Oct. 4, 2024

Never Enter the Old Corn Maze on Halloween - A Terrifying Halloween Tale

Never Enter the Old Corn Maze on Halloween - A Terrifying Halloween Tale
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Listen to a terrifying tale of a Halloween night gone wrong in the haunted old corn maze. A story of urban legends, terrifying figures, and survival against the supernatural. Can you survive? Can you escape?

Never Enter the Old Corn Maze on Halloween by William Rayne
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When it comes to celebrating fall traditions, especially around Halloween,

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there's very little as stereotypical and wholesome as the Corn Maze. However,

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what happens when you enter a maze and you don't

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know it's maker? And worse yet, what do you do

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when you can't get out?

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There's a hill in the air must be fall Join

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me for a tale of Falloween. You will experience tales

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f o ghosts, and it is not recommended for the

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week at Heart. Join me for a tale of Fallowey.

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This is Weekly Spooky.

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Hello, my spookys, don't worry, it's not Wednesday, it's actually Friday.

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But it's October. It's spooky season, so I'm here to

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bring you a little more spooky in your weekly. I'm,

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of course, your host and narrator, Enrique Kute, and tonight's

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story is one that really brought out a lot of

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Halloween nostalgia, and I think it'll do the same for you.

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But before we head out to the city limits to

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the old Corn Maze, I want to say thank you

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But now, my friends, I think it's time to get

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in the car. It's time to roll the windows down

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and let the fall air enter our nostrils because we're

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heading to the old Corn Maze. We're gonna have a

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hell of a good time, emphasis on hell. Make sure

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you're comfortable and wearing your favorite sweater. Maybe get something

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warm to drink, because we're starting the story after these

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quick words. Never enter the Old Corn Maze on Halloween

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by William Rayne. There are always plenty of strange rumors

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circulating in small towns across the world. The one I

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grew up in has everything from tales of lizard creatures

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beneath the woods to a bizarre bridge that leads you

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somewhere else if you can cross it on foot. Still,

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the one tail that I can personally attest to is

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the haunted Corn Maze just outside the city limits. The

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labyrinth had been out there since long before I came along.

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What always unsettled me about the thing, be it from

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simple urban legend or the truth of things, nobody seemed

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to know who even made it. Another unnerving aspect of

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it was that, while there was no caretaker, it never

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became overgrown or unkempt. Sure, the elusive individual who put

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the whole thing together may well have family members who

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maintained it when nobody was around. Given the fact that

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it was out in the middle of nowhere, but nobody

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knew one way or the other, it was a strange thing,

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for sure, but the rumors of that place throwing open

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the door to the other side on that one particular

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day of the year always freaked me out. When I

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was a kid. It was the Halloween of two thousand

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and five that I learned this was not a place

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to be so casually visited, not by the living anyway,

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not on the thirty first of October. I was around

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thirteen at the time, while my brother was approaching seventeen.

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I idolized Derek had since we were kids. Even when

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he was younger, he always seemed to be so much

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more worldly than I am, though I imagine just about

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anyone with a few more years under their belt would

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come off as more knowledgeable than a wide eyed and

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curious kid. He had already abandoned the sacred traditions of

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trick or treating, something I was not yet ready to

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give up. But when he invited me to attend a

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party with him on the night of the thirty first,

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I both eagerly and reluctantly agreed. As much as I

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loved spending time with my brother, I wasn't thrilled about

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turning my back on the opportunity to score a bagload

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of candy. Derek knew how much I loved getting dressed

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up and going door to door, so he promised me

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he'd take me around the neighborhood before we headed out

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that night. Being a costume party we were headed to,

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he decided to bring a bag himself when he joined

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the crowd of kids playfully running from one house to

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the next. In all honesty, he looked as happy as

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I was while we toured the surrounding blocks. Sure, his

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vampire costume wasn't exactly the most extravagant garb for the occasion,

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slick back hair, phony fangs in his mouth, and a

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long black coat. Honestly, it paled in comparison to my

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Michael Meyers's outfit. But I knew his girlfriend Alicia was

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going to meet up with us at the party, so

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I couldn't blame him for dressing more stylishly, cool and all. Supposedly,

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her little sister was going to be there as well,

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something that left me both nervous and a little intimidated.

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If I'm being honest, I had only recently started appreciating

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the opposite sex at that time, but it was enough

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to make my palms sweaty while we're stricting my tongue's

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ability to function properly when attempting to form words. Regardless

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of my apprehensions, I was having a great time just

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hanging out with Derek, even with his friendly reminders that

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I needed to just be myself when we got there.

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When the sun finished its descent for the night, it

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was time for us to head back to the house

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to pick up my brother's car. We dropped the candy

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in the house, gave an obligatory goodbye to our folks,

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and got on the road. I hadn't been informed about

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where the party was taking place, but I had just

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assumed it would be at one house or another. When

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we passed by the last neighborhood before the city limits sign,

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the butterflies dancing in my stomach began to sink to

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the bubbling acid below. Where are we going? I asked,

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though I had a solid idea of the answer. I

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didn't tell you, Derek said, looking genuinely uncertain. The parties

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out at the old corn Maze. Who oh, come on,

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that police don't still freak you out, does it? He asked,

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with a chuckle. What, No, of course not. I just

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didn't there's nothing to be scared of, kid. We ain't

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going into it or anything. Just seemed a good kind

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of creepy spot for the party, is all. I couldn't

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argue with that. It was one hell of an eerie

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spot out there in the middle of nowhere. I knew

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some of the older kids would go out there sometimes,

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but I still felt uneasy about it. I was certain

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that most of the stories folks told about the old

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Maze were made up, just spooky tales to mess with

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the younger generation and all, but they would still get

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my imagination going. You sure we should be going out

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there tonight, though, I asked, attempting to hide the trembling

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in my throat. They're just stories, Danny Derek said with

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a smile. You know that, right, I mean yeah, but

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it's only to scare people, kid. Hollow was invented by

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the candy companies. You know, nowhere gets haunted just because

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it's the thirty first. It's all bullshit, just like every

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other stupid story around these parts. You gotta stop being

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so scared of everything. When I head off to college,

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you're gonna be on your own. I love you, kiddo,

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but I ain't always gonna be around to protect you.

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It was hard to argue with him, as he fully

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believed every crazy urban legend to be false, this one

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more than others. I still felt a little embarrassed by

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the way he talked to me. Yeah, I was very

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easily freaked out at that age, but I was getting

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better that creepy old Labyrinth, though I never wanted to

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get within a shout of that place. I trusted my

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brother on just about anything, but I couldn't convince myself

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to side with him on this. A few years before,

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some guy named Jackson Fiddle supposedly went missing while investigating

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the Labyrinth just around the thirty first Sure, I didn't

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even know if he was a real person, being that

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just about everyone seemed to know everyone in our little town,

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and I had never heard of the guy before the

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rumors of his disappearance. The story about the woman who

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showed up at the emergency room on the morning of

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November one of ninety eight, all bloody and beaten, though,

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that one messed me up for a while. From what

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she said, or from what folks said, she said her

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car broke down out by the old Corn Maze, this

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being before everyone and their mother had a cell phone,

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she couldn't reach out to anyone, so she just started

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walking somehow or another. Whether she got turned around or

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just wasn't paying attention, she ended up strolling right into

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the neatly preserved labyrinth. When they asked her why she

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didn't just turn around, she claimed she tried, but it

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closed up behind her as soon as she crossed into it.

