:27.840 --> 01:32:31.000
really don't mind. It's nice to have this big house116601:32:31.039 --> 01:32:37.119
full of people on Christmas Eve. Chester sighe. Okay, Chantelle,116701:32:37.840 --> 01:32:40.880
you talk me into it. There's never much going on116801:32:41.000 --> 01:32:45.520
at my house on Christmas Eve anyway, Thank you. It116901:32:45.640 --> 01:32:48.640
ends up being a full house with Mom, Chester and117001:32:48.760 --> 01:32:52.920
US cheerleaders. At times, B and Chester give each other117101:32:53.000 --> 01:32:58.439
their usual frenemy looks. Aside from that, B hasn't said117201:32:58.520 --> 01:33:03.720
much of anything. What's wrong? B? Mom asks you've been117301:33:03.760 --> 01:33:07.079
looking pretty down since you got here. It's Christmas Eve117401:33:07.159 --> 01:33:11.359
and we're about to have dinner. B sizhe, I just117501:33:11.439 --> 01:33:16.159
can't believe Cam's gone, and the way she died in117601:33:16.199 --> 01:33:21.000
the shower at our school. Red flag now my eyes117701:33:21.039 --> 01:33:24.960
are right on Be. How would you know about Cam?117801:33:25.560 --> 01:33:29.319
It hasn't made the paper or the news yet. Other117901:33:29.399 --> 01:33:32.279
than Mom, Chester and I are the only ones here118001:33:32.359 --> 01:33:40.479
who know Cam's dead, Rouge asks in shock seriously. Lavender gasps,118101:33:41.239 --> 01:33:47.000
Mom's definitely alert. Now, Reagan's right, how would you know that?118201:33:48.159 --> 01:33:50.560
Did you go into the school at some point today?118301:33:51.640 --> 01:33:55.000
I take over. If you did, you would have to118401:33:55.039 --> 01:33:57.439
have heard all the commotion that was going on when118501:33:57.640 --> 01:34:02.159
we were there with that thing chasing us. Be. You118601:34:02.199 --> 01:34:05.960
would have to have seen that thing as bright as118701:34:05.960 --> 01:34:09.520
it glowed in the dark. I quickly point to Rouge118801:34:09.520 --> 01:34:13.680
and Lavender. Get away from Bee right now, both of you.118901:34:14.640 --> 01:34:17.760
The twins don't argue and do what their big siss119001:34:17.760 --> 01:34:22.960
tells them. B gives us this weird look. I know119101:34:23.079 --> 01:34:28.359
how Cam died because Mom and I both fed off her,119201:34:29.640 --> 01:34:33.199
just like I'm going to feed off all of you tonight.119301:34:34.680 --> 01:34:39.000
That's why Rage and I didn't find any bloody footprints outside.119401:34:39.119 --> 01:34:44.439
Chester figures out. Then he points to Be. You obviously119501:34:44.520 --> 01:34:49.840
can become human, so you did and left before we119601:34:49.960 --> 01:34:53.199
could see you. I'm right with him, figuring it out.119701:34:54.039 --> 01:34:56.439
It wasn't just the two people in the car a119801:34:56.560 --> 01:35:01.319
year ago. Tonight, you were in the car too, maybe119901:35:01.359 --> 01:35:05.079
in the back seat. Correct, I was in the back120001:35:05.119 --> 01:35:09.640
seat when that chemical truck hit us. Be explains. The120101:35:09.720 --> 01:35:14.640
truck exploded immediately, and we all burned alive, but that120201:35:14.760 --> 01:35:20.520
green fire did something to us. We couldn't die, but120301:35:20.680 --> 01:35:25.880
burning just hurt like hell. B stands up and points120401:35:25.920 --> 01:35:30.680
to Mom. It's not exactly fair that we became freaks120501:35:30.680 --> 01:35:33.439
while you got to go home to your babies, as120601:35:33.479 --> 01:35:37.279
you call them. When Mom grabs for her gun, Be120701:35:37.560 --> 01:35:42.319
wretches projectile vomit. Mom lets out a scream and dives120801:35:42.359 --> 01:35:47.119
out of the way. Then Bee's skin starts melting like120901:35:47.199 --> 01:35:52.960
it's made of wax. I'm gonna bite off all your faces,121001:35:53.760 --> 01:35:57.760
then I'm going to have your skins for Christmas dinner.121101:36:03.279 --> 01:36:07.600
