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Summer is the perfect time for first dates, yard sales,

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family dinners, and parties beneath the stars. Unfortunately, tonight's plans

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have changed. Behind the windows of an abandoned mansion, a

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little girl has been waiting two hundred years for someone

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to follow her inside. A one dollar bargain has carried

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something freezing into a young couple's apartment. Two killers have

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arrived for dinner without asking what their hosts prefer to eat.

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And beyond the glow of a woodland fire, something is

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laughing as it watches the party beginning. That's the trouble

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with summer ween, isn't it. The nights are warm enough

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to invite adventure, but dark enough to hide whatever followed

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you home. So hold tightly to your date, inspect every

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thrift store or purchase, and never assume you're the most

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dangerous guest at the table. These are some of our

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time we get ready for our hot date. First Date

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by Rob Fields Perspective Ariel Mirron. Who would have thought

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that my life would have changed so drastically over the holidays.

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I'm pretty good at keeping my feelings to myself, but

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I'm still very angry and upset with my parents, mostly Mom.

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I still can't believe that which offered me to Queen

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Arcadia in exchange for her fame and fortune. Oh let

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me tell you. I was so angry with Mom that

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I screamed and threw everything at her that I could

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get my hands on. I mean, I destroyed a lot

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of stuff. My friends who were there with me had

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to pull me off Mom when I finally attacked her myself.

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I've had sufficient time now to calm down and assess

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my current situation. I'm living with Madeline Donnerley and her

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family now and actually have my own room. Mouse's parents

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converted a spare bedroom just for me. Not only that,

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I figured that, upon returning to Strickfield Junior High that

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people would be jeering me about the whole fall from

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Grace thing. No one said a word. In fact, I

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continued on as if that whole blow up between Mom

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and I had never happened, but something did happen at

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school today. You probably know by now that Carter Cross

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and I have always been polar opposites. Even now, he

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still calls me princess, but he's not making fun of

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me because of my fall from Grace. I wasn't letting

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him off so fast, though. I still managed to swipe

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a few of his sodas, including at lunch period today today,

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though it just it didn't feel right. Normally, Carter's on

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me the minute I swipe a soda. In fact, we

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both had the can ready to fight for it, then

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he just let me have it. The truth is, I

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haven't forgotten that he asked me out the first weekend

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of December, when we were trapped in the Strickfield Town

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Center mall overnight hanging Christmas decorations for cousin Harmony. I

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can't stop replaying that event in my mind over and over.

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Carter hasn't asked me out again since, though, however, I

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haven't really given him an answer. Then I remember that

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Carter Cross actually lives next door to me. Now, I

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go to my smartphone and text Carter to see if

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he's home. I get a reply. Back almost immediately. Yes,

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I get off my bed and head downstairs to go

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to his house. He's right there at the back door

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and invites me in. What's up, princess, he asks. I

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take a deep breath and look at him. Yes, Carter,

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I'm sorry I never answered you that night, but yes,

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I will go out with you. Carter and I stare

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at each other for a long moment. You sure, he

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asks quietly. I nod quickly. We need to know for

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sure if there's really something there between us. We can

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know for sure in one date. Right. We stare at

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each other again. What do we do? He stammers. I

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ain't never been on a date before me neither, I admit.

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I guess we can just go hang out together, right?

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Carter nods, okay, Yeah, what time do you want to go?

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Perspective Carter Cross, Madeline Donnerley and me are playing video

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games at Roth's Rings after losing a third straight game

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of Cruise in USA Place in nearly last Madeline looks

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at me. Let's go talk, buddy, she says in her

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mousey voice. We grab our drinks and head outside. Then

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I just tell her Ariel and me are going on

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a date tonight. Her eyes are really wide. Now, really,

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I tell Madeline about when I asked Ariel out at

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the mall during that overnight last month. I just kept

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thinking about it. You've been giving me a hard time.

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I'm about Ariel. I know Mona and Bailey give Ariel

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a hard time too. Ariel said, we got to know

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if there's something there, so we're gonna do one date tonight.

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Now it's the same silence like at my place when

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Ariel and I agreed to go out. Madeline breaks the silence,

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told you you liked her, buddy, I sigh. What if

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I mess things up with her? Madeline, this is our

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first date. It ain't gonna be like when we hang out,

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she smirks. Just talk to her Carter. The rest will

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work itself out. I ain't never dated yet, but I

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understand a few things based on movies. She gently slaps

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my shoulder. Just talk to her, I nod quickly. Sorry

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about what happened in here. I should have just talked

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to you. It's all good, buddy, she replies. I put

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my hand on her shoulder. I'm glad. I can always

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talk to you, Maddelin, and you always will, she promises me,

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Feeling better we go back inside and start playing again.

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Now I can actually compete with Madeline when we start

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racing again. Perspective Ariel mirror. I enter Mouse's house she

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calls it the mousehole, and see she's typing away on

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her computer. A few minutes later, she's finally done. I

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think she finished a paper for one of our classes.

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Now she looks right at me. It's gonna be okay, Ariel,

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she tells me. I sigh. Carter talked to you, didn't he.

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She turns in her chair and waits for me to

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sit on her lower bunk. He did, but she kind

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of been fidgeting all day. You only ever do that

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when you're really nervous, which don't happen often with you.

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I sigh again. I hate you. Mouse. She comes and

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sits beside me. It'll be okay. You and Carter are

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gonna hang out, just have fun and talk to him.

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Suddenly the doorbell rings. It's Carter. Mouse tells me. I

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give her an odd look. Carter usually just comes in.

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Mouse smirks, Yeah, Carter and me usually walk into each

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other's houses. But Carter ain't here to hang out with me.

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He's here for you. Better go answer that. I look

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at the Freddy Krueger clock next to the door. Seven

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point thirty time sure flew since Carter and I arranged

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our date. I see Mouse's smile and know everything's going

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to be all right. I get up and make my

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way down to the front door. Mouse is right when

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Carter's standing outside. We look at each other for a

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long moment, just like at his house earlier. Then I

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finally put on my jacket and go out onto the porch,

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with him closing the door behind me. Where officially on

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our first date. Now perspective, Carter Cross, Ariel and me

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are both pretty nervous. We're walking to downtown village together

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in silence, glancing at each other at times. Finally, Ariel

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says something, I'm just as scared as you, Carter. That

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makes me feel better. What do you want to do?

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We stop right outside the Strickfield Centennial Theater. There's only

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two movies playing, including a special screening of rad Yeah,

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that bicycle movie from the nineteen eighties. Ariel surprises me

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and wants to see it. I pay for our tickets

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and buy us both cokes. Madeline and I had seen

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this movie plenty of times after we became friends. Rad

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got us into riding bikes the way we do, even

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getting mongooses. Anyway, Ariel never got bored once. Later, we

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are sitting in Big Ed's soda parlor after the movie

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and talking about Madeline's right about just talking to Ariel. Also,

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Ariel insisted on paying for our Sundays since I paid

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at the movies. Suddenly, Ariel's eyes get wide, so do mine.

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When Bailey Downs and Mona Abels approach our table, Ariel's

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face goes red fast, and not because she's mad. Aw

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I ain't you too cute? Mona teases. Bailey just gives

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Ariel this weird smile. Now Ariel does tough enough. Yes,

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I am here with Carter Cross. Go tell the whole school.

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When Bailey and Mona look at me, I just nod

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Ariel's way what she said. Then Mona and Bailey smile

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wickedly and giggle a little before they start singing Ariel's

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got a boy friend, Ariel's got a boy friend. Ariel

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growls at them, I hate you both. Then they turn

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and walk away laughing. The last thing I hear before

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they leave is Bailey telling Mona told you so, Ariel

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takes a deep breath and looks at me. Now, I

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really don't care, Carter. I smile at Ariel me neither.

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When we finish our ice cream, we leave and go

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walking around. Then I decide to be a man and

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take Ariel's hand. She gasps at first, and then relaxes.

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She doesn't take her hand back. Then we get calm

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and start talking again. Perspective, Ariel, mirm. You just know

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Bailey and Mona are going to tell anyone who's willing

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to listen. I meant what I said. I really don't

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care who knows that I'm on a date with Carter Cross.

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I decide to be honest with him. Maybe if I

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was still living back in the gated community, I might

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have denied it. But I'm out here with all of you.

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Now you ever miss being in there? Carter asks no,

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I say, without hesitation, my parents never once called Mouse's

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house asking for me. They never stopped by either, not

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even anything in the mail. I smile a little. Madeline's

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parents are good people, I know. Suddenly, Carter and I

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just stop dead. How did we end up walking down

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this street? Carter? I ask, we just did? Carter tells me,

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we just turned down this way, and well, Carter and

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I are staring right at the old Carnivosh estate from

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outside the high fence. When Carter and I squeeze hands,

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I admit something to him. Mona Bailey and I dared

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Mouse to go into this house when we walked by

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it in early October. Mona asked her if she was chicken.

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Mouse simply told us she was brave enough to go

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in there, but not stupid enough. We didn't say anything

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more to her about it after that. Okay, well, let's

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just keep walking, Carter suggests after a little bit. Yeah,

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let's I agree fast, but neither of us move. It's

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not because we're both scared of the house. It's because

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we're looking through the main gate and seeing a little

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girl standing in one of the windows, looking right out

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at us perspective. Carter Cross, Ariel and I both agree

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we saw that little girl in the house. We're both

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pretty sure nobody lives in the Carnivosh estate, and not

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for a very long time living in the village itself.

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It would be big news fast if anyone actually moved

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in there. When the little girl moves away from the window,

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Ariel and I look at each other. Carter, we can't

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leave that little girl in there, Ariel tells me. I gulp,

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I was afraid you'd say that. Ariel and me don't

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even gotta talk about it. We climb the fence and

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go inside. The property looks like this place ain't had

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yard work done in years, even though it's early January.

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Weeds seem to keep growing real good here. When we

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reach the front door, one of them's wide open. Then

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I hear Ariel gulp. She's breathing fast and giving me looks.

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I know I gotta be looking scared too. Ariel and

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I are still holding hands when we slowly go inside.

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We hain't even two steps past the door when Ariel

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and me both cry out and turn around to see

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the doors are both completely closed. We go to them

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and find we're locked in. Ariel quickly pulls out her phone. No,

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she looks at me. No signal you, uh huh, I confirm.

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Then I open my settings. No nearby Wi Fi either.

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We put our phones away. Then Ariel points to the stairway.

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I don't think she was upstairs, Ariel, I say, I

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thought the little girl was in the room to the

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left of the doors. Ariel points in the direction. In there.

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Ariel quickly grabs my hand. Don't you dare let go.

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I'm not losing you, Carter cross. I shake her hand

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to assure her I'm holding it. Then we walk into

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what looks like a living room. Little girl, I call out.

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Then I point to the window. There's where we saw her. Right.

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We moved to the window and look outside to see

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where we were before we came in. We'll have to

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keep looking around, Ariel says, she's not in here now.

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I stop her fast, Ariel. She turns and sees I'm

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pointing down a hallway where we see the little girl. Stop.

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Ariel calls out, please come this way. Ariel and I

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run down the hallway as she turns away. When we

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reach the end, we come into a conservatory. We move

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to the other entrance and go through it to see

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the little girl again at the end of another hallway. Carter.

