March 21, 2026

Ides of March: Four Horror Stories of Demons, Curses, Occult Revenge, and Satan’s Shotgun

Ides of March: Four Horror Stories of Demons, Curses, Occult Revenge, and Satan’s Shotgun
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The Ides of March isn’t just betrayal—it’s the moment the universe decides you’ve had it too easy. In this compilation of scary horror stories, we go from demonic possession and hellish bargains to occult curses, bloody pentagrams, and a revenge trail that crawls straight out of the old world and into something far worse.

In this episode (in order):

• “Academia Demonia” — by David O’Hanlon  A school day goes wrong in the most unholy way—shadows lengthen, bodies move wrong, and something ancient comes calling with a deal that wants blood.
• “A New Beginning” — by Rob Fields  A stranger arrives with heat in her veins and Hell in her lineage—protection comes with power, temptation, and the kind of justice that smiles while it burns.
• “Breaking The Seal” — by Douglas Waltz  A night of partying turns into the grossest curse imaginable, where panic, humiliation, and dark magic collide—and the punchline might be fatal.
• “Satan’s Shotgun” — by Dan Wilder  A revenge saga in the wilds—bones, bandages, monsters, and a yearly return from the dirt… all leading to a final reckoning that doesn’t play fair.

If you love demon horror, occult stories, witch curses, and darkly funny horror with a mean streak—this Ides of March installment is for you. Light a candle… or don’t. Something might take it as an invitation.

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Hey, my spookies, welcome back to the IDEs of March.

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When the month feels like it's leaning in close, smiling

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politely to your face while it hides a knife behind

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its back. Tonight we start where you're supposed to be safe,

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bright hauls, familiar routines, a world that feels normal. But

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sometimes the lesson plan changes. A shadow slips into the room,

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a whisper turns into a summons, and something old and

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hungry remembers your name like it's been waiting on the

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roll sheet for years. Then comes the promise of a

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new beginning, clean slate, fresh start protection. But the IDEs

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of March love a fresh start because it gives fate

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something soft to grab. Not everything that offers help is

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doing it out of kindness. And some guardians come with

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fire in their veins and a price that you won't like.

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And by the time we reach the end, where out

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in the wild, places where grudges don't die, but they

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do hibernate, where revenge carries old weapons, returns on schedule

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and doesn't care if you've changed. So settle in, get

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those lights low, and if you hear something scratching at

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the door, well just remember sometimes it's not trying to

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get in sometimes it's just trying to let you know

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it's arrived. And be sure to return next Saturday for

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our final installment of the IDEs of March, featuring the

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scariest stories from the weekly Spooky Vault. And every Wednesday

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there's a brand new scary story to enjoy. So make

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sure you're subscribed and let's get this show on the road.

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Academia Demonia by David O. Hanler, August nineteen twenty five.

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He crept along the side of the farmhouse, sticking to

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the shadows as he pushed the shotgun shells into his

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Winchester eighteen ninety seven honeysuckle drifted on the night breeze.

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He pinched his nose, trying to fight the urge to sneeze.

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The man rarely strayed from the grimy comfort of the

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Chicago streets out in the Illinois boondocks. His allergies were

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giving him and the goddamn mosquitoes loved his aftershave more

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than the wars on State Street. He couldn't wait to

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be back home, and it wouldn't be much longer. Just

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eight pulls of the trigger. Once the sneeze passed. The

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man continued his slow stalk to the back porch. Something

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sat sourly in his stomach. Vincenzo Rissoli was paying a

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premium for a job that anyone could do. One nosey accountant,

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his family, and a four man contingent of state police.

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Rissoli could have hired a half dozen zips for what

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he was paying for the shotgun man. The man killed

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exclusively with his Winchester shotgun, so that was the moniker

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he'd been given. Gangsters were terrible at names. Admittedly, he

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liked the simplicity of the title and the anonymity it provided.

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Guys like riz worried too much about their names. They

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wanted people to know who they were. They wanted to

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be feared. But the man knew fear didn't have a name,

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It had a sound. He racked the pump and kicked

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the back door. One of the coppers tried to earn

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his paycheck and capped off two rounds into the broken

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jam the shotgun man. He returned fire, turning the gunfighter's

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face into a part of the decorps. He had perfected

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his craft in the trenches. He kept the trigger depressed

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and worked the pump to slam fire the weapon. In

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less than three seconds, the shotgun w empty and all

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the cops were down. Three were dead, and one was

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catching up. The shotgun man pulled a shell from his

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bandolier and loaded it straight into the smoking chamber. He

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listened to the soothing death rattle of the one he

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caught in the chest. During the war, the Germans had

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claimed shotguns caused unnecessary suffering. Seemed more like a perk

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to him. Feet stomped frantically overhead as the family upstairs

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looked for places to hide. He wondered if they'd split up.

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A witness with a clear description would kill him as

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dead as a cop with a gun could. The accountant

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had brought his wife and two kids to the safe house.

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The shotgun man hated shooting kids. They moved too much.

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Three hours later, the shotgunman stood over the shallow grave

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he'd prepared on the opposite side of the farm. He'd

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moved the eight victims from the farmhouse before setting it ablaze.

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Authorities would find no remains in the ashes, and if

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there were no bodies, then there were no murders. The

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shotgunman struck a match with his thumb and puffed a

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lucky to life between his thin lips. He held the

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match inside the stolen ford. There you are. He grabbed

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the boy's arm and tossed it into the pit with

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the rest of the child. He started the grueling task

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of filling the hole back in. When headlights turned onto

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the gravel road, he watched the three pairs of lights

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jostling on the rough terrain. He dropped the shovel and

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retrieved his shotgun. The motors were too loud to be

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the Oldsmobile thirty seven's the state police used, but any

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guest was an unwelcomed one. At a crime scene. A

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pair of Buicks arrived first, flanking both ends of the

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shotgun man's Model T. He couldn't see the drivers, but

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he knew exactly who they were. When the third car

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pulled in, a parade of flaming elephants would have been

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less conspicuous than Rizzoli's rolls Royce Phantom. The shotgun man

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watched as the goombas unloaded from their cars. A gut

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feeling told the shotgun man he should be shooting aady.

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The Phantom's door swung open and the gangsters stepped out,

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giving a wave to the assassin got him all pally,

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Riz asked, of course you fucking did, Hugh Mok see

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that pit. The shotgun man always comes through. That's why

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he's gotta go. Rizzo whipped the Tommy gun from behind

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the door. The shotgun man never had a chance to move.

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The bullets stitched him up from groin to gullet, sending

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him into a backwards jig until he fell on top

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of the Knight's other victims. Riz had betrayed him, paying

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him off with thirty pieces of lead. He could smell

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his gums cooking against the hot slug buried in his jaw.

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He was losing feeling in his limbs. He struggled to

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wrap his fingers around the walnut grip of the shotgun.

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He wanted that to be the last thing he felt.

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A shovel full of dirt hid him in the face,

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then another. He squeezed the shotgun tight in his dying

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grasp and prayed for revenge. Someone was listening. One hundred

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years later, Michel Iomi and Dia Patel passed the vape

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pen between themselves in a butterscotch scented cloud that seemed

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to hang indefinitely over the picnic table the four cheerleaders

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had commandeered for their free period. Shahi Riley watched E

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and Crow carving into another table on the far side

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of the yard. What is he even doing here, she growled.

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We running short on rusties. Rusties were the people who

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lived south of the town's junkyard. During the Great Depression,

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children from the area would bathe in the creek and

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the water would stain their skin with the rust that

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washed down from the yard. Almost a century later, the

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pejorative was still going strong. Then again, so was the

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poverty school choice law. Dia told her address doesn't matter anymore. Well,

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it shouldn't apply to him. Shahri defended her stance. He's

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always given me the creeps, not the only one. Chelsea

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resolutely pointed to the far end of the school. That

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Perv's been hanging around since I got off the bus.

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What perv? Michelle looked around. I don't see anyone that

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guy right, shit, he was right there, Chelsea shrugged. He's

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been watching us for like an hour. Maybe he finally

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filled his spank bank. You mean that weird guy in

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the hat, Dia asked, You saw him too, Chelsea took

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the vape from her right before I came out. Dia

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said he was hanging by the library. What kind of

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freak wears a trench coat? Dude gave me the serious dick.

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He was right there, though, Chelsea said, you couldn't have

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seen him inside I did. Dia squirmed. What if there's

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like a group of them, like one of those peto

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pizza cults. Don't be stupid, Shari rolled her eyes. This

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town is full of degenerates, like, Hey, where'd Ethan go?

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Don Roberts kept his eyes on the map as he

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navigated halfheartedly to his classroom. He'd grown up wanting to

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be a teacher. After thirty years working in Chicago public schools,

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he just wanted to retire. This was his first year

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at LAHHS. It was a smaller school with less problems,

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but kids were kids everywhere you went, and kids were

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always little shits. His first year teaching, he'd been stabbed

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by a student. His last he'd been turned into a meme.

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Both had cut him deeply. Thankfully, he didn't have a

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class scheduled until second period, so he'd be able to

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get in a nip of jamison before the little bastards

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rolled in if he ever found the damned classroom. Roberts

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jumped at a shadow on the wall. The black shade

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of the long coat and the hipster cap were distinctive

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on the mint green paint. His eyes traced the sketched

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form back to an adjoining hall. The teacher took careful

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steps so that he could get a good jump out

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of the truant student. He paused at the corner and

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tried to wipe off the shit eating grin. Hey kid,

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he shouted as he swung into the corridor. What the heck,

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where'd you go? Kid? No one was there. No footsteps

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had retreated across the speckled flooring. Yet the closest place

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to hide were the bathrooms at the far end. Windows

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lined one side of the hall, and Roberts glanced uncomfortably

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at his squat shadow directly opposite them. Despite the August

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sunlight spilling in, he found himself shivering. Robert's beat a

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quick path to the restroom. Okay, kid, time to get

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back to class. No one answered. Roberts walked into the

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men's room and heard the rattle of feet pulling up

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onto a seat. The teacher pushed the door. It swung inward,

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bumping against the teen's knee. The kid took look out

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one earbud and held his hand out expectantly. Hugh here

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to help me wipe, he asked, pinch it off. Roberts

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nodded to the exit. You're missing class. I'm not missing

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a goddamn thing, the kid responded, Kid Ethan. The teen

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corrected him. Okay, Ethan, you need to get back to

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class now, or what Ethan snickered? You'll expel me from

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the place I don't want to be for not being

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here a bit early in the year to be this defeatist. Bruh,

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I got forty six days until I turn eighteen. Ethan

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put his earbud back in. Hugh and the rest of

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the faculty can ignore me that long. Then I'll get

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out of your hair. All four you got left, That'll

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be enough. Roberts grabbed the teen's arm. Let's go see Ms. Wardlow.

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He's back, Kevin Spacey. He shouldered into Roberts to knock

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him away. You can't touch me. This ain't nineteen eighty four.

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Then act your age and walk yourself. Why don't you

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suck these balls of academia pops Roberts snapped a finger

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at the door. Now the lights flickered, drawing the teacher's

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attention long enough for Ethan to run for the exit.

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The bell rang, swallowing the sound of the door banging

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into the wall. By the time Roberts got there, the

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delinquent had melded into the swell of students escaping first period.

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I should have stayed in the city, Roberts grumped. Chelsea

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watched out the third floor window of her ap history class.

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The first day of school normally had lots of vacant

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desks as the teens begrudgingly broke from their summer routines. However,

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by fourth period, Chelsea was sure something else was going on.

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Despite thirty six desks, only nineteen students occupied the classroom.

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Two of the missing had just been with her in

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trig She wasn't the only one that noticed. No one,

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including the teacher, seemed particularly interested in the curriculum. A

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sudden bang drew attention to the back of the room,

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where Darcy Smith sat. Darcy stared at the book she

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dropped with confusion, but didn't make a move to pick

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it up. Chelsea turned to the window again and gasped

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at the silhouette of a man outside. Dia screamed. Darcy

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was convulsing at her desk. Foam flew from her mouth

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and her eyes rolled back before she fell to the floor.

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Most of the students shrank away from the violent seizure,

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clinging to the walls while pulling out their phones. The

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teacher slid to the girl's side. I'll get the nurse,

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Chelsea said, chancing one last glance around for the specter

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in the window before darting out of the class. U

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sh it was only the wind, your safe weekly Spooky

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will be right back. Nurse McBride was occupied with her

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sixth case of I don't feel good for the day.

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Hunter Prescott made a show of holding his stomach while groaning.

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McBride poured him a shot of pepto, but when she

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turned around Hunter was missing. The door was still closed

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and she hadn't heard it open. She shrugged, downing the

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pink syrup herself. The first week was always full of

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whiners looking to go home sick. There were at least

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three waiting outside the office for their chance to try.

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A warm, wet droplet exploded on McBride's hand. She looked

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down at the strange, foamy green yellow spatter yuck. She

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raised her eyes to the ceiling. Assuming it had come

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from a second story bathroom, she expected a spreading stain

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of sewage saturating the overhead tiles. Nothing prepared her for

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what she found. Instead. Ethan sat in the janitor's closet.

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He'd been changing hiding spots every period since his run

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in with that new teacher. There were enough problems at

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home he needed to come to school just enough to

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keep the principal from calling the cops. Last time that happened,

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he walked into a door and spent a week in

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the hospital. Once he turned eighteen, he'd drop out and

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haul ass to Canada. Ethan leaned against the wall and

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thought about where he'd hide out next. A hiss emanated

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from the mip sync he sat on. A sulfurous scent

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wafted up from the drain. He fanned the smell away.

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The closet door inched open. Ethan prepared to make a

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run for it, but no one was there. The stench

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grew stronger with another strange hiss. Someone in the hall

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whistled a slow tune. He saw their shadow on the wall,

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but not its owner. Ethan watched the shadow peel itself

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from the cinder blocks. The darkness stretched away like black sinew,

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holding meat to bone. It snapped audibly as the shadow

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Man moved to the doorway. We have work to do,

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the voice, coming from the walls themselves growled. The sea

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snake shot from the drain, twisting its massive body around Ethan.

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The shade stroked the snake's scales, leaving an oily streak

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along its length. As the serpent forced itself between the

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teen's teeth. Ethan's throat swelled as the snake descended into

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his belly. The shadow Man leaned over him, dripping shadow

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onto the boy like it were sweat. Darcy snarled and

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spat until she abruptly fell still. Miss Kirk leaned over

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Darcy's mouth to listen for a breath. The forked tongue

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dry licked the teacher's ear. Kirk fell backwards. Darcy lifted

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from the ground, springing upright on the tips of her toes.

