Feb. 14, 2025

Five Blood Filled Valentine's Day Stories!

Five Blood Filled Valentine's Day Stories!
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This episode of *Weekly Spooky* brings an exhilarating twist to the holiday of love, presenting a chilling collection of Valentine's Day horror stories that explore the darker side of romance. Five tales showcasing love gone horribly wrong, setting the stage for a gripping marathon of marital murder!

Prepare for heart-pounding narratives, commencing with “A Sunken Heart in Hino Bay” by Jeff Carpenter, where high school student Ayumi grapples with her feelings for her teacher amidst a backdrop of eerie underwater mysteries. As the tale unfolds, the line between affection and obsession blurs, revealing sinister secrets lurking beneath the surface.

Next up, “Deb Debbie Deverem” by Shane Migliavaca captivates listeners with a raw and emotional exploration of grief and despair. Debra faces memories of her deceased husband and beloved cat while contemplating the darkest corners of her mind. With poignant storytelling, the episode delves into how love, loss, and tragedy intertwine, leading to a gripping climax that leaves listeners breathless.

The series continues with “Be Mine” and “Lover's Lane,” both juxtaposing romantic encounters against terrifying scenarios. These stories highlight the fine line between sweet gestures and horrifying outcomes, enticing listeners to contemplate the potentials of vulnerability and treachery in romantic relationships.

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Remember, each tale might send shivers down your spine this Valentine’s Day, but love is complex and interwoven with both joy and fear.

*Weekly Spooky is produced by Rob Fields, with music by the talented Ray Mattis. Contact us at WeeklySpooky@gmail.com for your stories or suggestions, and join the conversation on Twitter and Facebook!*

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Hello, my spookies. It's your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto

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here bringing you something a little extra special to help

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you get in the mood for the season of love.

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That's right, we have five tales of Valentine's Day horror

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stories about love turn twisted to keep you on the

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edge of your seat. So, whether you have someone special

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to curl up with and enjoy this, or just your

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favorite blanket, a hot drinking maybe a cat, a dog,

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a ferret, whatever you may have, get ready for a

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marathon of marital murder. Ooh, that was pretty good, if

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I do say so myself. These are some of the

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best we've ever published in the last five years of

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Weekly Spooky. So whether they're new to you entirely or

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a welcome refresher, I sure hope you enjoy and make

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sure you subscribe on your favorite podcast. Now Here goes

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a Sunken Heart. In he Obey by Jeff Carpenter, All

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life emerged crawled out from the sea. Now I don't

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know what's crawling out hin Obey High School Science Biology class, Monday,

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two forty three pm. A Umi scribbles into her notebook,

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hunched over her desk, protecting our work. Her eyes are

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obscured by black horn rims, matching her long jet black

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hair tied into a ponytail. Are you like? In Grade three?

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A girl beside her with dyed brown hair grabs the

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notebook off Ayumi's desk. The pen leaves a streak across

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the page. She turns to the second girl and shows

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her the notebook. The second girl makes a sour face,

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gesturing dismissively at the drawings. In a ligned notebook page

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cartoons a girl sunbathing in a boat, reading a book,

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and below her myriad of sea creatures from looking in

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the deep, an octopus and crab feasting on something. The

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girl points at a figure farther down the page, a

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masked scuba diver rising to the surface holding something in

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his hand. Oh my god, is that mister Herata? What

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is that in his hand? What has he got? A pearl?

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A present for you? She and her friend laugh at

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the suggestion. Aumi tries to grab it. Give it back.

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He'd only kiss you if you had gills and a tail.

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She already smells like she does. Give it back. There's

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a crack at the front of the class. The student's

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heads turned to the front. The teacher rests his hand

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on a book atop some scattered papers on his desk.

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A Umi, please see me after class. Oohoo, The two

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girlfriends coup and chorus. Aumi holds a stack of textbooks

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and crossed arms close to her chest. I'm not sure

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what's come over you. You were disturbing the class today

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and you have handed in your assignment. Yet usually you're

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a very well behaved, punctual student. What's gotten into you?

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She can't meet his eyes. Tomorrow, mister Herada, Tomorrow. A

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Umi's household, Monday, six forty nine pm. The melted chocolate

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cools in the bowl and the double boiler on the

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counter beside the stove, or a box of sea salt,

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a jar of raspberry jam, a bowl of herring row,

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a collection of spoons and heart shaped molds. A Umi's

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grandfather walks up behind her, looking over her shoulder, surprises

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her for a boy. It's good you take an interest

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in normal school life outside of the tales you read

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in your books. It's good you spend time with people

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your own age. Dead authors and old men like me

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are not ideal companions for young girls. A Umi ignores

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her grandfather and increases her focus on spooning the jam

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into the cool chocolate molds. With intense deliberation, She plucks

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two individual eggs from the herring row and placing them

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side by side in the raspberry jam. Squishing them together

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in the gooey jam, they leak their briny, golden insides

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into the surrounding compote. She sprinkles a pinch of sea

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salt into the molds, finishing her creation with a flourish

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could I have a taste of that chocolate though, reminds

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me of your grandmother. Tuesday, Valentine's Day, one fifty six PM,

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a girl bumps into a yumie in the hall. She

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drops her books and makes a desperate grab as the

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red cardboard box, folded into the shape of a clamshell,

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slips from her fingers. As she bends over to pick

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them up, she notices a boy, a strong athletic boy

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from her gym class, looking at her with a kind

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of faint smile she hasn't seen before, and she sees

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that her skirt is riding up high on her legs.

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She straightens up and pulls her skirt down. The boy

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still has the funny look on his face, and he

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looks weak somehow, as if all his strength is leaked

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away just by looking at her. She feels flushed and

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rushes to class. What's this, mister Herauda flips the cardboard

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clamshell open on his desk, revealing the chocolates within. Ayumi

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looks at the Valentine's Day present on display, one of

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the heart chocolates cracked from the fall. It's for It's

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for you, Aumi. I can't accept this. You know it

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is inappropriate for a student to offer such gifts to

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her teacher. I'm sorry. It looks like you put a

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lot of work into this gift, but I just can't.

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Ayumi hugs her books tight and shuffles to her seat. Otani,

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the grizzled old janitor, totters into the classroom and empties

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the waste paper basket by the teacher's desk. He winks

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at the gang of girls huddled together, gossiping and giggling.

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One of the girls with dyed brown hair leans over

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to Ayumi and hisses at her. If you want an

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older man, I'm pretty sure mister Otani is available, but

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better act quick before one of us snatches him. Up first.

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The huddle of girls convulses with laughter as Otani staggers

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out the door. A Yumi looks up from her book

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and over at mister Harada's desk. From her vantage point,

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she can see that one of the chocolates is missing.

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There is a space there. It is undeniable. Did she

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just see mister Harada lick his lips? Did he really?

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Ayumi watches intently, her elbows on her desk, chin resting

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on her knuckles, and rapt attention. My last dive, I

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saw definite changes. The outflow from these chemical plants is

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causing untold damage to the ecosystem. I'm finding noticeable mutations

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in the local sea life. Over Long exposure to this

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pollution is ravaging local populations. I've decided to devote my

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time recording and cataloging these mutations. We have to do

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something to change this. We all have to do something

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what I'm doing as cataloging the mutations. He plops a

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ziplock bag holding a fist sized thing enveloped in gelatinous

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syrup on the desk. It is a creature curled into

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a fetal ball. Two appendages pierce the syrupy envelope terminating

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its claws. Know what this is? No guesses it's a fish.

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Does it look like a fish to you? The students

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shake their heads. I don't think so. I found this

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swimming off the breakwater in Heino Bay. Well, it was

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trying to swim, more like paddling in a circle. Those

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those bastards, excuse me, those blameless industrialists in the plant

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on the shore. They've turned Heeno Bay into a living

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science experiment. All life emerged. It crawled out of the sea.

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Now I don't know what's crawling out. He turns back

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to the specimen. This is the caudal fin. The tail

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of the so called fish. An iridescent turquoise caudal fin

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unfurls in the swirling sea green water. It swishes to

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and fro back and forth, lazily, propelling the creature upward,

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breaking the surface. She notices that the creature is her.

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She is the creature, her bare human body above the water,

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her scaly torso and tapered tail beneath the waves, trailing

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off into the darkness, and the murky depths below. Her

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long black hair flows out behind her, slowly undulating in

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the motion of the ripples. She feels the water rise

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in a soft swell, and he is there beside her

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in the black rubber wetsuit. A gentle wave pushes them

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closer together. He pulls off his face mask and removes

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the regulator from his mouth. He presses it against her lips. Breathe, breathe,

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he urges. She opens her mouth, letting him inside her,

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and breeds in. Breaths deep, and she feels herself going down, down,

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into unconsciousness. A Umi opens her eyes. She smiles and

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squeezes the pillow tight to her body.

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Don't go away weakly, Spooky will be right back.

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Wednesday, three h two pm. The daughter of the Dragon

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King was Ninyo, Princess of the Deep. She could assume

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various forms and would often take the form of a

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beautiful woman who could put any man who ventured into

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the sea under her spell. Aumi stands at the front

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of the class. Her magic pearls could turn a Umi.

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The assignment was supposed to be about sea life, real

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actual sea life. Dragons don't exist. Why would you what

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made you do your assignment on that? I'm going to

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be forced to give you an f Please see me

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after class Aumi tries to hold back a faint smile.

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He slumps back in his chair, pulls off his tie,

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loosens his collar, unbuttons the bottom button on his shirt.

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He leans forward. She can see down his open shirt.

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There are iridescent scales catching the light on his neck,

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spreading out and down to his chest. Mister Herada, Yes, Aumi,

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do you think people can change? She pivots on her legs,

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twisting back and forth. Yes, of course, change into something

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so wonderful, so strange, that you don't know what they

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might become. What are you talking about? Kiss me? Mister

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Harada stared at her, kiss me? Why couldn't she say

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it out loud? Her lips strained white against her teeth.

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She bites her lower lip until she is sure blood

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will pop and trickle down her chin. She drops a

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potty training manual on the teacher's desk. What's this? I'm

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going to get my diving certificate. Really, it's an intensive course.

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You sure it won't interfere with your school studies? No, sir,

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I always think of you with your nose in the books,

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not outside getting your hands dirty. He gives her an

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approving smile. Always think of you always think of you,

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always you. It's kind of late in the year to

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undertake such a big thing like this, don't you think.

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She takes off her glasses and twirls them in her fingers.

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She looks straight at Herrada. I dreamed that we were

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swimming together last night, and you swam up to me

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and looked deep into my eyes and said, you are

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the queen of the sea, and the sea is the

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mother of life, all life. And you held me close,

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and you put your lips on Aumi, this isn't appropriate.

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You're my student, and i'm your teacher. I want you

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to teach me real things, not the thing I can

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get from books on my own. Spending so much time

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in the water. Maybe is not such a good idea,

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but we have to. I'll grow scales. We'll both be

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as free as the fishes. We'll change into them. We'll

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be living in the ocean as sea creatures forever. You

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must never never speak about this again to anyone, do

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you understand. Aumi jams her lips shut and looks at

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the floor. Aumi, please let me go swimming with you silence.

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I promise not to talk about these things again. I'll

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think about it. Aumi's household, Thursday, six forty five pm.

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Aumi takes book after book from her bookcase and puts

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them down beside the others on her bed. She flips

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through them, smiles a faint smile, then, with the reverence

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of a funeral, places them in a large cardboard box

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marked with a black pen on the side, five hundred

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yen each. He in Obey Recreation Center, ten fifty four am,

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a Yumi plunges into the swimming pool. The weight belt

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sinks her to the bottom. The instructor gives her the

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thumbs up, then turns and ignores her, just like he

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did after she gave him the money from selling all

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her favorite books. She looks around, surrounded by water. Everyone

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else is so far away. She is alone. If anything

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went wrong, she closes her eyes. Her heart pounds in

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her head, blood rushes in her ears. She hyperventilates. Her

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eyes are big. She's going to drown down here. She

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sucks in water with her air. She sputters and coughs.

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Blinded by bubbles escaping from her mouth, she drops her

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weights and scrambles to the surface. The diving instructor swims

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over to her. You panicked. He hands a Yumi her

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weight belt. This time breathes slow, breathe deep, keep calm, RelA,

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Nothing's going to get you. Sometimes it helps to tell

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yourself a story to keep your mind focused. He obey

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High School, Monday, two pm. Ayumi wears a gold badge

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embroidered on her jacket. She carries a certificate between her

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stack of textbooks. She wears a big smile in her

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face as she walks straight to the science classroom. She

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takes her seat. A strange woman is at the front desk.

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Her smile fades. She raises her hand. Where's mister Harada?

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He is on indefinite leave. My name is missus Kotani,

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and I'm the replacement teacher for this class. He no obey.

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Breakwater Tuesday, two forty three pm. Shouldn't you be in school?

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Teacher's not here today. A taxi idols parked but running

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in a slot by the sea wall. Ayumi struggles with

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the air tank as she pulls them up out of

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the trunk. You need a hand with that, miss, Just

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a couple of trips. She hauls the gear down the

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Breakwater swim fins mask under her arms. Oxygen tank hanging

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off of one shoulder. The dive tank slips off her shoulder,

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bangs off. Her hip bone, bounces off and rebounds into

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her legs, giving a dull blow to her knee and shin.

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She cries out, stumbles and drops the tank, which rolls

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on the ground. You alone, She turns back to look

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at him. Miss you alone. I heard it's not good

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to dive all by yourself. Oh, I've got someone. She

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makes it down to the end of the breakwater. She

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clambers over the jagged boulders a umi spots a black

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shape bobbing in the water about one hundred and fifty

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meters off shore. It must be him. She dons her

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scuba gear, nervously strapping and clicking it all into place.

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She hobbles into the sea, lapping onto the rocks. Once

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she's up to her chest, she begins paddling up to sea.

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She looks out toward the horizon. The black shape is gone.

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She can't see him anymore. She puts the regulator in

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her mouth and ducks under the water. It's cold and dark.

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She breathes in, but short and shallow. She coughs. She

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has to come up for air. She spits out salty

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sea water and scans the horizon again nothing. She's going

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to have to go out there. Her heart pounds beneath

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her wetsuit. This is it. She clears her mask and

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goes under. She swims in slow, steady strokes. She can't

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help feeling she's being shadowed by something not so far

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below her, but she fights the enshrouding panic, swallows her

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fear and breathes in long, deep breaths. She flashes back

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to books she's read about the sea, most of them

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not factual accounts, of course, deep treasures hidden within the

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protective maws of giant clams, fierce mortal backs between giant

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squids and deep diving whales, and the jealous octopus dragging

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divers to their deaths for daring to encroach on its

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submarine territory. But she kind of remembers the true story

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mister Herada told her of Nigyo Or was that her dream?

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In any case, she's having trouble remembering it completely. It

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was about a girl who swam out to sea alone

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to find treasure a pearl. No, it was to find

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her lover missing at sea. And yes, she finally does

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find him. He's alive, but he's not alone. He's caught

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in the embrace of Nigyo. The man's name is Herada,

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and who is Ninyo. Ninyo pulls Harada close, the water

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lapping against their bare bodies, writhing against him, rubbing off

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a patina of irandescent scaleils onto his face and neck.

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She kisses him all over, runs her tongue along his arm,

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licks his fingers. Herada twists his head, looks over his shoulder,

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eyes the girl from within the arms of the tight

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embrace Ningyo turns to see what he's looking at. She

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hisses a sibilant sigh. Oh, you brought a pretty one,

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a little scrawny perhaps, please to meet you. I am Ninyo,

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the first and the last, and you will know the

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truth of that soon enough. I'm a Yumi. Get out

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of that silly suit of yours. Can't be truly free

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in the sea until you feel the caress of the

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salt water on your skin. The girl hugs herself. It's

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too cold, nonsense. How will you ever feel what it

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is to be a woman if you can't be naked

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beside a man? Ayumi looks at herata. She lets her

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mask sink to the depths below. Ningyo helps her out

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of her wetsuit. A chemical slick surrounds them, warming the water.

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As herada reaches to touch a yumi, the girl feels

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nino come up behind her and envelop her. She wraps

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her arms around a Yumi and pulls her down Somewhere.

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An octopus embraces its prey and drags it down to

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the bottom, holds it down until it drowns, then feasts

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on it at its leisure. A crab feeds on the

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scavenged remains of a muscular organ, still beating a heart

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a sunken heart. The chemical spill reaches the seafloor the

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pres apat coating everything. It touches. A jointed limb, telescopes

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out of the organ, and snatches up the crab in

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its terminating claw. An aortic valve opens up in a

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tooth studded maw that bites down on the crustacean, swallowing

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it whole. An eyelid opens on the vein covering of

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the organ. An eye blinks, and the bubble of a

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tear trickles out of its corner and races to the

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surface to expire in the air. The heart sprouts three

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more limbs and crawls away along the sea bottom, fading

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into the murky darkness. An empty wetsuit floats on the

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surface of the sea, bobbing in the gentle swells of

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the unchanging, ever changing ocean.

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Deb Debbie devereauh by shame Wigley about.

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That the cat thinks I'm fucking nuts. She may be right.

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I'm wearing my nicest dress. Dean Martin is on the stereo,

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and I have a gun to my head. I'm dancing

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with my dead husband on Valentine's Day. Angel are Cat

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died three days ago. Her ashes sit on the mantle

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in an urn next to my husband's. I see her

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on her favorite spot on the couch, watching me. She

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really is an angel. Now I pull the hammer of

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the revolver back. I'm ready to join them. Click, son

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of a bitch. Empty. Good job, Deborah. I forgot the

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fucking bullets. I dropped the snub nose on the coffee table.

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I haven't found where Johnny hid the bullets. He bought

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the gun for me, worried about us being all alone

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out here in the boondocks. What good is a gun

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if the bullets are hidden. Excuse me, mister rapist, while

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I find the bullets to shoot you. Maybe Johnny never

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got around to buying any Ain't that a kick in

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the head, Dean. I dropped to the couch, defeated. My

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mind isn't what it used to be. Grief and despair

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have pushed everything out to the point that I have

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trouble dealing with the day to day shit. It's for

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the best, I suppose. I'm not a religious woman, but

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I'd like to think there was something waiting, you know,

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after that I could be with them in some kind

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of way. If there is a God and suicide is

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a sin, I'd better not risk it being sent to hell.

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I'd never see them again. If you ask me, this

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is hell, this world, Johnny, My Johnny. I missed that

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lopsided grin of yours, The way your stubble felt when

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you kissed me, how your hair fell across your eyes

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when you woke up. The touch of your coarse hands

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on my shoulders. Gone all gone. Even and a half

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years ago, a drunk driver named Dave Robins Johnny had

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been on his way home from work when the bastard

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ran a red light and struck Johnny's car. I still

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remember the trooper showing up at work. He stood there

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in his uniform, looking so out of place. His words

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were unintelligible as my heart pounded in my ears. They

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gave that man ten years in prison, ten fucking years.

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He took away our future, and they gave him ten years.

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He got out in four for good behavior, good fucking behavior.

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I dreamed about killing him for so long. How i'd

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do it, how i'd drag it out, make him suffer.

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I'd even toyed with the idea of killing his family

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in front of him. But no, there was angel to

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think of. The cat, a housewarming present from Johnny, got

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me through that first grim year. She was there for

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me when I got home from another dreary day at work,

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happy to see me, purring her feline heart out. She

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was such a tiny little thing when he surprised me

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with her. She hid under the couch for the first

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couple of days, until one night I sat on the

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couch watching the evening news, waiting for Johnny to come

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home from work. I felt something small and warm curl

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up next to me. Now she's gone too, I'm left

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all alone in this house. That used to represent our

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future together, a house that's become a tomb. The house

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was so empty and vast. When I'd come home from

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the vet carrying little angels, ashes and a small container,

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nobody there to greet me at the door. I dread

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the thought of coming home after a day at work

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to this empty, god forsaken place. But I'll have to.

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I took a couple sick days, told Emily I had above.

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They don't need to know the real reason. Most of

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them look at me with some sort of pity, walking

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on eggshells around me. The others treat me as if

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this sickness in my heart can simply be sent away,

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that I should get over it and move on. There

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is no moving on. I could take some medication, I guess,

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something to help me at the cost of this hornet's

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nest of pain in my stomach, the pain that helps

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me remember them, that keeps them in my thoughts. Would

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I lose their memory in a haze of medication, The

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record ends. I stare at the snub nose. I should

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really find those bullets. There's other ways I could do it. Pills, sure,

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or that old razor blade in the bathtub. Bit those

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are easy enough. I suppose hanging myself is off the table.

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I can't tie knots for shit sides. Some idiot might

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think I was trying to get off and died by accident.

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Shit fuck it. The phone rings. I pick it up,

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looking at the number. It's Catherine Wade from work, probably

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checking up on me. Hello, Kat, how are you feeling, trooper?

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She answers in her unbearably cheery voice. I lie, Oh, okay,

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just a bit of a bug. You need anything, No,

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I'm fine. Thanks. I want to hate her for caring.

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Damn it, I just can't. The phone crackles with static.

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Aren't you forgetting something? Deb? Another voice asks Kat? You there?

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I can hear something metallic on the other end. Have

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you checked the basement? Who is this? I ask, my

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voice trembling, but no answer. God, damn it. Who is this?

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Are you okay? Deb? Kat asks, sounding a bit shaken. Yeah, yeah,

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just this bug. I think I need a nap. Before

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she can finish saying goodbye, I hang up. What just happened?

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I'm not even sure. I take a deep breath, I

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get off the couch. Maybe I should just go buy

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some fucking bullets. Looking out the window. I see. I'm

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not going out anywhere today. The snow is coming down

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in a heavy white blanket. Frustrated, I turned the TV on.

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They're calling it the Valentine's Day blizzard, the weather man proclaimed,

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as if he was a proud father praising his golden child.

