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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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into the short hallway, I walk towards the living room.
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I can hear a soap opera on the TV. I
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stop and listen under the din of dialogue from the TV.
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I hear the wind outside, the tick tick sound of
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snow and freezing rain against the windows, and then floorboards
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creaking with the unmistakable sound of someone walking over them. Debby,
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the voice giggles again, come and find me.
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More scares to come weekly, spooky. We'll be right back.
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I storm into the living room, ready to confront the
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weirdo intruder. You picked the wrong fucking time. Empty. I
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switched the TV off and I listen again. Maybe my
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mind finally has hitched a ride to crazy town. The
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house is still silent save for the wind and snow outside.
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The furnace in the basement rumbles on, making me flinch
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like a maniac, tears sting my eyes as laughter gives
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way to crying. I really have fucking flipped out, wiping
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them away. I see them there, reflected in the black
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of the TV screen, watching me from the hall, darting
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away before I can turn. Scrambling to my feet, I
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grabbed the empty gun and give chase. I can hear
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them upstairs. Yesterday upon the stair I met a man
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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
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00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:38.680
somewhere upstairs. I know that poem from a long time ago,
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00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:42.319
when I was a little girl. I creep up the stairs,
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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,
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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
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00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:04.440
of them. Yeah right, Why am I scared? I was
476
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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
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00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:23.279
search the upstairs, trying to look as bad ass as
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possible with an empty gun. That's when it hits me.
482
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I am fucking nuts. There's not a living soul up here.
483
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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
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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,
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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.
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Its long hair and pigtails hang down on black shoulders.
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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
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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
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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
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Nobody at school likes her. She reads too much. She's51300:34:41.480 --> 00:34:45.000
too much of a tomboy. Boo hoo. Maddie mocks me,51400:34:45.280 --> 00:34:49.639
making a tearful face. Somebody needed a friend, and Maddie51500:34:49.719 --> 00:34:54.599
got the call. Her voice suddenly changes, becoming cold. Until51600:34:54.719 --> 00:34:59.559
somebody tossed me aside. Maddie backs away from me, her51700:34:59.639 --> 00:35:03.920
gaze locked on me. But I didn't go away. Couldn't51800:35:04.280 --> 00:35:06.760
that figure in the corner of your eye, that shadow51900:35:06.760 --> 00:35:09.559
in the dark room, that was me? She does a52000:35:09.599 --> 00:35:13.320
little jig. You can't kill yourself, Deb, I won't let you.52100:35:14.159 --> 00:35:17.280
If I made you, I can unmake you. I grab52200:35:17.280 --> 00:35:19.519
a small ceramic statue on the dresser and throw it52300:35:19.559 --> 00:35:22.320
at this Mattie. It bounces off her head when I52400:35:22.360 --> 00:35:26.559
expected it to pass right through. Ow. She hollers, the52500:35:26.639 --> 00:35:30.840
manic joyfulness gone from her voice. Bitch. She runs out52600:35:30.880 --> 00:35:33.000
of the bedroom, holding her head. I can hear her52700:35:33.039 --> 00:35:36.519
feet on the stairs as she goes down. Looking down52800:35:36.559 --> 00:35:39.840
at the plush royal blue carpet, I see a trail52900:35:39.920 --> 00:35:45.800
of crimson blood. I follow Maddie's blood downstairs to the kitchen.53000:35:46.400 --> 00:35:49.239
Bloody handprits on the doorframe, welcome me. As I enter,53100:35:49.760 --> 00:35:52.519
Mattie has bent over the sink, washing the blood off53200:35:52.519 --> 00:35:55.599
of her forehead with a wet towel. Fuck you, deb53300:35:55.800 --> 00:35:59.039
you always did have a temper. She turned to glare53400:35:59.079 --> 00:36:03.159
at me, dash of bright crimson and her black forehead.53500:36:03.840 --> 00:36:06.199
She holds the wet towel to it as she finishes53600:36:06.239 --> 00:36:09.679
off my glass of brandy, leaving behind bloody fingerprints on53700:36:09.719 --> 00:36:17.800
the glass. I'm sorry, I think you can feel pain. Well, no, duh,53800:36:17.920 --> 00:36:21.440
of course I can feel pain. She pours herself more brandy,53900:36:21.480 --> 00:36:24.400
gulping it down in one go. This is some good shit,54000:36:24.519 --> 00:36:27.800
by the way, got me bandages. I go to the54100:36:27.840 --> 00:36:31.599
downstairs bathroom, grabbing some bandages from the medicine cabinet. When54200:36:31.639 --> 00:36:35.480
I come back, Maddie and her bloodstains are gone. Suddenly54300:36:35.519 --> 00:36:39.159
I feel light headed. My head is buzzing.54400:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.719
Uh.54500:36:40.320 --> 00:36:43.440
I take more aspiren than the recommended dosage. Lying down54600:36:43.480 --> 00:36:46.840
on the couch, I feel as if I'm melting into it,54700:36:46.920 --> 00:36:51.559
becoming one with the upholstery. I wake up some time later.54800:36:51.960 --> 00:36:54.800
The sun is low in the sky, snow still falling,54900:36:54.920 --> 00:36:58.519
but not as heavy as before. My head feels better now.55000:36:59.320 --> 00:37:02.559
Maybe that was all a dream. The snub nose sits55100:37:02.599 --> 00:37:05.880
on the coffee table next to the knife. I'd left55200:37:05.880 --> 00:37:09.960
those upstairs. Yes, yes, it was all a dream. I'd55300:37:10.000 --> 00:37:12.159
just fallen asleep on the couch and dreamed the whole55400:37:12.239 --> 00:37:16.880
damn thing a fever dream. The floorboards upstairs creak, and55500:37:16.960 --> 00:37:20.000
my heart skips a beat. This is an old house.55600:37:20.039 --> 00:37:22.800
It's just settling, that's all. I pick up the gun.55700:37:23.000 --> 00:37:26.760
Still no bullets. That hasn't changed. What also hasn't changed?55800:37:27.159 --> 00:37:30.719
Is it still fucking Valentine's Day? Why couldn't I have55900:37:30.800 --> 00:37:32.719
just slept through the rest of it instead of the56000:37:32.800 --> 00:37:36.440
day that won't end, dragging on, not letting me forget56100:37:36.440 --> 00:37:41.239
what I've lost. I remember one Valentine's Day, Johnny made56200:37:41.280 --> 00:37:45.800
this specialty for dinner, spaghetti and salad. We watched an56300:37:45.800 --> 00:37:48.880
old western on the TV, something starring the guy that56400:37:48.920 --> 00:37:52.280
played Superman's dad. It had been an exhausting week for56500:37:52.320 --> 00:37:54.039
both of us, and we fell asleep on the couch56600:37:54.079 --> 00:37:57.920
halfway through the film, my head on his shoulder. The56700:37:58.000 --> 00:38:01.079
holiday didn't end up in a moment of passion and56800:38:01.280 --> 00:38:06.400
ended in a moment of mundane tenderness, and I wouldn't56900:38:06.400 --> 00:38:09.280
trade it for anything. A knock at the front door57000:38:09.320 --> 00:38:12.519
startles me out of my fond memory. I wait, holding57100:38:12.559 --> 00:38:15.320
my breath. Perhaps it was just a noise and not57200:38:15.519 --> 00:38:18.920
somebody at the door, some snow falling off the roof,57300:38:18.960 --> 00:38:23.280
for the like. Then another knock comes, ruining my fabrication,57400:38:23.840 --> 00:38:28.519
followed rapidly by a third Hello. A man asks from57500:38:28.519 --> 00:38:31.559
the other side of the door, is anybody there? Don't57600:38:31.599 --> 00:38:34.760
answer it, Mattie says, dropping into the recliner in the corner.57700:38:35.079 --> 00:38:38.639
The chairs old springs straining from the sudden weight. Fuck me,57800:38:38.840 --> 00:38:41.239
I blurted out, in surprise. Where did you come from?57900:38:41.719 --> 00:38:44.519
I notice her features have become more defined now, the58000:38:44.639 --> 00:38:48.000
darkness lessening somewhat. Her head no longer has a bandage,58100:38:48.039 --> 00:38:51.679
nor a bloody gash. I've been hovering about, sleepy head.58200:38:51.920 --> 00:38:54.320
She tilts the recliner back. You know you talk in58300:38:54.360 --> 00:38:57.599
your sleep. Mattie looks up at the ceiling. Who's racks?58400:38:58.280 --> 00:39:02.280
Johnny used to kid me about talking in my sleep? Rex?58500:39:02.360 --> 00:39:06.039
Why does that name seem familiar? Hello? The knocking at58600:39:06.039 --> 00:39:09.039
the door becomes more aggressive. I can hear you in there.58700:39:09.079 --> 00:39:11.880
Please come to the door. The man pauses. His voice58800:39:11.920 --> 00:39:16.159
sounds strained. I need help. I pick up the empty gun,58900:39:16.559 --> 00:39:19.599
holding it like a magical charm capable of warding off evil.59000:39:19.599 --> 00:39:22.199
As I approach the front door, I look through the59100:39:22.199 --> 00:39:25.320
people at the man outside. He stands on the porch,59200:39:25.760 --> 00:39:28.960
a desperate look etched on his face. His hair looks59300:39:29.039 --> 00:39:32.360
recently shaved off, and he's wearing snow covered clothes and59400:39:32.400 --> 00:39:34.559
a band aid on his forehead over his left eye.59500:39:35.119 --> 00:39:37.800
The man looked over his shoulder anxiously before turning back59600:39:37.840 --> 00:39:41.440
to the door. Please you have to hurry, the man pleads,59700:39:41.440 --> 00:39:43.800
as he knocks again. I reach for the dead bolt.59800:39:44.199 --> 00:39:48.360
I wouldn't do it, Maddie warns me. Shush, I turn59900:39:48.400 --> 00:39:51.119
the lock on the door, only partly convinced there's really60000:39:51.159 --> 00:39:54.239
someone out there and it's not another delusion. I pull60100:39:54.280 --> 00:39:56.840
open the door a little, peeking through the crack at60200:39:56.840 --> 00:40:00.599
this unwelcome stranger. His clothes look ill, fitting a size60300:40:00.679 --> 00:40:03.360
or two too big for his frame. Behind him, I60400:40:03.400 --> 00:40:05.360
noticed his tracks through the ankle deep snow.60500:40:06.519 --> 00:40:12.559
Yes, U sh it was only the wind. You're safe,60600:40:12.960 --> 00:40:15.000
weekly spooky. We'll be right back.60700:40:16.400 --> 00:40:20.320
You took long enough, the man grumbles. Excuse me. The60800:40:20.360 --> 00:40:23.480
man shivers, looking around. I'm freezing out here? Can I60900:40:23.519 --> 00:40:27.599
come in? Can I trust him? Should I? What are61000:40:27.599 --> 00:40:31.320
you doing way out here in a storm? Suddenly, violently,61100:40:31.519 --> 00:40:33.840
he pushes the door open, knocking me to the floor.61200:40:34.000 --> 00:40:36.199
I land hard on my back. The air pushes out61300:40:36.239 --> 00:40:39.000
of my lungs, the empty gun sliding across the floor.61400:40:39.480 --> 00:40:42.199
I don't have time for your shit, he angrily screams61500:40:42.199 --> 00:40:44.599
as he slams the door shut. Gasping for air. I61600:40:44.679 --> 00:40:46.960
tried to get to my feet, get a weapon. It's61700:40:47.000 --> 00:40:49.079
no use. The man pushes me to the floor with61800:40:49.119 --> 00:40:52.519
a snow covered boot. Is there anyone here? Are you alone?61900:40:53.119 --> 00:40:55.239
His head darts back and forth as he takes in62000:40:55.280 --> 00:40:57.599
the room. He gives me another love tap from his62100:40:57.679 --> 00:41:01.079
booted foot Before retrieving the gun from the floor. He62200:41:01.199 --> 00:41:05.000
checks the cylinder, laughing, what were you gonna do? Wave62300:41:05.039 --> 00:41:08.880
this around and use harsh language to scare me. Mattie62400:41:08.880 --> 00:41:11.400
slides up behind him. Told you not to let him in.62500:41:12.159 --> 00:41:15.159
I didn't let him in. I managed able to breathe again.62600:41:15.480 --> 00:41:19.679
The man looks around, perplexed. The fuck you talking about, lady?62700:41:20.760 --> 00:41:23.760
What do you want? I ask? I don't have any money. Oh,62800:41:23.800 --> 00:41:26.719
we'll see about that. He pulls me up, dragging me62900:41:26.760 --> 00:41:28.840
to the couch. Both our eyes go to the knife63000:41:28.880 --> 00:41:31.559
on the coffee table before meeting again. He hurls me63100:41:31.599 --> 00:41:33.639
into the couch. When I managed to sit up, he63200:41:33.760 --> 00:41:37.199
hits me in the face hard, hard enough that the63300:41:37.199 --> 00:41:40.920
world goes black. When my eyes open again, the man63400:41:41.000 --> 00:41:44.679
stands over me, the knife in his hand. Just what63500:41:44.719 --> 00:41:47.440
the hell were you up to here? He leans forward,63600:41:47.440 --> 00:41:50.199
giving me a good view of the knife. I'll ask63700:41:50.239 --> 00:41:55.280
you again, is there anybody else here? I shake my head,63800:41:55.639 --> 00:41:57.719
noticing I've been tied to a dining room chair in63900:41:57.760 --> 00:42:00.320
the living room, I can taste blood on my life lips.64000:42:01.159 --> 00:42:04.480
If you're lying, I can make it very unpleasant for you.64100:42:04.880 --> 00:42:07.800
I glare at him, more angry at myself than him.64200:42:08.519 --> 00:42:11.039
For once, I should have listened to the delusion prancing64300:42:11.079 --> 00:42:15.480
around my house. As he looks down at me, I64400:42:15.559 --> 00:42:21.199
recognize who's invaded my home, Charles Lee Andrew, serial killer64500:42:21.920 --> 00:42:25.920
and rapist. With this revelation, a stark fear creeps into64600:42:25.960 --> 00:42:30.039
my belly. Yes, I want to die, but not like this,64700:42:30.840 --> 00:42:34.800
and not by his hand. I'm gonna go poke around. Uh,64800:42:34.920 --> 00:42:39.119
you sit tight. He goes to leave and stops. Last chance.64900:42:39.559 --> 00:42:43.519
There's nobody here, right, Because if there is, they're fucked.65000:42:44.599 --> 00:42:47.800
I shake my head again, satisfied. He leaves me alone65100:42:47.840 --> 00:42:51.760
as he searches the house, our house, Johnny and me65200:42:51.880 --> 00:42:55.519
and little Angel. He has no right to be here.65300:42:56.280 --> 00:42:59.159
Fear begins to give way to anger, this time directed65400:42:59.199 --> 00:43:02.119
towards this inper I can hear him in the kitchen,65500:43:02.599 --> 00:43:05.760
opening and closing the fridge. He walks back into the room,65600:43:05.760 --> 00:43:09.960
eating a leftover chicken leg good chicken, you make it,65700:43:10.400 --> 00:43:15.000
he smirks, a greasy chicken smile. I stare holes through him,65800:43:15.159 --> 00:43:18.760
imagining his body being riddled with bullets, jerking around in65900:43:18.800 --> 00:43:21.679
a death dance as flesh and boner shredded in a66000:43:21.719 --> 00:43:24.480
hail of lead. Of course, that would leave a hell66100:43:24.519 --> 00:43:27.679
of a mess when I really wouldn't want to clean up.66200:43:28.360 --> 00:43:30.880
You know, you look like shit, he remarks, setting a66300:43:30.920 --> 00:43:33.000
plate with the half finished chicken leg down at the66400:43:33.039 --> 00:43:36.039
coffee table. I mean, other than where I socked you66500:43:36.079 --> 00:43:39.039
in the kisser, I watched as he looks out the window.66600:43:40.000 --> 00:43:42.960
This is perfect with the storm in this place, being66700:43:43.039 --> 00:43:46.239
in the middle of nowhere in East Jesus, the comps66800:43:46.239 --> 00:43:49.239
