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The cursed Jersey has one final game to play. In
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the thrilling conclusion of Summer of the Demon, Eddie Richter
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and the survivors of Camp Red Feather face the truth
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behind the Demon, a shocking final betrayal, and a nightmare showdown.
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We're losing means being dragged straight to hell?
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What's that? You want to be scared? Come with me.
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You will experience tales over our roam, ghosts and death.
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He does not recommended for the week at art Listeners
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in the Dark. It's more fun at that way way.
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This is Weekly Speaking.
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Hello, my spookies, It's Wednesday, and you know what that means.
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It's time for a little spooky in your weekly. I'm
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your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto, and tonight we are
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bringing you the grand finale of Summer of the Demon,
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our summer mini series by Rob Fields. If you've missed
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the previous installments, make sure to check those out on
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the podcast feed or at Weeklyspooky dot com. And don't worry,
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there's a recap at the beginning. But before we get
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to all that, I want to say thank you all
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so much for helping me keep the Halloween spirit alive.
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In the summer months. You are the true, honorable Spookies,
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and I'm proud to be one of you and to
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serve you. If you love what we're doing here, make
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But now, as for tonight, every curse has a final play.
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All summer long, Camp Redfeather has been stalked by something huge,
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hateful and hungry, a demon in a cursed double zero jersey,
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a monster born from rage, jealousy, secrets, and the kind
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of power no one should ever wear. Eddie Richter tried
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to run from it, tried to fight it, but could
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only survive it. And now the game is almost over.
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The truth is coming out, the jersey is changing hands,
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the demon is ready to settle the score, and before
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the night is done, Eddie, Jessica, Charlie and the Serpents
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will be forced onto the field for the most dangerous
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game of their lives. It's not just football anymore, It's survival.
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So buckle in my spookies last time. On Summer of
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the Demon, Eddie Richter is hurt when he tries to
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save Jessica Branlake from being killed. He has a nightmare
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which helps him realize how the Demon can be stopped.
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When the Demon returns during another scrimmage at Camp Redfeather,
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the team gangs up on him and strips him of
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his jersey, revealing him to be Mark Schumer. Shortly after, however,
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Jessica has the jersey in her hands. Is she really
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going to assume her brother's legacy? And what horrible events
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are still to come? Find out? Right now? In the
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thrilling conclusion to Summer of the Demon by Rob Fields,
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Jessica Branlake lowers the jersey and hands it back to Charlie.
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No way, I saw what this thing did to Greg.
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I don't want any part of it. I breathe a
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huge sigh of relief, knowing Jessica is still a good woman.
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When Coach Mercer has Mark locked up. She comes over
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to me. I saw how you looked at me, Eddie,
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she says, I ain't my brother. Now I feel bad.
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You just scared me when you held up the jersey
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like that. She lowers herself a little so we can kiss.
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When she stands up straight, she tells me, I guess
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this is where we part ways? Now? Huh do you
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want to? I ask, feeling like my stomach just dropped. No,
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she says, without hesitation, I feel much better now, me neither.
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Then she looks at me. Funny, something's still bothering you,
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I said, I don't want to break up. I shake
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my head. No, that ain't it. You were there, Jessica.
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We both saw Mark get carried off by the demon.
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It doesn't make sense. Slap me silly if you want,
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But I really don't think this demon shit is over.
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Jessica and I go and confirm Mark Schumer is indeed
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inside an empty cabin coach. Mercer's got people guarding him
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at the door and windows. Mark still got that devilish smile.
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It's really bothering me. What does he know that the
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rest of us don't. The asshole's right, Chase Randall groans,
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We can't just hand Mark over to the cops. They
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won't believe us unless one of us puts the jersey on.
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Then Chase snatches it from Charlie, and that's when it
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finally hits me. I point at Chase. It's been her
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this whole time. Chase gives me an evil smile. Too bad,
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you figured it out much too late, you little shit.
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Before we can stop her, she quickly puts the jersey on.
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Now she's growing and changing until she becomes the demon.
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Feels wonderful having this awesome power again. She points to
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the cabin. I'll take Mark back now. Charlie ain't backing down. Yeah,
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we'll come and get him. When Chase obliges, the other
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players move from their posts to help. Even Chase ain't
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got no problem knocking what's left of us away. Charlie
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tries grappling with Chase, but he's no match for even her.
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Why Chase, Jessica yells, She laughs, Soon you'll all know
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my madness. She comes at us again, not waiting for
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anybody to get up. Now she's easily knocking people unconscious.