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These cocksuckers really piss me off. And how much they

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get off on bad weather. I think they get hard

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over delivering bad news. Expect record snowfalls. Expect me not

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to give a fuck, I say, wishing about now. The

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gun was loaded so I could shoot the TV. I

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never hated anybody till Johnny died. Now I can't stand anyone,

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most of all myself. The smiling weatherman is replaced by

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a nicely dressed Chinese woman the day's other big story,

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all but one of the escaped convicts have been captured.

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Police gather round an overturned prison bus and a ditch

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as the anchor woman goes over the details. Police are

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still searching for Charles Lee Andrew, convicted serial killer and rapist.

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He's considered highly dangerous should you spot him. Why do

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these assholes always have three names? Is it a serial

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killer thing? They linger on his face? He's handsome enough

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except for the scar over his left eye. Crazy burns

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hot in those eyes. Even in a photograph, you can

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feel his stare just penetrating your soul. Bored, I walk

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out to the kitchen. I drink maybe and a sandwich.

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Dirty dishes clog one of the two sinks. I've let

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the house go to shit. Haven't felt like cleaning since

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the cat died. I pour myself a glass of brandy

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and make a roast beef sandwich. I hold a stainless

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steel knife in my hands, catching my reflection on the blade.

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The house isn't the only thing that's gone to shit.

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I look terrible. My hair's a mess. There's bags under

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my eyes. Fuck it all. Why should I care how

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I look? It's all a sick joke. The blade quivers

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in my hand, so sharp, one of those as seen

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on TV jobs you get at a save mart. Why

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I bet if I just took the knife and sliced Debbie.

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A sweet sing song voice echoes out from the living room.

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The TV has to be a coincidence, deab. The voice giggles,

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who's there? I call out, feeling a bit embarrassed, because

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it's most likely the TV I grip the knife. Stepping

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00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:55.079
into the short hallway, I walk towards the living room.

446
00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:57.680
I can hear a soap opera on the TV. I

447
00:29:57.799 --> 00:30:02.359
stop and listen under the din of dialogue from the TV.

448
00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:07.440
I hear the wind outside, the tick tick sound of

449
00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:14.480
snow and freezing rain against the windows, and then floorboards

450
00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:21.319
creaking with the unmistakable sound of someone walking over them. Debby,

451
00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:24.519
the voice giggles again, come and find me.

452
00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:30.680
More scares to come weekly, spooky. We'll be right back.

453
00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:35.480
I storm into the living room, ready to confront the

454
00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:43.079
weirdo intruder. You picked the wrong fucking time. Empty. I

455
00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:46.960
switched the TV off and I listen again. Maybe my

456
00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:50.359
mind finally has hitched a ride to crazy town. The

457
00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:56.160
house is still silent save for the wind and snow outside.

458
00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:59.200
The furnace in the basement rumbles on, making me flinch

459
00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:04.200
like a maniac, tears sting my eyes as laughter gives

460
00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:09.960
way to crying. I really have fucking flipped out, wiping

461
00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:12.920
them away. I see them there, reflected in the black

462
00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:17.759
of the TV screen, watching me from the hall, darting

463
00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:20.599
away before I can turn. Scrambling to my feet, I

464
00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:22.880
grabbed the empty gun and give chase. I can hear

465
00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:26.720
them upstairs. Yesterday upon the stair I met a man

466
00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:29.839
who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today, Oh how

467
00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:32.759
I wish he'd go away. The voice sang out from

468
00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:38.680
somewhere upstairs. I know that poem from a long time ago,

469
00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:42.319
when I was a little girl. I creep up the stairs,

470
00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:46.200
no easy feet, since they're creaky as hell. A door

471
00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:49.920
slams shut somewhere upstairs. How the hell did they get in?

472
00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:54.400
I didn't hear anything. Everything is locked. I didn't forget something. Right,

473
00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:57.319
With a knife in one hand and an empty gun

474
00:31:57.359 --> 00:32:00.400
in the other, maybe I can scare the living out

475
00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:04.440
of them. Yeah right, Why am I scared? I was

476
00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:07.799
thinking about ending my life moments ago. No, it's not

477
00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:11.079
death that frightens me. It's what could happen in place

478
00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:16.960
of that. Rape, being maimed, being paralyzed, a coma. Those

479
00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:20.599
things frighten me a living hell. I can't escape. I

480
00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:23.279
search the upstairs, trying to look as bad ass as

481
00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:27.079
possible with an empty gun. That's when it hits me.

482
00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:32.000
I am fucking nuts. There's not a living soul up here.

483
00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:35.279
I search every room, every nook, every cranny under the

484
00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:38.480
beds in the Closet's not a sign of anybody being

485
00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:42.680
here other than me. Nothing out of place, nothing touched.

486
00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:47.039
Feeling tired, I walk into the bathroom connected to the bedroom.

487
00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:49.759
I run cold water over my face and stare at

488
00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:54.240
my haggard reflection in the mirror. Through the open door,

489
00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:58.839
I see the bed sitting there, legs hanging over the side,

490
00:32:58.839 --> 00:33:03.720
A dark figure watching me. I spin around, nearly slipping

491
00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:07.000
on the tiled floor. Who the fuck? I blurt out.

492
00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:11.599
The dark, featureless figure, almost an outline of a young woman.

493
00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:16.000
Its long hair and pigtails hang down on black shoulders.

494
00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:21.079
It tilts its head and waves, hey, Debbie, long time,

495
00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:26.480
no see. I gawk at it for a few minutes, speechless.

496
00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:33.400
There's something about this thing, this girl, that seems familiar.

497
00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:37.079
Something's been buzzing around the back of my head all day,

498
00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:41.799
wanting to get out. Is this it? I should feel scared,

499
00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:47.640
yet I don't. I feel oddly reassured. What's wrong? Sunshine?

500
00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.119
No?

501
00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:53.720
Hello for good old Maddie, Maddie. I stammer, my mouth

502
00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:58.920
suddenly dry. Was that you running around the house? None other?

503
00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:03.599
Don't you remember how we used to? I rubbed my head.

504
00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:08.480
There's a stabbing pain. Something wants out. Poor old Deb

505
00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:12.440
went and grew up. It's a delusion, that's all. I

506
00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:15.840
walk out of the bathroom, waving my arms about go away.

507
00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:19.320
You're a figment of my deteriorating mental state. You're not real,

508
00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:23.639
good old Maddie slides off the bed, sauntering towards me.

509
00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:27.920
Not real, She pokes me with an ebony finger. That

510
00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:33.000
real enough for you. I flinch as I involuntarily back up.

511
00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:38.039
You made me, poor little Deb, her parents always fighting.

512
00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:41.400
Nobody at school likes her. She reads too much. She's

513
00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:45.000
too much of a tomboy. Boo hoo. Maddie mocks me,

514
00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:49.639
making a tearful face. Somebody needed a friend, and Maddie

515
00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:54.599
got the call. Her voice suddenly changes, becoming cold. Until

516
00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:59.559
somebody tossed me aside. Maddie backs away from me, her

517
00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:03.920
gaze locked on me. But I didn't go away. Couldn't

518
00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:06.760
that figure in the corner of your eye, that shadow

519
00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:09.559
in the dark room, that was me? She does a

520
00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:13.320
little jig. You can't kill yourself, Deb, I won't let you.

521
00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:17.280
If I made you, I can unmake you. I grab

522
00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:19.519
a small ceramic statue on the dresser and throw it

523
00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:22.320
at this Mattie. It bounces off her head when I

524
00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:26.559
expected it to pass right through. Ow. She hollers, the

525
00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:30.840
manic joyfulness gone from her voice. Bitch. She runs out

526
00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:33.000
of the bedroom, holding her head. I can hear her

527
00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:36.519
feet on the stairs as she goes down. Looking down

528
00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:39.840
at the plush royal blue carpet, I see a trail

529
00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:45.800
of crimson blood. I follow Maddie's blood downstairs to the kitchen.

530
00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:49.239
Bloody handprits on the doorframe, welcome me. As I enter,

531
00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:52.519
Mattie has bent over the sink, washing the blood off

532
00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:55.599
of her forehead with a wet towel. Fuck you, deb

533
00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:59.039
you always did have a temper. She turned to glare

534
00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:03.159
at me, dash of bright crimson and her black forehead.

535
00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:06.199
She holds the wet towel to it as she finishes

536
00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:09.679
off my glass of brandy, leaving behind bloody fingerprints on

537
00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:17.800
the glass. I'm sorry, I think you can feel pain. Well, no, duh,

538
00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:21.440
of course I can feel pain. She pours herself more brandy,

539
00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:24.400
gulping it down in one go. This is some good shit,

540
00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:27.800
by the way, got me bandages. I go to the

541
00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:31.599
downstairs bathroom, grabbing some bandages from the medicine cabinet. When

542
00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:35.480
I come back, Maddie and her bloodstains are gone. Suddenly

543
00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:39.159
I feel light headed. My head is buzzing.

544
00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.719
Uh.

545
00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:43.440
I take more aspiren than the recommended dosage. Lying down

546
00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:46.840
on the couch, I feel as if I'm melting into it,

547
00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:51.559
becoming one with the upholstery. I wake up some time later.

548
00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:54.800
The sun is low in the sky, snow still falling,

549
00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:58.519
but not as heavy as before. My head feels better now.

550
00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:02.559
Maybe that was all a dream. The snub nose sits

551
00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:05.880
on the coffee table next to the knife. I'd left

552
00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:09.960
those upstairs. Yes, yes, it was all a dream. I'd

553
00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:12.159
just fallen asleep on the couch and dreamed the whole

554
00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:16.880
damn thing a fever dream. The floorboards upstairs creak, and

555
00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:20.000
my heart skips a beat. This is an old house.

556
00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:22.800
It's just settling, that's all. I pick up the gun.

557
00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:26.760
Still no bullets. That hasn't changed. What also hasn't changed?

558
00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:30.719
Is it still fucking Valentine's Day? Why couldn't I have

559
00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:32.719
just slept through the rest of it instead of the

560
00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:36.440
day that won't end, dragging on, not letting me forget

561
00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:41.239
what I've lost. I remember one Valentine's Day, Johnny made

562
00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:45.800
this specialty for dinner, spaghetti and salad. We watched an

563
00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:48.880
old western on the TV, something starring the guy that

564
00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:52.280
played Superman's dad. It had been an exhausting week for

565
00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:54.039
both of us, and we fell asleep on the couch

566
00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:57.920
halfway through the film, my head on his shoulder. The

567
00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:01.079
holiday didn't end up in a moment of passion and

568
00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:06.400
ended in a moment of mundane tenderness, and I wouldn't

569
00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:09.280
trade it for anything. A knock at the front door

570
00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:12.519
startles me out of my fond memory. I wait, holding

571
00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:15.320
my breath. Perhaps it was just a noise and not

572
00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:18.920
somebody at the door, some snow falling off the roof,

573
00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:23.280
for the like. Then another knock comes, ruining my fabrication,

574
00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:28.519
followed rapidly by a third Hello. A man asks from

575
00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:31.559
the other side of the door, is anybody there? Don't

576
00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:34.760
answer it, Mattie says, dropping into the recliner in the corner.

577
00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:38.639
The chairs old springs straining from the sudden weight. Fuck me,

578
00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:41.239
I blurted out, in surprise. Where did you come from?

579
00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:44.519
I notice her features have become more defined now, the

580
00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:48.000
darkness lessening somewhat. Her head no longer has a bandage,

581
00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:51.679
nor a bloody gash. I've been hovering about, sleepy head.

582
00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:54.320
She tilts the recliner back. You know you talk in

583
00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:57.599
your sleep. Mattie looks up at the ceiling. Who's racks?

584
00:38:58.280 --> 00:39:02.280
Johnny used to kid me about talking in my sleep? Rex?

585
00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:06.039
Why does that name seem familiar? Hello? The knocking at

586
00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:09.039
the door becomes more aggressive. I can hear you in there.

587
00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:11.880
Please come to the door. The man pauses. His voice

588
00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:16.159
sounds strained. I need help. I pick up the empty gun,

589
00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:19.599
holding it like a magical charm capable of warding off evil.

590
00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:22.199
As I approach the front door, I look through the

591
00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:25.320
people at the man outside. He stands on the porch,

592
00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:28.960
a desperate look etched on his face. His hair looks

593
00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:32.360
recently shaved off, and he's wearing snow covered clothes and

594
00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:34.559
a band aid on his forehead over his left eye.

595
00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:37.800
The man looked over his shoulder anxiously before turning back

596
00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:41.440
to the door. Please you have to hurry, the man pleads,

597
00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:43.800
as he knocks again. I reach for the dead bolt.

598
00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:48.360
I wouldn't do it, Maddie warns me. Shush, I turn

599
00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:51.119
the lock on the door, only partly convinced there's really

600
00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:54.239
someone out there and it's not another delusion. I pull

601
00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:56.840
open the door a little, peeking through the crack at

602
00:39:56.840 --> 00:40:00.599
this unwelcome stranger. His clothes look ill, fitting a size

603
00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:03.360
or two too big for his frame. Behind him, I

604
00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:05.360
noticed his tracks through the ankle deep snow.

605
00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:12.559
Yes, U sh it was only the wind. You're safe,

606
00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:15.000
weekly spooky. We'll be right back.

607
00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:20.320
You took long enough, the man grumbles. Excuse me. The

608
00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:23.480
man shivers, looking around. I'm freezing out here? Can I

609
00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:27.599
come in? Can I trust him? Should I? What are

610
00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:31.320
you doing way out here in a storm? Suddenly, violently,

611
00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:33.840
he pushes the door open, knocking me to the floor.

612
00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:36.199
I land hard on my back. The air pushes out

613
00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:39.000
of my lungs, the empty gun sliding across the floor.

614
00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:42.199
I don't have time for your shit, he angrily screams

615
00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:44.599
as he slams the door shut. Gasping for air. I

616
00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:46.960
tried to get to my feet, get a weapon. It's

617
00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:49.079
no use. The man pushes me to the floor with

618
00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:52.519
a snow covered boot. Is there anyone here? Are you alone?

619
00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:55.239
His head darts back and forth as he takes in

620
00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:57.599
the room. He gives me another love tap from his

621
00:40:57.679 --> 00:41:01.079
booted foot Before retrieving the gun from the floor. He

622
00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:05.000
checks the cylinder, laughing, what were you gonna do? Wave

623
00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:08.880
this around and use harsh language to scare me. Mattie

624
00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:11.400
slides up behind him. Told you not to let him in.

625
00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:15.159
I didn't let him in. I managed able to breathe again.

626
00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:19.679
The man looks around, perplexed. The fuck you talking about, lady?

627
00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:23.760
What do you want? I ask? I don't have any money. Oh,

628
00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:26.719
we'll see about that. He pulls me up, dragging me

629
00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:28.840
to the couch. Both our eyes go to the knife

630
00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:31.559
on the coffee table before meeting again. He hurls me

631
00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:33.639
into the couch. When I managed to sit up, he

632
00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:37.199
hits me in the face hard, hard enough that the

633
00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:40.920
world goes black. When my eyes open again, the man

634
00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:44.679
stands over me, the knife in his hand. Just what

635
00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:47.440
the hell were you up to here? He leans forward,

636
00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:50.199
giving me a good view of the knife. I'll ask

637
00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:55.280
you again, is there anybody else here? I shake my head,

638
00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:57.719
noticing I've been tied to a dining room chair in

639
00:41:57.760 --> 00:42:00.320
the living room, I can taste blood on my life lips.

640
00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:04.480
If you're lying, I can make it very unpleasant for you.

641
00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:07.800
I glare at him, more angry at myself than him.

642
00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:11.039
For once, I should have listened to the delusion prancing

643
00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:15.480
around my house. As he looks down at me, I

644
00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:21.199
recognize who's invaded my home, Charles Lee Andrew, serial killer

645
00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:25.920
and rapist. With this revelation, a stark fear creeps into

646
00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:30.039
my belly. Yes, I want to die, but not like this,

647
00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:34.800
and not by his hand. I'm gonna go poke around. Uh,

648
00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:39.119
you sit tight. He goes to leave and stops. Last chance.

649
00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:43.519
There's nobody here, right, Because if there is, they're fucked.

650
00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:47.800
I shake my head again, satisfied. He leaves me alone

651
00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:51.760
as he searches the house, our house, Johnny and me

652
00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:55.519
and little Angel. He has no right to be here.

653
00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:59.159
Fear begins to give way to anger, this time directed

654
00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:02.119
towards this inper I can hear him in the kitchen,

655
00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:05.760
opening and closing the fridge. He walks back into the room,

656
00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:09.960
eating a leftover chicken leg good chicken, you make it,

657
00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:15.000
he smirks, a greasy chicken smile. I stare holes through him,

658
00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:18.760
imagining his body being riddled with bullets, jerking around in

659
00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:21.679
a death dance as flesh and boner shredded in a

660
00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:24.480
hail of lead. Of course, that would leave a hell

661
00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:27.679
of a mess when I really wouldn't want to clean up.

662
00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:30.880
You know, you look like shit, he remarks, setting a

663
00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:33.000
plate with the half finished chicken leg down at the

664
00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:36.039
coffee table. I mean, other than where I socked you

665
00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:39.039
in the kisser, I watched as he looks out the window.

666
00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:42.960
This is perfect with the storm in this place, being

667
00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:46.239
in the middle of nowhere in East Jesus, the comps

668
00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:49.239
won't be around. I can definitely lie low and catch

669
00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:52.000
a breath. He bends down close to me and locks

670
00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:55.760
me in his gaze, and I definitely plan on having

671
00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:59.119
some fun before I go. He tries kissing me on

672
00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:01.639
the lips. I managed to pull away, and he kisses

673
00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:05.400
my cheek. I turn my head in disgust. Seeing Johnny's

674
00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:09.039
urn on the mantle, I start to cry. I don't

675
00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:13.519
want him to see this, not my Johnny. The bastard

676
00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:16.119
notices my tears, sees the urn and the picture of

677
00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:20.159
Johnny next to it. Aw, what are you crying about,

678
00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:23.159
sweet cheeks? He picks up the picture, gawking at it

679
00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:26.559
with those soulless eyes, before turning his attention to the urn.

680
00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:31.360
This your your dead hubby, Fuck you, I spit out

681
00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:36.119
between sobs. You will, don't worry, you will. He drops

682
00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:39.719
the picture to the floor, shattering the glass. First, I

683
00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:42.760
think I'll look around and then freshen up, maybe take

684
00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:44.519
a nice shit and see if you still have some

685
00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:48.039
of your old man's duds. Seeing your little shrine here,

686
00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:51.800
I'm willing to bet that's a yes. And then I'm

687
00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:55.199
left alone, left alone to think about this mess. I'm

688
00:44:55.199 --> 00:45:00.119
in mess. It's a fucking nightmare. I can hear him

689
00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:04.400
moving about the first floor, ransacking the place and making comments,

690
00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:08.559
stoking the boiling anger inside me. I struggle against the

691
00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:11.239
ropes holding me to this chair. I flex my muscles,

692
00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:14.679
imagining myself bursting through the ropes with sheer force of will.

693
00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:18.800
When this fails, I slump in the chair, tired and defeated.

694
00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:23.239
Maybe I will die this day, just not how I envisioned.

695
00:45:23.800 --> 00:45:26.960
Come on, you can do it, kiddo. Maddie sits down

696
00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:29.239
on the floor in front of me. Easy for you

697
00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:32.199
to fucking say. I grumble, Why don't you help me?

698
00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:35.239
She lies down on her side, propped up on one elbow.

699
00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:40.079
It don't work like that. Gotta do it. Yourself. That

700
00:45:40.239 --> 00:45:44.599
fucking figures. Cheeze it, Maddie warns me I could hear

701
00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:47.320
him coming back down the hall. After a tense couple

702
00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:50.760
of minutes waiting, he appears in the doorway. Not much

703
00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:53.880
down here. Got a question, though, what's with the lock

704
00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:58.280
on the basement door? I shrug. I don't know. Doesn't

705
00:45:58.320 --> 00:46:02.280
everybody have that? Sure, I'll deal with that later. For now,

706
00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:05.519
I'm headed upstairs. Hope this shithole gets better on the

707
00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:08.960
second floor. Mattie sticks her tongue out as he walks away.

708
00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:12.079
What a dick, She turns back to me. Come on,

709
00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:15.920
now's your chance. While he's screwing around upstairs. I'm thinking,

710
00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:18.679
I'm thinking, I say, before letting out a loud fart.

711
00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:24.119
Maddie backs away, waving at the air. Oh fuck, really, sorry,

712
00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:29.400
just the stress. I think something died. Maddie coughs. You

713
00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:33.000
could kill him with that reek. Sure you can smell that.

714
00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:36.559
Yet you can't help me. Hey, I don't make the rules.

715
00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:40.039
She stands, holding her nose. I'm gonna sit this one out.

716
00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:43.960
Maddie leaves. Finally a chance to think. I can hear

717
00:46:44.039 --> 00:46:47.840
him upstairs doing God knows what Maddie's right, I have

718
00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:51.039
to get free. Unable to do anything but look around

719
00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:54.440
the room and think, I start to form a desperate plan.

720
00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:57.559
By the time he comes back downstairs, dressed in some

721
00:46:57.599 --> 00:47:01.119
of Johnny's clothes, night had fallen outside, and I had

722
00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:03.559
a plan. He now has a piece of paper in

723
00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:06.239
his hand. He holds it out, showing me a newspaper

724
00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:10.119
clipping about a missing man. Who's this? You got all

725
00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:13.119
these clippings about the search for this guy? He picks

726
00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:16.440
up Johnny's picture from the floor, shattered glass falling off.

