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 summertime. Now,

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

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

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Holiday Inn where the Ridge the Way Hite's Horror Convention

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was being held. I can't believe I finally made it.

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It felt like forever driving the more than two hours

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from North Olmsted, and I left early this morning. Unfortunately,

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Interstate seventy one was a problem with all the damn

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road construction going on. Then I got stuck on another

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freeway thanks to an accident that backed everybody up for

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a good hour. But I'm finally here, parked and going inside.

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I paid my admission, got my wristband, and walked into

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the dealer room. I couldn't believe all the horror merch

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practically overflowing off the vendor tables. I've been a horror

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fan for a couple of years now, it was one

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person who really got me invested. I moved quickly until

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I finally found her, Darcy Heart. This amazing woman was

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an A list actress, but the last few years she

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was acting in seemingly B grade horror movies. I'm finally

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looking at her prices. I figured Darcy Hart was easily

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charging one hundred dollars for her autograph. Getting a selfie

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with her was an extra forty, but I really didn't care.

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Darcy Hart was my favorite horror icon, definitely one I've

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been crushing on for a long time. I was finally

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going to meet her and it was just me at

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her table. I brought my favorite movie that she starred in. Finally,

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she looked up from her smartphone. Before I could even

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say a word to Darcy, this other woman rudely called

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

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Darcy 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, even bought them on physical media.

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Darcy still didn't look up. Who am I making this

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out to. I was about to tell her my name

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when some guy suddenly appeared with an autographed Blu Ray

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cover in hand. Hey, I just paid for your signature,

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but it's all smeared. Is there any way you can

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cat cut him off? It's one hundred dollars for each autograph,

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regardless of what you want signed. Yeah. I already paid

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the money for the autograph, but it's badly smeared, the

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guy explained. Again, Darcy signed it for you, didn't she

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kat snapped, you want her to sign another autograph for you?

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It's another one hundred dollars otherwise. She quickly waved him off.

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The guy raised the cover and slammed it on the table.

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I said, the autograph is smeared, Darcy addressed him. Now,

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and I believe my handler here told you to fuck

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off when I signed this picture for you. It wasn't

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smeared then. Obviously you weren't listening when I told you

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to let it dry. Now, the guy was really pissed. Oh,

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this is bullshit. You charge one hundred dollars for your autograph.

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You know how many hours of my life I had

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to work to afford that Darcy rolled her eyes. I'm sorry.

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Did I give you the impression that I care? 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 Kahn'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 self 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 punched me

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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 fuckin' 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 lifted 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 storms 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 Mire and

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my wife could not accompany me, since she was required

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to appear at a convention for adult stars that she

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couldn't get out of her contract for The convention that

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I am to appear at is known as the first

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Annual Horror snow In and will take place in a

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ski lodge rather than a hotel or convention center. From

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what I understand in research the event, the promoter, David

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Mellikant is putting his show on after a seven year hiatus.

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He used to run the Ridgeway Heights Horror con before

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he was forced to sell the current promotions in order

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to pay off some debts. The Corgan twins have told

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me that it was regarding some incident involving a patron

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that ended horribly. I believe Enrique Cuto said that the

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patron's name was Robbie Reddin. It seems that Reddin had

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a confrontation with the convention staff that resulted in him

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being struck down and rolled over by a delivery truck.

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I had also heard rumblings that David Melikant himself was

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forced to pay for the many surgeries that Reddin had

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to undergo to help him make as much of a

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full recovery as possible, thereby bankrupting Melikant. Darcy Hart, 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. My former memories were suppressed with new ones.

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I became Jennifer Smith by legal documents, but I would

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gain 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 Bethany, 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 Valentine. You would think that

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

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it were not for Bethany, I would return to the

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night realm and live as the warrior woman that I

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

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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 refuse 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 Meliicant, 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? Now? His eyes grow as

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he gazes upon my abundant cleavage. He raises his hand

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as if he intends to lay hold of my breasts.

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I quickly reach out and tap Melikant under the chin.

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My eyes are up here, look into them when you

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address me. Melicant shakes his head quickly whatever then he

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finally leaves us. When I look upon Beatone, he has

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my duffel on his shoulder and is handling my suitcase.