won't be around. I can definitely lie low and catch66900:43:49.239 --> 00:43:52.000
a breath. He bends down close to me and locks67000:43:52.000 --> 00:43:55.760
me in his gaze, and I definitely plan on having67100:43:55.800 --> 00:43:59.119
some fun before I go. He tries kissing me on67200:43:59.159 --> 00:44:01.639
the lips. I managed to pull away, and he kisses67300:44:01.679 --> 00:44:05.400
my cheek. I turn my head in disgust. Seeing Johnny's67400:44:05.480 --> 00:44:09.039
urn on the mantle, I start to cry. I don't67500:44:09.079 --> 00:44:13.519
want him to see this, not my Johnny. The bastard67600:44:13.599 --> 00:44:16.119
notices my tears, sees the urn and the picture of67700:44:16.199 --> 00:44:20.159
Johnny next to it. Aw, what are you crying about,67800:44:20.199 --> 00:44:23.159
sweet cheeks? He picks up the picture, gawking at it67900:44:23.199 --> 00:44:26.559
with those soulless eyes, before turning his attention to the urn.68000:44:27.440 --> 00:44:31.360
This your your dead hubby, Fuck you, I spit out68100:44:31.360 --> 00:44:36.119
between sobs. You will, don't worry, you will. He drops68200:44:36.159 --> 00:44:39.719
the picture to the floor, shattering the glass. First, I68300:44:39.719 --> 00:44:42.760
think I'll look around and then freshen up, maybe take68400:44:42.800 --> 00:44:44.519
a nice shit and see if you still have some68500:44:44.599 --> 00:44:48.039
of your old man's duds. Seeing your little shrine here,68600:44:48.079 --> 00:44:51.800
I'm willing to bet that's a yes. And then I'm68700:44:51.840 --> 00:44:55.199
left alone, left alone to think about this mess. I'm68800:44:55.199 --> 00:45:00.119
in mess. It's a fucking nightmare. I can hear him68900:45:00.119 --> 00:45:04.400
moving about the first floor, ransacking the place and making comments,69000:45:04.440 --> 00:45:08.559
stoking the boiling anger inside me. I struggle against the69100:45:08.599 --> 00:45:11.239
ropes holding me to this chair. I flex my muscles,69200:45:11.280 --> 00:45:14.679
imagining myself bursting through the ropes with sheer force of will.69300:45:15.039 --> 00:45:18.800
When this fails, I slump in the chair, tired and defeated.69400:45:19.639 --> 00:45:23.239
Maybe I will die this day, just not how I envisioned.69500:45:23.800 --> 00:45:26.960
Come on, you can do it, kiddo. Maddie sits down69600:45:26.960 --> 00:45:29.239
on the floor in front of me. Easy for you69700:45:29.320 --> 00:45:32.199
to fucking say. I grumble, Why don't you help me?69800:45:32.760 --> 00:45:35.239
She lies down on her side, propped up on one elbow.69900:45:36.119 --> 00:45:40.079
It don't work like that. Gotta do it. Yourself. That70000:45:40.239 --> 00:45:44.599
fucking figures. Cheeze it, Maddie warns me I could hear70100:45:44.679 --> 00:45:47.320
him coming back down the hall. After a tense couple70200:45:47.400 --> 00:45:50.760
of minutes waiting, he appears in the doorway. Not much70300:45:50.800 --> 00:45:53.880
down here. Got a question, though, what's with the lock70400:45:53.960 --> 00:45:58.280
on the basement door? I shrug. I don't know. Doesn't70500:45:58.320 --> 00:46:02.280
everybody have that? Sure, I'll deal with that later. For now,70600:46:02.519 --> 00:46:05.519
I'm headed upstairs. Hope this shithole gets better on the70700:46:05.519 --> 00:46:08.960
second floor. Mattie sticks her tongue out as he walks away.70800:46:09.360 --> 00:46:12.079
What a dick, She turns back to me. Come on,70900:46:12.440 --> 00:46:15.920
now's your chance. While he's screwing around upstairs. I'm thinking,71000:46:15.960 --> 00:46:18.679
I'm thinking, I say, before letting out a loud fart.71100:46:19.800 --> 00:46:24.119
Maddie backs away, waving at the air. Oh fuck, really, sorry,71200:46:24.360 --> 00:46:29.400
just the stress. I think something died. Maddie coughs. You71300:46:29.440 --> 00:46:33.000
could kill him with that reek. Sure you can smell that.71400:46:33.159 --> 00:46:36.559
Yet you can't help me. Hey, I don't make the rules.71500:46:36.800 --> 00:46:40.039
She stands, holding her nose. I'm gonna sit this one out.71600:46:40.639 --> 00:46:43.960
Maddie leaves. Finally a chance to think. I can hear71700:46:44.039 --> 00:46:47.840
him upstairs doing God knows what Maddie's right, I have71800:46:47.920 --> 00:46:51.039
to get free. Unable to do anything but look around71900:46:51.079 --> 00:46:54.440
the room and think, I start to form a desperate plan.72000:46:55.119 --> 00:46:57.559
By the time he comes back downstairs, dressed in some72100:46:57.599 --> 00:47:01.119
of Johnny's clothes, night had fallen outside, and I had72200:47:01.159 --> 00:47:03.559
a plan. He now has a piece of paper in72300:47:03.559 --> 00:47:06.239
his hand. He holds it out, showing me a newspaper72400:47:06.320 --> 00:47:10.119
clipping about a missing man. Who's this? You got all72500:47:10.119 --> 00:47:13.119
these clippings about the search for this guy? He picks72600:47:13.159 --> 00:47:16.440
up Johnny's picture from the floor, shattered glass falling off.72700:47:17.320 --> 00:47:20.199
Don't look like your husband, he grins. Did you have72800:47:20.280 --> 00:47:23.880
something on the side? My heart races somewhere deep in72900:47:23.920 --> 00:47:27.239
my mind. A loud banging starts. A door that desperately73000:47:27.280 --> 00:47:30.480
wants to open begins to crack. I know who you are,73100:47:31.119 --> 00:47:35.159
Charles Lee Andrew. You're on the run, he grins, a73200:47:35.280 --> 00:47:39.440
devil's grin. My reputation precedes me. Then you know how73300:47:39.519 --> 00:47:43.440
dangerous I am. I know you're just a sad, sick73400:47:43.639 --> 00:47:47.400
shit who gets off hurting women. Then you should be73500:47:47.559 --> 00:47:51.199
nice to me. I ignore his words, watching how my73600:47:51.280 --> 00:47:55.639
words hit him. What's wrong? Daddy beat you? Mommy didn't73700:47:55.639 --> 00:48:00.800
love you enough? Boo fucking who, Charlie, I fake. This73800:48:00.960 --> 00:48:03.760
was too much for him. He storms over to the mantle,73900:48:03.800 --> 00:48:08.679
grabbing Johnny's urn. Shut your fucking mouth, or he opens74000:48:08.719 --> 00:48:11.960
the urn, forcing my husband's remains into my mouth. I74100:48:12.079 --> 00:48:15.440
choke on the ashes, my eyes burning finished. He throws74200:48:15.440 --> 00:48:17.840
the urn down across the room. That's one way to74300:48:17.920 --> 00:48:21.239
suck your husband. The son of a bitch laughs. I74400:48:21.360 --> 00:48:26.079
stained for air, coughing out clouds of black. That's all74500:48:26.119 --> 00:48:30.079
you got, pussy boy, I say, hoping to push him further.74600:48:30.559 --> 00:48:32.639
I bet Mommy used to touch you and call you74700:48:32.639 --> 00:48:35.320
her special little boy, and you liked it. Give you74800:48:35.360 --> 00:48:37.960
a nice hard one, did it, I smile with ash74900:48:38.000 --> 00:48:43.239
covered lips. No, maybe it was daddy who did the touching, cunt.75000:48:43.480 --> 00:48:47.079
He screams, every letter filled with venom. Lifting me in75100:48:47.119 --> 00:48:49.320
the chair off the ground, he slams me down on75200:48:49.360 --> 00:48:51.800
the floor. I scream out in pain as my arms75300:48:51.800 --> 00:48:53.800
are pinned to the floor by my own weight. Not75400:48:53.840 --> 00:48:56.840
wasting any time, my now numb hand gropes around on75500:48:56.880 --> 00:49:01.039
the carpet. Come on, come on, they have to here somewhere.75600:49:01.159 --> 00:49:03.599
Those shards of glass from Johnny's picture. If I can75700:49:03.639 --> 00:49:05.800
just grab one and get enough time to use it,75800:49:06.440 --> 00:49:09.239
but this enraged asshole isn't giving me much of a chance.75900:49:09.400 --> 00:49:12.559
He looms over me, kicking at my down body. I76000:49:12.599 --> 00:49:14.920
need to get a look at the floor. Thankfully, this76100:49:15.039 --> 00:49:17.760
douchebag didn't see fit to tie my legs to the chair.76200:49:18.039 --> 00:49:20.559
I kick out. After a couple of tries, I score76300:49:20.599 --> 00:49:23.760
a direct hit, hitting him in the balls, doubling the76400:49:23.800 --> 00:49:26.960
bastard over and buying me some time. I roll over76500:49:27.000 --> 00:49:30.599
onto my knees, my eyes searching the carpet. There a76600:49:30.639 --> 00:49:33.480
couple of big shards of glass. I roll over onto76700:49:33.519 --> 00:49:35.639
my back, trying to keep the gap of the chairs76800:49:35.719 --> 00:49:38.519
back even with the glass. I keep my eyes glued76900:49:38.519 --> 00:49:40.719
to the bastard as my fingers run over the floor,77000:49:40.920 --> 00:49:43.840
feeling for more. Charlie glares at me as he clutches77100:49:43.920 --> 00:49:46.840
himself in pain. The jagged glass cuts into my fingers77200:49:46.840 --> 00:49:48.960
when I find it, I poke my arms a couple77300:49:49.000 --> 00:49:51.320
of times as I line the glass up with my bonds,77400:49:51.519 --> 00:49:54.000
the glass slicing into my hands as easy as it77500:49:54.039 --> 00:49:56.639
does the rope restraining me. I feel my hands come77600:49:56.679 --> 00:50:00.199
free as Charlie limps toward me, anger so intense I77700:50:00.239 --> 00:50:03.400
can feel its heat boils out of his very Being77800:50:04.280 --> 00:50:06.559
freed of the chair, I push away from it, kicking77900:50:06.599 --> 00:50:09.480
it into his path. Pained, he barely dodges it, his78000:50:09.559 --> 00:50:12.559
face red with rage. Charlie lunges at me, his hands78100:50:12.599 --> 00:50:16.760
at my throat. I strike out with a shard of glass.78200:50:18.920 --> 00:50:24.280
Are you afraid? Good, weekly, spooky, We'll be right back.78300:50:26.360 --> 00:50:29.239
Thank you, officer, I appreciate it. I smiled at the78400:50:29.280 --> 00:50:33.039
trooper on my porch, just doing our job, ma'am. The78500:50:33.079 --> 00:50:36.440
storm really hindered our search well, as you can see,78600:50:36.480 --> 00:50:39.519
I really got snowed in here. Not that it matters.78700:50:39.719 --> 00:50:43.000
You're the first visitor I've had in ages. After a78800:50:43.000 --> 00:50:46.039
little small talk, the trooper leaves. I watch him leave,78900:50:46.440 --> 00:50:49.800
locking the door as he drives off. I lucked out.79000:50:50.400 --> 00:50:52.880
I was shoveling off the porch when the trooper showed up.79100:50:53.159 --> 00:50:56.039
My cut hands were covered up by black and purple gloves.79200:50:56.480 --> 00:51:00.280
If he'd seen them, would he have known? Would he79300:51:00.320 --> 00:51:04.159
have probed further? I don't know. I pick up a79400:51:04.159 --> 00:51:06.119
set of keys from the stand by the front door,79500:51:06.239 --> 00:51:09.199
my hands still sensitive as they begin to heal. I79600:51:09.280 --> 00:51:12.679
walk to the basement door, unlocking the silver padlock and79700:51:12.719 --> 00:51:16.519
stepping down into the darkness. The nauseating smell of feces79800:51:16.559 --> 00:51:19.519
and pists burned my eyes and nose. I need to79900:51:19.519 --> 00:51:22.679
buy a couple dozen air fresheners for down here. My80000:51:22.760 --> 00:51:25.360
hand runs over the walls, stopping at the light switch.80100:51:25.800 --> 00:51:28.760
The basement lights hissed life below me. I feel as80200:51:28.760 --> 00:51:31.760
if a great milestone has been taken off my shoulders80300:51:32.239 --> 00:51:36.639
during that fight with Charles Lee Andrew. The door buried80400:51:36.639 --> 00:51:39.719
deep in the back of my mind finally flew open.80500:51:40.639 --> 00:51:44.480
Just in time too. I step onto the cold cement floor,80600:51:44.519 --> 00:51:49.000
and I'm greeted by a pitiful, sobbing grunt. Music to80700:51:49.079 --> 00:51:53.719
my ears. How are we doing today? Charlie chained to80800:51:53.760 --> 00:51:56.320
a wall and a pair of stained briefs, My new80900:51:56.360 --> 00:51:59.880
pet groans into his cloth, gag his bare chest and81000:52:00.119 --> 00:52:03.559
back a map of scars and bruises. I wheel out81100:52:03.599 --> 00:52:07.800
my tray of toys, selecting a nasty looking box cutter.81200:52:08.599 --> 00:52:12.920
Are we ready for playtime? Charles Lee Andrew, once a81300:52:12.960 --> 00:52:17.800
feared killer, tries to plead through his cloth gag no doubt,81400:52:17.840 --> 00:52:21.760
begging me to let him go. Don't worry, Love, the81500:52:21.840 --> 00:52:24.960
cops don't even think you're in this county anymore. From81600:52:24.960 --> 00:52:28.119
the other side of the basement. Chains rattled as he stirred.81700:52:28.559 --> 00:52:32.199
A thin, filthy man emerged from the shadows, crawling on81800:52:32.280 --> 00:52:36.840
all fours. His knees bore the scars of two bullet wounds.81900:52:37.360 --> 00:52:41.440
Don't worry, Rex, Mommy won't forget you again, I coo,82000:52:42.199 --> 00:52:45.800
I turned back to Charlie. I think Rex is a82100:52:45.840 --> 00:52:49.360
little jealous of you. Don't worry you two will have82200:52:49.480 --> 00:52:52.440
plenty of time to get to know each other. Perched82300:52:52.480 --> 00:52:56.559
on the stairs, Maddie watches with delight as I begin82400:52:57.320 --> 00:53:11.760
to slice be my by Shane Migliovoka. She just sat82500:53:11.800 --> 00:53:14.400
down on the bed with the cat snuggling up next82600:53:14.400 --> 00:53:18.159
to her, when the knock came at the door. Blake82700:53:18.199 --> 00:53:21.280
looked over at her roommate, Cassie, buried in her phone82800:53:21.360 --> 00:53:27.280
and closer to the door door. Cassie didn't answer, Nope,82900:53:27.639 --> 00:53:32.639
guess not. Blake looked down at her cat, Dean, sorry buddy.83000:53:33.320 --> 00:53:36.840
She stood as the cat looked up at her, completely disappointed.83100:53:37.519 --> 00:53:40.960
Blake crossed the small, messy dorm room as another knock came.83200:53:41.639 --> 00:53:47.199
I got it, huh, Cassie mumbled. Opening the door, Blake83300:53:47.320 --> 00:53:50.480
was greeted by Maggie from down the hall. The girl83400:53:50.559 --> 00:53:53.039
beamed at her from behind a pair of thick glasses.83500:53:53.760 --> 00:53:59.320
Here she thrust a pink heart shaped box at Blake. Uh. Thanks,83600:53:59.800 --> 00:54:04.719
I guess, Blake said, taking the box. Maggie frowned. It's83700:54:04.760 --> 00:54:07.079
not for me. It was sitting on the table in83800:54:07.119 --> 00:54:11.920
the lobby with your name on it. Oh. Thanks, a83900:54:11.960 --> 00:54:16.320
box of candy for her. There was nobody she could84000:54:16.360 --> 00:54:19.280
think of who'd do something like that. Going to the84100:54:19.360 --> 00:54:24.280
Valentine's dance tonight, Maggie asked, before Blake could shut the door. Nope,84200:54:24.480 --> 00:54:28.679
got a paper to finish. That sucks. Blake shut the door.84300:54:29.440 --> 00:54:32.599
It really did suck, but not for the reason. Maggie thought.84400:54:32.960 --> 00:54:35.519
She was struggling with the assignment, dragging her feet on84500:54:35.599 --> 00:54:39.800
it since day one. Now the deadline was looming. There84600:54:39.840 --> 00:54:42.360
was a pink envelope taped to the boxes front with84700:54:42.400 --> 00:54:46.440
Blake's name written in glitter. Inside was a Valentine's card84800:54:46.480 --> 00:54:50.119
with a cute cat on the front, which read your Prefect.84900:54:51.440 --> 00:54:54.519
Underneath the card's message was another written in red ink.85000:54:55.119 --> 00:55:00.519
It read Roses are red, Violets are blue. Who's you85100:55:01.239 --> 00:55:05.719
Meet me? Under the east bleachers at eight pm what's that,85200:55:06.400 --> 00:55:13.199
Cassie asked, she lives. Blake answered, huh. Blake rattled the box.85300:55:13.960 --> 00:55:18.000
Someone left me a Valentine's gift. You got a secret admirer,85400:55:19.199 --> 00:55:22.280
guess so they want me to meet them tonight under85500:55:22.280 --> 00:55:26.159
the bleachers. Probably some tawny rapists looking to assault a85600:55:26.239 --> 00:55:30.760
rich college girl. I'm not rich. They don't know that.85700:55:31.320 --> 00:55:35.039
Pop that fucker open, Cassie said, sliding forward on her bed.85800:55:35.639 --> 00:55:41.079
Bet there's a human heart inside. Nope, candies, Blake answered,85900:55:41.079 --> 00:55:46.000
popping a chocolate into her mouth. Damn, Cassie groaned. Gonna86000:55:46.000 --> 00:55:50.440
meet this mystery admirer. No time for love, doctor Jones.86100:55:50.679 --> 00:55:53.360
I've got a paper to finish, Blake pet the cat,86200:55:53.639 --> 00:55:56.239
still lounging on her bed, before picking up her coat86300:55:56.280 --> 00:55:59.760
and book bag. I'm off to the library. Billy's letting86400:55:59.760 --> 00:56:06.079
me in. Oh kinky, Cassie laughed. There's your secret heart sender, Billy.86500:56:07.000 --> 00:56:12.360
I'm pretty sure he's gay. Well so are you, Casey stated,86600:56:12.760 --> 00:56:15.400
it doesn't work that way. He doesn't have the kind86700:56:15.440 --> 00:56:19.360
of parts I like. Blake slipped on her coat and86800:56:19.440 --> 00:56:21.639
rested the strap of the book bag on her shoulder.86900:56:22.360 --> 00:56:26.320
What about you meeting Steve at the dance. Cassie's gaze87000:56:26.360 --> 00:56:28.719
drifted over to her phone, lying on the bed next87100:56:28.719 --> 00:56:32.760
to her. Nah, he's busy tonight, Just gonna chill here87200:56:32.760 --> 00:56:37.079
with the cat and some TV. Oh sorry, I knew87300:56:37.119 --> 00:56:40.239
you were looking forward to it. A smile crept across87400:56:40.320 --> 00:56:45.000
Cassie's face. Hey, we could go together. Blake could see87500:56:45.039 --> 00:56:47.880
the hopeful look in her friend's eyes, which made what87600:56:47.920 --> 00:56:52.519