727
00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:20.199
Don't look like your husband, he grins. Did you have

728
00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:23.880
something on the side? My heart races somewhere deep in

729
00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:27.239
my mind. A loud banging starts. A door that desperately

730
00:47:27.280 --> 00:47:30.480
wants to open begins to crack. I know who you are,

731
00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:35.159
Charles Lee Andrew. You're on the run, he grins, a

732
00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:39.440
devil's grin. My reputation precedes me. Then you know how

733
00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:43.440
dangerous I am. I know you're just a sad, sick

734
00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:47.400
shit who gets off hurting women. Then you should be

735
00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:51.199
nice to me. I ignore his words, watching how my

736
00:47:51.280 --> 00:47:55.639
words hit him. What's wrong? Daddy beat you? Mommy didn't

737
00:47:55.639 --> 00:48:00.800
love you enough? Boo fucking who, Charlie, I fake. This

738
00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:03.760
was too much for him. He storms over to the mantle,

739
00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:08.679
grabbing Johnny's urn. Shut your fucking mouth, or he opens

740
00:48:08.719 --> 00:48:11.960
the urn, forcing my husband's remains into my mouth. I

741
00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:15.440
choke on the ashes, my eyes burning finished. He throws

742
00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:17.840
the urn down across the room. That's one way to

743
00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:21.239
suck your husband. The son of a bitch laughs. I

744
00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:26.079
stained for air, coughing out clouds of black. That's all

745
00:48:26.119 --> 00:48:30.079
you got, pussy boy, I say, hoping to push him further.

746
00:48:30.559 --> 00:48:32.639
I bet Mommy used to touch you and call you

747
00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:35.320
her special little boy, and you liked it. Give you

748
00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:37.960
a nice hard one, did it, I smile with ash

749
00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:43.239
covered lips. No, maybe it was daddy who did the touching, cunt.

750
00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:47.079
He screams, every letter filled with venom. Lifting me in

751
00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:49.320
the chair off the ground, he slams me down on

752
00:48:49.360 --> 00:48:51.800
the floor. I scream out in pain as my arms

753
00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:53.800
are pinned to the floor by my own weight. Not

754
00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:56.840
wasting any time, my now numb hand gropes around on

755
00:48:56.880 --> 00:49:01.039
the carpet. Come on, come on, they have to here somewhere.

756
00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:03.599
Those shards of glass from Johnny's picture. If I can

757
00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:05.800
just grab one and get enough time to use it,

758
00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:09.239
but this enraged asshole isn't giving me much of a chance.

759
00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:12.559
He looms over me, kicking at my down body. I

760
00:49:12.599 --> 00:49:14.920
need to get a look at the floor. Thankfully, this

761
00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:17.760
douchebag didn't see fit to tie my legs to the chair.

762
00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:20.559
I kick out. After a couple of tries, I score

763
00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:23.760
a direct hit, hitting him in the balls, doubling the

764
00:49:23.800 --> 00:49:26.960
bastard over and buying me some time. I roll over

765
00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:30.599
onto my knees, my eyes searching the carpet. There a

766
00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:33.480
couple of big shards of glass. I roll over onto

767
00:49:33.519 --> 00:49:35.639
my back, trying to keep the gap of the chairs

768
00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:38.519
back even with the glass. I keep my eyes glued

769
00:49:38.519 --> 00:49:40.719
to the bastard as my fingers run over the floor,

770
00:49:40.920 --> 00:49:43.840
feeling for more. Charlie glares at me as he clutches

771
00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:46.840
himself in pain. The jagged glass cuts into my fingers

772
00:49:46.840 --> 00:49:48.960
when I find it, I poke my arms a couple

773
00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:51.320
of times as I line the glass up with my bonds,

774
00:49:51.519 --> 00:49:54.000
the glass slicing into my hands as easy as it

775
00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:56.639
does the rope restraining me. I feel my hands come

776
00:49:56.679 --> 00:50:00.199
free as Charlie limps toward me, anger so intense I

777
00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:03.400
can feel its heat boils out of his very Being

778
00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:06.559
freed of the chair, I push away from it, kicking

779
00:50:06.599 --> 00:50:09.480
it into his path. Pained, he barely dodges it, his

780
00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:12.559
face red with rage. Charlie lunges at me, his hands

781
00:50:12.599 --> 00:50:16.760
at my throat. I strike out with a shard of glass.

782
00:50:18.920 --> 00:50:24.280
Are you afraid? Good, weekly, spooky, We'll be right back.

783
00:50:26.360 --> 00:50:29.239
Thank you, officer, I appreciate it. I smiled at the

784
00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:33.039
trooper on my porch, just doing our job, ma'am. The

785
00:50:33.079 --> 00:50:36.440
storm really hindered our search well, as you can see,

786
00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:39.519
I really got snowed in here. Not that it matters.

787
00:50:39.719 --> 00:50:43.000
You're the first visitor I've had in ages. After a

788
00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:46.039
little small talk, the trooper leaves. I watch him leave,

789
00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:49.800
locking the door as he drives off. I lucked out.

790
00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:52.880
I was shoveling off the porch when the trooper showed up.

791
00:50:53.159 --> 00:50:56.039
My cut hands were covered up by black and purple gloves.

792
00:50:56.480 --> 00:51:00.280
If he'd seen them, would he have known? Would he

793
00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:04.159
have probed further? I don't know. I pick up a

794
00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:06.119
set of keys from the stand by the front door,

795
00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:09.199
my hands still sensitive as they begin to heal. I

796
00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:12.679
walk to the basement door, unlocking the silver padlock and

797
00:51:12.719 --> 00:51:16.519
stepping down into the darkness. The nauseating smell of feces

798
00:51:16.559 --> 00:51:19.519
and pists burned my eyes and nose. I need to

799
00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:22.679
buy a couple dozen air fresheners for down here. My

800
00:51:22.760 --> 00:51:25.360
hand runs over the walls, stopping at the light switch.

801
00:51:25.800 --> 00:51:28.760
The basement lights hissed life below me. I feel as

802
00:51:28.760 --> 00:51:31.760
if a great milestone has been taken off my shoulders

803
00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:36.639
during that fight with Charles Lee Andrew. The door buried

804
00:51:36.639 --> 00:51:39.719
deep in the back of my mind finally flew open.

805
00:51:40.639 --> 00:51:44.480
Just in time too. I step onto the cold cement floor,

806
00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:49.000
and I'm greeted by a pitiful, sobbing grunt. Music to

807
00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:53.719
my ears. How are we doing today? Charlie chained to

808
00:51:53.760 --> 00:51:56.320
a wall and a pair of stained briefs, My new

809
00:51:56.360 --> 00:51:59.880
pet groans into his cloth, gag his bare chest and

810
00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:03.559
back a map of scars and bruises. I wheel out

811
00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:07.800
my tray of toys, selecting a nasty looking box cutter.

812
00:52:08.599 --> 00:52:12.920
Are we ready for playtime? Charles Lee Andrew, once a

813
00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:17.800
feared killer, tries to plead through his cloth gag no doubt,

814
00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:21.760
begging me to let him go. Don't worry, Love, the

815
00:52:21.840 --> 00:52:24.960
cops don't even think you're in this county anymore. From

816
00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:28.119
the other side of the basement. Chains rattled as he stirred.

817
00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:32.199
A thin, filthy man emerged from the shadows, crawling on

818
00:52:32.280 --> 00:52:36.840
all fours. His knees bore the scars of two bullet wounds.

819
00:52:37.360 --> 00:52:41.440
Don't worry, Rex, Mommy won't forget you again, I coo,

820
00:52:42.199 --> 00:52:45.800
I turned back to Charlie. I think Rex is a

821
00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:49.360
little jealous of you. Don't worry you two will have

822
00:52:49.480 --> 00:52:52.440
plenty of time to get to know each other. Perched

823
00:52:52.480 --> 00:52:56.559
on the stairs, Maddie watches with delight as I begin

824
00:52:57.320 --> 00:53:11.760
to slice be my by Shane Migliovoka. She just sat

825
00:53:11.800 --> 00:53:14.400
down on the bed with the cat snuggling up next

826
00:53:14.400 --> 00:53:18.159
to her, when the knock came at the door. Blake

827
00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:21.280
looked over at her roommate, Cassie, buried in her phone

828
00:53:21.360 --> 00:53:27.280
and closer to the door door. Cassie didn't answer, Nope,

829
00:53:27.639 --> 00:53:32.639
guess not. Blake looked down at her cat, Dean, sorry buddy.

830
00:53:33.320 --> 00:53:36.840
She stood as the cat looked up at her, completely disappointed.

831
00:53:37.519 --> 00:53:40.960
Blake crossed the small, messy dorm room as another knock came.

832
00:53:41.639 --> 00:53:47.199
I got it, huh, Cassie mumbled. Opening the door, Blake

833
00:53:47.320 --> 00:53:50.480
was greeted by Maggie from down the hall. The girl

834
00:53:50.559 --> 00:53:53.039
beamed at her from behind a pair of thick glasses.

835
00:53:53.760 --> 00:53:59.320
Here she thrust a pink heart shaped box at Blake. Uh. Thanks,

836
00:53:59.800 --> 00:54:04.719
I guess, Blake said, taking the box. Maggie frowned. It's

837
00:54:04.760 --> 00:54:07.079
not for me. It was sitting on the table in

838
00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:11.920
the lobby with your name on it. Oh. Thanks, a

839
00:54:11.960 --> 00:54:16.320
box of candy for her. There was nobody she could

840
00:54:16.360 --> 00:54:19.280
think of who'd do something like that. Going to the

841
00:54:19.360 --> 00:54:24.280
Valentine's dance tonight, Maggie asked, before Blake could shut the door. Nope,

842
00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:28.679
got a paper to finish. That sucks. Blake shut the door.

843
00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:32.599
It really did suck, but not for the reason. Maggie thought.

844
00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:35.519
She was struggling with the assignment, dragging her feet on

845
00:54:35.599 --> 00:54:39.800
it since day one. Now the deadline was looming. There

846
00:54:39.840 --> 00:54:42.360
was a pink envelope taped to the boxes front with

847
00:54:42.400 --> 00:54:46.440
Blake's name written in glitter. Inside was a Valentine's card

848
00:54:46.480 --> 00:54:50.119
with a cute cat on the front, which read your Prefect.

849
00:54:51.440 --> 00:54:54.519
Underneath the card's message was another written in red ink.

850
00:54:55.119 --> 00:55:00.519
It read Roses are red, Violets are blue. Who's you

851
00:55:01.239 --> 00:55:05.719
Meet me? Under the east bleachers at eight pm what's that,

852
00:55:06.400 --> 00:55:13.199
Cassie asked, she lives. Blake answered, huh. Blake rattled the box.

853
00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:18.000
Someone left me a Valentine's gift. You got a secret admirer,

854
00:55:19.199 --> 00:55:22.280
guess so they want me to meet them tonight under

855
00:55:22.280 --> 00:55:26.159
the bleachers. Probably some tawny rapists looking to assault a

856
00:55:26.239 --> 00:55:30.760
rich college girl. I'm not rich. They don't know that.

857
00:55:31.320 --> 00:55:35.039
Pop that fucker open, Cassie said, sliding forward on her bed.

858
00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:41.079
Bet there's a human heart inside. Nope, candies, Blake answered,

859
00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:46.000
popping a chocolate into her mouth. Damn, Cassie groaned. Gonna

860
00:55:46.000 --> 00:55:50.440
meet this mystery admirer. No time for love, doctor Jones.

861
00:55:50.679 --> 00:55:53.360
I've got a paper to finish, Blake pet the cat,

862
00:55:53.639 --> 00:55:56.239
still lounging on her bed, before picking up her coat

863
00:55:56.280 --> 00:55:59.760
and book bag. I'm off to the library. Billy's letting

864
00:55:59.760 --> 00:56:06.079
me in. Oh kinky, Cassie laughed. There's your secret heart sender, Billy.

865
00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:12.360
I'm pretty sure he's gay. Well so are you, Casey stated,

866
00:56:12.760 --> 00:56:15.400
it doesn't work that way. He doesn't have the kind

867
00:56:15.440 --> 00:56:19.360
of parts I like. Blake slipped on her coat and

868
00:56:19.440 --> 00:56:21.639
rested the strap of the book bag on her shoulder.

869
00:56:22.360 --> 00:56:26.320
What about you meeting Steve at the dance. Cassie's gaze

870
00:56:26.360 --> 00:56:28.719
drifted over to her phone, lying on the bed next

871
00:56:28.719 --> 00:56:32.760
to her. Nah, he's busy tonight, Just gonna chill here

872
00:56:32.760 --> 00:56:37.079
with the cat and some TV. Oh sorry, I knew

873
00:56:37.119 --> 00:56:40.239
you were looking forward to it. A smile crept across

874
00:56:40.320 --> 00:56:45.000
Cassie's face. Hey, we could go together. Blake could see

875
00:56:45.039 --> 00:56:47.880
the hopeful look in her friend's eyes, which made what

876
00:56:47.920 --> 00:56:52.519
she had to say painful. I'm sorry, I wish I could,

877
00:56:52.679 --> 00:56:55.599
she said, if I don't hunk her down and finish

878
00:56:55.679 --> 00:56:59.400
this paper, I can't screw up. My parents sacrificed a

879
00:56:59.400 --> 00:57:02.079
lot to get me here. She could feel her heart

880
00:57:02.159 --> 00:57:04.800
start to beat a bit faster as she imagined going

881
00:57:04.840 --> 00:57:08.519
back home after flunking out. The disappointment etched into her

882
00:57:08.559 --> 00:57:12.199
parents' faces. Blake felt sweat trickled down her cheek as

883
00:57:12.239 --> 00:57:16.840
she started to breathe more rapidly. Control, she told herself,

884
00:57:16.880 --> 00:57:21.039
taking in a deep, slow breath. Don't worry about it.

885
00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:26.000
I wasn't totally serious, Cassie said, perhaps sensing her friend's stress.

886
00:57:26.679 --> 00:57:31.360
I'm better off staying in tonight anyway. Everything okay, Yeah,

887
00:57:31.639 --> 00:57:35.960
just a little bummed, nothing big. You sure I could

888
00:57:35.960 --> 00:57:41.599
stay I'm sure, go get that paper done. Okay, I'm sorry,

889
00:57:42.199 --> 00:57:46.400
don't be I never am. Blake stepped out into the hallway,

890
00:57:46.480 --> 00:57:48.840
making her way past a group of girls all dressed

891
00:57:48.920 --> 00:57:51.719
up for the dance, before stepping outside into the bitter

892
00:57:51.840 --> 00:57:55.199
February air. The cold cut through her as she started

893
00:57:55.199 --> 00:57:58.519
across campus. Taking a pair of earbuds from her coat,

894
00:57:58.599 --> 00:58:01.280
she hit play on her phone. She'd put together a

895
00:58:01.320 --> 00:58:04.360
mix for tonight, something to get her motivated and keep

896
00:58:04.360 --> 00:58:07.920
her going. Walking along a lit path, snow and ice

897
00:58:08.000 --> 00:58:11.280
crunched under Blake's boots. Taking in a deep breath of

898
00:58:11.320 --> 00:58:14.400
cold air, she felt her heart beat going back to normal.

899
00:58:15.159 --> 00:58:18.519
Since middle school, Blake had suffered from panic attacks. She

900
00:58:18.599 --> 00:58:22.079
had trouble keeping her grades up, trouble fitting in. She'd

901
00:58:22.079 --> 00:58:23.920
found ways to cope with it over the years, with

902
00:58:23.960 --> 00:58:27.320
the help of the school counselor Miss Cheryl. Getting this

903
00:58:27.400 --> 00:58:30.920
paper finished would relieve a lot of stress. Most of

904
00:58:30.960 --> 00:58:33.840
the campus buildings were dark, only lit by a few

905
00:58:33.920 --> 00:58:37.360
lights left on and some spotlights on the outside. So

906
00:58:37.519 --> 00:58:42.599
many shadows, perfect for a towny to be lurking. Blake

907
00:58:42.679 --> 00:58:47.159
wanted to laugh off Cassie's comment, but here alone in

908
00:58:47.239 --> 00:58:49.960
the night, she wasn't so sure it was something to

909
00:58:50.039 --> 00:58:53.679
laugh at. Stopping to adjust her heavy book bag, Blake

910
00:58:53.760 --> 00:58:57.000
became aware of something as the song she was listening

911
00:58:57.000 --> 00:59:02.920
to faded out footfalls on the snow. She turned, picturing

912
00:59:02.960 --> 00:59:07.480
a salivating pack of Towney boys ready to pounce, ready

913
00:59:07.519 --> 00:59:10.000
to swing her book bag like a mace. Blake wouldn't

914
00:59:10.039 --> 00:59:13.920
go down without a fight. She turned and found herself

915
00:59:14.000 --> 00:59:19.039
face to face with the campus security guard. Hey hey, miss,

916
00:59:19.320 --> 00:59:22.840
the man nodded, where are you headed tonight? Not wanting

917
00:59:22.880 --> 00:59:26.119
to get Billy in trouble, she fibbed. Meeting a friend

918
00:59:26.119 --> 00:59:30.320
to study, she smiled. She noticed his name tag Red Stew.

919
00:59:30.960 --> 00:59:34.400
He looked like a stew, Blake thought, I see nose

920
00:59:34.440 --> 00:59:39.079
to the grindstone and all that commendable thanks. Blake could

921
00:59:39.159 --> 00:59:41.960
feel his eyes on her as she continued on. She

922
00:59:42.039 --> 00:59:45.079
felt a little better knowing there was somebody out keeping watch.

923
00:59:45.119 --> 00:59:48.400
While most of the campus was at the dance, The library,

924
00:59:48.639 --> 00:59:51.559
designed in the mid sixties, stood out against the rest

925
00:59:51.559 --> 00:59:53.920
of the campus, which had been renovated over the last

926
00:59:53.920 --> 00:59:57.360
few years. She knocked on the staff door around the

927
00:59:57.360 --> 01:00:00.559
building's back. After a few minutes of stand ding around,

928
01:00:00.559 --> 01:00:04.039
waiting and thinking Billy wasn't even there. The lock clicked

929
01:00:04.039 --> 01:00:07.119
and the metal door opened. A young man, a thin

930
01:00:07.280 --> 01:00:10.440
shadow of stubble covering his lower face, peeked his head out.

931
01:00:10.840 --> 01:00:13.719
His eyes darted back and forth before stopping on Blake.

932
01:00:14.559 --> 01:00:17.480
Is it secret? Is it safe?

933
01:00:18.400 --> 01:00:22.800
There's more scares where that came from. Weekly Spooky will

934
01:00:22.800 --> 01:00:23.840
be right back.

935
01:00:25.239 --> 01:00:31.239
Billy, Blake said wearily. He smiled broadly. Sorry, couldn't resist

936
01:00:31.599 --> 01:00:35.119
all this clandestine shit. It was your idea for me

937
01:00:35.159 --> 01:00:38.119
to use the staff entrance. Didn't want somebody seeing you

938
01:00:38.199 --> 01:00:40.920
come in the front after hours. Old man Styles would

939
01:00:40.960 --> 01:00:44.360
have my ass for breakfast. Blake shivered as the wind gusted,

940
01:00:44.880 --> 01:00:47.360
gonna let me in already, my non existent lady balls

941
01:00:47.400 --> 01:00:51.039
are freezing off. Billy stepped aside, and Blake entered what

942
01:00:51.119 --> 01:00:54.880
appeared to be the library's office area, a cluttered mess

943
01:00:54.880 --> 01:00:58.880
of desks and cabinets from somewhere in the library. Elvis

944
01:00:59.039 --> 01:01:02.719
crooned away as stepped into the main room. Only half lit,

945
01:01:02.760 --> 01:01:06.880
the library was a maze of bookshelves and shadows. Feel

946
01:01:06.880 --> 01:01:09.159
free to set up shop anywhere. I'll be down here

947
01:01:09.199 --> 01:01:12.119
doing inventory a while, so don't worry about getting the boot.

948
01:01:12.760 --> 01:01:16.239
Blake smiled, thank you for this. There's just too much

949
01:01:16.320 --> 01:01:19.760
chaos back at the dorm to focus. Besides, Cassie didn't

950
01:01:19.760 --> 01:01:25.119
go out tonight. Oh, she didn't go to the dance. Nah,

951
01:01:25.360 --> 01:01:29.000
got stood up. Kind of the same for me. All

952
01:01:29.039 --> 01:01:32.039
my help bailed so they could go to the dance. Well,

953
01:01:32.719 --> 01:01:35.679
at least you got the king. Music isn't going to

954
01:01:35.719 --> 01:01:38.920
be a problem, is it? Nope? Brought my own. Blake

955
01:01:38.960 --> 01:01:43.280
pointed to her earbuds. Where's it coming from anyway? Old

956
01:01:43.280 --> 01:01:45.840
man styles as a record player hooked up to the pa.

957
01:01:46.280 --> 01:01:48.480
He's got a shit ton of vinyl in his office.

958
01:01:49.000 --> 01:01:51.920
Billy pointed over his shoulder at the head librarian's office.

959
01:01:52.480 --> 01:01:56.239
Helps the night go by quicker. Blake headed upstairs and

960
01:01:56.239 --> 01:01:58.760
plopped down at a desk off in a corner. With

961
01:01:58.840 --> 01:02:01.440
her paper and reference material laid out on the desk,

962
01:02:01.960 --> 01:02:04.599
Blake popped open an energy drink and took a sip

963
01:02:05.360 --> 01:02:09.800
Sweet Sweet caffeine. She unpaused her music and got to work.

964
01:02:12.559 --> 01:02:16.119
Cassie's finger hung over the send button. How long ago

965
01:02:16.159 --> 01:02:18.840
had it been since she'd sent it? She wasn't sure.

966
01:02:19.400 --> 01:02:22.639
She read the message again, I know about the two

967
01:02:22.719 --> 01:02:27.079
of you. The message remained unseen by Steve. A part

968
01:02:27.079 --> 01:02:30.280
of her regretted sending it, the part that still loved

969
01:02:30.320 --> 01:02:35.480
him even though she'd seen them together. Fuck it, fuck

970
01:02:35.599 --> 01:02:39.920
him the shit. More cheaters coming up after this, the

971
01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:44.800
TV promised. Cassie pet the cat lying next to her. Here,

972
01:02:44.880 --> 01:02:48.119
I am on Valentine's Day petting my gay roommate's pussy,

973
01:02:48.400 --> 01:02:52.679
watching cheaters all alone, Cassie groaned, tapping the back of

974
01:02:52.679 --> 01:02:56.079
her head against the wall. Sorry, kitty, but I got

975
01:02:56.119 --> 01:02:59.840
a bounce. Cassie put on some lipstick, looking at her

976
01:03:00.199 --> 01:03:05.239
in the mirror. Fuck you, Steve. Putting on her jacket,

977
01:03:05.559 --> 01:03:07.840
Cassie looked at the cat curled up on her bed.

