Feb. 7, 2025

Love Gone Wrong | 7 Terrifying Tales of Romance & Horror

Love Gone Wrong | 7 Terrifying Tales of Romance & Horror

Valentine’s Day is usually about romance… but love has a dark side. In this Weekly Spooky special, Love Comp 2024, we bring you seven haunting tales of passion, obsession, and terror. These chilling stories prove that love isn’t always sweet—it can...

Valentine’s Day is usually about romance… but love has a dark side.

In this Weekly Spooky special, Love Comp 2024, we bring you seven haunting tales of passion, obsession, and terror. These chilling stories prove that love isn’t always sweet—it can be twisted, tragic, and even deadly.

🔥 Til Death Do Us Part – Some love stories never truly end.
🎭 Suspended – When love is put on hold, it can turn to something sinister.
👁 Echoes – The past has a way of haunting those who refuse to let go.
🩸 Roxie – A love that was never meant to be… or was it?
🌲 Party in the Woods – A romantic getaway turns into a fight for survival.
💀 Til Death Do Us Part (Again) – When devotion goes beyond the grave.
🍷 First Date – The perfect night… until the truth comes out.

Tune in now for a Valentine’s horror special filled with eerie romance, supernatural chills, and terrifying twists!

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🎵 Music by Ray Mattis
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👨‍💼 Executive Producers: Rob Fields, Mark Shields, Bobbletopia.com

🎥 Produced by: Daniel Wilder

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🎥 Produced by: Daniel Wilder
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Hello, my spookies. It's February, the month of Love. But

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of course love doesn't always take a traditional approach. That's

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just not how life works. Sometimes things get messy when

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it comes to matters of the heart and other internal organs.

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So tonight I'm presenting to you seven of the most eerie,

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creepy and messy stories about that little thing called love

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to get you ready for Valentine's Day next week. And

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don't worry. Next week on Wednesday, we have a brand

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new Valentine's Day novella just for you to listen to.

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So make sure you're subscribed, And on Valentine's Day itself

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next Friday, a compilation of some Valentine's Day stories to

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make sure you're in the mood. Make sure you're subscribed,

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and get cozy and let's fire it up. Love Conquers

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All by Joe Salmon. Brian, put your dick back in

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your pants, Derek said, as the two stood alone under

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the stars. The acres of alfalfa surrounded them on Derek's

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dad's farm. We got some drinking to do, he finished,

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and put his hand on Brian's shoulder. Brian, having emptied

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his bladder, quickly zipped up and followed Derek back to

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the little campfire they had in a small clearing in

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the fields where their friends and more importantly, their dates waited.

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Somehow he managed to get a date with Chelsea Hammer,

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and he was fully aware of her reputation, although it's

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been a few hours and she didn't seem all that

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promiscuous to him. Chad slammed a can of piss warm

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beer into his chest as he cleared through the oats

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and alfalfa plants surrounding them. He smiled when Brian doubled over. Thanks, asshole,

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Brian said through clenched teeth. He looked over at Chelsea

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to see she had noticed. She rolled her eyes at him. Great,

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just great, Becca, you need another beer, Chad asked, and

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before she could answer, he tossed her one. She missed

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it and it landed on the fertile soil next to her.

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Too slow, really bad reflexes, Chad said, and laughed loudly. Chad,

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maybe you should cool it, eh, Derek said, I'm usually

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the asshole here, and if I notice you are, how

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big of an asshole? Does that make you? Mind your

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own business? Dare I noticed that you're the only one

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that didn't bring no pussy to bang, Chad said in

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a slur. Becca said in disgust. She stood up and

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crossed her arms. I want to go home. Oh come on, babe,

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I didn't mean anything by it, Chad said, and stumbled

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over to her, trying to plant a kiss on her cheek.

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She avoided the contact, and Chad fell down on his face,

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crushing the smaller alfalfa plants mixed with the oats. Chelsea,

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are you gonna suck my dick tonight or what? Brian

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asked her flat out. She had to know, that's why

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he invited her out to Derek's family farm. What absolutely not,

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Chelsea said, offended, and stood up. She grabbed the towel

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she had been sitting on that the boys provided them

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and covered her shoulders from the cold fall air. Come on, Becca,

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I'll drive you home. This was a waste of time.

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Come back, Chad called out after them, but they disappeared

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into the field in the night. Man, what we need

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is girls that'll do what we want. Chad said that slavery,

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Jack asked, Derek said, pouring his piss warm beer on

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the fire pit to put it out. Come on, Night's over.

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Come on, man, it's early yet, not even like midnight.

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Chad complained, I don't really feel like partying anymore. This

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night sucked. Brian chimed in. Derek picked up the plastic

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handle on the cooler, the cooler without ice, and started

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to drag it down the path to the side road

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they'd made in his father's field so they could party

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out there undisturbed. I brought the cooler. Why did I

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have to bring the ice too? Don't let those bitches

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ruin our night, man, It's their loss anyway. You know

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what I'm packing in here, Chad asked, grabbing his groin.

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Bitch probably would have choked anyway from the stench. When's

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the last time you showered, man? You looked like shit anyway,

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Derek retorted. As they reached the road, all three of

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them watched as the girls drove off in Chelsea's dad's

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dodge Ram. Chad flipped them off. I knew I should

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have insisted that I drove. Then she wouldn't have been

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able to leave, Chad said, to what end? Like? Seriously?

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Brian said, unlocking the corolla his parents got him for

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graduating last year. They told him he could use it

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to drive to college. They were so proud of him.

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All he'd done since was get drunk in fields and

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try to get laid. He wondered if they were still proud.

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He wasn't sure. Well, if they stayed with us and

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got to know us, Chad began, let me cut you

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off there, Chad. The longer they were with us, the

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more they would have disliked us. There ain't nothing to

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like about us. Can't you see that? There ain't no

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girls around here that would give us the time of day.

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Derek said, Now, go home so I can crawl into

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bed and rub one out before I pass out. What

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are we supposed to do then, go into the city

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and get hookers and catch one of those veterinary diseases?

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Chad asked, Maybe we just conjure one up. Brian joked

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and shivered in the chill of the early November night air. Yeah,

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we can just dress a scarecrow up women's clothes and

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take turns fucking her a pussy. Chad said, somehow, it

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seems less demeaning than getting rejected by real girls all

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the time. Brian said, my dad catches us fucking one

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of his scarecrows and he'll beat my ass again, Derek

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shouted at them again. Chad and Brian asked at the

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same time, Well, not for the same thing. Derek replied sure.

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Chad said, but you know you might be onto something.

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I think they built a woman in that movie from

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the eighties. Why couldn't we do that? We don't have

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a computer, asshole. Brian chimed in as he got everything

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packed into the car. Can we go now? They got

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one down at the library. I can ask Old Pete

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about it. He's the smartest person I know. If anyone

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would know how to do it, it'd be him, Chad

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said in a eureka moment. Brian dismissed him and climbed

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into the car. Let's go the next night. Two in

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the morning, zero hour. Time to finish and go to sleep,

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Derek thought as he held his phone in one hand

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and his dick in the other. He only dropped it

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twice on his face this time. They should make a

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headband that holds your phone for when you're watching porn,

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he thought, just as he finished into a dirty sock.

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He used the outside to wipe himself off a bit

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and tossed it onto the floor of his dirty room

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in a satisfied sigh. It only felt like a few

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seconds before there was a weird sound from outside. Perplexed,

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Derek rose out of bed and threw on a pair

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of sweatpants the dirty sock had landed on. Ignoring the cold,

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wet spot, he made his way to a window, looking

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towards the seemingly endless fields. His dad maintained, What the fuck?

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He whispered and opened his window. Chad and Brian were

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standing there. Behind them was a wheelbarrow, and was that

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someone in it? He couldn't quite make it out in

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the dark. What are you guys doing here, Derek asked

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in an angry whisper, waiting for you to finish? Chad replied,

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took you long enough. How's your nose? You were watching me?

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Never mind, what do you want, Derek asked, Meet us

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out in the field. We'll explain it all. Chad said

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with a smile and grabbed the wooden handles on the

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wheelbarrow and took off into the field, leaving an obvious trail.

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This was why we always went in from the road.

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Plausible deniability, Derek thought, as his gaze went from a

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bewildered Brian to his room. As he looked around for

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some clothes to wear. You gonna follow him in a second.

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I got a shit mind if I come in, Brian asked,

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don't wake my folks and hurry up. They met Chad

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in the clearing waiting for them, a bunch of weird

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stuff laid out around them. What's all this, Derek asked,

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We gonna get laid tonight, Chad said, Brian agreed. Derek

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realized he could see his breath in the cold air

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and wished he'd brought a thicker jacket. The plants were

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going to die tonight in the frost. He watched as

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Chad kept checking his phone and looking around the clearing

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like he was reading a recipe and making sure he

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had all the parts. He placed a single rose to

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the left of the wheelbarrow and a black Swan DVD

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to the right. You want to explain how, Derek asked.

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Chad went to see Old Pete at the library and

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he explained it all to him. Apparently they looked up

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the particulars online, but the printer was broke, so Chad

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had to type it all into his phone. Remember how

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that girl from Milford broke his camera when he tried

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to get a pick of her peeing over there, Brian

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explained as he pointed to the part of the field

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they all used to piss on nights like this. Yeah,

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I remember Stacy or something like that, Derek said, Stacia. Anyway,

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he got it all down and now we can do it,

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Brian said, excitedly. Do what exactly.

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Sh it was only the wind. You're safe, weekly spooky,

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We'll be right back.

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Have a woman that don't want to have sex with

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us all the time. Chad chimed in, You see, it's

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real simple. Old Pete said that what you need to

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do is someon something that likes to have sex and

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whamo there you go. You mean like a succubis. Derek asked,

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oh no, Pete said that would be a mistake. He's

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done that before and it didn't end well at all.

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Did you know Old Pete is only thirty two years old.

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He looks seventy. He said. It was from a night

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with a succubus, he said, to someon something nicer, like

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a love goddess. Chad said, and how do we do that?

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Derek asked, getting annoyed at Chad. Well, we looked into

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it and found this old Greek book about their mythology

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and shit. It had these rituals where you would offer

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things to the gods and they would come and accept

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the gifts. Old Pete says, all the gods are real.

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They pop into reality as long as one person believes

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in them. Chad finished, as he removed the body from

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the wheelbarrow and placed it into the center of the

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figure he had drawn in the soil around them. What

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is that, Derek asked a vessel. Brian explained, like a ship, No,

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like a host. The gods can't come to our world

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without a body to inhabit. I took one of your

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dad's old scarecrows from the cornfield over there, Chad said,

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pointing off into the distance. Guess we will be fucking

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a scarecrow after all, Brian said and laughed. You don't

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believe any of this shit, do you, Derek asked him.

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Brian always seemed like the most level headed of them.

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If it works, great, If not, I had no better

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plans tonight anyway, his friend explained, with a hint of sadness.

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And you're basing this all on what some old librarian

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told you, Derek asked them. Oh, Pete, isn't the librarian.

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He lives behind the library in the alley. Chad clarified.

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Sometimes he'll tell you about his crazy adventures for a

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forty crazy is right? Derek said, What do I have

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to do so this can fail and I can go

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back to bed? I knew you'd be into it, Chad said,

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and handed him a grocery bag full of fall colored leaves.

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He pointed at the scarecrow. What am I doing with this?

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Derek wondered out loud. Stuff it's bra man. We want

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to give her big old titties, don't we, Chad said.

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Derek looked at Brian for a hint of reason to

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this night, but he just nodded his agreement, then made

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hand gestures of how big he would suggest. Shaking his head,

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Derek went over to the scarecrow and began to stuff

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its shirt. Is this makeup? Where did you get makeup

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to put on my father's scarecrow? Here? Mom's room? Chad said,

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and laughed. Brian laughed too. Even Derek grinned a little

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bit at the lame your mom joke. Okay, I think

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everything is where old Pete told me to set it up.

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All I gotta do is read the passage, and we

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should summon a love goddess to pleasure us. Chad explained,

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remember to read it exactly as you wrote it down.

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Old Pete said that was the most important part. If

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we screw it up, we don't know what could happen,

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Brian said, adjusting the scarecrow a little bit to the left.

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I got it, Chad said, it's only a few sentences.

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I think I can handle it. From the depths of

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the other planes, from the space beyond mortal men, we

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call you forth with these gifts, symbols of your power

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and prowess. We bring you forth, mother of love, passion,

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and beauty. We ask that you bestow your attributes on

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us with this A slight pause as Chad giggled. This

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Alfalfa is scratchy, Brian said, pulling his leg away from

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the dying plant. In fact, all the plants around them

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were dying. It looks like a pale light was draining

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from them into the scarecrow. Come forth, Alfalfa diiti, Chad

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called out. A distant boom was heard, and Chad turned

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towards his friends. Shit, what did I just say? You

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fucked up the name, you idiot, Brian said, I meant aphrodite.

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You're the one who mentioned alfalfa. So what happens now,

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Brian asked. Think we're about to find out, Derek answered.

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As the scarecrow started to twitch on the ground. The

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face a pumpkin with his mother's makeup on it, turned

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towards him. Its drawn on mouth somehow became animated and

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opened into a womanly scream. They all backed up to

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the edge of the clearing as they watched the thing

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stand up awkwardly. The hay wound its way through the

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sleeves and formed arms and hands, slender, delicate hands, the

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hands of a woman. The round pumpkin turned its head

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toward Chad. A wicked smile crossed its painted on facial features.

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A tongue licked around the lipstick that formed its mouth.

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It looked Chad up and down as it stepped towards

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him seductively. Guys, I think it worked, maybe not exactly

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as we planned it, he paused, as he looked that

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the scarecrow love Goddess approach him. I think we can

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make this work. Yeah, I got half a chub, Brian admitted,

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and smiled nervously. You guys are fucking insane, Derek said.

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This thing is not what you told me it was

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going to be. I want no part of this. To

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be fair, you didn't want part of it before, Chad said.

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As it approached him, it reached out a slender arm

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towards his waist, pointing its haystock wrapped finger. Oh yeah, baby,

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I know what you want, Chad said, and unzipped his pants.

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He pulled out what he always bragged to them was

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a fine example of USDA grade a man meat, but

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was in reality a micro penis. You would think it

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would take the scarecrow love goddess some talent to find

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it in the cold night, but it didn't. It didn't

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take it long at all to shoot a haystock straight

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up the hole in the micro penis, and it must

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have pushed some air out of him elsewhere as he

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simultaneously farted and screamed, the latter being louder, but not

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by much. She's penetrating his piss hole, Brian said. Had

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tried to cross his legs while standing, which made him

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fall to the ground. That's some kinky shit. I ain't into.

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Nobody's into that, Derek said, and panicked. He definitely didn't

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want that for him. He grabbed the first thing he

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could find and charged toward the hay goddess of penis

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penetration with a war cry that would make Vikings proud.

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He swung the object and struck it on the back.

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It had little to no effect other than to get

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her attention. It was a boring movie anyway, he said,

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and tossed the DVD to the ground. A rope of

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hay slipped from her other hand and wrapped around his throat,

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choking him. You brought me here into existence to play.

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Let's play, the creature said, in a seductive tone. I'm

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going to have to admit that voices bringing back my chub,

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Brian said, getting to his feet. If I see old

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Pete again, I'm going to punch that coot in the face,

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Chad said, pulling his hands away from his bloody groin.

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The distraction had made the goddess unpenetrate him. He panicked

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for a second, thinking she had ripped off what he had,

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but he sighed when he realized it was still there,

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just with a wider hole. Derek hobbled towards the goddess,

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who was holding Derek by the throat. While digging in

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his jeans for something. Fuck this, I'm out of here,

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Brian said, and turned to leave, but with her free hand,

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a tentacle made of straw shot towards Brian, ripping a

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hole into the back of his Walmart jeans. He screamed out,

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wishing he had paid the extra for leviyes. They probably

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would have held up better either way. He didn't have

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to worry much longer, as the straw tentacle made its

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exit through all the holes in his body at the

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same time, impressively impaling his eyes. Balls that twitched in

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the pale moonlight. That killed Brian. I would have bet

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he would be the one of us to survive something

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like this, Chad said, and stabbed his pocket knife into

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the pumpkinheaded hell bitch, she screamed out as pumpkin seed

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and pulp sprayed over Chad's face. It dropped Derek to

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the ground, who coughed and gasped for air. Oh shit,

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Chad said, backing away from it, grasping his micro penis

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with two hands protectively. She circled him like a corn

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carnivore hunting its prey. He closed his eyes and fought

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back tears All he wanted to do was get laid.

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He didn't want any of this shit. He felt the

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stalk touching his leg and working its way up him

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with a gentle touch, a womanly touch. You don't want

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to play with me anymore, the seductive voice asked playfully.

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I like it, spooky weekly, Spooky will be right back.

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No, please, just go back. We didn't know what we

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were doing, Chad cried out, as it circled behind him.

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Have you no desire to win my heart anymore? You

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created me in the ritual, You gave me a name

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and therefore power. I was nothing until you named me Alfalphaditi.

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What did you expect, a love goddess? You created me

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by mistake. I am a mistake. You wanted me to

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do whatever your heart desired, and now you have no

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desire for my heart. Chad whimpered. Derek stood up, leaning

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on the wheelbarrow and looked at his friend. This can't

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be real. He's either having the weirdest wet dream of

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his life or he took a ton of great drugs

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without knowing it. He rubbed his neck and his throat.

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You don't want my heart, I refuse yours. The monster

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sent a straw tentacle through Chad's chest from behind, impaling

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his heart and shooting it out his chest towards his friend.

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The heart landed in Derek's hand as he was removing

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it from his throat. He shrieked when he realized what

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it was and dropped it to the ground next to

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a can of hair spray that must have been part

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of the ritual. He grabbed for the can as his

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friend's lifeless body hit the cold earth just feet in

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front of him. Derek got to his knees and reached

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into his pocket, pulling out his bowl and lighter. He

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tossed the bowl down and faced the creature as it

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approached him in that sexy walk with stalks for heels.

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I don't want nothing from you, Derek called out. Leave

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me be, Derek. It was part of you that summoned

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me here. We have the strongest bond, she said as

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she pointed to a familiar your object on the ground,

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his spank sock. God, damn it, Brian, take a shit

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my ass. He stole my spank sock. He raised the

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can of hairspray and held it up to his lighter.

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With a flick and a press a fireball shot into

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the face of the scarecrow. Fuck Buddy gone wrong and

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sent it reeling back with a scream. He stepped forward

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over the spank sock and sent another fireball into the scarecrow,

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this time aiming it at its flammable shirt and straw

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instead of its pumpkin face. Stop, the voluptuous voice called

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out to him. You don't understand. I had to get

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rid of them so that we could be alone. It

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was your magic that summoned me, she said, looking at

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the sock and trying to brush out the straw that

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was on fire. Magic, Derek asked, watching her every move.

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Years of your reproductive magic, the potency. It's very strong magic,

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she said. Taking a step towards him, He noticed her

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leaves had burned away. No more breasts for her. No

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this can't be. I don't want this, Chad did, Derek said.

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Do not reject me again, she said, and wrapped his

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leg with straw, Pulling him to the ground. She mounted him.

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I will not be as gentle next time. Derek managed

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to get the can and lighter between the two of

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them and let loose with another blast, this one point blank.

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He felt the heat probably just as much as she did,

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and screamed to match hers. He continued as long as

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he could until she got up from him. He rubbed

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his chest where he had been burned himself and found

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his shirt burned into his flesh. The creature wasn't doing

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much better as it ran around, now engulfed in flames.

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He ran towards it and planted the can of hairsp

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in its flat chest, burning his hand in the process,

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and backed away, wrapping his burned up hand in his

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spank sock. Don't leave me, I was created so we

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would be together, she called to him, wrapping him in

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her smoldering straw tentacles. He turned to face her, a

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tear running down his cheek. He was going to die.

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There was no escape. Just then, the can of hairspray exploded,

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sending the torso flying in all directions. The pumpkinhead fell

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to the ground, cracking open and spilling the insides onto

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the ground. The tentacles fell away from Derek, and he

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dropped to his knees, looking at the carnage. He heard

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something coming through the field towards him. Oh God, could

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this be another one? How many more are there? He thought?

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A second later, his father entered the clearing with a

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shotgun in his hand. God damn it, Derek, I thought

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there was some hooligans out here fucking around. It's just

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you banging another scarecrow. I am gonna whoop your ass.

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Did you did you use your mother's makeup on that thing?

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Derek closed his eyes, wishing the thing had finished him

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off like it did his friends. Suspended by Rob Fields.

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It was just a week ago that Strickfield High School

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won the state football championship, beating out Strickfield Academy in

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what was a rather unusual game. Yeah, people are still

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talking about it. It was Greg Branlake, the big, hot

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shot quarterback of Strickfield Academy, who ended up transforming into

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a demon and trying to kill Strickfield High's Eddie Peewee Richter.

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As the demonic brand was ready to kill Richter for

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winning the game and the state championship for Strickfield High,

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his head exploded all over the field. The police reports

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say someone fired a high powered rifle at brand Lake.

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No one knows who was behind it, but I'm sure

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the question you want to know the answers to are bella,

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you're a Strickfield High cheerleader. Right, aren't you the bitch

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master vampire who could have stopped brand Lake after he

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went all demon. The answers are yes and fuck yeah. However,

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I wasn't there that night, you see, yours truly wasn't

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allowed on school property or at school functions. Our ever

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so esteemed principle, Matthew Van Deiste, suspended me from school

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just prior to the state championship game. In fact, it

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was our quarterback Jason Norman who got me suspended. Let

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me tell you about it. It was the Wednesday prior

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when Donnerley and I were walking the halls of Strickfield

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High to get to our lockers. Both of us were

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wearing our cheerleading outfits since basketball season had started and

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we had to cheer for a game that night. Two

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nights later, we would have to cheer for our football

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team at the state championship game. AINI and I were

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opening our lockers and talking about shit when Jason Norman

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came up right behind me and groped my tiny little titties.

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You're easily the hottest cheerleader at this school, Bella, he said,

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slyly in my ear, looking at you I can tell

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you need a good fucking Let's skip school and I'll

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take care of you. Clearly, this stupid mortal didn't know

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who he was fucking with. It was time to teach

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him a very important lesson that every red blooded young

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American boy needed to know. You never never put your

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fucking hands on me unless I want you to. Big mistake, motherfucker,

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I hissed as I turned around, grabbed him, and slammed

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him into the nearby lockers. Norman made some serious dents

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across them. He got back up and came at me again.

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Now people at Strickfield High call me the bad schoolgirl.

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One reason is they know I'm strong as fuck. They

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didn't know I was really a master vampire, a rare

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one who can walk in daylight and doesn't have to

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drink blood. Norman sneered to tell me he would have

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me no matter what. When he tried putting his hands

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on me again, I lifted him up off his feet

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and threw him right through a classroom door. And wouldn't

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you know it, Principal van Deist had seen me. Now,

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either he wasn't around to see Norman grope me, or

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he just didn't like how extreme I got. Principal Van

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dest raised his voice to me for the first time

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ever and practically screamed for me to go to the office.

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He wouldn't even let me tell my side of the story. Now,

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as far as he was concerned, I'd assaulted the star

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quarterback of Strickfield High. Oh fuck you, I told him

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right to his face. It's quite all right for him

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to have his hands all over me, but I'm not

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allowed to defend myself. You know what, you can go

451
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suck my dick. The next thing I knew, he was

452
00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:25.920
riding up my suspension. You do not come anywhere near

453
00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:29.359
this school for two weeks bela tabon, and that means

454
00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:32.400
no cheerleading. You're going to learn your place here at

455
00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:36.640
Strickfield High one way or another. I gave him my

456
00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:40.359
wicked little smile, the one that got my grandparents to

457
00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:44.079
start calling me little devil when I was younger. Then

458
00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:48.519
I raised my fists together and do what scrawny geek

459
00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:52.119
Jaren Hatley had done months ago. I brought my fists

460
00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:57.599
down and destroyed his desk. Boy did he ever shriek.

461
00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:00.960
I don't believe he shit his pan, but the look

462
00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:05.640
on his face was priceless. Now we're at present time.

463
00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:08.839
Now you know why I wasn't at the state championship

464
00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:11.079
game shaking my tits and ass with the rest of

465
00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:14.359
the girls when the bran Lake demon shit went down.

466
00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:18.160
Sometimes I run into Principal van dist on the streets.

467
00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:22.680
He always looks worried whenever he passes me, probably thinking

468
00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:26.160
I'm gonna kick his ass or something. Yeah, like I'd

469
00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:30.079
waste my time and energy on a pathetic loser like him.

470
00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:34.680
Don't go away, weekly, Spooky, We'll be right back.

471
00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:39.519
But I'd bite and give him my little devil smirk.

