Ghoulish Getaways - Five Stories of Fun and Sun and CARNAGE!

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Hello, my spookies, It's Friday, and we have a special treat for

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you. With over two hundred episodes
of the podcast published and more and I

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mean many, many more coming.
Oh my, Yes, we have so

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many great tales for you in our
back catalog. And this is five collections

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all about ghoulish getaways. Because it's
summer, it's hot out there, and

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people love to travel, whether it's
to the beach or to the mountains.

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Well, this is the time of
year to do it. But these stories

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are about trips that don't necessarily go
the way you're hoping. Well, I

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guess in the end, it really
depends on whose side you're on. Maybe

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you want a little R and R, a little sun and fun and a

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little death and dismemberment. I'm not
here to judge. I will not yuck

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your yum. So sit back and
enjoy five scary stories right now. After

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these quick words, Bella's Holiday by
robbed Fields. And here we are.

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Iiney and I just crossed into the
huge megalopolis known as Shore City. You

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know what, I don't even think
I remember the last time I was here.

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Let's just say I'd never even heard
of Strickfield. Yeah, it's been

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that long ago. As far as
the distance between Strickfield and Shore City,

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it's at least five hundred miles.
I've been driving our rental car since we

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left Strickfield. IE's sitting next to
me and giving me directions. After several

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long hours and some stops, we
finally pull into the driveway of Grandma Donnerley's

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house. I get out of the
car and look at my surroundings. I

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can see the beach as I look
past Grandma donner Ley's. I can even

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hear the sound of people having a
good time. Iiny comes up beside me,

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bells you okay. I sigh and
look up at the sky. Why

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do I do it? Why do
I let you talk me into doing shit?

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I turned to face her first,
I let you talk me into staying

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in Strickfield. Next, you and
I both end up on the cheerleading squad

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at Strickfield High. And now that
school's out for the summer, I let

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you talk me into coming all the
way to Shore City for a week of

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vacation. Of all things, what's
wrong with taking a vacation, Iiney asks.

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I grab Iiny and shake her a
little. Because neither of us can

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fucking drive a car. I let
her go. You're goddamn lucky. I

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learned fast. We're really lucky.
We never got pulled over. And fuck

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all those speed limits, I sigh. The point is I don't take vacations,

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Iiny, I just don't. And
here you are, she reminds me

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in her mousey voice. Why did
I agree to drive us all the way

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to Shore City? Three days ago? Iey's grandma calls her out of the

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blue and wants to see her right
away. She asks her grandma if she

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can bring me along. She agrees
right away, and things fell into place

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from there. Almost turned out neither
of us ever learned how to drive a

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car. Iiney tried calling a taxi
service, but the trip would be quite

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costly, so iine talked me into
driving a rental car. Let's just say

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I had a few close calls.
Believe it or not. It's really quite

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easy when you get it down.
It's just those fucking speed limits that piss

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me off. So I said fuck
it and got us here doing a full

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hundred iine and I got our bags
out of the car, and then the

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front door opens. A Leen,
you finally made it, Aileen is Iiney's

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real name. I call her Iiney
because her older brother Martin calls her Einstein

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on the count of her big brain. I just shortened Einstein by calling her

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iine She returns the favor by calling
me Bells. Iiney and her grandma hug

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It's nice to see you again,
Grandma. Grandma Donna Ley is in her

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mid sixties and has a thin frame
with silver hair. And you must be

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Bella. Aileen has told me so
much about you. I was just going

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to shake hands with her, but
she pulls me in and hugs me.

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When we finish, she just looks
at me. You are so cold.

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Do you need some coffee or some
hot chocolate? I smile a little.

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I'm fine, ma'am. Grandma Donna
Lely invites both of us inside. She's

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got the air conditioning running. She
shows Iiny to her room. As she's

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getting settled in, Grandma Donna Ley
brings me to the basement. I set

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you up down here. I hope
you don't mind. I'm not choosy,

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I reply. Turns out she prepared
a couch down here. It's nice and

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cool. There's even a small shower
cabinet for me. It's perfect, I

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tell her and put my duffle down. She nods and heads back upstairs.

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After I unpack, I come back
upstairs to see the donner Lee's at the

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kitchen table. I'm entering the kitchen
when Grandma Donnerley gasps. She points right

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at me. No, Grandma,
what iiney asks. The old woman gets

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up, still pointing at me.
You don't have a reflection, and I

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had forgotten about checking for mirrors and
avoiding them. This is part of the

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reason why I don't go on vacations. Now, I Nee's Grandma knows I'm

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a vampire. You're a believer.
I say, I've met your kind before

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she replies contempt in her voice,
I revoke my invitation. Grandma stop,

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Iiny tells her Bell isn't like other
vampires. She's been my dearest friend for

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months. She considers. Iine.
Then she looks at me and makes another

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realization. You walk in the daylight. I'm the only one who can I

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reply. When I killed a master
vampire, I was hurt too. His

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blood mixed with mine and made me
what I am. I'm not malevolent,

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and I won't hurt you and your
friends with my grand baby, She asks

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in amazement. IE's my only friend. I admit she talked me into coming

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here with her. If you don't
want me here, I'll leave. I

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won't stay where I'm not welcome.
Grandma Donna really looks at her granddaughter.

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You said she was staying with you
and Martin, iine ads. Grandma Donna

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really really shows contempt now as she
looks at me. Aileen told me your

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Martin's girlfriend. Well, I wouldn't
entirely say that, I stammer. She

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raises her finger. Break up with
him. That boy has been nothing but

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trouble since he was old enough to
walk and talk. If you don't know

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now, you'll know soon enough.
I look at her solemnly. Is there

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something you want to tell me?
She takes my hand in hers. You

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don't know Martin as well as you
think. He can never stay out of

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trouble. He looks for any excuse
to cause trouble. Kids at school called

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him mean Martin, and with good
reason. I won't let him come here.

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He's not welcome. He'll never be
welcome. Break up with him.

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A leopard like him never changes his
spots. I listen to her heartbeat,

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and no she's telling the truth.
I realize I'll have to watch Martin closely

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when I return to Strickfield. I'll
have to talk to Any about this later.

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Grandma Donnerley lets go of my hand. You may stay. I don't

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know how i'll feed you though I
don't have any blood for you. I

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actually I don't drink blood, I
tell her, But you can't feed me

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anyway. I'll eat you out of
house and home. Ainy said, there's

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plenty of good buffets I can eat
at. I explain to Grandma Donnerley why

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I don't drink blood and how I
have to eat lots of food to compensate

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for all the energy I use.
Just the same, Grandma Donnerly insists on

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feeding me, even when I told
her about how I devoured at least twenty

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roast chickens for my first meal as
a vampire. I watched the Donnerley's talk

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some more. Grandma Donnerley tells Any
that she should just leave Strickfield and come

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move in with her, leave Martin
behind. Or if you don't want to

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live with me, you know you
have other family here. You could even

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live with your three cousins. They
have a house in this neighborhood. I'm

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sure they'd enjoy having you to live
with them. The more I'm hearing the

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old woman talk negatively about Martin,
the more I'm really wondering. Iiney and

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I are walking out onto the beach. Now. Grandma Donnerley had to run

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some errands and said she'd be back
in a while. We're both wearing bikinis

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and walking on the sand. Where
do you want to set up bells?

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Iiny asks, I guess Anywhere's fine, I reply. Suddenly, my vampire

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senses make me raise my hand and
snatch the volleyball that would have hit me

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in the back of the head.
Then I turn around to see three girls

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heading our way. Yeah, that's
our volleyball, bitch. The busty blonde

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snaps, you can give it back
now, A busty brunette adds rudely.

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I raise an eyelid. Oh you
want this back? Huh. A dark

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skinned girl gets in my face.
You hard a hearing bitch, smirk.

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You want this ball back, well, go get it. Then I toss

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the ball up and give it a
nice little love tap to send it flying

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way down the beach. The bitches
turn around and race after it, screaming

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obscenities at me as they're leaving.
You just know those girls are going to

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be back, Iiney tells me,
fuck them. We walk again and find

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our spot to set up our beach
towels, and then it's not long before

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we have another surprise you. Iiney
shrieks, no way, you're here,

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two Aleme. The voice sounds familiar. I turned to see. How did

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you end up here? I asked
Eddie Richter. He's known as Peewee in

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Strickfield athletics. Eddie Gaux bella tabon
you two. You know Iiney and I

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are joined at the hip, I
joke. Eddie laughs a little, Then

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he points in a direction. My
buddy's parents have a place here. They

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said he could use it whenever he
wanted, So we came over here and

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hit the beach after school was out
for the summer. Why'd you two come

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here? Any explains that her grandma
invited her to come over, and she

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invited me to come with her.
Just then Eddie's friends approach him. They're

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all at least a head taller than
him. Guess he's nicknamed Peewee for a

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reason. For a mortal He's impressed
me with what a fast little fucker he

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is. The other boys recognize us
from the Strickfield High cheerleading squad and invite

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us to play volleyball with them.
So it's three jocks and one cheerleader to

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a team. We play volleyball for
a while. Then some storm clouds quickly

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gather. The winds pick up,
and it starts raining. Some people run

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to take shelter, while others just
stay on the beach, and then the

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screaming starts. I turn and run
in the direction people are running away from

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the water. When I get there, I see a body's washed up onto

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the sand. I get on one
knee and examine it. I'm already seeing

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things here that tell me I've got
work to do here in Shore City.

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Through my vampire hearing, I can
hear Aine's little feet as she's almost on

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me. Bells, what oh,
do you know what that is? This

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is easily a werewolf attack. I
point to the bite marks, three of

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them for sure. And last night
was the first night of the full moon.

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Two more nights. I need to
deuces tonight and tomorrow night. Right.

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That means we don't have much time
to get to the bottom of this.

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I point to the fangs. This
person was a vampire. Human fangs

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aren't normally this long. Some police
officers come along and rudely tell us to

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fuck off. I watched them look
at the body and to myself as they'll

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try and fail miserably to determine the
cause of death. They won't find the

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vampire teeth since I snatched them up. Don't need mortals asking questions they shouldn't

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be asking what's on your mind?
Bells II asks, I'm thinking those werewolves

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will be back tonight, maybe a
nice walk on the beaches in order.

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Then I raise my eyebrow to her
a little Did you happen to bring the

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toys? Ie gives me a wicked
smirk. I always bring the toys.

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I he's been my partner in crime
for a while now. We do our

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day stuff. At night, we
go out looking for trouble. We often

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find trouble and stop it. Then
we return home. Ie goes to bed.

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I fuck Martin, still remembering what
Grandma donner Ley told me. I

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may have to rethink that last part. Iiny, are there any problems between

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you and Martin? I ask?
Iiny just gives me a sad look.

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Grandma talked to you, didn't she
you were there. She told me Martin

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is trouble. She didn't say what. She also said Martin wasn't welcome at

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her house. She told me to
stop seeing him. Iiney gets defensive.

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You and Martin just have sex.
You're not really in a relationship with him,

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I groan. I was hoping to
get something out of Iiny, but

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I can see she's not going to
tell me anything. Her heartbeat tells me

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she's very angry. I can't tell
if I've upset her or if it's something

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she's keeping inside. I won't use
glam on her. If she wants to

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tell me, then she'll tell me
when she's ready. Night comes, Iiney

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and I put our bikinis back on
and head to the beach. It's so

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easy to get onto the sand from
Grandma Donnerley's backyard, speaking of whom,

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I can't believe she prepared all that
food just for me. I did tell

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her I could eat. The least
I could do was help with the dishes,

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since she wouldn't accept payment. There
were some kids out here, though

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not nearly as many as during the
day the full moon is nice and bright.

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There's a gentle breeze and the waters
a little wavy. As long as

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I see people I've come in contact
with, then I scratch them off as

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suspects. Werewolves can't change back and
forth at will. When it's a full

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moon, they change whether they want
to or not. The werewolves are already

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out and prowling. I managed to
get faint sense off the body from this

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afternoon. Won't be much to go
on, but it's better than nothing.

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You think we'll find anything, Bellsini
asks, I'm quite optimistic, I reply,

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Bella, Ayleen. Over here,
a voice calls out. We look

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to see Eddie Richter sitting at a
fire on the sand and walk over to

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him. Just you out here tonight, I asked him. My buddies went

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back to the house. Eddie replies, they forgot something. Didn't say what.

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Have a seat. We sit with
Eddie and talk with him. You

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know, it's a shame you two
graduated. Eddie tells us I kind of

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liked watching you two on the squad. We'll be back. Iiney replies,

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I missed too many days with being
sick this school year, and Bells just

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didn't feel like coming to school,
I pick up, so I got to

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repeat senior year with Iiney. The
truth is I had to care for her

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when she was sick and Martin had
to work. Eddie smirks and shakes his

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head a little. The bad school
Girl, a name that pretty much every

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student calls me. To be honest, I really like it bad as I

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want to be honey, I reply. He fully smiles. Now, no

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wonder, Principal Vandiste is always riding
you. I fully smile back, only

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for me to keep throwing him off. You ain't taming this bitch. The

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three of us talk some more,
and then I catch whiffs of those faint

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smells I got earlier. Now I'm
hearing some screaming. I turn and see

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three werewolves have hit the beach.
I knee grabs Eddie. Come on,

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we gotta run. The two of
them get away. Then I run towards

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the werewolves, vamping out as I
do. I'm so looking forward to this.

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I fucking hate hate werewolves. The
werewolves howl at the full moon and

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then come at me. These beasts
are going to be strong, but I

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can match power with them. I
can beat the living shit out of all

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of them. These fuckers keep trying
to bite me, but I just keep

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knocking their asses back. I'm fucking
loving this. Most importantly, I'm keeping

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their attention on me while other mortals
are getting away in their animal minds.

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All they want to do is tear
me apart. Unless they're seriously hurt,

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they know they're dying, or they
know sunrises coming, They're going to keep

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coming after me. As pray well, they did come right for me.

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That means I met and pissed off
somebody here in Shore City. I'm already

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compiling a list of suspects I've come
across. I guess I'm going to have

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some work to do tomorrow during the
daylight hours. Oh, I know what

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you're thinking. Why the hell didn't
I just kill those motherfuckers. Yes,

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they turn back into their human forms
immediately, but I wouldn't get the whole

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story. So it looks like I'm
going to have to do the next best

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thing. As my new playmates come
at me again, I strike with a

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little more force and knock their asses
out. Now comes the not so fun

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the waiting game. I guess I
can enjoy the view of the water and

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feel the gentle breezes While I'm waiting
time to use some of Viney's toys,

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I pull out some special zip ties
she made in her Mad Scientists lab back

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at her house in her basement.
These particular zip ties are really high tensile

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strength. You can't get these at
your local hardware store. They're strong enough

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to piss off these werewolves. Once
I apply them. I he keeps improving

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on the formula, so I imagine
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time before these things can secure even
me or other master vampires. As I'm

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about to secure the first werewolf,
my senses go critical. I don't have

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time to react as a silver werewolf
crashes into me and takes me down.

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Those other three were easy to take
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You don't see too many of these
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don't last as long as vampires.
But here's one now pissed off as fuck.

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The two of us fight it out
when the other werewolves come to The

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distraction is enough for the alpha to
hit me hard enough to daze me.