Be roars as her skin melts away further and her121201:36:07.640 --> 01:36:12.880
clothes dissolve instantly. She looks just like her now deceased121301:36:13.000 --> 01:36:17.600
parents did. She's covered in disgusting blood and melted flesh,121401:36:17.880 --> 01:36:22.199
while her muscles and bones are exposed. Even her eyes121501:36:22.239 --> 01:36:27.199
are still in their sockets. Bee walks toward Mom, her121601:36:27.319 --> 01:36:31.960
arms outstretched. She's leaving bloody footprints all over the dining121701:36:32.039 --> 01:36:36.359
room floor, and they're melting the tile as she moves.121801:36:36.920 --> 01:36:40.079
Mom grabs anything she can get her hands on and121901:36:40.239 --> 01:36:44.199
heaves them at Bee. The thing either swats them away122001:36:44.359 --> 01:36:48.439
with a quickness her parents never showed, or she catches122101:36:48.520 --> 01:36:53.239
the items and melts them to nothing. In fact, she's122201:36:53.319 --> 01:36:59.359
actually walking normally, not shambling at all. I will have122301:36:59.479 --> 01:37:07.439
my room avenge. Be gurgles. It wasn't fair, but it122401:37:07.560 --> 01:37:12.159
wasn't my fault. Mom yells, I arrived on the scene122501:37:12.199 --> 01:37:15.960
after the fact. I'm sincerely sorry for what happened to122601:37:15.960 --> 01:37:22.000
all of you. Sorry won't make me human again. Be roars.122701:37:23.239 --> 01:37:27.119
It also won't bring back my parents. You and Rage122801:37:27.279 --> 01:37:32.920
killed tonight. She raises her fists. I'm going to kill122901:37:33.399 --> 01:37:38.359
you all, Mom screams as she grabs a chair to123001:37:38.439 --> 01:37:43.079
hit Bee with. Be surprises Mom by showing she's clearly123101:37:43.199 --> 01:37:47.800
stronger in addition to being faster than her parents were.123201:37:48.560 --> 01:37:51.439
She's about to put her hands on Mom when I123301:37:51.560 --> 01:37:55.439
don't think twice and charge it. Be. I know I'm123401:37:55.479 --> 01:37:59.960
putting myself in terrible danger. My inability to feel fee123501:38:00.359 --> 01:38:04.359
is a double edged sword. But Chantal Devereaux is my mother,123601:38:04.920 --> 01:38:08.920
and she gave me life. I owe her my life123701:38:08.960 --> 01:38:12.239
for hers. When Bee grabs hold of my arms, I123801:38:12.279 --> 01:38:16.680
barely feel her hands burning into my forearms. Not feeling123901:38:16.760 --> 01:38:20.760
pain is also a double edged sword, but this time124001:38:21.239 --> 01:38:25.159
it works in my favor. I punch Bee square in124101:38:25.199 --> 01:38:28.399
her skull like face and send her crashing right through124201:38:28.439 --> 01:38:33.479
a nearby window. She falls outside and lands on the124301:38:33.520 --> 01:38:39.840
snowy grass in the darkness. Her radioactive glow is quite evident.124401:38:40.960 --> 01:38:45.239
Chester pulls me into his arms, rage, Jesus Christ, are124501:38:45.239 --> 01:38:49.880
you okay? He quickly looks at Mom. Call an ambulance.124601:38:50.479 --> 01:38:54.520
She's bleeding out. I look down and see that Bee124701:38:54.720 --> 01:38:58.840
burned my skin enough to draw blood. Mom grabs her124801:38:58.880 --> 01:39:02.640
phone to call for help. Baby, What are you doing?124901:39:03.359 --> 01:39:06.159
She yells when she sees me break away from Chester125001:39:06.960 --> 01:39:11.800
and dive right through the window. Reagan, I don't care125101:39:11.840 --> 01:39:14.920
if this thing pretended to be my best friend for125201:39:15.000 --> 01:39:19.439
a year. Tonight it targeted my family, and I'll die125301:39:19.520 --> 01:39:23.199
before I let it have them, Reagan, for Fox's sake,125401:39:23.239 --> 01:39:27.399
get away from her. Mom frantically begs me, I just125501:39:27.479 --> 01:39:32.279
called for backup and an ambulance. Just get away from her.125601:39:33.239 --> 01:39:36.359
I can't feel it. I can't say that I feel it,125701:39:36.960 --> 01:39:39.920
