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A crescent grin burning in a pumpkin face steal sliding
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through the dark. Boys on bikes racing past a cemetery
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as the scarecrow steps off his post. Follow the clues
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and win a prize unless sickle Jack finds you first.
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There's a shill in the air. Must befall Join me
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for a tale of Halloween. You will experience tales over
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over ghosts, San damp. It is not recommended for the
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Week at Heart. Join me for a Tale of Hollow.
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This is Weekly Spooky.
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Hello, my Spookyes, it's Friday, the third day of Halloween,
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and I'm your host and narrator, Enrique Cuto. Happy to
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have you back, getting in the spirit of the season.
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Tonight's story involves a group of boys riding around on
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their bicycles on Halloween and encountering some deadly circumstances along
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the way. But before we get to that, I want
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what if the Halloween Dare You Couldn't Resist wasn't a
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game at all? A scavenger hunt through plays, alleys and graves,
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each clue pulling you closer to a scarecrow with a
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pumpkin for a head and a sickle that never misses.
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Some legends wait all year for the one night when
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they can walk and collect, so get cozy. The story
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starts right after this sickle Jack, The Harvester of Souls
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by Joe Solmo. Hey, Tony, go kiss your mom goodbye
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so we can hit the road, Ryan complained loudly, through
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the cold, crisp autumn air. Tony had a real clingy
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mom that always made him late for things with his friends. Ryan,
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the oldest of the boys, didn't have any patience for family.
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Living with his drunk father, who was either at the
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bar or passed out on the couch, he was alone
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most of the time unless he was hanging out with
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the boys. Leave him alone, Ryan, Johnny said he was
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the one holding all the eggs and bars of soap
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in his backpack. If Tony's mom got too close, she
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might see the look of mischief in their eyes, or
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even worse, smell the eggs Johnny forgot to refrigerate in
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his panicked hiding of them from his own mother. How
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bad can they really get in three weeks in a
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New England autumn anyway, Ryan leaned over the handlebars of
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his BMX and rested his arms on the padding. There.
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It was starting to get dark out and they still
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had to go get Bow, who lived on the other
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side of town, near the school they were going to
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destroy this Halloween. He had been looking forward to it
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all year since their plans were foiled by Josh, the
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tenth grader, who knocked them down and hit them with
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their own eggs. Last year, it took a week to
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get the dried eggs out of his mullet. Boys, be careful,
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don't go missing like Sam Braid. A dreadful, dreadful thing,
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Tony's mom said. Then she continued after a pause, Tony,
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I love you, she called out with a wave from
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the front door. As he threw one corduroy laden leg
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over the bar of his own BMX, he almost fell
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over with the effort to get out while the going
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was good. For fuck's sake, you Spaz, get on that
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bike the right way and let's get the fuck out here,
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Ryan said, straightening up on his own ride. Ryan Dempsey,
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do you want me to tell your father what words
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I just heard come out of your mouth? Tony's mom said,
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moving with a wave to planting her hands on her
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wide hips. He taught me them, Ryan said, with a smile.
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Come on. He began to pedal down Orchid Street. After
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thirty feet, he turned and saw his friends still waiting
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for Tony. He sighed loudly, Tony, I love you, His
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mom said again. It was standard protocol at his house.
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Before he did anything, he had to tell his mom.
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He loved her. Are you coming, shithead, Ryan called out.
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Tony looked back at his mother, then at Ryan, like
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he was caught in the title pool between two authority figures.
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He managed to pedal to the end of the driveway
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where Johnny was with the backpack of doom. Tony his
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mother called out angrily. If he didn't say it back,
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his mom was likely to ground him. Shitthead, Ryan mocked him.
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Johnny saw the look in Tony's eyes and knew he
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was about to short circuit. He was a good friend,
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but not too bright. He can't walk and chew gum
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at the same time, so he didn't know what to do.
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I love shit, he yelled out with a confidence only
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a confused kid could muster, and pedaled off with the
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sudden adrenaline rush from swearing in front of his mother. Tony,
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I'm telling your father. His mother called after him, but
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the wind carried her words away with it through the
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nineteen eighties Berbia. Johnny shook his head, smiled, and pedaled
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after his friends as the sun ducked behind the tree
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lined street. They got to Bow's house right around six
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point thirty. The buzz of the street lights and distant
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children trick or treating, reaching their ears as they sat
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on their bikes. Tony, go get Bow, Ryan commanded, I
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don't want to. His mom is weird? Tony responded and
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pushed up his glasses. They had fogged over on the
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ride across town. How is she weird? Johnny asked. He
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had never been to Bow's house before. Ever since his
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dad fucked off, she's been all lonely and shit, Ryan said,
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and then punched Tony in the arm. Almost as bad
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as this shit had been. Mom worse, Tony said, with
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a distant stare that reminded Johnny of his uncle, the
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Vietnam Vet. What could be worse than your mom? Ryan sneered.
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Just then Bow's front door swung open and he came
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storming out. His mom filled the doorway behind him in
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a robe, holding a bottle of whiskey. Where are you going,
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Bow out? What about handing out candy with me? His
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mom called after him. I don't want to sit here
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all night, Bo said, Picking his bike up off the lawn,
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he jumped on it and pedaled to his friends. Bo Bo.
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His mom called out after him. See she's worse, Tony said,
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I don't know about that, Johnny replied and looked up
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at Bo's mom. Even with her disheveled hair falling around
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her face, she was an attractive woman, Bo, She called
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out again, Shit, guys, hold on a second, he said,
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and turned around. What mom, don't forget where you came from?
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She called out and flashed the boys. She wasn't wearing
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anything beneath the robe. What the fuck?
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Mom?
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Bo called out. Johnny's mouth dropped, Ryan laughed, and Tony
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looked down at his feet, embarrassed. You came out of
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me and I can stuff you back in. You mind
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your mother, she called out in a drunken slur. Bo's
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face grew red. Go inside, you're embarrassing me, Bo called out.
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Bo's mom dropped the bottle trying to close her robe
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in a rare moment of clarity, and ducked inside. What
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the fuck was that, Johnny asked him. The booze is
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fine until she takes the pills. Then she gets weird
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like that, Bo explained. Ryan burst out, laughing, It's not
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cool to make fun of my mom. Bo said. He
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was younger than Ryan but was tougher and everyone knew it.