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I barely feel the alpha getting on
top of me before I hear the gunshots.

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Oh yeah, I guess they understand
gunshots, also, especially with the

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whole silver bullets thing. I wake
up and find myself down in Grandma donner

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Lee's basement. In Y's right there
with me, Bells, you're finally awake.

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Yeah, she's quite happy right now. Yeah, I got lucky.

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I reply, you missed it.
I tell her about the alpha werewolf that

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showed up. So you're saying werewolves
are like vampires. The older they get,

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the more powerful they become. She
translates, pretty much. Yeah,

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given the strength and speed of the
alpha and the silver coat, this one's

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been around for a very long time. Then Iinny's quick on something else.

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We only have one more night,
Bells tonight. I know I may have

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my work cut out for me,
and maybe not. You have suspects,

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She asks, Perhaps we gotta be
beach babes again today? IY you up

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for it? I Ny glares at
me. I am not a beach babe.

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Look at me. I'm a scrawny
little thing. I smirk and look

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my friend in the face. I
think Eddie Richter would disagree. He's definitely

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into you. Iny gasps, Oh, no, Bells, don't you dare.

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We argue about it for a little
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her cute little face and tell her
that having bigger tits isn't always better.

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I mean, I certainly don't have
them myself. She finally lets her guard

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down and agrees to come on the
beach with me one more time. After

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breakfast, we step onto the sand
again in our bikinis. See Ie,

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there are plenty of guys checking you
out. I say, no, they're

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checking you out, Bells. She
disagrees, I'm not the one with the

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flowing, long blonde hair and sexy
body. Watch and learn. Throughout the

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day, Ie realizes that I'm not
the only one people are checking out.

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When I ask her to get lemonade
for us at a stand, she's quickly

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surprised that guys are hitting on her. Iine's got a thin frame, but

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she's not a skeleton. She's also
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And no, I definitely did not
glam these guys. Ie returns with the

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lemonade. You were right, bells. She sits down. But I just

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can't go out with anybody. I
just can't. I don't have a long

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term future with anybody. I smile, Iy, you'll make someone a perfect

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wife. She gets upset fast.
You don't understand. Maybe these other people

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can think long term. I can't. I'm about to ask her why.

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When my senses flare up, I
easily lift my hand and snatch the volley

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ball that was intended to hit me
again. I stand up and face those

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three bitches from yesterday. You know, you three seem to have a difficult

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time keeping your fucking baald yourselves.
Now I'm making calculations in my head.

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I'm also picking up some familiar scents. Just then we're joined by Eddie Richter

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and his friends. It doesn't take
long for the beach bitches in the strickfield

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jocks to get into it with Iiny
and me caught in the middle. And

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then it happens we end up in
a full scale volleyball game. It's Eddie,

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his friends and me on one side. The bitches demand to have IY

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on their side and get one more
girl to come and join them. Believe

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me when I say we don't end
up playing a friendly game of volleyball.

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The three bitches are clearly targeting me
and Eddie. It surprises me how they're

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talking so nicely to Ainy, like
she's always been one of them. In

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fact, they even tell her their
names. But Iiney and the other girl

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are the only ones who play fair
on their side. The bitches get really

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pissed off when they try to put
the ball over the net and I'm right

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there to slam it down to the
sand. Yeah, I'm using my vampire

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strength, but fuck these bitches.
I've been watching these big breasties closely.

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In fact, I think I've just
broken this mystery wide open. I know

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what's going on. Now we win
the game and Eddie and his friends take

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off. The bitches quickly move and
come at me. You don't belong here,

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you fucking leech. Lilah, the
big breasted blonde snaps in my face,

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this is our turf. Go home. I smirk. You three can

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suck my dick, and I'll fucking
piss where I please. I lean in

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and look Lilah right in the face. Or did you three already mark your

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territories? Raylene, the big breasted
brunette, glares at me now tonight,

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Vampire the dark skinned girl Ember practically
growls at me. You're dead, blood

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sucker challenge accepted. I reply,
coming, Iiney. The bitches are reluctant

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to let Iiney come with me,
but she makes that choice herself and comes

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to me. The two of us
leave bells. What's going on? Iiney

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asks, when we're far enough away, Raylene called you a vampire. Oh,

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they know, and I know the
problem is I know everything now.

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I look at her with sadness.
You're not gonna like what I'm about to

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tell you. As soon as we
get in the house, Iiney points right

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at Grandma Donnerley. What in the
actual fuck have you been keeping from me?

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I know Ie well enough to know
she's really pissed off when she starts

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dropping f bombs. Then Grandma Donnerley
gives me an accusing look, what did

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you tell her? Vampire? I
glare at her the truth. Ine tightens

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her little fists. Grandma Donna,
I really thought I could trust you.

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I really thought you cared. That's
why I kept in contact with you.

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That's why I kept coming to see
you, because I love you, Helene,

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She replies, I just want you
to leave that troublesome Martin. Seriously,

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I don't know why you stay with
him. I know he's your brother

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and the last in your immediate family. He's also the reason you're werewolves,

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Iine screams, you want to turn
me into a werewolf. You want to

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turn me to a killer. She
calms down a little. Oh, and

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I did meet Lilah, Raylen and
Ember. Bell's told me they're my cousins

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and they're werewolves too. Grandma Donna
Ley glares at me with hatred. Now

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I revoke my invitation, Bella,
you are no longer welcome in my house.

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I hate to tell you, but
all the vampire weaknesses you know about

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won't work on me. Or did
you forget that I walk in the daylight

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and eat normal food. In other
words, I don't need an invite to

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enter a person's house. Just then, Lilah, Raylen and Ember appear.

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Lilah points at me. You've caused
nothing but trouble ever since you got your

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vampire. It's no wonder that vampires
and werewolves are natural enemies. I quickly

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pull any behind me. I'm not
the one killing people here. In fact,

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I save lives. I may be
a master vampire, but I'm still

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a tabon. It's still the family
business to take down threats against mortals.

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You killed people here, and I
can't let that slide. There are no

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good vampires. Ember counters it's because
of you that our kind can't flourish.

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Then I realize it's dark. The
full moon will be evident soon. Just

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give me my grand baby and your
death will be swift. Grandma donner Ley

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tells me, No, I won't
do this. Iiney tells her, I

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won't become a killer. I'll die
first. Raylene gasps, Aileen, you're

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our blood. You choose this vampire
filth over your own family. Iine tightens

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her jaw bells is my family,
and she doesn't kill innocent people. I

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had to admit I never saw that
coming. Wow, I never knew any

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thoughts so highly of me. We've
been friends for several months, and I

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can't get choked up right now.
Grandma Donnay tells her other granddaughters. I

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want this vampire destroyed. I do
not want a lean harmed. Maybe just

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a little scratch. Do you hear
me, yes, Grandma Donnerley. The

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bitches say in Unison the full moon
is evident. When the four of them

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start changing into werewolves. I turn
quickly, snatch up Iey and get us

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the fuck out of that house.
I don't take us back to the beach,

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since I can hear mortals there,
no, I need to keep this

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between me and them. Bells.
Don't let them turn me. Iiney cries

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over my fucking dead body. I
promise her. I can hear the werewolves

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pursuing us. They have our sense. I have to stay ahead of them

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until I can get us far away
from other mortals. I can leap far

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distances, and I can even run
very fast, faster than even Peewee Richter

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on his best day. But a
werewolf would still ultimately catch up to me.

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Sucks to be me and not able
to fly. I manage to make

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it to some open wilderness where we
can fight. When I land, I

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let go of Ieney and get ready. Both werewolves and vampires have night vision.

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I don't know how theirs works,
but for me, the darkness is

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still daylight. The four werewolves are
on me now. Grandma Donnerley herself's gotta

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face me head on instead of going
cheap like last time. I can still

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knock her away, but she recovers
a lot faster than her granddaughters. Iiny

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throws me her backpack. Bells use
the toys. I open it and pull

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out the launchers. That she made
for when we face other vampires. Iiney

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and I did make a little swamp
in these this afternoon. I quickly secure

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them to my forearms as I'm running. When I have them on, I

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turn and face the werewolves. Iiney
comes up beside me with her own launchers.

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Like I said, this mousey girl
is my partner in crime. Iine

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also has her night vision glasses on. We both take aim and fire.

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Ember and Lilah both fall when we
sink silver steaks right through their hearts.

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I turn and fire my other one
at Raylen to kill her. Now that

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just leaves Grandma Donnerley. I put
any behind me and prepare a fighter,

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but Ie moves in front of me. This is my fight, bells.

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I raise my hands in front of
me and back off. Iine aims her

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last silver steak. This really hurts
Grandma. I know you probably don't understand

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me right now. She shakes her
head a little. I can't be like

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you. I know I'll die one
day, but I'm not going to be

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a killer. Just to live be
at peace, Grandma. I love you.

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As Mamma Donnay turns to jump at
me, Iiney leaps in front of

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me and puts her down. The
silver ware wolf falls onto her side.

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After Iiney and I get up,
we see the werewolves are becoming human again.

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Iiney and I work to make sure
they never return to life ever again.

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Iiney and I are on our way
back to Strickfield. Iiney's still very

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sad, not that I blame her. There are things I really want to

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ask her. I'm sorry, Iiney, I say about everything. Iiny takes

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my hand. I still choose you
bells. At least I always know where

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I stand with you. You're always
honest with me. Grandma Donnerly kept horrible

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secrets from me. Then I have
an opening. Honesty works both ways,

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you know. She sighs. I
want to tell you everything. It still

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hurts me to think about it.
Please not now, I will tell you,

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just not now. I squeeze Iinny's
hand. You tell me when you're

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ready. Then Iny nods. I
know from now on I'm going to be

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watching Martin more closely. In the
meantime, I'm driving one hundred miles per

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hour back to Strickfield, always happy
to hear our master vampire in residency here

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in Strickfield and Weekly Spooky having some
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think of the bumps in the night. But now, who's hungry, Because

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it's time for a little Dead in
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to stay at and very likely never
leave. So let's get to that story

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after these quick words from our sponsors. Dead and Breakfast by Morgan Moore,

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The screams of a young woman pierced
the night as the source of the din

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exploded from the back door of her
home, letting loose another screech in her

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wake. Her screaming didn't last long, as the cold night air cut off

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her wind, forcing her to stop
to catch her breath. She was enjoyed

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a knight to herself while her mother
baby sat for her. But the piece

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she was hoping to get was shattered
when a stranger knocked on her door.

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When she opened it, the man
rushed her and chased her into the living

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room. A bottle to the head
led to her escape, and here she

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was taking a break to regain her
composure. She was freezing, but there

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was no way she was going back
into her house. A neighbor, any

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neighbor, would have to do.
The young woman started to walk towards a

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distant gate when the man shoved his
foot into the small of her back.

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With no time to react, he
flipped her over, sitting knees first on

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her stomach. Stunned by the blow, she looked up at him as the

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ice pick, recently pilfered from her
own home, entered and exited her heart

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repeatedly. When he finished, the
man stood up and slid the ice pick

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into the pocket of his jacket before
walking off into the cold, bitter night.

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I think it's stuck, Matt.
Really, I hadn't noticed, Rachel

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Matt replied sarcastically. Rachel Matt and
their friends, Danny and Jack, had

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been trying to get in one last
camping trip before the weather turned bitter,

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but a blizzard appeared out of nowhere
midweek, so the quartet had packed up

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and hit the highway. The blizzard
in full swing, the group took the

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recommended detours and ended up in a
town called Oldsville, or more accurately,

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on the front lawn of a house
they almost hit as they skidded off the

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road thanks to the ice that surrounded
Oldsville. So now what do we do?

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Danny asked, as she held her
arms against her body for extra warmth.

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There's no way we're going to get
any help out here tonight. Jack

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remarked, Well, we have to
do something, or else will freeze.

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Matt interject Rachel looked around the area. He was right, She thought they'd

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freeze to death if they stayed out
here. Rachel looked around the neighborhood and

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noticed that the lights were off in
every house except for the one they were

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stuck in front of. Hey,
guys, it looks like the people who

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live here might still be up.
Why don't we try asking them for help,

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she suggested to her friends. The
other three looked at each other and

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shrugged. I'm game as long as
they have heat, Danny said, and

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a warm bed to go with it, Jack added, grabbing Danny by the

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waist and bringing her into a kiss. Don't get too lovey, dovey,

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you might get stuck together, and
not in the fun way, Matt said,

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as he hauled out everybody's bags from
the car. The four trudged up

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to the house and banged on the
door all at once. Almost immediately the

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door swung open. A middle aged
woman stood between them and the interior.

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Yes, she asked, slightly annoyed. Hi, We're sorry to bother you,

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but we slid off the road and
into your yard. Matt started gesturing

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to the car, and anyways,
it's stuck now. Is there any way

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you could let us spend the night, he finished, before giving the woman

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a warm smile. The others following
suit. The woman looked at the group

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and shrugged a bit. Well,
I guess we'd be a really terrible bed

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and breakfast if I didn't let you
sleep here. Come on in, she

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ushered them inside a bed and breakfast. I guess we lucked out big time.

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I didn't see a sign out in
the yard, though, Rachel remarked,

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as she and her friends stripped off
their winter gear. It's more than

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likely covered by all the snow,
the caretaker explained. She led the group

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to the kitchen and after a few
minutes, handed the meatsch a hot cup

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of tea. The foursome downed their
beverages eagerly, which elicited a chuckle from

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the caretaker. Are there any other
guests staying here? Danny asked, nope,

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You kids are probably the only ones
will have until the weather blows over.

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Well, how much do we owe
you, Jack asked, don't worry

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about it tonight. We can hash
that out in the morning. No point

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in handling the business side of this
now, when you may end up staying

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a lot longer. The group looked
at each other. Sheepishly, sounds like

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a plan, then Matt said,
breaking the awkward silence. I don't know

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about you, guys, but I'm
tired. Would you excuse us, ma'am?

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Not at all. The rooms are
upstairs for guests, pick whichever ones

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you want. My room is down
here if you kids need anything, she

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explained, giving them all a smile. The stranger trudged through the harsh winter

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conditions. He did not know where
he was going. He was only moving

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because he felt the urge to do
so. He would need shelter soon.

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As if reading his mind, the
snow led up some the lights of the

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nearby house, beckoning him. Rachel
walked into the room she and Matt had

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claimed, buttoning up a pajama shirt
as she did so, Matt sat on

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the bed looking at his phone.
Anything interesting, Rachel asked, I was

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checking the weather. Looks like the
snow is definitely not stopping until late tomorrow

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night. I guess that means we
will be staying here for a bit,

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Rachel said, blowing a strand of
hair from her face. Looks like it,

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Matt said, sternly. The stranger
pried open the back door of the

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dwelling and slipped inside, Finding himself
in a kitchen. He sat down at

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a table and pulled off his coat. He removed an ice pick from his

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pocket, laid it upon the table, and sighed at the sight of the

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instrument before him. Danny collapsed onto
Jack and smiled before rolling off of him.