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Her milky eyes moved between the students, then settled on

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Miss Kirk. Darcy's sneakers squelched on the tile as she

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glided across the room. Holy shit, a classmate exclaimed, Fuck

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the nurse, get a priest. Darcy waved her hand, sending

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a desk soaring towards the student and smashing his skull

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between it and the wall. Darcy's spine broke with a

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wet crunch as her head continued. Turning to face her

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fellow students. Pestis eram vivus, she growled inhumanly, marience, do

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a morris errol. Nurse McBride stared up at Hunter. Clinging

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to the ceiling. He smiled until his cheeks tore open

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and his mouth stretched to an impossible width. Luminescent green

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yellow vomit showered over the nurse. Her shoes slipped in

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the chunky fluid. A rash of blisters broke out across

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her skin. Roaches and worms squirmed in the vomit. McBride

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screamed for help. Maggots wriggled from Hunter's pores, dropping down

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onto the nurse. They squirmed vigorously from the weeping blisters

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and chewed their way into her flesh. Hunter dropped from

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the ceiling, pinning McBride to the floor. She stared into

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his ragged, gaping mouth, eyes shining like a cat's stared

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back at her from deep inside his throat. No wonder

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his stomach had hurt. Chelsea banged on the door to

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the robotics lab. Mister Clark was a total nerd and

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would surely be able to help with Darcy, she thought.

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She threw the door open. A number of students were

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convulsing on the floor. Others were doing the same on

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the ceiling. Mister Clark tisked loudly. This isn't your class,

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miss Risoldi, he said. Chelsea stood frozen, unable to find

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the words she needed. She shakily pointed at the students.

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She wanted help, She wanted answers, She wanted to say

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anything at all, but there weren't any words made for

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that sort of thing. The teacher turned to her. Clark's

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hollow eye sockets met her gaze. He was smiling widely

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with the organs staring at Chelsea. Held between his teeth,

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he bit down, crushing his eyeballs. Ocular fluids spurted across

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Chelsea's blouse. She ran out of the room. Blood drained

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out of a locker, causing her to slip but not fall.

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At least three more lockers were leaking around her. Chelsea

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thought of the missing students. She pulled her phone from

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her pocket. The screen flashed and flickered in a pixelated

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rainbow of colors. She spotted the fire alarm on the

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wall and darted for it. Her fingers stretched for the

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white handle. Someone caught her by the wrist. The hand

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was delicate, but the grip was anything but. Principal Wardlow

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tossed Chelsea's hand clear of the alarm. What is the

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meaning of this, the prim Principle demanded. Hi, don't smell

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smoke out here. Something something is wrong, Chelsea stammered. Everyone

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is fuck. I don't know. They're sick. Okay, we need

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help sick. Wardlow cackled and gestured to the hall. They

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look perfectly healthy to me, Chelsea. World around, the students

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were filing out of the robotics lab. They crawled along

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the walls and ceilings like spiders. Mister Clark stalked out

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of the room. All fours classrooms filled with guttural shouting

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in an unknown language. People screamed. A locker popped open,

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spilling the mutilated corpse of a former classmate at Chelsea's feet.

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Don't run the principal said, this is your party, kiddo.

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Chelsea damn sure ran on the fifty yard line. Ethan

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clawed away chunks of turf from the football field. Nurse McBride,

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with her face hanging in ragged strips from her skull,

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crawled onto the field. She sniffed at Ethan and snarled.

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The team continued his mad digging. Hunter dropped to his

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other side. Their hands tore into the earth alongside Ethan's.

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More students came to their aid. A long shadow fell

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over them. The silhouette removed its fedora as it watched

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them work. In three hours, the final bell would ring,

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buses would arrive, parents would be waiting outside. The task

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had to be done before then. That was the deal

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that had been struck. What is wrong with my phone?

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Da whined, It's an android, Michelle answered, taking out her

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new iPhone. Fuck. Her screen was an array of flashing colors.

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Others had encountered the problem when they tried to film

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Darcy levitating. That had been scary in but Michelle, Scharie

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and Dia got the hell out of there when she

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started ripping off heads. Scharie kept her back to the

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bathroom door to hold it shut. Dia paced the room.

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Michelle threw her phone against one of the mirrors and

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slunk into a stall. Are you trying to get us killed?

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We have to stay quiet, Shari warned, you saw what

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Darcy did. We need to call for help. All the

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phones are broken. Dia said, why is she doing this?

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Michelle sobbed. That bitch was always crazy. Scharie pressed her

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ear to the door. I don't hear anything. Maybe we

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should make a run for it. We need to shelter

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in place, Dia protested, Just like the drills, bad idea,

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the guttural voice said from within the walls. Darcy's face,

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now festering with sores, appeared in the broken mirror. She smiled.

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Her teeth were stained with blood and black bile. The

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bathroom door flung open, sliding Charie across the floor. Darcy

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floated into the bathroom, dragging her toes. She rolled a

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severed head like a bowling ball to DIA's feet. If

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you want to be popular, Darcy said, you gotta give

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a little head. The ceiling tiles collapsed over the three girls,

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and a cascade of large, hairy spiders showered down onto them.

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The bathroom door slammed on its own. Darcy's laughter rattled

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like stones in a blender. Dia stomped at the arachnids.

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Then the lights went out. Ethan snapped the skeleton's fingers

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off to free the Winchester shotgun. It felt at home

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in his hands. He pushed the slide back to see

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a shell still in the chamber. He stared at the

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disembodied arm of a child mixed among the graves many bones.

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Nurse mc bride slipped the bandolier of extra ammunition over

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Ethan's head and straightened it for him. The fifth period

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bell rang. Those that hadn't been possessed or killed would

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be cowering inside, praying for a rescue. The thing inside

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McBride snarled. It knew all to well what it was

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like waiting to be saved. They'd smoldered for millennia, spewing

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unanswered prayers themselves. Hell's darkest soul had become their light.

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His revenge would be their freedom. Legion would inherit the earth.

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Chelsea watched through the locker vents as possessed students stalk

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the hall for survivors. A shrill cry echoed down the corridor.

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The students paused, growling lowly amongst themselves. Two freshmen sprinted

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past Chelsea's hiding place. A possessed student drove one to

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the floor. Others sprang at the teen's flailing limbs. Gunshots

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echoed through the halls of the school. Chelsea almost screamed.

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It had to be the cops. Someone's phone had worked

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and they'd called for help. That was the only thing

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that made sense, not that anything had to during a

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demonic invasion. Chelsea broke from cover while the possessed were

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busy ripping their victim apart. There was no shortage of

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freshmen anyhow. Chelsea hurdled a skateboard that zipped across her path.

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The rider, a future dropout named Kyle Long, winked at

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her from the ceiling. Foamy saliva rolled down his inverted face,

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etching the flesh to his hairline. Kyle dropped onto the floor.

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He growled and gnashed his teeth complete abi some A

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snarl emanated from within him, not that one, a disembodied

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voice commanded, we have a deal. The others are for you,

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but this one is mine. Non ducor duco, Kyle's demon replied.

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The shotgun boomed. Kyle's head flopped to the side, clinging

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to his body by ravaged muscle. The second shot blasted

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him down the hallway. Chelsea looked down the hall, expecting

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a savior. Instead, she saw Ethan crow racking a fresh

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shell into his shotgun. The flickering lights cast a long

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shadow behind him, the shadow of a man in a

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long coat and Fedora. Her knees shook with a primal

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urge to spring into action, but she held her ground. Ethan,

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she said, softly, you saved me. The barrel shifted in

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her direction. Chelsea dived to the floor. Kyle's black blood

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had turned the tile into a slipping slide that carried

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her across the corridor. The shotgun blew chunks out of

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the floor. Ethan let out an inhuman scream as his

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prey scrambled to her feet and ran for the stairwell.

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He drew a shell from the bandolier. The century old

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plastic crumbled between his fingers, spilling powder and shot at

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his feet. He sprinted after her. The teen took the

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stairs two and three at a time. Ethan hurriedly loaded

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three rounds into the gun. His first shot reduced a

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cinder block to dust. Inches from his target. Chelsea flung

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herself op over the handrail, falling the last ten feet

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to the ground. She heard Ethan land behind her. As

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she scrambled to her feet, Paine shot up her leg,

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but she forced herself to hobble toward the daylight spilling

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through the front entrance. The shotgun butt struck her neck,

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and she sprawled out on to the floor. The black

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slit pupils of Ethan's yellow eyes gazed down on her.

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Venomous saliva rolled off his teeth, trickling onto his bottom lip.

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His shadow moved across the walls, circling Chelsea. No more

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running Risoli, the voice said through Ethan's mouth. Why Ethan,

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not Ethan? It's he pursed his lips. I don't actually

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recall one hundred years up here feels like a thousand

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down there. Only name I remember is yours. I made

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sure of that. Every day the imps ripped my skin

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from my bones, and when it grew back, I carved

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your name in anew to make sure I would never

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forget who put me in that pit. I never did

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anything to you, Chelsea whimpered. Guilt is in the blood

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your blood knows me well. Ethan moved a hand to

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his bare head, and the shadow tipped his hat. Time

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to pay up riz The shotgun man's silhouette peeled away

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from Ethan to kneel beside Chelsea. His frozen fingers moved

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the hair away from her face. He traced an oily

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black X onto her forehead. He gripped a fistful of

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her hair to keep her still, and turned to Ethan.

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Don't miss, boy, he said. Ethan pressed the stock into

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his shoulder. Tears ran down his cheeks as he lined

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up the shot. The possessed students and faculty assembled behind

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him to watch. When the deed was done, they'd be

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free upon the world. Legions snarled and hissed with anticipation.

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Ethan shook his head, mumbling apologies as he moved against

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his will. The barrel of the gun stared at Chelsea

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like a wide black eye. Ethan's fingers squeezed the trigger.

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Nothing happened. He pumped the bad shell to the floor

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and pumped in a new one. Chelsea swung her foot

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up to his groin. The gun went off, blasting the

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shotgun man's shadow. The immaterial spattered the floor. The shotgun

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man stared at the shadow of his severed arm. A

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distant memory followed him back from Hell. The appendage melted

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into a greasy puddle as he thought about that night

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at the farmhouse. The shotgun man looked up to see

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Chelsea limping away from him, but she was no longer alone.

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A child held her hand, guiding her to the exit.

448
00:40:57.000 --> 00:41:00.559
The ragged stump of the little boy's right arm dripped

449
00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:07.440
sunlight onto the floor. Ethan fell to all fours, wretching violently.

450
00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:13.079
The shotgunmn watched the serpent spilling from the teen's mouth.

451
00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:19.559
It coiled around itself. Its muscular, striped body withered, Its

452
00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:24.199
scales flaked from its rotting muscles. One of the possessed

453
00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:30.639
fell from the ceiling, then another. The building trembled. Demonic

454
00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:35.639
screams filled the corridors of the high school. Sulfurous fog

455
00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:41.760
roiled from the lockers and classrooms. Hell had noticed their absence.

456
00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:48.760
Do something. The shotgunman barked to the assembled mob. Shadowy

457
00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:54.639
in human figures stood over the disoriented students. Their glowing

458
00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:59.960
red eyes glared balefully at the shotgun man. The yellow

459
00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:04.079
so fog swirled around them. Dragging them from the hallway

460
00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:10.039
in a cacophony of screams and curses. A locker creaked

461
00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:15.679
open behind the shotgun man. He glanced one last time

462
00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:20.280
at his beloved weapon, and then to Chelsea as she

463
00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:24.360
stepped out of the school. The final bell of the

464
00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:29.840
day rang. Serpentine wisps of fog reached out of the

465
00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:35.360
locker and wrapped around his form. We had a deal,

466
00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:41.639
he whispered. The fog ripped him backwards, and the locker

467
00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:51.280
slammed shut. Chelsea squinted against the afternoon sun at the

468
00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:56.159
crowd gathered in front of the school. Emergency lights flashed

469
00:42:56.199 --> 00:43:00.360
on top of police cars and fire trucks. The warm

470
00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:03.960
grip of the child's hand faded, and she looked down

471
00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:09.639
to find him missing entirely. The other students, the ones

472
00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:13.960
who survived, began staggering out of the doors behind her.

473
00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:19.719
Yellow tendrils of fog drifted around their feet and dissipated

474
00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:25.880
into the air. The students stumbled around, murmuring amongst themselves.

475
00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:30.760
No one remembered what had happened. No one knew why

476
00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:34.599
they were filthy, or could taste the blood and meat

477
00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:40.679
of their classmates still in their mouths. Chelsea sat on

478
00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:45.440
the steps and hugged her knees to her chest. She

479
00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:50.199
saw the one armed child walking through the throngs of

480
00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:55.880
sobbing parents rushing to their children. At the edge of

481
00:43:55.920 --> 00:44:07.280
the lot, his family waited to take came home a

482
00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:17.559
new beginning by rob Fields. I have been walking along

483
00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:22.480
this road in the heat for hours. Soon I shall

484
00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:27.280
reach the village known as Strickfield. To someone like me,

485
00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:33.639
this heat feels like heaven. I smile at, knowing that

486
00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:37.360
this could not have been a better time to have

487
00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:42.599
left Ravenhenge. Within a few weeks, it shall be summer.

488
00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:47.199
I am observant of the glances that I receive from

489
00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:52.719
the mortals passing along in their metal chariots. I suppose

490
00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:57.400
that it is uncommon to see a humanoid female walking

491
00:44:57.559 --> 00:45:04.119
and wearing a fiery red dress with matching glass heels. Unfortunately,

492
00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:09.800
I could not just appear at my intended destination and

493
00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:14.119
utilize the closest of the seven gates of Hell, which

494
00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:19.639
was in Ravenhenge itself. I am finally crossing into Strickfield

495
00:45:20.079 --> 00:45:24.400
and soon reached the university. Mother had me learn of

496
00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:29.320
this village and surrounding areas. The dwelling where I must

497
00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:33.320
go is on the opposite end of this institution of

498
00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:39.400
higher learning. Many of the males attending this university look

499
00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:44.840
upon me. I sense their lust, But these foul vermin

500
00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:50.320
shall never come to possess me. They are most unworthy

501
00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:57.679
of the elder Princess of Hell. Upon leaving the university grounds,

502
00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:01.559
I stop long enough to close rose my eyes and

503
00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:07.519
moan softly. This heat shall be most enjoyable here in

504
00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:11.840
the mortal realm. I am confident that the summer season

505
00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:16.960
shall become even hotter. I have noticed that many of

506
00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:21.440
the mortals that I pass are wet with their own sweat.

