Sweet Revenge: Candy Jack’s Halloween Return from the Grave

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Who doesn't like to enjoy a sweet
treat during the Halloween season. I know

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I do. But what happens when
you realize the sweet treats you're enjoying are

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here to kill you? When you
realize that sweet tooth you enjoy so much

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isn't a tooth at all, but
a pair of razor sharp fangs. Feel

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the chill in the air. Listen
to the leaves Russ Rossmooth as they die

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and fall to the ground. It
is Halloween. You will experience tales for

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our ghosts and death. It is
not recommended for the week at art.

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Join me for a tale foul.
This is Weekly Spooky. Hello, my

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spookies, It's Friday, and because
it's October, you know what that means.

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It's time for some more spooky and
you're weekly. As we continue on

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day twenty of our thirty one days
of thirty one Spooky shows to celebrate the

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spooky season, I'm your host and
narrator, Enrique Kuto, and we have

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a nasty little piece of work for
you to listen to tonight. This one

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is about when your candy comes back
for revenge in so many words, and

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it's by our beloved David O'Hanlon,
who yesterday published a full audio book called

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Babysitter Massacre Daddy's Little Killer, which
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putting on when you have to kill
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kill. But before we get to
the story, I just want to say

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thank you so much for listening.
There are so many brand new listeners that

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But now, my friends, there's
a chill in the air. The leaves

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are rustling, and the kids they
want to go get their candy. So

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I think it's about time we start
our newest scary story right after these quick

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words from our sponsors. Sweet Revenge
by David Ohany, October twenty ninth,

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nineteen ninety nine. The nozzles sputtered
and sprayed thick ropes of its gooey confection

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across the men on either side of
the conveyor. Hank and Reuben exchanged glances.

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Hank had gotten the worst of it. Globs of peanut butter infused molasses

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soaked through the beard net and glued
the mesh to the hair underneath. Ruben

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laughed at his partner as he tried
peeling the garment away. Ruben hit the

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stop button to remove the clogged nozzle. I'm gonna have to shave, Hank

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grumped. Shelley hates it when I
shave. I don't blame her, Ruben

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said as he retrieved the pipe wrench, Seeing half your face is bad enough.

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It is pretty ugly. Hank tugged
at a gob of candy. Maybe

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that's why your mom insists on sitting
on it. Funny Hillbilly, Ruben cranked

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on the nozzle. This bitch is
really stuck. Hank handed a cheeter pipe

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over the conveyor, and Ruben slipped
it onto the handle of the wrench for

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more leverage. The nozzle came loose
with ease, promptly spraying warm gunk across

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Reuben's face. He back pedaled and
slipped, falling into the mess. It

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was Hank's turn to laugh. Ruben
tried to throw the pipe at the machine,

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but the goop on his hands made
it impossible. It clattered harmlessly a

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foot away. I hate this job, Ruben huffed. Nobody even wants the

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goddamn peanut butter kisses. They're a
staple of Halloween, Hank offered in defense,

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Yeah, like STDs are a staple
of prom You might get a few

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in your sack, but nobody wants
him. Ruben peeled himself from the floor

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and checked the clock. He looked
down at the analog counter on the side

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of the machine and tapped the cover
to make sure it wasn't stuck. Fuck

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it, that's quota, he said. We can't work in nasty clothes,

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health code right, we can go
change and clean up for the last hour.

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Got a razor in your locker,
Hank asked, I got a bic,

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not a brushog. Ruben gestured at
Hank's bushy beard. What the hell

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is a razor going to do that? I figure if I shave it off

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here, I can tell Shelly it
got caught in one of the machines,

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she won't be as angry then good
plan. Ruben tried to snap his fingers,

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but the sticky substance wouldn't allow it. Cleo, she goes to beauty

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college. I bet she's got her
shit in the car. Hank stared at

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him inquisitively. You trust Cleo with
sharp objects around your neck, not my

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neck, but I'd trust her around
yours. That was fair. Cleopatra and

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Ruben had a thing once. Unfortunately
they had different ideas of what that thing

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was. Ruben's idea involved bawling Cleo's
cousin. The men shut down their machine

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and started across the factory. The
locker rooms occupied the space beneath the breakroom

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in a two story structure that looked
something like a prison watch tower. Hank

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used his pocket knife to cut away
the beard net while Ruben scrubbed away the

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residual peanut butter kisses Hank's nicker.
It served him right, after all,

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it was all his fault they'd been
stuck on the machine. It shouldn't come

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as a surprise that the owner of
a place called Candy Jacks is a complete

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degenerate. When Candy Jack heard what
had gone down, he quickly assigned Reuben

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to the worst shit detail in the
plant to score points with Cleo. He

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sent Hank along because he knew Ruben
wouldn't leave his partner holding the bag.

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The plan hadn't worked, but Jack
wasn't giving up, so for three years,

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the duo had been making peanut butter
kisses for Halloween, fruity candy canes

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for Christmas, and Candy Jack's knockoff
peeps the appropriately named cheaps for Easter.

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That's how it works in a candy
factory. Your rank is based on how

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much people love or hate the product
you're making. Ruben and Hanks stood on

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the bottom rung. Cleo worked on
the jacked protein bars in the Healthy Options

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apartment. It was third in the
hierarchy of Candyland. Lording over them all

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were the workers that made the Carson
line. Invented by Candy Jack's grandfather,

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Carson bars came in a number of
varieties and were the third most popular candy

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bar in the country. An entire
wing of the factory was dedicated solely to

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Carsons. Once they were cleaned up
enough to look presentable, but still appeared

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to have been working their entire shifts, Hank and Reuben sneaked across the plant

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to find Cleo the end of shift. Whistle blew halfway to her line,

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so they had to jog to catch
her. Cleo came down from the catwalk,

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stripping the chocolate spattered vinyl apron off
to reveal the curves beneath. Ruben

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gulped. He knew he screwed up
big time, but the closest he'd come

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to fixing it was getting Cleo to
wave at him. It was a step

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up from the fuck you he'd gotten
for the first two years. Cleo had

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in fact brought her beauty supplies.
Since Reuben had ridden with Hank that afternoon,

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it meant he couldn't leave until his
friend was finished. Cleo knew that

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too, and took her time.
She lined up Hank's beard perfectly, then

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offered to fix his hair. She
even threw in a neck and shoulder massage,

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just to keep Reuben from whatever or
whoever he might have done had he

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not been stuck pacing the break room
for an additional forty minutes. Finished,

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she finally said, Hank checked himself
in the mirror and whistled, I'll be

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damned, I've met your wife.
You are Ruben nodded for the door,

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and she's going to be wondering where
your ass is. We should hurry up.

