Jan. 31, 2026

BANNED! Snowed-In Horror Convention Slasher: The Complete Winter Miniseries

BANNED! Snowed-In Horror Convention Slasher: The Complete Winter Miniseries
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Snowed-in slasher horror, murder mystery, and winter survival terror collide in BANNED!—the complete 4-part horror miniseries binge. When a brutal blizzard traps a packed horror convention inside a remote ski lodge in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the weekend refuses to shut down… even as the atmosphere turns tight, paranoid, and dangerously claustrophobic.

This is a full compilation—all four parts back-to-back—built for listeners who love classic slasher vibes, locked-room tension, backstage convention chaos, and that stomach-dropping feeling of realizing help isn’t coming. The hallways feel longer at night. The crowd feels less friendly by the hour. And somewhere in the lodge, someone isn’t here for autographs… they’re here for payback.

Expect snowbound suspense, creeping dread, and relentless momentum as the storm seals the doors and the lodge becomes its own little world—one where every knock, every announcement, and every distant footstep could mean you’re next.

Hit play for the perfect cold-weekend binge—and tell me, my spookies: which part made you check your locks?

Banned! (Winter Miniseries Compilation — Parts 1–4) — by Rob Fields

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All right, my spookies. If you've been following along, you

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know this week band hit its thrilling conclusion, the kind

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of ending that leaves you staring at the credits, like,

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all right, I guess I'll try to sleep tonight. But

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now we have an icy cold weekend in front of us,

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the kind where the wind hits the windows like it's

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trying to get in, where your plans mysteriously cancel themselves,

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or so you claim, and the couch starts looking like

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the safest place on earth. So I figured, why not

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give you the perfect binge tonight. You're getting the full

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banned Winter mini series in one deadly sit down, a

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snowed in horror convention, a ski lodge that turns into

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a maze, and a killer with a message that won't

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stay whispered. Four parts, one storm, no exit. So grab

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a blanket, pour something warm. Lock the door, yes, actually

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get up, lock that door, get the dead bolt too,

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and settle in because this weekend we're not just binging

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a series, We're getting snowed in with it. And make

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sure you're subscribed on your favorite podcasting app because every

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Wednesday there's something truly chilling, even in the summertip. Now

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let's head to the lodge banned by Rob Fields seven

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years ago. Perspective Robbie Reddin. I pulled up to the

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Holiday Inn where the Ridge Heights Horror Convention was being held.

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I can't believe I finally made it. It felt like

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forever driving the more than two hours from North Olmsted,

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and I left early this morning. Unfortunately, Interstate seventy one

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was a problem with all the damn road construction going on.

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Then I got stuck on another freeway thanks to an

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accident that backed everybody up for a good hour. But

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I'm finally here, parked and going inside. I paid my admission,

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got my wristband, and walked into the dealer room. I

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couldn't believe all the horror merch practically overflowing off the

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vendor tables. I've been a horror fan for a couple

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of years now, it was one person who really got

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me invested. I moved quickly until I finally found her,

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Darcy Heart. This amazing woman was an A list actress,

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but the last few years she was acting in seemingly

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B grade horror movies. I'm finally looking at her prices,

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I figured Darcy Hart was easily charging one hundred dollars

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for her autograph. Getting a selfie with her was an

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extra forty, but I really didn't care. Darcy Hart was

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my favorite horror icon, definitely one I've been crushing on

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for a long time. I was finally going to meet

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her and it was just me at her table. I

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brought my favorite movie that she starred in. Finally, she

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looked up from her smartphone. Before I could even say

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a word to Darcy, this other woman rudely called out

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to me, it's one hundred dollars if you want Darcy

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to sign that movie for you. If you're not interested,

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move along. I think the woman sitting next to Darcy

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was a public relations person, maybe a convention worker, sitting

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with her as her handler. Then I saw the name

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on her lanyard, Cat with a K. I placed the

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movie down and pulled out my wallet. After handing over

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one hundred and forty dollars for both an autograph and

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a selfie, I said to Darcy, Ernie's movie Night was

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the movie that got me into horror. I've been watching

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all your stuff ever since. He even bought them on

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physical media. Darcy still didn't look up who am I

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making this out to. I was about to tell her

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my name when some guy suddenly appeared with an autographed

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Blu Ray cover in hand. Hey, I just paid for

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your signature, but it's all smeared. Is there any way

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you can cat cut him off? It's one hundred dollars

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for each autograph, regardless of what you want signed. Yeah,

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I already paid the money for the autograph, but it's

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badly smeared, the guy explained. Again, Darcy signed it for you,

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didn't she kat snapped, you want her to sign another

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autograph for you? It's another one hundred dollars otherwise. She

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quickly waved him off. The guy raised the cover and

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slammed it on the table. I said, the autograph is smeared,

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Darcy addressed him. Now, and I believe my handler here

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told you to fuck off when I signed this picture

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for you. It wasn't smeared then. Obviously you weren't listening

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when I told you to let it dry. Now, the

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guy was really pissed. Oh, this is bullshit. You charge

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one hundred dollars for your autograph. You know how many

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hours of my life I had to work to afford that.

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Darcy rolled her eyes. I'm sorry. Did I give you

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the impression that I care?

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Wow?

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She was being a real bitch. Cat pointed at him.

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If you don't leave, I'll get security to come and

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escort you out. He pointed back at Cat, I'll leave

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when Darcy fixes this autograph and you can just fuck off.

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Two other convention staff people appeared looking at their lanyards.

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They were Terry and Grim. What's going on, kat, Terry demanded.

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The crazy guy moved behind me as Cat pointed in

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my direction. It's him. He came over here and started

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harassing Darcy. He was even giving me a hard time. Suddenly,

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both Terry and Grim were grabbing me. Okay, asshole, I

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think it's time for you to go, Terry said angrily. Hey,

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come on, I protested, it wasn't me. I just paid

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my money. I pointed to Darcy. She hasn't given me

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my autograph and selfie yet. Darcy looked annoyed. Just get

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him out of my sight. She picked up my blu

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ray and threw it at me. And take this shit

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with you, but you haven't. I tried protesting again. Just

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shut up and move, Grim snapped. Then give me my

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fucking money, back, I yelled at Darcy. I struggled to

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break loose when Terry and Grim forced me to go

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through the Khan's side entrance. Soon we were at the

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hotel's main doors. Once we were outside, those two assholes

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shoved me into the parking lot together end of the road,

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Grim said. Terry pointed at me, do yourself a favor,

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don't come back. When they turned around and went back inside,

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I followed them, this is bullshit. I want to speak

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to the guy in charge. Just then, a man moved

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away from the people he was talking to and joined

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the guys who had thrown me out. I'm in charge here.

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What the fuck do you want his lanyard, said Dave.

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Terry gave me a smug look. He wanted him. This

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is him. I complained to this Dave about what happened.

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Then Terry and Grim gave their versions. David sneered at me.

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If my security guys here say you were harassing a guest,

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then you did, that means you're permanently banned from my show.

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He glanced at Terry and Grim. Now make like garbage

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men and get this trash out of my sight. I

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wasn't giving up, not when I drove far and dropped

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one hundred and forty dollars. No fuck this shit, I yelled.

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Either Darcy Hart gives me my autograph and selfie that

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I paid for, or she can give me my goddamn

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money back. Terry and Grim were on me again. They

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forced me back to the main doors. I didn't care

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if compared to those guys, I was pretty scrawny. I

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still struggled against them. They shoved me back into the

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parking lot. Then Terry grabbed my wrist and broke off

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my wristband. Grim took it from him and pointed at me.

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You heard Dave get lost. We ain't telling you again.

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I pointed at them, just give me back my goddamn

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money if Darcy Heart's not gonna give me what I

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paid for. When the bastards weren't going to move, I

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tried to run around them to get back through the

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main doors, but Grim tackled me. Then he pulled me

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back to my feet and put me in a hammer lock,

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making me cry out. Terry came over and put punched

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me in the stomach. I groaned and sank to my knees.

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I didn't care what these fuckers did. I wasn't giving

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up until I got my money back. Grim punched me

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in the face now, then the bastards really worked me over. Finally,

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Grim grabbed me from behind again and locked me in

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a full nelson this time. Just then that Dave asshole appeared.

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He had a black marker in his hand. He pointed

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at me. Hold him good, you guys. I groaned as

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Dave wrote something on my forehead. When he finished, he smiled.

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It says, band, Now take the hint, you fucking pussy.

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Get him out of here. Grim and Terry turned me

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back around and forced me through the main doors again.

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I kept fighting against them and dragging my feet. I

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managed to get Grim off me and shoved him to

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the floor. Then Dave took over and grabbed hold him,

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and Terry got me outside. When they finally let me go,

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I turned around to Dave punching me right between the eyes.

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After I staggered backwards. I barely knew what happened when

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I felt something big and heavy slam hard into me.

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Next thing I knew, I was screaming in pain as

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this fast moving delivery truck was running me over, crushing me.

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I felt my spine snapping in several places. The truck

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stopped suddenly after it finished with me. I was in

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so much pain that I screamed and cried. I couldn't

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even move to stand up or get out of the

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way of the other vehicles. Even the slightest movement was

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unbelievable intense pain. I managed to see that Dave guy.

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He just looked down at me, but never moved to

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help or even call an ambulance. But someone did for sure,

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because I heard one eventually coming to me. Even though

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I was in serious, serious pain, I made myself look

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at Dave longer. I swear to fucking Christ, I'll be back.

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I'll fucking get you and your staff for what you

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did to me. I don't care what it takes. I

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will get you. Dave grinned and knelt down beside me.

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He ain't gonna do shit, kid, not when you're all

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fucked up like that. You should have just taken the hint.

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Now you'll be spending the rest of your life in

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a nursing home. That's just too bad. I cried out

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when I was put on the stretcher and it up.

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Then I called out, you're dead, you hear me, son

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of a bitch dead present day. Terry Witherspoon and James

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Turner aka Grim were just outside the main doors. Oh yes,

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I made it a point to learn the names of

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all the staff I was targeting, including you, David Mellikant.

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Now Grim was lighting up a cigarette. That storm's coming

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tonight supposed to be bad. He told Terry that's what

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I heard. He agreed. Damn that gust nearly knocked me

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on my ass. He reached over and tapped Grim on

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the arm. We'd better get back inside before we get

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blown out to that ski jump. Right then, Grim's stopped.

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Ah shit, I think I left my window down in

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my car. Terry gave him a dumb look. Seriously, Yeah,

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I know it sounds stupid. I drove up here with

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the window down because I like the winter cold. Terry

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lightened up. Okay, buddy, see you back inside. When Terry

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turned and went back in, I followed Grim at a

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safe distance to where he parked his car. He checked

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his watch. I knew it was almost three o'clock. The

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dealer room would be opening in another hour. I could

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hear him pissing and moaning about how Dave told the

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staff to park all the way out in the back

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of the lot, saying the main spots should be fully

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available for the convention and lodge patrons. Grim finally reached

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his car, sure enough, his window was down. When he

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started shivering, he pulled his cigarette pack out of his

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coat and lit another one. It was when he was

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taking his first puff that I moved up behind him

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and grabbed the back of his jacket. What the fuck,

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he cried out. As I was pulling him down. Grim

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hit the back of his head hard on the landing.

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He was a little dazed when I got on top

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of him. Then I hit him with my fist a

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second time. A third made him spit blood. He was

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seeing stars. Now. Grim was heavy since he was a

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tall dude, but I managed to get him up and

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into his car. Yeah, you're right, we'd better close this window, huh,

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I said with a chuckle. But first I pulled out

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a hack saw. Grim barely comprehended what was happening until

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I moved the blade to his neck and started working

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it fast. He tried to scream, but only got out

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a wet gurgle. I got in and pinned him down

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as I kept on working. Then his head dropped into

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the back seat. First you, James, I said, Then the

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rest of you who fucked me over back at Ridgeway Hins,

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then David Mellikant, and finally Darcy Hart herself. I took

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a deep breath, but I'm not finished with you yet.

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Grim almost forgot the most important part. Then I went

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back to work after I closed up the driver's side

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window perspective, VICKI, Valentine, I'm driving in this scenic state

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known as Michigan. I had to leave Strickfield, Ohio early

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enough to be able to make good time, making minimal

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stops for fuel and food. According to the GPS on

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my phone, I should be crossing into the Upper Peninsula soon.

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This journey is mine alone this time. Bethany Miren, my wife,

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could not accompany me, since she was required to appear

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at a convention for adult stars that she couldn't get

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out of her contract for The convention that I am

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to appear at is known as the first Annual Horror

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snow In and will take place in a ski lodge

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rather than a hotel or convention center. From what I

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understand in research the event, the promoter David Mellikant is

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putting his show on after a seven year hiatus. He

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used to run the Ridgeway Heights Horror con before he

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was forced to sell the current promotions in order to

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pay off some debts. The Corgan twins have told me

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that it was regarding some incident involving a patron that

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ended horribly. I believe Enrique Cuto said that the patron's

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name was Robbie Reddin. It seems that Reddin had a

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confrontation with the convention staff that resulted in him being

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struck down and rolled over by a delivery truck. I

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had also heard rumblings that David Melikant himself was forced

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to pay for the many surgeries that Reddin had to

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undergo to help him make as much of a full

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recovery as possible, thereby bankrupting Melikant. Darcy Hart was the

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convention's top guest at the time. She was an A

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list actress. After the incident, she was fortunate if she

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was able to find work again, her name having been tarnished.

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She was lucky that she was not involved in the

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Robbie Redden lawsuit. The more I see of the Mortal Realm,

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the more I long to return to the Night Realm.

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Once I was the queen who gained the respect of

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her people. Then there was an uprising that led to

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my being violated and injured to the point I nearly

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lost my head and my kingdom. In order for me

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to fully recover, it was suggested that I go into

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hiding here in the Mortal Realm. I reluctantly agreed and

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allowed myself to be transformed into the form that I

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now am. Former memories were suppressed with new ones. I

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became Jennifer Smith by legal documents, but I would gain

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status and fame as a porn star named Vicki Valentine.

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In time, I would leave sex work to become a

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legitimate actress in fantasy storytelling known as horror films. Apparently

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I have the gift of acting, because I became in

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high demand. In time, I attended horror conventions to meet

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those who were fans of my work. Then, on Halloween

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of last year, Bethany and I were close to ending

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our relationship. On that day, my people from the Night

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Realm returned for me. My memories were restored, as was

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my identity. I answered to the name of Vicky Valentine.

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Here in the Mortal Realm, but my true identity is

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that of a gorgon named Veranda. Yes, a fantasy horror

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film was made of my namesake, which is quite popular

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with audiences, likely the main reason why I am summoned

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and paid to attend these events. My usurper Paladin had

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returned to try and claim both my head and my throne.

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Lusting for vengeance. I met the fool in combat. I

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gained my revenge and allowed him to live, but my

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would be conqueror took advantage and had slain Bethany. After

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she and I married in the Ways of the Night Realm,

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my sorceress Meridian knew of a way to return Bethany

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to me. It would cost me my immortality and reduce

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me to a mortal, but I beany, so I gave

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it unto her without a second consideration. Bethany was restored

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to me, and now as a mortal, I knew that

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I could no longer serve as Queen of the Night Realm.

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Bethany and I both abdicated our thrones to Meridian and

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my handmaiden Seraphina. From there I returned to the mortal

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realm with Bethany. Not too long after we made our

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marriage official by the laws of this country. Once I

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held great power thanks to a fight to the death

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with hell Weaver herself. In desperation, I had bitten her

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and drank some of her blood. This transformed me into

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a monster with reptilian skin, blank yellow eyes, and even

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snakes for hair. I had gained great strength and immortality,

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and could even turn and enemies to stone with my gaze.

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All of this I surrendered to have Bethany again, an

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action which to this day I will never regret. And

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then I am overcome with negative emotions and suddenly stop

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my car. I miss Bethany greatly and wish to drive

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to be with her. Truth be told, I do not

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wish to attend my convention, given what I know about this.

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David Melikant. The only reason that I even considered doing

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it was because Bethany encouraged me. She understands that I

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am having great difficulty transitioning to living full time in

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the mortal realm. Lately, I have also come to be

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closer to Enrique Cuto, who has directed me in many

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movies were King Relationship Only mind You. I love Bethany

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far too much to ever betray her in fact, I'm

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part of the panel for Kuto's next film in his

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Babysitter Massacre franchise, which is called Christmas Splatters. I reprise

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my role as Larkin Combs from the David O'Hanlon novels.

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I go home for Christmas, a broken mortal trying to

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rebuild her life. Unfortunately, the killer in this latest movie

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does not wish for me to do so. The Corgan

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Twins did the special effects. Unfortunately they are not going

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to be at this convention as they are currently tangled

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in another film. Truly, I detest my life as a mortal.

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Although I have both my memories of being Veranda, I

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also possess those of Vicky van Valentine. You would think

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that I could easily transition, but it has proven difficult.

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If it were not for Bethany, I would return to

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the night realm and live as the warrior woman that

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I once was before becoming altered by hell Weaver's blood.

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I resume my journey until I've finally arrived in Binnock, Michigan,

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and come to the high Point Ski Lodge. There are

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already plenty of horror fans arriving for the convention. Every

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instinct keeps telling me to just leave here right now

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and go to Bethany. But seeing these fans tells me

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I'm here for them. I understand that they are the

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reason that I continue to gain bigger and better roles

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as an actress. I absolutely refused to return to being

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a sex worker ever again. I get out of my

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car and grab my luggage. I walk into the ski

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lodge and look to check into my room for the weekend.

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I'm not even to the front desk when a man

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approaches me. He's wearing a hoodie and a trucker's hat,

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both displaying different horror movies, a pair of jeans and shoes.

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He also has a short beard. Based on the photo

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Enrique Kuto sent me, this is David Melikant, himself, the

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promoter of his latest attempt to enter the convention scene

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again after several years. It's about goddamn time you got here,

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he says, rudely. What did you do? Take the scenic route?

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Hope you enjoyed it. I narrow my eyes upon him.

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I may not have my powers, but I am still

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a warrior woman. This imbecile shall pay for insulting Veranda.

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But as I form my fists. This man stumbles over

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to Melikant. You wanted to see me, Dave. He turns

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to him, Who are you? What the fuck do you want?

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The man is thin, has a longer beard, and is

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wearing a convention T shirt with a lanyard. Unlike Mellicant,

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this man has a full head of hair. He's also younger,

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though I do not know by how much. The name

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on his lanyard is Bedone. Terry said, you wanted to

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see me, Dave, he says. Melicant looks at Beaton as

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if he's wasting his time. Then he softens up. Yeah,

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I remember. Now. He points to me. You're gonna be

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her handler this weekend. I do not require a handler.

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I protest. He turns to me. Every guest gets a

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handler at my show. He points to Beaton. He'll be

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right there with you to make sure nobody gives you

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any shit. He'll also get you to your panels when

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it's time again, No, I say, Melikant looks at me angrily.

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Clearly this man does not like having his authority contradicted.

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Then I look at Beaton and see the worried look

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upon his face, even though it is clear to me

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that he is strong. This beat On seems to be

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fearful of Melicant. Very well, you are my handler, I

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tell Beaton you sure, he asks. Before Melicant can cut in,

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I take Beaton's hand and bring him to me. Yes,

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let us get to know one another, you and I.

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Melicant points to beat On. Hey, pay attention. You're here

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to be Valentine's handler, not drool all over her fun bags.

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I ignore. Mela can't tell you what if you do

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an excellent job for me, I will be more than

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happy to sign whatever you desire. I'll even take photographs

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with you. Does this sound agreeable? I won't mess up.

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Beat One tells me quickly promise here. Every wish is

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my command. Mela can't points at him, Hugh, sniveling little bitch.

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Only reason I'm even letting you on my staff is

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because the person I originally assigned to Valentine never showed up.

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You fuck up, you fuck up, You'll be out on

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your ass. I tighten my jaw. He gets the point. Now,

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be gone. Mela can't stares at me. Be gone? Are

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you fucking serious? Right now?

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Now?

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His eyes grow whe as he gazes upon my abundant cleavage.

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He raises his hand as if he intends to lay

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hold of my breasts. I quickly reach out and tap

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Melikant under the chin. My eyes are up here, look

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into them when you address me. Melicant shakes his head

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quickly whatever then he finally leaves us. When I look

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upon Beatone, he has my duffel on his shoulder and

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is handling my suitcase. I am a proud and independent

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Gorgon female of the Night Realm and do not require assistance.

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Clearly Betone wishes to please me, so I will allow it.

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I extend my hand Vicki Valentine. He shakes it. Beatone Debreer,

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and I'm looking forward to working with you all weekend

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very well, I agree. After checking into the lodge, Bedone

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accompanies me to my room. He brings my luggage inside

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and lays it upon my bed. He watches as I

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unpack my clothing, including my black ball gown to portray

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the Mortal Realm version of Veranda, my horror host persona.

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When I finish setting up in the bathroom, I'm aware

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of how much warmer it is, and remove my jacket

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after placing it upon my bed. I notice Bedonne regarding

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my bear cleavage. In the night realm. Absolutely no one

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gave my large breasts a second thought. Here in the

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mortal realm, however, it seems they easily mesmerize men. I

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smirk and snap my fingers. Shall I sign all of

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my nude pictures for you on Sunday? Beat On gulps

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um uh nudes. I raise an eyebrow. I used to

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be an adult film actress before transitioning into horror films. Now,

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he looks upon me with wide eyes. You were I

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nod once, and now that I've given you some knowledge,

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I point to the metal suit case. You shall bring

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that one with you. Escort me to the dealer room. Please,

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sure thing, Vickie, he replies. Once we are inside, beat

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On tells me to follow him. I allow him to

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escort me to my assigned booth. Clearly, the fool who

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put the designations on my table could not spell my

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name correctly and forgot the E at the end of

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my first name. No matter. When Beaton places my metallic

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suitcase upon the table, I open it to set up

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my photos to be purchased and autographed. In no time,

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I'm ready for when the convention begins. Since there is

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time before the event opens, Beadon helps me cover up

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my table. Even though I do not have my jacket,

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I still make my way to the door and go outside.

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I can go back to your room and get your

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jacket for you. Beatone offers no need I return. I

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don't plan to be out here long. I walk across

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the snowy parking lot to take a better look at

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the high Point Ski Lodge. As I round the building,

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I can see the hills where people are skiing. The

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lifts are in operation and take skiers to where they desire.

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Even though I find the idea of having a horror

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convention here to be preposterous, there is great beauty in Binnock, Michigan.

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I myself enjoy the snow and colder climate, for there

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is none in the night realm. Aren't you cold? Beadone asks,

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it's freezing out here, especially with these winds. We're supposed

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to have a bad snowstorm coming through here this weekend

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starting tonight. If I were any other woman, I am

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certain I would be cold. But I am Veranda. I

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glance at him. I have seen enough for now. Let

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us return to the warmth. Of the lodge. Bedone and

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I walk back inside and return to the dealer room.

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Before too long the convention will begin. I believe that

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00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:58.760
I shall have a great deal to do here. With

456
00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:02.480
a snowstorm in the air, the two of us talk

457
00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:06.079
at my table. Beaton tells me that he's a fan

458
00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:10.639
of my horror movies. He's still surprised that I've performed

459
00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:14.840
in explicit movies as the Queen of Porn prior to

460
00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:19.719
being re christened as the Scream Supreme by my multitude

461
00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:26.719
of horror fans. And then I see Enrique Cuto. He

462
00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:30.920
approaches my table. Hey, guess we're sitting next to each other.

463
00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:35.400
You ready for the weekend? I raise an eyebrow. Do

464
00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:39.719
we have a choice? He laughs a little. No, it

465
00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:43.440
doesn't look that way. Enrique and I talk shop as

466
00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:47.719
he unpacks his belongings. Unlike everyone else who has crossed me,

467
00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:50.719
Cuto is the only one who looks me in the

468
00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:55.199
face when he speaks to me, probably because he's seen

469
00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:59.480
my naked form enough times for his movies. I've even

470
00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:03.119
let him photograph me for his Patreon on a few occasions.

471
00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:09.159
Nothing explicit as for our conversation. He asks me about

472
00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:12.480
the scripts he sent me and if I'm okay shooting

473
00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:17.559
here at the convention. Bedone just watches Enrique and I speak.