978
01:03:08.559 --> 01:03:11.800
I'll leave the TV on for you. Learn from Cheater's pal,

979
01:03:12.239 --> 01:03:15.960
don't fall in love. Snow had begun to fall, whipped

980
01:03:15.960 --> 01:03:18.599
along by the wind. Cassie was in the mood to

981
01:03:18.639 --> 01:03:23.239
do something bad. She could head to the dance, maybe

982
01:03:23.280 --> 01:03:29.440
find some action there. Now, all those couples dancing kissing,

983
01:03:29.880 --> 01:03:33.119
she'd feel more alone than back in the dorm room. Instead,

984
01:03:33.480 --> 01:03:37.280
Cassie headed towards the library. She hugged herself as the

985
01:03:37.320 --> 01:03:40.199
wind blew across the path, swirling snow in its wake.

986
01:03:40.960 --> 01:03:44.840
Cassie approached the sliding glass door and peered inside. She

987
01:03:44.960 --> 01:03:50.079
knocked on the glass, Hello, anybody around. She shivered and

988
01:03:50.159 --> 01:03:53.199
knocked on the window again. There seemed to be music

989
01:03:53.280 --> 01:03:57.159
coming from inside. Someone had to be in there. Hey,

990
01:03:57.800 --> 01:04:01.480
anybody alive in there? Keep it down. A voice barked

991
01:04:01.480 --> 01:04:04.320
at her from inside. Billy glared at her from over

992
01:04:04.360 --> 01:04:09.280
a stack of books. Cassie frowned, Sorry, geez, is Blake

993
01:04:09.320 --> 01:04:13.119
in there? Why I'm a roommate. I gotta tell her something.

994
01:04:13.920 --> 01:04:20.199
Cassie shivered, Please, Billy shook his head. Go around back. Thanks.

995
01:04:21.000 --> 01:04:22.920
Going around the back of the building, she saw the

996
01:04:22.960 --> 01:04:25.039
door open, and the young man motioned for her to

997
01:04:25.119 --> 01:04:28.239
hurry up. He slammed the door shut behind them as

998
01:04:28.239 --> 01:04:31.960
Cassie silently gave thanks for the heat. When I invited

999
01:04:31.960 --> 01:04:34.360
Blake to study here tonight, I didn't think it was

1000
01:04:34.400 --> 01:04:39.599
an open invitation, Billy. Cassie asked, Blake didn't tell me

1001
01:04:39.639 --> 01:04:42.880
you were such a grump. He laughed. I just don't

1002
01:04:42.880 --> 01:04:44.880
want to get my ass in trouble. This job helps

1003
01:04:44.880 --> 01:04:49.119
pay the bills. Cassie looked him over. I don't see

1004
01:04:49.119 --> 01:04:53.000
any trouble with your ass. This visibly threw him off.

1005
01:04:54.119 --> 01:04:57.000
So Blake is upstairs studying. I can show you the way.

1006
01:04:57.719 --> 01:05:00.199
No need to show me. I've been here before, I

1007
01:05:00.280 --> 01:05:05.360
know her hangout spot. I've noticed you around. Really. A

1008
01:05:05.400 --> 01:05:07.679
loud knock from the front of the library startled the

1009
01:05:07.719 --> 01:05:11.519
both of them. What the fuck? Billy complained, are you

1010
01:05:11.599 --> 01:05:18.280
expecting somebody? Um? No, unless the cat followed me? Bill Murdoch,

1011
01:05:18.719 --> 01:05:22.559
a man hollered from outside. Shit, Billy said, stay here,

1012
01:05:22.880 --> 01:05:27.000
stay hidden. Billy left the office. Cassie could hear him

1013
01:05:27.000 --> 01:05:30.239
talking to the other man. Music from the speakers obscuring

1014
01:05:30.280 --> 01:05:34.000
some of their conversation. Billy assured him everything was okay.

1015
01:05:34.679 --> 01:05:37.960
The man laughed, then wished Billy a good night. He

1016
01:05:38.079 --> 01:05:43.280
came back looking harried. Everything cool, Cassie asked, yeah, just

1017
01:05:43.320 --> 01:05:46.159
the security guy making his rounds. You better head up

1018
01:05:46.199 --> 01:05:53.360
before someone else shows up. Stu almost made it back

1019
01:05:53.400 --> 01:05:56.280
to the security hut, as he called it, when his

1020
01:05:56.320 --> 01:05:59.599
phone rang. The Psycho theme ring tone told him all

1021
01:05:59.599 --> 01:06:02.280
he needed to know. He didn't want to answer it,

1022
01:06:02.360 --> 01:06:07.079
but ignoring it would be worse. Hi, honey, Stu tried

1023
01:06:07.079 --> 01:06:09.880
to sound happy as he answered, what are you doing

1024
01:06:10.639 --> 01:06:14.880
walking my rounds? How about you, honey? Sitting here alone.

1025
01:06:14.960 --> 01:06:20.639
What do you think? Shit? Wrong choice of words. I'm sorry, baby.

1026
01:06:20.719 --> 01:06:22.440
If I could get out of this, I would, but

1027
01:06:22.639 --> 01:06:26.440
there's nobody else. Tell me the truth. You're not banging

1028
01:06:26.480 --> 01:06:29.039
one of those young college floozies, are you?

1029
01:06:29.079 --> 01:06:29.159
No?

1030
01:06:30.079 --> 01:06:33.559
He tried to reassure her. I never would. I love you.

1031
01:06:34.800 --> 01:06:39.840
Somebody giggled, are you laughing at me? He asked, the

1032
01:06:39.880 --> 01:06:44.159
hell are you talking about? The childlike giggle came again.

1033
01:06:45.039 --> 01:06:50.079
This time he was sure it wasn't his wife. Okay,

1034
01:06:50.119 --> 01:06:54.320
who's out here? Another giggle came from somewhere in the dark,

1035
01:06:55.280 --> 01:06:58.960
just off the footpath. Stu took out his flashlight and

1036
01:06:59.000 --> 01:07:02.079
shined it into the dark. He expected to see a

1037
01:07:02.119 --> 01:07:08.119
couple of students pranking him, but instead there was nothing. Stu,

1038
01:07:08.559 --> 01:07:12.000
what the hell is going on? His wife asked, sorry, honey,

1039
01:07:12.079 --> 01:07:16.519
work gotta go. He hung up. Stepping off the path,

1040
01:07:16.800 --> 01:07:19.679
he shined his light over the snow covered ground. There

1041
01:07:19.760 --> 01:07:22.599
was nothing out of the ordinary, but a quick flash

1042
01:07:22.639 --> 01:07:26.159
of movement among the trees caught his eye. More giggling

1043
01:07:26.599 --> 01:07:30.320
rung out. Look, knock it off, kid, go back to

1044
01:07:30.360 --> 01:07:33.960
the dance or the dorm. Unholstering his pistols, Stu approached

1045
01:07:34.039 --> 01:07:37.199
the trees. If I catch you and you're high on something,

1046
01:07:37.239 --> 01:07:41.159
your butt will be expelled. His gut instinct was to

1047
01:07:41.199 --> 01:07:44.800
walk away. Don't give the little punk the satisfaction of

1048
01:07:44.800 --> 01:07:48.000
playing their game. Sadly, when it came to his job,

1049
01:07:48.119 --> 01:07:52.840
Stu was a stubborn man, so he went forward. Listen,

1050
01:07:53.280 --> 01:07:55.400
show yourself. I'll take you in. You can sleep it

1051
01:07:55.440 --> 01:07:57.960
off on the couch and go in the morning. Sound good,

1052
01:07:58.920 --> 01:08:03.400
Stu was answered with the sound of glass shattering. Shit

1053
01:08:04.400 --> 01:08:07.719
had to do this the hard way. Ahead through the trees,

1054
01:08:07.960 --> 01:08:10.280
Stu could see the side of the visual Arts building.

1055
01:08:10.639 --> 01:08:12.639
The glass of one of the ground floor windows had

1056
01:08:12.679 --> 01:08:16.199
been broken. Shining the flashlight inside, he could see traces

1057
01:08:16.239 --> 01:08:20.119
of snow on the dark linoleum floor. So much for

1058
01:08:20.199 --> 01:08:25.159
a quiet night, he muttered. Entering the side door rounding

1059
01:08:25.159 --> 01:08:27.960
the corner, he stopped. Something was laid out on the

1060
01:08:27.960 --> 01:08:30.520
floor in a straight line leading further down the hallway.

1061
01:08:31.159 --> 01:08:33.800
Stu bent down, getting a good look at what was

1062
01:08:33.840 --> 01:08:38.720
sitting on the floor, a little pink candy heart. For

1063
01:08:38.800 --> 01:08:42.399
the first time he could remember, Stu was scared shitless.

1064
01:08:42.880 --> 01:08:44.560
As much as he wanted to head back to the

1065
01:08:44.640 --> 01:08:48.840
hut and forget this crap. He couldn't. He stood, gun

1066
01:08:48.840 --> 01:08:52.319
at the ready and followed the trail of candy. The

1067
01:08:52.359 --> 01:08:56.920
trail ended in front of a pair of large auditorium doors.

1068
01:08:56.960 --> 01:09:01.479
Stu nudged the doors open slowly. The room was completely dark.

1069
01:09:02.199 --> 01:09:05.399
He advanced slowly down the main aisle, swinging his flashlight

1070
01:09:05.520 --> 01:09:09.159
side to side. The light danced over the seats, pausing

1071
01:09:09.199 --> 01:09:13.640
on each one long enough to see nobody. There was

1072
01:09:13.680 --> 01:09:17.760
only one place left someone could be hiding, the stage.

1073
01:09:18.560 --> 01:09:21.239
The stage was made up to look like a girl's bedroom.

1074
01:09:21.600 --> 01:09:24.600
There was a large bed, a desk, and nightstand. As

1075
01:09:24.640 --> 01:09:26.880
he walked up the wooden steps to the stage, there

1076
01:09:26.920 --> 01:09:29.239
was an obvious shape under the blankets on the bed,

1077
01:09:29.960 --> 01:09:34.399
A human shape. All right, Stu said, Gun trained on

1078
01:09:34.439 --> 01:09:38.199
the bed, Game's up. He yanked back the blankets in

1079
01:09:38.199 --> 01:09:41.399
one swift motion, ready to grab the little shit hiding there.

1080
01:09:42.239 --> 01:09:45.079
A grinning plastic face stared up at him from the

1081
01:09:45.159 --> 01:09:49.640
human sized doll that laid there. Suddenly, pain erupted from

1082
01:09:49.680 --> 01:09:52.560
his left achilles tendon. He fell hard, sending his gun

1083
01:09:52.560 --> 01:09:55.159
in flashlight from his hands and across the stage floor.

1084
01:09:55.800 --> 01:09:58.479
Stu watched as the figure slid out from under the bed,

1085
01:09:58.479 --> 01:10:01.359
and stood brandishing a bloody knife in their gloved hand.

1086
01:10:02.039 --> 01:10:04.640
The short figure wore a beat up old army jacket

1087
01:10:04.880 --> 01:10:08.119
with a gray hoodie. Underneath. The hood was pulled up,

1088
01:10:08.199 --> 01:10:12.560
hiding their face in shadows. They playfully waved at him.

1089
01:10:12.920 --> 01:10:17.720
Oh god, Stu stammered. Turning over, he crawled towards the gun.

1090
01:10:18.479 --> 01:10:22.640
Leave me alone, he screamed. Those words would be Stu's last.

1091
01:10:22.680 --> 01:10:25.239
As the figure jumped on his back, driving their knees

1092
01:10:25.239 --> 01:10:27.560
in and knocking the wind out of him. Stu felt

1093
01:10:27.600 --> 01:10:30.319
the cold steel of the blade against his throat as

1094
01:10:30.319 --> 01:10:33.279
that childish laugh filled his ears.

1095
01:10:38.640 --> 01:10:42.800
I like it, spooky, weekly, spooky. We'll be right back.

1096
01:10:44.319 --> 01:10:47.960
Cassie found Blake sound asleep at her desk. She didn't

1097
01:10:47.960 --> 01:10:51.119
have the heart to wake her sleeping friend. Instead, she

1098
01:10:51.199 --> 01:10:54.119
went downstairs, where Billy was still hard at work as

1099
01:10:54.159 --> 01:10:57.760
Bobby Darren sang about the sea. Don't you ever take

1100
01:10:57.800 --> 01:11:00.840
a break? Sooner I get this done, sooner I get

1101
01:11:00.880 --> 01:11:03.960
to go home and sleep, Billy said, scanning a book.

1102
01:11:04.840 --> 01:11:08.119
Sleep is overrated, Come on, take a break. She walked

1103
01:11:08.159 --> 01:11:10.479
over to Billy and leaned on one of the bookshelves,

1104
01:11:10.520 --> 01:11:14.319
trying to look as seductive as possible. How's Blake doing,

1105
01:11:14.479 --> 01:11:20.079
Billy asked, sounding a little uncomfortable with her close proximity. Unfortunately,

1106
01:11:20.159 --> 01:11:24.720
she's sleeping. Now here's my thing. I'm having a bad night.

1107
01:11:25.279 --> 01:11:29.399
I need something, anything, to take my mind off the shit.

1108
01:11:30.119 --> 01:11:34.359
She leaned in close to Billy's ear. So how about

1109
01:11:34.399 --> 01:11:39.319
taking a break. You're very attractive. Don't think I haven't noticed,

1110
01:11:39.319 --> 01:11:43.039
but I have a lot of work here in shit.

1111
01:11:43.800 --> 01:11:46.960
She kissed him on the cheek. I can help. I'm

1112
01:11:47.079 --> 01:11:54.199
very good with the Dewey decimal system. Well, oh, Cassie exclaimed,

1113
01:11:54.800 --> 01:11:59.680
so not gay. Huh. Billy looked up at her. Nothing,

1114
01:11:59.800 --> 01:12:02.680
she said, breathing heavy. They were in the back corner

1115
01:12:02.720 --> 01:12:05.760
of the library, behind a shelf of rarely used books.

1116
01:12:06.319 --> 01:12:09.279
Cassie laid her head on Billy's bare shoulder. I don't

1117
01:12:09.319 --> 01:12:12.840
do this, it's just tonight, she said. I don't want

1118
01:12:12.840 --> 01:12:17.399
you to think I'm easy. I don't. I wouldn't. Billy said,

1119
01:12:17.640 --> 01:12:20.640
I know this is just a fluke, a one time thing.

1120
01:12:20.880 --> 01:12:26.079
I wouldn't say that, she laughed. We'll see, okay. Yeah.

1121
01:12:26.720 --> 01:12:29.479
Cassie laid there, feeling her heartbeat go back to normal.

1122
01:12:29.840 --> 01:12:33.680
It was the first time she noticed the silence. The

1123
01:12:33.760 --> 01:12:38.199
record stopped. She said, guess so, how much trouble would

1124
01:12:38.199 --> 01:12:41.039
you be in if Old Man Styles caught us? Are

1125
01:12:41.079 --> 01:12:43.720
you crazy? He'd have my ass thrown out of school.

1126
01:12:44.520 --> 01:12:46.680
From what I've heard, this isn't the first time someone

1127
01:12:46.800 --> 01:12:51.720
got some in the library, Miss Walton. Cassie nodded, and

1128
01:12:51.760 --> 01:12:56.439
Coach greer, it's a rumor anyway, Billy laughed. It's more

1129
01:12:56.479 --> 01:12:58.640
than that. I almost walked in on them one night

1130
01:12:58.680 --> 01:13:01.159
in the projection room. She might have asked you to

1131
01:13:01.239 --> 01:13:05.399
join in. The pair giggled. Well, I gotta get back

1132
01:13:05.439 --> 01:13:08.720
to work, Billy said, I wish. Cassie cut him off,

1133
01:13:09.239 --> 01:13:13.840
kissing him. I know duty calls. She sat up. I'll

1134
01:13:13.840 --> 01:13:17.159
go see if Blake is up. The PA crackled with

1135
01:13:17.199 --> 01:13:22.720
static as another record started to play. How Cassie asked,

1136
01:13:22.760 --> 01:13:28.439
looking at Billy, only one way? He replied, somebody else?

1137
01:13:29.039 --> 01:13:33.640
Who Blake wouldn't I don't think I'll go. Look, I'll

1138
01:13:33.640 --> 01:13:36.800
go with you. Stay here. If it's the old Man

1139
01:13:36.920 --> 01:13:41.439
or stew or somebody, I'm toast. He surprised Cassie by

1140
01:13:41.439 --> 01:13:44.000
giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. She watched

1141
01:13:44.039 --> 01:13:49.359
him hurry off, feeling a sudden nervousness. She waited listening

1142
01:13:50.399 --> 01:13:52.680
with the music, it was hard to make anything out.

1143
01:13:53.319 --> 01:13:56.680
Cassie could hear Billy say something. Then he yelled one

1144
01:13:56.680 --> 01:13:58.760
word that sent a chill through her whole body.

1145
01:14:00.000 --> 01:14:00.279
He's on.

1146
01:14:03.680 --> 01:14:06.560
Blake woke with a start. She dreamed of a dark

1147
01:14:06.600 --> 01:14:10.439
figure standing behind her, stroking her hair. A great mechanical

1148
01:14:10.560 --> 01:14:14.319
roar erupted from within it, making her jump above her

1149
01:14:14.880 --> 01:14:18.199
The overhead heater rumbled to life. How long had she

1150
01:14:18.239 --> 01:14:21.880
been asleep? How much time had she lost? She'd only

1151
01:14:21.880 --> 01:14:25.439
meant to grab a quick nap. Groggy, Blake fumbled for

1152
01:14:25.479 --> 01:14:29.520
her phone, knocking over an empty energy drink caffeine, you

1153
01:14:29.640 --> 01:14:33.560
betray me. The earbuds dangled from her ears, but her

1154
01:14:33.600 --> 01:14:36.640
phone was gone. Blake checked the rest of the desk

1155
01:14:36.720 --> 01:14:41.399
and floor. What the hell it couldn't just be gone?

1156
01:14:42.000 --> 01:14:46.239
From downstairs? Music drifted up. Billy was still here. The

1157
01:14:46.319 --> 01:14:49.840
music was something classical, though Blake wasn't sure of the composer.

1158
01:14:50.720 --> 01:14:54.479
Blake went downstairs. Despite the music, there was an odd

1159
01:14:54.520 --> 01:14:59.960
stillness to everything. Billy. The song reached its climax before

1160
01:15:00.079 --> 01:15:04.800
going to static. Outside, wind rattled the library's large glass windows.

1161
01:15:05.199 --> 01:15:08.479
The snow was starting to fall heavier. Now, the clock

1162
01:15:08.520 --> 01:15:14.239
over the front desk read one thirty. She'd slept for hours. Billy,

1163
01:15:14.840 --> 01:15:19.159
she called out again, worry straining her voice. From somewhere

1164
01:15:19.159 --> 01:15:24.079
in the library, A childlike giggle answered her, Come on,

1165
01:15:24.159 --> 01:15:28.119
this isn't funny. Stop screwing around. Fear climbed up her

1166
01:15:28.159 --> 01:15:31.000
rib cage and threatened to take hold of her. A

1167
01:15:31.039 --> 01:15:34.199
flicker of light caught Blake's eye. Something moved in the

1168
01:15:34.239 --> 01:15:38.560
library's rear, accompanied by the sound of voices. The light

1169
01:15:38.680 --> 01:15:41.880
was coming from the conference room. The wall mounted TV

1170
01:15:41.960 --> 01:15:44.960
had been turned on and a presentation on the college's

1171
01:15:45.039 --> 01:15:49.439
renovations played to a darkened room. A lone figure sat

1172
01:15:49.840 --> 01:15:53.960
back to Blake, watching the screen. Blake walked around the

1173
01:15:54.000 --> 01:15:57.359
side of the seated figure. Before she saw their face,

1174
01:15:58.000 --> 01:16:04.359
she knew. Billy sat there, unmoving, staring straight ahead. A

1175
01:16:04.479 --> 01:16:08.159
large bloody wound covered his chest. His arms laid out

1176
01:16:08.159 --> 01:16:10.800
stretched in front of him, his hands cut together holding

1177
01:16:10.960 --> 01:16:16.439
something an offering. A heart sat in his hands. A

1178
01:16:16.479 --> 01:16:20.840
note was pinned to it, I Heart you, written in blood.

1179
01:16:21.800 --> 01:16:23.920
She ran from the room and charged the front door,

1180
01:16:23.920 --> 01:16:28.520
only to find it locked. Frustrated and scared, she pounded

1181
01:16:28.520 --> 01:16:31.520
on the glass, but it was unwavering. There had to

1182
01:16:31.520 --> 01:16:35.800
be another way out the office, the office where Billy

1183
01:16:35.800 --> 01:16:40.039
had led her. In. Entering the office, Blake scanned the room.

1184
01:16:40.680 --> 01:16:43.359
There could be somebody hiding behind one of the desks.

1185
01:16:44.119 --> 01:16:45.640
The door on the other side of the room might

1186
01:16:45.640 --> 01:16:49.279
as well have been miles away. Blake grabbed a silver

1187
01:16:49.359 --> 01:16:52.439
letter opener from the nearest desk. She held it out

1188
01:16:52.520 --> 01:16:56.520
like a crucifix to ward off some unseen evil. Blake

1189
01:16:56.560 --> 01:17:00.600
got to the door without incident and found it locked. Shit.

