Ep.188 – Friday Night Frights - This Sport is DEADLY

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In small towns, high school football
can be quite a big deal, so

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why should Strickfield be any different.
Weekly Spooky's own terrifying town puts its own

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spin on the Friday night fights.
Tonight on the program, and believe me,

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it gets deadly. What's that you
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it's about time to get a ball
game on. After these quick words.

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Friday Night Frights by rob Fields,
It's Friday Night again. We always

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have that important, heated yearly rivalry
game early on during the football season.

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It's US at Strickfield Academy against Strickfield
High. I've been playing for Strickfield Academy

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since sophomore year. We beat Strickfield
High then and last year. Now it's

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senior year and we're facing them again. Strickfield High isn't the greatest football team

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out there. I mean, they
haven't been to state for as long as

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I can remember, not since the
days of Mick the Demon Night back in

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the fifties. We've been to state
the last two years. Sophomore year we

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ended up being the runner ups.
Last year we won the state championship for

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our division. But my point is
that every time we play against Strickfield High,

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they always make us work for our
wins. It wouldn't matter if they

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were the suckiest team in the Eerie
Shore Conference. They always seem to play

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their best against us, probably because
it's the battle of strickfield. Funny thing.

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We never play them in other sports, just football. It's the fourth

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quarter. The score is thirty four
thirty US. It's down to the final

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minute. We've been gradually taking the
ball down field to run out the clock.

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Coach Crandon has been riding us the
whole game. I really hate this

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guy. Ever since had mistress Hiltonson
hired him to replace Coach Rains after he

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retired, this guy has been relentless. That's what get when you have a

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former marine drill instructor. If you've
ever seen that movie Full Metal Jacket,

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you know what I'm talking about.
Come on, brand Flakes, We're almost

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there. Coach Crandon yells at me, my name is Greg brand Lake.

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That douchebag has been calling me brand
Flakes ever since he took over his coach,

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letting me know he doesn't like me. The other team calls time out.

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I'm ready to go over our next
play with the guys, but suddenly

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Crandon's right there. Two more plays, brand Flakes, He yells, in

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his drill instructor tone, you fucked
this up. I'm going to kick your

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ass all over that locker room.
You get me, You're worthless piece of

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shit. I hate the guy so
much I don't even answer him. I

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was the top quarterback in the Eerie
Short Conference before Crandon came along. Coach

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Raines was hard on us, but
he did it to challenge us. He

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was always there for us. If
he noticed one of us was having difficulties,

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he worked with those players until they
overcame those problems. Not Crandon.

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He's already had three people quit the
team because of his shit. In fact,

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my game's really suffered because of him. I used to throw perfect passes

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or hand off to the right guy. This time, I threw an interception

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earlier that let Strickfield High get back
into this game. Before halftime, Crandon

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let me know about it in the
locker room. As soon as Crandon's off

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the field, the game resumes.
We get into position. I take the

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snap and go back. There's a
man wide open, and I throw the

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ball to him. The ball seems
to sail slowly, very slowly. It

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almost reaches my wide receiver when a
little guy from Strickfield High seemingly comes from

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right out of nowhere to leap up
and snatch the ball for an interception.

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Little peewee Richter intercepted me earlier too. He's also fast enough to run around

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our tacklers. I manage to get
close enough to him to make a diving

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tackle. He jumps up and with
great height for me to slide right underneath

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him. Richter runs the rest of
the way and scores a touchdown. Strickfield

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High takes the lead thirty six to
thirty four. Instead of going for the

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extra point, they go for a
two point conversion. They hand the ball

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to peewee Richter, who gets the
two easily to make the score thirty eight

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to thirty four. Strickfield High fixed
it so we can't tie the game on

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a field goal and go into overtime. We have to score a touchdown.

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We have just enough time for one
attempt. Strickfield High kicks off, and

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then we really have a meltdown on
the return when a Strickfield High tackler makes

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our returner fumble the ball. Strickfield
High picks it up up and runs it

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in for a quick and easy touchdown
and the win forty four to thirty four.

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Final Crandon slams my back up against
some lockers. Give me one goddamn

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reason why I shouldn't kick You're worthless
fucking ass all over this locker room.

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Brand flakes. He pulls me back
and slams me into the lockers again.