474
00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:23.360
In time, the first annual Horror snow In begins. Many

475
00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:27.480
fans are walking around the dealer's room. I have a

476
00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:31.280
line forming in front of my table. I already talked

477
00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:34.960
to Beaton and told him what I expected so far.

478
00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:40.719
He pleases me. Beaton speaks kindly to the fans. I

479
00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:45.320
see his questioning expression when he realizes that I do

480
00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:48.760
not charge for my autograph on items that fans bring.

481
00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:53.199
The only money that I make is on my photographs.

482
00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:56.719
Bedone is more than happy to take photos of me

483
00:36:56.920 --> 00:37:00.920
with fans. He's even snapped a few where Enrique and

484
00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:05.440
I both pose with fans together. Now be Done suddenly

485
00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:10.119
seems upset with me. I'm surprised you're not charging for

486
00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:16.079
your autograph, Beatone says, when the line is currently empty. Why.

487
00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:20.480
I answer, I make more than enough money being in movies.

488
00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:25.000
I point to Enrique in case you haven't noticed, he

489
00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:29.880
doesn't charge either. David Mellikant has been past my table

490
00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:34.079
on a few occasions, no doubt, to check on my handler.

491
00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:39.119
He even asked me how Beaton was doing, not having

492
00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:45.159
great expectations of him. After Mellicant walks away, Beatone sighs,

493
00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:49.760
I take his hand and hold it comfortingly. You're doing

494
00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:55.400
just fine, Thank you, he says with relief. This is

495
00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:58.920
my first convention as staff, and I don't want it

496
00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:02.719
to be my last one. I can't promise that Melikant

497
00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:06.039
will keep you after this show is concluded, I say,

498
00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:12.199
but you may continue to be my assistant all weekend long, regardless.

499
00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:16.000
A new line begins forming in front of my table.

500
00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:21.920
Then I see the sneering vermin before me in Cody King.

501
00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:27.320
I remember working with him in the Slasher series. In

502
00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:31.840
the original film, Bethany was interested in him for a time.

503
00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:37.199
They were a couple. Then Bethany discovered his infidelity and

504
00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:41.199
ended things with him. I remember coming to her aid,

505
00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:44.079
even though we were not the best of friends at

506
00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:47.360
the time, she had been living with him until the

507
00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:50.280
break up. I offered to let her stay with me

508
00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:55.039
at my apartment at Strickfield Cove. Little did I realize

509
00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:57.639
how much Bethany and I would come to care for

510
00:38:57.719 --> 00:39:01.519
one another once the barriers between us we're torn down.

511
00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:08.400
Now she's my wife. You selling any nasty porn movies here,

512
00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:14.280
Cody asks crudely, I stand up. Does it look like it?

513
00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:18.039
Beatone is ready to defend me, but I hold up

514
00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:23.559
my hand. I've got this. Where's your wifey? Cody sneers.

515
00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:27.079
I thought you two would be here making porn together.

516
00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:31.920
Believe me, I'd love to make porn with you two ladies. Now,

517
00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:36.559
he points to Enrique Kuto and fuck you. Thanks to you,

518
00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:41.000
I can't even get another acting job like me. Enrique

519
00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:45.480
is not perturbed. He shrugs and tells Cody, you were

520
00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:48.000
the one who couldn't be bothered to show up on time.

521
00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.960
You were the one who let a cop catch you

522
00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:53.639
doing coke in your van. And don't even get me

523
00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:56.239
started with what I saw you trying to do to

524
00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:59.920
Bethany Mirrn when you two were on set. Cody points

525
00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:03.079
said him had to come back there and knock your

526
00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:10.679
fucking teeth in s Bedone comes in between Cody and Enrique.

527
00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:14.280
Kuto has a handler, but he sent her to go

528
00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.639
get sodas and food. Either you back off or I

529
00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:22.280
can get security. Cody does not regard him. Don't try

530
00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:26.800
talking tough with me, you whimp. Suddenly, Cody lashes out

531
00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:30.320
and strikes beat On, making him fall into my display

532
00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:34.920
behind us. Now Cody has incurred the wrath of Veranda.

533
00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:38.719
He shall learn this day that I am more than

534
00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:43.840
capable of handling cretans such as him. I put my

535
00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:47.320
hands on my table and flip forward to the other side.

536
00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:51.320
Cody is quite astonished, at least until I use my

537
00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:55.440
warrior skills to force him to his knees. He cries

538
00:40:55.480 --> 00:41:00.320
out with pain as I barely turn his wrist. Okay up,

539
00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:06.199
he yells. Stop. I release Cody's wrist just as two

540
00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:10.679
staff members approach our table. Soon David Mellikant is there

541
00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:14.920
with us as well. He points to me. You okay,

542
00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:19.679
nothing I couldn't handle, I assure him. Then I turn

543
00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:24.159
and help beat On to his feet. Melikant scoffs, and

544
00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:26.719
you couldn't even keep that piece of shit off VICKI

545
00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:30.079
you know what, Get the fuck out o here right now,

546
00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:34.840
you're done. I step up to Mellikant. If you wish

547
00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:37.719
to fire beat On, I shall return the money you

548
00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:42.000
wired into my account and leave. He sees that I

549
00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:45.639
am most serious. I know what I'm worth at these

550
00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:49.320
conventions to day, and I am easily the top draw

551
00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:55.079
here this weekend. Melikant does not like being countered. I

552
00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:59.199
myself am not concerned with his wishes. He points to

553
00:41:59.239 --> 00:42:03.519
beat On, looks like God is with you this weekend. Fine,

554
00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:07.519
you can stay with Vicki Valentine, but you're still a

555
00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:11.039
fuckin' pussy. You let a woman fight your battles for you,

556
00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:16.280
a woman. He throws up his arms and walks away angrily.

557
00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:21.239
The two guys that walked Cody out return, Terry and Rob.

558
00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:25.280
They both shake their heads at Beaton before they walk away.

559
00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:31.239
He looks sad. Now, I'm really sorry, Vicki. I raise

560
00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:35.000
my hand in front of me, not accepted. You are

561
00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:39.360
my handler, not security. You did your job at trying

562
00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:42.800
to keep the peace and stand up for Enrique and I.

563
00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:46.639
I do not expect you to fight my battles for me. No,

564
00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:51.360
you remain at my side during this event. Beadon looks

565
00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:54.480
comforted at knowing that I had both spoken for him

566
00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:59.400
and spoke to him with kindness. Aside from Cody King,

567
00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:03.920
the rest of Friday night went without further incident, at

568
00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:07.800
least while the dealer room was still open. Beatone even

569
00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:11.079
escorted me to my first panel, where I would sit

570
00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:15.840
among other horror hosts such as Joe Bob Briggs, Spengouli,

571
00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:20.920
Rhnda Sheer, and even Count Gore Deval. When I was finished,

572
00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:23.559
I was able to look through the main doors and

573
00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:28.719
see that the snowstorm had indeed commenced. Everyone would likely

574
00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:32.000
be snowed in until the end of the convention on

575
00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:40.519
Sunday night Perspective Robbie Reddin. I followed that prick Terry

576
00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:43.719
Witherspoon as he walked out to Grim's car, he was

577
00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:47.719
cussing up a storm. Then he finally reached it. The

578
00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:54.199
driver's side window was still closed. Terry knocked on the window. Hey, asshole,

579
00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:58.519
you sleepin in there? What the fuck? The window was

580
00:43:58.599 --> 00:44:01.519
clear enough to where he could see Grim sitting behind

581
00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:07.920
the wheel. Of course he wasn't moving. Terry knocked again, asshole.

582
00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:11.320
You were supposed to run security with me during show hours.

583
00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:14.159
Dave's gonna lose his shit when I tell him you've

584
00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:18.440
been out here all this time. When Grim still wasn't moving,

585
00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:22.280
Terry finally opened the door. I had to keep myself

586
00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:26.000
from laughing my ass off when Grim's head rolled right

587
00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:34.119
along his left shoulder and into Terry's waiting hands. Jesus Christ.

588
00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:39.800
He screamed and dropped the head. Terry cautiously looked inside

589
00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:44.280
and saw Grim's coat was unzipped and his convention T

590
00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:48.719
shirt torn open. His chest was all bloody, but I

591
00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:52.559
had no doubt Terry could easily read the word I

592
00:44:52.760 --> 00:45:01.079
carved into Grim's chest banned. Then Terry dropped to his

593
00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:05.239
knees and threw up. Guess it's going to be a

594
00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:22.840
pretty interesting weekend after all. Late Friday night perspective, Vicki Valentine,

595
00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:27.800
who would have thought a body was discovered way out

596
00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:31.079
in the back of the parking lot where David Mellikant,

597
00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:35.440
the promoter of the first annual Horror snow in, told

598
00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:40.719
his staff members to park. Melicant's eyes grew wide when

599
00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:44.760
Terry informed him that he had found the body of

600
00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:49.000
James Turner, as I now understand his name to be.

601
00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:54.159
Terry told Mellikant that he called the police. Much to

602
00:45:54.239 --> 00:45:58.679
my surprise, the police do arrive. In spite of the

603
00:45:58.719 --> 00:46:02.559
bad snowstorm. They are able to get the body of

604
00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:06.800
James Turner away from the High Point Ski Lodge. As

605
00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:11.880
for the police themselves, they are questioning the patrons. Then

606
00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:16.599
they come and question me. But they're clearly wasting their

607
00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:20.400
time as I know nothing of the murder. I was

608
00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:24.159
in my horror host panel when the body was found.

609
00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:29.559
When the panel was finished, beaton debrr. My handler returned

610
00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:33.000
and escorted me back to my table, where I uncovered

611
00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:37.239
my pictures. Even after learning that a murder had taken place,

612
00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:41.760
horror fans are forming a new line. How would they

613
00:46:41.840 --> 00:46:46.360
know James Turner was murdered the way the body was discovered,

614
00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:54.159
with the word banned carved into his chest, It's not

615
00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:59.679
something someone would just make up. He was also decapitated.

616
00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:05.800
Clearly some one had targeted Turner. I would wager that

617
00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:12.840
other victims will follow. Clearly, I should investigate this, Bethany,

618
00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:16.119
my wife would worry if she knew what had just

619
00:47:16.239 --> 00:47:22.039
taken place. You okay, VICKI Bidonne asks, when the dealer

620
00:47:22.159 --> 00:47:26.639
room is closing, you look a little off. I give

621
00:47:26.719 --> 00:47:31.639
him a gentle smile. It's been a long day. Now

622
00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:34.000
that I'm free to move about, I think i'll do

623
00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:40.239
some exploring. You're free to go until tomorrow morning. Thank you.

624
00:47:41.599 --> 00:47:44.800
I allow Bidoned to escort me to the main doors.

625
00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:48.880
Once we pass through them, we go our separate ways.

626
00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:53.280
Even though I'm not working my table, there are people

627
00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:57.639
who approach me to invite me to parties. When all

628
00:47:57.719 --> 00:48:01.800
I knew was being Vickie Valentine. I suppose I would

629
00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:06.559
gladly have taken drink among these people. But I am

630
00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:09.960
Veranda of the Night Realm, and I wish to run

631
00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:16.039
free outside. After thanking the patrons for their invitations, I

632
00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:19.960
walk back to my room. When I'm ready to open

633
00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:24.039
my door, I overhear a few patrons speaking more of

634
00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:30.599
James Turner. I think I shall investigate after all. I

635
00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:35.760
enter my room and I can see everything clearly. I

636
00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:39.400
have not turned on any lights. Night vision was a

637
00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:43.400
power that I had gained upon consuming the hell Weaver's

638
00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:47.920
blood those many years ago, when she invaded the Night

639
00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:53.800
Realm and slaughtered my gorgon people, leaving me as the last.

640
00:48:54.840 --> 00:48:57.960
I enter the bathroom and see myself in the mirror.

641
00:48:58.719 --> 00:49:04.639
My eyes have turned into their blank yellow appearance. What

642
00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:08.599
is happening to me? Am I transforming back into my

643
00:49:08.719 --> 00:49:13.079
monster form once again. I opened my mouth and see

644
00:49:13.199 --> 00:49:17.239
my glistening fangs. I should have expected that I would

645
00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:21.519
never be able to live among these mortals as one

646
00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:26.400
of them, for very long. I have been tainted by

647
00:49:26.440 --> 00:49:31.639
the hell Weaver's blood for far too long. No doubt

648
00:49:31.679 --> 00:49:36.960
it still circulates throughout my body in spite of my immortality,

649
00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:42.960
being drawn to restore Bethany last Halloween after she had

650
00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:46.840
been slain in front of me. The only thing that

651
00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:50.599
I can ascertain is that the blood has taken a

652
00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:55.199
great deal of time for its power to grow. I

653
00:49:55.280 --> 00:49:58.920
should have expected it when I felt my strength returning,

654
00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:04.440
and now now I'm seeing my reptilian scales in patches

655
00:50:05.079 --> 00:50:10.039
upon my flesh. I feel my long red hair. It

656
00:50:10.079 --> 00:50:14.360
has become the snakes that it once was, but it

657
00:50:14.440 --> 00:50:19.280
is coiling, and the texture feels like that of a reptile.

658
00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:24.679
How long will it be before I am fully transformed?

659
00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:30.360
No sense remaining here in my room. Feeling sorry for myself,

660
00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:35.360
I remove my black ball gown and see even more

661
00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:40.000
of the reptilian flesh in patches upon my naked form.

662
00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:45.320
I apply more normal clothing and leave the room to

663
00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:51.239
slip out into the night and investigate James Turner's murder.

664
00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:58.440
Saturday in the morning, I'm on my way to the

665
00:50:58.480 --> 00:51:02.599
dealer room to get so up. I did go out

666
00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:06.880
to the staff parking lot to investigate. I had fully

667
00:51:06.920 --> 00:51:12.480
transformed into my monster form. Once I was outside, the

668
00:51:12.559 --> 00:51:17.840
snakes that became my hair hissed and moved freely once more.

669
00:51:18.480 --> 00:51:24.400
Finding James Turner's car was no problem. Unfortunately, there were

670
00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:29.639
no clues to indicate how he had been slain. I

671
00:51:29.800 --> 00:51:33.239
was too eager to rush outside and did not wear

672
00:51:33.280 --> 00:51:38.719
a jacket in the snowstorm or shoes. Even before returning

673
00:51:38.800 --> 00:51:42.679
to my monster form, I found that I could still

674
00:51:42.719 --> 00:51:48.840
withstand the wintry cold, even while being naked. Unfortunately, my

675
00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:52.280
returning to the lodge brought the patrons right to me.

676
00:51:53.320 --> 00:51:58.360
They had witnessed me without proper garments and soaking wet.

677
00:52:00.039 --> 00:52:04.119
I return to my monster form proved to be only temporary,

678
00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:09.679
meaning the hell weaver blood has not reached full power yet.

679
00:52:10.559 --> 00:52:13.599
I suppose you could say that I did attend a

680
00:52:13.639 --> 00:52:18.599
few parties after all, only because I might possibly have

681
00:52:18.719 --> 00:52:23.880
learned some vital information. I even showed a few of

682
00:52:23.920 --> 00:52:28.239
those mortals that I am still with great constitution. When

683
00:52:28.280 --> 00:52:32.679
it comes to drink, Just try and drink with Veranda,

684
00:52:32.880 --> 00:52:37.920
and you shall soon be put in your place. Unfortunately,

685
00:52:38.079 --> 00:52:44.880
my investigation into James Turner yielded nothing, as I crossed

686
00:52:44.960 --> 00:52:48.400
the lobby to enter the dealer room. I look through

687
00:52:48.480 --> 00:52:52.920
the main doors and see that the snow storm continues

688
00:52:53.039 --> 00:52:58.360
to throw its raging fury across Beinnick, Michigan. Yes, the

689
00:52:58.480 --> 00:53:03.719
storm indeed threw its fury at Veranda last night, but

690
00:53:03.960 --> 00:53:08.800
I continue to endure. I am brought out of my

691
00:53:09.000 --> 00:53:13.599
gaze when someone takes hold of my arm. You okay,

692
00:53:13.679 --> 00:53:18.960
VICKI Bedne asks. I smile for him. Yes, I am

693
00:53:19.320 --> 00:53:24.960
merely enjoying watching the storm. He turns and looks outside.

694
00:53:25.880 --> 00:53:29.880
Holy shit, I'll be surprised if that blizzard doesn't blow

695
00:53:29.960 --> 00:53:34.519
the whole lodge apart. I do not foresee that, I reply,

696
00:53:35.519 --> 00:53:40.719
Shall we go? He accompanies me to my table. Once there,

697
00:53:40.760 --> 00:53:43.800
I see Enrique Couto setting up for the ten a m.

698
00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:48.079
Until eight p m. Dealer room ours. He raises his finger.

699
00:53:48.960 --> 00:53:52.280
Oh hey, VICKI don't forget. We've got that panel in

700
00:53:52.320 --> 00:53:56.880
a little while for our new movie Christmas Splatters. I

701
00:53:56.960 --> 00:54:01.440
give him a gentle smile. I'm aware, thank you just

702
00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:06.119
the same. Then I raise an eyebrow. Shall I lay

703
00:54:06.199 --> 00:54:09.199
upon my table and display my breasts for you again?

704
00:54:10.239 --> 00:54:14.079
Now I narrow my eyes, or would you rather I

705
00:54:14.320 --> 00:54:18.119
just remove my black ball gown completely to pose nude.

706
00:54:18.960 --> 00:54:23.199
Cuto laughs and points a shaky finger at me. Only

707
00:54:23.239 --> 00:54:26.519
if your wife doesn't mind. I do not engage in

708
00:54:26.639 --> 00:54:30.280
humor very often, but I have learned to let loose

709
00:54:30.320 --> 00:54:33.599
a little when Kuto and I are in each other's presence.

710
00:54:34.599 --> 00:54:39.519
Just then we see David Mellikant storming around. Before long,

711
00:54:39.920 --> 00:54:44.400
he stops and points right at us. Then he says, rudely,

712
00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:49.639
ain't you too ready yet? The dealer's room's opening, many

713
00:54:49.679 --> 00:54:52.880
of the same people from Friday night have returned to

714
00:54:53.039 --> 00:54:57.920
roam the room, some doing cosplay. This time. In just

715
00:54:58.039 --> 00:55:02.599
two hours, I've signed several autographs and posed for photos.

716
00:55:03.039 --> 00:55:06.199
Beatone informs me that he needs to escort me to

717
00:55:06.280 --> 00:55:09.320
my panel with Enrique Kuto and some of the other

718
00:55:09.519 --> 00:55:13.519
guests on his film. I cover up my table and

719
00:55:13.599 --> 00:55:16.559
allow him to escort me to my second and final

720
00:55:16.679 --> 00:55:31.320
panel of the first annual Horror Snow In Perspective Robbie Redden,

721
00:55:32.480 --> 00:55:35.920
Who the hell did Darcy Hart think she was trying

722
00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:39.679
to kid? Did she really think she could just change

723
00:55:39.679 --> 00:55:46.880
her name to Vicky Valentine to hide from me? I

724
00:55:46.920 --> 00:55:51.239
didn't understand how she so quickly jumpstarted her failing career.

725
00:55:52.119 --> 00:55:55.079
Now she was sitting at the top of the horror world.

726
00:55:55.960 --> 00:55:58.280
All she had to do was just give me an

727
00:55:58.280 --> 00:56:02.360
autograph and a selfie that I had paid for. I

728
00:56:02.440 --> 00:56:06.880
guess money talked. Since Darcy let that loser, David Mellikant

729
00:56:07.119 --> 00:56:11.880
hire her again. That was okay, though it saved me

730
00:56:12.079 --> 00:56:16.519
the trouble of having to hunt her down. Vicky was

731
00:56:16.639 --> 00:56:20.440
safe for now, but I would come for her when

732
00:56:20.480 --> 00:56:25.519
the time was right. Once I got Darcy, I planned

733
00:56:25.519 --> 00:56:30.840
on leaving Bennick Michigan with her heart. I figured I

734
00:56:30.920 --> 00:56:34.480
might as well own a piece of her right. But

735
00:56:35.360 --> 00:56:39.119
it was time to move things along. Killing James Turner

736
00:56:39.159 --> 00:56:43.760
alone wouldn't get that much attention. Right now, David Mellikant

737
00:56:43.800 --> 00:56:47.880
was conducting the panel Darcy was in and asking Enrique

738
00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:53.480
Cuto questions about their latest movie. I couldn't believe Darcy

739
00:56:53.599 --> 00:56:59.480
really chose Vicky Valentine. What a stupid fucking name. I

740
00:56:59.519 --> 00:57:03.119
saw Harry Witherspoon standing at the door and keeping an

741
00:57:03.119 --> 00:57:08.800
eye on things. Dave really thought the show was running smoothly. Well,

742
00:57:09.639 --> 00:57:14.960
he would find out just how wrong he was. Just

743
00:57:15.000 --> 00:57:19.519
as Dave was asking Vicky Valentine some dumb ass question.

744
00:57:20.360 --> 00:57:24.519
He learned he wasn't in full control of his convention.

745
00:57:25.719 --> 00:57:28.679
Everybody was screaming and getting up to run out of

746
00:57:28.719 --> 00:57:33.400
the room. Terry didn't even try to stop people from leaving.

747
00:57:34.039 --> 00:57:37.599
He just got out himself. So what did I do?

748
00:57:38.519 --> 00:57:42.679
I nailed the new convention staffer. Dave brought in his

749
00:57:42.800 --> 00:57:49.719
buddy Rob. Jesus fucking Christ. Dave yelled, not realizing he

750
00:57:49.840 --> 00:57:55.440
was still holding his microphone. Rob's body crashed through the

751
00:57:55.519 --> 00:58:00.480
ceiling fast, the rope around his neck caught. I didn't

752
00:58:00.480 --> 00:58:03.960
think people heard his next snap, but I could just

753
00:58:04.239 --> 00:58:11.119
imagine the sound, but seeing it snap priceless. I got

754
00:58:11.199 --> 00:58:14.480
Rob's room number and waited for the right time to

755
00:58:14.519 --> 00:58:18.880
make a copy of his key card. He was easy

756
00:58:18.920 --> 00:58:23.039
to get while he slept soundly, and I kept him

757
00:58:23.039 --> 00:58:27.320
out with some chloroform. While he was sleeping, I carved

758
00:58:27.360 --> 00:58:35.400
some artwork on his chest banned. After that, I got

759
00:58:35.400 --> 00:58:38.639
into his room and set everything up. I knew the

760
00:58:38.719 --> 00:58:42.360
ceiling would give way once Rob woke up and got scared.

761
00:58:43.199 --> 00:58:46.079
I also knew he wouldn't even feel for the rope

762
00:58:46.599 --> 00:58:50.960
around his neck. Now Dave was seeing the word on

763
00:58:51.119 --> 00:58:55.639
Rob's chest Hey, when you worked for Dave. You were

764
00:58:55.679 --> 00:59:02.679
getting banned, plain and simple. But why wasn't Darcy scared?

765
00:59:03.760 --> 00:59:08.000
No worries. I knew sooner or later she would look

766
00:59:08.159 --> 00:59:12.199
exactly the way Enriquecuto looked when he got an eye

767
00:59:12.239 --> 00:59:17.840
full of robs hanging corpse. In the meantime, I already

768
00:59:17.960 --> 00:59:22.679
knew who my next target would be and how she,

769
00:59:23.039 --> 00:59:32.880
too would be banned. Perspective Vicki Valentine, the killer has

770
00:59:32.960 --> 00:59:38.119
made his presence known again. David Melikant is losing his

771
00:59:38.360 --> 00:59:42.960
mind over what just happened, more so than the guests

772
00:59:43.000 --> 00:59:47.800
attending this panel. Are you all right, Enrique? I ask?

773
00:59:48.800 --> 00:59:53.440
He is a bit shaken, but nods. Normally he's quite outspoken,

774
00:59:53.559 --> 00:59:57.639
but is now at a loss for words. Just then,

775
00:59:57.840 --> 01:00:02.960
Melikant points my way, Where the fuck were you? Before

776
01:00:03.000 --> 01:00:05.880
I can respond to him, I turn to see he

777
01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:09.480
points to Bidon. I was in here the whole time,

778
01:00:10.079 --> 01:00:15.639
He answers, yeah the hell you were. Melikant yells, but

779
01:00:15.840 --> 01:00:19.440
I saw him. I say, he was at the other

780
01:00:19.599 --> 01:00:24.360
door there. I point to it. Suddenly, Melikant picks up

781
01:00:24.360 --> 01:00:27.559
one of the microphones and is ready to swing it

782
01:00:27.599 --> 01:00:32.119
at one of us. Melikant stops himself and points at me.

