Babysitter Massacre: Camp Carnage FULL AUDIOBOOK

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Hello, my spookies, It's time
for a very special Christmas present just for

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you. This is the full audiobook
for Babysitter, Massacre, Camp Carnage.

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It's a slasher film in book form, and it takes us to a summer

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camp so we get to warm up
during our cold holiday season. It's written

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by David O'Hanlon and narrated by me
Enrique Kuto. So get comfortable. This

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is a wild, violent, bloody
and exciting ride and if you enjoy it,

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it's available at Amazon and Audible.
But now let's get to the book

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prologue. Maslyn Burkhardt fought the urge
to cry as the others continued roasting her.

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Terry Gerald invited her to come hang
out with his fool friends after she

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helped him pass yet another chemistry test. She didn't want to go. Most

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of his friends had been her bullies
since the eighth grade, when she got

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breasts, braces, acne, and
glasses all at once. At least you've

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got the tits to hide that face. Her middle school crush, Michael Cavender,

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had told her it was like discovering
Her love of science triggered some genetic

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mutation that made her eyesight go to
hell and her complexion go to shit and

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turned her into wonder Nerd. Puberty
and stress gave her the acne to complete

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the high school loser cosplay. She
was never very popular to begin with.

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By tenth grade, the only notice
she got was boys trying to see down

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her shirt and everyone trying to get
her to do their science work. No,

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she had no interest in hanging out
with Terry's click, but he was

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hot and popular. More importantly,
he set her glasses, made her look

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pretty, and didn't look away from
them to steal a glance at the bit

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of cleavage her shirt revealed. It
took two years to convince her mom to

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put her on prescription acne medication,
and it was finally paying off. She

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was being noticed above the shoulder,
and not just for her ability to keep

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the school athletes from being held back
a grade, so she went along.

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Michael Cavender was there too, along
with four other teens she recognized by their

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taunts before their names even registered.
It started as playful jests, or at

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least that's what Macie wrote them off
as, and then escalated into full on

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abuse. She snapped back with a
witty one liner only to spur them on

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even more. See that, Tony
Fallon said, when a girl gets too

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smart, the brains moved to her
boobs. That's why Maslin's cyan tits.

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He slapped his thigh and laughed at
his own joke. Macy crossed her arms

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over her double d's and hung her
head. That explains your acups, Monica

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Michael piped in, keep laughing.
Fuck boy, the joke's going to be

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on all of you, though.
Monica Timos warned, Macy's going to use

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that big brain of hers to build
a better vibrator and become a millionaire.

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She'll have to, Michael added,
everyone knows nerdy chicks or horrible lays.

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She probably gives head like this.
He made a disgusted face and touched his

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tongue to the tip of his finger, sending everyone into a round of laughter.

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Macy clenched her fists under her arms
and tried to think of something else

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to say, but back down,
knowing it would only make things worse.

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She looked at Terry longingly, hoping
he'd step up and defend her, but

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he was chuckling along with them.
He saw the look on her face and

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cleared his throat not cool, Mike, He finally said, if it wasn't

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for Macy, the Marauders wouldn't have
an O line this year. She kept

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most of us from getting benched.
Guess that makes your good for something,

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Xavier Morehouse said, in a tone
thirty years gruffer than any high school junior

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should have. Yeah, she might
be a terrible fuck, but I bet

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all that geometry shit helps her make
great sandwiches. Tony added, his girlfriend

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Stacey Freeman slugged him in the arm. Geometry isn't science, dumbass, Maselyn's

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a chemistry geek. Duh. Stacey
was partially right. Macy loved math and

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science as a whole, but chemistry
was special. She could take something with

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no value, add a touch of
something else, and create magic. Chemistry

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made something out of nothing. If
only there were a formula that could do

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that for her. There's actually a
lot of cool stuff you can do with

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chemistry. Maceelyn immediately regretted speaking.
It was such a nerdy thing to say.

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She tried to correct the course.
I mean, with the right reaction,

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you can do some crazy shit like
what, Xavier asked, blowing a

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vape cloud for emphasis. Turn lead
into gold. That's alchemy, Macy corrected

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him. She scrunched her nose,
wishing she hadn't. That's all nonsense.

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But there's other things. Sodium and
water creates fire, for example, So

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does a lighter, Monica said,
matter of factly. Right. But Macy

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thought about it. The group might
have third grade IQs, but she was

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going to need something more than a
PBS science experiment to impress them. I

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made all my own fireworks last fourth
of July. I can make something really

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awesome. Stacy leaned close to Macy
and tugged at her shirt. Okay,

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boob nigh astound me. The teens
watched as Maselyn gathered her ingredients and prepped

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them in various containers. She knew
she was going to get in trouble.

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The reaction would be loud, bright, and extremely violent. School was out

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for the afternoon, but there were
still faculty members meandering about. They'd notice,

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for sure and come running. Maselyn
went through the possible scenarios in her

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head, cooking up a story that
would reduce the punishment to something acceptable,

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like a few weeks of after school
detention. Principal Hughes would surely take it

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easy on her for a first offense, even an offense as stupid and destructive

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as this one. Then again,
maybe she wouldn't get caught. They headed

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outside and everyone sat their containers beside
the nearest trash can. Macy dragged it

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a little further from the building for
safety before she started combining the ingredients into

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an empty gallon jug from one of
the school's recycling bins. She dropped a

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plastic bag full of a white gray
powder into the mixture and capped off the

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jug. Smoke swirled over the surface
of the concoction within seconds, and the

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bag began to dissolve. Macy hastily
wrapped duct tape over the lid to keep

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it from popping off. The fluid
started to bubble as she tore the tape

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with her teeth and dropped the jug
into the receptacle. She ran around the

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corner with the others. Michael rolled
his eyes. This is fucking lame.

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Why are we hiding? Shut up
and watch, Maselyn told him he'll see.

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In about thirty seconds, the door
swung open, and mister Gamble,

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their shop teacher, stepped out,
putting his hands on his hips and looking

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around. Come on, out,
He shouted, I already saw you.

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You kids know you're not supposed to
be in the building. After hours,

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Macy peeked around the corner and saw
Gamble step beside the trash bin. Her

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eyes went wide, and she stepped
out into the open. Get out of

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here, she called, goay,
excuse me, young lady. Gamble huffed,

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his jaw hung open in surprise.
This isn't how you behave masonin.

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What's going on? Terry stepped around
the corner, waving his hands. Watch

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out, mister Gamble. The rest
of the group joined him, staring dumbfounded

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at Gamble. Monica pointed and moved
her mouth silently. The teacher shook his

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head. Well that explains it.
What kind of trouble are these delinquents getting

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into? Run? Monica finally shouted. It was too late. The powder

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fully mixed with the fluid, detonating
in a flash. The boom shook through

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the teen's bodies and echoed across the
parking lot, setting off car alarms.

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A rain of molten sludge showered the
earth, splattering everything around the trash can.

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A glob splashed Gamble's bald head and
crawled down his face. Leaving a

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bright red patch as it burned away
his skin and ignited his shirt. He

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ran for the door, bouncing off
the glass and stumbling away like a living

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bonfire. Macy sank to her knees, sobbing, her body convulsed, but

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she couldn't make herself get up.
She could only sit there and watch her

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teacher burning alive. He collapsed to
the yard and tried to roll, but

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took himself through more patches of the
fiery syrup, clinging to the grass.

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Then he disappeared in a cloud of
white fog. Terry dropped the fire extinguisher

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and stepped closer to mister Gamble's still
form. A blackened hand jolted toward him

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shakily. Gamble's once acclaimed singing voice
was a wheezing croak as he begged inarticulately.

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Terry took off his letterman jacket and
draped it over the teacher, before

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kneeling beside him. He looked back
at Maslin. What did you do?

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He shouted, God, damn you, Macy, what did you do?

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Chapter one, Macelyn sat up in
a cold sweat. She'd set Roy Gamble

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on fire for the one thousand six
hundred and eightieth time. As the five

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year anniversary of the event drew near, the dream came at least once a

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night, trying to make up for
times lost by the occasional reprieve her brain

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allowed her. The first two weeks
after, she didn't sleep at all until

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doctors finally sedated her so she could
be fit to stand trial. Being a

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weak shy of adulthood, the judge
was lenient, not that Macie felt she

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deserved it. On top of her
house arrest and ten years of probation,

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Macy got sentenced to community service.
She was grateful for that. She did

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her hours with the low income daycare
and cooler and found a new love in

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childcare. She'd needed that since her
plans for the future burned up with mister

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Gamble. Macie couldn't bring herself to
return to school and opted to get her

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ged instead of facing the damning stairs
of the students and faculty alike. The

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death threats, vandalism, and other
assorted harassments eventually forced her out of town

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and into the home of her aunt. Her mother only spoke to her on

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holidays and her birthday, and quickly
found a reason to get off the phone.

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Macy didn't care anymore. She deserved
it as far as she was concerned.

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She decided popularity was more important than
responsibility, and a good sweet man

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paid the price. Macie sat at
her desk and wrote an apology letter to

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mister Gamble, the same as she
did after every nightmare. When she was

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finished, she tucked it into a
Manila folder in a small three drawer filing

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cabinet with all the others, and
slid the drawer shut. But maybe someday

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she'd send them to the Monas Institute, where he'd been committed. She didn't

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know why, but the popular rumor
was he'd tried to take his own life.

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She'd considered the option herself, but
guilt stopped the blade from going deep

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enough. Why should she get to
die when he wasn't allowed to. Macie

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gathered her clothes and headed for the
bathroom. She didn't care much about her

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appearance any longer. The incident put
many things into perspective for her. She

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no longer did anything science related.
She had no social life outside the Internet,

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but even that was limited since every
time she opened an account, Terry

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or one of the others from that
day would find her and chastise her for

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trying to live a good life after
what she'd done. She also didn't cook

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anymore. Her mother taught her when
she was young, and they prepared meals

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together every night, but not anymore. Either Aunt Cheryl cooked or Macie used

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the microwave. Sometimes she couldn't even
look at an open flame without breaking into

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shivers. Her only interest was babysitting. Working at the daycare, she had

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an epiphany. She could teach the
little ones to make smart, responsible choices,

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and to be safe. Most of
all, she could help them understand

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how fleeting and superficial popularity was and
instead help them find meaningful pursuits. Helping

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kids was the only thing that seemed
to matter after she'd lost everything else.

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Macie showered, quickly, brushed her
teeth, and wrapped a towel around her

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head Before returning to her room.
She picked up the open envelope from her

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nightstand and took the letter out.
She read the acceptance letter to Camp Care

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for the next to last class of
the year. She was afraid she wouldn't

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make the grade for the second year
in a row. When the heart adorned

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envelope dropped through the mail slot,
Camp Care was the Harvard of childcare education.

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Patten Moore started the camp after his
own son died as a result of

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an inexperienced babysitter. He turned the
hurt and loss into motivation. However,

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Set deep in the woods on Serenity
Lake, Camp Care taught babysitters skills that

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actually mattered. Graduates ran childcare businesses
that made national headlines for professionalism and service,

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and several colleges in the Tri state
area offered scholarships for anyone that completed

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the course. After years of wanting
to leave the world behind, she'd found

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her place in it. She would
graduate Camp Care, get a degree in

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child education, and dedicate her life
to helping kids become people. Mister Gamble

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would have been proud to call his
student Rudents. She tucked the letter away

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with a smile and went downstairs to
join her aunt at the breakfast table.

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The news was on, and that
obnoxious former weather girl Jennifer Lake was standing

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next to the busted front window of
Paul's Pets and Reptile showcase in Fort Smith.

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The on screen graphics announced there'd been
a robbery. Macy watched for a

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moment. Who would want to rob
a pet store, Macy muttered. For

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those of you just joining us,
Jennifer said serendipitously through the TV speakers as

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she stepped into the store. The
Fort Smith police are looking for any leads

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on the early morning robbery of this
local pet store. Strangely, no money

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was taken despite a record breaking week
of sales. The thief bypassed the safe

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and took something far more valuable to
store owner Paul Torrance, what can you

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tell us about the Pilford pets,
the anchorman asked from his place in the

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top corner of the score well.
Rex, the culprit escaped with two juvenile

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snakes for mister Torrance's reptile showcase.
Jennifer waved a hand at the broken locks

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lying on the floor, then gestured
to the glass tank they used to secure

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In this terrarium, mister Torrance kept
two rare Central American bush masters. The

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volatile vipers are still young, as
I said before, but already measure four

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feet in length. Rex seemed confused. That's a strange pet, Jennifer.

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Indeed, however, despite their frightening
appearance, Miley and Cyrus were both beloved

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by patrons of the store. Who
would come in to watch the regular feedings.

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As with all bush masters, the
siblings are very aggressive and very lethal,

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though mister Torrance assures me that Miley
is a misunderstood sweetheart and Cyrus Rex

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asked he's neither. Jennifer chirped happily. The two venomous note ropes were the

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only things taken in the robbery,
leading to much speculation as to the thief's

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motives. Police are concerned that the
snakes may be released into the wild,

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which could cause many problems for the
local commute. Macy turned the television off

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and shook her head. The world
just keeps getting crazier. Exactly who would

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name their snakes? Miley and Cyrus? Cheryl smiled at her sadly. Macy

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knew what was coming. Are you
sure, her aunt asked, placing bacon

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on a plate and sliding across the
table to a perfect stop in front of

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Macy's usual seat thanks to thirty three
years in a diner. It's just I

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don't know what would your father think. Macy took her seat and shrugged.

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Probably nothing. He's dead. Cheryl
tensed at the mention of her brother's demid.

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I'm sorry that was shitty of me, Macy said softly. Dad wanted

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me to do great things. I
remember that much about him. This camp

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will give me the tools I need
to make that happen. Stephen Burkhardt died

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when Maceelyn was six, a lethal
dose of radiation from the local power plant

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he was working at. He was
one of the reasons Macy was fascinated with

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science. Her mother hated it.
She blamed science for Stephen's death and then

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for Macy's atrocious crime. It was
no wonder she didn't want to see her

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daughter anymore. Aunt Cheryl, on
the other hand, felt a career in

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science was the only way for Macy
to make those things right. It's just

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that babysitting isn't a career. It's
a job for high school kids. Cheryl

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sat down opposite Macy. Inside.
Then again, so is waitressing, and

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I'm still at it. Maybe I
don't know what I'm talking about. You

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can do so much more, is
all I'm saying. I'll be able to

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do a lot, Macy said,
reaching across the table for her aunt's hand.

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I can't go back to that,
but I can help generations of kids

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become safe, responsible scientists. So
things like Dad's accident don't ever happen again.

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You're a grown woman, Macy.
I can't tell you how to live

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your life. If you think this
is your path, it's not my place

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to say otherwise. Tears broke away
from her tired eyes. But if you

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keep giving power to the past,
it's going to keep coming for you until

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the day you die. Macey took
her hand back and picked up a piece

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of bacon. She eyed the burned
edges. Her mind drifted to the still

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rich images of Roy Gamble's scorched flesh
in her memory, and dropped the slice

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back to the plate. It happened
five years ago, but that didn't make

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it the past. Maslin was still
living that day. There's more scares where

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that came from. Weekly Spooky will
be right back. Chapter two. Paton

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Moore waved away a mosquito and hammered
the last nail into the welcome banner between

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the upright posts that counted as the
camp care git. The camp ran for

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two weeks at a time, from
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week of August, before closing for
a final cleaning. As much as he

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loved and believed in his creation,
He was always glad for the breaks between

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classes. Working with the babysitters always
kept the horror of his son's death fresh

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on his mind. It was hard
not thinking of the event whenever one of

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the sitters was reckless or absent minded. Especially Fiona Birch was a good,

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well meaning kid with a couple years
experience when he hired her to watch Madison

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and Lance. She was a straight
a student, active in so many extracurriculars

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and popular with the rest of the
student body. She kept too many irons

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in the fire. It turned out
she got distracted and didn't notice the pilot

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light had gone out. The kids
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Two year old Lance never woke up. However. Fiona was a lifeguard

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during the summers, but seeing the
toddler dead sent her into a panic.

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She forgot her training and collapsed into
a sobbing useless heap next to his race

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car bed. She was still there
when Patten arrived home. The sitter rocked

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in place, muttering to Lance about
waking up for cartoons. Patten slapped her

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to the floor, but she didn't
even notice. It took nine years before

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Patten could bring himself to speak with
her. He finally tracked her down to

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a padded room in an Iowa mental
hospital. He'd been so caught up in

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his own grief and rage that he'd
never thought about what the accident cost anyone

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else. Fiona's arms and throat were
scarred with failed suicide attempts. The doctor

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told him she'd become an agoraphobic and
that she couldn't join the other patients for

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meals without breaking down in hysterics.
Nightmares triggered bouts of insomnia, often for

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weeks on end. When Fiona did
sleep, it was on the floor so

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that she didn't disturb the boy,
so she told the staff. Patten watched

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her rock on the floor, telling
a bedtime story to the memory of his

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son, and cried until he felt
like throwing up. Two kids died that

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night. After seeing Fiona in that
state, he figured out what he needed

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to do with his life. He
picked up the property at an auction for

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next to nothing. Founded in nineteen
thirty four, Camp Waicasa was Arkansas's number

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one sleepaway camp until campers found a
body while fishing. The discovery led the

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police to even more corpses at Ajax
Criswell's property across the river. Once news

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broke of the gruesome murders, no
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It became a religious commune in the
fifties. In retrospect, the locals

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probably should have asked what religion before
the Coultists started stealing livestock for sacrifices.

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The situation worked itself out when the
ninety three worshippers committed mass suicide. Afterwards,

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the property sat vacant until eighty four, during which time a group of

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college students and more than a few
hikers were said to have gone missing.

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When Becker's Peckers opened their largest chicken
plant in nearby Desto Springs, the area

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saw its first population boom since the
Great Depression, despite the grisly occult antics

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and that the Criswell place still stood
vacant. On the other side, the

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surge brought many interested developers to the
area, and Camp hog Wilde opened the

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summer of nineteen ninety six as an
adult's only sleepway camp on the Wicasa grounds

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and closed in the spring of nineteen
ninety seven as the site of yet another

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murder. The locals, mostly superstitious
Hillbillies whispered about native curses. Others told

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tales of a witch that had been
hanged in the area. Both seemed to

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have some element of truth, and
maybe they weren't wrong. The area certainly

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seemed to attract violence and mysterious de
disappearances. The theory seemed to be debunked

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by Camp Care. However, Patten
had been in business for fourteen years with

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nothing more severe than a sprained ankle. Why do you bother, Madison Moore

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asked. Patten turned to find his
daughter waiting with her arms crossed over her

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chest. Madison had just turned thirty, but hadn't lost her teenaged attitude.

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She'd only been six when her brother
died, and she blamed herself for failing

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as a big sister. The therapists
cleared her and said she was better,

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but Patten knew otherwise. His daughter
simply didn't blame herself any longer. She

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blamed babysitters. As much as Patten
disagreed with her outlook on the profession,

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it made Madison the best choice for
her teaching position at the camp. She

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held the sitters to a higher standard
because she loathed them. Every class got

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a rundown on child deaths caused by
inexperienced or outright malicious babysitters. She even

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gave a slide show to weed out
the weak ones. Fiona hadn't been able

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to minister CPR from the shock of
seeing Lance's lifeless face. In response,

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Madison bombarded the sitters with photos of
dead kids to acclimate them to the site.

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Patten didn't agree with her hard nosed
tactics, but he couldn't disagree with

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the results either. What do you
mean, he asked, easing down the

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ladder? You rehanng that sign for
every class, Madison said, it gives

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them a false sense of comfort.
They're not welcome here. They're students brought

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here by their own avarice. We
give them the gold star on their resume.

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Some of them do actually want to
be better babysitters, Sweetey, He

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slipped the hammer back into his tool
belt. And believe it or not,

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most of them actually like working with
kids. How can you still be so

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optimistic? Call it a benefit of
my advanced age. Patton put his hands

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on Madison's shoulders. It's a good
class for the most part. Sure,

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some of them are troubled, and
yes, some of them will only use

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the camp as a boon on their
college applications and resumes. But that doesn't

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make them bad people. You didn't
have any interest in volleyball, but still

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took the scholarship for it. If
I screw up a serve, a kid

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doesn't die. Madison's eyes drifted to
an unkempt man smearing sealant across the roof

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of her classroom with a mop.
She nodded in his direction. Even the

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help's gone downhill. I don't like
him. We're a nonprofit, Patten said

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with a shrug. Concessions had to
be made. A concession is paying one

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of the locals an extra buck an
hour or using community service. Dad Addison

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waved a hand. Hiring a drifter
you picked up on the side of the

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road is just reckless. Isaac's got
handyman experience and he works cheap. He

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gave her a tired smile. You
can't win the race if no one shows

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you where the starting line is.
Working here, Isaac can shower and shave

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and save the money to buy clothes
for a job interview. Without that help,

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he'd be stuck standing on that road
side for the rest of his life.

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Which wouldn't be very much longer in
all likelihood. Did you even look

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at his tattoos? I did?
Patton groaned, but nodded his agreement to

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the distasteful markings. People don't always
make smart choices. Some bad decisions can't

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be washed off. He's a creep
and probably on the sex offender registries somewhere.

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All I've got to go on is
his driver's license, which didn't come

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back with anything of that nature.
Sweetie, judge people by their appearances.

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Patten's eyes floated unconsciously to the frosted
a line haircut his daughter got before the

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last class. It made her look
older, sterner, and far less approachable,

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and he knew full well that was
exactly why she'd gotten it done.

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She noticed and sneered at the silent
disapproval, but chose not to say anything.

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Maybe you should start That's not the
kind of guy you want alone in

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the woods with a bunch of young
women. We haven't had any incidents with

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him so far. Besides, we
have Roland to protect us. Yeah,

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Madison agreed. Roland Jones was another
of her father's pet projects, but she

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actually did like the brooding veteran.
Where's Roland anyways fishing, Patten waved in

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the general direction of the lake.
Apparently we're having trout for dinner. The

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girls should be arriving at the gas
station in a couple of hours. I'd

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like to have everything ready by then. Have you finished setting up the dining

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hall? No, Dad, I
completely dropped the ball and forgot to do

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the thing that I do before every
single class, Patten smiled at the sarcasm.

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Precision and routine are what make the
camp a success. I have to

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be sure Isaac should have the leak
sealed in your classroom. I had him

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redo the whole roof just to be
safe. Another round of storms like we

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had in May, and we'll be
teaching the water rescue class around your desk.

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Speaking of Isaac, Madison pointed over
her dad's shoulder at the approaching Dodge

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Durango with police lights on top.
I think his ride is here. Patten

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gave her his best disapproving father face
and stepped out into the open so Sheriff

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Carson Baum could see him. The
Durango squealed to a stop, and Bomb

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rolled up the window. Before getting
out, He scratched at his stubble,

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which was such a permanent part of
his appearance. It might as well have

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been department issue. He slapped at
a mosquito and shook his head. Buggers

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are the worst they've been in a
decade, he grumped. Goddamn vampires.

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Midwestern storm complex, Madison said,
without waiting for her father to jump on

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it. She'd heard it repeatedly since
they arrived. It left standing water all

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over the area, Horny bugs and
great nesting opportunities abound. So now we

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can all get malaria together. Patton
rolled his eyes. He'd heard the malaria

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line every time he brought up the
storms as well. Sounds logical, Baum

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said, with a crooked, gap
toothed smile. Still weird shit happens up

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here a lot. I spent last
Tuesday ass cheeks deep in a sewer because

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some kids saw glowing eyes staring at
them from a storm drain. What was

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it, Patten asked, Never found
anything? Such is life? I guess

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any who, how are the classes
going, Pat good? We've got some

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bright kids out That always makes things
run smoother. This next bunch has a

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couple with real high potential. I'm
very excited to get them up here.

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Come in tonight, aren't they that's
right, Madison's heading to the chump to

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pick them up in a few hours. Patten squinted at the sheriff. You

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don't come this way often, Carson, what's up. There's going to be

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some other campers on the lake for
a few weeks, and I thought you

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needed a heads up, Bomb pointed, but the trees obscured whatever he was

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aiming for. The old Criswell Place
has been bought up by the state.

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They want to gut it and turn
it into a youth rehabilitation center. That's

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a noble virtue. Time in the
wild is good for the youth. When

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you're out here, you're taking care
of the entire ecosystem. It helps center

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your focus and make you feel like
a bigger part of the world. That's

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why I set up Camp Care,
and that's why they're trying this out.

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You've had a lot of success stories
come out of the camp and proven that

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there isn't some damned curse on the
land. Can't say I'm convinced of the

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last point, but the powers that
be are willing to give it a go.

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Why does that warrant a personal visit? Madison asked, the suspicion was

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obvious across her aquiline features. They're
using inmates for the process. Bomb held

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up his hands to curtail the coming
outburst. Most of them are copper thieves

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and meth cooks. Nothing to worry
about minus one and that one, Patton

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asked. He killed his girlfriend and
the boy she was sneaking around with.

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But he's undergone mandatory therapy and anger
management since his incarceration. He's been a

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model inmate. That's like saying he's
the best lay in a convent, Madison

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interrupted. Patten scowled, but the
comment got a laugh from Sheriff Bomb.

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He's been doing construction since he was
a kid, so the warden thinks it'll

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hurry them along. To be honest, I couldn't tell them from professionals.

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When I checked in on them,
Bomb told them there'll be two guards with

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them around the clock as well.
That's reassuring, Madison said. We probably

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shouldn't tell the students. Some of
them flake out on their own every year.

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No sense in giving them a reason. That's a fair assessment, Patton

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agreed. Besides, the mosquitoes aren't
the only parasites looking to get a piece.

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She added, I wouldn't trust half
these chicks around my cucumber crop.

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Jesus Madison Patten pinched the bridge of
his nose. Sorry, Carson, my

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daughter's being exceptionally outspoken this summer.
Statistics don't lie, Dad. The number

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of incidents that occur because of degenerate
babysitters are ridiculous. She turned to Bomb.

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My clinic has actually been studying the
sex drive of babysitters for the last

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two years, and, while still
inconclusive, early numbers show a considerable increase

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in hormone fluctuations among the occupation.
Bomb cleared his throat before Patten could raise

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his argument against Madison's theory. There's
really nothing to be concerned about, but

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I didn't want you folks being surprised
if you hear them working. Bomb reassured

400
00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:36.280
them they have everything they need at
the estate, so there's no reason for

401
00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:38.039
them to be out and about.
Though. If you see one of them,

402
00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:42.719
just give me a call. I've
got a deputy manning the fire watch

403
00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:45.199
tower during their stay, so we
can be here in no time flat.

404
00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:51.000
You hear that, Dad. The
convicts get an all inclusive stay in a

405
00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:55.239
mansion while we're being drained of our
blood and haunted cabins. Isn't it swell

406
00:35:57.719 --> 00:36:01.519
to be fair? Ajax Criswell did
murder his entire family in that mansion,

407
00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:07.039
Bomb pointed out, then noisily swatted
a mosquito on his neck. Then again,

408
00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:13.559
a psychotic ghost might not be as
obnoxious. Thanks for the information,

409
00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:16.559
Carson, Patten said, I'm sure
you're right, and that there's nothing to

410
00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:22.039
worry about. Sheriff Bomb opened the
car door, watching bugs zip in.

411
00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:27.079
At the first opportunity, he growled
and slid into the seat. A figure

412
00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:30.480
peeked from around the side of one
of the class cabins. Bomb leaned back

413
00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:36.400
in his seat and watched the man. He started the ignition and rolled the

414
00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:40.599
window down. You sure about that
help of yours? Pat Patten glanced over

415
00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:45.960
his shoulder at the cabin. Isaac's
a little strange and had a tough life.

416
00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:50.480
He's going to make something of himself, though, he just needs someone

417
00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:55.360
to show him how. Yeah,
I suppose so Bomb sucked his teeth.

418
00:36:57.199 --> 00:37:01.280
He just doesn't sit right with my
gut mine either. Madison chimed in.

419
00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:07.039
He's harmless, I promise, Patton
laughed. Besides, we've gone fourteen years

420
00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:12.239
without an incident, curseby damned.
If something was going to happen, it

421
00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:19.119
would have by now. The only
thing scarier than that is not being subscribed

422
00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:30.480
weekly. Spooky will be right back, Chapter three. Macy pulled her car

423
00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:36.000
around the side of the gas station
into the gravel speckled mud patch with the

424
00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:42.360
customer parking sign. Two other vehicles
waited, both with Arkansas tags and one

425
00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:47.599
with a community college parking pass hanging
from the mirror. The instructions from Camp

426
00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:53.239
Care were very clear about being respectful
of the gas station's parking policies. While

427
00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:59.119
they awaited a member of the camp
faculty, Macy looked herself over in the

428
00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:05.440
mirror one last time. Bags under
her eyes, Check hair doing whatever the

429
00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:09.079
hell it wanted, Check make up
just a few shades brighter than a goth

430
00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:15.800
hooker. Check content that she looked
like a hot mess as usual. She

431
00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:20.440
stepped out of the car and stretched
away the long drive. She pulled her

432
00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:24.719
hair into a ponytail and snapped the
tie around it from her wrist. No

433
00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:30.599
sense getting dulled up for two weeks
in the forest. Macy grabbed her gym

434
00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:35.639
bag full of clothes and necessities from
the back seat and locked the car before

435
00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:40.039
heading around to the front of the
station. Two archaic, mostly green gas

436
00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:45.280
pumps sat on a concrete pad.
They were the kind with the rolling numbers

437
00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:50.840
she saw in the old movies,
and decades of previous paint jobs showed where

438
00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:55.960
the newer green had peeled and chipped
to varying depths. A large roll up

439
00:38:55.960 --> 00:39:01.840
garage door occupied half the tiny building's
space. The filling station probably doubled as

440
00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:07.280
a mechanic shop once, but the
layer of dust on the windows indicated that

441
00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:13.039
that time was long ago. The
name of the station was both crude and

442
00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:19.119
crudely painted on the roll up door. The two pump chump Macy snickered at

443
00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:24.039
the clever moniker and went inside.
The chime of the tarnished bell duct taped

444
00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:30.239
to the door frame drew the eyes
of the station's occupants. The attendant peeked

445
00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:35.360
over the top of the latest issue
of Temple of Womb magazine, shrugged,

446
00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:40.000
and then went back to gawking at
the pages before him. Macy looked around

447
00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:45.960
the narrow, barely stocked shelves and
found the garage had been converted into an

448
00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:52.119
entertainment room with a Happy Day's pinball
machine, a cigarette burnt pull table and

449
00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:58.400
a number of plastic patio chairs.
A tube television hung precariously from bungee cords

450
00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:05.079
on a makeshift shelf. Two young
women, identical twins except for the contrasting

451
00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:10.679
hairstyles, gave synchronized glances over their
shoulders at Macy. It would have been

452
00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:16.280
cute if it hadn't been so damn
creepy. Another girl hiding in the corner

453
00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:22.119
set her book down and waved.
Are you going to camp care too?

454
00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:29.519
She asked, I am. Macy
nodded great. Another person not buying anything,

455
00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:34.639
The attendant grumbled behind his magazine.
I could actually use a drink,

456
00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:39.079
Macy corrected him, vending machines in
the waiting area, he said, setting

457
00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:44.199
his magazine down. It don't work, though, Just give me a buck

458
00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:49.239
and kick it real hard. Macy
looked at the flickering Pepsi machine beneath the

459
00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:55.199
death trap television set and scrunched her
nose. I think I'll pass suit yourself.

460
00:40:55.800 --> 00:41:00.280
The man spat tobacco into the floor, got some energy drinks and water

461
00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:06.280
over yonder. Maybe they're cold,
maybe they ain't. Damn cooler's been on

462
00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:09.519
the fritz about twelve years now.
She walked to a cooler and picked a

463
00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:15.199
bottle of not too warm water.
She took it to the register. Does

464
00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:21.039
anything work in here? Just me? Since you won't use the vending machine,

465
00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:24.079
He held out his hand. It's
still a buck. Macy took a

466
00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:30.239
few folded bills from her pocket and
laid two on the discarded magazine covering the

467
00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:36.559
spread Eagle model. There's an extra
for keeping you from your reading. I'll

468
00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:39.599
put it in my college fund.
The man crumpled the bills and stuffed them

469
00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:45.000
into his pocket before picking up the
magazine again and turning it to enjoy the

470
00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:51.239
centerfold. I'm studying to be a
gynecologist. Macy took her water and joined

471
00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:54.079
the other babysitters in the waiting room. She looked at the TV, where

472
00:41:54.079 --> 00:42:00.239
the talk show host was doing an
episode on the Coaler babysitter slashers. She

473
00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:05.920
focused on Larkin Combs, the survivor
of the killing spree. Larkin and her

474
00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:09.880
friends were regulars at the coffee shop
Macy worked at. She even waited on

475
00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:15.000
them the day the Bitchy One Piper
got murdered. Aunt Cheryl almost made her

476
00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:21.440
quit the daycare out of fear she'd
be the next victim. Foreboding, isn't

477
00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:25.320
it. The bookworm asked a show
about babysitters being killed, right before a

478
00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:32.719
group of babysitters go venturing into the
ominous forest. The twins moaned spookily and

479
00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:38.400
laughed in unison. I'm Blair,
the bookworm said, are you local?

480
00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:45.239
Obviously not. The twin with the
pink pixie cut said the wind didn't whistle

481
00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:50.800
through the gaps when she smiled.
Sorry, my sister gets moody when she

482
00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:54.800
breathes. The other sibling, with
her brown hair twisted and a fancy braid,

483
00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:59.960
said we got here like an hour
ago. When she's tired of waiting.

484
00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:04.079
The early bird gets the worm,
Macy said, with a shrug.

485
00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:08.960
The early worm gets eaten. The
short haired one said I'm Betty, and

486
00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:14.880
my sister's Wilma. Macy's face went
rigid, trying to figure out how to

487
00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:19.679
respond. I'm just fucking with you. The girl snickered. She gestured to

488
00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:23.360
herself, Agnes, no shit,
Mom was only expecting one of us,

489
00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:29.800
so she picked my name on the
fly. Unfortunately, Aggie is telling the

490
00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:36.239
truth on that one. I'm Sophie. Benefit of being the firstborn twat Agnes

491
00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:40.480
muttered ah. Sophie gave her sister
a disgusted look. You know, I

492
00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:45.320
hate that word. That's why I
said it. Aggie smiled at her cockily.

493
00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:50.599
She waved to an empty chair,
So hop in the hot seat.

494
00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:55.000
Why are you going to camp care? I just love working with kids.

495
00:43:55.559 --> 00:44:00.239
Macy dropped her bag and slid into
the chair. A daycare in town for

496
00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:05.559
people that can't afford sitters. It
gets a bad rap because it's for low

497
00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:09.239
income families, and I want to
change that by offering services that seem outside

498
00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:15.000
the reach of those parents. That's
nice. Blair pursed her lips. That

499
00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:19.719
sounded really sarcastic. I know,
but I think it's a great idea.

500
00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:23.320
I'm just using the camp for financial
aid. I'm getting my degree in education.

501
00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:28.840
That's a good reason too. Macy
said, what about you two,

502
00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:32.760
we have a daycare now in Bentonville. Sophie said, a lot of people

503
00:44:32.840 --> 00:44:37.159
work overnights in late shifts, and
there aren't many places that can accommodate them.

504
00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:42.440
We can since there's two of us, Aggie piped in. Plus,

505
00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:45.800
being identical helps put the kiddos at
ease. They see a familiar face,

506
00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:51.840
regardless of what time of day they
come in. That's actually kind of brilliant,

507
00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:55.840
Macy told her. We know,
they said together. Agnes has the

508
00:44:55.880 --> 00:45:01.360
wisdom that comes with the age her
name implies, Blair quipped. Aggie scowled

509
00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:06.559
at her. I liked you better
when you were reading too bad. You're

510
00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:12.000
all going to be horribly murdered,
the attendant said bluntly. The sisters all

511
00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:15.320
turned to look at him, only
kidding. He picked a piece of tobacco

512
00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:22.000
from his teeth and smirked. Mostly, what do you want about, Aggie

513
00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:27.840
asked. That's old Ajack Criswell's place
across the lake. He said, we

514
00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:34.280
all know what happened there. No, not really, Macy said. The

515
00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:37.320
bell rang, making the four jump. As another sitter entered the gas station.

516
00:45:38.199 --> 00:45:44.280
The bleached blonde lifted her sunglasses slowly, giving the attendant a fake gag,

517
00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:49.119
before turning to the other camp care
attendees with slightly less disgust on her

518
00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:52.920
face. She let the door slam
shut on its spring and put her hands

519
00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:58.880
on her curvaceous hips. What kind
of discount only fans hell have I stepped

520
00:45:58.920 --> 00:46:12.280
into chapter four? Carrie Tennyson dropped
her bags, freeing her arms to wave

521
00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:16.440
in the air as she chased behind
the departing bus. It didn't stop.

522
00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:22.159
Carrie kicked loose gravel into the road
as she turned to retrieve her bags.

523
00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:25.599
She would have barely made it to
the rendezvous spot in time even on the

524
00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:30.800
bus. Camp care was her one
big shot, and it was fleeing faster

525
00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:36.719
than her ride. There was no
way she'd get selected for another class until

526
00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:40.679
next year. If then, even
missing the camp would prove she was the

527
00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:46.119
kind of unreliable babysitter that they built
the camp to do away with after all.

528
00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:52.280
Carrie sniffled, rubbing her nose with
her sleeve, and bent to collect

529
00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:55.599
her luggage. You're not crying on
the side of the highway, Carrie,

530
00:46:55.679 --> 00:47:00.679
she told herself. It was hard
not to. However, Carrie had spent

531
00:47:00.760 --> 00:47:07.119
her entire nineteen years in the little
community of Orville, Arkansas, less than

532
00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:12.119
an hour from the Mississippi line.
Crossing that line was the furthest her parents

533
00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:16.440
made it from their own home town. Her grandparents hadn't even accomplished that much.

534
00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:22.639
In fact, her family occupied the
insular community of Rose Marsh, Mississippi,

535
00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:28.239
for two hundred years. Carrie wasn't
about to live her life that way.

536
00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:34.159
She slipped her backpack over her shoulders
and walked backwards down the highway with

537
00:47:34.239 --> 00:47:38.559
her thumbs sticking out. Two cars
zipped by without so much as tapping their

538
00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:44.960
brakes. She sighed, but kept
her arm high. By the time the

539
00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:50.159
first dozen cars passed her, the
lactic acid burned and her muscles enough to

540
00:47:50.199 --> 00:47:54.840
take her mind off the tears of
hopelessness trying to get loose. If she

541
00:47:54.920 --> 00:48:00.119
graduated camp care, the bank said
they'd approve her business loan. She had

542
00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:06.159
her eye on a quaint little building
in Pine Bluff that wouldn't be her final

543
00:48:06.199 --> 00:48:09.360
stop. She had a head full
of big plans, and as soon as

544
00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:14.639
she'd paid off the loan, she
was going to franchise and set up another

545
00:48:14.840 --> 00:48:21.239
location in Fayetteville. Then she could
get into Kansas and Oklahoma. She'd help

546
00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:25.440
take care of little ones across the
entire country. A car horn blew,

547
00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:31.000
and Carrie smiled brightly and gave them
a wave. The Nissan slowed just slightly.

548
00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:37.719
Nice legs, baby, the passenger
howled as they went by without stopping.