472
00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:43.359
Thanks to Ainie. I don't really need her to do

473
00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:45.839
that for me, but she's just doing her duty by

474
00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:50.200
me as my best friend. Martin, Aileen's older brother, calls

475
00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:53.519
her Einstein on account of how smart she is. I've

476
00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:57.240
been calling her Iini for short. In response, she calls

477
00:30:57.240 --> 00:31:01.240
me Bells. It's Saturday morning, the week after the Big

478
00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:04.680
Game and Greg Brandlake's death. Martin and I have been

479
00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:08.400
mostly distant pretty much since Ainy and I got back

480
00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:12.680
from vacationing in Shore City back in June. Martin makes

481
00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:15.160
another one of his stupid attempts to try and talk

482
00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:17.720
to me before he takes off to go work at

483
00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:21.359
Denoyer's grill. I'm about to let him go fuck himself

484
00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.960
when I notice Aine has that look on her face

485
00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:29.079
that tells me something's on her mind, not even acknowledging Martin.

486
00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:33.039
I follow Aine so we can go and talk in private. Oh.

487
00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:35.599
I can feel Martin glaring at me as he walks

488
00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:39.640
out and slams the back door behind him. Well fuck him.

489
00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:42.680
He doesn't deserve any of my time. After Aine told

490
00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:46.880
me he's the main reason why she's sick. When we're alone,

491
00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:50.200
we face each other. Talk to me, Iine, I say,

492
00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:54.559
am I still that obvious bells? She asks in her

493
00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:58.279
mousey voice. How long have we been best friends? Aine?

494
00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:02.839
I remind her. She groans a little. We've got this

495
00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:07.480
new hot girl at school. Her name's Lavender Collier. Everybody's

496
00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:11.200
just gawking at her. I mean, she's really put together.

497
00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:15.440
She could be Taylor Miron's body double. I have to

498
00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:19.319
think about this, okay, Aine, So you're saying she's got

499
00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:22.480
a hot porn star body. She wouldn't be the only

500
00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.599
one like that at school, you know. Iini tightens her

501
00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:29.160
fists and growls a little. Yeah. But every damn guy

502
00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:32.240
is practically drooling over her. She's even telling people she

503
00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:36.119
wants your place on the cheerleading squad, so let her

504
00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:40.200
fucking have it. I reply, Ainie unbowls her fists and

505
00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:43.599
points right at me. No, you don't, bells. You're not

506
00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:47.160
getting away from school that easily, especially not when Principal

507
00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:50.839
van dest is itching to put Lavender on the squad. Seriously,

508
00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:54.640
she's got him eating right out of her hand. Principal

509
00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:57.559
van Deist always has his eyes on other girl's tits.

510
00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:01.200
I emphasize, fuck, can't even keep his eyes off my

511
00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:06.279
little speed bumps. Iine's really agitated now. Then she jumps

512
00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:08.720
up and down quickly a few times as she growls,

513
00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:11.720
will you listen to me? I'm trying to tell you

514
00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:16.799
something's not right about Lavender. I remember Aini's my best friend,

515
00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:21.119
and get serious. Okay, okay, did you see something that

516
00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:25.200
wasn't right with her? She calms down and nods. She

517
00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:27.680
kissed one of those jocks in the hallway yesterday. I

518
00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:31.359
mean she really planted one on him. Then he breaks

519
00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:34.039
up with his girlfriend right in front of everybody. He

520
00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:38.759
literally became Lavender's lap dog, doing whatever she wanted, and

521
00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:43.200
then something clicks in my brain. Keep talking, Iinie takes

522
00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:45.559
a deep breath and looks me right in the face.

523
00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:49.759
His body was found in his bedroom this morning. She

524
00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:54.000
hands me today's paper. Look. I read the top story

525
00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:58.119
about Jacob Lautner, a star basketball player for Strickfield High,

526
00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:01.359
who was found dead in his bedroom. The cause of

527
00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:03.680
death was unknown, but his body looked like the human

528
00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:07.000
equivalent of a prune. It made me think of that

529
00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:09.440
science fiction movie Ainie had me watch with her and

530
00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:12.880
her cousin Madeleine about a month ago, called Life Force.

531
00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:15.639
If you've seen it, then you know what I'm talking about. Here,

532
00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:21.440
Aini looks desperate. Now something's wrong here, Bell's please believe me.

533
00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:23.960
I put the paper down and put my hand on

534
00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:27.559
her shoulder. I believe you. I think I may know

535
00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.960
what's going on, but I have to get a closer

536
00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:34.360
look at this lavender collier to be sure. How will

537
00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:39.239
you get into school? Ainie inquires, you're suspended. Remember Principal

538
00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:41.639
van dest said he'd expel you if you came back

539
00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:45.679
before your suspension was over. I give her my little

540
00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:51.360
devil smile. Maybe he will and maybe he won't. Aini

541
00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:56.000
gives me her worried look, what are you going to do? Bells?

542
00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:03.800
Monday comes, I'm back to walking the halls of Strickfield

543
00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:07.440
High with Iini. It's not long before Principal van dest

544
00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:10.360
passes both of us. He just looks at me the

545
00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:14.079
way he always looks at the bad schoolgirl. He makes

546
00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:17.360
it a quick point to check out my sexy schoolgirl outfit,

547
00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:20.800
the shirt with the sleeves torn off and tied in

548
00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:23.360
the front to reveal my black braw and a plaid

549
00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:28.400
miniskirt with my men's eighties rebock pump basketball shoes. Some

550
00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:32.159
people here have joked that I'm a runaway from Strickfield Academy.

551
00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:35.800
Even now, I'm sure Principal van Deste is undressing me

552
00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:39.039
in his mind just the same he doesn't say a

553
00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:44.280
fucking thing about my suspension. What happened? I got iinny

554
00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:46.480
to distract him in the office long enough for me

555
00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:49.480
to slip in the way vampires do. I grabbed a

556
00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:51.800
hold of Van Deist and gave him a light brushing

557
00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:54.920
of glam to make him forget that he suspended me.

558
00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:57.960
Since I only gave him just a tiny bit of glam,

559
00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:00.880
I have to be careful not to provoke it too much,

560
00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:03.719
otherwise he'll snap out of it and remember that this

561
00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:07.639
little devil is his mortal enemy and that I'm suspended.

562
00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:11.159
I know, why not just wipe his mind completely? Right?

563
00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:15.480
Because my glam is quite powerful for being a master vampire.

564
00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:18.639
If I'm not careful with how I apply it, I

565
00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:23.360
can do some serious, irreparable damage to somebody's mind. I'd

566
00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:26.360
rather not do that shit unless someone truly deserves it.

567
00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:31.960
I may be a wicked little devil, but I'm not inhumane. Okay, Iine,

568
00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:36.880
show me lavender Collier. I say, Aine's looking around. Then

569
00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:40.960
she suddenly grabs my wrist behind us bells. We both

570
00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:45.079
turn to see she's with Principal Van Deste. Holy fucking shit,

571
00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:48.480
Aine's not kidding when she said this bitch is hot.

572
00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:53.400
I mean she's got it all. Looks sexy body, huge tits,

573
00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:57.320
and lavender hair. Thanks to my master vampire site, I

574
00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:59.920
can see that it's her natural hair color and not

575
00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:04.639
die job. I know exactly what this creature is. She's

576
00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:08.400
a succubus, I whisper to AINI think of her as

577
00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:12.360
being a vampire, except instead of drinking blood, she steals

578
00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:15.760
sexual energy from men. But why would she go after

579
00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:20.480
somebody like Van deist Aine wonders, and then iiny gasps

580
00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:24.000
when we see Lavender slide her tongue into the principal's mouth.

581
00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:27.400
You'd swear the other students passing by would have seen it,

582
00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:31.559
but they just act like nothing's going on. The succubus

583
00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:34.039
is emitting some kind of a field that makes them

584
00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:38.079
not see her. Inhaling van Deste, the only reason why

585
00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:40.280
Ainie and I can see her is because our minds

586
00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:43.719
are strong. Guess that shows a lot of these students

587
00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:46.320
here are just going through the motions, if you know

588
00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:49.119
what I mean. Ainie and I both head into an

589
00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:53.360
empty classroom to talk. Can you stop her bells? She asks?

590
00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:59.239
I can, but school isn't the place. I answer. Lavender

591
00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:01.679
is very power. I can see it in her aura.

592
00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:05.480
I can't risk getting other students hurt. But why go

593
00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:09.880
after principal? Van Deiste pels He's not exactly a prize catch, right?

594
00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:14.159
I raise my finger on the contrary. One thing you

595
00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:17.280
need to know about a sucubus. She doesn't care what

596
00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:19.480
a male looks like. As long as he's got a

597
00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:23.360
great deal of sexual energy. You're in the ballpark. Though,

598
00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:26.320
when it comes to Van dest you just know he's

599
00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:28.800
not with anybody. He definitely wants to be, which is

600
00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:31.840
why he's checking out other girls. He's got so much

601
00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:34.960
pent up sexual energy. He's just perfect for somebody like

602
00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:39.039
Lavender Collier. She won't take him here, No, she's priming

603
00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:41.920
him up. She'll likely come for him tonight when he's

604
00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:45.480
sleeping and dreaming about her. And that's where we're gonna

605
00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:50.280
be you too, An all too familiar voice calls out.

606
00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:54.000
We turn to see Principal Van Deste standing in the doorway.

607
00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:57.280
He turns on the light and sees us. He points

608
00:38:57.320 --> 00:39:01.920
to Aileen, get to class now. Then he points to me,

609
00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:06.079
and you can tack on another week to your suspension.

610
00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:10.679
Bella Tabon. Damn it, that fucking succubist was able to

611
00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:14.119
overpower my glam with her a lure. Van Deist remembers

612
00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:17.760
everything regarding me. He comes straight to me and grabs

613
00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:20.920
my arm. Normally I'd have beaten the living shit out

614
00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:25.440
of a man for that, but there's a fucking succubus involved. Okay,

615
00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:28.599
Van Deiste, you get this one for free. He walks

616
00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:32.039
me to the main doors and yes, every nearby student

617
00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:34.960
is looking right at us. He pushes open one of

618
00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:37.800
the doors and shoves me through it. Then he steps

619
00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:41.039
outside and points right at me. I'm getting sick and

620
00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:43.960
tired of you thinking you run my school bella tabon.

621
00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:48.679
You need to remember I'm the principal here me. And

622
00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:53.440
then I notice he's staring me down again. Hmm. Me,

623
00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:56.159
being as scantily clad as I am, can work to

624
00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:59.480
my advantage here. I move my hands up to my

625
00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:02.760
hair pose for him just enough to where Van Deist

626
00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:06.039
can see my sex appeal. I may not have the

627
00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:09.039
glamorous body of a succubust, but there are plenty of

628
00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:13.679
males here at Strickfield High who would love to be mine.

629
00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:17.559
Are you one of those people, Matthew van Deste. Let's

630
00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:21.719
just see who's got more allure here, the voluptuous succubists

631
00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:27.039
or the skin tight vampire. U sh it.

632
00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:31.239
Was only the wind. You're safe, weekly Spooky will be

633
00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.960
right back.

634
00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:36.000
Van Deiste is just stammering his words as he keeps

635
00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:39.599
ripping me one new ass after another. I've already said

636
00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:42.800
I have little speed bumps for tits, but he's still

637
00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:46.639
drawn to him. He's still quite attracted to my tight body.

638
00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:49.920
I'm not even using glam on him like that fucking

639
00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:52.639
succubist in the school. I can wrap people so tight

640
00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:56.199
around my little finger, they'll do anything I tell them,

641
00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:58.679
so I guess you can say Lavender and I aren't

642
00:40:58.719 --> 00:41:02.119
that much different in that department. And that's when I

643
00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:05.559
see the bitch looking out and glaring at me. Now,

644
00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:08.679
I've never been sure whether or not a succubist or

645
00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:12.960
an incubus can sense a vampire. A master vampire can

646
00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:16.599
sense them, for sure. Lavender looks ready to come outside

647
00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:19.840
and confront me, but she knows that's probably not a

648
00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:24.280
good idea. No, Lavender doesn't want people knowing what any

649
00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:28.119
and I both know. I keep turning on the charm

650
00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:30.559
for van Deste. I don't even have to go full

651
00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:34.159
porno on him, just showing a curve here and there,

652
00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:38.760
keeping his full attention on my nearly naked body. Guess

653
00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:42.519
bigger tits ain't always better, huh, Lavender. I'm laughing my

654
00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:46.840
ass off. Deep down, Lavender is fucking pissed at me. Now,

655
00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:51.559
good come for me, bitch, and then I have a

656
00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:54.559
hell of a plan. I don't know if Van Deste

657
00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:57.519
heard the bell ring, but I sure did. Still he's

658
00:41:57.639 --> 00:42:00.000
rambling on and even repeats a few things to me

659
00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:04.239
as he's still undressing me, with his eyes still holding

660
00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:08.639
Lavender's attention. It's time to do the unthinkable. I come

661
00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:11.679
in close to van dest and lock my lips with

662
00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:15.480
his boy do his fucking arms ever wrap me up?

663
00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:18.760
He holds me oh so gently to him as we

664
00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:21.960
share a soft kiss together, and then I hear his

665
00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:27.480
heart beating and realize I just made a huge mistake.

666
00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:37.079
I quickly back the fuck away from Principal van Deste.

667
00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:42.639
Then he just looks right at me, bella, I know

668
00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:46.360
I'm suspended. I quickly reply, getting my ass off school

669
00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:49.400
property right now. Then I give him two middle fingers

670
00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:53.320
and you can go fuck yourself. Just then, a teacher

671
00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:56.840
sees Lavender and tells her to get to class. At first,

672
00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:59.639
she won't go, but she ultimately doesn't have a choice

673
00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:03.800
if she doesn't want to expose herself. She finally leaves,

674
00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.440
knowing I did what I wanted to do in provoking Lavender,

675
00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:11.440
I turn and start walking away. As I turn the corner,

676
00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:15.039
Van Deist snatches my wrist. Now you wait just a minute.

677
00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:18.880
As I turn around to face him. We suddenly lock

678
00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:22.440
lips again. This time the kiss lasts a little longer.

679
00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:27.559
Then we come apart. What in the actual fuck? When

680
00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:30.400
I hear his heartbeat again, I have my confirmation that

681
00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:33.920
I truly fucked up. I know now that Principal Van

682
00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:37.519
Deste has desired me for a very long time. I

683
00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:39.559
don't mean he just wants to have hot and nasty

684
00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:43.000
sex with me. I mean he wants to be with me.

685
00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:49.039
He's he's fucking in love with me. I compose myself

686
00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:54.079
and raise my finger. Okay, Matthew, one, you know, fucking

687
00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:58.320
goddamn well, what we're doing is quite forbidden. Read the

688
00:43:58.400 --> 00:44:02.280
student handbook. Two, you'd have to decide if you want

689
00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:06.480
Lavender or me, and three it'll never work between you

690
00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:09.400
and me in any case. And since I'm not supposed

691
00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:12.840
to be here, When we hear someone opening one of

692
00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:15.960
the main doors and calling for Van dest he glances

693
00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:18.760
over his shoulder when he goes to look back at me,

694
00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:23.679
I'm gone, Yeah, just like Batman, the little devil in

695
00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:26.639
me loves pulling that shit on him. But this wasn't

696
00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:30.000
a case of me being a little devil here. I

697
00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:33.039
had to get the fuck away from Van dest I

698
00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:36.239
need to think I'm out on the football field. When

699
00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:41.199
Aini finds me at lunch break, bells you okay, she asks,

700
00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:44.880
sitting down next to me. I shake my head. No,

701
00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:49.239
and you're gonna be so pissed off at me. I

702
00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:53.960
tell Ainie everything. Her jaw drops. Are you saying? I mean?

703
00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:57.320
I get principal? Van Deste has a thing for you.

704
00:44:57.920 --> 00:44:59.920
I've known that ever since I first brought you just

705
00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:06.119
field high. But are you in love with him? I sigh? Heine,

706
00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:10.159
you know, Martin and I aren't fucking anymore, ever since

707
00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:12.519
your grandma talked to me about him and you told

708
00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:16.840
me how you got sick. There's just no way in hell. Also,

709
00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:22.000
I can smell that he's been fucking other girls. I sigh,

710
00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:26.280
But I have feelings and needs too. Go ahead, rip

711
00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:30.440
me some new asses. Nothing you haven't done before. Aine

712
00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:34.239
just looks at me and groans in frustration herself. So

713
00:45:35.639 --> 00:45:38.119
what are you going to do about Van dest You

714
00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:41.559
can't just leave him for Lavender to suck up. No

715
00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:45.880
fucking shit, I mutter. He's a fucking worm of a man,

716
00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:48.800
but I have to save him. Lavender will come for

717
00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:51.480
him tonight. She plans to fuck him and take his

718
00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:55.400
sexual energy. Van Deiste will end up just like Jacob Lautner.

719
00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:59.559
If that happens, I swear the shit you get me into. Iine.

720
00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:04.639
She looks apologetic. Now I had to tell you Bells.

721
00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:08.320
I smirk a little in patter he's shoulder. I know.

722
00:46:09.280 --> 00:46:15.039
I'm glad you did. I just didn't expect this. I

723
00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:24.679
put my hands on my forehead and grown fuck That night.

724
00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:28.519
Anie and I are hiding in Van Deste's backyard. Thanks

725
00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:30.639
to my night vision, I can see shit like it's

726
00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:34.679
still daylight. Van Deste is sitting at his computer. I

727
00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:38.079
recently discovered I can focus my vampire vision to zoom

728
00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:40.679
in on things I can see. Van Deste has the

729
00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:46.480
Strickfield High website up. He's looking at pictures of me.

730
00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:50.239
God damn it. That's what I get for attaching a

731
00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:53.280
piece of old bloodstone to my choker to allow myself

732
00:46:53.280 --> 00:46:56.400
to cast a reflection. I did it so people wouldn't

733
00:46:56.480 --> 00:47:01.239
see what they shouldn't. Ainie's using night vie goggles she made.

734
00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:04.199
She's really putting that big brain of hers to use

735
00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:06.639
and building all these new toys we're using when we're

736
00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:10.360
out together. I used to tell AINI that I work alone.

737
00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:13.440
But you know, damn well, she's not gonna stay put.

738
00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:19.119
Ainie's definitely not my sidekick. No, she's my partner in crime.

739
00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:23.039
To be honest, I like having her around. Then I

740
00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:27.480
hear Ainy sigh of disgust. I don't know what you did, Bells,

741
00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:32.280
but you've definitely set Van Deist on fire. Yeah, no shit,

742
00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:37.599
I mutter, how you feeling? Can you do this? I'll

743
00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:41.920
be okay, And then looks like he's getting ready for bed.

744
00:47:42.599 --> 00:47:45.360
Lavender will come for him. Once he's asleep and dreaming.

745
00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:48.800
He'll dream about her, assuming her hold on him is

746
00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:53.159
still there. I know I did some research on Suckuby.

747
00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:59.599
I roll my eyes. I'm what Wikipedia? Please? She scoffs

748
00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:02.519
at me. I never use Wikipedia. Give me a break,

749
00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:06.679
Bell's She bumps my arm. You better move. I can

750
00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:09.800
sense the tension between any and me. She knows I'm

751
00:48:09.800 --> 00:48:12.840
feeling something for Van dest I move out of the

752
00:48:12.840 --> 00:48:16.199
bushes and leap up onto the roof. I walk barefoot

753
00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:19.440
to his window and look in, making sure he doesn't

754
00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:22.719
see me. Even out here, I can still hear his

755
00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:29.239
heart beating. He still desires me more than anything. Why

756
00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:33.440
the fuck did I ever kiss him? He finally falls asleep.

757
00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:37.400
I just have to wait until he's dreaming. It's then

758
00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:41.119
that I smell Lavender Collier. She comes out of his

759
00:48:41.199 --> 00:48:48.480
closet and approaches the bed. Yes, mortal, your energies are

760
00:48:48.559 --> 00:48:53.440
at their utmost, she purrs. Now, I shall give you

761
00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:58.400
that which you most desire. In turn, you shall sustain

762
00:48:58.559 --> 00:49:04.920
me once I fed, then you die. She's wearing a

763
00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:09.360
red dress and is already barefoot. She easily undoes the

764
00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:13.320
shoulder straps and lets the dress drop to the floor. Naked,

765
00:49:13.679 --> 00:49:17.519
she slithers onto the bed and lays on top of him.

766
00:49:18.440 --> 00:49:23.159
Wake up, my love, Lavender whispers, Take me in your

767
00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:27.880
arms and make me yours. I need you so desperately.

768
00:49:28.880 --> 00:49:31.559
Van Deist wakes up and sees the beautiful form on

769
00:49:31.639 --> 00:49:37.360
top of him. But then something quite adverse happens. No

770
00:49:38.239 --> 00:49:44.760
Vandiste utters, shaking his head. What, Lavender shrieks, This cannot be.

771
00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:46.840
How have you broken my allure?

772
00:49:48.280 --> 00:49:52.199
You're not safe yet weakly Spooky will be right back.

773
00:49:54.320 --> 00:49:58.440
Yeah, I truly drove any thought of Lavender Collier out

774
00:49:58.440 --> 00:50:00.480
of his mind when I let him in this morning.

775
00:50:01.599 --> 00:50:03.760
His love for me is powerful enough for him to

776
00:50:03.800 --> 00:50:08.320
resist her. I realize I can't just stay outside and observe.

777
00:50:08.440 --> 00:50:12.599
Now I gotta fight the bitch. I burst through the

778
00:50:12.599 --> 00:50:16.400
window and glare at Lavender. Get the fuck off him

779
00:50:16.960 --> 00:50:20.840
right now. Lavender gets off the bed and on the

780
00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:24.639
other side. Then she glares at me and begins to

781
00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:28.639
change into her true form. She now has big horns

782
00:50:28.639 --> 00:50:31.280
on her head, a long tail with a very sharp

783
00:50:31.320 --> 00:50:35.480
point on the end, and claws. Seeing her reminds me

784
00:50:35.519 --> 00:50:38.519
of pictures I've seen of the hell Weaver. In fact,

785
00:50:39.119 --> 00:50:42.760
all suck you By are her daughters. I quickly vamp

786
00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:46.559
out and raise my claws. You can't have him, I

787
00:50:46.639 --> 00:50:50.920
say to Lavender, But I shall once I have disposed

788
00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:57.320
of you. She replies, Bella what Van dest cries out,

789
00:50:57.840 --> 00:51:03.119
you're a mumpire. Lavender hisses at me and raises her

790
00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:06.000
own claws. The two of us leap up and meet

791
00:51:06.039 --> 00:51:09.360
over the bed. We punch and clawed each other. I

792
00:51:09.480 --> 00:51:12.280
know I'm gonna have a hell of a fight with Lavender.

793
00:51:13.039 --> 00:51:16.440
Suck Youby are very strong and can become quite dangerous

794
00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:21.199
when they're threatened over their chosen prey. I eventually grab

795
00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:24.079
Lavender and throw her ass out the window. Then I

796
00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:26.800
come out after her. I can smell where Inini is

797
00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:30.159
and know she's watching us fight. I'm feeling so high

798
00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:34.559
strung right now. I fucking love to fight. My desire

799
00:51:34.599 --> 00:51:37.639
to fight really increased after I became my own unique

800
00:51:37.639 --> 00:51:42.760
master vampire. Along with my appetite and my libido, Lavender

801
00:51:42.760 --> 00:51:45.400
and I attack and roll around on each other. We

802
00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:48.639
throw each other into things. She's really quite strong and

803
00:51:48.679 --> 00:51:52.800
can possibly match my strength. She hisses loudly in frustration

804
00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:55.719
when I won't stay down. She even tries to claw

805
00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:59.159
at my heart. Hate to tell you, bitch, but going

806
00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:01.719
for my heart won't help you in the least. I

807
00:52:01.800 --> 00:52:05.159
tell her no. Lie. While it takes a stake through

808
00:52:05.159 --> 00:52:09.159
the heart and decapitation to destroy a traditional master vampire,

809
00:52:09.920 --> 00:52:13.480
this method does not work on me. I've been staked

810
00:52:13.519 --> 00:52:17.000
and beheaded twice during my existence as a master vampire.

811
00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:20.920
When Thornton Gillian's blood mixed with my pure Tabon blood

812
00:52:21.320 --> 00:52:25.039
those many years ago, it made me something truly unique.

813
00:52:25.400 --> 00:52:28.800
I'm beginning to think I may never be capable of dying.

814
00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:32.320
Lavender and I have bled each other with our claws.

815
00:52:32.599 --> 00:52:36.880
Though our injuries heal almost immediately. This certainly isn't your

816
00:52:37.039 --> 00:52:40.719
usual high school cat fight either. No, Lavender knows how

817
00:52:40.760 --> 00:52:43.840
to fight same as I do. Our styles differ on

818
00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:46.440
the account of our training. What Lavender is about to

819
00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:49.360
find out is that she picked the wrong fucking cunt

820
00:52:49.599 --> 00:52:52.719
to fight. You see, any and I both know how

821
00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:56.000
to kill these fucking things. In fact, I'm about to

822
00:52:56.079 --> 00:52:58.719
use one of those toys she whipped up. I have

823
00:52:58.840 --> 00:53:02.440
launchers strapped to my forearms. She originally made them for

824
00:53:02.519 --> 00:53:06.239
fighting enemy vampires. We used them to fight werewolves back

825
00:53:06.239 --> 00:53:09.480
in early June at Shore City. In fact, it'll be

826
00:53:09.519 --> 00:53:12.079
the same method we use to end the werewolves that'll

827
00:53:12.199 --> 00:53:16.559
end this succubus. Since I've kept Lavender from fucking van Deist,

828
00:53:16.679 --> 00:53:19.719
she hasn't been able to feed. By keeping her fighting

829
00:53:19.760 --> 00:53:23.320
with me, she's gotten weaker. I finally get her to

830
00:53:23.360 --> 00:53:26.239
the point where she's desperate. When she tries to grab

831
00:53:26.280 --> 00:53:28.519
my head to rip it off, I hold her to

832
00:53:28.639 --> 00:53:31.280
me and position one of my launchers at her heart region.