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Some men can actually be trusted,
Cleo whispered. As she packed up

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her stuff. She stared at her
hands for a second and grasped her wrist.

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Shit left my bracelet on deck.
She looked out of the breakroom windows

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and saw a bank of lights shut
off. Unlike Candy Jack, his grandpa

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had been a great guy. Tucker
Carson took care of the employees, including

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giving them November first off so that
parents could stay out late trick or treating

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with their kids. In his will, he'd put a clause that it stay

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that way with Halloween. Being Sunday, they were the last shift until Tuesday.

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If I go home without that bracelet, my daughter will lose her shit,

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Cleo said. Another bank of lights
clicked off. She sighed, will

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you guys wait for me? Of
course, Reuben said too quickly. I

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mean I'll wait. Hank has to
get home. I'm your Hank started,

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best friend. Reuben finished. He
jabbed a finger to the door, Which

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is why I want you to hurry
home before you get in trouble, right,

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Hank wwinked, wouldn't want Shelley grounding
me. We have bowlin Sunday,

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the big Halloween tournament. Ruben scowled. He hated bowling and rejected every attempt

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Hank made to get him to go. His shoulders sagged. That's right,

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he agreed. I wouldn't want to
miss out on bowling night. See you

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there, partner, Hank whistled as
he left the two alone in the break

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room. Cleo grabbed the bag of
styling tools and glared at Ruben. She

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didn't want to admit she had ever
actually liked him, but she had,

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and three years later she still did. It made her want to punch his

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stupid pretty face in I know it's
normally your line, but I'll be quick,

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she huffed. Cleo stormed out.
Ruben watched her go down the stairs

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and disappear out of sight. It
was going to be a long walk back

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to his place, but if he
could get one step closer to unfucking things

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between them, it would be worth
it. He dragged out one of the

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plastic chairs and slouched into it.
Cleo clamored up the stairwell quickly to her

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station. She'd forgotten she was wearing
the little woven friendship bracelet Tia made her

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to commemorate starting first grade, and
she hadn't had time to run back to

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her locker. She'd tucked it into
the battered metal desk for safe keeping.

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She set her bag down and opened
the desk. Its bent, hinges screeched.

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She slipped the ornament back onto her
wrist and closed the desk. There's

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no overtime tonight, a man said, in a predatory hiss. Not milking

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the clock, are you? Candy
Jack leaned on the handrail, pantomiming something

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other than milking. His hair was
slicked back in a platinum pompadour, with

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a goatee dyed to match all of
his suits were gaudy, but the plum

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number he was wearing then was the
worst. With the orange jacket lining and

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accompanying tie and a black shirt embroidered
with tiny purple lollipops. His exotic leather

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shoes were something akin to pumpkin guts. He sucked lecherously on a licorice and

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tried to look suave. Cleo could
only think of one thing as candy.

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Jack blocked or escape Willy Wonka and
the nosecandy Factory. I forgot something at

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my desk. She held up her
wrist to show the bracelet. I'm heading

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out. Jack seized her arm lightning
fast. He stepped close and eyed the

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jewelry, then let his gaze shift
down to the collar of her t shirt.

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He pursed his thin lips were starting
Carson Christmas trees next week. He

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didn't bother looking up from her breasts. That comes with a lot of extra

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hours between school and being a single
milf. You could use more of those

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I make with what I have.
She jerked her hand back and forced a

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smile. I'm fine where I'm at. Have a happy Halloween, mister Carson.

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She grabbed her bag and started around
him. He cut her off,

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wagging a finger in the air.
You know you can call me Jack,

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he said, placing his hands on
her shoulders. Cleo clenched the bag tighter.

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You know I'm going to call you
an ambulance if you don't get your

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hands off me. That's cute.
Jack stepped back and snickered, you're cute

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too. Everyone wants the pink starburst
every once in a while, you just

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gotta pop a yellow one in your
mouth and suck on it for a while.

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The taste grows on you, so
do genital Wartz. You don't have

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to like me, Cleo. I'm
not asking you to date me. I'm

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just saying I have other positions for
you. Jack hands moved to his belt.

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He hooked his thumb behind them brass
buckle and slurped loudly on the licorice.

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You should pay more attention to your
market research, Jack, She shoved

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past him. No one likes the
fun sized bars. Her feet left the

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floor as he slung her back by
the hair. The handrail slammed into her

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back. Her bag hit the deck
and spilled out. Jack kicked it out

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of his path. Grabbing her shirt, he spat the licorice into her face.

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You could have made this easy,
he knelt and grabbed her chin with

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his free hand. But I'm glad
you didn't. Cleo tried to push his

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hands away, but Jack slammed her
against the railing once more. He pulled

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his hand back and slapped her,
then lifted her to her feet. My

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lawyers keep a check book ready just
to pay off ungrateful bitches like you.

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He slugged her in the stomach.
Everyone's a victim until they take the hush

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money. Then they're just wares.
I wonder how much you'll end up costing

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me. How about a leg?
Cleo gasped the shears buried into Jack's thigh.

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He bellowed and stumbled back. Cleo
sprang past him and ran down the

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steps, using the rails to sling
herself over the last few. Jack ripped

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the scissors free and rubbed the puckered
wound before chasing after her. Cleo shouted

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for Reuben, but heard Jack's uneven
gait catching up and darted for cover.

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The whirring of machinery gave her hope
of finding help. She moved into the

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shadows of the equipment and followed the
noise. Maybe someone was still shutting down.