but I must tell the most important woman in my life.125801:39:41.159 --> 01:39:47.840
I love you, Mom. How touching the thing mocks. I've125901:39:47.880 --> 01:39:51.159
been keeping an eye on b When she starts to126001:39:51.279 --> 01:39:55.359
projectile vomit at me, I dropkicker in the gut. She126101:39:55.560 --> 01:39:59.079
chokes on her own deadly vomit and gags as she126201:39:59.199 --> 01:40:02.760
falls to her knees. You'd swear she was choking on126301:40:02.840 --> 01:40:05.880
a big piece of steak or something. As for me,126401:40:06.640 --> 01:40:09.119
I just lost another pair of shoes. When I kick126501:40:09.159 --> 01:40:16.359
off these rapidly melting ones, it augh burns, she manages126601:40:16.399 --> 01:40:20.680
to say, while clutching her throat. Just then, Chester is126701:40:20.720 --> 01:40:24.239
outside with me, Rage, come on, let me take you126801:40:24.279 --> 01:40:28.920
to a hospital. You're you're hurt bed. I glare at him.126901:40:29.600 --> 01:40:34.319
I won't let Bee get my family or you. Seeing127001:40:34.359 --> 01:40:37.520
that Chester pulled out his baton, I snatch it from127101:40:37.560 --> 01:40:41.079
him and get a few good hits on Bee. She's127201:40:41.119 --> 01:40:44.359
still in pain as she keeps choking on her own vomit.127301:40:45.119 --> 01:40:48.159
I crack her hard on the head, knocking her flat127401:40:48.199 --> 01:40:52.399
on her back. When the baton suddenly catches fire, I127501:40:52.520 --> 01:40:57.119
drop it. Rage, Chester yells and snatches me to him.127601:40:57.640 --> 01:41:02.399
You're bleeding out fast, I don't care. I push him away.127701:41:03.079 --> 01:41:07.640
I will protect my family no matter what. Chester tightens127801:41:07.680 --> 01:41:11.399
his fists in frustration. I love you. I won't let127901:41:11.399 --> 01:41:15.560
you die. Now I see the twins gawking at me128001:41:16.119 --> 01:41:20.439
from inside the dining room. I can now clearly see128101:41:20.520 --> 01:41:25.840
that they truly have feelings for Chester. For a brief moment,128201:41:25.960 --> 01:41:30.039
they give me hurt looks. Then they remember I'm out128301:41:30.039 --> 01:41:34.560
here fighting for them. Next thing I know, the twins128401:41:34.680 --> 01:41:39.720
disappear from the window. Babies. I hear mom yell, what128501:41:39.760 --> 01:41:44.119
the fuck are you doing? Get back in here. Then128601:41:44.239 --> 01:41:47.800
that thing gags as it finally coughs up the rest128701:41:47.840 --> 01:41:52.159
of its bile and sits back up. I'm not that128801:41:52.920 --> 01:41:58.479
easily beaten, rage Be gurgles. Then she points at us.128901:41:59.079 --> 01:42:03.359
I'm gonna bite both of your faces off. Then I129001:42:03.479 --> 01:42:08.720
hear one twin call out, like hell you will. The129101:42:08.840 --> 01:42:12.840
other one finishes. The twins are outside with Chester and129201:42:12.880 --> 01:42:17.000
I and they have Mom's gun. They're both holding it129301:42:17.079 --> 01:42:21.720
together and aiming at that thing. Rouge using her left129401:42:21.760 --> 01:42:26.119
hand and Lavender using her right. Without a second thought,129501:42:26.239 --> 01:42:31.279
they fire at its heart together. B cries out and129601:42:31.359 --> 01:42:36.119
falls on her back. Like her parents, she refuses to die.129701:42:37.119 --> 01:42:40.680
Then the twins glare at both of us. You knew129801:42:40.720 --> 01:42:45.319
we cared about Chester, big sis. Lavender yells, but you129901:42:45.399 --> 01:42:51.279
took him for yourself anyway, Rouge growls. Chester turns to them.130001:42:52.359 --> 01:42:55.039
Be pissed at her all you want. It was never130101:42:55.079 --> 01:42:58.479
going to be about the three of us. I like130201:42:58.560 --> 01:43:04.199
you both, but it was always about Rage. I love her.130301:43:05.359 --> 01:43:10.239