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He'd pop him one if he felt like it. I'm
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not laughing at your mom. I'm laughing because Johnny has
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a boner, Ryan said, and pointed Johnny covered his crotch
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with his hands. You should go give it to her,
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make her forget all about Bo's dad, Ryan laughed. Bo
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rode the six or so feet over to Ryan and
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connected with a right that knocked the older boy off balance,
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and he fell to the concrete driveway. Not cool, Ryan said,
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touching his nose. Gingerly, say something about my mom again,
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Bo said, standing defiantly.
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Don't go away, weekly, spooky. We'll be right back.
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We're good, Ryan said, defeated. He righted himself and they
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rode off in silence the last few blocks to the school.
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Just before they reached their destination for destruction, they ran
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into some familiar faces, partially hidden by costumes. Jenny, a
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popular girl from school, led her usual group of friends
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down the street towards them. Ryan locked on his bike's
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coaster brakes and skidded to within inches of the girls.
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Hey ladies, he said, with a smirk, Ugh Ryan Dempsey,
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Jenny said, rolling her eyes skyward to her teased, AquaNet
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encrusted bleached blonde bangs Hi Jenny, Johnny said shyly, Oh,
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hi Johnny, how's your parents? Jenny used to babysit for
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Johnny a few years back. He had had a crush
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on her since then, they're good, he replied, Are you
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gonna study? What do you have in that backpack? She
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asked him. The girls giggled at her joke. Naw, we're
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going to go egg the school. Johnny didn't finish. Ryan
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elbowed him in the gut. Sh the oldest boy said.
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Johnny looked back at Jenny. Where are you girls off to?
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He asked, masking the lost breath he suffered from over
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to Tucker's house. His parents are in the Bahamas for
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the week. All the cool kids are gonna to be there,
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Jenny said, and flicked her hair over the bare shoulder
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of her black spandex leotard. She had black lines painted
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on her cheeks like a cat. Tucker Ryan said under
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his breath. He was an older kid that had everything.
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He was super popular and played all the sports. Even
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the parents loved him, Ryan hated him. He was everything
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that Ryan wasn't You guys should totally come. Jenny's best friend,
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Becky said she was dressed as wonder Woman and was
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the only girl in her grade that could fill a
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costume made popular by Linda Carter. Maybe we will, Johnny said, later,
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and keep an eye out for sickle Jack, Jenny said,
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and walked past them. The girls all giggled. Johnny turned
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around to watch Jenny as she walked away. God bless spandex.
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He thought, we'd better get going before Johnny pops his
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tire with his boner. Ryan sneered. The boys finished the
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last of the ride and ditched their bikes in the
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hedges near the gym. They made their way hidden by
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the shrubs until they got to the larger windows of
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the classrooms. Egg me, Ryan said, holding out his hand
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while keeping his eyes out for a target. You guys
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want to hit that party after Johnny asked his friends.
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Tucker is an asshole, and they're all older kids, Bo said,
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handing an egg to Ryan. They don't really want us there.
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What was all that about, sickle Jack? Tony asked, some
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bullshit meant to scare us, Ryan said, and went to
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chuck an egg. It broke in his hand, and the
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rancid smell of weeks old egg reached the boy's nostrils.
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They began to gag and cough and had to leave
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the cover of the hedges. We can run around town
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with old rotten eggs and getting it on ourselves and
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possibly get in trouble. Or we can go to a
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party with girls, Johnny reasoned. Bo nodded his approval. Real
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drunk girls, he added. All drunk girls do is puke
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and cry. Ryan said, wiping his hands on some dried leaves,
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then finishing on Johnny's backpack. Yeah, but you can feel
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them up while they do it. Bo reasoned, that's so wrong,
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Johnny said, taking off his backpack. He dropped it to
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the ground and heard the crack of more eggs. He
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kicked the pack into the hedges. He wasn't about to
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take that mess home with him. Fine, but let me
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wash my hands first, Ryan said, and headed back to
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the bikes. The boys pulled up to the party. All
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the rich kids had their cars lined up and down
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the street on both sides. Ryan spat, thinking about all
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the eggs they had abandoned and could have used just now.
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They leaned their bikes against a tree two houses down
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and went to the open front door. Inside were kids
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from school, all with those red plastic cups clumped in
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twos and threes as they drank Tucker's parents liquor. Johnny
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looked around for Jenny and found her in the corner
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talking to Josh Hamilton, the bully that thore them last year.
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Not this time, Johnny muttered to himself and headed for Jenny.
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But a girl wearing the sexiest cat costume he had
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ever seen bumped into him. Soft breast tissue pressed up
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against his bare arm, and he instantly covered his crotch
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with his hand to hide the growing embarrassment there. Who
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are you, he asked the unfamiliar girl, Brenda. She replied,
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I've never seen you at school before, Johnny said. As
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Bo and Tony caught up to him, they looked at
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the girl in awe of her blue eyes, black hair,
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and pale skin. I don't go to this school, she answered,
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You Tucker's cousin or something, Tony asked. The girl nodded
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with a smile. She grabbed a few red cups and
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poured them drinks from the keg. The boys all took
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an uncertain look in the cups before drinking. What brings
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you to this lame party? Isn't there something more fun
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to do, she asked, and gestured the boy's back towards
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the door, where the music wasn't blaring in their ears.
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We were just checking it out on our way to
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the real party, Tony said, pushing up his glasses. Brenda laughed.
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You know what I like to do, She asked them.
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I hope it's kiss boys, Johnny said under his breath.
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At least he thought it was quiet enough. I gotta
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get to know them first, Brenda said, and pulled a
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pack of cigarettes out of her cleavage. Johnny hadn't even
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noticed it was there. I know a great way to
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get to know someone. A Halloween themed scavenger hunt. What's
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a scavenger hunt? Tony asked. It's like hide and seek,
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only better, Brenda said, and licked her lips. Give me
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one second, she said, and disappeared into the throng of people.
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Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your doors, weekly, spooky.
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We'll be right back.
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Come on, Johnny, we should go, Tony said, Yeah, she's
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just fucking with us. Bo agreed. Ryan approached them. He
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had two bottles of vodka up his sleeves. We got
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what we came for. Let's get out of here. Before
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they find out, Ryan said, and headed towards his bike.