549
00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:44.360
Fuck my life. Carrie let her
arm hang and watched the douchebags speed

550
00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:50.079
back up. Why aren't there any
good men. She slammed her suitcase down

551
00:48:50.159 --> 00:48:53.199
and sat on it, not even
bothering to signal any of the vehicles going

552
00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:59.079
by. A breeze kicked up a
dust cloud, and she turned her head

553
00:48:59.079 --> 00:49:02.760
to keep it from getting into her
eyes and mouth. Something slapped her cheek.

554
00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:08.719
She caught the sheet of torn cardboard
as it tried blowing away. Carrie

555
00:49:08.719 --> 00:49:13.920
looked up at the sky and laughed, guess you got a plan for us

556
00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:17.599
all, she chirped. Carrie dug
in her backpack for a permanent marker and

557
00:49:17.679 --> 00:49:25.440
quickly scribbled camp care or bust across
her makeshift billboard. Reinvigorated by the gifted

558
00:49:25.519 --> 00:49:30.880
signage, she put her backpack on
once more and took her spot on the

559
00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:35.519
side of the road. A trucker
went by, nearly whipping the sign from

560
00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:39.320
her hands. A creepy van honked
at her, another car moved to the

561
00:49:39.360 --> 00:49:45.159
far lane to avoid her entirely.
She tried to stay positive and redirected her

562
00:49:45.199 --> 00:49:51.119
thoughts to fantasies of all the successful, famous children she would help nurture.

563
00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:55.840
She smiled. Despite her predicament.
There was still time to get to the

564
00:49:55.880 --> 00:50:00.920
gas station and meet up with the
camp staffer. Two weeks later, she'd

565
00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:06.840
be signing the paperwork for her loan. She'd be helping kids find their passions

566
00:50:06.840 --> 00:50:10.400
and follow their dreams. She was
going to change diapers for future presidents of

567
00:50:10.400 --> 00:50:16.559
the United States. She just knew
it. A silver GMC pick up rumbled

568
00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:22.440
past her and stopped on the shoulder. The back window slid open, and

569
00:50:22.519 --> 00:50:27.360
a hand reached out, waving her
over. Carrie grabbed her suit case and

570
00:50:27.480 --> 00:50:31.400
hurried to the truck. She eyed
it carefully, making sure there warn't any

571
00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:37.559
tell tale signs that she was getting
into a serial killer's vehicle. A bumper

572
00:50:37.599 --> 00:50:40.880
sticker next to the Missouri license plate
said the driver was the proud parent of

573
00:50:40.920 --> 00:50:46.320
a terrific kid. Another said love
me, love my dog. And that

574
00:50:46.519 --> 00:50:52.719
was all the convincing Carrie needed that
the driver was a good and kind person.

575
00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:57.360
She eased her bags into the bed
of the truck. The passenger door

576
00:50:57.440 --> 00:51:00.880
unlocked as she reached for the handle. She slipped into the seat and smiled

577
00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:06.559
at the driver, who nodded sweetly, thank you so much for stopping.

578
00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:09.719
I didn't think i'd ever get a
ride. Carrie shut the door and pulled

579
00:51:09.760 --> 00:51:15.119
her seat belt into place. Do
you know where camp Care is. The

580
00:51:15.239 --> 00:51:19.840
driver gave her another nod and pulled
back onto the highway before turning up the

581
00:51:19.920 --> 00:51:23.320
radio. The song ended, and
the DJ promised to take them back in

582
00:51:23.440 --> 00:51:29.360
time with the next hit. Carrie's
fingers tapped the armrest with the music.

583
00:51:29.960 --> 00:51:34.159
She loved the Spice Girls. The
driver growled and hit the power button.

584
00:51:35.280 --> 00:51:40.119
Not a fan, huh, Carrie
asked, no response. You don't talk

585
00:51:40.199 --> 00:51:45.519
much. I guess I'm Carrie.
I saw you from Missouri. Are you

586
00:51:45.559 --> 00:51:49.719
heading home? A simple shake of
the head. Oh, well, that's

587
00:51:49.719 --> 00:51:53.079
a shame, I hear. It's
really beautiful there, Carrie giggled. Guess

588
00:51:53.079 --> 00:51:58.639
that's why they call it the show
me State. Though a shrug. I

589
00:51:58.679 --> 00:52:02.000
always wanted to see it, Carrie
continued, undeterred. Missouri. I mean

590
00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:07.519
I've never seen much of anything.
I'm from Orville. Our sights include rice

591
00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:14.320
fields, bean fields, some chicken
houses, and a sonic. The big

592
00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:19.679
V eight engine grumbled loud enough to
hide the hiss of steel clearing leather.

593
00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:25.880
Unfortunately, it wasn't loud enough to
silence Carrie's twangy blathering. But that's what

594
00:52:25.960 --> 00:52:30.480
the knife was for. The truck
swerved as the driver swung the knife at

595
00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:35.239
carry. The tires kicked up dust
and gravel as they hit the shoulder.

596
00:52:35.960 --> 00:52:39.559
The driver rocked the knife back and
forth until it came free from the headrest

597
00:52:39.960 --> 00:52:45.599
and slurped from Casey's throat. The
seat belt snapped away from her as the

598
00:52:45.679 --> 00:52:51.119
driver cut it near the buckle.
Carrie watched the arm reach across and open

599
00:52:51.159 --> 00:52:54.400
the door. She stared at the
blood pulling in her hands while she choked

600
00:52:54.480 --> 00:52:59.760
up sounds that should have been words. A foot rested on her hip,

601
00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:04.559
and then she was back on the
side of the road. Carrie tumbled to

602
00:53:04.639 --> 00:53:09.639
a stop against a metal post and
looked up at the sign ahead adopt a

603
00:53:09.760 --> 00:53:17.480
highway sponsored by camp Care. If
you're not afraid, then you're already dead.

604
00:53:19.320 --> 00:53:31.000
Weekly Spooky, We'll be right back. Chapter five. Sarah greenly hooked

605
00:53:31.039 --> 00:53:37.320
her sunglasses on the low cut collar
of her designer T shirt between her equally

606
00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:42.599
designer tits. She gave the counter
a once over and pouted her pink lips.

607
00:53:43.480 --> 00:53:47.039
I'm guessing you don't take Apple pay, she asked bitterly. No,

608
00:53:47.239 --> 00:53:52.000
ma'am, the attendant said over the
magazine. We're a little backwoods out here,

609
00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:57.199
but don't barter for fruit. No
more cash or plastic work, just

610
00:53:57.280 --> 00:54:01.800
fine. I honestly expected the card
reader to be broken, too, Macy

611
00:54:01.920 --> 00:54:06.719
said to Blair, I expected it
to be made out of cardboard. So

612
00:54:07.079 --> 00:54:10.199
you gave him more credit than I
did. She replied, you look really

613
00:54:10.239 --> 00:54:15.920
familiar. By the way. Macy
wasn't sure where Blair or the others were

614
00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:20.800
from. The incident at the high
school made local news for months. Even

615
00:54:20.840 --> 00:54:25.199
in Cohler, four hours away,
people knew what she'd done. Her eyes

616
00:54:25.280 --> 00:54:30.239
flicked to the book Blair had been
reading. It was a true crime novel.

617
00:54:30.800 --> 00:54:36.360
Blair was one of those girls.
Macy's picture regularly accompanied articles on what

618
00:54:36.440 --> 00:54:42.480
she'd done to mister Gamble. She
cleared her throat and shrugged. I don't

619
00:54:42.519 --> 00:54:45.599
know why you'd think so. Macy
looked at the attendant and tossed her hands

620
00:54:45.639 --> 00:54:52.280
into the air. So what were
you saying about being horribly murdered? Kind

621
00:54:52.280 --> 00:54:58.519
of obvious? Everyone knows the story
of Ajax Criswell, he grumbled, we

622
00:54:58.679 --> 00:55:00.960
don't. So if he looked at
her sister, who shook her head,

623
00:55:01.599 --> 00:55:07.880
what happened? Who gives a shit? Sarah asked, bending seductively to peruse

624
00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:14.920
the cooler is there any flavored water
in this dive. Yep. The attendant

625
00:55:14.920 --> 00:55:19.960
pointed to the cooler and then to
a rattling water fountain. Got regular and

626
00:55:20.119 --> 00:55:24.440
tap flavored. Could have just said
no, wouldn't have been as much fun.

627
00:55:25.480 --> 00:55:30.119
He's starting to grow on me,
Aggie said, like one of those

628
00:55:30.199 --> 00:55:35.880
non cancerous tumors. The door chimed
again, and another young woman entered.

629
00:55:36.440 --> 00:55:39.960
She seemed much happier to see the
others than Sarah had. Her hair was

630
00:55:40.000 --> 00:55:46.400
an unnatural silver with black tips that
hung just past her freckled jaw. I

631
00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:51.360
guess I'm in the right place.
She rolled her suitcase in so the door

632
00:55:51.360 --> 00:55:54.239
could shut. God forbid, there's
two of these gas stations. Anyways,

633
00:55:55.039 --> 00:55:59.079
I got some family portraits. Y'
all can poke fun at if and you're

634
00:55:59.079 --> 00:56:02.519
getting tired of Joe looking about my
business, the attendant spat on the floor.

635
00:56:04.119 --> 00:56:07.519
Got a Chamber of Commerce award for
all the good I do around here.

636
00:56:07.559 --> 00:56:12.679
I'll have you know. Sorry,
The new arrival said, oh,

637
00:56:12.719 --> 00:56:16.079
hell, nothing to be sorry about. I hate this fucking place too,

638
00:56:16.159 --> 00:56:22.800
and that award warn't nothing but a
participation trophy. He gestured to the babysitters.

639
00:56:22.400 --> 00:56:28.119
You lot probably have a bunch of
those from congeniality contests. I reckon

640
00:56:28.920 --> 00:56:32.119
the new girl joined the others in
the waiting area. I'm Candace starling.

641
00:56:34.079 --> 00:56:37.960
I'm gagging, Sarah said. She
waved a hand over Candace's outfit. Is

642
00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:45.679
it a collab between Mama June and
Rob Zombie? Candace pushed her bangs back

643
00:56:45.840 --> 00:56:50.079
and looked down at her middrift hell
raiser t shirt, knee high socks,

644
00:56:50.679 --> 00:56:55.440
cut off denim shorts, and the
tattooed flesh between each. She laughed and

645
00:56:55.519 --> 00:57:01.239
tugged a lock of Sarah's hair playfully. While we're playing twenty questions? How

646
00:57:01.280 --> 00:57:07.239
many bottles did they recycle to make
your tits? Candace twisted her fingers tighter

647
00:57:07.280 --> 00:57:10.960
in Sarah's hair. I got piercings
that cost more than your beauty college dye

648
00:57:12.079 --> 00:57:15.519
job. So unless you keep your
plastic surgeon on retainer, I don't suggest

649
00:57:15.599 --> 00:57:21.880
you try me. Sarah slapped Candace's
hand away and scowled in lieu of a

650
00:57:21.920 --> 00:57:27.039
witty comeback. She wasn't used to
anyone standing up to her. When your

651
00:57:27.039 --> 00:57:30.519
family owns the largest real estate company
in the state, it just doesn't happen.

652
00:57:31.199 --> 00:57:36.679
Daddy Greenley would evict them if they
assumed they were better than his little

653
00:57:36.719 --> 00:57:42.039
princess. Candace sauntered past her and
took a seat on the billiard's table.

654
00:57:43.280 --> 00:57:46.599
Looks like we're missing someone. I
only see six. She looked at Sarah

655
00:57:46.599 --> 00:57:52.440
and smirked. That's the number that
comes when you've finished counting on your first

656
00:57:52.480 --> 00:57:57.920
hand. She's right, there's always
seven in a class. Blair checked the

657
00:57:57.960 --> 00:58:00.960
time on her phone. She's not
going to make it. Can't she come

658
00:58:01.039 --> 00:58:07.079
later? Sophie asked. They keep
the location secret for a reason. Sarah

659
00:58:07.199 --> 00:58:12.119
rolled her eyes. They don't want
losers showing up whenever it's convenient. Camp

660
00:58:12.199 --> 00:58:16.079
care makes great babysitters better or whatever. The brochure said, a lot of

661
00:58:16.119 --> 00:58:21.719
people get cold feet. Macy offered, it's not an easy class. She

662
00:58:21.840 --> 00:58:25.159
probably decided not to come. The
door opened with the jingle of the bell.

663
00:58:25.960 --> 00:58:30.960
The severe woman in the khaki capris
and camp care tea reached up and

664
00:58:30.079 --> 00:58:36.119
silenced it. I hate that stupid
bell, Gus, probably because it reminds

665
00:58:36.119 --> 00:58:39.679
you of your own brass balls.
The attendant said, you getting your cheapskate

666
00:58:39.800 --> 00:58:45.920
students out of my establishment, Madison. They're cramping my fung sway. I

667
00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:50.679
can tell Madison. Moore tried to
hide the smirk. Gus's antics always brought

668
00:58:50.719 --> 00:58:54.480
out. Do you have their gift
bags? Oh? Sure, they're over

669
00:58:54.519 --> 00:59:00.199
there. Gus pointed to the milk
crate at the end of the counter,

670
00:59:00.239 --> 00:59:05.159
bottle in a tree bark candy bar
for each of them. Good, Madison

671
00:59:05.199 --> 00:59:08.519
grabbed the crate. Each bottle had
a granola bar taped to it. You

672
00:59:08.639 --> 00:59:14.559
spared no expense, as always,
only the best for my future wife,

673
00:59:14.960 --> 00:59:20.719
he said, with a tobacco stained
grin. That's a seriously dystopian future,

674
00:59:20.800 --> 00:59:24.559
Gus. Madison made her way to
the waiting area and pursed her lips.

675
00:59:25.159 --> 00:59:29.519
I guess, considering the low bar
my father set for this class, I

676
00:59:29.559 --> 00:59:32.880
shouldn't be surprised one of you is
missing. Blair checked her phone again.

677
00:59:34.599 --> 00:59:39.079
Madison arrived to the exact minute their
instructions said she would. She wondered if

678
00:59:39.119 --> 00:59:45.280
the woman waited in the parking lot
or was just that damn good. Here's

679
00:59:45.320 --> 00:59:49.480
how this works, Madison said,
louder than kneaded in the small station.

680
00:59:50.159 --> 00:59:52.960
You'll load your bags into the van
out front and take one of these water

681
00:59:53.039 --> 00:59:58.239
bottles. Then you'll get in your
vehicles and follow me to the camp parking

682
00:59:58.280 --> 01:00:00.719
area. I'd like to think that's
pretty clear, so if you screw it

683
01:00:00.840 --> 01:00:06.800
up and get lost, you're out
of the program. Let's go. Madison

684
01:00:06.840 --> 01:00:09.480
turned sharply on her heel and headed
for the door. Before anyone could speak

685
01:00:09.559 --> 01:00:14.840
up, she held it open with
the toe of her boot as the babysitters

686
01:00:14.880 --> 01:00:19.519
filed out, Keep to your side
of the lake, Gus warned them.

687
01:00:20.039 --> 01:00:22.840
Lots of bad things can happen out
there as is. Don't go asking for

688
01:00:22.960 --> 01:00:35.960
it. Chapter six. The babysitters
pulled into the parking area of the old

689
01:00:36.039 --> 01:00:40.920
boat launch. Knee high grass sprouted
through the cracked asphalt, and a rickety

690
01:00:40.960 --> 01:00:46.599
dock stretched over the water, except
in the places that it sagged under it.

691
01:00:47.639 --> 01:00:53.519
Overgrown brush and untended trees formed a
wall separating the cars from the lake.

692
01:00:54.360 --> 01:01:00.000
If there was a fence, it
could no longer be seen. Sarah

693
01:01:00.079 --> 01:01:05.039
put her birthday Bentley into park and
squinted at something in the bushes beyond.

694
01:01:06.039 --> 01:01:09.320
She stepped out of the car,
hoping no one else would notice the camouflage

695
01:01:09.400 --> 01:01:15.159
John Boat concealed on the water's edge. She adjusted her tennis skirt and made

696
01:01:15.199 --> 01:01:20.920
a show of locking the car so
the others could be jealous. They weren't.

697
01:01:21.800 --> 01:01:24.360
Blair struggled to bite off a piece
of her granola bar while they all

698
01:01:24.400 --> 01:01:30.880
gathered around the van expectantly. Candace
slid out of the van's passenger seat and

699
01:01:30.960 --> 01:01:36.519
shrugged at the others, in confusion
over the instructions to get out with them.

700
01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:39.920
She hadn't brought her car, knowing
it'd just be sitting unattended anyway.

701
01:01:40.800 --> 01:01:47.000
Madison rounded the vehicle and held a
drawstring, satchel, open keys, phones,

702
01:01:47.199 --> 01:01:52.079
smart watches, earbuds, and any
other electronics. She moved the bag

703
01:01:52.159 --> 01:01:58.480
in front of Agnes first. Oh, and no cigarettes too. I don't

704
01:01:58.480 --> 01:02:02.159
want one of you starting a forest
fire. No matches, no lighters,

705
01:02:02.519 --> 01:02:07.800
no vapes. You're not even allowed
to have two sticks at the same time.

706
01:02:07.400 --> 01:02:10.920
The superstorm a couple of months ago
knocked a lot of fuel to the

707
01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:15.199
forest floor, and we haven't seen
rain since. No fires outside of the

708
01:02:15.239 --> 01:02:22.440
camp's designated pits. The girls dumped
their belongings into the bag, and Madison

709
01:02:22.480 --> 01:02:27.480
deposited it through the passenger window.
All of that will be locked in the

710
01:02:27.519 --> 01:02:32.159
camp safe until we finish or you
quit, whichever comes first. She stared

711
01:02:32.199 --> 01:02:37.760
straight at Blair when she said it, then flicked her eyes to Sarah and

712
01:02:37.920 --> 01:02:43.400
no, we don't take checks for
early graduations, Sweetie. Macy snorted,

713
01:02:43.400 --> 01:02:47.440
but contained herself. Sophie and Agnes
looked down in unison to hide their amusement.

714
01:02:49.320 --> 01:02:53.360
Guess she's got your number, Barbie, Candice whispered. Madison pointed at

715
01:02:53.400 --> 01:02:59.280
the no trespassing sign nailed to a
post. That's the trail to camp.

716
01:02:59.760 --> 01:03:04.239
It's it's two miles. The hike
should take forty minutes. The hike,

717
01:03:04.719 --> 01:03:07.159
Sophie whined. If you can't walk
two miles, how are you going to

718
01:03:07.280 --> 01:03:12.840
keep up with a toddler, Miss
Gordon. Madison paused long enough to give

719
01:03:12.880 --> 01:03:16.519
the impression she wanted an answer,
then continued as Sophie opened her mouth.

720
01:03:17.079 --> 01:03:22.280
I hope none of you locked your
water bottles in your car because it's too

721
01:03:22.360 --> 01:03:28.119
late now. Madison got back in
the van and drove away from the sitters.

722
01:03:28.679 --> 01:03:32.039
Fucking bitch needs to get laid,
Sarah grumbled as she started for the

723
01:03:32.079 --> 01:03:37.559
trail. Shit. Agnes huffed,
I did lock my bottle in the car.

724
01:03:38.360 --> 01:03:42.480
She went to the old Firebird and
knelt next to the back tire,

725
01:03:42.960 --> 01:03:46.679
slipping a key from the magnetic box
on the frame. She retrieved her bottle

726
01:03:46.960 --> 01:03:53.639
and put the key back. Blair
watched her suspiciously. What, Aggie shrugged,

727
01:03:54.079 --> 01:03:59.599
It's not like I'm going to ditch. Besides, Commandant Kuntface might lose

728
01:03:59.639 --> 01:04:04.199
our key. Ease, Aggie jogged
past her to catch up with the others.

729
01:04:06.440 --> 01:04:11.239
The sitters passed under the welcome sign
and arrived at the office to find

730
01:04:11.280 --> 01:04:15.559
the staff waiting to receive them.
Madison stood next to her father, with

731
01:04:15.639 --> 01:04:19.360
a dog on his other side,
separating him from the last two men on

732
01:04:19.400 --> 01:04:25.440
the payroll. Patten Moore checked his
watch and gave Madison a knowing smirk.

733
01:04:26.400 --> 01:04:30.360
They're five minutes ahead of schedule,
he said. I told you they would

734
01:04:30.360 --> 01:04:35.960
exceed expectations. I didn't have any, Madison said. Patten stepped forward and

735
01:04:36.039 --> 01:04:42.800
held his arms open in a symbolic
hug. Welcome everyone to camp care.

736
01:04:43.800 --> 01:04:48.079
The sitters gave various acknowledgments. The
dog, a short, stocky mutt that

737
01:04:48.199 --> 01:04:54.559
looked like a sawed off rottweiler,
barked excitedly. The pup's greeting drew more

738
01:04:54.679 --> 01:05:00.440
enthusiastic responses from the sitters. Patten
chuckled, it always worked that way,

739
01:05:00.360 --> 01:05:04.719
I'm Patent Moore, and this is
Ranger. He's also part of my team

740
01:05:04.800 --> 01:05:10.360
here. Now, my daughter sent
you all an informative, fact filled brochure,

741
01:05:10.880 --> 01:05:15.440
but I'd like to give something of
a welcome speech. Twenty four years

742
01:05:15.440 --> 01:05:20.119
ago I hired a babysitter to watch
Madison and her little brother. There was

743
01:05:20.159 --> 01:05:26.280
an accident and Lance didn't survive.
It took many years to forgive the sitter

744
01:05:26.320 --> 01:05:30.559
and to put aside my selfish grief
and anger to find a lesson in that

745
01:05:30.679 --> 01:05:35.599
tragedy, Patten said. The sitter's
all straightened up, seeing the sadness filling

746
01:05:35.639 --> 01:05:43.440
Patten's face in his recollection, the
accident was far from uncommon. A pilot

747
01:05:43.519 --> 01:05:47.639
light went out and the gas filled
our home. Patten continued. The purpose

748
01:05:47.679 --> 01:05:51.639
of camp care is to teach babysitters
how to be more aware and how to

749
01:05:51.679 --> 01:05:58.440
properly handle a crisis. You see, Lance didn't die from the gas.

750
01:05:59.119 --> 01:06:03.760
He died from the hannick his babysitter
experienced when she found him. Between shock

751
01:06:04.039 --> 01:06:10.519
and oxygen deprivation, she forgot everything
she knew about CPR and didn't think to

752
01:06:10.559 --> 01:06:14.639
call an ambulance. As a society, we react to the bad things.

753
01:06:15.079 --> 01:06:20.159
As caregivers, we don't have that
luxury. We must be proactive. Patten

754
01:06:20.280 --> 01:06:26.960
stepped back and ushered forward a disheveled
man and stained coveralls. The man ran

755
01:06:27.000 --> 01:06:31.440
a hand through his shaggy explosion of
hair and winked at the sitters. Name's

756
01:06:31.440 --> 01:06:35.760
Isaac, he said, I take
care of camp maintenance. If you need

757
01:06:35.800 --> 01:06:42.039
anything hammered or screwed, I'm your
man. Madison's jaw dropped and she took

758
01:06:42.079 --> 01:06:45.880
a step toward him, when Patten
waved her off and cleared his throat.

759
01:06:45.599 --> 01:06:50.800
Thank you, Isaac, Patten said, pointedly, that'll be enough. Double

760
01:06:50.880 --> 01:06:55.039
check the water pressure in the showers
before you knock off for the day.

761
01:06:55.760 --> 01:06:59.960
On it, boss man. Isaac
licked his teeth and gazed at the way

762
01:07:00.320 --> 01:07:05.360
before he scooted it away. I'm
Roland Jones, the last staff member said,

763
01:07:05.440 --> 01:07:11.599
crossing his arms over his broad chest
before Patten could introduce him. The

764
01:07:11.679 --> 01:07:15.400
sleeves of his T shirt fought against
the bulging of his biceps. Madison will

765
01:07:15.400 --> 01:07:19.920
handle all your classroom work while Patten
teaches you the business side of your chosen

766
01:07:19.960 --> 01:07:26.199
career. I'll teach you the part
that saves your lives. Will there be

767
01:07:27.039 --> 01:07:31.519
mouth to mouth involved, Aggie asked, I'm feeling a bit short of breath.

768
01:07:32.280 --> 01:07:35.440
Get used to that, Roland said, without a hint of a smile

769
01:07:35.519 --> 01:07:40.519
on his sculpted face. In the
event of an emergency, you may have

770
01:07:40.559 --> 01:07:45.360
to carry an unconscious child or drag
yourself along with an injury. I will

771
01:07:45.360 --> 01:07:48.639
make you strong enough to do that. Some of you need a booty boot

772
01:07:48.679 --> 01:07:54.920
camp, Sarah quipped. Blair turned
her eyes self consciously to the hem of

773
01:07:54.920 --> 01:07:59.840
her shorts, digging at her thighs
when she realized the snob was gawking at

774
01:07:59.840 --> 01:08:04.360
her. Roland continued his speech.
I will also teach you life saving techniques

775
01:08:04.360 --> 01:08:11.320
in a variety of situations, including
CPR. They'll be self defense training as

776
01:08:11.360 --> 01:08:15.440
well as State Medical Board approved restraints. Should you be required to secure a

777
01:08:15.559 --> 01:08:20.239
child for their own safety. Macy
raised her hand. Yes, He pointed

778
01:08:20.279 --> 01:08:25.399
at her sternly, using his entire
hand like a spear. What is it?

779
01:08:26.399 --> 01:08:30.680
I was just wondering why you teach
all that, Macy said, I

780
01:08:30.800 --> 01:08:35.520
mean you personally. The brochure mentioned
the Moore's qualifications, but it didn't say

781
01:08:35.520 --> 01:08:41.039
anything except what you teach. I
was an Air Force pair of rescue man

782
01:08:41.079 --> 01:08:45.359
for twelve years, Roland said with
pride. No one seemed to know what

783
01:08:45.359 --> 01:08:49.520
that meant. They never did,
He sighed. We're the guys that come

784
01:08:49.600 --> 01:08:55.000
when the Navy seals call nine one
one. He said bluntly, it takes

785
01:08:55.039 --> 01:08:58.800
two years of training to become a
PJ. I only have two weeks with

786
01:08:58.840 --> 01:09:01.880
you. Ladies going to be harsh. The training will be grueling, and

787
01:09:01.920 --> 01:09:09.239
the expectations will be very damn high. The sitters exchanged concerned glances, which

788
01:09:09.279 --> 01:09:15.960
almost broke Roland's stone expression. Tomorrow
you wake up in hell, he said,

789
01:09:15.279 --> 01:09:19.520
I will separate the wheat from the
chaff. You came here by choice,

790
01:09:19.560 --> 01:09:25.000
and you're free to leave the same
way some of you will. One

791
01:09:25.279 --> 01:09:30.119
entire class quit two summers ago.
I suggest you take tonight and decide if

792
01:09:30.159 --> 01:09:34.479
you want out before the pain begins. Speaking of leaving, Blair said,

793
01:09:34.479 --> 01:09:41.039
and immediately stopped herself. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. Go

794
01:09:41.159 --> 01:09:45.960
ahead, Patten told her with a
chuckle. Despite Roland's desires, this isn't

795
01:09:45.960 --> 01:09:50.880
a military operation. Blair slipped a
key from her sweaty pocket. Aggie growled

796
01:09:50.880 --> 01:09:57.000
in frustration. Agnes and Sophie forgot
to give up their spare key, Blair

797
01:09:57.039 --> 01:10:02.399
said softly. Fucking tattle tale,
Aggie hissed under her breath. Sophie doesn't

798
01:10:02.399 --> 01:10:06.199
have pockets, Blair continued. I
said I'd carry it here for them,

799
01:10:06.920 --> 01:10:12.279
Thank you very much. Patten collected
the key and dropped it into the pocket

800
01:10:12.279 --> 01:10:15.760
of his fishing vest. You'll be
bunking in two cabins, three each,

801
01:10:15.920 --> 01:10:19.800
since Carrie seems to have not made
it. After all, her house must

802
01:10:19.800 --> 01:10:25.920
have rolled away. Madison spat where
someone grows up as hardly an indication of

803
01:10:25.920 --> 01:10:30.279
who they grow into. Dear,
Patten said, would you show the girls

804
01:10:30.319 --> 01:10:34.279
to their accommodations. Madison walked between
her father and the sitters, waving a

805
01:10:34.319 --> 01:10:39.359
hand for them to follow. Oh
good, we're going to go walk some

806
01:10:39.439 --> 01:10:45.840
more, Candace said, falling in
behind the dictatorial teacher. U, sh

807
01:10:45.960 --> 01:10:50.239
it was only the wind. You
are safe, weekly, spooky, We'll

808
01:10:50.239 --> 01:11:04.000
be right back. Chapter seven.
Macy opened her gym bag and began transferring

809
01:11:04.039 --> 01:11:09.479
her clothes to the foot locker at
the end of her bed. It reminded

810
01:11:09.479 --> 01:11:14.239
her of the jailhouse bunk she'd slept
in during the trial. She could smell

811
01:11:14.279 --> 01:11:20.159
the institutional grade detergent on the heavy
blanket, Furthering the descent down memory lane.

812
01:11:20.199 --> 01:11:26.039
Blair sat on her locker and sputtered
her lips. Do you think Aggie

813
01:11:26.079 --> 01:11:30.239
and Sophie are mad at me?
She asked? Definitely, Candace told her

814
01:11:30.560 --> 01:11:35.199
while she unpacked a plastic case.
I just didn't want it coming back to

815
01:11:35.239 --> 01:11:41.680
bite us. Later, Blair whined, Madison seems a little unstable. She

816
01:11:41.760 --> 01:11:45.399
might have checked for hide keys,
and then we'd all get in trouble and

817
01:11:45.880 --> 01:11:49.119
I suck it lying anyway. You
mean you didn't learn how to fib from

818
01:11:49.159 --> 01:11:54.560
reading all that true crime stuff,
Macy asked, with a jab toward the

819
01:11:54.560 --> 01:11:59.359
book beside Blair. Blair held up
her copy of A Job to Die For.

820
01:12:00.239 --> 01:12:02.880
It should be essential reading. It's
from Gavin ar Kane, the host

821
01:12:02.920 --> 01:12:08.079
of Death in a small Town.
It's all about the high mortality rate amongst

822
01:12:08.079 --> 01:12:13.520
babysitters. You're right, Blair,
All of us babysitters should definitely be reading

823
01:12:13.560 --> 01:12:17.720
a book about babysitter murders while we
camp on a haunted lake. Candace laughed.

824
01:12:18.560 --> 01:12:23.720
Macy found the idea amusing too.
Don't suppose you know the story about

825
01:12:23.720 --> 01:12:29.239
that about the lake? Blair perked
up, feeling useful for once. Of

826
01:12:29.319 --> 01:12:34.279
course, I do imagine that,
Candace said, Ajax Criswell is the Boogeyman

827
01:12:34.319 --> 01:12:40.239
of the Ozarks. Blair continued,
and on that creepy note, I'm going

828
01:12:40.279 --> 01:12:44.760
to hit the showers. Candace checked
her equipment and then closed the case before

829
01:12:44.800 --> 01:12:47.359
tucking it into a draw string bag. See you two at the party,

830
01:12:47.840 --> 01:12:54.840
my fans, await. Blair looked
at Macy, who seemed equally confused.

831
01:12:55.640 --> 01:13:01.359
They both turned their attention to candas
expectantly. She shrugged, play I'm number

832
01:13:01.439 --> 01:13:09.279
six and fan Tasty's JOI performers.
They still look clueless. Candace rolled her

833
01:13:09.319 --> 01:13:15.920
eyes. You know, jerk off
instructions. It's all POV with a dildo,

834
01:13:15.119 --> 01:13:19.720
so the viewers get to pretend they're
actually getting some while I tell them

835
01:13:19.760 --> 01:13:25.479
to touch themselves or make fun of
their dicks or whatever else they might be

836
01:13:25.560 --> 01:13:30.119
into. Do you bitches live under
a rock? You're a cam girl?

837
01:13:30.640 --> 01:13:33.960
Macy said as much as asked.
Yep, only fans is a lot bigger,

838
01:13:34.000 --> 01:13:39.960
but fan Tasty offers better pay.
Candace slung the bag over her shoulder.

839
01:13:40.720 --> 01:13:44.439
I'm not missing out on two weeks
work because we're trapped in BFE.

840
01:13:45.439 --> 01:13:48.319
There's no way you can get signal
out here, Blair said, and there's

841
01:13:48.319 --> 01:13:53.800
no phones allowed. Well, before
you feel the need to go snitching,

842
01:13:54.159 --> 01:13:58.359
I don't have a phone. I
have a mobile hotspot, a signal booster,

843
01:13:58.640 --> 01:14:01.399
and a camera that will upload straight
to my servers so my assistant can

844
01:14:01.399 --> 01:14:08.960
put the video up. Candace shrugged. Besides, it's babysitting related, how

845
01:14:09.039 --> 01:14:15.560
so, Macy asked, with genuine
intrigue. Everyone wants to fuck the babysitter.

846
01:14:15.279 --> 01:14:20.239
I do the babysitter fantasy, and
then they hire me for real babysitting

847
01:14:20.319 --> 01:14:25.439
jobs, hoping to live it out. They're never going to, but I'll

848
01:14:25.479 --> 01:14:29.399
throw them a hand job or something
to keep their hopes alive. Almost all

849
01:14:29.479 --> 01:14:34.119
my clients are also my subscribers.
I'm starting to think I'm the least creative

850
01:14:34.159 --> 01:14:40.159
babysitter in the world, Macy said, no joke, I just run an

851
01:14:40.199 --> 01:14:45.479
ad on Facebook, Blair added.
Candace laughed, Well, if you want

852
01:14:45.479 --> 01:14:48.039
to tag along, I wouldn't say
no to having a co star. Blair

853
01:14:48.079 --> 01:14:53.359
blushed and shook her head. That's
a shame. I bet you'd bring in

854
01:14:53.399 --> 01:14:58.000
some good numbers. That bookish nerd
look is hot right now, Candace told

855
01:14:58.039 --> 01:15:02.359
her Blair turned even redder. Could
have fooled me. If you change your

856
01:15:02.399 --> 01:15:06.000
mind, I'll be in there as
long as the water stays hot. Candice

857
01:15:06.079 --> 01:15:11.960
ran a finger along Blair's jaw.
For real, though you could give a

858
01:15:12.000 --> 01:15:17.680
lot of Daddy's carpal tunnel. Don't
let stupid people tell you otherwise. I'm

859
01:15:17.720 --> 01:15:23.640
going to be incorporated, Sarah squawked, checking her reflection in her compact.

860
01:15:24.239 --> 01:15:28.399
There's this kid in New York that
started a babysitters club and now she's worth

861
01:15:28.479 --> 01:15:32.239
like a half a million bucks.
Yeah, but that's New York, Aggie

862
01:15:32.279 --> 01:15:38.159
pointed out, even in little Rocker
Bentonville. You're not gonna pull that many

863
01:15:38.199 --> 01:15:44.439
wealthy clients in Arkansas. I'm going
big bitch. Sarah's smile dripped with self

864
01:15:44.479 --> 01:15:49.479
assurance. My daddy owns property in
eighteen states, including New York. He's

865
01:15:49.520 --> 01:15:54.000
already promised to give me a building
in each of them. I'm going to

866
01:15:54.000 --> 01:15:58.760
set up a franchise. I have
his marketing team preparing a whole rollout package

867
01:15:58.920 --> 01:16:03.039
for when I graduate this dumb camp. So you go to the camp and

868
01:16:03.159 --> 01:16:09.439
use that to set up your own
training franchises, Sophie asked, obviously,

869
01:16:09.640 --> 01:16:13.520
But for an extra five percent,
you can skip the training and just buy

870
01:16:13.600 --> 01:16:19.279
straight into the operation. Sarah clapped
her hands excitedly. O MG, you

871
01:16:19.399 --> 01:16:24.239
two should be my first partners.
I'll give you a discount since we're roumies,

872
01:16:24.800 --> 01:16:29.000
only a twenty seven percent cut of
your profits instead of the usual thirty

873
01:16:29.000 --> 01:16:35.239
five. Your generosity is matched only
by altruism, Sophie said. Sarah scrunched

874
01:16:35.279 --> 01:16:42.399
her face. Isn't that like a
kind of autism? Twat? Aggie rolled

875
01:16:42.399 --> 01:16:46.479
her eyes and continued angrily packing.
I can't believe that little nark stole or

876
01:16:46.560 --> 01:16:50.560
spare key. Are you going to
gripe about that the entire two weeks?

877
01:16:50.840 --> 01:16:57.239
Sophie asked, Of course not,
Aggie growled. I'm sure the teacher's pet

878
01:16:57.279 --> 01:17:00.520
will do something worse tomorrow. He
did cover for us, not giving it

879
01:17:00.600 --> 01:17:04.640
up in the first place. Sophie
shrugged. I don't think she meant anything

880
01:17:04.680 --> 01:17:09.800
bad by it. Try to give
her a chance, Agnes, how about

881
01:17:09.840 --> 01:17:14.840
you eat me sis. Speaking of
which the brochure said our needs would be

882
01:17:14.840 --> 01:17:17.880
taken care of, Sarah said,
think that army guy is part of our

883
01:17:18.520 --> 01:17:24.880
welcome package. I thought he was
Air Force, Sophie said, maybe I

884
01:17:25.039 --> 01:17:29.560
was too busy looking to listen.
Aggie admitted, maybe while we're camping,

885
01:17:29.640 --> 01:17:33.000
he can show us how he pitches
a tent. The girls all laughed until

886
01:17:33.039 --> 01:17:39.319
something flicked past the window. Sophie
screamed, making the other two jump.

887
01:17:40.039 --> 01:17:45.119
Sophie pointed to the narrow, dusty
glass pane I saw someone looking in.

888
01:17:45.640 --> 01:17:49.640
She told them it was probably that
creeper. Sarah snapped her fingers, trying

889
01:17:49.680 --> 01:17:56.319
to remember Isaac. That's him,
he fixes things. Aggie reminded them,

890
01:17:56.680 --> 01:18:00.319
maybe he's doing an inspection, trying
to inspect us. Changing is more like

891
01:18:00.399 --> 01:18:05.279
it. Sarah said, let's go
see. The girls went together to peek

892
01:18:05.359 --> 01:18:11.199
through the screen door. No one
was there. Aggie pushed it open.

893
01:18:12.000 --> 01:18:16.600
The rusted ancient spring squeaked and popped
as the door inched away from the jam.

894
01:18:17.000 --> 01:18:20.880
She poked her head out and looked
around. Aggie shrugged, and the

895
01:18:20.880 --> 01:18:27.720
trio stepped out onto the porch.
Something crunched around the corner, startling Sophie,

896
01:18:27.800 --> 01:18:31.239
who let the door slam shut.
Aggie and Sarah screamed together and then

897
01:18:31.279 --> 01:18:36.159
whirled around to face her. Sorry
it slipped. Sophie hung her head and

898
01:18:36.199 --> 01:18:42.880
pushed Aggie's shoulder. Go see what
that was? Fuck that you're the oldest,

899
01:18:43.079 --> 01:18:45.920
Aggie tugged her sister forward by the
hem of her blouse. Yeah,

900
01:18:46.239 --> 01:18:51.720
age before beauty, Sarah agreed.
Another footstep fell closer to the corner of

901
01:18:51.760 --> 01:18:57.159
the cabin. You're not funny,
Sophie put her hands on her hips.