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The two lovers lied next to each
other, sweat covering them. I'm

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going to take a shower while there's
still some hot water, Danny said,

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exiting the room. Jack dozed off
seconds later, only to come too in

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pitch blackness. He stumbled to his
feet in search of his phone and the

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light it would provide. The stranger
rushed at Jack and pinned him against the

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wall. Jack's assailant slid a gloved
hand over his victim's mouth tightly. The

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00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:45.920
blows came fast, tearing his flesh
savagely. Again and again. The stranger

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let Jack's body collapse to the floor
before heading to the bathroom and the sound

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00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:59.559
of running water. Matt and Rachel
rushed into the bathroom as Danny's screams rang

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out repeatedly. Now Here, they
were face to face with a psychopath.

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Run Matt screamed as the stranger bolted
towards them. The duo rushed down the

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stairs, nearly falling over one another. As the stranger pursued them. Their

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eyes went to the front door,
widening in joy that they would be free

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of this nightmare. The stranger tackled
Matt. Rachel screamed. Matt turned his

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head to look at her as the
stranger slid his throat. The killer stood

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00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:35.480
up and turned to face Rachel.
She bolted and dove out the window in

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the far side of the room and
ran pellmell into the cold night. The

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frigid air assaulted her lungs and skin. Rachel pressed on, desperately, searching

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for signs of life in any of
the neighboring houses. Minutes passed and she

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00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:53.559
was ready to give up when a
light appeared from a distant home. She

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stumbled forth up the stairs and beat
on the door until her knuckles bled.

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The door opened crack, and a
middle aged woman peered forth from the slide

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opening. Please please help me.
The woman looked at Rachel, stunned.

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She gathered her wits and spoke,
what's the matter. Somebody's chasing me.

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He killed my friends. The woman
ushered Rachel inside and bolted the door shut.

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00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:25.880
Honey, I'm hum, a voice
called out. That's my husband.

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00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:30.000
Let me go tell him what happened
to you, the woman said, as

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she left the room. Wringing her
hands, Rachel listened to the sound of

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a clock ticking away in the kitchen. The gentle tick talk droned on and

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00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:52.400
on as Rachel's eyelids grew heavier and
heavier. Rachel started awake as footsteps approached

519
00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:58.480
in the doorway stood the stranger,
ice pick in hand, his lips split

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00:43:58.840 --> 00:44:05.800
into a gruesome smile. Rachel's blood
curdling scream rung through the neighborhood and across

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00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:13.880
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And speaking of beyond, when you're
traveling, sometimes you pray that you

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can find a rest area to do
your private business. But what if that

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rest area contain something truly dangerous.
This is one of the first stories from

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Rob Fields, and it's a doozy
Right after these words from our sponsors the

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rest area by Rob Fields. Brad
and Robbie. You were traveling along US

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Route twenty three while coming back from
the Ohio State Fair one Saturday evening late

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00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:09.599
in the summer. The two friends
were talking about all the fun they had

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00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:14.199
while at the fair when Eventually they
came to a very dark part of the

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freeway, nearly devoid of traffic.
As Robbie was driving, Brad came up

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00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:22.920
with a mischievous idea. He grinned
slightly and turned to face Robbie. Hey,

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00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:28.760
Robbie, have you heard the stories
about Aaron Rutter. He's supposed to

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00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:31.599
be an axe murderer who just escaped
from the state mental hospital. You know,

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00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:37.639
Robbie sighed, but kept his eyes
on the road. It's been said

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00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:40.880
that he's hacked up about ten people
around this area in the last two days.

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Brad continued talking in a more quiet, eerie voice. Robbie muttered a

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sigh. You are so weird man. Brad continued. Rumor also has it

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00:45:53.599 --> 00:46:00.159
that he eats his victims too.
Robbie tried to ignore him, but Brad

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00:46:00.280 --> 00:46:07.679
kept on going, sometimes even philaze
them. Robbie groaned, would you please

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00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:12.800
shut up? Brad just laughed,
Oh, Robbie, you scare way too

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00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:16.159
easy. Robbie didn't pay any attention. They continued on down the freeway.

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Eventually they passed a sign that said
that a rest area was about one mile

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00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:24.039
ahead. Hey, Robbie, could
you pull off at the rest area.

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When we get to it, Brad
asked, I need to use the bathroom.

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Robbie sighed, I guess. When
they got to the rest areas off

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ramp, Robbie pulled off the freeway
and parked the car. They both got

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00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:40.079
out. I'll just be a few
minutes, Brad said, take your time,

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00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:45.599
Robbie replied. Brad walked to the
men's restroom and went in. After

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00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:49.119
taking a piss, he washed his
hands and came back outside. He looked

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00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:52.960
to the car to see Robbie wasn't
in it. Suddenly he heard something snap,

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00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:57.519
not too far off in the distance. He waited there for a moment.

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00:46:58.400 --> 00:47:00.760
When he didn't hear anything, he
started walking back toward the car.

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00:47:01.320 --> 00:47:07.239
Suddenly he heard another snap, only
it was closer this time. Robbie,

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00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:13.800
Brad uttered, is that you?
There was no answer, Robbie Brad repeated,

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00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:17.480
now sounding tense. There was still
no answer. He heard another snap

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00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:23.159
as before, it was closer.
Brad was feeling really uneasy. Then,

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as if on impulse, he turned
and headed toward the area where the vending

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00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:30.000
machines were. As he was about
to open the door and head in,

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00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:36.880
he heard yet another snap, and
again it was closer. He turned around

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00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:40.000
to look behind him. Suddenly,
a figure leapt out from nearby. Brad

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00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:44.000
felt a straight edge strike him at
the back of his right shoulder blade.

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00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:49.840
He was struck again almost immediately.
Brad screamed with each chop and again and

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00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:57.559
again and again, chop chop,
chop, chop, chop chop. The

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00:47:57.559 --> 00:48:02.159
axe murderers shouted with glee. Then
realized something wasn't right. For one thing,

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00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:07.760
he didn't feel anything actually cutting into
his skin. Second, he recognized

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00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:14.119
who it was that was attacking him. Brad quickly turned around to see him

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00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:17.920
Robbie. Brad shouted, it was
you. Robbie burst out into wild laughter.

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It was you all the time,
Brad cried. Robbie managed to collect

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00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:28.079
himself. He pointed to Brad.
You should have seen your face. Brad's

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00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:32.559
face twisted in anger. I could
just kill you. Robbie stopped laughing and

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00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:37.639
became serious. Oh, but it
was okay for you to keep carrying on

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00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:42.039
about Aaron Rutter in the car.
Huh. When Brad heard this, he

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00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:46.000
calmed down. Knowing Robbie was right, he sighed, all right, We're

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even all right. Robbie agreed,
Let's get out of here and get home.

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00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:54.800
Sure. As they were walking back
to the car, Brad said,

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00:48:55.239 --> 00:48:59.639
you know that was clever, how
you broke those sticks on the way to

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00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:05.000
the vendor machines. Robbie looked at
Brad oddly, I didn't break any sticks

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00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:09.559
man. Brad looked at him in
surprise. You didn't, no, Robbie

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00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:14.360
answered, I was hiding behind the
car when I saw you going to the

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00:49:14.400 --> 00:49:16.199
vending area. I came out from
behind the car and got you. I

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00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:22.880
know I didn't break any sticks.
Now, Brad was really confused. Then

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00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:28.000
if it wasn't you, I did, A deep rumbling voice, not belonging

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00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:31.000
to either of them answered from behind
them. They quickly turned around to see

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00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:35.280
a big man with an axe in
his hands, and he was smiling at

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00:49:35.320 --> 00:49:42.760
them in a very demented way.
To show up for a late night dinner,

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00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:46.400
the man said to them in a
crazed tone. Robbie and Brad knew

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00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:52.280
at once who this man was,
and they screamed in terror. They quickly

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00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:55.639
turned and ran for their car.
Aaron Rutter was right behind them. As

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00:49:55.719 --> 00:50:00.079
Robbie tried to get into the car, he heard the slam and immediately saw

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the axe blade embedded in the roof
of the car. Brad was already a

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00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:07.119
long way away from the car.
Robbie lashed out and kicked Rudder in the

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00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:09.719
stomach to stun him. Then he
turned away from the car and ran himself.

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Oh shit, oh shit, oh
shit, oh shit, oh shit,

599
00:50:13.400 --> 00:50:15.199
oh shit, Robbie gasped as he
ran for all he was worth,

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00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:20.840
so much so that he was feeling
his own heart pounding. Robbie and Brad

601
00:50:20.840 --> 00:50:23.679
were both running into the woods behind
the rest area in separate directions. They

602
00:50:23.719 --> 00:50:28.440
both knew Rudder would likely catch up
to them. Robbie pressed himself up against

603
00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:30.840
a tree to try and catch his
breath. I've got to find Brad,

604
00:50:31.320 --> 00:50:35.239
he thought, as he continued to
catch his breath, trying to make his

605
00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:39.360
little noise as possible as he quickly
tried to process the hell he currently found

606
00:50:39.440 --> 00:50:45.280
himself in. Suddenly, Robbie screeched
as he just barely avoided the axe blade

607
00:50:45.360 --> 00:50:50.000
that damn near embedded itself into his
throat. He pushed himself away from the

608
00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:52.679
tree and resumed running. Out of
the corner of his eye, he saw

609
00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:55.079
Aaron Rudder trying to pull the axe
out of the tree. Robbie knew he

610
00:50:55.119 --> 00:50:59.800
didn't have much time before this insane
psycho would be after him again, and

611
00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:02.800
he still had to find Brad.
Robbie bolted into the darkness, barely avoiding

612
00:51:02.840 --> 00:51:06.639
oncoming trees. He knew he had
to try to get back to the car

613
00:51:06.719 --> 00:51:09.079
somehow. He needed to get to
his cell phone, which he remembered leaving

614
00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:12.880
in one of the cupholders, or
better yet, maybe he could get the

615
00:51:12.880 --> 00:51:15.400
hell out of the place. Rationality
set in quickly, and he knew he

616
00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:20.400
couldn't just leave Brad behind. What
the fuck am I gonna do? He

617
00:51:20.440 --> 00:51:24.280
demanded of himself. Robbie backed himself
up against another large tree again. He

618
00:51:24.320 --> 00:51:29.920
tried to take breaths without being too
loud and alerting Rudder to his location if

619
00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:35.039
he didn't know already. Okay,
okay, you gotta think straight now,

620
00:51:35.119 --> 00:51:39.000
he mouthed to himself. Okay,
where are you? You gotta think straight

621
00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:44.559
now? Where is the car?
Where is it? He took one more

622
00:51:44.719 --> 00:51:47.639
long, deep breath and decided to
try to get back to the rest area

623
00:51:47.719 --> 00:51:52.239
and get to the car. Robbie
looked both ways to make sure that Aaron

624
00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:55.719
Rudder wasn't ready to chop off his
head. Again and slowly pushed himself away

625
00:51:55.800 --> 00:52:00.880
from the tree and turned around.
Cautiously, he started to make his way

626
00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:07.119
back to the car. After several
careful steps, he muttered a curse as

627
00:52:07.119 --> 00:52:10.320
he heard the stick that broke under
his foot. Fuck, he mouthed to

628
00:52:10.400 --> 00:52:15.239
himself. Shit. Robbie forced himself
to keep moving, pissed at Brad for

629
00:52:15.320 --> 00:52:21.840
not shutting the fuck up about the
insane psycho and just why the batshit crazy

630
00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:27.000
fucking hell did Aaron Rutter really have
to even be at that rest area.

631
00:52:27.239 --> 00:52:30.480
Robbie didn't used to believe in things
like fate, but now he wasn't so

632
00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:35.400
sure. Maybe Brad is on his
way back to the car, he mouthed

633
00:52:35.400 --> 00:52:42.079
to himself. Robbie moved from one
tree to another to another, cautiously,

634
00:52:43.000 --> 00:52:49.119
carefully quietly. Snap, God,
damn it, Robbie whispered loudly when he

635
00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:52.400
felt another stick break under his shoe. Robbie forced himself to remain focused and

636
00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:55.360
saw the lights in the distance.
This had to be the rest area.

637
00:52:55.719 --> 00:53:00.159
What else was lit up brightly at
that part of Outer Marion, Ohio at

638
00:53:00.199 --> 00:53:04.440
that hour of night. He kept
looking left right, having eyes in the

639
00:53:04.440 --> 00:53:07.239
back of his head, face front. The lights were so close and so

640
00:53:07.360 --> 00:53:12.400
far away. Robbie also considered that
Aaron Rudder might even be waiting at the

641
00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:15.199
car for either one of them.
Okay, maybe Rudder wasn't hanging out at

642
00:53:15.239 --> 00:53:17.960
the car, but it was possible
that he was keeping an eye on it.

643
00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:22.239
Okay, I just have to get
to my cell phone, Robbie thought,

644
00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:23.800
Or if Brad is there, we
can get the hell out of here,

645
00:53:24.199 --> 00:53:28.519
Robbie felt in his pockets. He
felt some relief in knowing that he

646
00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:31.360
still had the keys on him,
but then he never just left his keys

647
00:53:31.400 --> 00:53:36.280
in the car for any reason.
He still had his wallet. Not that

648
00:53:36.320 --> 00:53:39.000
he could buy Rudder off, right, But I just had to leave my

649
00:53:39.159 --> 00:53:44.039
fucking cell phone in my car.
Of all the fucking things I could leave

650
00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:46.920
in my car, I just had
to leave my fucking cell phone. How

651
00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:52.840
fucking dumb can I get? Robbie
decided there was no point in crying over

652
00:53:52.840 --> 00:53:57.440
spilled milk. He continued to creep
further towards the rest area. He started

653
00:53:57.480 --> 00:54:00.159
to feel as if the rest area
was moving further away from him. He

654
00:54:00.199 --> 00:54:06.239
shook his head quickly and kept moving. After agonizing minutes, Robbie had finally

655
00:54:06.280 --> 00:54:08.400
returned to the rest area. He
moved to the back wall and made his

656
00:54:08.440 --> 00:54:12.840
way around to get back to the
front. He was in such a big

657
00:54:12.920 --> 00:54:15.960
hurry to get to the main entrance
that he didn't see the person had suddenly

658
00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:22.679
placed a hand on his shoulder.
Robbie shrieked and started to run. Robbie

659
00:54:22.719 --> 00:54:24.679
he quickly stopped when he saw it
was Brad. The two of them both

660
00:54:24.679 --> 00:54:29.239
backed themselves up against the wall and
looked each other over. Robbie looked at

661
00:54:29.280 --> 00:54:34.280
Brad as if saying, you're alive. Brad nodded in acknowledgment. They turned

662
00:54:34.280 --> 00:54:37.960
and started to creep along the wall
until they were both looking out at the

663
00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:43.159
parking lot. A lone car suddenly
sped by the rest area. Both of

664
00:54:43.159 --> 00:54:45.760
them looked around to see if Aaron
Rudder was nearby. When they didn't see

665
00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:50.719
him, they cautiously moved out into
the open and made their way towards the

666
00:54:50.760 --> 00:54:53.360
car. When they reached it,
they quickly got into the car and pulled

667
00:54:53.360 --> 00:54:57.280
the doors shut. Robbie locked all
the doors with a simple push of a

668
00:54:57.320 --> 00:55:01.079
switch on his inside door. He
moved to start the car no keys.