1190
01:17:01.720 --> 01:17:04.560
She headed back out to the main area. There must

1191
01:17:04.560 --> 01:17:08.319
be another way out, a fire exit or something. She

1192
01:17:08.439 --> 01:17:12.439
headed through the center of the library. Something slowly moved

1193
01:17:12.479 --> 01:17:16.920
down one of the aisles, making Blake stop crouching. She

1194
01:17:16.960 --> 01:17:19.880
slid the letter open her in her jean's pocket. She

1195
01:17:19.960 --> 01:17:22.079
crawled on her hands and knees, trying to get a

1196
01:17:22.119 --> 01:17:26.359
better view. Slowly, she pulled a book from the shelf

1197
01:17:26.399 --> 01:17:30.399
and peered through the gap, coming face to face with

1198
01:17:30.560 --> 01:17:35.760
stew the security guard. His body lay on the ground, lifeless,

1199
01:17:36.000 --> 01:17:38.560
his head tilted to the side, looking straight at her.

1200
01:17:39.279 --> 01:17:43.079
Her breathing became louder, more ragged, threatening to give her

1201
01:17:43.119 --> 01:17:51.479
away control. A gloved hand gripped her shoulder bow Grabbing

1202
01:17:51.520 --> 01:17:54.279
a book from the shelf, Blake lashed out, hitting somebody.

1203
01:17:54.520 --> 01:17:57.800
She didn't stay to see who. She ran, throwing books

1204
01:17:57.800 --> 01:18:00.880
over her shoulder at an unseen pursuer. Blake ran back

1205
01:18:00.920 --> 01:18:03.399
to the entrance, pounding on the glass. Let me out,

1206
01:18:03.720 --> 01:18:07.159
she screamed. Enthusiastic clapping made her turn to see a

1207
01:18:07.159 --> 01:18:11.640
figure sitting at the checkout counter, a hood obscuring their face. Wow,

1208
01:18:12.319 --> 01:18:16.520
that was great. They pulled the hood down, revealing a

1209
01:18:16.560 --> 01:18:20.399
young woman with short black hair. I was surprised, the

1210
01:18:20.439 --> 01:18:23.359
girl said, holding up a cell phone. You have an

1211
01:18:23.439 --> 01:18:27.119
eclectic taste in music. The girl started swiping through the

1212
01:18:27.159 --> 01:18:30.039
tracks on the phone as Blake stood watching in shock.

1213
01:18:31.159 --> 01:18:34.399
Some of it is good, but there's a lot of crap.

1214
01:18:34.960 --> 01:18:41.239
She continued, going through the songs. Crap, crap, crap. Ooh,

1215
01:18:41.279 --> 01:18:47.720
she laughed, Barrakuda, tossing the phone over her shoulder. What

1216
01:18:47.760 --> 01:18:51.479
the fuck is going on? Blake asked, why didn't you

1217
01:18:51.560 --> 01:18:55.239
meet me? The girl sounded hurt. I sent you chocolates.

1218
01:18:55.359 --> 01:18:57.800
Would it have been so hard? I thought you were

1219
01:18:57.800 --> 01:19:01.960
different than those others had seen this girl somewhere before,

1220
01:19:02.640 --> 01:19:06.279
in the dorm or a class maybe they'd passed in

1221
01:19:06.319 --> 01:19:11.079
the hallway. The girl looked at her genuinely hurt. You

1222
01:19:11.079 --> 01:19:15.319
don't remember first day orientation. You sat down next to

1223
01:19:15.359 --> 01:19:17.720
me and smiled. We talked about how nervous we were,

1224
01:19:18.439 --> 01:19:21.319
or that time I tripped. You stopped when nobody else did,

1225
01:19:21.600 --> 01:19:23.680
helped me pick up my books, asked me if I

1226
01:19:23.760 --> 01:19:27.680
was okay. The girl sighed, I've loved you since I

1227
01:19:27.720 --> 01:19:30.359
first saw you. That's why I got transferred to mister

1228
01:19:30.399 --> 01:19:34.199
Sigmund's class so I could be near you. You killed

1229
01:19:34.239 --> 01:19:39.520
Billy because of me. Blake felt her head spin like

1230
01:19:39.600 --> 01:19:43.680
the song says, the problem with me is you. The

1231
01:19:43.720 --> 01:19:47.239
girl jumped down from the counter. Billy wasn't the only one,

1232
01:19:47.600 --> 01:19:50.800
as you saw. I killed that Dufaus security guard. Can't

1233
01:19:50.800 --> 01:19:53.680
have him interrupting. She reached into her jacket and pulled

1234
01:19:53.680 --> 01:19:59.079
out a keychain. Besides, I needed this, This was madness.

1235
01:19:59.479 --> 01:20:03.000
Blake need to get away, get help. She felt her

1236
01:20:03.039 --> 01:20:07.199
heart beat faster, felt it harder to breathe. You think

1237
01:20:07.239 --> 01:20:11.520
I'll just fall in love with you? Why not? You're

1238
01:20:11.560 --> 01:20:14.199
the only one who ever noticed me. No one else has.

1239
01:20:15.119 --> 01:20:19.680
They ignore me. Oh God, you insane bitch. I'm in

1240
01:20:19.800 --> 01:20:27.359
love maybe maybe you are. Blake smiled. You did this

1241
01:20:27.399 --> 01:20:31.640
all for me. She walked towards the girl. I don't

1242
01:20:31.680 --> 01:20:37.199
even know your name, Terry. My name is Terry. That's

1243
01:20:37.239 --> 01:20:41.039
a nice name. Blake reached her hand out towards the girl.

1244
01:20:41.600 --> 01:20:44.439
Her hand slid into her pocket, touching the hilt of

1245
01:20:44.479 --> 01:20:48.600
the letter opener. Terry grabbed Blake's outstretched arm, pulling her along.

1246
01:20:49.279 --> 01:20:52.159
Come on, I have one last gift for you. They

1247
01:20:52.159 --> 01:20:55.479
stopped at the door to old man Style's office. What's

1248
01:20:55.520 --> 01:21:00.560
behind door number one? Terry asked, any guesses, held the

1249
01:21:00.600 --> 01:21:03.840
letter open, her now concealed under her shirt sleeve. What

1250
01:21:03.880 --> 01:21:05.520
could this maniac be planning?

1251
01:21:07.000 --> 01:21:11.399
There's more scares where that came from. Weekly Spooky. We'll

1252
01:21:11.399 --> 01:21:12.279
be right back.

1253
01:21:14.239 --> 01:21:18.960
No, all right, Terry sighed a little disappointed. She opened

1254
01:21:18.960 --> 01:21:21.640
the door to reveal a beaten Cassie lashed to mister

1255
01:21:21.640 --> 01:21:26.760
Styles's chair. Terry wheeled her out of the office. Oh shit,

1256
01:21:27.319 --> 01:21:31.079
Blake took a step back. What have you done? Nothing

1257
01:21:32.039 --> 01:21:35.960
but you're going to see she had to come snooping

1258
01:21:36.000 --> 01:21:39.279
around screw up everything. She gave Billy a pretty good

1259
01:21:39.319 --> 01:21:42.560
screw before I killed him. Cassie glared at the girl,

1260
01:21:42.760 --> 01:21:45.560
a muffled fuck you could be heard through her gag.

1261
01:21:46.600 --> 01:21:50.760
If you really really love me, then you'll kill her

1262
01:21:51.199 --> 01:21:55.319
like I killed for you. Terry pulled Steu's gun from

1263
01:21:55.319 --> 01:21:59.199
her jacket and pushed the barrel against Cassie's temple. With

1264
01:21:59.279 --> 01:22:01.760
her other hand, she pulled a large knife out and

1265
01:22:01.800 --> 01:22:05.079
tossed it onto the floor in front of Blake. Two

1266
01:22:05.119 --> 01:22:09.119
things can happen, Terry stated, pick up that knife and

1267
01:22:09.199 --> 01:22:13.439
kill her, or I kill the both of you. Blake

1268
01:22:13.479 --> 01:22:17.119
shook her head in disbelief. How would we get away

1269
01:22:17.159 --> 01:22:22.720
with it? Your fingerprints, my fingerprints all over everything? Simple,

1270
01:22:23.560 --> 01:22:27.319
she did it. We'd be each other's alibi. She went nuts,

1271
01:22:27.439 --> 01:22:30.720
killed Stu, fucked Billy, and then came after us. We

1272
01:22:30.840 --> 01:22:35.159
killed her in self defense, and we live happily ever

1273
01:22:35.239 --> 01:22:39.560
after more or less, Blake looked down at her best friend,

1274
01:22:39.680 --> 01:22:42.359
then up at Terry, bending down as she picked up

1275
01:22:42.399 --> 01:22:44.640
the knife and stood in front of her terrified friend.

1276
01:22:45.439 --> 01:22:49.920
Terry trained the gun on Blake. Don't try anything. Blake

1277
01:22:49.960 --> 01:22:55.159
and Cassie locked eyes. Would you just kill the bitch already?

1278
01:22:55.439 --> 01:22:59.520
Terry ordered, it's been a long night. Blake took a

1279
01:22:59.520 --> 01:23:03.800
deep breath. Finally in control, she pushed the chair into

1280
01:23:03.880 --> 01:23:06.600
Terry with all her strength, knocking the girl down. The

1281
01:23:06.640 --> 01:23:09.520
gun erupted as Terry fired. Blake fell on the girl.

1282
01:23:09.520 --> 01:23:12.039
They struggled, and the gun flew from Terry's hand. The

1283
01:23:12.039 --> 01:23:14.359
two fought for the knife until finally the knife found

1284
01:23:14.359 --> 01:23:18.640
its way in to Terry. Terry looked into Blake's eyes

1285
01:23:19.079 --> 01:23:25.199
and smiled, blood staining her lips. She loves me, she

1286
01:23:25.239 --> 01:23:29.680
loves me not, Terry lamented, touching Blake's face before letting

1287
01:23:29.680 --> 01:23:34.039
out a groan and going limp. Blake used her last

1288
01:23:34.039 --> 01:23:37.680
bit of strength to cut her friend. Free You okay,

1289
01:23:38.159 --> 01:23:45.439
she asked, Cassie. Not really, Cassie laughed, choking back tears. Fuck,

1290
01:23:46.199 --> 01:23:49.439
Blake said, looking down at her side and expanding red

1291
01:23:49.439 --> 01:23:54.359
stain darkened her shirt. I've been shot. Hang on, I'll

1292
01:23:54.399 --> 01:23:58.000
get help. Cassie ran into Style's office. Blake could hear

1293
01:23:58.039 --> 01:24:01.640
her talking to Nye on one Blake leaned against a bookshelf,

1294
01:24:01.680 --> 01:24:17.800
looking at Terry. Happy fucking Valentine's Day Lover's Lane by

1295
01:24:17.960 --> 01:24:22.960
Morgan Moore. The headlights of a sedan cut through the

1296
01:24:23.079 --> 01:24:27.560
dark and illuminated the scenery of the nearby area. Its

1297
01:24:27.600 --> 01:24:31.239
engine faded into a sleep. With the lights flickering off,

1298
01:24:32.119 --> 01:24:35.439
two people, a boy and a girl, get out of

1299
01:24:35.479 --> 01:24:39.239
the car. They meet up at the front and embrace,

1300
01:24:40.119 --> 01:24:45.039
kissing each other passionately. After a minute, the duo pull

1301
01:24:45.119 --> 01:24:50.279
their faces apart and smile at each other. I love you, baby,

1302
01:24:51.079 --> 01:24:56.159
the girl says, I know. That's why we're here. The

1303
01:24:56.239 --> 01:24:59.239
boy turned on a flashlight and shone it on a

1304
01:24:59.279 --> 01:25:05.600
walkway that led up a hill. Cherry Hill, she said sensually,

1305
01:25:06.600 --> 01:25:11.560
a k A. Lover's lane. He responded, I love you, Frankie.

1306
01:25:11.760 --> 01:25:15.960
I love you too. Annie. The couple kiss again romantically

1307
01:25:16.439 --> 01:25:19.239
before grabbing a pair of blankets from the trunk of

1308
01:25:19.279 --> 01:25:23.319
the car. Frankie extends his arm out and Annie wraps

1309
01:25:23.359 --> 01:25:27.359
hers around it. With that, they walked away from the

1310
01:25:27.479 --> 01:25:32.399
car and through the arch where the walkway started. As

1311
01:25:32.439 --> 01:25:36.000
the couple walked along, the light from the flashlight bobbed

1312
01:25:36.079 --> 01:25:40.520
up and down. Annie nuzzled her head against Frankie's shoulder

1313
01:25:40.920 --> 01:25:45.399
and watched the beam of light move around. Out of

1314
01:25:45.479 --> 01:25:50.000
the corner of her eye, she sees something that catches

1315
01:25:50.039 --> 01:25:56.560
her attention. What's that? Annie asked. Frankie and Annie stop

1316
01:25:56.680 --> 01:26:00.399
walking forward and move back a bit. Frankie minds the

1317
01:26:00.479 --> 01:26:04.079
light around the area. When the beam hits what caught

1318
01:26:04.079 --> 01:26:10.359
her attention, Annie tugs at his arm that she points

1319
01:26:10.399 --> 01:26:15.279
to the object. The light stops where Annie points. What

1320
01:26:15.359 --> 01:26:19.680
caught her attention was a flat and small tombstone that

1321
01:26:19.800 --> 01:26:25.359
laid flush with the ground. Inscribed on it was Marshal

1322
01:26:25.479 --> 01:26:32.439
Presser nineteen thirteen to nineteen sixty two. Who's Marshal Presser,

1323
01:26:33.159 --> 01:26:37.840
Annie wondered, you've never heard of old man Presser, the

1324
01:26:37.960 --> 01:26:43.560
lyncher of Lover's Lane. Frankie asked, in slight disbelief, Frankie,

1325
01:26:43.760 --> 01:26:45.880
you know, I only moved here a little while ago.

1326
01:26:45.960 --> 01:26:49.800
I haven't had time to learn all the Cavalry spooky lore.

1327
01:26:50.399 --> 01:26:55.039
Annie told him she wasn't wrong. Annie had only moved

1328
01:26:55.039 --> 01:26:58.439
to Cavalry a few months ago. Annie took to the

1329
01:26:58.439 --> 01:27:01.199
town well, and the lower local boys had taken to

1330
01:27:01.279 --> 01:27:06.680
her very well. Frankie caught her eye more than anybody else, though.

1331
01:27:07.560 --> 01:27:12.399
He was cute, not too smart, but cute, one of

1332
01:27:12.439 --> 01:27:16.000
the star football players of the local college, and made

1333
01:27:16.000 --> 01:27:19.359
her feel things that curled her toes to no end.

1334
01:27:20.399 --> 01:27:22.720
Why else would she have come up to Lover's Lane

1335
01:27:22.800 --> 01:27:27.000
multiple times with him want to hear about it, Frankie

1336
01:27:27.039 --> 01:27:29.680
asked with a smirk. He held the beam of light

1337
01:27:29.800 --> 01:27:32.880
under his chin to look scary as he looked down

1338
01:27:32.920 --> 01:27:36.840
at his girl, and he rolled her eyes. You really

1339
01:27:36.880 --> 01:27:40.239
want to spend our time here telling ghost stories? I

1340
01:27:40.319 --> 01:27:44.039
thought you wanted to do a little hanky panky. I

1341
01:27:44.119 --> 01:27:47.439
want to do that too. But getting scared makes your

1342
01:27:47.439 --> 01:27:52.000
heart beat faster, gets your adrenaline going, might even get

1343
01:27:52.079 --> 01:27:56.039
you in the mood more. Besides, when your heart beats faster,

1344
01:27:56.159 --> 01:27:59.720
you breathe harder, and your boobs bounce when that happens,

1345
01:28:00.159 --> 01:28:04.479
Frankie explained, his smirk turning devilish as he mentioned her breasts,

1346
01:28:04.960 --> 01:28:09.199
his eyes drifting down to her bosom. She gasped in

1347
01:28:09.319 --> 01:28:12.399
fake outrage and pulled her arm away with a small laugh.

1348
01:28:12.960 --> 01:28:17.600
All right, enlighten me, she said, and started walking away.

1349
01:28:18.239 --> 01:28:21.359
Frankie caught up quickly with Annie and took her hand.

1350
01:28:22.119 --> 01:28:26.439
He planted a kiss on her forehead. Frankie started walking

1351
01:28:26.520 --> 01:28:32.359
slowly and Annie followed suit. Marshal Presser owned this whole area.

1352
01:28:32.960 --> 01:28:38.560
He was actually the local executioner. Cavalry was a hanging

1353
01:28:38.680 --> 01:28:43.279
town and Presser was their hangman. His house was at

1354
01:28:43.319 --> 01:28:46.319
the top of the hill and the gallows weren't too

1355
01:28:46.359 --> 01:28:50.000
far away. In fact, he used part of the hill

1356
01:28:50.039 --> 01:28:55.279
as a cemetery for those he hung. Anyways, Presser was,

1357
01:28:55.359 --> 01:28:59.520
by most accounts a decent guy, save for it seemed

1358
01:28:59.520 --> 01:29:03.399
to most folks as if he enjoyed executing people a

1359
01:29:03.439 --> 01:29:07.640
little too much. That and he had a bit of

1360
01:29:07.640 --> 01:29:10.920
a temper. In particular, he didn't like the fact that

1361
01:29:11.079 --> 01:29:14.399
kids would come up the hill and use the seclusion

1362
01:29:14.439 --> 01:29:19.039
all these trees provided for. As you said, hanky panky.

1363
01:29:20.000 --> 01:29:23.359
To try and stop them, he started prowling the area

1364
01:29:23.359 --> 01:29:25.760
at night with a noose made out of chicken wire.

1365
01:29:26.560 --> 01:29:28.119
Scared the shit out of him too.

1366
01:29:29.000 --> 01:29:29.239
Well.

1367
01:29:29.279 --> 01:29:32.680
One night the old man was out prowling the area.

1368
01:29:33.520 --> 01:29:37.279
He finds a car that's really rocking and rolling. Presser

1369
01:29:37.359 --> 01:29:40.840
decides that's the perfect target and goes up to it.

1370
01:29:41.720 --> 01:29:44.439
The windows are all fogged up, so he decides to

1371
01:29:44.640 --> 01:29:49.680
really give them a scare and breaks a window. As

1372
01:29:49.720 --> 01:29:53.119
you might guess, the couple start screaming their heads off,

1373
01:29:53.399 --> 01:29:56.680
the girl especially. Presser peers in and finds that the

1374
01:29:56.720 --> 01:30:01.239
girl is his daughter. His pressure this girl under some

1375
01:30:01.439 --> 01:30:05.920
guy exposed for all the world to see. Something snapped

1376
01:30:05.920 --> 01:30:09.159
in the old man he ripped open the door and

1377
01:30:09.239 --> 01:30:13.000
garrotted the boy, his throat slit from the wire and

1378
01:30:13.119 --> 01:30:17.359
blood flowing from it like a stream. Then he pulled

1379
01:30:17.359 --> 01:30:22.319
his daughter out and killed her too. After he finished,

1380
01:30:22.520 --> 01:30:26.399
Presser had to dispose of the bodies, and that's where

1381
01:30:26.399 --> 01:30:28.319
he had a stroke of pure genius.

1382
01:30:30.239 --> 01:30:33.880
Don't go away, weakly, spooky, We'll be right back.

1383
01:30:36.720 --> 01:30:40.279
He buried the two in the makeshift cemetery he used

1384
01:30:40.279 --> 01:30:45.279
for his executions. I mean, it was perfect. Nobody would

1385
01:30:45.279 --> 01:30:48.560
ever expect anything was wrong if they saw him digging

1386
01:30:48.560 --> 01:30:52.720
a new grave or two, so that's what he did.

1387
01:30:54.119 --> 01:30:57.920
It didn't stop there, though, Like I said, something snapped

1388
01:30:58.079 --> 01:31:01.000
when Presser saw his daughter as she was and in

1389
01:31:01.039 --> 01:31:04.119
the area where so many other kids went to fool around.

1390
01:31:05.039 --> 01:31:08.800
Combined with the enjoyment he got from hanging people, the

1391
01:31:08.880 --> 01:31:14.600
whole thing transformed Presser into a killer. After that night, people,

1392
01:31:15.239 --> 01:31:20.159
teenagers and young adults especially started vanishing into thin air.

1393
01:31:21.359 --> 01:31:25.119
Nobody knew what was going on. Obviously, it was Presser

1394
01:31:25.239 --> 01:31:28.159
killing off anybody and everybody who dared to go up

1395
01:31:28.159 --> 01:31:33.720
to his property. Eventually, though, people caught on and Presser

1396
01:31:33.920 --> 01:31:39.439
was arrested before being hanged on his own hill. His

1397
01:31:39.520 --> 01:31:42.399
wife ended up selling off the house and it got

1398
01:31:42.439 --> 01:31:46.520
torn down along with the cemetery a while later. Since then,

1399
01:31:47.119 --> 01:31:50.920
the Citi's owned all of this. You can probably guess

1400
01:31:50.960 --> 01:31:53.560
from the name, But people still use it as a

1401
01:31:53.600 --> 01:31:58.279
place to get together and spend some quality time. Some

1402
01:31:58.399 --> 01:32:03.119
say that isn't the only thing that hasn't changed. Supposedly,

1403
01:32:03.840 --> 01:32:07.600
Presser cursed the hill right before he was hanged. You'll

1404
01:32:07.640 --> 01:32:10.680
hear people say that he still stalks the area, a

1405
01:32:10.760 --> 01:32:14.560
malevolent spirit, still out to keep lovers off his land,

1406
01:32:15.199 --> 01:32:20.000
slaughtering all who dare to do so. But that's a

1407
01:32:20.000 --> 01:32:23.039
bunch of bullshit, a hokey little ghost story we like

1408
01:32:23.119 --> 01:32:28.439
to tell to scare ourselves, now, you know, though, Frankie

1409
01:32:28.439 --> 01:32:30.880
finished his story. As the couple reached the top of

1410
01:32:30.920 --> 01:32:34.079
the hill, Annie laid the blanket on the ground and

1411
01:32:34.119 --> 01:32:37.359
the two settled in on it. Wow, you certainly know

1412
01:32:37.399 --> 01:32:40.239
how to get a girl ready to fool around, Annie

1413
01:32:40.239 --> 01:32:44.840
told him sarcastically, What can I say? I have away

1414
01:32:44.920 --> 01:32:50.079
with words? Frankie replied slyly. Words aren't the only thing

1415
01:32:50.159 --> 01:32:53.039
you have away with, she tells him, As the couple

1416
01:32:53.079 --> 01:32:58.319
embrace each other. You ain't wrong, Frankie, and Annie heavily

1417
01:32:58.399 --> 01:33:01.279
kiss each other, keeping it up while slowly working in

1418
01:33:01.399 --> 01:33:05.279
their hands and the rest of their bodies. The wind

1419
01:33:05.359 --> 01:33:08.760
picked up and blanketed the two in a cool breeze.