833
00:53:31.960 --> 00:53:35.360
Lavender shrieks and then cries out in serious pain when

834
00:53:35.400 --> 00:53:38.360
she feels the tip of the silver steak coming out

835
00:53:38.400 --> 00:53:42.679
of her back. That's how you kill them, silver, but

836
00:53:42.719 --> 00:53:45.360
you have to have a substantial amount of it, like

837
00:53:45.400 --> 00:53:48.920
in a stake. Something as small as a silver bullet

838
00:53:48.960 --> 00:53:51.599
can kill a werewolf, but something as big as a

839
00:53:51.599 --> 00:53:55.800
silver steak is what you need for killing these fucking bitches.

840
00:53:56.360 --> 00:54:00.800
The only exception is hell Weaver herself falls back and

841
00:54:00.880 --> 00:54:04.039
tries to remove the silver steak from her heart. It's

842
00:54:04.079 --> 00:54:08.559
in there pretty tight, and she's too weak, you bitch.

843
00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:14.880
Lavender moans, my mother will destroy you for this. I

844
00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:18.800
sneer as I raise my middle finger. Your mother can

845
00:54:18.840 --> 00:54:23.920
make like a dildo and go fuck herself. Lavender finally dies.

846
00:54:24.800 --> 00:54:29.519
Then she begins to melt away, even her bones. Soon

847
00:54:29.599 --> 00:54:33.639
there's nothing left but residue and the silver steak. I

848
00:54:33.719 --> 00:54:35.599
pick it up and hand it to Ainy. When she

849
00:54:35.679 --> 00:54:43.159
comes beside me, you okay, bells still kicking. I answer, okay,

850
00:54:43.280 --> 00:54:48.400
we can go home. Then she says, I sigh. Not yet.

851
00:54:49.039 --> 00:54:51.719
Van Deste has seen me. He knows what I am.

852
00:54:51.800 --> 00:54:54.320
Now I have to go back and glam him to

853
00:54:54.360 --> 00:54:59.480
make him forget Iini gives me a doubtful look. You're

854
00:54:59.559 --> 00:55:02.440
really going to sleep with him, aren't you. I just

855
00:55:02.519 --> 00:55:06.480
lower my head. I can't walk away. He knows my secret.

856
00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:09.360
She and I just look at each other for a

857
00:55:09.400 --> 00:55:14.920
long moment. Then she turns and walks away. I want

858
00:55:14.920 --> 00:55:24.079
to call her out, but Cih van Deiste is still

859
00:55:24.079 --> 00:55:26.239
in his bed with covers pulled up to his chin.

860
00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:29.280
When I return. When he sees me, he pushes the

861
00:55:29.320 --> 00:55:32.280
covers down and quickly gets out of bed. He comes

862
00:55:32.360 --> 00:55:35.199
right to me and takes me in his arms. I'm

863
00:55:35.280 --> 00:55:38.360
still in my vampire form, and he's not the least

864
00:55:38.400 --> 00:55:42.519
bit afraid of me. We don't talk. I can tell

865
00:55:42.599 --> 00:55:45.119
he wants to tell me he loves me. I can

866
00:55:45.159 --> 00:55:49.039
feel my own feelings. I don't understand why I feel

867
00:55:49.079 --> 00:55:52.119
for someone like Matthew van Deste, given what I know

868
00:55:52.239 --> 00:55:55.719
about him at school. In the truest sense of age,

869
00:55:55.760 --> 00:55:58.599
it wouldn't be wrong for us to be together. He's

870
00:55:58.639 --> 00:56:01.280
in his early forties and I appear to be seventeen,

871
00:56:01.840 --> 00:56:03.639
which was how old I was when I came to

872
00:56:03.679 --> 00:56:08.079
be a master vampire back in eighteen eighty nine. I'm

873
00:56:08.079 --> 00:56:12.679
easily the older woman here. Now we share a long, deep,

874
00:56:12.920 --> 00:56:16.880
passionate kiss. Truly, Van Deste has loved me for quite

875
00:56:16.960 --> 00:56:20.320
some time. I don't know if I've always harbored feelings

876
00:56:20.360 --> 00:56:22.519
for him. As much as I've played with him at school,

877
00:56:23.199 --> 00:56:26.880
he's always tried to tame the bad schoolgirl, but he

878
00:56:27.000 --> 00:56:31.480
continues to find I just can't be tamed. If anything,

879
00:56:31.599 --> 00:56:35.119
I keep him honest, but I gotta be honest with myself.

880
00:56:35.719 --> 00:56:37.920
As much as I'd truly love to see where this

881
00:56:38.039 --> 00:56:42.920
forbidden relationship would take us, I gotta pull away. I

882
00:56:43.039 --> 00:56:46.599
do just that. After we finish our kiss, his eyes

883
00:56:46.599 --> 00:56:50.800
are on mine. Now he's sinking deep into me. His

884
00:56:50.920 --> 00:56:58.760
will is mine? Okay, Matthew. I begin The next morning,

885
00:56:59.159 --> 00:57:02.880
Innie and I walk into Strickfield High together. Principal van

886
00:57:02.960 --> 00:57:07.199
dest immediately sees us, and he's undressing me with his eyes.

887
00:57:07.760 --> 00:57:10.000
I play with him again by flipping him off and

888
00:57:10.079 --> 00:57:13.079
flicking my tongue for him. He just glares at me

889
00:57:13.360 --> 00:57:16.719
but does nothing. I can still hear his heart beat.

890
00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:19.719
He still loves me with all his heart and soul.

891
00:57:20.760 --> 00:57:25.199
Even my powerful glam can't remove or change true emotions.

892
00:57:25.760 --> 00:57:28.400
I need nods for us to go into an empty classroom.

893
00:57:29.840 --> 00:57:33.480
We go in there to talk bells. Why didn't you

894
00:57:33.519 --> 00:57:37.239
pursue van Deste, she asks, I know you want to.

895
00:57:38.159 --> 00:57:41.280
I shake my head a little, because you mean more

896
00:57:41.320 --> 00:57:44.039
to me than he does. When you walked away from

897
00:57:44.039 --> 00:57:49.679
me last night, it really hurt. I even cried a little.

898
00:57:50.239 --> 00:57:53.639
I never expected to have a friend like you. I

899
00:57:53.719 --> 00:57:57.519
love you, iinee. A forbidden relationship with Van Deste isn't

900
00:57:57.559 --> 00:58:01.719
worth losing your friendship over. I may be having emotional issues,

901
00:58:01.760 --> 00:58:05.559
but I'm not a fool. Anie and I come together

902
00:58:05.639 --> 00:58:10.000
and hug. I love you too, Bells and thank you

903
00:58:10.079 --> 00:58:13.599
for always sticking by me. After we come out of

904
00:58:13.639 --> 00:58:16.320
our hug, we leave the classroom and make our way

905
00:58:16.360 --> 00:58:20.719
to first period to start the school day. Deep down,

906
00:58:20.920 --> 00:58:22.920
I have the feeling it's only going to be a

907
00:58:22.920 --> 00:58:26.880
matter of time before something drastic happens to bring Van

908
00:58:26.960 --> 00:58:30.599
Deiste and me dangerously close to each other once again.

909
00:58:31.960 --> 00:58:44.920
But not today. Echo echo by shame, shame, Biglevoka. I

910
00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:47.880
first met him last week, though I'd heard about the

911
00:58:47.920 --> 00:58:51.239
new guy in town before that. Castle New York was

912
00:58:51.280 --> 00:58:55.719
the smallest of small towns. Word travels fast when somebody

913
00:58:55.760 --> 00:58:58.960
knew moves to town. Travis looked like he stepped out

914
00:58:59.000 --> 00:59:02.320
of one of those fifties biker films, and last Thursday,

915
00:59:02.599 --> 00:59:05.079
when he walked into the diner I work at, I

916
00:59:05.119 --> 00:59:07.639
couldn't take my eyes off him, and he knew it.

917
00:59:08.480 --> 00:59:11.039
He caught me looking at him and smiled that sly

918
00:59:11.239 --> 00:59:14.519
smile of his. My eyes darted away and I tried

919
00:59:14.519 --> 00:59:16.639
to make it look like I was working around the diner,

920
00:59:16.679 --> 00:59:20.159
but it was too late. He strode over to me.

921
00:59:21.199 --> 00:59:25.920
Hello there, he said. Hey. I tried to sound confident,

922
00:59:26.119 --> 00:59:29.239
like I didn't give a fuck, but my voice cracked.

923
00:59:29.719 --> 00:59:33.199
He smiled at me. Can I get a chocolate milkshake

924
00:59:33.239 --> 00:59:40.800
to go? Sure? I heard there, like wow here. I

925
00:59:40.840 --> 00:59:43.199
started making the shake. As he leaned on the counter,

926
00:59:43.679 --> 00:59:46.320
he looked at his reflection in the glass case of donuts,

927
00:59:46.400 --> 00:59:52.400
adjusting his perfect hair. Yeah they're really good, I said, unsuccessfully,

928
00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:56.480
thinking of something cool to say. Lived here all your life,

929
00:59:56.800 --> 01:00:02.840
he asked. Unfortunately, ain't so, I've been to worse. I

930
01:00:02.920 --> 01:00:05.440
finished the shake and brought it over to him. He

931
01:00:05.519 --> 01:00:08.199
gave me a wink and took a sip. Before I

932
01:00:08.239 --> 01:00:11.039
could say anything, he slid a ten dollars bill across

933
01:00:11.039 --> 01:00:14.760
the counter. A large silver ring gleamed on his hand.

934
01:00:15.400 --> 01:00:19.800
He turned and started to leave. Let me get your change.

935
01:00:19.880 --> 01:00:24.360
The rest is for you, Dolly. I watched him go. Dolly.

936
01:00:25.239 --> 01:00:28.599
I felt a bit offended, but at the same time,

937
01:00:28.679 --> 01:00:34.159
I was feeling something else, love lust, whatever it was.

938
01:00:34.440 --> 01:00:38.800
It made me somewhat forgiving of the Dolly remark. So

939
01:00:38.880 --> 01:00:42.320
that's the new guy, not bad. I turned and it

940
01:00:42.400 --> 01:00:46.119
was my coworker and friend, bren She adjusted her raven hair.

941
01:00:46.920 --> 01:00:50.039
What did he say to you, Ronnie? Nothing much, just

942
01:00:50.400 --> 01:00:55.760
wanted a milkshake. Yeah, yours? We both laughed. Brenn has

943
01:00:55.840 --> 01:00:59.320
this obnoxious laugh that usually ends up making me laugh

944
01:00:59.360 --> 01:01:02.639
even harder. The next day he didn't show up, but

945
01:01:02.840 --> 01:01:06.320
the day after that he was there again, this time

946
01:01:06.400 --> 01:01:10.320
wanting a milkshake and a burger. No matter who waited

947
01:01:10.320 --> 01:01:13.239
on him, he always ended up talking to me, usually

948
01:01:13.280 --> 01:01:17.840
asking me about some town idiosyncrasy or whatnot, always coming

949
01:01:17.840 --> 01:01:21.679
in at the same time every other day. It continued

950
01:01:21.719 --> 01:01:24.559
like this for a month. We'd small talk a little,

951
01:01:24.599 --> 01:01:27.239
and then he'd leave. I never saw him outside of

952
01:01:27.239 --> 01:01:31.960
the diner. Then one day he changed the routine. I

953
01:01:32.000 --> 01:01:34.840
got off work one sunny Monday afternoon and Travis was

954
01:01:34.880 --> 01:01:38.400
waiting for me. He was leaning ever so slightly against

955
01:01:38.400 --> 01:01:41.960
the side of the diner. He smiled at me. Hey,

956
01:01:42.639 --> 01:01:46.679
I said, hey, he answered. He flicked out a metal

957
01:01:46.760 --> 01:01:49.480
lighter and lit a slim cigarette. So what do you

958
01:01:49.559 --> 01:01:53.239
do for a kick around here? There's the movie theater

959
01:01:53.400 --> 01:01:58.159
or the bowling alley? No, no, you? He took a puff.

960
01:02:00.119 --> 01:02:10.199
Me not much? Nah, dang, shame pretty little girl like you? Thanks?

961
01:02:10.880 --> 01:02:14.199
The flattery made me blush? Was he hitting on me?

962
01:02:15.239 --> 01:02:17.159
I sucked at this kind of thing. I wasn't sure

963
01:02:17.199 --> 01:02:21.119
if he wanted me to say anything. I haven't found

964
01:02:21.239 --> 01:02:25.440
much in town to get excited about Dullsville. Really, he

965
01:02:25.519 --> 01:02:28.440
took a long drag on his cigarette, so I was

966
01:02:28.440 --> 01:02:33.079
wondering if you want to hang? I thought for a second,

967
01:02:33.760 --> 01:02:37.880
he's asking me out. I suck at dating. He's good

968
01:02:37.920 --> 01:02:41.119
looking and seems nice, but there's no way a date

969
01:02:41.159 --> 01:02:45.400
between us won't end an embarrassment for me and perhaps

970
01:02:45.440 --> 01:02:50.599
him too. How can I talk him out of it?

971
01:02:50.599 --> 01:02:53.920
It's kind of been a rough day, you know, mondays,

972
01:02:54.679 --> 01:02:58.159
I just want to go back home and chill. It

973
01:02:58.239 --> 01:03:03.519
don't have to be today. Oh cool? So want to

974
01:03:03.559 --> 01:03:08.079
see a flick? He said, show the new guy the sights? Sure?

975
01:03:08.760 --> 01:03:13.199
Am I really going to do this? Yeah? I guess

976
01:03:13.239 --> 01:03:18.199
I was. Why not? I deserve some fun, right right?

977
01:03:19.039 --> 01:03:21.760
You do? Brend was always trying to get me to

978
01:03:21.800 --> 01:03:27.719
go out this would really shocker tomorrow night good. I

979
01:03:27.800 --> 01:03:30.159
thought about it. Did you know I didn't have to

980
01:03:30.159 --> 01:03:35.239
work the day after? Sure, aces, it's a date. Then

981
01:03:35.599 --> 01:03:40.159
I'll let you pick the flick cool. Yeah, he looked

982
01:03:40.159 --> 01:03:42.480
at me. You should always have your hair like that.

983
01:03:43.519 --> 01:03:46.079
I touched my hair. I forgot I tied it back

984
01:03:46.079 --> 01:03:49.159
at work. This was probably the first time he saw

985
01:03:49.159 --> 01:03:57.320
it loose. It's so beautiful and red like a rose. Thanks.

986
01:03:58.159 --> 01:04:02.920
My face lit up as I blushed. Great, got a run, babe,

987
01:04:03.119 --> 01:04:05.679
be seeing you. He did a little point at me

988
01:04:05.719 --> 01:04:08.639
and winked before leaving, the spurs on the back of

989
01:04:08.679 --> 01:04:12.320
his cowboy boots jangling as he went. What had I

990
01:04:12.400 --> 01:04:16.840
got myself into? Our first date went well, as did

991
01:04:16.880 --> 01:04:20.000
the next three. Before I realized it, we were a

992
01:04:20.159 --> 01:04:24.840
thing in town. I think Brenn was jealous. For our

993
01:04:24.880 --> 01:04:27.360
fifth date, Travis wanted to take me on a picnic

994
01:04:27.400 --> 01:04:30.199
to Harmony Lake. It would be our first date in

995
01:04:30.239 --> 01:04:34.840
a less public space. I wasn't too worried. On every date.

996
01:04:35.119 --> 01:04:37.880
Travis had been quite the gentleman. I was getting ready

997
01:04:37.920 --> 01:04:40.639
in the apartment I share with Brenn. I stood doing

998
01:04:40.679 --> 01:04:45.039
my hair over and over again. You look good. Let

999
01:04:45.039 --> 01:04:48.039
it go. She said. I turned from the mirror and

1000
01:04:48.079 --> 01:04:51.840
presented myself. You think, I said, twirling around in my

1001
01:04:51.920 --> 01:04:57.599
new dress. You're hideous, hilarious. Seriously, hun, you look a

1002
01:04:57.679 --> 01:05:01.039
maze balls, she hugged me. Have fun at the lake.

1003
01:05:01.639 --> 01:05:05.840
Try not to get too lucky. Hey, it's been a while,

1004
01:05:05.880 --> 01:05:09.719
but not that long. Travis picked me up in his

1005
01:05:09.800 --> 01:05:13.880
nineteen fifty seven Plymouth Fury. It was a convertible. The

1006
01:05:13.960 --> 01:05:16.400
thing looked like a shark that decided to crawl out

1007
01:05:16.440 --> 01:05:18.760
of the ocean and start looking for meals on land.

1008
01:05:19.519 --> 01:05:23.400
He tooted the horn as he pulled up. You look stunning, babe,

1009
01:05:23.840 --> 01:05:26.800
he said. Ever the gentleman, he wouldn't let me into

1010
01:05:26.800 --> 01:05:29.280
the car unless he got out and opened the door

1011
01:05:29.320 --> 01:05:32.599
for me. Some old song was playing on the car radio.

1012
01:05:33.159 --> 01:05:36.440
In fact, I don't think he ever listened to anything

1013
01:05:36.480 --> 01:05:39.440
after the fifties. We headed out of town as the

1014
01:05:39.559 --> 01:05:43.960
King sang on the radio. I can't get over your car, Travis,

1015
01:05:44.119 --> 01:05:47.800
I said, it looks so good for its age. I

1016
01:05:47.960 --> 01:05:50.320
take care of this baby means a lot to me

1017
01:05:50.880 --> 01:05:55.440
sentimental value. I keep her cherry, try to get maximum performance.

1018
01:05:56.199 --> 01:05:59.239
He steps on the gas and we're moving a little

1019
01:05:59.280 --> 01:06:02.480
too fast through town. I look at him nervously as

1020
01:06:02.480 --> 01:06:05.559
he speeds up. Don't sweat it, Rose, I got this.

1021
01:06:06.480 --> 01:06:10.639
Travis had started calling me Rose. Honestly, I didn't mind.

1022
01:06:11.199 --> 01:06:16.519
He took my hand. I think today is gonna be special.

1023
01:06:20.440 --> 01:06:22.719
The lake looked beautiful in the summer sun as we

1024
01:06:22.800 --> 01:06:26.119
walked to a nice secluded spot under a large tree.

1025
01:06:26.320 --> 01:06:30.239
Travis left the car radio on. Down in the willow

1026
01:06:30.400 --> 01:06:35.360
garden where me and my love did meet. He set

1027
01:06:35.400 --> 01:06:39.320
down a large blanket. My dear, he said, ushering me

1028
01:06:39.360 --> 01:06:43.119
to the blanket. We brought quite the selection of food.

1029
01:06:43.599 --> 01:06:47.280
Travis popped open a bottle of wine. Was that weird

1030
01:06:47.320 --> 01:06:50.880
for a picnic? He caught me, making a face. Don't

1031
01:06:50.880 --> 01:06:54.440
tell me you don't drink wine. No, just seems like

1032
01:06:54.519 --> 01:06:58.239
a bit much for an afternoon picnic. Well, it's a

1033
01:06:58.239 --> 01:07:03.880
celebration too, babe. It is what are we celebrating? Five dates?

1034
01:07:04.400 --> 01:07:09.719
I laugh, Okay, I'll drink to that, my love. She

1035
01:07:09.960 --> 01:07:13.400
did not know. The song played on as he poured

1036
01:07:13.480 --> 01:07:16.400
us each a glass of wine. We eat and I

1037
01:07:16.480 --> 01:07:19.119
take a couple SIPs of wine. I haven't had much

1038
01:07:19.119 --> 01:07:21.559
in the way of wine, but this is really good.

1039
01:07:21.960 --> 01:07:24.960
I wonder where he dug it up around here. As

1040
01:07:25.000 --> 01:07:28.800
we eat, we talk mostly about me. He always has

1041
01:07:28.840 --> 01:07:32.840
so many questions. Every time I ask him something about him,

1042
01:07:33.400 --> 01:07:37.719
he seems sad, almost on the verge of tears. I

1043
01:07:37.719 --> 01:07:41.159
don't want to bring up any bad memories. As we talk,

1044
01:07:41.280 --> 01:07:46.320
my head starts to feel light, which was a dreadful sign.

1045
01:07:47.000 --> 01:07:52.320
What's up, Ronnie wow? Uh getting a head rush. I

1046
01:07:52.360 --> 01:07:54.800
try to stand up, but my legs feel like rubber.

1047
01:07:55.320 --> 01:07:58.480
Travis catches me as I come, crashing back down on

1048
01:07:58.559 --> 01:08:05.239
the radio song keeps repeating a dreadful sign. He brushes

1049
01:08:05.280 --> 01:08:07.559
the hair out of my face and gives me a

1050
01:08:07.599 --> 01:08:15.920
sad smile. I'm so sorry, dull, What sorry about? I stammer.

1051
01:08:16.159 --> 01:08:20.119
My mouth doesn't want to move. I'm sorry. You have

1052
01:08:20.199 --> 01:08:26.439
to die. All beauty must die. It's my curse. I

1053
01:08:26.479 --> 01:08:29.640
summon up all my strength and push away from Travis.

1054
01:08:29.800 --> 01:08:31.760
He tries to grab me, and I scratch his face

1055
01:08:31.800 --> 01:08:34.520
with my nails. Trying to stand again, I fall to

1056
01:08:34.560 --> 01:08:37.760
my knees. The world begins shaking apart at the seams.

1057
01:08:37.760 --> 01:08:41.039
My eyelids feel heavy. Every time I blink, it feels

1058
01:08:41.079 --> 01:08:44.319
like it'll be my last. Maybe if I just sleep

1059
01:08:44.439 --> 01:08:48.079
it'll be better. I'll wake up from this nightmare. No

1060
01:08:48.600 --> 01:08:51.920
fight it. I start crawling on all fours, dragging myself,

1061
01:08:52.039 --> 01:08:54.880
digging my nails into the ground. I have to get away,

1062
01:08:55.319 --> 01:08:58.359
have to fight, have to get to the car. A

1063
01:08:58.479 --> 01:09:03.359
dreadful sigh. I see someone standing by Travis's car. I

1064
01:09:03.399 --> 01:09:09.319
can't make them out. Why won't they help? Please? Rose,

1065
01:09:09.920 --> 01:09:13.359
No one can help. I'm sorry. He grabs me by

1066
01:09:13.359 --> 01:09:16.359
the leg, pulling me back. Travis turns me over, glaring

1067
01:09:16.439 --> 01:09:21.880
at me. The scratches on his face aren't bleeding. I

1068
01:09:22.039 --> 01:09:25.000
like playing with you, Rose, he said, But my dear,

1069
01:09:25.600 --> 01:09:31.880
you're breaking my heart. Fuck you. I try to hit him,

1070
01:09:32.239 --> 01:09:34.920
but I have no strength left. Why won't that person

1071
01:09:35.039 --> 01:09:38.359
do something? He stands up, pulling a large knife from

1072
01:09:38.399 --> 01:09:42.159
his leather jacket. I could gut you, but that's no fun,

1073
01:09:43.119 --> 01:09:46.840
not anymore. He looks at his reflection on the knife blade.

1074
01:09:47.439 --> 01:09:52.439
He adjusts his hair. I used to find his vanity. Cute, bastard.

1075
01:09:53.119 --> 01:09:56.920
The poison isn't killing you, just making it hard for

1076
01:09:56.960 --> 01:10:03.800
you to do anything. Why why not? I tried to

1077
01:10:03.840 --> 01:10:05.760
move my head to see if that person was still

1078
01:10:05.800 --> 01:10:11.119
standing there. A dreadful sign. Why is that song? Repeating

1079
01:10:11.680 --> 01:10:14.640
is that an effect from the drugs. Travis notices me

1080
01:10:14.680 --> 01:10:17.039
trying to look at the car. I can hear him

1081
01:10:17.079 --> 01:10:21.880
talking to somebody. I think, go away. He says, you're

1082
01:10:21.880 --> 01:10:26.359
not welcome here. He turns the radio off. Who was that?

1083
01:10:27.439 --> 01:10:31.279
Who was he talking to? After what seems like hours,

1084
01:10:31.520 --> 01:10:35.039
Travis comes back holding a large cinder block and rope.

1085
01:10:35.600 --> 01:10:40.359
Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your doors? Weekly, spooky,

1086
01:10:40.560 --> 01:10:41.640
We'll be right back.