507
00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:28.119
Such pathetic weaklings. I continue onward to the dwelling that

508
00:46:28.239 --> 00:46:32.880
I must reach. I could have arrived sooner, but Father

509
00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:36.599
was specific that I am to pass for one of

510
00:46:36.639 --> 00:46:43.559
these mortals and not use my unlimited power unless I

511
00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:49.519
absolutely must. This status shall change once I have found

512
00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:55.199
the one mortal that I seek. Mother has spoken most

513
00:46:55.360 --> 00:47:01.880
highly of Elaine Donnerly during my up bringing. I look

514
00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:06.880
forward to finally meeting this mortal female who has earned

515
00:47:06.960 --> 00:47:12.960
both Mother's respect and love. She has also advised me

516
00:47:13.079 --> 00:47:19.159
of her older brother. Just thinking about Martin, Donnerly makes

517
00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:25.519
me desire to end him most slowly, or better still,

518
00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:31.280
feed him to my hell hounds back home. However, I

519
00:47:31.320 --> 00:47:37.480
am not permitted to harm him without cause. Upon reaching

520
00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:43.440
the Donnerly dwelling, I see a metal chariot stopped just outside.

521
00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:48.119
There are five mortals altogether in the road. Four of

522
00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:52.079
them appear to have someone surrounded and are beating on

523
00:47:53.400 --> 00:47:57.639
Aileen Donnerly. I call out. The four of them, cease

524
00:47:57.800 --> 00:48:01.960
kicking a Leen and face me me. A rather thin,

525
00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:07.760
ugly female glares at me, piss off. The other girl,

526
00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:12.599
who looks poudy, points right at me. Four of us

527
00:48:12.639 --> 00:48:17.280
to one of you. Aileen sees me and reaches out

528
00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:23.559
help me. I move to these vile girls and seize

529
00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:28.119
them both to slam their heads together. Once they fall

530
00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:33.280
onto the road that leaves only the males. The muscular

531
00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:37.280
one points at me, you just messed up, bad bitch.

532
00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:44.599
No you did, I respond, using mortals speak for the

533
00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:49.480
first time in many years. When the two males come

534
00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:53.000
at me, I grab them by their necks and lift

535
00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:57.679
them off the road effortlessly. I toss the muscular one

536
00:48:57.719 --> 00:49:02.400
onto the back of their metal chinariot, making him shatter

537
00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:06.960
the window and land in the back seat. Let me go,

538
00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:13.039
The other male groans in fear. I would teach these

539
00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:17.679
fools a lesson they would not soon forget. But Aileen

540
00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:22.920
donnerly needs me. I turn the male to the two

541
00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:27.840
females and toss him into them with a single hand.

542
00:49:28.800 --> 00:49:32.800
After the male topples the females, he returns to his

543
00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:38.239
feet and helps them to theirs. Let's get out of here,

544
00:49:38.960 --> 00:49:44.559
the male yells. Now the thin, ugly female sees the

545
00:49:44.559 --> 00:49:49.000
back window. God, damn it, my dad's gonna kill me.

546
00:49:50.079 --> 00:49:55.440
She turns and points at me. This ain't over. Then

547
00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:59.519
she points to Aileen, and we damn sure ain't done

548
00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:05.840
with you. I no longer regard them, and now regard Aileen.

549
00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:10.159
She takes my hand and allows me to assist her

550
00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:16.800
to her feet. Are you hurt? I ask? Aileen slowly

551
00:50:16.920 --> 00:50:21.559
throws her arms around me and hugs me tightly. Thank you.

552
00:50:22.800 --> 00:50:29.039
I slowly return her hug. Soon we regard one another again.

553
00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:34.960
Aileen looks me over. To sum up my appearance, you

554
00:50:35.079 --> 00:50:38.440
could say that I am a near one for one

555
00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:46.159
doppelganger of my mother Bella Tabon. The most noticeable difference

556
00:50:46.199 --> 00:50:50.159
between the two of us are that I have even

557
00:50:50.320 --> 00:50:56.119
longer blonde hair, which I keep in pigtails that unnaturally

558
00:50:56.239 --> 00:51:01.960
extend and hang out past my shoulders, my radiant green

559
00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:07.719
eyes to her red ones, and my large bosoms. Aileen

560
00:51:07.920 --> 00:51:13.039
regards me strangely, Um, how do you know my name?

561
00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:19.800
I am with patience. My family summoned me here to

562
00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:24.920
find and protect you. I shall only remain with you

563
00:51:25.599 --> 00:51:32.119
if you wish. But who are you and how do

564
00:51:32.159 --> 00:51:39.920
you know me? Aileen stammers. I am Lucibella Tabon I reveal,

565
00:51:40.840 --> 00:51:46.159
and the history that I shall share with you is complicated.

566
00:51:46.760 --> 00:51:50.800
Aileen wipes sweat from her forehead with the back of

567
00:51:50.840 --> 00:51:57.239
her hand. It's really hot out here. Let's go inside.

568
00:51:57.440 --> 00:52:02.159
I allow her to lead me to her dwell. Once inside,

569
00:52:02.719 --> 00:52:06.599
I am amazed at how much cooler it is. I

570
00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:12.360
have never experienced anything of this sort at Ravenhenge, and

571
00:52:12.519 --> 00:52:18.400
certainly not Hell itself. I would rather have remained outside

572
00:52:18.679 --> 00:52:23.840
in the heat. Nevertheless, I am not threatened, since the

573
00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:29.320
cold cannot harm me. After a lean drinks some water,

574
00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:35.360
she regards me, would you like something to drink? Not presently,

575
00:52:35.920 --> 00:52:41.960
I answer, We shall speak when you are ready. Aileen

576
00:52:42.079 --> 00:52:46.199
invites me into her living room. She seats herself in

577
00:52:46.280 --> 00:52:51.119
a chair and I upon the couch. Now we regard

578
00:52:51.280 --> 00:52:56.159
one another again. I tell her the history of what

579
00:52:56.440 --> 00:53:02.840
was once her timeline with Bella Tabon my mother. I

580
00:53:02.960 --> 00:53:07.360
explained the events of what had happened with Mother and

581
00:53:07.480 --> 00:53:11.239
how hell Weaver had deceived her into thinking that she

582
00:53:11.599 --> 00:53:16.840
was being offered the second Chance compact. As it turned out,

583
00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:22.320
someone close to Mother would offer herself in exchange for

584
00:53:22.440 --> 00:53:28.000
the final opportunity in the compact. Mother and I both

585
00:53:28.159 --> 00:53:34.880
know that this person was Aileen Donnerly. Mother spoke of

586
00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:38.840
Aileen's history on how she was part of a revenge

587
00:53:38.920 --> 00:53:44.840
plot from those mortals outside. Her older brother Martin had

588
00:53:44.880 --> 00:53:50.679
taken advantage of that ugly girl, Courtney Rickman, who had

589
00:53:50.719 --> 00:53:56.079
become taken with drink at a gathering. When the alcohol

590
00:53:56.199 --> 00:54:01.840
had worn off, Courtney swore revenge upon Mark after accusing

591
00:54:01.920 --> 00:54:08.159
him of violating her. In the former timeline, those mortals

592
00:54:08.559 --> 00:54:12.760
had come to this dwelling to seek vengeance upon Martin.

593
00:54:13.719 --> 00:54:19.960
He was not here, however, but Aileen was. Courtney had

594
00:54:19.960 --> 00:54:25.119
her elder brother with her, and Biff Rickman both assaulted

595
00:54:25.679 --> 00:54:31.719
and violated Aileen. She became infected with a disease that

596
00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:37.239
easily manifested itself within her body due to her weak

597
00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:43.719
immune system. Aileen finds this difficult to believe, but Mother

598
00:54:43.880 --> 00:54:48.079
said that I must speak the truth. These events have

599
00:54:48.199 --> 00:54:52.719
not happened in this new timeline as of yet. Mother

600
00:54:53.079 --> 00:54:57.320
was explicit that I not allow you to be assaulted

601
00:54:57.760 --> 00:55:01.360
and violated in the way that that I have described.

602
00:55:02.440 --> 00:55:08.519
Make no mistake, they shall return here tomorrow night. As

603
00:55:08.559 --> 00:55:13.519
I have spoken, I raise my finger. I am to

604
00:55:13.599 --> 00:55:19.320
remain at your side until tomorrow night has passed. From there.

605
00:55:19.800 --> 00:55:22.880
If you wish for me to depart, then I shall

606
00:55:23.519 --> 00:55:30.239
without question. Otherwise I shall bring you before my great grandmother.

607
00:55:31.239 --> 00:55:35.519
Aileen points to me. So you knew what was happening

608
00:55:35.519 --> 00:55:38.440
to me out there, You knew to be there to

609
00:55:38.480 --> 00:55:44.760
help me. I did. I admit. Great Grahams lives here

610
00:55:44.800 --> 00:55:48.800
in Strickfield and has powerful magics to be able to

611
00:55:48.840 --> 00:55:54.039
see across space and time, which was why she insisted

612
00:55:54.039 --> 00:55:57.440
that I could waste no time in coming here to you.

613
00:55:58.920 --> 00:56:02.519
Mother would have come for you herself, but she is

614
00:56:02.599 --> 00:56:08.920
currently undertaking a quest. She shall return upon completion of

615
00:56:08.920 --> 00:56:13.800
that quest. I raise my finger. If you doubt me,

616
00:56:14.480 --> 00:56:18.920
then I shall offer you proof your brother shall return

617
00:56:19.039 --> 00:56:25.039
home within the next ten of your minutes. Aileen shakes

618
00:56:25.039 --> 00:56:29.239
her head. Martin said he'll be working at Mere and

619
00:56:29.320 --> 00:56:36.199
Automotive until eleven thirty tonight. He shall return home within

620
00:56:36.760 --> 00:56:43.079
ten minutes, I insist. Aileen sighs and asks me how

621
00:56:43.119 --> 00:56:48.400
I could easily handle Courtney Rickman and her friends. I

622
00:56:48.440 --> 00:56:54.679
am not of your world, Aileen donnerly. I answer, though

623
00:56:54.719 --> 00:56:58.360
I must call the mortal realm my home now. My

624
00:56:58.559 --> 00:57:04.800
birth realm is Hell. Aileen seems frightened of me now,

625
00:57:05.239 --> 00:57:09.480
but does not order me to depart. I am here

626
00:57:09.719 --> 00:57:14.840
for you. I remind her whatever you may require of me.

627
00:57:16.559 --> 00:57:23.360
Aileen studies me more. Why didn't Bella come herself. She

628
00:57:23.639 --> 00:57:29.000
shall come to you, I assure her. While she currently

629
00:57:29.079 --> 00:57:34.039
resides here in Strickfield with great Grams, she also rules

630
00:57:34.119 --> 00:57:40.559
Hell at father's side. Again. She is undertaking a quest,

631
00:57:40.760 --> 00:57:46.039
which is why my family in Strickfield summoned me. The

632
00:57:46.199 --> 00:57:51.280
choice is yours. Once tomorrow's danger has passed, you may

633
00:57:51.400 --> 00:57:54.920
keep me here at your side or send me back

634
00:57:55.559 --> 00:58:01.760
to Hell. Aileen remembers you said you would do whatever

635
00:58:01.840 --> 00:58:07.440
I asked. Yes, my unlimited power is yours to command

636
00:58:08.480 --> 00:58:11.960
whatever you may ask of me, it shall be done.

637
00:58:13.119 --> 00:58:17.159
Mother wishes for you to be my guide here in

638
00:58:17.239 --> 00:58:21.559
the mortal realm. She said that you could be trusted

639
00:58:22.440 --> 00:58:28.559
to keep me honest. Just then the back door opens,

640
00:58:28.599 --> 00:58:33.400
Martin Donnerly enters and regards the two of us. The

641
00:58:33.519 --> 00:58:41.000
fool's eyes open wide upon beholding me. Can I help you?

642
00:58:42.199 --> 00:58:46.599
His eyes move from my face to my bosoms repeatedly.

643
00:58:47.679 --> 00:58:52.400
His emotions convey his longing for me to become the

644
00:58:52.480 --> 00:58:57.599
latest in his string of wars. I am enraged and

645
00:58:57.760 --> 00:59:02.840
stand to engage him as he approached me. Upon his reaching,

646
00:59:03.280 --> 00:59:07.280
I snatch his throat and slam him against a nearby wall.

647
00:59:08.280 --> 00:59:12.519
Dare to lay your hands upon me, mortal vermin, and

648
00:59:12.599 --> 00:59:17.480
I shall no. Aileen cries as she takes hold of

649
00:59:17.519 --> 00:59:24.519
my free hand. When I regard her, she explains herself, Please, Lusabella,

650
00:59:24.719 --> 00:59:29.079
don't hurt Martin. I can't stand him, but he's the

651
00:59:29.119 --> 00:59:35.159
only family I have. I release Martin. Your sister still

652
00:59:35.239 --> 00:59:40.400
cares for you to a degree. This is why you

653
00:59:40.519 --> 00:59:44.880
yet live. Never attempt to lay hold of me again.

654
00:59:45.840 --> 00:59:51.119
Martin regards Aileen as she explains who I am and

655
00:59:51.239 --> 00:59:57.679
why I am here? Now, he displays a more dominant expression.

656
00:59:58.880 --> 01:00:02.280
I don't care what this is. Little snippet says, you're

657
01:00:02.400 --> 01:00:08.719
not staying here. Aileen tightens her fists, but she will Martin.

658
01:00:09.280 --> 01:00:15.159
Lousabella's here for me, She tells him about those mortals

659
01:00:15.440 --> 01:00:20.280
who attacked her prior to my arrival. You and your

660
01:00:20.440 --> 01:00:26.800
male kind are indeed fools, Martin, I add, you only

661
01:00:27.000 --> 01:00:32.719
think with your loins, never your brain. Was Courtney Rickman's

662
01:00:32.760 --> 01:00:39.039
flesh worth those fools attacking your sister. Martin points to me.

663
01:00:40.000 --> 01:00:44.079
Don't you talk to me like that. Aileen becomes upset.

664
01:00:45.079 --> 01:00:48.599
She's right, Martin. I know you've hated taking care of

665
01:00:48.639 --> 01:00:52.280
me after mom and Dad were killed. I never cared

666
01:00:52.280 --> 01:00:57.880
who you were with sexually or whatever. But seriously, you

667
01:00:58.000 --> 01:01:00.559
took full advantage of Courtney Rickman and when she was

668
01:01:00.679 --> 01:01:03.880
drunk off her ass, and I've got to pay for it.

669
01:01:04.920 --> 01:01:09.440
I move in between them. It matters not Aileen. What

670
01:01:09.599 --> 01:01:13.480
matters is that I am here now and no harm

671
01:01:13.800 --> 01:01:19.519
shall come to you again. My infinite power is yours

672
01:01:19.639 --> 01:01:25.440
to command. Aileen addresses Martin again, I've tried to play

673
01:01:25.519 --> 01:01:29.400
the loving sister and be there for you, but I

674
01:01:29.440 --> 01:01:33.039
won't pay the price because you just can't keep it

675
01:01:33.079 --> 01:01:38.320
in your pants, she regards me. Now, let's go upstairs.