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Cleo ducked behind a half stacked palette
to look for Jack. His hair

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glinted in the emergency lighting, letting
her know he was still pursuing. She

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stayed low and crept alongside a melting
vat. Keep running, Cleo, Jack

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called out, it makes it more
fun. Jack's steps were getting closer.

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Cleo rolled under a conveyor and watched
the ugly shoes stop behind her. Blood

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dripped from the stab wound down on
the leather. Jack laughed and started away.

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Cleo crawled under the line. Old
candy bits dug into her hands and

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knees like thumbtacks, but she forced
herself on until she could hear the machine

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running more clearly. She rolled out
from under the conveyor and sprinted up the

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first set of steps. She saw. Large drum mixers lined the platform,

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with another catwalk above them to operate
the loading bins. There wasn't anyone there.

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The hard candy machines had to run
continuously to keep the leftovers from seizing

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up the workings. Fuck. She
leaned on the handrail, looking for Jack

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and Reuben in equal measure behind her. Candy Jack pulled himself over the railing

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silently. Cleo turned in time to
see him spring. He tackled her onto

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the ascending staircase. Her head head
clanked off the steel steps. Jack opened

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the shears and slipped a blade into
each of her nostrils. The scissors closed

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slowly, crunching wetly through the gristle
of Cleo's septum. She screamed and thrashed

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beneath them. Jack clenched her jaws
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You got to stick something in me, he growled. It's my turn.

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He punched the scissors through her side, scraping them against the ribs as

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he wriggled them around, trying to
find the lung. She howled in pain,

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then cursed Cleo couldn't see him through
the tears. Another pained grunt,

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and his weight came off her.
She started clamoring up the stairs to get

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away. Then she heard the voice
I never liked this fucking job, Reuben

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said. The thud of a fist
meeting flesh punctuated the statement. More like

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candy ass Jack. Cleo tried to
clear her vision. She could see the

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shapes of the two men fighting.
Reuben clubbed Jack across the back with both

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hands. He kicked their boss while
he was down, Then he screamed.

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Jack pulled the scissors from Reuben's foot
and stabbed wildly up his leg before scooping

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him onto his shoulder and dumping him
over the guardrail. The snap of bone

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giving way to concrete was clear even
over the noisy equipment. Cleo stumbled up

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the stairs. Jack ran up them
after her. He dived forward and caught

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her ankle, dropping her to the
grated floor. He scrambled to his feet,

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but Cleo rolled and brought a heel
up into his groin. Jack fell

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against the railing and began undoing his
belt while Cleo struggled to stand. He

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wrapped the garment around his hand.
He stepped in and punched her on the

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injured side. He threw the next
one across her jaw. The buckle tore

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a deep gash. Cleo slumped over
the handrail, but kept herself upright.

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She stared into the swirling, prismatic
abyss of molten confection below your wrappers,

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Looking a bit wrinkled, Cleo,
Jack kissed, but the candy is going

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to be so sweet? He swung
another haymaker, and Cleo let herself drop

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and trip him. Jack flipped over
the railing Cleo sat up, looking him

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in the eyes. Nice trick,
little treat. He got his foot on

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the edge. But I am still
coming to eat you up. Eat this.

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Cleo jerked a lever down. The
bin opened, and a waterfall of

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high fructose corn syrup blasted Jack from
his perch into the superheated mixture. His

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skin burned and blistered, sugars sparkled
in the grooves of raw muscle. He

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screamed until the powerful past pulled him
under, flooding his lungs and leaving the

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vat filled with nothing but sweet silence. More scares to come weekly, spooky.

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We'll be right back Halloween two thousand. The ball hook left, dropping

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a single pin before hitting the gutter. Ruben scowled. His injuries had gotten

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him out of it for a time, but he still owed Hank. He

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limped back to the bench. It's
the leg, he said, throws off

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my balance. How long are you
going to milk that? Hank sipped his

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beer. I got stabbed nine times, you dick, Ruben shrugged. Oh,

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trust me, I know you've been
bringing it up for a year,

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Hank took a contemplative swig. Well, since he came out of the coma

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anyhow, nine stab wod permanent nerve
damage eleven days in a coma, and

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Cleo still hadn't given him a second
chance. Ruben chugged half his beer.

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After Candy Jack's death, his second
cousin, Delia Carson Fitzpatrick, took over

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the company. It was renamed the
Carson Candy Works, and all the employees

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got a fat raise, with Ruben
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So there had been an upside to
the entire thing. It just wasn't

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the payoff. Ruben really wanted.
The healthiest relationship he'd ever had was banging

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his math teacher in tenth grade.
Naturally, he panicked when things started going

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good with Cleo. He wasn't ready
for a real commitment or to be a

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stepdad, so he'd intentionally sabotaged everything
and regretted it for the last four years

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minus the coma. It's not too
late, Rube Hank said, as if

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reading his friend's mind. We haven't
even left to go trick or treating yet.

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We're in the middle of a game. I'm in the middle of a

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game. You're knocking dust out of
the gutters. Hank took Reuben's bottle and

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finished it in one gulp. Now
you're out of excuses. Go this is

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illegal. Graham rolled the drum down
the ramp and into the grave with the

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others federal offense level illegal. Who's
gonna tell, how, he gestured across

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the cemetery. Unless the EPA has
a goddamn seance out here, I think

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we'll be fine. How he had
managed to convince the pencil pushers at Denoyer

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Grove Chemical that he was a toxic
waste disposal expert. It wasn't too far

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from the truth. He figured he'd
been working in meth labs since he was

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twelve, after all. How he
wasn't sure what was in the drums,

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but he was sure it wouldn't matter
so far from the town. He even

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had a tombstone made to add legitimacy
to the whole thing. It was the

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most brilliant idea he'd ever had.
Another drum rolled down and clanked against the

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rest. He stared at the battered
containers and huffed, damn it, they're

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all jumbled up. He growled.
The dirt has got to go over flats

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so it don't look conspicuous. Hop
down there and stand them up. You

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hop down there. Graham froze,
then stood up and craned his neck.