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The boys followed. Ryan placed a bottle in each of
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the inner pockets on his jean jacket and turned to
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ride off, but Brenda stepped out from behind the tree. Here, boys,
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she said, and handed a paper to Johnny. You follow
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this and at the end, if you find me, I'll
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give you that kiss. She said, and winked a kiss
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for each of us. Tony asked, sure, follow the clues
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to find me. Brenda answered and ran off down the street.
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Ryan took a drink from a bottle before shoving it
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back in his pocket. Hey, there's the kid I saw
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stealing liquor, Josh said from the door of the party.
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Tucker and Josh headed towards the boys, and they did
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not look happy. Let's get the fuck out of here,
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Ryan said, and pedaled off into the darkness. The rest
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of the boys hurried to catch their friend. The boys
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gathered their breath a few blocks away. Johnny remembered the
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paper Brenda had given him and unfolded it. Sickle Jack
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loves to play climb the jungle swing away, smiling as
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he slices his prey. You'll be dead by the light
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of day. Is that supposed to be a clue? Bo asked,
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grabbing the paper from Johnny. Sickle Jack again, wonder what's
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with all these bitches obsessed with him? He must have
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a pretty big sickle, Ryan said, and laughed. Climb the jungle,
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Tony said, in thought the jungle gym at the playground.
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Johnny said, come on, let's go. The boys followed Johnny
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as he weaved around the late tricker treaters. They made
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it to the playground. Out of breath and excited, they
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quickly looked around for any clue as to what to
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do next. They found the playground, but what were they
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supposed to do there? They made it to the jungle
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gym and looked at the top. There was something up there,
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another clue. Johnny was excited and dropped his bike on
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the hard ground and began to climb the metal dome.
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There they are. Came angry voices from behind. From Johnny's
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vantage point, he could see Josh and Tucker approaching them.
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Look out, Johnny called down to his friends. He was
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only a few feet from the note at the top
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of the jungle gym. Just a second more and he
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could get the clue. That gets him one step closer
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to his first kiss. Oh you fuck, came shouting from below.
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Josh had doubled over Ryan with a single punch and
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was now dragging him towards some pine trees. He threw
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Ryan into them with a thud. Who's gonna save you now?
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Josh sneered and took back the half drunk bottle of
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vodka from the battered Ryan. His arm was bleeding where
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the sharp needles of the tree had penetrated his skin.
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Tony bo help, Ryan called out, but both boys were
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frozen in fear. Johnny looked down at his friends. If
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he went down there, he would get the shit kicked
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out of him too. What was he supposed to do?
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He unfolded the note in his hand and read it
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out loud. Sickle Jack loves to eat feasting Where the
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hoboes meet hide from the smile under the sheet survived
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thus far, Get a treat. Johnny recited the poem and
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looked down at his friends below. Just then, a gust
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of cold wind blew through the playground, followed by a
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quick rolling fog. Just barely perceptible from within were two
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triangle orange eyes, a glow with flame a crescent of
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a mouth sneered at the boy above Ryan. Oh shit,
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sickle Jack, Johnny cried out and raced down the jungle
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gym to get to his bike. He tapped Bow and
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Tony on the shoulders, breaking the spell of fear that
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kept them in place. They turned their attention to Ryan.
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How were they going to get him away from Josh?
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Just then, Josh made the most peculiar face as a loud,
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squelching sound erupted from him. A metal protrusion had escaped
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his chest, and steaming blood dripped off the smooth, sharp
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metal blade. Josh rose in the air, mouth agape and pain,
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but only for a moment before it went Lifelessly. Slack
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Tucker began to run. Sickle Jack let the other boy's
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body slide off his blade with a zing and chased
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after his prey. Johnny could hear the stuffed hay footfalls
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of the killer Scarecrow as it disappeared into the fog.
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What the fuck was that? Ryan asked? As he dusted
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himself off. He pulled the other bottle of vodka out
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and unscrewed the top, taking a long sip. Fucking sickle Jack,
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it had to be Johnny said, getting on his bike.
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Let's go. The other boys all got on their bikes
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and started riding away from the fog.
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More scares to come weekly Spooky, We'll be right back.
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It can't be. He doesn't exist, Tony said, as he
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pedaled as fast as he could. Do you know anyone
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else with the first name sickle? He was carrying a
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fucking sickle. Bo shouted, he killed Josh with it. Johnny said,
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wide eyed, he was still in shock from what he saw.
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Good riddance, Ryan's said, looking at his scraped up arm
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and almost crashing his BMX into Johnny. What are we
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supposed to do now? Go to the police? Tony asked, No,
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no cops. We're drunk and they'll try to pin Josh
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on us. They know we didn't get along. Ryan answered,
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you're the drunk one. We haven't had any. Bo reminded
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him Ryan was always stingy with sharing, even when he
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didn't pay for it. Then where are we going, Ryan asked,
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skidding to a halt on the dark street. We got
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another clue, Johnny said, and read it to the boys. Hoboes.
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Bo asked, the dumpster behind Willie's Convenience. Tony answered. The
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boys raced off. Now that they had a destination in mind.
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Maybe someone can buy us beer, Ryan said excitedly. The
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boys dumped the bikes along the fence that led down
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the alley next to Willie's Convenience store. An older kid
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popped out the glass doors with a six pack of
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beer and headed to his friends waiting in the car.
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Jimmy'll buy for us, Ryan said, excitedly. We don't have
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any money. Who's gonna pay for it, bo asked. Tony
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nodded his head in agreement. Johnny wasn't part of the
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conversation because he was heading back towards the dumpster behind
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the concrete block building. The drunk guy holding a glass
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bottle in a brown bag came meandering up the alley
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and bumped into Johnny. He took a few unstable steps
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back and shook his head to see straight. Sorry, kid,
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didn't see you there. It's okay, mister, Johnny said, and
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looked past the drunk into the alley. It was dark,
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really fucking dark back there, and he was feeling a
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bit apprehensive. He turned towards his friends, who were arguing
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about money at the end of the alley. Those kids
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giving you trouble, the drunk man said, and reached into
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his pocket with his free hand and pulled out a knife.
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Johnny went wide eyed, thinking he was about to die.
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He stood in fear as the drunk swayed back and
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forth on unsteady feet. I I gotta go, Johnny managed
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to say. After a moment. Nonsense, the man said, then
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flipped the knife in his hand, catching the black late end.
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He offered the handle to Johnny. If those kids give
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you trouble, you just jam that right in their ear
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and stir like you're making coco. You got me, They
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won't fuck with you again, the drunk finished. Johnny took
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the knife in his hand and looked it over, the
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blade glinting in the faint light from the mouth of
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the alley. He looked up at the drunk standing there.