783
01:00:33.239 --> 01:00:37.320
Stop covering up for that. Woos. Yeah, I saw him

784
01:00:37.320 --> 01:00:43.239
there too, Enrique says, backing me up. Melikant is flustered

785
01:00:43.519 --> 01:00:47.079
and points at Kuto. You do not argue with me.

786
01:00:48.039 --> 01:00:52.360
I turned to Bedon. Perhaps you should escort Enrique back

787
01:00:52.400 --> 01:00:56.119
to the dealer room. I turned to Cuto, if you

788
01:00:56.199 --> 01:01:00.880
want to go there, He nods. Then Bedone walks down

789
01:01:00.960 --> 01:01:04.320
to the floor and waits for him. I point to Betan,

790
01:01:05.559 --> 01:01:10.679
also call the police. Oh, I will, he assures me,

791
01:01:11.239 --> 01:01:15.800
getting out his phone. From there, he escorts Kuto back

792
01:01:15.920 --> 01:01:21.320
to the dealer room. Melikant is just looking at me now. Oh,

793
01:01:21.519 --> 01:01:26.719
I'm so fucking sorry. I didn't know some big titted

794
01:01:26.800 --> 01:01:30.760
bitch was running my show. I move right up to him.

795
01:01:31.679 --> 01:01:36.800
Choose your next words carefully, idiot. You already have two

796
01:01:36.960 --> 01:01:40.440
dead bodies. I am certain that you will have more

797
01:01:40.960 --> 01:01:46.559
before the convention and the storm ends. But Melikant refuses

798
01:01:46.599 --> 01:01:51.800
to listen. I run my show here me. I am

799
01:01:51.880 --> 01:01:55.760
not intimidated. It seems to me like the only thing

800
01:01:55.800 --> 01:02:00.280
you care about in your convention is making money, and

801
01:02:00.400 --> 01:02:04.480
certainly not the safety of others. I fold my arms

802
01:02:04.519 --> 01:02:08.239
in front of me, I did some research into you

803
01:02:08.360 --> 01:02:12.719
after James Turner's murder. Why did the name Robbie Redden

804
01:02:12.840 --> 01:02:17.360
come up whenever I searched your name. Melikant grabs a

805
01:02:17.480 --> 01:02:21.960
chair and carelessly throws it out into the auditorium, then

806
01:02:22.199 --> 01:02:25.800
looks at me again, putting his finger in my face.

807
01:02:26.679 --> 01:02:31.719
Back the fuck off, bitch. But I forced myself to

808
01:02:31.760 --> 01:02:35.320
remain calm, even though I wish nothing better than to

809
01:02:35.400 --> 01:02:39.800
show him what happens when you incur the wrath of Verandah.

810
01:02:40.599 --> 01:02:44.239
It was you who caused Reddin's injuries, was it not?

811
01:02:44.960 --> 01:02:48.920
I persist? Reddin and his family took you to court

812
01:02:49.000 --> 01:02:52.360
over the incident. The decision was for you to pay

813
01:02:52.400 --> 01:02:56.880
for the many surgeries he would require. I narrow my eyes.

814
01:02:57.840 --> 01:03:01.719
You could never have another convention, simply put, you had

815
01:03:01.719 --> 01:03:05.880
no money to be able to operate one. Yet here

816
01:03:05.920 --> 01:03:10.000
you are, after all these years, trying to make yourself

817
01:03:10.199 --> 01:03:16.840
relevant again. Melicant becomes more and more angry with my deductions.

818
01:03:17.199 --> 01:03:20.199
He wants to yell at me again. I believe he

819
01:03:20.280 --> 01:03:24.880
wants to eject me from the event entirely. However, I

820
01:03:25.119 --> 01:03:29.320
have the edge, since I am the featured guest here.

821
01:03:30.320 --> 01:03:34.320
I narrow my eyes upon him. You should just close

822
01:03:34.320 --> 01:03:38.000
your convention. Two of your staff have already paid the price,

823
01:03:38.800 --> 01:03:43.199
which poses the question why does Robbie Redden return to

824
01:03:43.239 --> 01:03:47.960
strike back at you after all of these years? Melicant

825
01:03:47.960 --> 01:03:52.760
gives a sinister grin. You really think you know everything,

826
01:03:53.199 --> 01:03:57.039
you big titted bitch. You. I don't understand how you

827
01:03:57.199 --> 01:04:00.519
keep making it big in horror movies. You can act,

828
01:04:01.039 --> 01:04:04.519
he never could. Your movies are fucking terrible, and now

829
01:04:04.519 --> 01:04:06.599
you want to tell me how to run my show.

830
01:04:07.559 --> 01:04:11.559
You think you're some detective. Now the only thing you're

831
01:04:11.599 --> 01:04:14.559
good for is being naked and flat on your back.

832
01:04:15.559 --> 01:04:19.880
Without warning, I lash out and clutch Melikant's throat. He

833
01:04:20.000 --> 01:04:23.639
gasps and tries to force me back. While I may

834
01:04:23.679 --> 01:04:28.760
not completely have my monster's strength, I am far stronger

835
01:04:28.760 --> 01:04:33.400
than I appear. Before melikan can fight back, I use

836
01:04:33.440 --> 01:04:36.559
my hand to help raise him up over my head.

837
01:04:37.159 --> 01:04:39.960
Then I turn slightly and flip him so that he

838
01:04:40.039 --> 01:04:43.440
crashes right through one of the tables on the stage.

839
01:04:44.360 --> 01:04:48.480
He groans and has his eyes closed, but I know

840
01:04:48.719 --> 01:04:52.639
he can still hear me. You care nothing for the

841
01:04:52.719 --> 01:04:56.280
people here. This convention is just a means for you

842
01:04:56.360 --> 01:04:59.800
to make money and become established again. If you do

843
01:04:59.840 --> 01:05:03.360
not wish to close this show down and save lives,

844
01:05:04.159 --> 01:05:08.199
then it falls to me to find and stop Robbie

845
01:05:08.280 --> 01:05:13.840
Redden Melikant sits up. You won't be here, He points

846
01:05:13.920 --> 01:05:17.280
to the doors. You're done, get out of my show,

847
01:05:17.960 --> 01:05:22.280
Just get the fuck out. I squat down to look

848
01:05:22.360 --> 01:05:26.280
him in the face and smirk. Now we both know

849
01:05:26.480 --> 01:05:30.280
that you cannot afford to send me away, not when

850
01:05:30.320 --> 01:05:34.920
I'm your featured guest. The patrons here paid good money

851
01:05:34.960 --> 01:05:37.960
to do meet and greets with me. If it becomes

852
01:05:38.119 --> 01:05:42.000
known that you removed me from your convention, imagine how

853
01:05:42.079 --> 01:05:45.360
much money you would lose, how much you would have

854
01:05:45.480 --> 01:05:49.320
to refund people. If you truly wish to remove me,

855
01:05:49.920 --> 01:05:53.760
then I dare you to even try. Or did putting

856
01:05:53.800 --> 01:05:58.239
you through a table not convey my point? I stand

857
01:05:58.360 --> 01:06:03.760
up straight, take my leave of you, at least for now.

858
01:06:11.480 --> 01:06:15.639
I walk out of the auditorium. Beaton awaited me, and

859
01:06:15.719 --> 01:06:18.639
I allow him to escort me back to the dealer room.

860
01:06:19.360 --> 01:06:23.199
I smile, seeing that I'm right about these patrons. When

861
01:06:23.239 --> 01:06:26.639
there's yet another long line of them waiting for me,

862
01:06:27.679 --> 01:06:30.920
I give them a warm smile as I uncover my table.

863
01:06:31.639 --> 01:06:34.679
Once Beaton sits with me, I resume the meet and

864
01:06:34.760 --> 01:06:39.760
greets with my fans. As for finding Robbie Redden, he

865
01:06:39.880 --> 01:06:44.599
has quite succeeded in getting David Mellikant's attention. I do

866
01:06:44.639 --> 01:06:48.639
not believe he shall attempt anything more until after the

867
01:06:48.639 --> 01:06:54.320
dealer room has closed, especially since the police have arrived

868
01:06:54.360 --> 01:06:59.360
to investigate the murder of the hanging man Rob. I

869
01:06:59.440 --> 01:07:03.199
already have the feeling that Reddin shall come for me

870
01:07:04.039 --> 01:07:09.360
in due time. The dealer room closed at eleven. It

871
01:07:09.400 --> 01:07:13.079
would have closed at eight as scheduled, but with the blizzard,

872
01:07:13.639 --> 01:07:17.360
Melikant came around and told everyone the dealer room would

873
01:07:17.400 --> 01:07:22.079
be open extra hours, which was great for most involved.

874
01:07:23.000 --> 01:07:25.639
Now that the room is closed for the night, I

875
01:07:25.679 --> 01:07:29.599
am free to move about. I considered going to parties

876
01:07:29.639 --> 01:07:32.480
again to see if I could find any trace of

877
01:07:32.679 --> 01:07:37.039
Robbie Redden. But he will not strike where he can

878
01:07:37.079 --> 01:07:43.199
be easily identified. No, he sticks to the shadows. This

879
01:07:43.400 --> 01:07:48.880
is why I've deliberately ventured out into the storm. It

880
01:07:49.039 --> 01:07:52.119
seems that the High Point Ski Lodge has its own

881
01:07:52.239 --> 01:07:54.760
crew to keep the parking lot and the drive to

882
01:07:54.800 --> 01:07:58.239
the main road plowed at least as best they can.

883
01:07:58.760 --> 01:08:02.840
During the storm. It still amazes me that the mortal

884
01:08:02.880 --> 01:08:08.199
realm has weather conditions such as this. The most my

885
01:08:08.360 --> 01:08:11.559
beloved night Realm has ever seen are the storms that

886
01:08:11.760 --> 01:08:18.319
rain blood. It never becomes as cold as this. Once more,

887
01:08:18.399 --> 01:08:21.159
I am without a jacket to protect my upper body.

888
01:08:22.000 --> 01:08:25.119
Though I feel the chill at first, I am quite

889
01:08:25.159 --> 01:08:30.840
comfortable in it. Now I am isolated outside and exploring

890
01:08:30.960 --> 01:08:36.079
more of the outer lodge. I soon reach the overlook.

891
01:08:36.800 --> 01:08:40.199
Even with the blowing snow, I am still able to

892
01:08:40.279 --> 01:08:44.800
look out and down. I keep my distance from the edge,

893
01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:48.199
for one hard gust to my back would be sufficient

894
01:08:48.359 --> 01:08:53.279
enough to send me falling to a possible death with

895
01:08:53.399 --> 01:09:00.039
my new found mortality, but I am still verandah. I

896
01:09:00.079 --> 01:09:02.920
believe it is my admiration for what is past the

897
01:09:03.000 --> 01:09:06.680
overlook that has caused me to lose my focus. When

898
01:09:06.680 --> 01:09:10.640
I am suddenly attacked from behind and knocked to the ground,

899
01:09:11.239 --> 01:09:14.920
I groan when I'm kicked hard in the side. You

900
01:09:15.079 --> 01:09:19.880
goddamn bitch, I hear my attacker say, did you really

901
01:09:19.920 --> 01:09:22.479
think I wouldn't find you? I don't care if you

902
01:09:22.520 --> 01:09:26.840
call yourself Vicky Valentine. You can rewrite your own history

903
01:09:26.880 --> 01:09:30.960
to make yourself look good. But I know your darcy heart.

904
01:09:32.039 --> 01:09:35.640
This must be Robbie Reddin. I cannot return to my

905
01:09:35.720 --> 01:09:39.119
feet as he keeps attacking me. At the same time

906
01:09:39.640 --> 01:09:43.840
he's giving me information. You can fool all those fucking

907
01:09:44.079 --> 01:09:48.079
sheep in there into thinking you're all nicey nice, Reddin

908
01:09:48.199 --> 01:09:52.159
continues when he kicks my mid section again, sending me

909
01:09:52.279 --> 01:09:56.920
flat on my back. I can finally see Robbie Redden.

910
01:09:57.039 --> 01:10:02.840
Now he's fully dressed appropriately for this weather, including a

911
01:10:02.920 --> 01:10:06.119
ski mask. When he sees that I am not afraid

912
01:10:06.119 --> 01:10:09.239
of him, he roars and grabs hold of the neck

913
01:10:09.279 --> 01:10:12.600
of my tank top and the belt on my caprice.

914
01:10:13.399 --> 01:10:17.159
He lifts me up over his head. I remember seeing

915
01:10:17.279 --> 01:10:20.600
pictures of him at the time. He was a scrawny,

916
01:10:20.640 --> 01:10:25.800
little weakling, balding and had no beard. He does not

917
01:10:25.920 --> 01:10:31.000
appear to be scrawny, possibly because of the layers. He wears.

918
01:10:31.479 --> 01:10:36.159
You ruined my entire life in just one day, Reddin

919
01:10:36.319 --> 01:10:40.199
tells me. He slams me down to the ground again.

920
01:10:41.000 --> 01:10:44.840
I'm near the ledge. Now if I cannot retaliate, he

921
01:10:44.880 --> 01:10:48.359
will make certain that I fall to my death. He

922
01:10:48.399 --> 01:10:52.119
does not attempt to do so yet, and again grabs

923
01:10:52.199 --> 01:10:56.520
me to lift me over his head. He speaks to me,

924
01:10:57.479 --> 01:11:00.520
I paid good money to get your autograph and picture

925
01:11:00.560 --> 01:11:02.880
with you, and you were so full of yourself you

926
01:11:02.960 --> 01:11:08.600
got me thrown out. I am not darcy hart I return.

927
01:11:09.479 --> 01:11:13.119
He slams me into the ground again. I groan when

928
01:11:13.199 --> 01:11:17.800
pain racks through my body. Liar, he screams.

929
01:11:18.520 --> 01:11:18.920
Liar.

930
01:11:19.760 --> 01:11:23.319
When he moves to kick me again. I quickly lift

931
01:11:23.399 --> 01:11:26.279
myself to my knees and catch his boot. Then I

932
01:11:26.399 --> 01:11:30.199
force him back and return to my feet. Now I

933
01:11:30.319 --> 01:11:34.159
meet his eyes. If it is a fight that you seek,

934
01:11:34.880 --> 01:11:39.600
then Veranda shall oblige you. I surprise him when I

935
01:11:39.680 --> 01:11:43.640
show great agility and leap to attack red in his

936
01:11:43.720 --> 01:11:47.479
learning that Veranda is no mere woman of the mortal realm,

937
01:11:47.960 --> 01:11:50.680
even though I pass for one of them. I was

938
01:11:50.800 --> 01:11:55.119
many times stronger when hell Weaver's blood first flowed through

939
01:11:55.159 --> 01:11:58.920
my veins, and I could render a person to stone

940
01:11:59.279 --> 01:12:04.279
with my gayelese. Soon I make Reddin fall. He truly

941
01:12:04.399 --> 01:12:08.079
does not know with whom he faces. There are two

942
01:12:08.199 --> 01:12:12.399
things that make me feel powerful. One is being close

943
01:12:12.479 --> 01:12:15.760
to my wife, and the second is being the mighty

944
01:12:15.840 --> 01:12:21.000
Gorgon warrior that I have become. I love the thrill

945
01:12:21.239 --> 01:12:25.199
of battle. I show Redden that I have not forgotten

946
01:12:25.319 --> 01:12:28.920
my training. Many times he has tried to strike me.

947
01:12:29.600 --> 01:12:32.680
I counter him and send him to the ground again

948
01:12:32.960 --> 01:12:37.760
and again. Your reign of terror ends this night, I

949
01:12:37.880 --> 01:12:41.720
promise him. I shall unmask you and return you to

950
01:12:41.840 --> 01:12:47.079
the lodge. All shall see who the killer is before

951
01:12:47.079 --> 01:12:51.359
their very eyes. From there, I shall detain you until

952
01:12:51.399 --> 01:12:57.640
the police return to take you into custody. No, Reddin waiales,

953
01:12:58.439 --> 01:13:01.640
not when I'm this close together getting my revenge on

954
01:13:01.880 --> 01:13:06.399
Dave Mellikin. You have no idea the pain and suffering

955
01:13:06.520 --> 01:13:09.600
he caused me. I paid one hundred and forty dollars

956
01:13:09.680 --> 01:13:13.720
to meet Darcy Hart and got a broken body for it.

957
01:13:14.720 --> 01:13:17.680
He screams when I seize the back of his jacket

958
01:13:17.920 --> 01:13:21.760
and yank him to me. He screams louder as I

959
01:13:21.880 --> 01:13:25.720
lay hold of his mask and pulled to remove it.

960
01:13:25.720 --> 01:13:29.279
It is not a normal cloth ski mask, but some

961
01:13:29.399 --> 01:13:33.920
kind of thicker material. The winter snow and winds continue

962
01:13:33.960 --> 01:13:37.479
to blow against me. Knowing that I am about to

963
01:13:37.600 --> 01:13:41.319
best Robbie Reddin, I look up to the sky and

964
01:13:41.479 --> 01:13:46.399
scream the Gorgon battle cry. You shall belong to Veranda

965
01:13:46.960 --> 01:13:52.000
this day, I declare feeling that I have nearly removed

966
01:13:52.399 --> 01:13:58.640
his mask. Unfortunately, I am too eager and have underestimated Robbie.

967
01:13:58.680 --> 01:14:04.880
Reddin suddenly turns against me and causes me pain. He

968
01:14:04.960 --> 01:14:08.560
has driven the blade of a knife deep inside me,

969
01:14:09.479 --> 01:14:14.840
just below my right breast. Curses. I was too drunk

970
01:14:14.880 --> 01:14:18.279
with the feelings of being in battle again that I

971
01:14:18.479 --> 01:14:22.199
forgot I am no longer the monster that I once was.

972
01:14:23.319 --> 01:14:27.600
I feel that I am bleeding, especially when Reddin removes

973
01:14:27.640 --> 01:14:32.199
the knife. He comes at me to stab me once more.

974
01:14:33.399 --> 01:14:38.720
I'll kill you, Darcy, you heartless bitch, he yells. I

975
01:14:38.760 --> 01:14:43.960
am not Darcy heart I yell back. He screams and

976
01:14:44.000 --> 01:14:46.960
comes at me again. As I move to block his

977
01:14:47.039 --> 01:14:50.800
attempt to stab me, my high heeled shoe catches on

978
01:14:50.880 --> 01:14:54.960
a rock and causes me to fall backward. Then I

979
01:14:55.000 --> 01:14:58.399
see a bright flash of light and feel the back

980
01:14:58.439 --> 01:15:02.479
of my head hit hard against what must have been

981
01:15:03.199 --> 01:15:09.359
another rock. I am dazed and cannot focus. Now I

982
01:15:09.479 --> 01:15:12.960
feel Redden on top of me. He has the blade

983
01:15:13.000 --> 01:15:18.119
of his knife to my throat. No, Darcy, not yet,

984
01:15:18.840 --> 01:15:23.560
he tells me. It's not time. I have others to

985
01:15:23.640 --> 01:15:27.960
get first. I want you to be the last one.

986
01:15:28.159 --> 01:15:31.680
You'll know when it's your turn. I saw you come

987
01:15:31.720 --> 01:15:35.640
out here and couldn't wait to finish you off. But

988
01:15:35.760 --> 01:15:43.960
I can't not yet, That's not the plan. Reddin removes

989
01:15:44.039 --> 01:15:48.239
himself from my body. I'm still too dazed and can't

990
01:15:48.279 --> 01:15:51.960
return to my feet to pursue him. I remain on

991
01:15:52.000 --> 01:15:56.000
my back until I've regained my senses. I have to

992
01:15:56.039 --> 01:15:59.359
remove the snow from my body to be able to

993
01:15:59.439 --> 01:16:03.640
stand again. I have ceased bleeding and know that I

994
01:16:03.680 --> 01:16:07.800
am healing. I cannot heal as quickly as when I

995
01:16:07.920 --> 01:16:12.279
was immortal, but I can heal faster than any other

996
01:16:12.439 --> 01:16:16.560
from the mortal realm. I am with great anger at

997
01:16:16.560 --> 01:16:21.520
having been defeated by this accursed worm. I tighten my

998
01:16:21.680 --> 01:16:25.479
fists as I scream to the skies. I care not

999
01:16:25.600 --> 01:16:29.359
who may hear me. I am Veronda of the night Realm,

1000
01:16:29.680 --> 01:16:32.560
and I was beaten by a wretched little man from

1001
01:16:32.600 --> 01:16:37.159
the mortal realm. Make no mistake, Robbie Redden, you shall

1002
01:16:37.199 --> 01:16:41.359
regret having not claimed Veranda when you had the chance.

1003
01:16:42.680 --> 01:16:45.840
When we meet again, I shall beat you until your

1004
01:16:45.880 --> 01:16:50.119
blood covers my fists. Then I will smear it upon

1005
01:16:50.279 --> 01:16:54.640
my face and abdomen. I scream at the night skies

1006
01:16:54.720 --> 01:16:58.600
once more before I return to the lodge, I must

1007
01:16:58.680 --> 01:17:03.199
be discreet upon entering and return to my room. I

1008
01:17:03.239 --> 01:17:07.039
remove my tank top. My blood is both wet and

1009
01:17:07.279 --> 01:17:11.760
cold upon my flesh. At the same time, I use

1010
01:17:11.880 --> 01:17:15.279
the sink in my bathroom to clean myself up. I

1011
01:17:15.319 --> 01:17:17.760
have to do so without the use of the towels,

1012
01:17:17.800 --> 01:17:22.159
provided as not to draw suspicion from the lodge staff.

1013
01:17:23.079 --> 01:17:35.439
I do not wish to deal with the police perspective,

1014
01:17:36.079 --> 01:17:40.760
Robbie Redden, Seriously, how did Darcy Hart get to be

1015
01:17:40.920 --> 01:17:43.800
so strong? And where did she learn how to fight

1016
01:17:43.960 --> 01:17:48.720
like that? She wasn't even bothered by that blizzard. She

1017
01:17:48.840 --> 01:17:52.600
was only wearing a top that barely covered those big

1018
01:17:52.720 --> 01:17:58.439
titties of hers and caprice. She was practically barefoot. Her

1019
01:17:58.479 --> 01:18:02.119
feet should have been frostbit, but she walked around there

1020
01:18:02.159 --> 01:18:07.600
like it was summer. Doesn't matter, though, I still stabbed

1021
01:18:07.600 --> 01:18:12.560
that bitch. I wanted to kill Darcy Hart so badly.

1022
01:18:13.399 --> 01:18:16.840
I had her. I could have just cut her open

1023
01:18:16.920 --> 01:18:21.359
and took her heart. But damn it, why does she

1024
01:18:21.439 --> 01:18:25.079
have to look so much like Jessica Rabbit? And why

1025
01:18:25.159 --> 01:18:28.840
was there a part of me that still wanted her

1026
01:18:29.680 --> 01:18:32.920
that bitch caused the hell I went through, and she

1027
01:18:33.079 --> 01:18:37.000
was still living in my head rent free. I still

1028
01:18:37.079 --> 01:18:41.039
obsess over her by watching her movies. I could have

1029
01:18:41.119 --> 01:18:44.720
had her, I could have taken my revenge, but I

1030
01:18:44.840 --> 01:18:50.199
let her live. Okay, she would be the last one,

1031
01:18:50.239 --> 01:18:53.760
but I needed to get another one of David Mellikant's staff,

1032
01:18:54.760 --> 01:19:00.520
and I knew just the person. I was in the

1033
01:19:00.560 --> 01:19:05.039
lodge and looking around. I watched Melichant's staff enough to

1034
01:19:05.079 --> 01:19:09.319
hear what everybody was doing. When the room closed, I

1035
01:19:09.359 --> 01:19:13.159
acted on what I remembered, and sure enough, I found

1036
01:19:13.960 --> 01:19:17.920
Kathleen Witherspoon. I just happened to see her as I

1037
01:19:18.000 --> 01:19:20.920
was passing by a room full of partiers on the

1038
01:19:20.960 --> 01:19:25.319
second floor. I went into the room and mingled with people.