she had to say painful. I'm sorry, I wish I could,87700:56:52.679 --> 00:56:55.599
she said, if I don't hunk her down and finish87800:56:55.679 --> 00:56:59.400
this paper, I can't screw up. My parents sacrificed a87900:56:59.400 --> 00:57:02.079
lot to get me here. She could feel her heart88000:57:02.159 --> 00:57:04.800
start to beat a bit faster as she imagined going88100:57:04.840 --> 00:57:08.519
back home after flunking out. The disappointment etched into her88200:57:08.559 --> 00:57:12.199
parents' faces. Blake felt sweat trickled down her cheek as88300:57:12.239 --> 00:57:16.840
she started to breathe more rapidly. Control, she told herself,88400:57:16.880 --> 00:57:21.039
taking in a deep, slow breath. Don't worry about it.88500:57:21.079 --> 00:57:26.000
I wasn't totally serious, Cassie said, perhaps sensing her friend's stress.88600:57:26.679 --> 00:57:31.360
I'm better off staying in tonight anyway. Everything okay, Yeah,88700:57:31.639 --> 00:57:35.960
just a little bummed, nothing big. You sure I could88800:57:35.960 --> 00:57:41.599
stay I'm sure, go get that paper done. Okay, I'm sorry,88900:57:42.199 --> 00:57:46.400
don't be I never am. Blake stepped out into the hallway,89000:57:46.480 --> 00:57:48.840
making her way past a group of girls all dressed89100:57:48.920 --> 00:57:51.719
up for the dance, before stepping outside into the bitter89200:57:51.840 --> 00:57:55.199
February air. The cold cut through her as she started89300:57:55.199 --> 00:57:58.519
across campus. Taking a pair of earbuds from her coat,89400:57:58.599 --> 00:58:01.280
she hit play on her phone. She'd put together a89500:58:01.320 --> 00:58:04.360
mix for tonight, something to get her motivated and keep89600:58:04.360 --> 00:58:07.920
her going. Walking along a lit path, snow and ice89700:58:08.000 --> 00:58:11.280
crunched under Blake's boots. Taking in a deep breath of89800:58:11.320 --> 00:58:14.400
cold air, she felt her heart beat going back to normal.89900:58:15.159 --> 00:58:18.519
Since middle school, Blake had suffered from panic attacks. She90000:58:18.599 --> 00:58:22.079
had trouble keeping her grades up, trouble fitting in. She'd90100:58:22.079 --> 00:58:23.920
found ways to cope with it over the years, with90200:58:23.960 --> 00:58:27.320
the help of the school counselor Miss Cheryl. Getting this90300:58:27.400 --> 00:58:30.920
paper finished would relieve a lot of stress. Most of90400:58:30.960 --> 00:58:33.840
the campus buildings were dark, only lit by a few90500:58:33.920 --> 00:58:37.360
lights left on and some spotlights on the outside. So90600:58:37.519 --> 00:58:42.599
many shadows, perfect for a towny to be lurking. Blake90700:58:42.679 --> 00:58:47.159
wanted to laugh off Cassie's comment, but here alone in90800:58:47.239 --> 00:58:49.960
the night, she wasn't so sure it was something to90900:58:50.039 --> 00:58:53.679
laugh at. Stopping to adjust her heavy book bag, Blake91000:58:53.760 --> 00:58:57.000
became aware of something as the song she was listening91100:58:57.000 --> 00:59:02.920
to faded out footfalls on the snow. She turned, picturing91200:59:02.960 --> 00:59:07.480
a salivating pack of Towney boys ready to pounce, ready91300:59:07.519 --> 00:59:10.000
to swing her book bag like a mace. Blake wouldn't91400:59:10.039 --> 00:59:13.920
go down without a fight. She turned and found herself91500:59:14.000 --> 00:59:19.039
face to face with the campus security guard. Hey hey, miss,91600:59:19.320 --> 00:59:22.840
the man nodded, where are you headed tonight? Not wanting91700:59:22.880 --> 00:59:26.119
to get Billy in trouble, she fibbed. Meeting a friend91800:59:26.119 --> 00:59:30.320
to study, she smiled. She noticed his name tag Red Stew.91900:59:30.960 --> 00:59:34.400
He looked like a stew, Blake thought, I see nose92000:59:34.440 --> 00:59:39.079
to the grindstone and all that commendable thanks. Blake could92100:59:39.159 --> 00:59:41.960
feel his eyes on her as she continued on. She92200:59:42.039 --> 00:59:45.079
felt a little better knowing there was somebody out keeping watch.92300:59:45.119 --> 00:59:48.400
While most of the campus was at the dance, The library,92400:59:48.639 --> 00:59:51.559
designed in the mid sixties, stood out against the rest92500:59:51.559 --> 00:59:53.920
of the campus, which had been renovated over the last92600:59:53.920 --> 00:59:57.360
few years. She knocked on the staff door around the92700:59:57.360 --> 01:00:00.559
building's back. After a few minutes of stand ding around,92801:00:00.559 --> 01:00:04.039
waiting and thinking Billy wasn't even there. The lock clicked92901:00:04.039 --> 01:00:07.119
and the metal door opened. A young man, a thin93001:00:07.280 --> 01:00:10.440
shadow of stubble covering his lower face, peeked his head out.93101:00:10.840 --> 01:00:13.719
His eyes darted back and forth before stopping on Blake.93201:00:14.559 --> 01:00:17.480
Is it secret? Is it safe?93301:00:18.400 --> 01:00:22.800
There's more scares where that came from. Weekly Spooky will93401:00:22.800 --> 01:00:23.840
be right back.93501:00:25.239 --> 01:00:31.239
Billy, Blake said wearily. He smiled broadly. Sorry, couldn't resist93601:00:31.599 --> 01:00:35.119
all this clandestine shit. It was your idea for me93701:00:35.159 --> 01:00:38.119
to use the staff entrance. Didn't want somebody seeing you93801:00:38.199 --> 01:00:40.920
come in the front after hours. Old man Styles would93901:00:40.960 --> 01:00:44.360
have my ass for breakfast. Blake shivered as the wind gusted,94001:00:44.880 --> 01:00:47.360
gonna let me in already, my non existent lady balls94101:00:47.400 --> 01:00:51.039
are freezing off. Billy stepped aside, and Blake entered what94201:00:51.119 --> 01:00:54.880
appeared to be the library's office area, a cluttered mess94301:00:54.880 --> 01:00:58.880
of desks and cabinets from somewhere in the library. Elvis94401:00:59.039 --> 01:01:02.719
crooned away as stepped into the main room. Only half lit,94501:01:02.760 --> 01:01:06.880
the library was a maze of bookshelves and shadows. Feel94601:01:06.880 --> 01:01:09.159
free to set up shop anywhere. I'll be down here94701:01:09.199 --> 01:01:12.119
doing inventory a while, so don't worry about getting the boot.94801:01:12.760 --> 01:01:16.239
Blake smiled, thank you for this. There's just too much94901:01:16.320 --> 01:01:19.760
chaos back at the dorm to focus. Besides, Cassie didn't95001:01:19.760 --> 01:01:25.119
go out tonight. Oh, she didn't go to the dance. Nah,95101:01:25.360 --> 01:01:29.000
got stood up. Kind of the same for me. All95201:01:29.039 --> 01:01:32.039
my help bailed so they could go to the dance. Well,95301:01:32.719 --> 01:01:35.679
at least you got the king. Music isn't going to95401:01:35.719 --> 01:01:38.920
be a problem, is it? Nope? Brought my own. Blake95501:01:38.960 --> 01:01:43.280
pointed to her earbuds. Where's it coming from anyway? Old95601:01:43.280 --> 01:01:45.840
man styles as a record player hooked up to the pa.95701:01:46.280 --> 01:01:48.480
He's got a shit ton of vinyl in his office.95801:01:49.000 --> 01:01:51.920
Billy pointed over his shoulder at the head librarian's office.95901:01:52.480 --> 01:01:56.239
Helps the night go by quicker. Blake headed upstairs and96001:01:56.239 --> 01:01:58.760
plopped down at a desk off in a corner. With96101:01:58.840 --> 01:02:01.440
her paper and reference material laid out on the desk,96201:02:01.960 --> 01:02:04.599
Blake popped open an energy drink and took a sip96301:02:05.360 --> 01:02:09.800
Sweet Sweet caffeine. She unpaused her music and got to work.96401:02:12.559 --> 01:02:16.119
Cassie's finger hung over the send button. How long ago96501:02:16.159 --> 01:02:18.840
had it been since she'd sent it? She wasn't sure.96601:02:19.400 --> 01:02:22.639
She read the message again, I know about the two96701:02:22.719 --> 01:02:27.079
of you. The message remained unseen by Steve. A part96801:02:27.079 --> 01:02:30.280
of her regretted sending it, the part that still loved96901:02:30.320 --> 01:02:35.480
him even though she'd seen them together. Fuck it, fuck97001:02:35.599 --> 01:02:39.920
him the shit. More cheaters coming up after this, the97101:02:40.000 --> 01:02:44.800
TV promised. Cassie pet the cat lying next to her. Here,97201:02:44.880 --> 01:02:48.119
I am on Valentine's Day petting my gay roommate's pussy,97301:02:48.400 --> 01:02:52.679
watching cheaters all alone, Cassie groaned, tapping the back of97401:02:52.679 --> 01:02:56.079
her head against the wall. Sorry, kitty, but I got97501:02:56.119 --> 01:02:59.840
a bounce. Cassie put on some lipstick, looking at her97601:03:00.199 --> 01:03:05.239
in the mirror. Fuck you, Steve. Putting on her jacket,97701:03:05.559 --> 01:03:07.840
Cassie looked at the cat curled up on her bed.97801:03:08.559 --> 01:03:11.800
I'll leave the TV on for you. Learn from Cheater's pal,97901:03:12.239 --> 01:03:15.960
don't fall in love. Snow had begun to fall, whipped98001:03:15.960 --> 01:03:18.599
along by the wind. Cassie was in the mood to98101:03:18.639 --> 01:03:23.239
do something bad. She could head to the dance, maybe98201:03:23.280 --> 01:03:29.440
find some action there. Now, all those couples dancing kissing,98301:03:29.880 --> 01:03:33.119
she'd feel more alone than back in the dorm room. Instead,98401:03:33.480 --> 01:03:37.280
Cassie headed towards the library. She hugged herself as the98501:03:37.320 --> 01:03:40.199
wind blew across the path, swirling snow in its wake.98601:03:40.960 --> 01:03:44.840
Cassie approached the sliding glass door and peered inside. She98701:03:44.960 --> 01:03:50.079
knocked on the glass, Hello, anybody around. She shivered and98801:03:50.159 --> 01:03:53.199
knocked on the window again. There seemed to be music98901:03:53.280 --> 01:03:57.159
coming from inside. Someone had to be in there. Hey,99001:03:57.800 --> 01:04:01.480
anybody alive in there? Keep it down. A voice barked99101:04:01.480 --> 01:04:04.320
at her from inside. Billy glared at her from over99201:04:04.360 --> 01:04:09.280
a stack of books. Cassie frowned, Sorry, geez, is Blake99301:04:09.320 --> 01:04:13.119
in there? Why I'm a roommate. I gotta tell her something.99401:04:13.920 --> 01:04:20.199
Cassie shivered, Please, Billy shook his head. Go around back. Thanks.99501:04:21.000 --> 01:04:22.920
Going around the back of the building, she saw the99601:04:22.960 --> 01:04:25.039
door open, and the young man motioned for her to99701:04:25.119 --> 01:04:28.239
hurry up. He slammed the door shut behind them as99801:04:28.239 --> 01:04:31.960
Cassie silently gave thanks for the heat. When I invited99901:04:31.960 --> 01:04:34.360
Blake to study here tonight, I didn't think it was100001:04:34.400 --> 01:04:39.599
an open invitation, Billy. Cassie asked, Blake didn't tell me100101:04:39.639 --> 01:04:42.880
you were such a grump. He laughed. I just don't100201:04:42.880 --> 01:04:44.880
want to get my ass in trouble. This job helps100301:04:44.880 --> 01:04:49.119
pay the bills. Cassie looked him over. I don't see100401:04:49.119 --> 01:04:53.000
any trouble with your ass. This visibly threw him off.100501:04:54.119 --> 01:04:57.000
So Blake is upstairs studying. I can show you the way.100601:04:57.719 --> 01:05:00.199
No need to show me. I've been here before, I100701:05:00.280 --> 01:05:05.360
know her hangout spot. I've noticed you around. Really. A100801:05:05.400 --> 01:05:07.679
loud knock from the front of the library startled the100901:05:07.719 --> 01:05:11.519
both of them. What the fuck? Billy complained, are you101001:05:11.599 --> 01:05:18.280
expecting somebody? Um? No, unless the cat followed me? Bill Murdoch,101101:05:18.719 --> 01:05:22.559
a man hollered from outside. Shit, Billy said, stay here,101201:05:22.880 --> 01:05:27.000
stay hidden. Billy left the office. Cassie could hear him101301:05:27.000 --> 01:05:30.239
talking to the other man. Music from the speakers obscuring101401:05:30.280 --> 01:05:34.000
some of their conversation. Billy assured him everything was okay.101501:05:34.679 --> 01:05:37.960
The man laughed, then wished Billy a good night. He101601:05:38.079 --> 01:05:43.280
came back looking harried. Everything cool, Cassie asked, yeah, just101701:05:43.320 --> 01:05:46.159
the security guy making his rounds. You better head up101801:05:46.199 --> 01:05:53.360
before someone else shows up. Stu almost made it back101901:05:53.400 --> 01:05:56.280
to the security hut, as he called it, when his102001:05:56.320 --> 01:05:59.599
phone rang. The Psycho theme ring tone told him all102101:05:59.599 --> 01:06:02.280
he needed to know. He didn't want to answer it,102201:06:02.360 --> 01:06:07.079
but ignoring it would be worse. Hi, honey, Stu tried102301:06:07.079 --> 01:06:09.880
to sound happy as he answered, what are you doing102401:06:10.639 --> 01:06:14.880
walking my rounds? How about you, honey? Sitting here alone.102501:06:14.960 --> 01:06:20.639
What do you think? Shit? Wrong choice of words. I'm sorry, baby.102601:06:20.719 --> 01:06:22.440
If I could get out of this, I would, but102701:06:22.639 --> 01:06:26.440
there's nobody else. Tell me the truth. You're not banging102801:06:26.480 --> 01:06:29.039
one of those young college floozies, are you?102901:06:29.079 --> 01:06:29.159
No?103001:06:30.079 --> 01:06:33.559
He tried to reassure her. I never would. I love you.103101:06:34.800 --> 01:06:39.840
Somebody giggled, are you laughing at me? He asked, the103201:06:39.880 --> 01:06:44.159
hell are you talking about? The childlike giggle came again.103301:06:45.039 --> 01:06:50.079
This time he was sure it wasn't his wife. Okay,103401:06:50.119 --> 01:06:54.320
who's out here? Another giggle came from somewhere in the dark,103501:06:55.280 --> 01:06:58.960
just off the footpath. Stu took out his flashlight and103601:06:59.000 --> 01:07:02.079
shined it into the dark. He expected to see a103701:07:02.119 --> 01:07:08.119
couple of students pranking him, but instead there was nothing. Stu,103801:07:08.559 --> 01:07:12.000
what the hell is going on? His wife asked, sorry, honey,103901:07:12.079 --> 01:07:16.519
work gotta go. He hung up. Stepping off the path,104001:07:16.800 --> 01:07:19.679
he shined his light over the snow covered ground. There104101:07:19.760 --> 01:07:22.599
was nothing out of the ordinary, but a quick flash104201:07:22.639 --> 01:07:26.159
of movement among the trees caught his eye. More giggling104301:07:26.599 --> 01:07:30.320
rung out. Look, knock it off, kid, go back to104401:07:30.360 --> 01:07:33.960
the dance or the dorm. Unholstering his pistols, Stu approached104501:07:34.039 --> 01:07:37.199
the trees. If I catch you and you're high on something,104601:07:37.239 --> 01:07:41.159
your butt will be expelled. His gut instinct was to104701:07:41.199 --> 01:07:44.800
walk away. Don't give the little punk the satisfaction of104801:07:44.800 --> 01:07:48.000
playing their game. Sadly, when it came to his job,104901:07:48.119 --> 01:07:52.840
Stu was a stubborn man, so he went forward. Listen,105001:07:53.280 --> 01:07:55.400
show yourself. I'll take you in. You can sleep it105101:07:55.440 --> 01:07:57.960
off on the couch and go in the morning. Sound good,105201:07:58.920 --> 01:08:03.400
Stu was answered with the sound of glass shattering. Shit105301:08:04.400 --> 01:08:07.719
had to do this the hard way. Ahead through the trees,105401:08:07.960 --> 01:08:10.280
Stu could see the side of the visual Arts building.105501:08:10.639 --> 01:08:12.639
The glass of one of the ground floor windows had105601:08:12.679 --> 01:08:16.199
been broken. Shining the flashlight inside, he could see traces105701:08:16.239 --> 01:08:20.119
of snow on the dark linoleum floor. So much for105801:08:20.199 --> 01:08:25.159
a quiet night, he muttered. Entering the side door rounding105901:08:25.159 --> 01:08:27.960
the corner, he stopped. Something was laid out on the106001:08:27.960 --> 01:08:30.520
floor in a straight line leading further down the hallway.106101:08:31.159 --> 01:08:33.800
Stu bent down, getting a good look at what was106201:08:33.840 --> 01:08:38.720
sitting on the floor, a little pink candy heart. For106301:08:38.800 --> 01:08:42.399
the first time he could remember, Stu was scared shitless.106401:08:42.880 --> 01:08:44.560
As much as he wanted to head back to the106501:08:44.640 --> 01:08:48.840
hut and forget this crap. He couldn't. He stood, gun106601:08:48.840 --> 01:08:52.319
at the ready and followed the trail of candy. The106701:08:52.359 --> 01:08:56.920
trail ended in front of a pair of large auditorium doors.106801:08:56.960 --> 01:09:01.479
Stu nudged the doors open slowly. The room was completely dark.106901:09:02.199 --> 01:09:05.399
He advanced slowly down the main aisle, swinging his flashlight107001:09:05.520 --> 01:09:09.159
side to side. The light danced over the seats, pausing107101:09:09.199 --> 01:09:13.640
on each one long enough to see nobody. There was107201:09:13.680 --> 01:09:17.760
only one place left someone could be hiding, the stage.107301:09:18.560 --> 01:09:21.239
The stage was made up to look like a girl's bedroom.107401:09:21.600 --> 01:09:24.600
There was a large bed, a desk, and nightstand. As107501:09:24.640 --> 01:09:26.880
he walked up the wooden steps to the stage, there107601:09:26.920 --> 01:09:29.239
was an obvious shape under the blankets on the bed,107701:09:29.960 --> 01:09:34.399
A human shape. All right, Stu said, Gun trained on107801:09:34.439 --> 01:09:38.199
the bed, Game's up. He yanked back the blankets in107901:09:38.199 --> 01:09:41.399
one swift motion, ready to grab the little shit hiding there.108001:09:42.239 --> 01:09:45.079
A grinning plastic face stared up at him from the108101:09:45.159 --> 01:09:49.640