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I am a proud and independent Gorgon female of the

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Night Realm and do not require assistance. Clearly Beatone wishes

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to please me, so I will allow it. I extend

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my hand Vicki Valentine. He shakes it. Beatone debreer, and

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I'm looking forward to working with you all weekend very well,

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I agree. After checking into the lodge, Bedone accompanies me

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to my room. He brings my luggage inside and lays

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it upon my bed. He watches as I unpack my clothing,

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including my black ball gown to portray the Mortal Realm

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version of Veranda, my horror host persona. When I finish

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setting up in the bathroom, I'm aware of how much

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warmer it is, and remove my jacket after placing it

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upon my bed. I notice bedone regarding my bear cleavage

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in the night realm. Absolutely no one gave my large

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breasts a second thought. Here in the mortal realm, however,

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it seems they easily mesmerize men. I smirk and snap

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my fingers. Shall I sign all of my nude pictures

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for you on Sunday? Beat On gulps um uh nudes.

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I raise an eyebrow. I used to be an adult

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film actress before transitioning into horror films. Now, he looks

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upon me with wide eyes. You were I nod once,

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and now that I've given you some knowledge, I point

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to the metal suit case. You shall bring that one

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with you. Escort me to the dealer room. Please, sure thing, Vickie,

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he replies. Once we are inside, beat On tells me

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to follow him. I allow him to escort me to

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my assigned booth. Clearly the fool who put the designations

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on my table could not spell my name correctly and

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forgot the E at the end of my first name.

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No man. When Beaton places my metallic suitcase upon the table,

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I open it to set up my photos to be

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purchased and autographed. In no time, I'm ready for when

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the convention begins. Since there is time before the event opens,

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Beaton helps me cover up my table. Even though I

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do not have my jacket, I still make my way

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to the door and go outside. I can go back

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to your room and get your jacket for you. Beatone

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offers no need I return. I don't plan to be

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out here long. I walk across the snowy parking lot

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to take a better look at the high Point Ski Lodge.

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As I round the building, I can see the hills

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where people are skiing. The lifts are in operation and

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take skiers to where they desire. Even though I find

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the idea of how having a horror convention here to

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be preposterous, there is great beauty in Binnock, Michigan. I

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myself enjoy the snow and colder climate, for there is

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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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I shall have a great deal to do here. With

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a snowstorm in the en area, the two of us

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00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:05.840
talk at my table. Beaton tells me that he's a

455
00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:10.079
fan of my horror movies. He's still surprised that I've

456
00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:14.719
performed in explicit movies as the Queen of Porn prior

457
00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:18.440
to being re christened as the Scream Supreme by my

458
00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:25.480
multitude of horror fans. And then I see Enrique Cuto.

459
00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:30.519
He approaches my table. Hey, guess we're sitting next to

460
00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:34.519
each other. You ready for the weekend? I raise an eyebrow.

461
00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:38.760
Do we have a choice? He laughs a little. No,

462
00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:43.280
it doesn't look that way. Enrique and I talk shop

463
00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:47.239
as he unpacks his belongings. Unlike everyone else who has

464
00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:50.480
crossed me, Cuto is the only one who looks me

465
00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:54.719
in the face when he speaks to me, probably because

466
00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:58.480
he's seen my naked form enough times for his movies.

467
00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:02.079
I've even let him photograph me for his Patreon on

468
00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:08.320
a few occasions, nothing explicit. As for our conversation. He

469
00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:11.440
asks me about the scripts he sent me and if

470
00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:16.239
I'm okay shooting here at the convention. Bedone just watches

471
00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:20.559
Enrique and I speak. In time, the first annual Horror

472
00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:25.800
snow In begins. Many fans are walking around the dealer's room.

473
00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:29.559
I have a line forming in front of my table.