1039
01:19:26.079 --> 01:19:29.640
Nobody knew who I was or gave me a second thought.

1040
01:19:30.520 --> 01:19:33.960
I just mentioned a few horror movies here and there,

1041
01:19:34.279 --> 01:19:38.920
or got in on a few conversations. All the while

1042
01:19:39.600 --> 01:19:44.239
I was keeping my eye on Cat. Her husband, Terry

1043
01:19:44.479 --> 01:19:47.760
was there with her, but I wasn't worried about him

1044
01:19:48.600 --> 01:19:54.039
just yet. And then I finally got my break. I

1045
01:19:54.119 --> 01:19:57.800
heard Cat say she was going back to her room.

1046
01:19:58.399 --> 01:20:00.920
Terry told her he'd be there in a little while.

1047
01:20:02.079 --> 01:20:05.079
I already slipped out of the room ahead of Cat.

1048
01:20:05.760 --> 01:20:10.520
Before long, I followed her discreetly. I got in the

1049
01:20:10.560 --> 01:20:16.359
elevator with her. She didn't even remember me from Ridgeway Heights.

1050
01:20:16.840 --> 01:20:19.880
As we were moving in the elevator, she started talking

1051
01:20:19.920 --> 01:20:24.640
to me. For a moment, I talked to her. When

1052
01:20:24.640 --> 01:20:27.960
the elevator stopped, I let her get out and pretended

1053
01:20:28.039 --> 01:20:31.880
like I was staying on. But I did slip out

1054
01:20:32.720 --> 01:20:37.159
and again followed her. As I turned the corner, she

1055
01:20:37.239 --> 01:20:40.800
dropped her room key. She picked it up and waved

1056
01:20:40.840 --> 01:20:45.800
it over the sensor to unlock her room. That was

1057
01:20:45.840 --> 01:20:49.359
when I struck. I shoved Cat right into the room

1058
01:20:49.439 --> 01:20:52.159
as she fell to the floor. When she turned onto

1059
01:20:52.159 --> 01:20:54.600
her back to get up, I was right on top

1060
01:20:54.640 --> 01:20:57.520
of her. I slammed her head down, covering her mouth

1061
01:20:57.560 --> 01:21:01.479
with my hand. She got red scared when I raised

1062
01:21:01.479 --> 01:21:06.920
my knife. You remember me, now, Kat, I sneered. You're

1063
01:21:06.960 --> 01:21:09.520
the one who sicked Grim and your husband on me

1064
01:21:10.239 --> 01:21:14.399
that day back in Ridgeway Heights, fucking me out of

1065
01:21:14.439 --> 01:21:18.920
my autograph and selfie with Darcy Hart. Well, now I'm

1066
01:21:19.000 --> 01:21:22.720
taking my one hundred and forty dollars worth of flesh

1067
01:21:23.199 --> 01:21:28.000
right now. Cat screamed into my hand when I stabbed her,

1068
01:21:29.079 --> 01:21:34.960
then again and again and again, and from there I

1069
01:21:35.119 --> 01:21:39.319
worked to get Cat out of the room. It was

1070
01:21:39.479 --> 01:21:52.159
time to set up my next surprise for Dave Mellikant perspective, Vicki, Valentine.

1071
01:21:52.199 --> 01:21:56.319
My knife wound still pains me, but at least it heals.

1072
01:21:56.920 --> 01:21:59.600
It shall take a few hours, but my flesh will

1073
01:21:59.640 --> 01:22:04.079
be recons stored once more. I leave the bathroom and

1074
01:22:04.239 --> 01:22:08.920
place suitable clothing upon my body. From there I leave

1075
01:22:09.000 --> 01:22:13.960
the room. Plenty of patrons give me pleasant looks. I

1076
01:22:14.039 --> 01:22:19.520
give them nods in return. I consider returning outside to

1077
01:22:19.560 --> 01:22:23.479
resume the hunt, but I feel that Redden shall strike

1078
01:22:23.560 --> 01:22:29.000
again within these walls. Unfortunately, the only thing I know

1079
01:22:29.600 --> 01:22:34.239
is that he will target another of David Melancant's convention staff.

1080
01:22:34.840 --> 01:22:38.159
I will not know of Reddin's target until his next

1081
01:22:38.239 --> 01:22:45.560
prey is revealed. Unfortunately, said person will likely be slain. VICKI,

1082
01:22:46.520 --> 01:22:49.960
some one calls to me. I stop upon reaching the

1083
01:22:50.039 --> 01:22:54.199
lobby and see that it is beat on. Upon reaching me,

1084
01:22:54.319 --> 01:22:58.960
he presents a sealed envelope. It has Darcy Heart written

1085
01:22:59.039 --> 01:23:04.640
on it in blood. Where did this come from? I? Ask,

1086
01:23:05.600 --> 01:23:09.640
Bedone looks concerned. I was passing by your room and

1087
01:23:09.760 --> 01:23:14.399
saw this taped to your door. I'm surprised you didn't

1088
01:23:14.439 --> 01:23:17.399
see it. I grabbed it and came looking for you.

1089
01:23:18.399 --> 01:23:21.359
I accept the envelope and open it to see the

1090
01:23:21.479 --> 01:23:27.720
note written within, also in blood. People paid in blood,

1091
01:23:28.039 --> 01:23:32.159
sweat and tears for your autograph and your movies suck.

1092
01:23:33.399 --> 01:23:37.760
I inspect the envelope and see that there are wet spots,

1093
01:23:38.199 --> 01:23:42.680
not with blood, but with water. I determined that Reddin

1094
01:23:42.760 --> 01:23:46.479
wrote this after he bested me. But the blood used

1095
01:23:46.479 --> 01:23:50.880
to write the note is not my own. And then

1096
01:23:51.399 --> 01:23:55.239
I fully understand what the note means. I turned from

1097
01:23:55.239 --> 01:23:57.800
Beaton and moved to one of the two movie rooms.

1098
01:23:58.520 --> 01:24:00.960
I reached the first one and look over the schedule.

1099
01:24:01.760 --> 01:24:04.960
When I am satisfied, I turn and move to the second.

1100
01:24:05.960 --> 01:24:10.560
What's going on, VICKI, Beatone asks, keeping up with me,

1101
01:24:11.520 --> 01:24:15.840
he's taken another of Melikant's staff. I growl he's waiting

1102
01:24:15.880 --> 01:24:19.520
to give him another display. Beatone takes hold of my

1103
01:24:19.640 --> 01:24:23.640
shoulder and forces me to stop. Before I found you,

1104
01:24:23.840 --> 01:24:26.279
I saw Dave go into the movie room you're headed to.

1105
01:24:27.039 --> 01:24:31.039
In fact, he sent me looking for you. You and

1106
01:24:31.159 --> 01:24:33.840
Enrique Cuto are supposed to be there to introduce one

1107
01:24:33.880 --> 01:24:37.720
of your Babysitter Massacre movies. It's getting ready to start.

1108
01:24:38.760 --> 01:24:42.239
I growl and resume going to the second movie room.

1109
01:24:42.439 --> 01:24:44.880
When I reach it, the lights are on and the

1110
01:24:44.920 --> 01:24:48.880
door is open. I'm quick to observe that Enrique Cuto

1111
01:24:49.000 --> 01:24:53.039
is there and waiting. I had forgotten all about this obligation.

1112
01:24:54.119 --> 01:24:57.920
Betone spoke true in regards to David Melikant being in

1113
01:24:57.960 --> 01:25:01.319
the room. He does not hold back, even in front

1114
01:25:01.319 --> 01:25:04.439
of the other patrons in attendance to see the film.

1115
01:25:05.359 --> 01:25:08.199
What you too good to be here on time? Vicki?

1116
01:25:09.359 --> 01:25:13.039
Kuto was on time, so what's your excuse? I ignore

1117
01:25:13.119 --> 01:25:16.560
him and quickly compose myself as I faced the nearly

1118
01:25:16.680 --> 01:25:21.319
packed auditorium. From there, Kuto and I introduced the new film.

1119
01:25:22.199 --> 01:25:25.760
I feel the irony of remembering when my memories were

1120
01:25:25.880 --> 01:25:30.640
only as Vicki Valentine. Many times, I had a great

1121
01:25:30.680 --> 01:25:34.920
many conflicts with Kuto over how much nudity I did

1122
01:25:35.000 --> 01:25:38.600
for these movies. Now I no longer care about that.

1123
01:25:39.560 --> 01:25:44.199
I'm quite proud of my body. After the introduction, Kuto

1124
01:25:44.239 --> 01:25:48.279
and I answer a few questions. Upon finishing the lights

1125
01:25:48.399 --> 01:25:51.520
finally go down. We're both on our way to the

1126
01:25:51.600 --> 01:25:56.359
door when we hear the attending patrons mumbling this ain't

1127
01:25:56.359 --> 01:26:00.600
the Christmas Splatters movie. One of them calls out, this

1128
01:26:00.760 --> 01:26:06.720
is Ernie's Movie Night. Another one joins bullshit, another yells

1129
01:26:07.520 --> 01:26:12.920
Darcy Heart sucks. We want Vicki Valentine. I turn around.

1130
01:26:13.479 --> 01:26:17.239
I myself have never seen Ernie's Movie Night, but I

1131
01:26:17.239 --> 01:26:22.439
immediately see this Darcy Heart and understand why Robbi Redden

1132
01:26:22.520 --> 01:26:27.439
believes me to be her. This woman could have potentially

1133
01:26:27.520 --> 01:26:31.319
been my twin sister, except that she is nowhere near

1134
01:26:31.399 --> 01:26:36.439
as endowed as I am. Melikant approaches the guy running

1135
01:26:36.479 --> 01:26:41.560
the room, whose lanyard reads Henry, dumbass. The movies are

1136
01:26:41.640 --> 01:26:45.399
clearly labeled. Do you know how to read? Huh? Do you?

1137
01:26:46.359 --> 01:26:49.760
I know? I put the right film in? Henry returned,

1138
01:26:49.880 --> 01:26:54.000
angry himself. Melicant points out of the room. Well, go

1139
01:26:54.199 --> 01:26:58.319
find the goddamn movie. Move it, he points to the screen,

1140
01:26:58.960 --> 01:27:04.560
and stop that fucking Darcy heartshit. Mellican't growls and turns

1141
01:27:04.600 --> 01:27:08.279
the lights back on, and then the patrons cause another

1142
01:27:08.319 --> 01:27:13.479
commotion when a closet door suddenly springs open. The corpse

1143
01:27:13.560 --> 01:27:19.800
inside falls forward, covered in blood. I immediately recognize her

1144
01:27:19.840 --> 01:27:24.159
as Cat. Beatone told me that she was Terry's wife.

1145
01:27:24.960 --> 01:27:27.840
I recall her being the handler for Fredol and Ray

1146
01:27:28.520 --> 01:27:33.319
and was being quite rude to people. Oh God, Beatone

1147
01:27:33.479 --> 01:27:40.000
gasps behind me. Jesus H Christ. Mela can't yells. Then

1148
01:27:40.239 --> 01:27:44.319
I noticed that Kat's convention staff t shirt is cut

1149
01:27:44.359 --> 01:27:49.319
open at her midsection, with a single word carved into

1150
01:27:49.399 --> 01:28:08.840
her bann Late Saturday night perspective, Vicky Valentine Enriquecuto is

1151
01:28:08.920 --> 01:28:12.880
still screaming. I glance over my shoulder and slap his

1152
01:28:13.119 --> 01:28:17.119
arm enough to get him to stop. He freaks out

1153
01:28:17.159 --> 01:28:23.159
when he finally sees the words banned upon Kathleen Witherspoon's

1154
01:28:23.199 --> 01:28:29.039
mid section. Then he turns to me. What the hell

1155
01:28:29.119 --> 01:28:35.279
is going on here, Valentine, goddamn it, David melikan shouts.

1156
01:28:35.760 --> 01:28:39.239
Then he turns to look at Enrique and I. I

1157
01:28:39.399 --> 01:28:43.039
point to him, angry. This is where you take out

1158
01:28:43.039 --> 01:28:46.000
your phone and call the police to get back here.

1159
01:28:47.000 --> 01:28:51.000
When he makes no move to do so, Enrique produces

1160
01:28:51.039 --> 01:28:55.159
his own phone. Call the fucking police or I'm doing it.

1161
01:28:56.039 --> 01:29:01.560
Melikant shakes his head slowly. You peopled just don't understand,

1162
01:29:01.680 --> 01:29:05.800
do you? He points right at us and raises his voice.

1163
01:29:06.600 --> 01:29:11.479
I can't afford to shut my show down. Don't you understand?

1164
01:29:12.800 --> 01:29:18.039
I got nothing. Robbie Reddin left me with nothing. I

1165
01:29:18.079 --> 01:29:20.520
had to pay out everything I had just to keep

1166
01:29:20.520 --> 01:29:24.840
his family off my back. When Henry, the person who

1167
01:29:24.920 --> 01:29:29.399
runs the movie room, returns with the correct disc, Melikan

1168
01:29:29.520 --> 01:29:33.600
grabs him and shoves him back to the doorway, making

1169
01:29:33.720 --> 01:29:37.239
him drop the film. Just get the fuck out of here.

1170
01:29:37.680 --> 01:29:42.039
You can't even play the right goddamn movie. Before he

1171
01:29:42.119 --> 01:29:46.119
can turn around to confront Melikant, he gets a shoe

1172
01:29:46.199 --> 01:29:48.760
to the rear to shove him back out of the room.

1173
01:29:49.760 --> 01:29:54.039
When Melican turns back around, Henrique is the maddest I

1174
01:29:54.079 --> 01:29:58.159
have ever seen him. So you're saying you're not calling

1175
01:29:58.199 --> 01:30:02.439
the police, he yells, last I checked. That woman is

1176
01:30:02.520 --> 01:30:06.159
the second person killed that I've seen with my own eyes,

1177
01:30:06.520 --> 01:30:09.039
and you're just going to stand there with your fucking

1178
01:30:09.239 --> 01:30:11.880
head up your with your fucking head up your ass.

1179
01:30:12.520 --> 01:30:18.000
Melikant points at Kuto. Don't you test me? Kuto gives

1180
01:30:18.079 --> 01:30:24.279
this weird smile, yet I know that he is quite angry. Fine,

1181
01:30:25.119 --> 01:30:28.920
let the police test you. Then, Melicant tries to take

1182
01:30:28.960 --> 01:30:33.640
the phone from him, but I step in between. Melicant groans,

1183
01:30:34.239 --> 01:30:38.119
Jesus Christ, I don't believe this shit. Then he looks

1184
01:30:38.199 --> 01:30:42.039
right at me. Just because you played monsters in horror

1185
01:30:42.079 --> 01:30:46.279
movies don't mean you really know how to fight. I

1186
01:30:46.359 --> 01:30:49.840
do not have to fight you, I tell him, In fact,

1187
01:30:49.920 --> 01:30:52.479
you should fight neither of us. Or do you not

1188
01:30:52.720 --> 01:30:56.399
understand that Robbie Redden is roaming free somewhere in your

1189
01:30:56.439 --> 01:30:59.279
convention and will stop at nothing to.

1190
01:31:00.800 --> 01:31:01.279
Ban you.

1191
01:31:02.359 --> 01:31:06.680
Melikant is not convinced by now. Enrique is on the

1192
01:31:06.760 --> 01:31:10.960
phone with the Binnock Police. How's Robbie Reddin gonna be

1193
01:31:11.079 --> 01:31:15.840
here at my show? He demands that Twig got his

1194
01:31:16.000 --> 01:31:20.119
back broken in several places. I'm telling you right now

1195
01:31:20.840 --> 01:31:25.880
he ain't nowhere near here. There have been significant medical

1196
01:31:25.920 --> 01:31:29.920
advances in this day and age, I point out. And

1197
01:31:30.039 --> 01:31:33.239
who else would target you for what happened in Ridgeway

1198
01:31:33.319 --> 01:31:38.239
Heights years ago? Melikant sneers, let me tell you something

1199
01:31:38.960 --> 01:31:42.439
you ain't, no goddamn detective. All you are is just

1200
01:31:42.479 --> 01:31:45.520
a washed up porn star who got lucky getting into

1201
01:31:45.560 --> 01:31:48.560
horror movies. So quit trying to think with your head

1202
01:31:48.840 --> 01:31:53.520
and just keep layin on your back. Okay. Every instinct

1203
01:31:53.600 --> 01:31:56.359
is telling me to show him what I intend to

1204
01:31:56.399 --> 01:31:59.600
show Robbie Reddin when I lay hold of him again.

1205
01:32:00.560 --> 01:32:05.359
But living with Bethany, my wife, she has seen my

1206
01:32:05.520 --> 01:32:11.840
temper with her. I've learned to be patient. But Melikant

1207
01:32:11.920 --> 01:32:17.760
is severely trying me. Instead of dealing him severe punishment

1208
01:32:17.880 --> 01:32:22.520
for his words, I point to the body, Why is

1209
01:32:22.640 --> 01:32:27.399
Redden targeting members of your staff specifically? Then why doesn't

1210
01:32:27.439 --> 01:32:31.319
he target people coming to your show? I would imagine

1211
01:32:31.359 --> 01:32:34.199
some of them were at Ridgeway Heights during that event

1212
01:32:34.279 --> 01:32:39.079
all those years ago. Redden certainly has not forgiven or forgotten.

1213
01:32:39.880 --> 01:32:43.560
Keep doubting everything you see. He will come for you

1214
01:32:44.199 --> 01:32:47.880
when he feels that it's your time. But I suppose

1215
01:32:48.359 --> 01:32:52.199
you will not heed my warnings. After all, I am

1216
01:32:52.359 --> 01:32:56.920
just a washed up porn star. I give him a

1217
01:32:57.000 --> 01:33:02.600
wicked smile. Close your convention, flee while you still can.

1218
01:33:03.520 --> 01:33:08.000
Robbie Reddin is here, I assure you am I correct

1219
01:33:08.000 --> 01:33:11.880
in assuming that you have stopped paying for his medical treatments.

1220
01:33:12.600 --> 01:33:16.479
Clearly that did not keep him from finding you. I

1221
01:33:16.520 --> 01:33:19.640
can also assure you that he is quite capable of

1222
01:33:19.720 --> 01:33:24.920
both normal movement as well as killing. Kuto gets off

1223
01:33:24.960 --> 01:33:29.079
the phone then looks my way. The police are on

1224
01:33:29.159 --> 01:33:35.000
their way again. He looks at Melikant and Vicki's right,

1225
01:33:35.600 --> 01:33:38.439
you should close this shit show down and report what's

1226
01:33:38.479 --> 01:33:42.760
going on to the lodge manager. Then he yells, grow

1227
01:33:42.880 --> 01:33:47.439
some goddamn balls and take some fucking responsibility for once

1228
01:33:47.479 --> 01:33:52.239
in your life. Mellikant points outside. Have either of you

1229
01:33:52.359 --> 01:33:55.359
seen the front desk up there? With the cops coming

1230
01:33:55.399 --> 01:33:57.920
here a bunch. It didn't take long for word to

1231
01:33:57.920 --> 01:34:01.760
get around about the people being killed here. There are

1232
01:34:01.800 --> 01:34:05.039
more people trying to check out than there are checking in.

1233
01:34:06.079 --> 01:34:09.479
They don't care there's a blizzard outside. Talk to the

1234
01:34:09.560 --> 01:34:13.199
lodge manager, Haunh Kuto. I already had the lodge manager

1235
01:34:13.239 --> 01:34:16.039
tell me he's holding me responsible for all the room

1236
01:34:16.079 --> 01:34:19.560
refunds they've had to issue. He's threatening to take me

1237
01:34:19.600 --> 01:34:23.319
to court over this shit. I can't afford to close

1238
01:34:23.359 --> 01:34:27.800
this convention, and I ain't gonna Bedone had left the

1239
01:34:27.920 --> 01:34:33.359
room for a moment. As he returns, Hey, Dave, how

1240
01:34:33.399 --> 01:34:35.960
many more of us have to die before you finally

1241
01:34:36.039 --> 01:34:41.239
get the idea? Melikan turns to Bedone. Why did I

1242
01:34:41.279 --> 01:34:43.399
ever let a pussy like you be a member of

1243
01:34:43.439 --> 01:34:47.079
my staff. You and this porn bitch were made for

1244
01:34:47.159 --> 01:34:51.600
each other. Bedone does not back down, looks to me

1245
01:34:51.760 --> 01:34:54.760
like you're the pussy here, Dave. You're too afraid to

1246
01:34:54.840 --> 01:34:58.960
admit when you're wrong, and you're definitely wrong here. Why

1247
01:34:58.960 --> 01:35:01.640
don't you just sh shut this con down and cut

1248
01:35:01.680 --> 01:35:06.520
your losses before it's too late. By the way, I

1249
01:35:06.760 --> 01:35:11.319
called the police, Enrique laughs, A little guess we had

1250
01:35:11.359 --> 01:35:16.000
the same idea, kid. Melicant roars and grabs hold of Bedone.

1251
01:35:16.399 --> 01:35:20.279
He takes him to the floor. I'm not wrong. I

1252
01:35:20.319 --> 01:35:25.439
should just fucking kill your ass. How about that now

1253
01:35:25.479 --> 01:35:29.079
I no longer restrain myself. I grab the back of

1254
01:35:29.119 --> 01:35:33.119
Melicant's hoodie and remove him from Bedone. I wish to

1255
01:35:33.199 --> 01:35:37.720
show him what happens when you cross Veranda the first

1256
01:35:37.760 --> 01:35:44.119
time clearly didn't stick. Instead, I take Bedone's hand and

1257
01:35:44.239 --> 01:35:47.720
help him to his feet. Melikant is back to his

1258
01:35:48.479 --> 01:35:51.199
He reaches out to take hold of me, but I

1259
01:35:51.239 --> 01:35:54.479
am quick to stop him. I seize him by the

1260
01:35:54.560 --> 01:35:58.359
throat and pin him up against a nearby wall. He

1261
01:35:58.520 --> 01:36:02.439
tries to free himself, but he does not understand the

1262
01:36:02.479 --> 01:36:07.680
true strength of a gorgon. Do not lay hold of

1263
01:36:07.720 --> 01:36:12.800
Bedone again, I warn him, next time I shall deal

1264
01:36:12.880 --> 01:36:17.359
with you most harshly. I let go of Melikant and

1265
01:36:17.439 --> 01:36:21.479
watch him drop back to his feet. He still refuses

1266
01:36:21.560 --> 01:36:25.279
to listen to reason when he points at me, you

1267
01:36:25.479 --> 01:36:28.920
are done here, I mean it. Get the fuck out

1268
01:36:28.920 --> 01:36:34.760
of my show now. Oh, I will leave, I assure him.

1269
01:36:35.720 --> 01:36:45.000
Once I've found Robbie Reddin again. The police have returned

1270
01:36:45.159 --> 01:36:48.920
to the high Point Ski Lodge. Enriquet and Bedone both

1271
01:36:49.000 --> 01:36:52.359
talk to them. I can tell they grow weary of

1272
01:36:52.479 --> 01:36:58.000
returning here. At least they are consistent with doing their jobs.

1273
01:36:58.720 --> 01:37:02.560
Melikant tries to tell the police there is nothing wrong,

1274
01:37:03.319 --> 01:37:07.680
but who is he trying to deceive? The detectives question

1275
01:37:07.840 --> 01:37:12.479
all of us in the movie room. They especially question Mellicant,

1276
01:37:12.840 --> 01:37:16.680
suspecting that he is more involved than he lets on.

1277
01:37:17.760 --> 01:37:23.279
Before long, the body of Kathleen Witherspoon is removed. I

1278
01:37:23.359 --> 01:37:28.319
see her husband, Terry, standing outside and the distraught expression

1279
01:37:28.920 --> 01:37:33.079
on his face. When the police are finished questioning us,

1280
01:37:33.760 --> 01:37:37.159
they give us the indication that they are likely to

1281
01:37:37.279 --> 01:37:43.920
return soon. As for the screening, it never commences. Terry

1282
01:37:44.079 --> 01:37:47.199
marches into the movie room and right up to Mellicant.