The twins look really pissed now. They raise the gun together,130401:43:11.199 --> 01:43:20.039
pointing directly at Chester. Lavender made eye contact with Chester.130501:43:21.600 --> 01:43:26.960
Get out of the way, you dumbass, Rouge finishes. Chester130601:43:27.119 --> 01:43:29.920
quickly drops to the grass as the twins squeeze the130701:43:29.960 --> 01:43:33.720
trigger and catch Bee in the heart again, just as130801:43:33.800 --> 01:43:37.399
she had gotten up and was about to grab him.130901:43:37.760 --> 01:43:41.239
Aim for the head, I tell the twins, as I'm131001:43:41.279 --> 01:43:45.840
starting to feel faint. Without a second thought, the twins131101:43:45.880 --> 01:43:53.680
advance together and aim the gun Beatrice Sherwood. Let the131201:43:53.680 --> 01:43:59.079
punishment fit the crime, I say, before the twins drop131301:43:59.159 --> 01:44:04.119
her and for all with a point blank shot between131401:44:04.159 --> 01:44:10.520
the eyes. Give me that right now, Mom shrieks, The131501:44:10.600 --> 01:44:15.800
twins disengage. Lavender hands the firearm back to Mom, saying,131601:44:16.760 --> 01:44:22.079
we had to save our big sister. Rouge finishes, She's131701:44:22.119 --> 01:44:27.560
our family. Mom, they say together. Mom takes a moment131801:44:27.960 --> 01:44:33.359
and calms down. Then she hugs the twins to her,131901:44:34.399 --> 01:44:40.399
my babies. I don't feel it when everything suddenly goes dark.132001:44:41.600 --> 01:44:44.640
I think I felt myself fall in land on my back.132101:44:46.239 --> 01:44:49.520
Maybe Chester was right about my bleeding out, after all,132201:44:50.840 --> 01:45:02.199
that was my last thought before I die. Epilogue. Clearly132301:45:02.479 --> 01:45:05.840
I didn't die because I wake up to find I'm132401:45:05.880 --> 01:45:10.199
at the North Ridgeway Municipal Hospital. My arms are wrapped132501:45:10.319 --> 01:45:14.560
up and I feel a lot better. Chester is at132601:45:14.560 --> 01:45:21.720
my bedside. You're awake, he says excitedly. I wasn't in132701:45:21.760 --> 01:45:25.640
a coma, was I? I ask? Still trying to wake132801:45:25.720 --> 01:45:30.079
up now. The doctor said he'd monitor you. He said132901:45:30.119 --> 01:45:34.079
you'd probably wake up after your transfusion. I feel him133001:45:34.079 --> 01:45:39.159
squeezing my hand. You lost a lot of blood. You133101:45:39.239 --> 01:45:43.399
were tested for radiation, poisoning too, and any other contamination.133201:45:44.239 --> 01:45:47.840
You're okay there too, just the burns from when Bee133301:45:47.960 --> 01:45:52.840
grabbed a hold of you. Are you insane? Rage? You133401:45:52.920 --> 01:45:58.479
could have been killed? I squeeze his hand back. They're133501:45:58.479 --> 01:46:03.199
my family, Chester, I would die for them. Then I133601:46:03.279 --> 01:46:08.319
remember Rouge and Lavender before I wondered if the twins133701:46:08.359 --> 01:46:13.239
were just joking about sharing you as their boyfriend. I see,133801:46:13.279 --> 01:46:15.640
I'm still not perfect when it comes to trying to133901:46:15.680 --> 01:46:20.239
read emotions. They truly did feel for you, and I134001:46:20.359 --> 01:46:24.319
came in between you three. Chester shakes his head slowly.134101:46:25.119 --> 01:46:27.399
Didn't you hear me tell them there would never be134201:46:27.520 --> 01:46:30.680
anything with the three of us? They heard me tell134301:46:30.720 --> 01:46:34.640
you that I love you. I let Chester come and134401:46:34.800 --> 01:46:38.880
kiss me. I kiss him back. I'm feeling the desire134501:46:39.000 --> 01:46:43.119
to let him have my body again. I just want134601:46:43.159 --> 01:46:45.520
to please him the way he wants to please me134701:46:46.520 --> 01:46:49.960
love me, but I just can't feel for him the134801:46:50.000 --> 01:46:55.279
way he does, and I should probably heal up when134901:46:55.279 --> 01:46:59.439