902
01:18:57.680 --> 01:19:02.279
Come out here. Two more footsteps, then a pause. Quit fucking around,

903
01:19:02.319 --> 01:19:08.039
Isaac, Aggie demanded, I don't
know, no, Isaac, a

904
01:19:08.119 --> 01:19:13.000
slow southern drawl said. The young
man came around the side and stretched his

905
01:19:13.119 --> 01:19:17.760
muscular arms up to grip the portrail
from behind. His tank tops strained against

906
01:19:17.760 --> 01:19:23.800
an equally chiseled chest. A few
days worth of blonde stubble covered his square

907
01:19:23.880 --> 01:19:29.560
jaw. He brushed a hand through
his intentionally disheveled hair and stared at the

908
01:19:29.560 --> 01:19:33.399
girls through the rails of the porch. His bright blue eyes were like orbs

909
01:19:33.399 --> 01:19:40.439
of lightning, flicking from one shapely
form to the next. His thin lips

910
01:19:40.479 --> 01:19:45.319
curled away from his two perfect teeth
in a broad smile. He looked like

911
01:19:45.399 --> 01:19:49.039
the cover of a romance novel.
The man put a finger to his lips.

912
01:19:50.079 --> 01:19:55.840
Keep quiet, now, you don't
work here, Sophy said, immediately,

913
01:19:55.840 --> 01:20:00.199
feeling stupid for stating the obvious.
Oh no, not at all while

914
01:20:00.199 --> 01:20:04.079
I'm trespassing, he said, with
a playful laugh, A regular bad boy.

915
01:20:04.199 --> 01:20:08.800
Huh. Sarah leaned on the railing
for a better look at their guest.

916
01:20:09.720 --> 01:20:13.680
The worst, he assured her,
you could say I'm your neighbor.

917
01:20:14.159 --> 01:20:16.640
I wanted to bring you a welcome
gift for your first night at camp care.

918
01:20:17.760 --> 01:20:23.239
Is that right, Agnes asked,
with obvious suspicion. Brought you all

919
01:20:23.279 --> 01:20:27.359
some party favors. He nodded to
the back of the cabin. I was

920
01:20:27.399 --> 01:20:30.720
stashing the ice chest in that holly
bush for later. It's a long walk

921
01:20:30.720 --> 01:20:34.319
and I didn't want to carry it
in the dark. That's your boat tied

922
01:20:34.399 --> 01:20:39.600
up by the parking lot. Sarah
said, what boat, Sophie asked,

923
01:20:40.079 --> 01:20:43.840
that's right. The young man shrugged. I'm just trying to be neighborly.

924
01:20:44.279 --> 01:20:46.720
I can go if you can't keep
a secret. Aggie looked him over,

925
01:20:46.880 --> 01:20:51.840
watching beads of sweat roll down the
thick veins of his powerful arms. She

926
01:20:51.960 --> 01:20:58.640
bit her lip and snickered, Oh, we're good at keeping secrets, she

927
01:20:58.840 --> 01:21:02.920
purred, we are. Sophie gave
her sister a troubled look, then shot

928
01:21:02.920 --> 01:21:06.960
her glance back to the bad boy
leaning on the rail. I mean,

929
01:21:08.920 --> 01:21:14.239
obviously, we are glad to hear
it, he said, names Damon,

930
01:21:15.439 --> 01:21:19.560
do you think she meant it?
Blair asked about me being pretty? I

931
01:21:19.600 --> 01:21:25.760
mean obviously, Macy smiled. I
was a nerd in school, so I

932
01:21:25.840 --> 01:21:30.640
get it. I probably wouldn't have
believed her either, you really, Blair

933
01:21:30.720 --> 01:21:36.039
cupped her small breasts and huffed.
I thought these were standard issue for geeky

934
01:21:36.119 --> 01:21:43.199
girls. Unfortunately not trust me.
I trade you in a heartbeat. Macy

935
01:21:43.279 --> 01:21:46.880
shrugged. Don't take this the wrong
way. But you look like a wreck

936
01:21:47.000 --> 01:21:53.760
right now, Blair said, But
like you're still super pretty anyways, I

937
01:21:53.840 --> 01:22:00.199
put effort into looking well like this. Blair's shoulders sat as she sputtered her

938
01:22:00.239 --> 01:22:06.000
lips before laying back on the bed
and snagging her book. I mean,

939
01:22:06.319 --> 01:22:10.960
you can always take Canvas up on
her offer if you want the validation of

940
01:22:11.479 --> 01:22:15.520
creepy old men on the internet to
soothe you, Macy giggled. I'm sure

941
01:22:15.560 --> 01:22:19.600
that had boost my morale. Macy
turned her head and walked toward the window.

942
01:22:20.840 --> 01:22:27.960
Did you hear that? Blair was
already sitting up? She nodded slowly,

943
01:22:29.399 --> 01:22:33.439
sounded like a scream. Probably a
raccoon or something in the other cabin.

944
01:22:34.079 --> 01:22:39.199
Wouldn't be surprised if Madison isn't hazing
them. She seems the type.

945
01:22:39.840 --> 01:22:45.319
Yeah, or Ajax Chriswell crawled out
of the lake to satiate his bloodlust.

946
01:22:46.399 --> 01:22:51.840
I'm surprisingly okay with that, Macy
shrugged. Sarah would definitely be the first

947
01:22:51.920 --> 01:22:57.960
victim in a horror movie. We
should be so lucky. I should probably

948
01:22:58.000 --> 01:23:01.199
go apologize to the twins. Anyways, if you want to investigate, Blair

949
01:23:01.239 --> 01:23:06.840
said, I mean, it's probably
not really an undead mass murderer. Macy

950
01:23:06.920 --> 01:23:12.960
poked her head out the window and
listened some more. No more screams,

951
01:23:13.239 --> 01:23:18.000
she said, whatever it was,
they're fine now, I'm sure. Blair

952
01:23:18.119 --> 01:23:21.760
rolled over and propped her book on
the pillow in front of her. What

953
01:23:21.880 --> 01:23:29.880
could go wrong? Way out here? I like it spooky weekly spooky.

954
01:23:29.960 --> 01:23:44.079
We'll be right back Chapter eight.
Y'all should take care out here, Damon

955
01:23:44.159 --> 01:23:49.560
said, because of Pine sal Or
whatever his name is, Aggie snickered Ajax.

956
01:23:50.079 --> 01:23:56.159
Damon corrected her, Ajax Qriswell,
he's actually the reason I'm here.

957
01:23:57.199 --> 01:24:01.239
That's a little creepy, Sophie said, not at all. Damon laughed.

958
01:24:01.600 --> 01:24:05.520
We're turning his old place into a
youth center. I should be getting back.

959
01:24:05.600 --> 01:24:09.600
Come to think of it, the
boss is going to notice I'm missing.

960
01:24:10.399 --> 01:24:14.279
Well, we don't want you getting
in any trouble. Sarah leaned over

961
01:24:14.319 --> 01:24:17.960
the rail and poked his nose.
We'd miss you at the bonfire tonight.

962
01:24:18.760 --> 01:24:23.840
Oh don't you worry, dol.
I'll definitely be coming by to visit again.

963
01:24:24.560 --> 01:24:30.319
His expression darkened. Some others might
too, other workers. Sophie asked,

964
01:24:30.800 --> 01:24:34.760
No, I saw that maintenance fellow
you got out here though, and

965
01:24:34.920 --> 01:24:40.279
uh, you'd be wise to keep
an eye on him. Damon told her

966
01:24:41.239 --> 01:24:45.680
that's Isaac. Aggie said, he
seems like a perv. That's an understatement.

967
01:24:46.239 --> 01:24:53.000
Damon licked his lips. I met
him once before, only his name

968
01:24:53.119 --> 01:24:59.039
wasn't Isaac back then. He's bad
news. Damon leaned away from the porch

969
01:24:59.319 --> 01:25:05.039
and squinted through the trees. My
point exactly, he said, He pointed.

970
01:25:05.079 --> 01:25:10.039
As Candace sauntered between the trees on
her way to a cinder block building.

971
01:25:10.840 --> 01:25:15.760
She ducked under the hanging side with
the word showers in big block letters,

972
01:25:15.199 --> 01:25:20.680
and disappeared inside. Damon let his
finger drift backwards to a pair of

973
01:25:20.720 --> 01:25:27.720
maples growing side by side. The
sleeve of Isaac's coveralls were barely visible.

974
01:25:28.439 --> 01:25:32.960
The other babysitters followed Damon's finger to
the location. They squinted to see what

975
01:25:33.039 --> 01:25:41.159
he was pointing at. Then Isaac
stepped out and looked around nervously before darting

976
01:25:41.319 --> 01:25:46.039
to the shower building. That's sicko, Sophie exclaimed. If he's trying to

977
01:25:46.039 --> 01:25:49.600
get a look at her, his
standards are too low for us to worry

978
01:25:49.640 --> 01:25:55.520
about him. Sarah told her with
a laugh. Zom bitch probably has snakes

979
01:25:55.560 --> 01:26:00.399
for pubes anyway. That's fucked up, Sophie said, be careful none the

980
01:26:00.479 --> 01:26:05.479
less, Damon told them and patted
the banister. I gotta get on back

981
01:26:05.560 --> 01:26:11.960
now sundown, though I'll be back
then to make sure you get a proper

982
01:26:12.000 --> 01:26:17.359
welcome. Candace wrung her hand up
and down the rubber shaft, building up

983
01:26:17.359 --> 01:26:23.319
a rich lather while she licked her
lips for the camera. Oh no,

984
01:26:24.319 --> 01:26:29.439
she exclaimed, over dramatically, you're
getting bubbles all over my new bikini.

985
01:26:30.199 --> 01:26:33.319
She let go of the dildo and
pulled her hair up, pushing her breasts

986
01:26:33.399 --> 01:26:38.159
toward the camera. At the same
time, she giggled and gave them a

987
01:26:38.199 --> 01:26:43.880
shake. Is it okay if I
take it off? Her fingers worked the

988
01:26:43.920 --> 01:26:48.560
knot loose. She chewed her lip, pulling the string slowly. She held

989
01:26:48.560 --> 01:26:55.319
the bikini top in place, then
strategically lowered it away from one perky,

990
01:26:55.760 --> 01:27:01.079
pierced nipple. The camera's red light
started blinking as the fell hanging around her

991
01:27:01.119 --> 01:27:11.399
belly. Then the light kicked off
entirely fuck. Candace's sexy showtime face transformed

992
01:27:11.640 --> 01:27:15.880
into the scowl of a businesswoman losing
money. She checked the connection between the

993
01:27:15.920 --> 01:27:21.600
hotspot and the camera. The signal
booster was running at maximum capacity, which

994
01:27:21.680 --> 01:27:27.319
was eating up all the battery.
It still wasn't enough to keep her uploading.

995
01:27:28.000 --> 01:27:32.479
She looked around the shower. She'd
already improvised her entire set, using

996
01:27:32.520 --> 01:27:38.399
two benches as a prop for the
fake phallus and rigging the collapsible tripod on

997
01:27:38.479 --> 01:27:44.720
extra towels to level the shot.
You're seriously killing the mood, Mother Nature.

998
01:27:45.039 --> 01:27:49.439
She removed the signal booster and held
it higher. Candace watched the signal

999
01:27:49.640 --> 01:27:55.640
icon get bigger on the camera.
She looked at the pipes overhead and thought

1000
01:27:55.640 --> 01:27:59.039
about how to secure the booster to
them without having to go back to the

1001
01:27:59.119 --> 01:28:02.840
cabin for supply eyes. A sharp
whistle startled her. The booster fell,

1002
01:28:03.159 --> 01:28:09.880
shattering its plastic housing on the tile. God damn it. Candace whirled around

1003
01:28:10.359 --> 01:28:14.720
and saw Isaac leaning on the entryway. She covered herself with her hands.

1004
01:28:15.239 --> 01:28:18.520
What the hell, dipshit, get
out of here. I'm mister fix it,

1005
01:28:18.880 --> 01:28:25.199
remember, Isaac pointed at the broken
device. Seems like you got something

1006
01:28:25.199 --> 01:28:30.000
you need me to attend to.
I doubt they covered advanced electronics in the

1007
01:28:30.039 --> 01:28:34.079
grade school you dropped out of.
So piss off. Candace exposed herself long

1008
01:28:34.199 --> 01:28:38.800
enough to pull her top up and
hurriedly tied a knot behind her back.

1009
01:28:39.479 --> 01:28:44.399
Consider that a reward for your effort. Isaac raised a hand and rubbed his

1010
01:28:44.479 --> 01:28:50.359
lips. Candace grimaced at the tattoos
on his fingers. PI n K spread

1011
01:28:50.399 --> 01:28:57.000
across the index in middle and STI
n K down the length of the pinky.

1012
01:28:58.000 --> 01:29:03.880
He wiggled the digits and like that, got instructions on them for stupid

1013
01:29:03.880 --> 01:29:10.640
little bitches like you. Isaac took
a step closer. I got internet back

1014
01:29:10.640 --> 01:29:15.319
at my shack. You can use
it if I can watch, not on

1015
01:29:15.359 --> 01:29:19.039
your life, nipple dick. Candace
backed away from the maintenance man as he

1016
01:29:19.079 --> 01:29:25.560
stalked closer. Why not, Isaac
rubbed the minuscule bulge in his coveralls.

1017
01:29:26.039 --> 01:29:30.199
You'll show folks on the internet you're
cooter, but not me. Hell I

1018
01:29:30.279 --> 01:29:31.960
got enough saved up. I can
afford to do more than just look.

1019
01:29:32.720 --> 01:29:39.079
I wouldn't fuck you with a borrowed
cunt. Isaac lunged forward, knocking the

1020
01:29:39.119 --> 01:29:44.560
camera aside and grabbing her hair.
Candace didn't waste time, screaming. Her

1021
01:29:44.600 --> 01:29:49.239
hand fired straight into his throat.
Isaac stopped in his tracks, wheezing over

1022
01:29:49.239 --> 01:29:55.279
the wet pop of a suction cup. Snapping away from wood, the polymer

1023
01:29:55.359 --> 01:30:00.920
penis met his chin with the weighted
ball sack shaped bass Isac hit the floor

1024
01:30:00.239 --> 01:30:05.560
with a yelp. Guess you got
cold cocked? Huh, sugar. Candace

1025
01:30:05.640 --> 01:30:11.520
kicked a bare foot between Isaac's legs. The maintenance man howled in pain,

1026
01:30:11.960 --> 01:30:15.680
and Candace jammed the head of the
sex toy into his mouth. Blood oozed

1027
01:30:15.720 --> 01:30:20.279
from his lips along the veiny shaft. She jerked his head back by the

1028
01:30:20.359 --> 01:30:25.960
hair and smiled at him. You
think you're the first pervert I've had to

1029
01:30:26.000 --> 01:30:30.560
deal with? She pressed it deeper, making him gag. You fucking come

1030
01:30:30.600 --> 01:30:34.359
near me again, and I'll show
my subscribers how much of this you can

1031
01:30:34.399 --> 01:30:40.279
fit in your ass. Candace pushed
his head to the floor and collected her

1032
01:30:40.319 --> 01:30:45.000
bag. She looked back at the
broken recording equipment and growled there was no

1033
01:30:45.079 --> 01:30:50.039
point trying to salvage it. She
started outside and turned back to look at

1034
01:30:50.039 --> 01:30:56.880
Isaac. He glared at her but
didn't make a move. Blood poured from

1035
01:30:56.880 --> 01:31:01.319
the gums where the dildo knocked out
his two front teeth. Candace laughed on

1036
01:31:01.399 --> 01:31:08.600
her way outside. Pretty sure cleaning
up messes is party your job, she

1037
01:31:08.760 --> 01:31:20.000
called over her shoulder. Chapter nine, Roland watched Blair and Macy leaving their

1038
01:31:20.039 --> 01:31:26.439
cabin through his binoculars. He wasn't
sure why Patten selected the girls he did.

1039
01:31:27.159 --> 01:31:31.239
Patten insisted the student's backgrounds were immaterial, but Roland checked into each of

1040
01:31:31.279 --> 01:31:36.960
them. Nonetheless, it helped him
cultivate a more stressful environment for them.

1041
01:31:38.399 --> 01:31:44.439
When he knew their pasts, Maslyn's
bothered him. Camp care was founded because

1042
01:31:44.479 --> 01:31:48.880
of an irresponsible kid, and Patten
just invited in the poster child for stupid,

1043
01:31:49.199 --> 01:31:55.479
reckless team bullshit. He wrung the
binoculars in his hands while he watched

1044
01:31:55.479 --> 01:32:00.840
her approach the campfire. Every class
spent their first night partying and getting to

1045
01:32:00.880 --> 01:32:06.359
know each other. Most snuck in
booze or pot, and Roland had a

1046
01:32:06.399 --> 01:32:11.920
blast running them until they puked up
their regretful decisions. The next morning,

1047
01:32:13.199 --> 01:32:17.000
he leaned forward as if it would
improve his vision. There was someone extra

1048
01:32:17.279 --> 01:32:24.199
at the knight's gathering. Roland let
the field glasses hang from their strap and

1049
01:32:24.319 --> 01:32:30.000
stormed off into the woods. This
class would need to be taught a hard

1050
01:32:30.079 --> 01:32:36.279
lesson. Madison threw her hands into
the air and continued pacing her father's office.

1051
01:32:36.760 --> 01:32:41.680
Patten kicked his feet up on the
desk and opened a tattered paperback.

1052
01:32:42.319 --> 01:32:46.159
He leaned back in the chair,
content to read until exhaustion got the better

1053
01:32:46.199 --> 01:32:51.439
of him. Madison wasn't allowing it. It's the worst group you've put together,

1054
01:32:53.000 --> 01:32:57.399
she said. They don't belong here. If they fail, what's that

1055
01:32:57.520 --> 01:33:01.520
say about our abilities as teachers?
At least four of them are mentally unfit

1056
01:33:01.880 --> 01:33:06.840
to care for children. That's my
professional opinion. As of late. Your

1057
01:33:06.840 --> 01:33:13.680
profession and your opinion seem to be
mutually exclusive of one another, Patten said,

1058
01:33:13.720 --> 01:33:18.800
replacing the bookmark in the paperback.
You're losing focus, Madison. There,

1059
01:33:19.000 --> 01:33:24.279
cancerous dad. We should have never
started letting the sitters have these first

1060
01:33:24.359 --> 01:33:30.920
night shindigs, she pointed outside,
especially considering this group Sarah, Maslin,

1061
01:33:31.079 --> 01:33:39.439
Candace. Those three are malignant blairs, just demented with an unhealthy fascination in

1062
01:33:39.479 --> 01:33:44.199
the macabre. As your father,
I support any decision you make, Dear

1063
01:33:44.840 --> 01:33:48.039
Patten's feet thudded to the floor and
he leaned his elbows on the desk.

1064
01:33:48.720 --> 01:33:53.520
As the director of camp care,
I'm telling you that it's time to make

1065
01:33:53.560 --> 01:33:58.079
one. If you've lost faith in
what we do here, then I need

1066
01:33:58.119 --> 01:34:01.079
to know so I can bring in
someone else ahead of the next class.

1067
01:34:02.039 --> 01:34:08.239
Madison huffed, Are you serious.
I'd prefer you finish the season, but

1068
01:34:09.079 --> 01:34:14.640
absolutely. If Fiona had cut loose, more spent time being a kid herself,

1069
01:34:14.920 --> 01:34:17.680
then maybe she wouldn't have been so
stressed that she overlooked the pilot going

1070
01:34:17.720 --> 01:34:21.760
out. Maybe she would have realized
it was the gas making her tired,

1071
01:34:23.199 --> 01:34:28.880
instead of exhaustion from keeping up with
her studies and extracurriculars. Oh bullshit,

1072
01:34:29.680 --> 01:34:35.159
recklessness teaches us healthy boundaries, Madison. The students party tonight and tomorrow Roland

1073
01:34:35.199 --> 01:34:40.520
makes them work it off. They
learn there's a consequence, and that teaches

1074
01:34:40.600 --> 01:34:45.439
moderation. Patten leaned back and picked
up his book again. There's no one

1075
01:34:45.520 --> 01:34:50.640
here to blame for Lance's death.
There are people here depending on you to

1076
01:34:50.680 --> 01:34:56.520
prevent the deaths of others. However, get some rest. Tomorrow will be

1077
01:34:56.680 --> 01:35:03.439
very busy. Passed beers to each
of the babysitters. Blair started to protest

1078
01:35:03.479 --> 01:35:10.279
when she saw Aggie's death glare on
her. The bookworm smiled politely and took

1079
01:35:10.319 --> 01:35:15.560
the can before joining Macy on a
stone bench. She looked at the twins

1080
01:35:15.560 --> 01:35:20.520
and waved meekly before sipping the beer. Macy patted Blair's leg and leaned close.

1081
01:35:21.439 --> 01:35:26.520
Just have fun and don't worry about
it, she told her. Sarah

1082
01:35:26.640 --> 01:35:30.960
stalked past the others in a pink
satin robe and took a seat on an

1083
01:35:30.960 --> 01:35:35.840
empty bench. She sat toward the
middle, intentionally reducing the space available for

1084
01:35:35.960 --> 01:35:42.319
Damon. He finished serving the others
and went to sit, Finding himself pressed

1085
01:35:42.399 --> 01:35:46.960
uncomfortably between the edge of the seat
and Sarah. She crossed her legs,

1086
01:35:47.119 --> 01:35:51.960
letting the robe slide up her thigh
and her sandal dangle from her toes.

1087
01:35:53.760 --> 01:35:58.119
Damon handed her a bier, and
she looked at the can with a sigh.

1088
01:35:58.479 --> 01:36:02.079
I prefer bottles, she said,
and then leaned closer to him and

1089
01:36:02.199 --> 01:36:10.720
whispered, it's more satisfying having something
long and hard in my hands. Candace

1090
01:36:10.800 --> 01:36:14.960
rolled her eyes. We heard the
place you're working is cursed or some shit.

1091
01:36:15.239 --> 01:36:19.840
Damon snickered. It's just an old
house. I thought it was a

1092
01:36:19.880 --> 01:36:25.560
mansion, Sophie said, by the
standards of the time, it is.

1093
01:36:26.239 --> 01:36:30.640
Damon told her it's all add ons. Really, Criswell made his fortune selling

1094
01:36:30.680 --> 01:36:35.399
tools and expanded on his existing home. It's kind of a mess, honestly,

1095
01:36:35.960 --> 01:36:40.000
That's why I'm working on it.
They want it restored, but also

1096
01:36:40.119 --> 01:36:46.319
remodeled for a more pleasing esthetic.
Brainy and beautiful, Sarah purred. So

1097
01:36:46.439 --> 01:36:51.479
there wasn't a deranged serial killer living
there, Aggie asked, more of a

1098
01:36:51.720 --> 01:36:56.920
rampage killer, to be fair.
Can't say if he was deranged or not.

1099
01:36:57.640 --> 01:37:01.920
No one knows Criswell's motives, Damon
shrugged. Aside from the nursery rhyme,

1100
01:37:02.399 --> 01:37:08.319
there's really not much known about the
whole incident. In fact, nursery

1101
01:37:08.359 --> 01:37:12.600
rhyme. Macy took a swig and
giggled. That's a messed up way to

1102
01:37:12.600 --> 01:37:16.319
get a kid to sleep. Seems
like it would do the opposite. It's

1103
01:37:16.359 --> 01:37:20.439
like the Lizzie Borden one. Blair
told her. More of a folk tale

1104
01:37:20.560 --> 01:37:27.319
or something exactly, Damon said,
giving Blair a genuine smile. It's like

1105
01:37:27.359 --> 01:37:30.319
a way to remember what happened without
keeping it alive as a bitter memory.

1106
01:37:31.000 --> 01:37:34.760
You make it playful, like a
fairy tale, and then it doesn't seem

1107
01:37:34.800 --> 01:37:41.279
as bad. Where one fucked up
species. Aggie chugged her beer and looked

1108
01:37:41.279 --> 01:37:45.680
around. Shit, where do we
put the empties? Damon nudged the cooler

1109
01:37:45.720 --> 01:37:49.159
open with his shoe. Toss him
back in there and I'll get rid of

1110
01:37:49.159 --> 01:37:55.680
the evidence. Do you know the
rhyme? Blair asked. Damon pursed his

1111
01:37:55.800 --> 01:38:01.119
lips and nodded slowly. Maybe not
for word, but I think so.

1112
01:38:02.039 --> 01:38:08.079
Tell us, Sarah said, wrapping
her arms around one of his A campfire

1113
01:38:08.199 --> 01:38:15.119
needs a good spooky story, damn
straight, Aggie agreed. Damon leaned forward

1114
01:38:15.439 --> 01:38:20.920
and nodded again, looking at Blair
as he began old Ajax Criswell killed his

1115
01:38:21.079 --> 01:38:27.079
daughter with a hammer and Chisel went
upstairs to find his wife, cut her

1116
01:38:27.119 --> 01:38:32.199
throat with a carving knife, took
his sons one by one with his saw.

1117
01:38:32.680 --> 01:38:38.880
The deed was done. A drifter
knocking at his door with his drill.

1118
01:38:39.239 --> 01:38:44.439
He took one more in his shed. He cut them small in the

1119
01:38:44.560 --> 01:38:49.399
marsh. He left them all.
That's exactly how I remember it. Blair

1120
01:38:49.439 --> 01:38:55.159
clapped, excitedly, well done.
Damon ran a hand over his hair.

1121
01:38:55.840 --> 01:39:00.319
His cheeks reddened slightly, but it
was enough for Sarah to notice. She

1122
01:39:00.439 --> 01:39:04.960
moved her hand to his thigh and
leaned forward, glaring at Blair. Blair

1123
01:39:05.039 --> 01:39:11.319
shifted uncomfortably under the scrutiny. It's
not true, though. If it's not

1124
01:39:11.439 --> 01:39:15.720
true, how can he be working
on the house, dumbass, Sarah spat

1125
01:39:15.520 --> 01:39:19.800
the rhyme isn't true. Criswell was
real and did commit the murders, just

1126
01:39:19.920 --> 01:39:24.560
not like in the rhyme. Death
in a Small Town did an episode about

1127
01:39:24.600 --> 01:39:28.640
it, and then researchers from the
university started looking into the original murders.

1128
01:39:29.199 --> 01:39:32.840
They published a book on it a
few years ago. Blair's voice trailed off

1129
01:39:33.039 --> 01:39:39.520
as she realized she was being the
murder nerd again as her little brother liked

1130
01:39:39.520 --> 01:39:45.199
to call her. Damon held his
hands open invitingly. What's the whole story?

1131
01:39:45.239 --> 01:39:48.680
Then? Yeah, no shit,
Candace added, If I'm sleeping across

1132
01:39:48.680 --> 01:39:53.880
the lake from a vengeful spirit,
I want to know all the deats.

1133
01:39:54.439 --> 01:39:59.039
I don't want to bore you.
Blair nearly whispered. You sure don't dress

1134
01:39:59.159 --> 01:40:02.800
like it, Sarah growled. Sophie
shot the snob a look, but bit

1135
01:40:02.840 --> 01:40:09.079
her lip instead of speaking up.
Macy scrunched her face, fighting the urge

1136
01:40:09.119 --> 01:40:13.720
to lay into Sarah. She looked
to Blair and gave her a playful nudge.

1137
01:40:14.720 --> 01:40:17.600
I mean, Damon's going to be
murdered by the ghost of Ajax Criswell,

1138
01:40:18.039 --> 01:40:23.039
so he does have a right to
know. Just tell the damn story

1139
01:40:23.079 --> 01:40:29.319
already, Aggie groaned, though her
face expressed actual interest. We wanted Spooky,

1140
01:40:29.640 --> 01:40:34.760
not a skip rope rhyme. Okay, then Blair said softly. She

1141
01:40:34.840 --> 01:40:41.479
took a deep breath and hoped no
one saw how nervous she was. It

1142
01:40:41.600 --> 01:40:49.319
happened back in nineteen forty six.
Don't go away weekly, Spooky will be

1143
01:40:49.479 --> 01:41:05.119
right back. Chapter ten. I'm
an alternative pharmacist, Xavier said, glancing

1144
01:41:05.199 --> 01:41:10.840
nervously at the creaking of a floorboard
outside the bedroom. He snickered at his

1145
01:41:10.880 --> 01:41:16.279
own paranoia. They had the worst
guards in prison history. Horse morphine,

1146
01:41:16.319 --> 01:41:21.279
opium, special K, cocaine,
fucking whippets, LSD, cigarettes, even

1147
01:41:21.319 --> 01:41:28.279
meth were all prescribed by doctors.
Shit. Heroin is a trademark registered by

1148
01:41:28.399 --> 01:41:34.319
Bayer Man fucking' a. Billy Ray
agreed, goddamn billionaires just don't want the

1149
01:41:34.399 --> 01:41:39.119
competition. I can get you an
eight ball of this for less than their

1150
01:41:39.239 --> 01:41:44.039
charging for ADHD meds, And since
I cooked it, I honestly know what's

1151
01:41:44.119 --> 01:41:48.000
in this medicine. Javier put the
striped hull of the pen to his nostril

1152
01:41:48.239 --> 01:41:53.600
and inhaled his line noisily. He
leaned back, pinching the bridge of his

1153
01:41:53.720 --> 01:41:59.000
nose and sniffing, damn you rednecks
to use a lot of starter fluid.

1154
01:41:59.600 --> 01:42:02.720
Well, well it's supposed to get
you started, ain't it. Hashtag facts.

1155
01:42:03.399 --> 01:42:08.960
Javier closed his eyes, letting the
drainage sting the back of his throat.

1156
01:42:09.439 --> 01:42:13.760
Billy Ray wiped the pen on his
jeans and leaned over his bump.

1157
01:42:14.439 --> 01:42:17.079
A boot came down on the back
of his head, driving the shaft up

1158
01:42:17.079 --> 01:42:21.680
his nose. Javier sprang up.
When the screaming started, the hatchet cleaved

1159
01:42:21.720 --> 01:42:29.119
through his collarbone. The burlap mask
stared at him with a smile permanently stitched

1160
01:42:29.159 --> 01:42:33.600
across it. Javier fell onto the
eighty year old sofa. Their attacker turned

1161
01:42:33.640 --> 01:42:41.159
back to Billy Ray. Didn't you
pay attention in school, he growled beneath

1162
01:42:41.199 --> 01:42:46.680
his mask. Drugs kill. He
turned the axe around and used the back

1163
01:42:47.119 --> 01:42:55.680
to pound Billy Ray's face, like
Damon said. No one knows Ajax's motives

1164
01:42:55.720 --> 01:42:59.800
for sure, Blair said, but
there was a rumor that his daughter,

1165
01:43:00.359 --> 01:43:04.640
Leonora, eloped with a boy from
DeSoto Falls. The authors of the book

1166
01:43:04.720 --> 01:43:09.880
found evidence to back it up.
So why do he kill everyone else?

1167
01:43:10.439 --> 01:43:15.039
Macy asked, Blair shrugged. Maybe
to cover it up, Maybe because they

1168
01:43:15.119 --> 01:43:21.000
knew about the romance. No one's
sure on that he didn't use the hammer

1169
01:43:21.000 --> 01:43:26.560
and chisel. He beat her to
death with the back of an axe,

1170
01:43:26.720 --> 01:43:30.800
a crime of passion, Damon said, lowly, you feel hurt and betrayed

1171
01:43:30.840 --> 01:43:35.840
and it just spills out. I
always thought he was some psycho spree killer.

1172
01:43:36.920 --> 01:43:42.239
He might have been, Blair said. The killings got a lot worse

1173
01:43:42.279 --> 01:43:47.920
from there. Wyatt flipped on the
coffee pot. Watching the social fuck ups

1174
01:43:47.960 --> 01:43:53.359
rebuild the old house was the stupidest
assignment of his fifteen year career as a

1175
01:43:53.359 --> 01:43:58.159
prison guard. Worse yet, he
drew the short straw and got stuck on

1176
01:43:58.199 --> 01:44:01.399
the overnight shift. While his partner, Lester slept all cozy in the back

1177
01:44:01.439 --> 01:44:05.840
of the prison van. He plopped
into his plastic chair with a groan.

1178
01:44:06.640 --> 01:44:11.600
If any of them snuck out,
they could be tracked by their ankle monitors

1179
01:44:11.600 --> 01:44:15.319
with a phone call. Besides,
Desto Falls was eight miles through the woods

1180
01:44:15.399 --> 01:44:20.159
or fourteen by the road, and
all but Damon Wilt's were short time felons.

1181
01:44:20.479 --> 01:44:26.359
As it were. Wyat reached into
his breast pocket for the joint he'd

1182
01:44:26.399 --> 01:44:30.479
confiscated off of one of the idiots
that morning. He had his medical cards,

1183
01:44:30.520 --> 01:44:36.199
so it wasn't entirely against the rules. His pudgy cheeks jiggled as he

1184
01:44:36.319 --> 01:44:41.199
laughed and straightened it out a bit. He lit the joint and held the

1185
01:44:41.239 --> 01:44:45.520
smoke for a moment before blowing out
the flame. On the end, he

1186
01:44:45.520 --> 01:44:53.119
heard footfalls drawing near and sighed,
you nitwits want us to leave you alone,

1187
01:44:53.199 --> 01:44:56.600
But as soon as I sit down, you suddenly can't even wipe your

1188
01:44:56.600 --> 01:45:00.880
own asses, he griped. Wyatt
turned to see who needed him. The

1189
01:45:00.960 --> 01:45:05.479
bowie knife stabbed into his chest with
a clank. As it cleaved the cheap

1190
01:45:05.520 --> 01:45:11.680
gold plated badge, the weapon tore
free and plunged into his torso again.

1191
01:45:12.439 --> 01:45:15.479
The guard reached up, his fingers
curled into the rough material of the sack,

1192
01:45:15.680 --> 01:45:19.479
and started to pull it away.
The killer ripped the knife out.

1193
01:45:19.920 --> 01:45:26.920
Arterial spray washed over the attacker's camouflage
hunting jacket. Wyat's hand jerked from the

1194
01:45:27.000 --> 01:45:31.600
mask to his own, gushing wounds. A gloved finger pressed to the mask's

1195
01:45:31.600 --> 01:45:40.159
sewn on smile, shushing Wyat lead
by example, the gravelly voice demanded,

1196
01:45:40.560 --> 01:45:46.680
before the big knife went through the
side of the guard's neck. So maybe

1197
01:45:46.720 --> 01:45:50.960
he used a carving knife, Blair
admitted. No one knows for sure.

1198
01:45:51.520 --> 01:45:56.840
It seems unlikely, though, considering
all the stab wounds before Ajax cut his

1199
01:45:56.840 --> 01:46:01.159
wife's throat. Daughters tell their moms
about their love lives all the time,

1200
01:46:01.560 --> 01:46:08.600
Sophie offered, maybe she did know
about Leonora's bow. What about his sons,

1201
01:46:09.000 --> 01:46:14.359
Damon asked, with oozing curiosity.
That's a little more accurate. Blair

1202
01:46:14.439 --> 01:46:19.000
said, really getting into the story. They were both dismembered with a saw

1203
01:46:19.800 --> 01:46:27.640
the youngest they think was still alive
at the time. Jesus Sophie gasped,

1204
01:46:28.479 --> 01:46:36.039
who does something like that? Ajax
Chriswell apparently, Aggie responded. The masked

1205
01:46:36.159 --> 01:46:41.880
killer dragged the tip of the knife
along the wall, ripping the already ragged

1206
01:46:41.920 --> 01:46:47.840
wallpaper away. He paused and backpedaled
to an open door. Plastic cases sat

1207
01:46:47.880 --> 01:46:54.239
open on the floor next to stacks
of lumber. He took a closer look

1208
01:46:54.560 --> 01:47:00.479
and hefted a battery powered circular saw
with a low, malevolent chuckle. Jeffrey

1209
01:47:00.520 --> 01:47:05.359
stopped by the doorway and cocked his
head curiously at the man and the scarecrow's

1210
01:47:05.399 --> 01:47:10.760
hood. He picked at a scab
on his forearm and pointed at the mask

1211
01:47:11.800 --> 01:47:17.279
that for the sawdust. He asked
the saw blade word to life, and

1212
01:47:17.399 --> 01:47:24.560
buried between his eye sockets, splattering
the ceiling with blood. The floorboards bent

1213
01:47:24.640 --> 01:47:30.800
as Jeffrey's body collapsed onto them.
His bisected brain blossomed through the pristine cut.

1214
01:47:30.600 --> 01:47:36.319
The man continued down the hall.
Two more doors swung open, one

1215
01:47:36.800 --> 01:47:42.600
more angrily than the other. We're
done for the day, fuck tard.

1216
01:47:43.239 --> 01:47:47.880
The skin head shouted. The saw
swung up, buzzing through the swastika tattooed

1217
01:47:47.920 --> 01:47:53.880
on his throat. A gloved fist
slammed into his jaw. The flesh tore

1218
01:47:54.039 --> 01:47:58.520
the rest of the way, turning
the arian into a staggering, squirting pez

1219
01:47:58.560 --> 01:48:04.960
dispenser did not see that coming,
did you? The killer chuckled and grabbed

1220
01:48:05.000 --> 01:48:10.319
the second man as he stepped into
the doorway. He punched the saw into

1221
01:48:10.399 --> 01:48:14.960
his chest, dragging it through his
breastbone like he was carving a Thanksgiving turkey.

1222
01:48:15.560 --> 01:48:17.920
The mask clung to his face from
all the blood, and beneath the

1223
01:48:17.920 --> 01:48:24.760
burlap, he licked his lips greedily. Polly gawked at the killer. He

1224
01:48:24.920 --> 01:48:29.640
was in jail for back child support
on seven kids in four states. He

1225
01:48:29.800 --> 01:48:33.119
wasn't a thug or a hardened criminal. He had to ask someone else to

1226
01:48:33.159 --> 01:48:38.039
make a shank for him. For
fuck's sake. The psycho revved the saw

1227
01:48:38.159 --> 01:48:44.000
playfully, and Polly's bowels evacuated.
It might as well have been a starter

1228
01:48:44.079 --> 01:48:48.560
pistol. Polly stumbled down the stairs
and ran as fast as his loaded breeches

1229
01:48:48.600 --> 01:48:55.119
would allow. The scarecrow walked methodically
out the door, in icy pursuit.

1230
01:48:55.840 --> 01:49:00.159
Polly looked over his shoulder and screamed
shrilly before sprinting toward the safety of the

1231
01:49:00.239 --> 01:49:09.479
forest. His hunter stalked after him, simply following the smell. But what

1232
01:49:09.600 --> 01:49:15.000
about the stranger, Damon asked,
how'd he play into it? No one

1233
01:49:15.039 --> 01:49:18.479
knows. Blair shrugged. In eighty
years, not a single person has been

1234
01:49:18.479 --> 01:49:25.439
able to identify him. What about
DNA? Macy asked, they're hopeful.

1235
01:49:25.840 --> 01:49:30.439
Blair told her it was only because
of the university research that they proved he

1236
01:49:30.479 --> 01:49:34.520
even existed. All of the Ajax
family members were found. The drifter's corpse

1237
01:49:34.600 --> 01:49:40.079
was missing, though the researchers finally
figured out where his remains were stashed in

1238
01:49:40.119 --> 01:49:44.680
the marsh. Unfortunately, it's been
so long that the few parts they found

1239
01:49:44.720 --> 01:49:49.640
are barely recognizable as human. Gnarly, Candace leaned forward and chewed her lip.

1240
01:49:50.239 --> 01:49:55.039
How'd he die? Couldn't get a
proper axe murder in this story?