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You do not throw two interceptions on
my team. You do not even throw

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one. He lets go of me
and backs off. Then he grins and

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points at me. I'm gonna lay
it out for you, real simple brand

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flakes. We so much as lose
one more game, I'm gonna cut your

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rass from the team. Head Mistress
Hiltenson says, you're supposed to be good

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so far, you ain't showing me
jack shit. Well, one more loss.

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Then he pats the side of my
face. See you at practice on

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Monday. He's about to leave when
he stops and adds speaking to all of

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us now, Oh, and all
of you can plan on extra duty every

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day next week. When the bastard
finally walks away, I look at the

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others. No point in expecting any
of these guys to help me out.

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We're a football team when we're on
the field, but most of us aren't

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really friends. I can even see
their sour looks. Yeah, they're blaming

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me for our loss against Strickfield High. I'd have told Crandon to kiss my

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ass and quit the team. But
I know next week's the big game where

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the scouts are coming. I know
I have to make a good showing if

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I want to try and land a
scholarship. Otherwise I can forget about getting

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out of Strickfield. I'll be stuck
here working at one of the many mir

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In factories to make a living.
What am I going to do? The

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one good thing I've got going for
me is Katie Kleine, my girlfriend and

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an Academy cheerleader. I'm so glad
I can always count on her. She

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gives me a sympathetic look. Do
I even want to ask? Crandon got

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to you again? Didn't he?
Am I that obvious? I reply,

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half joking us cheerleaders. Could hear
him hollering at you? I swear he's

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even louder than our cheers. We
even hear the filthy words he's not supposed

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to be using at the Academy.
Yeah, but Hiltonsen ain't going to do

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anything. She knows how big football
is here. She'll look the other way

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as long as we win another state
championship. Then I tell her Crandon threatened

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to cut me if I don't show
improvement at next Friday's game, I groan,

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He'll probably cut me anyway, whether
we win or lose. If I

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don't get a full ride to college, I'm done again. Katie give me

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a sympathetic look. We talk about
other things as we head home. Before

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we part ways, Katie suggests we
spend the day together Saturday and just have

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fun. I decide to take her
up on that. It's Saturday afternoon.

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Katie and I have been walking around
the village, just going wherever. We

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even go to the Strickfield Town Center
mall. Nothing going on here. I

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figure any day now this mall is
going to close. But Christmas ain't far

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off, so the mall will start
getting packed as stores open in here for

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the season. We look down a
far section of the mall. Nothing open.

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We're about to turn around when we
see a light. We go to

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it and see there's only one store
there called Tinkers. Hey looks like an

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oddity store. Katie says, you
know, places that sell junk and stuff.

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I take her hand. I know
you want to look. Let's go

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in. We walk into the store. Katie's looking at one piece of junk

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after another. It doesn't look like
she's going to buy anything in the past,

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Katie would tell me there's always that
possibility of a rare find in places

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like these. Katie sighs and turns
to me. You know you haven't said

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much of anything today. Are you
still worried about Crandon? I sigh sadly.

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I'm sorry. I know we're supposed
to be having fun and I'm ruining

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it. I can't help it,
Katie, I'm just sick of how Crandon

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keeps riding me. If I don't
get back to where I was, I

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can kiss both high school football and
the possibility of a scholarship could buy.

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Before Katie can reply, we realize
we're not alone. A man who looks

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like he's in his early fifties is
right there. I'm sorry, young man,

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I couldn't help overhearing, he says, I think I may have something

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that might help you more confidence,
right, I reply, You've got something

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in a junk shop to help me
win football games. You'd think the man

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would have been insulted, but he
just chuckles a little. Come with me,

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please, Katie and I follow him
to the display case at the cash

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register. Then I see it all
framed up on the wall behind the register.

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Remember what I just said, about
making that rare. Fine. Guess

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Katie was right. No freaking way. My jaw drops for a moment.

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You actually have Mick the Demon Knight's
original Strickfield High football jersey. Ah,

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so you know who he is?
Then the man asked, do I know

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him? I exclaim, uh,
yeah, he was the guy you wanted

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to be in football. Nobody could
touch him. I know he was big

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in the fifties, but he was
the greatest quarterback that ever came out of

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Strickfield. His team went undefeated for
the years he was there. They won

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state championships. He went on to
the nc Double A to play for Michigan

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and was unstoppable. Then he went
to the NFL to play for Shore City

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and won a lot of championships before
there were even Super Bowls. I've idolized

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Night for years and want to be
just like him. I was well on

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my way until Crandon got to be
coach. I saw and look at the

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jersey again. I see the back
with the big numbers zero zero and demon

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above them. Yeah, this was
supposed to be his lucky jersey. I

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continue Knight supposedly wore it under his
team's jersey when he was in college and

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again in the NFL. Then I
get to the bad part of what I

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know about Night. He was found
dead in his condo in Shore City about

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midway through his final season in the
NFL. Rumor had it that certain people

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were looking for his jersey. This
jersey his body was found with. No,

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I don't want to say it.
I look at the jersey again.