1420
01:33:09.279 --> 01:33:12.760
A clock tower rings off in the distance twelve times.

1421
01:33:13.600 --> 01:33:18.039
Annie pulls her face away from her lover. It's midnight,

1422
01:33:18.880 --> 01:33:25.079
She tells him. Happy Valentine's Day, Frankie tells Annie sweetly.

1423
01:33:26.680 --> 01:33:31.640
A car alarm blares out. That's my car, Frankie shouts.

1424
01:33:32.640 --> 01:33:36.159
He gets up and starts running down the hill. Annie

1425
01:33:36.279 --> 01:33:39.920
rushes after him, nearly tumbling down the hill doing so.

1426
01:33:40.920 --> 01:33:44.560
When she reaches the bottom, her feet slider around, bumping

1427
01:33:44.600 --> 01:33:48.560
into Frankie's back. She pulls herself together and gets to

1428
01:33:48.640 --> 01:33:52.319
his side. What happened to the car, she asks him.

1429
01:33:52.720 --> 01:33:57.000
I I don't know. The lights were flashing and the

1430
01:33:57.079 --> 01:33:59.720
alarm went off, but it stopped once I got down here,

1431
01:34:00.359 --> 01:34:04.359
Frankie explains. Did you turn off the alarm with your keys?

1432
01:34:04.880 --> 01:34:08.119
She asks, No, I think I left them with the

1433
01:34:08.119 --> 01:34:11.640
rest of our stuff. Besides, we didn't lock it or

1434
01:34:11.680 --> 01:34:15.000
set the alarm. The two walk towards the car and

1435
01:34:15.399 --> 01:34:19.000
using the flashlight, look it over. I don't see any

1436
01:34:19.039 --> 01:34:25.000
scratches Annie says, nothing looks broken either. Who knows what happened?

1437
01:34:25.279 --> 01:34:32.079
Cars are finicky, Frankie adds on, so back to our business.

1438
01:34:32.119 --> 01:34:36.199
Then Annie asks, in as unsubtle of a hint as possible.

1439
01:34:37.079 --> 01:34:40.840
Frankie laughs and brings her into his arms. You know it.

1440
01:34:41.640 --> 01:34:45.800
They kiss and hold each other tightly. The wind picks

1441
01:34:45.880 --> 01:34:49.880
back up and is followed by the ground shaking violently.

1442
01:34:50.520 --> 01:34:53.840
Annie and Frankie stop kissing and hold each other's hands tightly.

1443
01:34:54.239 --> 01:34:57.359
A cracking sound shoots through the area, louder than any

1444
01:34:57.399 --> 01:35:00.960
thunder either have ever heard. As suddenly as everything started,

1445
01:35:01.640 --> 01:35:08.359
it stopped, sending the night into an eerie silence. It's

1446
01:35:08.399 --> 01:35:13.039
broken by the sound of shuffling footsteps. Annie points the

1447
01:35:13.079 --> 01:35:18.359
flashlight in their direction and screams in terror. Before her

1448
01:35:18.439 --> 01:35:24.079
and Frankie are a horde of the undead. All of

1449
01:35:24.119 --> 01:35:27.720
the resurrected are in their teens up to their mid twenties.

1450
01:35:28.119 --> 01:35:31.760
The stench of must and decay permeated through the area,

1451
01:35:32.039 --> 01:35:35.439
while the sounds of bones rattling in flesh or what

1452
01:35:35.560 --> 01:35:39.800
remained peeling, rang in the ears of Annie and Frankie.

1453
01:35:41.000 --> 01:35:45.000
What are they? Annie cried out, I don't this can't

1454
01:35:45.399 --> 01:35:48.199
Frankie tried to piece the words together, but couldn't. The

1455
01:35:48.279 --> 01:35:52.920
scene was too fantastical, too nightmarish. The undead march towards

1456
01:35:52.960 --> 01:35:56.279
the two, unwavering in their path. As the wind picks

1457
01:35:56.359 --> 01:35:59.720
up to near cyclonian strength. Frankie and Annie look at

1458
01:35:59.720 --> 01:36:03.880
each other desperation, unsure of what to do. Inside of them,

1459
01:36:03.880 --> 01:36:08.199
a switches foot and they nod in agreement. The couple

1460
01:36:08.279 --> 01:36:11.439
turn around and start running back up the hill. Annie

1461
01:36:11.439 --> 01:36:15.840
looks behind her as she runs Frankie. She screams. Frankie

1462
01:36:15.920 --> 01:36:18.800
looks back and sees the undead chasing after them. They

1463
01:36:18.840 --> 01:36:21.560
return their attention to the hill, running against the ever

1464
01:36:21.600 --> 01:36:24.920
strengthening wind to get to the top. Once there, the

1465
01:36:25.000 --> 01:36:29.640
pair ran farther and farther along it, closer and closer

1466
01:36:29.680 --> 01:36:34.359
to where Presser's house once stood. Annie watch out. Frankie

1467
01:36:34.359 --> 01:36:37.720
calls suddenly. Annie stops to look at him briefly. When

1468
01:36:37.760 --> 01:36:40.279
she returns her gaze forward, she sees why he had

1469
01:36:40.319 --> 01:36:43.960
called for her. She stops and slides against the grass.

1470
01:36:44.720 --> 01:36:50.239
Before her and Frankie is emptiness the end of the hill.

1471
01:36:51.439 --> 01:36:54.880
The only thing visible in the moonlight is the drop

1472
01:36:55.560 --> 01:36:59.359
Annie nearly took. Frankie and Annie turned around to find

1473
01:36:59.399 --> 01:37:03.479
the hordes arounding them. Their stench and the sound their

1474
01:37:03.520 --> 01:37:07.760
bodies made drilled themselves into the two lovebirds, pushing them

1475
01:37:07.800 --> 01:37:12.600
over the metaphorical edge. What do you want? What even

1476
01:37:12.720 --> 01:37:17.119
are you? Annie screamed at them. To her and Frankie's surprise,

1477
01:37:18.880 --> 01:37:20.720
they answered, we are.

1478
01:37:20.680 --> 01:37:26.800
Those that Marshall Press are killed, those who had their lives,

1479
01:37:27.479 --> 01:37:34.560
their loves cruelly taken away. Now we are back.

1480
01:37:35.600 --> 01:37:39.079
But why, Frankie asked in fear.

1481
01:37:39.680 --> 01:37:44.199
Daddy didn't want us to have fun, to love, not

1482
01:37:44.359 --> 01:37:49.399
on his precious land, But he is no more so

1483
01:37:49.600 --> 01:37:54.399
now we return on the anniversary of his death. If

1484
01:37:54.399 --> 01:38:01.279
we can't embrace love here, nobody came. Hoard member told

1485
01:38:01.319 --> 01:38:04.840
them you shall both die.

1486
01:38:04.439 --> 01:38:08.760
Another said. The horde continued to march towards the couple,

1487
01:38:09.079 --> 01:38:12.600
circling them to keep them trapped. Frankie and Annie look

1488
01:38:12.680 --> 01:38:15.680
around to find an opening of any kind, anything that

1489
01:38:15.680 --> 01:38:18.840
would let them escape. Only the drop from the hill

1490
01:38:18.920 --> 01:38:22.399
down below offered a guarantee from the horror in front

1491
01:38:22.439 --> 01:38:28.479
of them. Annie looks over at Frankie love, she says.

1492
01:38:29.239 --> 01:38:32.159
Frankie grabs Annie by the wrist and throws her to

1493
01:38:32.239 --> 01:38:36.399
the undead. Her screams intensify as they rush towards her

1494
01:38:36.439 --> 01:38:39.840
and begin to devour her in their frenzy to feed.

1495
01:38:39.960 --> 01:38:43.680
Frankie sprints past them and back down the hill to

1496
01:38:43.800 --> 01:38:48.199
his car. He scrambles inside and digs in his pockets

1497
01:38:48.199 --> 01:38:52.399
for the key, but doesn't find it. Frankie tries the

1498
01:38:52.439 --> 01:38:56.520
other side, then the back pockets, then the ones in

1499
01:38:56.560 --> 01:39:01.560
his jacket. Each one comes up without his He's only

1500
01:39:01.600 --> 01:39:05.479
his phone and wallet are with him. Shit, he shouts

1501
01:39:05.520 --> 01:39:09.359
to himself. Frankie sits and thinks where they could have gone.

1502
01:39:10.359 --> 01:39:13.720
The image of Annie being devoured by the horde flashes

1503
01:39:13.760 --> 01:39:19.199
in his head. Then it hits him the blanket. There

1504
01:39:19.199 --> 01:39:22.920
with the blanket, he sits in the car, thinking it over.

1505
01:39:23.720 --> 01:39:27.800
If he went back, he would have to face those things.

1506
01:39:28.960 --> 01:39:31.800
If he didn't, then it would be a very long

1507
01:39:31.960 --> 01:39:37.840
walk home. Frankie had an idea. A smirk formed on

1508
01:39:37.880 --> 01:39:42.239
his face as he grabbed his phone. Thank you God

1509
01:39:42.359 --> 01:39:46.479
for triple A. Frankie unlocked his phone and pulled up

1510
01:39:46.479 --> 01:39:49.920
the number for triple A. A sudden smack on the

1511
01:39:49.960 --> 01:39:53.439
passenger side window startled him. The phone dropped from his grasp.

1512
01:39:54.520 --> 01:39:59.880
It was Annie. Oh my god, Frankie exclaims. He unlocks

1513
01:40:00.079 --> 01:40:05.439
the door and she slides inside. How what I'm I'm sorry, babe,

1514
01:40:05.840 --> 01:40:10.600
he says, it's all right, Love, You did what you

1515
01:40:10.680 --> 01:40:15.920
had to do to live. Annie says, Oh, Annie, I

1516
01:40:16.039 --> 01:40:20.079
love you. Frankie cries and embraces her in a giant hug.

1517
01:40:21.359 --> 01:40:25.520
Annie strokes the back of Frankie's head. As they continue

1518
01:40:25.520 --> 01:40:30.520
to hug, Frankie begins to smell something rotten on her.

1519
01:40:31.960 --> 01:40:38.079
He notices that her body is cold, ice cold. Frankie

1520
01:40:38.119 --> 01:40:42.039
pulls away some and looks on in horror at Annie.

1521
01:40:42.880 --> 01:40:45.960
Her face was half eaten away, and chunks of her

1522
01:40:46.000 --> 01:40:49.479
clothes and skin were torn off. Her eyes a dark

1523
01:40:49.960 --> 01:40:53.479
and blood red. He had been too excited to see

1524
01:40:53.520 --> 01:40:58.079
her that he hadn't noticed what she'd looked like, but

1525
01:40:58.279 --> 01:41:01.960
now he couldn't escape it. She was no longer Annie,

1526
01:41:02.319 --> 01:41:08.800
the girl he loved. She was this undead hell spawn.

1527
01:41:09.960 --> 01:41:12.760
Frankie whipped around to flee from the car, but it

1528
01:41:12.840 --> 01:41:15.920
was stopped almost instantly as Annie dug her nails into

1529
01:41:15.960 --> 01:41:19.000
his shoulders and pulled him down. She let out a

1530
01:41:19.079 --> 01:41:22.119
shriek and threw her head down, sinking her teeth into

1531
01:41:22.119 --> 01:41:26.159
his throat. Annie shook her head back and forth as

1532
01:41:26.159 --> 01:41:29.960
her teeth sank deeper and deeper into Frankie's flesh, blood

1533
01:41:30.039 --> 01:41:32.560
gurgling out of his throat and out of her mouth.

1534
01:41:33.640 --> 01:41:37.000
She then ripped her mouth away, tearing off the majority

1535
01:41:37.039 --> 01:41:39.880
of his flesh and causing blood to spray up onto

1536
01:41:39.880 --> 01:41:45.720
the ceiling, ending Frankie's life. Annie looked down at his

1537
01:41:45.840 --> 01:41:49.239
corpse and smiled with what was left of her face.

1538
01:41:50.960 --> 01:42:04.600
Happy Valentine's Day. Love all over me before he falls.

1539
01:42:04.640 --> 01:42:08.840
And then my guy watches me seemingly dance with such

1540
01:42:08.920 --> 01:42:13.239
grace As I move around and turn this classroom into

1541
01:42:13.279 --> 01:42:18.079
a massacre people will be talking about for years. Blood

1542
01:42:18.119 --> 01:42:21.359
is just squirting and splattering all over me until I'm

1543
01:42:21.439 --> 01:42:24.840
soaked and sticky from head to toe, and it's just

1544
01:42:25.000 --> 01:42:31.159
dripping off my body. When I've finished killing everybody, I

1545
01:42:31.279 --> 01:42:34.720
make my way back to my yummy guy. I can

1546
01:42:34.760 --> 01:42:37.199
even hear the blood dripping off me to the floor.

1547
01:42:37.279 --> 01:42:41.560
Now it's still dripping. When I stop and look down

1548
01:42:41.600 --> 01:42:44.800
at my guy. He looks up at me with such

1549
01:42:44.840 --> 01:42:50.760
admiration and whispers, I love you. I slam my machetes

1550
01:42:50.800 --> 01:42:54.319
down on the table and sit on his lap. I

1551
01:42:54.359 --> 01:42:58.840
love you. Too baby, happy Valentine's Day. As we kiss

1552
01:42:58.920 --> 01:43:02.079
hungrily and lustful, I'm getting blood all over him and

1553
01:43:02.119 --> 01:43:07.880
making him a mess. Fast cut. Jenny Corgan calls out

1554
01:43:08.520 --> 01:43:12.920
and that's a wrap. Her twin sister adds, great as always, Vicky,

1555
01:43:13.920 --> 01:43:17.239
that's right. This is a horror movie we just finished

1556
01:43:17.239 --> 01:43:22.720
filming called Psychos in Love. This was yet another scene

1557
01:43:22.760 --> 01:43:27.039
where I'm dripping from head to toe with blood. Yes,

1558
01:43:27.239 --> 01:43:30.880
we're familiar with the nineteen eighty seven film. Our movie

1559
01:43:30.960 --> 01:43:34.640
is just the name only, not a remake of the original.

1560
01:43:35.600 --> 01:43:38.039
I head to the girls' locker room and strip down

1561
01:43:38.159 --> 01:43:40.479
so I can take a shower and wash all that

1562
01:43:40.640 --> 01:43:45.279
fake blood off. I got soaked with My Name's Vicky Valentine.

1563
01:43:45.439 --> 01:43:48.119
By the way. That's the name I used when I

1564
01:43:48.239 --> 01:43:51.880
was a high demand porn star. That all changed when

1565
01:43:51.920 --> 01:43:54.279
I was asked to play the starring role in a

1566
01:43:54.319 --> 01:43:58.520
horror movie called The Murder Club, which was filmed by

1567
01:43:58.600 --> 01:44:02.600
the North Ridgeway University Film Club. The movie became an

1568
01:44:02.640 --> 01:44:06.920
instant cult favorite. Then I was approached by the Corgan twins,

1569
01:44:07.319 --> 01:44:11.720
who represented the Strickfield University Film Society, about appearing in

1570
01:44:11.800 --> 01:44:18.239
their movie Slasher. That movie really took off too. Since then,

1571
01:44:18.359 --> 01:44:21.319
I've been getting offers to star and more and more

1572
01:44:21.479 --> 01:44:25.239
horror films. Psycho's in Love is the eighth horror movie

1573
01:44:25.279 --> 01:44:29.159
I've done for the Corgan Twins. I swear, I fucking

1574
01:44:29.520 --> 01:44:33.520
love the scripts they give me. These independent horror movie

1575
01:44:33.560 --> 01:44:36.640
sensations made me a household name, to the point where

1576
01:44:36.680 --> 01:44:40.239
I left porn and went mainstream. I had five great

1577
01:44:40.359 --> 01:44:43.399
years being the Queen of Porn, but now I'm known

1578
01:44:43.479 --> 01:44:48.920
as the Scream Supreme by many horror fans. Just last month,

1579
01:44:49.279 --> 01:44:52.720
I made the cover of Fangoria. I think it's safe

1580
01:44:52.720 --> 01:44:57.399
to say I'm never making fuck flicks again. After finishing

1581
01:44:57.399 --> 01:45:00.840
my long shower and getting dressed, come out to talk

1582
01:45:00.880 --> 01:45:04.840
to the Corgan Twins. Here you are, babe, Jenny says,

1583
01:45:04.880 --> 01:45:08.920
handing me a new script. No fucking way, I gasp.

1584
01:45:09.079 --> 01:45:13.600
We're really making a sequel to Slasher. People are demanding it,

1585
01:45:13.720 --> 01:45:18.800
Vicki Jesse replies, After all, you were the unlikely final girl,

1586
01:45:19.239 --> 01:45:22.000
so you're going to continue the legacy as the new

1587
01:45:22.560 --> 01:45:27.000
scream queen Killer. In fact, we'll promote it and you

1588
01:45:27.199 --> 01:45:30.079
at our panel at the Ridgeway Heights Horror Con this weekend.

1589
01:45:30.479 --> 01:45:36.199
Jenny cheers, and we'll be shooting the sequel there. Jesse adds.

1590
01:45:37.000 --> 01:45:39.640
We talk for a little bit longer before I take off.

1591
01:45:40.279 --> 01:45:46.720
The title page says Slasher two Valentine's Day. Man, I

1592
01:45:46.840 --> 01:45:50.920
can't wait to read this script. It's almost dark when

1593
01:45:50.960 --> 01:45:54.560
I reach my apartment at Strickfield Cove. When I walk in,

1594
01:45:54.720 --> 01:45:58.800
my roommate smiles. It's been two years since Bethany Miron

1595
01:45:58.840 --> 01:46:02.399
and I made Slasher together. She had a boyfriend in

1596
01:46:02.479 --> 01:46:06.079
Cody King, whom she met filming the movie. I mean,

1597
01:46:06.239 --> 01:46:09.000
these two were really fucking hot and heavy when they

1598
01:46:09.039 --> 01:46:14.359
were dating. Ultimately, however, things didn't work out. After they

1599
01:46:14.359 --> 01:46:17.760
broke up, Bethany finally took that step and got into

1600
01:46:17.760 --> 01:46:21.039
porn herself. We used to be bitter towards each other,

1601
01:46:21.359 --> 01:46:25.000
but we've since become close friends, and now we're living together.

1602
01:46:26.039 --> 01:46:28.960
Bethany and I exchanged pleasantries and talk about how our

1603
01:46:29.079 --> 01:46:33.960
days went. Bethanie's parents actually confronted and blamed me for

1604
01:46:34.039 --> 01:46:37.000
her getting into adult movies, but I had nothing to

1605
01:46:37.039 --> 01:46:39.840
do with it. My former agent got with her and

1606
01:46:40.079 --> 01:46:43.439
got her in, and I can tell you she really

1607
01:46:43.479 --> 01:46:47.079
loves doing it. Then I see Bethany's also got a

1608
01:46:47.119 --> 01:46:50.199
copy of Slasher two's script and I give her a

1609
01:46:50.239 --> 01:46:54.760
weird look. Wait a minute, didn't you die in the original?

1610
01:46:55.520 --> 01:46:59.720
Bethany laughs. I asked the Corgan Twins that too. No,

1611
01:46:59.760 --> 01:47:03.600
I'm I'm an assistant director. You excited about the movie.

1612
01:47:03.760 --> 01:47:06.800
I haven't read the script yet, I reply, I better

1613
01:47:06.840 --> 01:47:11.199
get packing for the Cohn. Bethany smiles. I already got

1614
01:47:11.239 --> 01:47:15.439
you packed on. Sorry, but I'm really hungry. I could

1615
01:47:15.479 --> 01:47:19.720
sympathize with Bethany, remembering the times I felt really hungry

1616
01:47:19.800 --> 01:47:23.119
during porn shoots since we weren't really allowed to eat

1617
01:47:23.239 --> 01:47:27.119
until we were done. Diehard porn fans know the reasons why.

1618
01:47:27.840 --> 01:47:30.319
Bethany and I hop in her car and we take off.

1619
01:47:30.920 --> 01:47:33.840
We stop off at Denoyer's Grill and eat good before

1620
01:47:33.880 --> 01:47:39.359
we head off to Ridgeway Heights. Two hours later, we're

1621
01:47:39.399 --> 01:47:42.239
walking into the Hilton where the Ridgeway Heights Horror Con

1622
01:47:42.319 --> 01:47:45.319
is going to be. It's Thursday night and the dealers

1623
01:47:45.319 --> 01:47:47.279
are here early to set up in the vendor and

1624
01:47:47.359 --> 01:47:50.359
guest room. We never once have to go to the

1625
01:47:50.359 --> 01:47:53.199
front desk thanks to us being able to check in

1626
01:47:53.279 --> 01:47:56.399
on our apps. Our phones also become our room keys.

1627
01:47:56.680 --> 01:48:00.760
You gotta love technology. After we unpack, I'm lying on

1628
01:48:00.800 --> 01:48:03.880
my bed and reading the script. I can't believe we're

1629
01:48:03.920 --> 01:48:10.279
really filming Slasher two here, sure are, Bethany replies, Slasher

1630
01:48:10.319 --> 01:48:13.119
two takes place at a horror con The Corgan Twins

1631
01:48:13.119 --> 01:48:16.159
got permission to shoot at this one, so we're golden.