human sized doll that laid there. Suddenly, pain erupted from108201:09:49.680 --> 01:09:52.560
his left achilles tendon. He fell hard, sending his gun108301:09:52.560 --> 01:09:55.159
in flashlight from his hands and across the stage floor.108401:09:55.800 --> 01:09:58.479
Stu watched as the figure slid out from under the bed,108501:09:58.479 --> 01:10:01.359
and stood brandishing a bloody knife in their gloved hand.108601:10:02.039 --> 01:10:04.640
The short figure wore a beat up old army jacket108701:10:04.880 --> 01:10:08.119
with a gray hoodie. Underneath. The hood was pulled up,108801:10:08.199 --> 01:10:12.560
hiding their face in shadows. They playfully waved at him.108901:10:12.920 --> 01:10:17.720
Oh god, Stu stammered. Turning over, he crawled towards the gun.109001:10:18.479 --> 01:10:22.640
Leave me alone, he screamed. Those words would be Stu's last.109101:10:22.680 --> 01:10:25.239
As the figure jumped on his back, driving their knees109201:10:25.239 --> 01:10:27.560
in and knocking the wind out of him. Stu felt109301:10:27.600 --> 01:10:30.319
the cold steel of the blade against his throat as109401:10:30.319 --> 01:10:33.279
that childish laugh filled his ears.109501:10:38.640 --> 01:10:42.800
I like it, spooky, weekly, spooky. We'll be right back.109601:10:44.319 --> 01:10:47.960
Cassie found Blake sound asleep at her desk. She didn't109701:10:47.960 --> 01:10:51.119
have the heart to wake her sleeping friend. Instead, she109801:10:51.199 --> 01:10:54.119
went downstairs, where Billy was still hard at work as109901:10:54.159 --> 01:10:57.760
Bobby Darren sang about the sea. Don't you ever take110001:10:57.800 --> 01:11:00.840
a break? Sooner I get this done, sooner I get110101:11:00.880 --> 01:11:03.960
to go home and sleep, Billy said, scanning a book.110201:11:04.840 --> 01:11:08.119
Sleep is overrated, Come on, take a break. She walked110301:11:08.159 --> 01:11:10.479
over to Billy and leaned on one of the bookshelves,110401:11:10.520 --> 01:11:14.319
trying to look as seductive as possible. How's Blake doing,110501:11:14.479 --> 01:11:20.079
Billy asked, sounding a little uncomfortable with her close proximity. Unfortunately,110601:11:20.159 --> 01:11:24.720
she's sleeping. Now here's my thing. I'm having a bad night.110701:11:25.279 --> 01:11:29.399
I need something, anything, to take my mind off the shit.110801:11:30.119 --> 01:11:34.359
She leaned in close to Billy's ear. So how about110901:11:34.399 --> 01:11:39.319
taking a break. You're very attractive. Don't think I haven't noticed,111001:11:39.319 --> 01:11:43.039
but I have a lot of work here in shit.111101:11:43.800 --> 01:11:46.960
She kissed him on the cheek. I can help. I'm111201:11:47.079 --> 01:11:54.199
very good with the Dewey decimal system. Well, oh, Cassie exclaimed,111301:11:54.800 --> 01:11:59.680
so not gay. Huh. Billy looked up at her. Nothing,111401:11:59.800 --> 01:12:02.680
she said, breathing heavy. They were in the back corner111501:12:02.720 --> 01:12:05.760
of the library, behind a shelf of rarely used books.111601:12:06.319 --> 01:12:09.279
Cassie laid her head on Billy's bare shoulder. I don't111701:12:09.319 --> 01:12:12.840
do this, it's just tonight, she said. I don't want111801:12:12.840 --> 01:12:17.399
you to think I'm easy. I don't. I wouldn't. Billy said,111901:12:17.640 --> 01:12:20.640
I know this is just a fluke, a one time thing.112001:12:20.880 --> 01:12:26.079
I wouldn't say that, she laughed. We'll see, okay. Yeah.112101:12:26.720 --> 01:12:29.479
Cassie laid there, feeling her heartbeat go back to normal.112201:12:29.840 --> 01:12:33.680
It was the first time she noticed the silence. The112301:12:33.760 --> 01:12:38.199
record stopped. She said, guess so, how much trouble would112401:12:38.199 --> 01:12:41.039
you be in if Old Man Styles caught us? Are112501:12:41.079 --> 01:12:43.720
you crazy? He'd have my ass thrown out of school.112601:12:44.520 --> 01:12:46.680
From what I've heard, this isn't the first time someone112701:12:46.800 --> 01:12:51.720
got some in the library, Miss Walton. Cassie nodded, and112801:12:51.760 --> 01:12:56.439
Coach greer, it's a rumor anyway, Billy laughed. It's more112901:12:56.479 --> 01:12:58.640
than that. I almost walked in on them one night113001:12:58.680 --> 01:13:01.159
in the projection room. She might have asked you to113101:13:01.239 --> 01:13:05.399
join in. The pair giggled. Well, I gotta get back113201:13:05.439 --> 01:13:08.720
to work, Billy said, I wish. Cassie cut him off,113301:13:09.239 --> 01:13:13.840
kissing him. I know duty calls. She sat up. I'll113401:13:13.840 --> 01:13:17.159
go see if Blake is up. The PA crackled with113501:13:17.199 --> 01:13:22.720
static as another record started to play. How Cassie asked,113601:13:22.760 --> 01:13:28.439
looking at Billy, only one way? He replied, somebody else?113701:13:29.039 --> 01:13:33.640
Who Blake wouldn't I don't think I'll go. Look, I'll113801:13:33.640 --> 01:13:36.800
go with you. Stay here. If it's the old Man113901:13:36.920 --> 01:13:41.439
or stew or somebody, I'm toast. He surprised Cassie by114001:13:41.439 --> 01:13:44.000
giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. She watched114101:13:44.039 --> 01:13:49.359
him hurry off, feeling a sudden nervousness. She waited listening114201:13:50.399 --> 01:13:52.680
with the music, it was hard to make anything out.114301:13:53.319 --> 01:13:56.680
Cassie could hear Billy say something. Then he yelled one114401:13:56.680 --> 01:13:58.760
word that sent a chill through her whole body.114501:14:00.000 --> 01:14:00.279
He's on.114601:14:03.680 --> 01:14:06.560
Blake woke with a start. She dreamed of a dark114701:14:06.600 --> 01:14:10.439
figure standing behind her, stroking her hair. A great mechanical114801:14:10.560 --> 01:14:14.319
roar erupted from within it, making her jump above her114901:14:14.880 --> 01:14:18.199
The overhead heater rumbled to life. How long had she115001:14:18.239 --> 01:14:21.880
been asleep? How much time had she lost? She'd only115101:14:21.880 --> 01:14:25.439
meant to grab a quick nap. Groggy, Blake fumbled for115201:14:25.479 --> 01:14:29.520
her phone, knocking over an empty energy drink caffeine, you115301:14:29.640 --> 01:14:33.560
betray me. The earbuds dangled from her ears, but her115401:14:33.600 --> 01:14:36.640
phone was gone. Blake checked the rest of the desk115501:14:36.720 --> 01:14:41.399
and floor. What the hell it couldn't just be gone?115601:14:42.000 --> 01:14:46.239
From downstairs? Music drifted up. Billy was still here. The115701:14:46.319 --> 01:14:49.840
music was something classical, though Blake wasn't sure of the composer.115801:14:50.720 --> 01:14:54.479
Blake went downstairs. Despite the music, there was an odd115901:14:54.520 --> 01:14:59.960
stillness to everything. Billy. The song reached its climax before116001:15:00.079 --> 01:15:04.800
going to static. Outside, wind rattled the library's large glass windows.116101:15:05.199 --> 01:15:08.479
The snow was starting to fall heavier. Now, the clock116201:15:08.520 --> 01:15:14.239
over the front desk read one thirty. She'd slept for hours. Billy,116301:15:14.840 --> 01:15:19.159
she called out again, worry straining her voice. From somewhere116401:15:19.159 --> 01:15:24.079
in the library, A childlike giggle answered her, Come on,116501:15:24.159 --> 01:15:28.119
this isn't funny. Stop screwing around. Fear climbed up her116601:15:28.159 --> 01:15:31.000
rib cage and threatened to take hold of her. A116701:15:31.039 --> 01:15:34.199
flicker of light caught Blake's eye. Something moved in the116801:15:34.239 --> 01:15:38.560
library's rear, accompanied by the sound of voices. The light116901:15:38.680 --> 01:15:41.880
was coming from the conference room. The wall mounted TV117001:15:41.960 --> 01:15:44.960
had been turned on and a presentation on the college's117101:15:45.039 --> 01:15:49.439
renovations played to a darkened room. A lone figure sat117201:15:49.840 --> 01:15:53.960
back to Blake, watching the screen. Blake walked around the117301:15:54.000 --> 01:15:57.359
side of the seated figure. Before she saw their face,117401:15:58.000 --> 01:16:04.359
she knew. Billy sat there, unmoving, staring straight ahead. A117501:16:04.479 --> 01:16:08.159
large bloody wound covered his chest. His arms laid out117601:16:08.159 --> 01:16:10.800
stretched in front of him, his hands cut together holding117701:16:10.960 --> 01:16:16.439
something an offering. A heart sat in his hands. A117801:16:16.479 --> 01:16:20.840
note was pinned to it, I Heart you, written in blood.117901:16:21.800 --> 01:16:23.920
She ran from the room and charged the front door,118001:16:23.920 --> 01:16:28.520
only to find it locked. Frustrated and scared, she pounded118101:16:28.520 --> 01:16:31.520
on the glass, but it was unwavering. There had to118201:16:31.520 --> 01:16:35.800
be another way out the office, the office where Billy118301:16:35.800 --> 01:16:40.039
had led her. In. Entering the office, Blake scanned the room.118401:16:40.680 --> 01:16:43.359
There could be somebody hiding behind one of the desks.118501:16:44.119 --> 01:16:45.640
The door on the other side of the room might118601:16:45.640 --> 01:16:49.279
as well have been miles away. Blake grabbed a silver118701:16:49.359 --> 01:16:52.439
letter opener from the nearest desk. She held it out118801:16:52.520 --> 01:16:56.520
like a crucifix to ward off some unseen evil. Blake118901:16:56.560 --> 01:17:00.600
got to the door without incident and found it locked. Shit.119001:17:01.720 --> 01:17:04.560
She headed back out to the main area. There must119101:17:04.560 --> 01:17:08.319
be another way out, a fire exit or something. She119201:17:08.439 --> 01:17:12.439
headed through the center of the library. Something slowly moved119301:17:12.479 --> 01:17:16.920
down one of the aisles, making Blake stop crouching. She119401:17:16.960 --> 01:17:19.880
slid the letter open her in her jean's pocket. She119501:17:19.960 --> 01:17:22.079
crawled on her hands and knees, trying to get a119601:17:22.119 --> 01:17:26.359
better view. Slowly, she pulled a book from the shelf119701:17:26.399 --> 01:17:30.399
and peered through the gap, coming face to face with119801:17:30.560 --> 01:17:35.760
stew the security guard. His body lay on the ground, lifeless,119901:17:36.000 --> 01:17:38.560
his head tilted to the side, looking straight at her.120001:17:39.279 --> 01:17:43.079
Her breathing became louder, more ragged, threatening to give her120101:17:43.119 --> 01:17:51.479
away control. A gloved hand gripped her shoulder bow Grabbing120201:17:51.520 --> 01:17:54.279
a book from the shelf, Blake lashed out, hitting somebody.120301:17:54.520 --> 01:17:57.800
She didn't stay to see who. She ran, throwing books120401:17:57.800 --> 01:18:00.880
over her shoulder at an unseen pursuer. Blake ran back120501:18:00.920 --> 01:18:03.399
to the entrance, pounding on the glass. Let me out,120601:18:03.720 --> 01:18:07.159
she screamed. Enthusiastic clapping made her turn to see a120701:18:07.159 --> 01:18:11.640
figure sitting at the checkout counter, a hood obscuring their face. Wow,120801:18:12.319 --> 01:18:16.520
that was great. They pulled the hood down, revealing a120901:18:16.560 --> 01:18:20.399
young woman with short black hair. I was surprised, the121001:18:20.439 --> 01:18:23.359
girl said, holding up a cell phone. You have an121101:18:23.439 --> 01:18:27.119
eclectic taste in music. The girl started swiping through the121201:18:27.159 --> 01:18:30.039
tracks on the phone as Blake stood watching in shock.121301:18:31.159 --> 01:18:34.399
Some of it is good, but there's a lot of crap.121401:18:34.960 --> 01:18:41.239
She continued, going through the songs. Crap, crap, crap. Ooh,121501:18:41.279 --> 01:18:47.720
she laughed, Barrakuda, tossing the phone over her shoulder. What121601:18:47.760 --> 01:18:51.479
the fuck is going on? Blake asked, why didn't you121701:18:51.560 --> 01:18:55.239
meet me? The girl sounded hurt. I sent you chocolates.121801:18:55.359 --> 01:18:57.800
Would it have been so hard? I thought you were121901:18:57.800 --> 01:19:01.960
different than those others had seen this girl somewhere before,122001:19:02.640 --> 01:19:06.279
in the dorm or a class maybe they'd passed in122101:19:06.319 --> 01:19:11.079
the hallway. The girl looked at her genuinely hurt. You122201:19:11.079 --> 01:19:15.319
don't remember first day orientation. You sat down next to122301:19:15.359 --> 01:19:17.720
me and smiled. We talked about how nervous we were,122401:19:18.439 --> 01:19:21.319
or that time I tripped. You stopped when nobody else did,122501:19:21.600 --> 01:19:23.680
helped me pick up my books, asked me if I122601:19:23.760 --> 01:19:27.680
was okay. The girl sighed, I've loved you since I122701:19:27.720 --> 01:19:30.359
first saw you. That's why I got transferred to mister122801:19:30.399 --> 01:19:34.199
Sigmund's class so I could be near you. You killed122901:19:34.239 --> 01:19:39.520
Billy because of me. Blake felt her head spin like123001:19:39.600 --> 01:19:43.680
the song says, the problem with me is you. The123101:19:43.720 --> 01:19:47.239
girl jumped down from the counter. Billy wasn't the only one,123201:19:47.600 --> 01:19:50.800
as you saw. I killed that Dufaus security guard. Can't123301:19:50.800 --> 01:19:53.680
have him interrupting. She reached into her jacket and pulled123401:19:53.680 --> 01:19:59.079
out a keychain. Besides, I needed this, This was madness.123501:19:59.479 --> 01:20:03.000
Blake need to get away, get help. She felt her123601:20:03.039 --> 01:20:07.199
heart beat faster, felt it harder to breathe. You think123701:20:07.239 --> 01:20:11.520
I'll just fall in love with you? Why not? You're123801:20:11.560 --> 01:20:14.199
the only one who ever noticed me. No one else has.123901:20:15.119 --> 01:20:19.680
They ignore me. Oh God, you insane bitch. I'm in124001:20:19.800 --> 01:20:27.359
love maybe maybe you are. Blake smiled. You did this124101:20:27.399 --> 01:20:31.640
all for me. She walked towards the girl. I don't124201:20:31.680 --> 01:20:37.199
even know your name, Terry. My name is Terry. That's124301:20:37.239 --> 01:20:41.039
a nice name. Blake reached her hand out towards the girl.124401:20:41.600 --> 01:20:44.439
Her hand slid into her pocket, touching the hilt of124501:20:44.479 --> 01:20:48.600
the letter opener. Terry grabbed Blake's outstretched arm, pulling her along.124601:20:49.279 --> 01:20:52.159
Come on, I have one last gift for you. They124701:20:52.159 --> 01:20:55.479
stopped at the door to old man Style's office. What's124801:20:55.520 --> 01:21:00.560
behind door number one? Terry asked, any guesses, held the124901:21:00.600 --> 01:21:03.840
letter open, her now concealed under her shirt sleeve. What125001:21:03.880 --> 01:21:05.520
could this maniac be planning?125101:21:07.000 --> 01:21:11.399
There's more scares where that came from. Weekly Spooky. We'll125201:21:11.399 --> 01:21:12.279
be right back.125301:21:14.239 --> 01:21:18.960
No, all right, Terry sighed a little disappointed. She opened125401:21:18.960 --> 01:21:21.640
the door to reveal a beaten Cassie lashed to mister125501:21:21.640 --> 01:21:26.760
Styles's chair. Terry wheeled her out of the office. Oh shit,125601:21:27.319 --> 01:21:31.079
Blake took a step back. What have you done? Nothing125701:21:32.039 --> 01:21:35.960
but you're going to see she had to come snooping125801:21:36.000 --> 01:21:39.279
around screw up everything. She gave Billy a pretty good125901:21:39.319 --> 01:21:42.560
screw before I killed him. Cassie glared at the girl,126001:21:42.760 --> 01:21:45.560
a muffled fuck you could be heard through her gag.126101:21:46.600 --> 01:21:50.760
If you really really love me, then you'll kill her126201:21:51.199 --> 01:21:55.319
like I killed for you. Terry pulled Steu's gun from126301:21:55.319 --> 01:21:59.199
her jacket and pushed the barrel against Cassie's temple. With126401:21:59.279 --> 01:22:01.760
her other hand, she pulled a large knife out and126501:22:01.800 --> 01:22:05.079
tossed it onto the floor in front of Blake. Two126601:22:05.119 --> 01:22:09.119
things can happen, Terry stated, pick up that knife and126701:22:09.199 --> 01:22:13.439
kill her, or I kill the both of you. Blake126801:22:13.479 --> 01:22:17.119
shook her head in disbelief. How would we get away126901:22:17.159 --> 01:22:22.720
with it? Your fingerprints, my fingerprints all over everything? Simple,127001:22:23.560 --> 01:22:27.319
she did it. We'd be each other's alibi. She went nuts,127101:22:27.439 --> 01:22:30.720
killed Stu, fucked Billy, and then came after us. We127201:22:30.840 --> 01:22:35.159
killed her in self defense, and we live happily ever127301:22:35.239 --> 01:22:39.560
after more or less, Blake looked down at her best friend,127401:22:39.680 --> 01:22:42.359
then up at Terry, bending down as she picked up127501:22:42.399 --> 01:22:44.640
the knife and stood in front of her terrified friend.127601:22:45.439 --> 01:22:49.920
Terry trained the gun on Blake. Don't try anything. Blake127701:22:49.960 --> 01:22:55.159
and Cassie locked eyes. Would you just kill the bitch already?127801:22:55.439 --> 01:22:59.520
Terry ordered, it's been a long night. Blake took a127901:22:59.520 --> 01:23:03.800
deep breath. Finally in control, she pushed the chair into128001:23:03.880 --> 01:23:06.600
Terry with all her strength, knocking the girl down. The128101:23:06.640 --> 01:23:09.520
gun erupted as Terry fired. Blake fell on the girl.128201:23:09.520 --> 01:23:12.039
They struggled, and the gun flew from Terry's hand. The128301:23:12.039 --> 01:23:14.359