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As far as what happened to her when she got

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lost in there, that varies from person to person. Some

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say that some local boys up to no good followed

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her inside after having sabotaged her car to break down.

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According to that version of things, they beat her and

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raped her, leaving her for dead in that damned place.

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After she crawled her way out of there, she managed

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to get back to town, but was never the same since.

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Other more exaggerated stories claimed that she came up on

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some devil worshipers in there who tried to sacrifice her

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before she managed to make her escape. Some even say

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that she ran into anything from supernatural creatures were wolves

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or Wendy Goes and the like, to aliens looking to

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run some experiments on her. I think the alien one

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came around because the pathways through the maize aren't so

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much cut down as the stalks are folded flat against

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the ground. Seems like it's sort of like how crop

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circles are arranged where supposedly no man or machine could

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have bent them so perfectly, and all that craziness. Oh yeah,

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a lot of tall tales came from that old place.

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I suppose my story is no different, or will be

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when I get done telling it. I imagine most will read

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these words with as much skepticism as Derek had back then.

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I can't blame any of you, of course, truth be told,

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I still have a hard time believing it to this day.

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For the sake of picking up the pace, or in

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not dragging this out any longer than necessary, I won't

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waste time getting into much concerning the party itself. Yes,

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there was a veritable herd of teenagers out there when

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we arrived, each one dressed in everything from lazy to

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extravagant costumes. That alone set my mind more at ease

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when we got there the fact that everyone there looked

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to be just having a good time, hidden behind one

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mask or another. We spent most of our time hanging

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out with Alicia and Sandra, her sister. She was a

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bit younger than me, but she was a really cool girl,

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also quite pretty in her gender. Swapped freddy costume. The

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fact that we were both dressed as eighty slashers made

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it easier for me to get over my nerves. We

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talked a lot about scary movies and the like, something

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we were both huge fans of. Everything was going great,

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even after I took it upon myself to sneak a

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beer from the table they had set up beside the keg.

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It would not be until later in life that I

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developed a taste for it. That first sip of whatever

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cheap brand the underage drinkers had gotten their hands on,

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damn near flipped my stomach. Derek full on slapped the

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red Solo cup out of my hand when he noticed it,

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looking at me with an expression of disappointment and anger,

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before cracking up so hard he spilled his own drink

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across the ground. Can't blame you for trying, kid, he said,

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wrapping his arm around my shoulder, when a couple of

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the older looking guys walked up, causing my brother to

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visibly tense up. Our night went from a fun and

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relaxing time to something that still haunts my dreams to

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this day. Got some balls showing up here, Russell said,

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the guy wearing the cheaply made Frankenstein costume something quite

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fitting to his considerable bulk. The fact that he called

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my brother by our surname made me believe this wasn't

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just friendly badgering. Yeah, what we gonna do about this?

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The other, smaller, more slender guy dressed as a mangy

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looking werewolf, asked, cracking his knuckles. Back off Nate, Derek said,

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pushing himself in front of Alicia and me. Everyone's just

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trying to have a good time, guys. We can settle

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this another time, Nah, Bud Franken's stein said, how about

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we settle up right now? Head back to the car, Danny,

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my brother said, giving me a quick glance before turning

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his attention back to the duo before him. I'll be there,

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and his words were cut short when the werewolf pushed him,

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causing him to almost topple over his girlfriend. Most of

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the crowd stopped whatever they were doing, turning their attention

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to the fight that was likely to break out any minute.

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There were murmurs throughout the group as they gathered around

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us forming a makeshift circle, something that assured me that

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things were about to get messy.

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Don't go away, weakly, spooky, We'll be right back.

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Not here, Derek said, not now. They're not a part

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of this. Sandra and Alicia were attempting to back away

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while I was darting my eyes from my brother to

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the guys who had some score to settle. Tell you what,

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the big guy said, placing his hand on his buddy's

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shoulder as if commanding his guard dog to heal. I

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got an easy resolution to everything. If you guys got

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the balls, dude, just drop it. Okay, this is didn't

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say you could speak yet. Frankenstein cut in, pushing my

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brother back again with one hand. Derek looked fit to burst.

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I knew he could hold his own in a fight.

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I'd seen it myself when some bigger kids were giving

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me a hard time at school. Sure they were a

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year or two younger than him, but he taught them

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both a solid lesson. After he caught them trying to

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clean my clock. He kicked both their asses, barely breaking

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a sweat. Still, the big guy with the poorly applied

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makeup looked like he could easily bench press my brother's chevy.

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So what do you say? Willing to get your hands

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a bit dirty to make all this go away, Frank said,

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glaring down his nose at Derek. Fine, he replied, with

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a heavy sigh. What the hell do you want me

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to do? No? No, not just you. He glanced over

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at me with a menacing smile. This is for you

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and Junior both. Hell, how about the little ladies too,

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Go to hell, Nate, Derek sneered. They got nothing to

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do with this. They do if Nate says, they do.

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The Weasley werewolf added, this is between you and me,

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don't It's okay? Alicia cut in, having walked up beside

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her boyfriend. We'll play his stupid little game. Sandra nodded,

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folding her arms, while I gave another token nod. I

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can't say I was thrilled about whatever they had in

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store for us, but I would be damned if I

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was about to turn my back on my brother. Derek

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whispered back and forth with his girl for a moment

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before turning back to his opponent. All right, what the

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hell do you want us to do? Simple enough, he said,

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cutting his gaze to the old corn maze, y'all spend

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one hour in there, just one whole hour to the second,

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and we're good. That's it, Derek replied, while my fingers

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began to tremble. One hour, that's it, buddy boy. You

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gotta go in, though, don't just hang out in the

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entrance or nothing like walk around and shit, can't just

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stand there waiting for the time to run out. Then

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we're done. You and I squeaky clean. Nothing more to

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be said or done. Okay, then, Derek said, glancing back

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at me and the girls, nodding his head. One hour

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and we're good. I'll even pour you a beer when

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you come out, Frankenstein said, with a satisfied smile. But

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y'all come out even one minute early, and I'll I'll

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kick your ass so bad you'll be eating Thanksgiving dinner

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through a feeding tube. You got me? One hour, Derek said,

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holding his hand out. One hour. The big guy nodded,

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shaking my brother's hand. I'm so sorry about this, Derek said,

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as we approached the entrance to the Old Corn Maze.