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Shit, Howie, look at that? How he turned. A dim,

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flickering glow came from the far side
of the graveyard. How He cupped a

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hand to his ear. A voice
carried on the crisp fall breeze. He

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glanced back at the truck, only
one barrel left. They still needed to

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run the back hoe to cover the
grave or they'd be caught for sure.

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I'm going to go over there and
see what's going on, how he said,

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finish up. I'll tell them we're
cleaning up after grave robbers. That'll

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explain the back ho good idea,
the only cand I got. How He

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left Graham to finish the hard work
while he went to investigate the strange visitor.

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He could hear the feminine voice more
clearly, but that didn't make the

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words any more familiar. He snuck
up alongside an ancient oak for a peak.

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Black candles burned in a pattern around
a grave, and a cloaked figure

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muttered the words with increasing speed.
An electric hum crackled deep in how He's

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ears, his skin prickled, the
ground throbbed beneath him. The sudden rumble

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of the back hosed diesel engine nearly
emptied his bowels, and he squealed in

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surprise. How He slapped a hand
over his mouth and looked over his shoulder.

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The work lights on the machine were
moving as Graham covered the evidence of

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their crime. He turned back to
the arcane memorial service, only to find

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it was over. The candles were
out, the woman was gone. How

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he stepped from behind the tree and
wandered over. Something crunched beneath his shoe,

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then something else. The next thing
he stepped on squished. How He

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took out his flashlight to look around. Halloween candy was spread within the boundaries

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of the candles. A darkened patch
of empty space lay before him, and

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he eased to the edge. Inside
was a coffin, its lid splintered and

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broken open. He moved the light
up to the gravestone. I'll be damned,

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he whispered. Candy Jack is back, the gravelly voice said behind him.

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Cleo watched Tia trot excitedly down the
driveway lined with giant inflatable pumpkins.

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They'd hit the afternoon trick or treat
circuit downtown before going home to touch up

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the child's costume and down a few
chicken nuggets before the real fund began.

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Tia, dressed as a commando princess, held up the king sized reces with

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a gap toothed smile. She'd been
self conscious about losing four teeth in one

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week, but the tooth Fairy paid
up and it made her costume look more

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authentic. The Grubers are giving away
the big ones, she squeaked. They're

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the best. The Grubers went all
out for every holiday. Their Christmas lights

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even made the must see list in
the Kuto Basin Tourist Guide, and they

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were the first stop on every kid's
trick or treating map. Cleo straightened TIA's

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lipstick bandolier and smiled. The last
week had been a nightmare. Memories of

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the fight with Jack and his final
screams kept her up at night. Her

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hands shook whenever she picked up her
scissors at work. She'd wanted to write

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off the entire holiday, but pushed
through and distracted herself by helping Tia make

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her costume. It would be worth
it. She was still on edge,

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but seeing how excited the little girl
was kept her focused on the moment.

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I bet the next house will be
a good one too, Tia shouted as

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she ran away. Wake up guys. Tia disappeared into a gaggle of children

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as they swarmed along the sidewalk for
the next house. Cleo started after them,

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joining with the other parents trying to
keep up with their own kiddos.

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Lame a power ranger said as he
waddled across the street. He scooped a

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handful of candy from his bag to
show his parents what kind of rich people

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hand out hard candies. Cleo's mind
flashed back to Jack boiling alive in the

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mixer. She watched the orange wrapped
discs bill from the kid's hand into the

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street like bits and pieces of her
attacker. She wondered if they'd cleaned the

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machine thoroughly enough to get every particle
of Jack out of the candy. Her

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stomach flipped, and she veered for
the sidewalk to vomit behind a row of

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styrofoam gravestones. The coop chirped as
Reuben set the alarm. He'd been too

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late to catch Cleo at home,
so he set out to find her.

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Everyone knew the best candy was in
Argento Hills. Traffic in and out of

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the gated community was atrocious on Halloween, so Reuben did like most people and

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found a spot at Cohen Park.
Even that had been challenging, he was

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really doing it. He was going
to find Cleo and finally fix things.

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The nervousness ran straight for his bladder. It could be a while before he

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caught up with her, so he
made a beeline to the restroom. The

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automatic lights flicked as if they were
tired of doing their job too, but

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finally kicked on, casting the concrete
room in a wash of dim, corpse

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white illumination. Ruben scrunched his nose
at the sight of the urinal. Someone

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hadn't understood the purpose, apparently.
Rubin gagged a little and proceeded to one

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of the stalls. He closed the
door, slipping the bar lock into place.

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Something tickled his fingertips and he pulled
his hand back reflexively. Ants scurried

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along the lock in a dedicated formation
before disappearing into the neighboring stall. Jesus,

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this place needs work, he lifted
the seat with his shoe, ugh

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and some bleach candy ass. A
voice grumbled. Ruben jumped, almost letting

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the stream go prematurely. His neighbor
didn't say anything else, but the man's

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voice lingered, haunting him like an
old ghost. It was strange and guttural,

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but he knew it from somewhere.
The lights sputtered, Ruben's bladder constricted.

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The automatic lights had been off when
he came in. The stranger with

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the familiar voice had been hiding in
there. Ruben shook it off. He

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told himself it was just a bum
looking for a warm place to sleep.

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The lights flickered again, and he
looked up at them. Ruben's eyes widened.

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The lights weren't flickering at all.
They were covered with millions of sugar

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ants swarming around the tubes. He
stumbled backwards through the door, plowing into

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the other occupant. His shirt clung
to the man as he spun away.

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He gawked, his mouth moved soundlessly. Ruben cleared his throat. That's that's

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some fucking costume. Cracked multicolored handy
scales covered Jack's exposed flesh. The gaudy

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suit he'd been buried in was stained
with expelled embalming fluid engraved dirt. Ants

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crawled between the candy plates, gnawing
at sugary scabs. Jack glared at Reuben

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with eyes hard and red ringed like
peppermint discs. He smiled, revealing a

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row of jagged rotten teeth. Thanks
Pal, he growled. Guess you could

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say Cleo made it for me.
Candy Jack backhanded him. Ruben slid across

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the grimy floor and banged into the
wall. Jack stood over him, his

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fingertips ripped as candy spikes grew in
place of nails. He stabbed them into

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Ruben's shoulders and lifted him to his
knees. He glanced at the defecation spilling

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over the brim of the urinal Would
you look at that? Jack turned Ruben's

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face to see remind you of the
peanut butter kisses. Rube time to get

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back to work. He slammed Reuben's
face into the bowl of fecal matter.