669
00:55:01.679 --> 00:55:06.159
Robbie remembered that he had them in
his pocket. He quickly dug for them

670
00:55:06.199 --> 00:55:08.719
and pulled them out. As he
slid the ignition key in. Brad screamed

671
00:55:08.880 --> 00:55:14.760
and the driver's side window shattered.
Glass exploded all over Robbie and Brad.

672
00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:22.360
Rudder grumbled, it's still dinner.
Tie. Robbie didn't even think about it.

673
00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:24.440
He quickly turned the ignition key and
started the car. He quickly shifted

674
00:55:24.440 --> 00:55:28.280
into reverse and sped out of the
parking lot. Rudder raised his axe and

675
00:55:28.280 --> 00:55:30.400
gave chase. Robbie put the car
and drive and hit the gas. They'd

676
00:55:30.400 --> 00:55:34.960
only gone a little bit when they
felt something hit the trunk. Brad turned

677
00:55:35.000 --> 00:55:37.360
around. He hit the trunk with
that axe. Robbie hit the brakes.

678
00:55:37.559 --> 00:55:40.559
What the fuck are you doing,
Brad yelled at Robbie. Hang on.

679
00:55:40.920 --> 00:55:44.880
Robbie pulled the car and reverse again
and hit the gas. This time.

680
00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:47.239
Both of them saw Rudder holding on
to his axe handle as Robbie backed the

681
00:55:47.280 --> 00:55:53.360
car closer and closer until boom,
shit. Brad cried, shit was right.

682
00:55:53.639 --> 00:55:57.360
Robbie managed to get Aaron Rudder off
of the car, but at the

683
00:55:57.400 --> 00:56:00.199
cost of backing into a utility pole, which was the trunk to come open.

684
00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:05.039
The axe came loose and landed near
the back window. At that moment,

685
00:56:05.039 --> 00:56:07.480
another car pulled into the rest area. Brad quickly got out and frantically

686
00:56:07.519 --> 00:56:10.639
waved to the people in the other
car, get the hell out of here.

687
00:56:12.159 --> 00:56:15.519
Brad took a few steps and pushed
the trunk lid shut. Surprisingly,

688
00:56:15.760 --> 00:56:17.800
it didn't come open again. He
got back in the car. Go.

689
00:56:19.519 --> 00:56:22.920
Robbie shifted the gears and floored the
accelerator. The tires squealed as the two

690
00:56:22.960 --> 00:56:25.880
of them pulled away from the rest
area. Robbie had hit one hundred miles

691
00:56:25.880 --> 00:56:30.320
per hour by the time he'd merged
onto US Route twenty three North. He

692
00:56:30.360 --> 00:56:32.840
didn't slow the car down again until
he cleared the Merry And Bypass and reached

693
00:56:32.840 --> 00:56:37.480
State Route four. From there,
they would turn towards Bucyrus and head for

694
00:56:37.559 --> 00:56:45.360
home. Later. After dropping Brad
off, Robbie walked into his house.

695
00:56:46.039 --> 00:56:50.760
Robbie shrieked when he felt something leap
out at him. Robbie realized where he

696
00:56:50.840 --> 00:56:55.079
was again and whom he was holding. Oh, hey, Doggie, he

697
00:56:55.159 --> 00:56:59.840
said, you gotta stop coming at
me like that. He sighed, Come

698
00:57:00.039 --> 00:57:05.000
on, let's go to bed.
Oh, Robbie said to himself. Well,

699
00:57:05.039 --> 00:57:09.199
at least we left that crazy motherfucker
back at that rest area. From

700
00:57:09.239 --> 00:57:14.079
there, Robbie went into his room
and got ready for bed. When he

701
00:57:14.159 --> 00:57:19.239
got into bed, his dog still
seemed restless, but still managed to get

702
00:57:19.239 --> 00:57:22.440
a few solid licks in. Come
on, Buddy, stop with the licking

703
00:57:22.440 --> 00:57:27.280
already and go to sleep. That
was the last thing Robbie remembered before he

704
00:57:27.320 --> 00:57:31.119
was dead to the world. Licking
is what woke Robbie up from a sound

705
00:57:31.159 --> 00:57:35.760
sleep. Robbie groaned as he felt
the gentle licking on the side of his

706
00:57:35.800 --> 00:57:40.920
face. Then Robbie realized something was
off when he smelled something weird as the

707
00:57:40.960 --> 00:57:47.880
dog kept licking barbecue sauce. Robbie
tried to move, but he realized quickly

708
00:57:47.920 --> 00:57:52.519
that he couldn't. He quickly woke
up fully and took in his surroundings.

709
00:57:52.920 --> 00:57:55.719
He saw that he was outside in
the backyard. He also realized he was

710
00:57:55.719 --> 00:58:00.039
getting hotter. That was when he
felt his own flesh starting to burn.

711
00:58:00.880 --> 00:58:08.400
Robbie was tied and gagged on his
own barbecue grill. Oh hi, A

712
00:58:08.559 --> 00:58:15.239
horrible, familiar grumbling voice said in
his ear, I'm so glad you woke

713
00:58:15.320 --> 00:58:21.039
off. Dinner will be ready.
Soon, Robbie looked up and saw Aaron

714
00:58:21.159 --> 00:58:25.760
Rudder wearing an apron and dipping the
brush back into the barbecue sauce. You

715
00:58:25.840 --> 00:58:32.000
worked up quite an appetite in me. Rudder continued. Just a few more

716
00:58:32.239 --> 00:58:39.679
strokes and all done. Robbie couldn't
really think anymore as the flames started to

717
00:58:39.719 --> 00:58:52.480
lick and burn his flesh. Aaron
Rudder would finally get his dinner. This

718
00:58:52.599 --> 00:59:00.480
next story is all about seeing new
places and meeting new people alive and very

719
00:59:00.559 --> 00:59:07.079
much dead. This one is called
Bed and Breakfast and Zombies, and it's

720
00:59:07.119 --> 00:59:13.079
a hell of a good time.
So make sure you book your stay because

721
00:59:13.119 --> 00:59:17.000
I'll tell you right now, people
are dying to get in there. I

722
00:59:17.079 --> 00:59:20.599
know, I know I'm in one
of those moods, but I think you

723
00:59:20.639 --> 00:59:24.599
are too. As you kick back
and enjoy yet another terrifying tale all about

724
00:59:25.039 --> 00:59:30.400
those little getaways that don't necessarily go
the way that you want. So kick

725
00:59:30.440 --> 00:59:36.079
back, relax, and listen to
Bed and Breakfast and Zombies. After these

726
00:59:36.199 --> 00:59:53.360
quick words from our sponsors, Bed
Breakfast and Zombies by Keith Tomlin, Jake

727
00:59:53.480 --> 00:59:58.760
sighed loudly as he steered out the
second story window of the bed and Breakfast

728
00:59:58.800 --> 01:00:01.599
that he and his father had been
staying at for the last few days.

729
01:00:01.800 --> 01:00:07.800
This sucks, he thought, should
have gone to Grandpa's with mom. His

730
01:00:07.920 --> 01:00:12.159
family was on a rare vacation,
taking a trip from Chicago to New York

731
01:00:12.239 --> 01:00:15.920
City to visit his mom's parents.
It was the four of them, Jake,

732
01:00:15.079 --> 01:00:19.920
his little sister Sarah, his father
Edward, and his mother Karen,

733
01:00:20.400 --> 01:00:24.440
all jammed into a twelve year old
Volvo wagon. Jake remembered when his father,

734
01:00:24.639 --> 01:00:30.519
during breakfast a few days ago,
could barely contain his excitement. Kids.

735
01:00:30.000 --> 01:00:34.719
I was looking over my papers last
night, he said, pointing to

736
01:00:34.760 --> 01:00:38.039
a huge stack of papers that he
poured over every moment that he wasn't driving,

737
01:00:38.599 --> 01:00:43.760
and I found something exciting. He
looked wide eyed at both of his

738
01:00:43.880 --> 01:00:47.280
children. Sarah was using all of
her concentration to draw on a coloring page

739
01:00:47.519 --> 01:00:51.960
that doubled as the kid's men you
saw. Edward focused on his eleven year

740
01:00:52.000 --> 01:00:55.599
old son, Jake, How would
you like to look for some witches?

741
01:00:57.360 --> 01:01:00.400
Jake was swept away with his dad's
excitement. They dropped the others off at

742
01:01:00.400 --> 01:01:04.679
his grandfather's house and jumped back on
the road to a small town in New

743
01:01:04.760 --> 01:01:09.320
York called stones Creek. Jake wondered
what they needed to hunt witches. Do

744
01:01:09.400 --> 01:01:15.400
we need garlic or maybe silver bullets? What Jake didn't know, and soon

745
01:01:15.519 --> 01:01:20.599
found out, was the only things
they needed was the local library and long

746
01:01:20.719 --> 01:01:27.199
walks in an old graveyard across the
street from the Grinning Cat Inn, the

747
01:01:27.280 --> 01:01:31.800
bed and breakfast at which they would
be staying. Jake was bored, he

748
01:01:31.960 --> 01:01:37.639
sighed louder. This time I heard
you the first time, his dad said,

749
01:01:37.840 --> 01:01:40.719
without looking up from the papers he
copied from the library. When he

750
01:01:40.760 --> 01:01:45.079
finished the page, he finally looked
at Jake, removing his unlit pipe from

751
01:01:45.119 --> 01:01:50.079
his mouth and pointed at Jake with
it. Why don't you go outside and

752
01:01:50.159 --> 01:01:54.119
play, he said, gesturing to
the door with his pipe. But Dad,

753
01:01:54.639 --> 01:02:00.719
I'm bored, Jake said, his
shoulders slumping forward. Look, once

754
01:02:00.760 --> 01:02:02.760
I get through these pages, we
can take a walk. You can either

755
01:02:02.840 --> 01:02:07.800
go outside and play until then,
or sit there quietly and read a book.

756
01:02:07.480 --> 01:02:13.039
His dad gave him one last stern
look before turning his attention back to

757
01:02:13.159 --> 01:02:17.039
his stack of papers. Read a
book, Jake thought, Why is it

758
01:02:17.079 --> 01:02:22.119
always books with him? Jake didn't
want books. He wanted fun and adventure.

759
01:02:22.679 --> 01:02:27.960
Suppressing another sigh, he turned his
attention back to the window. He

760
01:02:28.079 --> 01:02:30.840
was surprised to see a car on
the road. He had only seen one

761
01:02:30.880 --> 01:02:37.119
other car all day. He was
even more surprised and excited to see that

762
01:02:37.199 --> 01:02:40.559
the car started to slow down.
Dad, Dad, Dad, Jake said

763
01:02:40.599 --> 01:02:45.000
quickly, as he had always done
when he grew excited. There's a car

764
01:02:45.039 --> 01:02:49.559
turning into the parking lot. Really, that's interesting, his dad mumbled.

765
01:02:50.119 --> 01:02:52.880
Jake watched intently as the car glided
to a stop in front of the inn.

766
01:02:53.280 --> 01:02:57.320
The driver, a huge, bulky
man, got out and opened the

767
01:02:57.360 --> 01:03:00.119
rear door. A well dressed man
stepped out of the back seat of the

768
01:03:00.199 --> 01:03:06.559
car, quickly followed by a young
boy who looked around Jake's age. Dad

769
01:03:06.960 --> 01:03:09.480
Dad, Jake said, getting louder
with each word. They have a kid.

770
01:03:09.639 --> 01:03:12.880
Can I go down and meet him? Come on, Dad, can

771
01:03:12.960 --> 01:03:15.880
I? Jack started jumping back and
forth from one foot to the other.

772
01:03:16.440 --> 01:03:20.760
Okay, hang on, his dad
said, taking off his glasses and rubbing

773
01:03:20.760 --> 01:03:23.199
the bridge of his nose. All
right, I guess I'm done here for

774
01:03:23.280 --> 01:03:29.559
now. I don't want you scaring
the poor child with your enthusiasm. Edwards

775
01:03:29.599 --> 01:03:32.800
set the stack of papers aside.
Let's go downstairs and greet the new arrivals.

776
01:03:34.599 --> 01:03:37.039
The door to the Grinning Cat Inn
flew open, and the large man

777
01:03:37.199 --> 01:03:42.920
entered. He scanned the room before
stepping aside, allowing the well dressed man

778
01:03:42.960 --> 01:03:47.039
to enter. The reception room was
lined with cedar panels and had a counter

779
01:03:47.159 --> 01:03:52.840
that ran along one wall. A
large staircase leading up was right across from

780
01:03:52.880 --> 01:03:55.800
the front door. Two other doorways
led to a dining room in a large

781
01:03:55.840 --> 01:04:00.000
den with a roaring fire in the
fireplace. Upon her the door, the

782
01:04:00.079 --> 01:04:03.880
owner of the end, mister Jarvison, a tall, thin, elderly man,

783
01:04:04.000 --> 01:04:08.480
moved to the counter. Good evening. How may I help you,

784
01:04:08.880 --> 01:04:13.800
asked mister Jarvison. The well dressed
man walked over to the counter and with

785
01:04:13.840 --> 01:04:18.039
a thick Slavic accent, said,
I am Count Dmitri Romanova. I have

786
01:04:18.199 --> 01:04:24.320
reservation for two rooms. Yes,
of course, your rooms are ready,

787
01:04:24.400 --> 01:04:29.800
mister. How should I address you? Mister Jarvison asked, Please, you

788
01:04:29.880 --> 01:04:34.000
may call me Count Romanova, said
the count. The title is largely symbolic

789
01:04:34.079 --> 01:04:40.039
at this point, but he shrugged. We do have our protocols. Yes,

790
01:04:40.119 --> 01:04:43.360
sir, I will show you to
your rooms. Mister Jarvison said,

791
01:04:43.440 --> 01:04:47.280
half bowing. Count Romanova waved him
off. Ivan, my men, servant,

792
01:04:47.320 --> 01:04:50.920
will look to the rooms and luggage. I wish to relax by the

793
01:04:51.000 --> 01:04:56.199
fire, he said, pointing towards
the den. He then looked at Ivan,

794
01:04:56.280 --> 01:05:00.000
who nodded and gestured to mister Jarvison
to lead the way up the stage.

795
01:05:00.039 --> 01:05:04.920
The Count turned towards the door and
called out come Nikolay, let's rest

796
01:05:05.079 --> 01:05:10.320
before dinner. A small framed child
around ten years old entered the inn.

797
01:05:10.679 --> 01:05:15.559
He silently followed his father into the
den. Edward and Jake had depressed themselves

798
01:05:15.599 --> 01:05:18.679
against the wall to allow Ivan to
pass them on the stairway. Jake stared

799
01:05:18.719 --> 01:05:23.800
at the large man, shocked at
the sheer size of him. Ivan stopped

800
01:05:23.840 --> 01:05:27.639
and turned, glaring at Jake,
who quickly turned and ran to catch up

801
01:05:27.639 --> 01:05:30.960
with his father. Twenty minutes later, Jake was standing outside with Nikolay,

802
01:05:31.360 --> 01:05:35.239
trying to find a way to end
the awkward silence that hung over them.

803
01:05:35.280 --> 01:05:39.440
It took his dad a few minutes
to convince the Count to allow his son

804
01:05:39.480 --> 01:05:43.599
outside to play, and now Jake
was wishing that his father had failed.