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Thank you, no problem, kid. The drunk continued his journey
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towards the front of the alley, where the boys were
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now looking at Johnny. They gave the drunk man a
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wide berth as they leaned their bikes on the side
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of the building. Make some cocoa, kid, the drunk said,
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and almost fell over with laughter. What was that all about?
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Ryan asked, just some drunk nut, Johnny replied, sliding the
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knife into his back pocket to hide it. The last
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thing he needed was Ryan trying to take it. They
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headed to the dumpster in the near complete darkness. Johnny
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got an uneasy feeling as they heard a rustling coming
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from behind the giant metal garbage. Can you think the
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note is in the dumpster? Tony asked, with disgust in
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his voice. No idea, hope not, Johnny replied as he
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ran his fingers along the cold metal, feeling his way
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around again. The rustling was the wind blowing something plastic around.
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A flicking sound came from behind him. He turned to
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see Ryan lighting a lighter in his right hand. Where
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did you get that, Johnny asked, Bo's mom left it
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at my house last night, Ryan quipped. An audible smack
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came from behind the light and everything went dark. Ow
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you fuck you made me drop the lighter. Ryan complained,
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what did I tell you about my mom? Beau asked
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that she gives good head, Ryan said and ran back
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towards the bikes with a cackle. Beou and Tony chased
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after him. Johnny reached around on the pavement until he
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found the lighter and gave it a flick. In the
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dim light, he could just make out close objects. He
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walked around the side of the dumpster, looking for a note.
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Then he found what was making that rustling noise on
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a blue tarp was a woman and an man. They
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were partially dressed but were in the middle of it.
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Johnny saw the woman's boob hanging out of her unbuttoned shirt.
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He recognized her. She had a reputation in the town
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for both being a whore and being homeless. This must
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be her office, he thought. A flicker of the light
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revealed a folded note taped to the back of the dumpster.
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He had to step on the tarp to reach it. Pervert,
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he heard the woman say. As he snatched the note,
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she threw something at him that broke when it hit
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the pavement behind him. It's not like that, Johnny said,
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taking a step back. The man pulled his pants up
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and came at Johnny. The boy reached into his back pocket,
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wondering if the drunk guy had known this was happening
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behind the dumpster. I'll teach you to ruin a man's
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paid for good time, the man said, and lunged at Johnny,
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who took a step back, crushing the glass pipe further
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into the pavement. Johnny saw the familiar glow from the
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group of trees next to the tarp tent, and his
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blood froze. The pumpkin head of sickle Jack appeared behind
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the man.
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U sh it was only the wind. You are safe,
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weekly spooky. We'll be right back.
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What are you looking at, he asked, and then called
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over his shoulder, Cover up, darlin, I'll be right back.
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Johnny heard a heavy thud and a wet sound coming
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from the darkness behind the alley. He tried to flee.
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He wanted to flee, but his British night sneakers were
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glued to the cold pavement. Darling, the man called out
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to the darkness. It was the last words he ever spoke,
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as his mouth cavity became the temporary home of a
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long curved blade. The man's eyes widened as he watched
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the metal protrude farther and farther out of his mouth.
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He made a few gagging sounds before slumping on the blade.
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That sight freed Johnny's paralysis, and he raced down the alley,
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grabbing his bike along the way. He pedaled as fast
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as he could and exited the alley at full speed,
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almost getting creamed by a red Chevy passing by. He
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looked up and down the street quickly and saw his
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friends about a block away. Go go, go, oh, he
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said as he passed them, still clutching the dumpster note
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in his hand. They pedaled for a few minutes before
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the adrenaline wore off enough for Johnny to stop two
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close calls in one night. He wondered if he should
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just go home. Did you find the note, Tony asked him, Yeah,
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it was taped to the back of the dumpster. He replied,
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you see a rat or something? Ryan asked, sickle Jack
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killed a prostitute and her john Johnny said, no shit.
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Bo asked, no shit. What do we do now? Tony asked,
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We read the next note. It'll lead us to the girl.
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Maybe she can answer our questions, Johnny said. Unfolding the paper,
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he noticed a drop of dark red blood bud from
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the man's face on the white note, sickle Jack among
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the dead, lighted by his pumpkin head. Watch out now
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where you tread or end up in the pile of dead. Fuck.
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We gotta go to the cemetery, Bo asked, looks like it,
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Johnny replied. The boys reached the wrought iron gates of
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Cornwall Cemetery and threw their bikes over the fence. The
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gates were chained loosely, and the boys squeezed through. The
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silent sentinels of stone stood in front of them, with
478
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the breeze whipping up splashes of orange and red leaves.
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See anything, Tony asked. It was obvious that he was scared.
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The rest of the boys were too, but Tony had
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00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:11.159
a shit poker face. Nothing yet, Johnny said, reading the
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note again for inspiration. Let's check it out, Ryan said,
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and pedaled up the dirt path leading farther into the cemetery.
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Here it says the pile of Dead. Is there some
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place where bodies are piled Johnny asked his friends as
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00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:35.880
they followed the path. I think they just dig a
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00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:38.920
six foot hole and drop one in and cover it up,
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00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:43.559
Ryan explained, while finishing off the rest of the vodka.
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What about those stone buildings over there, Bo asked, the mausoleums.
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Tony replied, Yeah, some of those are stacked up. I
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guess it's kind of like a pile worth a shot,
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Ryan said, and chucked the empty bottle. It smashed on
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a stone in the distance. You have a contract to
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be an asshole? Or does it come naturally? Bo asked,
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the oldest boy here, mom pays. Ryan started to say,
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then thought better of it. What was that, Bo asked,
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00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:29.519
cocking his arm back. I said the moon's rays. Ryan lied,
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the moon's rays. Bo asked for clarification, knowing it was bullshit. Yeah,
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they're they're not very bright tonight. Ryan doubled down. Bo
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lowered his fist with a sneer. They walked up to
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the doors of the mausoleum. They too were loosely chained
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like the gate. Who's going in first? Tony asked, you're
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the smallest, Ryan volunteered him. Tony shook his head in fear.