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Ruben's legs flailed, his shoes squeaked
for traction. Jack stabbed his claws into

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the man's side, forcing him to
inhale more of the filth. Ruben fell

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still and Jack stuck him again to
make sure before letting him slump in a

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lifeless heap. Candy Jack chuckled at
the sight of him. Sorry Rube Jack

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slipped a licorice rope from his jacket
pocket and stuck it in his mouth.

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That was a real shitty way to
go. You're not safe yet, weekly

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Spooky will be right back. Kuto
Basin was a town with a lot of

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history, and with history comes tradition. One of the oldest was vandalizing the

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Swinton home every Halloween. Since Carl
Swinton tried banning the holiday back in forty

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eight, the Swintons continued passing the
home on from one generation to the next,

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and likewise the town continued passing on
the tradition. Karen Swinton chased four

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delinquents from her yard with a broom
as they teepeed her trees. Hank chuckled

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as he drove by. Those four
were the distraction. The main attack force

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swarmed from the bushes and egged the
Bejesus out of the porch. Hank belched

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beer, hot wings and candy corn
swirled in the confines of the car.

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He needed to reassess his diet.
He lowered the window to get some breathable

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air. Down the road, he
saw the twelve foot tall inflatable skeleton waving

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in front of the library. Shelley
had worked there since high school, finally

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becoming the director three years prior.
On Halloween, she stayed late to read

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scary stories to the kids. Shelley
never liked to, especially on the holidays.

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Hank swung the car into the parking
lot and moved his bowling ball to

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the back seat before putting in the
book on tape Shelley had checked out for

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him. He didn't want a rusher, and the car still needed more time

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to air out. Anyhow, panic
screams broke up the merriment. Cleo sprinted

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down the sidewalk. Tia was wiping
away tears while two other kids were still

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fully engaged in the waterworks. Others
clung to each other or the adults that

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had arrived at the scene. First, a teenager in a bloodied clown costume

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laughed until he fell over and the
prop knife clattered on the pavement. His

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friend, garbed as a victim,
chuckled but clearly realized the gag had gone

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00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:50.119
too far. As the adults gathered
around to confront the children. Cleo grabbed

398
00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:52.960
the red nose and jerked the mask
off the boy's head. What the hell

399
00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:57.639
is wrong with you, she shouted, They're just babies, you asshole.

400
00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:01.800
Unbunch your fucking pannies, lady.
The boy snatched the mask from her and

401
00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:07.840
stood up. It was just a
joke, so was your birth Cleo spun

402
00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:12.119
to check on her daughter. Fuck
you, hypocrite. The clown started.

403
00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:15.639
Leave it alone. The other team
grabbed his arm and tried dragging him away.

404
00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:21.119
Suck it, Brian, The clown
pulled free. How'd you spend your

405
00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:25.960
Halloween last year? Cleo bit her
lip. I made the kiddies cry.

406
00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:31.320
I'm such a terrible person, Bozo
mocked. At least I'm not a goddamn

407
00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:37.960
murderer. Cleo had a fistful of
colorful polyester before anyone could stop her.

408
00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:42.920
Want to see how easy it was, you little prick. Mommy Tia ran

409
00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:46.119
to her side, still sniffling.
My bag's almost full. Can we go

410
00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:52.639
home? Cleo uncocked her fist and
looked around. The other parents watched silently.

411
00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:58.639
Cleo pushed the clown into a hedge, then turned to the other team.

412
00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:04.079
It was just a joke, she
said, before taking TIA's hand and

413
00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:09.159
walking away. You'd think killing a
Slee's ball rapist like Jack Carson would make

414
00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:15.239
you a town hero, and it
mostly had, but there were still others

415
00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:21.239
who were more content spreading bullshit theories
to paint it differently. He deserved it,

416
00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:24.159
Truly. Martin shuffled up beside them, with her son Warwick in tow.

417
00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:30.519
The entire Bryson litter should have been
dropped at the pound. Truly had

418
00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:35.400
been TIA's babysitter while Cleo worked evenings
at the factory. The two had become

419
00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:39.159
good friends, but weren't nearly as
close as their children had gotten. During

420
00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:44.199
the weeks Cleo spent in the hospital, Truly had been the first to step

421
00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:47.199
up and take care of the little
girl. The extra time at the Martin

422
00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:52.480
house had led Tia to declare Warwick
her big brother. They'd even made official

423
00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:58.800
certificates that hung on each other's walls, declaring them siblings for life. One

424
00:37:58.880 --> 00:38:02.079
day, I'll be big enough to
kick his butt, Warwick whispered loudly as

425
00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:07.960
he hugged tea. You okay,
Truly asked, Just ready to go home?

426
00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:13.400
Cleo said it was a long day
at the salon, lots of costumes

427
00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:17.199
needing special hairdues. Yours looks great, by the way, it's a fitting

428
00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:22.760
costume. I think. Truly made
a show of fluffing her bo peep curls

429
00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:28.559
barely fitting. Cleo laughed, You're
a half inch away from indecent exposure.