1632
01:48:16.760 --> 01:48:20.520
I nod, loving the story. Even though I walked off

1633
01:48:20.520 --> 01:48:22.520
into the sunset a rich woman at the end of

1634
01:48:22.520 --> 01:48:25.800
the first movie, I developed a bloodlust and wanted to

1635
01:48:25.880 --> 01:48:29.000
keep on killing. So I'm taking things up a notch

1636
01:48:29.039 --> 01:48:33.039
and crashing a horror convention. Lots more kills too, and

1637
01:48:33.119 --> 01:48:36.680
the ending I can see why it's called Valentine's Day.

1638
01:48:37.600 --> 01:48:41.640
Vicky Valentine's the scream queen killer now not Jenny Corgan.

1639
01:48:42.079 --> 01:48:45.439
Bethany adds, the Corgan Twins also cast some new people,

1640
01:48:46.119 --> 01:48:49.840
and the actresses are all still busty, right, I inquire,

1641
01:48:50.680 --> 01:48:54.920
Of course, Bethany replies, the Corgan Twins love Russ Meyer,

1642
01:48:55.199 --> 01:48:57.920
so that's their homage to him. Also, have you seen

1643
01:48:57.960 --> 01:49:01.560
all the comic books those two read? Every female superhero

1644
01:49:01.640 --> 01:49:04.520
and villain has big tits like the cork and Twins

1645
01:49:04.520 --> 01:49:08.720
say sex sells. I laugh. Now I know why you

1646
01:49:08.760 --> 01:49:12.000
love doing porn so much. I just love to fuck

1647
01:49:12.319 --> 01:49:15.720
and get paid good money for it, Bethany says. Then

1648
01:49:15.800 --> 01:49:19.640
she sits down with me and takes my hand. Seriously, hotness,

1649
01:49:20.199 --> 01:49:22.399
what will it take for you to do porn again?

1650
01:49:23.159 --> 01:49:26.399
I shake my head. Oh no way, I am done

1651
01:49:26.439 --> 01:49:30.760
with porn. I'm a high demand scream queen. Now, she sighs.

1652
01:49:31.359 --> 01:49:34.159
You can't blame a girl for trying. I sit up

1653
01:49:34.199 --> 01:49:36.880
and face her. Why do you want me to come

1654
01:49:36.920 --> 01:49:41.119
back to porn so badly? She answers me by leaning

1655
01:49:41.159 --> 01:49:45.359
in and kissing me. I just go with it and

1656
01:49:45.439 --> 01:49:49.079
kiss her back with the same hunger. There is that

1657
01:49:49.199 --> 01:49:52.000
part of me that truly wanted her for a while now,

1658
01:49:52.640 --> 01:49:56.199
but I never knew she felt the same way. When

1659
01:49:56.199 --> 01:49:59.239
we stop, I smile for her and caress the side

1660
01:49:59.239 --> 01:50:03.159
of her face. You know, honey, I don't have to

1661
01:50:03.239 --> 01:50:07.079
return to porn for this. Bethany gives me an affectionate

1662
01:50:07.119 --> 01:50:11.920
smile before we kiss hungrily again and start undressing each other.

1663
01:50:12.800 --> 01:50:14.760
I kind of wanted to mingle with some of the

1664
01:50:14.800 --> 01:50:19.760
convention people, but Bethany and I are really craving each

1665
01:50:19.800 --> 01:50:20.800
other right now.

1666
01:50:22.239 --> 01:50:24.720
Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your

1667
01:50:24.800 --> 01:50:28.239
doors Weekly Spooky will be right back.

1668
01:50:35.600 --> 01:50:39.239
It's Friday afternoon and I'm putting on my costume and makeup.

1669
01:50:40.039 --> 01:50:42.720
This is the second time I've done the Ridgeway Heights

1670
01:50:42.720 --> 01:50:47.760
Horror con Overall, this is my twelfth convention appearance. Today

1671
01:50:47.800 --> 01:50:52.560
I'm appearing as Veranda, Queen of the Night. In addition

1672
01:50:52.600 --> 01:50:56.399
to being a growing horror starlet, I'm also a horror host.

1673
01:50:56.880 --> 01:50:59.279
I made Veranda Queen of the Night for the Eerie

1674
01:50:59.359 --> 01:51:03.399
City Universe players. She got to be so popular around

1675
01:51:03.399 --> 01:51:07.600
Ohio and a few surrounding states that I was contacted

1676
01:51:07.600 --> 01:51:10.479
by Channel sixty one in North Ridgeway to portray her

1677
01:51:10.880 --> 01:51:14.199
as a horror host. I do TV tapings to film

1678
01:51:14.239 --> 01:51:17.560
skits for their Friday night horror show Up All Night

1679
01:51:17.960 --> 01:51:21.680
with Veranda, which I've been doing for a year now.

1680
01:51:22.560 --> 01:51:25.279
In fact, I just shot footage last week for the

1681
01:51:25.359 --> 01:51:29.520
Valentine's Day episode airing tonight, where I'll be hosting the

1682
01:51:29.560 --> 01:51:35.399
original nineteen eighty one classic My Bloody Valentine. I was

1683
01:51:35.439 --> 01:51:38.319
at this con last year as Veranda, and I had

1684
01:51:38.359 --> 01:51:42.199
a crowd. I signed lots of autographs, imposed for selfies

1685
01:51:42.239 --> 01:51:45.960
with fans, and you know what's both funny and ironic.

1686
01:51:46.880 --> 01:51:50.319
Nobody even brings any porn for me to sign, and

1687
01:51:50.479 --> 01:51:54.039
people don't ask me about it. Bethany and I arrive

1688
01:51:54.119 --> 01:51:57.239
at our designated block. The only people here from the

1689
01:51:57.279 --> 01:52:02.439
original Slasher are me, Bethany, and the Corgan twins. Both

1690
01:52:02.479 --> 01:52:05.520
the con promoters and the Corgan Twins tried getting hold

1691
01:52:05.520 --> 01:52:08.319
of everybody else that was in the movie, but none

1692
01:52:08.359 --> 01:52:11.760
of them more interested. Lizzie Jones, who was snatched up

1693
01:52:11.800 --> 01:52:15.479
by Hollywood, wouldn't even return their calls. So much for

1694
01:52:15.600 --> 01:52:20.119
remembering your roots. The CON's off and running now. It's

1695
01:52:20.159 --> 01:52:23.159
not long before people approach me wanting to meet and

1696
01:52:23.239 --> 01:52:26.520
get stuff signed. I have to laugh inside at the

1697
01:52:26.560 --> 01:52:31.279
pervy guys trying to look down my top. Can't blame

1698
01:52:31.319 --> 01:52:35.159
them since I'm wearing Veranda's form fitting black ball gown

1699
01:52:35.319 --> 01:52:39.520
with no shoulder straps. I'm still laughing inside after Bethany

1700
01:52:39.600 --> 01:52:43.199
told me I look like an evil version of Jessica Rabbit.

1701
01:52:43.960 --> 01:52:47.279
Google her if you don't know. At one point, Bethany

1702
01:52:47.359 --> 01:52:50.560
and I pose for a picture together with fans. Boy

1703
01:52:50.640 --> 01:52:54.079
do they ever get a pick? When Bethany turns and

1704
01:52:54.199 --> 01:52:58.279
kisses me, she kisses me again. When we're posing with

1705
01:52:58.319 --> 01:53:07.159
the Corgan twins. While I'm outside taking a quick cigarette break,

1706
01:53:07.560 --> 01:53:11.560
Bethany approaches me. I smile and let her sit. I

1707
01:53:11.640 --> 01:53:15.039
close my eyes when Bethany holds my hand. When I

1708
01:53:15.079 --> 01:53:18.960
open them again, our eyes meet and we kiss again.

1709
01:53:20.039 --> 01:53:23.880
I give in and surrender to a very long kiss.

1710
01:53:24.760 --> 01:53:28.760
I love you, Bethany whispers when we finally come apart.

1711
01:53:29.560 --> 01:53:35.600
Then she surprises me with a red rose. Happy Valentine's Day, Bethany.

1712
01:53:35.840 --> 01:53:40.960
I and now I'm squeezing her hand back, and I

1713
01:53:41.079 --> 01:53:45.920
feel myself blushing. Then I smile and cry just a little.

1714
01:53:46.960 --> 01:53:54.239
I've never well, I sigh hard. I've never been in

1715
01:53:54.319 --> 01:53:59.520
a real relationship. Will take it slow, Bethany murmurs. I

1716
01:53:59.640 --> 01:54:04.039
laugh little the fuck we will. I yank Bethany to

1717
01:54:04.159 --> 01:54:06.840
me and kiss her this time. Then we both have

1718
01:54:07.000 --> 01:54:10.399
the living shit scared out of us. This fucking giant

1719
01:54:10.439 --> 01:54:13.319
of a man is right there looking down at us.

1720
01:54:14.079 --> 01:54:16.119
Next to him is a chick about our age with

1721
01:54:16.199 --> 01:54:19.680
a hot body and a great rack. I love her

1722
01:54:19.720 --> 01:54:23.520
red hair, which is definitely natural. The big man has

1723
01:54:23.600 --> 01:54:27.159
bib overalls on over a white T shirt. He's just

1724
01:54:27.359 --> 01:54:30.000
smiling at me in a peculiar way.

1725
01:54:31.000 --> 01:54:31.840
I gulp.

1726
01:54:33.319 --> 01:54:39.800
Can I can we help you, sir? Love Veranda, the

1727
01:54:39.880 --> 01:54:44.000
man says, fuck. This guy actually sounds like Lurch from

1728
01:54:44.039 --> 01:54:47.760
the vintage Adams Family TV show. As I'm looking over

1729
01:54:47.800 --> 01:54:51.760
these two, I'm admiring their makeup. They're both very pale

1730
01:54:52.119 --> 01:54:56.520
and have red eyes. The woman talks to me, this

1731
01:54:56.600 --> 01:54:59.520
is my son, Flint. He's been watching up all night

1732
01:54:59.560 --> 01:55:02.000
with vari To every Friday night since you've been on.

1733
01:55:02.600 --> 01:55:05.479
He's taken a real liking to you. In fact, he

1734
01:55:05.640 --> 01:55:08.079
insisted that I bring him here just to meet you.

1735
01:55:09.199 --> 01:55:11.960
I look at Bethany. I guess we better get back.

1736
01:55:12.720 --> 01:55:16.039
Bethany's disappointed, but I give her a look, telling her

1737
01:55:16.439 --> 01:55:19.960
we'll have some alone time later. We both returned to

1738
01:55:20.039 --> 01:55:23.720
our tables. I autographed some movies. The mom buys for Flint.

1739
01:55:24.119 --> 01:55:26.439
I'm standing in front of him now for a photo op.

1740
01:55:27.079 --> 01:55:29.359
He has his hands on my shoulders as we pose

1741
01:55:29.439 --> 01:55:34.399
to let Did she say he was her son? She

1742
01:55:34.560 --> 01:55:38.640
looks like she could be his younger sister. Still, I

1743
01:55:38.760 --> 01:55:41.720
let her take some pics. First time I've ever had

1744
01:55:41.760 --> 01:55:48.199
picks taken on an old school polaroid. Flint Love Veronda.

1745
01:55:49.079 --> 01:55:56.520
The man utters. He looks at his mom. Flint Love Veronda.

1746
01:55:57.039 --> 01:55:59.520
I really don't know what to say. I just smile.

1747
01:56:01.680 --> 01:56:05.359
Veranda loves you too. Big Man Flint's mom has to

1748
01:56:05.439 --> 01:56:08.800
convince him to leave me alone. It takes some gentle

1749
01:56:08.880 --> 01:56:13.880
persuasion on her part, but he reluctantly walks away. Bethany

1750
01:56:14.000 --> 01:56:17.239
really looks worried. Once those two are gone, I return

1751
01:56:17.319 --> 01:56:22.119
to business as usual and greet other fans. Saturday afternoon comes.

1752
01:56:22.640 --> 01:56:26.720
It's time for the Slasher panel. We're sitting on stage

1753
01:56:26.760 --> 01:56:30.560
and talking to the packed house. It's the Corgan twins, Bethany,

1754
01:56:30.880 --> 01:56:34.279
Me and the new cast appearing in the sequel, some

1755
01:56:34.479 --> 01:56:38.359
of which we started filming last night. We also did

1756
01:56:38.399 --> 01:56:42.239
some filming this morning. It's not long before there's some ruckus.

1757
01:56:42.840 --> 01:56:45.399
That giant Flint guy just came in with his mom.

1758
01:56:46.119 --> 01:56:49.880
His eyes are locked right on me. Now the security

1759
01:56:49.920 --> 01:56:52.840
people are ready to move in in case he tries anything.

1760
01:56:53.439 --> 01:56:57.159
He doesn't though. We continue the panel where Jenny Corgan

1761
01:56:57.239 --> 01:57:01.720
makes the announcement that we're currently filming Slasher two Valentine's

1762
01:57:01.800 --> 01:57:07.720
Day here at this hotel. Lots of applause, We answer

1763
01:57:07.840 --> 01:57:10.800
some fan questions before the panel ends. We go back

1764
01:57:10.840 --> 01:57:13.720
to the main room and I gotta say I'm feeling

1765
01:57:13.760 --> 01:57:18.840
a rush, knowing Slasher will continue. In fact, the VIP

1766
01:57:19.039 --> 01:57:23.520
passholders get a very special treat. A few hours later,

1767
01:57:23.560 --> 01:57:27.279
we're shooting our first kill scene. The VIP guests are

1768
01:57:27.319 --> 01:57:30.640
in attendance. I'm dressed as the Scream Queen and I'm

1769
01:57:30.640 --> 01:57:33.640
about to kill Nellie Tryst, one of the New Girls.

1770
01:57:34.279 --> 01:57:38.399
Action Jesse calls behind the camera, Bethany holds up the

1771
01:57:38.439 --> 01:57:41.000
boom mic, and Jenny is at the ready to work

1772
01:57:41.079 --> 01:57:44.239
the rig for the blood. Nellie goes through her lines

1773
01:57:44.239 --> 01:57:47.399
with Ben Deavers. My cue is when he says the

1774
01:57:47.439 --> 01:57:50.840
Scream Queen won't just kill people here when the convention's busy,

1775
01:57:51.600 --> 01:57:54.880
I suddenly step out of the shadows as the Scream Queen,

1776
01:57:55.199 --> 01:58:00.399
wearing my blank white mask in tight form fitting white dress.

1777
01:58:00.399 --> 01:58:03.359
Nellie looks at me in horror before I grab her

1778
01:58:03.399 --> 01:58:06.079
t shirt and rip it down the middle to expose

1779
01:58:06.159 --> 01:58:09.800
her ample tits. Then I start stabbing her with Jenny's

1780
01:58:09.800 --> 01:58:14.399
special knife. Blood just squirts everywhere. Nellie screams her blood

1781
01:58:14.439 --> 01:58:18.239
curdling screams before she drops to her knees. Then I

1782
01:58:18.359 --> 01:58:23.399
grab her green hair and slice her throat. She already

1783
01:58:23.399 --> 01:58:27.800
had the practical makeup applied for that effect. The VIPs

1784
01:58:27.880 --> 01:58:30.880
who get to be extras in the movie are screaming

1785
01:58:30.960 --> 01:58:34.640
and panicking, just like they're supposed to do. Now, I

1786
01:58:34.760 --> 01:58:38.720
turn to Ben, who's sitting there petrified at seeing me

1787
01:58:38.960 --> 01:58:43.439
kill Nellie. In truth, he's kneeling behind the fake body

1788
01:58:43.479 --> 01:58:47.039
his head is resting on. I produce a machete and

1789
01:58:47.239 --> 01:58:51.600
gut him. Then I'm pulling his insides out and throwing

1790
01:58:51.640 --> 01:58:55.800
them everywhere. I even make a female vip scream as

1791
01:58:55.840 --> 01:58:59.359
she catches some guts in her hands, as is customed

1792
01:58:59.399 --> 01:59:03.000
to being the Green Queen. I'm getting splattered and soaked

1793
01:59:03.039 --> 01:59:07.439
with blood. Man, Jenny's gotten so much better at making

1794
01:59:07.479 --> 01:59:13.600
these practical effects. Cut, Jesse cries, we got it. We

1795
01:59:13.640 --> 01:59:17.119
don't have to do another take. Jenny quickly gives Nellie

1796
01:59:17.159 --> 01:59:20.399
a towel to cover her nudity. I pull off my mask.

1797
01:59:21.000 --> 01:59:23.439
Since we're finished with the scene, Jesse tells us to

1798
01:59:23.479 --> 01:59:27.039
go ahead and get cleaned up. I've just finished taking

1799
01:59:27.119 --> 01:59:30.000
a shower. I had to wash my hair three times

1800
01:59:30.039 --> 01:59:32.760
to get all the fake blood out. Jenny's blood is

1801
01:59:32.840 --> 01:59:36.159
so realistic, I mean, she outdoes herself more and more

1802
01:59:36.199 --> 01:59:40.479
on her effects. Bethany watches me finish getting dressed when

1803
01:59:40.520 --> 01:59:43.720
we hear a knocking at her door. Then we both

1804
01:59:43.760 --> 01:59:48.079
shriek when someone bursts right through it, Like Jason vorhe's

1805
01:59:48.119 --> 01:59:51.960
in the Friday the Thirteenth movies. It's that big Flint guy.

1806
01:59:52.319 --> 01:59:59.119
He's looking dead on at me. Now, Want Veronda want whif.

1807
02:00:02.399 --> 02:00:07.600
If you thought that was scary, just you wait, weekly spooky.

1808
02:00:07.760 --> 02:00:08.840
We'll be right back.

1809
02:00:12.880 --> 02:00:16.720
Flint's mom appears next to him. Just come along quietly,

1810
02:00:16.840 --> 02:00:20.239
my dear, and no one gets hurt. Leave us alone,

1811
02:00:20.800 --> 02:00:25.119
Bethany yells. Flint snatches my new girlfriend to him and

1812
02:00:25.199 --> 02:00:30.079
looks ready to hurt her. No stop, I quickly scream, stop.

1813
02:00:30.239 --> 02:00:34.239
I'll go with you. Just don't hurt her, please Flint.

1814
02:00:34.600 --> 02:00:39.000
His mom tells him no, let her go. Flint obeys

1815
02:00:39.039 --> 02:00:42.319
and then snatches me up, literally holding me under his

1816
02:00:42.439 --> 02:00:46.079
arm like a big doll. The mom leads Flint through

1817
02:00:46.119 --> 02:00:49.199
the hotel and out one of the side entrances. Flint

1818
02:00:49.239 --> 02:00:51.680
puts me in back of a pickup and gets in

1819
02:00:51.760 --> 02:00:54.600
back with me. The woman gets in the cab and

1820
02:00:54.640 --> 02:00:58.039
starts the truck. We leave the convention and seem to

1821
02:00:58.079 --> 02:01:02.159
be heading back to strict Field. Only we don't go

1822
02:01:02.279 --> 02:01:05.600
right back to the village itself. We end up going

1823
02:01:05.640 --> 02:01:09.760
into the backwoods. I've heard stories going around about this

1824
02:01:09.920 --> 02:01:13.800
area outside of Strickfield. It's been said that all kinds

1825
02:01:13.840 --> 02:01:18.000
of things go on back here. I feel my heart

1826
02:01:18.039 --> 02:01:22.720
pounding now, I mean, I'm scared as fuck. Then I

1827
02:01:22.760 --> 02:01:27.399
feel a pain I've never felt before. And no, it's

1828
02:01:27.399 --> 02:01:30.840
for Bethany. I'm wishing I told her I loved her

1829
02:01:30.880 --> 02:01:34.000
when she had told me that she loved me earlier.

1830
02:01:34.880 --> 02:01:38.279
I'm really scared I'll never see her again. The truck

1831
02:01:38.319 --> 02:01:41.119
turns onto a dirt road. We make a few more

1832
02:01:41.199 --> 02:01:46.039
turns before we stop at this a mansion. The woman

1833
02:01:46.119 --> 02:01:49.399
gets out of the truck and comes around back. Let's

1834
02:01:49.439 --> 02:01:53.239
go in, Flint, bring your new wife with you. I gasp.

1835
02:01:54.039 --> 02:01:57.920
Wife Flint's still holding on to me and brings me

1836
02:01:58.039 --> 02:02:01.560
inside through the double doors. We go into the living room.

1837
02:02:02.079 --> 02:02:04.880
The woman sits down in a recliner like she's sitting

1838
02:02:04.920 --> 02:02:08.319
on a throne. Flint sits on the couch and makes

1839
02:02:08.399 --> 02:02:11.319
me sit on his lap. The woman looks at me.

1840
02:02:11.439 --> 02:02:16.520
Now you've become quite a name, Vicky Valentine. We have

1841
02:02:16.640 --> 02:02:22.239
similar names. Indeed, mine is Victoria. My son, Flint must

1842
02:02:22.279 --> 02:02:26.399
be kept calm and controlled, one such way as by

1843
02:02:26.479 --> 02:02:30.560
letting him watch television. He started seeing your Friday night

1844
02:02:30.600 --> 02:02:34.399
program on Channel sixty one, and I believe he's fallen

1845
02:02:35.239 --> 02:02:39.800
madly in love with you. So what You're gonna keep

1846
02:02:39.800 --> 02:02:44.119
me here against my will? I demand you may feel

1847
02:02:44.119 --> 02:02:49.159
that way. Now, Victoria says, you'll change your mind once

1848
02:02:49.159 --> 02:02:53.920
you become one of us. We can do that one

1849
02:02:53.960 --> 02:02:57.880
of two ways. The first, you can re enact one

1850
02:02:57.880 --> 02:03:02.079
of your scenes from your adult mood. Oh yes, I

1851
02:03:02.239 --> 02:03:04.960
know all about that. You might as well get used

1852
02:03:05.000 --> 02:03:09.119
to having that kind of sexual contact with Flint. Once

1853
02:03:09.159 --> 02:03:13.520
he turns you. You'll be most loyal to him if

1854
02:03:13.520 --> 02:03:17.399
you won't give yourself to him willingly. Then I'll employ

1855
02:03:17.439 --> 02:03:22.199
the second method, that being I'll inject you with my

1856
02:03:22.319 --> 02:03:26.000
own blood, which can turn you in just a matter

1857
02:03:26.079 --> 02:03:30.920
of minutes, even seconds in some cases. Hearing what Victoria

1858
02:03:31.000 --> 02:03:34.840
is telling me, I know what stories come to mind.