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Charlie thaws. Don't go down so easily, though, Chase keeps
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hitting him again and again until he's finally on his
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knees and grabbing hold of the jersey. Go spit. Charlie
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roars when she hits him again and finally knocks him out. No, no, no,
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Chase calls out. When Jessica and I run, I got
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plans for you both. She lands in front of us
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and grabs me. Then she backhands Jessica hard to knock
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her out. Chase grins in my face. Now nap time.
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Another backhanded slap knocks me out. I groan and wake
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up on the field. I can't move and realize I'm
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tied up. Then I see the rest of us are
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tied up too. I was hoping you'd wake up. Chase
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Randall appears, holding the double zero jersey in her hands. Oh,
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come on, I didn't hit all of you that hard.
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She looks at Charlie. Well maybe you hell. I'm surprised
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you recovered first, considering I gave you a good fist beating.
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Mark Schumer's standing next to her. He drapes an arm
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around her. Man, the looks on all your stupid faces.
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Chase knocks his arm away. How about the look on
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your stupid face? Mark? Huh? He mutters. Chase quickly moves
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away from him and pulls the jersey back on, becoming
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the demon again. Then she grabs him and lifts him
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off the field. I don't need your dumbass anymore. Chase
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beats the hell out of him. When Mark's wobbling, she
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punches him in the gut hard and his fist comes
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out her back. He drops to the ground. Chase turns
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back to us. Katie Kleine was the key. I figured
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this jersey would end up in the hospital Morgue, but
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when I broke in and didn't find it, I knew
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Katie had already taken it. I had to find her
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and kill her to get what was rightfully mine. I
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finally caught up to her in Cleveland. She comes over
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to Jessica and me. Remember when we read in the
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journals about Katie accusing Greg of being with other girls.
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It was me. I was his vicious vixen. Greg and
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I would do absolutely anything for each other, even kill you. See,
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it's always been about Greg and me. Chase removes the
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jersey and turns back to normal again. Katie took Greg
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from me. She's really excited now, as she turned gaze
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to just Jessica and me. Tonight, I am going to
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restore Greg. Jessica's pissed you dug up Greg's body. She
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laughs coldly. Bingo and tonight also means there's gonna be
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a little family reunion between you two now. Chase looks
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at me, But you need to be scared, you little shit.
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You stole the state championship from Greg last fall. Then
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that bitch killed him. She points to this big lump
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on the turf, covered by what looks like a big tarp. Yes,
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that's Greg's body. Dug him up myself. Chase holds up
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the jersey. Once I put this on, he'll be fully restored.
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I could have done it earlier, but I wanted all
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of you here to witness it, especially you two. The
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demon began with McKnight. That's how I got a taste
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for it. But this power belongs to Greg, the one
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true demon. Chase moves to Greg's body and kneels down
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beside it. Since we're all tied up, we can't do anything.
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As Chase puts the jersey on Greg. When she finishes,
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it begins to glow bright. Yes, damn if she wasn't
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carrying a serious torch for Greg. Oh, you gotta be
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fucking shitting me, Jessica says, sounding like she wet herself.
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Chase really knew what she was doing. The demon is
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now standing next to her. I've seen that monster enough times,
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both last fall and in my nightmares to know that
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that is Greg Branlake. He looks down and sees Chase
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smiling from ear to ear. You did all this, Chase
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squeals loudly. Oh God, yes, everything I did was all
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for you, baby. I love you so much. Greg suddenly
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snatches Chase right up to him and holds her tenderly
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against his giant, monstrous body as they kiss with passion.
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I'd be glad for them if they weren't the bad
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guys here. When they finish, he looks her in her
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teary eyed face. I love you, too, vicious vixen. I
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always said it was you and me. Chase sniffles. You
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and me, baby, forever and ever I can make, forever
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and ever happen. Wanna be close to me like you
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ain't never been close to me before? Anything, Greg, She
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cries out anything. Greg lowers himself to Chase. Come inside
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this jersey with me, then be one with me. Wow,
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Chase is so in love with Greg. She nods quickly
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and turns her back to him. He stuffs her up
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inside his jersey. Soon her head's poking out the neck
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next to him. Now both their eyes glow hot. Greg
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holds Chase close as they seemingly melt together. Soon she's
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completely gone. Greg groans with satisfaction. Yes, my vicious vixen,
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Now you're one with me. Nobody can stop us now
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he looks much bigger and stronger and meaner. Yeah, Greg
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and Chase are one, all right. This combo demon looks
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at me specifically, then comes and breaks our ropes. Oh no,
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you ain't free, pee wee. Only reason we're cutting you
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loose is so you can try earning your freedom now.