1241
01:49:55.520 --> 01:50:00.800
Candace said, what exactly is your
damage? Be you u a femur for

1242
01:50:00.880 --> 01:50:05.920
a dildo? Sarah scoffed a humorous
Actually, Candace ran her fingers up her

1243
01:50:05.920 --> 01:50:12.720
bare thighs. It makes me feel
all funny inside. Sarah waved her off.

1244
01:50:13.199 --> 01:50:17.319
Orr Ah, you're so cute when
you're jealous, Candace snorted with a

1245
01:50:17.359 --> 01:50:23.359
mock laugh. Why the fuck would
I be jealous of you? Sarah straightened

1246
01:50:23.439 --> 01:50:27.439
up, Because people are willing to
pay whorees, and you have to hope

1247
01:50:27.479 --> 01:50:31.119
someone's just drunk enough. Candace chugged
the rest of her beer and crunched the

1248
01:50:31.199 --> 01:50:36.319
can A couple more than I might
be. Can we finish the story before

1249
01:50:36.319 --> 01:50:41.920
the mud wrestling match? Macy asked, only if you'll be in my corner.

1250
01:50:42.479 --> 01:50:45.239
Candace told her and pushed her knees
apart. I got a special one

1251
01:50:45.279 --> 01:50:53.319
for you. Everyone except Sarah was
amused. So what happened to Ajax?

1252
01:50:53.880 --> 01:51:00.960
Macy urged Blair to continue Before the
bickering could. Paulie Howell in pain and

1253
01:51:00.039 --> 01:51:04.560
reached pointlessly for the snare around his
ankle. He didn't even make it halfway.

1254
01:51:05.159 --> 01:51:10.239
Polly stared at the ground four feet
below. He closed his eyes as

1255
01:51:10.279 --> 01:51:14.359
the footfalls drew nearer. A hand
clamped on the back of his neck.

1256
01:51:14.920 --> 01:51:17.319
The Killer looked him up and down
and spun him around with a laugh.

1257
01:51:18.119 --> 01:51:23.680
Freeze Lester rubbed the sleep from his
eyes. Sure the scarecrow thing was a

1258
01:51:23.760 --> 01:51:28.159
lingering nightmare from the nap. Polly's
screaming woke him up from get on the

1259
01:51:28.199 --> 01:51:33.479
ground, fucking shoot him, Polly
whined. The maniac slapped him across the

1260
01:51:33.560 --> 01:51:39.319
cheek, sending him into another spin. Lester cocked the hammer for effect.

1261
01:51:39.479 --> 01:51:44.239
The Scarecrow set his hatchet on his
shoulder and shrugged without a word. I'm

1262
01:51:44.319 --> 01:51:46.079
serious, God, damn it,
get on the ground right now, or

1263
01:51:46.119 --> 01:51:50.079
I'll shoot. The axe sailed through
the air and struck Lester in the chest

1264
01:51:50.159 --> 01:51:56.720
with a wet thwack. The Scarecrow
shook his hooded head and drew his bowie,

1265
01:51:56.760 --> 01:52:00.960
slicing open Polly's belly in one smooth
motion while he twisted in the air.

1266
01:52:01.720 --> 01:52:10.520
The intestines unraveled in a bloody spiral, and then Criswell's body drifted away

1267
01:52:10.560 --> 01:52:15.600
into the lake. Blair finished her
tail. To this day, no one's

1268
01:52:15.600 --> 01:52:23.560
found any remains. That's where the
boogeyman legend comes from. Rah Aggie screeched,

1269
01:52:23.840 --> 01:52:28.960
jabbing her fingers into Candas's side.
Her newly opened brew toppled between her

1270
01:52:29.000 --> 01:52:32.279
hands. The beer splashed her face
and soaked through her shirt. Shit.

1271
01:52:33.039 --> 01:52:41.439
She reeled around and scowled seriously.
Sarah cackled maniacally. Now that is actually

1272
01:52:41.520 --> 01:52:45.079
funny. I guess it'll be a
double feature tonight, Blair said, she

1273
01:52:45.239 --> 01:52:50.039
stiffened, realizing it was out loud. I mean you need another shower.

1274
01:52:51.279 --> 01:52:55.800
I knew you were a genius,
Blair. You didn't need to prove it,

1275
01:52:56.239 --> 01:53:00.199
Candace said, besides, the equipment
is racked. I'd rather not have

1276
01:53:00.279 --> 01:53:05.199
another peeping tom. Though someone want
to come watch the door. It was

1277
01:53:05.279 --> 01:53:10.000
my fault. I should do it. Aggie cleared her throat and tried not

1278
01:53:10.079 --> 01:53:15.199
to laugh. I'm not going to, but I know I should. I'm

1279
01:53:15.239 --> 01:53:19.600
sure you're exhausted from being a bitch. Take a nap, her sister told

1280
01:53:19.600 --> 01:53:25.079
her, I'll go. Candace thanked
her and headed back to the cabin for

1281
01:53:25.119 --> 01:53:29.479
a change of clothes, with Sophie
in tow. Damon stood up, collecting

1282
01:53:29.520 --> 01:53:32.760
the cooler. It's getting late,
he said, I need to get back.

1283
01:53:33.479 --> 01:53:36.960
Flair squirmed, trying to work up
the courage to say she'd walk with

1284
01:53:38.079 --> 01:53:45.000
him. I'll walk you to your
boat, Sarah offered quickly, sure,

1285
01:53:45.520 --> 01:53:49.319
Damon said, if you want,
it's a long walk. Damon waved to

1286
01:53:49.359 --> 01:53:55.840
the remaining babysitters and started to walk
away. Sarah slipped an arm around his

1287
01:53:56.079 --> 01:54:01.119
while he was occupied carrying the styrofoam
cooler. Sputtered her lips and turned to

1288
01:54:01.159 --> 01:54:05.960
Macy. I hate that bitch.
It's a long walk to the boat ramp.

1289
01:54:06.359 --> 01:54:13.079
Macy told her. Maybe Ajax Chriswell
will get her. Macey made a

1290
01:54:13.119 --> 01:54:18.439
spooky sound, wiggling her fingers closer
to Blair. The nerd giggled she'd probably

1291
01:54:18.439 --> 01:54:24.319
scare him right back into the lake. What did Candace mean about peeping Tom's,

1292
01:54:24.800 --> 01:54:29.840
Aggie asked, pouring sand over the
fire, That creep Isaac. He

1293
01:54:29.880 --> 01:54:33.399
walked into the shower while she was
in there. Macy said, Patten told

1294
01:54:33.439 --> 01:54:39.239
him to check the water pressure.
Aggie reminded them could have been an accident.

1295
01:54:39.880 --> 01:54:44.399
Blair and Macy both gave her a
questioning glance. Oh, it definitely

1296
01:54:44.520 --> 01:54:48.199
wasn't. Aggie said, that guy's
on a fucking registry somewhere. Just meant

1297
01:54:48.279 --> 01:54:53.079
we need to be more mindful of
where he's at. He'll make an excuse.

1298
01:54:53.680 --> 01:54:57.239
Candas is a bad bitch. He
might find a reason to spy on

1299
01:54:57.239 --> 01:55:01.960
one of you or Sophie next time. Thoughness fully extinguished the fire, Blair

1300
01:55:02.039 --> 01:55:11.600
looked around the moonlit woods. Where
do you think he is now? Sarah's

1301
01:55:11.600 --> 01:55:15.319
fingers curled into the waist of Damon's
jeans, and she pulled him to a

1302
01:55:15.359 --> 01:55:19.319
stop. She tried to kiss him, but the cooler blocked her attempt.

1303
01:55:19.680 --> 01:55:24.239
She reached under it to stroke him
through his jeans, and Damon took the

1304
01:55:24.279 --> 01:55:29.760
opportunity to step away. I really
don't have time, he said, apologetically.

1305
01:55:30.600 --> 01:55:33.239
I gotta get back, and this
is hardly the place. Why not?

1306
01:55:34.079 --> 01:55:39.039
Sarah slid her robe down her shoulders, afraid the others will hear me

1307
01:55:39.159 --> 01:55:44.840
scream. They certainly would, he
shrugged. I can't stay any later,

1308
01:55:44.880 --> 01:55:47.399
and you should get back now.
I was going to walk you to the

1309
01:55:47.399 --> 01:55:53.119
boat, though Sarah played with the
plunging neckline of her nightie. It'll be

1310
01:55:53.239 --> 01:55:58.199
romantic. There's about a million and
one mosquitos out here. It's a four

1311
01:55:58.239 --> 01:56:02.159
mile walk round trip, and you're
wearing flipflops and a negligee. He said.

1312
01:56:02.520 --> 01:56:08.920
It's not romantic, it's foolish.
Damon started to say something comforting,

1313
01:56:09.359 --> 01:56:14.039
but Sarah whirled around and stomped away
with the stupid slapping sound of her sandals

1314
01:56:14.079 --> 01:56:18.960
to punctuate the retreat. He almost
felt guilty for turning her down. Obviously,

1315
01:56:19.039 --> 01:56:24.319
he'd gone to the camp hoping to
get laid. Eight years in prison

1316
01:56:24.399 --> 01:56:28.319
with a lifetime to go left the
convict with a damn near permanent erection.

1317
01:56:29.000 --> 01:56:32.159
But Sarah's attitude was enough to kill
even the most stubborn heart on. As

1318
01:56:32.199 --> 01:56:38.079
it turned out, Damon continued on
to the boat, trying to ignore the

1319
01:56:38.159 --> 01:56:43.000
rustling that seemed to be following him. He sped up, so did the

1320
01:56:43.039 --> 01:56:47.960
noises. Damon looked back and already
couldn't see Sarah through the forest. He

1321
01:56:48.039 --> 01:56:54.159
listened for the noises of her shoes. It was faint, but still audible,

1322
01:56:54.840 --> 01:57:00.720
and going further away. Something stirred
in the brush. It was closer

1323
01:57:00.760 --> 01:57:06.079
than last time. He started walking
again and found a fallen tree trunk to

1324
01:57:06.119 --> 01:57:12.000
tuck the cooler under so he could
retrieve it later. Being a convicted murderer

1325
01:57:12.279 --> 01:57:15.720
wasn't an excuse to litter, after
all. He jogged the rest of the

1326
01:57:15.760 --> 01:57:24.800
way to the boat. Are you
afraid? Good, weakly spooky, We'll

1327
01:57:24.800 --> 01:57:38.880
be right back. Chapter eleven.
Sophie waved off the mosquitoes and moved away

1328
01:57:38.920 --> 01:57:44.319
from the dim light outside to the
showerhouse. She stood just outside the spill

1329
01:57:44.319 --> 01:57:47.600
of its yellow glow and shivered at
the darkness that seemed to be closing in

1330
01:57:47.640 --> 01:57:53.039
from the tree line. Eyes shined
under a bush, and she took an

1331
01:57:53.119 --> 01:57:57.760
unconscious step back into the light.
She kept her eyes on them, and

1332
01:57:57.840 --> 01:58:02.600
the thing returned the favor. This
is bullshit, she muttered. I should

1333
01:58:02.600 --> 01:58:08.680
have made Agnes come with me.
The eyes disappeared. Not knowing where the

1334
01:58:08.720 --> 01:58:15.319
mysterious critter went was more unnerving than
it watching her jill off on your own

1335
01:58:15.399 --> 01:58:19.840
time, she hollered through the doorway. I'm hurrying, the other sitter called

1336
01:58:19.840 --> 01:58:26.199
back. Sophie paced back and forth, constantly looking back at the bush for

1337
01:58:26.279 --> 01:58:31.039
whatever it was her nerves. Then
she worried she wouldn't hear something important over

1338
01:58:31.079 --> 01:58:35.760
her singing, and quickly stopped.
She swatted a mosquito on her thigh,

1339
01:58:35.840 --> 01:58:42.000
leaving a bloody splat on her white
shorts. She looked around once more and

1340
01:58:42.079 --> 01:58:46.359
returned to the door. It's all
clear out here, Sophie shouted, I'm

1341
01:58:46.399 --> 01:58:55.680
going to bed. Sophie walked away, unable to hear Candace's reply. Sarah

1342
01:58:55.680 --> 01:58:59.520
shook her foot to free detritus from
between the foam souls and her skin.

1343
01:59:00.359 --> 01:59:03.319
She really had worn the wrong shoes. It shouldn't have been an issue,

1344
01:59:03.359 --> 01:59:09.199
since her feet were supposed to be
over Damon's muscular shoulders. A branch broke,

1345
01:59:09.520 --> 01:59:13.800
and Sarah slapped a hand over her
mouth before she could scream. She

1346
01:59:13.960 --> 01:59:19.439
wasn't sure what lived around Serenity Lake, but her daddy hunted beare around nearby

1347
01:59:19.600 --> 01:59:25.920
bull shoals. She looked around cautiously. The moon was almost full, but

1348
01:59:26.000 --> 01:59:30.359
the tree tops broke up the light
into ominous spears. She knew there was

1349
01:59:30.399 --> 01:59:35.159
something hiding in the pools of shadow
all around her, because that's what things

1350
01:59:35.199 --> 01:59:42.159
did in the shadows. Sarah walked
as fast as her footwear and limited visibility

1351
01:59:42.199 --> 01:59:46.439
would let her. Camp wasn't too
far away. A spider web snapped,

1352
01:59:46.840 --> 01:59:54.119
clinging to her perfect complexion. She
screeched and slapped at the adhesive strands.

1353
01:59:54.720 --> 01:59:59.920
A gloved hand closed over her mouth
and pulled her backwards until she was rest

1354
02:00:00.159 --> 02:00:04.920
against a firm, powerful body.
She felt the calm beating of an unseen

1355
02:00:04.960 --> 02:00:11.840
man's heart against her back. Another
hand reached around her and disappeared down her

1356
02:00:11.920 --> 02:00:17.199
nightie. The leather caressed her bare
flesh, gliding over her nipple. She

1357
02:00:17.279 --> 02:00:24.279
felt his fingers curling slowly, the
hand slithered back out of her top and

1358
02:00:24.439 --> 02:00:30.279
moved into a shard of moonlight,
where it opened slowly. A large black

1359
02:00:30.359 --> 02:00:36.279
spider scurried along the man's palms over
his fingers. He flicked it back into

1360
02:00:36.319 --> 02:00:42.439
the safety of the wilderness. A
widow that size biting you on the chest

1361
02:00:42.439 --> 02:00:46.039
would be bad news. The venom
goes straight to the heart. The man

1362
02:00:46.119 --> 02:00:50.560
whispered into Sarah's ear. You're a
guest out here. A lot of the

1363
02:00:50.600 --> 02:00:57.199
residents don't take kindly to trespassers.
Be quiet and move with respect to their

1364
02:00:57.279 --> 02:01:01.319
dens and webs. The man released
her, and Sarah spun around, wiping

1365
02:01:01.359 --> 02:01:08.159
tears away, to see Roland Jones
staring at her disapprovingly. Camp's ten minutes

1366
02:01:08.159 --> 02:01:12.239
that way. Roland pointed, I
don't know who your friend was, but

1367
02:01:12.520 --> 02:01:15.840
it'd been his best interest not to
come back to my den yours too.

1368
02:01:16.279 --> 02:01:20.800
Roland flipped up the hood on the
camouflage jacket and slinked back into the woods.

1369
02:01:21.520 --> 02:01:27.199
Sarah watched the survival instructor slowly merge
into the surroundings. As he went

1370
02:01:27.279 --> 02:01:33.239
further into the tangle of vegetation,
she sniffled and burst into tears. The

1371
02:01:33.279 --> 02:01:39.600
heiress of Greenley real Estate pulled her
robe tight and cried all the way to

1372
02:01:39.680 --> 02:01:46.960
camp. Running straight to the cabin
before anyone could see her, Candace spat

1373
02:01:47.000 --> 02:01:51.119
shampoo from her mouth. She picked
the wrong time to yell for Sophie to

1374
02:01:51.119 --> 02:01:57.000
give her five more minutes. A
foamy waterfall inched down her face and straight

1375
02:01:57.039 --> 02:02:00.920
into her eye. Oh shit,
fuck, She rubbed at her eye with

1376
02:02:00.000 --> 02:02:03.840
the back of her hand ow.
This is why you're supposed to test it

1377
02:02:03.880 --> 02:02:09.199
on bunnies first. She turned her
face up to the shower head and tried

1378
02:02:09.359 --> 02:02:13.680
washing the paane away. She should
have skipped her hair until the next day,

1379
02:02:14.159 --> 02:02:17.359
but one sniff revealed the stench of
campfire, and she knew it'd bother

1380
02:02:17.479 --> 02:02:21.079
her all night. Not to mention
the odor. Clinging to her pillow,

1381
02:02:23.039 --> 02:02:27.960
she turned and began rinsing the remainder
from her silvery locks. When the lights

1382
02:02:28.000 --> 02:02:32.840
shut off. What the actual fuck? She glanced at the narrow windows near

1383
02:02:32.880 --> 02:02:38.399
the ceiling. They led in enough
light to finish up. She worked her

1384
02:02:38.399 --> 02:02:42.079
fingers through her hair to rinse out
the rest of the shampoo, and turned

1385
02:02:42.119 --> 02:02:47.199
around to shut off the water.
Boots squeaked across the wet tiles. Candace

1386
02:02:47.279 --> 02:02:51.680
tensed and whirled around. A gloved
hand gripped her throat. Before she could

1387
02:02:51.720 --> 02:02:59.359
scream, the masked lunatic pulled a
serrated survival knife from under their camouflage jacket

1388
02:02:59.600 --> 02:03:04.159
and tear eased Candace's nipple ring with
the tip. The oversized knife moved to

1389
02:03:04.239 --> 02:03:10.159
her belly button, piercing next,
the scarecrow's hooded head cocked at an angle,

1390
02:03:10.760 --> 02:03:14.920
clearly observing the twinkle of the next
piercing at the bottom of the row.

1391
02:03:15.399 --> 02:03:21.039
The tiny sapphire caught the moonlight just
below the tidy heart shaped patch of

1392
02:03:21.119 --> 02:03:28.479
pubic hair. The mask moved side
to side with disapproval. Candas threw a

1393
02:03:28.520 --> 02:03:32.239
fist at the burlap shrouded face.
The killer leaned away calmly and ran the

1394
02:03:32.319 --> 02:03:40.000
knife through Candace's narrow waist. The
fingers curled tighter into Candas's throat. The

1395
02:03:40.079 --> 02:03:44.920
knife tips screeched against the shower wall
behind her as it slid its way from

1396
02:03:44.960 --> 02:03:49.399
one hip to the other. Candace
blinked rapidly, trying to push back the

1397
02:03:49.520 --> 02:03:56.279
encroaching darkness. Her murderer let her
fall to the floor. The splash of

1398
02:03:56.279 --> 02:04:00.760
her cheek. Meeting the tile gave
her hope. She felt it so she

1399
02:04:00.880 --> 02:04:06.039
was still alive. She still had
a chance. Candace clawed at the tiles,

1400
02:04:06.279 --> 02:04:11.239
trying to drag herself to the door. She felt the blade stab through

1401
02:04:11.279 --> 02:04:15.479
her ankle. Her scream came out
as a horse whine. She looked back

1402
02:04:15.520 --> 02:04:18.199
to see the Psycho make the same
wound on her other leg. Her face

1403
02:04:18.239 --> 02:04:23.600
flopped against the floor again. Her
eyes flicked from the red tinged water swirling

1404
02:04:23.600 --> 02:04:28.279
down the drain to the scarecrow forcing
a stick through the cuts. She didn't

1405
02:04:28.279 --> 02:04:33.840
feel that. The killer gripped the
stick and gave a tug. Candace watched

1406
02:04:33.880 --> 02:04:40.279
the drain get further away as the
maniac dragged her from the shower house.

1407
02:04:43.680 --> 02:04:53.600
Chapter twelve. The next morning on
Serenity Lake was anything but serene. The

1408
02:04:53.720 --> 02:04:59.600
fireworks might as well have been flashbangs. After the initial window shaking boom,

1409
02:05:00.039 --> 02:05:06.279
the devices continued popping inside their tin
containers and billowing smoke. Macy almost didn't

1410
02:05:06.279 --> 02:05:12.279
notice the explosion fell in sync with
the one she was busy reliving. Again.

1411
02:05:13.279 --> 02:05:17.399
Roy Gamble's body parts flew into the
sky, each detonating like fireworks.

1412
02:05:17.600 --> 02:05:23.399
When she snapped awake, the smoke
obscured everything, and she rolled to her

1413
02:05:23.399 --> 02:05:29.479
feet, screaming for Blair and Canvas. Here. Blair called from the doorway.

1414
02:05:30.039 --> 02:05:33.840
Macy joined her outside and coughed to
their left. The other babysitters were

1415
02:05:33.840 --> 02:05:40.600
on their porch in a similar state
of confusion. Patten, Ranger and Madison

1416
02:05:40.920 --> 02:05:45.359
waited in the clearing in front of
the cabins. Roland stalked the grounds,

1417
02:05:45.600 --> 02:05:48.800
shaking his head. He blew an
airhorn and pointed to the spot in front

1418
02:05:48.800 --> 02:05:54.399
of him. Move it, ladies, he bellowed. The sitters hustled to

1419
02:05:54.479 --> 02:05:59.720
the designated spot and formed a disheveled
but orderly line in front of the instructor.

1420
02:06:00.680 --> 02:06:03.159
He held the horn up and depressed
the button as he walked along their

1421
02:06:03.199 --> 02:06:10.279
line. Are you sufficiently awake now? He asked? I don't think I'll

1422
02:06:10.319 --> 02:06:15.399
be sleeping again. Aggie grunted.
Where the hell are your shoes, Roland

1423
02:06:15.439 --> 02:06:18.680
asked. They all looked down at
their bare feet. That's just lovely.

1424
02:06:19.079 --> 02:06:24.520
There was an emergency and you didn't
even bother putting on shoes. Roland threw

1425
02:06:24.520 --> 02:06:28.119
his hands up. How many of
you bothered checking on your bunk mates?

1426
02:06:28.520 --> 02:06:33.720
Who grabbed anything useful? The girls
exchanged glances and shrugs. Roland pointed at

1427
02:06:33.720 --> 02:06:39.399
Blair with his entire hand. Where's
Candace? Did she make it out or

1428
02:06:39.439 --> 02:06:43.960
did you two leave her to burn
in a house fire? I I didn't

1429
02:06:44.000 --> 02:06:48.199
see her, Blair said, go
find out. Blair ran back to the

1430
02:06:48.239 --> 02:06:54.399
cabin. Roland shook his head again. This is pathetic. You're supposed to

1431
02:06:54.439 --> 02:06:58.159
be taking care of children, he
barked. In the event of an emergency,

1432
02:06:58.600 --> 02:07:00.640
you make sure everyone is out.
You grab things you need, like

1433
02:07:00.680 --> 02:07:04.199
a phone to call for help,
shoes in case you have to walk to

1434
02:07:04.239 --> 02:07:09.520
get it. If it's a fire
and there's time, grab the dirty laundry.

1435
02:07:10.199 --> 02:07:15.079
Agnes raised her hand. Because it's
something familiar to them, he answered,

1436
02:07:15.119 --> 02:07:18.520
without acknowledging her. They might be
losing everything, so having something familiar

1437
02:07:18.560 --> 02:07:23.840
can keep them calm and prevent them
from going into shock. It will also

1438
02:07:23.960 --> 02:07:28.119
ensure they have something to get them
through the times ahead. Blair came out

1439
02:07:28.159 --> 02:07:31.680
of the cabin and threw her hands
up canvas isn't here? Aggie shot a

1440
02:07:31.720 --> 02:07:36.479
glance at her sister. Where'd she
go? Is there something we should know?

1441
02:07:38.039 --> 02:07:42.319
Patton asked, stepping beside Roland.
She wanted a shower, and I

1442
02:07:42.359 --> 02:07:45.520
went with her for safety. Sophie
said. She turned her eyes to the

1443
02:07:45.560 --> 02:07:50.960
ground, but she was taking forever
and I got scared, so I left

1444
02:07:50.960 --> 02:07:58.239
before she finished so she couldn't hack
it in the spooky woods. Madison said

1445
02:07:58.319 --> 02:08:03.319
sourly, her clothes are in the
foot locker still. Blair offered, she'll

1446
02:08:03.359 --> 02:08:09.600
get more at goodwill. I'm sure. Sarah scoffed she had a camera with

1447
02:08:09.640 --> 02:08:13.000
her for her job. Macy chewed
her lip, not sure if she should

1448
02:08:13.000 --> 02:08:16.560
have said anything, but if she
didn't, Blair would, and she had

1449
02:08:16.680 --> 02:08:22.560
enough problems it got broken, So
maybe she decided to go home and just

1450
02:08:22.600 --> 02:08:28.279
didn't want us to see her packing. Blair nodded sadly. Yeah, maybe

1451
02:08:28.399 --> 02:08:35.760
other job. Sarah asked, her
face stretched into a wicked grin. She's

1452
02:08:35.800 --> 02:08:41.039
a camslot, says the bitch that
got bent over a log. Blair snapped

1453
02:08:41.720 --> 02:08:45.720
the look on her face, told
everyone she was as surprised as they were.

1454
02:08:46.760 --> 02:08:50.239
Macy tried not to smile, but
she was too proud of her new

1455
02:08:50.279 --> 02:08:54.039
friend, and it slipped. Aggie
slapped Sarah's shoulder with a squeal of laughter.

1456
02:08:54.880 --> 02:09:01.199
Roland looked them all over, realizing
they'd all intended to hide the existence

1457
02:09:01.319 --> 02:09:05.560
of the strange young man. I
see everyone's got secrets around here, he

1458
02:09:05.600 --> 02:09:11.399
said. Let's start the morning with
some peetea. The longer you take getting

1459
02:09:11.479 --> 02:09:16.000
dressed, the longer the pain is
going to continue. Now move your asses.

1460
02:09:16.159 --> 02:09:20.720
He blew the horn again, and
the sitters sprinted to their cabins.

1461
02:09:24.359 --> 02:09:28.319
Macy collapsed into the dirt and rolled
over with a groan. Sarah leaned on

1462
02:09:28.399 --> 02:09:33.640
a tree, taking heavy breaths.
Blair just heaved. Aggie and Sophie,

1463
02:09:33.640 --> 02:09:37.800
the most fit of the bunch,
fell back gracefully enough that it almost looked

1464
02:09:37.800 --> 02:09:43.680
intentional. Patten walked to the lake
with Ranger panting alongside him. The mut

1465
02:09:43.720 --> 02:09:50.399
wore a vest festooned with colorful ribbons. Patten checked his watch and looked at

1466
02:09:50.439 --> 02:09:54.800
the class with pride. You're all
doing wonderful, he said. Most classes

1467
02:09:54.840 --> 02:10:00.359
have to take a break before the
final run to the lake. That was

1468
02:10:00.399 --> 02:10:05.279
an option, Macy moaned. She
sat up and knocked the dirt from her

1469
02:10:05.279 --> 02:10:11.119
hair. She exhaled, sharply,
I could have used that. Madison joined

1470
02:10:11.159 --> 02:10:16.079
her father, pulling a rolling cooler
behind her. She reached inside and tossed

1471
02:10:16.119 --> 02:10:20.119
a water bottle to each of the
sitters without regard for whether they were ready

1472
02:10:20.119 --> 02:10:24.760
to catch it. She managed to
hit Agnes and Macy with theirs. She

1473
02:10:24.800 --> 02:10:28.720
licked her thin lips and shook her
head. You've got my classes next,

1474
02:10:30.039 --> 02:10:33.039
she said. I hope you're not
too tired. Roland has a great routine

1475
02:10:33.039 --> 02:10:37.399
to wake you back up if you
fall asleep while I'm talking. They all

1476
02:10:37.479 --> 02:10:43.479
gathered closer and sat in front of
Patten with their water bottles. Drowning is

1477
02:10:43.520 --> 02:10:46.800
the number one cause of unintentional death
for children under four in the United States.

1478
02:10:48.119 --> 02:10:54.399
Patten said seventy five percent of those
drownings occur in private pools. Over

1479
02:10:54.479 --> 02:10:58.239
three thousand children under the age of
fifteen are treated for pull related injuries across

1480
02:10:58.279 --> 02:11:05.119
the country every single year. The
sitters drank their water and listened intently.

1481
02:11:05.760 --> 02:11:11.319
Blair gargled noisily and spat Everyone turned
to face her. Sorry, she whispered.

1482
02:11:13.159 --> 02:11:16.319
Patten chuckled and knelt beside the dog. Ranger will be leading our class

1483
02:11:16.359 --> 02:11:22.840
on water rescue. Roland slung a
CPR dummy next to the water's edge.

1484
02:11:22.920 --> 02:11:28.359
The lesson is simple. Ranger is
going to swim out there. Patten pointed

1485
02:11:28.359 --> 02:11:31.239
to a floating dock twenty yards away
on the lake. You're going to swim

1486
02:11:31.279 --> 02:11:35.880
after him, retrieve a ribbon from
his vest, and return to shore.

1487
02:11:35.439 --> 02:11:39.720
Once you're back, you'll give the
dummy ten chest compressions and three breaths.

1488
02:11:41.039 --> 02:11:46.199
It's a timed event, Madison added, three minutes without air and a person

1489
02:11:46.359 --> 02:11:50.399
dies, figuring a minute for you
to realize you suck at your job and

1490
02:11:50.479 --> 02:11:54.760
the child is drowned. You have
two minutes to catch up with ranger,

1491
02:11:54.039 --> 02:12:00.199
secure the ribbon, swim back,
and administer CPR. It takes it's the

1492
02:12:00.239 --> 02:12:03.840
average person a minute to swim thirty
yards. Roland said, you'll be doing

1493
02:12:03.960 --> 02:12:07.960
forty round trip, meaning you'll have
less than a minute to complete CPR.

1494
02:12:09.520 --> 02:12:15.479
Maybe they will, Sarah said,
matter of factly, I was state champion

1495
02:12:15.520 --> 02:12:18.560
on my high school swim team.
Then show us how it's done. Sarah

1496
02:12:20.000 --> 02:12:22.920
Patten tapped Ranger with a rubber ring
and tossed it like a frisbee toward the

1497
02:12:22.960 --> 02:12:28.119
floating dock. The dog was in
the water in a flash. Sarah pushed

1498
02:12:28.119 --> 02:12:31.960
herself up with a curse and ran
down the shore. She splashed through the

1499
02:12:31.000 --> 02:12:37.039
shallows and dived forward, disappearing under
the water. She broke the surface and

1500
02:12:37.119 --> 02:12:41.760
powered after the dog Ranger clamped his
teeth around the ring and paddled in a

1501
02:12:41.840 --> 02:12:46.239
lazy circle. Sarah slowed as she
came alongside him and snatched a fluorescent orange

1502
02:12:46.239 --> 02:12:50.720
flag from his vest. She stroked
back to shore and ran to the dummy,

1503
02:12:52.079 --> 02:12:56.319
sliding through the dirt to do the
required CPR. A whistle shrieked.

1504
02:12:56.000 --> 02:13:03.560
Patten checked his watch. Twelve seconds
to be that is impressive. Sarah walked

1505
02:13:03.600 --> 02:13:07.359
past the others smugly and leaned close
to Blair. Don't worry, I'm sure

1506
02:13:07.399 --> 02:13:13.840
you'll do fine. Fat floats after
all, Blair pouted. I'm glad you

1507
02:13:13.920 --> 02:13:18.279
got back so fast. Sarah.
Macy stood up and dusted herself. I

1508
02:13:18.359 --> 02:13:24.840
really hate seeing trash in the lake. Take a breather, Maselyn Agnes Madison

1509
02:13:24.880 --> 02:13:31.159
called, you're next. I Aggie
looked at her sister, then back to

1510
02:13:31.239 --> 02:13:35.840
Madison. I don't like water.
I was one of those three hundred accidents

1511
02:13:35.880 --> 02:13:41.199
when I was twelve. I don't
get in the water anymore. You get

1512
02:13:41.199 --> 02:13:45.239
in the water, or you get
in your car, Madison said bluntly.

1513
02:13:45.880 --> 02:13:48.920
Aggie looked at the gathered faces,
hoping one of them might speak up for

1514
02:13:50.039 --> 02:13:56.680
her. Despite concerned glances, none
of them said anything. Roland's expression matched

1515
02:13:56.720 --> 02:14:01.199
Madison's irritation. She watched rangers circle
Patten's legs and shake his fur off.

1516
02:14:03.119 --> 02:14:07.800
While the camp found her seemed sympathetic, he was also expectant. Aggie felt

1517
02:14:07.800 --> 02:14:13.159
her stomach tense, even the lake
wasn't making noise, as if holding its

1518
02:14:13.159 --> 02:14:20.000
breath. In anticipation of her answer, I guess I'm swimming, Aggie pulled

1519
02:14:20.039 --> 02:14:24.079
her camp Care shirt over her head
and tossed it to her obviously nervous sister.

1520
02:14:24.760 --> 02:14:28.640
Is that the garbage pail kids?
Blair asked, pointing at Aggie's sport

1521
02:14:28.680 --> 02:14:33.520
brawl. I didn't think I needed
a bikini. Aggie took a deep breath,

1522
02:14:35.279 --> 02:14:41.000
throw the damn ring. Patten beamed
with pride on Aggie's behalf and sent

1523
02:14:41.039 --> 02:14:45.159
the dog toy into the air.
Agnes was running before it left his hand.

1524
02:14:45.760 --> 02:14:50.640
She wanted the experience over with as
soon as possible. Before her accident,

1525
02:14:50.920 --> 02:14:54.760
she loved to swim. In the
ten years since she hadn't been in

1526
02:14:54.840 --> 02:14:58.520
anything deeper than a hot tub.
She changed course, running along the narrow

1527
02:14:58.560 --> 02:15:03.439
dock to shaved time and dived in. Aggie hung in the water, unsure

1528
02:15:03.479 --> 02:15:09.279
of what to do next. Fear
and instinct took over. Her feet began

1529
02:15:09.359 --> 02:15:13.840
to kick, and she stretched out
to make the first stroke. The second

1530
02:15:13.920 --> 02:15:18.880
and third came in rapid succession.
She surfaced and chased after the pooch like

1531
02:15:18.960 --> 02:15:22.600
she'd never stopped swimming in the first
place. Her eyes focused on Ranger and

1532
02:15:22.680 --> 02:15:28.560
his vest full of ribbons. Aggie
pushed herself harder. Everything faded out until

1533
02:15:28.600 --> 02:15:33.279
there was nothing but the noise of
her strokes and that happily paddling dog racing

1534
02:15:33.319 --> 02:15:37.159
away from her. The shouting of
the people on the shore were nothing but

1535
02:15:37.199 --> 02:15:43.479
static, she told herself. They
were cheering her on. Agnes kicked her

1536
02:15:43.560 --> 02:15:46.560
legs faster, despite the growing fear
of what would happen. When she stopped

1537
02:15:46.600 --> 02:15:50.800
to make the turn back. Her
eyes drew in on a pink ribbon hanging

1538
02:15:50.840 --> 02:15:56.079
from the dog's haunches. That was
her brass ring, and she'd have it

1539
02:15:56.199 --> 02:16:03.239
in just a few seconds. Then
her head hit the floating dock. Aggie's

1540
02:16:03.319 --> 02:16:09.079
vision became a kaleidoscope of light and
shifting color as she lost consciousness and bobbed

1541
02:16:09.119 --> 02:16:16.640
beneath the water. The crowd stopped
shouting warnings and fell silent. Sophie held

1542
02:16:16.640 --> 02:16:20.279
her breath, waiting for her sister
to do anything at all. Agnes floated

1543
02:16:20.399 --> 02:16:26.840
face down and unmoving. Macy bolted
past the others and down the dock.

1544
02:16:26.159 --> 02:16:31.479
She hit the water like a professional
diver and raced toward the drowning babysitter.

1545
02:16:31.200 --> 02:16:37.079
Ranger paddled the opposite direction with his
rubber ring clenched triumphantly between his teeth and

1546
02:16:37.159 --> 02:16:43.079
completely unaware of the crisis. Macey
braced herself against the floating platform and wrapped

1547
02:16:43.120 --> 02:16:48.799
an arm around Aggie's waist. She
rolled over, bringing Aggie's face out of

1548
02:16:48.840 --> 02:16:54.600
the water. Macy kicked off the
dock to backstroke to shore. Roland dropped

1549
02:16:54.600 --> 02:16:58.120
to his knees beside them to administer
CPR, but Macy was already on it.

1550
02:16:58.680 --> 02:17:03.360
Aggie. He showed her gratitude by
coughing lake water into her face.

1551
02:17:03.600 --> 02:17:09.280
Macey helped her roll over to spit
out the rest. Someone started clapping,

1552
02:17:09.680 --> 02:17:13.879
and Macy looked up to find Patten. I think you can skip the rescue

1553
02:17:13.920 --> 02:17:18.559
test, he said. Agnes rolled
to her hands and knees, still choking.

1554
02:17:20.040 --> 02:17:22.399
She managed to get to her feet
and stumbled away from the water's edge.

1555
02:17:24.000 --> 02:17:28.040
Sophie grabbed a towel and ran to
her sister's side, only to be

1556
02:17:28.079 --> 02:17:31.879
pushed away. Agnes broke into a
shaky, stumbling run for the cabin.

1557
02:17:33.159 --> 02:17:37.600
Before she could start crying too loudly, Macey took the towel from Sophie's hand.

1558
02:17:39.879 --> 02:17:43.319
You should probably go check on her, she said, drying her face.

1559
02:17:43.440 --> 02:17:48.239
Not until everyone makes the swim.
Madison barked, do what you want

1560
02:17:48.280 --> 02:17:54.040
with your lunch break, but the
class isn't over yet. Macy stiffened the

1561
02:17:54.120 --> 02:17:58.440
words, clawed at the backs of
her clenched teeth. Sophie gently squeezed Macy's

1562
02:17:58.479 --> 02:18:03.280
hand and started toward the water,
peeling off her shirt as she went.

1563
02:18:03.879 --> 02:18:09.200
Blair followed suit and waited her turn, wanting to speed it along so Sophie

1564
02:18:09.200 --> 02:18:13.280
could go to her sister. The
disapproval of his daughter's tactics was evident on

1565
02:18:13.360 --> 02:18:18.000
Patten's face. He never took his
eyes off her as he flung the ring

1566
02:18:18.559 --> 02:18:24.879
once again. Agnes swatted the lamp
from the cheap night stand next to her

1567
02:18:24.879 --> 02:18:30.680
bed and collapsed on to the mattress. She was the tough one. She

1568
02:18:30.840 --> 02:18:35.159
protected Sophie. Their entire lives and
now she was a sobbing heap of nothing.