two fought for the knife until finally the knife found128401:23:14.359 --> 01:23:18.640
its way in to Terry. Terry looked into Blake's eyes128501:23:19.079 --> 01:23:25.199
and smiled, blood staining her lips. She loves me, she128601:23:25.239 --> 01:23:29.680
loves me not, Terry lamented, touching Blake's face before letting128701:23:29.680 --> 01:23:34.039
out a groan and going limp. Blake used her last128801:23:34.039 --> 01:23:37.680
bit of strength to cut her friend. Free You okay,128901:23:38.159 --> 01:23:45.439
she asked, Cassie. Not really, Cassie laughed, choking back tears. Fuck,129001:23:46.199 --> 01:23:49.439
Blake said, looking down at her side and expanding red129101:23:49.439 --> 01:23:54.359
stain darkened her shirt. I've been shot. Hang on, I'll129201:23:54.399 --> 01:23:58.000
get help. Cassie ran into Style's office. Blake could hear129301:23:58.039 --> 01:24:01.640
her talking to Nye on one Blake leaned against a bookshelf,129401:24:01.680 --> 01:24:17.800
looking at Terry. Happy fucking Valentine's Day Lover's Lane by129501:24:17.960 --> 01:24:22.960
Morgan Moore. The headlights of a sedan cut through the129601:24:23.079 --> 01:24:27.560
dark and illuminated the scenery of the nearby area. Its129701:24:27.600 --> 01:24:31.239
engine faded into a sleep. With the lights flickering off,129801:24:32.119 --> 01:24:35.439
two people, a boy and a girl, get out of129901:24:35.479 --> 01:24:39.239
the car. They meet up at the front and embrace,130001:24:40.119 --> 01:24:45.039
kissing each other passionately. After a minute, the duo pull130101:24:45.119 --> 01:24:50.279
their faces apart and smile at each other. I love you, baby,130201:24:51.079 --> 01:24:56.159
the girl says, I know. That's why we're here. The130301:24:56.239 --> 01:24:59.239
boy turned on a flashlight and shone it on a130401:24:59.279 --> 01:25:05.600
walkway that led up a hill. Cherry Hill, she said sensually,130501:25:06.600 --> 01:25:11.560
a k A. Lover's lane. He responded, I love you, Frankie.130601:25:11.760 --> 01:25:15.960
I love you too. Annie. The couple kiss again romantically130701:25:16.439 --> 01:25:19.239
before grabbing a pair of blankets from the trunk of130801:25:19.279 --> 01:25:23.319
the car. Frankie extends his arm out and Annie wraps130901:25:23.359 --> 01:25:27.359
hers around it. With that, they walked away from the131001:25:27.479 --> 01:25:32.399
car and through the arch where the walkway started. As131101:25:32.439 --> 01:25:36.000
the couple walked along, the light from the flashlight bobbed131201:25:36.079 --> 01:25:40.520
up and down. Annie nuzzled her head against Frankie's shoulder131301:25:40.920 --> 01:25:45.399
and watched the beam of light move around. Out of131401:25:45.479 --> 01:25:50.000
the corner of her eye, she sees something that catches131501:25:50.039 --> 01:25:56.560
her attention. What's that? Annie asked. Frankie and Annie stop131601:25:56.680 --> 01:26:00.399
walking forward and move back a bit. Frankie minds the131701:26:00.479 --> 01:26:04.079
light around the area. When the beam hits what caught131801:26:04.079 --> 01:26:10.359
her attention, Annie tugs at his arm that she points131901:26:10.399 --> 01:26:15.279
to the object. The light stops where Annie points. What132001:26:15.359 --> 01:26:19.680
caught her attention was a flat and small tombstone that132101:26:19.800 --> 01:26:25.359
laid flush with the ground. Inscribed on it was Marshal132201:26:25.479 --> 01:26:32.439
Presser nineteen thirteen to nineteen sixty two. Who's Marshal Presser,132301:26:33.159 --> 01:26:37.840
Annie wondered, you've never heard of old man Presser, the132401:26:37.960 --> 01:26:43.560
lyncher of Lover's Lane. Frankie asked, in slight disbelief, Frankie,132501:26:43.760 --> 01:26:45.880
you know, I only moved here a little while ago.132601:26:45.960 --> 01:26:49.800
I haven't had time to learn all the Cavalry spooky lore.132701:26:50.399 --> 01:26:55.039
Annie told him she wasn't wrong. Annie had only moved132801:26:55.039 --> 01:26:58.439
to Cavalry a few months ago. Annie took to the132901:26:58.439 --> 01:27:01.199
town well, and the lower local boys had taken to133001:27:01.279 --> 01:27:06.680
her very well. Frankie caught her eye more than anybody else, though.133101:27:07.560 --> 01:27:12.399
He was cute, not too smart, but cute, one of133201:27:12.439 --> 01:27:16.000
the star football players of the local college, and made133301:27:16.000 --> 01:27:19.359
her feel things that curled her toes to no end.133401:27:20.399 --> 01:27:22.720
Why else would she have come up to Lover's Lane133501:27:22.800 --> 01:27:27.000
multiple times with him want to hear about it, Frankie133601:27:27.039 --> 01:27:29.680
asked with a smirk. He held the beam of light133701:27:29.800 --> 01:27:32.880
under his chin to look scary as he looked down133801:27:32.920 --> 01:27:36.840
at his girl, and he rolled her eyes. You really133901:27:36.880 --> 01:27:40.239
want to spend our time here telling ghost stories? I134001:27:40.319 --> 01:27:44.039
thought you wanted to do a little hanky panky. I134101:27:44.119 --> 01:27:47.439
want to do that too. But getting scared makes your134201:27:47.439 --> 01:27:52.000
heart beat faster, gets your adrenaline going, might even get134301:27:52.079 --> 01:27:56.039
you in the mood more. Besides, when your heart beats faster,134401:27:56.159 --> 01:27:59.720
you breathe harder, and your boobs bounce when that happens,134501:28:00.159 --> 01:28:04.479
Frankie explained, his smirk turning devilish as he mentioned her breasts,134601:28:04.960 --> 01:28:09.199
his eyes drifting down to her bosom. She gasped in134701:28:09.319 --> 01:28:12.399
fake outrage and pulled her arm away with a small laugh.134801:28:12.960 --> 01:28:17.600
All right, enlighten me, she said, and started walking away.134901:28:18.239 --> 01:28:21.359
Frankie caught up quickly with Annie and took her hand.135001:28:22.119 --> 01:28:26.439
He planted a kiss on her forehead. Frankie started walking135101:28:26.520 --> 01:28:32.359
slowly and Annie followed suit. Marshal Presser owned this whole area.135201:28:32.960 --> 01:28:38.560
He was actually the local executioner. Cavalry was a hanging135301:28:38.680 --> 01:28:43.279
town and Presser was their hangman. His house was at135401:28:43.319 --> 01:28:46.319
the top of the hill and the gallows weren't too135501:28:46.359 --> 01:28:50.000
far away. In fact, he used part of the hill135601:28:50.039 --> 01:28:55.279
as a cemetery for those he hung. Anyways, Presser was,135701:28:55.359 --> 01:28:59.520
by most accounts a decent guy, save for it seemed135801:28:59.520 --> 01:29:03.399
to most folks as if he enjoyed executing people a135901:29:03.439 --> 01:29:07.640
little too much. That and he had a bit of136001:29:07.640 --> 01:29:10.920
a temper. In particular, he didn't like the fact that136101:29:11.079 --> 01:29:14.399
kids would come up the hill and use the seclusion136201:29:14.439 --> 01:29:19.039
all these trees provided for. As you said, hanky panky.136301:29:20.000 --> 01:29:23.359
To try and stop them, he started prowling the area136401:29:23.359 --> 01:29:25.760
at night with a noose made out of chicken wire.136501:29:26.560 --> 01:29:28.119
Scared the shit out of him too.136601:29:29.000 --> 01:29:29.239
Well.136701:29:29.279 --> 01:29:32.680
One night the old man was out prowling the area.136801:29:33.520 --> 01:29:37.279
He finds a car that's really rocking and rolling. Presser136901:29:37.359 --> 01:29:40.840
decides that's the perfect target and goes up to it.137001:29:41.720 --> 01:29:44.439
The windows are all fogged up, so he decides to137101:29:44.640 --> 01:29:49.680
really give them a scare and breaks a window. As137201:29:49.720 --> 01:29:53.119
you might guess, the couple start screaming their heads off,137301:29:53.399 --> 01:29:56.680
the girl especially. Presser peers in and finds that the137401:29:56.720 --> 01:30:01.239
girl is his daughter. His pressure this girl under some137501:30:01.439 --> 01:30:05.920
guy exposed for all the world to see. Something snapped137601:30:05.920 --> 01:30:09.159
in the old man he ripped open the door and137701:30:09.239 --> 01:30:13.000
garrotted the boy, his throat slit from the wire and137801:30:13.119 --> 01:30:17.359
blood flowing from it like a stream. Then he pulled137901:30:17.359 --> 01:30:22.319
his daughter out and killed her too. After he finished,138001:30:22.520 --> 01:30:26.399
Presser had to dispose of the bodies, and that's where138101:30:26.399 --> 01:30:28.319
he had a stroke of pure genius.138201:30:30.239 --> 01:30:33.880
Don't go away, weakly, spooky, We'll be right back.138301:30:36.720 --> 01:30:40.279
He buried the two in the makeshift cemetery he used138401:30:40.279 --> 01:30:45.279
for his executions. I mean, it was perfect. Nobody would138501:30:45.279 --> 01:30:48.560
ever expect anything was wrong if they saw him digging138601:30:48.560 --> 01:30:52.720
a new grave or two, so that's what he did.138701:30:54.119 --> 01:30:57.920
It didn't stop there, though, Like I said, something snapped138801:30:58.079 --> 01:31:01.000
when Presser saw his daughter as she was and in138901:31:01.039 --> 01:31:04.119
the area where so many other kids went to fool around.139001:31:05.039 --> 01:31:08.800
Combined with the enjoyment he got from hanging people, the139101:31:08.880 --> 01:31:14.600
whole thing transformed Presser into a killer. After that night, people,139201:31:15.239 --> 01:31:20.159
teenagers and young adults especially started vanishing into thin air.139301:31:21.359 --> 01:31:25.119
Nobody knew what was going on. Obviously, it was Presser139401:31:25.239 --> 01:31:28.159
killing off anybody and everybody who dared to go up139501:31:28.159 --> 01:31:33.720
to his property. Eventually, though, people caught on and Presser139601:31:33.920 --> 01:31:39.439
was arrested before being hanged on his own hill. His139701:31:39.520 --> 01:31:42.399
wife ended up selling off the house and it got139801:31:42.439 --> 01:31:46.520
torn down along with the cemetery a while later. Since then,139901:31:47.119 --> 01:31:50.920
the Citi's owned all of this. You can probably guess140001:31:50.960 --> 01:31:53.560
from the name, But people still use it as a140101:31:53.600 --> 01:31:58.279
place to get together and spend some quality time. Some140201:31:58.399 --> 01:32:03.119
say that isn't the only thing that hasn't changed. Supposedly,140301:32:03.840 --> 01:32:07.600
Presser cursed the hill right before he was hanged. You'll140401:32:07.640 --> 01:32:10.680
hear people say that he still stalks the area, a140501:32:10.760 --> 01:32:14.560
malevolent spirit, still out to keep lovers off his land,140601:32:15.199 --> 01:32:20.000
slaughtering all who dare to do so. But that's a140701:32:20.000 --> 01:32:23.039
bunch of bullshit, a hokey little ghost story we like140801:32:23.119 --> 01:32:28.439
to tell to scare ourselves, now, you know, though, Frankie140901:32:28.439 --> 01:32:30.880
finished his story. As the couple reached the top of141001:32:30.920 --> 01:32:34.079
the hill, Annie laid the blanket on the ground and141101:32:34.119 --> 01:32:37.359
the two settled in on it. Wow, you certainly know141201:32:37.399 --> 01:32:40.239
how to get a girl ready to fool around, Annie141301:32:40.239 --> 01:32:44.840
told him sarcastically, What can I say? I have away141401:32:44.920 --> 01:32:50.079
with words? Frankie replied slyly. Words aren't the only thing141501:32:50.159 --> 01:32:53.039
you have away with, she tells him, As the couple141601:32:53.079 --> 01:32:58.319
embrace each other. You ain't wrong, Frankie, and Annie heavily141701:32:58.399 --> 01:33:01.279
kiss each other, keeping it up while slowly working in141801:33:01.399 --> 01:33:05.279
their hands and the rest of their bodies. The wind141901:33:05.359 --> 01:33:08.760
picked up and blanketed the two in a cool breeze.142001:33:09.279 --> 01:33:12.760
A clock tower rings off in the distance twelve times.142101:33:13.600 --> 01:33:18.039
Annie pulls her face away from her lover. It's midnight,142201:33:18.880 --> 01:33:25.079
She tells him. Happy Valentine's Day, Frankie tells Annie sweetly.142301:33:26.680 --> 01:33:31.640
A car alarm blares out. That's my car, Frankie shouts.142401:33:32.640 --> 01:33:36.159
He gets up and starts running down the hill. Annie142501:33:36.279 --> 01:33:39.920
rushes after him, nearly tumbling down the hill doing so.142601:33:40.920 --> 01:33:44.560
When she reaches the bottom, her feet slider around, bumping142701:33:44.600 --> 01:33:48.560
into Frankie's back. She pulls herself together and gets to142801:33:48.640 --> 01:33:52.319
his side. What happened to the car, she asks him.142901:33:52.720 --> 01:33:57.000
I I don't know. The lights were flashing and the143001:33:57.079 --> 01:33:59.720
alarm went off, but it stopped once I got down here,143101:34:00.359 --> 01:34:04.359
Frankie explains. Did you turn off the alarm with your keys?143201:34:04.880 --> 01:34:08.119
She asks, No, I think I left them with the143301:34:08.119 --> 01:34:11.640
rest of our stuff. Besides, we didn't lock it or143401:34:11.680 --> 01:34:15.000
set the alarm. The two walk towards the car and143501:34:15.399 --> 01:34:19.000
using the flashlight, look it over. I don't see any143601:34:19.039 --> 01:34:25.000
scratches Annie says, nothing looks broken either. Who knows what happened?143701:34:25.279 --> 01:34:32.079
Cars are finicky, Frankie adds on, so back to our business.143801:34:32.119 --> 01:34:36.199
Then Annie asks, in as unsubtle of a hint as possible.143901:34:37.079 --> 01:34:40.840
Frankie laughs and brings her into his arms. You know it.144001:34:41.640 --> 01:34:45.800
They kiss and hold each other tightly. The wind picks144101:34:45.880 --> 01:34:49.880
back up and is followed by the ground shaking violently.144201:34:50.520 --> 01:34:53.840
Annie and Frankie stop kissing and hold each other's hands tightly.144301:34:54.239 --> 01:34:57.359
A cracking sound shoots through the area, louder than any144401:34:57.399 --> 01:35:00.960
thunder either have ever heard. As suddenly as everything started,144501:35:01.640 --> 01:35:08.359
it stopped, sending the night into an eerie silence. It's144601:35:08.399 --> 01:35:13.039
broken by the sound of shuffling footsteps. Annie points the144701:35:13.079 --> 01:35:18.359
flashlight in their direction and screams in terror. Before her144801:35:18.439 --> 01:35:24.079
and Frankie are a horde of the undead. All of144901:35:24.119 --> 01:35:27.720
the resurrected are in their teens up to their mid twenties.145001:35:28.119 --> 01:35:31.760
The stench of must and decay permeated through the area,145101:35:32.039 --> 01:35:35.439
while the sounds of bones rattling in flesh or what145201:35:35.560 --> 01:35:39.800
remained peeling, rang in the ears of Annie and Frankie.145301:35:41.000 --> 01:35:45.000
What are they? Annie cried out, I don't this can't145401:35:45.399 --> 01:35:48.199
Frankie tried to piece the words together, but couldn't. The145501:35:48.279 --> 01:35:52.920
scene was too fantastical, too nightmarish. The undead march towards145601:35:52.960 --> 01:35:56.279
the two, unwavering in their path. As the wind picks145701:35:56.359 --> 01:35:59.720
up to near cyclonian strength. Frankie and Annie look at145801:35:59.720 --> 01:36:03.880
each other desperation, unsure of what to do. Inside of them,145901:36:03.880 --> 01:36:08.199
a switches foot and they nod in agreement. The couple146001:36:08.279 --> 01:36:11.439
turn around and start running back up the hill. Annie146101:36:11.439 --> 01:36:15.840
looks behind her as she runs Frankie. She screams. Frankie146201:36:15.920 --> 01:36:18.800
looks back and sees the undead chasing after them. They146301:36:18.840 --> 01:36:21.560
return their attention to the hill, running against the ever146401:36:21.600 --> 01:36:24.920
strengthening wind to get to the top. Once there, the146501:36:25.000 --> 01:36:29.640
pair ran farther and farther along it, closer and closer146601:36:29.680 --> 01:36:34.359
to where Presser's house once stood. Annie watch out. Frankie146701:36:34.359 --> 01:36:37.720
calls suddenly. Annie stops to look at him briefly. When146801:36:37.760 --> 01:36:40.279
she returns her gaze forward, she sees why he had146901:36:40.319 --> 01:36:43.960
called for her. She stops and slides against the grass.147001:36:44.720 --> 01:36:50.239
Before her and Frankie is emptiness the end of the hill.147101:36:51.439 --> 01:36:54.880
The only thing visible in the moonlight is the drop147201:36:55.560 --> 01:36:59.359
Annie nearly took. Frankie and Annie turned around to find147301:36:59.399 --> 01:37:03.479
the hordes arounding them. Their stench and the sound their147401:37:03.520 --> 01:37:07.760
bodies made drilled themselves into the two lovebirds, pushing them147501:37:07.800 --> 01:37:12.600
over the metaphorical edge. What do you want? What even147601:37:12.720 --> 01:37:17.119
are you? Annie screamed at them. To her and Frankie's surprise,147701:37:18.880 --> 01:37:20.720
they answered, we are.147801:37:20.680 --> 01:37:26.800
Those that Marshall Press are killed, those who had their lives,147901:37:27.479 --> 01:37:34.560
their loves cruelly taken away. Now we are back.148001:37:35.600 --> 01:37:39.079
But why, Frankie asked in fear.148101:37:39.680 --> 01:37:44.199
Daddy didn't want us to have fun, to love, not148201:37:44.359 --> 01:37:49.399
on his precious land, But he is no more so148301:37:49.600 --> 01:37:54.399
now we return on the anniversary of his death. If148401:37:54.399 --> 01:38:01.279
we can't embrace love here, nobody came. Hoard member told148501:38:01.319 --> 01:38:04.840
them you shall both die.148601:38:04.439 --> 01:38:08.760