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Then I turned to the man,
how did you end up getting it?

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Well, that's my business, Isisley
Tinker at your service. I've come across

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many interesting artifacts and oddities during my
times and travels. I just happened to

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come across this football jersey in an
auction. I picked it up cheap,

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but I know to the people of
Strickfield it's worth so much more. I

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shake my head slowly. I don't
think I could ever afford this jersey.

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Tinker and I end up talking figures. He comes down on the price a

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little, but I really want that
jersey. Fortunately I have just enough on

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my debit card to buy it.
Normally I don't collect sports stuff, but

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this is Mick Knight, the Demon. Yeah, this guy was built like

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a brick shit house, but he
could really really throw a football. He

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could hit his mark nine times out
of ten times, ten times out of

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ten. When he ran the ball
himself, he could knock other players out

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of the way like they were just
pesky little flies. Yeah. I just

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had to have that jersey. A
collector's item. If anything, Katie and

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I leave the store, Well,
at least you're finally smiling, Katy cracks,

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even if you had to spend good
money to do it. I put

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an arm around her. I don't
expect you to understand, hun, but

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this jersey, I just have to
have it, She smiles. You don't

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have to explain it to me.
It's no different than some of the items

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of classic rock and roll that I
collect Believe me, I totally get it.

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Katy and I hang out for the
rest of the afternoon and into the

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evening. When our date's over,
I'm finally alone in my room with my

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prize. I'm holding the original Strickfield
High jersey that Mick the Demon night War.

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I don't know. It feels like
some kind of energy is in my

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hands when I hold it. Now, when it comes to collector's items,

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like an original jersey, you wouldn't
even think about trying it on. But

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that is exactly what I was going
to do. I put the jersey on

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right over my T shirt and look
in the mirror. Then I gasp when

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I feel like I'm wide awake.
I was tired from my day with Katie,

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but now I'm feeling like I'm on
top of the world. Yeah,

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I should, since I have this
jersey. Truly, it's a one of

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a kind collector's item and it belongs
to me. Now, deep down,

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I'm feeling like things are going to
start changing for the better. Don't go

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away, weekly, Spooky will be
right back. Monday after school, I'm

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on the football field at practice.
That's when Crandon starts on me again about

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how I cost us the game on
Friday. He keeps going on and on

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about how my position's going to come
open after next weekend, and how those

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who want to throw for him had
better start practicing for tryouts. Crandon points

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right at me, you might as
well just walk off the field right fucking

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now, you worthless piece of shit, Go fuck yourself. I hear myself

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saying. Everybody's looking at me right
now. Boy, you should have seen

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the look on Crandon's face. In
fact, he marches right up to me

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and shoves me what's that boy?
Come on, say it again. I

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shove him back. Yeah, you
heard me the first time. You want

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to replace me, just try it. You know, none of these guys

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are anywhere near as good as me. Crandon and I have a standoff.

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Then he grins before he turns away
from me. Okay, brand flakes.

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He thinks he's such hot shit on
a cold plate. I want you guys

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to destroy him. I don't want
him even getting a Friday Night's game.

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We have practice. I'm feeling like
I've been rejuvenated as I'm completing one pass

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right after another. I'm even knocking
people out of the way who are trying

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to tackle me. Crandon's fuming so
bad you could probably fry eggs off him,

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especially the times when I run the
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he's not giving me hell. He's
actually screaming at the other players. Now,

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for the first time ever, he
doesn't even keep me around for extra

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duty. The others are going to
be running laps Friday Night comes again.

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I'm wearing the Micknight jersey underneath my
Strickfield Academy one. We're playing Ridgeway Academy

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as in Ridgeway Heights, in fact, they were undefeated last year. They're

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currently undefeated this season. They won
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The scouts are even here tonight.
Crandon's yelling his bullshit at me as

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we play. He doesn't like that
I've been showing him up all week.