1569
02:18:35.920 --> 02:18:39.959
She failed the test in front of
everyone and then ran away, bawling

1570
02:18:41.680 --> 02:18:46.719
her own self loathing, fought for
attention over the embarrassment. Her fingers clawed

1571
02:18:46.760 --> 02:18:50.159
at the now sopping wet blanket.
Sara was going to rag her about it

1572
02:18:50.280 --> 02:18:56.079
NonStop. Aggie was sure of that. The screen door squeaked open, and

1573
02:18:56.200 --> 02:19:01.559
Aggie buried her face into the mattress. She'd hoped to be through the ugly

1574
02:19:01.600 --> 02:19:05.159
crying stage before anyone came to check
on her. Of course, that wouldn't

1575
02:19:05.200 --> 02:19:09.600
be her luck. She felt the
weight of whoever it was sitting down beside

1576
02:19:09.600 --> 02:19:16.040
her go away. She shouted into
the bedding. Fingers pulled her wet hair

1577
02:19:16.120 --> 02:19:22.040
off her cheek, and she shivered. She knew her sister's touch, and

1578
02:19:22.159 --> 02:19:26.000
it damn sure didn't feel like that. The fingers didn't feel like skin at

1579
02:19:26.040 --> 02:19:31.680
all as they glided along the lines
of her ear. Aggie stopped crying and

1580
02:19:31.840 --> 02:19:39.399
forced herself to turn over. The
burlapped face smiled at her artificially in a

1581
02:19:39.399 --> 02:19:43.760
fleeting second before the pillow pressed down
over her own. Agnes kicked her legs

1582
02:19:43.879 --> 02:19:48.360
and scratched at her attacker's arms.
For the second time that day, she

1583
02:19:48.479 --> 02:19:54.159
found herself unable to breathe. The
killer threw a leg over her and sat

1584
02:19:54.200 --> 02:20:01.639
on her torso, pressing the pillow
harder. Sophie raced toward the cabin.

1585
02:20:03.079 --> 02:20:07.479
After Blair finished the assignment, Roland
sent them to lunch. She threw the

1586
02:20:07.520 --> 02:20:11.840
door open and looked around the cabin. Agnes was nowhere to be seen.

1587
02:20:11.760 --> 02:20:16.239
Her sister never calmed down easily.
She wouldn't be up and ready for the

1588
02:20:16.280 --> 02:20:20.920
next lesson so soon. The bed
was soaked, as was the pillow laying

1589
02:20:22.000 --> 02:20:26.120
on top of it. Sophie looked
down at Aggie's wet footprints leading straight to

1590
02:20:26.200 --> 02:20:31.879
bed. There weren't any going away
from it. There were shards of a

1591
02:20:31.920 --> 02:20:37.719
broken light bulb. However, she
stared at the fallen lamp, feeling her

1592
02:20:37.760 --> 02:20:43.959
gut twist into knots. Something was
very wrong. Agnes was in trouble.

1593
02:20:43.639 --> 02:20:48.280
Sophie shot out of the cabin to
get the others. She leapt from the

1594
02:20:48.319 --> 02:20:52.799
porch, startling Isaac, who shrieked
as she cut across his path. She

1595
02:20:52.920 --> 02:20:58.000
ignored him and continued running. The
dining hall had three walls, leaving one

1596
02:20:58.079 --> 02:21:03.360
side open. The students could look
out over the lake. No one wanted

1597
02:21:03.399 --> 02:21:07.479
to, however, they all ate
with their backs towards the flowing monster that

1598
02:21:07.559 --> 02:21:13.079
nearly swallowed one of their number.
Patten sat down opposite Macy and Blair.

1599
02:21:15.000 --> 02:21:20.000
That was pretty impressive reaction time back
there, he said, I like taking

1600
02:21:20.040 --> 02:21:24.159
care of people, mister Moore,
She said, I didn't come here because

1601
02:21:24.200 --> 02:21:28.120
it'll look good on a job application. I want to keep people safe and

1602
02:21:28.159 --> 02:21:31.079
to teach kids to be safe themselves. You're off on the right foot,

1603
02:21:31.079 --> 02:21:37.799
then, kid. Patton patted her
hand. Aggie's missing, Sophie shouted,

1604
02:21:37.879 --> 02:21:41.360
leaning on the nearest table. The
others turned to her. She took heaving

1605
02:21:41.440 --> 02:21:46.319
breaths and stabbed a finger toward the
cabin. She's gone, Sophie repeated.

1606
02:21:48.200 --> 02:21:52.959
Maybe she just went to the showers. Macy offered, no. Sophie shook

1607
02:21:52.000 --> 02:21:56.559
her head. We can always tell
when something's wrong with each other. This

1608
02:21:56.680 --> 02:22:01.840
feels bad. She's in trouble.
More like she couldn't cut it and left.

1609
02:22:03.280 --> 02:22:07.360
Madison said she didn't fucking leave.
Sophie said, sharply, you took

1610
02:22:07.399 --> 02:22:13.200
our keys and the spare Okay,
okay. Patten stood and gestured the way

1611
02:22:13.280 --> 02:22:18.559
she'd come. Let's all go have
a look. She could be taking a

1612
02:22:18.639 --> 02:22:24.319
walk to compose herself. That's not
how Aggie copes, Sophie said. Sophie

1613
02:22:24.399 --> 02:22:26.959
jogged ahead of the others, but
they all came with her in various degrees

1614
02:22:28.000 --> 02:22:33.159
of hustle. Patten went into the
cabin first and immediately noticed the lamp.

1615
02:22:33.639 --> 02:22:39.239
Madison came in next and shrugged.
She was obviously in here, she said,

1616
02:22:39.319 --> 02:22:43.479
pressing on the wet mattress. Did
you bother looking around? Sophie bit

1617
02:22:43.520 --> 02:22:48.639
her lip. She didn't need to
look. She could feel there was something

1618
02:22:48.719 --> 02:22:52.040
bad going on with her sister.
Of course, no one understood that.

1619
02:22:52.799 --> 02:22:58.360
Maybe she's trying to scare you like
she did. Candace Blair suggested some people

1620
02:22:58.399 --> 02:23:01.959
here aren't very nice. She might
want to make them feel like assholes for

1621
02:23:03.079 --> 02:23:07.760
laughing or pressuring her into swimming.
Madison glared at her, but held back

1622
02:23:07.840 --> 02:23:13.760
the tongue lashing she wanted to give
her That creep. Isaac was outside,

1623
02:23:13.159 --> 02:23:18.120
Sophie said, as much to herself
as anyone else. I didn't think to

1624
02:23:18.200 --> 02:23:24.040
ask him, I just ran for
help. Isaac was here. Roland shifted

1625
02:23:24.040 --> 02:23:26.319
and looked outside. I'll go find
him and see what he can tell me.

1626
02:23:28.120 --> 02:23:31.520
That's a good start, Patten told
him, Madison, take the van

1627
02:23:31.760 --> 02:23:35.959
and go get sheriff. Bomb you're
overreacting. She rolled her eyes. It's

1628
02:23:37.079 --> 02:23:41.120
not a goddamn debate club. Everyone
jumped at the sudden outburst from the soft

1629
02:23:41.120 --> 02:23:46.760
spoken camp leader. Roland slipped out
hastily. Patten took three quick steps toward

1630
02:23:46.799 --> 02:23:50.799
his daughter. We have three girls
missing, and until I know where they

1631
02:23:50.799 --> 02:23:54.840
are, this camp is closed.
As your father or as your boss,

1632
02:23:56.040 --> 02:24:00.399
you can pick. I'm telling you
to go get the sheriff right now.

1633
02:24:00.799 --> 02:24:03.959
Do you think it might have something
to do with Damon? Macy asked Sophie

1634
02:24:05.040 --> 02:24:09.319
quietly, but not quiet enough.
Who's Damon, Patton asked over his shoulder.

1635
02:24:09.799 --> 02:24:15.600
He Macy looked around for support.
Sarah tried to kill her with her

1636
02:24:15.600 --> 02:24:20.959
stare. Sophie looked at the floor. Blair nodded slightly. He came to

1637
02:24:22.000 --> 02:24:26.559
welcome us to camp last night,
Macy finally said. He told us he

1638
02:24:26.639 --> 02:24:30.799
was doing construction across the lake and
wanted to hang out. Damn it.

1639
02:24:31.399 --> 02:24:35.479
Patten pinched the bridge of his nose. Bam said those boys wouldn't be a

1640
02:24:35.520 --> 02:24:39.920
problem. Damon was really nice and
polite, though, Blair said, I

1641
02:24:41.000 --> 02:24:45.120
told you this would happen. Madison
spat, jabbing a finger at her father.

1642
02:24:46.239 --> 02:24:50.200
I'll get the sheriff, but you're
acting like a damn fool. I'm

1643
02:24:50.239 --> 02:24:54.200
confused, Sophie said, color us
shocked, Madison said, as she shoved

1644
02:24:54.200 --> 02:25:00.520
past her and stepped outside. Macy
put an arm around Sophie's shoulder and pulled

1645
02:25:00.520 --> 02:25:05.680
her tight against her. The crew
working on the estate across the lake are

1646
02:25:05.719 --> 02:25:09.920
all convicts, Patten said, in
as even a tone as he could manage.

1647
02:25:09.959 --> 02:25:15.280
One of them is a murderer.
I'm glad I didn't fuck him now.

1648
02:25:15.639 --> 02:25:18.239
Sarah muttered, I don't want any
of you left alone until this is

1649
02:25:18.280 --> 02:25:22.360
resolved, Maslyn, take the others
and go to the cars. Make sure

1650
02:25:22.399 --> 02:25:28.520
Agnes didn't try to leave. Patten
said she couldn't. Blair reminded him she's

1651
02:25:28.600 --> 02:25:33.000
distraught, so maybe she tried.
Regardless, Patten said, besides, it's

1652
02:25:33.000 --> 02:25:37.600
the only familiar stretch of woods for
her. If she was going to walk

1653
02:25:37.639 --> 02:25:41.559
it off, that's the most likely
route. Check the showers on the way.

1654
02:25:41.719 --> 02:25:46.639
I'd rather wait here, Sophie said. In case she does come back,

1655
02:25:46.360 --> 02:25:50.239
that's fine, he told her,
but keep the door locked. Sophie

1656
02:25:50.280 --> 02:25:54.600
nodded. You three get a move
on, he said to Macy, there

1657
02:25:54.600 --> 02:26:01.360
and back. No stops. This
is fucking pointless. Sarah stormed out ahead

1658
02:26:01.360 --> 02:26:05.719
of Macie and Blair. The screen
door banged shut in her wake. Patten

1659
02:26:05.760 --> 02:26:09.040
waved the other two to follow.
Once they left, he turned to Sophie

1660
02:26:09.079 --> 02:26:13.360
and put steadying hands on her shoulders. It's all going to work out,

1661
02:26:13.399 --> 02:26:18.879
Sophie, he said, You'll be
rejoined with Agnes soon. Sophie watched him

1662
02:26:18.959 --> 02:26:22.760
leave and shut the heavy door behind
him. She reached for a lock that

1663
02:26:22.920 --> 02:26:28.639
wasn't there. She looked up at
the little metal islet and the hook dangling

1664
02:26:28.680 --> 02:26:33.639
from the jam. She sighed and
slipped it into place. I feel safer

1665
02:26:33.680 --> 02:26:41.280
already, did you hear that?
Better check the locks on your doors weekly,

1666
02:26:41.399 --> 02:26:54.040
spooky, We'll be right back.
Chapter thirteen. Macie and Blair jogged

1667
02:26:54.040 --> 02:26:58.200
to catch up with Sarah, who'd
ran ahead of them. Either from fatigued

1668
02:26:58.280 --> 02:27:03.879
muscles or apprehension, she'd slowed to
a brisk walk. Once she got to

1669
02:27:03.959 --> 02:27:09.200
the shower building, she'd disappeared inside. As the others caught up, Blair

1670
02:27:09.239 --> 02:27:13.440
took a hesitant step inside, pausing
in the locker room, Macy observed the

1671
02:27:13.479 --> 02:27:18.120
stack of clean towels in the cabinet. Sarah poked her head around the corner,

1672
02:27:18.440 --> 02:27:24.760
giving Blair a start. She's not
here, the snob said. Everything's

1673
02:27:24.840 --> 02:27:30.520
dry, even the faucets. Macy
almost complimented her for thinking to check those,

1674
02:27:31.040 --> 02:27:35.000
but got distracted by the dirty towels
in the collapsible hamper. She reached

1675
02:27:35.000 --> 02:27:39.920
in for the folded stack at the
bottom and lifted them up. You,

1676
02:27:41.959 --> 02:27:46.280
Sarah scrunched her nose, remind me
not to leave my panties laying around.

1677
02:27:46.159 --> 02:27:50.079
Does Candice strike you as the kind
of girl that folds her wet towels,

1678
02:27:50.600 --> 02:27:56.799
Macy asked, I'm surprised she showers
Frankly, Sarah said, when she took

1679
02:27:56.799 --> 02:28:01.520
her first shower, she came back
with the towel around her hair. Blair

1680
02:28:01.559 --> 02:28:05.799
told them she just dumped it on
top of her trunk. It was still

1681
02:28:05.799 --> 02:28:11.159
there this morning, so Sarah shrugged. She's a slob. These are soaked,

1682
02:28:11.719 --> 02:28:16.040
not like someone just dried off with
them. There's no others in the

1683
02:28:16.079 --> 02:28:22.000
hamper. It's like she wasn't here
either. Sarah squirmed in place, clearly

1684
02:28:22.079 --> 02:28:26.000
uncomfortable with Maslyn's line. Of thought. Blair opened the lockers one after the

1685
02:28:26.079 --> 02:28:31.319
other and gasped on the fifth one. The others looked in over her shoulders.

1686
02:28:33.040 --> 02:28:37.159
Blair knelt and lifted a Candyman shirt
from the discarded clothes at the bottom.

1687
02:28:37.520 --> 02:28:41.799
She stood up and held the shirt
to the others. This is what

1688
02:28:41.840 --> 02:28:46.600
she was wearing last night, Blair
reminded them, skanky or not, no

1689
02:28:46.719 --> 02:28:52.000
girl leaves her dirty laundry hanging around
in a locker room. Sarah whispered,

1690
02:28:52.000 --> 02:28:58.000
I think we need to get to
the cars. Patton and Madison searched the

1691
02:28:58.079 --> 02:29:03.360
office for the vans. Madison insisted
they look in the camp's other buildings before

1692
02:29:03.360 --> 02:29:09.639
bothering the sheriff. Patten tried to
see the situation rationally and agreed, despite

1693
02:29:09.719 --> 02:29:15.840
knowing that time was of the essence. They checked the unused cabins for Aggie

1694
02:29:15.840 --> 02:29:20.319
first. They had no luck there
or in the old boat house where they

1695
02:29:20.319 --> 02:29:24.680
had kept the forgotten weathered canoes from
the original camp. Roland was looking for

1696
02:29:24.760 --> 02:29:30.159
Isaac, so they skipped the trek
to his bungalow. The well house,

1697
02:29:30.479 --> 02:29:35.440
the groundskeepers shed, and the kitchen
were vacant. They even searched two outlying

1698
02:29:35.479 --> 02:29:39.719
buildings the original purpose of which was
unknown. Once they'd exhausted all of the

1699
02:29:39.760 --> 02:29:46.440
options, Madison finally conceded Agnes was
missing. You finally lost it, dad,

1700
02:29:46.840 --> 02:29:52.040
Madison growled. There's always fuck ups
in every class. Girls that know

1701
02:29:52.200 --> 02:29:54.840
show ones that can't cut it.
We're all better off without them here and

1702
02:29:54.920 --> 02:29:58.280
the kids they would have neglected.
O us A. Thanks for revealing their

1703
02:29:58.319 --> 02:30:05.760
true colors. You're panicking over nothing, Coler. Patten neatly stacked the scattered

1704
02:30:05.799 --> 02:30:09.639
items on the top of his desk. The vankeys were right here. Well

1705
02:30:09.680 --> 02:30:13.799
they're gone now and they're not on
the hook. Madison checked her jacket pockets

1706
02:30:13.799 --> 02:30:16.879
on the coat rack. She hadn't
worn it, but it was worth a

1707
02:30:16.920 --> 02:30:22.079
shot. Why can't we just call
bomb because I want you to check the

1708
02:30:22.159 --> 02:30:26.600
roads for Agnes while you drive there, Patten told her. Madison rolled her

1709
02:30:26.639 --> 02:30:33.120
eyes. Stupid, But okay,
what about Cohler Two years ago? There

1710
02:30:33.159 --> 02:30:39.719
was a string of murders there,
Patten started. The victims were babysitters,

1711
02:30:39.079 --> 02:30:43.520
Yeah, I remember, it was
all anyone talked about for months. Madison

1712
02:30:43.559 --> 02:30:48.000
cocked her head and squinted at something
under the desk. What about it?

1713
02:30:50.280 --> 02:30:56.000
People who don't process their grief and
trauma and healthy ways can do terrible things.

1714
02:30:56.639 --> 02:31:01.600
Patten said, it was such a
trivial matter that triggered those killings.

1715
02:31:01.120 --> 02:31:05.200
I feel like that's some roundabout way
of saying I'm a bitch to the babysitters.

1716
02:31:05.719 --> 02:31:11.159
Madison got on her knees and crawled
under the desk. I've already told

1717
02:31:11.159 --> 02:31:15.360
you how I feel about your attitude
towards the students, Patten said, found

1718
02:31:15.360 --> 02:31:18.360
them. Madison stood up and jingled
the keys. Why didn't we think to

1719
02:31:18.440 --> 02:31:24.600
check if they'd fallen first? Strange
for them to fall over there. Patten

1720
02:31:24.639 --> 02:31:28.000
wrapped his knuckles on the opposite corner
of the desk. You placed them here

1721
02:31:28.200 --> 02:31:33.520
last night. Stop making something out
of nothing. Madison fanned them between her

1722
02:31:33.520 --> 02:31:37.680
fingers, isolating the van keys.
I'll go get the sheriff so you can

1723
02:31:37.719 --> 02:31:43.440
see you're overreacting. We influence people
every day, Madison. More often than

1724
02:31:43.479 --> 02:31:48.719
not we fail to realize how we've
changed the course of their lives. Patten

1725
02:31:48.760 --> 02:31:52.239
pulled his vest on. Who knows
where another person places the blame for their

1726
02:31:52.280 --> 02:31:56.360
life's detours. You hold a grudge
with every sitter that comes to camp for

1727
02:31:56.440 --> 02:32:03.079
something they had no part in.
Others might have have similar misgivings. I'm

1728
02:32:03.079 --> 02:32:07.879
not taking that chance. Do you
hear how delusional you sound, Madison asked,

1729
02:32:09.360 --> 02:32:13.079
as your daughter, I'm concerned.
As a psychologist, I think you've

1730
02:32:13.159 --> 02:32:20.680
cracked. Maybe Patton cocked his head. Did you know masonn is from Cohler?

1731
02:32:22.120 --> 02:32:26.639
How Sarah threw her hands in the
air. The security system on this

1732
02:32:26.719 --> 02:32:31.159
car costs more than your actual car. The Bentley sat at an angle on

1733
02:32:31.200 --> 02:32:35.799
account of the two flat tires all
the cars did. Blair picked up a

1734
02:32:35.920 --> 02:32:39.159
rock and smashed out the back window
of her Accord. She reached through to

1735
02:32:39.239 --> 02:32:45.280
unlock the door. What are you
doing, Macy asked, someone's fucking with

1736
02:32:45.399 --> 02:32:50.040
us. Blair pointed at her own
slash tires. They cut two because no

1737
02:32:50.120 --> 02:32:56.440
one would have two spares, and
Sarah asked Blair popped the trunk. The

1738
02:32:56.520 --> 02:33:00.479
lugs won't match, but as long
as the sizes are correct, can stick

1739
02:33:00.520 --> 02:33:03.360
two spars on one car. Three
nuts will hold long enough to get us

1740
02:33:03.399 --> 02:33:07.799
to town. You two go back
and get the keys, and I'll get

1741
02:33:07.840 --> 02:33:11.280
one of them ready to roll.
It's a good idea, but we're not

1742
02:33:11.399 --> 02:33:16.159
leaving anyone behind. Macy said,
whoever did this might be watching us.

1743
02:33:16.680 --> 02:33:22.799
Like Roland, Sarah muttered, what
Blair grabbed the jack from the trunk last

1744
02:33:22.879 --> 02:33:26.600
night? When I was walking back, Roland was creeping around out here.

1745
02:33:28.239 --> 02:33:31.799
He had on camouflage and everything.
He scared the shit out of me.

1746
02:33:31.760 --> 02:33:37.239
Sarah hugged herself at the memory of
his hand slithering into her nidie to get

1747
02:33:37.280 --> 02:33:41.600
the spider. Or maybe he'd been
holding the spider already, like some perverted

1748
02:33:41.600 --> 02:33:48.280
magician's trick to touch her. She
shuddered as the new theory formed. Why

1749
02:33:48.280 --> 02:33:52.520
didn't you say something, Macy demanded, I was going to the blonde shrugged.

1750
02:33:54.200 --> 02:33:56.719
After I calmed down, I convinced
myself he was just keeping an eye

1751
02:33:56.799 --> 02:34:01.559
on us so he could punish us
for it. In the more, maybe

1752
02:34:01.600 --> 02:34:07.000
he's taking his punishments too far,
Blair offered, Madison is going to go

1753
02:34:07.040 --> 02:34:11.000
get the sheriff. Macy said.
She almost reached out to comfort Sarah,

1754
02:34:11.040 --> 02:34:16.799
but stopped. We tell him everything, especially about Roland following you. It

1755
02:34:16.879 --> 02:34:20.319
took almost an hour from the gas
station too here, Sarah said. By

1756
02:34:20.399 --> 02:34:24.799
the time she gets to the police
and back, it could be two A

1757
02:34:24.840 --> 02:34:28.840
lot can happen in two hours.
It can, which is why I agree

1758
02:34:28.879 --> 02:34:33.399
with Blair. Macy said, we
need a running car. Let's get back

1759
02:34:33.440 --> 02:34:37.840
to camp. If Agnes hasn't turned
up, we grab the keys and come

1760
02:34:37.879 --> 02:34:43.799
back here to get one fixed together. Sarah nodded, let's hurry. Oh

1761
02:34:43.840 --> 02:34:48.399
good, more running. Blair sputtered
her lips. I don't have the legs

1762
02:34:48.399 --> 02:34:54.319
for this shit. Patton pushed the
door closed and rested on the window.

1763
02:34:54.159 --> 02:34:58.079
Keep an eye out for Agnes.
If you see her, pick her up,

1764
02:34:58.440 --> 02:35:01.479
but go get the sheriff. Anyhow, I want to know where Carrie

1765
02:35:01.520 --> 02:35:07.000
and Candas are as well before we
call off. The emergency ranger barked frantically

1766
02:35:07.000 --> 02:35:11.159
from beside him. Patten put a
hand to his brow and investigated the tree

1767
02:35:11.200 --> 02:35:16.479
line. He saw blonde hair bouncing
in the distance. The movements were erratic,

1768
02:35:18.200 --> 02:35:20.760
the students were running, and his
gut knotted tighter. He looked at

1769
02:35:20.760 --> 02:35:24.360
his daughter, only to be met
with a bored glare. I know,

1770
02:35:24.559 --> 02:35:30.120
dad. She started the van and
eased away from him. She called back

1771
02:35:30.159 --> 02:35:33.799
over her shoulder, I'll make it
quick. Sarah beat Macey to the end

1772
02:35:33.840 --> 02:35:39.120
of the trail first and propped herself
up. She looked back for Blair but

1773
02:35:39.159 --> 02:35:43.159
couldn't see her. Macy came alongside
her and spotted Patten. She waved for

1774
02:35:43.239 --> 02:35:46.440
him to come to them and leaned
against a tree to catch her breath.

1775
02:35:48.000 --> 02:35:54.000
Something shimmered in the early afternoon light. Madison leaned out of the window well.

1776
02:35:54.520 --> 02:35:58.879
She shouted, someone cut her tires. Sarah yelled back. Blair stumbled

1777
02:35:58.879 --> 02:36:03.840
in to Sarah's back and held herself
up until the snotty girl shoved her off.

1778
02:36:03.520 --> 02:36:07.479
Macy took a step away from the
tree and shielded her eyes as she

1779
02:36:07.559 --> 02:36:11.479
stared into the tree tops. Madison
rolled the window up and accelerated down the

1780
02:36:11.520 --> 02:36:18.680
dirt road. Macy didn't know why, but the branches looked wrong. A

1781
02:36:18.719 --> 02:36:22.079
sharp snap in the distance pulled her
attention away, and then it all made

1782
02:36:22.159 --> 02:36:28.360
terrible sense. The metal rectangle was
painted brown with foliage strapped to it for

1783
02:36:28.440 --> 02:36:35.479
camouflage. It dropped from the tree
tops. Long sharpened rebar stakes led its

1784
02:36:35.520 --> 02:36:39.760
descent. Macy screamed, but it
didn't matter. The spikes punched through the

1785
02:36:39.879 --> 02:36:45.959
van and buckled the roof. Blood
splashed over the window, obscuring her view

1786
02:36:45.959 --> 02:36:50.719
of Madison. The vehicle rolled forward, drifting slightly until it struck a tree

1787
02:36:50.719 --> 02:36:56.760
trunk. Macy ran to the van
with the others following her hand froze on

1788
02:36:56.799 --> 02:37:00.639
the door handle. She didn't want
to open it. Sarah a slump to

1789
02:37:00.680 --> 02:37:05.479
the ground. Hyperventilating, Blair ran
her fingers down one of the metal stakes

1790
02:37:05.520 --> 02:37:09.440
that went through the windshield. That's
why they left the van running, she

1791
02:37:09.559 --> 02:37:16.040
whispered. Patten and Ranger arrived at
Macy's side. Macy tugged the door to

1792
02:37:16.079 --> 02:37:20.520
free it from the bent frame.
Madison's limp hand fell from the steering wheel

1793
02:37:20.840 --> 02:37:24.840
and dangled at her side. One
of the spikes ran through the top of

1794
02:37:24.879 --> 02:37:31.520
her head and jutted out of her
chin before disappearing again into her torso.

1795
02:37:31.760 --> 02:37:39.440
Patten laid his head on his daughter's
shoulder and cried softly. Chapter fourteen,

1796
02:37:43.399 --> 02:37:50.120
Sophie paced the cabin floor, clutching
her sister's hoodie against her chest. Aggie

1797
02:37:50.200 --> 02:37:56.079
was always the protective one. Now
she needed help, and all Sophie could

1798
02:37:56.120 --> 02:38:00.399
do was cry about it. She'd
never been as strong as her little sister.

1799
02:38:01.239 --> 02:38:03.840
She'd learned nothing from all the times
Aggie stepped up on her behalf,

1800
02:38:05.360 --> 02:38:11.159
and she wrung the fabric in her
hands. At the realization someone ran past

1801
02:38:11.200 --> 02:38:15.799
the window, Sophie froze in place. She didn't get a look at the

1802
02:38:15.840 --> 02:38:20.399
person, but the flash of her
silver mane meant it had to be Candace.

1803
02:38:20.479 --> 02:38:26.000
She ran to the door, first
feeling relieved and then furious. What

1804
02:38:26.079 --> 02:38:31.639
if Candace had just been off pouting
and making another one of her videos.

1805
02:38:31.239 --> 02:38:35.319
Maybe she was playing a prank on
the twins for Aggie, scaring her and

1806
02:38:35.440 --> 02:38:41.040
Sophie leaving her in the shower.
Sophie unhooked the door and pulled it open,

1807
02:38:41.559 --> 02:38:46.600
expecting to find the woman on her
porch. Nothing. Sophie stepped outside

1808
02:38:46.680 --> 02:38:52.520
and called her name, but got
no reply. She scanned the area slowly,

1809
02:38:52.079 --> 02:38:56.559
looking for the telltale die job.
A cat call turned her attention to

1810
02:38:56.639 --> 02:39:03.000
a spot in the trees. Candace
stared back at her before dipping behind the

1811
02:39:03.040 --> 02:39:07.719
cover of a tree. That's not
funny, Sophie put her hands on her

1812
02:39:07.760 --> 02:39:11.639
hips, Quit being a bitch,
and come here. Candace's hair flickered through

1813
02:39:11.639 --> 02:39:18.280
the foliage and disappeared again. God
damn it, Candace, Aggie's in trouble.

1814
02:39:18.159 --> 02:39:22.639
Candace didn't come out. Sophie was
tired of being the soft one,

1815
02:39:24.200 --> 02:39:28.239
the weak one. She tossed Aggie's
hoodie back into the cabin and stormed into

1816
02:39:28.280 --> 02:39:33.760
the woods after Candace. She didn't
see her. She went the direction Candace

1817
02:39:33.760 --> 02:39:39.760
had turned and followed a rough path
around the perimeter of the camp. Another

1818
02:39:39.840 --> 02:39:43.639
cat call told her she was going
the right way. Stop that this is

1819
02:39:43.760 --> 02:39:48.840
serious, Candace. Sophie saw the
sun shimmering off the silver hair between a

1820
02:39:48.879 --> 02:39:54.879
cluster of oak leaves and sprinted toward
it. A hill rose in the distance.

1821
02:39:54.559 --> 02:40:01.040
While she ascended quickly hoping for a
better vantage point. Her legs ached

1822
02:40:01.079 --> 02:40:05.200
from the morning's training, and the
steep but short climb made it even worse.

1823
02:40:05.280 --> 02:40:09.840
Once she got to the top,
another whistle drew her attention to a

1824
02:40:09.920 --> 02:40:13.000
shelf at the base of the hill. Sophie slid most of the way down.

1825
02:40:13.559 --> 02:40:18.840
Her sneakers hit the rocky ledge.
The ends of Candace's hair blue in

1826
02:40:18.879 --> 02:40:22.559
the breeze, giving away her hiding
spot as she crouched below Sophie's perch.

1827
02:40:24.479 --> 02:40:30.079
Sophie dropped the four feet to the
ground. Found you. She twisted sharply,

1828
02:40:30.399 --> 02:40:33.399
ready to give the other sitter a
piece of her mind. Candace stared

1829
02:40:33.399 --> 02:40:39.360
at her blankly. The pulpy,
ragged stump of her neck rested on a

1830
02:40:39.440 --> 02:40:45.920
stick jammed into the dirt. Sophie
fell backwards and crawled away. She'd followed

1831
02:40:45.920 --> 02:40:50.479
the macab puppet theater straight into the
killer's trap. Footsteps crunched close by.

1832
02:40:52.639 --> 02:40:56.760
Sophie rolled to her hands and knees. Spotting the maniac's slow advance, the

1833
02:40:56.879 --> 02:41:01.399
villain twirled a camp axe from one
hand to the other and whistled to her

1834
02:41:01.520 --> 02:41:07.520
once more. Sophie pushed off the
ground, sprinting toward the lapping of the

1835
02:41:07.600 --> 02:41:15.559
lake. Rangers spun and launched into
a tantrum of barks and growls. Patten

1836
02:41:15.600 --> 02:41:18.879
and the women turned to see what
God is attention. The dog tore away

1837
02:41:18.879 --> 02:41:24.360
from the group, headed toward the
lake. A distant scream echoed from the

1838
02:41:24.360 --> 02:41:31.040
woods. That's gotta be Sophie.
Blair shakily said. Macy and Patten were

1839
02:41:31.079 --> 02:41:37.079
already running toward the screams. Blair
went next. Sarah started forward, then

1840
02:41:37.159 --> 02:41:41.840
stopped. The cries for help became
clearer. She could make out the words,

1841
02:41:41.840 --> 02:41:46.719
and her legs shook too hard to
run. She stared at the ground,

1842
02:41:46.840 --> 02:41:52.440
trying to ignore them. A crimson
rivlet ran along the white sole of

1843
02:41:52.440 --> 02:41:58.719
her tennis shoe. She followed it
back to the source the waterfall of blood

1844
02:41:58.319 --> 02:42:03.799
cascading down Madison's arm. You're a
pushy bitch, even when you're dead,

1845
02:42:05.319 --> 02:42:13.000
Sarah grumbled, before chasing after the
others. Sophie hurtled a falling tree,

1846
02:42:13.120 --> 02:42:16.600
only to get tangled in its outstretched
branches. She hit the dirt hard,

1847
02:42:18.000 --> 02:42:22.840
knocking the wind out of her.
She forced herself back up. The Killer's

1848
02:42:22.840 --> 02:42:28.319
axe batted away the obstruction as they
calmly stepped over the log, Sophie made

1849
02:42:28.360 --> 02:42:31.719
herself run once more. She didn't
look back again. Just knowing the lunatic

1850
02:42:31.799 --> 02:42:37.600
was still pursuing her was enough.
Through the trees, she could see a

1851
02:42:37.680 --> 02:42:41.319
clearing and pushed through the pane and
fear to run faster. Sophie broke into

1852
02:42:41.360 --> 02:42:46.959
the clearing and spotted the area they'd
done the rescue training. That meant she

1853
02:42:46.079 --> 02:42:50.879
was close enough to camp to try
calling for help. She was still too

1854
02:42:50.920 --> 02:42:56.200
close to the woods, however.
She headed out onto the dock and finally

1855
02:42:56.280 --> 02:43:01.520
risked looking back. No Killer.
She cupped her hands around her mouth,

1856
02:43:03.239 --> 02:43:09.399
Help me, anybody, Sophie looked
around nervously. She was out where everyone

1857
02:43:09.479 --> 02:43:15.079
could see her, but that included
the psycho in the sack mask. She

1858
02:43:15.200 --> 02:43:20.879
tried shouting again. No one was
responding, but she could feel eyes crawling

1859
02:43:20.920 --> 02:43:26.000
along her flesh. She backed away
from the shore, further out onto the

1860
02:43:26.079 --> 02:43:30.120
dock. The killer would have to
come straight at her, and then she

1861
02:43:30.200 --> 02:43:35.479
could dive in and swim away.
She was sure she was faster. She

1862
02:43:35.680 --> 02:43:39.959
was second, and the rescue swim
just behind Sarah by four seconds. There

1863
02:43:41.040 --> 02:43:43.319
was no way a man in all
that heavy clothing could keep up in the

1864
02:43:43.360 --> 02:43:50.600
water. Leave me alone, Sophie
regretted the cry. She needed to be

1865
02:43:50.680 --> 02:43:54.600
stronger. This son of a bitch
took her sister. She backed to the

1866
02:43:54.719 --> 02:43:58.719
edge of the dock. He couldn't
sneak up on her now. It was

1867
02:43:58.760 --> 02:44:03.319
time for her to find the strength
Aggie always had and save her for a

1868
02:44:03.440 --> 02:44:09.799
change. Fuck it, she whispered
to herself. Come on, then,

1869
02:44:09.200 --> 02:44:13.920
come and get me, you fucking
pussy. The hatchet sank into her thigh

1870
02:44:15.120 --> 02:44:18.920
and she toppled backwards into the lake. The rush of water stifled her scream.

1871
02:44:20.479 --> 02:44:24.879
She twisted, splashing to the surface
before hands bunched into her shirt and

1872
02:44:24.040 --> 02:44:28.559
jerked her back down. She stared
at the mask as the attacker kicked away,

1873
02:44:28.920 --> 02:44:35.360
dragging her deeper into the water.
Sophie threw ineffectual blows against the hood.

1874
02:44:35.840 --> 02:44:39.399
She tried turning away, and the
killer gripped her from behind, pulling

1875
02:44:39.440 --> 02:44:45.760
her against their body. A cord
unraveled from the killer's wrist and bit into

1876
02:44:45.799 --> 02:44:50.399
her throat. What little air Sophie
held on to left in a stream of

1877
02:44:50.440 --> 02:44:58.399
bubbles. The garat cinched in Sophie's
fight waned to uncoordinated twitching. The killer

1878
02:44:58.479 --> 02:45:05.319
swam away, dragging her by her
throat. The Psycho broke the surface and

1879
02:45:05.440 --> 02:45:09.559
peeled the sopping wet burlap off their
mouth to take a much needed breath.

1880
02:45:11.680 --> 02:45:16.920
They watched Patten and the sitters approach
the lake and then swam around the floating

1881
02:45:16.000 --> 02:45:24.719
dock. If you thought that was
scary, just you wait, weekly spooky,

1882
02:45:24.879 --> 02:45:35.680
We'll be right back. Chapter fifteen. Patten found the door to the

1883
02:45:35.719 --> 02:45:43.600
Administration Lodge Ajar and pushed it open
slowly. His hand moved to the spider

1884
02:45:43.639 --> 02:45:48.239
CoA knife clipped to his pocket.
The little folder wasn't much, but it

1885
02:45:48.440 --> 02:45:52.959
was all he had. He slipped
the knife out and clicked the blade into

1886
02:45:54.000 --> 02:45:58.440
position by the thumb hoole. Macy
tensed at the snap of it locking open.

1887
02:46:00.239 --> 02:46:03.680
They'd followed the screams to the shore, but found no one. I

1888
02:46:03.760 --> 02:46:09.639
returned to Sophie's cabin all but confirmed
their fears that she'd been the one doing

1889
02:46:09.680 --> 02:46:13.360
the screaming. They made a quick
cutback to the lodge to phone the police.

1890
02:46:15.040 --> 02:46:20.000
Sarah sat on the porch steps anxiously
rubbing Ranger's rigid shoulders. The dog

1891
02:46:20.120 --> 02:46:26.360
knew something was wrong, but didn't
seem interested in following his master. He

1892
02:46:26.479 --> 02:46:33.559
sniffed the air, growling lowly at
some unseen antagonist in the distance. Scream

1893
02:46:33.920 --> 02:46:37.719
if you see anything, Blair whispered, before moving to the door, Like

1894
02:46:37.799 --> 02:46:43.000
I need another reason to scream,
Sarah mumbled. She leaned closer to Ranger's

1895
02:46:43.040 --> 02:46:48.399
ear. Don't you fucking leave me
here alone? Ranger coughed in agreement,

1896
02:46:48.879 --> 02:46:54.399
but didn't stop watching the forest.
Patten took careful steps to avoid alerting an

1897
02:46:54.440 --> 02:47:01.719
intruder. The decade's old lumber didn't
care and squeaked under his way. The

1898
02:47:01.840 --> 02:47:07.520
lobby was barren except two threadbare sofas
next to a bulletin board holding a map

1899
02:47:07.559 --> 02:47:13.159
of the Serenity Lake and the surrounding
areas. Patten's office lay straight ahead,

1900
02:47:13.440 --> 02:47:18.520
and a narrow hall to its left
led to a single bathroom and Madison's office.

1901
02:47:18.559 --> 02:47:22.000
Blair stepped to the side to see
if anyone was hiding behind one of

1902
02:47:22.040 --> 02:47:28.840
the couches and paused at the map. Her observations were disrupted when she noticed

1903
02:47:28.879 --> 02:47:35.440
Patten and Macy were continuing without her. Patten stepped into the office first,

1904
02:47:35.760 --> 02:47:39.600
followed by Macy. The shadow moved
to their right. Macy leaped back,

1905
02:47:39.760 --> 02:47:45.680
and Blair stepped into the path of
the intruder. The tattooed fingers clamped over

1906
02:47:45.719 --> 02:47:50.000
her lips before she could scream,
and a curved carpet knife settled around her

1907
02:47:50.079 --> 02:47:56.559
windpipe. Patten held his hand up
calmly that for me. Boss Isaac gestured

1908
02:47:56.600 --> 02:48:01.760
to the pocket knife in Patten's hand. Ditch it. Patten tossed the knife

1909
02:48:01.760 --> 02:48:05.920
to the desk. It slid to
a stop against the phone. The severed

1910
02:48:05.959 --> 02:48:09.879
line dangling from its base, swung
from the bump. Isaac eased away from

1911
02:48:09.879 --> 02:48:16.479
the wall, using the quivering blare
as a barrier between him and the other

1912
02:48:16.559 --> 02:48:20.280
two. The maintenance man kicked his
heel against the department store safe next to

1913
02:48:20.319 --> 02:48:26.000
Patten's desk. That's where you keep
their phones, ain't it? He asked,

1914
02:48:26.239 --> 02:48:31.079
Why are you doing this, Isaac
Patten asked, in a fatherly tone.