805
01:05:44.679 --> 01:05:49.840
So Jake said, do you like
to play ball? Sorry? I do

806
01:05:49.960 --> 01:05:56.039
not know this game ball? Nikolay
replied in broken English, No, ball

807
01:05:56.159 --> 01:05:59.719
is not a game. Well,
it's part of a game. Jake thought

808
01:05:59.719 --> 01:06:02.920
that over for a few seconds.
Never mind, do you want to play

809
01:06:03.400 --> 01:06:09.880
hide and seek? Jake said,
hopefully, hide and seek? What do

810
01:06:09.960 --> 01:06:14.559
we hide? Nikola I asked no, Jake said, frustrated, you go

811
01:06:14.719 --> 01:06:18.599
hide and I try to find you. Nikola I asked, We are to

812
01:06:18.719 --> 01:06:24.960
be friends, correct, Jake nodded. Then why would I hide from you?

813
01:06:25.199 --> 01:06:30.199
Nikola I asked, Florence should trust
each other and not need to hide.

814
01:06:30.360 --> 01:06:33.960
Huh, I never thought of it
that way, Jake said, Okay,

815
01:06:34.000 --> 01:06:40.320
well we could. Jake was stumped. He racked his brain for something

816
01:06:40.360 --> 01:06:43.559
to do, and his face lit
up when he finally thought of something that

817
01:06:43.679 --> 01:06:48.360
no kid could possibly resist. Do
you want to see something scary? Jake

818
01:06:48.480 --> 01:06:55.920
teased with a big grin. The
young foreign boy nodded slowly. Edward leaned

819
01:06:55.960 --> 01:07:00.639
forward over the overstuffed chair, tapping
his pipe on the stone of the fireplace

820
01:07:00.719 --> 01:07:05.000
and sweeping the ashes into the fire. What brings you to this little corner

821
01:07:05.000 --> 01:07:10.519
of nowhere? Count Edward asked,
leaning back and refilling his pipe. He

822
01:07:10.559 --> 01:07:15.719
looked apologetically at mister Jarvison, Sorry, no offense, none taken. This

823
01:07:15.760 --> 01:07:21.159
is a small town, very small, mister Jarvison agreed. The Count took

824
01:07:21.199 --> 01:07:27.360
another puff on his cigar and slowly
let the smoke escape his mouth. I

825
01:07:27.480 --> 01:07:31.039
came to America on a diplomatic trip, but I wanted to take some time

826
01:07:31.159 --> 01:07:38.639
to visit the relatives. Mister Jarvison
sat up beaming. You have relations living

827
01:07:38.679 --> 01:07:45.280
here. Count Romanov slowly shook his
head living. No. Sorry I used

828
01:07:45.280 --> 01:07:49.360
the wrong word. I have.
He waved his hand in the air,

829
01:07:49.480 --> 01:07:56.519
causing ash to fall onto the arm
of his chair. Ancestors here in cemetery.

830
01:07:56.920 --> 01:08:00.960
He pointed toward the graveyard. J
led Nikolay across the street and into

831
01:08:01.000 --> 01:08:05.039
the old graveyard. They walked through
the old gravestones, many of which were

832
01:08:05.079 --> 01:08:10.679
so weathered that you couldn't read the
words engraved upon them. Jake spent many

833
01:08:10.719 --> 01:08:14.800
hours here the last few days,
walking the overgrown paths between the graves with

834
01:08:14.840 --> 01:08:18.439
his father. This place held little
interest for Jake, except for an ancient

835
01:08:18.479 --> 01:08:24.520
crypt that they were now approaching.
It was a small stone building with vines

836
01:08:24.600 --> 01:08:29.199
growing up the walls toward the tiled
roof. The most striking feature of this

837
01:08:29.279 --> 01:08:32.399
building was that along each wall there
were a pair of statues that looked like

838
01:08:32.399 --> 01:08:38.199
they were emerging out of the stone
surface. Each statue was of a creature

839
01:08:38.319 --> 01:08:42.960
with a bald head, pointy ears, and a mouth with a razor sharp

840
01:08:43.039 --> 01:08:47.239
teeth. His dad said they were
ghouls, undead creatures that feast on the

841
01:08:47.279 --> 01:08:51.640
flesh of the living. What do
you think, Jake asked. As they

842
01:08:51.680 --> 01:08:57.239
approached the crypt, He snuck a
sideways glance, hoping to have scared the

843
01:08:57.279 --> 01:09:02.680
other boy, but instead he looked
amazed. The smaller boy slowly walked around

844
01:09:02.680 --> 01:09:08.319
the building, admiring each statue in
turn. He then walked along each wall,

845
01:09:08.560 --> 01:09:12.800
running his hand along the stone surface
as he went. Nikolay turned to

846
01:09:12.920 --> 01:09:17.319
Jake and asked, where is the
door? Yeah, my dad wondered the

847
01:09:17.319 --> 01:09:23.520
same thing. Weird, huh,
Jake replied. Nikolay continued to walk around

848
01:09:23.560 --> 01:09:27.800
the building, examining each wall as
he went. He finally stopped and waved

849
01:09:27.840 --> 01:09:30.680
at Jake, pointing at a brick
in the wall. Jake walked over and

850
01:09:30.760 --> 01:09:35.600
bent close to discover that there were
drawings etched into this brick, drawings his

851
01:09:35.680 --> 01:09:41.479
dad would have called runs. The
more he looked, the more they seemed

852
01:09:41.479 --> 01:09:45.239
to shimmer. He began tracing them
with his finger, and he swore he

853
01:09:45.359 --> 01:09:50.119
felt them start to grow hot.
Jake took a step back to ask Nikolay

854
01:09:50.079 --> 01:09:54.800
if he had spotted any other bricks
like this, when his head started to

855
01:09:54.840 --> 01:10:00.000
buzz. The buzzing turned into a
voice deep inside his head. The voice

856
01:10:00.119 --> 01:10:04.680
began whispering six words, over and
over again, six words that he did

857
01:10:04.720 --> 01:10:10.920
not understand. These words got louder
and louder, until finally they burst from

858
01:10:10.920 --> 01:10:17.640
his lips in a booming voice.
Costos secrita pre doo malum a pierre ostium.

859
01:10:17.760 --> 01:10:24.279
Jake was unable to stop himself from
chanting. Costo secrita preodo malum a

860
01:10:24.399 --> 01:10:29.079
pierre ostium. Jake heard a low
hum coming from the wall in front of

861
01:10:29.159 --> 01:10:34.560
him. Costos secrita preto malum a
pierre ostium. The runs started to glow

862
01:10:34.640 --> 01:10:42.840
brightly. Costo secreta preodo malum a
pierre ostium. Jake's voice roared, and

863
01:10:42.920 --> 01:10:46.600
the wall opened. The count tossed
the remains of his cigar into the fireplace

864
01:10:46.800 --> 01:10:53.760
and looked over at Edward. What
brings you here? Edward leaned forward excitedly,

865
01:10:54.000 --> 01:10:56.880
as if he had been waiting to
answer that question. All evening.

866
01:10:57.479 --> 01:11:00.279
Well. In my day job,
I'm a history professor at the University of

867
01:11:00.319 --> 01:11:05.600
Chicago, but my real passion is
writing about the occult, magic and the

868
01:11:05.600 --> 01:11:11.079
supernatural. He took a puff off
of his pipe and continued. I was

869
01:11:11.119 --> 01:11:15.079
researching the Salem witch trials, trying
to see if I could bring anything new

870
01:11:15.119 --> 01:11:18.920
to the table, when I uncovered
a series of correspondence between two sisters,

871
01:11:18.920 --> 01:11:25.399
both witches. One sadly was convicted
of witchcraft and perished in Salem. He

872
01:11:25.479 --> 01:11:30.119
shook his head. The other one
wrote about her coven moving here to help

873
01:11:30.119 --> 01:11:35.439
protect witches against persecution. Most intriguing, said the count. Did they say

874
01:11:35.479 --> 01:11:40.680
how they would protect the witches.
I haven't found many details on that,

875
01:11:41.039 --> 01:11:46.199
Edward said, sounding annoyed, except
that it involved the undead. Mister Jarvison

876
01:11:46.239 --> 01:11:53.039
looked around uneasily. The secret door
in the crypt's wall swung open, revealing

877
01:11:53.039 --> 01:11:57.960
an empty room except for a steep
staircase leading down. The air smelled stale

878
01:11:58.000 --> 01:12:00.800
and musty, and there was an
eerie sign. Jake looked at Nikolay,

879
01:12:00.880 --> 01:12:05.359
who stared back, wide eyed.
Both boys started forward, Jake in the

880
01:12:05.439 --> 01:12:11.159
lead. The staircase ended in a
stone door. Jake pushed against it until

881
01:12:11.159 --> 01:12:15.560
the door finally screeched open. The
sound reverberated throughout the entire structure, sending

882
01:12:15.680 --> 01:12:19.800
chills down Jake's spine. The room, it revealed, was dark, the

883
01:12:19.880 --> 01:12:27.159
light from outside barely penetrating several feet. Jake hesitantly stepped forward and flames shot

884
01:12:27.159 --> 01:12:30.560
around the room as a dozen torches
flared to life. They revealed a large

885
01:12:30.640 --> 01:12:35.199
circular room with a dozen stone doors
around the perimeter. The floor was made

886
01:12:35.239 --> 01:12:41.119
of white marble with black marble inlays, creating a large pentagram. In the

887
01:12:41.159 --> 01:12:45.720
center of the pentagram stood an altar
with a large leather bound book sitting atop

888
01:12:45.760 --> 01:12:49.960
it. Wow, Jake exclaimed as
he took in the sight. He looked

889
01:12:50.000 --> 01:12:54.680
back to check on Nikolay, who
was a few steps behind him. Jake

890
01:12:54.800 --> 01:12:59.560
slowly moved forward, fascinated by the
book. Almost without realizing it, he

891
01:12:59.600 --> 01:13:01.960
was standing in front of the altar, staring down at the large tone.

892
01:13:02.479 --> 01:13:05.960
He looked back and Nikolay was standing
at the edge of the pentagram with one

893
01:13:06.000 --> 01:13:10.720
foot raised, as if he was
trying to decide if he wanted to cross

894
01:13:10.800 --> 01:13:14.800
over it or not. Jake turned
back and reached out to touch the book.

895
01:13:15.239 --> 01:13:17.520
The room exploded in white light,
and Jake was blinded as he heard

896
01:13:17.600 --> 01:13:21.720
Nikolay cry out in pain. A
series of loud thumps shook the ground as

897
01:13:21.720 --> 01:13:27.199
the stone doors fell open. He
looked up and saw black shapes moving behind

898
01:13:27.199 --> 01:13:30.520
each doorway. Jake turned and started
to run toward the stairs. Nikolay was

899
01:13:30.560 --> 01:13:33.760
on the ground at the edge of
the pentagram, withering in pain. As

900
01:13:33.840 --> 01:13:40.199
Jake paused to help Nikolay, he
glanced around the room. In each of

901
01:13:40.239 --> 01:13:45.840
the dozen doorways, a walking corpse
emerged, each dressed in filthy, flowing

902
01:13:45.880 --> 01:13:49.479
white robes. Their skin was leathery
and taunt across their faces and hands.

903
01:13:49.960 --> 01:13:54.399
As they emerged from the darkness,
they raised their hands as if they had

904
01:13:54.399 --> 01:13:59.119
were searching for something, sniffing almost
like dogs. Jake could hear the wet

905
01:13:59.279 --> 01:14:02.760
rattles of them inhaling deeply. The
creatures didn't look like the ones from the

906
01:14:02.800 --> 01:14:10.439
movies, but he knew what they
were zombies. Jake stood there, paralyzed

907
01:14:10.439 --> 01:14:14.399
with fear until the nearest zombie suddenly
caught the scent of something in the air

908
01:14:14.640 --> 01:14:17.760
and whipped its head around to stare
at the two boys. A roun carved

909
01:14:17.800 --> 01:14:23.279
into each of their foreheads began to
glow as they opened their mouths and moaned.

910
01:14:23.760 --> 01:14:27.720
Jake pulled Nikolaye up and pushed him
towards the stairs. Without taking another

911
01:14:27.720 --> 01:14:32.720
look behind him, He ran,
are there any of these witches steal around?

912
01:14:32.960 --> 01:14:36.920
The count asked, That's what I've
been trying to find out. I

913
01:14:36.960 --> 01:14:42.079
believe that most of the original settlers
were witches. I've been looking at the

914
01:14:42.119 --> 01:14:45.000
genealogy records, and as far as
I can tell, the last of their

915
01:14:45.000 --> 01:14:49.560
living relatives perished in a fire back
in the late nineteen fifties. Edward said

916
01:14:49.640 --> 01:14:56.039
somberly, Yes, that was an
awful thing. Mister Jarvison mused, My

917
01:14:56.119 --> 01:15:00.359
family lived a few counties over when
it happened. I was just a young

918
01:15:00.479 --> 01:15:03.720
child, but I still remember the
news accounts very sad. Most of the

919
01:15:03.760 --> 01:15:08.880
town was attending some kind of meeting
at the town hall when it caught on

920
01:15:08.960 --> 01:15:15.880
fire. Very few survived. All
three men fell silent. The two children

921
01:15:15.920 --> 01:15:20.199
burst from the crypt, sounds of
heavy footsteps echoing from the darkness behind them.

922
01:15:20.359 --> 01:15:24.520
Jake paused a moment to try to
get his bearings. The sun was

923
01:15:24.560 --> 01:15:27.720
going down and he was a bit
confused on how to get back to the

924
01:15:27.800 --> 01:15:31.680
inn. Nikolay had kept running straight
into the overgrown brush that had overtaken this

925
01:15:31.720 --> 01:15:35.520
part of the cemetery. Upon hearing
footsteps at the top of the stairs behind

926
01:15:35.600 --> 01:15:40.520
him, Jake quickly followed. Why
did he have to run this way,

927
01:15:40.880 --> 01:15:44.920
Jake wondered, As a sticker bush
tugged at his clothes, He finally gave

928
01:15:44.960 --> 01:15:47.960
a great pull and fell back into
a clearing. Getting up, he saw

929
01:15:48.000 --> 01:15:51.840
that he was at the stone path
that followed the ten foot tall stone wall

930
01:15:51.960 --> 01:15:57.680
that surrounded the cemetery. Jake recognized
some of the tall monuments, and he

931
01:15:57.760 --> 01:16:00.880
knew where he was. Jake turned
toward the right and ran along the path.

932
01:16:01.479 --> 01:16:04.640
After a few minutes of running,
Jake heard a scream coming from ahead

933
01:16:04.640 --> 01:16:09.239
of him. They must have got
Nikolay, Jake thought. He began to

934
01:16:09.319 --> 01:16:15.239
run faster. The Count broke the
silence suddenly, did you hear a noise

935
01:16:15.880 --> 01:16:18.920
something? He's not right? The
other two men shook their heads, looking

936
01:16:18.960 --> 01:16:24.439
around the room. Ivan, the
count said quietly. The large man stepped

937
01:16:24.479 --> 01:16:28.520
forward out of the shadows, quiet
as a mouse, go check on Nikolai.