we come apart, He checks his phone. Your mom's here.135001:47:00.439 --> 01:47:03.840
She and your sisters were with Chief Cobs answering questions.135101:47:04.560 --> 01:47:07.159
I really hope there's not another one of those things135201:47:07.199 --> 01:47:10.960
walking around out there. I hope Bee didn't have any135301:47:11.000 --> 01:47:15.319
other siblings in the back seat with her. He turns135401:47:15.680 --> 01:47:20.479
and leaves no doubt to get my family. Without a135501:47:20.520 --> 01:47:24.479
second thought, I pull out the ivy needles and free135601:47:24.560 --> 01:47:28.600
myself from the instruments monitoring me. I know I've caused135701:47:28.640 --> 01:47:32.439
dissension between Chester and the twins, and I know I135801:47:32.560 --> 01:47:37.239
worried Mom. Then I remember how my older half brother,135901:47:37.399 --> 01:47:41.479
Gregor became angry with me for defending Mom when he136001:47:41.600 --> 01:47:45.840
lost his shit and tried to attack her. When Gregor136101:47:45.960 --> 01:47:49.279
lashed out, I stepped in between them and took the136201:47:49.399 --> 01:47:53.560
fist meant for her. I know Gregor blames Mom for136301:47:53.640 --> 01:47:57.920
his father's death. I don't know what exactly happened to136401:47:58.000 --> 01:48:02.720
make him feel such hostility towards her. He'd always been136501:48:02.760 --> 01:48:06.119
a bad seed since we were kids. He refused to136601:48:06.199 --> 01:48:10.000
call his three half sisters his siblings. I could tell136701:48:10.039 --> 01:48:14.399
he really hurt Mom more than he hurt me. Gregor136801:48:14.479 --> 01:48:18.520
didn't stop there. He grabbed me, shoved me to the floor,136901:48:18.840 --> 01:48:23.039
and kept pummeling me as hard as he could. Mom137001:48:23.159 --> 01:48:25.840
finally pulled him off of me and knocked him on137101:48:25.920 --> 01:48:28.880
his ass. Then she screamed for him to get out.137201:48:29.800 --> 01:48:33.920
He gladly obeyed her, and Mom sobbed and cried as137301:48:33.960 --> 01:48:37.720
she held me, knowing I'd taken that beating for her.137401:48:38.600 --> 01:48:42.840
I didn't feel the pain whatsoever, but I had bruises137501:48:42.880 --> 01:48:47.680
to show for it. Chantaldevereux gave me life, and I137601:48:47.800 --> 01:48:52.520
owed her that life. This was on Christmas Day of137701:48:52.640 --> 01:48:57.119
last year. The chemical truck accident was the day before,137801:48:58.199 --> 01:49:03.039
then Gregor's assault that very next day. Now I've made137901:49:03.079 --> 01:49:06.600
the twins angry with me. Looking at the clock, it's138001:49:06.640 --> 01:49:12.640
after midnight. It's officially Christmas Day. All I understand is138101:49:12.640 --> 01:49:15.359
that I myself have been the center of pain and138201:49:15.399 --> 01:49:18.840
sadness in our family during what's supposed to be a138301:49:18.920 --> 01:49:24.800
joyous time of year. There should be celebrations, not suffering.138401:49:25.840 --> 01:49:29.800
Without a second thought, I get dressed and leave the room.138501:49:30.760 --> 01:49:34.920
I'm walking out into the night as it's snowing. I'll138601:49:34.920 --> 01:49:38.920
stop by the house and get some things I know138701:49:39.119 --> 01:49:41.560
enough to be able to survive and make my own138801:49:41.600 --> 01:49:45.800
way in the world. I'll live in isolation, off the138901:49:45.840 --> 01:49:49.680
grid and off the land as I continue my work139001:49:49.840 --> 01:49:54.600
punishing the guilty. It'll be all I have left, since139101:49:54.640 --> 01:50:03.479
all I am on the inside is just defective Reagan.139201:50:04.319 --> 01:50:08.640
I stop after hearing Mom screaming behind me. A few139301:50:08.640 --> 01:50:12.039
seconds later, she's right in front of me, just what139401:50:12.119 --> 01:50:16.239
the fuck do you think you're doing leaving? I tell139501:50:16.279 --> 01:50:20.039