1915
02:48:31.799 --> 02:48:35.799
I've been nothing but good to you. Why'd you kill them? I

1916
02:48:35.799 --> 02:48:39.680
ain't killed nobody, he spat.
I saw someone dragging that pink haired bitch

1917
02:48:39.680 --> 02:48:46.360
out of her cabin. Agnes Macy
gasped, who was it? Who'd you

1918
02:48:46.440 --> 02:48:52.559
see? Someone in a camo jacket? Couldn't see much else. Isaac kicked

1919
02:48:52.559 --> 02:48:56.120
the safe again. What's the combo? Goddamn it? Why do you need

1920
02:48:56.120 --> 02:49:01.040
it? Patten asked, because I
went to my sho to call for help,

1921
02:49:01.200 --> 02:49:03.520
but it was trashed. They took
my phone, busted my motem.

1922
02:49:05.040 --> 02:49:07.000
I came to use this one,
but it had been cut by the time

1923
02:49:07.000 --> 02:49:13.600
I got here. And you're holding
a knife, Macey accused, so was

1924
02:49:13.639 --> 02:49:18.280
he. Isaac kept his eyes locked
on Patten. Could have cut it before

1925
02:49:18.319 --> 02:49:24.559
he killed your friend. That doesn't
make any sense, Patten said, I

1926
02:49:24.639 --> 02:49:28.680
got my education in the prison system. Boss. I can't do algebra,

1927
02:49:28.959 --> 02:49:33.479
but I know a good damn bit
about motives. Isaac pointed at Macy with

1928
02:49:33.559 --> 02:49:37.399
the hawkbill knife. Think about it, sugar, babysitter killed his son.

1929
02:49:39.000 --> 02:49:43.040
Who else here has a motive that
strong? A babysitter knocked your teeth out,

1930
02:49:43.159 --> 02:49:48.920
So there's you. Macy looked over
her shoulder at Patten, unsure if

1931
02:49:48.959 --> 02:49:52.319
the maniacal maintenance man had a point
or not. He gives you the code,

1932
02:49:52.639 --> 02:49:56.520
and you give me one of the
phones. Isaac pricked Blair's throat with

1933
02:49:56.559 --> 02:50:01.200
the knife. I'm not negotiating,
and I'm I'm not waiting around with no

1934
02:50:01.319 --> 02:50:03.760
killer. I'll take the bag and
when i'm safe, I'll call the sheriff,

1935
02:50:05.639 --> 02:50:07.760
or you'll destroy the phones and come
back to kill us. Later,

1936
02:50:09.120 --> 02:50:13.920
Patten said, I told you already, I ain't the killer. Isaac snorted.

1937
02:50:15.040 --> 02:50:18.440
Gotta admit, Gurley, he's got
a good plan there, like maybe

1938
02:50:18.479 --> 02:50:24.360
he was planning on doing just that
thing. Give him the code, Macy

1939
02:50:24.440 --> 02:50:30.559
said, reluctantly. You can't trust
him, MASONN. Patten responded, I

1940
02:50:30.680 --> 02:50:33.680
don't, but I'm not willing to
let Blair get killed while you two argue.

1941
02:50:33.879 --> 02:50:37.360
Either of you could be the killer, or both of you together,

1942
02:50:37.600 --> 02:50:41.200
or maybe it's neither of you.
But right now Blair has a knife on

1943
02:50:41.200 --> 02:50:45.920
her neck, and that's more important
than who has the fucking phones. That

1944
02:50:46.040 --> 02:50:50.399
sounds fair, Isaac smiled, showing
the gap where his front teeth had been

1945
02:50:50.159 --> 02:50:54.000
give it up and she can type
it in. As soon as the bag's

1946
02:50:54.000 --> 02:51:01.159
in my hands, she can crawl
away. Four eight seven three as Patten

1947
02:51:01.239 --> 02:51:05.079
told him, You got that,
Isaac asked Blair. She nodded with a

1948
02:51:05.079 --> 02:51:09.479
whimper. Isaac pushed on her shoulder, driving her to the floor. The

1949
02:51:09.520 --> 02:51:15.600
buttons beaped in sequence, and the
lock clanked free. Isaac ran his fingers

1950
02:51:15.639 --> 02:51:20.799
through her hair and giggled menacingly.
Blair eased the door open and pulled the

1951
02:51:20.879 --> 02:51:24.719
drawstring satchel from inside. Something in
the back of the safe got her attention.

1952
02:51:26.719 --> 02:51:30.600
Pass it up, Isaac growled.
Blair did as she was told,

1953
02:51:30.879 --> 02:51:35.319
staring into the safe until Isaac kicked
her hip. Blair fell over and crawled

1954
02:51:35.360 --> 02:51:39.760
away. When he started kicking her
feet, he waved for Patten and Masie

1955
02:51:39.799 --> 02:51:43.200
to move away from the door.
They helped Blair up and stepped closer to

1956
02:51:43.239 --> 02:51:48.360
the desk, rounding it. As
he backed to the doorway, he hefted

1957
02:51:48.399 --> 02:51:54.959
the bag three times and snorted Jesus
who brought the Nokia. Isaac twisted the

1958
02:51:54.040 --> 02:51:58.559
draw string around his fist. Don't
honestly give a shit if you believe me,

1959
02:51:58.639 --> 02:52:03.120
but I will call the sheriff that's
sweet of you, Macy growled.

1960
02:52:05.159 --> 02:52:07.879
For what it's worth, I hope
Patty doesn't brutally murder you before the cops

1961
02:52:07.920 --> 02:52:13.159
get here. With that, Isaac
stepped out of the office. They heard

1962
02:52:13.159 --> 02:52:16.280
his boots clamping across the lobby.
As he sprinted for the front door,

1963
02:52:16.920 --> 02:52:22.239
it banged hard against the side of
the building. Sarah screamed. Ranger barked,

1964
02:52:24.000 --> 02:52:28.760
then yelped. The others ran outside
to see what happened. Isaac was

1965
02:52:28.799 --> 02:52:33.639
almost to the van, already and
waving goodbye over his shoulder. Sarah stood

1966
02:52:33.719 --> 02:52:39.239
up and dusted her shorts off.
You okay, Blair asked, asshole pushed

1967
02:52:39.239 --> 02:52:43.319
me off the stairs, Sarah said. Ranger sneezed, spattering leaves with blood

1968
02:52:43.319 --> 02:52:48.760
from his snout. He snarled and
looked after Isaac, tensing for a chase.

1969
02:52:48.319 --> 02:52:52.760
Sarah tugged the dog's collar and wiped
the blood away. He kicked Ranger

1970
02:52:52.799 --> 02:52:58.280
in the face. She said.
She noticed the other women's confused glances.

1971
02:52:58.799 --> 02:53:03.559
Look bitches, even I of dogs. Okay, Macy almost smiled. Think

1972
02:53:03.559 --> 02:53:09.399
he'll call for help, no,
Blair said, matter of factly, the

1973
02:53:09.479 --> 02:53:13.319
SIM cards are still in the safe. We didn't take the SIM cards out,

1974
02:53:13.680 --> 02:53:18.360
Patton told her. Macy looked at
the device resting on the crunched roof

1975
02:53:18.440 --> 02:53:24.879
of the van, then over her
shoulder. At the lodge, they disabled

1976
02:53:24.920 --> 02:53:28.680
the cars but not the van.
Maybe they didn't have time, Sarah said,

1977
02:53:30.440 --> 02:53:33.559
But they had time to build a
trap over the only path the van

1978
02:53:33.639 --> 02:53:37.440
could take no way, Macy licked
her lips. With the cars at of

1979
02:53:37.440 --> 02:53:41.399
commission, we have to stick together. Someone would take the van to get

1980
02:53:41.399 --> 02:53:48.239
help, so they set a trap. They've planned this carefully. The line

1981
02:53:48.319 --> 02:53:50.920
was cut, so we'd have to
get the cell phones. It's another trap,

1982
02:53:52.239 --> 02:53:58.200
Patten said. Shit Roland's military training
included traps. He's been pestering me

1983
02:53:58.280 --> 02:54:03.680
for years to teach students how to
set snares and snake pits for survival.

1984
02:54:03.559 --> 02:54:09.239
Blair shot a glance to Sarah.
Roland was sneaking around the other night and

1985
02:54:09.319 --> 02:54:13.000
scared the hell out of Sarah.
In a camouflage jacket, Macy added,

1986
02:54:13.959 --> 02:54:18.920
that's what Isaac said the killer was
wearing. Why are the suspects obsessed with

1987
02:54:20.040 --> 02:54:24.719
me, Sarah whined, But why, Patten asked, Who gives a fuck?

1988
02:54:26.079 --> 02:54:28.680
Sarah asked, Blair has a plan. We just need to get back

1989
02:54:28.680 --> 02:54:33.479
to the cars. The car keys
were in the same bag as the phones.

1990
02:54:33.920 --> 02:54:39.360
Blair reminded her, Welcome to shit
city, population four and one dog.

1991
02:54:39.479 --> 02:54:43.559
The phones can't work without the sim
cards. Macy told them, what's

1992
02:54:43.600 --> 02:54:48.000
the next logical choice for us?
Take the road back to town, Sarah

1993
02:54:48.040 --> 02:54:54.479
suggested, So we don't do that. Patton pointed through the trees. The

1994
02:54:54.559 --> 02:54:58.799
lake narrows about three miles that way. It's a rough hike, but there's

1995
02:54:58.799 --> 02:55:03.680
a swing bridge that we can take
across to the Criswell estate. The Criswell

1996
02:55:03.719 --> 02:55:09.479
Place, Blair asked, nervously,
Why there, because it's supposed to be

1997
02:55:09.559 --> 02:55:15.360
abandoned. Patton replied, the work
crew came yesterday morning. None of us

1998
02:55:15.440 --> 02:55:18.520
knew about it until then, so
Roland couldn't have prepared for it. They

1999
02:55:18.559 --> 02:55:24.959
have cops guarding the prisoners. They'll
have radios and guns, fair point,

2000
02:55:24.159 --> 02:55:30.000
Blair said, but was clearly unsure
unless one of them is the murderer.

2001
02:55:30.680 --> 02:55:33.239
It could even be one of the
guards for all we know. We take

2002
02:55:33.280 --> 02:55:37.319
that chance, Patten said, turning
away from the sitters and heading into the

2003
02:55:37.319 --> 02:55:43.159
woods. Sarah pulled Ranger's collar and
guided him into the lodge. She scratched

2004
02:55:43.159 --> 02:55:48.959
behind his ears and whispered something before
shutting the door. What the hell are

2005
02:55:48.959 --> 02:55:54.120
you doing, Macy asked. Sarah
shrugged, it's going to be dangerous and

2006
02:55:54.120 --> 02:55:58.680
he already got hurt. Protecting me
seriously, Blair asked, fuck you both.

2007
02:56:00.079 --> 02:56:03.879
Behind these perfect tits is a heart
of pure fucking gold. Sarah shoved

2008
02:56:03.879 --> 02:56:09.040
Blair out of the way and followed
Patten. I really hate her, yeah,

2009
02:56:09.319 --> 02:56:13.200
Macy agreed. On the bright side, she looks like the kind of

2010
02:56:13.280 --> 02:56:18.959
chick that trips in a horror movie. Blair sputtered her lips. This is

2011
02:56:18.079 --> 02:56:31.120
a fucking horror movie. Chapter sixteen, Isaac watched Patten and the Sitters trek

2012
02:56:31.159 --> 02:56:37.319
away from the lodge. He crept
from his hiding spot, shaking his head.

2013
02:56:37.799 --> 02:56:41.479
Stupid girls should have stayed put until
the cops arrived. He really was

2014
02:56:41.559 --> 02:56:46.799
going to call them, just not
until he was gone. The fake ID

2015
02:56:46.040 --> 02:56:52.200
and stolen social Security card was enough
to fool Patent and his twenty dollars Internet

2016
02:56:52.239 --> 02:56:56.399
background check. The cops wouldn't fall
for it. They'd see the license number

2017
02:56:56.399 --> 02:57:03.079
didn't exist and one his fingerprints.
That couldn't happen. He wondered if they'd

2018
02:57:03.120 --> 02:57:07.760
dust the area and scowled. Maybe
he wouldn't call the cops after all.

2019
02:57:09.920 --> 02:57:13.600
Once he was sure the others were
far enough away, he moved back to

2020
02:57:13.680 --> 02:57:16.959
the van. There were a few
houses on the path back to the two

2021
02:57:18.000 --> 02:57:22.280
Pump Chump, but the hillbillies that
lived there were just as likely to shoot

2022
02:57:22.360 --> 02:57:28.399
him for trespassing. He really needed
a vehicle. He got on his hands

2023
02:57:28.399 --> 02:57:31.680
and knees to look under the hood. Oil trickled from the block into a

2024
02:57:31.719 --> 02:57:37.360
small pool. He cursed the luck
and stood back up. The van would

2025
02:57:37.399 --> 02:57:43.399
move, but not for very far. He continued his inspection to see if

2026
02:57:43.440 --> 02:57:48.280
the few miles warranted the effort to
free it from the trap. A quick

2027
02:57:48.280 --> 02:57:54.040
glance inside told him it wasn't.
The spikes had been spaced close enough to

2028
02:57:54.200 --> 02:57:58.559
ensure a kill. One passed through
a gap in the steering wheel and sheared

2029
02:57:58.559 --> 02:58:05.000
the ignition. Isaac poked his head
inside to count the other stakes and gage

2030
02:58:05.000 --> 02:58:09.159
the weight. He whistled at the
number of four foot long bars. There

2031
02:58:09.280 --> 02:58:13.280
was no way he'd lift the device, and he couldn't wedge himself between the

2032
02:58:13.319 --> 02:58:18.959
spikes to drive with it in place. He looked at Madison's dead body and

2033
02:58:18.120 --> 02:58:22.360
chuckled, shit, if you wanted
a poke. All you had to do

2034
02:58:22.479 --> 02:58:28.639
was ask. Isaac rubbed the studded
rebar shaft, where it exited her chin

2035
02:58:28.120 --> 02:58:33.040
and disappeared back into her chest.
He wondered how deep into her torso it

2036
02:58:33.079 --> 02:58:39.879
had gone. His blood slicked fingers
trailed down the bar and left streaks across

2037
02:58:39.879 --> 02:58:45.040
her staff shirt. He squeezed her
breasts and worked his tongue in the swollen

2038
02:58:45.079 --> 02:58:50.559
gap between his teeth with a moan. Then he noticed his gory fingerprints on

2039
02:58:50.680 --> 02:58:54.280
the white cotton. The police would
never believe he wasn't involved. Now,

2040
02:58:56.239 --> 02:59:00.879
then again, could they really blame
him for coppying a feel? Besides,

2041
02:59:00.959 --> 02:59:03.799
it's not like she told him he
couldn't touch her. You're a lot more

2042
02:59:03.840 --> 02:59:09.319
friendly now that you're dead, he
chuckled. Too bad. I gotta get

2043
02:59:09.360 --> 02:59:13.840
going. It might be fun trying
the new holes you got yourself. I

2044
02:59:13.920 --> 02:59:18.719
got a long walk. Unfortunately,
he felt the weight shift in the bag

2045
02:59:18.319 --> 02:59:24.879
and looked down at it suspiciously.
Then again, maybe I don't. Isaac

2046
02:59:24.879 --> 02:59:31.280
shook the bag and heard metal jingle
inside. They'd put the keys in the

2047
02:59:31.360 --> 02:59:35.520
bag too, probably all the other
stuff the girls weren't allowed to have.

2048
02:59:35.399 --> 02:59:39.520
That's why it was so heavy,
he let the bag drop to the ground

2049
02:59:39.760 --> 02:59:45.120
and knelt to inspect the contents.
He didn't need a whole bag of phones,

2050
02:59:45.159 --> 02:59:48.600
after all, he just needed one
and a set of keys. Maybe

2051
02:59:48.639 --> 02:59:52.799
one of them put in a pack
of smokes or some medical edibles. He

2052
02:59:52.879 --> 02:59:58.399
pulled the draw strings and stretched open
the bag greedily. A snake sprang like

2053
02:59:58.440 --> 03:00:03.600
Satan's jack in the box, fang
sank into Isaac's eyelid. Unlike its North

2054
03:00:03.639 --> 03:00:09.520
American cousin, the Bushmaster bit multiple
times in a single attack. It recoiled

2055
03:00:09.600 --> 03:00:13.959
enough to strike his cheek, then
his jaw, and left a final and

2056
03:00:15.120 --> 03:00:20.680
venomated kiss to the side of his
neck before coiling atop the satchel. Isaac

2057
03:00:20.760 --> 03:00:24.079
jerked a screwdriver from his tool belt
and swung for the snake, pinning its

2058
03:00:24.120 --> 03:00:30.000
thick body to the earth. The
viper struck again, driven by pain and

2059
03:00:30.079 --> 03:00:35.079
fury, in a flurry of attacks
to the maintenance man's arm. Isaac fell

2060
03:00:35.120 --> 03:00:39.879
backwards, crawling under the van to
get away from the writhing snake. The

2061
03:00:39.959 --> 03:00:45.440
skin ballooned with fluid around the bites, swelling in droopy sacks that stretched the

2062
03:00:45.520 --> 03:00:52.280
wounds open. Wider blood cascaded from
the holes. In his rapidly deteriorating vision,

2063
03:00:52.639 --> 03:00:56.239
he watched the snake twist until the
screwdriver came free of the soil and

2064
03:00:56.319 --> 03:01:01.920
it could move again. The emotionless
eyes settled on Isaac as he tried to

2065
03:01:03.000 --> 03:01:07.159
drag himself to the other side of
the vehicle. His head clanked against the

2066
03:01:07.200 --> 03:01:11.120
transmission in his rush to escape.
His face hit the ground, and his

2067
03:01:11.239 --> 03:01:18.000
muscles resisted his attempts to lift it. His abdomen tightened, drawing his body

2068
03:01:18.040 --> 03:01:22.840
into a fetal position. Isaac stretched
his hand from under the car, his

2069
03:01:22.879 --> 03:01:26.600
fingers curled into the dirt. He
just needed to pull himself a little further.

2070
03:01:28.399 --> 03:01:31.399
The snake shot forward, striking at
his legs and feet. Isaac could

2071
03:01:31.399 --> 03:01:37.559
feel the impacts against his leather boots, but the fangs didn't go through His

2072
03:01:37.639 --> 03:01:43.719
attacker wasn't satisfied. It moved higher. The fangs had no trouble piercing his

2073
03:01:43.799 --> 03:01:48.600
coveralls. He felt them sinking into
his knee, his thighs, his groin

2074
03:01:50.040 --> 03:01:54.200
as the viper took its revenge for
the stab wound. No matter how badly

2075
03:01:54.280 --> 03:02:00.559
he wanted to, Isaac couldn't move. The bush master took it as rubberness

2076
03:02:00.760 --> 03:02:07.159
and struck its prey one last time. Isaac's head lulled over. The swelling

2077
03:02:07.200 --> 03:02:13.200
from the initial bite ruptured his left
eye. Ocular fluids splattered the undercarriage of

2078
03:02:13.239 --> 03:02:18.959
the van noisily that seemed to satiate
the snake as it finally slithered away.

2079
03:02:20.120 --> 03:02:26.120
Isaac's remaining eye focused on the crimson
trail left by his ineffectual counter attack.

2080
03:02:26.600 --> 03:02:33.120
As the snake retreated into the wilderness, he returned his gaze to his outstretched

2081
03:02:33.120 --> 03:02:37.440
hand. His skin split from the
rapid swelling. He tried to move his

2082
03:02:37.440 --> 03:02:43.840
fingers, but nothing happened. A
hand closed around his, followed by another

2083
03:02:43.920 --> 03:02:48.559
gripping his wrist. His rescuer jerked
hard, inching him out from under the

2084
03:02:48.639 --> 03:02:54.120
vehicle. With each effort, Isaac
saw the boots, then the pants.

2085
03:02:54.120 --> 03:03:01.639
His eyes continued up the camo jacket. He sighed with sad acceptance. Of

2086
03:03:01.760 --> 03:03:07.239
course, it would be the killer
that found him. He glared at the

2087
03:03:07.319 --> 03:03:11.840
mask looking down on him, and
was suddenly thankful for the snake bites.

2088
03:03:11.479 --> 03:03:16.000
At least he couldn't scream as pathetically
as he wanted to. With his lungs

2089
03:03:16.040 --> 03:03:20.760
seizing up. The killer let go
of him. And reached for the edge

2090
03:03:20.760 --> 03:03:26.280
of the burlap mask. The gloved
hands rolled it up, revealing a glimpse

2091
03:03:26.280 --> 03:03:33.719
of flesh. Isaac saw the wrinkled, deformed scar tissue of the murderer's neck,

2092
03:03:33.600 --> 03:03:39.000
and then a matching jaw dotted with
islands of gray stubble between them.

2093
03:03:39.440 --> 03:03:46.680
He was about to see who was
behind it all, and then everything just

2094
03:03:46.799 --> 03:03:54.159
shut off. Patten hadn't been lying
about the difficulty of the hike. Blair

2095
03:03:54.280 --> 03:03:58.360
gripped a root and pulled herself up
another hill. Her arm burned with effort,

2096
03:03:58.399 --> 03:04:03.840
and she felt Macy's hand push her
from below. She rolled over the

2097
03:04:03.920 --> 03:04:09.559
lip, panting from effort. Macy
helped her back to her feet. We

2098
03:04:09.680 --> 03:04:13.760
have to keep going, she said
softly. We only have a few hours

2099
03:04:13.760 --> 03:04:18.840
of daylight left. Roland would be
pissed. Sarah mused, another emergency,

2100
03:04:20.040 --> 03:04:24.680
and we didn't remember to even grab
a goddamned water bottle. I'll try to

2101
03:04:24.680 --> 03:04:28.239
remember that next time a psycho was
murdering everyone around me, Blair said,

2102
03:04:30.159 --> 03:04:33.479
why is that? Sarah picked up
a rock and tossed it up and down

2103
03:04:33.520 --> 03:04:37.799
to get a feel for the weight. You're the most out of shape.

2104
03:04:37.159 --> 03:04:41.680
You'd be an easy kill. Why
pick off everyone else first? Maybe the

2105
03:04:41.760 --> 03:04:48.920
killer's a chubby chaser. Do you
douche with bitch juice? Macy stepped between

2106
03:04:48.959 --> 03:04:52.399
the snob and Blair. No,
just the tears of haters like you.

2107
03:04:54.079 --> 03:04:58.600
Sarah moved closer. We don't have
time for this, Patten said firmly,

2108
03:04:58.000 --> 03:05:03.360
despite trying to keep his voice low. The killer could be following us.

2109
03:05:03.840 --> 03:05:07.159
We need to move quickly. Yeah, we need to get to the creepy,

2110
03:05:07.239 --> 03:05:13.840
abandoned mansion where we'll all be safe. Sarah wheeled around. No one

2111
03:05:13.879 --> 03:05:18.959
has more motive than you do,
though. Patten's face reddened and he raised

2112
03:05:18.959 --> 03:05:24.200
a damning finger before he contained himself
and led it lower to his side.

2113
03:05:24.239 --> 03:05:28.799
He clenched his teeth and nodded,
you're right, he finally said. I

2114
03:05:28.840 --> 03:05:35.159
wanted to wrap my hands around Fiona
Birch's throat so badly. I wanted to

2115
03:05:35.200 --> 03:05:39.360
watch the fear in her eyes as
she suffocated the way my baby did.

2116
03:05:39.200 --> 03:05:43.959
She was so smitten over the attention
some boy was giving her that she let

2117
03:05:45.000 --> 03:05:50.479
my son die, and I hated
her for it for years. I killed

2118
03:05:50.520 --> 03:05:56.319
that poor girl over and over again
in my dreams. Macy shifted despite the

2119
03:05:56.360 --> 03:06:01.879
oppressive heat. She felt the chills
shake her. She'd made a stupid mistake

2120
03:06:01.959 --> 03:06:07.120
because of a boy, and she
committed her terrible crime. Every night tears

2121
03:06:07.159 --> 03:06:11.680
welled in her eyes, and she
tried rubbing them away while the others were

2122
03:06:11.719 --> 03:06:16.520
distracted. I was wrong, Patton
admitted. I had no right to blame

2123
03:06:16.559 --> 03:06:22.559
her. That night ruined her life
too, and all I thought about was

2124
03:06:22.600 --> 03:06:28.360
myself. My Madison hated babysitters for
what that one girl let happen. I

2125
03:06:28.479 --> 03:06:33.159
started the camp as much to show
her the error of that hate as I

2126
03:06:33.200 --> 03:06:35.959
did to keep other sitters from carrying
the guilt of a dead child with them.

2127
03:06:37.719 --> 03:06:41.840
Everyone seems to have a reason,
Blair said, But most of them

2128
03:06:41.879 --> 03:06:48.879
are dead. That only leaves you
and Roland or Damon. Sarah said,

2129
03:06:48.639 --> 03:06:54.680
what about him, Macy asked.
He said he recognized Isaac and that it

2130
03:06:54.760 --> 03:06:58.600
wasn't his real name. Sarah sat
down. I didn't think it meant anything

2131
03:06:58.639 --> 03:07:03.920
at first. First Isaac was a
fucking creep, But Damon's a convict.

2132
03:07:05.159 --> 03:07:09.360
They knew each other from prison,
Patten said, putting it together, his

2133
03:07:09.479 --> 03:07:13.520
fingers tapped the clip of his pocket
knife. One of the workers is a

2134
03:07:13.600 --> 03:07:16.479
murderer, but the sheriff said that
wouldn't be an issue. How could that

2135
03:07:16.559 --> 03:07:22.079
not be an issue, Sarah asked, because he killed his girlfriend and her

2136
03:07:22.159 --> 03:07:26.799
lover. It was a crime of
passion, not malice. Blair shuffled her

2137
03:07:26.799 --> 03:07:31.799
feet, remembering what Damon said at
the campfire. He'd seemed relieved by the

2138
03:07:31.799 --> 03:07:37.959
revelation. Ajax Criswell might not have
been some demented psycho. Maybe he admired

2139
03:07:37.040 --> 03:07:43.040
him or felt some connection to him, and you didn't think that was worth

2140
03:07:43.120 --> 03:07:48.399
mentioning, Macy said, much more
fiercely than she intended. He killed a

2141
03:07:48.440 --> 03:07:52.920
woman because he felt slighted. I
didn't think it would be an issue.

2142
03:07:52.280 --> 03:07:58.399
Patten shrugged. He said they were
under guard, the same guards we're hoping

2143
03:07:58.479 --> 03:08:03.399
will protect us. Lair sputtered her
lips. I'll protect myself, Sarah said.

2144
03:08:05.239 --> 03:08:09.120
Sarah stripped off her T shirt,
revealing a tank top meant for appearances

2145
03:08:09.159 --> 03:08:13.639
instead of utility. She set the
rock on the shirt and wrapped it up,

2146
03:08:15.079 --> 03:08:18.879
tying knots to keep it in place. She twirled the makeshift flail overhead

2147
03:08:20.159 --> 03:08:24.079
to ensure the rock would stay in
place. We don't even need the police

2148
03:08:24.120 --> 03:08:30.760
now, Macy said. The princess
has a rock. Keep talking shit and

2149
03:08:30.799 --> 03:08:35.879
I'll show you how it works.
Sarah shouted, why don't you make my

2150
03:08:35.239 --> 03:08:41.239
day, cunt Eastwood. Macy spread
her arms wide. This crazy motherfucker has

2151
03:08:41.319 --> 03:08:45.639
killed everyone. You want to hit
him with a rock? Then what?

2152
03:08:46.360 --> 03:08:50.040
There's no atm out here. Daddy's
money can't save you when you screw up.

2153
03:08:50.799 --> 03:08:56.799
Sarah cocked her armback, preparing to
bash Macy's face in enough of this

2154
03:08:56.959 --> 03:09:03.040
shit, Sarah's right, Blair pushed
them both in turn. I actually fucking

2155
03:09:03.120 --> 03:09:07.559
hate saying it, but she is. We need weapons because Patten's right too.

2156
03:09:09.159 --> 03:09:13.760
The killer might be right behind us. Macy hung her head. Sorry,

2157
03:09:15.760 --> 03:09:20.559
Sarah let her arm relax and took
a deep breath. I forgive you.

2158
03:09:20.280 --> 03:09:26.280
I wasn't apologizing to you, Macy
said. She huffed. Fuck sure

2159
03:09:26.719 --> 03:09:33.520
that too. Patten's knife clicked open. The sitters turned nervously toward him.

2160
03:09:33.159 --> 03:09:39.079
The camp leader bent and picked up
a stick. A few quick chops gave

2161
03:09:39.120 --> 03:09:43.239
it a point, and he tossed
it to Blair. He spun the knife

2162
03:09:43.280 --> 03:09:48.360
on his palm so the handle faced
Maslin. Until you're sure it isn't me,

2163
03:09:48.040 --> 03:09:52.040
someone else should take the knife,
he said, And then you're all

2164
03:09:52.200 --> 03:09:58.600
armed, and I'm not. He
started back onto the path. The others

2165
03:09:58.639 --> 03:10:03.399
followed, feeling their hope restored by
their primitive weapons. It took another ten

2166
03:10:03.479 --> 03:10:09.239
minutes of hiking before they saw the
swing bridge between a gap and the trees.

2167
03:10:09.239 --> 03:10:16.600
The narrow structure stretched over Serenity Lake. Spiderwebs shimmered between its rusted cables

2168
03:10:16.840 --> 03:10:20.600
that squeaked as it rocked in the
summer breeze. Blair took a tentative step

2169
03:10:20.680 --> 03:10:26.040
onto the neglected boards, expecting their
luck to hold its path and to fall

2170
03:10:26.079 --> 03:10:31.920
straight through. She didn't. We
get across the bridge, Patten said,

2171
03:10:33.520 --> 03:10:37.239
then we're almost home free. He
pointed through the trees at a tiny glint

2172
03:10:37.239 --> 03:10:41.639
of light far on the other side
of the lake. We have to go

2173
03:10:41.799 --> 03:10:48.319
that far, Sarah blanched. No, No, that's the fire watch tower,

2174
03:10:48.639 --> 03:10:52.559
Patten said, there's a deputy there. Once we get to the estate,

2175
03:10:52.600 --> 03:10:54.680
we can radio the sheriff and that
deputy will come straight to us.

2176
03:10:56.120 --> 03:10:58.040
It shouldn't take him more than fifteen
minutes to come and pick us up.

2177
03:11:00.159 --> 03:11:03.440
Let's go already, Sarah smacked Blair
on the ass. Move it Velma.

2178
03:11:05.200 --> 03:11:09.639
Blair took a few more hesitant steps
before gaining the confidence to speed up.

2179
03:11:11.120 --> 03:11:15.760
Sarah was right behind her, with
Patten and Macie following. The bridge swayed

2180
03:11:15.840 --> 03:11:20.680
and sagged as the group reached the
middle. It's okay, We're almost there,

2181
03:11:20.120 --> 03:11:26.639
Patten reassured them. A little quicker
would be nice Blair. Blair mumbled

2182
03:11:26.680 --> 03:11:31.479
something and focused on the other side
of the lake. She made herself move

2183
03:11:31.600 --> 03:11:35.399
faster, despite the gnawing in her
gut. Against it, she could feel

2184
03:11:35.440 --> 03:11:41.239
something bad looming over her. No
one goes to the Criswell estate anymore,

2185
03:11:41.600 --> 03:11:46.000
Patten called out to her. The
trail's been overgrown for years. You'll take

2186
03:11:46.000 --> 03:11:50.360
a right through the heavy scrub and
should find the old dirt road shortly beyond.

2187
03:11:52.159 --> 03:11:54.879
Blair tripped where the bridge met the
dirt, but she caught herself on

2188
03:11:54.920 --> 03:12:00.639
the rail and let out the breath
she didn't know she was holding. She

2189
03:12:00.799 --> 03:12:05.280
turned and laughed. She hadn't known
she'd been running either. The others were

2190
03:12:05.360 --> 03:12:09.879
lagging behind, and she waved for
them to catch up before heading into the

2191
03:12:09.879 --> 03:12:13.639
brush. She pushed the heavy tangle
of branches aside as much as possible,

2192
03:12:15.079 --> 03:12:20.719
but there were plenty still scratching at
her exposed legs. Hey, I can

2193
03:12:20.760 --> 03:12:26.079
see the road. Blair forced herself
through the tangle in excitement. The snap

2194
03:12:26.120 --> 03:12:33.719
of the spring trap echoed across the
lake. The only thing scarier than that

2195
03:12:33.399 --> 03:12:41.760
is not being subscribed weakly. Spooky
will be right back, Chapter seventeen.

2196
03:12:46.840 --> 03:12:52.799
It's not as bad as it looks
Macy lied, Is it as bad as

2197
03:12:52.840 --> 03:12:58.319
it feels? Blair moaned, Yeah, it's definitely as bad as it feels.

2198
03:12:58.000 --> 03:13:03.319
She admitted. It wasn't one of
the big Hollywood bear traps. Blair

2199
03:13:03.399 --> 03:13:07.000
never would have been able to set
off the trigger on one of those.

2200
03:13:07.760 --> 03:13:11.760
The device was an off the shelf
coyote trap, though its jaws had been

2201
03:13:11.799 --> 03:13:18.079
modified with a saw blade welded on
both sides with precision. Blood squished through

2202
03:13:18.120 --> 03:13:22.520
Blair's canvas tennis shoe, where the
blades sank deep into her foot, just

2203
03:13:22.600 --> 03:13:28.399
below her ankle. Macy inspected the
wound first, then the high tension springs

2204
03:13:28.440 --> 03:13:33.840
that held the jaws firm. Each
time Blair squirmed, the coils tightened the

2205
03:13:33.959 --> 03:13:39.399
jaws on their prey. Get it
off me, Blair whimpered, forcing herself

2206
03:13:39.399 --> 03:13:45.319
to hold still. Sarah, I
need your help. Macy moved Blair's leg

2207
03:13:45.399 --> 03:13:50.399
to a more comfortable position. Sarah
kept her eyes trained on Patten as she

2208
03:13:50.479 --> 03:13:54.920
backed away and knelt next to Blair. She felt the slick steel trap and

2209
03:13:56.000 --> 03:14:00.319
looked for a place to grip it, but found nothing. She grabbed to

2210
03:14:00.319 --> 03:14:05.520
stick and set it in the gap
between Blair's heel no, Macy shouted.

2211
03:14:05.239 --> 03:14:09.879
Sarah ignored her and leaned back.
Blair screamed as the springs fought against the

2212
03:14:09.879 --> 03:14:16.920
effort. The stick snapped and the
trap bit deeper. Blair fell backwards,

2213
03:14:16.280 --> 03:14:22.920
sobbing. Sarah's mouth moved in a
dozen different attempted words and some panicked shushing

2214
03:14:22.959 --> 03:14:28.520
noises. If you pull one side
the opposite titans, Macy explained, we

2215
03:14:28.639 --> 03:14:33.840
have to pull both sides at the
same time. Macy pulled a rock from

2216
03:14:33.879 --> 03:14:37.399
the mud and set it next to
the trap, before cutting away the bottom

2217
03:14:37.440 --> 03:14:43.120
of her shirt with Patten's knife.
She split the fabric and passed half to

2218
03:14:43.239 --> 03:14:46.319
Sarah. The teeth are small,
so we should be able to grab them

2219
03:14:46.360 --> 03:14:52.959
without getting cut. And if you
lose your grip, Sarah asked, then

2220
03:14:52.000 --> 03:14:56.479
you'd better find a hands free vibrator. Macy slid the rock to Sarah.

2221
03:14:58.079 --> 03:15:03.520
Wrap your fingers the most. Sarah
followed instructions for once Patten circled them like

2222
03:15:03.559 --> 03:15:09.479
a vulture. His eyes darted nervously
from Blair's predicament to the surrounding forest.

2223
03:15:11.239 --> 03:15:16.959
Sarah watched him until Macy snapped her
fingers and got her attention. When I

2224
03:15:16.000 --> 03:15:20.000
say, now, you pull your
foot straight up, Blair, she said,

2225
03:15:20.520 --> 03:15:24.239
Sarah. As soon as her foot
is clear, drop the rock into

2226
03:15:24.319 --> 03:15:28.840
the hinge. It'll close fast and
tight, and we should still have enough

2227
03:15:28.840 --> 03:15:35.920
gap to keep our fingers. You
keep saying should, and I really fucking

2228
03:15:35.959 --> 03:15:39.399
hate it, Sarah said. She
blew out a sharp breath. If it

2229
03:15:39.440 --> 03:15:43.879
closes on our fingers, it won't
leave enough space to do this again,

2230
03:15:43.959 --> 03:15:48.879
will it. Macy's face answered the
question for her. Is there another way?

2231
03:15:50.639 --> 03:15:54.799
Sarah asked. We're not leaving her, So this is the plan,

2232
03:15:54.239 --> 03:16:01.000
Macy said, sternly. Pull Princess. The two babysitters drew back on their

2233
03:16:01.040 --> 03:16:05.920
sides. Macie pulled first, putting
tension on Sarah's side and drawing a squeal

2234
03:16:05.000 --> 03:16:11.079
from Blair. Sarah countered quickly,
and the jaws eased away from Blair's and

2235
03:16:11.159 --> 03:16:16.559
snared foot. Their arms strained against
the resistance and the fine teeth of the

2236
03:16:16.639 --> 03:16:20.399
saw blades drew blood from the makeshift
protection of the cloth around their hands.

2237
03:16:22.000 --> 03:16:26.040
Sarah chewed her lip. The growing
pain in her fingers was evident on her

2238
03:16:26.040 --> 03:16:30.799
face. Sweat broke out across her
brow. Macie took a deep breath and

2239
03:16:30.840 --> 03:16:35.200
scooted her body closer to the trap. She wriggled her toes between the jaws

2240
03:16:35.200 --> 03:16:39.399
to push Sarah's side. Now,
she grunted. Blair, lifted her foot

2241
03:16:39.520 --> 03:16:45.159
and rolled free, kicking Sarah's arm
away in the process. Sarah's side tried

2242
03:16:45.159 --> 03:16:50.399
to close. She snatched the rock
and slotted it into the hinge. Maceye

2243
03:16:50.440 --> 03:16:54.799
pulled her shoe away. With a
scrape of steel against canvas. The trap

2244
03:16:54.879 --> 03:17:01.559
clanked shut on the stone. Sarah
and Maceie exchanged glances and eased their fingers

2245
03:17:01.600 --> 03:17:05.840
away. The pieces of shirt stayed
behind, hanging from the teeth, as

2246
03:17:05.879 --> 03:17:11.239
grim evidence of how close they'd come
to losing the digits. Are you fucking

2247
03:17:11.399 --> 03:17:16.639
kidding me, Sarah shouted. She
rubbed the blood on her shorts to inspect

2248
03:17:16.639 --> 03:17:20.559
her own wounds, while Macy crawled
to Blair and checked on her foot.

2249
03:17:20.239 --> 03:17:24.120
Patten took off his vest and dropped
it next to them. He unbuttoned his

2250
03:17:24.159 --> 03:17:28.879
shirt. You need to make a
dressing for that wound, he said,

2251
03:17:28.479 --> 03:17:33.239
how bad. Blair sobbed. You're
not going to be running, he told

2252
03:17:33.239 --> 03:17:39.760
her grimly. Patten passed Macie's shirt
and she set to cutting it into bandages.

2253
03:17:39.440 --> 03:17:43.239
He collected his vest and slipped it
over his sweat stained T shirt.

2254
03:17:43.920 --> 03:17:50.159
Sarah grabbed her flail from the ground
and pointed an accusatory finger at the trap.