430
00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:34.840
I've got five, maybe six more
Halloweens before me exposing myself becomes a trick

431
00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:38.480
instead of a treat. Truly pushed
up her cleavage. I swear, girl,

432
00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:45.000
after forty the women in my family
go from milf to Mildred. What's

433
00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:52.400
a milf? Warwick asked. Hank
jumped at the sudden shriek coming from the

434
00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:57.599
radio as the DJ came back on
the air. He snickered at himself for

435
00:38:57.679 --> 00:39:02.199
being so jumpy. Hank glanced at
the dash clock Shelley was taking forever getting

436
00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:07.480
the Halloween lights shut off, their
orange glow still sparkled through the frosted glass

437
00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:13.079
of the children's library. He looked
back at the clock and crushed something on

438
00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:16.519
it with his thumb. He clicked
on the dome light to examine the kill

439
00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:23.760
mashed onto the digit a little black
sugar ant. Another toppled out of the

440
00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:29.199
heater vent, letting the blast of
air push it in a spin that landed

441
00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:32.840
it next to the gear shift.
Hank ignored it. He always banged on

442
00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:37.719
the hood when the Knights got cooler
to make sure no stray cats were looking

443
00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:42.280
for a warm spot to sleep.
He'd never considered bugs might do the same.

444
00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:45.960
Hank got out of the car,
but left it running for the six

445
00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:50.559
legged hitchhiker. He walked up to
the sidewalk in the dim illumination of the

446
00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:53.760
street lamps. The city spent a
lot on the library, but never seemed

447
00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:59.000
to have enough left over to replace
the bulbs in the parking lot. A

448
00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:02.280
long crack in and the concrete caught
his eye. He didn't remember it,

449
00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:07.039
and it was too damn big to
have not been noticed. He knelt to

450
00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:14.519
inspect it. The crack moved away
from his probing fingers. His eyes followed

451
00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:17.639
the long line of ants to the
front door of the library. Hank jerked

452
00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:22.960
upright, Shelley. He ran to
the doors and jerked them open. Shelley,

453
00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:28.280
we need to go. Hank didn't
know why the ants terrified him.

454
00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:31.639
He didn't have a problem with bugs
in general, but ants were the puppies

455
00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:36.840
of the insect world as far as
he was concerned. Yet there he was

456
00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:40.599
in a full blown bowel shaking terror
over the critters. He darted through the

457
00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:45.079
library to the children's reading room.
The wooden doors were ajar, halting him

458
00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:51.119
in his tracks. Shelley, where
are you, honey? He stepped hesitantly

459
00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:54.599
into the room and got his answer. Her bulging, bloodshot eyes stared at

460
00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:59.960
him from a blue face, Her
tongue lulled from her mouth. The strain

461
00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:05.559
of orange lights blinked festively around her
neck. Hank ran to her and tried

462
00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:08.039
to lift her up. She slipped
in his arms, and he saw the

463
00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:15.519
puncture wounds still oozing from her victorian
dress. Her ruffled sleeves ended at ragged

464
00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:20.119
stumps. You're gonna be all right, Hank said, I'm gonna get you

465
00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:23.079
down. You're gonna be all right, honey. That's a funny one.

466
00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:29.679
Jack stepped out of the shadows,
clapping with Shelley's severed hands, sorry for

467
00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:36.840
the terrible applause their second hand.
Hank roared and charged Candy. Jack leaped

468
00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:40.960
away, letting him barrel into the
drywall. Jack discarded the appendages over his

469
00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:46.519
shoulders Hank collected himself and attacked again. Jack ducked a haymaker and lashed out

470
00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:52.239
at Hank's belly, and testines spilled
at the man's feet. Jack backed away,

471
00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:58.880
chuckling. He wiggled his fingers to
show his claws. Damn strange thing,

472
00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:01.880
isn't it. Jack sucked the viscera
from one and moaned. They each

473
00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:07.000
have their own flavor, even Jack
stabbed the talon under Hank's jaw until it

474
00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:13.000
came through his tongue. What's that
taste like to you? He asked,

475
00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:19.639
Despair death, blue Raspberry. You're
bitch fought harder than you. Hank swung

476
00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:24.800
his arms up and gripped Jack's throat. Um Not finished yet, he forced

477
00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:30.280
himself to stand, letting his guts
empty into a pile. As he strangled

478
00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:35.000
the candy coated killer. Hank charged
forward. His boots slipped in his own

479
00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:38.639
insides, but he kept driving Jack
back. He wanted Shelley to see.

480
00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:44.639
When he popped the monster's head off, all his strength surged into his hands.

481
00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:49.920
As they tightened, candy scales cracked
and sliced into his palms. Jack

482
00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:53.840
jerked his finger from Hank's chin and
plunged the claws into his chest. The

483
00:42:53.960 --> 00:43:00.639
chokeold didn't release. Jack twisted his
fist. Hank stumbled, his grip loosened.

484
00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:06.400
Jack tore Hank's beating heart from his
ribcage. Hank's hands slipped from Jack's

485
00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:10.440
neck as he fell. Haven't you
heard, fat boy? Jack held up

486
00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:19.119
the organ. Carbs will kill you? Are you afraid? Good? Weekly,

487
00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:25.639
spooky, We'll be right back.
The candy spilled from the pumpkin bucket

488
00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:30.760
onto the coffee table. It wasn't
a great haul, not like the previous

489
00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:35.519
years, and Cleo felt bad about
it. If she hadn't lost her shit

490
00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:39.000
on that punk, they'd have stayed
out longer. Tea was excited. Nonetheless,

491
00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:43.480
all her favorites were in the mix, and even better, there was

492
00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:46.800
a pack of dunk a use.
Those were Warwick's favorites, so she quickly

493
00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:51.360
set them aside to give him.
The next day at school, she picked

494
00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:55.119
out a three pack of whoppers,
dangling them by the paper. I'll trade

495
00:43:55.119 --> 00:44:00.880
you these if I can stay up
late, she negotiated. You're already up

496
00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:05.760
late, goober. Cleo leaned over
and smudged the pink and purple camo on

497
00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:09.239
her daughter's cheeks, and you still
need a bath. Go get washed up,

498
00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:14.519
and you can stay up for one
scary movie. Not too scary,

499
00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:20.400
though, deal Cleo snatched the moltballs
and leaned back on the couch. Hurry

500
00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:23.400
up and make sure to wash your
face really good. Tia scampered down the

501
00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:28.360
hall. Cleo tore the wrapper with
her teeth and popped one of the candies

502
00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:31.679
into her mouth. She rolled it
around with her tongue. If Tia hadn't

503
00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:36.639
stopped her, she'd be spending the
next few halloweens in jail for assaulting a

504
00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:40.480
miner. She might have killed Jack
a year before, but he was still

505
00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:45.920
chasing her. Every day she dealt
with him again. If the meds worked,

506
00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:49.679
maybe she didn't dream about him as
often, but she still jumped whenever

507
00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:52.840
someone touched her, still slept with
the lights on, still kept a gun

508
00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:58.159
in her nightstand, still puked at
the sight of a carson bar. Every

509
00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:02.000
day, she faced Jack again,
just like she had in the factory that

510
00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:07.639
night, only she hadn't faced him
alone. Then she went into the kitchen.