676
01:01:38.719 --> 01:01:41.320
I want you to come to school with me tomorrow

677
01:01:42.159 --> 01:01:48.159
as you wish. I returned. I accompany Aileen to her bedchamber,

678
01:01:48.559 --> 01:01:51.400
where she motions for me to sit upon a chair

679
01:01:51.519 --> 01:01:55.320
at her desk. Once she is seated upon her bed,

680
01:01:55.960 --> 01:02:00.840
we converse. Aileen wishes for me to continue accompanying her

681
01:02:01.519 --> 01:02:07.679
until the threat has ended. Mortal vermin like Martin is

682
01:02:07.760 --> 01:02:17.000
one among multiple reasons why I bear such hatred for males.

683
01:02:18.360 --> 01:02:23.000
The next morning, I enter Strickfield High School with Aileen.

684
01:02:24.039 --> 01:02:28.199
She could only educate me in so many details about

685
01:02:28.239 --> 01:02:32.159
being a high school student. Of course, I could not

686
01:02:32.320 --> 01:02:35.440
wear the outfit that I wore to the mortal realm.

687
01:02:36.199 --> 01:02:41.199
Aileen has provided me with one of her cheerleading uniforms.

688
01:02:41.719 --> 01:02:46.320
Because of my large bosoms, the jersey causes my midrift

689
01:02:46.480 --> 01:02:54.320
to become fully exposed, assuring much distraction to foolish males.

690
01:02:55.159 --> 01:02:59.440
Aileen brings me into the school leader's office, where I

691
01:02:59.480 --> 01:03:04.320
am to stand before Matthew Van Deste. The school leader

692
01:03:04.400 --> 01:03:09.320
regards Aileen as he points to me, last time I checked,

693
01:03:09.719 --> 01:03:13.840
miss Donnerly, this girl is not on the cheerleading squad.

694
01:03:14.880 --> 01:03:19.119
Now he regards me. You're not even a student here,

695
01:03:19.760 --> 01:03:24.000
so remove that cheerleading uniform and put some other clothes on.

696
01:03:25.320 --> 01:03:28.960
Normally I would have enslaved him in hell for the

697
01:03:28.960 --> 01:03:33.239
way he has spoken to me. However, he knows not

698
01:03:33.920 --> 01:03:39.000
who I truly am, so I shall overlook this and

699
01:03:39.159 --> 01:03:45.679
resort to mischief. I give him a wicked smile, as

700
01:03:45.719 --> 01:03:51.079
you command, Matthew. The school leader gasps when I remove

701
01:03:51.239 --> 01:03:55.760
the top and throw it away. The other females working

702
01:03:55.800 --> 01:04:01.000
with him either gasp or speak of their God. I

703
01:04:01.039 --> 01:04:04.679
am ready to remove the skirt, when Aileen is quick

704
01:04:04.800 --> 01:04:10.280
to stop me. No, Lucy, she shrieks, cover those up quick.

705
01:04:11.320 --> 01:04:15.639
I obey Aileen and cover my bosoms with my hands.

706
01:04:16.280 --> 01:04:20.880
I allow these fools to behold them again. As I

707
01:04:21.000 --> 01:04:25.840
accept the top from Aileen and reapply it, the school

708
01:04:25.920 --> 01:04:30.599
leader gives me an expression that says he wishes to

709
01:04:30.760 --> 01:04:36.719
expel me. Instead, he groans and moves to gather papers.

710
01:04:37.360 --> 01:04:42.000
I would require Aileen's assistance in writing the needed information

711
01:04:42.920 --> 01:04:47.599
upon the papers. Fortunately, I listen to mother when she

712
01:04:47.760 --> 01:04:53.760
insisted that I learn mortal speak, speech, reading and writing

713
01:04:54.840 --> 01:04:59.039
to my irony, Matthew Van Deste has accepted me as

714
01:04:59.079 --> 01:05:03.519
a new student at Strickfield High School in spite of

715
01:05:03.559 --> 01:05:10.000
my blatant mischief. Lucy, why did you do that? Aileen

716
01:05:10.159 --> 01:05:14.960
demands upon us leaving the office. Did you not inform

717
01:05:15.079 --> 01:05:20.079
me in your bedchamber that your school leader greatly regards

718
01:05:20.159 --> 01:05:28.599
these mortal female's bosoms? I respond, Aileen sighs. You really

719
01:05:28.639 --> 01:05:32.840
don't know how things work here, do you. I do

720
01:05:33.039 --> 01:05:38.519
understand the structures here in Strickfield, as well as surrounding

721
01:05:38.639 --> 01:05:42.840
cities and villages. I have not existed in the mortal

722
01:05:42.920 --> 01:05:48.719
realm long enough to know its ways. Have I dishonored you?

723
01:05:50.000 --> 01:05:55.800
Aileen sighs again, then smiles a little. I don't think

724
01:05:55.840 --> 01:06:00.320
the office staff was expecting what you did. I mean,

725
01:06:01.199 --> 01:06:05.599
Van Deste did enroll you. She puts her hand upon

726
01:06:05.599 --> 01:06:10.280
my shoulder. It'll be okay, Lucy when we get to class.

727
01:06:10.400 --> 01:06:14.719
Let me do the talking, at least for now. I

728
01:06:14.880 --> 01:06:21.199
stop her and raise an eyebrow. Lucy, Um, I can

729
01:06:21.280 --> 01:06:26.920
call you Lucibella. She corrects herself. It was just easier

730
01:06:26.960 --> 01:06:30.880
to call you Lucy. We regard each other for a

731
01:06:30.920 --> 01:06:36.039
brief time, then I nod. Once you may call me

732
01:06:36.239 --> 01:06:41.480
Lucy as we walk the hallways, many males regard me

733
01:06:42.079 --> 01:06:46.360
with lust. I can feel that they wish to lie

734
01:06:46.440 --> 01:06:52.880
with me. These underlings shall most certainly die trying at

735
01:06:52.960 --> 01:06:57.480
lunch period. Aileen would later ask me about my hatred

736
01:06:57.559 --> 01:07:03.760
for males, my father being the one exception here is

737
01:07:03.800 --> 01:07:09.239
that history. Mother once brought me into the mortal Realm herself.

738
01:07:09.880 --> 01:07:13.199
I told my parents that I desired to remain in

739
01:07:13.400 --> 01:07:18.920
hell and did not wish to intermingle with mortals. Mother

740
01:07:19.119 --> 01:07:23.119
insisted that I would have to enter the mortal realm eventually,

741
01:07:23.880 --> 01:07:27.599
especially if I was to become a ruler of Hell.

742
01:07:28.159 --> 01:07:33.239
One day, Father took her side and suggested that Mother

743
01:07:33.400 --> 01:07:37.639
bring me here at once. I trusted Mother, and I

744
01:07:37.760 --> 01:07:42.360
listened to her lessons there. In truth, I am certain

745
01:07:42.480 --> 01:07:46.199
that I shall come to appreciate the mortal realm in

746
01:07:46.280 --> 01:07:51.639
regards to its beauty and wonders. As for its people,

747
01:07:52.559 --> 01:07:57.480
there leaves much to be desired. Mother and I were

748
01:07:57.599 --> 01:08:02.239
walking across a college campus in the magnificent Shore City.

749
01:08:03.239 --> 01:08:06.079
After Mother had shown me the view of the top

750
01:08:06.400 --> 01:08:10.599
of the tallest building there, we returned to the concrete

751
01:08:10.760 --> 01:08:16.600
surface and continued our journey. In time, we heard a

752
01:08:16.720 --> 01:08:22.600
mortal crying for help. Mother and I investigated and regarded

753
01:08:22.760 --> 01:08:28.920
four mortal males, college boys looking to overpower a single

754
01:08:29.000 --> 01:08:34.800
female for the purpose of forcing sex from her. Since

755
01:08:34.960 --> 01:08:41.319
she would not concede it, she would be violated. If

756
01:08:41.319 --> 01:08:45.319
there was one thing that truly angered Father, it was

757
01:08:45.359 --> 01:08:48.800
when mortal males felt that they needed to make sure

758
01:08:48.880 --> 01:08:54.720
their female counterparts knew their place here. As far as

759
01:08:54.760 --> 01:08:59.279
males were concerned, females were never to have wills of

760
01:08:59.319 --> 01:09:04.239
their own. Father told me that females were created to

761
01:09:04.319 --> 01:09:09.680
be at the sides of males and not subservient to them.

762
01:09:09.880 --> 01:09:13.560
I think this was one of the many reasons why

763
01:09:13.680 --> 01:09:18.640
Mother ultimately came to love Father. He regarded her as

764
01:09:18.680 --> 01:09:24.079
his equal, his queen, but very few mortal males would

765
01:09:24.079 --> 01:09:29.840
ever regard females as such. Because of Father's teachings, I

766
01:09:29.880 --> 01:09:34.960
became disgusted with the concept of rape. Mother attempted to

767
01:09:35.000 --> 01:09:38.880
stop me, but I was too enraged to hear her

768
01:09:39.560 --> 01:09:44.279
and unknowingly back handed her. She flew into a nearby

769
01:09:44.439 --> 01:09:49.560
wall and was dazed. In my rage, I would ultimately

770
01:09:49.640 --> 01:09:55.800
break and tear those males apart, killing them. I relished

771
01:09:55.920 --> 01:10:00.199
being soaked in their blood. When I was finished. The

772
01:10:00.199 --> 01:10:04.680
female that I had saved was most frightened and felt

773
01:10:04.720 --> 01:10:10.640
that I would also destroy her. Mother had revived and

774
01:10:10.840 --> 01:10:14.960
came in between us. She had used her glam to

775
01:10:15.039 --> 01:10:19.640
make the girl forget ever, seeing what I had done,

776
01:10:20.239 --> 01:10:23.840
Mother brought me back to Hell and explain to Father

777
01:10:24.439 --> 01:10:29.800
about what I had done. Father did not approve and

778
01:10:30.000 --> 01:10:34.520
ruled that I would never return to the mortal realm again.

779
01:10:36.399 --> 01:10:40.479
Mother would have her say, however, and proposed a counter

780
01:10:40.600 --> 01:10:44.399
offer to allow me to be able to return to

781
01:10:44.439 --> 01:10:51.359
the mortal realm with certain conditions. Father reconsidered his ruling

782
01:10:51.800 --> 01:10:56.399
and specifically stated that I was never again to kill

783
01:10:56.560 --> 01:11:01.000
any living beings in the mortal realm unless it was

784
01:11:01.039 --> 01:11:07.640
a matter of dire importance. That day would come when

785
01:11:07.720 --> 01:11:12.159
Father explained why Mother required me to return to the

786
01:11:12.199 --> 01:11:17.319
mortal realm, I would obey and leave Hell to seek

787
01:11:17.399 --> 01:11:23.000
out a lean Donnerly to this day, my hatred for

788
01:11:23.159 --> 01:11:28.560
mortal males has never diminished. I shall never become bound

789
01:11:28.640 --> 01:11:33.720
by marriage, or become subservient to a mortal male, nor

790
01:11:33.920 --> 01:11:39.279
surrender my body or my heart. Mortal males may look

791
01:11:39.399 --> 01:11:43.960
upon me, but they shall never possess The Elder Princess

792
01:11:44.359 --> 01:11:54.239
of hell. That evening, A Lean and I are returning

793
01:11:54.319 --> 01:11:59.840
home from cheerleading practice. The boy's basketball team would have

794
01:11:59.880 --> 01:12:03.560
a game the next day and we would be required

795
01:12:03.840 --> 01:12:07.279
to cheer for them. How did I come to be

796
01:12:07.359 --> 01:12:11.600
a member of this squad? After that incident in the

797
01:12:11.680 --> 01:12:16.640
principal's office, Matthew Vandese turned me over to Sondra Temple,

798
01:12:17.279 --> 01:12:21.159
who was also in the office. This woman informed me

799
01:12:21.279 --> 01:12:24.920
that there was an opening on the cheerleading squad and

800
01:12:25.039 --> 01:12:29.199
offered it to me. You've certainly got a unique look

801
01:12:29.239 --> 01:12:33.920
to you, Temple had complimented. Whether or not you remain

802
01:12:34.000 --> 01:12:37.439
on the squad will depend on how fast you can adapt.

803
01:12:38.399 --> 01:12:44.760
I laughed scornfully at her. Oh I shall adapt. I

804
01:12:44.840 --> 01:12:48.439
believe that I have secured my position on the squad

805
01:12:48.479 --> 01:12:53.479
with how easily I have adapted to the cheerleader's configurations,

806
01:12:54.039 --> 01:12:59.239
including their pyramid. I believe that Sondra Temple was most

807
01:12:59.279 --> 01:13:03.079
impressed because she has not released me from the squad

808
01:13:03.359 --> 01:13:07.199
as of yet. Speaking of the squad, I have been

809
01:13:07.199 --> 01:13:11.520
an Aileen Donnerly's company for a day's time, and I

810
01:13:11.560 --> 01:13:15.000
have already come to care about her a great deal.

811
01:13:16.159 --> 01:13:20.159
I feel that our bond shall strengthen further with time.

812
01:13:21.359 --> 01:13:25.159
As we turn on to the street where Aileen's dwelling is,

813
01:13:25.760 --> 01:13:30.039
I sense a metal chariot coming at us most swiftly.

814
01:13:31.039 --> 01:13:34.319
I glance over my shoulder and see that it is

815
01:13:34.520 --> 01:13:40.079
the same metal chariot from the day before. Those mortals

816
01:13:40.199 --> 01:13:44.520
kept their distance during school and have waited until now

817
01:13:45.000 --> 01:13:50.199
to return, as I had foretold to Aileen the day

818
01:13:50.279 --> 01:13:57.359
before Lucy. Aileen shrieks upon seeing that metal chariot will

819
01:13:57.399 --> 01:14:03.039
easily strike us. Mother and father entrusted me to protect

820
01:14:03.079 --> 01:14:07.600
a Leen Donnerly, I shall not fail in my second

821
01:14:07.680 --> 01:14:12.520
journey here in the mortal realm. I seize a Leen

822
01:14:12.640 --> 01:14:17.279
to me and stand firm. As the metal chariot impacts

823
01:14:17.319 --> 01:14:21.640
with my back. I remain where I stand still, holding

824
01:14:21.720 --> 01:14:27.239
a Leen to me. The chariot, however, shall require much attention.