1283
01:37:47.640 --> 01:37:51.800
Fuck you, Dave, I quit. I don't care how bad

1284
01:37:51.840 --> 01:37:54.439
it's snowing out there. I'm getting the hell out of

1285
01:37:54.479 --> 01:37:57.760
here while I still can. The two of them have

1286
01:37:57.880 --> 01:38:02.039
an intense screaming match. As if Enrique Bidone and I

1287
01:38:02.119 --> 01:38:07.239
leave the room, I feel Kuto tap my shoulder. I

1288
01:38:07.359 --> 01:38:13.039
turn around, so Vicky, I know what just happened in there.

1289
01:38:13.079 --> 01:38:17.039
But we've still got scenes to shoot for the new

1290
01:38:17.079 --> 01:38:20.960
movie here, he tells me, I'm not trying to be

1291
01:38:21.039 --> 01:38:24.640
a money grubbing asshole like Mellikan't, but I not.

1292
01:38:25.640 --> 01:38:25.720
No.

1293
01:38:26.000 --> 01:38:29.720
I will film the scenes if you require me. But

1294
01:38:29.800 --> 01:38:34.119
are you sure that's a good idea given the circumstances.

1295
01:38:34.600 --> 01:38:40.239
For a brief moment, Kuto seems ready to raise his voice. Instead,

1296
01:38:40.359 --> 01:38:45.439
he sighs, what can we do? We can't just drive

1297
01:38:45.520 --> 01:38:48.800
on out of here with that blizzard. Honestly, I thought

1298
01:38:48.800 --> 01:38:51.199
about telling the rest of the crew to stay locked

1299
01:38:51.239 --> 01:38:54.680
in their rooms, but I don't want them to panic.

1300
01:38:55.640 --> 01:38:58.399
Maybe if we can come out here and work on

1301
01:38:58.439 --> 01:39:03.760
the movie, they won't think about all this shit. Besides,

1302
01:39:03.840 --> 01:39:07.399
we'll be right out here in the open, which means

1303
01:39:07.399 --> 01:39:12.720
we'll all be safe. I consider his logic, then nod once.

1304
01:39:13.920 --> 01:39:17.960
What time will we commence with shooting? He considers it.

1305
01:39:18.800 --> 01:39:21.479
I'll get the others and let's meet back here in

1306
01:39:21.520 --> 01:39:33.079
twenty minutes. Very well perspective, Robbie Reddin. Let's talk about

1307
01:39:33.239 --> 01:39:38.439
Terry Witherspoon, shall we? Just seeing how panicked he looked

1308
01:39:39.239 --> 01:39:45.640
was just priceless. Terry was all high and mighty that

1309
01:39:45.840 --> 01:39:49.199
day when he and Grim both kept shoving me out

1310
01:39:49.239 --> 01:39:52.800
through the main doors of the Holiday Inn. Even then,

1311
01:39:53.000 --> 01:39:56.600
they both couldn't keep me out of that convention. It

1312
01:39:56.680 --> 01:40:00.239
wasn't until Dave came along and helped them both that

1313
01:40:00.279 --> 01:40:06.319
they thought they finally got rid of me, except they didn't.

1314
01:40:07.000 --> 01:40:10.800
For a brief moment, I was actually considering sparing Terry.

1315
01:40:11.640 --> 01:40:15.760
Just seeing the pain and anguish on his face showed

1316
01:40:15.760 --> 01:40:20.640
me he was regretting what happened years ago, But I

1317
01:40:20.800 --> 01:40:26.000
realized I just couldn't do it. I already let Darcy

1318
01:40:26.079 --> 01:40:30.600
Hart go earlier, but that was only a reprieve. I

1319
01:40:30.760 --> 01:40:36.840
still had every intention of getting that heartless bitch. But

1320
01:40:36.920 --> 01:40:40.520
if I would have let Terry go, then what was

1321
01:40:40.560 --> 01:40:43.960
to say he wouldn't have moved on past cat and

1322
01:40:44.119 --> 01:40:50.359
found another woman. Impossibly even been happy again. The more

1323
01:40:50.399 --> 01:40:55.000
I thought about that, the more I realized, maybe because

1324
01:40:55.079 --> 01:40:59.000
I was able to walk again, that I was going soft.

1325
01:41:00.000 --> 01:41:03.560
You know, way too much happened at Ridgeway Heights for

1326
01:41:03.600 --> 01:41:08.399
me to just forgive and forget. I also went through

1327
01:41:08.600 --> 01:41:12.399
far too much pain. There was no way in hell

1328
01:41:13.039 --> 01:41:18.479
that I could possibly let Terry go. I just couldn't.

1329
01:41:19.680 --> 01:41:27.720
Now it's time to ban Terry Witherspoon. Terry sure wasted

1330
01:41:27.840 --> 01:41:33.000
no time packing some stuff and checking out of his room.

1331
01:41:33.319 --> 01:41:37.840
Now he was outside. Oh, I knew people could drive

1332
01:41:37.920 --> 01:41:41.560
on out of here. You could definitely drive through Binnock.

1333
01:41:42.119 --> 01:41:45.800
The local businesses were still open. You could even go

1334
01:41:45.880 --> 01:41:49.520
into pubs and order some food. I was pretty sure

1335
01:41:49.560 --> 01:41:52.920
there was an inn you could check into, providing it

1336
01:41:53.039 --> 01:41:58.239
wasn't sold out. The only problem was you couldn't get

1337
01:41:58.239 --> 01:42:02.279
out of Binnock itself. The plows were going around and

1338
01:42:02.399 --> 01:42:05.920
keeping the streets clean. They were even keeping the road

1339
01:42:06.000 --> 01:42:10.880
going into the high Point Lodge wide open. But leaving

1340
01:42:10.920 --> 01:42:17.479
Bennock itself, good luck, you'd likely get stuck somewhere a

1341
01:42:17.520 --> 01:42:22.800
lot less hospitable than this small town. And good luck

1342
01:42:22.880 --> 01:42:25.560
calling for a record to come out in the blizzard

1343
01:42:25.600 --> 01:42:29.760
to get you. Who could say whether they were overloaded

1344
01:42:29.760 --> 01:42:33.760
and overworked with calls or they just weren't going out

1345
01:42:33.800 --> 01:42:37.199
into the storm at all. But I was more than

1346
01:42:37.319 --> 01:42:43.039
okay with keeping Terry company, so he was no substitute

1347
01:42:43.119 --> 01:42:49.039
for Darcy. But us hanging out and getting reacquainted wouldn't

1348
01:42:49.079 --> 01:42:53.880
take long like Grim did on Friday. Terry had to

1349
01:42:53.960 --> 01:42:56.880
walk all the way to the back of the lot

1350
01:42:57.439 --> 01:43:01.159
where Dave made all the convention staff park their cars,

1351
01:43:01.920 --> 01:43:05.560
and looking at Terry's he would have to remove chunks

1352
01:43:05.600 --> 01:43:09.159
of snow and ice from it. That was how many

1353
01:43:09.279 --> 01:43:15.520
inches had fallen just since Friday night. Hey, buddy, need

1354
01:43:15.600 --> 01:43:19.800
some help, I called out to Terry. I half expected

1355
01:43:19.880 --> 01:43:24.199
him to just tell me to fuck off, but yeah,

1356
01:43:24.279 --> 01:43:29.119
if you don't mind, not at all. So I went

1357
01:43:29.159 --> 01:43:33.279
ahead and helped Terry clean off his car. He didn't

1358
01:43:33.319 --> 01:43:38.079
say much. Wasn't expecting him to though. It wasn't like

1359
01:43:38.199 --> 01:43:42.600
his wife had just been murdered, right. It took several minutes,

1360
01:43:42.640 --> 01:43:46.840
but we finally got Terry's car ready to go. He

1361
01:43:46.960 --> 01:43:50.079
got his keys out and was barely able to open

1362
01:43:50.119 --> 01:43:54.880
the driver's side door. Guess nobody told him you shouldn't

1363
01:43:54.880 --> 01:43:57.960
lock your car up like that when a blizzard is

1364
01:43:58.039 --> 01:44:03.000
going on. Just the same, Terry had to believe he

1365
01:44:03.039 --> 01:44:07.000
could escape from the lodge. I kind of wondered if

1366
01:44:07.039 --> 01:44:10.520
he'd be able to start his car. It cranked and

1367
01:44:10.720 --> 01:44:17.079
cranked before it finally fired up. I saw how relieved

1368
01:44:17.199 --> 01:44:21.600
he looked. He sat there for a little bit before

1369
01:44:21.680 --> 01:44:25.680
he got out of the car. He finally started loading

1370
01:44:25.720 --> 01:44:29.279
his bags into the back seat after brushing the snow

1371
01:44:29.359 --> 01:44:35.239
off of them. Then he remembered I was still there. Hey,

1372
01:44:35.920 --> 01:44:39.439
thanks for helping me out, he said. I think I'm

1373
01:44:39.439 --> 01:44:44.000
all good now. I shook my head a little. Nah,

1374
01:44:44.079 --> 01:44:47.640
I don't think so. You look like something's bothering you.

1375
01:44:48.840 --> 01:44:53.079
Terry just gave me a funny look. I appreciate you

1376
01:44:53.159 --> 01:44:55.960
helping me out with the car, but I'm not gonna

1377
01:44:56.000 --> 01:44:59.239
talk to you about my problems. I'm getting out of here.

1378
01:45:00.079 --> 01:45:04.720
Suit yourself, I told him. When Terry finished loading the

1379
01:45:04.760 --> 01:45:08.279
car up, he got back in before he shut the door.

1380
01:45:08.960 --> 01:45:12.680
I was quick to tell him, don't you even want

1381
01:45:12.680 --> 01:45:17.920
to know? He was really annoyed. Now, look, guy, I

1382
01:45:17.960 --> 01:45:21.119
ain't got time for your shit. Okay, I said, thanks

1383
01:45:21.159 --> 01:45:24.439
for helping me out, What more do you want? But

1384
01:45:24.640 --> 01:45:29.920
don't you even want to know how, I repeated. Now

1385
01:45:29.960 --> 01:45:35.199
he was losing his shit. Know how? What how I

1386
01:45:35.319 --> 01:45:41.079
killed your wife? I told him simply. Then I removed

1387
01:45:41.159 --> 01:45:53.199
my ski mask. His eyes got wide fast. You're Robbie Redden.

1388
01:45:53.680 --> 01:45:56.800
You're that little prick we threw out back in Ridgeway Heights.

1389
01:45:57.680 --> 01:46:00.920
You're the one who got his back broken. He shot

1390
01:46:00.960 --> 01:46:03.560
out of his car. What the fuck do you know

1391
01:46:03.640 --> 01:46:09.720
about Cat? I just told you, I answered, I killed her.

1392
01:46:10.800 --> 01:46:15.680
As I kept stepping back, he kept walking faster after me.

1393
01:46:16.880 --> 01:46:19.920
All I had to do was follow your wife back

1394
01:46:19.960 --> 01:46:24.800
to your room. Cat sure loved being the attacker when

1395
01:46:24.800 --> 01:46:28.880
she wouldn't let people get near the guests unless, of course,

1396
01:46:28.960 --> 01:46:34.159
they had money in hand. Well tonight, Cat learned what

1397
01:46:34.279 --> 01:46:38.600
it was like to be attacked. Oh and I definitely

1398
01:46:38.680 --> 01:46:44.520
didn't have any money in hand, just my knife. You

1399
01:46:44.640 --> 01:46:47.560
should have seen the look on her face when I

1400
01:46:47.760 --> 01:46:54.680
stabbed her again and again. You people wrongfully banned me

1401
01:46:55.000 --> 01:46:58.760
from Ridgeway Heights, so now I'm banning all of you

1402
01:46:59.560 --> 01:47:04.119
from life. By the way, did you like how I

1403
01:47:04.319 --> 01:47:10.119
displayed your wife? Terry screamed like a deranged lunatic and

1404
01:47:10.239 --> 01:47:14.119
came after me. I didn't move away from him. I

1405
01:47:14.239 --> 01:47:17.600
punched him right in the face. He went down like

1406
01:47:17.720 --> 01:47:21.560
a bag of hammers. It wasn't long before he was

1407
01:47:21.640 --> 01:47:25.000
back on his feet. Then he went to his car

1408
01:47:25.560 --> 01:47:29.319
and opened up his trunk. He pulled out a crowbar.

1409
01:47:30.279 --> 01:47:32.399
I'm gonna make you look worse than what you did

1410
01:47:32.439 --> 01:47:36.600
to Cat, you bastard, He roared and came at me again,

1411
01:47:37.159 --> 01:47:40.439
swinging like a man who failed to defend his wife.

1412
01:47:41.119 --> 01:47:44.119
But I was focused and kept moving out of the

1413
01:47:44.159 --> 01:47:49.279
way before Terry found out Cat was killed. He'd been

1414
01:47:49.359 --> 01:47:55.399
partying and was definitely drunk, which fueled his rage. He

1415
01:47:55.439 --> 01:48:00.279
wouldn't stop until he killed me. When I was done

1416
01:48:00.399 --> 01:48:04.920
playing with Terry, I stopped his latest attack and swiped

1417
01:48:04.920 --> 01:48:08.359
the crowbar away from him. Now I was going to

1418
01:48:08.479 --> 01:48:12.399
use it on him. With each hit, I got blood

1419
01:48:12.479 --> 01:48:17.680
going all over the snow. Tell you what, Terry, I

1420
01:48:17.800 --> 01:48:21.680
told him, after sending him to the ground. You got

1421
01:48:21.680 --> 01:48:25.000
one hundred and forty dollars, Give it to me and

1422
01:48:25.039 --> 01:48:30.520
I'll let you leave here. All that'll hurt is your pride.

1423
01:48:30.880 --> 01:48:34.079
Terry was suddenly back on his feet and rushing me.

1424
01:48:34.920 --> 01:48:39.760
Fuck you. Terry managed to tackle me down to the ground.

1425
01:48:40.319 --> 01:48:42.800
He screamed at the top of his lungs. When he

1426
01:48:42.880 --> 01:48:47.720
started trying to hit me. He wasn't even focused and

1427
01:48:47.840 --> 01:48:52.680
kept hitting my forearms. I was still holding the crowbar

1428
01:48:53.680 --> 01:48:57.359
when he slowed down. I brought it back and smashed

1429
01:48:57.439 --> 01:49:01.159
him with it to get him off of me. I

1430
01:49:01.279 --> 01:49:05.319
got back up. I'm guessing either you ain't got the

1431
01:49:05.479 --> 01:49:09.680
hundred and forty dollars or you're not planning on paying up.

1432
01:49:10.479 --> 01:49:13.680
Either way, I don't care you think you're in pain

1433
01:49:13.800 --> 01:49:16.720
right now, it ain't nothing compared to the pain and

1434
01:49:16.920 --> 01:49:20.159
hell I went through after Dave put me in front

1435
01:49:20.159 --> 01:49:23.119
of that truck. All you had to do was just

1436
01:49:23.239 --> 01:49:28.640
give me my fucking money back. Guess you and Dave

1437
01:49:28.680 --> 01:49:31.399
are going to have to learn the hard way that

1438
01:49:31.640 --> 01:49:36.479
karma is a bitch. I kept hitting Terry as he

1439
01:49:36.600 --> 01:49:40.399
tried to get up. When he wasn't getting up anymore,

1440
01:49:40.760 --> 01:49:45.239
I raised the crowbar and drove it down. He cried

1441
01:49:45.279 --> 01:49:49.720
out when he felt himself being impaled and pinned to

1442
01:49:49.840 --> 01:49:53.960
the ground. He could scream and scream as much as

1443
01:49:54.000 --> 01:49:58.319
he wanted. With us being isolated and the blizzard still

1444
01:49:58.399 --> 01:50:02.600
in full force, who was going to hear him? I

1445
01:50:02.760 --> 01:50:06.399
moved and got in his car. It was so nice

1446
01:50:06.439 --> 01:50:11.000
and warm inside, even with the door open. I pulled

1447
01:50:11.039 --> 01:50:14.319
it shut and ran the windshield wipers to clean the

1448
01:50:14.319 --> 01:50:21.800
wetness from the defrosters. I could see Terry perfectly still struggling.

1449
01:50:23.119 --> 01:50:27.720
I put the car in gear and floored it. I

1450
01:50:27.800 --> 01:50:31.600
didn't hear him scream, but I could see the look

1451
01:50:31.680 --> 01:50:37.880
of horror as I drove right to him, right over him.

1452
01:50:39.199 --> 01:50:43.560
Then the car went up fast, then down again, just

1453
01:50:43.640 --> 01:50:48.720
as fast. I stopped the car and got out. Terry

1454
01:50:48.920 --> 01:50:54.399
wasn't dead yet, but I could hear his anguish. Just

1455
01:50:54.560 --> 01:50:58.039
looking at him, I could see he was truly a

1456
01:50:58.119 --> 01:51:04.479
broken man. His spine was severed completely. He was paralyzed

1457
01:51:04.520 --> 01:51:10.039
from the waist down, but he was still moving. He

1458
01:51:10.119 --> 01:51:14.600
should be so lucky. Maybe I snapped his spine in

1459
01:51:14.680 --> 01:51:18.479
one place, but that was nothing compared to the multiple

1460
01:51:18.520 --> 01:51:24.640
locations on my back that got destroyed. Yeah, let's get

1461
01:51:24.680 --> 01:51:29.840
you back inside the lodge, buddy, I told him. I

1462
01:51:29.920 --> 01:51:33.640
grabbed hold of the crowbar and yanked it back out,

1463
01:51:33.960 --> 01:51:40.239
causing Terry to scream one last time before he slumped

1464
01:51:40.319 --> 01:51:46.800
back down and finally died. It was definitely time to

1465
01:51:46.880 --> 01:51:58.880
get my next masterpiece ready to present. To Dave perspective.

1466
01:51:59.600 --> 01:52:04.319
Vicki Valentine. I am in the lobby and in costume

1467
01:52:04.920 --> 01:52:09.399
as I work on Enrique's latest movie, another in his

1468
01:52:09.560 --> 01:52:15.920
growing Babysitter Massacre series. I reprise my role of Larkin Combs,

1469
01:52:16.560 --> 01:52:21.319
the main heroine from David O'Hanlon's inaugural book of the series.

1470
01:52:22.479 --> 01:52:25.720
Larkin was hired to come on vacation with a family.

1471
01:52:26.399 --> 01:52:29.199
Her job was to babysit the children and take them

1472
01:52:29.239 --> 01:52:32.319
around the hotel while the parents are out at a

1473
01:52:32.359 --> 01:52:37.840
convention nearby. Even though this is a ski lodge, it

1474
01:52:38.000 --> 01:52:43.039
mostly appears like a simple hotel. Kuto got permission to

1475
01:52:43.079 --> 01:52:51.720
shoot here before arriving yesterday before the murders. He's behind

1476
01:52:51.800 --> 01:52:56.720
the camera when he calls action. I go through my

1477
01:52:56.920 --> 01:53:00.640
lines with Ben Devers, who plays the guide, trying to

1478
01:53:01.159 --> 01:53:05.000
get with me. When we keep arguing, I tell him

1479
01:53:05.039 --> 01:53:08.079
that I cannot leave the kids and that he needs

1480
01:53:08.159 --> 01:53:12.800
to just go away. In this scene, which is close

1481
01:53:12.880 --> 01:53:16.479
to the final act, I am fully aware that a

1482
01:53:16.600 --> 01:53:20.600
killer is running loose in the hotel. There is a

1483
01:53:20.680 --> 01:53:24.119
stunt Douvil who's supposed to be getting his throat slashed.

1484
01:53:24.720 --> 01:53:27.720
Even though they could not retain the services of the

1485
01:53:27.800 --> 01:53:31.880
Corgan twins. This time up, our director was able to

1486
01:53:31.960 --> 01:53:34.960
find an affects artist who could give him what he needed.

1487
01:53:35.880 --> 01:53:39.520
When Ben and I finish our lines, Kuto calls for

1488
01:53:39.600 --> 01:53:42.840
a cut. We are ready to shoot the kill scene.

1489
01:53:43.640 --> 01:53:46.680
Enrique tells everybody how he wishes for us to act

1490
01:53:46.720 --> 01:53:52.560
out our scene. Soon he backs off and tells us okay.

1491
01:53:53.119 --> 01:53:58.680
Places everybody upon calling action. We continue performing the scene

1492
01:53:59.319 --> 01:54:03.920
until the killer appears, dressed in an outfit resembling that

1493
01:54:04.399 --> 01:54:08.520
of the original prom night. Ben tries to fight him

1494
01:54:08.560 --> 01:54:11.960
off when he comes for me, but gets kicked in

1495
01:54:12.000 --> 01:54:16.399
the stomach. Then he rolls out of frame as Enrique

1496
01:54:16.479 --> 01:54:20.640
instructed him to do. From there, the killer picks up

1497
01:54:20.720 --> 01:54:24.079
the stunt double. I come into the scene and jump

1498
01:54:24.119 --> 01:54:27.760
onto the killer's back, where I shall remain until Enrique

1499
01:54:27.840 --> 01:54:31.960
gives me the signal to drop off. Get off me, bitch,

1500
01:54:32.600 --> 01:54:36.399
the killer yells. I see the signal and fall away

1501
01:54:36.640 --> 01:54:39.920
and roll until I stop and can get back on

1502
01:54:40.039 --> 01:54:44.239
my feet. Now, the killer chases me through the lobby,

1503
01:54:45.159 --> 01:54:47.920
seeing there are too many people. When I turn down

1504
01:54:47.960 --> 01:54:51.199
the corridor, I make my way down again and use

1505
01:54:51.239 --> 01:54:55.720
my room key to unlock the door to the swimming pool.

1506
01:54:56.000 --> 01:54:59.399
Enrique and his camera person are following right behind me.

1507
01:55:00.000 --> 01:55:04.520
At everything I am performing. Now I am alone at

1508
01:55:04.560 --> 01:55:10.079
the swimming pool. There are windows all around. According to

1509
01:55:10.119 --> 01:55:13.439
the script, the killer is supposed to come up behind

1510
01:55:13.560 --> 01:55:17.439
me and rip my top off before he stabs me

1511
01:55:17.880 --> 01:55:27.760
in the side. But this is not what happens. A

1512
01:55:27.800 --> 01:55:33.439
window nearby shatters. This body suddenly lands right in front

1513
01:55:33.479 --> 01:55:38.600
of me. Cut Enrique yells, what the hell is going

1514
01:55:38.640 --> 01:55:43.439
on here? That's not what we rehearsed people. I point

1515
01:55:43.520 --> 01:55:49.079
down to him, and this man is not your stunt person, Kuto.

1516
01:55:50.079 --> 01:55:55.079
He comes up beside me and sees it is Terry Witherspoon.

1517
01:55:55.880 --> 01:55:59.359
He's covered in blood and his T shirt is ripped

1518
01:55:59.439 --> 01:56:03.840
down the middle. Carved upon his chest is the same

1519
01:56:03.960 --> 01:56:12.920
word as the previous victims band What the fuck? Kuto chokes.

1520
01:56:13.600 --> 01:56:17.159
Then he turns to the others. Where the hell is

1521
01:56:17.159 --> 01:56:23.359
Wolf Dan? Fortunately, Dan Yorke, the stunt person would prove

1522
01:56:23.479 --> 01:56:28.079
to be all right. Ben Divers found him knocked unconscious

1523
01:56:28.479 --> 01:56:32.239
in our meeting room. Enrique and I look at each

1524
01:56:32.279 --> 01:56:36.800
other as if asking what should be done. I can

1525
01:56:36.840 --> 01:56:42.279
see that he is greatly upset, but he remains calm

1526
01:56:42.359 --> 01:56:48.600
as he takes a deep breath. Okay, everybody, we're done here.