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I didn't expect them to be here. No worries, babe,

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Alicia said, rubbing her hand on his back. Yeah, Sandra, said,

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I say, we go in, find a place to chill

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and tell some scary stories for an hour, then come

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back out and party some more. I just nodded, trying

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my best to keep the trembling of my extremities as

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hidden as possible. I can't lie. I was scared. Even

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with Derek convinced that the stories of the labyrinth were

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blown out of proportion, the idea of actually entering the

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thing had me shook. Of course, I wasn't about to

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reveal that, especially since I had already developed a bit

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of a crush the girl in the Freddie costume who

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came off like this was just as simple as strolling

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into a grocery store with her folks. Before we walked in,

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we all looked back to see every face of every

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costumed party goer glaring in our direction. From the expressions

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on a few of them, I could tell that I

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was not alone in my fear of the old Maze,

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something that didn't exactly help my concern at the time.

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See y'all in an hour. Frankenstein called out, don't chicken out, now,

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we'll be watching. For the first few minutes, we just

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walked in silence. I never really took in the height

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of the cornstalks before, how they almost towered over our heads,

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just like the stories told. It wasn't just grass or

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dirt under our feet, but perfectly flattened stalks. They crunched

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slightly as we strolled onwards, but I couldn't even make

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out the sounds of the crowd outside after we entered.

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The aisles weren't particularly wide, causing us to walk two

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by two as we sauntered on. Derek and Alicia walked

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in front of Sandra and me, but I just gazed

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around as we moved deeper in, even with the moon

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shining down from above. I was actually quite surprised how

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easy it was to see. Still, I wasn't about to

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let my guard down, and neither was anyone else from

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what I could tell. Anyway, I say we round this corner,

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Derek said, gesturing to the right turn up ahead, and

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just plant our asses and weight works for me, I said,

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feeling no inspiration to bury myself any deeper in this

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place than we had to. As my brother suggested, we

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took that turn, stopped and sat down on the cozier

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than expected ground. Perhaps had we a little more time

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to appreciate how comfortable flattened cornstalks can be. This would

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not be a worthwhile tale to tell before I so

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much as allowed my butt cheeks to snuggle themselves into

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a comfortable setting. The blood curdling squeal that echoed from

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somewhere ahead of us very nearly inspired every ounce of

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blood pumping through my veins to stop cold. Derek and

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Alicia looked as freaked out by this as I was,

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while Sandra darted her head between each of us. What

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the hell was that? She asked, placing her palms against

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the ground. Probably someone trying to mess with us, Derek suggested,

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looking as uneasy as the rest of us. That far ahead, though,

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I asked, I could see from behind us, But how

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could another scream much closer than the last? Cut my

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words short. I got back to my feet, as did

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Eric and the girls. This is a setup, my brother said,

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appearing confident in his theory. Nate probably sent someone in

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while we weren't low looking. They might have been in

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here for a while, just waiting to have some fun

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with us. It did make sense. The big guy in

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the Frankenstein costume did come off like he knew something

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when he gave us that friendly reminder before we entered.

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Given the fact that whatever beef he had with my

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brother would be set right by this little dare, it

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would stand to reason that he wasn't going to make

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it easy for us. Yeah, I thought, they just want

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to force us to take off running, make us embarrass

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ourselves in front of everyone before he kicks the crap

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out of Derek. Three more screams, each coming from different directions,

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assured me that our working theory was right. While the

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girls looked back at my brother and me, both smiling

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at us. I nodded my agreement. Hell with it, Derek said,

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with a mischievous grin. Let's go see what they cooked

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up for us. Yeah, yeah, I said, feeling the most

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confident I had since walking into this labyrinth. I can't

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deny that somewhere in the back of my grapefruit, I

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still felt uneasy about both my surroundings and the unsettling shrieks,

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but a higher percentage of my mind fully believed this

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to be what we thought. That my brother's adversaries wanted

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to put on a little show for us. Who were

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we to deny their invitation. After walking for another five minutes,

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or so right, turn here up a few more feet,

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another left and right, and on to another straightaway. With

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the occasional dramatic, painful yells guiding our path, we finally

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caught sight of one of the likely handful of people

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who were screwing with us. This particular pathway looked to

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be a good twenty feet long, with one opening to

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the left and another right. About half way up at

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the far end, standing directly in front of another wall

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of cornstalks, was a tall, slender individual in a filthy

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black robe with the hood pulled down low enough to

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only reveal the wider than human toothy grin. When I

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first saw it, my heart skipped a beat or four.

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It wasn't until Derek let out a soft giggle that

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I took in how comically sinister the costumed person was

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trying to come off. They just stood there, heaving an

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exaggerated breath, keeping their head tilted down with their arms

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somewhat outstretched from their sides. It was sort of like

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how that quintessential douchebag at the gym looks after knocking

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out that first handful of reps that I'm swollen now

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because I lifted heavy stuff sort of thing. When all

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of us started to laugh at intermittent intervals, the mimicked

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heavy breathing became more agitated, inspiring the hooded figure to

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wail out in one final attempt to intimidate us. Unfortunately

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for our cose playing friend, we weren't buying it. Even

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after two more similarly dressed individuals walked out from the

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left and right openings ahead, our laughter didn't let up.

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Gotta try harder than that, boys, my brother shouted, practically

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daring the trio to take their taunting to the next level.

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With one last howling scream, the one at the far

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end came charging toward us, slipping some sort of dagger

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from inside of its robe. Oh here we go, Derek said,

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still chuckling. This ought to be good. I'll never forget

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that smile he gave me when he glanced over his shoulder.

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He was so confident that he had this whole thing

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figured out. So was I, for that matter. Even when

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the robed figure showed no sign of slowing from only

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a few feet away, my brother still looked back at me,

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wearing that care free smile. The transition of our circumstances,

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going from something fun and care free to one of

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anguished shock and horror, barely allowed my mind to accept

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what was happening. It was the sound of the blade

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tearing into my brother's gut that hit me more so

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than the blood that spat from his still smiling mouth.

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I don't know if it was Alicia or Sandra who

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screamed first, perhaps both of them, for all I knew

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at the time. Three more times I heard that meaty

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thunk as the knife was pulled free and inserted back

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into Derek's Torso run Danny, he spluttered, spritzing more specks

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of crimson onto his shirt. I was frozen in place,

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barely aware that I still had a body attached to

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my reeling mind. When one of the girls grabbed me

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by the wrist, attempting to pull me back with them

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as they began to run back the way we came,

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I still could not so much as hope to break

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my gaze from my beloved brother's wide and horrified eyes.

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If whoever, or whatever these things were, could so easy

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put an end to someone who had always been so

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much stronger and more confident than me, I had no

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doubt I would not survive this. In some ways, I

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didn't even care. I felt so weak and pathetic at

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the time, I couldn't do a single thing to help Derek.

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I just stood rooted to the spot, preparing myself to

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share the same fate as my closest friend and brother.

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More scarce to come weekly, Spooky, We'll be right back.