2255
03:17:50.079 --> 03:17:54.239
You told us to go this way. She cocked back the weapon and

2256
03:17:54.399 --> 03:18:00.079
circled around him. You said it
yourself. No one knew about the work,

2257
03:18:01.000 --> 03:18:05.120
no one knew we'd go there for
help. There's no reason anyone would

2258
03:18:05.159 --> 03:18:11.159
expect us to take that stupid fucking
bridge. Macy slipped Blair's shoe off and

2259
03:18:11.239 --> 03:18:16.200
focused on dressing the wound, but
kept the knife close. Sarah had a

2260
03:18:16.239 --> 03:18:20.559
point. Blair leaned her head back
to see Patten's response. He held his

2261
03:18:20.639 --> 03:18:26.559
hands up defensively and took a step
towards Sarah. The rock whizzed past his

2262
03:18:26.680 --> 03:18:30.719
face, stopping him in his tracks. Fuck that, fuck you, and

2263
03:18:30.840 --> 03:18:33.840
fuck this. Sarah looked at the
others. He's behind all of it.

2264
03:18:35.159 --> 03:18:37.639
You heard him arguing with Madison earlier. He told her to take the van.

2265
03:18:39.079 --> 03:18:43.479
He set her up because she'd figured
it out. You're scared, Sarah,

2266
03:18:43.920 --> 03:18:48.200
Patten said, gently, and you're
not. Sarah took another failed swing

2267
03:18:48.239 --> 03:18:52.040
at him. You've been calm as
a fucking koala since we left camp.

2268
03:18:52.719 --> 03:18:58.639
We're playing right into his hands.
Blair, you read that true crime shit.

2269
03:18:58.920 --> 03:19:03.200
You know I'm right, I understand, Patten said, of course,

2270
03:19:03.799 --> 03:19:07.719
I'm scared. I can't let that
stop me from doing everything I need to

2271
03:19:07.719 --> 03:19:13.200
do. I want to help you. I don't want anyone else getting hurt.

2272
03:19:13.159 --> 03:19:18.799
Why not did you already kill the
ones you were after? Sarah saw

2273
03:19:18.920 --> 03:19:22.280
Macy and Blair weren't moving. You
two stay if you want. I'm not

2274
03:19:22.319 --> 03:19:28.680
walking anywhere with this lunatic. Sarah
ran past Patten straight to the forgotten road

2275
03:19:30.159 --> 03:19:35.239
that led to Ajax Quswell's murder house. The others watched her escape. Macy

2276
03:19:35.319 --> 03:19:41.000
looked at Blair's hobbled leg. If
Sarah was right, there was no way

2277
03:19:41.079 --> 03:19:46.239
they'd be able to get away from
Patten. Then the blonde slipped, her

2278
03:19:46.319 --> 03:19:50.040
legs, shot out into the air, and she crashed to the ground in

2279
03:19:50.120 --> 03:19:54.559
a folded heap. Told you she's
the bitch that trips in horror. Movies,

2280
03:19:54.040 --> 03:20:00.959
Macy said. Blair smirked, might
have considered laughing even but Macy pulled

2281
03:20:00.959 --> 03:20:05.840
the dressing tight while she was distracted. Blair howled in agony, only to

2282
03:20:05.879 --> 03:20:11.559
be rivaled by a sudden scream from
Sarah. Patten and Macy helped Blair up

2283
03:20:11.840 --> 03:20:16.719
and made the best progress they could
to aid Sarah. She scooted backwards,

2284
03:20:16.799 --> 03:20:20.760
keeping her eyes on the trees in
front of her. Macey gasped when she

2285
03:20:20.879 --> 03:20:26.239
saw it. Patten let go of
Blair and rushed forward. The sudden shift

2286
03:20:26.239 --> 03:20:31.600
in her weight made Blair WinCE,
but through the tears, she saw what

2287
03:20:31.680 --> 03:20:37.600
he was going for and gagged.
Sarah clamored to her feet and joined Macy.

2288
03:20:39.159 --> 03:20:43.280
She pulled Blair's arm over her shoulders
without taking her eyes off the morbid

2289
03:20:43.280 --> 03:20:50.920
attraction. Roland Jones hung from the
trunk of a large willow. The weeping

2290
03:20:50.360 --> 03:20:56.000
leafy tendrils worked with his camo jacket
to hide his body from prying eyes.

2291
03:20:56.799 --> 03:21:01.000
A board was nailed to the fork
in the trunk to hold the instructor in

2292
03:21:01.079 --> 03:21:07.360
place. Wooden stakes stuck through his
arms and chest. Blood pulled at his

2293
03:21:07.399 --> 03:21:11.319
feet and ran onto the road,
where it collected in the rut. Sarah

2294
03:21:11.319 --> 03:21:18.639
slipped in. Roland moved his head
weakly. He stared at Patten and moved

2295
03:21:18.680 --> 03:21:24.920
his pale lips, but nothing came
out. Patten gripped Roland's belt and tried

2296
03:21:24.920 --> 03:21:28.479
to lift him off the spikes.
Despite what should have been excruciating pain,

2297
03:21:30.360 --> 03:21:35.399
Roland only moaned quietly. I need
more leverage, Patten said, Push up

2298
03:21:35.399 --> 03:21:39.840
on his legs. The sitters all
looked at one another. Sarah shook her

2299
03:21:39.879 --> 03:21:46.319
head. Blair matched her, then
sighed and nodded. Set her down.

2300
03:21:46.680 --> 03:21:52.799
Macy told Sarah. They eased Blair
to the ground and went to help Patten.

2301
03:21:52.360 --> 03:21:56.799
They lifted the impaled instructor by his
legs. Macy arched her back,

2302
03:21:58.079 --> 03:22:01.840
struggling against the dead weight of Roland's
powerful build. She gritted her teeth,

2303
03:22:01.920 --> 03:22:07.840
tilting her head away as blood cascaded
down his body. Something glinted between the

2304
03:22:07.840 --> 03:22:13.920
branches in the last rays of sunlight. Roland inched forward, sliding off the

2305
03:22:13.959 --> 03:22:20.840
stakes. Patten wrapped his arms around
the man's waist and pulled him free.

2306
03:22:20.840 --> 03:22:26.200
One of the steaks slurped from Roland's
back and whizzed into the air, snapping

2307
03:22:26.239 --> 03:22:31.639
branches noisily. The cordage free of
Roland's weight. Unwound, the opposite end

2308
03:22:31.680 --> 03:22:37.799
of the hidden arms swung down and
the axe head struck Patten's face. Blood

2309
03:22:37.879 --> 03:22:43.440
spurted across the terrified expressions of Sarah
and Macy. The sitters fell away,

2310
03:22:43.760 --> 03:22:48.200
landing on their butts. Roland collapsed
on top of Patten, pulling him from

2311
03:22:48.239 --> 03:22:54.159
the edge of the axe. Macy
rolled Roland over and checked for a pulse

2312
03:22:54.799 --> 03:23:00.319
that wasn't there. The trigger steak
had been in his heart, pulling off

2313
03:23:00.360 --> 03:23:03.520
of it, pulled the stopper from
the wound, and he finished bleeding out

2314
03:23:03.799 --> 03:23:09.159
in seconds. The axe toppled from
its bonds and clanked against the tree roots.

2315
03:23:11.360 --> 03:23:15.319
I guess it wasn't him after all, Sarah said, just above a

2316
03:23:15.360 --> 03:23:20.200
whisper. And we're all out of
suspects now, Macy said, rummaging through

2317
03:23:20.239 --> 03:23:26.920
Patten's vest pockets. No more running
off, Sarah. We stick together,

2318
03:23:26.239 --> 03:23:31.319
no matter what a bit you are. What are we doing? Blair sniffled.

2319
03:23:31.719 --> 03:23:35.079
The car keys were in the bag, Isaac took, but yes,

2320
03:23:35.879 --> 03:23:39.840
Macy held up the twins spare key. If there's no help at the end

2321
03:23:39.840 --> 03:23:45.799
of this road, we need a
backup plan. Back the way we came,

2322
03:23:46.399 --> 03:23:50.559
Sarah scoffed. We know where it's
safe to walk now. Macy shoved

2323
03:23:50.559 --> 03:23:54.879
the key into her pocket. It's
a long trip, but we may not

2324
03:23:54.000 --> 03:23:58.959
have another option. Whoever's doing this
set traps out here because they knew we'd

2325
03:24:00.120 --> 03:24:03.399
come this way. The house may
not be safe if nothing else, I'll

2326
03:24:03.399 --> 03:24:07.040
stay with Blair and you can go
get the car. You're faster anyway.

2327
03:24:09.200 --> 03:24:13.319
I don't know how to change a
fucking tire, she whined. My daddy

2328
03:24:13.360 --> 03:24:18.159
pays people to do that kind of
stuff. You leave me and you both

2329
03:24:18.200 --> 03:24:22.120
go, Blair said, it'll be
dark by the time we get there.

2330
03:24:22.159 --> 03:24:26.319
Because of me, two have a
better chance of making it bullshit, Macy

2331
03:24:26.440 --> 03:24:31.319
said, besides, it's just a
contingency. We might be perfectly safe once

2332
03:24:31.360 --> 03:24:35.879
we get to the estate. Yeah, of course we will. Sarah reached

2333
03:24:35.920 --> 03:24:39.239
down for Blair's hand. It'll be
fine as soon as we get there,

2334
03:24:41.200 --> 03:24:46.040
definitely, Macy agreed, as she
helped hoist Blair up right. Blair said,

2335
03:24:46.079 --> 03:24:50.520
with a sad smile, we'll all
be perfectly safe in the haunted house

2336
03:24:50.600 --> 03:24:56.360
full of deranged convicts. Fucking had
to say it like that, didn't you,

2337
03:24:56.000 --> 03:25:03.200
Sarah griped, as they started walking
again. The Criswell Mansion was a

2338
03:25:03.319 --> 03:25:09.719
rare octagon house originally built in the
eighteen sixties. Ajex had spent a considerable

2339
03:25:09.760 --> 03:25:16.479
sum keeping the home updated and expanding
upon it before his murder spree and subsequent

2340
03:25:16.520 --> 03:25:20.879
demise. The three story homes stood
in the center of a small clearing like

2341
03:25:20.920 --> 03:25:26.280
a bullseye, inside the ring of
the surrounding forest. A trio of industrial

2342
03:25:26.319 --> 03:25:31.040
grade ride on mowers were parked next
to the home. Stacks of lumber and

2343
03:25:31.120 --> 03:25:37.319
building materials occupied various spots on the
lawn. A rolling dumpster was stationed below

2344
03:25:37.360 --> 03:25:43.360
a third floor balcony, with a
debris poking out of it perilously. The

2345
03:25:43.440 --> 03:25:48.959
shingles and patches of siding were missing, awaiting a much needed update before the

2346
03:25:48.000 --> 03:25:54.760
next round of summer storms and Arkansas
Department of Corrections Van sat on the opposite

2347
03:25:54.760 --> 03:26:00.440
side of the dilapidated house. What
a shithole, Sarah grumbled. This is

2348
03:26:00.520 --> 03:26:05.440
hardly a mansion. Maybe we got
the wrong place. Macy groaned. We'll

2349
03:26:05.520 --> 03:26:09.600
just keep walking through the dark forest
until we find you a proper mansion.

2350
03:26:11.559 --> 03:26:16.239
I'm just saying my condo in Branson
is much larger. Sarah side. You

2351
03:26:16.360 --> 03:26:22.200
two can come and stay there when
this is over. Aw, Blair squeaked,

2352
03:26:22.680 --> 03:26:26.840
you forgot to be a bitch for
a second. The trio inched across

2353
03:26:26.879 --> 03:26:30.639
the lawn and up the short set
of steps to the porch. The front

2354
03:26:30.639 --> 03:26:35.879
door was open, oozing the smell
of burning coffee through the gap. They

2355
03:26:35.920 --> 03:26:39.360
found the coffee pot and Macy touched
the side of the urn and then flipped

2356
03:26:39.360 --> 03:26:45.559
the toggle switch back and forth.
Her shoes peeled away from the sticky floorboards.

2357
03:26:46.239 --> 03:26:50.559
She eased Blair into the chair next
to the table and knelt to inspect

2358
03:26:50.600 --> 03:26:56.319
the substance. Coffee's on. That
means there's power, Sarah said. Who

2359
03:26:56.399 --> 03:27:00.440
wants to stumble around in the dark
for a light switch? I think that's

2360
03:27:00.440 --> 03:27:03.879
a bad idea. Macy held her
fingers up to her nose and sniffed the

2361
03:27:03.920 --> 03:27:09.479
black brown stains. Why, Blair
asked. The pot is still hot,

2362
03:27:09.920 --> 03:27:16.959
but the switch isn't working. Someone
cut the power recently. Macy held up

2363
03:27:16.959 --> 03:27:22.399
her fingers, and this is blood. You jinxed us, Sarah told Blair.

2364
03:27:24.040 --> 03:27:28.239
Macy retrieved an oblong object from under
the table and found a button.

2365
03:27:28.000 --> 03:27:33.479
Light assaulted her eyes from the length
of the plastic body. She stood up

2366
03:27:33.680 --> 03:27:37.719
and looked over the tabletop, collecting
a zippo and stuffing it into her pocket.

2367
03:27:37.280 --> 03:27:41.559
Okay, we have two options,
she said, both of them probably

2368
03:27:41.680 --> 03:27:46.959
ending in certain death. Sarah added, we need to check the van outside

2369
03:27:48.319 --> 03:27:50.959
see if we can leave, or
radio for help. Macy tilted the light

2370
03:27:52.079 --> 03:27:56.760
towards the stairs. Or we checked
the house for help first. The coffee's

2371
03:27:56.799 --> 03:28:01.840
burnt. Someone would have turned it
off if they were still alive. Sarah's

2372
03:28:01.879 --> 03:28:07.040
shoe tore away from the congealed blood
with the sound of velcrow. There's no

2373
03:28:07.120 --> 03:28:11.959
point looking. Leave me the light, Blair said, I'll wait here and

2374
03:28:11.040 --> 03:28:16.680
scream if I see anyone, and
probably if I don't, you too,

2375
03:28:16.719 --> 03:28:18.719
go check the van. It might
be another trap, though, so be

2376
03:28:18.840 --> 03:28:24.559
careful. Macy passed her the worklight. Then she handed her the knife.

2377
03:28:24.159 --> 03:28:28.920
We'll be fast. Macy and Sarah
didn't bother, being quiet, They ran

2378
03:28:30.000 --> 03:28:33.799
for the door and rounded the corner
of the house to the van. Sarah

2379
03:28:33.840 --> 03:28:39.159
circled the vehicle, looking for traps
or signs of sabotage. Macy inspected the

2380
03:28:39.200 --> 03:28:43.879
door handle for triggers. Sarah finished
her round and shrugged. Looks okay to

2381
03:28:43.920 --> 03:28:48.920
me, she said, no flats
or anything. It's gotta be a trap,

2382
03:28:50.000 --> 03:28:54.600
right, Let's find out. Macy
depressed the button and flinched at the

2383
03:28:54.639 --> 03:29:00.920
click of the door unlatching. She
eased it open and slipped into the driver's

2384
03:29:00.959 --> 03:29:07.000
seat. The keys hung suspiciously from
the ignition. She looked at Sarah and

2385
03:29:07.159 --> 03:29:11.479
reached for them. What if it's
a bomb, the snob asked, At

2386
03:29:11.600 --> 03:29:16.879
least it'll be quick. Macy thought
about telling her to go away just in

2387
03:29:16.959 --> 03:29:20.280
case, but it didn't seem right. If he had a bomb, he

2388
03:29:20.360 --> 03:29:24.239
could have just rigged the lodge and
killed us all at once. The sick

2389
03:29:24.280 --> 03:29:30.520
bastard wants to draw it out.
She turned the key, nothing happened.

2390
03:29:31.159 --> 03:29:35.600
She tried again for the same result, before reaching under the steering column and

2391
03:29:35.639 --> 03:29:39.319
pulling the hood release. She walked
around the front and pointed at the ajar

2392
03:29:39.440 --> 03:29:46.079
door. Sarah threw her hands into
the air. No, I opened the

2393
03:29:46.079 --> 03:29:50.520
door, Macy said, it's your
turn, bitch. Sarah scoffed. Before

2394
03:29:50.600 --> 03:29:56.079
lifting the hood. He took the
battery. Macy looked around, spotting the

2395
03:29:56.079 --> 03:30:01.040
well house in the middle of the
clearing over there. What you think he

2396
03:30:01.200 --> 03:30:05.840
left it where we could find it? No, but there might be a

2397
03:30:05.840 --> 03:30:07.879
pump or a generator we can use
to get enough juice to call on the

2398
03:30:09.000 --> 03:30:15.360
radio. At least, what about
the lawnmowers, Sarah suggested, too obvious.

2399
03:30:15.959 --> 03:30:18.360
He might have forgotten about one out
there, though She jerked a thumb

2400
03:30:18.399 --> 03:30:22.399
towards the house. They need running
water for the crew. They would have

2401
03:30:22.440 --> 03:30:26.239
fixed the well first. The killer
didn't know anyone would be here. It

2402
03:30:26.360 --> 03:30:31.799
makes sense they'd assume anything in the
well house was ancient. Yeah, I

2403
03:30:31.840 --> 03:30:35.760
guess. They made their way to
the shed. The convicts had mowed the

2404
03:30:35.799 --> 03:30:41.959
clearing, but hadn't bothered weed eating
yet. The waist high grass was the

2405
03:30:41.000 --> 03:30:46.719
perfect spot for another trap. They
checked it as quickly as they could,

2406
03:30:46.079 --> 03:30:52.760
both casting nervous glances back to the
glow of Blair's light. Panning around inside

2407
03:30:52.760 --> 03:30:56.959
the mansion, Macy pushed the door
open and kept her head low in case

2408
03:30:58.000 --> 03:31:03.760
something swung down. He took out
the lighter and hesitantly struck it, afraid

2409
03:31:03.760 --> 03:31:07.879
of what was awaiting in the darkness. I don't see any batteries, Sarah

2410
03:31:07.920 --> 03:31:13.920
whispered, Let's try the stupid mowers. In the flickering light, Macy examined

2411
03:31:13.959 --> 03:31:18.959
the rickety shelving and grabbed a plastic
can. She tossed it to Sarah,

2412
03:31:20.079 --> 03:31:26.639
who moved closer to her to read
the label. What's pot perm potassium permanganate,

2413
03:31:28.120 --> 03:31:31.639
Macy answered. Macy found two jars, one smaller than the other,

2414
03:31:31.760 --> 03:31:37.120
containing various nuts, bolts, and
other hardware. She dumped them out.

2415
03:31:37.920 --> 03:31:43.719
Wanna throw me a clue, Mace. He wanted us here. That means

2416
03:31:43.719 --> 03:31:48.000
he's coming to get us. Macy
took the can from Sarah and poured the

2417
03:31:48.040 --> 03:31:52.760
powder into the larger jar, before
clipping the hinged lid back in place and

2418
03:31:52.799 --> 03:31:56.479
securing it to her belt loop.
Like Patten said, babysitters don't have the

2419
03:31:56.559 --> 03:32:01.840
luxury of reacting to bad things.
We've got to get proactive. It's time

2420
03:32:01.920 --> 03:32:07.040
we set a trap. There was
sugar by the coffee pot, right sure,

2421
03:32:07.600 --> 03:32:13.799
Sarah shrugged. I wasn't exactly planning
on having a cup. We need

2422
03:32:13.840 --> 03:32:16.360
to go back to the van.
She handed Sarah the mason jar and stepped

2423
03:32:16.399 --> 03:32:22.000
outside. The van's useless. It
won't run good, Macy licked her lips.

2424
03:32:22.760 --> 03:32:30.280
I'm done running. You're not safe
yet. Weekly Spooky will be right

2425
03:32:30.319 --> 03:32:43.319
back. Chapter eighteen. Macy poured
the sugar on top of the water purifier

2426
03:32:43.840 --> 03:32:50.120
and mixed the two powders gently before
closing the jar. Sarah held up the

2427
03:32:50.159 --> 03:32:54.920
small jar full of orange ante freeze. Macy shook her head hold on to

2428
03:32:54.000 --> 03:32:58.000
that. She said, I don't
want to risk a premature reaction. We

2429
03:32:58.120 --> 03:33:03.040
only have one shot. This at
what Sarah waved around the ruin home.

2430
03:33:03.760 --> 03:33:07.200
Why don't we just make a run
for it. Blair lifted her foot.

2431
03:33:07.479 --> 03:33:13.120
The bandage was seeping, dripping on
the floorboards. Besides that, Sarah said.

2432
03:33:13.799 --> 03:33:18.280
Macy raised her eyebrows. Shit,
fine, that's a good reason,

2433
03:33:18.319 --> 03:33:24.360
I guess, begrudgingly admitted, But
what exactly is the plan. We're going

2434
03:33:24.440 --> 03:33:30.120
upstairs and finding the best place to
set an ambush, Macy said, helping

2435
03:33:30.159 --> 03:33:35.360
Blair out of the chair. Then
we're going to kill this motherfucker. Once

2436
03:33:35.399 --> 03:33:37.799
he's dead, Blair will be safe
waiting for us to run back and get

2437
03:33:37.840 --> 03:33:43.319
a car patched up. That's not
really a plan, Blair moaned, more

2438
03:33:43.440 --> 03:33:48.799
like cliff notes. I'll tell you
what. How about you can come up

2439
03:33:48.799 --> 03:33:54.000
with the plans for the next serial
killer we encounter. Macy replied, he's

2440
03:33:54.040 --> 03:33:58.280
actually a spree killer. Can you
stop being weird until we're safe again?

2441
03:33:58.639 --> 03:34:03.280
Sarah hissed progress up the stairs to
the second story. The hallway was awash

2442
03:34:03.399 --> 03:34:09.840
with viscera and drying gore from the
previous night's massacre. Macy pointed to the

2443
03:34:09.879 --> 03:34:13.719
steps and Blair aimed the light at
them. Bloody streaks led up the next

2444
03:34:13.719 --> 03:34:20.319
flight to the topmost floor. He
moved the bodies. Macy whispered why.

2445
03:34:20.760 --> 03:34:26.159
Blair asked, because he wants us
to keep playing Scooby Doo, Sarah said,

2446
03:34:26.399 --> 03:34:31.719
finally getting it. He wants us
to follow the trail. Then that's

2447
03:34:31.760 --> 03:34:35.639
where we'll wait for him. Macy
tugged at Blair's waist. The injured babysitter

2448
03:34:35.680 --> 03:34:41.440
gripped the archaic banister, feeling it
bend under her weight as she pushed off.

2449
03:34:41.040 --> 03:34:46.479
They hobbled up the next floor and
found the streaks leading them to one

2450
03:34:46.559 --> 03:34:50.680
of the four bedrooms. Sarah stepped
around them and readied her weapon As she

2451
03:34:50.799 --> 03:34:56.120
pushed the door open. A surprised, muffled scream greeted her. The large

2452
03:34:56.159 --> 03:35:01.319
double doors to the balcony let the
moonlight spill through their foggy glass panes and

2453
03:35:01.399 --> 03:35:07.760
illuminated the room's single occupant. Damon
squirmed against the ropes, holding him to

2454
03:35:07.799 --> 03:35:13.680
the chair. Guess there's still one
suspect, Blair said, as Macy lowered

2455
03:35:13.719 --> 03:35:18.840
her to the floor. Sarah kept
the flail over her shoulder, ready to

2456
03:35:18.879 --> 03:35:22.360
bash Damon's head in if he tried
anything and pulled the gag from his mouth.

2457
03:35:24.159 --> 03:35:30.200
Your next words better be really fucking
profound, she warned him. I

2458
03:35:30.200 --> 03:35:33.600
I didn't do this, he muttered, realizing it was far from profound.

2459
03:35:35.319 --> 03:35:37.399
I came back from the party and
I stepped into a snare. I was

2460
03:35:37.440 --> 03:35:41.040
hanging there, screaming for help.
I thought the guards set it out because

2461
03:35:41.079 --> 03:35:45.920
they knew I left and wanted to
teach me a lesson. Why would they

2462
03:35:46.000 --> 03:35:52.680
do that, Macy asked, prison
is boring, Damon explained, guards always

2463
03:35:52.680 --> 03:35:56.079
find ways to entertain themselves. It
seemed like the stupid kind of prank lester

2464
03:35:56.159 --> 03:36:01.040
would play. Then what happened?
Sarah twitched her arm to remind him she

2465
03:36:01.200 --> 03:36:07.280
was serious. Damon flinched. Shit, I don't know. I hung there

2466
03:36:07.319 --> 03:36:11.239
and yelled and no one came.
I passed out from all the blood rushing

2467
03:36:11.280 --> 03:36:16.399
to my head, and conveniently woke
up tied to a chair, Macy finished

2468
03:36:16.440 --> 03:36:20.600
for him. No, actually,
I woke up being dragged across the foyer,

2469
03:36:20.239 --> 03:36:24.040
he corrected her. Then some son
of a bitch and a scarecrow mask

2470
03:36:24.360 --> 03:36:28.120
kicked me in the head a few
times. Then I woke up tied to

2471
03:36:28.159 --> 03:36:33.920
a chair. Blair tapped Macy's thigh
and handed her the pocket knife. Cut

2472
03:36:35.000 --> 03:36:39.479
him loose. It's too stupid not
to be true. One of the people

2473
03:36:39.520 --> 03:36:43.079
here was a murderer. Macy reminded
her. That's what Patten said. It

2474
03:36:43.200 --> 03:36:48.840
might be him. It is,
Damon confessed in a low, somber tone.

2475
03:36:50.239 --> 03:36:54.479
I lost my temper and killed my
girlfriend when I found out she was

2476
03:36:54.559 --> 03:36:58.000
cheating on me. Never mind,
don't cut him loose, Blair said,

2477
03:36:58.280 --> 03:37:03.680
she hung her head. I actually
thought he was cute too. This whole

2478
03:37:03.719 --> 03:37:09.120
thing is bullshit. It was years
ago, he said quickly. I'm not

2479
03:37:09.280 --> 03:37:13.040
excusing what I did. I just
want you to understand I've never wanted to

2480
03:37:13.120 --> 03:37:18.600
kill anyone since. Not really making
us any more comfortable, Damon, Sarah

2481
03:37:18.680 --> 03:37:22.920
took a step away. I've done
the therapy in the classes. I've written

2482
03:37:22.920 --> 03:37:26.440
so many apologies for what I did, but I'll never stop being a piece

2483
03:37:26.440 --> 03:37:31.120
of shit for it. Damon sniffled, holding back repentant tears. Macy turned

2484
03:37:31.159 --> 03:37:35.239
the knife over in her hand,
thinking about all the letters in her drawer

2485
03:37:35.319 --> 03:37:41.799
back home, letters she'd never get
to send to Roy Gamble for the piece

2486
03:37:41.840 --> 03:37:46.520
of shit thing she'd done if she
didn't stop the crazy bastard that was stalking

2487
03:37:46.559 --> 03:37:52.280
them. I turned down my parole
hearing even Damon continued I don't deserve to

2488
03:37:52.319 --> 03:37:56.680
ever be free. I shouldn't get
a good life, but I don't want

2489
03:37:56.719 --> 03:38:01.799
to die in this fucking chair.
Macy moved to Damon and worked the blade

2490
03:38:01.799 --> 03:38:07.479
between the ropes. What the hell
are you doing, Blair squeaked, I

2491
03:38:07.559 --> 03:38:11.520
believe him. The fibers frayed against
the edge of the knife. The strands

2492
03:38:11.559 --> 03:38:16.159
of worklights tacked along the ceiling flickered
on, throwing the room into a yellow

2493
03:38:16.200 --> 03:38:22.360
pool. Everyone looked at them suspiciously. Their eyes drifted to the heap of

2494
03:38:22.399 --> 03:38:26.879
bodies previously hidden in the shadowy corner
of the room. Each of them looked

2495
03:38:26.879 --> 03:38:31.840
around in a panic, trying to
spot anyone that might have crept in during

2496
03:38:31.840 --> 03:38:37.959
their interrogation. Someone turned those on. Sarah said, he's here. Where's

2497
03:38:39.000 --> 03:38:43.520
the generator? Macy asked, cutting
through the ropes. Quicker first floor in

2498
03:38:43.559 --> 03:38:48.239
the kitchen Damon pulled, snapping the
bonds and rubbing his wrists. Check the

2499
03:38:48.239 --> 03:38:54.120
guards for anything useful. Macy gestured
to the corpses and handed Blair the knife

2500
03:38:54.200 --> 03:38:56.959
back. We're going to move to
the next room, but we're going to

2501
03:38:58.000 --> 03:39:01.920
have to do it quick, so
you'll have to hide in here. I

2502
03:39:01.920 --> 03:39:05.920
can make it, Blair protested.
She tried to stand, grimaced at the

2503
03:39:05.920 --> 03:39:09.440
pain, and fell back to the
floor. This is shit city. Can't

2504
03:39:09.479 --> 03:39:13.760
one of you stay? I will, Damon said, rolling a body off

2505
03:39:13.799 --> 03:39:18.840
the top of the pile. He
doesn't know I'm loose. The bowie knife

2506
03:39:18.879 --> 03:39:26.000
thrust from between the corpses, plunging
deep into Damon's chest. He staggered backwards

2507
03:39:26.360 --> 03:39:30.479
and fell His hands slapped at the
handle of the weapon sticking out of him

2508
03:39:30.559 --> 03:39:33.920
like he was shoeing away a mosquito. A series of high pitched squeals and

2509
03:39:33.959 --> 03:39:41.600
moans escaped his lips before he cocked
his head back to the babysitters run,

2510
03:39:41.319 --> 03:39:46.360
he whispered. Despite every attempt to
scream, Sarah listened. The mason jar

2511
03:39:46.479 --> 03:39:50.719
hit the floor along with her makeshift
weapon, and she was out the door

2512
03:39:50.719 --> 03:39:54.360
in a flash. Macy watched the
body slide off one another. As the

2513
03:39:54.399 --> 03:40:00.600
camouflaged arms squeezed through and the killer
wriggled to the surface of the heap,

2514
03:40:01.159 --> 03:40:05.760
She grabbed Blair under the arms and
ran backwards for the door, dragging her

2515
03:40:05.799 --> 03:40:13.079
friend along with her. More scares
to come weekly, Spooky, We'll be

2516
03:40:13.200 --> 03:40:26.879
right back, Chapter nineteen. Blair
kicked the door shut as soon as they

2517
03:40:26.879 --> 03:40:31.120
were inside. Macy found a stack
of boards and pulled one from the top.

2518
03:40:31.639 --> 03:40:35.479
She wedged it under the doorknob as
the brass ornament turned. Macy stormed

2519
03:40:35.520 --> 03:40:41.280
back to the lumber pile, spotting
a discarded tool belt and box of nails.

2520
03:40:41.879 --> 03:40:46.280
The scarecrow threw his body against the
door, but the improvised lock held

2521
03:40:46.360 --> 03:40:50.520
firm. She slid the items to
the door and gathered as many boards as

2522
03:40:50.520 --> 03:40:54.399
she could carry. What about that, Blair pointed to the jar clipped to

2523
03:40:54.479 --> 03:41:00.959
Macy's hip. Huh, She looked
down and shook her head. It's useless

2524
03:41:01.000 --> 03:41:05.399
without Sarah's component. We need to
get that. The door buckled as the

2525
03:41:05.479 --> 03:41:09.000
killer pummeled it. This is first, though, Macy shouted. She slapped

2526
03:41:09.000 --> 03:41:13.760
a board to the wall and quickly
hammered a nail into it, then swung

2527
03:41:13.799 --> 03:41:18.159
it up across the door and fastened
to the other side more securely. She

2528
03:41:18.319 --> 03:41:22.440
repeated the process with the second board, adding nails to each end. When

2529
03:41:22.479 --> 03:41:26.040
she was finished, the nails spilled
from the box. As she rushed to

2530
03:41:26.079 --> 03:41:31.239
reinforce the barricade. Blair clutched the
pocket knife and scooted it across the floor

2531
03:41:31.280 --> 03:41:35.520
to the stack. She slid another
board across the floor to Macey, who

2532
03:41:35.559 --> 03:41:39.479
promptly tacked it across the upper portion. The edge of a hatchet broke through

2533
03:41:39.479 --> 03:41:43.719
an inch from her nose. Macy
dropped her hammer and backed away. She

2534
03:41:43.840 --> 03:41:48.639
surveyed the room and dashed for the
window, leaping over a gaping hole in

2535
03:41:48.680 --> 03:41:52.760
the floor. She tried to lift
the window, but it had sealed itself

2536
03:41:52.799 --> 03:41:56.600
into the frame ages ago. She
grabbed another plank and smashed the pane.

2537
03:41:58.079 --> 03:42:03.319
The board sailed into the emptiness below, and she leaned out. There's a

2538
03:42:03.399 --> 03:42:07.200
ledge, she said. It goes
all the way to the balcony. We

2539
03:42:07.280 --> 03:42:11.280
can use the studs for grip where
they pulled away the siding. I can't,

2540
03:42:11.680 --> 03:42:15.360
Blair said, we have to get
to that jar, Macy told her.

2541
03:42:16.159 --> 03:42:20.239
The hatchet continued breaking away pieces of
the door. Macey hurtled the hole

2542
03:42:20.319 --> 03:42:24.959
once more and returned to the entrance. She added another board across the bottom.

2543
03:42:26.479 --> 03:42:31.360
The axe swung through again, peppering
her face with splinters. A gloved

2544
03:42:31.399 --> 03:42:35.360
hand reached in and seized her hair. Maceie scooped a handful of nails and

2545
03:42:35.440 --> 03:42:41.239
jerked her head free, feeling the
hair tear from her scalp. The hand

2546
03:42:41.360 --> 03:42:46.280
slapped around blindly for her. Maceye
bunched the nails and turned the hammer sideways.

2547
03:42:48.079 --> 03:42:50.600
She stabbed at his hand with the
nails and struck as many as she

2548
03:42:50.639 --> 03:42:56.280
could with one hard blow from the
flat of the hammer. The killer howled.

2549
03:42:56.799 --> 03:43:01.680
Macey licked her lips and smacked the
head again, hearing the satisfying crack

2550
03:43:01.760 --> 03:43:05.719
of the nails sinking into the wood
on the other side of his flesh.

2551
03:43:05.479 --> 03:43:09.760
She gathered more nails, pounding them
through the camo's sleeve with the speed of

2552
03:43:09.799 --> 03:43:15.680
a professional carpenter. Get on your
feet now, she called to Blair.

2553
03:43:16.159 --> 03:43:20.079
Blair used the lumber to help herself
up. I can't make it across the

2554
03:43:20.159 --> 03:43:24.440
ledge. I know. Macy rejoined
her and braced her around the waist.

2555
03:43:24.000 --> 03:43:28.520
But he can't chase both of us. I can't run either. Blair reminded

2556
03:43:28.520 --> 03:43:33.760
her, I'm sorry. Macy frowned
and shoved Blair through the hole in the

2557
03:43:33.799 --> 03:43:39.280
floor. Blair screamed as she fell
and met the next floor with a heavy

2558
03:43:39.360 --> 03:43:43.920
thump. Macy leaned over the hole. Her friend groaned and started to shout

2559
03:43:43.959 --> 03:43:50.399
something when the rotten boards below her
collapsed, sending her crashing down to the

2560
03:43:50.399 --> 03:43:56.239
bottom floor. The dust swirled and
Blair rolled around in the debris. Macy

2561
03:43:56.319 --> 03:44:01.920
gave a sympathetic hiss. I'm so
fucking sorry, she shouted. Blair crawled

2562
03:44:01.920 --> 03:44:07.239
away, giving Macy the hope she
needed to carry out her plan. She

2563
03:44:07.360 --> 03:44:11.399
looked back at the door. The
scarecrow mask glared at her. She swallowed

2564
03:44:11.440 --> 03:44:15.600
hard and went to the window.
As the killer chopped away more of the

2565
03:44:15.639 --> 03:44:20.920
door to access his trapped hand,
Macy cleared the shards of glass and went

2566
03:44:20.959 --> 03:44:26.000
out the window. Macy inched along
the weather decorative shelf. Her hand,

2567
03:44:26.079 --> 03:44:30.559
pushed through the mildewed insolation and found
a stud to grab hold of, and

2568
03:44:30.600 --> 03:44:33.159
pressed herself to the side of the
house as much as she could. The

2569
03:44:33.200 --> 03:44:37.760
balcony jutted out only a few yards
away, teasing her with its promise of

2570
03:44:37.799 --> 03:44:43.680
a chance She hung from the board, letting her arms recover while she looked

2571
03:44:43.680 --> 03:44:48.840
for another handhold, only there wasn't
one. She eased along a little more

2572
03:44:48.920 --> 03:44:54.719
until a tug stopped her again.
Her shirt was caught on a rogue nail.

2573
03:44:54.479 --> 03:44:58.239
She backed up, wrapping her arm
around the board. From the room,

2574
03:44:58.360 --> 03:45:03.920
she could hear the killer hacking at
the door. In frustration, Macy

2575
03:45:03.040 --> 03:45:07.479
pulled her shirt, ripping it open
to free it from the nail. She

2576
03:45:07.639 --> 03:45:11.479
prayed the board would hold her and
leaned away from the house for a better

2577
03:45:11.520 --> 03:45:15.799
look. An old lead pipe peeked
at her through a gap in the insulation.

2578
03:45:16.600 --> 03:45:20.479
She tried to guess at the distance. She'd probably survive the fall if

2579
03:45:20.520 --> 03:45:24.920
she missed, but it would hurt
afterwards. The maniac could stalk both injured

2580
03:45:24.959 --> 03:45:31.600
babysitters at his leisure. Macy steeled
herself and swung from the stud, pushing

2581
03:45:31.639 --> 03:45:35.559
off the ledge at the last second
and diving for the pipe. A burst

2582
03:45:35.639 --> 03:45:41.319
of stagnant, filthy water blasted her
as the pipe bent and broke from its

2583
03:45:41.319 --> 03:45:46.479
fittings. Her fingers tightened for a
grip on the slick metal. Macy's feet

2584
03:45:46.559 --> 03:45:48.719
kicked in the air, her shoes
found the side of the house, only

2585
03:45:48.760 --> 03:45:54.760
to slip in the stinking brown waterfall
pumping freely from the ruptured end. Macy

2586
03:45:54.920 --> 03:46:00.799
stretched upwards, her fingers hooked on
the floorboards and her muscles, Hence she

2587
03:46:00.920 --> 03:46:05.719
tried to pull herself up, but
didn't have enough strength. Then the banging

2588
03:46:05.840 --> 03:46:11.559
stopped. A memory of Roland's speech
that morning popped into her mind. This

2589
03:46:11.840 --> 03:46:16.799
was the moment he wanted to prepare
them for. It was only the first

2590
03:46:16.840 --> 03:46:22.079
real day of camp, and she'd
failed every test already except the one where

2591
03:46:22.079 --> 03:46:28.000
she saved Aggie. She remembered the
look of pride on Patten's face. She

2592
03:46:28.120 --> 03:46:31.079
thought about Blair, probably hurt much
worse since the fall, and Sarah,

2593
03:46:31.079 --> 03:46:37.200
who was most likely hiding in a
closet and calling for her daddy. Macy

2594
03:46:37.399 --> 03:46:41.159
was their only chance. Now she
was going to save them, no matter

2595
03:46:41.200 --> 03:46:46.319
what it took. Macey heaved with
strength she didn't know she possessed and changed

2596
03:46:46.360 --> 03:46:52.840
her grip on the pipe. An
unidentifiable glob dropped on her face, oozing

2597
03:46:52.000 --> 03:46:56.920
down her neck and into the split
front of her shirt. Macy fought the

2598
03:46:58.040 --> 03:47:01.719
urge to gag as it squished around
the waistband of her shorts. She dangled

2599
03:47:01.719 --> 03:47:05.360
from the pipe as she moved to
the other hand to better spot and pull

2600
03:47:05.399 --> 03:47:11.159
herself up. Macy hooked her arm
around it and wriggled into the gap.