511
00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:13.079
The bathtub started running. That would
give her time to do what she

512
00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:17.119
should have done months before. She
took the phone from the wall and dialed

513
00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:22.480
Reuben's number. She hated that it
was so easy for her to remember it.

514
00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:28.719
The line rang nine times before the
answering machine picked up. She wasn't

515
00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:32.360
going to leave a message, but
she didn't hang up either. Hearing his

516
00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:37.760
voice was strangely calming. When the
machine beaped, she ended the call and

517
00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:44.400
returned the phone to the receiver.
Of course you're not home, shithead,

518
00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:50.440
she muttered. H Or maybe I'm
just a loser. It's the last Halloween

519
00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:53.480
of the millennium and I'm home By
nine point thirty, Cleo stared at the

520
00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:58.920
phone, willing it to ring.
Maybe he was home and saw her name

521
00:45:58.920 --> 00:46:04.719
on caller ID, he'd call her
right back. It didn't ring. She

522
00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:07.599
reached for it to try again and
pulled her hand away as if the phone

523
00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:13.800
were searing hot. He'd see she'd
called twice. How would that look?

524
00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:17.679
Maybe he was too scared to try
again, or maybe he'd moved on After

525
00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:22.159
years of getting the cold shoulder.
He'd almost died saving her, and she

526
00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:27.079
sent him a get well soon card. There was enough to process after what

527
00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:30.320
happened that she couldn't bring herself to
explain it all to the man that broke

528
00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:34.559
her heart. Cleo went to the
fridge and pulled a soda from the plastic

529
00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:38.159
rings. She paced the linoleum.
The phone rang, and she sat the

530
00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:43.199
can on the table, sloshing some
out. In her rush to answer Reuben,

531
00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:47.159
she asked, you know, Truly
said, I know, it's a

532
00:46:47.239 --> 00:46:52.639
rough night, but it's never take
back an X rough girl. I just

533
00:46:52.639 --> 00:46:55.840
wanted to make sure you two got
home safe. Yeah, True, we

534
00:46:55.960 --> 00:47:00.599
made it just fine. Cleo let
her head bang against the door jam.

535
00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:06.519
It is a rough night. You
got no idea, Cleo Truly said,

536
00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:10.360
keeping her voice low. What do
you mean? There was a long pause

537
00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:15.960
before Truly could bring herself to answer. Shelley Rudolph was murdered at the library.

538
00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:22.079
Her husband too. Dan just called
from the station. It's bad,

539
00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:30.119
like Manson family, kind of bad. Hank. They killed Hank too.

540
00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:37.159
Cleo stiffened. Did Dan say anything
else? No, Truly sighed. He

541
00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:42.320
just said it was terrible. Why
don't you two come over here. It'd

542
00:47:42.320 --> 00:47:45.920
be better for you tonight anyhow,
Even if, I mean, even if

543
00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:52.559
this hadn't happened, I really don't
want to be alone tonight either. TIA's

544
00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:55.599
in the bath, right now,
Cleo tried to control her breathing. She

545
00:47:55.760 --> 00:48:00.920
wanted to call Reuben even more.
She needed to make sure he hadn't been

546
00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:05.360
with Hank. I'll call you in
a bit. She hung up before Truly

547
00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:09.159
could protest, and went to sit
at the dining table. She started dialing

548
00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:15.760
Reuben's number again when she spotted the
ant on the rim of her soda can.

549
00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:22.639
A few more lapped at the edges
of spilled drops. Gross Cleo took

550
00:48:22.679 --> 00:48:25.440
the can to the sink and poured
it out. She watched it going down

551
00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:31.400
the drain. Oh look, it's
like my sanity, she mumbled. She

552
00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:36.239
went down the hall to check on
Tia. She could hear the child singing

553
00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:39.760
Free your Mind through the bathroom door. She smiled and went to their rooms,

554
00:48:40.159 --> 00:48:45.639
turning on the lights in both before
going to her bedside table for her

555
00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:50.880
thirty eight special Ruger. She set
the revolver on the bed while she changed

556
00:48:50.880 --> 00:48:54.800
into her pajamas. Her jim bag
caught her eye. Dan was one of

557
00:48:54.880 --> 00:49:00.000
Kuto Basin's seven detectives. Truly would
be alone all night and probably into the

558
00:49:00.039 --> 00:49:05.119
morning, with a murderer on the
loose. Cleo chewed her lip thoughtfully.

559
00:49:06.079 --> 00:49:09.960
She decided to try Reuben one more
time before going over. Cleo went into

560
00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:14.880
the living room to get another whopper
from the pack. She popped it into

561
00:49:14.880 --> 00:49:20.400
her mouth and immediately spat it out. Ants crawled out of the packaging,

562
00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:24.880
running across her fingertips. She threw
the candy and slapped the bugs away.

563
00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:30.280
Great, now I have ants to
deal with, she glared at the package

564
00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:36.079
she'd tossed. That's not going to
help matters. Cleo went and picked up

565
00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:40.679
the candy. As she stood,
she saw the chain lock dangling. Her

566
00:49:40.719 --> 00:49:45.199
gaze drifted to the two dead bolts. She'd forgotten to lock both of them

567
00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:50.599
for the first time since she had
them installed. She corrected the mistake,

568
00:49:50.960 --> 00:49:54.519
clicking each into place and then securing
the chain too. She stormed into the

569
00:49:54.599 --> 00:50:00.639
kitchen, dropping the last maltball in
the trash bin. Good idea. Jack

570
00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:06.360
decked her across the jaw as she
turned sugar'll give you toothaches. Cleo propped

571
00:50:06.360 --> 00:50:14.360
herself against the countertop. How what
No, I don't quite understand it either.