474
00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:32.840
I already talked to Beaton and told him what I

475
00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:39.400
expected so far. He pleases me. Beaton speaks kindly to

476
00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:44.840
the fans. I see his questioning expression when he realizes

477
00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:47.920
that I do not charge for my autograph on items

478
00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:51.320
that fans bring. The only money that I make is

479
00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:55.960
on my photographs. Bedone is more than happy to take

480
00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:59.960
photos of me with fans. He's even snapped a few

481
00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:04.360
where Enrique and I both pose with fans together. Now

482
00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:09.400
be Done suddenly seems upset with me. I'm surprised you're

483
00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:13.639
not charging for your autograph, Beatone says, when the line

484
00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:18.719
is currently empty. Why. I answer, I make more than

485
00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:23.280
enough money being in movies. I point to Enrique in

486
00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:28.599
case you haven't noticed, he doesn't charge either. David Mellikant

487
00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:32.559
has been past my table on a few occasions, no doubt,

488
00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:36.599
to check on my handler. He even asked me how

489
00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:42.400
Beatone was doing, not having great expectations of him. After

490
00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:47.000
Mellicant walks away, Beatone sighs, I take his hand and

491
00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:52.960
hold it comfortingly. You're doing just fine, Thank you, he

492
00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:57.320
says with relief. This is my first convention as staff,

493
00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:00.679
and I don't want it to be my last one.

494
00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:03.840
I can't promise that Melikant will keep you after this

495
00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:08.599
show is concluded, I say, but you may continue to

496
00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:13.760
be my assistant all weekend long, regardless. A new line

497
00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:18.199
begins forming in front of my table. Then I see

498
00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:23.679
the sneering vermin before me in Cody King. I remember

499
00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:28.559
working with him in the Slasher series. In the original film,

500
00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:32.320
Bethany was interested in him for a time. They were

501
00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:38.280
a couple. Then Bethany discovered his infidelity and ended things

502
00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:41.960
with him. I remember coming to her aid, even though

503
00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:44.599
we were not the best of friends at the time,

504
00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:47.920
she had been living with him until the break up.

505
00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:50.760
I offered to let her stay with me at my

506
00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:55.559
apartment at Strickfield Cove. Little did I realize how much

507
00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:58.320
Bethany and I would come to care for one another

508
00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:03.960
once the barriers between us were torn down. Now she's

509
00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:09.519
my wife. You selling any nasty porn movies here, Cody

510
00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:14.320
asks crudely, I stand up. Does it look like it.

511
00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:18.119
Beatone is ready to defend me, but I hold up

512
00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:23.599
my hand. I've got this. Where's your WiFi? Cody sneers.

513
00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:27.119
I thought you two would be here making porn together.

514
00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:31.960
Believe me, I'd love to make porn with you two ladies. Now,

515
00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:36.599
he points to Enrique Kuto and fuck you. Thanks to you,

516
00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:41.039
I can't even get another acting job like me. Enrique

517
00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:45.519
is not perturbed. He shrugs and tells Cody, you were

518
00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:48.039
the one who couldn't be bothered to show up on time.

519
00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:51.000
You were the one who let a cop catch you

520
00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:53.679
doing coke in your van. And don't even get me

521
00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:56.280
started with what I saw you trying to do to

522
00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:59.960
Bethany Mirrn when you two were on set. Cody point

523
00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:03.119
said him had to come back there and knock your

524
00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:10.719
fucking teeth in sh bedone comes in between Cody and Enrique.

525
00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:14.320
Kuto has a handler, but he sent her to go

526
00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:17.719
get sodas and food. Either you back off or I

527
00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:22.320
can get security. Cody does not regard him. Don't try

528
00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:26.840
talking tough with me, you whimp. Suddenly, Cody lashes out

529
00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:30.360
and strikes beat On, making him fall into my display

530
00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:34.960
behind us. Now Cody has incurred the wrath of Veranda.

531
00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:38.760
He shall learn this day that I am more than

532
00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:43.880
capable of handling cretans such as him. I put my

533
00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:47.360
hands on my table and flip forward to the other side.