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Snap out of it, Alicia demanded, slapping me hard across

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the face that exaggerated smile under the dusty black hood

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stared back at me as the blade was pulled from

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Derek's stomach for the last time, dropping him to the

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ground while his girlfriend still screamed at me. I was

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practically paralyzed by the sight of blood dripping from the long,

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jagged blade, blending with the pool forming around where my

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brother lay barely twitching. Damn it, Daniel, she yelled again,

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slapping me even harder than before, finally inspiring my mind

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to collide with my body. I looked at her and

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back to the robed figure who was wiping the dagger

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caked in my brother's blood across its chest. We got

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a run, kid, you with me, I just nodded, something

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that was likely difficult to differentiate from my bodily spasms

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at the time. As the robed figure began to move

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in closer, stepping over Derek, I started to back away

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as he, she, or whatever the hell it was, lunged

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00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:49.359
at me. It fell hard to the ground itself. As

462
00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:55.519
my brother clutched its ankle go he moaned. That was

463
00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:59.640
enough to finally inspire me to run. Alicia and her

464
00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:01.799
sister there were already a good ways ahead of me

465
00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:05.599
while I kept stealing glances over my shoulder. It was

466
00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:08.319
during one of those intervals when I turned back to

467
00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:11.440
what lay ahead of me, only to see no trace

468
00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:16.039
of anyone, that I skidded to a halt once more. Alicia,

469
00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:21.519
I called out, barely more than a whisper, Sandra, where'd

470
00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:27.000
you go? Nothing. I began to move steadily forwards in

471
00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:30.160
whatever direction we had been going before I lost sight

472
00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:33.160
of my companions. But when I heard the crunching of

473
00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:37.200
quickly paced footsteps coming from behind, I had no more

474
00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:39.839
time to waste. I took off, hoping to be out

475
00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:42.039
of sight before the robed figures caught up to me.

476
00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:45.720
I could still see the unnervingly wide grin on the

477
00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:48.680
surface of my brain as I ran from one aisle

478
00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:52.440
to the next, getting myself so turned around. I had

479
00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:56.039
not the slightest clue where I was anymore. Even with

480
00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:58.720
the acknowledgment that I would not easily be making my

481
00:30:58.799 --> 00:31:03.000
way out of that god forsaken labyrinth, I still kept going,

482
00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:06.880
darting from right to left, up and down, over and over,

483
00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:10.720
after running on fumes for the better part of ten

484
00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:14.839
or twenty minutes. If I even had the slightest hope

485
00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:18.640
of guessing any sort of time frame, I slowed down,

486
00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:22.039
hoping to catch my breath before it left me passed

487
00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:26.440
out on the flattened cornstalks. When I stopped blindly charging onward,

488
00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:30.480
I tried to regulate my wheezing while attempting to listen

489
00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:34.519
out for any sounds around me. I couldn't hear a thing,

490
00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:40.519
no footsteps, no screams, no voices, only the thumping of

491
00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:43.960
my pulse against the inner lining of my ears. When

492
00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:46.960
the image of my brother falling lifelessly to the ground

493
00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:50.759
flashed before my eyes, I fought to shake it away,

494
00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:55.240
hopeful to focus on my escape before dwelling on whether

495
00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:59.400
he may or may not have survived this. If I

496
00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:03.680
get out, I thought, I'll get help. He's still alive.

497
00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:07.759
I know he is. I fought to convince myself, but

498
00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:09.799
you can't get him the help he needs if you're

499
00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:13.839
dead too. Yes, with that sound of my brother's flesh

500
00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:17.480
being torn apart by the lengthy serrated blade beating against

501
00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.960
my ear drums, as much as the image is flashing

502
00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:23.079
behind my eyes, I didn't believe it for a second,

503
00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:26.359
but I had to convince my legs to get moving again.

504
00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:30.319
It was while I waged that inner battle that another's

505
00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:35.559
stomach churning squeal snapped my attention back to my dire situation.

506
00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:39.880
It was close, alarmingly close, but I knew I had

507
00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:42.759
to check it out. Given that it sounded as though

508
00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:45.359
it was one of the girls screaming this time, as

509
00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:47.880
opposed to those we had thought to be only messing

510
00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:50.160
with us, I knew I had to at least attempt

511
00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:53.119
to do what I could to save them. Sure, I

512
00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:55.880
was certain I wouldn't stand a chance against any of

513
00:32:55.880 --> 00:33:00.319
the robed figures, but I had to try, perhap, Ahaps.

514
00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:03.039
It was little more than my desperation to not be

515
00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:06.519
alone in this anymore that drove my actions, But it

516
00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:10.200
was something again. I ran from one turn to the next,

517
00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:15.279
pursuing yet another horrifying shriek as I plundered onwards. It

518
00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.559
didn't take me long to locate the source of the

519
00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:21.960
new sound to accompany those already haunting my subconscious. But

520
00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:25.000
when I found what I was looking for, I knew

521
00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:28.319
that there was nothing I could do to help. The

522
00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:32.160
red and green striped mini dress was almost treaded in places,

523
00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:36.839
revealing torn flesh and tissue, spilling more crimson fluids across

524
00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:40.720
the ground. My legs gave out, dropping to my knees

525
00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:44.400
beside the young girl, whose eyes glared lifelessly up at

526
00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:48.079
the night sky. Her long brown hair was matted with

527
00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:52.160
blood and chunks of gore, seemingly thrown back at her

528
00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:56.440
from the sequence of attacks that ripped her apart. I

529
00:33:56.519 --> 00:34:00.000
lost it. I just started crying and wailing out, unable

530
00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:03.119
to even hope to battle against such a formidable foe.

531
00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:06.319
The impact of my brother's death hit me at full force,

532
00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:09.039
colliding with the surface of my brain as though it

533
00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:12.199
was launched from a cannon. I continued to howl my

534
00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:15.679
hopelessness into the night, even when I felt myself being

535
00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:19.280
lifted from the ground. It was as though I was

536
00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:23.119
floating weightlessly as the robed individual carried me through the maze,

537
00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:26.119
having thrown me over its shoulder like a healthy sized

538
00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:30.000
bag of dog food. I didn't fight, I didn't rebel.

539
00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:33.599
I didn't attempt to escape. It had been futile to

540
00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:36.960
begin with, just the thought that I could survive something

541
00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:40.679
that my brother could not. When my escort stopped walking,

542
00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:42.760
I was still out of it, while my wrists and

543
00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:46.719
ankles were bound to some sort of wooden prop Through

544
00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:49.400
the tears that still flowed, I could see that I

545
00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:52.440
was in a much wider spot in the maze, one

546
00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:54.840
that was at least four or five times the size

547
00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:57.400
of the slender pathways I had been running in and

548
00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:00.800
out of. Could this be the scent of the maze?

549
00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:05.320
I thought, glancing around as much as I could. There

550
00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:08.599
were six of them now, the robed figures, each with

551
00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:11.840
their own unsettling grin peeking out from the darkness of

552
00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:16.679
their hoods. Once my extremities were sufficiently restricted, the one

553
00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:19.199
who carried me there backed away to join the others

554
00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:23.760
in line. They all just glared at me, heaving their

555
00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:29.079
heavy breath while maintaining their sinister smiles. What are you

556
00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:34.000
waiting for? I asked through gritted teeth. I was beaten

557
00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:37.880
I was done for. I did not doubt that. Why

558
00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:42.199
were they just glaring at me? What the hell are

559
00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:49.320
you waiting for? Still nothing? They just stood there like

560
00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:54.559
robed statues. They weren't even forcing out that exaggerated wheezing anymore.