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Ariel gasps, you seeing this, I nod fast. The little

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girl's feet are pointing to the floor, but it's plain

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as the noses on our faces. She's floating. Yeah, I

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definitely think she's a ghost, Ariel. I hate you, Carter,

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Ariel stutters. She really squeezes my hand. Now, then we

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look down the hallway. I think she wants us to

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follow her. I say, it's like she's trying to tell

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us something. Ariel gulps again and turns me to look

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at the wall. There's an old Carnivoge family portrait hanging there.

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Now we see the little girl at the very center

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in front of her family. Clearly she was the youngest.

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The date is January fourth, eighteen twenty four. Perspective aeriel mirror.

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That little Carnivosh girl is over two hundred years old.

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Had she lived, we look to see her ghost is

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still waiting for us. Come on, Carter, I stammer. The

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two of us keep following the little girl until we're

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at another door. No doubt this one's going to lead

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into the one place you would never want to go

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in a creepy old mansion like this, the basement. The

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door opens on its own. Then the little girl floats

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down the stairway. She's giving off this eerie light to

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show she's at the bottom and waiting for us. Since

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she's lighting our way, we can easily follow her down

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without tripping over our own feet. Carter and Sis on

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leading the way like the gallant guy I know he is.

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When we reach the bottom, the ghost moves again, the

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basement still lit thanks to her. She takes us through

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a few rooms and finally stops next to a big

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brick wall. Then she points right at it. You want

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us to break, Carter mumbles. The little girl keeps pointing

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to the wall. Then I see something over there. Carter

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grab that big hammer. Carter and I let go of

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each other's hands. He finds the big sledgehammer on a

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workbench and brings it over. It takes Carter a few

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really big hits before he finally succeeds in cracking the mortar.

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He keeps swinging and hitting until he finally makes a

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block come loose. Then he keeps hitting it until it

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falls over on the inside. Carter has to take little

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breaks to collect himself, but he finally manages to break

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the wall in enough. I take out my smartphone and

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shine my light through the hole Carter made. Carter and

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I both scream when we see a couple of skeletons,

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one big and one small, and then the little girl

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smiles happily and points to both of us. Suddenly, this

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huge flash of light washes over us epilogue perspective aerial Mirren.

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Later that night, Carter and I are in the mousehole

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telling mouse about our experience at the carnivosh estate. We

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told her about finding the little girl and then her

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leading us to where she and her dad were both

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walled up in the basement. Two hundred years ago today,

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a band of robbers came to the Carnivosha estate and

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robbed it. Emilio Carnivoche tried to save and protect his

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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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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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badly hurt and weakened, and Rosemary was too little, unable

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to free themselves from their tomb. They died of starvation.

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We weren't shown what happened to the rest of the

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Carnivoge family. I can feel like deep down that both

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the father and the little girl are resting in peace

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now I finish. Yeah. We got out of the house

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and went to Roth's Rings to call the police. Anonymously,

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Carter ads. Carter and I both Pinky promised Mouse that

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we weren't making up the story. Ah, I believe you both,

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she said. Come on, we survived Abigail Tomlin, a big

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vampire woman, and Queen Arcadia. Right, good point, Madeline, Carter agrees.

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When we finished talking, Carter and I leave the house.

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We find ourselves holding hands again as we walk onto

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Carter's back porch. Carter and I both look like we

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want to say something to each other, but we just

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look at each other again. Carter leans in a little.

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He's hesitating. I'm hesitating, and then I barely feel it

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when we come apart, but Carter and I shared our

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first kiss. We don't even have to say anything to

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each other, but we know mutually we're not going to

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be just one and done on dating. Carter and I

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say goodbye, and I watch him go into his house.

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I return to the Donnerly Home and go back in.

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I head to my room and lay on my bed,

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knowing I have a lot to think about, and that's

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where this particular adventure ends. But I can promise you

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we'll be back again very soon. Thrifting fail. We are

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now haunted by Bruce Haney. Sarah in Keith's day had

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been a bust. The young couple had spent the day

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thrifting and hitting yard sales while trying to find a

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new vacuum cleaner for their apartment. While they searched, they

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used half a tank of fuel, went to lunch, and

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had a good time, but they never did find a

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reasonably priced vacuum that was to their liking, and for

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what the day ended up costing them, they could have

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had a new one shipped to their door. Sarah was

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excited about her fines. She found a dress that looked

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new at a thrift store and found a small lamp

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at a garage sale. Keith was both frugal and particular,

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so he didn't find much. But on their way home,

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after they had decided they were done for the day,

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they saw a sign for a yard sale. Want to

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hit it, Keith asked, then made the turn before she

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had time to respond. Sure, might still find a vacuum,

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Sarah said, wouldn't that be nice? Keith responded it had

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been a lovely day, But as they approached the house

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with the tables and junk on their lawn, a few

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clouds in the sky began to shift. They drifted in

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front of the sun, blocking it and bringing darkness to

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the street. The yard sale had nothing that interested Sarah,

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but Keith was drawn to an amateur looking home made

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ceramic bowl. She thought it was ugly, but it was

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only a dollar and Keith was going home with something,

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so she kept her mouth shut for the time being.

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Back at their apartment, what are you going to do

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with that thing, Sarah asked, I don't know. Put my

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keys and wallet in it when I come home, I guess.

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Keith answered, okay, Sarah said, I was just kind of

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drawn to the thing. It is kind of cool looking,

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with its uneven shape and poor execution. It's like punk

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rock pottery. Keith said, while turning it over. I'm surprised

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that it even has a maker's mark on it. Keith continued,

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A maker's mark, Sarah asked, Yeah, like how an artist

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signs their paintings. Someone who does pottery signed the bottom

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of the piece, or stamps their logo or what have you.

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This one is marked, sylvester, Keith said, and then laughed. Sylvester,

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Sarah asked, yep. Keith responded, like the actor. I have

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never heard of someone having that name in real life.

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Sarah laughed, pretty sure, it's not the actor. Keith joined

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in the laughter. It wasn't long after that strange things

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started to happen in their apartment. The first thing, though

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it went unnoticed by the two, was that the ceramic

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bowl was never exactly where it was left. It moved

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an inch or two each time they would leave the room.

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Keith was the first to notice it, but figured that

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Sarah had just bumped it. One night, when Keith woke

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up to you the restroom, he found the ceramic piece

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on the floor. His first fear was that someone had

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broken in and took his wallet in keys, but he

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checked and they were where he left them, just no

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longer in the bowl. Keith woke up Sarah. She knew

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nothing about it, so they searched the apartment together looking

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for other disturbances, with none found. They checked the locks

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and that the windows were secured before they laid back

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in bed to go to sleep. Ten minutes later, their

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alarm went off it was time to get up for work.

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When they came home, they felt a false sense of

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security because the ceramic piece hadn't moved well. It had

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moved a little but not enough for it to register

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to them. It was Friday night, so they stayed up

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watching spooky movies. Despite their recent experiences. It had been

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a long week and they got so little the night before,

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so before the credits could roll on the first flick,

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they were fast asleep on the couch. Sarah was the

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first to wake up and was about to wake up

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Keith to drag him to bed when she noticed the

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ceramic bowl sitting on her TV tray. It was next

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to the diet soda and the oil free corn based

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crackers she had been munching on. Sarah shook Keith to

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point it out to him. They searched the apartment again,

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leaving their bedroom for last. They didn't find anything, so

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they were just about to head to their bedroom when

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Sarah decided to run back to the living room and

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grab the ceramic bowl. What are you doing, Keith asked.

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Sarah said nothing as she walked to the kitchen and

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put the bowl in the freezer. Let's see it move

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around the apartment now. She gave Keith a little smile

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and headed to their room. In their room, there was

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a shape under their blanket, the shape of a large man.

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When Keith hit the light switch, the shape deflated and

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the blanket fell back to the bed. That night, they

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slept on the couch, using a spare blanket from the

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closet so they didn't have to use the one from

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their bed. It was a bit thin and scratchy, but

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it wasn't recently involved in a haunting, so they made do.

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Sarah again was the first one to awaken, but this

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time it was because of the cold feeling she felt

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on her right shoulder. When she opened her eyes, she

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saw a big man standing in front of her, leaning

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over and touching her shoulder. The cold radiated from that

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spot and she began to feel chills all over. She

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knew the person touching her wasn't of this world because

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she could see through him and there was a blue

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glow surrounding him. Sarah looked him over, noticing his disheveled

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appear pearance his apron, His shirt and pants were covered

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in paint and bits of clay from where he had

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used them to wipe his hands off while working. His

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teeth chattered as he spoke, sorry to disturb you, miss,

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but I'm freezing, the ghost pleaded. Sarah just stared at him,

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never taking her eyes off the apparition as she hit

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Keith to wake him up. By the time Keith awoke,

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it had lost its courteous demeanor and a scowl began

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to form on his face. Keith screamed when he saw him.

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Then the ghost screamed, while moving his gaze from Sarah

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to Keith. I'm cold, the ghost yelled. What, Keith stammered,

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I said, I am freezing. As the ghost began to

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head towards Keith, something clicked in Sarah's head. She jumped

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from the couch and ran to the freezer, where she

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opened the door and grabbed out the ceramic bowl. She

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then turned around to show the ghost, but he was gone.

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Sarah and Keith spent the next morning driving around trying

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to find the house they had bought the bull from

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so they could return it. Sarah was sure she knew

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the way, but without the signs and the tables of

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junk in the yard, it was hard to determine which

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house it was. Eventually, they agreed on a house that

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they believed it could be. Nobody answered the door, but

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they had been expecting that after spotting the for sale

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sign on the lawn. What do we do now, Keith asked,

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I don't know. I don't think we're going to get

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any answers this way. We should just throw it out,

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Sarah responded. Before they went back home, they stopped at

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the coffee shop where they had their first date. It

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was Sarah's turn to buy, so Keith found them a

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comfortable spot to sit so they could talk. While he

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waited for her, he got on his phone and did

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a couple of quick searches. When Sarah came with their coffees,

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he was ready to tell her what he'd found out.

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As she handed him his quad shot over ice, he

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told her all about Sylvester. I don't know the connection

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to that house, but I think I found information on

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our Sylvester. He was actually a respected artist, Keith said,

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But that thing was so amateurish, Sarah argued, true. Do

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you remember when you first started painting last summer? Keith asked,

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Oh God, I'm glad I tossed all those awful early paintings.

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Sarah replied, well, Sylvester like you got much better according

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to his Wikipedia page. Wait, he has a Wikipedia page.

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It's not the actor, is it, Sarah interrupted, No, it's

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not the actor. His name was Sylvester Helm. Display of

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his paintings in ceramics can be found in museums all

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over the world, Keith said, reading a sentence from his

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Wikipedia page. You bought that thing for a dollar. How

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can you be so sure it's the same guy, Sarah asked.

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Keith responded by handing her his phone. On the screen

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was a picture of his maker's mark on the bottom

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of a ceramic piece. It does look similar, but that

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could easily be faked, Sarah said, with a little doubt

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in her voice. Scroll, Keith said. Sarah did until she

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saw a photo of the artist, who bore more than

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a striking resemblance to the frozen man she had seen

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00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:46.680
in their apartment. Yeah, I think it's him, Keith said, Crazy,

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00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:51.720
Sarah said, keep scrolling to the death section. Keith instructed.