1087
01:10:42.920 --> 01:10:48.159
Comfortable, doll, go to hell. I manage my mouth starting

1088
01:10:48.159 --> 01:10:52.640
to fail me. Travis just laughs, be right back. He

1089
01:10:52.720 --> 01:10:58.680
walks off, carrying the cinder block and rope. My mind races, move, move,

1090
01:10:59.479 --> 01:11:03.439
but I can't it. It's physically impossible. I try to

1091
01:11:03.760 --> 01:11:07.279
will myself, picturing my spirit leaving my body, flying over

1092
01:11:07.319 --> 01:11:10.920
the trees, finding bread, or my folks, telling them what's

1093
01:11:10.920 --> 01:11:14.000
happening here. If I want it strong enough, I can

1094
01:11:14.000 --> 01:11:19.079
make it happen. Run, flee, I will my spirit to soar.

1095
01:11:20.520 --> 01:11:24.239
He comes back, standing over me. He reaches down and

1096
01:11:24.279 --> 01:11:28.640
grabs my legs, going for a little trip, my beautiful rose.

1097
01:11:29.399 --> 01:11:32.000
He drags me across the ground. I can see the

1098
01:11:32.039 --> 01:11:35.479
grass ending as we go over a rocky area, but

1099
01:11:35.600 --> 01:11:38.520
I can't feel any of it. I can't feel his

1100
01:11:38.560 --> 01:11:42.840
hands on my legs, just a great numbness. We go

1101
01:11:42.960 --> 01:11:46.119
up a small hill near the beach. He stops dragging me.

1102
01:11:46.880 --> 01:11:50.359
We're here. We don't have much time left together. He

1103
01:11:50.439 --> 01:11:54.039
kneels down and touches my face, wiping away my tears.

1104
01:11:54.680 --> 01:11:57.079
He pulls out two coins and puts one on each

1105
01:11:57.119 --> 01:12:00.520
of my eyes. I blink my eyes and a slip off.

1106
01:12:00.880 --> 01:12:04.520
He gets frustrated, Why did you do that? Therefore your

1107
01:12:04.600 --> 01:12:07.880
journey over. He takes them and sticks them in one

1108
01:12:07.920 --> 01:12:11.359
of my hands, bawling it into a fist. I see

1109
01:12:11.399 --> 01:12:13.520
the cinder block with the rope tied to it near

1110
01:12:13.560 --> 01:12:16.800
my feet. He crawls over to it and ties the

1111
01:12:16.880 --> 01:12:20.520
rope to my legs. No, no, no, he's going to

1112
01:12:20.600 --> 01:12:23.680
drown me. You've been a blast. He picks up the

1113
01:12:23.720 --> 01:12:25.479
cinder block and walks to the edge of the hill,

1114
01:12:25.520 --> 01:12:29.279
overlooking the lake. I scream, but my throat fails me.

1115
01:12:30.000 --> 01:12:32.720
I can barely make more than a crackling noise. He

1116
01:12:32.720 --> 01:12:38.880
hefts the block up. He sighs, parting sweet sorrow and whatnot.

1117
01:12:39.800 --> 01:12:41.600
He throws the block over the side, and I can

1118
01:12:41.600 --> 01:12:44.399
hear the rope quickly chasing after it, knowing that any

1119
01:12:44.439 --> 01:12:49.640
second I'll be following it. And then I'm falling, followed

1120
01:12:49.640 --> 01:12:55.600
by the slam of hitting the water. I sink, my lungs,

1121
01:12:55.680 --> 01:13:01.920
quickly filling with water. I welcome it. Please let there

1122
01:13:01.960 --> 01:13:07.640
be peace. I feel so tired. I just want it

1123
01:13:07.680 --> 01:13:12.079
to be over. I can see the sunlight trickling down

1124
01:13:12.159 --> 01:13:16.319
through the water. Darkness starts to creep into my vision

1125
01:13:17.840 --> 01:13:27.319
until the light is swallowed by it. I wake, unable

1126
01:13:27.359 --> 01:13:32.920
to move, my heart racing where am I. I'm in

1127
01:13:33.000 --> 01:13:37.359
my room, laying on my bed. I hear a noise,

1128
01:13:37.439 --> 01:13:42.880
a crackling hiss, almost like static. My eyes catch movement

1129
01:13:42.920 --> 01:13:46.399
in the darkness. The thing nears the edge of my bed.

1130
01:13:46.920 --> 01:13:50.399
My heart pounds faster and faster. Am I having a

1131
01:13:50.399 --> 01:13:53.640
heart attack? A low, whispering hiss comes from the shade

1132
01:13:53.640 --> 01:13:58.159
at the foot of my bed. Not a dream. Heed

1133
01:13:58.239 --> 01:14:03.439
the sign, and then the world went back to normal.

1134
01:14:03.720 --> 01:14:07.119
I could move again. I wiped the sweat from my forehead.

1135
01:14:07.560 --> 01:14:10.600
My heart beat started to slow. I curled up in

1136
01:14:10.640 --> 01:14:13.279
a ball on the bed, pulling the blankets over me.

1137
01:14:14.000 --> 01:14:17.239
For the longest time, I didn't move, fearing that that

1138
01:14:17.600 --> 01:14:22.319
thing was waiting for me in the darkness. Eventually I

1139
01:14:22.399 --> 01:14:25.880
drifted off to sleep again. I woke and my room

1140
01:14:25.960 --> 01:14:29.079
was lit by the light of early morning. Had it

1141
01:14:29.239 --> 01:14:34.399
just been a dream, a nightmare? I get up, dangling

1142
01:14:34.399 --> 01:14:36.880
my legs over the side of the bed. Was this

1143
01:14:36.960 --> 01:14:40.640
all a nightmare brought on by being nervous over my

1144
01:14:40.720 --> 01:14:45.520
big date with Travis. I stand in the shower, almost

1145
01:14:45.520 --> 01:14:48.680
in a trance, as the water pours over me. I've

1146
01:14:48.720 --> 01:14:52.680
taken plenty of showers before, but this just seems weird.

1147
01:14:53.279 --> 01:14:55.640
The water feels like it's closing in on me. I

1148
01:14:56.039 --> 01:15:00.880
hear the jarring sound of static through here the shower curtain.

1149
01:15:00.920 --> 01:15:04.159
I see a dark shape move the thing from my nightmare.

1150
01:15:04.640 --> 01:15:07.960
It's back for me. I back against the shower wall.

1151
01:15:08.479 --> 01:15:11.600
The wet tiles are cold against my back. I run

1152
01:15:11.680 --> 01:15:15.319
my hands over them, looking for escape. A voice snaps

1153
01:15:15.359 --> 01:15:20.039
me back to reality. You almost done, Brenn says, annoyance

1154
01:15:20.079 --> 01:15:26.840
in her voice. Water will be freaking cold. Sorry, almost done.

1155
01:15:27.119 --> 01:15:31.239
I hear the door slam shut. All dread is faded away,

1156
01:15:32.359 --> 01:15:35.039
and I just feel like a shit for hogging the shower.

1157
01:15:36.039 --> 01:15:38.600
I get out and dry off quick, trying not to

1158
01:15:38.640 --> 01:15:41.560
waste any more time. I leave the bathroom a towel

1159
01:15:41.600 --> 01:15:44.760
wrapped around me. Brenn is waiting for me by the door.

1160
01:15:45.520 --> 01:15:49.960
You okay, Why what were you doing in the shower

1161
01:15:50.039 --> 01:15:55.720
so long? Daydreaming or a little pre date gratification. I

1162
01:15:55.760 --> 01:16:00.840
shoot her a look and bren does that laugh of hers. Ronnie,

1163
01:16:01.159 --> 01:16:04.000
I know you're all stressed. She gives me a kiss

1164
01:16:04.039 --> 01:16:07.199
on the cheek and goes into the bathroom, shutting the

1165
01:16:07.199 --> 01:16:11.000
door behind her. I hear the lock click. Guess I

1166
01:16:11.000 --> 01:16:14.720
should have done that at work. It's no easier. My

1167
01:16:14.840 --> 01:16:18.560
mind drifts all day thinking about our date. This afternoon,

1168
01:16:19.680 --> 01:16:23.399
the day moves in slow motion. What seemed like hours

1169
01:16:23.439 --> 01:16:26.439
were in fact minutes when I looked at the clock,

1170
01:16:26.520 --> 01:16:30.319
and everything I did at work seemed like the wrong thing,

1171
01:16:31.039 --> 01:16:35.800
giving people the wrong order, spilling drinks. I shouldn't be

1172
01:16:35.800 --> 01:16:39.720
this stressed over a date. No, it was that dream,

1173
01:16:39.319 --> 01:16:44.279
that nightmare. I consider calling the picnic off, but by

1174
01:16:44.319 --> 01:16:47.960
the time my shift is over, I've reconsidered maybe I

1175
01:16:48.000 --> 01:16:50.640
could turn this day around. When we get back to

1176
01:16:50.680 --> 01:16:53.439
the apartment, I strip out of my waitress uniform and

1177
01:16:53.479 --> 01:16:56.560
splash some water on my face. The water seems to

1178
01:16:56.600 --> 01:16:59.720
engulf the room, for the briefest of seconds, but the

1179
01:17:00.039 --> 01:17:07.159
ucination quickly fades. Am I losing my mind? The lake

1180
01:17:07.239 --> 01:17:10.199
looked beautiful in the summer sun. We found a nice

1181
01:17:10.199 --> 01:17:14.159
secluded spot under a large tree. Travis left the car nearby.

1182
01:17:14.720 --> 01:17:18.920
He had the top down and the radio on. Down

1183
01:17:19.359 --> 01:17:23.640
in the willow garden where me and my love did meet,

1184
01:17:25.000 --> 01:17:28.880
he sat down a large basket. My dear, he said,

1185
01:17:29.359 --> 01:17:31.720
ushering me to the blanket with a wave of his hand.

1186
01:17:32.640 --> 01:17:36.039
We'd brought quite the selection of food. Travis popped open

1187
01:17:36.079 --> 01:17:38.840
a bottle of wine. Was that weird for a picnic?

1188
01:17:39.600 --> 01:17:43.359
He caught me making a face. Have we done this before?

1189
01:17:44.039 --> 01:17:49.079
Don't tell me you don't drink wine? No, just seems

1190
01:17:49.119 --> 01:17:54.199
a bit much for a afternoon picnic. Well, it's a

1191
01:17:54.239 --> 01:18:00.159
celebration too, babe, my love. She did not know. I

1192
01:18:00.199 --> 01:18:03.119
put my hand up. I'm sorry, but I don't think

1193
01:18:03.159 --> 01:18:07.760
I should. I'm feeling a little sick, sick everything, Okay,

1194
01:18:08.720 --> 01:18:12.840
I just had a rough night, bad nightmare. He touches

1195
01:18:12.880 --> 01:18:16.680
my hand. I don't know why this makes me flinch.

1196
01:18:17.319 --> 01:18:22.279
He looks at me, puzzled. What kind of nightmare? I think?

1197
01:18:22.319 --> 01:18:25.840
I was drowning? And there was this figure there when

1198
01:18:25.880 --> 01:18:29.399
I woke up, I swear it was still there, you know.

1199
01:18:30.119 --> 01:18:33.039
He starts pouring wine into the glasses. I think you

1200
01:18:33.079 --> 01:18:37.159
need a little nip of wine, my rose. No, really,

1201
01:18:37.199 --> 01:18:42.199
it's okay, it'll help your nerves. Okay, maybe just a little.

1202
01:18:42.880 --> 01:18:45.960
Travis hands me one of the glasses. There's the sound

1203
01:18:46.039 --> 01:18:50.439
of static cutting through the air, like someone's adjusting the radio.

1204
01:18:50.640 --> 01:18:56.479
A dreadful sign. I look over at Travis's car and

1205
01:18:57.079 --> 01:19:01.600
see it there, the thing from my nightmare. The glass

1206
01:19:01.600 --> 01:19:03.640
of wine falls from my hand. It hits the ground,

1207
01:19:03.920 --> 01:19:07.600
rolling and spilling all over the blanket. The song skips

1208
01:19:08.359 --> 01:19:16.199
or repeats, A dreadful sign. Not a dream, it said,

1209
01:19:16.920 --> 01:19:21.800
heed the sign. At first, I don't realize I'm screaming

1210
01:19:22.399 --> 01:19:26.359
until I see Travis's face. He grimaces. He grabs me,

1211
01:19:26.479 --> 01:19:29.159
clapping a hand over my mouth. He holds me so tight.

1212
01:19:29.439 --> 01:19:32.159
I start to tear up. Shut the fuck up, would you?

1213
01:19:32.960 --> 01:19:35.079
I try to pull away, but his hands are like

1214
01:19:35.159 --> 01:19:37.880
iron clamps. I can see the anger in his eyes.

1215
01:19:38.039 --> 01:19:40.439
He looks over to the thing standing next to the car.

1216
01:19:41.520 --> 01:19:45.479
A dreadful sign. That's not gonna help you, Ronnie, dear,

1217
01:19:45.920 --> 01:19:50.399
he says, his voice never wavering it's just an echo.

1218
01:19:50.560 --> 01:19:53.960
As if robbed of its power, the thing evaporates into

1219
01:19:54.039 --> 01:19:57.840
the air. He tightens his grip, tears streaming down my cheeks,

1220
01:19:58.199 --> 01:20:01.079
soaking his hand. I see the one wine bottle lying there,

1221
01:20:01.279 --> 01:20:04.439
just out of reach of my free hand. I could

1222
01:20:04.479 --> 01:20:07.840
hit him with it. Listen to yourself, you're gonna hit him.

1223
01:20:08.119 --> 01:20:12.079
This is nuts. It has to be a game, right, No,

1224
01:20:12.159 --> 01:20:15.960
it's not. I just need a weapon to get away.

1225
01:20:16.560 --> 01:20:19.800
I rake his face with my fingernails, scratching jagged lines

1226
01:20:19.840 --> 01:20:22.600
down his face. For all the world, it sounded like

1227
01:20:22.680 --> 01:20:25.520
running your nails over stone. He lets go of me,

1228
01:20:25.880 --> 01:20:28.239
and I lunge for the wine bottle. As I reach

1229
01:20:28.279 --> 01:20:29.960
for the bottle, he grabs me by the belt of

1230
01:20:29.960 --> 01:20:32.520
my jeans. The bottle slips from my hands as he

1231
01:20:32.600 --> 01:20:36.079
yanks me towards him, rolling just out of reach. I

1232
01:20:36.199 --> 01:20:38.600
dig my feet and hands into the ground, pulling myself

1233
01:20:38.640 --> 01:20:41.560
towards the bottle, the sun reflecting off of it like

1234
01:20:41.600 --> 01:20:45.119
some magical weapon. It beckoned to me. My arms and

1235
01:20:45.199 --> 01:20:50.079
legs burned as I strained, Almost my fingers brushed off

1236
01:20:50.079 --> 01:20:52.920
the smooth neck of the bottle. Why won't you let

1237
01:20:52.920 --> 01:20:57.359
me help you? Travis says, help me. I'm gonna free

1238
01:20:57.399 --> 01:21:01.279
you of all this bullshit. I manage a last bit

1239
01:21:01.319 --> 01:21:06.359
of strength and grab the goddamn bottle. I swing it

1240
01:21:06.520 --> 01:21:08.279
and hit him square in the side of the head.

1241
01:21:09.079 --> 01:21:12.760
Unlike in the movies, the bottle doesn't break. Travis lets

1242
01:21:12.760 --> 01:21:16.319
go of me. I hit him again, and again the

1243
01:21:16.319 --> 01:21:20.439
bottle doesn't break. He falls to the ground, momentarily stunned.

1244
01:21:20.880 --> 01:21:22.800
I bring the bottle down again on his head for

1245
01:21:22.880 --> 01:21:27.119
good measure. This time it shatters. I turn and run

1246
01:21:27.159 --> 01:21:30.119
for his car. As I reach the car, Travis appears,

1247
01:21:30.279 --> 01:21:33.039
pulling a large knife from his leather jacket. I didn't

1248
01:21:33.079 --> 01:21:36.119
want to make a mess Rose. He touches the wounds

1249
01:21:36.119 --> 01:21:39.840
on his face. Gonna have to fix these. I slide

1250
01:21:39.840 --> 01:21:42.680
into the driver's seat. Yes, the keys are there. I

1251
01:21:42.760 --> 01:21:45.199
start the car. It roars to life. I hit the gas,

1252
01:21:45.239 --> 01:21:48.399
aiming right for Travis. This is insane, am I in

1253
01:21:48.439 --> 01:21:51.760
a never ending nightmare. I ram into him, sending his

1254
01:21:51.800 --> 01:21:55.039
body flying up onto the hood. He smashes through the windshield,

1255
01:21:55.079 --> 01:21:59.239
his face contorted in a wicked smile. Hold hands you,

1256
01:21:59.399 --> 01:22:03.239
love birds, he says. The car plunges into the lake.

1257
01:22:03.760 --> 01:22:08.319
Water rushes in as we sink the nightmare. I'm going

1258
01:22:08.359 --> 01:22:12.600
to drown here with him. A shard of broken window

1259
01:22:12.640 --> 01:22:15.560
floats by me as we sink down. I grab it.

1260
01:22:16.239 --> 01:22:19.520
The jagged edges cut into my hand. I take it,

1261
01:22:20.159 --> 01:22:23.039
jabbing it into his eye. He lets go of me.

1262
01:22:23.640 --> 01:22:26.439
He smiles at me as I push him away. I

1263
01:22:26.520 --> 01:22:29.760
swim through the open top. For however long I live,

1264
01:22:29.800 --> 01:22:32.960
I don't think I'll ever forget that smile, the jagged

1265
01:22:33.039 --> 01:22:37.920
shard embedded in his eye. Travis and his car sinking

1266
01:22:37.960 --> 01:22:41.760
to the bottom. I pull myself onto the beach. I

1267
01:22:41.800 --> 01:22:44.439
think I pass out for a while, lying there in

1268
01:22:44.479 --> 01:22:48.960
the dirt, soaking wet. I wake with a start and

1269
01:22:49.000 --> 01:22:53.119
see a shadow fall across me. I look up and

1270
01:22:53.239 --> 01:22:56.920
see that thing, the thing from my nightmare, standing over me.

1271
01:22:57.520 --> 01:23:01.680
Its face and arms are blue and blowed. Its face

1272
01:23:02.399 --> 01:23:07.760
vaguely feminine, Its remaining hair rotten, hangs down in long strands.

1273
01:23:09.119 --> 01:23:21.520
It wore a dress, my dress roxy by Charles Campbell.

1274
01:23:29.199 --> 01:23:33.159
Thunder only happens when it's raining, or so Stevie sang

1275
01:23:33.199 --> 01:23:37.239
in the popular Fleetwood Max song. But I've found in

1276
01:23:37.319 --> 01:23:41.760
my lifetime anyway, that is not always the case. It

1277
01:23:41.800 --> 01:23:46.479
can thunder without rain and it can be oh so

1278
01:23:46.840 --> 01:23:50.880
very loud, so loud in fact, that it drowns out

1279
01:23:50.920 --> 01:23:55.439
everything that once was important. What was my thunder, you ask?

1280
01:23:56.359 --> 01:24:00.760
My thunder was a girl named Roxy, and she rumbled

1281
01:24:00.760 --> 01:24:06.399
into my life two short years ago. I wish she hadn't.

1282
01:24:06.760 --> 01:24:11.039
Two years ago, Jake Blackman was walking his mud of

1283
01:24:11.079 --> 01:24:14.800
a dog, minding his own business when she passed him by.

1284
01:24:16.000 --> 01:24:19.600
Jake caught a whiff of sweetness and turned his head.

1285
01:24:20.199 --> 01:24:24.520
He took a deep breath. The scent was immediately intoxicating,

1286
01:24:25.199 --> 01:24:29.319
and when he saw her, his eyes widened as if

1287
01:24:29.359 --> 01:24:33.119
he had just stumbled upon the holy Grail. She was

1288
01:24:33.159 --> 01:24:36.560
the prettiest girl he'd ever seen. She stopped when she

1289
01:24:36.680 --> 01:24:41.479
noticed him staring at her. Jake fumbled for his words. Hi,

1290
01:24:41.760 --> 01:24:44.760
your name's Jake. What's yours? He winced as soon as

1291
01:24:44.800 --> 01:24:48.760
the words escaped his lips. He felt better when she giggled.

1292
01:24:49.760 --> 01:24:53.279
You're a cute one, aren't you? She asked. Her skin

1293
01:24:53.479 --> 01:24:56.439
was like porcelain, and her smile cut through Jake in

1294
01:24:56.560 --> 01:25:00.520
such a way he felt lightheaded. Let me try that again.

1295
01:25:00.720 --> 01:25:08.800
I'm Jake Blackman. What's your name? Roxy? She replied? Roxy? What? No? Roxy? What?

1296
01:25:09.880 --> 01:25:14.279
Just Roxy? She answered. Her long jet black hair hung

1297
01:25:14.399 --> 01:25:16.880
around her shoulders like a shawl on a cold night.

1298
01:25:17.560 --> 01:25:20.920
Roxy's eyes were dark brown pools that pulled Jake in

1299
01:25:21.000 --> 01:25:26.399
like a cobra. And her smell, he couldn't quite describe it.

1300
01:25:26.399 --> 01:25:30.199
It was sweet, for sure, but not sickeningly so. It

1301
01:25:30.279 --> 01:25:33.039
was a smell that felt ancient and new at the

1302
01:25:33.079 --> 01:25:37.399
same time. Roxy was a different breed, and Jake felt

1303
01:25:37.399 --> 01:25:40.720
it it made him water. Jake's mud of a dog

1304
01:25:40.880 --> 01:25:45.159
was even enamored with the woman. Normally, he'd sound off

1305
01:25:45.199 --> 01:25:48.520
with barks and growls around someone new, but Rusty seemed

1306
01:25:48.560 --> 01:25:52.359
to be just as love struck with Roxy as his owner.

1307
01:25:53.359 --> 01:25:57.439
He was sniffing her black knee high boots. Oh what's

1308
01:25:57.479 --> 01:26:00.960
your dog's name, Roxy asked, as she down and stroked

1309
01:26:01.000 --> 01:26:07.319
Rusty's head. Uh. Jake struggled to remember, and Roxy let

1310
01:26:07.399 --> 01:26:11.800
him off the hook. Oh, his tag says Rusty. Hey, Rusty,

1311
01:26:12.479 --> 01:26:15.840
she said as she stood. Rusty jumped up his dirty paws,

1312
01:26:15.920 --> 01:26:20.239
leaving streaks on her boots. Rusty, stop, I'm so sorry,

1313
01:26:20.560 --> 01:26:24.479
Jake said. It's all good, Jake, they'll wipe off. You

1314
01:26:24.520 --> 01:26:28.000
want to buy a girl dinner? She asked. Jake was

1315
01:26:28.079 --> 01:26:32.079
nodding his head, and she knew this was going to

1316
01:26:32.119 --> 01:26:39.520
be easy. After a dinner of burgers and fries, they

1317
01:26:39.560 --> 01:26:42.680
walked back to Jake's house, with Rusty hanging closer to

1318
01:26:42.800 --> 01:26:47.319
Roxy than the man that fed him. Jake was completely

1319
01:26:47.359 --> 01:26:51.359
in love with this woman, everything about her, her look,

1320
01:26:51.920 --> 01:26:55.000
her smell, the way she spoke to him in an

1321
01:26:55.079 --> 01:26:59.039
unassuming tone, keeping Jake on edge in a good way.

1322
01:27:00.119 --> 01:27:02.920
He felt the thunder for the first time when they

1323
01:27:02.920 --> 01:27:07.760
went inside. Do you love me, Jake, Roxy asked. As

1324
01:27:07.800 --> 01:27:11.319
soon as they were inside the house, I do Roxy,

1325
01:27:12.039 --> 01:27:16.000
He said, It wasn't a lie. He was madly in

1326
01:27:16.039 --> 01:27:19.399
love with her. Roxy led Jake to the bedroom as

1327
01:27:19.399 --> 01:27:22.800
if she had lived there all her life. Rusty followed

1328
01:27:22.840 --> 01:27:25.520
behind and whimpered when the door closed in his face.

1329
01:27:26.640 --> 01:27:30.560
Roxy and Jake made love. Jake felt the thunder roll

1330
01:27:30.720 --> 01:27:33.720
through his heart. She was lying in his arms and

1331
01:27:33.760 --> 01:27:37.479
no words were spoken. As the rain began to fall outside.

1332
01:27:38.199 --> 01:27:41.720
It was followed by thunder that paled in comparison to

1333
01:27:41.760 --> 01:27:46.960
what Roxy had brought him. She was trouble somehow, he

1334
01:27:47.079 --> 01:27:57.000
knew it, but Jake didn't care. He would later. Very

1335
01:27:57.039 --> 01:28:00.479
early the next morning, Roxy nuzzled her face next to

1336
01:28:00.560 --> 01:28:04.159
Jake's neck and breathed that sweet breath in his ear

1337
01:28:04.279 --> 01:28:05.760
before she whispered.

1338
01:28:06.159 --> 01:28:08.920
Jake, will you kill for me?