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The combo demon looks at Jessica. Really, sis, pee wee,
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richter boy, who you won't spread your legs for? You
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could do way better, Kiss my poocy, Greg, she yells,
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showing nothing is changed in their sibling rivalry. The combo
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demon points at me. We're gonna play another football game,
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pee wee. That's why none of you are dead yet
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your team wins. You all live and go free. You lose,
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we drag all of you to hell, where you'll be
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screaming for us each and every day forever. They point
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to Jessica, including you. They glance over their shoulder. Eh.
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Two cheerleaders are running for it. The combo demon goes
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after them and catches up easily, then knocks their heads together.
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When one girl falls on her butt, the demon literally
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tears the girl still standing apart, limb from limb. We
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all grown at how painful that must have been. Then
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the combo demon grabs the ankles of the other girl
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and make a wish. The other girl makes a shrill
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scream as they quickly pull her legs apart, farther and
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farther than they were ever meant to go. When they release,
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she staggers to her knees. She's bleeding out fast, and
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her insides drop to the turf. The demon literally split
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her at the crotch. Then she falls onto her side
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and dies. The demon comes back to us, anyone else
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want to try running away? When we ain't moving, They
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sneer again. We didn't think, so, they point out to
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the field. Move your asses. We got a final game
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to play. This is where we settle the score. Pee
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wee the other guys are looking my way. I can't
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tell if they're blaming me for the fix. We're all
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in or what. Then Charlie Thoss puts a hand on
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my good shoulder. We're still a team, squirt, he rumbles,
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and we're playing that first SEC game against old miss
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you hear me. I nod quickly. Even though the Combo
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Demon's a bigger threat than Charlie, I'm not gonna disagree
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with him. Before we take the field, the Combo Demon
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points to Jessica, you are playing too sis. Why don't
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you show everybody how much you like that wimp Richter
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and help him out. Jessica tightens her fists and jaw.
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You know, Greg, even after all this, you're still a
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little mama's bitch. No wonder, I always got the better
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of you. The Combo Demon shakes their head, but not today.
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They have a football in their hands. We'll kick off
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to you, whimps. I look at Jessica and she looks
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at me. Don't worry, Eddie. I can handle myself, and
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when we win, I'm gonna fuck you real good. I
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gulp when she gives me that devilish smile. I don't
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know if I'm lucky having Jessica, or I'm just a
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sucker for punishment. Still, what did I do to deserve
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someone like her? Now it's time, no going back, no
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way out. The big game begins. The Combo the Demon
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kicks off to us. Charlie easily catches the football, then
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he tosses it my way. I suck it up and
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run the ball down the field. When the Combo Demon
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tries tackling me, I do what I did the first
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time we played, during the Battle for Strickfield last fall.
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I leap up high and let the Combo Demon slide
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right underneath me. When I land, I head right into
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the end zone. The other guys are cheering behind me.
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Suddenly the scoreboard comes to life on its own, but
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the score is seven to zero. No extra points, two
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point conversions, or field goals. It's seven per score period
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and no penalties. The Combo Demon and I stare each
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other down as I return to the others with the ball.
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Only now we've got a new problem. We ain't got
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no kicker, you guys. Jessica groans, Oh Jesus Christ, give
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me that goddamn ball. Jessica is still fuming when she
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cries out and kicks the hell out of that pigskin.
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The Combo Demon moves back and catches the ball. Then
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they start running our way. As we head out to
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meet them. You guys heard Greg, Jessica yells he said
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no penalties. Kick his ass. Charlie heard my woman loud
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and clear, and hits the Combo Demon hard with a
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shoulder tackle that would have cost us fifteen yards easily
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and possibly got him kicked out of the game. The
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Combo Demons on their butt, but they get back up
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and fast, still holding the ball. Normally Greg would be down,
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but no penalties means exactly that. The Combo Demon knocks
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Early aside and runs at us again. The rest of
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us move to attack. Then I feel someone's foot on
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my back as if running Jessica no, I call out,
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but she's mad as hell when she throws herself right
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into the Combo Demon, taking them down to the astro turf.