2601
03:47:11.799 --> 03:47:16.319
It was too tight to push herself
through, but allowed her muscles a chance

2602
03:47:16.399 --> 03:47:20.440
to recover and gave her time to
get her feet back to the ledge.

2603
03:47:20.520 --> 03:47:26.479
She eased herself upwards until she was
standing again. The balcony was close.

2604
03:47:26.760 --> 03:47:31.479
Her eyes chanced to look down.
Construction waste stuck up from the dumpster below,

2605
03:47:33.000 --> 03:47:37.280
awaiting her attempt so that it could
impale her when she failed. There

2606
03:47:37.280 --> 03:47:41.600
were no more options. However,
death seemed certain no matter what she did.

2607
03:47:43.120 --> 03:47:46.159
At least a pipe through the face
or broken board into the heart would

2608
03:47:46.200 --> 03:47:52.879
be quick and merciful compared to what
untold horrors the lunatic would inflict upon her.

2609
03:47:54.000 --> 03:47:58.479
Macy kicked off the ledge and dived
for the balcony. She clung to

2610
03:47:58.520 --> 03:48:03.639
the bannis with her eyes closed,
expecting the entire thing to fall from its

2611
03:48:03.760 --> 03:48:09.200
archaic anchors. It held firm.
She toppled over the railing and pulled open

2612
03:48:09.239 --> 03:48:13.479
the doors. Stepping back into the
room full of corpses, Macy looked around

2613
03:48:13.520 --> 03:48:18.879
for the jar. She spotted it, but froze in place. As the

2614
03:48:18.959 --> 03:48:22.920
killer roared down the hall. He
must have torn his hand off the nails.

2615
03:48:22.440 --> 03:48:28.120
Macy screamed, his fingers curled around
her ankle. Damon gasped on the

2616
03:48:28.159 --> 03:48:31.719
floor. Macy knelt and put a
hand on his chest. His heart was

2617
03:48:31.799 --> 03:48:37.799
barely beating next to the massive blade
still lodged in him. She stroked his

2618
03:48:37.879 --> 03:48:46.479
cheek reassuringly and recoiled from the coldness
already setting in past the mowers. Damon

2619
03:48:46.600 --> 03:48:52.639
coughed from effort of speaking. Trail
there boat next to next to cypress trees

2620
03:48:52.680 --> 03:49:01.040
in the in the marsh not far
go. Damon's eyes went wide. His

2621
03:49:01.200 --> 03:49:05.799
next sound was a shrill squeal,
the best warning he could muster. Macy

2622
03:49:07.000 --> 03:49:11.440
rolled to her side, and the
hatchet whiffed past her ear to bury itself

2623
03:49:11.440 --> 03:49:16.360
into Damon's face. Macy grabbed for
Sarah's dropped flail and swung it wildly at

2624
03:49:16.360 --> 03:49:22.040
the burlap sack. The killer grunted
from the impact and slapped her down with

2625
03:49:22.079 --> 03:49:26.440
a bloody hand. Macy crawled across
the floor and got to her feet while

2626
03:49:26.479 --> 03:49:33.159
her attacker stood unmoving. He took
heaving breaths and wiped the hatchet's edge clean

2627
03:49:33.239 --> 03:49:37.440
on his jacket. Macey tightened the
cloth around her fist. Take off the

2628
03:49:37.559 --> 03:49:43.479
mask, she growled, I want
to know who you are. He shook

2629
03:49:43.520 --> 03:49:48.639
his head. Take it off.
He took two steps forward, but kept

2630
03:49:48.680 --> 03:49:52.479
the mask on. Macey lunged forward, swinging for a kill shot. The

2631
03:49:52.600 --> 03:49:56.399
rock whipped past his face. He
swung the axe at her, but she

2632
03:49:56.559 --> 03:50:01.360
ducked under it. Her next attempt
struck his ribs and got an amused snort.

2633
03:50:01.559 --> 03:50:05.879
In response. She cocked back for
another blow, and he cracked her

2634
03:50:05.920 --> 03:50:11.760
across the face with the flat of
the blade. Macey fell to her haunches,

2635
03:50:11.040 --> 03:50:15.360
trying to keep her eyes on the
maniac through the flashing lights in her

2636
03:50:15.440 --> 03:50:20.399
vision. He reached up, bawling
the top of the mask in his fist.

2637
03:50:20.280 --> 03:50:26.840
The sack slipped higher. Then he
growled and doubled over as the sneakered

2638
03:50:26.840 --> 03:50:31.639
foot shot between his legs. From
behind, she plunged a screwdriver into his

2639
03:50:31.680 --> 03:50:35.760
shoulder like a demonic sewing machine.
He finally managed to flip her over him

2640
03:50:35.760 --> 03:50:41.200
and onto the floor. Macy grabbed
a painter's cloth from a pile and tossed

2641
03:50:41.239 --> 03:50:46.280
it over the psycho Sarah sprang towards
Damon's body while Macy pummeled their attacker with

2642
03:50:46.360 --> 03:50:50.600
the flail. The rock met his
head and shoulders in a symphony of cracks

2643
03:50:50.799 --> 03:50:54.840
and thumps. Sarah shrieked as she
ran past Macy and drove the Bowie knife

2644
03:50:54.879 --> 03:51:01.319
into the man's chest. He staggered
backwards. The babysitters charged into him together,

2645
03:51:01.639 --> 03:51:05.639
shoving him through the glass doors and
out onto the balcony. The man

2646
03:51:05.760 --> 03:51:11.840
rose slowly. He wrestled with the
tarpaulin. Sarah watched the canvas split along

2647
03:51:11.879 --> 03:51:16.959
the knife's blade as he pulled it
away. Her stomach churned as he grabbed

2648
03:51:16.959 --> 03:51:20.120
the slit and tore the tarp wide
open and let it fall from his body.

2649
03:51:20.959 --> 03:51:24.879
Glass tinkled behind her, and she
shot a glance to the source.

2650
03:51:26.719 --> 03:51:31.520
Macy sealed the large jar with the
other inside. I told you I was

2651
03:51:31.559 --> 03:51:35.159
done running. She hurled the canisters
at the killer. The device struck the

2652
03:51:35.200 --> 03:51:39.959
knife handle, shattering both jars.
The anti freeze mixed with the powder concoction

2653
03:51:41.079 --> 03:51:45.840
in a series of flashes and puffs
of smoke. The jacket smoldered long enough

2654
03:51:45.840 --> 03:51:50.920
for the man to start laughing at
the pathetic weapon. And then he burst

2655
03:51:50.959 --> 03:51:56.000
into flames. He stumbled away,
furiously slapping at his torso. The substance

2656
03:51:56.079 --> 03:51:58.799
clung to his gloves, igniting them
as well as letting the fires work up

2657
03:51:58.799 --> 03:52:03.600
his sleeves. Burning globs dripped to
the balcony. The man tried to tear

2658
03:52:03.639 --> 03:52:07.680
away his jacket, but only spread
the substance to his shirt and spattered his

2659
03:52:07.799 --> 03:52:13.520
pants and boots. The old dry
burlap sack flared like a match head.

2660
03:52:15.959 --> 03:52:22.639
Not again, he screamed, Not
again. He stumbled into the banister.

2661
03:52:22.159 --> 03:52:26.680
The weathered boards snapped, and he
crashed through, plunging into the dumpster with

2662
03:52:26.719 --> 03:52:33.399
a howl. Macy and Sarah stepped
onto the balcony, carefully navigating the growling

2663
03:52:33.440 --> 03:52:37.760
pools of fire. The man's burning
body was impaled in the dumpster on a

2664
03:52:37.840 --> 03:52:43.280
rusted pipe. The construction tear out
ignited, sending gouts of flame reaching up

2665
03:52:43.319 --> 03:52:48.079
over the lip of the container.
The ancient timber crackled around them as it

2666
03:52:48.159 --> 03:52:54.440
welcomed the attention of Macy's chemical cocktail. They went back inside and started down

2667
03:52:54.520 --> 03:53:00.399
the stairs. The crash of the
ignited balcony falling echoed through the ma anchin.

2668
03:53:01.239 --> 03:53:05.360
I guess I was wrong about you, Macy said, bitch, please,

2669
03:53:07.000 --> 03:53:09.680
Sarah pushed her gently. Saving your
ass is going to look great in

2670
03:53:09.760 --> 03:53:18.239
my advertisements. There's more scares where
that came from. Weekly Spooky will be

2671
03:53:18.360 --> 03:53:31.159
right back. Chapter twenty, The
final girls of Camp Care found the boat

2672
03:53:31.319 --> 03:53:35.799
exactly where Damon said it would be. The walk was much further than they

2673
03:53:35.840 --> 03:53:41.479
anticipated thanks to Blair's compound injuries.
After Macy dropped her two stories down,

2674
03:53:41.159 --> 03:53:46.719
a fact that Blair reminded her of
the entire walk, they dragged her along

2675
03:53:46.840 --> 03:53:52.559
on a hastily assembled stretcher while a
hell fire glow emanated from the woods behind

2676
03:53:52.600 --> 03:53:56.559
them. It hadn't taken long for
the rest of the house to catch fire.

2677
03:53:58.239 --> 03:54:03.000
Stray embers blue in the summer breeze
and settled in the dried detritus of

2678
03:54:03.040 --> 03:54:07.680
the forest. Macie and Sarah eased
Blair into the boat, where she stretched

2679
03:54:07.680 --> 03:54:11.920
out as best she could in the
bow. She turned onto her back and

2680
03:54:13.040 --> 03:54:18.559
elevated her wounded foot on the second
bench. Is this the same marsh where

2681
03:54:18.600 --> 03:54:24.280
Ajax Criswell dumped his victims and disappeared? She asked, You've really got to

2682
03:54:24.319 --> 03:54:28.479
stop saying shit like that, Sarah
told her let's save the undead psycho slasher

2683
03:54:28.600 --> 03:54:33.600
for next summer. Sarah and Macy
walked the boat into the water. When

2684
03:54:33.639 --> 03:54:39.639
Blair gasped, Macy's face went pale
and her stomach soured. She was too

2685
03:54:39.760 --> 03:54:46.280
far away to do anything. The
four foot long bush Master slithered between Blair's

2686
03:54:46.319 --> 03:54:52.360
thighs and up her belly. Blair
screamed, and the snake recoiled. Its

2687
03:54:52.399 --> 03:54:58.840
mouth sprang open, displaying the long
needlelike fangs. It jerked once to warn

2688
03:54:58.840 --> 03:55:05.719
the babysitter against any further commotion.
Sarah eased closer to the boat. We

2689
03:55:05.840 --> 03:55:09.120
really should have seen this coming,
she whispered. I'm going to get the

2690
03:55:09.120 --> 03:55:16.000
paddle and move it. I'd prefer
you left it alone, Blair said,

2691
03:55:16.479 --> 03:55:20.840
soft and slow, so not to
rile up the snake. Blair wiggled slightly.

2692
03:55:22.440 --> 03:55:26.719
The Bushmaster pulled back again. Sarah's
hand inched closer to the oar resting

2693
03:55:26.840 --> 03:55:31.600
next to Blair. The snake noticed
and twisted its body toward the new threat.

2694
03:55:33.159 --> 03:55:37.840
Sarah froze and shivered at the fearsome
threat display. Something clicked inside the

2695
03:55:37.840 --> 03:55:43.760
boat. The snake hissed at Sarah
as it coiled itself on Blair's chest in

2696
03:55:43.840 --> 03:55:48.920
preparation to strike. Why is it
so mad at me, she asked.

2697
03:55:48.799 --> 03:55:54.319
Maybe it's just a good judge of
character. Macy offered, I think I

2698
03:55:54.319 --> 03:55:58.520
can grab its tail. The snake
hissed again. I think it can fucking

2699
03:55:58.600 --> 03:56:03.040
hear you, So shut it,
Sarah said, without taking her eyes off

2700
03:56:03.159 --> 03:56:07.559
certain death looming in front of her. I told you talking about Criswell was

2701
03:56:07.600 --> 03:56:11.959
asking for something bad to happen.
The Bushmaster's mouth opened in another threat.

2702
03:56:13.440 --> 03:56:18.319
The stainless steel point of Blair's pocket
knife tore through its pink mouth. The

2703
03:56:18.360 --> 03:56:22.280
animal snapped its jaws shut on the
blade and toppled to the hall in a

2704
03:56:22.280 --> 03:56:26.520
wriggling mass that sent the three survivors
into a screaming panic. Blair rolled away

2705
03:56:26.840 --> 03:56:31.399
and hugged the side of the john
boat in an attempt not to fall out.

2706
03:56:31.920 --> 03:56:35.079
Sarah grabbed the paddle and scooped the
creature with it, tossing it into

2707
03:56:35.120 --> 03:56:39.959
the lake. Sarah and Macie quickly
got into the boat. Good job,

2708
03:56:41.000 --> 03:56:46.840
Blair, Macy said, watching the
viper's splashing death throes, you two got

2709
03:56:46.840 --> 03:56:50.520
to have all the fun. She
laid her head back and closed her eyes.

2710
03:56:50.280 --> 03:56:54.920
I was feeling left out. Sarah
turned on the spotlight that cast an

2711
03:56:54.959 --> 03:57:01.760
eerie beam over the dark waters of
Serenity Lake. Macy pulled the cord and

2712
03:57:01.840 --> 03:57:07.879
started the tiny motor in two nerve
racking tries. Where to, she asked,

2713
03:57:07.639 --> 03:57:11.200
The two pump chump sits on the
lake, Blair said, pointing in

2714
03:57:11.239 --> 03:57:16.399
the direction I saw it on the
map in Patten's office. We don't know

2715
03:57:16.440 --> 03:57:18.719
how much fuel this thing has,
and we only have one shitty light,

2716
03:57:20.120 --> 03:57:26.200
Sarah pointed out. Besides, we
need to get Ranger. You're seriously worried

2717
03:57:26.239 --> 03:57:31.120
about the dog right now, Macy
asked. Sarah turned and spread her hands

2718
03:57:31.200 --> 03:57:35.440
wide at the scene unfolding behind them. You did just set an entire forest

2719
03:57:35.479 --> 03:57:39.440
on fire, so yes, I'm
worried about the dog. By the time

2720
03:57:39.479 --> 03:57:43.879
we get help, that might spread, and the poor babies just lost his

2721
03:57:43.000 --> 03:57:48.639
family. She's not wrong, Blair
added, the bad guy's dead. You

2722
03:57:48.760 --> 03:57:52.920
two can leave me with Ranger and
go fix the car. Who was he

2723
03:57:54.040 --> 03:57:58.159
anyway, Sarah asked. It had
to be Isaac, right, He's the

2724
03:57:58.200 --> 03:58:03.479
only one we did see died.
Could have just been a crazy person,

2725
03:58:03.840 --> 03:58:09.479
Blair said, I don't think so. Macy chewed her lip, thinking about

2726
03:58:09.479 --> 03:58:13.639
his final words. She finally shook
her head. It doesn't matter. Let's

2727
03:58:13.680 --> 03:58:20.319
go back to camp. It's that
way, Blair pointed again. The boat

2728
03:58:20.360 --> 03:58:24.120
puttered away from the shore and into
the marsh. They maneuvered slowly to avoid

2729
03:58:24.159 --> 03:58:28.799
getting stuck. Damon made the trip
back in the dark, so Macy assumed

2730
03:58:28.799 --> 03:58:33.639
a relatively clear path lie ahead.
But they couldn't afford to screw up after

2731
03:58:33.680 --> 03:58:39.559
surviving so much. Sarah's hand tightened
on the spotlight and she eased the handle

2732
03:58:39.600 --> 03:58:43.799
from the rubber clip that held it
in place. She panned it back and

2733
03:58:43.840 --> 03:58:50.399
forth across their path. Macy noticed
how rigid she'd become. Do you hear

2734
03:58:50.479 --> 03:58:56.280
that? Blair asked, I knew
you'd say that. Sarah stood shakily and

2735
03:58:56.319 --> 03:59:00.959
searched the area shut off the motor. Macy complied, what is it?

2736
03:59:01.000 --> 03:59:07.799
Then she heard the shouting help,
I'm here, someone, the voice cried

2737
03:59:07.799 --> 03:59:13.719
out from somewhere through the hanging leaves
of the cypress tree. Any one I

2738
03:59:13.799 --> 03:59:18.680
hear you, I'm over here.
Blair gulped. That sounds like one of

2739
03:59:18.719 --> 03:59:24.120
the twins. We can tell the
cops when we get back, Sarah suggested.

2740
03:59:24.840 --> 03:59:28.360
Macy glared at her. Oh fine, use that super judgmental glare of

2741
03:59:28.399 --> 03:59:33.680
yours to look for her. Sarah
shined the light around. Hello, Macy

2742
03:59:33.799 --> 03:59:39.000
called out, I'm here. The
voice responded, I think I see something,

2743
03:59:39.440 --> 03:59:45.719
Sarah said. Where, Blair asked. Sarah pointed the light and Blair

2744
03:59:45.799 --> 03:59:50.799
squinted in the gloom. Yeah,
I think you're right. Macy started the

2745
03:59:50.840 --> 03:59:56.120
motor again and angled the boat towards
the spotlight's resting point. She twisted the

2746
03:59:56.159 --> 04:00:01.840
throttle, speeding them along. I
see her, sort of, Sarah shouted,

2747
04:00:01.319 --> 04:00:05.159
it's Aggie. Blair rolled onto her
stomach. We're coming, we see

2748
04:00:05.200 --> 04:00:11.000
you. Macy gave the boat some
more gas. Her mind drifted back to

2749
04:00:11.040 --> 04:00:16.600
the mansion and the masked lunatic's fiery
demise not again. It replayed in her

2750
04:00:16.639 --> 04:00:22.520
head over and over. She tried
lying to herself, but all the dots

2751
04:00:22.559 --> 04:00:26.639
connected. She could hear Aggie over
the motor more the closer they got.

2752
04:00:26.280 --> 04:00:31.239
Tears filled her eyes, and she
tried shaking the reality from her brain.

2753
04:00:31.200 --> 04:00:39.559
She'd killed them all. Her stomach
flipped all but Agnes. Macy's brain rushed

2754
04:00:39.559 --> 04:00:43.760
to understand the importance of that.
There Sarah stood tall, illuminating Agnes.

2755
04:00:45.159 --> 04:00:48.040
She was submerged to her chin.
Her arms were stretched to the sides and

2756
04:00:48.079 --> 04:00:52.319
bound to trees with ropes. It
was her worst fear, meant to be

2757
04:00:52.520 --> 04:00:58.440
her final resting place. If no
one found her, she'd hang there until

2758
04:00:58.479 --> 04:01:03.120
she was too weak to keep her
face out of the water. Luckily they

2759
04:01:03.280 --> 04:01:09.360
had found her Roland, Macy whispered, it's a trap. It was too

2760
04:01:09.440 --> 04:01:13.200
late. The strand of metal wire
between the trees whizzed over the prone Blair

2761
04:01:13.280 --> 04:01:20.159
before slicing through Sarah's waist. Sarah's
body hit Macy, knocking her overboard.

2762
04:01:20.719 --> 04:01:24.719
The John boat shot forward, Macy
splashed to the surface. Blair and Aggie

2763
04:01:24.760 --> 04:01:31.000
screamed in unison. The metal hull
thudded against Aggie's skull and the tiny propeller

2764
04:01:31.120 --> 04:01:35.520
chewed through her face. A moment
later, the boat struck the shore and

2765
04:01:35.680 --> 04:01:41.559
came to a stop. No one
was screaming anymore. Macey swam through Sarah's

2766
04:01:41.600 --> 04:01:46.040
floating viscera, calling Blair's name.
She got to the shore and found her

2767
04:01:46.079 --> 04:01:50.079
friend curled up in the hull,
sobbing softly. She sat on the side

2768
04:01:50.079 --> 04:01:54.600
of the boat and put a hand
on Blair's shoulder. I'm so sorry,

2769
04:01:56.600 --> 04:02:01.520
it's all my fault, Macy cried, only part of it, A soft

2770
04:02:03.000 --> 04:02:09.280
melodis voice, said. Macy turned
and froze as the scarecrow mask glared back

2771
04:02:09.319 --> 04:02:15.920
at her. The boat paddle rested
on the camouflaged shoulder and then swung and

2772
04:02:16.120 --> 04:02:22.639
cracked against Macy's head. If you're
not afraid, then you're already dead.

2773
04:02:22.479 --> 04:02:35.520
Weakly spooky, We'll be right back. Chapter twenty one. Macy woke up

2774
04:02:35.559 --> 04:02:41.799
to a horrible scratching sound and fearce
snarling. She rolled over and found Blair

2775
04:02:41.959 --> 04:02:46.680
tied up beside her. Barks boomed
inside her concussed head. She looked over

2776
04:02:46.719 --> 04:02:52.920
her shoulder at the lodge ranger pressed
his snout to the glass. He dropped

2777
04:02:52.959 --> 04:02:56.879
down and clawed at the door vigorously. It's much too hot out here for

2778
04:02:56.959 --> 04:03:03.399
these silly costumes, and said Macey, looked around for the owner of the

2779
04:03:03.479 --> 04:03:07.079
voice. The woman peeled off the
camo jacket and let it fall to the

2780
04:03:07.120 --> 04:03:11.760
dirt. Her back was to the
sitters as she pulled the sack off her

2781
04:03:11.799 --> 04:03:20.120
head, revealing a bob of silver
streaked auburn hair. She turned and stared

2782
04:03:20.120 --> 04:03:26.879
at Macy with her one eye.
The other was concealed menacingly behind a black

2783
04:03:26.959 --> 04:03:31.920
patch. Glad you're awake. A
coma would have been too good for you,

2784
04:03:31.360 --> 04:03:37.719
she said. Roy insisted on the
game and the costumes. I must

2785
04:03:37.760 --> 04:03:43.600
admit it was a lot of fun. So Macy cleared her throat, trying

2786
04:03:43.639 --> 04:03:48.000
not to throw up. It was
mister gamble, Well, of course it

2787
04:03:48.200 --> 04:03:52.799
was, dear. The woman chuckled
and pointed to the forest fire spreading across

2788
04:03:52.840 --> 04:03:56.280
the lake. You really went all
out finishing what you started. A bit

2789
04:03:56.319 --> 04:04:01.399
excessive, but certainly ironic. Did
you really think there wasn't going to be

2790
04:04:01.440 --> 04:04:05.280
an atonement for what you did?
Do you even know what you did?

2791
04:04:07.159 --> 04:04:13.760
I burned him, Macy said,
I didn't mean to you, silly little

2792
04:04:13.799 --> 04:04:16.520
bitch. I asked what you did
to him? And all you're thinking of

2793
04:04:16.639 --> 04:04:22.479
is yourself. The woman stalked closer. Roy's children vomited at the sight of

2794
04:04:22.520 --> 04:04:28.239
the monster you made their daddy.
It was an accident, and that makes

2795
04:04:28.280 --> 04:04:33.239
it all better, she spat.
His wife left him. No one has

2796
04:04:33.280 --> 04:04:39.239
any respect for the institution of marriage
anymore. For better or I'm gone should

2797
04:04:39.280 --> 04:04:43.959
be the vow of these horrible people. Nowadays, with his burns, no

2798
04:04:43.000 --> 04:04:48.879
one would touch him except the whores
he paid The wrong girl answered his ad.

2799
04:04:48.520 --> 04:04:54.000
She looked a lot like you,
Maslyn looked. Macy sat up and

2800
04:04:54.040 --> 04:05:00.520
tried to stand, but the world
spun around her. Roy saw you when

2801
04:05:00.520 --> 04:05:03.879
he looked at her, so he
smashed a bottle and cut her face until

2802
04:05:03.879 --> 04:05:09.639
he didn't You ruined her life too, but there was a silver lining.

2803
04:05:11.520 --> 04:05:16.479
They stuck him in the Mona's institute
with me, She smiled in remembrance.

2804
04:05:16.440 --> 04:05:24.360
Roy loved my stories. Who are
you, Macy asked shakily. It hardly

2805
04:05:24.440 --> 04:05:31.719
matters. But my name is Aileen, she said. Why. Macy got

2806
04:05:31.760 --> 04:05:35.200
to her knees and fought the urge
to puke. Why are you doing this

2807
04:05:35.239 --> 04:05:39.520
to us? To them? No
one here was guilty except me. I

2808
04:05:39.719 --> 04:05:46.079
just hate fucking babysitters, Aileen laughed. Imagine our surprise when we learned you'd

2809
04:05:46.120 --> 04:05:50.200
become a sitter. The girl that
ruined Roy's life, and the profession that

2810
04:05:50.280 --> 04:05:56.799
took my husband and my children from
me. Why it was downright serendipitous.

2811
04:05:58.559 --> 04:06:03.200
You're fucking insane. Aileen scowled,
but ignored the comment. When I found

2812
04:06:03.200 --> 04:06:09.319
out about camp care, I knew
what I had to do. Babysitters are

2813
04:06:09.440 --> 04:06:15.479
naturally vile. You can't help but
destroy lives and families and marriages. Macy

2814
04:06:15.639 --> 04:06:20.440
finally got to her feet and rocked
in place. Blair cried through the gag

2815
04:06:20.479 --> 04:06:24.920
in her mouth. Macy bent to
reach for the knot. When Aileen unsheathed

2816
04:06:24.079 --> 04:06:31.479
the serrated survival knife. The babysitter
paused and straightened back up. You've got

2817
04:06:31.520 --> 04:06:35.799
more spunk than I gave you credit
for, Aileen said, I was going

2818
04:06:35.840 --> 04:06:39.680
to kill you two in the marsh, but I decided it would be more

2819
04:06:39.760 --> 04:06:45.200
meaningful here. I'm going to mount
your heads on the gate as a reminder

2820
04:06:45.280 --> 04:06:48.239
to every little hoar to come.
What are you waiting for? Then?

2821
04:06:48.840 --> 04:06:56.360
Macy's has a two for one sail
on dead psychos. Macey bawled her fists.

2822
04:06:56.040 --> 04:07:01.319
Aileen broke into maniacal laughter. She
dropped the knife, letting it stab

2823
04:07:01.360 --> 04:07:05.440
into the dirt. She reached behind
her. The chrome revolver gleamed in the

2824
04:07:05.479 --> 04:07:13.719
firelight and then boomed. Macy collapsed
with a squeal, clutching her shoulder.

2825
04:07:13.760 --> 04:07:18.360
I'm pushing sixty. You really think
I'm going to fight you, Aileen waved

2826
04:07:18.360 --> 04:07:22.040
the gun in the air. One
of the guards lent me this. We

2827
04:07:22.159 --> 04:07:26.840
hadn't expected the convicts to show up
at our campsite, but it turned out

2828
04:07:26.879 --> 04:07:31.440
to be a blessing in disguise.
I suppose. Macy squirmed on the ground

2829
04:07:31.719 --> 04:07:35.600
and tried to put pressure on the
wound, despite the shards of bones stabbing

2830
04:07:35.639 --> 04:07:41.399
into her palm. Aileen came closer
and leveled the gun on her head,

2831
04:07:41.959 --> 04:07:48.159
then moved it to Blair. Decisions, Decisions. Aileen pushed her hair away

2832
04:07:48.200 --> 04:07:54.000
from her eye and swung the gun
back to Macy. Mommy's got a better

2833
04:07:54.079 --> 04:07:58.959
idea. She fired again, blowing
another hole through Maslyn's arm. She blew

2834
04:08:00.200 --> 04:08:05.159
across the barrel theatrically and giggled.
Aileen tucked the gun away while she walked

2835
04:08:05.159 --> 04:08:11.559
back to the knife and pulled it
from the dirt. I think I'll disembowel

2836
04:08:11.600 --> 04:08:16.520
your friend while you watch. Then
maybe you'll understand what it was like when

2837
04:08:16.639 --> 04:08:22.520
Roy watched his life gutted by your
selfish stupidity. Macy rolled over. She

2838
04:08:22.680 --> 04:08:28.879
moved her injured arm under her and
wiggled her fingers into her pocket. She

2839
04:08:28.040 --> 04:08:33.840
cried against the agony of her effort. She was losing feeling in her fingertips

2840
04:08:33.040 --> 04:08:37.239
and raced to get them to the
object. Aileen grabbed her by the hair

2841
04:08:37.559 --> 04:08:43.000
and rolled back over before kneeling on
her chest. The survival knife pressed against

2842
04:08:43.040 --> 04:08:48.399
Macy's cheek, and Aileen leaned closer
with more venom in her glare than the

2843
04:08:48.399 --> 04:08:54.000
bush Master had threatened them with.
Don't try me, you little tramp.

2844
04:08:54.319 --> 04:08:58.600
If you look away again, I'll
peel your face off. Macy jerked her

2845
04:08:58.639 --> 04:09:03.000
hand from her pocket and pla plunged
the Firebird's key into Aileen's eye. She

2846
04:09:03.120 --> 04:09:07.079
toppled over, slicing Macy's face open
in the process. Macy growled and pushed

2847
04:09:07.079 --> 04:09:13.360
herself up, stumbling forward and careening
into the lodge. Aileen swung the knife

2848
04:09:13.360 --> 04:09:18.600
blindly. Your ice cold, Macy
said. Aileen lunged toward her voice.

2849
04:09:18.719 --> 04:09:24.200
The knife stabbed into the log facade
of the building. Macy smiled at the

2850
04:09:24.200 --> 04:09:28.520
glint of chrome and pulled the revolver
from Aileen's waistband. The knife slashed where

2851
04:09:28.559 --> 04:09:35.239
she'd been getting warmer. Aileen shrieked
with frustration. The pistol slammed into the

2852
04:09:35.280 --> 04:09:39.479
side of Aileen's head, dropping her
to the ground. Defiant until the end.

2853
04:09:39.680 --> 04:09:43.600
She cut for Macy's legs. The
blade chopped at the air trying to

2854
04:09:43.680 --> 04:09:50.159
find flesh. Playtime's over. Macey
cocked the hammer. Time to put the

2855
04:09:50.239 --> 04:09:56.000
kids to sleep. She fired two
shots into Aileen's chest and watched the maniacal

2856
04:09:56.079 --> 04:10:01.680
matron PLoP to the ground. She
grabbed the knife from Aileen's limp fingers and

2857
04:10:01.760 --> 04:10:07.000
went to Blair's side. She used
the sawback of the blade to cut through

2858
04:10:07.000 --> 04:10:11.600
her bonds and help her up.
Blair snatched the gun from her hand.

2859
04:10:11.399 --> 04:10:18.440
Macy took a step back, suddenly
concerned Blair might hold her responsible for everything,

2860
04:10:18.319 --> 04:10:24.000
not that she would blame her.
Blair shuffled toward Aileen, dragging her

2861
04:10:24.040 --> 04:10:28.840
bloody foot through the dirt. Blair
bent over, pulling the car key from

2862
04:10:28.879 --> 04:10:33.319
Aileen's eyeball. She wiped it clean
on her shorts and held it up.

2863
04:10:33.280 --> 04:10:41.079
We need this, she said,
yeah, Macy smiled sadly. Let's get

2864
04:10:41.159 --> 04:10:46.360
ranger and go home. Blair looked
down at Aileen and fired the revolver.

2865
04:10:46.319 --> 04:10:52.600
Brain matters sprayed across the ground.
You forgot to tuck her in. The

2866
04:10:52.680 --> 04:11:01.760
gun plopped into the gore beside Aileen's
shattered skull. The mismatched tires held long

2867
04:11:01.879 --> 04:11:07.200
enough to get the duo within sight
of the two pump chump before one of

2868
04:11:07.239 --> 04:11:11.120
them snapped off and went rolling down
the road. The bumper hit the asphalt

2869
04:11:11.319 --> 04:11:16.799
and the axle threw a tail of
sparks across Macy's window. As the car

2870
04:11:16.879 --> 04:11:22.360
ground to a halt. Swell Blair
moaned from the back seat. She laid

2871
04:11:22.399 --> 04:11:26.799
her head back and scratched Ranger's ear. More walking, boy, I don't

2872
04:11:26.840 --> 04:11:33.239
think so, Macy pointed. Gus
leaned against the garage door and started toward

2873
04:11:33.280 --> 04:11:37.959
them. Macy shut off the engine. She reached for the window handle,

2874
04:11:37.000 --> 04:11:43.040
but her bullet riddled arm refused to
cooperate. The hastily applied dressing was oozing

2875
04:11:43.280 --> 04:11:48.600
badly. She reached across and opened
the door with her other hand. She

2876
04:11:48.719 --> 04:11:54.319
stepped out of the Firebird, resting
weakly on the door. Gus pointed casually

2877
04:11:54.360 --> 04:11:58.239
at the forest fire in the distance. Fuckin' told you to stay on your

2878
04:11:58.280 --> 04:12:01.799
side of the lake. Macy nodded. Reckon, you'd like to go to

2879
04:12:01.840 --> 04:12:07.840
the hospital, That would be swell. Gus, hope you know I'm expecting

2880
04:12:07.879 --> 04:12:11.120
gas money for the trip. He
spat tobacco and looked into the car at

2881
04:12:11.159 --> 04:12:16.239
Blair. He sighed, fuck it, I get an employee. Discount anyhow,

2882
04:12:16.559 --> 04:12:22.280
Let's go. Gus turned back toward
the station and paused. He looked

2883
04:12:22.319 --> 04:12:26.000
over his shoulder at Maslin. He
threw his hands into the air well.

2884
04:12:26.040 --> 04:12:30.799
I ain't carrying you to the truck. Come on, told you we were

2885
04:12:30.799 --> 04:12:43.280
walking, Blair said. Epilogue.
Maslyn Burkhardt jolted upright in the blaring clason

2886
04:12:43.360 --> 04:12:48.479
of her alarm clock. It was
specifically designed for deep sleepers and included a

2887
04:12:48.520 --> 04:12:52.600
puck that shook the mattress. It
worked all too well and disturbed a perfectly

2888
04:12:52.639 --> 04:12:56.879
good dream about Joe in her chemistry
class. She jammed the snooze button,

2889
04:12:58.280 --> 04:13:03.000
then immediately flipped the switch because she
didn't have time for all that. Her

2890
04:13:03.079 --> 04:13:07.719
experience at Camp Care the year before
taught her the importance of physical fitness,

2891
04:13:07.280 --> 04:13:13.280
particularly running. She pulled her hair
into a ponytail and dressed quickly for the

2892
04:13:13.319 --> 04:13:18.159
morning trip around campus. She grabbed
the flyer from her dresser. One of

2893
04:13:18.200 --> 04:13:22.920
the sororities was setting up a babysitters
club and needed people with experience. Macy

2894
04:13:24.079 --> 04:13:28.319
folded it before tucking it away in
her sports bra. She had enrolled at

2895
04:13:28.360 --> 04:13:33.440
the university as soon as she was
healthy enough and dedicated herself to chemistry once

2896
04:13:33.520 --> 04:13:37.479
more. Still, she loved babysitting, and it wasn't like she couldn't use

2897
04:13:37.520 --> 04:13:43.879
the money. The sorority house was
on her usual route anyhow. The crisp

2898
04:13:43.959 --> 04:13:48.440
fall morning was exhilarating. Macy barely
felt the burn as she checked her watch

2899
04:13:48.719 --> 04:13:52.559
and found herself getting to Sorority Row
eight minutes ahead of her best time.

2900
04:13:54.440 --> 04:13:58.399
She lowered her arm and slowed to
a jog as she rounded the corner.

2901
04:13:58.200 --> 04:14:03.920
Police lights flashed atop a dozen squad
cars. A pair of campus cops vomited

2902
04:14:03.959 --> 04:14:09.520
in unison next to their departmental smart
car bodies lined the yard in black bags.

2903
04:14:11.280 --> 04:14:15.600
Macy pulled the flyer out and checked
the address against the numbers on the

2904
04:14:15.639 --> 04:14:22.680
side of the house. They matched. Not again, she said, Oh

2905
04:14:22.760 --> 04:14:26.440
yes, mancheer, A man said
in a slight Cajun drawl as he leaned

2906
04:14:26.440 --> 04:14:31.040
against a red panel van. Been
happening for quite a while, as it

2907
04:14:31.079 --> 04:14:37.600
were. Macy turned and read the
spooky crawl across the side of the van

2908
04:14:37.239 --> 04:14:43.120
in big black letters with a white
aura. Death in a small town,

2909
04:14:45.159 --> 04:14:50.040
she sighed. Gavin Arkane had tried
to interview her in the hospital, and

2910
04:14:50.120 --> 04:14:56.120
she refused I didn't know YouTube paid
well enough for a company vehicle, she

2911
04:14:56.239 --> 04:15:01.239
said, I'm with a real network
now, Gavin said, adjusting the collar

2912
04:15:01.280 --> 04:15:05.840
of his vermilion button. Up.
Got a streaming deal too. This just

2913
04:15:05.920 --> 04:15:09.520
happened. So how'd you get here
so soon? Macy asked? I was

2914
04:15:09.559 --> 04:15:13.879
here for other reasons? He answered, I've been trying to reach you for

2915
04:15:13.959 --> 04:15:20.000
some time now. I told you
I'm not interested in doing any interviews.

2916
04:15:20.440 --> 04:15:24.959
You misunderstand my intentions. I don't
want to interview you. He raised an

2917
04:15:24.959 --> 04:15:28.840
eyebrow and pursed his lips. It'd
get a lot of viewers if I did,

2918
04:15:28.840 --> 04:15:33.760
though, I'm not looking for a
date either, Macy said, turning

2919
04:15:33.760 --> 04:15:39.639
her attention back to the crime scene
as deputies brought out another body. Babysitters,

2920
04:15:39.879 --> 04:15:45.399
Gavin told her seems to be a
trend. What Macy turned back to

2921
04:15:45.479 --> 04:15:50.120
him. I've done six episodes on
babysitter massacres. This here'll be number seven.

2922
04:15:50.760 --> 04:15:54.840
There's a whole lot more throughout the
annals of history. He adjusted his

2923
04:15:54.879 --> 04:16:00.440
hair as the breeze pushed it across
his eyes. The familiar scent of murder

2924
04:16:00.520 --> 04:16:04.520
didn't bother him any longer. Might
ought to consider another profession, Maselyn,

2925
04:16:06.319 --> 04:16:11.840
this ain't gonna stop, not anytime
soon. Gavin smirked and slid into the

2926
04:16:11.879 --> 04:16:15.639
driver's seat. He slammed the door
and leaned out the window, looking over

2927
04:16:15.680 --> 04:16:21.879
the crime scene once more. Then
back to Macy. What do you know?

2928
04:16:22.559 --> 04:16:27.239
Macy asked, Gavin started the motor
hop in if you really want to

2929
04:16:27.280 --> 04:16:36.840
find out the end. Thank you
for listening to the audiobook for Babysitter Massacre,

2930
04:16:37.200 --> 04:16:41.040
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2931
04:16:41.040 --> 04:16:45.600
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2932
04:16:45.680 --> 04:16:51.719
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2933
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2937
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