561
00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:59.039
Just get it over with you, bastards. As one of

562
00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:02.480
them broke from for me, slowly coming closer to me,

563
00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:06.800
I wasn't afraid anymore. My heart ached for the loss

564
00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:09.400
of the person I cared most for in this world.

565
00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:12.480
If they took him away from me, they could have

566
00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:17.599
me too. For all I cared no more running, no

567
00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:24.079
more tears, no more. As it moved in closer, stopping

568
00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:27.320
only inches from me, it leaned over at the waist,

569
00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:31.199
almost pushing its face right next to my own. I

570
00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:34.119
closed my eyes, readying myself for the blood to spill

571
00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:40.480
freely to wading cornstalks pressed to the ground. When happy

572
00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:46.519
Halloween baby brother whispered into my ear. When my eyes

573
00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:50.119
blinked back open, they met not the malicious, grinning thing

574
00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:53.519
that sought to lay me to rest, but the smiling

575
00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:56.519
face of the person I had idolized since I was

576
00:36:56.559 --> 00:37:02.800
a child, Derek. What the I could barely form anything

577
00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:06.599
close to a legible sentence as Alicia and Sandra lowered

578
00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:11.280
their hoods, pulling away the grinning masks, followed by the

579
00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:14.400
two guys who forced us in here, and another blonde

580
00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:18.039
guy I'd never seen before. They weren't laughing at me,

581
00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:22.760
only smiling warmly, as though they thought this torment they

582
00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:26.079
had put me through to be a heartfelt gift of

583
00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:31.719
some kind. You're alive, You're all, I stuttered, while the

584
00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:34.519
truth of things struck me like a serrated blade to

585
00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:39.679
the mid section. Are you kidding me? I belted, wrestling

586
00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:43.199
against the bindings holding me in place. How could you?

587
00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:48.239
Why the hell would you? It's okay, kiddo, Derek said,

588
00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:51.760
still smiling, chuckling a little under his breath. It was

589
00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:54.400
just a joke. I just wanted to give you one

590
00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:59.800
good scare for Halloween, one good scare, I thought you.

591
00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:03.800
If we're dead, I shouted, still pulling against the ropes

592
00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:08.079
around my limbs, whoa danny, my brother said, reaching out

593
00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:11.679
to hold my arm still. You're gonna hurt yourself. Let me,

594
00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:14.360
don't touch me. Do you have any idea what you

595
00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:18.119
put me through? I could tell that my brother's accomplices

596
00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:22.360
were growing steadily more uncomfortable as they stared on with varying,

597
00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:27.320
though equally uncomfortable expressions. But I didn't care. I felt

598
00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:29.960
betrayed by the actions of the one person I thought

599
00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:33.360
I could truly trust in this world, not only for

600
00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:37.159
this ridiculous charade, but for leading me into this damned

601
00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:41.079
maze in the first place. You know how I feel

602
00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:45.360
about this place, I said, lowering my voice. You know

603
00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:50.199
it scares me exactly, he said, resting his hand on

604
00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:53.639
my shoulder. That's why I chose it, kid, I'm going

605
00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:56.000
off to college next year. I need to know you'll

606
00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:59.280
be all right without me. It's time to face your

607
00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:02.440
fears and grow up. Some believe me, Danny. I'd never

608
00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:04.719
do anything like this if I didn't have a good reason.

609
00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:08.920
Cut me down, I said, refusing to look him in

610
00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:12.559
the eye. He just stared back at me, or so

611
00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:16.119
it looked through my periphery. The smile faded from his

612
00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:18.440
face by the time I allowed my eyes to meet

613
00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:24.039
his again, but I was still angry, still betrayed. Cut

614
00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:29.840
me down with a heavy sigh. He reached into his robe,

615
00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:32.000
pulling out the pocket knife he had carried for the

616
00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:35.480
last few years. After the last rope was cut. I

617
00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:38.480
just stood there, looking up at him, rubbing the raw

618
00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:43.679
flesh on my wrists from my writhing against the coarse ropes. Danny,

619
00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:47.239
I just get me out of here. You know your

620
00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:50.039
way out right, you guys? Sure as hell got around

621
00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:55.719
well enough, yeah, he said, lowering his head and looking defeated.

622
00:39:56.840 --> 00:40:01.920
This way, come on, Danny, Sandra said, pulling off the

623
00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:05.039
heavy looking robe to reveal the wounds that appeared so

624
00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:09.000
much more fabricated than they had through my fear altered vision.

625
00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:13.719
We didn't mean leave me alone, I said, swatting away

626
00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:16.880
the hand she reached out. Think we went too hard

627
00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:20.119
on him, Frankenstein asked Derek as we passed by him.

628
00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:25.760
Maybe I didn't think. Wait, my brother said, cutting his

629
00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:29.880
head from side to side. Where's the It wasn't until

630
00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:33.440
then that I noticed the circular clearing no longer had

631
00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:37.440
any visible exits. Assuming this to be just another part

632
00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:40.760
of the night's festivities, I felt my face begin to

633
00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:46.320
flush once more. Seriously, guys, I said, turning to face

634
00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:51.039
the group of suddenly bewildered looking teens. Enough already, can

635
00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:55.639
we just this isn't us? Daniel, Alicia said, looking thoroughly

636
00:40:55.719 --> 00:41:00.280
perplexed as she glanced from her sister to her boyfriend. Nate.

637
00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:05.559
Is this you, guys, Derek asked. Nuh huh, I don't

638
00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:09.960
even It's all planted in the ground, the blonde guy said,

639
00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:15.079
tugging at the stalks two at a time. What what

640
00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:19.159
the hell is this, Derek, A very uneasy sounding Alicia asked,

641
00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:24.000
before screaming out again when something rolled across the ground

642
00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:25.079
towards us.

643
00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:31.519
If you're not afraid, then you're already dead. Weekly spooky,

644
00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:32.519
We'll be right back.

645
00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:39.280
Alicia wrapped her arms around her sister, who had begun

646
00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:42.559
to whimper slightly, while the big guy in the Frankenstein

647
00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:46.559
costume muttered curses under his breath. When the pumpkin came

648
00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:49.559
to a halt, staring straight up with a fierce and

649
00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:54.119
mocking smile carved into its Jack o' lantern face, everyone

650
00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:58.320
grew silent and still. I just glared down at the

651
00:41:58.360 --> 00:42:01.519
thing with my jaw unhinged, still battling to wrap my

652
00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:04.920
mind around everything that had occurred up until this point.

653
00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:09.199
When the long cornstalks began to rustle violently, making it

654
00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:12.239
appear as though the whole labyrinth was quaking around us.

655
00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:16.480
It was hard to differentiate my own involuntary shivering from

656
00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:20.960
my surroundings. A low humming sound was barely audible above

657
00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:24.320
the trembling leaves, but it gave me the impression that

658
00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:30.719
something was drawing closer, as if gradually escalated push through.

659
00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:36.199
Frankenstein said, waving his hands between the stalks, It's just corn.