938
01:16:29.199 --> 01:16:34.560
Ivan nodded and glided off. Something
He's not the right Count, Romanova

939
01:16:34.640 --> 01:16:41.239
repeated himself, looking out the window
into the growing darkness. Jake ran faster

940
01:16:41.359 --> 01:16:44.760
than he'd ever ran in his life. As the path turned toward the entrance,

941
01:16:44.920 --> 01:16:47.119
he tripped on a tree route and
was sent flying. He hit the

942
01:16:47.159 --> 01:16:53.439
ground hard and rolled a few times
before landing against a small tree. However,

943
01:16:54.199 --> 01:16:57.479
when he looked up, he realized
that it wasn't a tree, it

944
01:16:57.520 --> 01:17:00.680
was the legs of a large zombie. The undead creature looked down at him

945
01:17:00.800 --> 01:17:08.800
and surprisingly turned away and shambled on. Jake was stunned, but flew back

946
01:17:08.800 --> 01:17:13.119
into action when he heard Nikolay cry
out again, this time very close.

947
01:17:14.000 --> 01:17:16.760
Jake looked around and saw Nikolay standing
at the entrance of the cemetery in the

948
01:17:16.800 --> 01:17:20.560
middle of a ring of five zombies. One had grabbed him by the arm

949
01:17:20.560 --> 01:17:25.000
and was lifting him up while the
others reached out for him, the rounds

950
01:17:25.079 --> 01:17:29.399
glowing brightly on their forehead. Jake
picked up a rotting tree branch for a

951
01:17:29.399 --> 01:17:32.000
weapon and started to move to help
Nikolay. He stopped when he saw a

952
01:17:32.119 --> 01:17:36.560
huge shape come out of the darkness. He sighed with relief when he realized

953
01:17:36.760 --> 01:17:41.920
it was Ivan, but the look
of murderous rage on the big man's face

954
01:17:41.960 --> 01:17:45.199
almost scared him as much as the
zombies did. Ivan waded into the middle

955
01:17:45.239 --> 01:17:48.800
of the group of zombies with a
ferocity that Jake had never seen before.

956
01:17:49.119 --> 01:17:54.600
Ivan tossed the zombies aside like they
were rag dolls, striking them with thunderous

957
01:17:54.640 --> 01:17:58.239
blows that didn't seem to do any
real damage to them. When a creature

958
01:17:58.279 --> 01:18:01.800
was knocked down, they would eyes
back up and continue their assault. When

959
01:18:01.880 --> 01:18:05.520
three more zombies stumbled into view,
Ivan pushed the two nearest ones down,

960
01:18:05.680 --> 01:18:11.119
picked up Nikolay, and ran back
toward the end. Seeing Ivan disappear into

961
01:18:11.119 --> 01:18:15.720
the blackness jolted Jake into action,
and he ran after them. The door

962
01:18:15.760 --> 01:18:19.039
to the end crashed open, and
Ivan charged inside, still carrying Nikolai.

963
01:18:19.159 --> 01:18:24.079
Ivan's suit was torn and his face
and arms were covered with scratches. Jake

964
01:18:24.199 --> 01:18:28.920
ran in after them and slammed the
door shut, locking it dad zombies.

965
01:18:29.479 --> 01:18:33.960
Jake yelled what Edward said, leaping
to his feet. Right then, the

966
01:18:34.000 --> 01:18:39.800
window behind Edward exploded inward. Undead
hands clawed at the window sill, trying

967
01:18:39.800 --> 01:18:44.079
to pull themselves into the room.
Another window was smashed and loud thumping shook

968
01:18:44.119 --> 01:18:46.920
the front door as the dead tried
to break it down. Oh my,

969
01:18:47.479 --> 01:18:51.760
what is going on? Yelled a
terrified mister Jarvison. Ivan ran to hold

970
01:18:51.800 --> 01:18:56.600
the front door as Edward grabbed a
lamp and started hitting at the arms reaching

971
01:18:56.600 --> 01:18:59.760
into the den, They could hear
glass breaking in the other rooms of the

972
01:18:59.760 --> 01:19:03.199
house. Mister Jarvison finally snapped and
ran out of the den. He let

973
01:19:03.239 --> 01:19:06.239
out a terrified scream as a zombie
lurched out of the dining room in the

974
01:19:06.239 --> 01:19:12.079
reception area. It ignored mister Jarvison
as it shambled toward the count the run

975
01:19:12.199 --> 01:19:15.600
on its forehead glowing brighter with each
step. The runs. Edward yelled,

976
01:19:15.640 --> 01:19:20.239
pointing at the glowing brand on the
zombie's forehead. Some powerful magic created these

977
01:19:20.239 --> 01:19:26.000
things. Can you stop them?
Jake said, fearing the answer, not

978
01:19:26.119 --> 01:19:30.039
without knowing the spell used to animate
them. Edward yelled back. Using the

979
01:19:30.119 --> 01:19:32.800
lamp he had to push a zombie
off the window. Sill Jake. The

980
01:19:32.920 --> 01:19:38.000
book, Nikolay yelled, trying to
help his father, who was struggling with

981
01:19:38.000 --> 01:19:41.720
the zombie from the dining room.
Yeah, Dad, there's some kind of

982
01:19:41.760 --> 01:19:45.199
spell book or something in that weird
crypt in the graveyard. Jake said to

983
01:19:45.239 --> 01:19:48.079
his father, that may be our
only chance. Edward chopback. Count.

984
01:19:48.279 --> 01:19:51.560
We need to get to that crypt
now, he yelled. The Count,

985
01:19:51.600 --> 01:19:56.039
who was holding his own against the
zombie, yelled out Ivan to me,

986
01:19:56.600 --> 01:20:00.439
we need to get to the graveyard. Ivan rushed over and tossed the zombie,

987
01:20:00.439 --> 01:20:03.560
attacking the Count aside through a broken
window. Just as Ivan turned back

988
01:20:03.560 --> 01:20:08.279
to the front door, it burst
open and three more zombies began to stumble

989
01:20:08.319 --> 01:20:13.079
in. Ivan ran and leapt,
knocking them back outside. Go go,

990
01:20:13.760 --> 01:20:17.239
yelled Edward as everyone ran toward the
front door. The next ten minutes seemed

991
01:20:17.279 --> 01:20:20.840
like a nightmare. To Jake.
Ivan was an unstoppable tank, running through

992
01:20:20.880 --> 01:20:24.920
the dark, knocking over any creature
in his way. The rest of the

993
01:20:24.960 --> 01:20:28.520
group followed in his wake, trying
to keep up. Once in the graveyard,

994
01:20:28.680 --> 01:20:31.199
Edward pointed the way to the crypt. The small party entered the crypt

995
01:20:31.239 --> 01:20:34.880
and ran down the stairs to the
large marble room. Edward ran over to

996
01:20:34.880 --> 01:20:39.039
the book on the altar. Ivan
stood with his back pressed up against the

997
01:20:39.079 --> 01:20:42.920
door, waiting for any sign of
the undead creatures. The Count and his

998
01:20:43.000 --> 01:20:46.279
son stood just off to the side
of Ivan backs to the wall. Something

999
01:20:46.319 --> 01:20:50.359
felt off to Jake, but he
didn't know what it was. He watched

1000
01:20:50.359 --> 01:20:54.640
his dad quickly flip through the book, Struggling to understand the words on the

1001
01:20:54.680 --> 01:20:59.399
pages. Jake tried to connect the
pieces. There was something he couldn't put

1002
01:20:59.439 --> 01:21:02.920
together. Wait, I think I
got it, Edward said, almost to

1003
01:21:03.000 --> 01:21:06.800
himself. He began reading the words
from the book in a loud, booming

1004
01:21:06.920 --> 01:21:12.079
voice. The undead began pounding on
the door, and Ivan, muscles bulging

1005
01:21:12.119 --> 01:21:15.239
struggled to keep the door shut.
The ground began to shake, and a

1006
01:21:15.319 --> 01:21:19.640
wind started to rip through the chamber. Howls of anger and pain roared from

1007
01:21:19.680 --> 01:21:25.640
behind the door. As the undead
intensified their attack. Something finally clicked in

1008
01:21:25.720 --> 01:21:31.359
Jake's mind. The zombies ignored me
and mister Jarvison. The runes grew brighter

1009
01:21:31.399 --> 01:21:35.920
when they got closer to the Count
and his son, Dad. Stop the

1010
01:21:36.000 --> 01:21:41.600
zombies aren't after us, there after
them, Jake yelled, pointing at the

1011
01:21:41.640 --> 01:21:46.279
Count, who looked back at Jake
with a wide grin. Edward showed no

1012
01:21:46.359 --> 01:21:49.439
sign of hearing his son. He
kept chanting, and as he chanted,

1013
01:21:49.640 --> 01:21:54.720
his voice grew even louder, and
the tremors became more powerful. When Edward

1014
01:21:54.760 --> 01:21:58.279
reached the end of the spell,
the black marble of the pentagram burst into

1015
01:21:58.359 --> 01:22:02.159
flames. The pounding on the door
ceased as a silence descended over the room.

1016
01:22:03.119 --> 01:22:08.520
Edward leaned against the altar. Exhausted, Ivan opened the door and only

1017
01:22:08.600 --> 01:22:14.159
empty robes littered the floor. No
sign of the zombies. Jake started to

1018
01:22:14.239 --> 01:22:16.680
run to his father. When the
ground began to vibrate. The white marble

1019
01:22:16.760 --> 01:22:21.319
floor started to crack as clawed hands
began digging their way out of the ground.

1020
01:22:23.760 --> 01:22:30.359
What Jake exclaimed, more zombies?
Oh no, The Count remarked,

1021
01:22:30.800 --> 01:22:35.600
these are the relatives I spoke of
earlier, my ancestors. The Count laughed

1022
01:22:35.920 --> 01:22:41.279
as he began to change. His
face elongated, while his teeth grew sharp.

1023
01:22:41.600 --> 01:22:45.600
His hair disappeared, while his ears
grew larger and more pointed. He

1024
01:22:45.720 --> 01:22:48.399
became one of the creatures from the
statues on the outside of the crypt.

1025
01:22:48.600 --> 01:22:55.079
He became a ghoul. Ivan and
Nikolay also began to revert to their true

1026
01:22:55.079 --> 01:23:00.359
selves. Those meddling witches kept my
family in prison for hundreds of years.

1027
01:23:00.760 --> 01:23:04.159
When we discovered them, we took
our revenge and burned them all. But

1028
01:23:04.319 --> 01:23:12.399
we needed someone pure of heart to
open the crypt, someone someone like your

1029
01:23:12.439 --> 01:23:15.680
son, said the Count, running
his tongue over his razor sharp teeth.

1030
01:23:16.359 --> 01:23:23.439
We also needed another fool to undo
the spell of protection and destroy those pesky,

1031
01:23:23.560 --> 01:23:28.359
undead guardians of Theirs, he said, gesturing back towards the white robes.

1032
01:23:29.039 --> 01:23:31.399
He took a bit of planning,
but we were finally able to forge

1033
01:23:31.399 --> 01:23:38.399
those leathers to draw you here.
Dozens of ghouls were slowly extracting themselves from

1034
01:23:38.399 --> 01:23:43.359
the ground, their shining eyes looking
hungrily at Jake and Edward. I do

1035
01:23:43.520 --> 01:23:53.000
hope you will join us for dinner, the Count bellowed, laughing. Gotta

1036
01:23:53.039 --> 01:23:57.840
love a Transylvanian happy ending, and
that's definitely one if I've ever heard one.

1037
01:23:58.359 --> 01:24:00.760
So before we wrap up with our
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1038
01:24:00.800 --> 01:24:04.439
just want to say thank you for
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1039
01:24:04.720 --> 01:24:08.800
in the summer months. You know
some people and this is going to shock

1040
01:24:08.840 --> 01:24:13.800
you. Don't want to feel HALLOWEENI
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1041
01:24:13.840 --> 01:24:19.279
it either, But this show is
for us, the Stalwarts, the spooky

1042
01:24:19.479 --> 01:24:26.119
all year round crowd. So this
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1043
01:24:26.920 --> 01:24:30.359
It's about going to your vacation house
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1044
01:24:30.439 --> 01:24:38.239
realizing you may have found something even
worse than you thought. Wings of Twilight.

1045
01:24:38.279 --> 01:24:40.399
It's a hell of a story,
and I know you're going to enjoy

1046
01:24:40.439 --> 01:24:50.520
it right after these words from our
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1047
01:24:50.600 --> 01:24:58.720
Falconer. Unless one is strongly influenced
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1048
01:24:59.159 --> 01:25:03.920
we're all gi of selective reasoning,
Martin stated, smacking at the tickle upon

1049
01:25:03.960 --> 01:25:08.319
the back of his neck. We
hear only what we wish to hear.

1050
01:25:08.920 --> 01:25:13.880
We choose our beliefs whatever you say, dear, his wife called out from

1051
01:25:13.960 --> 01:25:18.039
inside the cabin. Martin's face paled
as he leaned forward and gawked at his

1052
01:25:18.119 --> 01:25:25.079
blood smeared palm. Dear God,
what have I done? His voice rose

1053
01:25:25.119 --> 01:25:29.479
in pitch. Darlene, come take
a look at this. I'm in the

1054
01:25:29.479 --> 01:25:33.439
middle of something, she answered,
can't it wait? Martin swallowed back his

1055
01:25:33.600 --> 01:25:40.520
gorge as the tiny winged creature he
just smashed ceased to stir, disrupting the

1056
01:25:40.560 --> 01:25:45.359
silence. A chorus of youthful whoops
and cheers rose up from across the lake,

1057
01:25:45.680 --> 01:25:49.359
and an explosion of wood ducks shot
into the amber evening sky. A

1058
01:25:49.479 --> 01:25:55.640
chilled breeze washed through the pines,
wrapping Martin inside a shutter. No,

1059
01:25:56.399 --> 01:26:00.520
he shouted, no, it can't. I need you right now. He

1060
01:26:00.600 --> 01:26:04.239
attempted to rise from the porch swing, but his strength had disappeared, his

1061
01:26:04.359 --> 01:26:10.000
stomach coiled like a hangman's knot.
Wiping her hands with a dish towel,

1062
01:26:10.239 --> 01:26:15.359
Darlene emerged through the cabin's screen door
with a tired sigh, joining her husband

1063
01:26:15.399 --> 01:26:18.840
upon the porch. You're not going
to start harping about those kids camped across

1064
01:26:18.880 --> 01:26:23.720
the lake again, are you?
Martin continued to stare at his palm.

1065
01:26:24.439 --> 01:26:29.720
Do you see this, Darlene gave
it a cursory glance. It's a dragonfly.

1066
01:26:30.199 --> 01:26:32.000
Honestly, Martin, you really do
need to get out of the office

1067
01:26:32.039 --> 01:26:36.800
more often. It's not a dragonfly. Martin brought his gaze upward, then

1068
01:26:38.399 --> 01:26:42.520
staring his wife dead in the eye
while raising his hand closer to her in

1069
01:26:42.560 --> 01:26:47.039
the fading sunlight. Look again,
what do you really see? A distant

1070
01:26:47.039 --> 01:26:53.279
bull frog emitted a deep throated up. Darlene took a step forward and leaned

1071
01:26:53.319 --> 01:26:59.239
in to look. I've never seen
one bleed be Oh my goodness. Her

1072
01:26:59.279 --> 01:27:03.640
startled step backward drove Martin to his
feet, his knees cracking like old cellophane.