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00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:56.640
Sarah read the short blurb out loud. Sylvester Leroy Helm

473
00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:59.880
is assumed dead. The artist was last seen in twenty

474
00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:04.279
at an antiquarian book fair. Helms had been a lifetime

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00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:07.839
collector of rare and obscure books of the occult. After

476
00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:10.680
his disappearance, his aunt became the heir to his fortune

477
00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:14.000
and reported that many of his rare books were missing.

478
00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:18.720
A death in absentia was completed in twenty seventeen, as

479
00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:24.559
he is presumed dead. Wow, so what does all that mean?

480
00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:29.880
Why does that equal us being haunted? Sarah asked Keith

481
00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:32.400
in a whisper. So other people in the coffee shop

482
00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:36.559
wouldn't hear? I don't know. I don't think we have

483
00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:39.759
enough pieces of the puzzle to figure it out. Keith said,

484
00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:42.640
So we need to figure out what the next step

485
00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:46.680
is to figure this out, Sarah said, or we just

486
00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:52.160
don't pursue this further. Keith said, why not? Sarah inquired,

487
00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:56.519
have you ever read H. P. Lovecraft or watched the

488
00:32:56.559 --> 00:33:03.400
Blair Witch Project? Keith asked, no, oh, and yes. Sarah responded, okay, good.

489
00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:06.920
Have you ever noticed that trend and horror movies that

490
00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:10.119
have a deep lore or mystery to them that as

491
00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:13.000
the people's search, they become more and more screwed and

492
00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:17.880
eventually go mad, disappear, or get killed. I mean, look

493
00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:20.960
at Sylvester here. He did just that. He looked for

494
00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:26.400
evil until it found him. Now he's stuck in the

495
00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:30.119
worst piece of art he ever created. Yes, I want

496
00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:33.079
to know what happened, but I'm not trading this beautiful

497
00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:37.079
life we built together for that, Keith said, So what

498
00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:41.680
do we do? Sarah asked? Could destroy it? Keith said,

499
00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:44.759
but we don't know what that will do. Look what

500
00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:47.319
happened when we put it in the freezer. What if

501
00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:50.480
it appears in front of us, all mutilated and gross

502
00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:54.039
from being broken apart? Sarah said, do you think that's

503
00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:57.839
what will happen? Keith asked, we have no clue, and

504
00:33:57.920 --> 00:34:03.599
without further research, we won't, Sarah said. When they arrived

505
00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:05.799
back at the apartment, Sarah took the bowl out of

506
00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:09.360
her purse and set it on the counter. What can

507
00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:13.199
we do for you? Sarah whispered towards it, not wanting

508
00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:17.719
Keith to hear her. No response came, so she followed

509
00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:22.039
it up with another question. Are you stuck? Sarah asked

510
00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:26.039
again no response. Keith walked into the room and saw

511
00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:28.960
her talking to the bowl and decided that he had51200:34:29.000 --> 00:34:32.559



a plan. Keith walked over and snatched up the bowl,51300:34:32.840 --> 00:34:35.920



then headed to the front door. What are you doing,51400:34:36.239 --> 00:34:40.400



Sarah asked, I'm going to throw it away. Keith responded,51500:34:41.199 --> 00:34:44.559



but what about when it goes into the garbage truck51600:34:44.599 --> 00:34:48.679



and gets smashed. It seems like from the freezer situation.51700:34:48.800 --> 00:34:52.320



He can feel pain that that wouldn't be right for51800:34:52.440 --> 00:34:55.920



us to do. He is scary, but I'm not sure51900:34:55.960 --> 00:35:01.679



he's evil, Sarah explained. Keith thought about this for a moment.52000:35:02.599 --> 00:35:04.079



What if I just leave it on the side of52100:35:04.119 --> 00:35:08.480



the street, Keith asked, same result, It'll end up in52200:35:08.519 --> 00:35:14.000



the trash. Sarah responded, okay, okay. How about I give52300:35:14.039 --> 00:35:18.639



it to a thrift store. Keith asked, okay, yeah, I'm52400:35:18.679 --> 00:35:23.440



okay with that. Sarah said that plan didn't work. By52500:35:23.480 --> 00:35:26.519



the time they arrived home after donating it, it was52600:35:26.599 --> 00:35:30.039



back on their counter. Later that night, they went back52700:35:30.079 --> 00:35:33.159



to plotting how to get rid of the thing. After52800:35:33.199 --> 00:35:35.599



the scare of the cabinet, Sarah was warming up to52900:35:35.639 --> 00:35:39.400



the idea of just destroying the thing. There must be53000:35:39.440 --> 00:35:43.760



another way. Why is it attached to us? What makes53100:35:43.840 --> 00:35:48.960



us so special? Keith asked, we bought it? Sarah responded.53200:35:49.800 --> 00:35:53.000



They both stared at each other for a moment. That53300:35:53.400 --> 00:35:56.400



was the key. The purchase is what had attached them53400:35:56.440 --> 00:36:00.760



to it. We have to sell it, Sarah told him. Yeah,53500:36:01.320 --> 00:36:03.840



we might even make a pretty penny, being that it's53600:36:03.840 --> 00:36:08.400



an authentic Sylvester Helm's piece. But every auction house an53700:36:08.400 --> 00:36:11.559



antique store laughed at them when they presented the piece.53800:36:12.239 --> 00:36:14.480



Nobody believed that it could be the work of the53900:36:14.519 --> 00:36:18.760



renowned Sylvester Helms, so they did what anyone else would54000:36:18.760 --> 00:36:21.719



do in that situation. They threw it up on a54100:36:21.760 --> 00:36:26.239



popular online auction site and hoped for the best. That night,54200:36:27.159 --> 00:36:30.519



they didn't wake up when their covers were pulled from them.54300:36:31.519 --> 00:36:34.239



Sarah did wake up when she felt a hand on54400:36:34.360 --> 00:36:38.199



her ankle. She woke up Keith with her screams and54500:36:38.280 --> 00:36:41.800



the loud bang that came from her body hitting the floor.54600:36:43.119 --> 00:36:46.320



They both knew things were escalating, and they hoped it54700:36:46.360 --> 00:36:51.199



would sell quickly. They watched the auction eagerly, but Sarah54800:36:51.239 --> 00:36:54.679



began to have a change of heart. I'm not sure54900:36:54.679 --> 00:36:58.199



it's right to sell it, Sarah said, I don't care55000:36:58.239 --> 00:37:01.960



if it is, you could have gotten really hurt. Keith responded,55100:37:03.000 --> 00:37:06.519



the ankle incident was scary, but is it fair to55200:37:06.559 --> 00:37:10.639



curse someone else with this? What if something worse happens55300:37:10.639 --> 00:37:14.639



to them? Sarah asked, what if they knew it was haunted?55400:37:15.280 --> 00:37:19.920



Would it be okay? Then Keith asked, yeah, then they55500:37:20.000 --> 00:37:23.119



know what they're getting into. I think that would be fair.55600:37:23.679 --> 00:37:28.079



Sarah responded with that. Keith changed the title of the55700:37:28.119 --> 00:37:33.679



listing to Haunted Ceramic Bowl Scary item. Then in the55800:37:33.719 --> 00:37:37.480



description he wrote about what had happened to them. Then55900:37:37.719 --> 00:37:41.039



something told him to list the item higher. Asking one56000:37:41.119 --> 00:37:44.599



hundred and fifty dollars instead of eight dollars would make56100:37:44.639 --> 00:37:49.679



it feel more legitimate. An hour later, the item sold.56200:37:50.519 --> 00:37:53.599



The next day they mailed the package off, and they56300:37:53.639 --> 00:37:58.119



never saw the ceramic bowl or the ghost again. With56400:37:58.199 --> 00:38:00.920



the one hundred and fifty dollars, they bought a new56500:38:01.000 --> 00:38:05.719



vacuum cleaner and swore off thrifting, antiquing, and all yard56600:38:05.719 --> 00:38:14.840



sails from then on out. The Dinner Guests by Shane56700:38:15.159 --> 00:38:19.960



Migliavoka Orville trench admired his reflection in the car window.56800:38:20.719 --> 00:38:23.880



He missed his long black ponytail and beard. His hair56900:38:23.960 --> 00:38:26.800



was cut short now. He ran a hand over his57000:38:26.920 --> 00:38:30.360



smooth chin. He'd had that beard so long it was57100:38:30.400 --> 00:38:32.920



like cutting off a limb. But it had to go.57200:38:33.760 --> 00:38:36.079



It was time to get a new car too, the57300:38:36.119 --> 00:38:40.719



old one would be drawing too much attention. Soon Cherry Kowalski,57400:38:41.039 --> 00:38:44.360



the love of his life, appeared in the reflection. Her57500:38:44.360 --> 00:38:48.719



eyes were large, piercing and dark dark to match her long,57600:38:49.000 --> 00:38:52.920



wild black hair streaked with purple and green that hung57700:38:53.000 --> 00:38:56.320



to her shoulders. She twirled one of the long strands57800:38:56.320 --> 00:38:59.239



of hair around her index finger. Hanging around her neck57900:38:59.320 --> 00:39:02.679



was a simple silver necklace. A small plastic baby arm58000:39:02.760 --> 00:39:07.239



dangled from it. You look good, she said, I didn't ask.58100:39:08.000 --> 00:39:12.119



Fuck you, she laughed, loudly, giving her lover double middle fingers.58200:39:12.880 --> 00:39:20.320



Orville spun around, grabbing her by the shoulders. His eyes narrowed, Oh, yes, yes, indeed.58300:39:21.679 --> 00:39:24.480



He scanned the parking lot of the convenience store. There58400:39:24.519 --> 00:39:28.039



were only three cars here, an old pickup truck, a58500:39:28.159 --> 00:39:33.039



rusting black Camaro, and a fairly new suv. Not much58600:39:33.079 --> 00:39:37.039



to pick from. Shouldn't be that many people inside. He58700:39:37.119 --> 00:39:40.199



looked at the sign over the door. It read quick58800:39:40.239 --> 00:39:43.800



save Mart. It would be quick, all right. He couldn't58900:39:43.800 --> 00:39:46.079



wait to get out of East fuck Witt, New York.59000:39:47.000 --> 00:39:50.400



Orville touched the cold steel under his jacket, a Colt59100:39:50.440 --> 00:39:54.280



Trooper MK three, like the sheriff carried in Walking Tall59200:39:54.719 --> 00:39:59.199



the seventies one. He loved that film, not that shit59300:39:59.320 --> 00:40:02.800



remake with that Nancy Boy wrestler. It hung from a59400:40:02.840 --> 00:40:06.480



shoulder holster. Under his jacket, a flaming devil face was59500:40:06.519 --> 00:40:10.599



emblazoned to cross the jacket's back, Just as he expected.59600:40:11.000 --> 00:40:13.880



The door had a little bell that chimed when it opened.59700:40:14.400 --> 00:40:17.440