660
00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:39.960
We can shit. We all spun to see him wrestling

661
00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:43.519
against the vines that were wrapping around his arms and legs.

662
00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:47.599
Derek ran to his side, quickly slicing through the attacking

663
00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:52.079
greenery with his pocket knife. Help me, my brother shouted,

664
00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:55.639
while cutting and pulling the stems away. As Moore continued

665
00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:58.679
to wrap around the big guy. I ran up with

666
00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:01.679
the skinny werewolf and black guy, and we all attempted

667
00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:04.280
to yank at the weeds which were practically engulfing the

668
00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:08.480
writhing Nate. Sarah had dropped to the trembling ground, shaking

669
00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:12.639
her head and whimpering louder, while Alicia stood seemingly frozen

670
00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:17.599
in place with her hands cupped around her mouth. Within seconds,

671
00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:21.079
no matter how hard we fought against the cornstalks. As

672
00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:24.400
ridiculous as that sounds, we could no longer see even

673
00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:27.880
a hint of the boy in the Frankenstein costume. While

674
00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:31.320
we still frantically battled to free him, he was swiftly

675
00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:35.280
pulled away from us, with only his muffled scream in

676
00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:40.119
his wake. When his yelling fell silent, I still stood there,

677
00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:44.079
just staring at the opening he had left behind, mentally

678
00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:47.639
checked out, while Derek snatched me by the wrist, shouting

679
00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:50.880
for the others to follow. When the deep and guttural

680
00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:54.559
laughter echoed from seemingly all around us, it didn't take

681
00:43:54.639 --> 00:44:00.960
much convincing for everyone to start running. Yeah, the haunting

682
00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:06.239
voice spoke, run, run, run away away, My little darling.

683
00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:10.599
Sandra squealed out a high pitched shriek, while the blonde

684
00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:14.320
guy whined and moaned, What the hell is that? Derek,

685
00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:18.599
the visibly shivering boy in the werewolf costume, asked, while

686
00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:22.599
we continued sprinting across the slender pathway left in the

687
00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:26.719
wake of his friend's hasty withdrawal. How should I know,

688
00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:31.000
my brother barked, still not letting go of my wrist.

689
00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:37.119
Run Run, Run, run r run away away, bellowed out,

690
00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:40.679
with each word coming from a different direction, ending with

691
00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:43.760
a sinister laugh. That damn near knocked my feet out

692
00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:48.280
from beneath me. Keep going, Alicia said, now helping her

693
00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:52.199
little sister remain upright. Almost as soon as the words

694
00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:55.800
left her mouth, our path became blocked as another wall

695
00:44:55.880 --> 00:45:00.199
of thick corn stalks burst from the ground. The blonde guy,

696
00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:03.119
who had been running the fastest, lost his footing as

697
00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:06.480
he skidded to a halt, falling with his back flat

698
00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:11.599
against the ground, stopping just short of the newly formed blockade.

699
00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:14.639
As the werewolf reached to help him back to his feet,

700
00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:20.239
the flattened stalks sprang to life, wrapping around him like tendrils. No,

701
00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:25.840
he screamed, help me. His words were quickly muffled as

702
00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:29.440
the vines constricted, yanking him flattered to the floor of

703
00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:33.280
the labyrinth. Given the blood curdling squeal that erupted from

704
00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:36.079
his mouth, I was unsure if he was being pulled

705
00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:39.079
into the ground to be buried beneath it, or if

706
00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:43.000
the snapping sounds that accompanied his horrified wails or his

707
00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:47.119
bones fragmenting as the stalks returned to their previous state.

708
00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:50.599
When the blood began to bubble and seep through the

709
00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:54.920
thin gaps, spitting and spraying against the still trembling greenery

710
00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:59.239
around us. I needed no further clarification on his fate.

711
00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:04.760
Holy hell, the slender boy said, backing away while attempting

712
00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:07.760
to wipe the fresh blood stains from his furry shirt.

713
00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:12.559
This way, Derek said, heading back the way we had come,

714
00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:16.480
gesturing to a left turn a few feet back. Come on, Jordan,

715
00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:19.519
there's nothing we can do for him. The werewolf still

716
00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:23.280
glared down at the crimson pool where his friend once lay,

717
00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:26.880
shaking his head from side to side as he backed

718
00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:30.639
away from it. Move, Jordan, we have to. My brother

719
00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:33.320
had no chance to finish, urging his friend to run

720
00:46:33.760 --> 00:46:37.400
before more of those vines shot from each side, instantly

721
00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:41.440
swallowing him whole. I stared on again, with my lower

722
00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:44.599
lip quivering as I could only make out the lone

723
00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:48.199
horrific eye peering out from within the tendrils of green.

724
00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:52.760
For a moment, it was as though everything fell silent

725
00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:56.119
around us as we gazed upon where the maze had

726
00:46:56.159 --> 00:47:00.119
claimed another soul for its own. It wasn't until all

727
00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:03.559
the vines retracted on each side, carrying with them whatever

728
00:47:03.639 --> 00:47:06.360
section of the boy in the werewolf costume they held

729
00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:10.880
that each of our screams blended into one again. My

730
00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:13.800
brother snatched me by the arm, while his girlfriend did

731
00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:16.440
the same to her sister. By this point I was

732
00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:20.320
only vaguely aware of anything, with my mind still reeling

733
00:47:20.360 --> 00:47:24.199
from the shock of everything. I knew I was running.

734
00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:27.400
I knew I was speeding alongside the person I trusted

735
00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:31.679
most in this world, but beyond that, everything was a blur.

736
00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:35.280
We sped right, straight for a bit, then left and

737
00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:39.119
right again, every move almost guided by what the labyrinth

738
00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:43.880
would allow. Pathways opened and closed around us, leading this

739
00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:48.039
way and that, while that guttural voice continued to mock

740
00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:53.800
our desperation. Ah, yes, yeah, this way, no, no that,

741
00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:57.280
Which will it be? What will you see? Shall you

742
00:47:57.400 --> 00:48:01.800
set yourselves free? Free? How long will it take do

743
00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:08.360
you think to find me? It laughed again, a loud

744
00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:12.400
and haunting belly laugh at our expense. I felt my

745
00:48:12.480 --> 00:48:16.000
senses begin to return, only to find us still charging

746
00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:19.920
onwards in search of an exit. I noticed that Derek

747
00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:23.719
was now carrying a hysterical Sandra, while Alicia held on

748
00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:26.679
to my wrist. I almost wanted to ask her to

749
00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:28.920
let go, as I found it difficult to move as

750
00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:32.360
freely with her clutching onto me. But it did make

751
00:48:32.440 --> 00:48:36.280
me feel ever so slightly safer like this, Even if

752
00:48:36.280 --> 00:48:40.519
I did believe our escape attempt to be futile, we

753
00:48:40.519 --> 00:48:43.920
were in its domain. Whatever the hell it was it

754
00:48:43.960 --> 00:48:46.719
was toying with us. We ran the path it chose,

755
00:48:47.039 --> 00:48:50.480
not one of our own selection. Still, regardless of those