572
00:50:14.679 --> 00:50:20.519
Candy Jack spun in place, but
here I am looking sweeter than ever.

573
00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:23.960
He sprang across the room, pinning
her between him and the formica.

574
00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:29.840
He spread his fingers in the air, letting the light shimmer inside the translucent

575
00:50:29.920 --> 00:50:35.679
talons. He dragged their points along
Cleo's cheek before settling his hand on her

576
00:50:35.679 --> 00:50:40.480
throat. He gave a squeeze.
Cleo tried to scream, but he tightened

577
00:50:40.519 --> 00:50:45.400
his grasp, turning it into a
squeak. I'm going to give you the

578
00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:52.239
sugar frosted fuck of your life,
little treat. He licked the scar on

579
00:50:52.280 --> 00:50:55.360
her chin, leaving a sticky trail
over the raised flesh. Don't worry,

580
00:50:55.960 --> 00:51:02.119
I'll pull out. Don't want any
sour patch kids running around. Could you

581
00:51:02.199 --> 00:51:07.880
imagine that? Think they'd look like
they're daddy. Jack clicked his claws against

582
00:51:07.920 --> 00:51:14.119
the candy scales of his face.
He ground against her thigh. Cleo brought

583
00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:20.880
her knee into his groin. Jack
staggered back, clutching himself ah right in

584
00:51:20.920 --> 00:51:24.800
the milk duds. He groaned.
Cleo wrenched the carving knife from the wooden

585
00:51:24.840 --> 00:51:30.880
block. She slashed repeatedly in an
X pattern. Candy chips flew from bloodless

586
00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:36.440
wounds on his face. Jack brought
his arms up and the knife sliced through

587
00:51:36.480 --> 00:51:42.280
the bright orange sleeves of his jacket. The blade clinked against the scales underneath.

588
00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:45.960
She thrust under his guard. The
knife flexed and skittered off his chest.

589
00:51:46.679 --> 00:51:52.119
Jack's forearms slammed into her face.
You can't stop me, Cleo.

590
00:51:52.920 --> 00:51:57.800
I've been snorting pixie sticks and chugging
Surge since I crawled out of that grave

591
00:51:57.920 --> 00:52:01.199
you put me in. He tore
open his shirt, revealing a torso covered

592
00:52:01.239 --> 00:52:07.360
in thick scales and wrinkled scar tissue
between where his flesh had burned in the

593
00:52:07.400 --> 00:52:14.199
mixing vat I'm an armor plated,
high calorie, supernatural killing machine. Baby,

594
00:52:15.239 --> 00:52:21.119
Now gimme some sugar. He lunged
forward, and Cleo dived under his

595
00:52:21.280 --> 00:52:27.000
arms, rolling across the floor to
safety. Spiked maltodexter and missiles splintered the

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doorframe. Cleo screamed and grasped the
one that had gone through her shoulder,

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pinning her to the jam. Jack
looked quizzically at his fingers as new talons

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grew in place of the old ones. I didn't even know I could do

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that, he smiled malevolently. Cleo
pulled herself off the spear and crawled into

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the living room. You know running
doesn't work, Cleo, and no one's

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coming to save you this time.
I've made sure of that. Candy.

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Jack stalked her down the hallway.
He paused by the bathroom door and listened

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to the child singing. He dragged
a claw down the wood, tearing a

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deep furrow. It isn't Talloween if
the kiddies don't get some candy, he

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hissed. Leave her alone for now. Jack agreed, if you satisfy my

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sweet tooth, blood spurted from the
wound. As Cleo pressed herself up from

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the floor, she fell against the
bedroom door and toppled through it. Jack

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threw himself onto her before she could
recover. Don't get up. That's my

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job, and as you can tell, I'm very hard at work. He

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pressed his hips against her ass.
Ironic, isn't it. You're about to

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give the candy your cavities. Jack
twisted Cleo's hair around his hand and dragged

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her up to bend her over the
bed. Mommy Tia came around the doorway.

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Get away from my mommy, run
Tia, Cleo shouted, but it

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was too late. The child charged
into the room and beat her fists on

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Jack's back. Wait your turn,
he swung around, slashing her across the

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abdomen. I'll unwrap you next.
Jack lifted Tia by the jaw and slammed

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her onto the bed. He jerked
his head around to see the revolver bounce

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up from the mattress. Cleo jerked
away, leaving a fistful of hair in

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Jack's sticky fingers. She stretched out
her hand for the falling pistol. Jack

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pounced on her as she hit the
floor. The blue steel broke his teeth

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and the barrel punched into his palate. Suck on it, Jack, Cleo

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thumbed back the hammer. The taste
grows on you. The back of Jack's

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head came apart like a busted pinata. An iridescent slime dripped down the wall,

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and confectionery shrapnels scattered all over the
floor. Jack slumped over. Tia

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crawled across the bed, hugging her
mom's side. Cleo scraped up a handful

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of brain matter smarties. She dumped
them onto Jack's corpse. Of course they

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are Was he a monster? The
child whispered always, Cleo answered. The

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scales on Jack's chest began to move, some ground noisily against one another.

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Others fractured Cleo aimed at his heart, preparing to fire again. The ants

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scuttled around the seams where the flesh
met candy plaiting scar tissue pulsed, then

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erupted with black lava across Jack's body. Cleo gasped and jumped back. She

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picked ta up, keeping the weapon
aimed at Jack. The corpse disappeared beneath

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the insects. Cleo backed them out
of the room, an aim able to

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keep her eyes off the buffet.
The body was already breaking down and collapsing

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in on itself. Cleo stuffed the
revolver into her waistband. There wouldn't be

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anything left when they were finished.
She closed the door so the ants could

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dine in peace. Candy Jack wouldn't
come back again. Sorry, caught me

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with a mouthful of candy coin.
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