her I've caused enough pain and suffering in this family139601:50:20.760 --> 01:50:24.279
since last Christmas, and I won't be the cause of139701:50:24.319 --> 01:50:30.840
any more. Mom looks dumbfounded, she shakes her head. Don't139801:50:30.880 --> 01:50:34.560
you ever say that again. Baby, She hugs me tightly139901:50:34.640 --> 01:50:38.039
to her. I don't know where you got those feelings,140001:50:38.079 --> 01:50:40.359
but you are not running away. You are part of140101:50:40.399 --> 01:50:44.720
this family. She eases me back to look me in140201:50:44.760 --> 01:50:48.479
the eyes. I love you with everything I have to offer.140301:50:49.399 --> 01:50:53.159
She looks past me to the twins. You babies too.140401:50:53.600 --> 01:50:56.119
I carried all of you in my body. I brought140501:50:56.159 --> 01:50:59.239
you into this world. I did everything I had to140601:50:59.279 --> 01:51:01.359
do to raise you, babies and give you the lives140701:51:01.399 --> 01:51:05.000
you deserved. I will never, never, never, regret a single140801:51:05.039 --> 01:51:09.000
moment with any of you. You babies are my very life.140901:51:10.199 --> 01:51:14.000
Mom starts crying now. I can't believe you all grew141001:51:14.079 --> 01:51:17.039
up on me so fast. I don't want to lose141101:51:17.079 --> 01:51:19.960
any of you. I don't want you to ever leave home.141201:51:20.680 --> 01:51:23.920
You babies are all I have in this world. She141301:51:24.079 --> 01:51:28.960
takes a deep breath. Reagan, what happened with Gregor had141401:51:29.039 --> 01:51:32.720
nothing to do with you. I've tried and tried so141501:51:32.880 --> 01:51:36.199
hard to reason with him. What happened to his father141601:51:36.279 --> 01:51:39.960
still hurts me today, but I know it wasn't my fault.141701:51:40.880 --> 01:51:44.359
Your brother blames me for his death. After all these years,141801:51:44.920 --> 01:51:48.119
I never thought he'd actually try to assault me. It141901:51:48.239 --> 01:51:51.199
hurt me so much more knowing that you had to142001:51:51.239 --> 01:51:55.680
defend me, Reagan. Mom sniffles and shakes her head. You142101:51:55.760 --> 01:52:00.279
are not the reason, baby, Don't ever think that now.142201:52:00.279 --> 01:52:02.520
I want you to come home with us. I want142301:52:02.560 --> 01:52:08.039
all of us to have Christmas together like a family, Please, Reagan.142401:52:09.239 --> 01:52:11.479
When I feel the twins on either side of me,142501:52:12.239 --> 01:52:14.960
the next thing I know, they're both squeezing me at142601:52:14.960 --> 01:52:21.079
the same time. We're sorry, they say, together, Lavender, and142701:52:21.159 --> 01:52:26.359
I'll be just fine. Rouge says, it's clear Chester loves you.142801:52:27.199 --> 01:52:32.000
We can't hold that against you. Lavender adds, here's still142901:52:32.000 --> 01:52:36.760
our big sis. They say, together, and you always will be.143001:52:37.399 --> 01:52:44.680
Rouge finishes, So that was it. I misinterpreted emotions. I143101:52:44.720 --> 01:52:48.560
guess there's still room for improvement there. If I had143201:52:48.680 --> 01:52:51.840
left the family, I would have hurt them even worse143301:52:51.920 --> 01:52:56.039
than when Gregor hurt Mom. I think if I could feel,143401:52:56.199 --> 01:52:59.600
I would feel great pain and sadness knowing that I143501:52:59.640 --> 01:53:04.720
had wrongfully hurt my family. I suppose my constant numbness143601:53:04.760 --> 01:53:09.279
is the closest thing I have to those feelings. Thank you,143701:53:10.000 --> 01:53:16.760
I tell my family and I'm sorry. After some silence.143801:53:17.279 --> 01:53:22.199
Mom looks past me again, Chester, you coming home with us?143901:53:23.000 --> 01:53:29.119
I turned to him and take his hand please? He nods, Yeah,144001:53:29.239 --> 01:53:31.920
why not? I just got a text from my parents144101:53:31.920 --> 01:53:34.800
saying they're still with my aunt and uncle at their house.144201:53:35.520 --> 01:53:39.000