756
00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:55.400
undeniable facts, I knew we couldn't let up. Unfortunately, this

757
00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:59.400
inter rationalization came to a quick halt when we came

758
00:48:59.480 --> 00:49:03.880
face to face with our inevitable end, when the opening

759
00:49:03.920 --> 00:49:07.960
before us closed shut, forcing our hasty retreat short. I

760
00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:11.159
felt my stomach lurch at the sight of only more

761
00:49:11.199 --> 00:49:16.599
tall cornstalks to our sides and backs. There we stood,

762
00:49:16.719 --> 00:49:19.599
each gasping for breath, while the young girl in the

763
00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:22.840
tattered red and green striped mini dress sobbed in my

764
00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:26.519
brother's arms in a space maybe five by five feet,

765
00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:31.000
with nowhere left to go. Just let us go, Derek

766
00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:35.199
shouted into the night. Not just yet, my good lad,

767
00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:39.599
there's far too much fun fun to be had. What

768
00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:42.880
do you want from us? It was you who came

769
00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:46.599
to me, dear boy, Would you so abruptly put an

770
00:49:46.760 --> 00:49:52.039
end to my joy? Please? Alicia begged, tears forming in

771
00:49:52.079 --> 00:49:57.679
her eyes, just let my sister go take me, Derek said,

772
00:49:57.719 --> 00:50:00.559
glancing back at me. Let the others and you can

773
00:50:00.599 --> 00:50:04.760
do whatever you want with me. No, I barked, don't

774
00:50:04.840 --> 00:50:08.800
just give up an interesting offer you have presented to me.

775
00:50:09.719 --> 00:50:13.039
But should that be enough to set your friends free?

776
00:50:13.280 --> 00:50:16.400
I have each of you now to do with as

777
00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:22.559
I please, but you still beg for unwarranted release. They're innocent,

778
00:50:23.159 --> 00:50:26.840
my brother said in a cracking voice. This is all

779
00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:32.599
my fault. Please. Just when the stalks parted to our left,

780
00:50:33.079 --> 00:50:36.400
I once more felt my jaw drop. It looked as

781
00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:40.320
though it could very well be that same circular clearing

782
00:50:40.400 --> 00:50:43.880
we began running from, but it was not how we

783
00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:46.920
left it. The wooden prop I had been tied to

784
00:50:47.119 --> 00:50:50.960
was now replaced by a large throne, pieced together by

785
00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:56.119
a combination of vines and bones, some of which appeared

786
00:50:56.159 --> 00:51:01.519
as though they had been freshly pulled from some unsuspecting corpse.

787
00:51:02.559 --> 00:51:05.679
When I noticed the bloodied and matted fur poking out

788
00:51:05.719 --> 00:51:08.719
in places, I had to assume that theory to be

789
00:51:09.239 --> 00:51:12.599
quite accurate. After taking in the sight of the torn

790
00:51:12.679 --> 00:51:16.000
slivers of the werewolf costume, it didn't take long to

791
00:51:16.039 --> 00:51:19.239
see the strips of green latex that once belonged to

792
00:51:19.320 --> 00:51:23.480
a cheaply made Frankenstein outfit. Come in, come in, Come in,

793
00:51:23.760 --> 00:51:27.159
come in to my home. Do not leave me here

794
00:51:27.320 --> 00:51:32.480
to linger alone. It wasn't until I spoke again that

795
00:51:32.559 --> 00:51:35.440
I took note of what was sitting upon the gore

796
00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:39.800
lined throne. That same pumpkin, which had rolled into this

797
00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:44.159
very area, now gazed down at me from a skeletal

798
00:51:44.239 --> 00:51:48.320
frame composed of just as much greenery as the chair

799
00:51:48.800 --> 00:51:52.440
upon which it sat. The robit war looked to be

800
00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:56.760
one of those my would be kidnappers left behind, though

801
00:51:56.800 --> 00:52:01.159
the elongated emerald bones of the arms and legs protruded

802
00:52:01.320 --> 00:52:06.960
considerably more than its previous owners. Welcome, Welcome, my travelers.

803
00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:12.280
For now, what exactly possessed you to come through my door?

804
00:52:12.639 --> 00:52:15.400
We all stood in a row, glaring up at this

805
00:52:15.920 --> 00:52:20.159
abomination before us. With every word it spoke, the carved

806
00:52:20.199 --> 00:52:25.039
expression on its face adjusted to fit It was my fault,

807
00:52:25.760 --> 00:52:29.119
my decision to come into your maze, my brother said,

808
00:52:29.119 --> 00:52:33.480
with confidence in his words. Is that true? True? The

809
00:52:33.519 --> 00:52:39.880
pumpkin asked, Was it all because of you? Yes? So

810
00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:45.159
please don't punish them. Just take no more words, the

811
00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:49.280
creature said, holding a leafy finger to its mouth. The

812
00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:52.559
fact that not only had its voice deepened even more,

813
00:52:53.239 --> 00:52:56.519
but a rhyme did not follow his lone sentence made

814
00:52:56.559 --> 00:53:00.559
me fear our time was at an end. You do

815
00:53:00.679 --> 00:53:04.639
not belong here, it screamed, spitting pumpkin guts and seeds

816
00:53:04.679 --> 00:53:07.920
to the ground. How would you feel if someone just

817
00:53:08.039 --> 00:53:12.480
let themselves into your home? Would you let them leave unscathed?

818
00:53:12.719 --> 00:53:18.960
I'm so sorry, I know more words. It lifted itself

819
00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:22.480
from its throne, standing twice the height of Derek as

820
00:53:22.519 --> 00:53:27.239
it glared down from its hollow triangular eye holes. As

821
00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:30.960
what felt like minutes dragged by, we held this silent,

822
00:53:31.119 --> 00:53:35.039
staring contest. Given all I had witnessed, I knew it

823
00:53:35.039 --> 00:53:38.679
wouldn't let us leave this place with our lives. When

824
00:53:38.679 --> 00:53:42.360
the apparent lord of this maddening place finally broke the

825
00:53:42.360 --> 00:53:47.400
suffocating silence, I would find my assumptions proven wrong once more.

826
00:53:48.159 --> 00:53:52.519
Three lost, three may yet be free? Which one of

827
00:53:52.599 --> 00:53:56.840
you will stay here with me? Before I had the

828
00:53:56.880 --> 00:54:01.480
slightest chance to intervene, Derek stepped forward as the creature

829
00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:05.920
slipped off the robe, revealing more of its hauntingly thin frame.

830
00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:10.360
My brother looked back at me with a smile, tears

831
00:54:10.440 --> 00:54:16.320
dripping down his face. I love you, kiddo, were his

832
00:54:16.480 --> 00:54:20.599
last words before the filthy black fabric was thrown over

833
00:54:20.639 --> 00:54:25.440
my head, hiding whatever happened next from my eyes. When

834
00:54:25.440 --> 00:54:28.840
I pulled the robe away to see only the outside

835
00:54:28.840 --> 00:54:31.760
of the old corn Maze before me, I fell to

836
00:54:31.840 --> 00:54:35.679
the ground, unable to prevent the scream from breaching my lips.