1527
01:56:49.920 --> 01:56:53.439
I have the unfortunate responsibility of getting the lodge manager

1528
01:56:53.520 --> 01:56:58.960
down here. Then he pulls out his phone. I'll call

1529
01:56:59.000 --> 01:57:05.920
the police again. Enriquet points to me, Vicky, why don't

1530
01:57:05.920 --> 01:57:09.000
you see if you can find that Melikant idiot and

1531
01:57:09.119 --> 01:57:13.439
let him know. Not that he'll care. Ben tells me

1532
01:57:13.520 --> 01:57:16.840
that he and the other actors will remain with Terry

1533
01:57:16.960 --> 01:57:21.640
until the police arrive. I leave to go look for Mellicant,

1534
01:57:22.640 --> 01:57:25.199
but I do not have to go far from the

1535
01:57:25.279 --> 01:57:29.600
imbecile himself. As he comes into the room fast, What

1536
01:57:29.640 --> 01:57:32.520
the fuck is going on here? I was told by

1537
01:57:32.520 --> 01:57:34.920
the front desk that someone wanted to see me here.

1538
01:57:35.880 --> 01:57:40.079
I point down at Terry's body. You would be correct.

1539
01:57:40.960 --> 01:57:44.640
When he sees what has become of Terry, he becomes

1540
01:57:44.960 --> 01:57:48.920
even angrier. It is then when I begin to feel

1541
01:57:48.960 --> 01:57:53.279
the fangs growing within my mouth. I also feel my

1542
01:57:53.439 --> 01:57:58.720
finger nails extending. I am again changing back into my

1543
01:57:58.960 --> 01:58:06.079
monster form. I must leave here immediately. Bidone debrer comes in.

1544
01:58:07.199 --> 01:58:11.840
He must have followed Melikant inside. Then a voice comes

1545
01:58:11.880 --> 01:58:14.039
in over the loud speaker.

1546
01:58:14.840 --> 01:58:19.840
Hello, Dave, glad you could make it. I know you

1547
01:58:20.039 --> 01:58:23.600
know who I am. By now you have to know

1548
01:58:24.640 --> 01:58:29.079
you are the last one. I'm coming for you, you son

1549
01:58:29.119 --> 01:58:32.000
of a bitch. And don't think I don't have my

1550
01:58:32.159 --> 01:58:36.640
eyes on you too, Darcy Hart. Let me put this

1551
01:58:36.920 --> 01:58:43.279
in simple terms. You two are so fucked. It doesn't

1552
01:58:43.319 --> 01:58:46.359
matter if you run and hide. It doesn't matter if

1553
01:58:46.359 --> 01:58:49.399
you leave and try to escape. The Blizzard is on

1554
01:58:49.560 --> 01:58:55.840
my side and guarantees you'll be staying right here. You've

1555
01:58:55.880 --> 01:58:59.079
seen what I did to all of your loyal staff.

1556
01:59:00.159 --> 01:59:03.640
Now that I have your attention, just know I'll be

1557
01:59:03.760 --> 01:59:10.079
coming for you and Darcy both soon. Reddin finishes with

1558
01:59:10.199 --> 01:59:14.640
a demented laugh. I turn and walk back to my room.

1559
01:59:14.920 --> 01:59:19.039
As I start seeing my snake flesh in patches, I

1560
01:59:19.119 --> 01:59:23.680
must hide and let the change finish. I must also

1561
01:59:23.800 --> 01:59:29.479
get into another outfit. Bedone is quick to follow me. Vicky,

1562
01:59:29.920 --> 01:59:34.239
you really shouldn't be alone. He tells me, you heard

1563
01:59:34.279 --> 01:59:39.000
what that psycho said. I do not face him. Let

1564
01:59:39.039 --> 01:59:42.399
the fool come for me again. I'll deal with him

1565
01:59:42.479 --> 01:59:47.680
most severely this time. We arrive at my room, I

1566
01:59:47.800 --> 01:59:52.159
tell Bedone to wait for me outside. I move to

1567
01:59:52.199 --> 01:59:55.399
the bathroom and know that I do not require light.

1568
01:59:56.319 --> 02:00:00.239
My night vision has returned once more, just the same,

1569
02:00:00.279 --> 02:00:03.399
I turn on the light and view myself in the

1570
02:00:03.479 --> 02:00:08.359
looking glass. I am torn within. On one side, I

1571
02:00:08.399 --> 02:00:12.399
wished to be mortal for Bethany. I've tried so hard

1572
02:00:12.479 --> 02:00:16.079
to live as one. Bethany has been there to try

1573
02:00:16.119 --> 02:00:19.840
and teach me how to deal with my aggressiveness as

1574
02:00:19.880 --> 02:00:24.119
a warrior. Even though I possess my memories as both

1575
02:00:24.279 --> 02:00:28.960
Veranda and as Vicki Valentine, I still continue to long

1576
02:00:29.680 --> 02:00:33.399
for my old ways. When I was but a child,

1577
02:00:33.479 --> 02:00:37.960
I began training to become a Gorgon warrior. It did

1578
02:00:38.000 --> 02:00:41.520
not matter if you were male or female. As long

1579
02:00:41.600 --> 02:00:44.920
as you were able, then you could contribute something to

1580
02:00:45.039 --> 02:00:50.680
the tribe. In time, I learned to crave battle. That

1581
02:00:50.840 --> 02:00:55.079
craving consumed me, for I became the best that my

1582
02:00:55.359 --> 02:01:00.840
tribe had. When the hell Weaver invaded the night, I

1583
02:01:00.920 --> 02:01:05.479
knew that our Gorgon tribe would fall to her, But

1584
02:01:05.880 --> 02:01:09.319
we were a proud race and would die before we

1585
02:01:09.359 --> 02:01:14.479
would be in the shackles of servitude to that evil goddess.

1586
02:01:14.960 --> 02:01:18.560
It is my fault entirely that I am tainted with

1587
02:01:18.680 --> 02:01:22.159
her blood. I just knew that if I was to

1588
02:01:22.319 --> 02:01:26.279
die against hell Weaver, that I would at least spill

1589
02:01:26.359 --> 02:01:31.720
her blood in some fashion, So I bit her on

1590
02:01:31.880 --> 02:01:35.680
her shoulder. The goddess screamed as I drank all that

1591
02:01:35.760 --> 02:01:40.039
I could from her before casting me away. Did I

1592
02:01:40.119 --> 02:01:45.840
attempt suicide that day? Even now I still cannot answer

1593
02:01:45.920 --> 02:01:51.920
this question. But I tainted myself for all time. Even

1594
02:01:52.000 --> 02:01:56.600
when my sorceress restored Bethany to me, hell Weaver's blood

1595
02:01:56.920 --> 02:02:02.319
still flowed through my body. There was never any going back.

1596
02:02:03.239 --> 02:02:07.199
Her blood shall be at full power again, and I

1597
02:02:07.319 --> 02:02:13.399
shall become fully transformed once more. My only fear is

1598
02:02:14.159 --> 02:02:18.720
losing Bethany. Yes, she accepted me back in the night

1599
02:02:18.800 --> 02:02:24.039
Realm upon learning my true identity. She and I became

1600
02:02:24.159 --> 02:02:28.079
bound to each other as mates and in marriage. But

1601
02:02:28.159 --> 02:02:32.359
I became mortal to save her from death. I truly

1602
02:02:32.439 --> 02:02:36.680
believed that I would be mortal forever. But I see

1603
02:02:36.720 --> 02:02:40.239
that hell Weaver's power is much greater than that of

1604
02:02:40.279 --> 02:02:45.640
my sorceress. I am so deeply conflicted that I lash

1605
02:02:45.680 --> 02:02:51.920
out and shatter the mirror with one blow. Looking upon

1606
02:02:52.079 --> 02:02:57.319
my hand, I have drawn a little blood. Almost immediately

1607
02:02:57.399 --> 02:03:01.920
I begin to heal feel that I must venture back

1608
02:03:01.960 --> 02:03:08.319
out into the storm and complete my transformation. I will

1609
02:03:08.359 --> 02:03:13.479
no longer belong to this realm and its people. I

1610
02:03:13.520 --> 02:03:18.319
would either need to live in exile here or return

1611
02:03:18.520 --> 02:03:24.640
to the night realm. No, I had best speak with Bethany.

1612
02:03:25.760 --> 02:03:32.560
She alone shall determine my fate. But first my conflict

1613
02:03:32.680 --> 02:03:37.239
must be ended with you, Robbie Reddin. Too much blood

1614
02:03:37.279 --> 02:03:41.319
has been spilled in these last two days. I leave

1615
02:03:41.439 --> 02:03:46.600
the bathroom and forego changing clothes. If Robbie Reddin is

1616
02:03:46.680 --> 02:03:50.800
to behold my true form upon what should be our

1617
02:03:51.520 --> 02:03:57.079
final meeting, then so be it. I am still a

1618
02:03:57.159 --> 02:04:07.920
proud Gorgon, and the last of my tribe. Beadone still

1619
02:04:07.960 --> 02:04:11.880
awaits me as I exit. I thought you were going

1620
02:04:11.920 --> 02:04:16.359
to change. Wow, how did you curl your hair so fast?

1621
02:04:17.520 --> 02:04:23.640
Ancient family secret? I answer, come Bedone, and I venture

1622
02:04:23.760 --> 02:04:27.279
back to the lobby. We must pass a few of

1623
02:04:27.319 --> 02:04:30.840
the meeting rooms to get there. It is then when

1624
02:04:30.960 --> 02:04:36.239
David Melikant appears. He must have seen me leaving. He

1625
02:04:36.399 --> 02:04:40.159
turns me around and points right at me. I told

1626
02:04:40.199 --> 02:04:44.079
you to get the fuck out. You ain't part of

1627
02:04:44.119 --> 02:04:48.039
my show no more. But before I can address him,

1628
02:04:48.439 --> 02:04:52.920
Bedone steps in front of me. Though he was assigned

1629
02:04:52.920 --> 02:04:57.039
to be my handler. He seems to have assigned himself

1630
02:04:57.239 --> 02:05:03.359
to be my personal bodyguard. Bedone points right in Melikant's face.

1631
02:05:04.399 --> 02:05:10.720
Just leave her alone, Dave. Melakant gives an immature grin, ooh,

1632
02:05:10.800 --> 02:05:14.159
you gonna kick my ass, you little pussy. I should

1633
02:05:14.279 --> 02:05:16.279
just beat the living shit out of you and leave

1634
02:05:16.279 --> 02:05:20.359
you for redd and to kill. Melakant grabs Beaton and

1635
02:05:20.479 --> 02:05:23.800
throws him into an open meeting room. Then he goes

1636
02:05:23.840 --> 02:05:27.079
in after him. Before I can move to help him,

1637
02:05:27.520 --> 02:05:33.119
Melicant quickly closes and locks the door. Sorry, bitch, this

1638
02:05:33.399 --> 02:05:38.199
is between me and the pussy. The transformation is happening

1639
02:05:38.359 --> 02:05:42.239
faster than before, but I cannot allow Betone to be

1640
02:05:42.239 --> 02:05:46.720
beaten to death by that cretan. What the fuck? Dave

1641
02:05:47.239 --> 02:05:51.920
beat On yells, are you crazy? Put that down? Then

1642
02:05:52.800 --> 02:05:57.199
he screams no, I do not care if I fully

1643
02:05:57.239 --> 02:06:02.319
transform into my monster form again. Bedonne is in trouble

1644
02:06:02.920 --> 02:06:05.399
and I am the only one who can save him.

1645
02:06:06.439 --> 02:06:10.600
Hang on, I yell. As I start to feel my

1646
02:06:10.760 --> 02:06:15.239
hair transforming into snakes. I know that I cannot allow

1647
02:06:15.359 --> 02:06:18.920
the other mortals that still remain to see me in

1648
02:06:18.960 --> 02:06:23.760
this way. My hair has shifted from being merely coiled

1649
02:06:23.800 --> 02:06:29.960
strands to solid. Soon they shall become living snakes once more.

1650
02:06:31.000 --> 02:06:35.560
My eyes fall upon a ventilation. Ducked. I may not

1651
02:06:35.720 --> 02:06:40.560
have my sword the blood Omen, but I do have

1652
02:06:40.640 --> 02:06:45.680
my claws. Using them, I easily remove the vent cover.

1653
02:06:46.680 --> 02:06:50.159
Much to my surprise, I am able to fit within

1654
02:06:50.359 --> 02:06:55.720
this vent. I feel my shoes fall away, No matter,

1655
02:06:56.880 --> 02:07:01.520
I have always been accustomed to fighting nearly. I am

1656
02:07:01.560 --> 02:07:06.640
a very proud gorgon female. I continue to feel my

1657
02:07:06.880 --> 02:07:14.840
monster's strength returning. More and more I continue to change.

1658
02:07:15.000 --> 02:07:20.600
I can hear my hair hissing. Now I move through

1659
02:07:20.680 --> 02:07:26.119
the ventilation shaft. I keep hearing furniture being destroyed and

1660
02:07:26.199 --> 02:07:31.119
beat on screaming. Soon I find the vent opening and

1661
02:07:31.319 --> 02:07:35.600
easily push it open to come out. The lights are

1662
02:07:35.680 --> 02:07:40.279
still on. Bedone is unconscious and his face is covered

1663
02:07:40.319 --> 02:07:46.840
in blood. David Melikant lays close by. His face is

1664
02:07:46.920 --> 02:07:51.119
also covered in blood, as well as his genes and

1665
02:07:51.199 --> 02:07:55.960
his hoodie. Clearly he used many of the wooden chairs

1666
02:07:56.479 --> 02:08:03.000
on bedone. Melicant moans ands up. Then he sees me

1667
02:08:03.199 --> 02:08:08.119
standing there. He gives me a weird look. I know

1668
02:08:08.359 --> 02:08:12.079
that I am not fully transformed, but I must be enough.

1669
02:08:12.159 --> 02:08:16.119
To where he notices he could have taken that stupid

1670
02:08:16.159 --> 02:08:21.640
makeup off. Melikant says, getting to his feet. That's what

1671
02:08:21.720 --> 02:08:26.600
your movies are, you know, stupid, bad riding, bad acting,

1672
02:08:26.960 --> 02:08:30.079
and we both know you're the worst of the worst.

1673
02:08:31.079 --> 02:08:37.960
I ignore his insults. You killed beaton, Melikant shrugs. Why not.

1674
02:08:38.640 --> 02:08:42.000
He was worthless anyway. I still don't know why I

1675
02:08:42.079 --> 02:08:45.119
let him be on my staff. I even let him

1676
02:08:45.119 --> 02:08:48.720
be your handler. He kept pestering me to let him

1677
02:08:48.760 --> 02:08:51.760
have you. I figured he just wanted to stare at

1678
02:08:51.840 --> 02:08:55.560
those fun bags of yours. But he's got a real

1679
02:08:55.640 --> 02:08:58.800
hard on for you. Maybe he watched a lot of

1680
02:08:58.840 --> 02:09:03.479
your porno movies. Speaking of which, why don't we just

1681
02:09:04.319 --> 02:09:07.560
get it on? You heard Reddin? He wants to kill

1682
02:09:07.600 --> 02:09:11.279
both of us, So why don't we just fuck before

1683
02:09:11.319 --> 02:09:14.520
he does? What would it matter to you after all

1684
02:09:14.560 --> 02:09:18.319
those poor no movies? What's one more fuck? You'll always

1685
02:09:18.399 --> 02:09:23.319
be a whore, Valentine, there ain't no covering that shit up.

1686
02:09:24.680 --> 02:09:28.079
I growl and knock Melichant back to the floor with

1687
02:09:28.159 --> 02:09:33.760
a punch. He sits up and feels his jaw. Wow

1688
02:09:34.600 --> 02:09:39.680
for a bit, you hit really hard, he sneers, Then

1689
02:09:39.760 --> 02:09:43.680
he gets back up to his feet. Veronda shall savor

1690
02:09:43.880 --> 02:09:47.079
beating you to a pulp for your insults this day.

1691
02:09:48.079 --> 02:09:52.159
I sneer back as I tighten my fists, and for

1692
02:09:52.279 --> 02:09:57.119
what you have done to Bedone. Just then I hear

1693
02:09:57.279 --> 02:10:02.119
Bedone moaning nearby. I move to him to see if

1694
02:10:02.159 --> 02:10:07.000
he is well. In my excitement, Melikant grabs another of

1695
02:10:07.000 --> 02:10:11.279
the wooden chairs and breaks it over my head. I

1696
02:10:11.359 --> 02:10:16.399
find myself upon the floor next to be done. We'll

1697
02:10:16.399 --> 02:10:21.960
have fun soon, bitch, Mellican says crazily. But I'm finishing

1698
02:10:22.039 --> 02:10:27.439
this bastard first. No, I growl and force myself to

1699
02:10:27.439 --> 02:10:32.119
get up. No, bitch, you stay down, he jeers when

1700
02:10:32.159 --> 02:10:36.319
he breaks another chair over my back. When I attempt

1701
02:10:36.399 --> 02:10:38.920
to get to my feet once more, he has bludgeoned

1702
02:10:38.960 --> 02:10:43.439
me with something metallic. The searing pain on my head

1703
02:10:43.880 --> 02:10:49.760
becomes too much. As I fall into darkness, I hear

1704
02:10:49.920 --> 02:10:56.319
Melikant again. I got no money left. I'm a ruined man.

1705
02:10:57.520 --> 02:11:03.399
Now I'm going to ruin the both of you. Before

1706
02:11:03.479 --> 02:11:09.760
I fade completely. I vow that if I live, vengeance

1707
02:11:09.840 --> 02:11:27.039
against David Mellikan shall be mine. Late Saturday Night perspective,

1708
02:11:27.800 --> 02:11:33.520
Robbie Redden. Wakey, wakey. It sure took forever for Darcy

1709
02:11:33.640 --> 02:11:37.560
Hart to wake up. It didn't matter since she was

1710
02:11:37.600 --> 02:11:41.640
tied up and gagged. She was all high and mighty

1711
02:11:41.760 --> 02:11:46.560
back in Ridgeway Heights after taking my money and refusing

1712
02:11:46.600 --> 02:11:51.760
to give me what I paid for. Yes, Darcy, I

1713
02:11:51.840 --> 02:11:56.600
assure you I'm quite all right, I told her. When

1714
02:11:56.640 --> 02:12:00.079
she saw me. She tried to talk, but the the

1715
02:12:00.159 --> 02:12:06.520
gag was making things difficult. Okay, I'll remove the gag.

1716
02:12:07.119 --> 02:12:11.039
I raised my finger, but don't bother calling for help.

1717
02:12:11.439 --> 02:12:15.720
Believe me, nobody's gonna hear you, not where we are.

1718
02:12:17.000 --> 02:12:21.000
After I removed the gag, Darcy glared at me. She

1719
02:12:21.159 --> 02:12:25.399
looked so strange. How much makeup did Darcy get for

1720
02:12:25.600 --> 02:12:33.560
Enrique Kuto's movie? Be done? What's going on? What are

1721
02:12:33.560 --> 02:12:41.000
you doing? I gave Darcy such a smile. Let me

1722
02:12:41.079 --> 02:12:45.800
show you something. Then I removed my beard and hair.

1723
02:12:47.600 --> 02:12:55.399
Be done. You are Robbie Redden, I laughed, bingo. Also,

1724
02:12:55.520 --> 02:12:59.239
I suppose it never occurred to you to try unscrambling

1725
02:12:59.319 --> 02:13:05.520
beatone to find my real name? Did it? I knelt

1726
02:13:05.600 --> 02:13:10.039
down in front of her. Now I finally have you, Darcy.

1727
02:13:11.159 --> 02:13:16.479
I am not Darcy Hart, You imbecile, she yelled, Of

1728
02:13:16.560 --> 02:13:20.560
course you are. I said, you really thought I'd buy

1729
02:13:20.600 --> 02:13:23.960
it when you said you were a porn star. It

1730
02:13:24.119 --> 02:13:27.520
did surprise me that you sold nude picks at your table.

1731
02:13:28.439 --> 02:13:34.399
Then I focus, but why horror, Darcy? Look, Ernie's movie

1732
02:13:34.520 --> 02:13:39.840
Night was terrible, but I really loved it. You even

1733
02:13:39.920 --> 02:13:44.279
said in interviews that you hate horror. Why do movies

1734
02:13:44.319 --> 02:13:48.640
with Enrique Kuto and the Corgan Twins. Then you even

1735
02:13:48.720 --> 02:13:52.880
left the country to film that zombie remake. He won

1736
02:13:52.920 --> 02:13:57.960
all those Fangoria chainsaw awards. Hell, you even pulled off

1737
02:13:58.000 --> 02:14:02.000
a huge upset and won a Golden Globe. She changed

1738
02:14:02.039 --> 02:14:06.920
the subject, what did you do to Melikant? I laughed

1739
02:14:07.640 --> 02:14:11.319
that idiot Dave knocked you out for me. After that,

1740
02:14:12.079 --> 02:14:15.319
I knocked his ass out. Now I've got both of you,

1741
02:14:15.840 --> 02:14:19.680
just like I said I would. You already know why

1742
02:14:19.720 --> 02:14:24.399
I want you, I pointed to Dave. But this piece

1743
02:14:24.439 --> 02:14:30.239
of shit here, I made myself calm down again. I

1744
02:14:30.520 --> 02:14:33.840
drove to the Ridgeway Heights Horror con to get your

1745
02:14:33.880 --> 02:14:38.199
autograph and a selfie. After I gave you my money,

1746
02:14:38.239 --> 02:14:42.479
you wouldn't sign my movie or give me the selfie.

1747
02:14:42.520 --> 02:14:47.680
Then your handler, Kat Witherspoon called her husband, James Turner over.

1748
02:14:48.560 --> 02:14:51.359
No matter how much I tried to explain everything, they

1749
02:14:51.479 --> 02:14:56.119
just wouldn't listen. Imagine if you drove over two hours

1750
02:14:56.600 --> 02:15:00.720
just to get ripped off. Now, Dave was at me

1751
02:15:00.880 --> 02:15:04.640
through his gag. I made sure I tied him up good.

1752
02:15:05.600 --> 02:15:08.640
He was so crazy he'd probably have brought the entire

1753
02:15:08.720 --> 02:15:13.000
ski lodge right down on everybody. I pointed right at him.

1754
02:15:13.960 --> 02:15:20.359
You really didn't recognize me, you fucking idiot, I asked him. Surprise,

1755
02:15:21.279 --> 02:15:26.640
I'm Robbie Reddin. Guess I ain't such a pussy after all, huh.

1756
02:15:26.960 --> 02:15:31.399
I flexed my arms. After my back was repaired in

1757
02:15:31.800 --> 02:15:37.119
an experimental surgery courtesy of mirror technologies, I worked on

1758
02:15:37.279 --> 02:15:42.159
bulking up. You can't imagine how great this feels being

1759
02:15:42.279 --> 02:15:48.760
strong that and I'm finally finally getting my revenge on

1760
02:15:48.920 --> 02:15:54.159
the both of you. Then Darcy called out, tell me, Reddin,

1761
02:15:54.760 --> 02:15:57.760
how did you take over the PA system when you

1762
02:15:57.840 --> 02:16:02.640
were with me in the lobby? I laughed a little easy.

1763
02:16:03.319 --> 02:16:06.840
I set up another smartphone at the PA mike. It

1764
02:16:06.920 --> 02:16:10.640
went off when I sent the signal from my own phone.

1765
02:16:10.720 --> 02:16:14.239
Its Wi Fi only and a burner, so can't be

1766
02:16:14.359 --> 02:16:20.720
tracked back to me. Quite clever, she complimented me, I

1767
02:16:20.800 --> 02:16:25.800
looked back at my grand prize. Seriously, Darcy, how did

1768
02:16:25.840 --> 02:16:30.119
you get to be such a cold, unfeeling bitch? You

1769
02:16:30.279 --> 02:16:34.520
proved that day you don't give a shit about your fans.

1770
02:16:35.000 --> 02:16:39.319
You think changing your name changes your past. The past

1771
02:16:39.399 --> 02:16:43.399
may be the past, but it's still there. All you

1772
02:16:43.440 --> 02:16:45.760
had to do was just give me what I paid for,

1773
02:16:46.680 --> 02:16:50.680
and none of this would have happened. Darcy sighed again.

1774
02:16:52.200 --> 02:16:56.200
You are mistaken about me, but you are correct about

1775
02:16:56.239 --> 02:17:01.360
my not caring, because once I am free, you will

1776
02:17:01.399 --> 02:17:10.200
regret not killing me when you had the chance. Perspective

1777
02:17:10.920 --> 02:17:16.319
Vicki Valentine. Robbie Reddin caresses the side of my face.