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With the ball loose, Jessica snatches it up and runs
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it in. She turns to face them, throwing the ball
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down hard. Then she raises both of her middle fingers
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and shouts things a grown ass woman like her shouldn't
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be saying, Jason Norman slaps my good shoulder. She ain't
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your girlfriend, peewee, you are her boyfriend. I give him
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that look, saying he ain't wrong. The scoreboard changes to
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fourteen in Zher, but it doesn't take long for the
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Combo Demon to get back into the game. After Jessica
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kicks off again, we all fight like hell to keep
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them out of the end zone, but they just plow
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right over us both times to tie the score at fourteen.
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The Combo Demon's making us work hard as hell to
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keep up with every score they make. We're all getting
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dog tired, but we can't quit. Much to our surprise,
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we actually get to take breaks at the end of
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each corner, but the Combo Demon made it clear there
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ain't no call in time out. Fourth quarter, the Combo
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Demon makes us work to keep the score tied. We're
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up at seventy and getting down to the two minute warning. No,
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that's not in either high school or college ball. But
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remember Greg is making the rules as he goes. If
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we go into overtime, we ain't gonna beat him. Jason mutters, sorry, guys,
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but I'm ready to drop over. Jessica steps up. I'll
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take the fucking snap. Hell, I'll stuff that goddamn ball
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right up Greg's ass. She points to me, you bring
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up my rear. I know her bending over right in
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front of me. Ain't what she means, especially when she's
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still wearing a cheerleading uniform and I can see her panties.
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Come on, Richter, get your mind out of the gutter.
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Your girlfriend is counting on you. Hut. Jessica yells and
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takes the snap. Then she comes up and looks at
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the Combo Demon. Fuck you, Greg. Jessica runs like hell,
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I'm running right next to her like she wanted, but
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then she zigs when she should have zagged. I cry
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out when the Combo Demon takes her head off with
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a clothesline like in pro wrestling. Thankfully it's fake figuratively
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and not literally. She's still alive, thank god. But the
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ball came loose the Combo Demon and me look at it.
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I ain't got no choice. Greg will finally kill my ass.
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But I can't let the team down, especially when Jessica
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risked her ass for us. If I'm going to earn
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the nickname of one fast little fucker that bela tabon
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hung on me, I have to go for it, hurt
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and all. My shoulder is definitely doing the hurting, but
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this is for my team. Go Richter. Charlie Thoss yells
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behind me. Wow, the other guys are still coming back
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to me, still showing where the same team as from
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Strickfield High. I roar and leap right over Jessica to
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slide on the astro turf and snatch the football just
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as the Combo Demon gets a hand on it. You
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little shit, They growl. Okay, little man, let's finish this
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once and for all. Now, I feel someone pulling me
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back to my feet. Hall ass pee wee show this
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son of a bitch why we're in the sec now.
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When Charlie pushes me, I don't dick around and run
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straight for the end zone. Only way you're getting that
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score is over your dead body. The Combo Demon roars,
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this is it, the last round between David, me and Goliath.
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Them the other guys form a line. We're all tired
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as hell, but we're putting everything on the line. The
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clock is ticking down. If I don't score this touchdown
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before the time runs out, Greg will murder us in overtime. Literally,
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I run with everything I got but I hear those
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stomping feet almost on me. I can't run any faster.
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The end zone is only ten yards, might as well
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be ten miles. I ain't looking over my shoulder, but
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I know by instinct the combo demons knocked my protective
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line away. There ain't nothing between us now. And then
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I'm picked up right off the astro turf, right on
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the one yard line. Got you, now, you little ah.
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I drop back on the field and quickly dive right
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into the end zone. Right when the game clock hits
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zero zero. I sit up and see the final score
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seventy seven to seventy, and then I see ye Jessica,
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her cheerleader Jersey's practically torn to shreds, and her hair
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is all wild. Looking. To put it mildly, she looks
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like one pissed off she cat right about now. She
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had really taken the no penalties rule all the way.
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I mean, she literally took her rivalry with Greg to
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a whole new level. The combo demons on their side
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and holding their groin. How's that for a final play,
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you fucker? Jessica sneers, rubbing his face in it. Guess
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you lose again? She comes to me and kneels down.
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She gets my helmet off and plants one right on me,
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not even thinking. I bring my hand up when I
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feel I'm touching Jessica's bra I try to let go,
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but she won't let me. When we stop kissing, she smiles.
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You can touch me all you want, hun, she says,
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especially since you're moving in with me and I practically faint. Yes, ma'am.
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As we get back on our feet, so is the
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combo Demon. Now you made this personal sis. We don't
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care about the wimp no more. Let's finish this now
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and one more time our team comes together, the combo
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Demon will wipe the field with all of us since
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we're all totally beat Sure, Greg, Then Jessica laughs, But
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let me ask you something. Didn't you think about it
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at all? Why did I always kick your ass growing up?