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Just hurry up and get your ass
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I've been completing my passes. I've
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I've even knocked a few out of
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in People just aren't believing what they're
seeing. Ridgeway Academy has been destroying everybody

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they've faced, often winning with real
high scores. Now we've got a sixty

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seven to seven lead. The only
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board was because of a fumble recovery. Nothing to do with me. I

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can tell the scouts are impressed.
Katie's really beaming as she looks my way.

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Our cheerleaders are really kicking things up
with how they're cheering. You could

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actually hear them over Crandon's screaming for
once we get down to the final minute,

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we're up eighty four to ten.
Now I take the snap and run

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the ball down the field, knocking
a few of those big guys out of

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my way. Again, I cross
into the end zone for one more touchdown

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for the final score of ninety to
ten. For the first time in my

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life, my teammates run up to
me and lift me up onto their shoulders

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to carry me around the field.
Not only did we just make the biggest

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upset by handing Ridgeway Academy their first
loss in quite some time, but we're

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back in the playoff picture again.
As we pass coach Crandon, I give

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him that look that tells him I'm
definitely keeping my position as starting quarterback.

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Regular season's over and we're in the
playoffs. I'm right back where I was

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when I started playing. No.
No, I'm even higher than I've ever

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been. I'm getting offers on top
of offers for full ride athletic scholarships from

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some of the top colleges. I'm
talking SEC and the Big ten here.

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Ever since I've been wearing Mick Knight's
jersey, I've been on top of the

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world. But there's still one problem. However, I'm in the locker room.

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I'm the last one to take a
shower, after smiling for pictures and

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doing interviews for the area news stations
and papers. After I finish my shower

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and get dressed, I see coach
Crandon standing outside. Crandon wastes no time,

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must be nice. Huh, you're
getting everything you ever wanted. Hell,

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Gregg brand Lake, You're the talk
of the college football world. He

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looks like he's ready to devour me. Now, let's cut the shit.

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We both know you suck. How
you doing it? Huh? Steroids some

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other performance enhancers. Then he pushes
me, ain't no way you're gonna be

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a college star brand Flakes. You're
really a fucking pussy. You know it.

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I know it. You better fess
up because when I find out,

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and I will, you're gonna be
out on your ass. You're gonna go

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back to being a fucking pussy like
you've always been. I smirk and shake

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my head a little. I have
to go, but Crandon moves and stands

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in front of me. Finally I've
had enough of his shit. I pick

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him up like a pillow and throw
him right through the doors leading into the

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swimming pool. I can't believe I
just did that. Man, does this

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feel incredible? I move toward Crandon. As he's getting up, he growls

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and comes running at me. I
draw back, ready to punch him.

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I growl with all the anger I'm
feeling as I take his head right off.

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The head flies all the way to
the back wall and bounces into the

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pool. The body falls back and
the water gets red fast as blood pours

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out of his neck. And then
I see myself in the wall nearer.

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My eyes are glowing red, bright
red. Then I growl, Wow did

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that come from me? It's like
a growl you hear in one of those

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cheesy horror movies. I even feel
so much stronger, a special when I

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killed Crandon. This is fucking awesome. Now I'm understanding why Mick Knight was

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nicknamed the Demon. I don't know
how he got this shit, But now

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that I've got it, I can
have whatever I want, whenever I want

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it, I can have it all. You just knew things would get bad

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between Katie and me. She's been
bitching and moaning that I don't have time

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for her anymore. Hey, we're
both on the football field every day after

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school for practices. Right, We're
there on the field for our games.

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Right, where's the problem? When
I told her I can't give myself to

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just her anymore, she just looked
at me like I just dumped her.

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Yeah, I guess that's what did
happen. I don't need Katie, I

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don't need anybody. I've got the
Micknight Jersey. I'm the demon now and

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Strickfield Academy has been cruising right through
the playoffs. We're the team to beat

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now we're the number one seat in
our division. As for head Mistress Hiltonson,

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she's definitely pleased. Yeah, she
seemed been out of shape when it

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came to Crandon's death. No one
ever came to talk to me about it,

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so I think it's safe to say
no one saw me no big loss

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when it came to Crandon had Mistress
Hiltonson appointed our gym teacher mister Rickles as

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our temporary coach until she can get
a new full time one. At least

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with mister Rickles, it feels more
like old times when Coach Rains was behind

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us. He was also the assistant
coach until Crandon pushed him away. I

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can tell the morale is up more
with Crandon gone. Believe me when I

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say nobody misses him I'm lying on
my bed and thinking about the future.