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There was a rustling from within the ajar doors. Oh
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that that's probably a raccoon or skunk or something. Ryan said,
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Now get in there. He pushed Tony until he was
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up against the door. Come on, he's scared, Johnny protested,
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what's that you volunteering? Ryan asked, yeah, I'll go. This
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whole scavenger hunt thing was my idea to find Brenda
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and get a kiss. Now, at least three people are dead,
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Johnny explained. Hugh didn't kill them, though sickle Jack did.51200:41:48.800 --> 00:41:54.199
Tony reasoned, he seemed to be where we were, Johnny said.51300:41:54.840 --> 00:41:59.840
The boys took a second to look around at their surroundings. Okay,51400:42:00.679 --> 00:42:04.880
here I go, the love struck boy said, and slid51500:42:05.320 --> 00:42:09.559
under the old, loose chains on the doors. He heard51600:42:09.599 --> 00:42:13.880
the rustling inside and told himself it was just a rodent.51700:42:14.880 --> 00:42:18.079
He pulled the lighter from his pocket and flicked it.51800:42:19.199 --> 00:42:23.960
He saw nothing dangerous and called to the other boys.51900:42:24.360 --> 00:42:28.639
One by one, they entered the mausoleum and spread out52000:42:28.679 --> 00:42:34.920
in the faint, flickering light. Is that my lighter, Ryan accused,52100:42:35.239 --> 00:42:38.280
and tried to grab it from Johnny, but he was52200:42:38.360 --> 00:42:43.760
too fast for the drunken boy. I need it, Johnny explained,52300:42:44.320 --> 00:42:48.559
and started walking down the inner wall, reading the names52400:42:49.119 --> 00:42:54.119
carved into the stone. What are we looking for? Bo asked?52500:42:55.119 --> 00:42:59.199
A note telling us where to go next? Or Brenda?52600:43:00.159 --> 00:43:04.400
Johnny added, after a second of thought, he had no52700:43:04.559 --> 00:43:09.519
idea how long this scavenger hunt would last. Was it52800:43:09.679 --> 00:43:13.840
even a scavenger hunt? Anyway? He heard the boys going52900:43:13.880 --> 00:43:18.559
the other direction, looking at the stones. Bow had matches,53000:43:18.800 --> 00:43:21.960
and they were looking around in short bursts from the53100:43:22.000 --> 00:43:26.800
match light. A glimmer of the faint moonlight shone through53200:43:26.840 --> 00:43:31.800
a broken stained glass window, illuminating a white square ahead53300:43:33.239 --> 00:43:38.840
the moon's rays. As Ryan said, Johnny's heart raised at53400:43:38.840 --> 00:43:43.840
the sight of the note. He walked faster and snatched53500:43:43.880 --> 00:43:48.480
it from the stone wall. I got it, guys. He53600:43:48.639 --> 00:43:53.360
turned around in his excitement to see the boys illuminated53700:43:53.400 --> 00:43:58.599
by a flashlight and two other people in the mausoleum53800:43:58.719 --> 00:44:00.760
with them.53900:44:00.800 --> 00:44:06.159
Are you afraid? Good weekly spooky, We'll be right back.54000:44:09.119 --> 00:44:13.480
He thought they were busted at first, but realized it54100:44:13.639 --> 00:44:17.559
was a pregnant lady and her small child holding a54200:44:17.599 --> 00:44:21.639
bag of Halloween candy. Thank you for letting us in,54300:44:22.360 --> 00:44:26.360
the woman said. It was following us down the road,54400:44:27.079 --> 00:44:31.199
some creep in a scarecrow costume, carrying a sickle in54500:44:31.239 --> 00:44:36.119
his hand, the woman said, and Johnny's blood ran cold.54600:44:36.840 --> 00:44:40.039
We need to get out of here, he said. This54700:44:40.119 --> 00:44:44.480
is how it's been going all night. Who's coming, the54800:44:44.519 --> 00:44:50.440
woman said. Her daughter tugged on her sleeve. The pumpkin man,54900:44:51.400 --> 00:44:56.960
the girl said. As the doors busted open, the little55000:44:56.960 --> 00:45:00.559
girl got hit by the doors and slid across the floor.55100:45:01.440 --> 00:45:05.880
Johnny caught her before she hit the wall. Sickle Jack55200:45:06.199 --> 00:45:10.880
entered the museum and turned his great pumpkin head around,55300:45:11.719 --> 00:45:17.320
looking at them all one by one. Do you know55400:45:17.480 --> 00:45:21.400
who my husband is? The woman demanded and put her55500:45:21.440 --> 00:45:25.519
hands on her hips. Sickle Jack took a swing with55600:45:25.599 --> 00:45:30.880
his sickle at her face, and she jumped back, surprisingly55700:45:30.960 --> 00:45:35.960
agile for a pregnant woman. She ducked behind Ryan and55800:45:36.079 --> 00:45:40.320
grabbed his shoulders. Ryan tried to shake her off, but55900:45:41.159 --> 00:45:45.840
she gripped him tight. Get off, He commanded the woman,56000:45:46.719 --> 00:45:50.119
I have children to live for, she called out. As56100:45:50.199 --> 00:45:54.000
the head turned towards them. Sickle Jack took a step56200:45:54.039 --> 00:45:59.199
closer to Ryan and the woman, bo and Tony slid56300:45:59.199 --> 00:46:03.039
out the door. Johnny grabbed the girl and led her56400:46:03.239 --> 00:46:08.920
to the exit and the relative safety of outdoors. Sickle56500:46:09.039 --> 00:46:13.360
Jack took another swing with his sickle, lower than the first.56600:46:14.280 --> 00:46:17.679
Ryan managed to dive to the side. He grabbed the56700:46:17.719 --> 00:46:21.119
flashlight and shined it in the face of sickle Jack56800:46:21.719 --> 00:46:26.800
in an effort to blind him. Johnny heard the gurgling56900:46:26.880 --> 00:46:32.480
noises and knew what happened even before he looked. He57000:46:32.639 --> 00:46:36.760