1073
01:27:04.159 --> 01:27:09.000
Go get the phone, Darlene clutched
the towel, taking another step.

1074
01:27:09.520 --> 01:27:13.560
There's no service up here to take
pictures. Damn it, it's proof.

1075
01:27:14.399 --> 01:27:17.399
Darlene scurried back inside, and Martin
sank into the seat of the swing again,

1076
01:27:17.960 --> 01:27:23.079
staring down at the tiny body in
the palm of his hand, the

1077
01:27:23.159 --> 01:27:30.800
broken arms and legs, the bleeding
skull, the crumpled diaphanous wings, tattered

1078
01:27:30.359 --> 01:27:39.720
torn, the miniature humanoid torso,
flattened and oozing, staining Martin's skin with

1079
01:27:39.800 --> 01:27:45.640
the remnants of life. The screen
door squealed and banged shut as Darlene darted

1080
01:27:45.680 --> 01:27:49.079
back out. Her cell phone in
hand. She leaned in close, quickly

1081
01:27:49.119 --> 01:27:55.640
snapping off half a dozen shots of
the dead fairy in Martin's hands. I

1082
01:27:55.680 --> 01:28:00.000
don't suppose we have any way to
preserve it, Martin said, I imagine,

1083
01:28:00.119 --> 01:28:03.199
and someone at the university might like
to see it. The university,

1084
01:28:03.760 --> 01:28:09.760
Darlene thought, with disdain, the
same university which forced Martin to take his

1085
01:28:10.079 --> 01:28:15.800
extended vacation as the board of regents
ponders his future there. Martin had yet

1086
01:28:15.840 --> 01:28:19.680
to receive the protective net of tenure. If he lost his position, they

1087
01:28:19.720 --> 01:28:26.880
could lose the house, They could
lose everything. His damned obsessions could keep

1088
01:28:26.960 --> 01:28:32.399
him from ever securing other employment at
any respectable institution. Their sunset years could

1089
01:28:32.439 --> 01:28:36.359
become more than bleak. We can
put it in a sandwich bag in the

1090
01:28:36.359 --> 01:28:42.720
ice chest for now, Darlene offered. That should keep it. The cacophony

1091
01:28:42.760 --> 01:28:46.600
of boisterous youths continued on the far
shore as Martin followed his wife inside the

1092
01:28:46.680 --> 01:28:53.279
vacation cabin to free his hand of
the gruesome evidence and cleanse the crime from

1093
01:28:53.279 --> 01:28:58.439
his flesh. Why'd you kill it, Darlene asked, carefully, placing the

1094
01:28:58.479 --> 01:29:04.000
plastic bag atop the block of ice. It bit me, where Martin pointed

1095
01:29:04.039 --> 01:29:09.600
to the affected spot upon his neck. Turning on the lamp and donning her

1096
01:29:09.640 --> 01:29:14.479
glasses for a better look, Darlene
inspected the area. I don't see anything.

1097
01:29:14.600 --> 01:29:17.760
Are you certain it bit you?
I'm convinced it intended to bite me,

1098
01:29:18.479 --> 01:29:23.960
so it didn't really bite. It
simply didn't get the chance. Do

1099
01:29:24.079 --> 01:29:28.720
they bite? How should I know? You're supposed to be the expert.

1100
01:29:29.279 --> 01:29:33.239
I never even thought they were real. You've never believed in me, Martin

1101
01:29:33.359 --> 01:29:39.079
snapped. If you'd allow yourself to
pass through that wall of pragmatism you hide

1102
01:29:39.119 --> 01:29:43.000
behind, you might see there's much
more to this world than most people ever

1103
01:29:43.039 --> 01:29:48.399
perceive. But no, just like
everyone else, it's Oh, there goes

1104
01:29:48.479 --> 01:29:53.920
Martin again, seeing things that don't
exist. People think I don't hear,

1105
01:29:54.520 --> 01:29:59.319
but I hear. I hear every
damn word. He pulled a handkerchief from

1106
01:29:59.319 --> 01:30:03.239
his pocket and blotted his glistening brow. I know what you think of me,

1107
01:30:04.399 --> 01:30:11.199
what everyone thinks of me. However, the line between truth and fiction

1108
01:30:11.399 --> 01:30:17.159
is practically non existent, minuscule,
or merely a matter of perception. Who

1109
01:30:17.199 --> 01:30:21.800
can claim to know the absolute truth? Isn't insanity only in the eye of

1110
01:30:21.840 --> 01:30:28.199
the beholder. He carefully folded the
handkerchief and returned it to his pocket,

1111
01:30:28.279 --> 01:30:32.720
his eyes boring into his wives.
As I've often said before, there are

1112
01:30:32.800 --> 01:30:39.560
those who might believe you to be
more mad than I. His lips curled

1113
01:30:39.960 --> 01:30:45.720
into a brief, conspiratorial smile,
raising goosebumps on Darlin's arms. She glanced

1114
01:30:45.720 --> 01:30:53.079
back at the ice chest. She
had seen it, hadn't she Martin's smile

1115
01:30:53.239 --> 01:30:59.880
vanished, his face washing pale as
moonlight. Oh, dear, he gasped,

1116
01:31:00.920 --> 01:31:03.760
What if this was the only one? What if it was the last

1117
01:31:03.800 --> 01:31:10.920
of its kind? His rising panic
spurred Darline to her husband's side. It

1118
01:31:11.039 --> 01:31:15.279
was always best to keep him calm. I'm certain there has to be more,

1119
01:31:15.399 --> 01:31:19.239
Dear. Besides, it was an
accident. I know you didn't mean

1120
01:31:19.279 --> 01:31:24.840
to kill it, but I did. I did mean to kill it,

1121
01:31:25.279 --> 01:31:29.600
Not that I intended to kill a
fairy, but I did intend to kill

1122
01:31:29.640 --> 01:31:34.119
whatever was crawling on my neck.
It's a natural defense mechanism to slap,

1123
01:31:34.399 --> 01:31:39.119
you know. I thought it was
a bee or a spider, and my

1124
01:31:39.199 --> 01:31:43.760
absolute intention was to kill it,
without any knowledge or foresight as to what

1125
01:31:44.800 --> 01:31:50.720
or whom I was killing. He
collapsed into the nearby sofa. But it's

1126
01:31:50.960 --> 01:31:56.640
terrible luck to harm one. If
there are others about, I'm afraid some

1127
01:31:56.720 --> 01:32:01.960
type of retaliation could be in store. Inwardly, Darline chided herself for her

1128
01:32:02.039 --> 01:32:08.600
lack of knowledge other than her husband's
obsessions. All she knew of myths and

1129
01:32:08.680 --> 01:32:14.399
folklore were the bedtime tails of her
childhood. She sat beside him and put

1130
01:32:14.439 --> 01:32:19.640
her arm around Martin's slump shoulders,
giving him a reassuring squeeze. How could

1131
01:32:19.640 --> 01:32:26.439
you have known? Because it's a
forest, Darlene, Strange creatures dwell in

1132
01:32:26.479 --> 01:32:31.159
the forest here. I was fearing
to run across bigfoot. I never dreamed

1133
01:32:31.199 --> 01:32:38.760
i'd kill a fairy. A defeated
sigh rattled his lips. How could I

1134
01:32:38.800 --> 01:32:45.199
have assumed it to be merely an
insect? Darlene kissed her husband's cheek as

1135
01:32:45.199 --> 01:32:48.640
you said yourself, it was a
natural reaction. It couldn't be helped.

1136
01:32:49.439 --> 01:32:54.399
Let me make you a cup of
tea to help you relax. I don't

1137
01:32:54.399 --> 01:32:58.720
want tea, Martin snipped, breaking
free of her hold and leaping to his

1138
01:32:58.800 --> 01:33:03.479
feet. Darlene rose as well.
Coco, would you listen to yourself,

1139
01:33:03.560 --> 01:33:08.399
Darlene. I did a terrible thing, and I'm trying to vent here,

1140
01:33:08.600 --> 01:33:13.279
and you're spoiling it with offers of
cocoa and tea. Can't I simply be

1141
01:33:13.399 --> 01:33:17.159
angry for once without you thinking I'm
mad? I was only I don't want

1142
01:33:17.239 --> 01:33:23.720
anything. Martin stormed over to the
screen door and peered outside. Beyond the

1143
01:33:23.800 --> 01:33:28.239
porch, a chorus of crickets had
begun to sing. I didn't want to

1144
01:33:28.279 --> 01:33:31.479
come here. In the first place. There's no peace here. Why did

1145
01:33:31.520 --> 01:33:36.520
you force me to come? I
didn't force I didn't want to vacation in

1146
01:33:36.560 --> 01:33:42.479
the woods. He turned to face
her, his cheeks ablaze. You knew

1147
01:33:42.479 --> 01:33:45.720
that, yet you booked us a
cabin anyway you needed to get out.

1148
01:33:46.000 --> 01:33:50.640
I did not need to be in
a forest. We could have gone anywhere

1149
01:33:50.640 --> 01:33:56.159
else. Darlene could argue this point
till the end of the century, but

1150
01:33:56.239 --> 01:34:00.319
had long since run out of steam. Why had she chosen the woods?

1151
01:34:00.560 --> 01:34:05.920
Was she simply embarrassed to take him
into public anymore? Biting her tongue,

1152
01:34:06.319 --> 01:34:12.479
she put on a kettle for tea. May I remind you, she spoke,

1153
01:34:12.560 --> 01:34:17.439
quietly, measuredly. Our vacation options
are growing limited. I would have

1154
01:34:17.520 --> 01:34:23.359
preferred another cruise, but no,
we can't do that anymore, not after

1155
01:34:23.399 --> 01:34:28.640
what happened last time. Martin slithered
back to the sofa, sinking into it,

1156
01:34:28.680 --> 01:34:32.760
shaking his head. Mermaids, he
muttered, there are far too many

1157
01:34:32.840 --> 01:34:36.840
mermaids in the sea. He gazed
back up at his wife and wrung his

1158
01:34:36.920 --> 01:34:43.399
hands, his eyes welled with tears. Thank god you were there. Removing

1159
01:34:43.399 --> 01:34:47.439
his handkerchief once more, he dabbed
at the moisture in his eyes. You're

1160
01:34:47.520 --> 01:34:54.279
right, we could never go on
another cruise, and flying is much too

1161
01:34:54.359 --> 01:34:59.319
dangerous. Darline settled on to the
sofa beside him, patting his knee.

1162
01:35:00.279 --> 01:35:06.239
I know, gremlins, where lucky
we survived? Darlene stared over at the

1163
01:35:06.279 --> 01:35:12.079
ice chest. How much longer must
she suffer? His whimsie. It had

1164
01:35:12.079 --> 01:35:15.520
taken her three years of marriage before
she'd come to realize her husband hadn't been

1165
01:35:15.640 --> 01:35:20.119
joking when putting a bowl of cream
onto the back step every night to appease

1166
01:35:20.199 --> 01:35:27.600
the brownies. She'd always assumed he'd
merely been spoiling the neighbor's cat. Then

1167
01:35:28.000 --> 01:35:31.520
came the Caribbean cruise. She'd awoken
in the night to find Martin missing from

1168
01:35:31.520 --> 01:35:35.720
their cabin. After a short search, she found him perched upon the railing,

1169
01:35:36.039 --> 01:35:42.319
flirting with the dark, salty waters
below. He claimed the sea sirens

1170
01:35:42.439 --> 01:35:45.520
were luring him to join them in
the watery depths. She'd been able to

1171
01:35:45.520 --> 01:35:51.000
convince the alarmed ship steward that Martin
was prone to occasional sleepwalks, but they

1172
01:35:51.000 --> 01:35:57.000
were put permanently ashore at the following
morning's port of call. On the subsequent

1173
01:35:57.039 --> 01:36:02.840
short flight back to Florida, Martin
became thoroughly agitated, convinced he'd spied Gremlin's

1174
01:36:02.840 --> 01:36:09.000
scurrying about the jet's wings before an
engine fire forced the plane into an emergency

1175
01:36:09.119 --> 01:36:15.239
landing in Miami. Air travel was
now fully out of the question. Driving

1176
01:36:15.279 --> 01:36:19.600
after dark had become nearly impossible.
Martin would randomly jump like a frightened deer,

1177
01:36:19.680 --> 01:36:24.199
claiming to see the ghosts of those
who lost their lives to the roads.

1178
01:36:25.079 --> 01:36:28.920
Last week, he'd released all the
lab animals at the university under the

1179
01:36:29.000 --> 01:36:33.199
explicit orders given to him by a
cat named Bistat on the quad. Yesterday,

1180
01:36:33.359 --> 01:36:38.479
he was certain he'd seen Bigfoot wandering
through the trees near the lake shore.

1181
01:36:39.159 --> 01:36:44.079
Today, he killed a fairy.
He needed proof that his mind wasn't

1182
01:36:44.119 --> 01:36:47.840
failing him, and he believed that
proof now lay safely nestled against a block

1183
01:36:47.880 --> 01:36:53.479
of ice shrouded in plastic. He
could show it to the board of Regents,

1184
01:36:53.800 --> 01:36:58.720
and his position at the university would
no longer be in jeopardy. Darline

1185
01:36:58.760 --> 01:37:02.680
could swear that she'd seen the purported
creature Martin had killed for a brief moment,

1186
01:37:03.279 --> 01:37:11.880
perhaps, or had she merely wished
to believe for years she witnessed her

1187
01:37:11.880 --> 01:37:16.399
own father lose himself to dementia.
What cruel, clenched fist of fate allowed

1188
01:37:16.399 --> 01:37:21.279
her to end up with a man
like Martin, a man so seemingly brilliant,

1189
01:37:21.520 --> 01:37:28.000
gradually losing possession of his mind.
Yet with whom did the fault truly

1190
01:37:28.119 --> 01:37:32.560
lie? Had she merely seen what
he wanted her to see because she as

1191
01:37:32.600 --> 01:37:40.359
well needed to prove he wasn't delusional, or was it only a desperation to

1192
01:37:40.399 --> 01:37:45.439
prove her own sanity. They'll probably
come after us, Martin said, gazing

1193
01:37:45.479 --> 01:37:50.079
toward the window into the gloaming.
Fairies are not known for their kindness,

1194
01:37:50.479 --> 01:37:55.720
especially to those who've done them in
justice. She had her glasses on.

1195
01:37:55.880 --> 01:38:00.800
Now should she look at the photos, look inside the ice chest? She

1196
01:38:01.039 --> 01:38:08.239
feared to confront his proof again,
feared she might once more actually see the

1197
01:38:08.399 --> 01:38:13.439
tiny mythical creature instead of the dragonfly. She knew it had to be.

1198
01:38:14.600 --> 01:38:17.600
If we locked the doors and windows, we should be safe. Darline tried

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to reassure him, To reassure herself, this cabin seems pretty solid. Martin

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01:38:25.199 --> 01:38:29.520
glanced over at the fireplace and shook
his head. We can't keep them out

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01:38:29.840 --> 01:38:34.000
if they want in. They'll get
in a dead blackbird upon the empty grates.