534
00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:51.360
Cody is quite astonished, at least until I use my

535
00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:55.480
warrior's skills to force him to his knees. He cries

536
00:40:55.519 --> 00:41:00.440
out with pain as I barely turn his wrist. Okay up,

537
00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:06.320
he yells. Stop. I release Cody's wrist just as two

538
00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:10.719
staff members approach our table. Soon David Mellikant is there

539
00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:14.960
with us as well. He points to me. You okay,

540
00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:19.719
nothing I couldn't handle, I assure him. Then I turn

541
00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:24.199
and help beat On to his feet. Melikant scoffs, and

542
00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:26.760
you couldn't even keep that piece of shit off VICKI,

543
00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:30.119
you know what, Get the fuck out o here right now,

544
00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:34.880
you're done. I step up to Mellikant. If you wish

545
00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:37.760
to fire beat On, I shall return the money you

546
00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:42.039
wired into my account and leave. He sees that I

547
00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:45.679
am most serious. I know what I'm worth at these

548
00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:49.719
conventions today, and I am easily the top draw here

549
00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:55.719
this weekend. Melikant does not like being countered. I myself

550
00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:59.639
am not concerned with his wishes. He points to beat On,

551
00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:04.119
looks like God is with you this weekend. Fine, you

552
00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:08.440
can stay with Vicki Valentine, but you're still a fuckin' pussy.

553
00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:12.280
You let a woman fight your battles for you, a woman.

554
00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:17.360
He throws up his arms and walks away angrily. The

555
00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:21.320
two guys that walked Cody out return, Terry and Rob.

556
00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:25.320
They both shake their heads at Beaton before they walk away.

557
00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:31.280
He looks sad. Now, I'm really sorry, Vicki. I raise

558
00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:34.719
my hand in front of me, not accept it. You

559
00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:39.079
are my handler, not security. You did your job at

560
00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:41.760
trying to keep the peace and stand up for Enrique

561
00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:44.719
and I. I do not expect you to fight my

562
00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:49.119
battles for me. No, you remain at my side during

563
00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:53.199
this event. Beaton looks comforted at knowing that I had

564
00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:57.760
both spoken for him and spoke to him with kindness.

565
00:42:58.079 --> 00:43:01.199
Aside from Cody King, the rest to Friday night went

566
00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:05.559
without further incident, at least while the dealer room was

567
00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:09.760
still open. Beatone even escorted me to my first panel,

568
00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:13.760
where I would sit among other horror hosts such as

569
00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:18.800
Joe Bob Briggs, Spengouli, Rnda Sheer, and even Count Gore Deval.

570
00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:22.559
When I was finished, I was able to look through

571
00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:26.599
the main doors and see that the snowstorm had indeed commenced.

572
00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:31.159
Everyone would likely be snowed in until the end of

573
00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:39.679
the convention on Sunday night Perspective Robbie Reddin. I followed

574
00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:42.880
that prick Terry Witherspoon as he walked out to Grim's car.

575
00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:46.960
He was cussing up a storm. Then he finally reached it.

576
00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:51.920
The driver's side window was still closed. Terry knocked on

577
00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:56.960
the window. Hey, asshole, you sleeping in there? What the fuck?

578
00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:00.280
The window was clear enough to where he could see

579
00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:04.840
Grim sitting behind the wheel. Of course he wasn't moving.

580
00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:09.960
Terry knocked again, asshole. You were supposed to run security

581
00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:13.400
with me during show hours. Dave's gonna lose his shit

582
00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:15.440
when I tell him you've been out here all this time.

583
00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:20.639
When Grim still wasn't moving, Terry finally opened the door.

584
00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:23.679
I had to keep myself from laughing my ass off

585
00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:28.199
when Grim's head rolled right along his left shoulder and

586
00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:36.320
into Terry's waiting hands. Jesus Christ. He screamed and dropped

587
00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:41.800
the head. Terry cautiously looked inside and saw Grim's coat

588
00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:46.480
was unzipped and his convention T shirt torn open. His

589
00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:50.119
chest was all bloody, but I had no doubt Terry

590
00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:56.599
could easily read the word I carved into Grim's chest banned.

591
00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:04.440
Then Terry dropped to his knees and threw up. Guess

592
00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:17.800
it's going to be a pretty interesting weekend after all.

593
00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:25.159
Late Friday night perspective, Vicki Valentine, who would have thought

594
00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:28.599
a body was discovered way out in the back of

595
00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:32.559
the parking lot where David Mellikant, the promoter of the

596
00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:37.000
first annual Horror snow in, told his staff members to park.