825
01:14:28.319 --> 01:14:31.680
The front has a rounded crescent from the impact with

826
01:14:31.800 --> 01:14:35.560
my back, as though the chariot had collided with a

827
01:14:35.720 --> 01:14:40.359
large tree to become damaged itself, but not harm the

828
01:14:40.439 --> 01:14:44.960
tree in any way. A Leen is most surprised at

829
01:14:44.960 --> 01:14:49.359
what has transpired. I release her and turn my attention

830
01:14:49.600 --> 01:14:55.560
to her enemies, who are now my enemies. The four

831
01:14:55.640 --> 01:14:59.439
Mortals are shaken, yet they are not harmed because of

832
01:14:59.520 --> 01:15:05.119
their protective restraints. The four of them exit the damaged chariot.

833
01:15:05.800 --> 01:15:11.000
The driver, Courtney Rickman, points at me. You are so dead,

834
01:15:11.760 --> 01:15:17.640
both of you. I laugh with scorn. Make no mistake.

835
01:15:18.039 --> 01:15:23.439
You shall never harm Aileen Donnerly again. After this day.

836
01:15:24.680 --> 01:15:29.880
I feel Aileen's hands grab one of mine. Don't kill them, Lucy,

837
01:15:31.079 --> 01:15:35.640
I shall not. I promise her mother and father would

838
01:15:35.640 --> 01:15:41.000
be most angry with me again. But now I consider

839
01:15:41.079 --> 01:15:44.840
how Aileen would feel, and I do not wish to

840
01:15:44.960 --> 01:15:51.239
know negativity from her. However, I shall make these mortal

841
01:15:51.359 --> 01:15:56.520
fools understand what it means to incur my wrath. The

842
01:15:56.640 --> 01:16:00.359
foolish children make the mistake of looking into my eyes

843
01:16:00.520 --> 01:16:04.600
as they glow with the brightness of hell fire. To begin,

844
01:16:04.960 --> 01:16:08.479
I take hold of the male known as Jason Stamen

845
01:16:09.159 --> 01:16:13.439
and set him ablaze. Truly, he has never tasted the

846
01:16:13.560 --> 01:16:17.880
very flames of hell. As he feels his body, his

847
01:16:18.199 --> 01:16:23.119
very soul burn at my touch. I release him. He

848
01:16:23.199 --> 01:16:27.359
tries to flee, but the flames shall remain bound to him.

849
01:16:28.520 --> 01:16:35.039
His guilt and sin shall continue to feed the flames indefinitely.

850
01:16:36.439 --> 01:16:41.319
I look upon the other male brad order and stare

851
01:16:41.720 --> 01:16:46.399
deep into his eyes. He screams only for a moment

852
01:16:47.199 --> 01:16:51.039
before he realizes that he can no longer do so,

853
01:16:51.720 --> 01:16:56.840
as I command forces that literally grind his very bones

854
01:16:57.239 --> 01:17:03.079
into ashes from within his own flesh, while retaining his

855
01:17:03.279 --> 01:17:09.119
life force. Amanda Dawson turns to flee, but I appear

856
01:17:09.319 --> 01:17:13.439
before her. She shrieks with fright when I take hold

857
01:17:13.479 --> 01:17:17.800
of her. Now she moans in anguish when she feels

858
01:17:17.800 --> 01:17:21.960
herself growing old, to the point where she is so

859
01:17:22.239 --> 01:17:26.239
frail that a mere burst of a simple wind would

860
01:17:26.279 --> 01:17:30.600
cause her to fall over. Her fate shall be that

861
01:17:30.720 --> 01:17:36.199
her young soul be forever imprisoned within her frail body

862
01:17:37.039 --> 01:17:43.520
as her living tomb. Finally, I turn my attention to

863
01:17:43.680 --> 01:17:49.239
Courtney Rickman. She has such fear and anguish upon her face.

864
01:17:49.640 --> 01:17:54.239
After seeing what I have done to her friends, she

865
01:17:54.319 --> 01:17:59.880
now begs the elder Princess of Hell for her very life.

866
01:18:00.199 --> 01:18:05.760
I am with amusement and laugh scornfully once more as

867
01:18:05.800 --> 01:18:10.640
I behold her. You sought to end the life of

868
01:18:10.760 --> 01:18:15.359
Aileen Donnerly, I point to her, Were you not the

869
01:18:15.359 --> 01:18:20.000
one who became taken with drink? Why do you mortals

870
01:18:20.600 --> 01:18:26.319
always push the blame on to others. Aileen did nothing

871
01:18:26.399 --> 01:18:30.159
to you, Yet you would harm Aileen simply to harm

872
01:18:30.239 --> 01:18:35.199
the man that took advantage of you. You attack Martin

873
01:18:35.279 --> 01:18:39.560
Donnery's younger sister out of cowardice, as you sought to

874
01:18:39.640 --> 01:18:44.039
do the day before. Now you shall face punishment for

875
01:18:44.159 --> 01:18:48.680
your actions. Since you seem to enjoy the pleasures of

876
01:18:48.720 --> 01:18:53.399
the flesh so much, I shall turn your own against you.

877
01:18:54.319 --> 01:18:59.680
When Courtney gazes into my eyes, her body becomes afflicted

878
01:18:59.760 --> 01:19:04.279
with the very disease that Aileen had become infected with

879
01:19:04.840 --> 01:19:10.039
in mother's former timeline. On a much more advanced level.

880
01:19:11.159 --> 01:19:15.760
Courtney falls to her side with sweat, dark bruises, and

881
01:19:15.960 --> 01:19:25.159
large boils from her fever. She raises her arm to me, please,

882
01:19:26.439 --> 01:19:31.880
I ignore her, please, and say to the fools, this is

883
01:19:32.039 --> 01:19:37.199
my final judgment. I stand and watch as their souls

884
01:19:37.319 --> 01:19:42.159
writhe in what would become their eternal torment. But remember

885
01:19:43.000 --> 01:19:48.199
I am forbidden to claim the lives of mortals unless

886
01:19:48.199 --> 01:19:53.079
I should be presented with no other alternative. The fools

887
01:19:53.119 --> 01:19:57.600
are suddenly released from their trances when they gaze into

888
01:19:57.640 --> 01:20:02.560
my eyes. I merely plant my realities for them within

889
01:20:02.640 --> 01:20:07.039
their own minds. Think of it as a greatly enhanced

890
01:20:07.119 --> 01:20:13.840
form of your technology known as virtual reality. The fools

891
01:20:13.960 --> 01:20:17.680
literally experienced the fates that I would have granted them

892
01:20:18.119 --> 01:20:23.119
if I were without restraint, complete with the feelings of

893
01:20:23.159 --> 01:20:29.319
those experiences. However, I never harmed them in any way.

894
01:20:30.520 --> 01:20:35.159
Let's get out of here. Courtney screams in terror. I

895
01:20:35.319 --> 01:20:39.239
laugh when they flee for their lives. If I truly

896
01:20:39.319 --> 01:20:43.960
wish to find them, it will not be difficult. After all,

897
01:20:44.479 --> 01:20:48.359
how would you even escape from the elder princess of

898
01:20:48.439 --> 01:20:55.720
Hell herself. Aileen approaches me, Lucy, what about their car?

899
01:20:56.800 --> 01:21:02.399
I give her a gentle smile. Observe. I place my

900
01:21:02.600 --> 01:21:06.760
hands upon the car as I now understand it to

901
01:21:06.840 --> 01:21:11.960
be named, and restore it to as it was, including

902
01:21:12.039 --> 01:21:16.520
the back window that was shattered the day before. The

903
01:21:16.640 --> 01:21:21.000
four mortal children shall be believed for fools should they

904
01:21:21.039 --> 01:21:25.520
speak of the events that they believe they have experienced

905
01:21:26.840 --> 01:21:31.920
with all as it was. I turn to Aileen. We

906
01:21:32.039 --> 01:21:37.399
shall go another way. Great Grams wishes to speak to you.

907
01:21:38.680 --> 01:21:42.880
Aileen trusts in me enough to accompany me to the

908
01:21:42.960 --> 01:21:47.720
dwelling where Great Grams and Mother reside. When the two

909
01:21:47.760 --> 01:21:52.039
of us are before the front door, it opens to

910
01:21:52.119 --> 01:21:59.640
reveal Anathea Tabon. Great Grams has many years, but her

911
01:21:59.680 --> 01:22:05.520
appearpearance is that of a mortal woman of thirty. The

912
01:22:05.560 --> 01:22:11.680
elder matriarch of the Tabon family is a vampire. After

913
01:22:11.720 --> 01:22:16.319
being invited inside, Great Grams and I embrace one another.

914
01:22:17.119 --> 01:22:23.399
Then she regards me, thank you for bringing Aileen Donnerly Lusabella.

915
01:22:24.319 --> 01:22:29.720
Now she turns to face my friend. I suspect you

916
01:22:29.920 --> 01:22:35.920
want answers. Aileen sighs. I just don't understand why I'm

917
01:22:36.399 --> 01:22:41.319
suddenly being protected by Lucy. She explains the events from

918
01:22:41.399 --> 01:22:46.039
the day before when I first came upon her. You

919
01:22:46.119 --> 01:22:52.039
shall have your answers, child, Great Grams promises. Aileen listens

920
01:22:52.239 --> 01:22:57.279
as Great Grahams speaks in our native Tabon language. When

921
01:22:57.279 --> 01:23:02.600
she finishes, she caresses the side of Aileen's temple before

922
01:23:02.680 --> 01:23:09.560
finishing with our word for remember. Aileen gasps and looks

923
01:23:09.600 --> 01:23:16.279
around quickly. What I've restored your memories from Bella's former

924
01:23:16.359 --> 01:23:21.279
timeline prior to her accepting the second Chance compact, Great

925
01:23:21.359 --> 01:23:30.720
Grams informs her remember Aileen donner Lely. Aileen regards me, now, wow,

926
01:23:31.680 --> 01:23:35.159
I know you're not Bell's, but you look so much

927
01:23:35.359 --> 01:23:42.039
like her. Lucy. Then she is saddened. I really screwed

928
01:23:42.119 --> 01:23:49.399
things up. Great Grams gives Aileen her grandmotherly smile. Perhaps

929
01:23:49.479 --> 01:23:53.479
it is we who should be thanking you, Aileen, though

930
01:23:53.520 --> 01:23:56.680
we know why you bargained with hell Weaver. I have

931
01:23:56.840 --> 01:24:00.399
seen all in my mediums and know you did it

932
01:24:00.960 --> 01:24:05.760
for my granddaughter. Between you and Bella, your actions are

933
01:24:05.800 --> 01:24:10.000
the reason the Tabon family continues to live and grow.

934
01:24:11.239 --> 01:24:15.079
The only downside is that there were likely negative effects

935
01:24:15.119 --> 01:24:19.920
resulting from Bella's rewriting her history and you attempting to

936
01:24:19.960 --> 01:24:23.720
rewrite yours to save her. But as for my great

937
01:24:23.760 --> 01:24:28.800
granddaughter here and myself, we exist now and must accept

938
01:24:28.960 --> 01:24:32.600
that we do. I fold my arms in front of me.

939
01:24:33.640 --> 01:24:38.279
You speak as if we are accursed, Great Grams, I

940
01:24:38.359 --> 01:24:43.399
originally died a long time ago, Lucy, Bella and you

941
01:24:43.600 --> 01:24:47.680
and your siblings never existed before Hell Weaver was able

942
01:24:47.760 --> 01:24:53.640
to escape perdition. She puts her hand on my forearm. Nevertheless,

943
01:24:54.199 --> 01:24:57.199
we must do what we can to prevent hell Weaver

944
01:24:57.279 --> 01:25:02.159
from conquering the multiverse, and it shall take as many

945
01:25:02.279 --> 01:25:06.079
allies as we can gather to even have the slightest

946
01:25:06.199 --> 01:25:11.680
chance of stopping her. I want to help too, Aileen offers.

947
01:25:12.880 --> 01:25:17.880
I watch as Great Grams uses her magics to examine Aileen,

948
01:25:18.840 --> 01:25:22.199
you no longer carry the disease which threatened your life

949
01:25:22.239 --> 01:25:27.119
in your former timeline. However, you still remain altered as

950
01:25:27.119 --> 01:25:30.479
a result of that vampire bite you sustained from an

951
01:25:30.520 --> 01:25:36.159
alternate universe. Aileen is with optimism. Now, then I don't

952
01:25:36.239 --> 01:25:40.039
have to stay with Martin anymore. I can go my

953
01:25:40.119 --> 01:25:44.720
own way. I have plenty of room here. Great Grams

954
01:25:44.760 --> 01:25:49.119
informs us. In fact, both of you shall reside here.

955
01:25:49.720 --> 01:25:53.159
We can determine our next course of action. While Bella

956
01:25:53.319 --> 01:25:57.920
is away on her quest, I unfold my arms. As

957
01:25:57.960 --> 01:26:02.520
Aileen and I behold one. It would seem that you

958
01:26:02.600 --> 01:26:08.840
and I shall become even closer. Now, I say, Aileen

959
01:26:08.960 --> 01:26:13.359
and I embrace as true friends. I suppose that Great

960
01:26:13.399 --> 01:26:17.760
Grahams is correct. We would not exist in this time

961
01:26:18.520 --> 01:26:23.439
or at all, had time itself not been altered. In

962
01:26:23.520 --> 01:26:27.399
the meantime, it seems that the elder Princess of Hell

963
01:26:27.960 --> 01:26:31.600
must serve as a protector in the vast space that

964
01:26:31.880 --> 01:26:36.399
is the mortal realm. I know that I must perfect

965
01:26:36.520 --> 01:26:40.720
my mortal speak while I reside here in time, I

966
01:26:40.760 --> 01:26:45.039
shall be able to blend in perfectly among the mortals.

967
01:26:45.680 --> 01:26:50.840
With Aileen Donnerly as my new friend and my guide,

968
01:26:51.079 --> 01:26:53.840
I am feeling that I do not wish to return

969
01:26:53.920 --> 01:26:59.640
to Hell. So soon. Perhaps I shall learn to appreciate

970
01:27:00.239 --> 01:27:12.520
the mortal realm after all. Breaking the Seal by Douglas Waltz.

971
01:27:15.199 --> 01:27:17.640
The sharp pain in my head was what woke me

972
01:27:17.720 --> 01:27:22.920
from my unconscious state. My head felt like thin glass

973
01:27:23.079 --> 01:27:27.479
ready to break without warning. Drinking always did that to me.