837
00:54:36.480 --> 00:54:39.440
Even when the arms wrapped around my back. While the

838
00:54:39.440 --> 00:54:42.480
girls attempted to lift me back to my feet, my

839
00:54:42.599 --> 00:54:46.679
agonized wail would not let up. In the weeks following

840
00:54:46.719 --> 00:54:50.320
the disappearance of my brother and his friends, the authorities

841
00:54:50.360 --> 00:54:53.840
searched every square inch of that labyrinth, as well as

842
00:54:53.880 --> 00:54:57.599
the woods surrounding it, but nothing was ever turned up.

843
00:54:59.079 --> 00:55:02.039
They even plowed the whole thing down before digging in

844
00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:06.679
search of anything that remained of its victims. Ultimately, they

845
00:55:06.719 --> 00:55:09.760
couldn't find so much as a trace of anyone it

846
00:55:09.800 --> 00:55:13.119
claimed for its own, but there was nothing left of

847
00:55:13.119 --> 00:55:17.280
the old corn Maze by the time the work was done.

848
00:55:17.320 --> 00:55:19.679
I can't say that it surprised me when it turned

849
00:55:19.719 --> 00:55:23.559
back up the next Halloween, though I couldn't help but

850
00:55:23.639 --> 00:55:27.280
wonder whether it grew back the natural way or just

851
00:55:27.440 --> 00:55:31.320
sprouted out of the ground overnight. Given that I didn't

852
00:55:31.360 --> 00:55:35.639
return to that awful place until the following October thirty first,

853
00:55:36.119 --> 00:55:39.239
I have no idea how it returned, but I knew

854
00:55:39.719 --> 00:55:42.960
it would be there, didn't doubt it for a second.

855
00:55:43.960 --> 00:55:47.000
I didn't go trick or treating that year or any

856
00:55:47.079 --> 00:55:50.719
other after that last time. Sure, I let my folks

857
00:55:50.800 --> 00:55:53.559
think I did, but I had made arrangements for the

858
00:55:53.639 --> 00:55:58.000
ride back out there long before that night. I just

859
00:55:58.079 --> 00:56:01.039
had to see it for myself, you know, just face

860
00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:04.000
off against that damned thing and beg for it to

861
00:56:04.000 --> 00:56:07.800
give back what it took from me. Before I could enter, though,

862
00:56:08.280 --> 00:56:11.760
the pathway was blocked to me, not by the stalks

863
00:56:11.840 --> 00:56:14.800
forming another wall, but by the one who chose to

864
00:56:14.840 --> 00:56:19.039
stay behind to grant us freedom. In many ways, I

865
00:56:19.119 --> 00:56:22.199
wasn't surprised to see him either, even if the hope

866
00:56:22.239 --> 00:56:25.559
of pulling him free from that place were short lived.

867
00:56:26.280 --> 00:56:29.920
We talked for a while that night and every Halloween

868
00:56:30.000 --> 00:56:33.559
that came after it. Even all these years later, he

869
00:56:33.719 --> 00:56:36.719
still looks as young as he did that last time

870
00:56:36.800 --> 00:56:39.719
we went door to door in search of bagloads of candy.

871
00:56:40.840 --> 00:56:43.039
It may be the only time I can see him,

872
00:56:43.360 --> 00:56:46.480
and he refuses to tell me what his existence consists

873
00:56:46.519 --> 00:56:49.360
of the other three hundred and sixty four days of

874
00:56:49.400 --> 00:56:53.280
the year. But I will carry on this tradition for

875
00:56:53.320 --> 00:56:56.519
as long as I am able. Sandra and I are

876
00:56:56.559 --> 00:57:00.000
going to be parentsing. Yes, we've both been through our

877
00:57:00.039 --> 00:57:02.960
our fair share of therapy over the years, as has

878
00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:06.960
her sister, But that awful night brought us all closer

879
00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:10.159
than I could ever have imagined. Maybe it's simply the

880
00:57:10.199 --> 00:57:12.880
fact that we could only confide in each other after

881
00:57:12.920 --> 00:57:16.239
that night, as nobody would believe our account of things.

882
00:57:16.960 --> 00:57:21.400
While the psychiatrists help, we haven't exactly been forthcoming about

883
00:57:21.639 --> 00:57:26.280
everything with them. Given my wife's condition, I'd say there's

884
00:57:26.280 --> 00:57:29.119
a good chance our son could be born any day now.

885
00:57:29.960 --> 00:57:32.599
I just hope that he doesn't decide to wait until

886
00:57:32.639 --> 00:57:37.519
Halloween to make his grand entrance. I have an appointment

887
00:57:37.599 --> 00:57:40.280
to keep, after all, one that I hope to have

888
00:57:40.360 --> 00:57:44.280
him accompany me on when he's old enough. It's only

889
00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:48.519
right that he meets the man he's named after. I

890
00:57:48.559 --> 00:57:51.400
don't know why that thing allowed us to leave that night,

891
00:57:52.119 --> 00:57:55.000
something that Derek claims he doesn't have an answer for either,

892
00:57:55.800 --> 00:57:59.519
though I suspect he understands far more than he's letting on.

893
00:58:00.679 --> 00:58:03.960
Perhaps someday, though, when my life has passed me by

894
00:58:04.360 --> 00:58:07.599
and I'm nearing the end of my journey, maybe then

895
00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:12.920
I'll have the answers I seek when my final Halloween comes,

896
00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:17.039
when I visit that labyrinth for the last time, maybe

897
00:58:17.559 --> 00:58:21.519
it'll allow me to enter again. If I can't free

898
00:58:21.559 --> 00:58:26.239
my beloved brother, perhaps I can join him and whatever

899
00:58:26.400 --> 00:58:31.440
truly lies beneath the old Corn Maze just outside the

900
00:58:31.480 --> 00:58:38.639
city limits. I hope you all enjoyed the story as

901
00:58:38.679 --> 00:58:41.079
much as I did. That one had all the fall

902
00:58:41.199 --> 00:58:43.960
feelings that I absolutely love. And I want to say

903
00:58:43.960 --> 00:58:47.159
a very special thank you to William Rayne for allowing

904
00:58:47.239 --> 00:58:51.119
us to feature his story on our show, and definitely

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00:58:51.199 --> 00:58:54.719
check out his YouTube channel, The Last Lodge for lots

906
00:58:54.760 --> 00:58:59.480
of other scary, creepy pasta style stories. I assure you

907
00:58:59.480 --> 00:59:03.519
you'll enjoy them. And even though it's Friday, the Spooky

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Week is only just beginning because we are doing thirty

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one shows in thirty one days, So we'll be back

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00:59:09.280 --> 00:59:12.519
here tomorrow with another scary story, this time from our

911
00:59:12.559 --> 00:59:16.079
good buddy Michael Kelso, a story all about going on

912
00:59:16.119 --> 00:59:20.280
a Halloween hike that may not go the way you hope,

913
00:59:20.639 --> 00:59:23.360
And in the following week we'll be debuting some brand

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