597
00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:42.760
Melicant's eyes grew wide when Terry informed him that he

598
00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:47.519
had found the body of James Turner, as I now

599
00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:51.960
understand his name to be. Terry told Mellikant that he

600
00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:57.119
called the police. Much to my surprise, the police do arrive.

601
00:45:57.880 --> 00:46:01.719
In spite of the bad snowstorm. They are able to

602
00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:04.719
get the body of James Turner away from the High

603
00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:09.320
Point Ski Lodge. As for the police themselves, they are

604
00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:14.400
questioning the patrons. Then they come and question me. But

605
00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:18.719
they're clearly wasting their time as I know nothing of

606
00:46:18.800 --> 00:46:23.000
the murder. I was in my horror host panel when

607
00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:27.880
the body was found. When the panel was finished, Beaton debrr.

608
00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:31.599
My handler returned and escorted me back to my table,

609
00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:35.840
where I uncovered my pictures. Even after learning that a

610
00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:40.920
murder had taken place, horror fans are forming a new line.

611
00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:44.920
How would they know James Turner was murdered the way

612
00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:52.079
the body was discovered, with the word banned carved into

613
00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:56.679
his chest, It's not something someone would just make up.

614
00:46:57.960 --> 00:47:03.559
He was also decapitated. Clearly some one had targeted Turner.

615
00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:09.519
I would wager that other victims will follow. Clearly, I

616
00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:15.039
should investigate this, Bethany, my wife would worry if she

617
00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:21.039
knew what had just taken place. You okay, VICKI Bidonne asks,

618
00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:25.440
when the dealer room is closing, you look a little off.

619
00:47:26.280 --> 00:47:30.599
I give him a gentle smile. It's been a long day.

620
00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:33.960
Now that I'm free to move about, I think i'll

621
00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:39.079
do some exploring. You're free to go until tomorrow morning.

622
00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:44.000
Thank you. I allow Bidon to escort me to the

623
00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:47.960
main doors. Once we pass through them, we go our

624
00:47:48.119 --> 00:47:52.239
separate ways. Even though I'm not working my table, there

625
00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:56.280
are people who approach me to invite me to parties.

626
00:47:57.159 --> 00:48:01.480
When all I knew was being Vickie Valentine. I suppose

627
00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:05.400
I would gladly have taken drink among these people. But

628
00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:09.440
I am Veranda of the Night Realm, and I wish

629
00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:15.320
to run free outside. After thanking the patrons for their invitations,

630
00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:19.599
I walk back to my room. When I'm ready to

631
00:48:19.679 --> 00:48:23.880
open my door, I overhear a few patrons speaking more

632
00:48:23.960 --> 00:48:29.280
of James Turner. I think I shall investigate after all.

633
00:48:30.519 --> 00:48:34.960
I enter my room and I can see everything clearly.

634
00:48:35.719 --> 00:48:39.239
I have not turned on any lights. Night vision was

635
00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:42.960
a power that I had gained upon consuming the hell

636
00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:47.639
Weaver's blood those many years ago, when she invaded the

637
00:48:47.760 --> 00:48:53.159
Night Realm and slaughtered my gorgon people, leaving me as

638
00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:57.440
the last. I enter the bathroom and see myself in

639
00:48:57.480 --> 00:49:03.119
the mirror. My eyes have turned into their blank yellow appearance.

640
00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:08.519
What is happening to me? Am I transforming back into

641
00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:12.719
my monster form once again. I opened my mouth and

642
00:49:12.840 --> 00:49:17.000
see my glistening fangs. I should have expected that I

643
00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:21.320
would never be able to live among these mortals as

644
00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:25.880
one of them, for very long. I have been tainted

645
00:49:26.280 --> 00:49:31.159
by the hell Weaver's blood for far too long, No

646
00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:35.800
doubt it still circulates throughout my body in spite of

647
00:49:35.840 --> 00:49:42.480
my immortality, being drawn to restore Bethany last Halloween after

648
00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:46.400
she had been slain in front of me. The only

649
00:49:46.519 --> 00:49:50.039
thing that I can ascertain is that the blood has

650
00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:54.000
taken a great deal of time for its power to grow.