He sized up the store. Orville liked to think of59800:40:17.480 --> 00:40:21.519



himself as a hunter, though what he hunted you didn't59900:40:21.519 --> 00:40:25.840



buy a license for. The store was typical. Five ales60000:40:25.880 --> 00:40:29.880



of various overpriced crap, cold drinks in the back, and60100:40:29.960 --> 00:40:33.840



some not so fresh looking coffee. The kid behind the counter,60200:40:34.000 --> 00:40:36.800



who couldn't be older than twenty, didn't even look up60300:40:36.800 --> 00:40:39.440



from his cell phone when they entered. He was dressed60400:40:39.440 --> 00:40:44.440



to the nines and eminem cast offs. Another white boy wannabe.60500:40:45.320 --> 00:40:48.920



He'd be easy enough. Picking through the beer. Was a60600:40:48.960 --> 00:40:53.119



bear of a man, dirty coveralls, baseball cap and a long,60700:40:53.159 --> 00:40:57.119



graying beard. Had to be the pickup driver. This one60800:40:57.519 --> 00:41:02.559



could be trouble. He'd be the The last customer was60900:41:02.599 --> 00:41:06.320



a young woman mid twenties. Two in the afternoon, and61000:41:06.400 --> 00:41:11.119



she's wearing fucking pajamas. Orville shakes his head. Too bad61100:41:11.159 --> 00:41:15.039



for her, she wasn't his type. Anything good for you, hun,61200:41:15.440 --> 00:41:20.599



he asks Cherry slim pickens. The big man came up61300:41:20.599 --> 00:41:24.320



to the counter carrying two six packs. He set them61400:41:24.320 --> 00:41:26.760



on the counter. It took a couple seconds before the61500:41:26.840 --> 00:41:30.119



kid looked up from his phone. That all, mister Scott,61600:41:30.400 --> 00:41:33.800



the kid asked, for now, you know that damned phone61700:41:33.880 --> 00:41:37.199



gonna turn you into a zombie. Jimmy, all you kids61800:41:37.280 --> 00:41:40.719



just stare at them all the time, sucking your minds out.61900:41:41.920 --> 00:41:45.480



Not just kids doing it, seen plenty of adults too.62000:41:45.719 --> 00:41:49.559



Scott opens his wallet. Goddamn right about that. The wife62100:41:49.599 --> 00:41:52.920



is always doing that Facebook shit. Why you think I62200:41:52.960 --> 00:41:56.639



got these for tonight? The two have a laugh. Cherry62300:41:56.679 --> 00:42:02.280



makes a mock vomiting face to Orville. Orville mouth which one.62400:42:02.480 --> 00:42:07.360



Cherry nods towards large. Mister Scott, gonna start off Friday night, right,62500:42:07.679 --> 00:42:11.400



Scott says. Cherry slides up next to him. She leans62600:42:11.400 --> 00:42:14.719



against the counter, showing Jimmy her cleavage. His eyes go62700:42:15.000 --> 00:42:19.280



right to it. How's about speeding up all the talkie talkie,62800:42:19.480 --> 00:42:24.119



she says, Excuse me, young lady. Scott says, no need62900:42:24.159 --> 00:42:28.519



to be fucking rude. Orville stood next to the coffee pot,63000:42:28.559 --> 00:42:32.079



watching Cherry do her thing. He poured himself a cup,63100:42:32.440 --> 00:42:35.599



dropping in a ton of creamer and sugar, gulping down63200:42:35.639 --> 00:42:38.719



the cup in one go. I just want to make63300:42:38.760 --> 00:42:42.000



a purchase and go, not listen to your fucking life story,63400:42:42.400 --> 00:42:46.199



she says, noticing she's not even holding anything. Cherry quickly63500:42:46.239 --> 00:42:50.920



grabs a handful of slim JEMs. These delicious treats. Yum, yum.63600:42:51.519 --> 00:42:54.440



Scott shakes his head and turns back to Jimmy. What63700:42:54.559 --> 00:42:57.800



do I owe you? Orville lets his eye flicker over63800:42:57.840 --> 00:43:01.400



the female shopper. She'd select some chips and now stood63900:43:01.400 --> 00:43:04.280



in front of the soda cooler. Oblivious to the fun64000:43:04.360 --> 00:43:07.719



up front. Scott paid Jimmy and turned to leave, picking64100:43:07.800 --> 00:43:13.679



up his beer. Cherry blocked his way. Excuse me, miss, No, no,64200:43:14.000 --> 00:43:17.519



you don't get to leave until you apologize. Cherry stomped64300:43:17.519 --> 00:43:21.280



her booted foot hard on the floor. Just get out64400:43:21.280 --> 00:43:24.519



of my way, crazy bitch. He tried to push past her.64500:43:24.960 --> 00:43:28.639



Angry Cherry clawed him, opening red trenches on the left64600:43:28.679 --> 00:43:32.480



side of his face. Bitch. Scott dropped both of his64700:43:32.519 --> 00:43:34.679



six packs to the floor with a crash. Some of64800:43:34.719 --> 00:43:37.920



the cans exploded in a foamy blast. He made an64900:43:37.960 --> 00:43:43.199



unsuccessful grab at Cherry. Too slow, she laughed. Scott lunged65000:43:43.239 --> 00:43:46.000



at Cherry, only to come face to face with Orville's65100:43:46.000 --> 00:43:50.519



cult trooper. Orville smiled a wicked smile as he pulled65200:43:50.519 --> 00:43:55.320



the hammer back. Hands off, my girl. He pulled the trigger,65300:43:55.360 --> 00:43:59.280



sending Scott's brains all over the newspaper rack. Scott fell65400:43:59.360 --> 00:44:02.400



to the ground, twitching, lying on his back. Orville fired65500:44:02.440 --> 00:44:06.480



a couple more shots into the dying man's chest. He65600:44:06.559 --> 00:44:10.159



saw Jimmy behind the counter, his face slack with dull horror.65700:44:11.079 --> 00:44:15.239



Orville pointed the cold at him. Stay planted right there, ZiT, boy,65800:44:15.760 --> 00:44:20.639



you move, you die. The boy nodded, Shit, Ory, he65900:44:20.800 --> 00:44:24.800



was mine. Cherry pouts, and you took too long. The66000:44:24.840 --> 00:44:27.800



female shopper screamed at the top of her lungs and bolted.66100:44:28.400 --> 00:44:33.760



Orville sighs get her. Cherry let out a blood curdling66200:44:33.800 --> 00:44:37.159



scream and pursued her prey. Cherry grabbed hands from one66300:44:37.199 --> 00:44:39.599



of the shelves and hurled them at the woman. Where66400:44:39.639 --> 00:44:43.039



you going baby? A can hit one of the glass coolers,66500:44:43.320 --> 00:44:46.480



cracking it. Another one hit the woman's leg. She fell66600:44:46.519 --> 00:44:49.239



against a display of dog biscuits, knocking it over with66700:44:49.280 --> 00:44:52.239



a loud crash. Cherry picked up a loaf of bread66800:44:52.480 --> 00:44:55.639



and beat the woman with it. Give up, she laughed,66900:44:55.840 --> 00:44:59.079



pulling the woman up by her hair. Orville watches the67000:44:59.159 --> 00:45:02.719



sad spectacle, laughing out of the corner of his eye.67100:45:02.920 --> 00:45:06.719



Jimmy inches towards his phone on the back counter. Don't67200:45:06.760 --> 00:45:10.760



even think about it, white chocolate Cherry marched the pajama67300:45:10.800 --> 00:45:14.119



clad shopper up to the counter. Upon seeing Scott lying67400:45:14.159 --> 00:45:16.639



on the ground in a pool of blood, the captives67500:45:16.679 --> 00:45:21.199



started to sob. Oh, God, don't hurt me. Orville looked67600:45:21.199 --> 00:45:24.800



at the woman. Don't worry. Nobody's getting hurt as long67700:45:24.840 --> 00:45:28.159



as you give us a little ride. A glint of67800:45:28.239 --> 00:45:31.800



metal caught his eye too late. He saw Jimmy aiming67900:45:31.840 --> 00:45:34.960



a cheap pistol at him. The nervous boy squeezed the trigger,68000:45:35.000 --> 00:45:38.400



trying to fire one handed. The pistol fired wild. The68100:45:38.440 --> 00:45:41.320



bullet whizzed past Orville and hit the female shopper in68200:45:41.400 --> 00:45:44.360



the throat. Orville took aim with the colt and blasted68300:45:44.440 --> 00:45:47.440



Jimmy between the eyes. The boy slumped dead against a68400:45:47.480 --> 00:45:52.719



display of lotto tickets. Damn. Orville says, that was something.68500:45:53.840 --> 00:45:56.119



Orville looked over at the side of the counter at Jimmy.68600:45:56.559 --> 00:45:58.880



What brains he had leaking out of the wound above68700:45:58.880 --> 00:46:03.119



his eyes. Orville shot him again. You get to have68800:46:03.280 --> 00:46:08.679



all the fun, Cherry pouts. He holsters the colt. Get68900:46:08.719 --> 00:46:12.000



some supplies for the road. Orville walked over to the69000:46:12.000 --> 00:46:14.599



body of the woman. He crouched down and turned her69100:46:14.599 --> 00:46:18.239



on her back. She stares up at him with lifeless eyes.69200:46:19.079 --> 00:46:22.199



He rummages through her pajama pockets and pulls out a69300:46:22.199 --> 00:46:25.119



pair of keys. He was about to stand when a69400:46:25.159 --> 00:46:27.719



bell dinged as a car pulled up to one of69500:46:27.760 --> 00:46:30.440



the pumps. He looked back at Cherry, filling up a69600:46:30.440 --> 00:46:35.400



plastic bag with groceries. Get down, he hissed, We've got company.69700:46:36.119 --> 00:46:39.079



Orvill peeked around an end cap of beef jerky. It69800:46:39.159 --> 00:46:41.079



was hard to make out the car or the driver,69900:46:41.199 --> 00:46:43.360



since they were on the other side of the gas pumps,70000:46:43.760 --> 00:46:47.119



but he thought he saw a glimpse of long blonde hair.70100:46:48.320 --> 00:46:50.920



All the while, Orville kept his eyes on the new arrival.70200:46:51.239 --> 00:46:54.280



They stepped from behind the pump. He was right. It70300:46:54.360 --> 00:47:00.280



was a girl about eighteen, long, blonde hair, longer legs. Instantly,70400:47:00.440 --> 00:47:03.880



Orville felt his crotch come alive. God damn, he wanted70500:47:03.880 --> 00:47:06.559



to fuck her on the spot. This called for a70600:47:06.679 --> 00:47:09.639



change of plans. He'd planned on taking the woman in70700:47:09.679 --> 00:47:13.719



Pajama's hostage, having her drive them somewhere secluded and lie low,70800:47:14.719 --> 00:47:17.639



but White Chocolate got trigger happy and fucked that up,70900:47:18.280 --> 00:47:20.519



so we'd settle for just taking her car and some71000:47:20.559 --> 00:47:24.519



supplies and high tailing it. But now Blondie had dropped71100:47:24.519 --> 00:47:27.519



into their laps, and if he was lucky, she'd be71200:47:27.599 --> 00:47:30.880



riding it later tonight after he was done, Cherry could71300:47:30.920 --> 00:47:34.719



have a go. She'd like that. Orville licked his lips71400:47:34.760 --> 00:47:38.440



at the thought. From behind the counter. Another urgent beep71500:47:38.679 --> 00:47:41.800



as the blonde pressed a button on the pump. Finally71600:47:41.840 --> 00:47:46.320



giving up, she walked, frustrated towards the store. Here we go,71700:47:46.920 --> 00:47:50.719