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When my door slams open and Katie
marches in. I get off the bed

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and point at her. You can't
just come into my house like that.

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But Katy's not the least bit afraid. Your parents aren't home. She points

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right back at me. I see
you on Friday nights, Gregg Brandlake.

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I see you. You've been intentionally
hurting people on the field. She comes

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right up to me and gets in
my face. You think I don't know

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it's that jersey you bought at Tinkers. I'm not stupid. Want to know

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something else. I went back to
the store to ask questions about that jersey.

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Tinker isn't even in the mall anymore. It's like it never even opened

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there. I shrug. And I
should care because you've changed, Greg,

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She yells, you've really changed.
You used to be a great guy.

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That's why I loved being with you. Now I don't even know you anymore.

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You dropped me like a hot skillet
and started sleeping with every girl who

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throws herself at you. I know, head Mistress Hiltonson won't expel you.

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Not when we're about to win another
their state title. But that's all you

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care about now, championships, money, girls, and fame. But we

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both know why you're getting everything,
don't we. Katie shrieks when I suddenly

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lift her up. I take her
to the wall and slam her against it

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to hold her there. She starts
punching me. Let go of me,

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Greg, God damn you. I'll
break you in half, you skinny little

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bitch. I fire back. Shit
was that me? Katie screams like a

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girl from those cheesy horror movies after
hearing my demonic voice and seeing my glowing

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red eyes. I'm still holding her
to the wall. When I look into

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her terrified face, I'm going to
have some fun with you now. I'm

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going to break you as many times
as I can. Wow. I fucking

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love this demon voice. No,
no, Katie wails. Then she kicks

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me right in the balls. I
can't believe this. I'm supposed to be

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the demon now, and that skinny
little bitch just brought me to my knees.

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Oh damn, this really hurts,
Like Holy hell. I fall on

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my side and hold my groin as
Katie escapes. Bitch, I growl,

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just you wait. We've been destroying
every team in the playoffs. Now we're

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at the state championship finals. Wouldn't
you know it, it's US against Strickfield

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High. They didn't have the greatest
season, but they did manage to get

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a good enough record to barely make
it into the playoffs. They are the

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number seven seed. And there's that
little Peewee Richter. One of the main

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differences between US and the high school
is that we have enough players to make

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a separate offense and a defense.
Strickfield High has to play both sides with

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their starting lineups since they're just a
village high school and only so many people

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there go out for football. Yeah, little Pewee Richter's definitely on the menu

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tonight. I haven't forgotten about how
he embarrassed me earlier on in the season.

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We're playing the game. I can
definitely see why Strickfield High made it

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to the finals. They're relying on
little Peewee Richter. He wasn't a full

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starter when we played at the beginning
of the season. It was until about

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halfway through the season that he was
moved to first string. Since then,

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he's really made a difference for Strickfield
High. He's a little shit, but

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he's so fast that people can't catch
him. Well, he hasn't gone up

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against the demon yet. He's going
to learn the hard way. As the

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game progresses, little Peewee Richter is
really pissing me off. Our team scores

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a touchdown, then he answers it. When he answers the touchdown, I

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ran in with one of his own. He points right at me and does

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a little dance. The score is
tied at sixty. I'm definitely going to

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kill him. It's the final minute
of the game. I'm ready to take

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the snap when we're up again.
I got my eyes on little Peewee Richter.

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He's got his eyes on me.
And then I feel such power surging

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right through me. The next thing
I know, I can feel my cleats

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coming apart, I can feel my
helmet breaking. I'm literally growing and changing.

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Then I can hear the crowds gasping
on both sides of the stadium.

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Little Peewee Richter practically shits himself when
he sees his worst nightmare come to life.

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You belong to me now, little
man, I growl in my full

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demonic voice. I'm ready to throw
the ball right at him and hurt him

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bad. But I decide I want
to face down Peewee Richter myself. As

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the strickfield high tacklers come at me, I knock them out of my way

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like pillows. Then I make my
way down field towards Peewee Richter. I

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can't believe this little shit wants to
try me. There I am with my

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double o's, that's my Micknight jersey
and the tatters of my pants and my

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new demonic looks, and he wants
to be David to my Goliath. You

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made this personal, little man,
I tell him. As I'm right up

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to him, I raise the football
and roar. Everybody's screaming in the stands

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now not little Pewee Richter. Though. Before I realize what's going on,

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he fucking climbs right up me like
a pole. Then he snatches the football,

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drops it and runs like hell.
I turn around and roar as I

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run after him. I'm catching up
to him fast with my demonic legs.