Another said. The horde continued to march towards the couple,148701:38:09.079 --> 01:38:12.600
circling them to keep them trapped. Frankie and Annie look148801:38:12.680 --> 01:38:15.680
around to find an opening of any kind, anything that148901:38:15.680 --> 01:38:18.840
would let them escape. Only the drop from the hill149001:38:18.920 --> 01:38:22.399
down below offered a guarantee from the horror in front149101:38:22.439 --> 01:38:28.479
of them. Annie looks over at Frankie love, she says.149201:38:29.239 --> 01:38:32.159
Frankie grabs Annie by the wrist and throws her to149301:38:32.239 --> 01:38:36.399
the undead. Her screams intensify as they rush towards her149401:38:36.439 --> 01:38:39.840
and begin to devour her in their frenzy to feed.149501:38:39.960 --> 01:38:43.680
Frankie sprints past them and back down the hill to149601:38:43.800 --> 01:38:48.199
his car. He scrambles inside and digs in his pockets149701:38:48.199 --> 01:38:52.399
for the key, but doesn't find it. Frankie tries the149801:38:52.439 --> 01:38:56.520
other side, then the back pockets, then the ones in149901:38:56.560 --> 01:39:01.560
his jacket. Each one comes up without his He's only150001:39:01.600 --> 01:39:05.479
his phone and wallet are with him. Shit, he shouts150101:39:05.520 --> 01:39:09.359
to himself. Frankie sits and thinks where they could have gone.150201:39:10.359 --> 01:39:13.720
The image of Annie being devoured by the horde flashes150301:39:13.760 --> 01:39:19.199
in his head. Then it hits him the blanket. There150401:39:19.199 --> 01:39:22.920
with the blanket, he sits in the car, thinking it over.150501:39:23.720 --> 01:39:27.800
If he went back, he would have to face those things.150601:39:28.960 --> 01:39:31.800
If he didn't, then it would be a very long150701:39:31.960 --> 01:39:37.840
walk home. Frankie had an idea. A smirk formed on150801:39:37.880 --> 01:39:42.239
his face as he grabbed his phone. Thank you God150901:39:42.359 --> 01:39:46.479
for triple A. Frankie unlocked his phone and pulled up151001:39:46.479 --> 01:39:49.920
the number for triple A. A sudden smack on the151101:39:49.960 --> 01:39:53.439
passenger side window startled him. The phone dropped from his grasp.151201:39:54.520 --> 01:39:59.880
It was Annie. Oh my god, Frankie exclaims. He unlocks151301:40:00.079 --> 01:40:05.439
the door and she slides inside. How what I'm I'm sorry, babe,151401:40:05.840 --> 01:40:10.600
he says, it's all right, Love, You did what you151501:40:10.680 --> 01:40:15.920
had to do to live. Annie says, Oh, Annie, I151601:40:16.039 --> 01:40:20.079
love you. Frankie cries and embraces her in a giant hug.151701:40:21.359 --> 01:40:25.520
Annie strokes the back of Frankie's head. As they continue151801:40:25.520 --> 01:40:30.520
to hug, Frankie begins to smell something rotten on her.151901:40:31.960 --> 01:40:38.079
He notices that her body is cold, ice cold. Frankie152001:40:38.119 --> 01:40:42.039
pulls away some and looks on in horror at Annie.152101:40:42.880 --> 01:40:45.960
Her face was half eaten away, and chunks of her152201:40:46.000 --> 01:40:49.479
clothes and skin were torn off. Her eyes a dark152301:40:49.960 --> 01:40:53.479
and blood red. He had been too excited to see152401:40:53.520 --> 01:40:58.079
her that he hadn't noticed what she'd looked like, but152501:40:58.279 --> 01:41:01.960
now he couldn't escape it. She was no longer Annie,152601:41:02.319 --> 01:41:08.800
the girl he loved. She was this undead hell spawn.152701:41:09.960 --> 01:41:12.760
Frankie whipped around to flee from the car, but it152801:41:12.840 --> 01:41:15.920
was stopped almost instantly as Annie dug her nails into152901:41:15.960 --> 01:41:19.000
his shoulders and pulled him down. She let out a153001:41:19.079 --> 01:41:22.119
shriek and threw her head down, sinking her teeth into153101:41:22.119 --> 01:41:26.159
his throat. Annie shook her head back and forth as153201:41:26.159 --> 01:41:29.960
her teeth sank deeper and deeper into Frankie's flesh, blood153301:41:30.039 --> 01:41:32.560
gurgling out of his throat and out of her mouth.153401:41:33.640 --> 01:41:37.000
She then ripped her mouth away, tearing off the majority153501:41:37.039 --> 01:41:39.880
of his flesh and causing blood to spray up onto153601:41:39.880 --> 01:41:45.720
the ceiling, ending Frankie's life. Annie looked down at his153701:41:45.840 --> 01:41:49.239
corpse and smiled with what was left of her face.153801:41:50.960 --> 01:42:04.600
Happy Valentine's Day. Love all over me before he falls.153901:42:04.640 --> 01:42:08.840
And then my guy watches me seemingly dance with such154001:42:08.920 --> 01:42:13.239
grace As I move around and turn this classroom into154101:42:13.279 --> 01:42:18.079
a massacre people will be talking about for years. Blood154201:42:18.119 --> 01:42:21.359
is just squirting and splattering all over me until I'm154301:42:21.439 --> 01:42:24.840
soaked and sticky from head to toe, and it's just154401:42:25.000 --> 01:42:31.159
dripping off my body. When I've finished killing everybody, I154501:42:31.279 --> 01:42:34.720
make my way back to my yummy guy. I can154601:42:34.760 --> 01:42:37.199
even hear the blood dripping off me to the floor.154701:42:37.279 --> 01:42:41.560
Now it's still dripping. When I stop and look down154801:42:41.600 --> 01:42:44.800
at my guy. He looks up at me with such154901:42:44.840 --> 01:42:50.760
admiration and whispers, I love you. I slam my machetes155001:42:50.800 --> 01:42:54.319
down on the table and sit on his lap. I155101:42:54.359 --> 01:42:58.840
love you. Too baby, happy Valentine's Day. As we kiss155201:42:58.920 --> 01:43:02.079
hungrily and lustful, I'm getting blood all over him and155301:43:02.119 --> 01:43:07.880
making him a mess. Fast cut. Jenny Corgan calls out155401:43:08.520 --> 01:43:12.920
and that's a wrap. Her twin sister adds, great as always, Vicky,155501:43:13.920 --> 01:43:17.239
that's right. This is a horror movie we just finished155601:43:17.239 --> 01:43:22.720
filming called Psychos in Love. This was yet another scene155701:43:22.760 --> 01:43:27.039
where I'm dripping from head to toe with blood. Yes,155801:43:27.239 --> 01:43:30.880
we're familiar with the nineteen eighty seven film. Our movie155901:43:30.960 --> 01:43:34.640
is just the name only, not a remake of the original.156001:43:35.600 --> 01:43:38.039
I head to the girls' locker room and strip down156101:43:38.159 --> 01:43:40.479
so I can take a shower and wash all that156201:43:40.640 --> 01:43:45.279
fake blood off. I got soaked with My Name's Vicky Valentine.156301:43:45.439 --> 01:43:48.119
By the way. That's the name I used when I156401:43:48.239 --> 01:43:51.880
was a high demand porn star. That all changed when156501:43:51.920 --> 01:43:54.279
I was asked to play the starring role in a156601:43:54.319 --> 01:43:58.520
horror movie called The Murder Club, which was filmed by156701:43:58.600 --> 01:44:02.600
the North Ridgeway University Film Club. The movie became an156801:44:02.640 --> 01:44:06.920
instant cult favorite. Then I was approached by the Corgan twins,156901:44:07.319 --> 01:44:11.720
who represented the Strickfield University Film Society, about appearing in157001:44:11.800 --> 01:44:18.239
their movie Slasher. That movie really took off too. Since then,157101:44:18.359 --> 01:44:21.319
I've been getting offers to star and more and more157201:44:21.479 --> 01:44:25.239
horror films. Psycho's in Love is the eighth horror movie157301:44:25.279 --> 01:44:29.159
I've done for the Corgan Twins. I swear, I fucking157401:44:29.520 --> 01:44:33.520
love the scripts they give me. These independent horror movie157501:44:33.560 --> 01:44:36.640
sensations made me a household name, to the point where157601:44:36.680 --> 01:44:40.239
I left porn and went mainstream. I had five great157701:44:40.359 --> 01:44:43.399
years being the Queen of Porn, but now I'm known157801:44:43.479 --> 01:44:48.920
as the Scream Supreme by many horror fans. Just last month,157901:44:49.279 --> 01:44:52.720
I made the cover of Fangoria. I think it's safe158001:44:52.720 --> 01:44:57.399
to say I'm never making fuck flicks again. After finishing158101:44:57.399 --> 01:45:00.840
my long shower and getting dressed, come out to talk158201:45:00.880 --> 01:45:04.840
to the Corgan Twins. Here you are, babe, Jenny says,158301:45:04.880 --> 01:45:08.920
handing me a new script. No fucking way, I gasp.158401:45:09.079 --> 01:45:13.600
We're really making a sequel to Slasher. People are demanding it,158501:45:13.720 --> 01:45:18.800
Vicki Jesse replies, After all, you were the unlikely final girl,158601:45:19.239 --> 01:45:22.000
so you're going to continue the legacy as the new158701:45:22.560 --> 01:45:27.000
scream queen Killer. In fact, we'll promote it and you158801:45:27.199 --> 01:45:30.079
at our panel at the Ridgeway Heights Horror Con this weekend.158901:45:30.479 --> 01:45:36.199
Jenny cheers, and we'll be shooting the sequel there. Jesse adds.159001:45:37.000 --> 01:45:39.640
We talk for a little bit longer before I take off.159101:45:40.279 --> 01:45:46.720
The title page says Slasher two Valentine's Day. Man, I159201:45:46.840 --> 01:45:50.920
can't wait to read this script. It's almost dark when159301:45:50.960 --> 01:45:54.560
I reach my apartment at Strickfield Cove. When I walk in,159401:45:54.720 --> 01:45:58.800
my roommate smiles. It's been two years since Bethany Miron159501:45:58.840 --> 01:46:02.399
and I made Slasher together. She had a boyfriend in159601:46:02.479 --> 01:46:06.079
Cody King, whom she met filming the movie. I mean,159701:46:06.239 --> 01:46:09.000
these two were really fucking hot and heavy when they159801:46:09.039 --> 01:46:14.359
were dating. Ultimately, however, things didn't work out. After they159901:46:14.359 --> 01:46:17.760
broke up, Bethany finally took that step and got into160001:46:17.760 --> 01:46:21.039
porn herself. We used to be bitter towards each other,160101:46:21.359 --> 01:46:25.000
but we've since become close friends, and now we're living together.160201:46:26.039 --> 01:46:28.960
Bethany and I exchanged pleasantries and talk about how our160301:46:29.079 --> 01:46:33.960
days went. Bethanie's parents actually confronted and blamed me for160401:46:34.039 --> 01:46:37.000
her getting into adult movies, but I had nothing to160501:46:37.039 --> 01:46:39.840
do with it. My former agent got with her and160601:46:40.079 --> 01:46:43.439
got her in, and I can tell you she really160701:46:43.479 --> 01:46:47.079
loves doing it. Then I see Bethany's also got a160801:46:47.119 --> 01:46:50.199
copy of Slasher two's script and I give her a160901:46:50.239 --> 01:46:54.760
weird look. Wait a minute, didn't you die in the original?161001:46:55.520 --> 01:46:59.720
Bethany laughs. I asked the Corgan Twins that too. No,161101:46:59.760 --> 01:47:03.600
I'm I'm an assistant director. You excited about the movie.161201:47:03.760 --> 01:47:06.800
I haven't read the script yet, I reply, I better161301:47:06.840 --> 01:47:11.199
get packing for the Cohn. Bethany smiles. I already got161401:47:11.239 --> 01:47:15.439
you packed on. Sorry, but I'm really hungry. I could161501:47:15.479 --> 01:47:19.720
sympathize with Bethany, remembering the times I felt really hungry161601:47:19.800 --> 01:47:23.119
during porn shoots since we weren't really allowed to eat161701:47:23.239 --> 01:47:27.119
until we were done. Diehard porn fans know the reasons why.161801:47:27.840 --> 01:47:30.319
Bethany and I hop in her car and we take off.161901:47:30.920 --> 01:47:33.840
We stop off at Denoyer's Grill and eat good before162001:47:33.880 --> 01:47:39.359
we head off to Ridgeway Heights. Two hours later, we're162101:47:39.399 --> 01:47:42.239
walking into the Hilton where the Ridgeway Heights Horror Con162201:47:42.319 --> 01:47:45.319
is going to be. It's Thursday night and the dealers162301:47:45.319 --> 01:47:47.279
are here early to set up in the vendor and162401:47:47.359 --> 01:47:50.359
guest room. We never once have to go to the162501:47:50.359 --> 01:47:53.199
front desk thanks to us being able to check in162601:47:53.279 --> 01:47:56.399
on our apps. Our phones also become our room keys.162701:47:56.680 --> 01:48:00.760
You gotta love technology. After we unpack, I'm lying on162801:48:00.800 --> 01:48:03.880
my bed and reading the script. I can't believe we're162901:48:03.920 --> 01:48:10.279
really filming Slasher two here, sure are, Bethany replies, Slasher163001:48:10.319 --> 01:48:13.119
two takes place at a horror con The Corgan Twins163101:48:13.119 --> 01:48:16.159
got permission to shoot at this one, so we're golden.163201:48:16.760 --> 01:48:20.520
I nod, loving the story. Even though I walked off163301:48:20.520 --> 01:48:22.520
into the sunset a rich woman at the end of163401:48:22.520 --> 01:48:25.800
the first movie, I developed a bloodlust and wanted to163501:48:25.880 --> 01:48:29.000
keep on killing. So I'm taking things up a notch163601:48:29.039 --> 01:48:33.039
and crashing a horror convention. Lots more kills too, and163701:48:33.119 --> 01:48:36.680
the ending I can see why it's called Valentine's Day.163801:48:37.600 --> 01:48:41.640
Vicky Valentine's the scream queen killer now not Jenny Corgan.163901:48:42.079 --> 01:48:45.439
Bethany adds, the Corgan Twins also cast some new people,164001:48:46.119 --> 01:48:49.840
and the actresses are all still busty, right, I inquire,164101:48:50.680 --> 01:48:54.920
Of course, Bethany replies, the Corgan Twins love Russ Meyer,164201:48:55.199 --> 01:48:57.920
so that's their homage to him. Also, have you seen164301:48:57.960 --> 01:49:01.560
all the comic books those two read? Every female superhero164401:49:01.640 --> 01:49:04.520
and villain has big tits like the cork and Twins164501:49:04.520 --> 01:49:08.720
say sex sells. I laugh. Now I know why you164601:49:08.760 --> 01:49:12.000
love doing porn so much. I just love to fuck164701:49:12.319 --> 01:49:15.720
and get paid good money for it, Bethany says. Then164801:49:15.800 --> 01:49:19.640
she sits down with me and takes my hand. Seriously, hotness,164901:49:20.199 --> 01:49:22.399
what will it take for you to do porn again?165001:49:23.159 --> 01:49:26.399
I shake my head. Oh no way, I am done165101:49:26.439 --> 01:49:30.760
with porn. I'm a high demand scream queen. Now, she sighs.165201:49:31.359 --> 01:49:34.159
You can't blame a girl for trying. I sit up165301:49:34.199 --> 01:49:36.880
and face her. Why do you want me to come165401:49:36.920 --> 01:49:41.119
back to porn so badly? She answers me by leaning165501:49:41.159 --> 01:49:45.359
in and kissing me. I just go with it and165601:49:45.439 --> 01:49:49.079
kiss her back with the same hunger. There is that165701:49:49.199 --> 01:49:52.000
part of me that truly wanted her for a while now,165801:49:52.640 --> 01:49:56.199
but I never knew she felt the same way. When165901:49:56.199 --> 01:49:59.239
we stop, I smile for her and caress the side166001:49:59.239 --> 01:50:03.159
of her face. You know, honey, I don't have to166101:50:03.239 --> 01:50:07.079
return to porn for this. Bethany gives me an affectionate166201:50:07.119 --> 01:50:11.920
smile before we kiss hungrily again and start undressing each other.166301:50:12.800 --> 01:50:14.760
I kind of wanted to mingle with some of the166401:50:14.800 --> 01:50:19.760
convention people, but Bethany and I are really craving each166501:50:19.800 --> 01:50:20.800
other right now.166601:50:22.239 --> 01:50:24.720
Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your166701:50:24.800 --> 01:50:28.239
doors Weekly Spooky will be right back.166801:50:35.600 --> 01:50:39.239
It's Friday afternoon and I'm putting on my costume and makeup.166901:50:40.039 --> 01:50:42.720
This is the second time I've done the Ridgeway Heights167001:50:42.720 --> 01:50:47.760
Horror con Overall, this is my twelfth convention appearance. Today167101:50:47.800 --> 01:50:52.560
I'm appearing as Veranda, Queen of the Night. In addition167201:50:52.600 --> 01:50:56.399
to being a growing horror starlet, I'm also a horror host.167301:50:56.880 --> 01:50:59.279
I made Veranda Queen of the Night for the Eerie167401:50:59.359 --> 01:51:03.399
City Universe players. She got to be so popular around167501:51:03.399 --> 01:51:07.600
Ohio and a few surrounding states that I was contacted167601:51:07.600 --> 01:51:10.479
by Channel sixty one in North Ridgeway to portray her167701:51:10.880 --> 01:51:14.199
as a horror host. I do TV tapings to film167801:51:14.239 --> 01:51:17.560
skits for their Friday night horror show Up All Night167901:51:17.960 --> 01:51:21.680
with Veranda, which I've been doing for a year now.168001:51:22.560 --> 01:51:25.279
In fact, I just shot footage last week for the168101:51:25.359 --> 01:51:29.520
Valentine's Day episode airing tonight, where I'll be hosting the168201:51:29.560 --> 01:51:35.399
original nineteen eighty one classic My Bloody Valentine. I was168301:51:35.439 --> 01:51:38.319
at this con last year as Veranda, and I had168401:51:38.359 --> 01:51:42.199
a crowd. I signed lots of autographs, imposed for selfies168501:51:42.239 --> 01:51:45.960
with fans, and you know what's both funny and ironic.168601:51:46.880 --> 01:51:50.319
Nobody even brings any porn for me to sign, and168701:51:50.479 --> 01:51:54.039
people don't ask me about it. Bethany and I arrive168801:51:54.119 --> 01:51:57.239
at our designated block. The only people here from the168901:51:57.279 --> 01:52:02.439
original Slasher are me, Bethany, and the Corgan twins. Both169001:52:02.479 --> 01:52:05.520
the con promoters and the Corgan Twins tried getting hold169101:52:05.520 --> 01:52:08.319