stood in the doorway looking at the pregnant woman clutching57100:46:36.800 --> 00:46:42.079
her stomach bleeding. Sickle Jack had pulled the blade back57200:46:42.119 --> 00:46:46.880
out and wiped the fetus off on his straw filled pants.57300:46:47.840 --> 00:46:52.440
It plopped to the floor with a final twitch, then57400:46:52.559 --> 00:46:57.000
went still. The woman's knees buckled and she dropped to57500:46:57.079 --> 00:47:02.400
the stone floor on them. Sickle Jack swung again, burying57600:47:02.480 --> 00:47:07.119
the curved blade into her neck. It was stuck in57700:47:07.159 --> 00:47:10.480
her spine, and he planted a foot on her chest57800:47:11.079 --> 00:47:17.920
and gave a heave. The blade didn't budge. Johnny went outside,57900:47:18.360 --> 00:47:21.320
afraid he was going to puke at what he saw.58000:47:22.320 --> 00:47:26.599
Tears streamed down his face. Ryan came out after him58100:47:27.039 --> 00:47:30.840
and grabbed his bike. We need to go, he said,58200:47:31.880 --> 00:47:39.159
Go where Johnny asked, Everywhere I go, that thing follows. Oh,58300:47:39.239 --> 00:47:43.519
don't be a defeatist, Ryan said, and then looked back58400:47:43.599 --> 00:47:47.760
at the tiny body on the floor of the mausoleum.58500:47:48.079 --> 00:47:52.480
Sickle Jack had just freed his blade and was dispatching58600:47:53.039 --> 00:47:59.880
of the mother's limbs. Ha get it, defeatist. Defeatist, Ryan said,58700:48:00.880 --> 00:48:04.880
you're a sick fuck. Johnny replied and tucked the note58800:48:04.960 --> 00:48:09.119
into his pocket with the knife. Just then, sickle Jack58900:48:09.199 --> 00:48:13.800
stepped out of the building and swung, catching Ryan in59000:48:13.880 --> 00:48:18.679
the ribs. The blade bit deep, and soon blood dripped59100:48:18.840 --> 00:48:23.760
down the boy's side. Come on, Johnny said, grabbing the59200:48:23.800 --> 00:48:27.760
little girl and putting her on his handlebars. Hold on,59300:48:28.719 --> 00:48:32.760
Tony bow and Johnny pedaled back to the gates as59400:48:32.840 --> 00:48:36.559
fast as they could. Can we go to the cops now,59500:48:37.159 --> 00:48:42.360
Tony asked, yes, Johnny said, as they threw their bikes59600:48:42.440 --> 00:48:48.519
back over the fence. They quickly pedaled down the street. Wait, wait,59700:48:49.320 --> 00:48:53.079
the little girl cried out, that's my aunt Donna's house.59800:48:54.039 --> 00:48:57.480
The boys stopped dead and let the girl off the bike.59900:48:58.400 --> 00:49:01.639
She ran onto the porch of the house, knocking on60000:49:01.719 --> 00:49:05.800
the door. I don't like being this close to the cemetery,60100:49:06.360 --> 00:49:12.280
Tony said, anxiously, me either, Johnny said, and pulled out60200:49:12.320 --> 00:49:18.480
the note. You found it. What does it say? Bo asked?60300:49:19.639 --> 00:49:25.159
Sickle Jack loves his home, his needed comfort after a gloam,60400:49:25.840 --> 00:49:31.079
though sickle Jack ain't alone. His children rise from the60500:49:31.199 --> 00:49:37.639
kattak combs. That doesn't sound good either. Where the fuck60600:49:37.679 --> 00:49:43.280
would sickle Jack live Pumpkinville? Johnny asked, Stuffing the note60700:49:43.440 --> 00:49:46.960
back in his pocket, He observed the street they were60800:49:47.000 --> 00:49:51.480
heading down. Nothing out that way? But farms and corn60900:49:52.880 --> 00:49:58.039
the cornfields. He is a scarecrow, right, Bo asked, after61000:49:58.119 --> 00:50:02.480
a second to think. Yeah, but maybe we should go61100:50:02.599 --> 00:50:08.519
to the authorities. He said, we should finish it for Ryan.61200:50:09.480 --> 00:50:14.840
Tony said with determination. Fuck that guy. He's been an61300:50:14.880 --> 00:50:18.880
asshole his whole life. We don't owe him shit. Bo61400:50:19.159 --> 00:50:23.639
chimed in, Well, if I go out to the cornfield,61500:50:24.360 --> 00:50:28.719
there shouldn't be any innocent bystanders around to get hurt61600:50:28.719 --> 00:50:33.800
by sickle Jack. Johnny said, feeling the knife in his pocket.61700:50:35.039 --> 00:50:38.280
I'm going to head out there. You guys should go61800:50:38.360 --> 00:50:44.840
home and be safe. What's a gloam Bo asked.61900:50:46.480 --> 00:50:51.679
If you thought that was scary, just you wait weekly spooky.62000:50:51.880 --> 00:50:52.960
We'll be right back.62100:50:55.079 --> 00:50:59.079
Johnny really tried to get his friends to leave, but62200:50:59.199 --> 00:51:04.440
they wouldn't abandon him this close to the prize. He wondered,62300:51:04.840 --> 00:51:07.920
with a hint of jealousy, if they were doing it62400:51:08.320 --> 00:51:12.199
for the kiss. He wasn't sure how he felt about62500:51:12.239 --> 00:51:17.880
sharing Brenda even with his best friends. They rode their62600:51:17.920 --> 00:51:22.519
bikes until there were no more street lights illuminating the way.62700:51:23.559 --> 00:51:27.320
The faint starlight between the trees lining each side of62800:51:27.360 --> 00:51:33.280
the road was their only navigational beacon. Still, they rode on,62900:51:34.239 --> 00:51:37.880
knowing the fields would open up on either side soon.63000:51:38.639 --> 00:51:43.519
An occasional cloud made the night even darker. Johnny looked63100:51:43.519 --> 00:51:47.320
at his Cassio wristwatch and saw that it was almost63200:51:47.360 --> 00:51:51.440
eleven thirty. His mom would kill him for being out63300:51:51.480 --> 00:51:56.599
this late, that is, if sickle Jack didn't get to63400:51:56.679 --> 00:52:00.760
him first. Once they saw the rolling hill on either63500:52:00.880 --> 00:52:05.880
side of the road, they slowed down, looking for a63600:52:05.920 --> 00:52:12.199
scarecrow or any sign of where to go next. The63700:52:12.320 --> 00:52:16.320
cold air dried the sweat the boys had conjured during63800:52:16.400 --> 00:52:22.360