1778
02:17:17.479 --> 02:17:21.239
Even though you did what you did, Darcy, I don't

1779
02:17:21.319 --> 02:17:24.799
think I can kill you. Just having you will be

1780
02:17:25.600 --> 02:17:30.399
way better than your signature. I look him in the face.

1781
02:17:31.319 --> 02:17:34.600
What will it take to make you understand that I

1782
02:17:34.639 --> 02:17:39.120
am not Darcy Hart? I never even met you until

1783
02:17:39.159 --> 02:17:43.879
this weekend? Did I not promise you autographed pictures and

1784
02:17:44.079 --> 02:17:49.159
selfies on Sunday? Reddin shakes his head quickly and screams,

1785
02:17:49.959 --> 02:17:55.159
stop lying to me. He stands up quickly and grabs

1786
02:17:55.239 --> 02:17:59.319
a club with blood on it. He raises it above

1787
02:17:59.360 --> 02:18:03.520
his head to strike me. I do not scream or

1788
02:18:03.680 --> 02:18:07.920
beg for my life. I am a proud Gorgon warrior

1789
02:18:08.079 --> 02:18:12.600
and will die with honor. Now I feel the pain

1790
02:18:13.399 --> 02:18:17.840
of knowing that Bethany will learn of my death and

1791
02:18:17.959 --> 02:18:23.120
how it will devastate her. But Reddin ceases just before

1792
02:18:23.239 --> 02:18:29.360
the weapon makes contact with my head. Really, you're not

1793
02:18:29.440 --> 02:18:32.680
even going to beg me to spare you. I will

1794
02:18:32.760 --> 02:18:38.040
never give you the satisfaction, you pathetic little fool. None

1795
02:18:38.040 --> 02:18:41.760
of my people would had they still lived. If you

1796
02:18:41.879 --> 02:18:45.479
wish to end my life, then do so and cease

1797
02:18:45.559 --> 02:18:53.280
your petty threats. Reddin gets this demented smirk. Oh no,

1798
02:18:54.280 --> 02:19:00.719
I'm definitely keeping you. You shall never truly keep me,

1799
02:19:01.440 --> 02:19:06.600
I promise him. I would claim your very head first.

1800
02:19:08.280 --> 02:19:13.280
He points a shaky finger at me. You know that's

1801
02:19:13.319 --> 02:19:22.440
actually not a bad idea. Reddin moves to David Melikant

1802
02:19:22.799 --> 02:19:26.840
and grabs him by his hoodie. When Reddin pulls him

1803
02:19:26.920 --> 02:19:30.680
to his feet, I can see Mellikant has been beaten.

1804
02:19:31.399 --> 02:19:35.879
His bloody lip and black eye confirm this. I would

1805
02:19:35.920 --> 02:19:40.959
congratulate Reddin for giving Melikant the beating he deserved, so

1806
02:19:41.159 --> 02:19:44.000
long as he did not bind the fool in order

1807
02:19:44.040 --> 02:19:48.079
to do it. After he shoves Melikant into a chair,

1808
02:19:48.639 --> 02:19:53.120
he asks, hey, Dave, remember what you wrote on my

1809
02:19:53.319 --> 02:19:56.879
forehead before you shoved me in front of that delivery truck.

1810
02:19:57.840 --> 02:20:01.959
When Melikant doesn't reply, Reddin picks up a mirror he

1811
02:20:02.079 --> 02:20:08.360
had on the table. No, well, I'll show you. He

1812
02:20:08.479 --> 02:20:12.760
holds the mirror in front of Melikant. Just like the

1813
02:20:12.840 --> 02:20:16.639
other members of his staff that were slain, the head

1814
02:20:16.719 --> 02:20:22.079
of this convention now has the same word carved into

1815
02:20:22.079 --> 02:20:29.239
his own chest band. Reddin chuckles, just wait until the

1816
02:20:29.319 --> 02:20:34.719
police find you, Dave dead. With my handiwork on your chest. Hell,

1817
02:20:34.840 --> 02:20:37.959
I'm beIN kind to you considering what all you did

1818
02:20:38.000 --> 02:20:43.719
to me. Now, Reddin removes Melikant's gag. I'm gonna fucking

1819
02:20:44.040 --> 02:20:48.600
kill you. You hear me, you pussy, You are dead dead.

1820
02:20:49.920 --> 02:20:53.879
Reddin shakes his head just a little. You ain't doing

1821
02:20:54.000 --> 02:20:57.719
shit all tied up like that. But I'll let all

1822
02:20:57.760 --> 02:21:01.280
this go if you return my one hundred and forty

1823
02:21:01.360 --> 02:21:06.920
dollars that I paid for Darcy Heart here, Reddin returns

1824
02:21:06.959 --> 02:21:11.639
to me you are such a beautiful woman. I got

1825
02:21:11.639 --> 02:21:15.159
a cabin out in the middle of nowhere, where nobody'll

1826
02:21:15.200 --> 02:21:19.399
ever find me. I'll keep you there, just the two

1827
02:21:19.440 --> 02:21:24.719
of us. Do you think in time maybe you could well?

1828
02:21:25.920 --> 02:21:30.719
I laugh scornfully. I would never give my body to you,

1829
02:21:31.440 --> 02:21:35.280
not even to preserve my own life. I'm a married woman,

1830
02:21:35.840 --> 02:21:38.520
and I will never break my vows to my wife.

1831
02:21:39.760 --> 02:21:44.040
Reddin's eyes grow wide when I finally break the ropes

1832
02:21:44.360 --> 02:21:48.360
securing my wrists. He cries out when I lay hold

1833
02:21:48.440 --> 02:21:52.000
of his throat. He tries to remove my hand. But

1834
02:21:52.200 --> 02:21:55.719
even with all of the physical training he's done, a

1835
02:21:55.799 --> 02:22:01.719
Gorgon female is still his superior. I shove him away

1836
02:22:01.840 --> 02:22:05.040
with enough force to make him stagger back and tumble

1837
02:22:05.120 --> 02:22:10.680
over the table. I quickly unbind my ankles. Upon returning

1838
02:22:10.719 --> 02:22:15.120
to my feet, I am with determination to avenge myself.

1839
02:22:16.079 --> 02:22:20.440
Melikan's eyes become wide when he sees how easily I

1840
02:22:20.559 --> 02:22:24.760
leap up and on to the table. As Reddin returns

1841
02:22:24.799 --> 02:22:27.920
to his feet, I easily flip from the table and

1842
02:22:28.040 --> 02:22:32.879
land gracefully before him. Before he can think of what

1843
02:22:33.040 --> 02:22:36.559
to do next, I utter my battle cry and strike

1844
02:22:36.639 --> 02:22:41.559
him hard in the face. He staggers and falls to

1845
02:22:41.639 --> 02:22:46.360
the floor. Know that you are trapped in here with me,

1846
02:22:47.399 --> 02:22:52.120
I say with satisfaction. Reddin is quickly back to his

1847
02:22:52.200 --> 02:22:55.479
feet and comes at me. He takes me down to

1848
02:22:55.520 --> 02:22:58.959
the floor and tries to place his hands around my neck.

1849
02:22:59.719 --> 02:23:02.760
But I I utilize my training and chop both sides

1850
02:23:02.799 --> 02:23:06.799
of his own neck, making him cry out. I return

1851
02:23:06.920 --> 02:23:10.159
to my feet and unleash a blow at his midsection.

1852
02:23:10.719 --> 02:23:15.280
Redden groans and falls to his knees. Then I hear

1853
02:23:15.440 --> 02:23:20.319
David Melikant groan as well. I really do not wish

1854
02:23:20.360 --> 02:23:23.719
to save him, but to not do so would be

1855
02:23:24.520 --> 02:23:29.200
murder for my part. While I have slain many enemies

1856
02:23:29.239 --> 02:23:32.600
and usurpers who have come before me in the night,

1857
02:23:32.680 --> 02:23:38.000
Realm Melikant is merely a selfish mortal and not deserving

1858
02:23:38.120 --> 02:23:42.520
of death by my hands. Even letting Reddin have him

1859
02:23:42.559 --> 02:23:47.040
to satiate his own vengeance violates my code as a

1860
02:23:47.040 --> 02:23:52.280
Gorgon warrior. Reddin forces himself back to his feet and

1861
02:23:52.440 --> 02:23:58.319
sees how determined I am. You will never best Vernda again.

1862
02:23:59.200 --> 02:24:02.120
When I finish with you, you will learn that I

1863
02:24:02.159 --> 02:24:07.799
am indeed not darcy heart. He screams and comes at

1864
02:24:07.840 --> 02:24:11.159
me again, I utter another battle cry and go at

1865
02:24:11.239 --> 02:24:16.280
him myself. He soon learns that he is overmatched against me.

1866
02:24:17.360 --> 02:24:20.920
I suppose that I am drunken with the thrill of battle,

1867
02:24:21.360 --> 02:24:25.120
for I have not engaged in such since last Halloween.

1868
02:24:25.239 --> 02:24:28.840
In the night realm, I stun Redden with a barefoot

1869
02:24:28.879 --> 02:24:32.680
to his stomach. I do not allow him to fall, however,

1870
02:24:33.079 --> 02:24:35.840
Instead I catch him and throw him up against a

1871
02:24:35.920 --> 02:24:41.040
wall near by. I feel myself continuing to grow stronger

1872
02:24:41.120 --> 02:24:47.120
and change more into my monster form. I will relish,

1873
02:24:47.399 --> 02:24:52.840
rendering Reddin to stone. He tries one more time to

1874
02:24:52.920 --> 02:24:57.360
strike me, but I anticipate his blow and step aside.

1875
02:24:58.200 --> 02:25:01.920
When he starts passing by me, I grab hold of

1876
02:25:01.959 --> 02:25:06.159
his jacket and easily cast him over the table. He

1877
02:25:06.280 --> 02:25:11.120
slams into the opposite wall and falls. I spring upon

1878
02:25:11.200 --> 02:25:14.920
the table again and squat to look down upon him.

1879
02:25:15.200 --> 02:25:21.280
David Melikant cannot believe what he has witnessed from me. Yield, Reddin,

1880
02:25:21.879 --> 02:25:26.079
I command him, yield, for I shall not demand it again.

1881
02:25:27.559 --> 02:25:32.479
Reddin manages to sit up and points at me, fuck you.

1882
02:25:33.799 --> 02:25:37.280
I leap from the table and land beside him. He

1883
02:25:37.360 --> 02:25:42.000
quickly moves and crawls underneath the table to the opposite side.

1884
02:25:42.000 --> 02:25:46.159
From there, he moves to the door and exits. If

1885
02:25:46.159 --> 02:25:50.639
he truly wishes to make this difficult, then so be it,

1886
02:25:51.559 --> 02:25:56.239
Jesus Christ. Melicant yells when the open door allows the

1887
02:25:56.280 --> 02:26:03.319
blowing storm to come in beside imbecile. I return. I

1888
02:26:03.399 --> 02:26:07.239
see a standing coat rack. After removing the coats, I

1889
02:26:07.319 --> 02:26:12.159
break off the hangers. Perfect. Now Veranda has a weapon

1890
02:26:13.079 --> 02:26:18.719
in this staff. Are you fucking serious? He yells, You're

1891
02:26:18.760 --> 02:26:21.479
going out there dressed like a slut, and you got

1892
02:26:21.479 --> 02:26:26.760
no shoes on. Indeed, I assure him, I do not

1893
02:26:27.000 --> 02:26:33.920
look upon him, but feel his expectant look. Well, come on, bitch, untie,

1894
02:26:34.040 --> 02:26:37.840
me get me the hell out of these ropes ow shit.

1895
02:26:38.840 --> 02:26:42.799
Clearly he has forgotten the word that Reddin carved upon

1896
02:26:42.879 --> 02:26:46.360
his flesh. I'll help you look for that pussy.

1897
02:26:46.920 --> 02:26:47.120
I know.

1898
02:26:47.239 --> 02:26:50.760
When I find him, I do a gorgon maneuver with

1899
02:26:50.799 --> 02:26:54.639
my new staff and make melichan't cry out when the

1900
02:26:54.840 --> 02:27:00.360
end nearly makes contact with his face. Jesus, what's your problem?

1901
02:27:01.399 --> 02:27:04.799
You will be still until I return for you, I

1902
02:27:04.879 --> 02:27:10.079
tell him. Then ready my staff and follow Reddin out

1903
02:27:10.799 --> 02:27:22.200
into the storm. I gasp when my bare feet touch

1904
02:27:22.319 --> 02:27:26.479
the snow, the winds, and the blowing sleet do not

1905
02:27:26.840 --> 02:27:30.159
turn me back. I have been in the Mortal Realm

1906
02:27:30.239 --> 02:27:33.520
long enough to know that a being from here would

1907
02:27:33.559 --> 02:27:39.280
die from this storm wearing only what I am wearing. Fortunately,

1908
02:27:39.399 --> 02:27:44.000
my feet will not become frostbitten nor numb. Tracking Reddin

1909
02:27:44.079 --> 02:27:47.719
shall not prove difficult as long as I am vigilant

1910
02:27:48.280 --> 02:27:54.479
in following his tracks. Hum, I think the winters of

1911
02:27:54.520 --> 02:27:59.159
the mortal Realm are definitely something to indulge in. I

1912
02:27:59.280 --> 02:28:03.120
brace myself when a huge gust seeks to make me fall.

1913
02:28:03.840 --> 02:28:07.120
I can feel my deep red coils that are my

1914
02:28:07.319 --> 02:28:12.280
hair being thrashed everywhere. I stop when I see the

1915
02:28:12.399 --> 02:28:17.479
deer that stands before me. It reminds me of fond

1916
02:28:17.639 --> 02:28:21.920
days hunting for my prey prior to the hell weaver

1917
02:28:22.120 --> 02:28:27.079
invading my realm. But as this creature stares at me,

1918
02:28:27.959 --> 02:28:31.840
I know that I shall allow it to live. I

1919
02:28:31.959 --> 02:28:37.360
move on and continue my hunt for Robbie Redden. As

1920
02:28:37.399 --> 02:28:41.200
for that building, I know exactly where we are now.

1921
02:28:42.319 --> 02:28:45.559
It's where people wait for the cable cars that take

1922
02:28:45.600 --> 02:28:48.639
them across the canyon and to the ski hills on

1923
02:28:48.680 --> 02:28:52.479
the other side. Bethany told me this as we were

1924
02:28:52.520 --> 02:28:57.760
packing to go to our separate events. Goodness, I feel

1925
02:28:57.760 --> 02:29:00.239
that I am being seduced by the charms of this

1926
02:29:00.319 --> 02:29:04.639
wintry paradise. I would enjoy the snowstorms and the hunting.

1927
02:29:05.159 --> 02:29:09.159
If these were my lands, I could truly live free

1928
02:29:09.239 --> 02:29:13.319
as a Gorgon warrior. But I could never give up Bethany,

1929
02:29:14.319 --> 02:29:17.600
My wife is far more important to me than anything.

1930
02:29:18.440 --> 02:29:21.000
At least, I may live the dream for the moment.

1931
02:29:21.840 --> 02:29:27.319
As I hunt Robbie Reddin, I continue to follow his tracks.

1932
02:29:28.040 --> 02:29:32.280
After several minutes, I see his shape as he stands

1933
02:29:32.360 --> 02:29:37.959
before the cliff. I close the gap, but not too much.

1934
02:29:38.680 --> 02:29:43.000
I wish to take Reddin alive. I hope that he

1935
02:29:43.120 --> 02:29:48.440
does not force my hand. Why come here, I demand.

1936
02:29:49.079 --> 02:29:52.559
You cannot seriously mean to throw yourself over the side.

1937
02:29:52.879 --> 02:29:56.280
You already put yourself at great risk just standing there.

1938
02:29:57.200 --> 02:29:59.840
The winds are mighty and can force you to the ground,

1939
02:30:00.600 --> 02:30:04.760
perhaps even over that cliff. With my night vision, I

1940
02:30:04.840 --> 02:30:09.639
can see Reddin's demented sneer. You really think I'd just

1941
02:30:10.159 --> 02:30:14.040
end it all when I've come so far? Oh no, Darcy,

1942
02:30:14.680 --> 02:30:19.680
I'm getting what I'm owed, one way or another. The

1943
02:30:19.719 --> 02:30:24.639
fool rushes at me. This time he produces a small canister,

1944
02:30:25.280 --> 02:30:29.360
which he sprays directly in my eyes. I drop my

1945
02:30:29.479 --> 02:30:34.559
staff and cry out when my face burns hot with mace.

1946
02:30:35.559 --> 02:30:38.840
The next thing I know, I'm being beaten by my

1947
02:30:38.959 --> 02:30:42.840
own staff. Maybe I should just break your back so

1948
02:30:42.959 --> 02:30:45.559
you know what I had to go through. You think

1949
02:30:45.639 --> 02:30:49.319
anybody would give two shits about a heartless bitch like you.

1950
02:30:50.399 --> 02:30:53.479
He keeps striking me with the staff as I attempt

1951
02:30:53.600 --> 02:30:58.120
to stand once more. The winds continue to battle against

1952
02:30:58.200 --> 02:31:01.319
both of us. Truly, I have been living as a

1953
02:31:01.360 --> 02:31:05.079
member of the Mortal Realm society for far too long.

1954
02:31:06.159 --> 02:31:10.680
I should have anticipated Reddin's treachery, but I do not

1955
02:31:10.840 --> 02:31:14.399
have much time to learn from my mistakes. When another

1956
02:31:14.600 --> 02:31:18.159
gust of wind hits me as Reddin strikes me with

1957
02:31:18.280 --> 02:31:22.920
the staff, I am taken off my feet and I

1958
02:31:22.959 --> 02:31:29.479
am falling to my death. Reddin and the storm have

1959
02:31:29.639 --> 02:31:31.120
both sealed my fate.

1960
02:31:31.959 --> 02:31:44.680
As I fall down, down, down, perspective, Robbie Reddin, I

1961
02:31:44.799 --> 02:31:45.200
did it.

1962
02:31:46.040 --> 02:31:50.440
I finally got my revenge on Darcy Heart. I paid

1963
02:31:50.440 --> 02:31:53.200
that bitch back even worse than what she did to me.

1964
02:31:55.040 --> 02:31:58.559
Damn it, this feels good. I wasn't lying when I

1965
02:31:58.600 --> 02:32:02.200
said I wanted to keep her. Having the real thing

1966
02:32:02.360 --> 02:32:06.799
is way better than having her autograph. Now that she

1967
02:32:07.120 --> 02:32:11.840
was dead, that left only one final loose end. I

1968
02:32:11.920 --> 02:32:15.079
had to work against the winds, but I was going

1969
02:32:15.159 --> 02:32:18.799
to get back to where I left Dave Mellikant. He

1970
02:32:18.959 --> 02:32:21.280
was the one who put me through all that hell,

1971
02:32:22.440 --> 02:32:26.600
he was the one who had to pay. Once I

1972
02:32:26.760 --> 02:32:34.639
killed him, then my revenge would be complete. If I

1973
02:32:34.680 --> 02:32:38.000
didn't know any better, i'd say the blizzard was getting

1974
02:32:38.479 --> 02:32:42.040
worse and worse. A few times the winds hit me

1975
02:32:42.120 --> 02:32:44.840
in the back and almost took me off my feet.

1976
02:32:45.760 --> 02:32:50.239
Good thing I work out. I think if I hadn't,

1977
02:32:50.760 --> 02:32:54.360
i'd have been knocked down and probably couldn't have gotten

1978
02:32:54.479 --> 02:32:58.920
back up. Thinking about that made me want to kill

1979
02:32:59.079 --> 02:33:03.079
Mellikant even more. It was thanks to him that I

1980
02:33:03.159 --> 02:33:07.360
might never have gotten back up. To be fair, I

1981
02:33:07.440 --> 02:33:10.360
never believed Dave meant to push me in front of

1982
02:33:10.360 --> 02:33:13.280
that truck. It was the fact that he tried to

1983
02:33:13.319 --> 02:33:15.920
get out of it. It was the fact that he

1984
02:33:16.360 --> 02:33:21.239
didn't want to accept any responsibility for his actions whatsoever.

1985
02:33:22.159 --> 02:33:25.639
And you know, he didn't want to pay one goddamn

1986
02:33:25.799 --> 02:33:31.200
dime towards my surgeries. I couldn't believe places like mirror

1987
02:33:31.360 --> 02:33:37.280
technologies existed. Really, it was because of their experimental operations

1988
02:33:37.719 --> 02:33:41.360
that I was moving around again. Like what they did

1989
02:33:41.399 --> 02:33:46.360
to me at Ridgeway Heights never happened. I went through

1990
02:33:46.399 --> 02:33:49.360
a lot of pain and a lot of hell, but

1991
02:33:49.440 --> 02:33:53.079
it was all worth it, not to mention, it was

1992
02:33:53.120 --> 02:33:57.239
all free now. As I was returning to where I

1993
02:33:57.360 --> 02:34:02.879
kept Melichant, I was too eager. I walked inside and

1994
02:34:02.959 --> 02:34:05.799
found him trying to rub his ropes up against a

1995
02:34:05.840 --> 02:34:13.120
broken chair leg. Oh shit, he cried when he saw me. Yeah, Dave,

1996
02:34:13.840 --> 02:34:19.079
I cried back, knowing my revenge was nearly complete. When

1997
02:34:19.079 --> 02:34:21.639
I get out of these fucking ropes, I swear to God,

1998
02:34:22.200 --> 02:34:26.000
I'm gonna kill you, he yelled. When I took out

1999
02:34:26.000 --> 02:34:30.719
my pocket knife, his eyes got big. No, no, get

2000
02:34:31.000 --> 02:34:35.520
away from me. Ain't you done enough yet? Redden? I

2001
02:34:35.639 --> 02:34:41.520
laughed a little. Not nearly enough, and to Melichan't surprise,

2002
02:34:42.280 --> 02:34:45.840
I put a hand on his shoulder and lowered myself

2003
02:34:46.680 --> 02:34:51.000
to actually cut his ropes that were binding his wrists.

2004
02:34:51.479 --> 02:34:55.680
Then I stepped back and saw his look of surprise.

2005
02:34:57.120 --> 02:35:00.680
Go ahead and untie your legs. So oh you want

2006
02:35:00.680 --> 02:35:06.680
to kill me. Well, now's your chance here. I tossed

2007
02:35:06.719 --> 02:35:10.600
him my knife. Dave grabbed it and cut himself free.

2008
02:35:11.440 --> 02:35:13.959
He was back on his feet fast and swinging the

2009
02:35:14.040 --> 02:35:18.000
knife at me. Come on, you fucking' pussy, I'll cut

2010
02:35:18.079 --> 02:35:21.680
your goddamn balls off and feed him to you. Maybe

2011
02:35:21.680 --> 02:35:25.239
back in Ridgeway Heights, I might have been afraid of him,

2012
02:35:26.000 --> 02:35:29.040
I still stood up for myself and wanting my hard

2013
02:35:29.079 --> 02:35:33.719
earned money back. I promised myself if what mirror technologies

2014
02:35:33.799 --> 02:35:39.079
did actually worked, I would make myself better. Not only

2015
02:35:39.120 --> 02:35:43.440
did I build myself up through strength training and cardio,

2016
02:35:43.600 --> 02:35:49.000
I also learned how to fight self taught. I had

2017
02:35:49.040 --> 02:35:53.239
no idea. Darcy Hart knew how to fight, to be honest,

2018
02:35:53.920 --> 02:35:57.920
she had better moves than me. But I knew I

2019
02:35:58.000 --> 02:36:03.000
could take melichant as he was learning. When I hit

2020
02:36:03.079 --> 02:36:07.200
him again and again, he kept swinging the knife and

2021
02:36:07.239 --> 02:36:12.079
missing with each swing. I stepped up to him and

2022
02:36:12.200 --> 02:36:16.879
hit him good, so you see I could kick his ass.

2023
02:36:17.520 --> 02:36:21.559
Tied up or not, Dave had no stamina. When he

2024
02:36:21.639 --> 02:36:26.479
swung again and fell on his ass. That was when

2025
02:36:26.479 --> 02:36:30.040
I kicked the knife out of his hand. Then I

2026
02:36:30.120 --> 02:36:34.479
got on top of him and beat his ass again.