1339
01:28:09.840 --> 01:28:13.359
You know I will, Jake replied, without a second thought.

1340
01:28:14.439 --> 01:28:18.039
She was the cobra after all, and she had completely

1341
01:28:18.079 --> 01:28:24.600
glamored him. That's good, you sweet man. Now go back

1342
01:28:24.640 --> 01:28:29.119
to sleep, she whispered, and that's exactly what Jake did.

1343
01:28:29.960 --> 01:28:33.760
He went to sleep. When he awoke four hours later,

1344
01:28:34.520 --> 01:28:38.920
Roxy was gone. Jake didn't get a phone number and

1345
01:28:39.199 --> 01:28:43.319
no last name. The mystery lover blew his world apart

1346
01:28:43.399 --> 01:28:47.600
without trying. He looked for her high and low. She

1347
01:28:47.760 --> 01:28:51.279
was gone. Jake remembered what she asked him in the

1348
01:28:51.279 --> 01:28:55.640
middle of the night, and he remembered his answer. He

1349
01:28:55.800 --> 01:29:00.119
meant it. He would kill for her, anything to have

1350
01:29:00.199 --> 01:29:04.600
her in his life. Rusty mister too. He whimpered and

1351
01:29:04.640 --> 01:29:08.920
whined for two weeks straight after Roxy disappeared. Two months

1352
01:29:08.960 --> 01:29:13.119
after that, Jake wondered if it was even real. Maybe

1353
01:29:13.159 --> 01:29:16.720
she never really existed, Maybe he made the whole thing

1354
01:29:16.800 --> 01:29:19.680
up in his mind. It was her scent that he

1355
01:29:19.720 --> 01:29:24.600
couldn't shake. Jake could almost smell her. He hungered for it,

1356
01:29:25.079 --> 01:29:28.079
and he wouldn't get a full night's sleep until she

1357
01:29:28.359 --> 01:29:32.640
was in his arms once again. Another ten months passed.

1358
01:29:33.279 --> 01:29:38.600
One year later, Jake was now alone. After Roxy left,

1359
01:29:38.680 --> 01:29:43.319
Rusty was never the same. He stopped eating, he didn't

1360
01:29:43.359 --> 01:29:46.640
want to take walks anymore, and after more than a

1361
01:29:46.680 --> 01:29:50.720
few visits to several different veterinarians, none of them could

1362
01:29:50.720 --> 01:29:54.720
give Jack a plausible explanation as to why Rusty's desire

1363
01:29:54.800 --> 01:29:59.520
to live was so siphoned away. Rusty passed away one night,

1364
01:30:00.279 --> 01:30:04.760
lying by the kitchen door. Jake was devastated. It was

1365
01:30:04.840 --> 01:30:07.800
three days after Rusty died and Jake was walking home

1366
01:30:07.880 --> 01:30:13.920
with his head hanging. Then the smell hit him. Jake

1367
01:30:13.960 --> 01:30:16.600
felt a tingle in the back of his neck. He

1368
01:30:16.720 --> 01:30:20.640
stopped looking at his feet. I'm sorry to hear about Rusty,

1369
01:30:21.279 --> 01:30:24.439
Roxy said. She was standing there in front of him,

1370
01:30:24.479 --> 01:30:28.239
looking exactly as she had one year before, same hair,

1371
01:30:28.720 --> 01:30:34.840
same clothes, same boots, and she was devastatingly beautiful. Where

1372
01:30:36.159 --> 01:30:40.560
where have you been, Jake asked, Oh, it doesn't really matter.

1373
01:30:41.479 --> 01:30:45.359
You want to buy a girl dinner? Roxy asked. Jake's

1374
01:30:45.399 --> 01:30:48.960
sadness over Rusty vanished. He smiled and took a deep

1375
01:30:49.079 --> 01:30:52.880
breath of her sweetness. It was even better than he remembered.

1376
01:30:54.600 --> 01:30:58.319
Don't go away weakly, Spooky, We'll be right back.

1377
01:31:00.319 --> 01:31:04.079
After a dinner of caesar salad and wine, they walked

1378
01:31:04.159 --> 01:31:07.640
hand in hand back to Jake's house without uttering a word.

1379
01:31:08.439 --> 01:31:12.279
When they got inside, Roxy led him directly to the bedroom,

1380
01:31:12.359 --> 01:31:15.560
where she quickly ripped at Jake's shirt. Before they both

1381
01:31:15.680 --> 01:31:20.119
hastily undressed. Roxy pulled him toward her. She kissed him

1382
01:31:20.199 --> 01:31:23.720
hard and rough. Jake felt a trickle of blood rolled

1383
01:31:23.800 --> 01:31:28.159
down his chin, but he didn't care. Jake lifted Roxy.

1384
01:31:28.680 --> 01:31:31.760
She was almost weightless, and he set her gently on

1385
01:31:31.880 --> 01:31:36.439
the bed. She was rough, He was not. He couldn't

1386
01:31:36.479 --> 01:31:41.560
be not with her. He moved slowly over her porcelain body,

1387
01:31:41.640 --> 01:31:45.680
taking in every feature, and was more intoxicated by the

1388
01:31:45.760 --> 01:31:49.199
scent than he had ever been by alcohol. He kissed

1389
01:31:49.239 --> 01:31:53.119
her softly, as if he may break her. As soon

1390
01:31:53.159 --> 01:31:58.760
as Jake's lips touched Roxy's, she moved so fast Jake

1391
01:31:58.960 --> 01:32:02.079
was now under her, and she locked onto his eyes

1392
01:32:02.119 --> 01:32:07.079
As she moved rhythmically on top of him. She spoke, Jake,

1393
01:32:07.720 --> 01:32:10.520
you said you loved me, and now it's time to

1394
01:32:10.560 --> 01:32:14.359
prove it. I need you to kill for me. Roxy said,

1395
01:32:14.399 --> 01:32:17.760
as she began to grind harder. He was shaking his

1396
01:32:17.800 --> 01:32:21.840
head in obedience and ecstasy. Jake never took his eyes

1397
01:32:21.880 --> 01:32:25.840
off of Roxies, and he saw the change. Her eyes

1398
01:32:25.880 --> 01:32:29.720
were now opaque, covered by a third lid that sprang

1399
01:32:29.800 --> 01:32:33.279
from the bottom corner of her eyes. It was like

1400
01:32:33.359 --> 01:32:39.680
a shark's eyes. He wasn't afraid Jake was captured. The

1401
01:32:39.760 --> 01:32:49.880
thunder was louder the next morning. It was deja vus

1402
01:32:49.920 --> 01:32:54.880
because it certainly happened before. Jake woke in a daze

1403
01:32:55.239 --> 01:32:59.039
and Roxy was gone. He searched the house like he

1404
01:32:59.119 --> 01:33:02.800
had the year before, and there was one noticeable difference.

1405
01:33:03.560 --> 01:33:06.479
There was a single piece of evidence that confirmed to

1406
01:33:06.600 --> 01:33:10.159
Jake that he wasn't psychotic. It let him know that

1407
01:33:10.319 --> 01:33:14.239
Roxy was real. There was a note on the kitchen table.

1408
01:33:14.920 --> 01:33:17.960
He read the only four words on the torn sheet

1409
01:33:18.239 --> 01:33:26.560
of notebook paper, kill Billy Cuto, Roxy Billy Cuto. Jake

1410
01:33:26.680 --> 01:33:30.239
asked the empty room. He hadn't the slightest clue who

1411
01:33:30.279 --> 01:33:33.840
this person was or why he had to die, but

1412
01:33:34.800 --> 01:33:38.359
he knew he had to do it because Roxy said so.

1413
01:33:39.720 --> 01:33:43.000
It was Saturday, so Jake had nowhere to be. He

1414
01:33:43.079 --> 01:33:45.159
walked to the small desk in the corner of the

1415
01:33:45.199 --> 01:33:48.920
living room, where his laptop lay dormant. Jake clicked the

1416
01:33:48.960 --> 01:33:51.760
mouse to bring it back to life, and he entered

1417
01:33:51.760 --> 01:33:56.479
his password rusty two zero one seven dollar sign. A

1418
01:33:56.600 --> 01:34:01.840
chrome window was already open, and Jake refreshed the Facebook page.

1419
01:34:01.920 --> 01:34:05.520
The feed was filled with shared memes, pet and children

1420
01:34:05.560 --> 01:34:08.760
pictures he could care less about. He quickly typed the

1421
01:34:08.840 --> 01:34:14.279
name Billy Cuto into the search bar. There were three hits,

1422
01:34:14.840 --> 01:34:18.800
one of them local, with four mutual friends. Three of

1423
01:34:18.840 --> 01:34:23.319
the mutual friends Jake really didn't know. Jake was pretty

1424
01:34:23.399 --> 01:34:27.760
lucy goosey with accepting friend requests. He pretty much accepted

1425
01:34:27.760 --> 01:34:31.039
them all and deleted the hot chicks that immediately messaged

1426
01:34:31.079 --> 01:34:33.640
him out of the blue looking for money. Once a

1427
01:34:33.680 --> 01:34:38.600
request passed. Twelve hours later, Billy Cuto stepped onto his

1428
01:34:38.640 --> 01:34:41.720
front porch. There was a chill in the air, but

1429
01:34:42.000 --> 01:34:45.520
it didn't require a hoodie just yet. Billy lit the

1430
01:34:45.560 --> 01:34:49.479
Marlborough that hung loosely from his lips. He glanced at

1431
01:34:49.479 --> 01:34:52.880
his phone, hoping for any kind of communication from the

1432
01:34:52.920 --> 01:34:55.439
woman that came and went out of his life a

1433
01:34:55.479 --> 01:34:59.560
couple of years ago. She was all he could think about.

1434
01:35:00.159 --> 01:35:02.760
He used to keep his hair cut short, a marine

1435
01:35:02.840 --> 01:35:06.319
crew cut if there ever was one. Now his hair

1436
01:35:06.399 --> 01:35:09.720
was shoulder length, and he sported a nicely groomed beard.

1437
01:35:10.520 --> 01:35:14.399
One other change Billy made since she disappeared was discontinuing

1438
01:35:14.439 --> 01:35:19.439
his monthly shipment of contacts. Instead, Billy opted to get

1439
01:35:19.439 --> 01:35:24.520
some old fashioned horn rimmed glasses, Buddy Holly style. He

1440
01:35:24.520 --> 01:35:28.079
shouldn't have threatened to expose her, Billy thought, sure she

1441
01:35:28.279 --> 01:35:32.479
was different, but aren't we all. She frightened him and

1442
01:35:32.520 --> 01:35:36.439
he couldn't handle it. Then she left, and Billy hadn't

1443
01:35:36.439 --> 01:35:40.199
seen her since the sound of a hammer being pulled

1444
01:35:40.279 --> 01:35:44.560
back brought Billy to the here and now. The cigarette

1445
01:35:44.600 --> 01:35:49.399
fell from his lips. Roxy sends her regards, Jake said,

1446
01:35:49.439 --> 01:35:54.119
before the single shot rang out, scrambling Billy's brain, killing

1447
01:35:54.199 --> 01:35:58.840
him instantly. Dogs were barking in the distance. Jake held

1448
01:35:58.880 --> 01:36:03.199
the smoking gun and smiled. He had never taken a life,

1449
01:36:03.720 --> 01:36:07.239
but Roxy was worth it one hundred times over. He'd

1450
01:36:07.319 --> 01:36:10.119
killed the entire fucking town if she asked him to.

1451
01:36:11.359 --> 01:36:17.479
He went home to an empty house. Ten months later.

1452
01:36:19.159 --> 01:36:23.520
It was now a life of longing. Roxy was all

1453
01:36:23.560 --> 01:36:27.359
he could think about. Jake ate just enough to keep

1454
01:36:27.439 --> 01:36:31.760
him going. The same went for sleep. He muddled through

1455
01:36:31.840 --> 01:36:35.520
work every day, doing just enough not to get fired.

1456
01:36:36.159 --> 01:36:40.399
But his once friendly demeanor was replaced by one of

1457
01:36:40.560 --> 01:36:44.600
constant sadness, and he was indifferent to people that cared.

1458
01:36:45.159 --> 01:36:48.600
There was only one that mattered to him. Jake did

1459
01:36:48.600 --> 01:36:52.600
what she asked, and Roxy still hadn't returned. That's really

1460
01:36:52.640 --> 01:36:56.159
what kept him going. Jake was compelled to wait on her,

1461
01:36:56.279 --> 01:36:59.880
no matter how long it took. It was Friday afternoon

1462
01:37:00.560 --> 01:37:05.840
and Jake was zombie walking home. Hey, Jake, Roxy said,

1463
01:37:05.880 --> 01:37:09.239
as he approached his house. Jake stopped looking at his

1464
01:37:09.239 --> 01:37:13.079
feet and raised his head to meet her gaze. Roxy

1465
01:37:13.199 --> 01:37:16.520
was sitting on the front porch steps, looking exactly as

1466
01:37:16.520 --> 01:37:20.600
she had always looked, wearing the same outfit. There was

1467
01:37:20.640 --> 01:37:24.920
one big difference this time. Beside her sat a little

1468
01:37:24.960 --> 01:37:29.000
girl that was the spitting image of Roxy. Jake gave

1469
01:37:29.039 --> 01:37:34.920
her a puzzled look. Who uh, Who's she? Jake asked,

1470
01:37:35.560 --> 01:37:39.920
she's your daughter, Roxy replied. The little girl looked up

1471
01:37:39.920 --> 01:37:44.920
at Jake with the same brown pools. That's impossible. If

1472
01:37:44.960 --> 01:37:48.680
she were mine, she'd still be a baby. This little

1473
01:37:48.680 --> 01:37:52.279
girl is at least three years old, maybe four Jake said,

1474
01:37:53.039 --> 01:37:57.800
Anger wasn't his emotion. It was confusion, And then a

1475
01:37:57.920 --> 01:38:02.600
thought slapped him in the face. Billy. He bet it

1476
01:38:02.640 --> 01:38:05.800
was Billy's daughter, not that it was a deal breaker,

1477
01:38:05.880 --> 01:38:09.800
because he wanted Roxy more than anything. His veil of

1478
01:38:09.840 --> 01:38:15.720
indifference was yanked away. Hi, Daddy, my name's Roxy. The

1479
01:38:15.800 --> 01:38:20.359
little girl said, what Jake asked, looking at her mother.

1480
01:38:21.279 --> 01:38:26.960
She's me and I'm her, Roxy said, and she's you too, Jake.

1481
01:38:27.880 --> 01:38:30.920
The little girl stood and outstretched her hand for a shake.

1482
01:38:31.640 --> 01:38:35.439
She looked like a living porcelain doll. Jake took the

1483
01:38:35.479 --> 01:38:39.720
girl's hand and smiled. It fell into the Everything was

1484
01:38:39.760 --> 01:38:43.560
aok if Roxy was in his life lane. The three

1485
01:38:43.600 --> 01:38:50.520
of them walked into the house together. Jake and Roxy

1486
01:38:50.600 --> 01:38:53.920
sat together and listened to little Roxy tell her father

1487
01:38:54.079 --> 01:38:58.600
everything about her life, about the things she had learned,

1488
01:38:59.159 --> 01:39:02.720
and Jake was a She was smarter than any adult

1489
01:39:02.760 --> 01:39:06.680
he had ever met, and not in a precocious kid way.

1490
01:39:07.560 --> 01:39:11.199
She was beyond anything he had ever encountered. The dialect

1491
01:39:11.239 --> 01:39:15.079
and intelligence with which she spoke frightened Jake. This was

1492
01:39:15.159 --> 01:39:19.800
no ordinary child, and she had no ordinary mother. Jake

1493
01:39:19.880 --> 01:39:23.199
remembered the last time he and Roxy made love and

1494
01:39:23.279 --> 01:39:28.000
the uniqueness of Roxy's eyes. But Jake thought of himself

1495
01:39:28.039 --> 01:39:32.840
as quite ordinary, boring. In fact, he didn't care. He

1496
01:39:32.880 --> 01:39:35.439
loved Roxy and the little girl by the same name.

1497
01:39:36.319 --> 01:39:40.600
Little Roxy looked at him with the eyes of her mother. Daddy,

1498
01:39:41.600 --> 01:39:47.039
kill for me, she said, sure, sweetie, Jake answered, he

1499
01:39:47.119 --> 01:39:50.239
was just as charmed by little Roxy. I need you

1500
01:39:50.279 --> 01:39:53.720
to kill him, she said, and pointed toward the window.

1501
01:39:54.840 --> 01:39:58.359
There was an older man walking down the sidewalk toward

1502
01:39:58.479 --> 01:40:03.199
Jake's house. Okay, Jake said, and grabbed the baseball bat

1503
01:40:03.239 --> 01:40:04.520
he kept in the hall closet.

1504
01:40:06.159 --> 01:40:10.520
There's more scares where that came from. Weakly, Spooky will

1505
01:40:10.560 --> 01:40:11.399
be right back.

1506
01:40:12.840 --> 01:40:15.520
It was secondary protection if he wasn't within reach of

1507
01:40:15.560 --> 01:40:19.439
his pistol if someone kicked in his door. Jake casually

1508
01:40:19.520 --> 01:40:21.720
walked out the front door, looking as if he were

1509
01:40:21.760 --> 01:40:25.159
going to batting practice. The man took notice as soon

1510
01:40:25.159 --> 01:40:28.680
as Jake stepped from his front porch. Hey, there, the

1511
01:40:28.720 --> 01:40:32.319
man shouted, smiled for a second, and waved at Jake.

1512
01:40:33.199 --> 01:40:37.039
Jake didn't return the wave. He broke into a sprint,

1513
01:40:37.239 --> 01:40:39.920
and this is when the older man realized the threat.

1514
01:40:40.560 --> 01:40:43.039
Jake held that bat over his head as he closed

1515
01:40:43.039 --> 01:40:46.840
the distance between himself and the man. The man held

1516
01:40:46.880 --> 01:40:51.600
up his hands in a defensive posture. No, don't were

1517
01:40:51.640 --> 01:40:53.760
the two words the man got out of his mouth

1518
01:40:54.159 --> 01:40:56.920
before Jake brought the bat down on the man's skull.

1519
01:40:57.680 --> 01:41:01.039
The dull thunk of wood striking bow and filled the air.

1520
01:41:01.800 --> 01:41:05.319
The older man blinked wildly at Jake. His eyes were

1521
01:41:05.399 --> 01:41:09.359
crossed and blood trickled down his forehead. He kept his feet.

1522
01:41:09.399 --> 01:41:12.279
With the first strike, Jake brought it down again, and

1523
01:41:12.359 --> 01:41:16.399
this time it sounded like a ripe melon splitting in half.

1524
01:41:17.119 --> 01:41:20.680
The man fell face first onto the sidewalk. Jake went

1525
01:41:20.720 --> 01:41:23.640
to town on the corpse's head. He brought the bat

1526
01:41:23.720 --> 01:41:28.680
down over and over again, bits of brain and bone

1527
01:41:28.720 --> 01:41:33.199
flying with every smash. Little Roxy smiled from the window.

1528
01:41:33.840 --> 01:41:37.119
She watched it all happen. Her mother was behind her.

1529
01:41:38.039 --> 01:41:42.000
You learned so fast, Roxy whispered in her daughter's ear.

1530
01:41:43.079 --> 01:41:46.760
It's time to go. There was a scream and a

1531
01:41:46.840 --> 01:41:50.640
yelp from across the street. Sydney Jones yanked her dog

1532
01:41:50.760 --> 01:41:53.640
back by the leash. Jake turned toward her with a

1533
01:41:53.640 --> 01:41:56.520
bloody grin on his face, and tipped the bat toward

1534
01:41:56.640 --> 01:41:59.760
her as if it were a hat. Jake wiped his

1535
01:41:59.800 --> 01:42:03.880
bra with his forearm. His mouth was parched. He'd go

1536
01:42:04.000 --> 01:42:06.640
inside so little Roxy and her mother could see what

1537
01:42:06.720 --> 01:42:10.840
he did for them. They weren't there. He looked through

1538
01:42:10.880 --> 01:42:13.840
the house and stopped when he saw the note on

1539
01:42:13.920 --> 01:42:17.119
the kitchen table, thank you for killing Billy and his

1540
01:42:17.279 --> 01:42:23.520
daddy the Roxies. Then the wail of sirens came. Jake

1541
01:42:23.640 --> 01:42:25.840
set the bat on the kitchen table and went to

1542
01:42:25.880 --> 01:42:30.079
the porch steps. He waited for the police. Jake knew

1543
01:42:30.119 --> 01:42:33.720
he'd never see them again. They were worse than mermaids

1544
01:42:33.720 --> 01:42:36.920
in the legends of pirates, and they were much more

1545
01:42:37.359 --> 01:42:42.159
than mortal, but they needed men to breed. How many

1546
01:42:42.319 --> 01:42:47.039
Roxies were in the world, Jake wondered, beautiful creatures that

1547
01:42:47.159 --> 01:42:50.800
convinced men to do their evil bidding before disappearing in

1548
01:42:50.880 --> 01:42:54.479
a veil of mystery. Jake raised his hands as the

1549
01:42:54.520 --> 01:42:58.039
officers stepped from the cruiser. There would be no trace

1550
01:42:58.039 --> 01:43:01.359
of DNA evidence suggesting that anyone else was in the home,

1551
01:43:02.279 --> 01:43:05.720
just the handwritten note tying Jake to the killing of

1552
01:43:05.760 --> 01:43:10.399
the younger Kuto with his bloody prints. Thunder doesn't only

1553
01:43:10.479 --> 01:43:15.319
happen when it's raining. Thunder can come from anywhere. Thunder

1554
01:43:15.359 --> 01:43:20.319
can have any name. The name of Jake's thunder was Roxy,

1555
01:43:21.119 --> 01:43:29.960
and he was certain he wasn't the only one party

1556
01:43:30.119 --> 01:43:36.000
in the woods. By Joe Salmat, Tristan and Becha made

1557
01:43:36.039 --> 01:43:39.319
their way down the wooded path behind Tristan's neighbor's farm.

1558
01:43:39.960 --> 01:43:42.479
Josh and Emily went to bed pretty early, so for

1559
01:43:42.600 --> 01:43:45.840
years Tristan had brought friends down here behind the farm

1560
01:43:45.920 --> 01:43:49.279
to explore the woods. As he got older, he explored

1561
01:43:49.359 --> 01:43:51.800
less and came to the woods to drink and party

1562
01:43:51.800 --> 01:43:54.840
with the girls from town. Becca was new to town,

1563
01:43:55.279 --> 01:43:58.880
just moving here a month ago. Tristan was infatuated as

1564
01:43:58.880 --> 01:44:01.000
soon as he saw her in the hall in school,

1565
01:44:01.479 --> 01:44:05.319
her long brown hair flowing behind her. He followed her

1566
01:44:05.359 --> 01:44:08.239
after school, trying to come up with something to say

1567
01:44:08.239 --> 01:44:11.560
to her to spark a conversation. It paid off, though,

1568
01:44:11.920 --> 01:44:14.640
he thought, as he sneaked a glance at her behind

1569
01:44:14.720 --> 01:44:18.239
the moonlight through a break in the trees. She carried

1570
01:44:18.239 --> 01:44:20.800
a bottle of Jack Daniels in her right hand. It

1571
01:44:20.920 --> 01:44:24.000
was already missing a quarter of the brown liquid inside.

1572
01:44:24.479 --> 01:44:27.039
She was more of a drinker than he was, he

1573
01:44:27.159 --> 01:44:30.600
noted with a smile. He couldn't keep his eyes off

1574
01:44:30.640 --> 01:44:34.560
of the way she walked the curve, swaying back and forth.

1575
01:44:35.000 --> 01:44:39.720
It was mesmerizing the swaying stopped in front of him. Tristan,

1576
01:44:40.560 --> 01:44:44.119
did you hear that, she whispered to him. Hear what,

1577
01:44:44.800 --> 01:44:49.079
he asked at a normal volume. Sh something in the woods?

1578
01:44:49.680 --> 01:44:54.720
She replied. Do you guys have bears around here? She asked,

1579
01:44:54.760 --> 01:44:58.079
with a little bit of fright in her voice. I

1580
01:44:58.119 --> 01:45:01.319
didn't hear anything. Don't worry. I've been coming here since

1581
01:45:01.319 --> 01:45:03.760
I was a kid. There's nothing out here that can

1582
01:45:03.840 --> 01:45:07.680
hurt us, he said, and smiled that famous smile that

1583
01:45:07.760 --> 01:45:12.279
got him the girl on numerous occasions. Becca still stood

1584
01:45:12.279 --> 01:45:15.479
there for a moment. When she didn't hear anything, she

1585
01:45:15.600 --> 01:45:20.199
began to walk the path again, but cautiously, Tristan snuck

1586
01:45:20.279 --> 01:45:22.479
up behind her and grabbed the bottle from her hands.

1587
01:45:22.760 --> 01:45:25.000
She let out a scared yelp as he laughed at her.

1588
01:45:25.479 --> 01:45:27.680
He took a big gulp off the bottle, letting the

1589
01:45:27.720 --> 01:45:31.760
alcohol burn his throat. Are the others meeting us up here?