Said they'll probably be back late. Not much going on144301:53:39.079 --> 01:53:42.399
at my house on Christmas Eve. I let Chester know144401:53:43.079 --> 01:53:47.079
I still want to try by kissing him. We hold144501:53:47.119 --> 01:53:50.560
each other and kiss longer. I think it's safe to144601:53:50.560 --> 01:53:55.000
say that Chester Willis is my first real boyfriend. Now144701:53:55.960 --> 01:53:59.119
I'm hoping that maybe being with him will trigger something144801:53:59.199 --> 01:54:04.439
inside me to finally make me feel my first emotions.144901:54:04.960 --> 01:54:07.720
We go back to the house where we have a145001:54:07.800 --> 01:54:11.560
late dinner or early, depending on how you look at it.145101:54:12.600 --> 01:54:15.520
As it turns out, Mom had the twins pick up145201:54:15.560 --> 01:54:19.720
dinner from Wylder's Market here in town since she didn't145301:54:19.760 --> 01:54:24.199
have time to prepare a meal herself. We all enjoyed145401:54:24.239 --> 01:54:29.239
each other's company. As for presents, we wouldn't open those145501:54:29.319 --> 01:54:34.359
until later when it's daylight. I think things are going145601:54:34.399 --> 01:54:37.439
to change for the better when it comes to the holidays.145701:54:37.479 --> 01:54:40.920
From now on, I know I at least want to145801:54:41.000 --> 01:54:44.840
be here in this house until the time comes when145901:54:44.880 --> 01:54:50.279
I leave for Strickfield University next fall. I suppose I'll146001:54:50.279 --> 01:54:53.079
be leaving Mom to go out into the real world then,146101:54:54.760 --> 01:54:59.159
but I know my dark passenger will never depart from me.146201:55:00.520 --> 01:55:04.920
The work will continue. There are evil souls that await146301:55:05.039 --> 01:55:09.239
my judgment, and I shall be there to deliver it.146401:55:10.520 --> 01:55:16.520
But not today. Today is Christmas, and today is for family.146501:55:17.399 --> 01:55:23.199
Because now even I understand that there's nothing more important146601:55:24.359 --> 01:55:36.439
than family. Merry Christmas. And that's where we leave Strickfield146701:55:37.039 --> 01:55:43.640
for this holiday season. Snows still falling, sirens fading, and146801:55:43.760 --> 01:55:49.079
Reagan and Rage slipping back into the dark like she146901:55:49.279 --> 01:55:54.079
never laughed. But don't go anywhere, spookyes, because tomorrow on147001:55:54.239 --> 01:55:58.239
cutting deep into horror. Myself and Rachel are taking a147101:55:58.319 --> 01:56:01.319
hard left turn down on a road you do not147201:56:01.680 --> 01:56:04.600
want to be on, with a full deep dive of147301:56:04.960 --> 01:56:08.880
dead end from two thousand and three, a late night drive,147401:56:09.239 --> 01:56:12.279
a wrong turn, a stretch of road that feels endless,147501:56:12.920 --> 01:56:16.239
and the kind of dread that creeps in slow until147601:56:16.279 --> 01:56:20.199
it's sitting right beside you in the back seat. So147701:56:20.399 --> 01:56:24.479
buckle up, keep your tank full, and maybe don't take147801:56:24.560 --> 01:56:27.880
the back roads. And if you love what we do147901:56:27.960 --> 01:56:30.920
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a little something under my tree. But now it's time149401:57:19.880 --> 01:57:22.000
for me to get back to it, my Spookyes, because149501:57:22.039 --> 01:57:24.800
there is so much more to do until our last149601:57:24.840 --> 01:57:29.600
holiday story unveils on Christmas Eve. So for myself, for149701:57:29.720 --> 01:57:33.479
my executive producers Rob Fields and babbletopia dot Com, my149801:57:33.640 --> 01:57:37.720
producer Dan Wilder and of course my creepy composer Ray Maddis.149901:57:38.279 --> 01:57:43.520
I'll see you tomorrow. Until then, don't get melted. Thank150001:57:43.560 --> 01:57:47.279
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