Orville whispered. The blonde pulled the door open, making the71800:47:50.760 --> 00:47:55.920



bell chime as she unknowingly stepped into hell. Jimmy, you71900:47:56.039 --> 00:48:01.719



awaken here, she asked, a second before seeing the blood. Jimmy, nope,72000:48:02.239 --> 00:48:07.840



Orville stood. The colt pointed at her. Jimmy's on break blood,72100:48:08.159 --> 00:48:12.039



the girl said, biting her lip. Did you sure did,72200:48:12.440 --> 00:48:15.760



Cherry said, as she walked towards them, carrying an overstuffed72300:48:15.760 --> 00:48:21.480



bag of groceries. How sweet fresh meat. She's also going72400:48:21.519 --> 00:48:23.679



to be all right out of here, ain't you? Baby?72500:48:24.480 --> 00:48:26.519



The girl looked down at the bodies, then up at72600:48:26.639 --> 00:48:31.960



Orville and Cherry dumb struck right, Orville said, a bit annoyed,72700:48:32.360 --> 00:48:34.679



He took the blonde chin with his hand and forced72800:48:34.679 --> 00:48:38.960



the girl to nod an agreement. Right. He took his72900:48:39.039 --> 00:48:43.679



hand away, leaving bloody fingerprints. Who are you, the girl asked,73000:48:43.719 --> 00:48:48.599



her voice quivering. I'm a demon. Orville answered, straight from Hell.73100:48:49.119 --> 00:48:55.079



I eat up little girls like you. You're gonna kill me, depends.73200:48:55.800 --> 00:49:02.639



What's your name? Sweetness? Lauren? Lauren? Well Lauren? Where were73300:49:02.679 --> 00:49:06.880



you headed this fine afternoon? The girl took a deep breath.73400:49:08.000 --> 00:49:12.199



To my parents for dinner, to her parents for dinner.73500:49:12.519 --> 00:49:18.360



Cherry mocked, and where do said parents live? You don't73600:49:18.360 --> 00:49:21.159



want to go there? Please, I'll take you anywhere else.73700:49:22.159 --> 00:49:27.360



Orville snapped his fingers. Where do they live? I don't73800:49:27.360 --> 00:49:30.840



want anybody to get hurt, she offered up. Orville snapped73900:49:30.880 --> 00:49:38.000



his fingers again. Where defeated? She sighed, outside Hillbury on74000:49:38.119 --> 00:49:44.639



Old Gorge Road. Sounds homie, just the folks there, sweet pea, Yes,74100:49:45.559 --> 00:49:50.079



only child. He grabbed her ass. Great let's mount up74200:49:50.679 --> 00:49:54.599



road trip, Cherry said, doing a little dance. Lauren looked74300:49:54.599 --> 00:49:58.800



down at the dead bodies. You're just gonna leave them74400:49:58.800 --> 00:50:04.840



there like that. Cherry looked down at the bodies. They're dead, honey,74500:50:05.079 --> 00:50:08.920



they ain't got anything to worry about. Now move your ass.74600:50:09.400 --> 00:50:12.360



They filled up the gas tank of Lauren's Chevrolet hatchback74700:50:12.639 --> 00:50:15.360



and loaded up the back with several bags of groceries.74800:50:16.039 --> 00:50:19.000



Orville had formulated a new plan. They'd go to the74900:50:19.039 --> 00:50:22.079



parents' house, maybe spend a day or two laying low.75000:50:22.840 --> 00:50:26.480



This massacre would be all over the news. He could75100:50:26.519 --> 00:50:29.760



take the time to have some fun with Lauren. Orville75200:50:29.760 --> 00:50:33.400



looked over the car. We're all set, sweet pea. You75300:50:33.480 --> 00:50:38.599



know the way you drive. Shotgun, Cherry shouted, Sorry, honey,75400:50:38.800 --> 00:50:41.320



I gotta keep an eye on our driver. You'll have75500:50:41.360 --> 00:50:44.559



to ride in the back seat. Oh fuck. Cherry kicked75600:50:44.599 --> 00:50:48.599



the car tire. I never get Shotgun. Orville slid into75700:50:48.639 --> 00:50:51.840



the passenger's side and glanced at the blonde. She had75800:50:51.840 --> 00:50:56.039



her bloodstained fingers near her mouth. Did she just lick75900:50:56.119 --> 00:50:59.800



the blood? No? No, couldn't be just a trick. His76000:50:59.840 --> 00:51:03.400



eye played on him. Orville watched the trees on both76100:51:03.440 --> 00:51:06.480



sides of the road pass by, their branches stretched out76200:51:06.480 --> 00:51:10.239



towards him like skeletal arms. It wasn't fall yet, but76300:51:10.320 --> 00:51:14.000



all the trees had lost their leaves. What's with the trees,76400:51:14.280 --> 00:51:18.159



he asked out loud to nobody in particular. Lauren, who76500:51:18.239 --> 00:51:21.719



was focused on the road, answered him that's because of76600:51:21.760 --> 00:51:25.079



the original Hillbury. There was a chemical spill back in76700:51:25.119 --> 00:51:29.480



the eighties. Shit really, Cherry said, poking her head in76800:51:29.519 --> 00:51:32.840



from the back seat. This spooked Lauren, whose hand slipped76900:51:32.840 --> 00:51:36.599



on the wheel. Easy there, girl, Orville said. He slipped77000:51:36.639 --> 00:51:39.639



his hand to Lauren's bare leg, running his hand up77100:51:39.719 --> 00:51:44.360



under her skirt. Can't have you crashing, Cherry slapped Orville77200:51:44.360 --> 00:51:47.199



on the shoulder. Lay off, let her tell the story.77300:51:48.400 --> 00:51:51.599



Orville's hand moved away from Lauren's leg, allowing her to77400:51:51.639 --> 00:51:56.199



pull her skirt back down. There's no real story, just77500:51:56.239 --> 00:51:58.840



some company spilled a bunch of chemicals near the town.77600:51:59.440 --> 00:52:03.000



Killed all the trees and grass, poisoned the water. A77700:52:03.039 --> 00:52:06.840



few people got sick. All the townsfolks moved to new Hillbury.77800:52:07.280 --> 00:52:09.960



She pointed past Orville. You can see part of the77900:52:10.000 --> 00:52:14.480



old town there through the trees. There. Orville and Cherry turned.78000:52:15.280 --> 00:52:18.639



As the dead trees flew by. A few dilapidated houses78100:52:18.639 --> 00:52:23.880



could be seen, weathered, abandoned, and forgotten to time. Your78200:52:23.920 --> 00:52:26.639



parents live all the way out here. It'll be much78300:52:26.679 --> 00:52:31.199



easier that way, away from prying eyes. Orville smiled at78400:52:31.199 --> 00:52:34.639



this thought. No need to worry about all the screaming.78500:52:36.119 --> 00:52:38.119



My parents like it out in the country, away from78600:52:38.119 --> 00:52:42.719



the hustle and bustle. They're a little old fashioned. Orville78700:52:42.760 --> 00:52:45.840



let his eyes wander to the girl's chest. Her tits78800:52:45.880 --> 00:52:49.599



were nicely sized. He got hard as thoughts of burying78900:52:49.639 --> 00:52:53.519



his face and them ran through his mind. Not you, though, huh.79000:52:53.960 --> 00:52:59.000



You like the tight, tight, cramped modern world. That's a79100:52:59.039 --> 00:53:02.639



hell of a commute for daddy, Cherry piped in. Cherry79200:53:02.719 --> 00:53:05.079



knew what he was thinking, and it pissed her off.79300:53:05.599 --> 00:53:10.559



He could tell dead kind of works from home. Lucky him,79400:53:10.800 --> 00:53:13.960



Orville said. He looked at the sky growing dark as79500:53:14.000 --> 00:53:17.440



the evening crept in. The car sank into quiet as79600:53:17.559 --> 00:53:20.119



Orville turned his thoughts to what had to be done.79700:53:20.199 --> 00:53:23.760



The parents shouldn't be too hard to control, especially since79800:53:23.800 --> 00:53:27.679



he had the girl and the gun. Besides, in a79900:53:27.719 --> 00:53:29.960



day or two, the happy family would be dead as80000:53:30.079 --> 00:53:34.280



dog shit. Orville looked at the girl, seeing her as80100:53:34.360 --> 00:53:41.000



yet another decayed corpse left in his wake. Too much quiet,80200:53:41.360 --> 00:53:44.519



Cherry barked from the back seat. Turn on some tunes80300:53:44.679 --> 00:53:49.000



or good idea, he said. He turned on the radio,80400:53:49.400 --> 00:53:53.280



cycling through the channels, most of it was static. The80500:53:53.280 --> 00:53:57.400



first actual station he got was a religious one. A80600:53:57.440 --> 00:54:01.320



woman was preaching, screaming the words in a frenzy, Exodus80700:54:01.360 --> 00:54:04.880



four to twenty five. You are indeed a bridegroom of80800:54:04.920 --> 00:54:08.320



blood to me. The woman's voice was raw, like her80900:54:08.360 --> 00:54:14.079



throat was bloody. Ah nope, Cherry interjected from the back seat.81000:54:14.119 --> 00:54:17.360



The next station he found was a pop station. Dubstep81100:54:17.440 --> 00:54:22.000



strained the car speakers. Hell fucking no. The next station,81200:54:22.199 --> 00:54:27.039



Kenny G Was playing his heart out crap. Next, Orville81300:54:27.079 --> 00:54:31.239



switched it again. Black sabbaths paranoid assaulted their ear drums.81400:54:31.760 --> 00:54:35.440



Hell yeah, Cherry squealed. It was dark before they got81500:54:35.440 --> 00:54:38.440



to the house. Lauren drove without the headlights on until81600:54:38.519 --> 00:54:41.440



Orville said something. She was so nervous she must have81700:54:41.480 --> 00:54:45.119



forgot to turn them on. I can take you anywhere,81800:54:45.320 --> 00:54:51.559



she pleaded, Please just don't involve my parents. Really, I'm sorry. Sweetness,81900:54:51.559 --> 00:54:55.400



But no even if he somehow took pity on her,82000:54:55.719 --> 00:54:58.199



and it was too late now Anyway, on the left82100:54:58.199 --> 00:55:01.480



side of the road, a large house loom, lights burning82200:55:01.559 --> 00:55:04.599



quaintly in the windows. This had to be the place.82300:55:05.000 --> 00:55:07.559



It was the first man made structure they'd seen in miles.82400:55:08.320 --> 00:55:11.639



Lauren pulled off the road down on a long dirt driveway.82500:55:12.079 --> 00:55:15.840