of everybody else that was in the movie, but none169201:52:08.359 --> 01:52:11.760
of them more interested. Lizzie Jones, who was snatched up169301:52:11.800 --> 01:52:15.479
by Hollywood, wouldn't even return their calls. So much for169401:52:15.600 --> 01:52:20.119
remembering your roots. The CON's off and running now. It's169501:52:20.159 --> 01:52:23.159
not long before people approach me wanting to meet and169601:52:23.239 --> 01:52:26.520
get stuff signed. I have to laugh inside at the169701:52:26.560 --> 01:52:31.279
pervy guys trying to look down my top. Can't blame169801:52:31.319 --> 01:52:35.159
them since I'm wearing Veranda's form fitting black ball gown169901:52:35.319 --> 01:52:39.520
with no shoulder straps. I'm still laughing inside after Bethany170001:52:39.600 --> 01:52:43.199
told me I look like an evil version of Jessica Rabbit.170101:52:43.960 --> 01:52:47.279
Google her if you don't know. At one point, Bethany170201:52:47.359 --> 01:52:50.560
and I pose for a picture together with fans. Boy170301:52:50.640 --> 01:52:54.079
do they ever get a pick? When Bethany turns and170401:52:54.199 --> 01:52:58.279
kisses me, she kisses me again. When we're posing with170501:52:58.319 --> 01:53:07.159
the Corgan twins. While I'm outside taking a quick cigarette break,170601:53:07.560 --> 01:53:11.560
Bethany approaches me. I smile and let her sit. I170701:53:11.640 --> 01:53:15.039
close my eyes when Bethany holds my hand. When I170801:53:15.079 --> 01:53:18.960
open them again, our eyes meet and we kiss again.170901:53:20.039 --> 01:53:23.880
I give in and surrender to a very long kiss.171001:53:24.760 --> 01:53:28.760
I love you, Bethany whispers when we finally come apart.171101:53:29.560 --> 01:53:35.600
Then she surprises me with a red rose. Happy Valentine's Day, Bethany.171201:53:35.840 --> 01:53:40.960
I and now I'm squeezing her hand back, and I171301:53:41.079 --> 01:53:45.920
feel myself blushing. Then I smile and cry just a little.171401:53:46.960 --> 01:53:54.239
I've never well, I sigh hard. I've never been in171501:53:54.319 --> 01:53:59.520
a real relationship. Will take it slow, Bethany murmurs. I171601:53:59.640 --> 01:54:04.039
laugh little the fuck we will. I yank Bethany to171701:54:04.159 --> 01:54:06.840
me and kiss her this time. Then we both have171801:54:07.000 --> 01:54:10.399
the living shit scared out of us. This fucking giant171901:54:10.439 --> 01:54:13.319
of a man is right there looking down at us.172001:54:14.079 --> 01:54:16.119
Next to him is a chick about our age with172101:54:16.199 --> 01:54:19.680
a hot body and a great rack. I love her172201:54:19.720 --> 01:54:23.520
red hair, which is definitely natural. The big man has172301:54:23.600 --> 01:54:27.159
bib overalls on over a white T shirt. He's just172401:54:27.359 --> 01:54:30.000
smiling at me in a peculiar way.172501:54:31.000 --> 01:54:31.840
I gulp.172601:54:33.319 --> 01:54:39.800
Can I can we help you, sir? Love Veranda, the172701:54:39.880 --> 01:54:44.000
man says, fuck. This guy actually sounds like Lurch from172801:54:44.039 --> 01:54:47.760
the vintage Adams Family TV show. As I'm looking over172901:54:47.800 --> 01:54:51.760
these two, I'm admiring their makeup. They're both very pale173001:54:52.119 --> 01:54:56.520
and have red eyes. The woman talks to me, this173101:54:56.600 --> 01:54:59.520
is my son, Flint. He's been watching up all night173201:54:59.560 --> 01:55:02.000
with vari To every Friday night since you've been on.173301:55:02.600 --> 01:55:05.479
He's taken a real liking to you. In fact, he173401:55:05.640 --> 01:55:08.079
insisted that I bring him here just to meet you.173501:55:09.199 --> 01:55:11.960
I look at Bethany. I guess we better get back.173601:55:12.720 --> 01:55:16.039
Bethany's disappointed, but I give her a look, telling her173701:55:16.439 --> 01:55:19.960
we'll have some alone time later. We both returned to173801:55:20.039 --> 01:55:23.720
our tables. I autographed some movies. The mom buys for Flint.173901:55:24.119 --> 01:55:26.439
I'm standing in front of him now for a photo op.174001:55:27.079 --> 01:55:29.359
He has his hands on my shoulders as we pose174101:55:29.439 --> 01:55:34.399
to let Did she say he was her son? She174201:55:34.560 --> 01:55:38.640
looks like she could be his younger sister. Still, I174301:55:38.760 --> 01:55:41.720
let her take some pics. First time I've ever had174401:55:41.760 --> 01:55:48.199
picks taken on an old school polaroid. Flint Love Veronda.174501:55:49.079 --> 01:55:56.520
The man utters. He looks at his mom. Flint Love Veronda.174601:55:57.039 --> 01:55:59.520
I really don't know what to say. I just smile.174701:56:01.680 --> 01:56:05.359
Veranda loves you too. Big Man Flint's mom has to174801:56:05.439 --> 01:56:08.800
convince him to leave me alone. It takes some gentle174901:56:08.880 --> 01:56:13.880
persuasion on her part, but he reluctantly walks away. Bethany175001:56:14.000 --> 01:56:17.239
really looks worried. Once those two are gone, I return175101:56:17.319 --> 01:56:22.119
to business as usual and greet other fans. Saturday afternoon comes.175201:56:22.640 --> 01:56:26.720
It's time for the Slasher panel. We're sitting on stage175301:56:26.760 --> 01:56:30.560
and talking to the packed house. It's the Corgan twins, Bethany,175401:56:30.880 --> 01:56:34.279
Me and the new cast appearing in the sequel, some175501:56:34.479 --> 01:56:38.359
of which we started filming last night. We also did175601:56:38.399 --> 01:56:42.239
some filming this morning. It's not long before there's some ruckus.175701:56:42.840 --> 01:56:45.399
That giant Flint guy just came in with his mom.175801:56:46.119 --> 01:56:49.880
His eyes are locked right on me. Now the security175901:56:49.920 --> 01:56:52.840
people are ready to move in in case he tries anything.176001:56:53.439 --> 01:56:57.159
He doesn't though. We continue the panel where Jenny Corgan176101:56:57.239 --> 01:57:01.720
makes the announcement that we're currently filming Slasher two Valentine's176201:57:01.800 --> 01:57:07.720
Day here at this hotel. Lots of applause, We answer176301:57:07.840 --> 01:57:10.800
some fan questions before the panel ends. We go back176401:57:10.840 --> 01:57:13.720
to the main room and I gotta say I'm feeling176501:57:13.760 --> 01:57:18.840
a rush, knowing Slasher will continue. In fact, the VIP176601:57:19.039 --> 01:57:23.520
passholders get a very special treat. A few hours later,176701:57:23.560 --> 01:57:27.279
we're shooting our first kill scene. The VIP guests are176801:57:27.319 --> 01:57:30.640
in attendance. I'm dressed as the Scream Queen and I'm176901:57:30.640 --> 01:57:33.640
about to kill Nellie Tryst, one of the New Girls.177001:57:34.279 --> 01:57:38.399
Action Jesse calls behind the camera, Bethany holds up the177101:57:38.439 --> 01:57:41.000
boom mic, and Jenny is at the ready to work177201:57:41.079 --> 01:57:44.239
the rig for the blood. Nellie goes through her lines177301:57:44.239 --> 01:57:47.399
with Ben Deavers. My cue is when he says the177401:57:47.439 --> 01:57:50.840
Scream Queen won't just kill people here when the convention's busy,177501:57:51.600 --> 01:57:54.880
I suddenly step out of the shadows as the Scream Queen,177601:57:55.199 --> 01:58:00.399
wearing my blank white mask in tight form fitting white dress.177701:58:00.399 --> 01:58:03.359
Nellie looks at me in horror before I grab her177801:58:03.399 --> 01:58:06.079
t shirt and rip it down the middle to expose177901:58:06.159 --> 01:58:09.800
her ample tits. Then I start stabbing her with Jenny's178001:58:09.800 --> 01:58:14.399
special knife. Blood just squirts everywhere. Nellie screams her blood178101:58:14.439 --> 01:58:18.239
curdling screams before she drops to her knees. Then I178201:58:18.359 --> 01:58:23.399
grab her green hair and slice her throat. She already178301:58:23.399 --> 01:58:27.800
had the practical makeup applied for that effect. The VIPs178401:58:27.880 --> 01:58:30.880
who get to be extras in the movie are screaming178501:58:30.960 --> 01:58:34.640
and panicking, just like they're supposed to do. Now, I178601:58:34.760 --> 01:58:38.720
turn to Ben, who's sitting there petrified at seeing me178701:58:38.960 --> 01:58:43.439
kill Nellie. In truth, he's kneeling behind the fake body178801:58:43.479 --> 01:58:47.039
his head is resting on. I produce a machete and178901:58:47.239 --> 01:58:51.600
gut him. Then I'm pulling his insides out and throwing179001:58:51.640 --> 01:58:55.800
them everywhere. I even make a female vip scream as179101:58:55.840 --> 01:58:59.359
she catches some guts in her hands, as is customed179201:58:59.399 --> 01:59:03.000
to being the Green Queen. I'm getting splattered and soaked179301:59:03.039 --> 01:59:07.439
with blood. Man, Jenny's gotten so much better at making179401:59:07.479 --> 01:59:13.600
these practical effects. Cut, Jesse cries, we got it. We179501:59:13.640 --> 01:59:17.119
don't have to do another take. Jenny quickly gives Nellie179601:59:17.159 --> 01:59:20.399
a towel to cover her nudity. I pull off my mask.179701:59:21.000 --> 01:59:23.439
Since we're finished with the scene, Jesse tells us to179801:59:23.479 --> 01:59:27.039
go ahead and get cleaned up. I've just finished taking179901:59:27.119 --> 01:59:30.000
a shower. I had to wash my hair three times180001:59:30.039 --> 01:59:32.760
to get all the fake blood out. Jenny's blood is180101:59:32.840 --> 01:59:36.159
so realistic, I mean, she outdoes herself more and more180201:59:36.199 --> 01:59:40.479
on her effects. Bethany watches me finish getting dressed when180301:59:40.520 --> 01:59:43.720
we hear a knocking at her door. Then we both180401:59:43.760 --> 01:59:48.079
shriek when someone bursts right through it, Like Jason vorhe's180501:59:48.119 --> 01:59:51.960
in the Friday the Thirteenth movies. It's that big Flint guy.180601:59:52.319 --> 01:59:59.119
He's looking dead on at me. Now, Want Veronda want whif.180702:00:02.399 --> 02:00:07.600
If you thought that was scary, just you wait, weekly spooky.180802:00:07.760 --> 02:00:08.840
We'll be right back.180902:00:12.880 --> 02:00:16.720
Flint's mom appears next to him. Just come along quietly,181002:00:16.840 --> 02:00:20.239
my dear, and no one gets hurt. Leave us alone,181102:00:20.800 --> 02:00:25.119
Bethany yells. Flint snatches my new girlfriend to him and181202:00:25.199 --> 02:00:30.079
looks ready to hurt her. No stop, I quickly scream, stop.181302:00:30.239 --> 02:00:34.239
I'll go with you. Just don't hurt her, please Flint.181402:00:34.600 --> 02:00:39.000
His mom tells him no, let her go. Flint obeys181502:00:39.039 --> 02:00:42.319
and then snatches me up, literally holding me under his181602:00:42.439 --> 02:00:46.079
arm like a big doll. The mom leads Flint through181702:00:46.119 --> 02:00:49.199
the hotel and out one of the side entrances. Flint181802:00:49.239 --> 02:00:51.680
puts me in back of a pickup and gets in181902:00:51.760 --> 02:00:54.600
back with me. The woman gets in the cab and182002:00:54.640 --> 02:00:58.039
starts the truck. We leave the convention and seem to182102:00:58.079 --> 02:01:02.159
be heading back to strict Field. Only we don't go182202:01:02.279 --> 02:01:05.600
right back to the village itself. We end up going182302:01:05.640 --> 02:01:09.760
into the backwoods. I've heard stories going around about this182402:01:09.920 --> 02:01:13.800
area outside of Strickfield. It's been said that all kinds182502:01:13.840 --> 02:01:18.000
of things go on back here. I feel my heart182602:01:18.039 --> 02:01:22.720
pounding now, I mean, I'm scared as fuck. Then I182702:01:22.760 --> 02:01:27.399
feel a pain I've never felt before. And no, it's182802:01:27.399 --> 02:01:30.840
for Bethany. I'm wishing I told her I loved her182902:01:30.880 --> 02:01:34.000
when she had told me that she loved me earlier.183002:01:34.880 --> 02:01:38.279
I'm really scared I'll never see her again. The truck183102:01:38.319 --> 02:01:41.119
turns onto a dirt road. We make a few more183202:01:41.199 --> 02:01:46.039
turns before we stop at this a mansion. The woman183302:01:46.119 --> 02:01:49.399
gets out of the truck and comes around back. Let's183402:01:49.439 --> 02:01:53.239
go in, Flint, bring your new wife with you. I gasp.183502:01:54.039 --> 02:01:57.920
Wife Flint's still holding on to me and brings me183602:01:58.039 --> 02:02:01.560
inside through the double doors. We go into the living room.183702:02:02.079 --> 02:02:04.880
The woman sits down in a recliner like she's sitting183802:02:04.920 --> 02:02:08.319
on a throne. Flint sits on the couch and makes183902:02:08.399 --> 02:02:11.319
me sit on his lap. The woman looks at me.184002:02:11.439 --> 02:02:16.520
Now you've become quite a name, Vicky Valentine. We have184102:02:16.640 --> 02:02:22.239
similar names. Indeed, mine is Victoria. My son, Flint must184202:02:22.279 --> 02:02:26.399
be kept calm and controlled, one such way as by184302:02:26.479 --> 02:02:30.560
letting him watch television. He started seeing your Friday night184402:02:30.600 --> 02:02:34.399
program on Channel sixty one, and I believe he's fallen184502:02:35.239 --> 02:02:39.800
madly in love with you. So what You're gonna keep184602:02:39.800 --> 02:02:44.119
me here against my will? I demand you may feel184702:02:44.119 --> 02:02:49.159
that way. Now, Victoria says, you'll change your mind once184802:02:49.159 --> 02:02:53.920
you become one of us. We can do that one184902:02:53.960 --> 02:02:57.880
of two ways. The first, you can re enact one185002:02:57.880 --> 02:03:02.079
of your scenes from your adult mood. Oh yes, I185102:03:02.239 --> 02:03:04.960
know all about that. You might as well get used185202:03:05.000 --> 02:03:09.119
to having that kind of sexual contact with Flint. Once185302:03:09.159 --> 02:03:13.520
he turns you. You'll be most loyal to him if185402:03:13.520 --> 02:03:17.399
you won't give yourself to him willingly. Then I'll employ185502:03:17.439 --> 02:03:22.199
the second method, that being I'll inject you with my185602:03:22.319 --> 02:03:26.000
own blood, which can turn you in just a matter185702:03:26.079 --> 02:03:30.920
of minutes, even seconds in some cases. Hearing what Victoria185802:03:31.000 --> 02:03:34.840
is telling me, I know what stories come to mind.185902:03:35.319 --> 02:03:42.279
These backwoods people are their ghouls. The face of Bethany186002:03:42.359 --> 02:03:47.399
Mirn flashes in my mind. No fucking way, Flint squeezes186102:03:47.439 --> 02:03:56.439
me to him. Want wife, Want Veronda, stay with Flint,186202:03:56.800 --> 02:04:01.720
Victorious size Flint won't just you unless you offer yourself186302:04:01.760 --> 02:04:06.039
to him. It's quite simple, really. Either you take him186402:04:06.119 --> 02:04:08.880
up to his room and make love with him, or186502:04:09.000 --> 02:04:12.359
he can hold you here while I inject you with186602:04:12.399 --> 02:04:16.560
my blood. One way or another, you belong here with186702:04:16.760 --> 02:04:21.840
our family. Now. I feel myself shaking with both fear186802:04:22.000 --> 02:04:26.239
and anger. Why is this happening to me when I've186902:04:26.279 --> 02:04:28.640
fallen in love for the first time in my life187002:04:29.000 --> 02:04:32.800
and on Valentine's Day? What can I do? I don't187102:04:32.800 --> 02:04:36.199
want to be a ghoul. Yeah, I'll want Bethany still,187202:04:36.600 --> 02:04:39.840
but it'll be to fill my stomach, goals, eat people.187302:04:40.840 --> 02:04:47.239
Victoria's getting up, fine, have it your way. No, I shriek, no,187402:04:47.439 --> 02:04:53.680
I'll I'll go up with Flint please. Victoria is not convinced.187502:04:54.560 --> 02:04:58.640
Show me mortal. I've got to go back into my187602:04:59.239 --> 02:05:03.920
poorn years to pull this off. I relax and lay back.187702:05:04.640 --> 02:05:07.199
I kind of look like Flint's lover now, and he187802:05:07.279 --> 02:05:11.439
holds me to him. I look up into his red187902:05:11.479 --> 02:05:15.239
eyes as I unbutton my top and reveal my big188002:05:15.319 --> 02:05:20.760
naturals kiss me, I whisper to Flint. Then I take188102:05:20.840 --> 02:05:23.640
one of his big hands and let him feel me up.188202:05:24.520 --> 02:05:27.800
I let Flint kiss and fondle me. I act like188302:05:27.920 --> 02:05:32.479
I'm really into it. I even slip him some tongue.188402:05:32.600 --> 02:05:36.720
I'm showing these ghouls why I've won many avienn Awards188502:05:37.119 --> 02:05:40.920
back in the day. I really put myself into those scenes.188602:05:41.520 --> 02:05:43.960
I just acted like I wasn't in front of the cameras,188702:05:44.319 --> 02:05:46.800
like it was just me and my costar and no188802:05:46.880 --> 02:05:51.000
one else. After several minutes, Flint and I stop kissing.188902:05:51.960 --> 02:05:58.560
He looks into my face, love Veronda, love you baby.189002:05:59.199 --> 02:06:03.359
I caress the side of his face. Want to go upstairs.189102:06:04.359 --> 02:06:07.600
I shriek when I feel Victoria grab my hair. I'm189202:06:07.640 --> 02:06:12.359
still not convinced, miss Valentine. I shove her away, get189302:06:12.399 --> 02:06:15.359
off of me. I groan and move away from Flint189402:06:15.359 --> 02:06:17.800
to stand on my feet. I kick my shoes off189502:06:17.840 --> 02:06:21.000
and quickly shove my yoga pants down. I step out189602:06:21.000 --> 02:06:23.439
of them and let my top drop to the floor.189702:06:24.279 --> 02:06:28.359
I'm completely naked in front of these two ghouls. Now189802:06:29.000 --> 02:06:33.039
there you happy? I snap at Victoria. I'll take Flint189902:06:33.119 --> 02:06:36.800