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01:38:34.079 --> 01:38:39.399
The day they'd arrived had nearly ended
the vacation before it ever began.

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01:38:39.880 --> 01:38:45.720
Martin claimed it a bad omen and
nearly demanded they leave then and there if

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01:38:45.720 --> 01:38:54.000
a bird could get in. Then
a deep rhythmic boom boom boom bob boom

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01:38:54.239 --> 01:38:59.119
rumbled through the air across the lake. Martin's eyes widened, and he sprang

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01:38:59.199 --> 01:39:02.520
to his feet, racing to the
window, staring out at the growing darkness.

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01:39:03.520 --> 01:39:09.239
Do you hear them? Darline crossed
over to the door and swiftly closed

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01:39:09.239 --> 01:39:13.600
and locked it. It's only the
music of those kids again, she said,

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01:39:14.359 --> 01:39:17.800
please Martin, there's nothing to be
afraid of. Within her chest,

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01:39:17.840 --> 01:39:21.439
her own heartbeat did its best to
outdo the base beat of the music.

1211
01:39:21.880 --> 01:39:28.680
A shrill whistle sang out behind them, and they both jumped wheeling around upon

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01:39:28.760 --> 01:39:32.840
the stove. A jet of steam
screamed from the tea kettle. Laughing relief,

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01:39:32.960 --> 01:39:36.960
Darlene hurried over and turned off the
fire. Beneath it. Tea or

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01:39:38.039 --> 01:39:45.800
cocoa? She asked, once again
tea? Martin acquiesced, staring back out

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01:39:45.840 --> 01:39:50.800
the window. There was little to
see in the blackness beyond. The boom

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01:39:50.840 --> 01:39:59.279
boom boom bah boom slightly rattled the
window glass. Martin pressed his palm upon

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01:39:59.319 --> 01:40:03.199
the pane, feeling the pulsing beat. In a moment, he leaped back

1218
01:40:03.279 --> 01:40:08.640
when a thump, tap tap hit
the glass, a fleeting glimpse of wings

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01:40:08.640 --> 01:40:13.439
evaneste in the dark. He turned
a cold eye to his wife. She

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01:40:13.600 --> 01:40:18.239
easily read the fear etching lines into
his face. They're coming, he said.

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01:40:18.720 --> 01:40:23.680
Martin stepped away from the window.
They are bound to punish us,

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01:40:24.720 --> 01:40:28.880
us, but I didn't do anything. It was you who killed it.

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01:40:29.439 --> 01:40:32.920
Mere semantics. It won't matter who
they punish as long as their vengeance is

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01:40:32.960 --> 01:40:38.760
served. Martin stripped off his shirt, turning it inside out. Quickly,

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01:40:38.840 --> 01:40:43.840
Darlin, reverse your clothing. Martin
slipped back into his shirt and removed his

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01:40:43.920 --> 01:40:49.039
trousers. Whatever for Darlin set the
tea bags aside as her husband proceeded to

1227
01:40:49.079 --> 01:40:54.960
turn his trousers inside out. It's
for protection, he stated, Just do

1228
01:40:55.079 --> 01:41:00.880
it for your own safety. He
was mistaken, wasn't he allowing his imagination

1229
01:41:00.960 --> 01:41:06.720
to rule over logic. Here's Martin
always so certain of himself, solidly assured

1230
01:41:06.760 --> 01:41:12.960
of his self convictions while she could
only ever doubt her own. What had

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01:41:13.000 --> 01:41:17.000
she truly seen upon the palm of
his hand? What had she placed into

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01:41:17.039 --> 01:41:23.159
the ice chest? Turn your clothes
inside out? Martin commanded, pulling his

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01:41:23.239 --> 01:41:28.960
trousers back on. This is ridiculous. Darlin rested the T shirt up over

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01:41:29.000 --> 01:41:32.319
her head. From across the room, she heard Martin scream. Pulling free

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01:41:32.319 --> 01:41:35.920
of her shirt. She watched her
husband duck and swat at the moth that

1236
01:41:36.000 --> 01:41:42.399
flitted about, seeking the lamplight for
crying out loud. It's only a moth,

1237
01:41:43.039 --> 01:41:45.720
she spat, as she slipped her
reverse T shirt back over her head.

1238
01:41:46.399 --> 01:41:49.039
With a mason jar and a few
drops of honey, we could catch

1239
01:41:49.079 --> 01:41:55.479
it. The excitement in Martin's voice
edged into giddiness. A live specimen would

1240
01:41:55.520 --> 01:42:00.720
truly exonerate me. Another thump rapped
against the window. I don't have any

1241
01:42:00.760 --> 01:42:05.000
honey, Darline backed up a step, and all we have is an empty

1242
01:42:05.000 --> 01:42:10.560
soup can. The moth flitted above
her, then zip toward the light.

1243
01:42:11.039 --> 01:42:15.600
A second one emerged from the empty
fireplace, jouncing across the room to join

1244
01:42:15.640 --> 01:42:19.359
the other as they danced in a
light induced frenzy. We have to get

1245
01:42:19.359 --> 01:42:25.000
out of here, Martin, whispered. We can't stay. We have the

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01:42:25.039 --> 01:42:30.159
cabin for two more days. We
have to leave now. Martin's voice rose,

1247
01:42:30.239 --> 01:42:36.000
do you understand now? It's only
Darline swallowed her words as she glanced

1248
01:42:36.000 --> 01:42:43.920
toward the lamp. Those were moths, weren't they. Another thump at the

1249
01:42:43.960 --> 01:42:47.600
windowpane. Grab the ice chest and
the phone, Martin shouted, hefting the

1250
01:42:47.640 --> 01:42:51.840
half filled suit case from the corner
chair. Leave everything else. A third

1251
01:42:51.920 --> 01:42:57.960
set of wings fluttered in through the
chimney. It's after dark, Darlene pointed

1252
01:42:57.960 --> 01:43:00.840
out, tucking the cell phone into
her purse. It's a risk we must

1253
01:43:00.840 --> 01:43:06.840
take. But you must drive,
because you know, I know, ghosts

1254
01:43:08.720 --> 01:43:13.640
in a flurry. They gathered their
necessary belongings and hurried out to Martin's restored

1255
01:43:13.720 --> 01:43:17.880
sixty four Chevy Impaula. Stuffing the
suitcase and ice chest into the back seat,

1256
01:43:18.000 --> 01:43:23.359
Darlene slid behind the wheel and turned
over the engine as Martin scooted into

1257
01:43:23.399 --> 01:43:28.119
the passenger seat beside her. Darlene's
hands shook as she gave her husband a

1258
01:43:28.159 --> 01:43:33.479
sidelong glance. Here they were two
adults running like scared children in the night

1259
01:43:33.560 --> 01:43:40.800
because of a few lousy moths.
Again, she questioned, why the woods

1260
01:43:40.960 --> 01:43:45.479
had She secretly hoped he'd get eaten
by a bear or bigfoot, after all,

1261
01:43:46.039 --> 01:43:50.359
his life insurance was up to date. Above the purr of the engine,

1262
01:43:50.840 --> 01:43:59.239
the boom boom, boom, bob
boom came to a sudden stop.

1263
01:44:00.000 --> 01:44:04.800
A veil of dull silence melted down
from above. Go, Martin demanded,

1264
01:44:05.359 --> 01:44:11.079
what are you waiting for? Just
go? Shifting the Impala into first gear,

1265
01:44:11.279 --> 01:44:14.560
Darlene pulled away from the cabin on
the lake, heading through the tree

1266
01:44:14.560 --> 01:44:18.520
lined access road for the main Forest
Highway. Martin leaned forward, glancing up

1267
01:44:18.600 --> 01:44:26.479
toward the darkened sky. Oh my
god, he gasped, frantically, grasping

1268
01:44:26.520 --> 01:44:32.039
onto the dashboard. They're gathering,
Darlene cursed his infectious panic. What do

1269
01:44:32.079 --> 01:44:38.199
you mean they're gathering? Look,
he pointed toward the sky, that rainbow

1270
01:44:38.319 --> 01:44:44.239
ring around the moon. They're gathering, Darlene wanted to cry. His obsessions

1271
01:44:44.239 --> 01:44:47.159
were growing completely out of hand.
She was losing him, just like she

1272
01:44:47.279 --> 01:44:51.840
lost her father, just like she
was losing herself. Caught in a vortex,

1273
01:44:53.199 --> 01:44:58.159
the swirl in the eddy had been
slowly, steadily increasing as Martin approached

1274
01:44:58.199 --> 01:45:03.039
the center. Now he was inescapably
caught in the sucking downward spiral, and

1275
01:45:03.119 --> 01:45:08.239
he was taking her with him.
It's only the moisture in the air,

1276
01:45:08.359 --> 01:45:13.840
Martin, the quiet explanation. She
struggled to keep controlled. She would not

1277
01:45:13.960 --> 01:45:17.560
let him drown her in his own
nightmares. The reflecting sunlight off the moon

1278
01:45:17.640 --> 01:45:24.199
causes a halo. That's it,
That's all this is. Darlene turned onto

1279
01:45:24.239 --> 01:45:28.600
the highway and quickly brought her speed
up until the needle reached sixty miles per

1280
01:45:28.640 --> 01:45:32.359
hour. Martin glanced over at the
speedometer. Can't you go any faster?

1281
01:45:33.479 --> 01:45:38.600
Do you really think they're capable of
jet speeds? Dear, come out at

1282
01:45:38.680 --> 01:45:43.239
night. I'm already going faster than
i'd like. Martin sank back into his

1283
01:45:43.319 --> 01:45:49.439
seat, closing his eyes. It
doesn't matter. You can't outrun them.

1284
01:45:49.520 --> 01:45:55.479
Our only alternative is to give it
back. Give what back? Darlene eased

1285
01:45:55.479 --> 01:46:00.199
her speed up to sixty five.
The body the one I KI. We've

1286
01:46:00.239 --> 01:46:04.880
got to return it to them,
your proof proof that he was insane,

1287
01:46:05.479 --> 01:46:12.079
or proof that he wasn't, that
she wasn't. She tried to recall what

1288
01:46:12.199 --> 01:46:15.319
she'd truly seen in the twilight on
the porch, needing to satisfy her own

1289
01:46:15.399 --> 01:46:19.840
fears, to prove to herself she
wasn't sliding into a neverland of the mind

1290
01:46:20.359 --> 01:46:26.239
like her father, like Martin.
She slipped her hand inside her purse,

1291
01:46:26.479 --> 01:46:30.319
searching for her cell phone, while
Martin shimmied around and reached into the back

1292
01:46:30.359 --> 01:46:33.399
seat, fumbling with the ice chest, popping off the lid. He fished

1293
01:46:33.439 --> 01:46:38.920
around for the sandwich bag. Darlene
located the phone and set it on her

1294
01:46:39.000 --> 01:46:42.800
lap, steering with her left hand
and swiping the front screen of her phone

1295
01:46:42.840 --> 01:46:47.079
with her right index finger. A
soft light illuminated the dark interior. She

1296
01:46:47.239 --> 01:46:51.479
had to see the photos. Martin's
leg nudged against her, nearly knocking the

1297
01:46:51.520 --> 01:46:56.960
phone to the floor. Be careful, she scolded, maneuvering the phone back

1298
01:46:56.960 --> 01:47:00.319
in place. I've got it,
Martin cried, with a ragged jerk.

1299
01:47:00.479 --> 01:47:04.479
He twisted back into his seat,
knocking the phone off Darlin's lap once more

1300
01:47:04.520 --> 01:47:08.920
with his knee. She scrambled to
catch it. Damn it, Martin,

1301
01:47:09.079 --> 01:47:13.199
I asked you. I'm saving our
lives, he shouted, rolling down his

1302
01:47:13.279 --> 01:47:16.960
window and tossing the sandwich bag out. You should, oh, dear God,

1303
01:47:17.279 --> 01:47:24.159
ghost, he screamed. Darlin glanced
up at the road. Illuminated in

1304
01:47:24.199 --> 01:47:28.920
the headlights, the giant figure appeared
just left of center on the narrow two

1305
01:47:29.000 --> 01:47:32.560
lane highway. Darlene swerved hard to
the right. The front end of the

1306
01:47:32.560 --> 01:47:38.720
Impala glanced off a granite boulder on
the shoulder. Darlene's head thudded against the

1307
01:47:38.760 --> 01:47:43.760
side window glass. The car juttered
through the dirt and rammed headlong into a

1308
01:47:43.840 --> 01:47:48.960
towering ponderosa pine. Darlin's chest slammed
into the steering wheel, her head collided

1309
01:47:49.000 --> 01:47:55.760
with the windshield. Within a smothering
silence, a liquid gurgle rattled from Darlin's

1310
01:47:55.800 --> 01:48:01.600
throat. Electrified jolts of pain racked
her head, her shoulders. Unable to

1311
01:48:01.640 --> 01:48:06.840
move, she could only endure the
sparking moments, her sight slowly blinded by

1312
01:48:06.840 --> 01:48:12.600
a steady stream of her own blood, smudging the vision of her husband as

1313
01:48:12.600 --> 01:48:17.439
he crawled from the wreckage. Not
a ghost, the thought blinked on through

1314
01:48:17.439 --> 01:48:24.560
the fear that soon she would haunt
this very stretch of desolate road herself all

1315
01:48:24.600 --> 01:48:30.560
alone, consoled only by the knowledge
that she was not insane. The amorphous

1316
01:48:30.560 --> 01:48:35.880
mass of tiny winged creatures which had
gathered upon the road slowly drifted apart.

1317
01:48:36.560 --> 01:48:42.760
Martin trundled to his feet, the
unified drone of beating wings descending upon him

1318
01:48:42.800 --> 01:48:48.760
with a deep boom boom, boom, bah boom. Not one of your

1319
01:48:48.880 --> 01:48:57.000
damn ghosts at all. In the
Twilight of consciousness, Darline laughed in silent

1320
01:48:57.079 --> 01:49:06.640
madness. Well, my spookies,
another compilation has come and gone. I

1321
01:49:06.640 --> 01:49:12.680
hope you've enjoyed nearly two hours of
scares to help you either end your week

1322
01:49:12.760 --> 01:49:16.079
or start your week just right.
That's what it's all about. Well,

1323
01:49:16.119 --> 01:49:20.199
you're doing your job, whether you're
driving a truck or working on cars or

1324
01:49:20.800 --> 01:49:25.680
cleaning hotel rooms, whatever it may
be you're doing. I hope we make

1325
01:49:25.760 --> 01:49:30.039
it just a little bit more enjoyable. I know the reason I got into

1326
01:49:30.039 --> 01:49:34.199
podcasting was that podcasts got me through
so many long car rides and mind numbing

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01:49:34.279 --> 01:49:40.000
days at work. So I'm happy
to provide for you all too. And

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01:49:40.039 --> 01:49:43.319
I want to say an extra special
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1329
01:49:43.319 --> 01:49:46.840
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1330
01:49:46.880 --> 01:49:50.199
and I really do appreciate them.
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Karen We met Jack Herr and Craig
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1334
01:50:03.960 --> 01:50:08.319
and for myself, for my producer
Dan Wilder, my executive producer Rob

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01:50:08.359 --> 01:50:12.359
Fields, and our good buddy Ray
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week with more spooky, spooky,
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