their speedy ride, there Bo said, pointing into the field.63900:52:22.400 --> 00:52:26.440
On the left. At the top of the hill stood64000:52:26.480 --> 00:52:30.920
two figures. It was impossible to tell who they were64100:52:31.079 --> 00:52:35.840
from this distance, but one had a large round head,64200:52:36.760 --> 00:52:40.440
and even from the road they could see the illumination.64300:52:41.840 --> 00:52:47.880
Sickle Jack waited for them. The other had to be Brenda.64400:52:49.079 --> 00:52:53.639
Johnny abandoned his bike in the ditch and carefully navigated64500:52:53.679 --> 00:52:57.840
his way through the barbed wire fence. He didn't wait64600:52:57.960 --> 00:53:02.039
for his companions as they headed towards his reward at64700:53:02.039 --> 00:53:06.440
the top of the hill. Wait for us, Tony called64800:53:06.480 --> 00:53:09.599
from behind him as he got tangled in the fence.64900:53:10.440 --> 00:53:15.320
Shit can't take you anywhere, Bou said, and with an65000:53:15.320 --> 00:53:21.199
apprehensive glance at Johnny, stopped to help his friend. Brenda.65100:53:21.719 --> 00:53:24.519
I made it. I followed the poem you left for me,65200:53:25.320 --> 00:53:29.199
Johnny called out, showing her the scraps of paper he65300:53:29.280 --> 00:53:35.199
had collected. There was something different about her. She turned65400:53:35.239 --> 00:53:39.599
to sickle Jack, who just stood at her side as65500:53:39.639 --> 00:53:45.199
he neared them. Go get them, bring them here, she said,65600:53:45.440 --> 00:53:48.960
gesturing to Bo and Tony, who were working their way65700:53:49.039 --> 00:53:53.320
up the hill towards them. Do I get that kiss now,65800:53:54.079 --> 00:53:59.960
Johnny asked. Brenda considered him for a second. Not quite yet,65900:54:00.199 --> 00:54:04.960
but soon, cutie, she said, and turned towards the pole66000:54:05.039 --> 00:54:09.639
in the ground that normally would hold a scarecrow. You66100:54:09.760 --> 00:54:14.480
live out here, Johnny asked. He was infatuated with her.66200:54:15.159 --> 00:54:20.159
He couldn't tear his eyes away from her beauty. Did66300:54:20.199 --> 00:54:25.320
she always have pointy ears? He was wondering if her66400:54:25.360 --> 00:54:28.400
hair had been covering it earlier when he met her.66500:54:29.519 --> 00:54:33.440
She was still wearing the same costume. Why would she66600:54:33.599 --> 00:54:37.920
change her hair? He must have missed it before, he66700:54:38.039 --> 00:54:42.320
told himself. Tony landed on the ground in front of them,66800:54:42.800 --> 00:54:48.199
followed by Bow. Both were bleeding. Not there on the pole,66900:54:48.920 --> 00:54:54.199
Brenda yelled with an exasperated sigh. Sickle Jack dragged Johnny's67000:54:54.239 --> 00:54:58.559
friends and began to tie them up back to back67100:54:59.079 --> 00:55:03.440
around the wooden hole sticking out of the ground. What's67200:55:03.519 --> 00:55:07.480
going on, Brenda, Johnny asked, when his love struck brain67300:55:08.079 --> 00:55:12.119
finally processed the scene in front of him. Both of67400:55:12.159 --> 00:55:18.440
his friends looked unconscious. Where they hurt? Just getting everything ready?67500:55:18.960 --> 00:55:23.079
Did you know that tomorrow starts a new year? Sowyn67600:55:23.280 --> 00:55:28.039
is upon us, she said, raising her hands to the sky.67700:55:28.920 --> 00:55:33.079
Were there that many clouds before? Johnny found it hard67800:55:33.159 --> 00:55:38.559
to concentrate. Do the little one, Brenda said to sickle Jack.67900:55:39.440 --> 00:55:45.559
He swung his namesake blade and slit Tony's throat, first68000:55:45.599 --> 00:55:50.840
one way, then again on the backstroke. Two arcs of68100:55:50.960 --> 00:55:55.480
blood spattered down on the dry, corn stalked covered ground.68200:55:56.760 --> 00:56:04.800
A rumbling began, and Johnny's neck had stood Tony, he asked,68300:56:04.960 --> 00:56:10.559
dumbfounded at the senseless violence he had witnessed. Suddenly, the68400:56:10.679 --> 00:56:16.079
rumbling stopped, and from the drops of blood, mushrooms began68500:56:16.199 --> 00:56:20.760
to grow in a perfect circle around them on the hill.68600:56:22.039 --> 00:56:26.480
New year knew me, Brenda said. As the mushrooms grew68700:56:26.559 --> 00:56:30.840
into familiar shapes in the dark. In front of Johnny68800:56:31.199 --> 00:56:36.119
was Josh Tucker, Ryan, the whore, and the businessman from68900:56:36.159 --> 00:56:39.239
the dumpster, as well as the woman and even the69000:56:39.280 --> 00:56:44.480
fetus from the mausoleum, all standing in a circle around them.69100:56:46.000 --> 00:56:52.440
How Johnny asked, Brenda ignored him. Finish the task, then69200:56:52.559 --> 00:56:56.360
get back to your post. Brenda said to sickle Jack,69300:56:57.320 --> 00:57:03.719
the pumpkinheaded scarecrow round on bow and lifted his chin. No,69400:57:04.800 --> 00:57:08.920
Johnny screamed and jumped on sickle Jack's back. He pulled69500:57:08.920 --> 00:57:12.199
the knife out of his pocket and buried it into69600:57:12.239 --> 00:57:16.400
the side of his large pumpkin head and twisted it around.69700:57:17.360 --> 00:57:20.920
It seemed to have no effect on him. Like you're69800:57:20.960 --> 00:57:26.440
making cocoa, came the drunk's voice from behind him. He69900:57:26.719 --> 00:57:31.039
was among the mushroom people in the circle. Sickle Jack70000:57:31.239 --> 00:57:35.280
must have gotten him too. He slid off of Jack's70100:57:35.360 --> 00:57:39.079
back in despair. When he heard the wet squelching of70200:57:39.119 --> 00:57:45.280
the monster's blade sliding through Bow's flesh, Johnny dropped onto70300:57:45.280 --> 00:57:51.880
the ground, tears temporarily blinding him. No fight, please, It's70400:57:52.000 --> 00:57:56.280