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Peewee Richter really runs like hell.
As I dive to tackle him, he

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dives himself into the end zone.
Naw, I roar. The final score

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is sixty six to sixty. Peewee
Richter just won the game. And the

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state championship for Strickfield High. I
grabbed Peewee Richter off the artificial turf and

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lift him up to me. He's
fighting and thrashing against me. Now,

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oh, what I'm going to do
to him? Yeah, I'm going to

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break him in half. I lift
the little shit up and over my head.

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I'm going to enjoy hearing him scream
as I snap him in two.

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Nobody humiliates me like that. Nobody. I'm the demon. I'm the remaining

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crowd gasped as Greg brand Lake's demonic
head seemingly exploded. The fans that didn't

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run to escape were too busy looking
on at the demonic spectacle and Peewee Richter

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to see. Katie Klein had pulled
the trigger on the double barrel shot unshe'd

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borrowed from her dad. Katie knew
she had to stop Greg once and for

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all, after what he had done
to Coach Crandon in the Strickfield Academy swimming

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pool that Friday night at the end
of the regular season. She had never

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been so scared as when she realized
she had to kill Greg, and it

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was even scarier for her to break
into the morgue at Strickfield General Hospital and

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steal the Micknight jersey. Afterwards,
Katy knew it was the authentic jersey when

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she started to feel the power surging
in her hands. But Katy had no

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intention of wearing it. As far
as she was concerned. She would have

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to keep it and make sure nobody
would ever get their hands on it,

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especially after she tried to burn it
only to find it wouldn't catch fire even

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after soaking it in gasolene. The
only thing Katy kept wondering night after night

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when she went to bed was how
long such a powerful item like Mick Knight's

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jersey would remain safe with her.
After all, evil power like that doesn't

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remain a secret forever. Eisely Tinker
certainly knew this as he stood outside her

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house and chuckled. He knew that
he could easily reclaim the jersey from her.

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However, he had other ideas.
No, Ka decline, you may

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keep the demon's jersey, even though
your intentions are good to keep its power

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safe from others. It will only
be a matter of time before you yourself

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will come to desire the power.
However, will you claim the power or

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will it claim you? Ah?
Yes, a most interesting question to be

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answered, indeed, and it shall
be answered in due time. Of this,

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I am most certain. And with
that, Eisely Tinker turned and walked

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away. That's a ball game right
there, all right. I'm not much

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of a sports fan, but when
you get the demons involved, I definitely

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perk up a little bit and start
to pay attention to the scoreboard. And

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I'm so glad we could go back
to Strickfield yet again. I want to

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let you all know that in June
we're heading back to Strickfield for a full

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blown mini series. I'm not going
to tell you what it's about quite yet,

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but I know you're all going to
enjoy it very very much. Speaking

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of enjoying things very much, if
you haven't gone to the movie theater to

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see Evil Dead Rise yet, I
highly recommend you do. And no one

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is paying me to say that.
I just love a great horror film in

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the movie theater. And a massive
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Patreon. We have ninety five backers. If you've been considering joining, why

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not jump at it today and you'll
make my week just a little bit sweeter,

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I assure you, and I want
to take a moment to say thank

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you so much, especially to our
Patreon podcast boosters, folks who pay just

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a little bit more every single month
to hear their names on the show.

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And they are Bobbletopia dot Com,
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Cohen. Thank you all so very
much. And I couldn't be happier about

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doing the show. I know sometimes
I get a little sappy, but I've

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been working on episode two hundred and
just the concept of two hundred is blowing

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my mind. Let alone the fact
that we've told so many great stories,

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had so much fun, and made
so many friends. Speaking of friends,

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by the way, go to Facebook
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and type in weekly Spooky Tomb of
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with other spookies, that's where we
do it. We share memes, scary

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stories, and much much more.
But now, my friends, I need

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to get out of here and get
ready for our special Friday show for myself,

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for my executive producer, Rob Fields, my producer Dan Wilder, and

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our composer Raymadis. I will talk
at you next time. Thank you for

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listening. To make sure to find
your way back next week. But for

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now you are safe. Trust me.