1590
01:45:32.319 --> 01:45:35.199
Becca asked? She wouldn't agree to coming out to the

1591
01:45:35.239 --> 01:45:38.000
woods with the guy she'd just met unless others were

1592
01:45:38.039 --> 01:45:40.880
going to be there. He scrambled to find another couple

1593
01:45:40.960 --> 01:45:44.640
to come along. Yeah, it's not much farther now. We

1594
01:45:44.720 --> 01:45:48.079
got a little fireplace from an old house, Tristan said.

1595
01:45:48.640 --> 01:45:51.560
It must have been from the seventeen hundreds. He said,

1596
01:45:52.399 --> 01:45:57.199
sounds cool, becha said, Thinking of the fireplace, Tristan frowned.

1597
01:45:57.640 --> 01:45:59.880
He should be able to see it from here. He

1598
01:46:00.119 --> 01:46:03.479
knew Greg and Beth were already there. He saw Greg's

1599
01:46:03.479 --> 01:46:05.239
car down by the side of the highway on the

1600
01:46:05.239 --> 01:46:09.359
way over. Maybe he was just lazy. He thought the

1601
01:46:09.399 --> 01:46:12.079
moon was hidden by the boughs of the trees above.

1602
01:46:12.640 --> 01:46:14.600
Tristan made his way in the dark to where he

1603
01:46:14.640 --> 01:46:17.880
knew the stone chimney was. He could barely see the

1604
01:46:17.960 --> 01:46:20.920
lighter stone in the darkness. He felt around to the

1605
01:46:21.039 --> 01:46:24.600
right where he stacked the kindling. It felt wet, but

1606
01:46:24.640 --> 01:46:28.680
he didn't remember it raining recently. Greg, if you pissed

1607
01:46:28.720 --> 01:46:31.760
on our wood, I will kill you, he called out

1608
01:46:31.760 --> 01:46:34.319
to the night. He hoped Greg heard him as he

1609
01:46:34.399 --> 01:46:37.640
banged Beth or whatever they were doing. He grabbed a

1610
01:46:37.680 --> 01:46:40.319
book of matches from his pocket. After stacking the wooden

1611
01:46:40.319 --> 01:46:43.399
branches into a small t piece shape with pine needles

1612
01:46:43.399 --> 01:46:47.720
and last falls leaves underneath. I can't see anything, Becha

1613
01:46:47.800 --> 01:46:52.439
said from behind him. One second, he said, masking his disappointment.

1614
01:46:53.000 --> 01:46:55.079
She was one hell of a looker, but she seemed

1615
01:46:55.159 --> 01:46:58.319
kind of annoying to him. He struck the match, which

1616
01:46:58.359 --> 01:47:00.439
blinded him for a second with its brightness in the

1617
01:47:00.479 --> 01:47:04.159
almost complete dark. He instinctively moved the match to the

1618
01:47:04.199 --> 01:47:07.199
pine needles under the wood before it burned out or

1619
01:47:07.279 --> 01:47:10.279
the wind got it. He saw spots in his vision

1620
01:47:10.319 --> 01:47:13.760
as he gently blew on the pine needles. Yes, he

1621
01:47:13.800 --> 01:47:16.640
called out, as the fire came to life. It wasn't

1622
01:47:16.680 --> 01:47:20.560
piss on the sticks. It was a darker, thicker color.

1623
01:47:21.159 --> 01:47:24.520
It reminded him of the bottle Becca carried. Hey, Babe,

1624
01:47:24.560 --> 01:47:27.079
can I get a drink? He said, getting to his feet.

1625
01:47:27.680 --> 01:47:30.039
The sticks were catching now and the light from the

1626
01:47:30.119 --> 01:47:35.720
chimney was spreading. Becca didn't answer him. Babe, he said,

1627
01:47:36.119 --> 01:47:39.920
and turned around. Becca was standing in front of him,

1628
01:47:40.279 --> 01:47:42.760
ten feet away, with the bottle still in her right hand,

1629
01:47:43.279 --> 01:47:48.079
her widened eyes staring past him towards the chimney. What

1630
01:47:48.119 --> 01:47:50.439
the hell's gotten into you, he said, and took a

1631
01:47:50.439 --> 01:47:54.640
step closer, but she didn't move. He watched as the

1632
01:47:54.680 --> 01:47:57.760
bottle slipped from her hand and struck the ground, spilling

1633
01:47:57.800 --> 01:48:02.119
its contents. What's wrong with you, he said, grabbing the

1634
01:48:02.119 --> 01:48:04.560
bottle off the ground to save its contents, which he

1635
01:48:04.600 --> 01:48:07.520
tried to pour down his throat. He stopped with the

1636
01:48:07.520 --> 01:48:12.800
bottle to his lips. Becca still hadn't moved. He started

1637
01:48:12.840 --> 01:48:16.640
to get a creepy feeling and turned towards the fire.

1638
01:48:17.279 --> 01:48:21.039
The light from the flames illuminated the immediate area. The

1639
01:48:21.079 --> 01:48:24.800
stack of wood he had piled there yesterday was definitely wet,

1640
01:48:25.199 --> 01:48:30.039
but it was also red. It looks like something bled

1641
01:48:30.079 --> 01:48:33.119
all over it. His eyes fell to just in front

1642
01:48:33.159 --> 01:48:36.439
of the stack of wood, and he saw the source

1643
01:48:36.479 --> 01:48:40.199
of the blood. Greg naked to the waist, lay on

1644
01:48:40.239 --> 01:48:45.359
the ground, twisted and away. Tristan could only describe as wrong.

1645
01:48:46.439 --> 01:48:49.640
His face looked behind him, and several vertebrates stuck out

1646
01:48:49.680 --> 01:48:52.600
from a gaping hole in his neck. His eyes were

1647
01:48:52.640 --> 01:48:58.680
wide open in fear, similar to Becca's. He turned towards

1648
01:48:58.680 --> 01:49:01.880
his would be girlfriend, but she was still looking in

1649
01:49:01.960 --> 01:49:06.079
the same direction. Tears streaked her cheeks and a sob

1650
01:49:06.239 --> 01:49:09.039
escaped her lips. He turned back to see what she

1651
01:49:09.119 --> 01:49:13.159
was looking at, and that's when he noticed.

1652
01:49:12.840 --> 01:49:17.560
Beth did you hear that? Better check the locks on

1653
01:49:17.640 --> 01:49:21.319
your doors. Weakly, spooky, We'll be right back.

1654
01:49:22.399 --> 01:49:26.039
Blonde hair mixed with crimson blood covered her young face

1655
01:49:26.079 --> 01:49:29.199
from the caved in skull before it sunk into the

1656
01:49:29.239 --> 01:49:32.760
opening that her missing lower jaw left behind. She was

1657
01:49:32.840 --> 01:49:37.960
completely naked behind the woodpile. Tristan approached her body carefully.

1658
01:49:38.560 --> 01:49:42.640
He tried to speak, but nothing came out. She had

1659
01:49:42.720 --> 01:49:46.800
large scratches or claw marks chris crossing across her naked

1660
01:49:46.880 --> 01:49:49.920
breasts at an inch deep, filled with rivers of blood.

1661
01:49:50.680 --> 01:49:55.479
One of her legs was missing, just missing. How does

1662
01:49:55.520 --> 01:49:59.800
that even happen? He couldn't see it anywhere, but he

1663
01:49:59.800 --> 01:50:03.840
did find her lower jaw. It looked like some sick

1664
01:50:03.920 --> 01:50:07.399
bastard tried to rape her with it, but all it

1665
01:50:07.439 --> 01:50:11.239
did was tear her pubic area. Teeth peeked out from

1666
01:50:11.239 --> 01:50:14.359
between strings of her mangled genitalia that hung from her

1667
01:50:14.399 --> 01:50:17.239
body like the streamers on a five year old girl's bicycle.

1668
01:50:18.239 --> 01:50:22.000
Panics started to settle in to Tristan. He stepped backwards,

1669
01:50:22.039 --> 01:50:26.279
away from the mangled corpses of his high school friends Becca.

1670
01:50:26.720 --> 01:50:31.399
He called out, run. He turned himself to run and

1671
01:50:31.560 --> 01:50:35.800
saw a horrid sight. Behind Becca, who still hadn't moved

1672
01:50:35.800 --> 01:50:41.000
from the same position, stood three humanoid shapes. Their eyes

1673
01:50:41.039 --> 01:50:45.520
reflected the firelight from the chimney. Beca Tristan managed to

1674
01:50:45.560 --> 01:50:48.760
say before the creatures moved in an instant. Two grabbed

1675
01:50:48.760 --> 01:50:51.199
his date and held her arms behind her back. He

1676
01:50:51.199 --> 01:50:53.680
heard a sickening pop as one of her shoulders were

1677
01:50:53.680 --> 01:50:56.960
dislocated violently. The pain seemed to break Becca out of

1678
01:50:56.960 --> 01:51:00.720
her shock. She screamed. The third creature charged Tristan. He

1679
01:51:00.800 --> 01:51:02.720
managed to land a punch on the monster, but it

1680
01:51:02.760 --> 01:51:05.079
didn't seem to have any effect. It grabbed him and

1681
01:51:05.119 --> 01:51:07.359
forced him to his knees, placing one of its large

1682
01:51:07.399 --> 01:51:09.439
clawed feet on the back of his legs so he

1683
01:51:09.479 --> 01:51:14.079
couldn't get up. Help me, Tristan, Becha called out. It

1684
01:51:14.159 --> 01:51:17.439
was her last words. One of the creature's hands suddenly

1685
01:51:17.439 --> 01:51:20.479
protruded from her lower abdomen, tearing out of her flesh

1686
01:51:20.520 --> 01:51:25.079
with a violence Tristan had never witnessed before. No. He

1687
01:51:25.159 --> 01:51:28.039
called out in horror and began to sob. He swore.

1688
01:51:28.119 --> 01:51:31.520
The creature holding him mocked his cry. Tristan saw the

1689
01:51:31.560 --> 01:51:34.279
moment Beca died. He could see it in her eyes.

1690
01:51:34.960 --> 01:51:37.760
The moment it ceased to be Becca and became only

1691
01:51:37.800 --> 01:51:40.560
a sack of meat. It was worse than the mangled

1692
01:51:40.560 --> 01:51:45.520
corpses of his friends. Watching her die like that, Becha's

1693
01:51:45.520 --> 01:51:48.840
body fell down to the ground. The two monsters fought

1694
01:51:48.880 --> 01:51:51.600
over her, tearing pieces of her flesh off in front

1695
01:51:51.600 --> 01:51:54.680
of him, the same flesh he was admiring just a

1696
01:51:54.680 --> 01:51:58.079
short time ago. Tristan couldn't take it anymore. He put

1697
01:51:58.079 --> 01:52:00.319
his head down, letting his hair cover his eyes, but

1698
01:52:00.359 --> 01:52:03.159
the creature holding him reached down with its gray hand

1699
01:52:03.319 --> 01:52:06.520
and pulled his hair until once again he was facing Becha.

1700
01:52:07.319 --> 01:52:10.399
Not only did they seem to enjoy killing, but it

1701
01:52:10.479 --> 01:52:15.079
seemed they enjoyed making him watch. He cried out. When

1702
01:52:15.079 --> 01:52:19.119
the two creatures finished dividing up Becha, they began to eat.

1703
01:52:19.880 --> 01:52:23.359
Tristan struggled, but the creature's strength was too much for him.

1704
01:52:23.640 --> 01:52:26.239
He clenched his eyes closed to block out the horror

1705
01:52:26.239 --> 01:52:28.560
in front of him, but the creature seemed to know

1706
01:52:29.439 --> 01:52:31.520
it dug a dull nail into the back of his

1707
01:52:31.640 --> 01:52:34.600
neck every time he closed his eyes, only letting the

1708
01:52:34.600 --> 01:52:39.399
pressure off when he opened them again. Closed or opened

1709
01:52:39.840 --> 01:52:43.039
he was being tortured. He kept them closed as long

1710
01:52:43.079 --> 01:52:45.640
as he could take the nail digging him, never in

1711
01:52:45.680 --> 01:52:48.720
the exact same space, then opened them until the pain

1712
01:52:48.800 --> 01:52:52.600
from the nail was replaced with the evisceration of his date.

1713
01:52:53.880 --> 01:52:56.800
It seemed to go on forever. He couldn't take any more.

1714
01:52:56.920 --> 01:52:59.000
He tried to move again, but the third creature that

1715
01:52:59.039 --> 01:53:03.840
held him did so diligently. Go on, get a bite,

1716
01:53:04.359 --> 01:53:07.079
Tristan called out to his captor. It was the only

1717
01:53:07.119 --> 01:53:10.800
thing he could do, mocking his torturers. He had no

1718
01:53:10.920 --> 01:53:13.960
way to track time, but at least fifteen minutes past

1719
01:53:14.039 --> 01:53:18.079
as he watched his date disappear peace by piece down

1720
01:53:18.119 --> 01:53:22.439
the gullets of these hellish creatures. He couldn't take any

1721
01:53:22.479 --> 01:53:25.359
more and closed his eyes to escape, But his ears

1722
01:53:25.399 --> 01:53:28.800
picked up on the wet snapping of teeth through flesh

1723
01:53:28.840 --> 01:53:32.239
and bone. It reminded him of tearing the wings off

1724
01:53:32.239 --> 01:53:34.840
of a chicken for dinner, and it made him want

1725
01:53:34.880 --> 01:53:38.119
to throw up. The creature holding him down pushed him

1726
01:53:38.159 --> 01:53:41.239
all the way to the ground. He opened his eyes

1727
01:53:41.279 --> 01:53:44.079
and looked at what was left of Becca. At that

1728
01:53:44.239 --> 01:53:47.800
point he did throw up, but it had nowhere to go.

1729
01:53:47.920 --> 01:53:51.039
Being forced down to the ground, he breathed in his

1730
01:53:51.119 --> 01:53:54.359
own vomit and thought he was going to drown. The

1731
01:53:54.399 --> 01:53:56.520
creature yanked him back up to his knees. As the

1732
01:53:56.560 --> 01:53:59.479
other two approached. He was pulled all the way to

1733
01:53:59.520 --> 01:54:02.319
his feet, and with the last act of defiance, he

1734
01:54:02.439 --> 01:54:04.640
kicked the groin of the creature right in front of him.

1735
01:54:05.000 --> 01:54:07.680
It stepped back from the impact, then reached out with

1736
01:54:07.720 --> 01:54:11.800
its gray skinned hand and grabbed his chest, tearing cloth

1737
01:54:11.920 --> 01:54:15.680
and flesh away from his body. He screamed. The pain

1738
01:54:15.840 --> 01:54:20.560
was intense. Just fucking kill me already, he yelled out,

1739
01:54:20.960 --> 01:54:25.119
just wanting it done. He couldn't take any more, Do it,

1740
01:54:25.239 --> 01:54:29.560
you cocksucker. The monsters didn't heed him. One of them

1741
01:54:29.600 --> 01:54:32.680
grabbed his hand and held it out. The first creature

1742
01:54:32.880 --> 01:54:35.800
that had been holding him the whole time switched places

1743
01:54:35.840 --> 01:54:37.920
with the one that tore a piece out of his chest.

1744
01:54:38.600 --> 01:54:41.760
It looked him in the eye with an evil intelligence

1745
01:54:41.800 --> 01:54:46.439
behind its gaze. As it slowly and deliberately raised his

1746
01:54:46.600 --> 01:54:50.239
hand to its mouth and bit off his thumb. He

1747
01:54:50.319 --> 01:54:52.880
screamed out into the night. He held on to a

1748
01:54:52.920 --> 01:54:55.640
slim hope that Josh or Emily might hear him in

1749
01:54:55.680 --> 01:54:58.560
the quiet country night. They had just had a newborn,

1750
01:54:58.880 --> 01:55:02.079
so maybe they would be wake feeding it, he thought.

1751
01:55:02.760 --> 01:55:06.159
The creature bit off his middle finger and smiled. Tristan's

1752
01:55:06.199 --> 01:55:10.119
blood and flesh still sitting in its gaping maw. Its

1753
01:55:10.159 --> 01:55:13.920
body shook with small convulsions with a grunting sound. A

1754
01:55:14.000 --> 01:55:17.680
shiver shot up Tristan's back as he realized it was

1755
01:55:17.800 --> 01:55:30.159
laughing at his misery. Till death do Us Part by

1756
01:55:30.319 --> 01:55:37.399
Rob Fields, fourteen months ago. Ain't a church supposed to

1757
01:55:37.439 --> 01:55:42.279
be a safe, sacred place. Ain't all churches considered the

1758
01:55:42.359 --> 01:55:46.039
house of God? Y'all? Wouldn't have known that if you

1759
01:55:46.239 --> 01:55:50.079
was at the Strickfield Community Church. It was Saturday afternoon

1760
01:55:50.119 --> 01:55:52.560
and my best friend was supposed to be marrying her fella.

1761
01:55:53.359 --> 01:55:56.880
You'd have thought it'd be a happy scene. The guests

1762
01:55:56.920 --> 01:56:00.439
invited filled many of the pews there. You would have

1763
01:56:00.520 --> 01:56:04.680
seen the minister herself, Delphine Brewster Sloane, conducting the wedding

1764
01:56:04.960 --> 01:56:08.319
between my girl, Whitney Miron and her fella, her high

1765
01:56:08.359 --> 01:56:12.880
school sweetheart. But you see, I know what Whitney knows.

1766
01:56:13.520 --> 01:56:17.600
The fella ain't been faithful to Whitney. In fact, I

1767
01:56:17.720 --> 01:56:23.319
done seen her cheating twice with different women. First time

1768
01:56:23.439 --> 01:56:26.720
was with Whitney's mama, and a couple days ago, her

1769
01:56:26.760 --> 01:56:29.840
fella was putting the screws to a stripper at his

1770
01:56:29.960 --> 01:56:34.319
bachelor party. Whitney's fella knew I knew about him and

1771
01:56:34.359 --> 01:56:37.520
Whitney's mama, and swore up and down he'd kill me

1772
01:56:38.079 --> 01:56:41.720
if i'd done told her. But that's just it. I

1773
01:56:41.880 --> 01:56:45.479
told Whitney. She ain't none believed me about her mama,

1774
01:56:45.920 --> 01:56:48.760
but she done saw what I saw with that stripper.

1775
01:56:49.479 --> 01:56:53.640
Whitney was fuman to kill her fella right then and there. Honestly,

1776
01:56:54.720 --> 01:56:56.439
I would have thought she would have ended the wedding.

1777
01:56:57.520 --> 01:57:01.159
But the wedding happened, and everything started off like you'd

1778
01:57:01.199 --> 01:57:06.880
expect a wedding to start. Then it happened. Whitney suddenly

1779
01:57:06.880 --> 01:57:11.920
turned and faced everybody, but y'all wouldn't recognize her. When

1780
01:57:11.960 --> 01:57:15.840
I saw her, I donepede myself. Whitney was a ghost

1781
01:57:15.920 --> 01:57:19.479
bride right out of some horror flick. Her eyes glowed red,

1782
01:57:19.520 --> 01:57:24.039
and her skin was like shining marble. She done completely

1783
01:57:24.079 --> 01:57:28.800
looked like some other girl. Suddenly, Whitney pointed past the crowd.

1784
01:57:29.520 --> 01:57:31.840
I swear y'all could have heard every door in here

1785
01:57:31.920 --> 01:57:36.359
locking fast minister Brewster. Sloane shrieked and stepped away from

1786
01:57:36.359 --> 01:57:42.159
the couple. Almighty God in heaven, she choked out. Whitney

1787
01:57:42.159 --> 01:57:46.800
turned to her. God doesn't exist here, she laughed coldly,

1788
01:57:47.760 --> 01:57:50.159
Or he would have appeared when you asked if there

1789
01:57:50.199 --> 01:57:52.920
was a reason why my groom and I shouldn't be married.

1790
01:57:54.319 --> 01:57:57.560
Whitney's suddenly pointing right at her fella while holding her

1791
01:57:57.560 --> 01:58:01.840
bridal bouquet, which looks more You are like black roses

1792
01:58:01.880 --> 01:58:06.840
now instead of the red ones originally. You cheating bastard,

1793
01:58:07.359 --> 01:58:10.520
she accused him. Why did you even keep our wedding

1794
01:58:10.560 --> 01:58:14.359
today when you don't even love me, she screams now,

1795
01:58:14.479 --> 01:58:17.560
making him fly out into the crowd. Then she drops

1796
01:58:17.600 --> 01:58:21.560
the bouquet. You betrayed me, lover, but we'll have one

1797
01:58:21.680 --> 01:58:25.760
hell of an event here today. When that Whitney thing

1798
01:58:25.840 --> 01:58:28.840
went out into the crowd, the guests ran to the doors.

1799
01:58:29.279 --> 01:58:33.039
I knew deep down they wouldn't budge none. When I

1800
01:58:33.119 --> 01:58:36.359
tried running, Whitney was suddenly right there. I know you

1801
01:58:36.479 --> 01:58:39.880
tried telling me about his cheating and I wouldn't listen,

1802
01:58:41.199 --> 01:58:43.800
But you still get to be my maid of honor.

1803
01:58:44.960 --> 01:58:48.239
Whitney turned and went to her. Fella boy, was he

1804
01:58:48.319 --> 01:58:51.319
ever begging and pleading for Whitney to let him live.

1805
01:58:52.560 --> 01:58:56.279
Whitney smiled at him. I'll spare your life if you

1806
01:58:56.319 --> 01:58:59.319
can show that you're faithful to whommever you truly do,

1807
01:58:59.399 --> 01:59:03.840
give your black heart too. She raised her finger. But

1808
01:59:03.960 --> 01:59:08.359
be warned. If I see you're still unfaithful, then I'll

1809
01:59:08.399 --> 01:59:12.840
return for you on your wedding day. Whitney turned her

1810
01:59:12.840 --> 01:59:16.239
attention to the crowd and laughed insanely as she went

1811
01:59:16.279 --> 01:59:19.279
and painted the church with the blood from the guests.

1812
01:59:19.840 --> 01:59:22.199
I peed myself again at the horror I was seeing.

1813
01:59:22.920 --> 01:59:25.439
I was a mess. When Whitney returned to me, her

1814
01:59:25.479 --> 01:59:28.880
once beautiful bridle gown now all wet and red itself.

1815
01:59:29.680 --> 01:59:33.520
Whitney's mouth was full of blood. Then she licked her

1816
01:59:33.560 --> 01:59:35.880
fingers like she'd done finished a good help in her

1817
01:59:35.920 --> 01:59:39.279
ribs on Memorial Day. I know you tried to tell

1818
01:59:39.319 --> 01:59:44.399
me about mom Oh, but I just ate her black heart,

1819
01:59:44.600 --> 01:59:50.199
she smiled a toothy smile. Don't worry, Arianne, you and

1820
01:59:50.279 --> 01:59:52.319
the minister get to live.

1821
01:59:54.399 --> 01:59:58.840
If you're not afraid, then you're already dead. Weekly spooky,

1822
01:59:58.920 --> 01:59:59.880
We'll be right back.

1823
02:00:01.119 --> 02:00:03.520
Next thing I knew Whitney picked up her bouquet of

1824
02:00:03.600 --> 02:00:06.640
black roses. Then I remembered where she got them from.

1825
02:00:07.359 --> 02:00:10.239
Whitney's mama found them for her at a stand at

1826
02:00:10.359 --> 02:00:14.039
Jamie's flea Market near the village limits. On the west side.

1827
02:00:14.199 --> 02:00:18.720
There was this booth set up called Tinkers. The man

1828
02:00:18.800 --> 02:00:21.279
there was selling odd junk, but he also had this

1829
02:00:21.880 --> 02:00:24.760
bridal bouquet and his refrigerator off to the side and

1830
02:00:24.800 --> 02:00:28.960
made her an offer she couldn't refuse. Whitney's mama was

1831
02:00:29.000 --> 02:00:34.479
such a cheapskate even with Whitney. Whitney smiled. Now almost

1832
02:00:34.600 --> 02:00:39.000
forgot the most important part. Whitney shoved the bouquet of

1833
02:00:39.039 --> 02:00:42.800
black roses into my arms. I hissed when my fingers

1834
02:00:42.800 --> 02:00:46.079
got cut by them thorns. I was bleeding on the flowers.

1835
02:00:46.079 --> 02:00:51.359
Now soon they all turned red again as before. Whitney

1836
02:00:51.399 --> 02:00:55.960
pointed at me. You're getting married next girl. She lowered

1837
02:00:56.000 --> 02:00:59.760
her hand. Hopefully you'll find a man that'll worship the

1838
02:00:59.760 --> 02:01:04.640
grind you walk on, because I sure didn't. She turned

1839
02:01:04.640 --> 02:01:09.840
to her fella, remember, if you're unfaithful to your next bride,

1840
02:01:09.920 --> 02:01:15.399
I'll return for you and claim your soul. Then Whitney laughed.

1841
02:01:15.439 --> 02:01:20.119
This horrible laughter as she suddenly caught fire and started burning.