Off to the house's right, a large walled in cemetery loomed,82600:55:16.000 --> 00:55:22.519



its stone walls ancient and crumbling. Whoa creepy, Cherry said,82700:55:22.760 --> 00:55:27.119



pressing her face to the window. A graveyard. Your parents82800:55:27.199 --> 00:55:32.000



live next to a fucking graveyard, Orville asked, Dad's the caretaker,82900:55:32.320 --> 00:55:35.679



Lauren answered, as she pulled up to the house. When83000:55:35.719 --> 00:55:39.559



the town moved, the cemetery stayed. They still bury people83100:55:39.599 --> 00:55:42.800



from the new town here. They got out of the car.83200:55:43.360 --> 00:55:46.039



Orville glanced up at the house. It looked old, but83300:55:46.519 --> 00:55:49.519



in pretty good condition. Daddy probably had a lot of83400:55:49.559 --> 00:55:53.000



time on his hands to keep the place nice, won't83500:55:53.039 --> 00:55:56.920



Mom and Dad be surprised, Cherry said, doing a little skip.83600:55:57.599 --> 00:56:00.719



Lead the way Princess. Orville reached in his jacket and83700:56:00.760 --> 00:56:03.400



pulled out an old switchblade. He held the blade to83800:56:03.480 --> 00:56:07.440



Lauren's side. Don't think of being a hero. This old83900:56:07.480 --> 00:56:10.920



girl is Sally killed my first dog with her. She'll84000:56:10.960 --> 00:56:17.400



gut you all the same. Understand, Yes, good, let's go84100:56:17.480 --> 00:56:21.719



meet the folks. Lauren pushed open the door, Orville right84200:56:21.760 --> 00:56:25.039



behind her. The house looked homey, he thought, would be84300:56:25.039 --> 00:56:30.519



ashamed to make a mess of it. Mom, Dad, I'm here.84400:56:31.639 --> 00:56:34.119



Orville could hear a TV playing in one of the rooms.84500:56:34.599 --> 00:56:37.159



The smell of something good cooking hung in the air.84600:56:37.800 --> 00:56:40.679



A middle aged couple stepped into the room. Their looks84700:56:40.679 --> 00:56:45.639



of joy turned to questioning looks upon seeing their guests. Honey,84800:56:46.440 --> 00:56:49.800



who are these people? The mother asked. The father looked84900:56:49.840 --> 00:56:54.599



at Orville, the recognition visible on his face. Look who's85000:56:54.639 --> 00:57:00.000



come to dinner? Daddy? Dear, Orville says, behave He flashed85100:57:00.280 --> 00:57:05.639



the colt in its holster. Oh god, Mom stammered, what85200:57:05.719 --> 00:57:09.559



do you want? Some grub would be cool. They're the85300:57:09.559 --> 00:57:14.400



ones on the news serial killers, Lauren's father said, Has85400:57:14.440 --> 00:57:17.920



our little rest stop made us splash already? Orville said,85500:57:18.119 --> 00:57:21.039



putting his arm around Lauren. He could see the father's85600:57:21.039 --> 00:57:25.559



face light up with anger and then helplessness. This thrilled85700:57:25.679 --> 00:57:29.199



Orville to no end Orville might have to make Daddy85800:57:29.239 --> 00:57:33.119



watch as he fucked the girl's brains out. Why don't85900:57:33.119 --> 00:57:36.599



we mosey into the dining room and eat? Mom and86000:57:36.679 --> 00:57:40.199



dad led the way as Orville walked, with Lauren Cherry86100:57:40.239 --> 00:57:45.639



following behind. What do we have in mom? Orville asked, roast?86200:57:46.119 --> 00:57:49.360



But it's still in the oven, she answered, looking nervously86300:57:49.400 --> 00:57:53.159



at her husband. I should get it, Cherry. Why don't86400:57:53.199 --> 00:57:56.119



you help mom get the food? Orville winked at the mother.86500:57:56.760 --> 00:58:01.760



I'll entertain pops. Cherry frowned, Come on, you, old bat.86600:58:02.079 --> 00:58:05.000



She took the woman roughly by the arm. Where's the kitchen?86700:58:05.800 --> 00:58:08.519



Orville pulled Lauren tight to him. He took a whiff86800:58:08.519 --> 00:58:13.119



of her hair and skin. Your daughter smells great, Daddy,86900:58:13.719 --> 00:58:17.159



ever have a piece? He could see the hate burning87000:58:17.480 --> 00:58:21.159



in the man's eyes. Orville half wanted him to try something.87100:58:21.760 --> 00:58:25.320



He ran his hand roughly over Lauren's chest. Bet she87200:58:25.519 --> 00:58:29.440



tastes great too. As he hoped this was too much87300:58:29.440 --> 00:58:31.760



for Dad, Orville pushed Lauren out of the way and87400:58:31.800 --> 00:58:34.440



sent the girl sailing into a small stand. The father87500:58:34.599 --> 00:58:37.519



charged at Orville, swinging at him with his huge fist.87600:58:37.880 --> 00:58:40.559



Orville sidestepped the swing and grabbed the man by the throat.87700:58:40.719 --> 00:58:43.800



He slammed him down hard against a nearby table. The87800:58:43.880 --> 00:58:47.679



mother appeared in the doorway, Cherry right behind her. Get87900:58:47.679 --> 00:58:50.719



the fuck back in the kitchen, Cherry. Cherry did as88000:58:50.719 --> 00:58:53.199



she was told, pulling the woman back to the kitchen.88100:58:53.800 --> 00:58:57.639



Orville pulled out sally and sliced a large gash across88200:58:57.679 --> 00:59:02.679



the man's right cheek. Bad dad. He took a quick88300:59:02.719 --> 00:59:07.920



glance at Lauren. Hey, princess, where's the basement? Lauren stood,88400:59:08.280 --> 00:59:12.519



unsure on her feet. Please don't hurt them, Just go88500:59:13.639 --> 00:59:17.559



not gonna happen basement now, or Daddy loses an eye.88600:59:18.519 --> 00:59:22.000



Lauren led them to the basement door and nervously opened it.88700:59:23.199 --> 00:59:27.199



What are you gonna do, Lauren pleaded. Orville dragged her88800:59:27.199 --> 00:59:30.199



old man to the stairs. All Orville could see were88900:59:30.239 --> 00:59:35.480



some old woodstairs descending into darkness. Can you fly, daddy?89000:59:36.199 --> 00:59:38.719



Orville took the man by the collar and threw him89100:59:38.719 --> 00:59:41.559



down the stairs. Lauren screamed her guts out as her89200:59:41.559 --> 00:59:44.880



father was swallowed up by the darkness. Orville thought he89300:59:44.880 --> 00:59:48.280



heard the sound of bones breaking as the man hit bottom.89400:59:48.800 --> 00:59:52.920



He looked at Lauren. Tears streamed down her cheeks. It's89500:59:52.960 --> 01:00:01.960



possibly survived, maybe, she sobbed. Why Orville his lips. You89601:00:02.000 --> 01:00:07.800



don't want mom to get the treatment? Do you no good?89701:00:08.599 --> 01:00:13.119



You'll do what I say. Then she nodded, here's what89801:00:13.199 --> 01:00:16.039



I want. He knew she'd still have a room here.89901:00:16.559 --> 01:00:18.760



The kid moves out, but the folks always keep the90001:00:18.840 --> 01:00:23.039



room untouched. Stuffed animals sat on the bed, silent judgment90101:00:23.079 --> 01:00:26.480



on their furry faces. Orville turned on the radio on90201:00:26.519 --> 01:00:31.599



the girl's dresser. Stevie B's Postman song was on. Not sexy,90301:00:31.960 --> 01:00:34.840



but Orville didn't want to wait anymore. He pushed the90401:00:34.840 --> 01:00:37.599



stuffed animals off the bed, scattering them to the floor.90501:00:38.199 --> 01:00:43.639



He hopped on the old bed, its springs creaking and protest. Okay,90601:00:43.639 --> 01:00:50.360



sweet pea, show time strip. Lauren gulped. Cherry watched the90701:00:50.400 --> 01:00:53.000



mom trying to prepare dinner. Like all hell hadn't just90801:00:53.039 --> 01:00:55.519



broke loose in the other room a few minutes ago.90901:00:56.199 --> 01:00:58.199



She had to hand it to the old bat. She91001:00:58.280 --> 01:01:01.280



could keep it under control. It had grown quiet. Now,91101:01:02.079 --> 01:01:06.320



what could be going on? Cherry thought, before she investigated that.91201:01:06.760 --> 01:01:09.920



The smell of the roast caught her limited attention span fully.91301:01:10.679 --> 01:01:13.239



Cherry stabbed a big slice of it with her knife91401:01:13.440 --> 01:01:17.039



and took a large bite, sending juices dribbling down her chin.91501:01:18.039 --> 01:01:21.719



So good, mommy, she said, I think I just came91601:01:21.800 --> 01:01:25.960



in my panties. The woman didn't answer. She cut off91701:01:25.960 --> 01:01:30.400



a slice to replace the one Cherry took Bee for pork.91801:01:30.719 --> 01:01:35.039



Cherry asks, I can't nail the taste. Putting down the91901:01:35.079 --> 01:01:39.480



carving knife, mother cleaned off her hands with a towel. Pork.92001:01:40.559 --> 01:01:46.000



It's damn good, mom Why do you do it hurt people?92101:01:47.000 --> 01:01:50.519



Cherry thought for a moment, because it's something to do.92201:01:51.480 --> 01:01:55.119



Lauren stood in her bron panties nervously trying to emulate92301:01:55.119 --> 01:01:59.440



a sexy dance. Orville watched. It was time. He could92401:01:59.440 --> 01:02:04.039



wait no longer. Come here. She walked toward him, her92501:02:04.079 --> 01:02:07.440



face pale white. Orville was a little bit disappointed in92601:02:07.440 --> 01:02:10.760



her choice of playing pink panties and bra He'd hope92701:02:10.800 --> 01:02:14.000



they'd be something a little more exciting, or at least funny.92801:02:14.840 --> 01:02:19.519



Lauren sat down next to him, her body shaking. Undo92901:02:19.599 --> 01:02:24.119



my pants. Cherry was getting a little nervous. Where was93001:02:24.280 --> 01:02:26.960



or She didn't hear anything out in the dining room.93101:02:27.440 --> 01:02:30.239



Maybe Orville was getting rid of the dad. She watched93201:02:30.280 --> 01:02:33.199



mother as she washed the carving knife. When can we93301:02:33.239 --> 01:02:36.320



go out there, she asked? The food will get cold.93401:02:37.039 --> 01:02:39.679



Just hold your horses. Don't you have any other food93501:02:39.719 --> 01:02:43.079



to get ready? It was weird. The whole time they93601:02:43.119 --> 01:02:45.599



were in the kitchen. She didn't see the woman prepare93701:02:45.960 --> 01:02:52.159



anything else. No vegetables, no potatoes, no stuffing, nothing. Did93801:02:52.159 --> 01:02:55.800



they only eat meat? The meat had made her thirsty.93901:02:56.400 --> 01:02:58.800