974
01:27:28.640 --> 01:27:31.520
The sudden urge to use the bathroom is what convinced

975
01:27:31.520 --> 01:27:35.119
me to actually leave the warmth of my bed. I

976
01:27:35.119 --> 01:27:38.920
ignored the protests of my aching head and realized I

977
01:27:38.920 --> 01:27:43.000
had fallen asleep with my pants on. A fuzzy memory

978
01:27:43.079 --> 01:27:45.399
led me to believe that there should have been someone

979
01:27:45.439 --> 01:27:48.560
else in bed with me. The state of the blankets

980
01:27:48.560 --> 01:27:51.119
on the far side of the bed confirmed this, but

981
01:27:51.960 --> 01:27:56.359
there was no one there. I shrugged and staggered down

982
01:27:56.399 --> 01:27:59.720
the hallway to the bathroom. I didn't even try to

983
01:27:59.800 --> 01:28:03.680
un zip my pants. I unzipped them and dropped them

984
01:28:03.760 --> 01:28:08.239
to the cool tile floor. My bladder protested at the delay,

985
01:28:08.560 --> 01:28:11.319
and I lifted the lid to let loose the contents

986
01:28:11.359 --> 01:28:16.680
of said bladder filled with the previous nights drinking. The

987
01:28:16.840 --> 01:28:19.479
urine erupted from me with a force I had never

988
01:28:19.560 --> 01:28:23.720
seen before. I instantly grabbed my penis as it started

989
01:28:23.720 --> 01:28:27.000
to travel up, splashing the entire lid and the back

990
01:28:27.119 --> 01:28:29.600
of the toilet. I was sure it would have hit

991
01:28:29.640 --> 01:28:32.720
the ceiling if I hadn't interfered by aiming it back

992
01:28:32.760 --> 01:28:36.239
in the bowl. The water in the bowl churned and

993
01:28:36.359 --> 01:28:39.760
frothed from the sheer velocity of the stream of urine

994
01:28:39.800 --> 01:28:44.920
coming from me. To be honest, I had never experienced

995
01:28:44.920 --> 01:28:48.640
a piss like this before. Usually there is the initial

996
01:28:48.680 --> 01:28:53.000
relaxation upon release, but now it was more of a

997
01:28:53.119 --> 01:28:57.520
sense of panic. It was then I realized two things.

998
01:28:58.800 --> 01:29:01.840
The bowl of the toilet was filling rapidly, and my

999
01:29:01.960 --> 01:29:05.880
stream of urine had not decreased in the slightest, still

1000
01:29:06.000 --> 01:29:09.119
churning the water like an outboard motor. I flushed the

1001
01:29:09.119 --> 01:29:13.920
toilet and continued to urinate. The flushing barely stayed ahead

1002
01:29:13.920 --> 01:29:16.800
of what was coming out of me. It already felt

1003
01:29:16.840 --> 01:29:20.640
like I had been there longer than was normal. Looking down,

1004
01:29:20.720 --> 01:29:25.560
I noticed something on my chest. What the hell was

1005
01:29:25.600 --> 01:29:28.680
on my chest? I turned the top half of me

1006
01:29:28.800 --> 01:29:32.600
towards the bathroom mirror over the sink and nearly jumped

1007
01:29:32.600 --> 01:29:38.239
out of my skin. There was a bloody pentagram on

1008
01:29:38.319 --> 01:29:42.600
my chest. Why was there a bloody pentagram on my chest?

1009
01:29:43.560 --> 01:29:47.880
I tentatively touched it and was mildly surprised it didn't hurt.

1010
01:29:49.000 --> 01:29:52.359
I snapped out of the examination of this new discovery

1011
01:29:52.359 --> 01:29:57.520
to flush the toilet again before it overflowed. My finger

1012
01:29:57.600 --> 01:30:00.680
had what looked like blood on it, but I figured

1013
01:30:00.720 --> 01:30:04.239
it wasn't mine. That led to a whole new list

1014
01:30:04.279 --> 01:30:07.800
of questions. As the urine continued to flow with the

1015
01:30:07.840 --> 01:30:12.199
same velocity as it had when it started. The uppermost

1016
01:30:12.239 --> 01:30:15.800
in my mind would be whose blood was on my

1017
01:30:16.000 --> 01:30:20.880
chest in the form of a pentagram? Then my phone rang,

1018
01:30:21.520 --> 01:30:24.319
I jumped from the sudden noise in urine splashed the

1019
01:30:24.359 --> 01:30:28.680
wall behind the toilet. I had apparently left my phone

1020
01:30:28.720 --> 01:30:32.199
in my pants pocket when I fell asleep. How much

1021
01:30:32.279 --> 01:30:35.359
did I have to drink last night? I wondered as

1022
01:30:35.399 --> 01:30:37.560
I tried to figure out a plan to retrieve my

1023
01:30:37.680 --> 01:30:43.000
phone from my pants. First, I flushed again when I

1024
01:30:43.039 --> 01:30:45.680
pushed down the handle, for at least what I thought

1025
01:30:46.199 --> 01:30:49.800
was the fourth or fifth time. It hit me. I

1026
01:30:49.840 --> 01:30:53.319
had just fallen into a routine where flushing the toilet

1027
01:30:53.359 --> 01:30:57.640
repeatedly was part of my life. Now my skin crawled

1028
01:30:57.680 --> 01:30:59.800
with panic as I reached out for the leg of

1029
01:30:59.840 --> 01:31:03.720
my pants and dragged it closer to me. I thought

1030
01:31:03.760 --> 01:31:06.520
I could just force my kegel muscles to stop the

1031
01:31:06.560 --> 01:31:09.479
flow of piss long enough to reach down and grab

1032
01:31:09.520 --> 01:31:16.239
my pants. That was a horrible idea. The attempt was

1033
01:31:16.319 --> 01:31:19.359
met by a lancing, white hot pain in my penis,

1034
01:31:19.760 --> 01:31:25.359
and it accomplished absolutely nothing. The urine continued to flow,

1035
01:31:25.359 --> 01:31:29.279
and I screamed from the agony. My head erupted in sweat,

1036
01:31:29.319 --> 01:31:32.600
and I saw little black dots swimming in my field

1037
01:31:32.600 --> 01:31:35.960
of vision. I knew I couldn't pass out. I was

1038
01:31:36.000 --> 01:31:40.560
absolutely positive that even unconscious, I would continue to piss,

1039
01:31:40.800 --> 01:31:44.239
filling the room in no time. I was in a

1040
01:31:44.319 --> 01:31:47.960
ground floor apartment, so the piss would have nowhere to go.

1041
01:31:48.920 --> 01:31:53.920
I took some deep breaths and relaxed, and continued to

1042
01:31:54.039 --> 01:31:59.199
drag the pants closer. The ringing had stopped, but now

1043
01:31:59.239 --> 01:32:02.199
that I knew my was in the room, I had

1044
01:32:02.199 --> 01:32:06.079
a lifeline to the outside world. But there was no

1045
01:32:06.199 --> 01:32:07.880
way I was going to be able to pick up

1046
01:32:07.920 --> 01:32:12.800
the pants and emerge unscathed. I glanced over my shoulder

1047
01:32:12.800 --> 01:32:16.079
at the bathtub and knew what was going to happen.

1048
01:32:17.119 --> 01:32:20.560
It was my only option. I continued to hold my

1049
01:32:20.640 --> 01:32:24.600
penis and squatted, grabbing my pants, and took the three

1050
01:32:24.640 --> 01:32:28.680
steps to the bathtub and hopped in. I pulled the

1051
01:32:28.720 --> 01:32:31.680
curtain to contain the flow and held my pants away

1052
01:32:31.720 --> 01:32:34.920
from the stream. I realized that I would need both

1053
01:32:34.960 --> 01:32:38.239
hands to get the phone out of my jeans. I

1054
01:32:38.279 --> 01:32:41.920
took another deep breath, released my cock from my hand,

1055
01:32:42.199 --> 01:32:45.720
and went for it. Five seconds later, I had my

1056
01:32:45.800 --> 01:32:48.720
phone in my right hand, my penis back in my

1057
01:32:48.800 --> 01:32:53.520
left hand, and there was piss in my hair. The

1058
01:32:53.560 --> 01:32:56.439
call had come from my friend Nate. I checked the

1059
01:32:56.439 --> 01:33:01.199
message he left and had answered more than a few questions. Apparently,

1060
01:33:01.279 --> 01:33:04.439
at my buddy Nate's house, we had been slamming shots

1061
01:33:04.439 --> 01:33:07.800
and beer like they were water. When I'm drunk, I've

1062
01:33:07.800 --> 01:33:12.640
been told that I become aggressively horny. I had left

1063
01:33:12.680 --> 01:33:16.359
with a girl he called Twitch the witch. He was

1064
01:33:16.439 --> 01:33:20.159
checking up on me. I called him back and asked

1065
01:33:20.239 --> 01:33:23.399
him about the evening. I also found out the reason

1066
01:33:23.479 --> 01:33:27.199
for the odd name for my choice of female companionship

1067
01:33:27.199 --> 01:33:30.439
for that night. She was always showing up at parties

1068
01:33:30.479 --> 01:33:34.279
and tweaking out on meth. Usually she drank a lot,

1069
01:33:34.640 --> 01:33:36.560
caused a scene, and that was the end of it.

1070
01:33:37.199 --> 01:33:40.560
But my horny vision had selected her for my advances

1071
01:33:41.199 --> 01:33:45.000
and we'd left together. Nate also mentioned that she was

1072
01:33:45.039 --> 01:33:48.560
a practicing witch. When he asked if I was next

1073
01:33:48.560 --> 01:33:51.239
to a stream or something. I just ignored it and

1074
01:33:51.319 --> 01:33:55.239
asked if he had her number. Nate has everybody's number,

1075
01:33:56.479 --> 01:33:59.239
she answered on the first ring. I could hear the

1076
01:33:59.359 --> 01:34:02.000
sneer in her voice when she asked how my morning

1077
01:34:02.079 --> 01:34:06.319
piss went, and I realized my drunken personality had taken

1078
01:34:06.399 --> 01:34:11.520
things way too far. After much pleading and begging, she

1079
01:34:11.680 --> 01:34:15.439
felt that I had been punished enough. I gave her

1080
01:34:15.479 --> 01:34:19.000
my address and she said she had two requirements for

1081
01:34:19.079 --> 01:34:23.479
removing the curse. One she had something else to do,

1082
01:34:23.560 --> 01:34:27.079
and it would be an hour two to complete my

1083
01:34:27.239 --> 01:34:32.800
utter humiliation. I would have to meet her outside. I

1084
01:34:32.840 --> 01:34:36.439
agreed to the terms because I didn't see any other

1085
01:34:36.479 --> 01:34:40.680
way out of an impossible situation. But at the same time,

1086
01:34:41.399 --> 01:34:45.920
my alcohol riddled brain saw a way to decrease my

1087
01:34:46.720 --> 01:34:50.760
utter humiliation. I used my delivery app on my phone

1088
01:34:50.800 --> 01:34:54.359
to order a pack of super absorbent adult diapers and

1089
01:34:54.439 --> 01:34:58.560
a pair of oversized sweatpants. I even left a huge

1090
01:34:58.600 --> 01:35:01.560
tip to make sure that they were left by my doorstep.

1091
01:35:02.720 --> 01:35:05.800
The delivery got there with ten minutes to spare before

1092
01:35:05.880 --> 01:35:10.760
Twitch had scheduled to arrive, plenty of time. I bawled

1093
01:35:10.840 --> 01:35:14.199
up my jeans, held them against my penis, and ran

1094
01:35:14.279 --> 01:35:17.880
for the front door. I flung it open, grabbed the bag,

1095
01:35:17.960 --> 01:35:21.439
and made a dash back to the bathroom. The jeans

1096
01:35:21.439 --> 01:35:25.279
were already soaked, but the stream was blocked sufficiently that

1097
01:35:25.359 --> 01:35:29.039
there wasn't piss everywhere. I dropped the bag on the

1098
01:35:29.119 --> 01:35:32.720
sink and stood in the bathtub while I familiarized myself

1099
01:35:32.760 --> 01:35:36.119
with how the diapers worked. It was a pack of twenty,

1100
01:35:36.560 --> 01:35:39.239
but I was only going to need about four to

1101
01:35:39.319 --> 01:35:42.800
pull this off. I was interrupted by a text from

1102
01:35:42.880 --> 01:35:46.039
Twitch telling me she was parking her car and on

1103
01:35:46.119 --> 01:35:49.560
her way to my apartment. I strapped on the first

1104
01:35:49.600 --> 01:35:53.720
diaper and layered it with four more. Then I pulled

1105
01:35:53.760 --> 01:35:58.119
on the sweatpants. I was glad they were black hides

1106
01:35:58.199 --> 01:36:02.560
the piss better. That made me laugh. For some reason.

1107
01:36:03.399 --> 01:36:05.680
I stuffed two more down the front of my pants

1108
01:36:05.720 --> 01:36:08.840
and headed for the door. Opening the door, I saw

1109
01:36:08.920 --> 01:36:12.960
Twitch across the street. At least I assumed it was her.

1110
01:36:13.640 --> 01:36:16.920
She was the only person dressed in black goth clothes

1111
01:36:17.000 --> 01:36:20.880
with a head of shocking green hair. An evil smile

1112
01:36:21.039 --> 01:36:24.000
crossed her face when we made eye contact, and she

1113
01:36:24.079 --> 01:36:28.399
stepped off the curb to cross the street. The landscaping

1114
01:36:28.439 --> 01:36:32.600
truck never saw I live on a main road with

1115
01:36:32.640 --> 01:36:35.840
a speed limit of forty five miles per hour, and

1116
01:36:35.960 --> 01:36:38.920
she bounced off the front grill of that truck and

1117
01:36:39.079 --> 01:36:44.239
was sucked under the vehicle. The loudest sickening crunch filled

1118
01:36:44.239 --> 01:36:50.239
the air, followed immediately by the screeching of the truck's brakes.

1119
01:36:51.159 --> 01:36:54.960
Twitch lay mangled on the road, her eyes wide open

1120
01:36:55.399 --> 01:36:59.640
and staring at me. Blood and gray matter trickled down

1121
01:36:59.720 --> 01:37:04.640
her ruined face. The diapers had lost the battle, and

1122
01:37:04.760 --> 01:37:08.319
twin jets of piss shot down both my legs, onto

1123
01:37:08.359 --> 01:37:12.319
the sidewalk and into the street. I knew the urine

1124
01:37:12.359 --> 01:37:17.399
would reach Twitch, and I started to laugh. The end

1125
01:37:24.840 --> 01:37:31.880
Satan's Shotgun by Daniel Wilder. I had a revelation come

1126
01:37:31.920 --> 01:37:35.920
New Year's Eve of eighteen ninety nine, Jesus ain't nothing

1127
01:37:36.600 --> 01:37:39.399
I reckon. I could resurrect myself like a right heavyweight

1128
01:37:39.479 --> 01:37:42.640
champion long as my boy's bones held out, that is.