1842
02:01:20.680 --> 02:01:22.920
The minister and I escaped the church as it caught

1843
02:01:22.960 --> 02:01:26.159
fire and burned to the ground. I didn't know about

1844
02:01:26.199 --> 02:01:28.680
the minister, but I knew I'd never forget that day

1845
02:01:29.359 --> 02:01:37.479
as long as I lived the present. I'd taken that

1846
02:01:37.560 --> 02:01:40.399
next big step with my fellow once I'd finally taken

1847
02:01:40.439 --> 02:01:43.800
a long shower and had a few too many nightmares

1848
02:01:43.840 --> 02:01:47.840
about Whitney Miron's wedding. Lance Westerhold and I had been

1849
02:01:47.880 --> 02:01:50.319
seeing each other off and on for a long time.

1850
02:01:50.880 --> 02:01:53.800
I couldn't tell you why we kept getting back together

1851
02:01:53.880 --> 02:01:56.840
and backing off each other. I couldn't even tell you

1852
02:01:56.880 --> 02:02:00.720
how many times we fucked again and again. I admit,

1853
02:02:00.840 --> 02:02:04.439
without reservations, I ain't pretty and ain't no prize to catch.

1854
02:02:05.159 --> 02:02:07.239
I know for a fact Lance has fucked other girls

1855
02:02:07.239 --> 02:02:10.319
who could have been sex stars. Lance could have done

1856
02:02:10.399 --> 02:02:14.279
way better than me. I even joke about being beaten

1857
02:02:14.319 --> 02:02:17.600
with an ugly stick by my mama many times. I

1858
02:02:17.720 --> 02:02:20.640
never understood to this day why guys think I'm some

1859
02:02:20.840 --> 02:02:24.680
kind of prize getting back to Lance. I was just

1860
02:02:24.800 --> 02:02:29.119
leaving Woodies, driving after finishing my open to clothes. Yeah,

1861
02:02:29.359 --> 02:02:32.079
I was a car hop who served people on roller skates.

1862
02:02:32.640 --> 02:02:36.760
What's really fucked up? I actually loved working there. Yeah,

1863
02:02:36.840 --> 02:02:39.920
y'all heard me. I loved being on my skates all day.

1864
02:02:40.439 --> 02:02:42.880
Pay ain't for shit, but I get me some damn

1865
02:02:42.920 --> 02:02:46.079
good tips. I was walking home to my trailer when

1866
02:02:46.159 --> 02:02:49.520
Lance pulled up beside me and his Dodge charger. Now

1867
02:02:49.560 --> 02:02:53.279
you talking about a complete mismatch here. Lance was one

1868
02:02:53.279 --> 02:02:57.039
of them handsome, muscular mechanics you'd see in an older

1869
02:02:57.119 --> 02:03:01.880
romance movie. I was just a scrawny He had that

1870
02:03:02.039 --> 02:03:05.199
nice car, and I had my roller skates. He lived

1871
02:03:05.239 --> 02:03:09.239
in a small house. I was just trailer trash. Lance

1872
02:03:09.319 --> 02:03:11.079
was the kind of guy who knew what he wanted

1873
02:03:11.119 --> 02:03:13.319
and went and got it. I was the kind of

1874
02:03:13.359 --> 02:03:15.640
girl who accepted her lot in life and lived with it.

1875
02:03:16.359 --> 02:03:19.680
Let me alone, Lance, God damn it, I yelled, I

1876
02:03:19.720 --> 02:03:23.079
ain't no mood for your shit today. We was out

1877
02:03:23.119 --> 02:03:26.399
on Township Road one point thirteen, not far from my trailer.

1878
02:03:26.960 --> 02:03:29.880
In other words, nobody was coming or going when Lance

1879
02:03:29.920 --> 02:03:33.039
stopped me and started working his charms on me again.

1880
02:03:33.960 --> 02:03:36.800
He started telling me I was the only woman for him.

1881
02:03:37.279 --> 02:03:39.720
I told him he was so full of shit, it

1882
02:03:39.760 --> 02:03:42.880
was coming out his brown eyes. When I told him

1883
02:03:42.880 --> 02:03:45.479
to fuck off again. He finally got out of his

1884
02:03:45.520 --> 02:03:48.479
car and came to me. Then the fucker grabbed me

1885
02:03:48.520 --> 02:03:50.760
and crushed me against him as he gagged me with

1886
02:03:50.840 --> 02:03:53.880
his big tongue. Next thing I knew, he got my

1887
02:03:53.960 --> 02:03:56.239
shorts off and was banging me in the back seat.

1888
02:03:57.039 --> 02:03:59.920
Like I said, he had all them other hot peace

1889
02:04:00.079 --> 02:04:03.800
ass he could be having whenever he wanted, and the

1890
02:04:03.880 --> 02:04:07.560
dumb fuck kept coming right back to me one more time.

1891
02:04:08.279 --> 02:04:12.960
I am an ugly ass fucking girl. And no, Lance

1892
02:04:12.960 --> 02:04:15.399
ain't been drinking because I'd ha tasted it when he

1893
02:04:15.479 --> 02:04:19.039
was sucking tongue with me. Also, Lance ain't my first,

1894
02:04:19.039 --> 02:04:23.479
but I was definitely his. It was at Strickfield High

1895
02:04:23.520 --> 02:04:26.640
when Lance saw me and Tammy Lesher at a football game.

1896
02:04:27.199 --> 02:04:29.640
My girl and I were smoking a bowl together when

1897
02:04:29.880 --> 02:04:33.399
Lance approached us. Now, Tammy was one of them hot

1898
02:04:33.439 --> 02:04:37.079
girls Lance could have had whenever he wanted, but he

1899
02:04:37.119 --> 02:04:40.520
couldn't keep his eyes off of me. When Tammy went

1900
02:04:40.560 --> 02:04:42.560
back to the game, Lance grabbed a hold of me

1901
02:04:42.920 --> 02:04:46.279
and took me where no nosey Parker could see us.

1902
02:04:46.720 --> 02:04:49.560
I kept insisting Tammy could have given him a much

1903
02:04:49.600 --> 02:04:52.319
better time than me, but he stripped me naked and

1904
02:04:52.399 --> 02:04:54.960
gave me his cherry. I ain't telling you how I

1905
02:04:55.039 --> 02:04:57.479
knew I was his first, but believe me when I

1906
02:04:57.560 --> 02:05:01.560
say I knew. Like I said, We've been off and on,

1907
02:05:02.079 --> 02:05:05.199
in and out of bed together, in and out of relationships,

1908
02:05:05.199 --> 02:05:08.239
and now we was in the back seat of his car.

1909
02:05:08.960 --> 02:05:12.000
I never saw it coming. After he'd fucked me twice,

1910
02:05:12.439 --> 02:05:17.560
He'd said it right to my very lips, marry me, Arianne.

1911
02:05:17.800 --> 02:05:22.279
Nothing much surprised me after Whitney's wedding, except that the

1912
02:05:22.359 --> 02:05:27.680
fuck you say, marry me Arianne, he repeated. We looked

1913
02:05:27.680 --> 02:05:30.199
at each other for the longest time. Then I scoffed,

1914
02:05:31.039 --> 02:05:36.359
fuck you, marry me Arianne, he whispered to my lips

1915
02:05:36.439 --> 02:05:39.600
one more time. We looked at each other for the

1916
02:05:39.680 --> 02:05:43.359
longest time again. Then I told him the closest thing

1917
02:05:43.399 --> 02:05:47.560
to a yes, he was gonna get fuck you, I muttered.

1918
02:05:48.239 --> 02:05:50.439
Then he fucked me a couple more times in his

1919
02:05:50.520 --> 02:05:55.279
back seat to make our engagement official. Anyway, That's how

1920
02:05:55.319 --> 02:05:57.439
I keep remembering it. As I'm getting out of bed

1921
02:05:57.439 --> 02:06:00.600
and leaving Lance sleeping, and go into the bathroom and

1922
02:06:00.640 --> 02:06:04.319
look in the mirror. My ugly ass face was staring

1923
02:06:04.439 --> 02:06:07.680
right back at me. At first, I was gonna laugh

1924
02:06:07.720 --> 02:06:10.439
for even dreaming. Lance asked me to marry him till

1925
02:06:10.479 --> 02:06:13.319
I'm feeling the weight on my left hand and raise

1926
02:06:13.359 --> 02:06:16.239
it to see the big glowing rock he put on

1927
02:06:16.279 --> 02:06:19.640
my finger. I come back out and look at Lance

1928
02:06:19.680 --> 02:06:23.720
as he keeps snoring away. Now, unlike Whitney, I know

1929
02:06:24.000 --> 02:06:27.239
exactly what to expect from my fellaw. Yeah, I know,

1930
02:06:27.399 --> 02:06:30.560
goddamn well, he's gonna keep fucking other women like I'm

1931
02:06:30.560 --> 02:06:35.159
gonna keep fucking other fellas, and we're getting married. The

1932
02:06:35.279 --> 02:06:39.119
rock on my finger says we are okay. Know one.

1933
02:06:39.159 --> 02:06:42.800
What I know about Lance. All I'm wondering is why

1934
02:06:43.840 --> 02:06:46.520
I ain't rich, Like I said, I'm a car hop

1935
02:06:46.560 --> 02:06:49.720
at an old time driving. I own this trailer and

1936
02:06:49.760 --> 02:06:51.840
the land at rests on that. My folks left me

1937
02:06:51.920 --> 02:06:55.600
out right, and it's my only lot in life. Only

1938
02:06:55.680 --> 02:06:59.000
thing I'm thinking is I gotta be one hell of

1939
02:06:59.039 --> 02:07:02.239
a hot fuck. I shake my head and keep wondering

1940
02:07:02.279 --> 02:07:04.920
how I keep getting laid when fellas shouldn't want to

1941
02:07:04.920 --> 02:07:07.720
touch me with a ten foot pole. And then I

1942
02:07:07.760 --> 02:07:11.000
see that fucking bouquet of flowers Whitney Mirror gave me

1943
02:07:11.479 --> 02:07:15.239
at that wedding from Hell, all them months ago. Yeah

1944
02:07:15.279 --> 02:07:19.680
it's been months and then flowers they're still looking like

1945
02:07:19.760 --> 02:07:22.399
I just picked them up at the flower shop. They're

1946
02:07:22.479 --> 02:07:24.960
still red as the blood I bled on them that day.

1947
02:07:26.119 --> 02:07:28.960
I went and picked up the bouquet. Then I shook

1948
02:07:29.000 --> 02:07:35.640
my head slowly. Fuck you. I took them fucking flowers outside,

1949
02:07:35.760 --> 02:07:38.720
not giving two shits who drive by and see me naked.

1950
02:07:39.239 --> 02:07:41.439
I tossed them into the fire pit I burn shit

1951
02:07:41.520 --> 02:07:45.039
in after soaking them down good and gasoline and lighting

1952
02:07:45.079 --> 02:07:48.560
them up. I'm amazed yet again. Not only am I

1953
02:07:48.560 --> 02:07:52.640
getting married, them flowers from Hell ain't even burning up,

1954
02:07:52.920 --> 02:07:56.520
even after making the flames go real high. Then the

1955
02:07:56.520 --> 02:08:01.319
fire finally goes out, them flowers are still there. I

1956
02:08:01.399 --> 02:08:03.920
reach into the pit and pull him out. They ain't

1957
02:08:03.960 --> 02:08:07.600
even warm. Next thing I knew, Lance is out here

1958
02:08:07.600 --> 02:08:10.760
with me. He cradled me into him from behind so

1959
02:08:10.840 --> 02:08:15.359
he can swap spitting morning breath in a kiss. The

1960
02:08:15.479 --> 02:08:19.000
day of the wedding is finally here. It definitely wouldn't

1961
02:08:19.039 --> 02:08:21.479
be a very big one, but there was enough people

1962
02:08:21.520 --> 02:08:24.600
on both my side and his that came believe it

1963
02:08:24.720 --> 02:08:27.760
or not, Lance's parents paid for our wedding. Now I

1964
02:08:27.840 --> 02:08:30.439
know for a fact, Lance's parents ain't never liked me

1965
02:08:30.560 --> 02:08:33.279
none too much. I even heard his daddy telling him

1966
02:08:33.319 --> 02:08:36.359
he could do so much better than me. Hell, I

1967
02:08:37.000 --> 02:08:39.159
even told Lance he could do way better than me.

1968
02:08:40.199 --> 02:08:43.079
All the dumbass says back to me, is I love you,

1969
02:08:43.159 --> 02:08:47.720
Arian and I'm marrying you. Keep in mind, I ain't

1970
02:08:47.760 --> 02:08:50.600
never said I loved him, But I think he knew

1971
02:08:50.640 --> 02:08:52.720
I'd stay with him when I'd let him fuck me

1972
02:08:52.800 --> 02:08:56.279
six ways from Sunday, even after I knew he'd just

1973
02:08:56.359 --> 02:08:59.680
fucked another woman, or when I'd show up walking funny

1974
02:08:59.680 --> 02:09:04.000
in his place. Yet he still wants to marry me. Well,

1975
02:09:04.800 --> 02:09:08.600
fuck it. Then, getting back to the wedding, we was

1976
02:09:08.640 --> 02:09:12.079
wearing normal dress clothes. Fuck being all formal and everything.

1977
02:09:12.720 --> 02:09:15.760
Lance comes and looks at me before the wedding. Forget

1978
02:09:15.840 --> 02:09:18.279
he ain't supposed to see the bride before the wedding. Right,

1979
02:09:19.000 --> 02:09:22.720
we're alone with each other now, you just know we're

1980
02:09:22.720 --> 02:09:26.680
gonna be miserable together. Right, I tell him you can

1981
02:09:26.720 --> 02:09:29.920
do so much better than me. Last chance to tell

1982
02:09:29.920 --> 02:09:33.119
me to fuck off. I promise you no hard feelings.

1983
02:09:33.760 --> 02:09:36.079
He just pulls me into his arms and stares deep

1984
02:09:36.119 --> 02:09:40.359
into my eyes. I love you. I laugh a little,

1985
02:09:41.079 --> 02:09:44.000
and you're off your fucking rocker, leaving that rich girl

1986
02:09:44.039 --> 02:09:46.800
all to her own at your wedding rehearsal. Not just

1987
02:09:46.840 --> 02:09:50.279
a rich girl a mirror. You do know, mirrans are

1988
02:09:50.359 --> 02:09:53.720
rich as fuck, right, Yet your dumb ass done stood

1989
02:09:53.720 --> 02:09:56.359
her up when you came to my trailer and fucked me.

1990
02:09:57.600 --> 02:10:00.159
We stare at each other again, then he ki, this

1991
02:10:00.199 --> 02:10:02.840
is me one more time before leaving me before our wedding.

1992
02:10:03.760 --> 02:10:08.840
Suddenly that that fucking bouquet of flowers is right there

1993
02:10:08.840 --> 02:10:11.720
on the table. I take him in my hands and

1994
02:10:11.760 --> 02:10:14.880
hold him in front of me. The bloody red flowers

1995
02:10:14.920 --> 02:10:20.600
turned deathly black. Funny thing. Not only have I continued

1996
02:10:20.600 --> 02:10:24.279
having nightmares about Whitney's weddin, but I keep having nightmares

1997
02:10:24.319 --> 02:10:28.439
about some of her last moments before the wedding. I'd

1998
02:10:28.479 --> 02:10:32.039
swear I was looking right through her own eyes. That

1999
02:10:32.159 --> 02:10:34.760
rich girl found herself a fellow whom thought the world

2000
02:10:34.760 --> 02:10:37.880
of her the way she did him. Her girls she

2001
02:10:37.920 --> 02:10:40.439
went to Strickfield High with kept telling her he wasn't

2002
02:10:40.479 --> 02:10:45.159
no good for she wouldn't listen. I saw everything like

2003
02:10:45.239 --> 02:10:48.359
I was Whitney Mihr and herself. She gave this man

2004
02:10:48.479 --> 02:10:52.399
her everything. She gave him her heart, she gave him

2005
02:10:52.399 --> 02:10:56.520
her body however he wanted to do her. She thought

2006
02:10:56.640 --> 02:11:00.640
she did everything right. Then the wedding came and Whitney

2007
02:11:00.640 --> 02:11:04.680
got this very bouquet. Whitney's mom especially ordered him just

2008
02:11:04.760 --> 02:11:08.640
for her, from a man named Isley Tinker. Turned out

2009
02:11:08.680 --> 02:11:11.079
he was doing flowers on the side of selling odds

2010
02:11:11.119 --> 02:11:14.880
and ends at a junk shop. When Whitney got the flowers,

2011
02:11:14.880 --> 02:11:18.319
her fingers got pricked by the thorns, same when Whitney

2012
02:11:18.319 --> 02:11:22.119
put them in my hands. After Whitney bled all over him,

2013
02:11:23.039 --> 02:11:26.560
she learned the truth about her fella. He was never

2014
02:11:26.640 --> 02:11:30.239
once loyal to her. Whitney's fella fucked around on her

2015
02:11:30.279 --> 02:11:34.119
again and again. The more she saw, the more she

2016
02:11:34.279 --> 02:11:35.479
burned hot as hell.

2017
02:11:37.199 --> 02:11:41.159
You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky will be right back.

2018
02:11:42.840 --> 02:11:45.600
And at the Strickfield Community Church where the wedding was

2019
02:11:45.640 --> 02:11:48.680
to take place, Whitney turned into a bride from hell

2020
02:11:49.640 --> 02:11:53.560
and slaughtered everyone in that particular church, including the church

2021
02:11:53.600 --> 02:11:58.960
people themselves, save Minister Brewster Sloan. Remember when I said

2022
02:11:59.000 --> 02:12:03.199
I know everything there is to know about Lance you see,

2023
02:12:03.399 --> 02:12:07.319
Lance was the fella fucking around on Whitney Mirran over

2024
02:12:07.359 --> 02:12:10.920
a year ago. I knew damn well he was gonna

2025
02:12:10.920 --> 02:12:13.319
marry her. I even agreed to be Whitney's maid of honor.

2026
02:12:13.960 --> 02:12:16.760
But god damn if Lance wouldn't stop fucking me anyways.

2027
02:12:17.520 --> 02:12:20.039
Only reason Whitney didn't kill his ass that day was

2028
02:12:20.079 --> 02:12:23.359
because he begged her for his life, promising he'd be

2029
02:12:23.399 --> 02:12:26.520
a better man. She said she'd hold him to it.

2030
02:12:27.680 --> 02:12:30.680
Now that fucking music's playing for me to make my entrance,

2031
02:12:31.000 --> 02:12:34.520
everybody's gasping at me. Now. No, not because I'm one

2032
02:12:34.600 --> 02:12:38.399
ugly fucking girl about to marry Lance Westerhold. It's because

2033
02:12:39.640 --> 02:12:43.720
I became Whitney Mihr and herself. Now I'm the same

2034
02:12:43.800 --> 02:12:49.680
ghostly bride Whitney became all because of having them fucking flowers.

2035
02:12:50.479 --> 02:12:53.039
The doors are all locked tight, and I'm seeing the

2036
02:12:53.039 --> 02:12:56.520
look on Lance's face. He wants to run as our

2037
02:12:56.560 --> 02:12:59.399
relatives are exploding all over the place and painting the

2038
02:12:59.399 --> 02:13:02.800
Strickfield Chapel the unholy red wedding it needs to be.

2039
02:13:04.039 --> 02:13:07.399
Lance is looking at me now, knowing he fucked up royally.

2040
02:13:07.880 --> 02:13:14.279
In fact, it's only him the preacher Man and me. Now, Lance,

2041
02:13:14.319 --> 02:13:20.079
don't even try running away. I'm ready, I tell the

2042
02:13:20.079 --> 02:13:24.159
Preacher Man in Whitney Mirren's disembodied voice. The preacher Man

2043
02:13:24.279 --> 02:13:27.800
stammers through the usual wedding lines with Lance. Lance is

2044
02:13:27.840 --> 02:13:31.399
looking like he's ready to piss himself, but he looks

2045
02:13:31.439 --> 02:13:37.800
at me and says, I ugh do now. The Preacher

2046
02:13:37.840 --> 02:13:41.239
Man stammers the same lines to me, except he calls

2047
02:13:41.239 --> 02:13:45.840
me Whitney Mirron, since that's who I am now. When

2048
02:13:45.880 --> 02:13:49.239
he finishes, the preacher Man and Lance wait my answer.

2049
02:13:50.279 --> 02:13:53.159
I look at Lance with my glowing eyes and smile

2050
02:13:53.279 --> 02:13:58.279
sweetly till death do us part. And then I drop

2051
02:13:58.359 --> 02:14:02.119
my cursed bouquet to whole Lance to me and seal

2052
02:14:02.600 --> 02:14:06.439
our unholy union with a kiss. Then the Preacher Man

2053
02:14:06.560 --> 02:14:11.199
watches us burst into flames as I'm taking Lance straight

2054
02:14:11.760 --> 02:14:28.479
to hell with me. First date by Rob Fields Perspective

2055
02:14:28.960 --> 02:14:32.640
Ariel Mirron. Who would have thought that my life would

2056
02:14:32.680 --> 02:14:36.600
have changed so drastically over the holidays. I'm pretty good

2057
02:14:36.600 --> 02:14:40.640
at keeping my feelings to myself, but I'm still very

2058
02:14:40.680 --> 02:14:45.359
angry and upset with my parents, mostly Mom. I still

2059
02:14:45.359 --> 02:14:49.520
can't believe that Witch offered me to Queen Arcadia in

2060
02:14:49.560 --> 02:14:54.159
exchange for her fame and fortune. Oh, let me tell you.

2061
02:14:54.479 --> 02:14:57.239
I was so angry with Mom that I screamed and

2062
02:14:57.279 --> 02:14:59.760
threw everything at her that I could get my hands on.

2063
02:15:00.600 --> 02:15:04.680
I mean, I destroyed a lot of stuff. My friends

2064
02:15:04.680 --> 02:15:06.600
who were there with me had to pull me off

2065
02:15:06.640 --> 02:15:10.800
Mom when I finally attacked her myself. I've had sufficient

2066
02:15:10.840 --> 02:15:14.399
time now to calm down and assess my current situation.

2067
02:15:15.279 --> 02:15:18.479
I'm living with Madeline Donnerley and her family now and

2068
02:15:18.560 --> 02:15:23.039
actually have my own room. Mouse's parents converted a spare

2069
02:15:23.079 --> 02:15:26.640
bedroom just for me. Not only that, I figured that,

2070
02:15:26.880 --> 02:15:30.760
upon returning to Strickfield Junior High that people would be

2071
02:15:30.920 --> 02:15:35.680
jeering me about the whole fall from Grace thing. No

2072
02:15:35.720 --> 02:15:40.239
one said a word. In fact, I continued on as

2073
02:15:40.239 --> 02:15:43.159
if that whole blow up between Mom and I had

2074
02:15:43.199 --> 02:15:48.239
never happened. But something did happen at school today. You

2075
02:15:48.359 --> 02:15:51.159
probably know by now that Carter Cross and I have

2076
02:15:51.279 --> 02:15:56.399
always been polar opposites. Even now, he still calls me princess,

2077
02:15:57.039 --> 02:15:59.119
but he's not making fun of me because of my

2078
02:15:59.239 --> 02:16:03.000
fall from Grace. I wasn't letting him off so fast, though.

2079
02:16:03.520 --> 02:16:06.039
I still managed to swipe a few of his sodas,

2080
02:16:06.520 --> 02:16:12.119
including at lunch period today today though, it just it

2081
02:16:12.159 --> 02:16:15.560
didn't feel right normally, Carter's on me the minute I

2082
02:16:15.600 --> 02:16:19.199
swipe a soda. In fact, we both had the can

2083
02:16:19.319 --> 02:16:22.960
ready to fight for it. Then he just let me

2084
02:16:23.039 --> 02:16:26.520
have it. The truth is, I haven't forgotten that he

2085
02:16:26.600 --> 02:16:29.920
asked me out the first weekend of December, when we

2086
02:16:29.920 --> 02:16:34.200
were trapped in the Strickfield Town Center mall overnight hanging

2087
02:16:34.280 --> 02:16:38.959
Christmas decorations for cousin harmony. I can't stop replaying that

2088
02:16:39.040 --> 02:16:42.639
event in my mind over and over. Carter hasn't asked

2089
02:16:42.639 --> 02:16:47.879
me out again since, though, however, I haven't really given

2090
02:16:47.920 --> 02:16:51.799
him an answer. Then I remember that Carter Cross actually

2091
02:16:51.840 --> 02:16:55.399
lives next door to me. Now, I go to my

2092
02:16:55.440 --> 02:16:59.040
smartphone and text Carter to see if he's home. I

2093
02:16:59.079 --> 02:17:03.479
get a reply back almost immediately. Yes. I get off

2094
02:17:03.520 --> 02:17:05.719
my bed and head downstairs to go to his house.

2095
02:17:06.239 --> 02:17:08.680
He's right there at the back door and invites me in.