more delicious that way, Brenda said, with a laugh that70500:57:56.480 --> 00:58:03.760
sounded inhuman. Were her eyes is always black. Tears are bitter,70600:58:04.239 --> 00:58:08.280
but adrenaline fueled fear is like an energy drink for70700:58:08.360 --> 00:58:13.440
you mortals. Sickle Jack finished with bow and climbed up70800:58:13.519 --> 00:58:17.360
onto the pole. He slid the sickle into his rope70900:58:17.360 --> 00:58:21.599
belt and placed his arms out like a hay stuffed Jesus.71000:58:22.519 --> 00:58:26.599
The lights dimmed in the pumpkin head and then finally71100:58:27.559 --> 00:58:32.400
went out. The pumpkin cracked and fell off the body,71200:58:33.559 --> 00:58:41.639
leaving a boy's face behind sam brait. Johnny asked, but71300:58:41.800 --> 00:58:49.679
he he disappeared last Halloween? Did he? Brenda asked, I71400:58:49.760 --> 00:58:53.800
knew where he was all along, she said, and drew71500:58:54.000 --> 00:59:00.280
closer to Johnny. Were her fingers always that long and pointy?71600:59:00.880 --> 00:59:04.639
The mushroom people closed in on Johnny and reached out71700:59:04.679 --> 00:59:09.440
with arms that were both fungi and flesh. They gripped71800:59:09.480 --> 00:59:13.079
him tight and held him as Brenda closed the gap.71900:59:13.800 --> 00:59:20.199
It's time for your kiss, she said, and smiled. Were72000:59:20.239 --> 00:59:25.760
her teeth always so pointy? Johnny tried to wrestle free72100:59:25.880 --> 00:59:29.360
from the grasp of the mushroom victims of sickle Jack,72200:59:30.039 --> 00:59:35.239
but they held him tight. There was no escape. Brenda72300:59:35.360 --> 00:59:39.320
planted her lips on his. He had to admit that72400:59:39.440 --> 00:59:45.239
part wasn't the worst. But then something entered his mouth72500:59:45.840 --> 00:59:50.920
and it wasn't her tongue. It was hard and woody flavored.72600:59:51.760 --> 00:59:55.800
It grew into his head, exploring all the cavities it72700:59:55.840 --> 01:00:01.480
could find, up into his sinuses, down his throat. He72801:00:01.599 --> 01:00:06.559
found it hard to breathe. Brenda backed off, and Johnny72901:00:06.679 --> 01:00:11.400
saw that it was a pumpkin stem reaching from her73001:00:11.519 --> 01:00:23.880
mouth into him. He passed out from the horror. Johnny's73101:00:23.920 --> 01:00:28.679
eyes opened and he tried to focus his vision. He73201:00:28.880 --> 01:00:32.519
was standing on something. He was taller than the vague73301:00:32.559 --> 01:00:36.920
shapes of people he could barely see. He blinked a73401:00:36.920 --> 01:00:40.920
few times to try and clear his vision. He couldn't73501:00:40.960 --> 01:00:45.920
move his arms weren't currently cooperating with him. A few73601:00:46.000 --> 01:00:50.960
seconds passed and his vision did clear. He saw Brenda73701:00:51.119 --> 01:00:55.400
standing in the field a few feet below him. The73801:00:55.480 --> 01:00:59.719
mushroom people were feeding on the body of Sam Braid.73901:01:00.800 --> 01:01:07.039
His vision darkened again and he passed out. When he awoke,74001:01:07.840 --> 01:01:12.239
he was in the same spot, only Brenda was there74101:01:12.320 --> 01:01:19.519
this time. He tried to speak, but found he couldn't arise.74201:01:19.760 --> 01:01:22.960
Sickle Jack, I come to you on all Hallow's Eve74301:01:23.440 --> 01:01:29.000
to reap for me, Brenda said. Johnny found himself climbing74401:01:29.079 --> 01:01:33.599
down from something until he stood on the ground in74501:01:33.679 --> 01:01:37.280
front of her. He turned to see what he was74601:01:37.320 --> 01:01:41.559
standing on and was horrified to see that it was74701:01:42.440 --> 01:01:48.280
the scarecrow's pole in the field. Face me, sickle Jack,74801:01:49.000 --> 01:01:54.239
Brenda commanded, and he turned to face her. She gave74901:01:54.360 --> 01:02:00.559
him a wicked smile. Come, it's time to reap this75001:02:00.679 --> 01:02:06.800
year's harvest, she said, and led Johnny off towards the road.75101:02:07.960 --> 01:02:13.400
He passed a puddle and looked down, horrified at the75201:02:13.480 --> 01:02:25.239
pumpkin head looking back up at him. And that was75301:02:25.320 --> 01:02:29.960
the legend of sickle Jack, the pumpkin headed harvester who75401:02:30.000 --> 01:02:34.239
never lets a soul escape his sickles swing. But don't75501:02:34.239 --> 01:02:37.679
blow out your jack o' lanterns just yet, my spookies,75601:02:38.320 --> 01:02:44.239
because tomorrow the terror takes a very different shape. We'll75701:02:44.280 --> 01:02:48.039
need a girl who thought she'd beaten death herself until75801:02:48.039 --> 01:02:53.599
a nightmare experiment left her carrying something far worse in strickfield.75901:02:53.960 --> 01:02:58.480
She's whispered about, as aids Mary, a walking curse who76001:02:58.559 --> 01:03:03.480
leaves lipstick, warnings and bodies behind wherever she goes. So76101:03:03.679 --> 01:03:07.519
join us tomorrow for night four of thirty one shows76201:03:07.679 --> 01:03:12.000
in thirty one days as the season grows darker, deadlier,76301:03:12.360 --> 01:03:16.679
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time for me to get back to work, so I'll78101:04:11.599 --> 01:04:15.480
see you here tomorrow when we unveil AIDS Mary Patient78201:04:15.639 --> 01:04:19.519
zero by Rob Fields, for myself, for my executive producers78301:04:19.599 --> 01:04:23.360
Rob Fields and Bobotopia dot Com, my producer Dan Wilder,78401:04:23.360 --> 01:04:26.119
and my composer Ray Mattis. I will talk at you78501:04:26.800 --> 01:04:29.119
well after the harvest.78601:04:30.039 --> 01:04:33.760
Thank you for listenings. Make sure to find your way78701:04:33.800 --> 01:04:38.599
back next weekly week. But for now you are safe.78801:04:40.079 --> 01:04:41.039
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