1129
01:37:43.079 --> 01:37:45.960
But admittedly I couldn't hold a candle to that water

1130
01:37:46.039 --> 01:37:49.359
to rotgut routine, and I sure as fuck couldn't walk

1131
01:37:49.399 --> 01:37:52.239
on water, And they're sure as shit ain't any virgins

1132
01:37:52.239 --> 01:37:55.359
in my vicinity. I guess I truly meant that coming

1133
01:37:55.439 --> 01:37:59.039
back from the dead wasn't any great shakes. What brought

1134
01:37:59.079 --> 01:38:02.560
me to that biddo elation were the events of nearly

1135
01:38:02.600 --> 01:38:06.319
twelve years prior eighteen eighty seven. If you can cipher

1136
01:38:07.000 --> 01:38:11.199
the night Gideon Pharaoh's Nightmare Zodiac Death Gang came a knocking,

1137
01:38:12.039 --> 01:38:16.359
And that's exactly as those hocus pocus braggarts build themselves too.

1138
01:38:16.960 --> 01:38:20.520
Nightmare Zodiac Death Gang should have spent more time practicing

1139
01:38:20.560 --> 01:38:23.439
with pistols than coming up with candy ass gang titles.

1140
01:38:23.840 --> 01:38:28.319
But I digress. You see, I was a simple man then, farming,

1141
01:38:28.680 --> 01:38:31.199
maybe a bit of trap and not to mention interpreting

1142
01:38:31.239 --> 01:38:33.159
for the local tribes and those they caught in to

1143
01:38:33.239 --> 01:38:35.640
trade with. It wasn't the high life, but it was

1144
01:38:35.680 --> 01:38:39.479
good enough for me, Elizabeth and our boy Lazarus. That

1145
01:38:39.640 --> 01:38:43.159
name was a bit of a on the nose serendipity

1146
01:38:43.159 --> 01:38:45.520
that the fates served up to us by and the bye,

1147
01:38:46.000 --> 01:38:48.319
let me tell you true, And I sure as hell

1148
01:38:48.479 --> 01:38:52.399
wasn't amused to weren't eighteen months after our boy's birth

1149
01:38:52.399 --> 01:38:55.680
that the sack headed sidewinder Gideon and his posse arrived

1150
01:38:55.760 --> 01:39:00.319
on our doorstep and ended his life and his mama's.

1151
01:39:00.760 --> 01:39:03.199
But as was their folly, they never checked if my

1152
01:39:03.279 --> 01:39:05.800
heart had stopped, And to be fair, I never asked

1153
01:39:05.840 --> 01:39:08.199
them why they were so sore with me and mine.

1154
01:39:08.319 --> 01:39:11.199
So yeah, mistakes were made all around on that day.

1155
01:39:11.920 --> 01:39:15.119
So once their devilish deeds were done, they headed off

1156
01:39:15.159 --> 01:39:18.000
into the still night with arya thought of the hell

1157
01:39:18.079 --> 01:39:22.439
they had borne that day. And still my heart continued

1158
01:39:22.439 --> 01:39:26.680
to beat like a native drum, a doom dirge, banging

1159
01:39:26.720 --> 01:39:30.000
away to attract any midnight motherfucker within six hundred and

1160
01:39:30.039 --> 01:39:35.039
sixty six yards and a track, it surely did. The

1161
01:39:35.079 --> 01:39:38.279
shaman entered what remained of our home casual as can be.

1162
01:39:38.960 --> 01:39:41.880
The fully bandaged man. He led on a leash, followed,

1163
01:39:41.920 --> 01:39:46.119
seemingly devoid of thought as well as grace, He slinked

1164
01:39:46.119 --> 01:39:48.960
his way over to me like a mongoose, all sinew

1165
01:39:49.039 --> 01:39:52.520
and glide, the bones around his waist clanking together like

1166
01:39:52.560 --> 01:39:55.239
the gnashing teeth of some desert devil risen from an

1167
01:39:55.279 --> 01:39:59.720
unholy hell, ready to feast. As my eyes strained to focus,

1168
01:39:59.760 --> 01:40:02.760
I I saw that bastard light a fire of green flame,

1169
01:40:03.399 --> 01:40:05.920
a flame he used to rend the prone form of

1170
01:40:05.960 --> 01:40:08.680
my boy to ashes and bone. In as much time

1171
01:40:08.720 --> 01:40:12.560
as it takes to tell, I admit the darkness took

1172
01:40:12.600 --> 01:40:15.159
me then, as I was a powerful sight, weaker in

1173
01:40:15.239 --> 01:40:18.680
constitution than I am now, though I have a dread

1174
01:40:18.760 --> 01:40:22.039
vision of that bandaged fellow placing a lipless mouth over

1175
01:40:22.119 --> 01:40:25.000
my own and blowing a dust that wreaked a high

1176
01:40:25.039 --> 01:40:27.319
hell of rot deep into my lungs, that made them

1177
01:40:27.479 --> 01:40:29.680
feel as if they was filled with the fire of

1178
01:40:29.720 --> 01:40:34.239
old Scratch himself. I came to walking along a trail

1179
01:40:34.279 --> 01:40:37.600
deep in the nearby Adirondacks, a foul scented wrapping from

1180
01:40:37.600 --> 01:40:42.399
the shaman's friend tied tightly around my eyes. While you

1181
01:40:42.479 --> 01:40:45.680
may get to thinking that would seriously impede my journey,

1182
01:40:45.680 --> 01:40:48.479
the exact opposite held true. I could sense where I

1183
01:40:48.600 --> 01:40:50.840
was going, and just where the first of those I

1184
01:40:50.840 --> 01:40:54.560
sought were hunkered down, so onward I trecked my boy's

1185
01:40:54.600 --> 01:40:57.439
bones rattling, and the leather sack strapped to my left

1186
01:40:57.479 --> 01:41:01.000
shoulder that same rattle at any man or beast in

1187
01:41:01.079 --> 01:41:03.279
my path. No, that I surely was not to be

1188
01:41:03.359 --> 01:41:06.680
fucked with. As I began my stride along Revenge's rough road.

1189
01:41:07.520 --> 01:41:10.000
I walked those wicked woods until the sun fell low

1190
01:41:10.119 --> 01:41:13.039
and the sky was streaked in hues of lavender and rose.

1191
01:41:13.640 --> 01:41:16.600
And it was then I came upon the cabin on

1192
01:41:16.760 --> 01:41:21.359
New Year's Eve, painted as it were in two differing colors,

1193
01:41:21.960 --> 01:41:26.680
sky blue and soft pink, the abode of Gemini, two

1194
01:41:26.760 --> 01:41:30.319
doses of poison in one pill. The smoke that poured

1195
01:41:30.319 --> 01:41:33.000
from the chimney let me know those that needed correcting

1196
01:41:33.560 --> 01:41:38.279
were home, sweet home. I didn't stand on formality. The

1197
01:41:38.359 --> 01:41:41.359
door exploded inward from the impact of my left shit kicker,

1198
01:41:41.640 --> 01:41:44.840
splinters spreading out like buckshot, acting as my calling card.

1199
01:41:45.319 --> 01:41:47.760
It took me a fraction of a second to realize

1200
01:41:47.920 --> 01:41:51.039
no one was visible in the room, magic eyewear or no.

1201
01:41:51.760 --> 01:41:55.520
But I could smell them just fine. Naturally, they didn't

1202
01:41:55.520 --> 01:41:58.199
surprise me none when they exploded from the shadows of

1203
01:41:58.239 --> 01:42:01.439
the cabin's ceiling. However, the fact that they could move

1204
01:42:01.479 --> 01:42:04.560
together like a great spider in their conjoined state definitely

1205
01:42:05.159 --> 01:42:08.720
raised an eyebrow. I unloaded my rifle with a thunderous roar.

1206
01:42:08.880 --> 01:42:11.000
The shot tore a nice chunk of whatever the lady

1207
01:42:11.079 --> 01:42:13.359
side of this thing was called, but she wasn't going

1208
01:42:13.439 --> 01:42:15.960
down by a long shot. Before I knew it, the

1209
01:42:16.000 --> 01:42:18.399
male side of the equation had maneuvered himself in such

1210
01:42:18.439 --> 01:42:20.199
a way that he both knocked me to the ground

1211
01:42:20.279 --> 01:42:22.359
and managed to wrap the fleshy band that kept these

1212
01:42:22.359 --> 01:42:26.000
two eternally bound around my neck. That same bit of

1213
01:42:26.000 --> 01:42:29.079
flesh began flexing and throbbing until I couldn't draw a breath.

1214
01:42:29.359 --> 01:42:32.520
The various veins and sinew contained under that warm sleeve

1215
01:42:32.600 --> 01:42:36.399
pulsing like a bag of snakes. Things began swirling and

1216
01:42:36.439 --> 01:42:39.960
growing ever darker. That's when I died for the first time.

1217
01:42:40.439 --> 01:42:44.199
The shaman appeared shortly thereafter, though my enemies never noticed,

1218
01:42:44.600 --> 01:42:47.560
although if they did, I wager they'd have been confused

1219
01:42:47.560 --> 01:42:51.039
as all get out. See that fella simply strolled in,

1220
01:42:51.479 --> 01:42:55.560
leaned low, and whispered in my ear. He was a bone.

1221
01:42:56.520 --> 01:42:58.720
I didn't quite gather what he was on about, but

1222
01:42:58.760 --> 01:43:00.560
it seemed like a question I shud shod answer in

1223
01:43:00.600 --> 01:43:04.000
the affirmative. He reached into my rucksack, pulled out one

1224
01:43:04.000 --> 01:43:06.520
of the twelve bones of my boy that clattered inside,

1225
01:43:06.560 --> 01:43:09.520
and shoved that room covered ivory femur right in my mouth.

1226
01:43:10.199 --> 01:43:13.319
It dissolved on contact with my tongue, and I was

1227
01:43:13.439 --> 01:43:17.560
back in business. I sat up, puked, and roared at

1228
01:43:17.560 --> 01:43:19.920
my killers, who had now sat down to a nice

1229
01:43:19.960 --> 01:43:23.279
warm meal after their deed was done. What I did

1230
01:43:23.359 --> 01:43:26.760
next would become a bit of a legend. See. I

1231
01:43:26.840 --> 01:43:28.840
grabbed the steak knife out of the hand of the

1232
01:43:28.840 --> 01:43:32.800
twin closest to me, who honestly didn't even resist, probably

1233
01:43:32.840 --> 01:43:36.199
the shock of a corpse interrupting his din din. Anyway,

1234
01:43:36.439 --> 01:43:39.119
I took that blade and commenced to slice that ribbon

1235
01:43:39.159 --> 01:43:42.079
that held them together like a rabid wolf. But then

1236
01:43:42.359 --> 01:43:45.760
I had a pang of conscience. These two had been

1237
01:43:45.800 --> 01:43:48.800
together since day one, so it would be ashamed to

1238
01:43:48.880 --> 01:43:52.279
take that away from them. Fortunately I learned to sew

1239
01:43:52.319 --> 01:43:56.399
at a tender age. I can only imagine the look

1240
01:43:56.439 --> 01:43:59.640
on Gideon's face when he saw one or two. Not

1241
01:43:59.680 --> 01:44:03.079
sure how they counted themselves anyway, saw a member of

1242
01:44:03.119 --> 01:44:06.960
his posse fixed mouth to crotch of their opposite number,

1243
01:44:07.119 --> 01:44:09.800
like those yin yang symbols the Chinese fellas out west

1244
01:44:09.800 --> 01:44:12.760
were so fond of. And imagine it would have to

1245
01:44:12.760 --> 01:44:15.479
be as Once my work was done, I sunk into

1246
01:44:15.479 --> 01:44:19.000
the earth outside the Gemini's doorstep, and there I slept

1247
01:44:19.560 --> 01:44:27.039
for a full year. And so it went. At the

1248
01:44:27.159 --> 01:44:29.399
very end of each and every year, I'd rise up

1249
01:44:29.560 --> 01:44:33.840
and put a murder on one of those psychos Pisces,

1250
01:44:33.880 --> 01:44:37.960
hard to breathe with concrete in your gills, Taurus. Let's

1251
01:44:38.079 --> 01:44:40.720
just say he wasn't just a bull from the shoulders up,

1252
01:44:41.000 --> 01:44:43.399
but that would be his undoing when I rammed that

1253
01:44:43.560 --> 01:44:49.000
tally whacker straight down his throat. Aries Leo Cancer, Sagittarius,

1254
01:44:49.079 --> 01:44:54.840
Virgo Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius, dead dead dead dead dead dead

1255
01:44:55.000 --> 01:44:59.960
dead and double dead. Don't ask. Year after year I fought,

1256
01:45:00.159 --> 01:45:02.560
and year after year I lost a little bit more

1257
01:45:02.560 --> 01:45:12.039
of my boy peace by peace. Finally I came to Scorpio.

1258
01:45:12.119 --> 01:45:14.840
And if you think the other Menagerie made for a

1259
01:45:14.880 --> 01:45:17.439
one of a kind corpse gallery, I can assure you

1260
01:45:17.479 --> 01:45:21.199
all that that final member of that gang, minus their

1261
01:45:21.279 --> 01:45:23.680
ring master, but I'll get to his arcane ass and

1262
01:45:23.760 --> 01:45:26.760
a tick. See after the decade and change of carnival

1263
01:45:26.800 --> 01:45:29.359
exhibits I'd tussled with, I wouldn't blame you none if

1264
01:45:29.399 --> 01:45:31.920
you wagered Scorpio would be some kind of insect man.

1265
01:45:32.039 --> 01:45:35.239
But it wasn't hell. It wasn't even a man. As

1266
01:45:35.239 --> 01:45:38.039
you could guess from the hiring of those darling siblings

1267
01:45:38.079 --> 01:45:41.520
I jawed about earlier, Gideon didn't give a single shit

1268
01:45:41.640 --> 01:45:44.000
if those that worked for him were men or women,

1269
01:45:44.399 --> 01:45:46.760
A real rarity as far as evil posses went. In

1270
01:45:46.800 --> 01:45:50.199
the late eighteen hundreds. Of course, half those motherfuckers would

1271
01:45:50.199 --> 01:45:53.079
be a right challenge to even classify as human. When

1272
01:45:53.119 --> 01:45:56.560
I sauntered up to that gypsy wagon Lady Scorpio called home,

1273
01:45:56.800 --> 01:45:58.600
I could just tell I was in for a hell

1274
01:45:58.640 --> 01:46:02.079
of a time of burning herbs filled the air, and

1275
01:46:02.119 --> 01:46:05.720
the roaring flame burning brightly beside the gaudy wagon was

1276
01:46:05.760 --> 01:46:08.920
doing a solid job of roasting a large pheasant. I

1277
01:46:09.000 --> 01:46:11.840
hunkered down by the fire. It always feels good to

1278
01:46:11.880 --> 01:46:14.560
warm my hands after pointing my boots toward the sky

1279
01:46:14.800 --> 01:46:18.800
for twelve months. The lavender and crimson curtains that covered

1280
01:46:18.800 --> 01:46:22.000
the entrance to the wagon parted, and she appeared, a

1281
01:46:22.119 --> 01:46:24.760
raven haired beauty with eyes as cruel and cold then

1282
01:46:24.840 --> 01:46:28.720
as a whole nest of vipers could possess. I told

1283
01:46:28.760 --> 01:46:32.520
Guineon doing your wife and boy was a grave mistake. Well,

1284
01:46:33.359 --> 01:46:36.079
it's a mistake that will surely put you in your grave, Missy.