2096
02:17:09.440 --> 02:17:13.440
What's up, Princess, he asks. I take a deep breath

2097
02:17:13.440 --> 02:17:17.239
and look at him. Yes, Carter, I'm sorry I never

2098
02:17:17.280 --> 02:17:20.360
answered you that night, but yes, I will go out

2099
02:17:20.399 --> 02:17:23.239
with you. Carter and I stare at each other for

2100
02:17:23.319 --> 02:17:29.680
a long moment. You sure, he asks quietly. I nod quickly.

2101
02:17:30.799 --> 02:17:33.239
We need to know for sure if there's really something

2102
02:17:33.280 --> 02:17:36.840
there between us. We can know for sure in one date. Right.

2103
02:17:37.920 --> 02:17:42.760
We stare at each other again. What do we do?

2104
02:17:43.520 --> 02:17:47.840
He stammers, I ain't never been on a date before

2105
02:17:49.000 --> 02:17:53.159
me neither, I admit. I guess we can just go

2106
02:17:53.799 --> 02:17:59.399
hang out together, right. Carter nods, okay, Yeah, what time

2107
02:17:59.399 --> 02:18:07.639
do you want to go? Oh perspective Carter cross. Madeline

2108
02:18:07.719 --> 02:18:10.840
Donnerley and me are playing video games at Roth's Rings

2109
02:18:11.520 --> 02:18:15.120
after losing a third straight game of cruising USA place

2110
02:18:15.200 --> 02:18:20.239
in nearly last Madeline looks at me. Let's go talk, buddy,

2111
02:18:20.799 --> 02:18:24.200
she says in her mousey voice. We grab our drinks

2112
02:18:24.200 --> 02:18:28.280
and head outside. Then I just tell her Ariel and

2113
02:18:28.319 --> 02:18:31.719
me are going on a date tonight. Her eyes are

2114
02:18:31.760 --> 02:18:36.319
really wide. Now. Really, I tell Madeline about when I

2115
02:18:36.360 --> 02:18:40.000
asked Ariel out at the mall during that overnight last month.

2116
02:18:40.879 --> 02:18:44.040
I just kept thinking about it. You've been giving me

2117
02:18:44.079 --> 02:18:47.079
a hard time about Ariel. I know Mona and Bailey

2118
02:18:47.120 --> 02:18:50.559
give Ariel a hard time too. Ariel said, we got

2119
02:18:50.559 --> 02:18:53.520
to know if there's something there, so we're gonna do

2120
02:18:53.600 --> 02:18:58.239
one date tonight. Now it's the same silence like at

2121
02:18:58.280 --> 02:19:00.639
my place. When Ariel and I agree to go out.

2122
02:19:01.879 --> 02:19:05.479
Madeline breaks the silence. Told you you liked her, buddy,

2123
02:19:06.239 --> 02:19:10.079
I sigh. What if I mess things up with her? Madeline,

2124
02:19:11.000 --> 02:19:13.639
this is our first date. It ain't gonna be like

2125
02:19:13.680 --> 02:19:18.159
when we hang out, she smirks. Just talk to her carter.

2126
02:19:18.840 --> 02:19:22.360
The rest will work itself out. I ain't never dated yet,

2127
02:19:22.360 --> 02:19:26.520
but I understand a few things based on movies. She

2128
02:19:26.680 --> 02:19:31.479
gently slaps my shoulder. Just talk to her. I nod quickly,

2129
02:19:32.840 --> 02:19:35.680
Sorry about what happened in here. I should have just

2130
02:19:35.959 --> 02:19:40.440
talked to you. It's all good, buddy, she replies. I

2131
02:19:40.520 --> 02:19:43.440
put my hand on her shoulder. I'm glad. I can

2132
02:19:43.479 --> 02:19:47.360
always talk to you, Madeleine, and you always will, she

2133
02:19:47.520 --> 02:19:51.360
promises me. Feeling better, we go back inside and start

2134
02:19:51.399 --> 02:19:55.079
playing again. Now I can actually compete with Madeline. When

2135
02:19:55.120 --> 02:20:04.600
we start racing again, perspective Ariel mirror. I enter Mouse's

2136
02:20:04.639 --> 02:20:08.680
house she calls it the mousehole, and see she's typing

2137
02:20:08.719 --> 02:20:12.479
away on her computer. A few minutes later, she's finally done.

2138
02:20:12.799 --> 02:20:15.360
I think she finished a paper for one of our classes.

2139
02:20:15.920 --> 02:20:19.879
Now she looks right at me. It's gonna be okay, Ariel,

2140
02:20:20.360 --> 02:20:24.520
she tells me. I sigh. Carter talked to you, didn't he.

2141
02:20:25.479 --> 02:20:27.520
She turns in her chair and waits for me to

2142
02:20:27.559 --> 02:20:31.120
sit on her lower bunk. He did, but she kind

2143
02:20:31.120 --> 02:20:34.159
of been fidgeting all day. You only ever do that

2144
02:20:34.200 --> 02:20:37.440
when you're really nervous, which don't happen often with you.

2145
02:20:38.440 --> 02:20:43.319
I sigh again. I hate you. Mouse. She comes and

2146
02:20:43.360 --> 02:20:47.600
sits beside me. It'll be okay. You and Carter are

2147
02:20:47.680 --> 02:20:51.799
gonna hang out, Just have fun and talk to him. Suddenly,

2148
02:20:52.559 --> 02:20:53.600
the doorbell.

2149
02:20:53.280 --> 02:20:58.680
Rings don't go away. Weekly spooky. We'll be right back.

2150
02:21:00.360 --> 02:21:04.040
It's Carter, Mouse tells me. I give her an odd look.

2151
02:21:04.600 --> 02:21:09.319
Carter usually just comes in. Mouse smirks, Yeah. Carter and

2152
02:21:09.399 --> 02:21:12.680
me usually walk into each other's houses. But Carter ain't

2153
02:21:12.680 --> 02:21:15.040
here to hang out with me. He's here for you.

2154
02:21:15.920 --> 02:21:19.159
Better go answer that. I look at the Freddy Krueger

2155
02:21:19.200 --> 02:21:22.799
clock next to the door. Seven point thirty time sure

2156
02:21:22.920 --> 02:21:25.879
flew since Carter and I arranged our date. I see

2157
02:21:25.920 --> 02:21:29.440
Mouse's smile and know everything's going to be all right.

2158
02:21:30.120 --> 02:21:31.760
I get up and make my way down to the

2159
02:21:31.799 --> 02:21:35.760
front door. Mouse is right when Carter's standing outside. We

2160
02:21:35.879 --> 02:21:38.760
look at each other for a long moment, just like

2161
02:21:38.840 --> 02:21:41.840
at his house earlier. Then I finally put on my

2162
02:21:41.959 --> 02:21:44.600
jacket and go out onto the porch, with him closing

2163
02:21:44.639 --> 02:21:48.920
the door behind me. Where officially on our first date.

2164
02:21:49.600 --> 02:21:59.760
Now perspective, Carter Cross, Ariel and me are both pretty nervous.

2165
02:22:00.239 --> 02:22:03.600
We're walking to downtown village together in silence, glancing at

2166
02:22:03.600 --> 02:22:08.399
each other at times. Finally, Ariel says something, I'm just

2167
02:22:08.440 --> 02:22:11.959
as scared as you, Carter. That makes me feel better.

2168
02:22:12.840 --> 02:22:15.760
What do you want to do? We stop right outside

2169
02:22:15.799 --> 02:22:20.280
the Strickfield Centennial Theater. There's only two movies playing, including

2170
02:22:20.280 --> 02:22:24.120
a special screening of Rad Yeah, that bicycle movie from

2171
02:22:24.120 --> 02:22:28.040
the nineteen eighties. Ariel surprises me and wants to see it.

2172
02:22:28.799 --> 02:22:31.120
I pay for our tickets and buy us both cokes.

2173
02:22:32.040 --> 02:22:34.319
Madeline and I had seen this movie plenty of times

2174
02:22:34.360 --> 02:22:37.639
after we became friends. Rad got us into riding bikes

2175
02:22:37.639 --> 02:22:42.600
the way we do, even getting mongooses. Anyway, Ariel never

2176
02:22:42.639 --> 02:22:48.440
got bored once. Later, we're sitting in Big Ed's soda

2177
02:22:48.479 --> 02:22:52.040
parlor after the movie and talking about it. Madeline's right

2178
02:22:52.120 --> 02:22:56.239
about just talking to Ariel. Also, Ariel insisted on paying

2179
02:22:56.239 --> 02:23:00.559
for our Sundays since I paid it the movies. Suddenly,

2180
02:23:00.719 --> 02:23:05.159
Ariel's eyes get wide, so do mine. When Bailey Downs

2181
02:23:05.200 --> 02:23:09.959
and Mona Abels approach our table, Ariel's face goes red fast,

2182
02:23:10.200 --> 02:23:14.200
and not because she's mad. Ah ain't you too cute?

2183
02:23:14.680 --> 02:23:20.520
Mona teases. Bailey just gives Ariel this weird smile. Now

2184
02:23:20.559 --> 02:23:24.920
Ariel does tough enough. Yes, I am here with Carter Cross,

2185
02:23:25.239 --> 02:23:28.319
go tell the whole school. When Bailey and Mona look

2186
02:23:28.360 --> 02:23:32.000
at me, I just NodD Ariel's way what she said.

2187
02:23:33.079 --> 02:23:36.200
Then Mona and Bailey smile wickedly and giggle a little

2188
02:23:36.280 --> 02:23:41.000
before they start singing Ariel's got a boy friend. Ariel's

2189
02:23:41.040 --> 02:23:45.559
got a boy friend. Ariel growls at them, I hate

2190
02:23:45.600 --> 02:23:49.920
you both. Then they turn and walk away, laughing. The

2191
02:23:50.000 --> 02:23:52.600
last thing I hear before they leave is Bailey telling

2192
02:23:52.639 --> 02:23:57.120
Mona told you so. Ariel takes a deep breath and

2193
02:23:57.159 --> 02:24:01.319
looks at me. Now, I really don't care Carter. I

2194
02:24:01.440 --> 02:24:06.360
smile at Ariel me neither. When we finish our ice cream,

2195
02:24:06.360 --> 02:24:09.719
we leave and go walking around. Then I decide to

2196
02:24:09.719 --> 02:24:13.680
be a man and take Ariel's hand. She gasps at first,

2197
02:24:14.760 --> 02:24:19.239
and then relaxes. She doesn't take her hand back. Then

2198
02:24:19.319 --> 02:24:27.760
we get calm and start talking again. Perspective Ariel Mirn.

2199
02:24:29.159 --> 02:24:31.719
You just know Bailey and Mona are going to tell

2200
02:24:31.760 --> 02:24:34.719
anyone who's willing to listen. I meant what I said.

2201
02:24:34.760 --> 02:24:36.959
I really don't care who knows that I'm on a

2202
02:24:37.040 --> 02:24:41.000
date with Carter Cross. I decide to be honest with him.

2203
02:24:41.959 --> 02:24:45.120
Maybe if I was still living back in the gated community,

2204
02:24:45.159 --> 02:24:48.360
I might have denied it. But I'm out here with

2205
02:24:48.440 --> 02:24:51.760
all of you. Now, you ever miss being in there?

2206
02:24:52.319 --> 02:24:57.879
Carter asks, no, I say, without hesitation, my parents never

2207
02:24:57.959 --> 02:25:02.000
once called Mouse's house asking for They never stopped by either,

2208
02:25:02.799 --> 02:25:06.479
not even anything in the mail. I smile a little.

2209
02:25:07.799 --> 02:25:12.879
Madeline's parents are good people, I know. Suddenly, Carter and

2210
02:25:12.959 --> 02:25:17.959
I just stop dead. How did we end up walking

2211
02:25:18.000 --> 02:25:24.040
down this street? Carter? I ask, we just did? Carter

2212
02:25:24.159 --> 02:25:28.120
tells me we just turned down this way. And well,

2213
02:25:28.920 --> 02:25:32.159
Carter and I are staring right at the old Carnivosh

2214
02:25:32.280 --> 02:25:36.239
estate from outside the high fence. When Carter and I

2215
02:25:36.319 --> 02:25:40.440
squeeze hands, I admit something to him. Mona, Bailey and

2216
02:25:40.479 --> 02:25:42.559
I dared Mouse to go into this house when we

2217
02:25:42.920 --> 02:25:46.399
walked by it in early October. Mona asked her if

2218
02:25:46.399 --> 02:25:49.680
she was chicken. Mouse simply told us she was brave

2219
02:25:49.799 --> 02:25:53.799
enough to go in there, but not stupid enough. We

2220
02:25:53.879 --> 02:25:58.760
didn't say anything more to her about it after that. Okay, well,

2221
02:25:58.879 --> 02:26:03.879
let's just keep walking, Carter suggests, after a little bit. Yeah,

2222
02:26:04.239 --> 02:26:09.360
let's I agree, fast, but neither of us move. It's

2223
02:26:09.440 --> 02:26:12.600
not because we're both scared of the house. It's because

2224
02:26:12.639 --> 02:26:16.879
we're looking through the main gate and seeing a little

2225
02:26:16.920 --> 02:26:22.120
girl standing in one of the windows, looking right out

2226
02:26:22.159 --> 02:26:32.719
at us perspective, Carter cross. Ariel and I both agree

2227
02:26:32.760 --> 02:26:35.680
we saw that little girl in the house. We're both

2228
02:26:35.760 --> 02:26:39.680
pretty sure nobody lives in the Carnivosh estate, and not

2229
02:26:39.840 --> 02:26:43.520
for a very long time living in the village itself.

2230
02:26:43.559 --> 02:26:47.280
It would be big news fast if anyone actually moved

2231
02:26:47.319 --> 02:26:50.760
in there. When the little girl moves away from the window,

2232
02:26:50.879 --> 02:26:54.559
Ariel and I look at each other. Carter, we can't

2233
02:26:55.000 --> 02:26:59.000
leave that little girl in there, Ariel tells me. I gulp,

2234
02:27:00.159 --> 02:27:03.520
afraid you'd say that. Ariel and me don't even gotta

2235
02:27:03.559 --> 02:27:06.079
talk about it. We climb the fence and go inside.

2236
02:27:06.079 --> 02:27:09.200
The property. Looks like this place ain't had yard work

2237
02:27:09.280 --> 02:27:13.159
done in years, even though it's early January. Weeds seem

2238
02:27:13.239 --> 02:27:16.559
to keep growing real good here. When we reach the

2239
02:27:16.600 --> 02:27:19.920
front door, one of them's wide open. Then I hear

2240
02:27:20.000 --> 02:27:24.559
Ariel gulp. She's breathing fast and giving me looks. I

2241
02:27:24.639 --> 02:27:27.760
know I gotta be looking scared too. Ariel and I

2242
02:27:27.799 --> 02:27:31.520
are still holding hands when we slowly go inside. We

2243
02:27:31.600 --> 02:27:35.440
hain't even two steps past the door. When Ariel and

2244
02:27:35.520 --> 02:27:37.639
me both cry out and turn around to see the

2245
02:27:37.719 --> 02:27:42.399
doors are both completely closed. We go to them and

2246
02:27:42.520 --> 02:27:48.239
find we're locked in. Ariel quickly pulls out her phone. No,

2247
02:27:48.920 --> 02:27:53.920
she looks at me. No signal you, uh huh, I confirm.

2248
02:27:54.319 --> 02:27:57.920
Then I open my settings. No nearby Wi Fi either.

2249
02:27:58.760 --> 02:28:02.040
We put our phones away. Then Ariel points to the stairway.

2250
02:28:03.200 --> 02:28:06.319
I don't think she was upstairs, Ariel, I say, I

2251
02:28:06.360 --> 02:28:08.120
thought the little girl was in the room to the

2252
02:28:08.159 --> 02:28:12.520
left of the doors. Ariel points in the direction in there.

2253
02:28:13.319 --> 02:28:17.040
Ariel quickly grabs my hand. Don't you dare let go.

2254
02:28:17.159 --> 02:28:20.719
I'm not losing you, Carter Cross. I shake her hand

2255
02:28:20.719 --> 02:28:23.760
to assure her I'm holding it. Then we walk into

2256
02:28:23.799 --> 02:28:28.520
what looks like a living room. Little girl, I call out.

2257
02:28:29.120 --> 02:28:32.200
Then I point to the window. There's where we saw

2258
02:28:32.239 --> 02:28:35.200
her right. We moved to the window and look outside

2259
02:28:35.239 --> 02:28:38.479
to see where we were before we came in. We'll

2260
02:28:38.479 --> 02:28:42.079
have to keep looking around, Ariel says, she's not in here. Now.

2261
02:28:42.920 --> 02:28:46.680
I stop her fast, Ariel. She turns and sees I'm

2262
02:28:46.680 --> 02:28:51.200
pointing down a hallway where we see the little girl. Stop.

2263
02:28:51.440 --> 02:28:55.280
Ariel calls out, please come this way. Ariel and I

2264
02:28:55.360 --> 02:28:58.200
run down the hallway as she turns away. When we

2265
02:28:58.280 --> 02:29:01.440
reach the end, we come into a conservatory. We move

2266
02:29:01.520 --> 02:29:03.559
to the other entrance and go through it to see

2267
02:29:03.600 --> 02:29:07.639
the little girl again at the end of another hallway. Carter,

2268
02:29:08.200 --> 02:29:13.120
Ariel gasps, you seeing this, I nod fast. The little

2269
02:29:13.159 --> 02:29:16.200
girl's feet are pointing to the floor, but it's plain

2270
02:29:16.360 --> 02:29:21.120
as the noses on our faces. She's floating. Yeah, I

2271
02:29:21.200 --> 02:29:25.399
definitely think she's a ghost, Ariel. I hate you, Carter.

2272
02:29:25.879 --> 02:29:30.280
Ariel stutters. She really squeezes my hand. Now. Then we

2273
02:29:30.319 --> 02:29:33.200
look down the hallway. I think she wants us to

2274
02:29:33.280 --> 02:29:36.639
follow her. I say, it's like she's trying to tell

2275
02:29:36.719 --> 02:29:40.399
us something. Ariel gulps again and turns me to look

2276
02:29:40.440 --> 02:29:44.559
at the wall. There's an old Carnivoge family portrait hanging there.

2277
02:29:45.760 --> 02:29:48.200
Now we see the little girl at the very center

2278
02:29:48.879 --> 02:29:54.120
in front of her family. Clearly she was the youngest.

2279
02:29:54.760 --> 02:29:59.280
The date is January fourth, eighteen twenty four.

2280
02:30:00.959 --> 02:30:05.159
I like it, spooky weekly. Spooky will be right back.

2281
02:30:10.719 --> 02:30:16.399
Perspective, Aeriel Mirrn. That little Carnivosh girl is over two

2282
02:30:16.479 --> 02:30:20.799
hundred years old. Had she lived, we look to see

2283
02:30:20.840 --> 02:30:24.879
her ghost is still waiting for us. Come on, Carter,

2284
02:30:25.440 --> 02:30:28.479
I stammer. The two of us keep following the little

2285
02:30:28.479 --> 02:30:32.360
girl until we're at another door. No doubt this one's

2286
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going to lead into the one place you would never

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want to go in a creepy old mansion like this,

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the basement. The door opens on its own, Then the

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little girl floats down the stairway. She's giving off this

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eerie light to show she's at the bottom and waiting

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for us. Since she's lighting our way, we can easily

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02:30:53.600 --> 02:30:57.479
follow her down without tripping over our own feet. Carter

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02:30:57.639 --> 02:31:00.799
insists on leading the way like the gall guy I

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02:31:00.840 --> 02:31:04.079
know he is. When we reach the bottom, the ghost

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moves again, the basement still lit thanks to her. She

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02:31:08.719 --> 02:31:11.520
takes us through a few rooms and finally stops next

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02:31:11.520 --> 02:31:14.719
to a big brick wall. Then she points right at it.

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You want us to break Carter mumbles. The little girl

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keeps pointing to the wall. Then I see something over there.

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Carter grab that big hammer. Carter and I let go

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02:31:29.000 --> 02:31:32.120
of each other's hands. He finds the big sledgehammer on

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a workbench and brings it over. It takes Carter a

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02:31:35.239 --> 02:31:39.200
few really big hits before he finally succeeds in cracking

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the mortar. He keeps swinging and hitting until he finally

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02:31:42.959 --> 02:31:46.120
makes a block come loose. Then he keeps hitting it

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until it falls over on the inside. Carter has to

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02:31:49.799 --> 02:31:53.440
take little breaks to collect himself, but he finally manages

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02:31:53.479 --> 02:31:56.159
to break the wall in enough. I take out my

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02:31:56.239 --> 02:32:01.000
smartphone and shine my light through the hole Carter made.

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Carter and I both scream when we see a couple

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02:32:04.239 --> 02:32:09.879
of skeletons, one big and one small, and then the

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little girl smiles happily and points to both of us. Suddenly,

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this huge flash of light washes over us. Epilogue perspective

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aerial Mirron. Later that night, Carter and I are in

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the mousehole telling mouse about our experience at the Carnivosh estate.

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We told her about finding the little girl and then

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02:32:34.879 --> 02:32:37.600
her leading us to where she and her dad were

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both walled up in the basement. Two hundred years ago today,

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02:32:42.920 --> 02:32:46.040
a band of robbers came to the Carnivosh estate and

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robbed it. Emilio Carnivoche tried to save and protect his

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02:32:50.479 --> 02:32:53.520
family from the robbers, but it was all in vain.

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Emilio and little Rosemary were walled up within the basement

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02:32:57.760 --> 02:33:01.479
to cruelly separate the two of them from Margo, the mother,

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and Rosemary's two older brothers, Waldo and Morton. Emilia was

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02:33:06.959 --> 02:33:11.959
badly hurt and weakened, and Rosemary was too little, unable

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02:33:12.000 --> 02:33:16.319
to free themselves from their tomb. They died of starvation.

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02:33:17.520 --> 02:33:19.520
We weren't shown what happened to the rest of the

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02:33:19.559 --> 02:33:24.360
Carnivoge family. I can feel like deep down that both

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02:33:24.399 --> 02:33:26.840
the father and the little girl are resting in peace.

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Now I finish. Yeah, we got out of the house

2331
02:33:30.959 --> 02:33:33.559
and went to Roth's Rings to call the police. Anonymously,

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02:33:34.079 --> 02:33:38.120
Carter ads Carter and I both Pinky promised Mouse that

2333
02:33:38.200 --> 02:33:41.719
we weren't making up the story. Ah, I believe you both,

2334
02:33:42.040 --> 02:33:45.920
she said, Come on, we survived Abigail Tomlin, a big

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02:33:46.000 --> 02:33:51.239
vampire woman, and Queen Arcadia. Right, good point, Madeline. Carter

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02:33:51.399 --> 02:33:55.159
agrees When we finished talking, Carter and I leave the house.

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We find ourselves holding hands again as we walk onto

2338
02:33:59.200 --> 02:34:02.799
Carter's back pot. Carter and I both look like we

2339
02:34:02.840 --> 02:34:05.600
want to say something to each other, but we just

2340
02:34:05.680 --> 02:34:08.959
look at each other again. Carter leans in a little,

2341
02:34:10.000 --> 02:34:15.920
he's hesitating, I'm hesitating, and then I barely feel it

2342
02:34:15.959 --> 02:34:18.840
when we come apart, but Carter and I shared our

2343
02:34:18.840 --> 02:34:21.840
first kiss. We don't even have to say anything to

2344
02:34:21.879 --> 02:34:24.840
each other, but we know mutually we're not going to

2345
02:34:24.879 --> 02:34:28.200
be just one and done on dating. Carter and I

2346
02:34:28.280 --> 02:34:30.639
say goodbye, and I watch him go into his house.

2347
02:34:31.280 --> 02:34:33.639
I return to the Donnerly Home and go back in.

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02:34:34.799 --> 02:34:36.719
I head to my room and lay on my bed,

2349
02:34:36.879 --> 02:34:40.280
knowing I have a lot to think about, and that's

2350
02:34:40.319 --> 02:34:44.120
where this particular adventure ends. But I can promise you

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02:34:44.760 --> 02:34:51.840
we'll be back again very soon. Well, my spooky lover's

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02:34:51.879 --> 02:34:55.840
out there. I hope you enjoyed either experiencing some of

2353
02:34:55.879 --> 02:35:00.239
our finest fair about fearful love, whether it was the

2354
02:35:00.280 --> 02:35:04.479
first time or as a much needed revisit, Because you know,

2355
02:35:05.280 --> 02:35:09.319
absence does make the heart grow fonder. The longer a

2356
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story's been away, the more it deserves a little revisiting

2357
02:35:13.520 --> 02:35:18.520
or maybe just maybe I'm becoming a little sentimental in

2358
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my old age. But thank you so much for listening,

2359
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and I hope you enjoy our brand new Valentine's Day

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story next Wednesday. If you want to hang out with us,

2361
02:35:29.040 --> 02:35:32.719
if you're a part of that Weekly Spooky Lonely Hearts club,

2362
02:35:33.280 --> 02:35:36.239
just head over to Facebook and type in weekly Spooky's

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Tomb of Terror, hang out with myself, our authors, and

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other spookies like yourself. Until next time, stay safe, stay spooky,

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and watch out for love.