2027
02:36:35.239 --> 02:36:37.760
All you had to do was either get Darcy to

2028
02:36:37.799 --> 02:36:40.000
give me what I paid for or give me my

2029
02:36:40.120 --> 02:36:44.000
money back, I yelled as I kept pounding his face.

2030
02:36:44.920 --> 02:36:51.959
That's all you had to do. Dave wasn't even moving

2031
02:36:52.079 --> 02:36:57.120
now when I got off him, he wasn't dead. Seeing

2032
02:36:57.159 --> 02:36:59.959
how he looked, you just knew I beat the living

2033
02:37:00.200 --> 02:37:04.440
shit out of him. But I wasn't done yet. If

2034
02:37:04.440 --> 02:37:07.959
you really thought Dave Mellikant would learn from this and

2035
02:37:08.040 --> 02:37:13.040
be a better person, well, no way. He didn't change

2036
02:37:13.040 --> 02:37:15.040
for the better after he knocked me in front of

2037
02:37:15.040 --> 02:37:18.440
that truck. Believe me, he wasn't going to change for

2038
02:37:18.520 --> 02:37:22.280
the better now. He would always be the same piece

2039
02:37:22.360 --> 02:37:27.200
of shit until the day he died, which was going

2040
02:37:27.280 --> 02:37:39.479
to be in the next few minutes. I moved and

2041
02:37:39.559 --> 02:37:43.719
retrieved my knife, the very same one I carved Banned

2042
02:37:43.879 --> 02:37:48.200
into all of my targets with. Okay, I didn't get

2043
02:37:48.239 --> 02:37:53.120
to carve it into Darcy Heart's stomach, but that's fine.

2044
02:37:53.239 --> 02:37:56.559
She didn't directly have anything to do with my banning

2045
02:37:56.719 --> 02:38:01.680
all those years back. Anyway, it was all Melikant. It

2046
02:38:01.799 --> 02:38:06.040
may have started with Darcy, but it would end with Dave.

2047
02:38:07.399 --> 02:38:11.840
After I'm done with you, Dave, I'll take off. No

2048
02:38:11.920 --> 02:38:14.799
one'll be any wiser when the police find your body.

2049
02:38:15.479 --> 02:38:19.360
And as for Darcy Heart, they'll be searching for weeks

2050
02:38:19.440 --> 02:38:23.399
before they even find her body. I don't know how

2051
02:38:23.479 --> 02:38:26.200
far she fell over that cliff, but I know it's

2052
02:38:26.239 --> 02:38:32.120
a long long way down. I lowered myself and put

2053
02:38:32.159 --> 02:38:36.319
my knee down on Melikant's throat. As he was gasping

2054
02:38:36.399 --> 02:38:41.159
and struggling to breathe, I raised the knife. Now I'm

2055
02:38:41.200 --> 02:38:45.600
going to underline your word, Dave. Let's call this my

2056
02:38:46.520 --> 02:38:51.399
chef's kiss, as I'm gutting you. In fact, I'll be

2057
02:38:51.559 --> 02:38:56.280
surprised if you have any guts at all. He put

2058
02:38:56.319 --> 02:38:58.959
his hands on my leg and tried to get me

2059
02:38:59.040 --> 02:39:01.920
off his neck. As I was about to lower the

2060
02:39:02.000 --> 02:39:06.760
knife and complete my revenge, the door suddenly came apart,

2061
02:39:06.879 --> 02:39:14.159
and this, this monster was standing there. She was wearing

2062
02:39:14.239 --> 02:39:17.840
the same mini skirt and slutty top that Darcy Heart

2063
02:39:17.959 --> 02:39:22.399
was before I sent her falling to her death. But

2064
02:39:22.559 --> 02:39:29.399
now now she had blank yellow eyes and lizard like skin,

2065
02:39:30.399 --> 02:39:37.600
fangs and snakes for hair. When she smiled, I could

2066
02:39:37.680 --> 02:39:42.200
see her fangs even more, seeing those snakes moving on

2067
02:39:42.280 --> 02:39:48.559
their own in her hair. Jesus, Hello, Robbie, she said,

2068
02:39:49.360 --> 02:39:56.920
do you still believe that I am Darcy Hart perspective Veranda.

2069
02:39:58.159 --> 02:40:02.159
Oh the look of horror upon Robbie Reddin's face when

2070
02:40:02.200 --> 02:40:07.479
he beholds my true form once more. The hell Weaver's

2071
02:40:07.520 --> 02:40:12.040
blood flowing through my veins is at full power. While

2072
02:40:12.040 --> 02:40:15.559
it is true that I desired to have my powers again,

2073
02:40:16.200 --> 02:40:20.120
the price is that I am cursed to live as

2074
02:40:20.159 --> 02:40:27.360
a monster again, possibly forever. But I shall use my

2075
02:40:27.520 --> 02:40:33.959
newly restored power to stop Robbie Reddin. He's backing himself

2076
02:40:34.040 --> 02:40:38.399
up against a nearby wall and shaking get away from me,

2077
02:40:38.959 --> 02:40:44.000
He yells, get away. He pushes himself away from the

2078
02:40:44.040 --> 02:40:48.799
wall and runs back out into the storm. I look

2079
02:40:48.920 --> 02:40:53.799
down upon David Mellikant and see that he is badly beaten,

2080
02:40:54.559 --> 02:40:58.559
but I believe that he shall live. Reddin beat him

2081
02:40:58.600 --> 02:41:02.360
within an inch of his life, but Melikant is too

2082
02:41:02.479 --> 02:41:07.040
stubborn to be overcome by something as mundane as death,

2083
02:41:08.040 --> 02:41:11.639
at least for now. Knowing that he will not be

2084
02:41:11.760 --> 02:41:15.840
going anywhere, I turn my attention to Reddin and pursue

2085
02:41:15.920 --> 02:41:24.719
him again once more. The hunt is on. My snake

2086
02:41:24.799 --> 02:41:29.040
flesh protects me against the cold of this store even

2087
02:41:29.120 --> 02:41:33.959
better than my once mortal flesh. I barely feel the

2088
02:41:34.079 --> 02:41:39.639
chill upon my bare feet. I follow Redden's tracks. This

2089
02:41:39.840 --> 02:41:44.920
time I find him attempting to start a snowmobile. I

2090
02:41:45.120 --> 02:41:50.120
killed you, he yells, I know I did. Who the hell?

2091
02:41:51.600 --> 02:41:57.079
What the hell are you? Certainly not Darcy Hart, I

2092
02:41:57.239 --> 02:42:05.920
promise him. I am Veranda, But I killed you, Reddin repeats,

2093
02:42:06.920 --> 02:42:09.639
had it not been for this storm, you might very

2094
02:42:09.719 --> 02:42:14.159
well have succeeded in your task. But the winds kept

2095
02:42:14.239 --> 02:42:18.920
moving me in different directions until I finally came to

2096
02:42:19.040 --> 02:42:23.559
land in a rather large snowbank. The force of the

2097
02:42:23.639 --> 02:42:27.840
fall was still sufficient enough to injure me. I might

2098
02:42:28.040 --> 02:42:31.280
very well have died had it not been for the

2099
02:42:31.319 --> 02:42:35.959
hell weaver's blood that flows through me. I have fully

2100
02:42:36.040 --> 02:42:40.799
regained my powers and am restored, and now I shall

2101
02:42:40.840 --> 02:42:46.760
finally settle the score with you. Reddin finally succeeds in

2102
02:42:46.879 --> 02:42:53.200
starting the snowmobile. He screams as he speeds away. If

2103
02:42:53.200 --> 02:42:57.200
the fool believes that he can so easily escape, then

2104
02:42:57.280 --> 02:43:02.799
Veranda shall be more than happy prove him wrong. Reddin

2105
02:43:02.879 --> 02:43:07.559
flies with great speed across the snowy lands. In time,

2106
02:43:07.680 --> 02:43:11.000
he reaches one of the ski hills and maneuvers his

2107
02:43:11.120 --> 02:43:17.559
way downward. Little does he realize. Reddin screams when he

2108
02:43:17.600 --> 02:43:22.719
feels himself suddenly removed from the snowmobile. He screams again

2109
02:43:23.200 --> 02:43:27.639
when he looks up upon me. The fear etched upon

2110
02:43:27.760 --> 02:43:31.600
his face is priceless. If you believe me to be

2111
02:43:31.719 --> 02:43:37.680
Medusa from mortal Greek mythology, here is something you should consider.

2112
02:43:38.799 --> 02:43:44.680
I predate Medusa. Did you miss me? Reddin? I yell

2113
02:43:45.120 --> 02:43:48.639
before I toss him to the snow. When he tries

2114
02:43:48.680 --> 02:43:53.360
to withdraw from me, I ask him, do you still

2115
02:43:53.399 --> 02:43:58.840
believe me to be Darcy Hart? Answer me mortal? I

2116
02:43:58.920 --> 02:44:02.879
won't let you take me up alive. Reddin yells, finally

2117
02:44:03.040 --> 02:44:06.959
back upon his feet. I won't go to prison. It's

2118
02:44:07.040 --> 02:44:12.959
not fair, he flees. I am in pursuit. Though Reddin's

2119
02:44:12.959 --> 02:44:16.079
boots allow him to move across the snow with ease,

2120
02:44:16.879 --> 02:44:21.120
he still cannot escape me. I could easily appear in

2121
02:44:21.159 --> 02:44:26.159
front of him again, but I am enthralled with the hunt.

2122
02:44:27.200 --> 02:44:30.840
Though I am barefoot, I can leap to compensate for

2123
02:44:30.920 --> 02:44:35.120
the lack of traction. When I lay hold of Reddin again,

2124
02:44:35.600 --> 02:44:41.000
he screams once more leave me alone. He shoves me

2125
02:44:41.120 --> 02:44:44.799
away and runs into some trees. I am ready to

2126
02:44:44.840 --> 02:44:48.840
pursue him once more when I hear him scream again,

2127
02:44:50.120 --> 02:44:57.120
one of desperation. Clearly he is in trouble again. I

2128
02:44:57.319 --> 02:45:02.799
follow his tracks and soon come to another cliff. Reddin

2129
02:45:02.879 --> 02:45:09.399
did not continue to scream, meaning he still lives. I

2130
02:45:09.520 --> 02:45:14.079
lower myself to one knee to brace against the winds.

2131
02:45:14.920 --> 02:45:19.520
Then I lean over a little and find Reddin hanging

2132
02:45:19.559 --> 02:45:24.159
off a rock just below. When he sees me, he

2133
02:45:24.239 --> 02:45:29.799
calls out, help me, please. I don't want to die.

2134
02:45:31.000 --> 02:45:35.319
I could easily point out why he deserves to, but

2135
02:45:35.440 --> 02:45:38.879
I understand that if Bethany was here with me, she

2136
02:45:38.959 --> 02:45:42.680
would wish for me to show him mercy. Even though

2137
02:45:42.760 --> 02:45:46.120
my wife is not here, she proves to be my

2138
02:45:46.280 --> 02:45:51.479
conscience this night. Hang on, Mortal, I see that I

2139
02:45:51.520 --> 02:45:54.280
may step over the edge and land safely upon the

2140
02:45:54.360 --> 02:45:58.520
rock which Reddin holds on to. Upon doing so, I

2141
02:45:58.600 --> 02:46:01.920
seize both of his wrists and easily pull him up

2142
02:46:01.959 --> 02:46:05.959
to me. Not wishing to wait for another strong gust

2143
02:46:06.200 --> 02:46:09.520
to potentially make us both fall into the deep chasm,

2144
02:46:10.000 --> 02:46:12.719
I leap up and just manage to make it back

2145
02:46:12.840 --> 02:46:16.559
to the original edge. I run away from the cliff

2146
02:46:16.600 --> 02:46:20.920
with redd and clutched under my arm, almost like holding

2147
02:46:21.000 --> 02:46:24.520
a large football. When I am certain that we are

2148
02:46:24.600 --> 02:46:29.840
safe enough, I drop him. He slowly returns to his feet.

2149
02:46:30.200 --> 02:46:33.479
When he again beholds the snakes that are my hair,

2150
02:46:33.920 --> 02:46:41.040
slithering and moving around, he cowers in fear. You you

2151
02:46:41.120 --> 02:46:47.399
really aren't darcy heart, he asks in disbelief. But but

2152
02:46:48.280 --> 02:46:53.239
I raise my finger. No, I never was, and never

2153
02:46:53.360 --> 02:47:00.959
shall be. Once more, Redden flees. I follow the hunt

2154
02:47:01.959 --> 02:47:06.200
in time. I track him back to the ski lodge.

2155
02:47:06.440 --> 02:47:09.760
I almost wonder if I should even enter to continue

2156
02:47:09.799 --> 02:47:15.079
pursuing him. Ah, but is this not a horror convention?

2157
02:47:15.799 --> 02:47:19.000
People have dressed up in what is known as cos play,

2158
02:47:19.520 --> 02:47:23.840
which means that a real monster such as I may

2159
02:47:24.000 --> 02:47:35.239
hide in plain sight as I pursue him. Reddin tries

2160
02:47:35.280 --> 02:47:38.440
to enter through a set of double doors, but discovers

2161
02:47:38.920 --> 02:47:42.159
that they are locked. He runs to the main doors

2162
02:47:42.200 --> 02:47:46.159
and is able to enter. I am not too far behind.

2163
02:47:47.120 --> 02:47:50.520
I do not need to run after him. Upon entering,

2164
02:47:50.559 --> 02:47:55.920
there are mortals convention people in the lobby who behold me.

2165
02:47:56.760 --> 02:48:03.920
Wetness strips and runs down my body. Whoa wicked great costume,

2166
02:48:04.680 --> 02:48:09.319
love the snakes. The mortals make no attempt to touch me,

2167
02:48:09.959 --> 02:48:15.440
but they clearly admire my costume. And then I have

2168
02:48:15.559 --> 02:48:20.479
an idea. I point to Reddin, seize him. He is

2169
02:48:20.559 --> 02:48:25.079
the killer, and just like that, they obey me and

2170
02:48:25.239 --> 02:48:29.200
quickly lay hold of Reddin. No let go of me,

2171
02:48:29.399 --> 02:48:35.280
God damn it, he shrieks. You don't understand, VICKI Valentine

2172
02:48:35.479 --> 02:48:41.479
is a real monster. She's real. Ironically, these mortals understand

2173
02:48:41.559 --> 02:48:46.120
that I am indeed a real monster, yet they still

2174
02:48:46.120 --> 02:48:52.079
admire me. But this distraction allows Reddin to break loose. Luckily,

2175
02:48:52.120 --> 02:48:55.440
I've gotten close enough to lay hold of him. I'm

2176
02:48:55.479 --> 02:48:57.959
ready to finish him off, but again I think of

2177
02:48:58.040 --> 02:49:03.319
Bethany and decidh on a better alternative. Seeing that I

2178
02:49:03.399 --> 02:49:06.440
am at the main doors to the dealer room, I

2179
02:49:06.559 --> 02:49:10.760
rip one of them off and bring Reddin inside. I

2180
02:49:10.799 --> 02:49:14.600
turn on the lights and bring my prey to my table.

2181
02:49:16.120 --> 02:49:20.600
What do you think you're doing? Reddin demands, still trying

2182
02:49:20.639 --> 02:49:24.600
to break free. When we reach my table, I grab

2183
02:49:24.680 --> 02:49:29.079
and fling the cover away to reveal my pictures. Then

2184
02:49:29.159 --> 02:49:31.239
I lift him so that I may seat him in

2185
02:49:31.319 --> 02:49:35.959
a chair. When I have his full attention, I point

2186
02:49:36.479 --> 02:49:41.280
to the photographs. Which of these do you desire?

2187
02:49:42.840 --> 02:49:42.920
What?

2188
02:49:43.959 --> 02:49:49.760
He asks? Confused, I shall settle Darcy Heart's debt to you.

2189
02:49:50.280 --> 02:49:54.920
I say, now, which of these photographs do you desire?

2190
02:49:55.920 --> 02:49:59.799
Then I wave him off. Forget it. I will g

2191
02:50:00.000 --> 02:50:03.040
at you one of each. I pick up one of

2192
02:50:03.079 --> 02:50:07.719
the markers. From there, I sign each photograph with the

2193
02:50:07.799 --> 02:50:12.520
following to Robbie, thank you for your services to me

2194
02:50:12.680 --> 02:50:16.639
during the convention. Hopefully this makes up for what happened

2195
02:50:16.680 --> 02:50:21.040
to you in Ridgeway Heights, with all my love, Vicki

2196
02:50:21.200 --> 02:50:27.360
Valentine x O x O. After handing him the photographs,

2197
02:50:27.799 --> 02:50:31.479
I see his smartphone and seize it from his jacket pocket.

2198
02:50:32.239 --> 02:50:35.639
Then I kneeled beside him and utilize the camera feature

2199
02:50:36.280 --> 02:50:40.760
so that we may take selfies together. When I have

2200
02:50:40.840 --> 02:50:43.639
taken enough to where I am certain that Reddin shall

2201
02:50:43.680 --> 02:50:49.319
be satisfied, I return his phone to him. There, I say,

2202
02:50:49.799 --> 02:50:54.120
standing to my feet, you now have your autographs. You

2203
02:50:54.200 --> 02:50:57.239
now have your selfies. I would say that you got

2204
02:50:57.280 --> 02:51:01.680
many times more than your money's worth. Reddin just looks

2205
02:51:01.719 --> 02:51:08.639
at me with surprise. Um, thank you. I smile a little,

2206
02:51:09.520 --> 02:51:14.520
of course, Then I lash out with my fist to

2207
02:51:14.639 --> 02:51:20.719
render him unconscious. Therein here, I hear some one say,

2208
02:51:21.520 --> 02:51:25.159
I move away from my table and leave Robbi Reddin

2209
02:51:25.239 --> 02:51:31.559
there hiding behind Enrique Cauto's backdrop. I watched David Melkant

2210
02:51:31.600 --> 02:51:35.639
bring the police to my table. Did he finally call

2211
02:51:35.719 --> 02:51:39.239
them this time? I listen as he tells them how

2212
02:51:39.520 --> 02:51:43.079
Robbi beat him up and carved band on his chest.

2213
02:51:44.000 --> 02:51:48.639
I will not say everything here, but Melikant was beyond belligerent.

2214
02:51:49.559 --> 02:51:53.079
Had Redden not have committed murder on his revenge spree,

2215
02:51:53.280 --> 02:51:57.000
perhaps I would have granted him his freedom. The ones

2216
02:51:57.120 --> 02:52:01.319
he killed were not the nicest of people, but they

2217
02:52:01.360 --> 02:52:06.200
did not deserve to have their lives ended. Reddin needs

2218
02:52:06.280 --> 02:52:11.200
to pay for this. Melikan watches as the police revive Reddin.

2219
02:52:11.920 --> 02:52:15.719
Then they read him his rights and arrest him. Believe

2220
02:52:15.760 --> 02:52:19.360
it or not, he did not deny what he had done.

2221
02:52:20.680 --> 02:52:22.920
He did ask the police if he could have his

2222
02:52:23.079 --> 02:52:26.959
phone and the autographed pictures that I had given him.

2223
02:52:27.280 --> 02:52:31.120
Of course, they would not allow him to keep his phone,

2224
02:52:31.280 --> 02:52:34.680
but they saw no reason why he could not keep

2225
02:52:34.719 --> 02:52:40.239
the pictures. Melikant remains behind when the police depart. That

2226
02:52:40.399 --> 02:52:45.000
is when I reveal myself and confront him. He jumps

2227
02:52:45.079 --> 02:52:49.520
back when he beholds my true form. God damn it,

2228
02:52:50.120 --> 02:52:54.719
are you still in that fucking stupid ass costume? Valentine?

2229
02:52:54.920 --> 02:52:59.079
I pointed him. Look around this dealer room for the

2230
02:52:59.120 --> 02:53:02.680
final time, mortal, for it shall be the last thing

2231
02:53:03.200 --> 02:53:07.600
you ever see. For all that Robbie Reddin had done,

2232
02:53:08.200 --> 02:53:11.120
it would never have happened had it not been for

2233
02:53:11.280 --> 02:53:16.159
David melikan accident or not. Back in Ridgeway Heights, he

2234
02:53:16.319 --> 02:53:21.079
still shows no remorse to this day. Truly, this mortal

2235
02:53:21.440 --> 02:53:25.719
is without empathy. Before Melikant can yell at me again,

2236
02:53:26.479 --> 02:53:31.159
I stare hard at him. Then he sees my blank

2237
02:53:31.239 --> 02:53:38.040
yellow eyes glow bright. What's going going? What's going? Eh?

2238
02:53:38.639 --> 02:53:43.559
David Melikant never finishes his thought. His movements grow slower

2239
02:53:44.479 --> 02:53:49.680
until he becomes still. Then he loses color in his

2240
02:53:49.879 --> 02:53:55.719
flesh and clothing. Melikant shall never harm or torment another

2241
02:53:55.799 --> 02:54:02.799
mortal ever again, as he becomes gray all over once more,

2242
02:54:03.360 --> 02:54:09.159
I wield the power to render an enemy to stone.

2243
02:54:09.760 --> 02:54:14.840
David Melicant shall remain here until such time I am

2244
02:54:14.920 --> 02:54:19.120
certain that he will be moved, but he himself will

2245
02:54:19.200 --> 02:54:23.559
never move again. A few moments later, I hear a

2246
02:54:23.600 --> 02:54:28.120
sound and see my own phone upon my table. I

2247
02:54:28.280 --> 02:54:31.760
smile a little when I realized that I forgot it

2248
02:54:31.840 --> 02:54:35.440
here in the dealer room. Had I required it, I

2249
02:54:35.559 --> 02:54:38.040
might not have remembered that it was here until I

2250
02:54:38.079 --> 02:54:42.280
would have returned in the morning. There are several texts

2251
02:54:42.360 --> 02:54:46.559
and missed calls from Bethany. I'm almost afraid to return

2252
02:54:46.639 --> 02:54:50.280
her calls and let her see me as a monster again.

2253
02:54:51.360 --> 02:54:55.920
But then I remember last Halloween when she first beheld

2254
02:54:55.959 --> 02:55:01.600
my true form. She had accepted and loved me as

2255
02:55:01.639 --> 02:55:07.799
I am. Now. I call Bethany back on FaceTime. When

2256
02:55:07.840 --> 02:55:11.520
she answers, She's surprised to see that I am restored

2257
02:55:12.200 --> 02:55:15.600
and asks if I am well. When the dealer room

2258
02:55:15.680 --> 02:55:20.000
lights are turned off and the broken doorway blocked, I

2259
02:55:20.079 --> 02:55:25.280
remain hidden and can talk to my wife without being disturbed.

2260
02:55:26.840 --> 02:55:39.200
As for the story of Robbie Reddin, this is the end. Well,

2261
02:55:39.319 --> 02:55:44.440
my spookies, that's the end of our banned Winter mini series.

2262
02:55:45.079 --> 02:55:49.280
And if you're feeling a little jumpy right now, good

2263
02:55:50.079 --> 02:55:54.840
that means you were paying attention. Because once a blizzard

2264
02:55:54.920 --> 02:55:59.200
seals the doors and the convention refuses to shut down,

2265
02:56:00.120 --> 02:56:06.399
the lodge stops being a venue and starts being a trap. Tonight,

2266
02:56:06.479 --> 02:56:12.040
we watched that trap snap shut, one scream, one hallway,

2267
02:56:12.479 --> 02:56:16.879
one locked door at a time. So here's your homework.

2268
02:56:17.479 --> 02:56:20.479
When you're alone later and you hear a distant thump

2269
02:56:21.079 --> 02:56:25.680
somewhere in your house, don't go investigating like you're trying

2270
02:56:25.719 --> 02:56:30.520
to win an award for the most confident victim. Just

2271
02:56:30.760 --> 02:56:34.479
turn on a light and pretend you didn't hear it.

2272
02:56:35.399 --> 02:56:39.520
Keep moving, and make sure you're following the weekly spooky

2273
02:56:39.600 --> 02:56:44.280
feed on your favorite podcasting apps, because there's always more

2274
02:56:44.440 --> 02:56:50.239
fear where that came from. Until then, stay warm and

2275
02:56:50.360 --> 02:56:55.760
stay spooky, and don't let anyone wrap a lanyard around

2276
02:56:55.799 --> 02:56:56.239
your neck.