upstairs and fuck is goddamn brains out? You want to watch? You,190002:06:36.960 --> 02:06:43.359
sick bitch? Victoria considers me. Then she looks at Flint.190102:06:44.359 --> 02:06:49.279
She's yours, honey, Flint surprises me by suddenly lifting me190202:06:49.359 --> 02:06:54.840
into his strong arms. Want wife, let's go up to190302:06:54.880 --> 02:07:01.680
your room. Husband, I whisper, let's make love. Flint turns190402:07:01.720 --> 02:07:05.720
to the stairway and takes me up for a big giant,190502:07:05.800 --> 02:07:09.199
he sure can move fast. He takes me into his190602:07:09.319 --> 02:07:12.640
room and kicks the door shut. Then he lays me190702:07:12.760 --> 02:07:17.560
down on his king bed gently. I gotta think fast190802:07:17.720 --> 02:07:20.079
or I'm gonna be wanting to share Bethany and the190902:07:20.079 --> 02:07:23.000
Corgan Twins with Flint. And I don't mean in a191002:07:23.119 --> 02:07:26.880
kinky reverse gang bang kind of way. I can only191102:07:26.880 --> 02:07:30.000
see a few select things by the moonlight coming into191202:07:30.000 --> 02:07:35.119
the room. Then I have another idea. Instead of being191302:07:35.159 --> 02:07:39.640
in a pornow, it's time to treat this like a191402:07:39.720 --> 02:07:43.920
horror movie. I had a scene similar to this in Veronda,191502:07:44.079 --> 02:07:47.319
Queen of the Night. I was naked like I am now.191602:07:48.119 --> 02:07:50.479
In the movie, I end up making love with a191702:07:50.560 --> 02:07:55.000
gargoyle who ends up becoming my man. Perhaps if I191802:07:55.039 --> 02:07:59.479
apply some of that here, take me my love, I191902:07:59.520 --> 02:08:03.800
tell Flint, become my king. We can rule the realm192002:08:03.920 --> 02:08:08.319
of night together. I scoot over and lay on my back,192102:08:08.800 --> 02:08:14.000
looking into his eyes. Flint keeps looking at me, and192202:08:14.039 --> 02:08:18.680
then I realize he doesn't really know what to do192302:08:18.760 --> 02:08:23.479
with me. He's never been intimate with anyone before. Okay,192402:08:23.560 --> 02:08:27.199
maybe he's not all together upstairs, but you'd think you'd192502:08:27.239 --> 02:08:31.319
have gotten late at least once in his well. I192602:08:31.359 --> 02:08:36.199
can't say life since he's not technically alive right, Just192702:08:36.239 --> 02:08:40.640
the same, I can't help feeling sorry for him. Suddenly,192802:08:40.680 --> 02:08:44.800
the door bursts open, the lights come on. Victoria's standing192902:08:44.840 --> 02:08:50.680
there glaring at me. Yeah, it's really clear she doesn't193002:08:50.720 --> 02:08:54.079
trust me, not with her son. Then I see the193102:08:54.159 --> 02:08:57.960
syringe with her blood in it in her hand. I193202:08:58.039 --> 02:09:01.680
quickly get off the bed. Oh fuck, no, come here,193302:09:02.279 --> 02:09:06.119
Victoria orders me. Right now, this won't hurt a bit.193402:09:06.920 --> 02:09:10.960
I only have one option available now that shit can't193502:09:11.000 --> 02:09:15.199
turn me if I'm dead right, I ask her. Victoria193602:09:15.319 --> 02:09:20.560
immediately realizes what I'm planning. No, don't. I quickly haul193702:09:20.680 --> 02:09:24.199
my sexy ass as Victoria leaps onto the bed. She's193802:09:24.239 --> 02:09:28.000
wearing stiletto heels, but she moves like a fucking cat.193902:09:28.199 --> 02:09:31.159
I make it to the open window and scream as194002:09:31.159 --> 02:09:35.920
I dive right through it and fall to the ground below. Ooh,194102:09:37.439 --> 02:09:41.159
I utter when I land in the tall grass. I194202:09:41.199 --> 02:09:44.600
didn't get a cut or break any bones, thankfully. If194302:09:44.640 --> 02:09:47.039
I would have, it would have served me right for194402:09:47.159 --> 02:09:51.760
diving naked through a second story window. Suddenly Victoria lands194502:09:51.880 --> 02:09:56.279
right beside me on her heels. I groan and make194602:09:56.359 --> 02:09:59.399
myself get up. I growl in pain as I'm forcing194702:09:59.439 --> 02:10:03.479
myself to run. Victoria only has to take long strides194802:10:03.720 --> 02:10:07.680
to keep up with me, much like Jason Vorhis. I194902:10:07.760 --> 02:10:09.800
make it around to the front of the house and195002:10:09.880 --> 02:10:13.439
try getting to the dirt path. When Victoria grabs me195102:10:13.520 --> 02:10:17.920
and tries to inject me, headlights suddenly make everything bright.195202:10:18.479 --> 02:10:22.239
This distraction lets me get away. Victoria doesn't react in195302:10:22.279 --> 02:10:25.119
time as the car slams into her and sends her195402:10:25.199 --> 02:10:29.000
flying back. Then three people get out of the car.195502:10:29.800 --> 02:10:33.560
Nice Jenny Corgan purrs as she nods her head slowly.195602:10:34.239 --> 02:10:37.920
You know I'd fuck you, Vicky like hell you will,195702:10:38.239 --> 02:10:41.960
Bethany snaps. Suddenly she's in my arms so we can195802:10:42.000 --> 02:10:45.600
share a long kiss. I love you, she tells me195902:10:46.399 --> 02:10:50.880
for the second time. I love you back, I say,196002:10:51.600 --> 02:10:55.600
knowing what I truly feel for her. Now, Jesse Corgan196102:10:55.640 --> 02:10:58.920
approaches me, this is all we got for you to wear, Vicky.196202:10:59.680 --> 02:11:02.520
I take my second scream queen costume and put the196302:11:02.640 --> 02:11:05.319
dress and heels on. And then we look to see196402:11:05.399 --> 02:11:10.000
Victoria's back, only now she's got two other ghules with her.196502:11:10.560 --> 02:11:14.319
No flint, do whatever you want with the others, boys,196602:11:14.960 --> 02:11:18.960
Victoria tells them. She points to me, I want that196702:11:19.119 --> 02:11:20.359
girl alive.196802:11:22.199 --> 02:11:26.159
You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky will be right back.196902:11:28.119 --> 02:11:30.720
The four of us turn and run. When we can197002:11:30.800 --> 02:11:32.840
hide and catch a break. I fill the others in197102:11:32.880 --> 02:11:36.119
on what exactly we're dealing with here. When they give197202:11:36.159 --> 02:11:39.199
me odd looks, I give them two middle fingers. I197302:11:39.319 --> 02:11:42.640
swear I haven't been smoking any of Jesse's shit. There197402:11:42.680 --> 02:11:46.399
really are ghules here. Hey, I get the best shit,197502:11:46.920 --> 02:11:50.920
Jesse pouts, sounding insulted. It's great for the creative juices.197602:11:52.000 --> 02:11:54.239
We take off and run again until we make it197702:11:54.279 --> 02:11:57.840
to some tall weeds. We manage to lose those fuckers197802:11:58.359 --> 02:12:01.600
and double back. We reach the mansion and hide in197902:12:01.640 --> 02:12:07.199
the garage. Flesh eating gules. Huh. Jenny mutters, well, what198002:12:07.239 --> 02:12:13.239
the fuck are we goul food? Bethany replies, oh fuck you.198102:12:14.039 --> 02:12:18.079
Jenny groans, No, we don't make ghoul movies. We make198202:12:18.159 --> 02:12:21.680
slasher movies. So let's show these fucking ghuls how things198302:12:21.760 --> 02:12:27.960
work in slasher movies. Jesse gasps, that's genius, Sis, we198402:12:28.000 --> 02:12:31.479
can actually put this in Slasher two. We sneak back198502:12:31.520 --> 02:12:34.159
out and get to the car. Yeah, we could have198602:12:34.399 --> 02:12:37.520
just escaped, but you know, damn well, those ghouls will198702:12:37.560 --> 02:12:40.680
come back to the con. We're gonna show these bastards198802:12:40.680 --> 02:12:43.119
what it means to be on the wrong side of198902:12:43.199 --> 02:12:47.359
slasher movies. I put the Scream Queen mask on and199002:12:47.600 --> 02:12:51.279
arm myself. It's time to film some more scenes for199102:12:51.399 --> 02:12:57.399
Slasher two Valentine's Day. After Jesse explains her plan, she199202:12:57.479 --> 02:13:02.520
tells us places everyone. One of Victoria's sons came around199302:13:02.560 --> 02:13:05.520
the front of the house. Then he sees Bethany with199402:13:05.560 --> 02:13:09.319
the camera, Jenny holding up the mic, and Jesse looking199502:13:09.319 --> 02:13:15.319
on as director, you fucking serious. The ghoul demands they199602:13:15.399 --> 02:13:18.760
keep filming. In fact, the ghoul doesn't even see me199702:13:19.439 --> 02:13:23.600
until it's too late. When he finally realizes I'm right199802:13:23.640 --> 02:13:29.119
behind him, he turns around to see the Scream Queen.199902:13:30.239 --> 02:13:32.640
I tilt my head the same way Michael Myers did200002:13:32.680 --> 02:13:36.399
after he killed Bob in the original Halloween spoiler alert.200102:13:37.000 --> 02:13:40.239
Before the ghoul realizes it, I show him my machete200202:13:40.560 --> 02:13:44.640
and I run it right through his gut. Unfortunately, being200302:13:44.720 --> 02:13:48.199
that he's a ghoul, it won't kill him. Great for200402:13:48.239 --> 02:13:51.079
the movie though, and it'll look like one of Jenny's200502:13:51.159 --> 02:13:54.760
practical effects. I pull the machete out and watch the200602:13:54.800 --> 02:13:59.079
ghoul fall to his knees. Then I swing with both200702:13:59.119 --> 02:14:02.439
hands around the hand and lop his head clean off200802:14:02.840 --> 02:14:08.479
for another Valentine's Day kill. The body falls over and200902:14:08.640 --> 02:14:13.840
never moves again. Got it, Bethany says with delight. Okay.201002:14:13.920 --> 02:14:18.000
Next scene, Jesse says and explains it. When she's finished,201102:14:18.079 --> 02:14:22.720
she says, places, we quickly move back into the garage.201202:14:22.800 --> 02:14:25.239
It's not long before the other sun comes in the201302:14:25.319 --> 02:14:28.439
side door. He turns on the light and sees Bethany201402:14:28.479 --> 02:14:32.159
and the Corgan Twins doing their thing again. Now it's201502:14:32.279 --> 02:14:36.159
time to do mine. When he hears the door slam,201602:14:36.359 --> 02:14:39.359
he turns to see me as the scream Queen with201702:14:39.439 --> 02:14:44.119
a chainsaw in my hands. He has the most dumbfounded201802:14:44.199 --> 02:14:47.239
look on his face. I grab the cord and just201902:14:47.439 --> 02:14:52.039
rip that fucking chainsaw to life. Huh one, try that's202002:14:52.079 --> 02:14:55.560
a first. The ghoul screams like a fucking girl. When202102:14:55.600 --> 02:14:58.239
I run the speeding chain right up his crotch and202202:14:58.359 --> 02:15:02.119
keep going until I've buzzed him into two equal shares202302:15:02.760 --> 02:15:07.199
and homage to the original Slasher. And again, I've got202402:15:07.239 --> 02:15:14.159
blood all over me, real blood, not Jenny's special mix cut,202502:15:14.800 --> 02:15:18.119
Jesse says. After I kill the chainsaw, she smiles a202602:15:18.119 --> 02:15:24.079
little um no pun intended. One more scene, Bethany squeals202702:15:24.079 --> 02:15:29.119
with delight, and this time my babe has an idea. Yeah,202802:15:29.319 --> 02:15:35.039
Jenny agrees, let's do it places, Jesse tells us. Mommy202902:15:35.119 --> 02:15:38.399
dearest herself has no idea what she's in for when203002:15:38.439 --> 02:15:41.640
she comes looking in the living room like her boys,203102:15:41.960 --> 02:15:45.119
Victoria sees Bethany and the corgan twins running the camera203202:15:45.439 --> 02:15:48.800
and the boom mic. She just stands there and looks203302:15:48.840 --> 02:15:53.600
at them. Yeah, she's annoyed as fuck, And just what203402:15:53.640 --> 02:15:56.960
the hell do you people think you're doing. Make it203502:15:57.000 --> 02:16:01.000
a fucking movie, Bethany returns, and you get to be203602:16:01.079 --> 02:16:04.760
in it, Jesse adds. Victoria keeps looking at them like203702:16:04.800 --> 02:16:08.760
they've lost their fucking minds. Suddenly I burst out of203802:16:08.800 --> 02:16:13.159
a nearby closet. Victoria as fast as she wasn't prepared203902:16:13.199 --> 02:16:17.760
for the scream queen. She screams. When I fire up204002:16:17.800 --> 02:16:20.720
the circular saw in my hand and feel it sink204102:16:20.760 --> 02:16:23.920
into her tummy. I press her up against the wall.204202:16:24.159 --> 02:16:28.760
Her blood splatters all over me. Victoria tries pushing me away,204302:16:29.359 --> 02:16:31.920
but I lean into her with all of my weight.204402:16:32.520 --> 02:16:35.639
I keep laying into her until she finally falls over204502:16:36.440 --> 02:16:40.920
and doesn't move. I get that gut feeling that says,204602:16:41.920 --> 02:16:44.959
I don't know. I don't think she's gonna stay dead.204702:16:45.639 --> 02:16:50.000
Cut Jesse calls out, that's a wrap people. The others204802:16:50.040 --> 02:16:52.600
come over to me now, Beth, and he points down204902:16:52.600 --> 02:16:57.440
at Victoria's body sharply. Yeah, fuck you, you zombie bitch.205002:16:58.479 --> 02:17:01.239
Go inside and take a shower, Vicki. Jenny tells me205102:17:01.639 --> 02:17:06.000
we'll wait for you. Suddenly, Flint's right there, making a shriek.205202:17:06.559 --> 02:17:11.159
He looks ready to attack us, but then he sees205302:17:11.239 --> 02:17:15.760
me a very bloody scream. Queen. The two of us205402:17:15.799 --> 02:17:19.920
are at a standoff now. Then he sees what's left205502:17:19.959 --> 02:17:24.200
of Victoria and moves to her. He lifts his mother205602:17:24.280 --> 02:17:28.280
into his arms and takes her upstairs. Like I said,205702:17:29.239 --> 02:17:33.319
I don't think Victoria is going to stay dead or undead,205802:17:33.799 --> 02:17:36.559
whatever the fuck you want to call it. The four205902:17:36.600 --> 02:17:39.159
of us use the opportunity to get the fuck out206002:17:39.159 --> 02:17:42.239
of there and head back to Ridgeway Heights. Of course,206102:17:42.639 --> 02:17:45.159
I had to lose the scream Queen costume before getting206202:17:45.159 --> 02:17:49.280
in the car. It being bloody and all good thing.206302:17:49.360 --> 02:17:53.319
Being naked's never bothered me, huh. Fortunately for me, the206402:17:53.399 --> 02:17:56.399
Corgan Twins had a blanket in the back. The four206502:17:56.440 --> 02:17:59.000
of us make it back to the hotel. I hurry206602:17:59.079 --> 02:18:00.920
up and get to the room and get cleaned up.206702:18:01.799 --> 02:18:04.440
When I'm finished showering, I come out into the room206802:18:04.520 --> 02:18:08.360
and find Bethany waiting for me. I gasp when I206902:18:08.399 --> 02:18:13.319
see that she has a bouquet of roses in one hand.207002:18:13.879 --> 02:18:17.760
In the other is a heart shaped box of chocolates.207102:18:18.239 --> 02:18:23.600
Happy Valentine's Day, baby, Bethany chokes out with emotions. I207202:18:23.639 --> 02:18:26.200
feel myself blushing and move to her to share a207302:18:26.280 --> 02:18:29.879
passionate kiss. Since we're all done with the con for207402:18:29.920 --> 02:18:33.360
the day, Bethany and I go out and celebrate Valentine's207502:18:33.440 --> 02:18:38.799
Day together. Definitely a very magical night between the two207602:18:38.840 --> 02:18:43.079
of us. Sunday, the final day of the Saint Valentine's207702:18:43.159 --> 02:18:46.559
Day massacre horror con, went off without a hitch. None207802:18:46.600 --> 02:18:48.479
of us would have been surprised if any of those207902:18:48.520 --> 02:18:52.040
ghouls came back. We never saw a single one, though208002:18:52.600 --> 02:18:55.319
we ended up finishing the con and the filming of208102:18:55.360 --> 02:19:00.319
Slasher two. The weekend was pretty fun and exciting from208202:19:00.319 --> 02:19:04.760
the whole being kidnapped thing. As for Slasher two, it208302:19:04.799 --> 02:19:07.840
came out in time for Valentine's Day weekend A year later.208402:19:08.520 --> 02:19:12.120
It even screamed at the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Horror Con.208502:19:12.719 --> 02:19:15.000
Bethany and I were at the con in person to208602:19:15.079 --> 02:19:18.040
celebrate the movie with the Corgan Twins and some of208702:19:18.079 --> 02:19:21.879
the actors. As for the ghouls in the movie, the208802:19:21.879 --> 02:19:24.959
Corgan Twins were able to again make movie magic to208902:19:25.040 --> 02:19:30.440
incorporate them to flow flawlessly with the rest of the movie.209002:19:30.639 --> 02:19:33.079
Bethany and I were also at the con to celebrate209102:19:33.120 --> 02:19:37.840
our first Valentine's Day anniversary together. I used to be209202:19:37.920 --> 02:19:41.719
a real hater of Valentine's Day. Now I anticipate it209302:19:41.879 --> 02:19:46.000
knowing I've still got Bethany very much in my life.209402:19:46.840 --> 02:19:53.079
Oh and as for Slasher three, Valentine's screams, Well, you're209502:19:53.120 --> 02:19:55.120
going to have to be patient on that one and209602:19:55.280 --> 02:19:58.440
come to Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Horror Con next year209702:19:58.680 --> 02:20:02.959
to see it, and yes we're filming that sequel here too.209802:20:03.879 --> 02:20:09.159
So until the third installment, this sequels a wrap. Happy209902:20:09.239 --> 02:20:19.399
Valentine's Day everyone, Well, my spookys, you've survived a marathon210002:20:19.559 --> 02:20:24.920
of truly evil love and I hope you're safe at210102:20:24.959 --> 02:20:29.760
home or wherever it is you listen, don't worry. We210202:20:29.840 --> 02:20:33.360
have a brand new story all about the terrors and210302:20:33.479 --> 02:20:39.079
pitfalls of the heart coming next week as we unveil210402:20:39.120 --> 02:20:44.879
a brand new Weekly Spooky novella by Rob Fields, and210502:20:45.000 --> 02:20:48.280
you will not want to miss it. So make sure210602:20:48.280 --> 02:20:51.600
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