1859
02:03:35.319 --> 02:03:42.279
These backwoods people are their ghouls. The face of Bethany

1860
02:03:42.359 --> 02:03:47.399
Mirn flashes in my mind. No fucking way, Flint squeezes

1861
02:03:47.439 --> 02:03:56.439
me to him. Want wife, Want Veronda, stay with Flint,

1862
02:03:56.800 --> 02:04:01.720
Victorious size Flint won't just you unless you offer yourself

1863
02:04:01.760 --> 02:04:06.039
to him. It's quite simple, really. Either you take him

1864
02:04:06.119 --> 02:04:08.880
up to his room and make love with him, or

1865
02:04:09.000 --> 02:04:12.359
he can hold you here while I inject you with

1866
02:04:12.399 --> 02:04:16.560
my blood. One way or another, you belong here with

1867
02:04:16.760 --> 02:04:21.840
our family. Now. I feel myself shaking with both fear

1868
02:04:22.000 --> 02:04:26.239
and anger. Why is this happening to me when I've

1869
02:04:26.279 --> 02:04:28.640
fallen in love for the first time in my life

1870
02:04:29.000 --> 02:04:32.800
and on Valentine's Day? What can I do? I don't

1871
02:04:32.800 --> 02:04:36.199
want to be a ghoul. Yeah, I'll want Bethany still,

1872
02:04:36.600 --> 02:04:39.840
but it'll be to fill my stomach, goals, eat people.

1873
02:04:40.840 --> 02:04:47.239
Victoria's getting up, fine, have it your way. No, I shriek, no,

1874
02:04:47.439 --> 02:04:53.680
I'll I'll go up with Flint please. Victoria is not convinced.

1875
02:04:54.560 --> 02:04:58.640
Show me mortal. I've got to go back into my

1876
02:04:59.239 --> 02:05:03.920
poorn years to pull this off. I relax and lay back.

1877
02:05:04.640 --> 02:05:07.199
I kind of look like Flint's lover now, and he

1878
02:05:07.279 --> 02:05:11.439
holds me to him. I look up into his red

1879
02:05:11.479 --> 02:05:15.239
eyes as I unbutton my top and reveal my big

1880
02:05:15.319 --> 02:05:20.760
naturals kiss me, I whisper to Flint. Then I take

1881
02:05:20.840 --> 02:05:23.640
one of his big hands and let him feel me up.

1882
02:05:24.520 --> 02:05:27.800
I let Flint kiss and fondle me. I act like

1883
02:05:27.920 --> 02:05:32.479
I'm really into it. I even slip him some tongue.

1884
02:05:32.600 --> 02:05:36.720
I'm showing these ghouls why I've won many avienn Awards

1885
02:05:37.119 --> 02:05:40.920
back in the day. I really put myself into those scenes.

1886
02:05:41.520 --> 02:05:43.960
I just acted like I wasn't in front of the cameras,

1887
02:05:44.319 --> 02:05:46.800
like it was just me and my costar and no

1888
02:05:46.880 --> 02:05:51.000
one else. After several minutes, Flint and I stop kissing.

1889
02:05:51.960 --> 02:05:58.560
He looks into my face, love Veronda, love you baby.

1890
02:05:59.199 --> 02:06:03.359
I caress the side of his face. Want to go upstairs.

1891
02:06:04.359 --> 02:06:07.600
I shriek when I feel Victoria grab my hair. I'm

1892
02:06:07.640 --> 02:06:12.359
still not convinced, miss Valentine. I shove her away, get

1893
02:06:12.399 --> 02:06:15.359
off of me. I groan and move away from Flint

1894
02:06:15.359 --> 02:06:17.800
to stand on my feet. I kick my shoes off

1895
02:06:17.840 --> 02:06:21.000
and quickly shove my yoga pants down. I step out

1896
02:06:21.000 --> 02:06:23.439
of them and let my top drop to the floor.

1897
02:06:24.279 --> 02:06:28.359
I'm completely naked in front of these two ghouls. Now

1898
02:06:29.000 --> 02:06:33.039
there you happy? I snap at Victoria. I'll take Flint

1899
02:06:33.119 --> 02:06:36.800
upstairs and fuck is goddamn brains out? You want to watch? You,

1900
02:06:36.960 --> 02:06:43.359
sick bitch? Victoria considers me. Then she looks at Flint.

1901
02:06:44.359 --> 02:06:49.279
She's yours, honey, Flint surprises me by suddenly lifting me

1902
02:06:49.359 --> 02:06:54.840
into his strong arms. Want wife, let's go up to

1903
02:06:54.880 --> 02:07:01.680
your room. Husband, I whisper, let's make love. Flint turns

1904
02:07:01.720 --> 02:07:05.720
to the stairway and takes me up for a big giant,

1905
02:07:05.800 --> 02:07:09.199
he sure can move fast. He takes me into his

1906
02:07:09.319 --> 02:07:12.640
room and kicks the door shut. Then he lays me

1907
02:07:12.760 --> 02:07:17.560
down on his king bed gently. I gotta think fast

1908
02:07:17.720 --> 02:07:20.079
or I'm gonna be wanting to share Bethany and the

1909
02:07:20.079 --> 02:07:23.000
Corgan Twins with Flint. And I don't mean in a

1910
02:07:23.119 --> 02:07:26.880
kinky reverse gang bang kind of way. I can only

1911
02:07:26.880 --> 02:07:30.000
see a few select things by the moonlight coming into

1912
02:07:30.000 --> 02:07:35.119
the room. Then I have another idea. Instead of being

1913
02:07:35.159 --> 02:07:39.640
in a pornow, it's time to treat this like a

1914
02:07:39.720 --> 02:07:43.920
horror movie. I had a scene similar to this in Veronda,

1915
02:07:44.079 --> 02:07:47.319
Queen of the Night. I was naked like I am now.

1916
02:07:48.119 --> 02:07:50.479
In the movie, I end up making love with a

1917
02:07:50.560 --> 02:07:55.000
gargoyle who ends up becoming my man. Perhaps if I

1918
02:07:55.039 --> 02:07:59.479
apply some of that here, take me my love, I

1919
02:07:59.520 --> 02:08:03.800
tell Flint, become my king. We can rule the realm

1920
02:08:03.920 --> 02:08:08.319
of night together. I scoot over and lay on my back,

1921
02:08:08.800 --> 02:08:14.000
looking into his eyes. Flint keeps looking at me, and

1922
02:08:14.039 --> 02:08:18.680
then I realize he doesn't really know what to do

1923
02:08:18.760 --> 02:08:23.479
with me. He's never been intimate with anyone before. Okay,

1924
02:08:23.560 --> 02:08:27.199
maybe he's not all together upstairs, but you'd think you'd

1925
02:08:27.239 --> 02:08:31.319
have gotten late at least once in his well. I

1926
02:08:31.359 --> 02:08:36.199
can't say life since he's not technically alive right, Just

1927
02:08:36.239 --> 02:08:40.640
the same, I can't help feeling sorry for him. Suddenly,

1928
02:08:40.680 --> 02:08:44.800
the door bursts open, the lights come on. Victoria's standing

1929
02:08:44.840 --> 02:08:50.680
there glaring at me. Yeah, it's really clear she doesn't

1930
02:08:50.720 --> 02:08:54.079
trust me, not with her son. Then I see the

1931
02:08:54.159 --> 02:08:57.960
syringe with her blood in it in her hand. I

1932
02:08:58.039 --> 02:09:01.680
quickly get off the bed. Oh fuck, no, come here,

1933
02:09:02.279 --> 02:09:06.119
Victoria orders me. Right now, this won't hurt a bit.

1934
02:09:06.920 --> 02:09:10.960
I only have one option available now that shit can't

1935
02:09:11.000 --> 02:09:15.199
turn me if I'm dead right, I ask her. Victoria

1936
02:09:15.319 --> 02:09:20.560
immediately realizes what I'm planning. No, don't. I quickly haul

1937
02:09:20.680 --> 02:09:24.199
my sexy ass as Victoria leaps onto the bed. She's

1938
02:09:24.239 --> 02:09:28.000
wearing stiletto heels, but she moves like a fucking cat.

1939
02:09:28.199 --> 02:09:31.159
I make it to the open window and scream as

1940
02:09:31.159 --> 02:09:35.920
I dive right through it and fall to the ground below. Ooh,

1941
02:09:37.439 --> 02:09:41.159
I utter when I land in the tall grass. I

1942
02:09:41.199 --> 02:09:44.600
didn't get a cut or break any bones, thankfully. If

1943
02:09:44.640 --> 02:09:47.039
I would have, it would have served me right for

1944
02:09:47.159 --> 02:09:51.760
diving naked through a second story window. Suddenly Victoria lands

1945
02:09:51.880 --> 02:09:56.279
right beside me on her heels. I groan and make

1946
02:09:56.359 --> 02:09:59.399
myself get up. I growl in pain as I'm forcing

1947
02:09:59.439 --> 02:10:03.479
myself to run. Victoria only has to take long strides

1948
02:10:03.720 --> 02:10:07.680
to keep up with me, much like Jason Vorhis. I

1949
02:10:07.760 --> 02:10:09.800
make it around to the front of the house and

1950
02:10:09.880 --> 02:10:13.439
try getting to the dirt path. When Victoria grabs me

1951
02:10:13.520 --> 02:10:17.920
and tries to inject me, headlights suddenly make everything bright.

1952
02:10:18.479 --> 02:10:22.239
This distraction lets me get away. Victoria doesn't react in

1953
02:10:22.279 --> 02:10:25.119
time as the car slams into her and sends her

1954
02:10:25.199 --> 02:10:29.000
flying back. Then three people get out of the car.

1955
02:10:29.800 --> 02:10:33.560
Nice Jenny Corgan purrs as she nods her head slowly.

1956
02:10:34.239 --> 02:10:37.920
You know I'd fuck you, Vicky like hell you will,

1957
02:10:38.239 --> 02:10:41.960
Bethany snaps. Suddenly she's in my arms so we can

1958
02:10:42.000 --> 02:10:45.600
share a long kiss. I love you, she tells me

1959
02:10:46.399 --> 02:10:50.880
for the second time. I love you back, I say,

1960
02:10:51.600 --> 02:10:55.600
knowing what I truly feel for her. Now, Jesse Corgan

1961
02:10:55.640 --> 02:10:58.920
approaches me, this is all we got for you to wear, Vicky.

1962
02:10:59.680 --> 02:11:02.520
I take my second scream queen costume and put the

1963
02:11:02.640 --> 02:11:05.319
dress and heels on. And then we look to see

1964
02:11:05.399 --> 02:11:10.000
Victoria's back, only now she's got two other ghules with her.

1965
02:11:10.560 --> 02:11:14.319
No flint, do whatever you want with the others, boys,

1966
02:11:14.960 --> 02:11:18.960
Victoria tells them. She points to me, I want that

1967
02:11:19.119 --> 02:11:20.359
girl alive.

1968
02:11:22.199 --> 02:11:26.159
You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky will be right back.

1969
02:11:28.119 --> 02:11:30.720
The four of us turn and run. When we can

1970
02:11:30.800 --> 02:11:32.840
hide and catch a break. I fill the others in

1971
02:11:32.880 --> 02:11:36.119
on what exactly we're dealing with here. When they give

1972
02:11:36.159 --> 02:11:39.199
me odd looks, I give them two middle fingers. I

1973
02:11:39.319 --> 02:11:42.640
swear I haven't been smoking any of Jesse's shit. There

1974
02:11:42.680 --> 02:11:46.399
really are ghules here. Hey, I get the best shit,

1975
02:11:46.920 --> 02:11:50.920
Jesse pouts, sounding insulted. It's great for the creative juices.

1976
02:11:52.000 --> 02:11:54.239
We take off and run again until we make it

1977
02:11:54.279 --> 02:11:57.840
to some tall weeds. We manage to lose those fuckers

1978
02:11:58.359 --> 02:12:01.600
and double back. We reach the mansion and hide in

1979
02:12:01.640 --> 02:12:07.199
the garage. Flesh eating gules. Huh. Jenny mutters, well, what

1980
02:12:07.239 --> 02:12:13.239
the fuck are we goul food? Bethany replies, oh fuck you.

1981
02:12:14.039 --> 02:12:18.079
Jenny groans, No, we don't make ghoul movies. We make

1982
02:12:18.159 --> 02:12:21.680
slasher movies. So let's show these fucking ghuls how things

1983
02:12:21.760 --> 02:12:27.960
work in slasher movies. Jesse gasps, that's genius, Sis, we

1984
02:12:28.000 --> 02:12:31.479
can actually put this in Slasher two. We sneak back

1985
02:12:31.520 --> 02:12:34.159
out and get to the car. Yeah, we could have

1986
02:12:34.399 --> 02:12:37.520
just escaped, but you know, damn well, those ghouls will

1987
02:12:37.560 --> 02:12:40.680
come back to the con. We're gonna show these bastards

1988
02:12:40.680 --> 02:12:43.119
what it means to be on the wrong side of

1989
02:12:43.199 --> 02:12:47.359
slasher movies. I put the Scream Queen mask on and

1990
02:12:47.600 --> 02:12:51.279
arm myself. It's time to film some more scenes for

1991
02:12:51.399 --> 02:12:57.399
Slasher two Valentine's Day. After Jesse explains her plan, she

1992
02:12:57.479 --> 02:13:02.520
tells us places everyone. One of Victoria's sons came around

1993
02:13:02.560 --> 02:13:05.520
the front of the house. Then he sees Bethany with

1994
02:13:05.560 --> 02:13:09.319
the camera, Jenny holding up the mic, and Jesse looking

1995
02:13:09.319 --> 02:13:15.319
on as director, you fucking serious. The ghoul demands they

1996
02:13:15.399 --> 02:13:18.760
keep filming. In fact, the ghoul doesn't even see me

1997
02:13:19.439 --> 02:13:23.600
until it's too late. When he finally realizes I'm right

1998
02:13:23.640 --> 02:13:29.119
behind him, he turns around to see the Scream Queen.

1999
02:13:30.239 --> 02:13:32.640
I tilt my head the same way Michael Myers did

2000
02:13:32.680 --> 02:13:36.399
after he killed Bob in the original Halloween spoiler alert.

2001
02:13:37.000 --> 02:13:40.239
Before the ghoul realizes it, I show him my machete

2002
02:13:40.560 --> 02:13:44.640
and I run it right through his gut. Unfortunately, being

2003
02:13:44.720 --> 02:13:48.199
that he's a ghoul, it won't kill him. Great for

2004
02:13:48.239 --> 02:13:51.079
the movie though, and it'll look like one of Jenny's

2005
02:13:51.159 --> 02:13:54.760
practical effects. I pull the machete out and watch the

2006
02:13:54.800 --> 02:13:59.079
ghoul fall to his knees. Then I swing with both

2007
02:13:59.119 --> 02:14:02.439
hands around the hand and lop his head clean off

2008
02:14:02.840 --> 02:14:08.479
for another Valentine's Day kill. The body falls over and

2009
02:14:08.640 --> 02:14:13.840
never moves again. Got it, Bethany says with delight. Okay.

2010
02:14:13.920 --> 02:14:18.000
Next scene, Jesse says and explains it. When she's finished,

2011
02:14:18.079 --> 02:14:22.720
she says, places, we quickly move back into the garage.

2012
02:14:22.800 --> 02:14:25.239
It's not long before the other sun comes in the

2013
02:14:25.319 --> 02:14:28.439
side door. He turns on the light and sees Bethany

2014
02:14:28.479 --> 02:14:32.159
and the Corgan Twins doing their thing again. Now it's

2015
02:14:32.279 --> 02:14:36.159
time to do mine. When he hears the door slam,

2016
02:14:36.359 --> 02:14:39.359
he turns to see me as the scream Queen with

2017
02:14:39.439 --> 02:14:44.119
a chainsaw in my hands. He has the most dumbfounded

2018
02:14:44.199 --> 02:14:47.239
look on his face. I grab the cord and just

2019
02:14:47.439 --> 02:14:52.039
rip that fucking chainsaw to life. Huh one, try that's

2020
02:14:52.079 --> 02:14:55.560
a first. The ghoul screams like a fucking girl. When

2021
02:14:55.600 --> 02:14:58.239
I run the speeding chain right up his crotch and

2022
02:14:58.359 --> 02:15:02.119
keep going until I've buzzed him into two equal shares

2023
02:15:02.760 --> 02:15:07.199
and homage to the original Slasher. And again, I've got

2024
02:15:07.239 --> 02:15:14.159
blood all over me, real blood, not Jenny's special mix cut,

2025
02:15:14.800 --> 02:15:18.119
Jesse says. After I kill the chainsaw, she smiles a

2026
02:15:18.119 --> 02:15:24.079
little um no pun intended. One more scene, Bethany squeals

2027
02:15:24.079 --> 02:15:29.119
with delight, and this time my babe has an idea. Yeah,

2028
02:15:29.319 --> 02:15:35.039
Jenny agrees, let's do it places, Jesse tells us. Mommy

2029
02:15:35.119 --> 02:15:38.399
dearest herself has no idea what she's in for when

2030
02:15:38.439 --> 02:15:41.640
she comes looking in the living room like her boys,

2031
02:15:41.960 --> 02:15:45.119
Victoria sees Bethany and the corgan twins running the camera

2032
02:15:45.439 --> 02:15:48.800
and the boom mic. She just stands there and looks

2033
02:15:48.840 --> 02:15:53.600
at them. Yeah, she's annoyed as fuck, And just what

2034
02:15:53.640 --> 02:15:56.960
the hell do you people think you're doing. Make it

2035
02:15:57.000 --> 02:16:01.000
a fucking movie, Bethany returns, and you get to be

2036
02:16:01.079 --> 02:16:04.760
in it, Jesse adds. Victoria keeps looking at them like

2037
02:16:04.800 --> 02:16:08.760
they've lost their fucking minds. Suddenly I burst out of

2038
02:16:08.800 --> 02:16:13.159
a nearby closet. Victoria as fast as she wasn't prepared

2039
02:16:13.199 --> 02:16:17.760
for the scream queen. She screams. When I fire up

2040
02:16:17.800 --> 02:16:20.720
the circular saw in my hand and feel it sink

2041
02:16:20.760 --> 02:16:23.920
into her tummy. I press her up against the wall.

2042
02:16:24.159 --> 02:16:28.760
Her blood splatters all over me. Victoria tries pushing me away,

2043
02:16:29.359 --> 02:16:31.920
but I lean into her with all of my weight.

2044
02:16:32.520 --> 02:16:35.639
I keep laying into her until she finally falls over

2045
02:16:36.440 --> 02:16:40.920
and doesn't move. I get that gut feeling that says,

2046
02:16:41.920 --> 02:16:44.959
I don't know. I don't think she's gonna stay dead.

2047
02:16:45.639 --> 02:16:50.000
Cut Jesse calls out, that's a wrap people. The others

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come over to me now, Beth, and he points down

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at Victoria's body sharply. Yeah, fuck you, you zombie bitch.

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Go inside and take a shower, Vicki. Jenny tells me

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we'll wait for you. Suddenly, Flint's right there, making a shriek.

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He looks ready to attack us, but then he sees

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me a very bloody scream. Queen. The two of us

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are at a standoff now. Then he sees what's left

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of Victoria and moves to her. He lifts his mother

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into his arms and takes her upstairs. Like I said,

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I don't think Victoria is going to stay dead or undead,

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whatever the fuck you want to call it. The four

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of us use the opportunity to get the fuck out

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of there and head back to Ridgeway Heights. Of course,

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I had to lose the scream Queen costume before getting

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in the car. It being bloody and all good thing.

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Being naked's never bothered me, huh. Fortunately for me, the

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Corgan Twins had a blanket in the back. The four

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of us make it back to the hotel. I hurry

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up and get to the room and get cleaned up.

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When I'm finished showering, I come out into the room

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and find Bethany waiting for me. I gasp when I

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see that she has a bouquet of roses in one hand.

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In the other is a heart shaped box of chocolates.

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Happy Valentine's Day, baby, Bethany chokes out with emotions. I

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feel myself blushing and move to her to share a

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passionate kiss. Since we're all done with the con for

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the day, Bethany and I go out and celebrate Valentine's

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Day together. Definitely a very magical night between the two

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of us. Sunday, the final day of the Saint Valentine's

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Day massacre horror con, went off without a hitch. None

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of us would have been surprised if any of those

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ghouls came back. We never saw a single one, though

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we ended up finishing the con and the filming of

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Slasher two. The weekend was pretty fun and exciting from

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the whole being kidnapped thing. As for Slasher two, it

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came out in time for Valentine's Day weekend A year later.

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It even screamed at the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Horror Con.

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Bethany and I were at the con in person to

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celebrate the movie with the Corgan Twins and some of

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the actors. As for the ghouls in the movie, the

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Corgan Twins were able to again make movie magic to

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incorporate them to flow flawlessly with the rest of the movie.

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Bethany and I were also at the con to celebrate

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our first Valentine's Day anniversary together. I used to be

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a real hater of Valentine's Day. Now I anticipate it

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knowing I've still got Bethany very much in my life.

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Oh and as for Slasher three, Valentine's screams, Well, you're

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going to have to be patient on that one and

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come to Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Horror Con next year

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to see it, and yes we're filming that sequel here too.

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So until the third installment, this sequels a wrap. Happy

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Valentine's Day everyone, Well, my spookys, you've survived a marathon

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of truly evil love and I hope you're safe at

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home or wherever it is you listen, don't worry. We

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have a brand new story all about the terrors and

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pitfalls of the heart coming next week as we unveil

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a brand new Weekly Spooky novella by Rob Fields, and

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you will not want to miss it. So make sure

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remember I love you.