Cherry walked over to the fridge. She could go for94001:02:58.880 --> 01:03:01.719



something cold. It was too much to hope these fucks94101:03:01.760 --> 01:03:06.320



had beer. She pulled open the fridge door. Sitting there94201:03:06.719 --> 01:03:10.440



on a large plate was a severed human arm, with94301:03:10.519 --> 01:03:14.199



a rather large chunk cut out from it. Cherry suddenly94401:03:14.239 --> 01:03:19.440



felt very weak. Behind her came noises. No human ears94501:03:19.440 --> 01:03:24.800



should ever hear, the sound of flesh and bones stretching moving.94601:03:25.480 --> 01:03:30.199



She spun around. The woman looked different now, her skin grayish,94701:03:30.400 --> 01:03:34.039



her eyes black. Long teeth protruded from her mouth, and94801:03:34.119 --> 01:03:38.559



her hands had become claws. We can't eat just any flesh,94901:03:38.960 --> 01:03:43.199



she growled. It has to be dead first, the father said,95001:03:43.239 --> 01:03:45.920



standing in the door. He was a little bloodied, but95101:03:46.440 --> 01:03:49.719



looking very much like his wife did now the only95201:03:49.800 --> 01:03:53.280



thing between Orville and Lauren was his boxers and her underwear.95301:03:53.840 --> 01:03:56.639



He felt like a boy on Christmas morning. He told95401:03:56.719 --> 01:03:59.960



Lauren to pull down his boxers. They fell to the floor.95501:04:00.920 --> 01:04:04.360



Here he took her head, lowering it toward his excited dick.95601:04:05.039 --> 01:04:07.360



He leaned his head back, looking up at the ceiling.95701:04:08.039 --> 01:04:11.320



The girl was pretty good at this. There was a95801:04:11.360 --> 01:04:16.480



gunshot somewhere downstairs, followed by Cherry screaming in horror. What95901:04:16.519 --> 01:04:20.000



the fuck? But it was already too late. In the96001:04:20.039 --> 01:04:24.159



next instant, pains sliced through him. He felt something warm96101:04:24.280 --> 01:04:27.559



splash his chest. He was almost too terrified to look down.96201:04:27.880 --> 01:04:31.280



His crutch was covered in warm red blood. The small96301:04:31.360 --> 01:04:34.760



stump where his dick had been was busy pumping more out.96401:04:35.239 --> 01:04:38.119



As he started to slip into shock, he looked at Lauren,96501:04:38.519 --> 01:04:42.480



whose body was undergoing a horrible change. She spat blood96601:04:42.480 --> 01:04:46.039



from her mouth, along with his severed manhood. I twitt96701:04:46.159 --> 01:04:50.280



you to leave us alone. Orville could hear the heavenly96801:04:50.400 --> 01:05:02.119



chorus calling him? They sounded like howling wolves. Party in96901:05:02.159 --> 01:05:08.079



the woods by Joe Salmat Tristan and Beccha made their97001:05:08.119 --> 01:05:12.159



way down the wooded path behind Tristan's neighbor's farm. Josh97101:05:12.159 --> 01:05:14.920



and Emily went to bed pretty early, so for years97201:05:15.119 --> 01:05:17.920



Tristan had brought friends down here behind the farm to97301:05:18.000 --> 01:05:21.559



explore the woods. As he got older, he explored less97401:05:21.599 --> 01:05:23.800



and came to the woods to drink and party with97501:05:23.880 --> 01:05:27.280



the girls from town. Becca was new to town, just97601:05:27.400 --> 01:05:31.000



moving here a month ago. Tristan was infatuated as soon97701:05:31.039 --> 01:05:33.599



as he saw her in the hall in school, her97801:05:33.639 --> 01:05:37.960



long brown hair flowing behind her. He followed her after school,97901:05:37.960 --> 01:05:40.440



trying to come up with something to say to her98001:05:40.519 --> 01:05:44.400



to spark a conversation. It paid off, though, he thought,98101:05:44.559 --> 01:05:47.239



as he sneaked a glance at her behind the moonlight98201:05:47.559 --> 01:05:50.559



through a break in the trees. She carried a bottle98301:05:50.599 --> 01:05:53.440



of Jack Daniels in her right hand. It was already98401:05:53.480 --> 01:05:56.920



missing a quarter of the brown liquid inside. She was98501:05:57.000 --> 01:05:59.719



more of a drinker than he was, he noted with98601:05:59.760 --> 01:06:03.000



a He couldn't keep his eyes off of the way98701:06:03.079 --> 01:06:08.039



she walked the curve, swaying back and forth. It was mesmerizing.98801:06:08.760 --> 01:06:12.800



The swaying stopped in front of him. Tristan, did you98901:06:12.840 --> 01:06:17.239



hear that? She whispered to him. Hear what? He asked99001:06:17.239 --> 01:06:22.360



at a normal volume, sh something in the woods, she replied.99101:06:23.159 --> 01:06:26.760



Do you guys have bears around here? She asked, with99201:06:26.880 --> 01:06:30.320



a little bit of fright in her voice. I didn't99301:06:30.360 --> 01:06:33.320



hear anything. Don't worry. I've been coming here since I99401:06:33.400 --> 01:06:36.199



was a kid. There's nothing out here that can hurt us,99501:06:36.679 --> 01:06:40.119



he said, and smiled that famous smile that got him99601:06:40.159 --> 01:06:44.519



the girl on numerous occasions. Becca still stood there for99701:06:44.559 --> 01:06:47.960



a moment. When she didn't hear anything, she began to99801:06:48.000 --> 01:06:52.639



walk the path again, but cautiously Tristan snuck up behind99901:06:52.639 --> 01:06:55.039



her and grabbed the bottle from her hands. She let100001:06:55.079 --> 01:06:57.480



out a scared yelp as he laughed at her. He100101:06:57.559 --> 01:07:00.000



took a big gulp off the bottle, letting the alcohol100201:07:00.280 --> 01:07:03.679



burn his throat. Are the others meeting us up here?100301:07:04.239 --> 01:07:07.119



Becca asked. She wouldn't agree to coming out to the100401:07:07.159 --> 01:07:09.920



woods with the guy she'd just met unless others were100501:07:09.960 --> 01:07:12.800



going to be there. He scrambled to find another couple100601:07:12.880 --> 01:07:16.559



to come along. Yeah, it's not much farther now. We100701:07:16.639 --> 01:07:20.000



got a little fireplace from an old house, Tristan said.100801:07:20.559 --> 01:07:23.480



It must have been from the seventeen hundreds. He said,100901:07:24.320 --> 01:07:29.119



sounds cool, becha said, thinking of the fireplace. Tristan frowned.101001:07:29.559 --> 01:07:31.880



He should be able to see it from here. He101101:07:31.960 --> 01:07:35.400



knew Greg and Beth were already there. He saw Greg's101201:07:35.400 --> 01:07:37.159



car down by the side of the highway on the101301:07:37.159 --> 01:07:41.239



way over. Maybe he was just lazy, He thought the101401:07:41.320 --> 01:07:44.000



moon was hidden by the boughs of the trees above.101501:07:44.559 --> 01:07:46.519



Tristan made his way in the dark to where he101601:07:46.559 --> 01:07:49.800



knew the stone chimney was. He could barely see the101701:07:49.880 --> 01:07:52.840



lighter stone in the darkness. He felt around to the101801:07:52.920 --> 01:07:56.519



right where he stacked the kindling. It felt wet, but101901:07:56.559 --> 01:08:00.599



he didn't remember it raining recently. Greg, if you pissed102001:08:00.639 --> 01:08:03.679



on our wood, I will kill you, he called out102101:08:03.679 --> 01:08:06.239



to the night. He hoped Gregg heard him as he102201:08:06.320 --> 01:08:09.559



banged Beth or whatever they were doing. He grabbed a102301:08:09.599 --> 01:08:12.239



book of matches from his pocket after stacking the wooden102401:08:12.239 --> 01:08:15.320



branches into a small T piece shape with pine needles102501:08:15.320 --> 01:08:19.600



and last falls leaves underneath. I can't see anything, Becca102601:08:19.720 --> 01:08:24.359



said from behind him. One second, he said, masking his disappointment.102701:08:24.920 --> 01:08:27.000



She was one hell of a looker, but she seemed102801:08:27.079 --> 01:08:30.239



kind of annoying to him. He struck the match, which102901:08:30.279 --> 01:08:32.359



blinded him for a second with its brightness in the103001:08:32.399 --> 01:08:36.079



almost complete dark He instinctively moved the match to the103101:08:36.119 --> 01:08:39.119



pine needles under the wood before it burned out or103201:08:39.199 --> 01:08:42.199



the wind got it. He saw spots in his vision103301:08:42.239 --> 01:08:45.680



as he gently blew on the pine needles. Yes, he103401:08:45.720 --> 01:08:48.560



called out, as the fire came to life. It wasn't103501:08:48.600 --> 01:08:52.479



piss on the sticks. It was a darker, thicker color.103601:08:53.079 --> 01:08:56.439



It reminded him of the bottle Becha carried. Hey, Babe,103701:08:56.479 --> 01:08:59.000



can I get a drink? He said, getting to his feet.103801:08:59.560 --> 01:09:01.960



The stick were catching now and the light from the103901:09:02.039 --> 01:09:07.640



chimney was spreading. Becca didn't answer him. Babe, he said,104001:09:08.039 --> 01:09:11.840



and turned around. Becca was standing in front of him,104101:09:12.199 --> 01:09:14.680



ten feet away, with the bottle still in her right hand,104201:09:15.199 --> 01:09:20.000



her widened eyes staring past him towards the chimney. What104301:09:20.039 --> 01:09:22.359



the hell's gotten into you? He said, and took a104401:09:22.359 --> 01:09:26.560



step closer, but she didn't move. He watched as the104501:09:26.600 --> 01:09:29.680



bottle slipped from her hand and struck the ground, spilling104601:09:29.720 --> 01:09:34.039



its contents. What's wrong with you? He said, grabbing the104701:09:34.039 --> 01:09:36.479



bottle off the ground to save its contents, which he104801:09:36.520 --> 01:09:39.439



tried to pour down his throat. He stopped with the104901:09:39.439 --> 01:09:44.720



bottle to his lips. Becca still hadn't moved. He started105001:09:44.760 --> 01:09:48.560



to get a creepy feeling and turned towards the fire.105101:09:49.199 --> 01:09:52.920



The light from the flames illuminated the immediate area. The105201:09:53.000 --> 01:09:56.760



stack of wood he had piled there yesterday was definitely wet,105301:09:57.119 --> 01:10:01.960



but it was also red. It looks like something bled105401:10:02.000 --> 01:10:05.039



all over it. His eyes fell to just in front105501:10:05.079 --> 01:10:08.359



of the stack of wood, and he saw the source105601:10:08.399 --> 01:10:12.119



of the blood. Greg, naked to the waist, lay on105701:10:12.159 --> 01:10:17.279



the ground, twisted and away. Tristan could only describe as wrong.105801:10:18.359 --> 01:10:21.600