1285
01:46:36.760 --> 01:46:38.720
She laughed, and I had to admit it was an

1286
01:46:38.800 --> 01:46:42.680
unbelievably delicate thing. If that is to be my fate,

1287
01:46:43.119 --> 01:46:45.760
there is little I can do to change it. I

1288
01:46:45.800 --> 01:46:50.039
spit at her feet. Yep, won't you come inside a moment.

1289
01:46:51.159 --> 01:46:53.359
It's your funeral. You can have it anyway you want.

1290
01:46:54.199 --> 01:46:57.760
I entered the wagon and beheld the interior, which contained

1291
01:46:57.800 --> 01:47:01.079
nothing save for an opulent bed. I sat down and

1292
01:47:01.119 --> 01:47:04.479
waited for the show to start. She slid into the

1293
01:47:04.479 --> 01:47:06.880
bed beside me, pushed me down, and started to rub

1294
01:47:06.960 --> 01:47:10.079
up against me, all feline like. I grabbed her hair,

1295
01:47:10.159 --> 01:47:12.399
tugged it hard, and whispered the most romantic thing I

1296
01:47:12.439 --> 01:47:16.560
could think of into her ear. This is for Lizabeth.

1297
01:47:17.399 --> 01:47:19.279
I drove the blade of the hunting knife through the

1298
01:47:19.319 --> 01:47:21.239
back of her head before she could even realize I

1299
01:47:21.239 --> 01:47:23.520
had pulled it from my left boot. She made that

1300
01:47:23.600 --> 01:47:26.760
weird gargle, whistling, exhale thing that you never really got

1301
01:47:26.840 --> 01:47:30.000
used to. Then the light and those big brown eyes

1302
01:47:30.960 --> 01:47:35.960
went dim. Should have started with this one. I managed

1303
01:47:36.000 --> 01:47:37.880
to remove my knife from her skull and kick her

1304
01:47:37.920 --> 01:47:40.560
ass right out of the wagon in a near seamless movement.

1305
01:47:41.359 --> 01:47:46.399
I heard her hit the ground and then splash her skin,

1306
01:47:46.560 --> 01:47:49.079
flew through the curtains and collided with the far wall

1307
01:47:49.119 --> 01:47:51.720
of the wagon with a sickening sound akin to pig

1308
01:47:51.760 --> 01:47:55.800
in herds being thrown at a whorehouse. Ah here we go,

1309
01:47:56.159 --> 01:47:59.920
I said, as the giant scorpion clickety clack through the entryway.

1310
01:48:00.600 --> 01:48:03.239
The odd thing about this here scorpion is it had

1311
01:48:03.279 --> 01:48:05.800
a great set of breasts and a tail equipped with

1312
01:48:05.840 --> 01:48:10.079
a rather orainery looking cock where the poisonous sting should

1313
01:48:10.119 --> 01:48:13.760
have rested. I'm going to fuck you one way or another,

1314
01:48:13.880 --> 01:48:17.359
lover to bet spat from a mouthful of spearlike teeth

1315
01:48:17.399 --> 01:48:21.239
and bad intentions get in lines, sister. I drew my

1316
01:48:21.319 --> 01:48:23.840
iron and unloaded on that nightmare with barrel of blazon.

1317
01:48:24.319 --> 01:48:26.560
That damn tail whipped at me again and again. His

1318
01:48:26.680 --> 01:48:29.399
scorpio's face looked like a vat of prize winning chili.

1319
01:48:29.640 --> 01:48:32.439
And to my horror, the loads that appended shot were

1320
01:48:32.479 --> 01:48:35.560
some sort of vile acid. While the walls of the

1321
01:48:35.560 --> 01:48:39.239
wagon began to dissolve, the bitch stopped or bucking' well,

1322
01:48:39.319 --> 01:48:42.680
fuck me, silly, I didn't die this go around. I

1323
01:48:42.720 --> 01:48:46.239
wonder if I'll still take a dirt nap yep, I said,

1324
01:48:46.680 --> 01:48:50.840
as I folded into the cold earth for the first

1325
01:48:50.840 --> 01:48:56.720
time in years, I dreamed. I saw my family, the

1326
01:48:56.840 --> 01:49:00.640
unspeakable terror life had become, the soul crushing scream into

1327
01:49:00.640 --> 01:49:03.039
the abyss I'd make year after year as I was

1328
01:49:03.079 --> 01:49:06.680
reborn to put down one monster after another. And I

1329
01:49:06.720 --> 01:49:09.640
saw that burlap headed bastard that had made this all so.

1330
01:49:11.319 --> 01:49:16.159
And I saw children, unfamiliar, children with their faces tinted

1331
01:49:16.199 --> 01:49:19.560
a glowing blue, the exact same hue of which I

1332
01:49:19.560 --> 01:49:25.159
had never seen the like of before. Guess what day

1333
01:49:25.199 --> 01:49:28.600
it is. That's right, the day I end the life

1334
01:49:28.600 --> 01:49:31.880
of that masked son of a bitch and finally rest

1335
01:49:31.920 --> 01:49:36.479
in peace. That's the theory anyway. The morning of New

1336
01:49:36.600 --> 01:49:41.439
Year's Eve eighteen ninety nine, I had that Jesus thought

1337
01:49:41.479 --> 01:49:44.000
I mentioned at the start of this yarn, and I

1338
01:49:44.079 --> 01:49:48.199
found myself wandering the streets of old Manhattan town, beastly

1339
01:49:48.279 --> 01:49:53.239
bandages in place. Everything was cold, gray until I got

1340
01:49:53.239 --> 01:49:56.439
that unholy vision that Gideon was well and truly a

1341
01:49:56.439 --> 01:50:00.399
man about town, though he wore a false human face

1342
01:50:00.479 --> 01:50:04.279
over his rough mask. I followed him around a pace,

1343
01:50:04.760 --> 01:50:07.720
but he seemed to make stops at random, and although

1344
01:50:07.760 --> 01:50:10.039
he made no indication that he knew I was there,

1345
01:50:11.159 --> 01:50:15.479
I knew damn well he did. Finally he got the

1346
01:50:15.560 --> 01:50:19.079
drop on me after a rather well executed disappearing act

1347
01:50:19.119 --> 01:50:23.159
in the bowery. Let's retire to my residence and talk

1348
01:50:23.239 --> 01:50:28.720
this through a dead man, he purred, yep, I answered.

1349
01:50:32.680 --> 01:50:37.840
We entered the luxurious townhouse Gideon called home. Please relax,

1350
01:50:38.279 --> 01:50:41.960
Gideon said, gesturing to an array of sofas and chairs

1351
01:50:42.000 --> 01:50:45.560
that festooned his abode. I took a load off on

1352
01:50:45.600 --> 01:50:49.520
a nearby Persian rug. That furniture was doubtless cursed and

1353
01:50:49.560 --> 01:50:51.800
would spell my doom if I dare put my ass

1354
01:50:51.880 --> 01:50:56.279
upon it. Are you a gambling man? He asked? Not

1355
01:50:56.399 --> 01:50:59.800
by nature, no I am, And if I had to

1356
01:50:59.800 --> 01:51:02.039
play my hand, I would wager. You want to know

1357
01:51:02.159 --> 01:51:05.760
why I chose you and your kin to slaughter? The

1358
01:51:05.880 --> 01:51:08.880
thought had crossed my mind a time or two. If

1359
01:51:08.920 --> 01:51:12.880
I'm to be honest, I answered, True, I had heard

1360
01:51:12.880 --> 01:51:15.720
that if you do someone a cosmic level injustice, like

1361
01:51:15.880 --> 01:51:19.479
a random killing, for instance, then powerful magic is revealed

1362
01:51:19.479 --> 01:51:23.359
to those willing to travel a dark path. You heard rightly,

1363
01:51:24.079 --> 01:51:29.920
he gestured toward my rucksack. The magic my son, Your

1364
01:51:29.960 --> 01:51:33.760
son became the rarest of magics. You should be kissing

1365
01:51:33.800 --> 01:51:38.720
my feet for this gift. I see it a tad different,

1366
01:51:39.720 --> 01:51:43.680
I wager you do. Nevertheless, my theory was correct. Nevertheless,

1367
01:51:43.680 --> 01:51:47.159
you should have listened to your pet, bug Scorpio. She

1368
01:51:47.279 --> 01:51:50.760
was always the most in tune of my menagerie. Was

1369
01:51:51.399 --> 01:51:55.119
is the operative word? I care little that you killed

1370
01:51:55.119 --> 01:52:01.039
any of those sideshow attractions. You're all heart, No, I'm

1371
01:52:01.079 --> 01:52:07.039
all business. How so, I queried, Let's say you give

1372
01:52:07.119 --> 01:52:09.840
me that last bone in your sack, and I let

1373
01:52:09.880 --> 01:52:11.760
you walk out of here and live a long and

1374
01:52:11.840 --> 01:52:17.359
happy life. Let's say I do. What does that give me?

1375
01:52:18.079 --> 01:52:23.479
An eternity without those I love, those you took from me. True,

1376
01:52:23.560 --> 01:52:26.840
but a life is a life. I thought on this

1377
01:52:26.920 --> 01:52:30.720
a spell, and I had me a revelation. Hold on,

1378
01:52:30.840 --> 01:52:35.880
you'll see fine, you want the bone? Here it is.

1379
01:52:36.560 --> 01:52:39.479
I removed my son's skull from the sack and held

1380
01:52:39.520 --> 01:52:43.960
it up for that snake to see. Glorious, Please let

1381
01:52:44.000 --> 01:52:47.159
me hold it. The shaman spoke into my ear for

1382
01:52:47.199 --> 01:52:51.800
the last time. I nodded. I tossed my boy's skull

1383
01:52:51.880 --> 01:52:54.880
to Gideon, and as that bone grew ever closer, I

1384
01:52:54.960 --> 01:52:58.000
drew my pistol and fired. The skull exploded when the

1385
01:52:58.000 --> 01:53:01.479
bullet hit the bone. The shaman laughed. His Egyptian pal laughed.

1386
01:53:01.640 --> 01:53:07.720
I laughed Gideon, however. Gideon, however, did most assuredly not laugh.

1387
01:53:08.159 --> 01:53:11.159
The shards of the skull became missiles and pierced Gideon's

1388
01:53:11.159 --> 01:53:14.279
mask in one hundred razor sharp volleys. He did that

1389
01:53:14.439 --> 01:53:19.399
gargle thing and fell like a sack of potatoes. That's that, then,

1390
01:53:20.199 --> 01:53:24.600
I said, I waited for some sort of cosmic redemption.

1391
01:53:25.199 --> 01:53:28.039
Would I stand before my family once more? Would I

1392
01:53:28.079 --> 01:53:32.840
finally be able to rest? A glowing letter A appeared

1393
01:53:32.840 --> 01:53:37.720
in the sky. A glowing s followed it, and another

1394
01:53:37.920 --> 01:53:43.680
s ass. Real cute, I thought, as I finally succumbed

1395
01:53:44.000 --> 01:53:51.079
to the darkness. Brent laughed, ass classic. Yeah, man, this

1396
01:53:51.199 --> 01:53:54.119
game is so easy if you have enough quarters. Todd said,

1397
01:53:54.560 --> 01:53:58.159
I've beaten it like a hundred times. The duo walked

1398
01:53:58.199 --> 01:54:01.520
away from the cabinet as the tracked screen of Satan's

1399
01:54:01.520 --> 01:54:05.479
shotgun called out to the next player, and Elizabeth and

1400
01:54:05.600 --> 01:54:16.880
Lazarus died a new well. My spooky is if The

1401
01:54:17.039 --> 01:54:22.760
IDEs of March had a motto, it would probably be congratulations,

1402
01:54:23.479 --> 01:54:29.920
you made a choice, and then immediately, here are your consequences.

1403
01:54:30.720 --> 01:54:35.800
Because tonight we learned a few important life lessons, like

1404
01:54:36.159 --> 01:54:40.039
if a place feels safe, that's usually when the floor

1405
01:54:40.239 --> 01:54:45.479
decides to open up. If someone offers you a fresh start,

1406
01:54:46.000 --> 01:54:49.800
maybe ask what the interest rate is. If you're about

1407
01:54:49.840 --> 01:54:52.800
to mess around with something that can be described as

1408
01:54:52.840 --> 01:54:59.399
a seal, a ritual, or ancient maybe just pass on

1409
01:54:59.439 --> 01:55:03.439
that one. And if you see a suspicious symbol anywhere

1410
01:55:03.479 --> 01:55:07.960
near a bathroom, the correct response is not gross, it's

1411
01:55:08.680 --> 01:55:13.600
I'm moving to another state tonight. Also, The IDEs of

1412
01:55:13.640 --> 01:55:17.359
March remains undefeated in its ability to turn a bad

1413
01:55:17.520 --> 01:55:21.840
night into a legend. One minute you're laughing with your friends,

1414
01:55:21.960 --> 01:55:25.920
the next minute you're trying to explain to emergency services

1415
01:55:26.000 --> 01:55:33.039
why your problem is technically supernatural but also deeply embarrassing. Really,

1416
01:55:33.279 --> 01:55:38.159
the worst combo there is terror and shame. Or maybe

1417
01:55:38.239 --> 01:55:41.720
it's two great tastes that tastes great together. So make

1418
01:55:41.800 --> 01:55:44.560
sure to mind your own business, keep your doors locked,

1419
01:55:44.600 --> 01:55:48.680
and if you hear a whisper of power being promised,

1420
01:55:49.520 --> 01:55:53.840
do what any reasonable person would do, pretend you didn't

1421
01:55:53.840 --> 01:55:57.800
hear it, and go back to scrolling on your phone.

1422
01:55:58.000 --> 01:56:00.359
I hope you'll join me next week for the final

1423
01:56:00.439 --> 01:56:04.600
installment of our IDEs of March collection. Things are gonna

1424
01:56:04.640 --> 01:56:09.039
get a lot worse before they get better. Until then,

1425
01:56:09.239 --> 01:56:12.479
sleep tight, and if you wake up at three am

1426
01:56:12.640 --> 01:56:17.920
on the dot, don't check the mirror, because well, that's

1427
01:56:18.600 --> 01:56:22.560
how it wins. See you next time.