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Why did I always show you I was your big sis?
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Then she turns and goes to the goal post. Now
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as guys are all gasping recognize this, Jessica reveals her
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devilish smile. It's the same shotgun that killed your ass
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that night at the state championship. Katie gave it to
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me just in case. Never thought i'd be needing it,
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But when our parents told me the demon was back,
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I had every intention of blowing your goddamn head clean off,
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same as Katie did. Oh you're gonna blow my The
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second that headless combo demon falls, we move to get
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that jersey off them fast. Almost immediately they separate back
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into two headless corpses. And Greg, the reason Big Sis
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always kicked your ass, Jessica still smiling her devilish smile,
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is because you talk way to God damn much that
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and you don't use your noggin. Now you ain't got
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no noggin. And since mom and Dad ain't here, you
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can just kiss my ass. We're all looking at her
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as she sighs and rolls her eyes. Ah, give me
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a break, will you? Greg said no penalties right, knowing
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she was right, we didn't give her any more sass
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about it, and that was the end of that second
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Game from Hell regular season. The doctors examined me and
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said my shoulder injury was all healed up. Honestly, when
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I was holding onto that double zero jersey, it felt
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like some kind of energy was going through me. I
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just know my shoulder felt much better. Those of us
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who survived at Summer of the Demon, as we're calling it,
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made it to our first game in the SEC. Even
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Coach Mercer was there to coach us against ole Miss.
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What's more, we were hosting them on our new astro turf.
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The SEC brand is on it along with our new
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Serpent's logo. We lost the toss, so our new kicker
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sent that ball flying right down ole Miss. Yep, Jessica
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both transferred from Ohio State to Strickfield U and traded
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her shredded cheerleading outfit in for a football uniform. Anyway,
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we'd played our asses off against ole Miss. Unfortunately, we lost.
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Ole Miss didn't have much to brag about since they
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only held us to one point for a final score
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of twenty eight to twenty seven. One of our kickers
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missed an extra point try in the second quarter, not Jessica.
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I was still the hero of our team since I
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scored three of our touchdowns. Jason Norman, our quarterback, ran
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one in. I know there's room for improvement being in
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this tough new conference, but Coach Mercer is going to
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get us there. In fact, we beat Missoo the following week.
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We're gonna be just fine in the sec As for
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that double zero jersey, Jessica took it and hit it
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where only she knows. I won't even let her tell me.
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Katie Klein tried hiding it, but it still found its
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way into the wrong hands. With Chase Randall, I'm still
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worried it'll find its way into the wrong hands again,
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but Jessica keeps assuring me nobody is going to find it.
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Even Coach Mercers in our circle of secrecy regarding the jersey.
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If anything, he's thankful we survive the summer of the Demon.
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Jessica and I are living together now, just like she
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said we would. That woman's still keeping me honest. Let
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me tell you, my parents just love her to death.
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They don't even care that she's an older woman. As
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for her parents, they can't believe I'm seeing their daughter.
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But I haven't been tasered by mister Branlake again, so
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I guess we're good there. I haven't had any more
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nightmares either, not about the demon. Not since we beat
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Greg and Chase. Life is definitely good at this point,
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and there's still the rest of college to go. Yet,
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deep down, I'm just hoping I'll never have to see
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the Demon or that jersey again, but I ain't stupid.
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We live in Strickfield, Ohio, after all, and in Strickfield
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nothing is ever as it seems. And that my spookyes,
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was Summer of the Demon by Rob Fields. Five parts,
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one cursed jersey, one very angry demon, more football trauma
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than any summer camp brochure could legally be allowed to advertise.
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We had haunted junk shops, missing journals, road trips gone
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horribly wrong, and so much carnage. And if you want
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to experience the miniseries as an audiobook, this Friday, we'll
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be publishing Summer of the Demon in its entirety, along
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with the prequel story Friday Night Frights, to give you
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the full spooky experience, So make sure to check that out.
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It might be just what you need to survive your
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Fourth of July road trip. So thank you so much
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there's so much to bring you, including a Thursday Thrills
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for my executive producers Rob Fields and Babbletopia dot Com,
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my producer Dan Wilder, and of course my creepy composer
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Ray Mattis I'll be talking at you tomorrow. Until then,
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stay off the field. Just take my word on that one.
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Thank you for listening. Make sure to find your way
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back next week week. But for now you are safe.
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Trust me.
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