His face looked behind him, and several vertebrates stuck out105901:10:21.600 --> 01:10:24.560



from a gaping hole in his neck. His eyes were106001:10:24.560 --> 01:10:30.600



wide open in fear, similar to Becca's. He turned towards106101:10:30.600 --> 01:10:33.800



his would be girlfriend, but she was still looking in106201:10:33.880 --> 01:10:38.000



the same direction. Tears streaked her cheeks and a sob106301:10:38.159 --> 01:10:40.960



escaped her lips. He turned back to see what she106401:10:41.039 --> 01:10:46.439



was looking at, and that's when he noticed Beth. Blonde106501:10:46.439 --> 01:10:49.840



hair mixed with crimson blood covered her young face from106601:10:49.840 --> 01:10:53.199



the caved in skull before it sunk into the opening106701:10:53.239 --> 01:10:56.960



that her missing lower jaw left behind. She was completely106801:10:57.039 --> 01:11:02.279



naked behind the woodpile. Tristan approached her body carefully. He106901:11:02.359 --> 01:11:06.640



tried to speak, but nothing came out. She had large107001:11:06.680 --> 01:11:10.840



scratches or claw marks cris crossing across her naked breasts107101:11:10.880 --> 01:11:14.399



at an inch deep, filled with rivers of blood. One107201:11:14.439 --> 01:11:19.199



of her legs was missing, just missing. How does that107301:11:19.279 --> 01:11:23.720



even happen? He couldn't see it anywhere, but he did107401:11:23.800 --> 01:11:28.000



find her lower jaw. It looked like some sick bastard107501:11:28.640 --> 01:11:31.239



tried to rape her with it, but all it did107601:11:31.319 --> 01:11:35.119



was tear her pubic area. Teeth peeked out from between107701:11:35.239 --> 01:11:38.319



strings of her mangled genitalia that hung from her body107801:11:38.399 --> 01:11:40.800



like the streamers on a five year old girl's bicycle.107901:11:41.840 --> 01:11:45.840



Panics started to settle into Tristan. He stepped backwards, away108001:11:45.880 --> 01:11:49.840



from the mangled corpses of his high school friends Becca.108101:11:50.319 --> 01:11:55.000



He called out, run. He turned himself to run and108201:11:55.119 --> 01:11:59.359



saw a horrid sight. Behind Becca, who still hadn't moved108301:11:59.399 --> 01:12:04.199



from the same pace position, stood three humanoid shapes. Their108401:12:04.239 --> 01:12:09.039



eyes reflected the firelight from the chimney. Beca Tristan managed108501:12:09.039 --> 01:12:11.880



to say before the creatures moved in an instant. Two108601:12:11.960 --> 01:12:14.359



grabbed his date and held her arms behind her back.108701:12:14.600 --> 01:12:17.079



He heard a sickening pop as one of her shoulders108801:12:17.079 --> 01:12:20.439



were dislocated violently. The pain seemed to break Becca out108901:12:20.479 --> 01:12:24.000



of her shock, she screamed. The third creature charged Tristan.109001:12:24.199 --> 01:12:26.199



He managed to land a punch on the monster, but109101:12:26.239 --> 01:12:28.560



it didn't seem to have any effect. He grabbed him109201:12:28.560 --> 01:12:30.560



and forced him to his knees, placing one of its109301:12:30.640 --> 01:12:32.880



large clawed feet on the back of his legs so109401:12:32.920 --> 01:12:36.760



he couldn't get up. Help me, Tristan, Becha called out,109501:12:37.520 --> 01:12:40.600



it was her last words. One of the creature's hands109601:12:40.600 --> 01:12:43.720



suddenly protruded from her lower abdomen, tearing out of her109701:12:43.720 --> 01:12:47.399



flesh with a violence Tristan had never witnessed before. No.109801:12:48.520 --> 01:12:51.199



He called out in horror and began to sob. He109901:12:51.319 --> 01:12:55.000



swore The creature holding him mocked his cry. Tristan saw110001:12:55.039 --> 01:12:57.840



the moment Beca died. He could see it in her eyes,110101:12:58.520 --> 01:13:01.279



the moment it ceased to be Becka and became only110201:13:01.359 --> 01:13:04.159



a sack of meat. It was worse than the mangled110301:13:04.159 --> 01:13:09.079



corpses of his friends. Watching her die like that, Becha's110401:13:09.079 --> 01:13:12.439



body fell down to the ground. The two monsters fought110501:13:12.439 --> 01:13:15.199



over her, tearing pieces of her flesh off in front110601:13:15.199 --> 01:13:18.239



of him, the same flesh he was admiring just a110701:13:18.279 --> 01:13:21.680



short time ago. Tristan couldn't take it anymore. He put110801:13:21.680 --> 01:13:23.880



his head down, letting his hair cover his eyes, but110901:13:23.960 --> 01:13:26.760



the creature holding him reached down with its gray hand111001:13:26.880 --> 01:13:30.079



and pulled his hair until once again he was facing Beca.111101:13:30.880 --> 01:13:34.000



Not only did they seem to enjoy killing, but it111201:13:34.039 --> 01:13:38.640



seemed they enjoyed making him watch. He cried out. When111301:13:38.680 --> 01:13:42.680



the two creatures finished dividing up Becha, they began to eat.111401:13:43.479 --> 01:13:46.960



Tristan struggled, but the creature's strength was too much for him.111501:13:47.199 --> 01:13:49.800



He clenched his eyes closed to block out the horror111601:13:49.840 --> 01:13:52.159



in front of him, but the creature seemed to know111701:13:53.039 --> 01:13:55.119



it dug a dull nail into the back of his111801:13:55.199 --> 01:13:58.159



neck every time he closed his eyes, only letting the111901:13:58.199 --> 01:14:02.960



pressure off when he opened them again. Closed or opened,112001:14:03.399 --> 01:14:06.600



he was being tortured. He kept them closed as long112101:14:06.640 --> 01:14:09.199



as he could take the nail digging him, never in112201:14:09.279 --> 01:14:12.279



the exact same space, then opened them until the pain112301:14:12.359 --> 01:14:16.159



from the nail was replaced with the evisceration of his date.112401:14:17.439 --> 01:14:20.359



It seemed to go on forever. He couldn't take any more.112501:14:20.479 --> 01:14:22.560



He tried to move again, but the third creature that112601:14:22.640 --> 01:14:27.399



held him did so diligently. Go on, get a bite.112701:14:27.920 --> 01:14:30.640



Tristan called out to his captor. It was the only112801:14:30.680 --> 01:14:34.359



thing he could do, mocking his torturers. He had no112901:14:34.479 --> 01:14:37.520



way to track time, but at least fifteen minutes past.113001:14:37.600 --> 01:14:41.680



As he watched his date disappear peace by piece down113101:14:41.720 --> 01:14:46.039



the gullets of these hellish creatures. He couldn't take any113201:14:46.079 --> 01:14:48.960



more and closed his eyes to escape. But his ears113301:14:49.000 --> 01:14:52.399



picked up on the wet snapping of teeth through flesh113401:14:52.399 --> 01:14:55.800



and bone. It reminded him of tearing the wings off113501:14:55.840 --> 01:14:58.439



of a chicken for dinner, and it made him want113601:14:58.479 --> 01:15:01.960



to throw up. The holding him down pushed him all113701:15:02.000 --> 01:15:04.920



the way to the ground. He opened his eyes and113801:15:05.000 --> 01:15:08.239



looked at what was left of Becca. At that point,113901:15:08.680 --> 01:15:11.359



he did throw up, but it had nowhere to go.114001:15:11.479 --> 01:15:14.640



Being forced down to the ground, he breathed in his114101:15:14.720 --> 01:15:17.920



own vomit and thought he was going to drown. The114201:15:18.000 --> 01:15:20.119



creature yanked him back up to his knees. As the114301:15:20.119 --> 01:15:23.039



other two approached, he was pulled all the way to114401:15:23.119 --> 01:15:25.880



his feet, and with the last act of defiance, he114501:15:26.000 --> 01:15:28.239



kicked the groin of the creature right in front of him.114601:15:28.560 --> 01:15:31.239



It stepped back from the impact, then reached out with114701:15:31.319 --> 01:15:35.439



its gray skinned hand and grabbed his chest tearing cloth114801:15:35.479 --> 01:15:39.239



and flesh away from his body. He screamed. The pain114901:15:39.439 --> 01:15:44.159



was intense. Just fucking kill me already, he yelled out,115001:15:44.520 --> 01:15:48.760



just wanting it done. He couldn't take any more, do it,115101:15:48.840 --> 01:15:53.119



you cocksucker. The monsters didn't heed him. One of them115201:15:53.159 --> 01:15:56.239



grabbed his hand and held it out. The first creature115301:15:56.439 --> 01:15:59.359



that had been holding him the whole time switched places115401:15:59.399 --> 01:16:01.479



with the one that tore a piece out of his chest.115501:16:02.159 --> 01:16:05.319



It looked him in the eye with an evil intelligence115601:16:05.359 --> 01:16:10.039



behind its gaze. As it slowly and deliberately raised his115701:16:10.159 --> 01:16:13.800



hand to its mouth and bit off his thumb. He115801:16:13.920 --> 01:16:16.439



screamed out into the night. He held on to a115901:16:16.479 --> 01:16:19.239



slim hope that Josh or Emily might hear him in116001:16:19.239 --> 01:16:22.159



the quiet country night. They had just had a newborn,116101:16:22.439 --> 01:16:25.279



so maybe they would be awake feeding it, he thought.116201:16:26.319 --> 01:16:29.760



The creature bit off his middle finger and smiled. Tristan's116301:16:29.800 --> 01:16:33.720



blood and flesh still sitting in its gaping maw. Its116401:16:33.760 --> 01:16:37.520



body shook with small convulsions with a grunting sound. A116501:16:37.560 --> 01:16:41.279



shiver shut up Tristan's back as he realized it was116601:16:41.359 --> 01:16:51.039



laughing at his misery. And there you have it, my116701:16:51.279 --> 01:16:55.479



spookies for more reasons to spend the rest of the116801:16:55.560 --> 01:17:01.800



summer politely declining invitations. Tonight, we learned that haunted mansions116901:17:01.880 --> 01:17:07.079



make terrible first date destinations. A one dollar bargain can117001:17:07.119 --> 01:17:14.079



become extremely expensive. Serial killers should always ask about dietary restrictions.117101:17:14.520 --> 01:17:18.520



And nothing good has ever followed the words let's party117201:17:19.000 --> 01:17:22.640



in the woods. Halloween may still be waiting at the117301:17:22.840 --> 01:17:27.239



end of the calendar, but ghosts, monsters, and cursed objects117401:17:27.319 --> 01:17:31.359



clearly did not receive that memo. So thank you for117501:17:31.479 --> 01:17:36.159



celebrating Summer ween with us, and make sure you're subscribed117601:17:36.159 --> 01:17:39.920



on your favorite podcasting app to Weekly Spooky. Join us117701:17:39.960 --> 01:17:43.720



every Wednesday for a brand new scary story, and every117801:17:43.840 --> 01:17:47.079



day of the week for a little something scary to117901:17:47.199 --> 01:17:52.279



keep your Halloween vibes going all year long. Now, if118001:17:52.319 --> 01:17:56.479



you'll excuse me, I've got a quick trip to make118101:17:57.039 --> 01:18:00.600



to a party out in the woods. But I'll see118201:18:00.640 --> 01:18:02.239



you all real soon.