651
00:49:55.159 --> 00:49:58.960
I should have expected it when I felt my strength returning,

652
00:49:59.480 --> 00:50:04.480
and now now I'm seeing my reptilian scales in patches

653
00:50:05.119 --> 00:50:10.079
upon my flesh. I feel my long red hair. It

654
00:50:10.119 --> 00:50:14.400
has become the snakes that it once was, but it

655
00:50:14.519 --> 00:50:19.519
is coiling, and the texture feels like that of a reptile.

656
00:50:20.320 --> 00:50:24.719
How long will it be before I am fully transformed?

657
00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:30.400
No sense remaining here in my room. Feeling sorry for myself,

658
00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:35.400
I remove my black ball gown and see even more

659
00:50:35.480 --> 00:50:40.039
of the reptilian flesh in patches upon my naked form.

660
00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:45.360
I apply more normal clothing and leave the room to

661
00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:51.280
slip out into the night and investigate James Turner's murder.

662
00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:58.480
Saturday in the morning, I'm on my way to the

663
00:50:58.519 --> 00:51:02.960
dealer room to get I did go out to the

664
00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:08.000
staff parking lot to investigate I had fully transformed into

665
00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:13.239
my monster form. Once I was outside, the snakes that

666
00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:18.960
became my hair hissed and moved freely once more. Finding

667
00:51:19.039 --> 00:51:24.599
James Turner's car was no problem. Unfortunately, there were no

668
00:51:24.840 --> 00:51:29.960
clues to indicate how he had been slain. I was

669
00:51:30.039 --> 00:51:33.400
too eager to rush outside and did not wear a

670
00:51:33.519 --> 00:51:38.760
jacket in the snow storm or shoes. Even before returning

671
00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:42.719
to my monster form, I found that I could still

672
00:51:42.760 --> 00:51:48.880
withstand the wintry cold, even while being naked. Unfortunately, my

673
00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:52.320
returning to the lodge brought the patrons right to me.

674
00:51:53.360 --> 00:51:58.400
They had witnessed me without proper garments and soaking wet.

675
00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:04.199
I return to my monster form proved to be only temporary,

676
00:52:05.079 --> 00:52:09.679
meaning the hell weaver blood has not reached full power yet.

677
00:52:10.599 --> 00:52:13.639
I suppose you could say that I did attend a

678
00:52:13.719 --> 00:52:18.639
few parties after all, only because I might possibly have

679
00:52:18.760 --> 00:52:23.920
learned some vital information. I even showed a few of

680
00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:28.280
those mortals that I am still with great constitution. When

681
00:52:28.320 --> 00:52:32.760
it comes to drink, Just try and drink with Veranda,

682
00:52:32.920 --> 00:52:38.000
and you shall soon be put in your place. Unfortunately,

683
00:52:38.119 --> 00:52:44.920
my investigation into James Turner yielded nothing. As I crossed

684
00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:48.480
the lobby to enter the dealer room. I look through

685
00:52:48.519 --> 00:52:52.960
the main doors and see that the snow storm continues

686
00:52:53.079 --> 00:52:58.440
to throw its raging fury across Beinnock, Michigan. Yes, the

687
00:52:58.519 --> 00:53:03.760
storm indeed threw its fury at Veranda last night, but

688
00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:08.840
I continue to endure. I am brought out of my

689
00:53:09.039 --> 00:53:13.639
gaze when someone takes hold of my arm. You okay,

690
00:53:13.719 --> 00:53:19.000
VICKI bedone asks. I smile for him. Yes, I am

691
00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:25.000
merely enjoying watching the storm. He turns and looks outside.

692
00:53:25.920 --> 00:53:29.920
Holy shit, I'll be surprised if that blizzard doesn't blow

693
00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:34.559
the whole lodge apart. I do not foresee that, I reply,

694
00:53:35.559 --> 00:53:40.760
Shall we go? He accompanies me to my table. Once there,

695
00:53:40.800 --> 00:53:43.880
I see Enriquecuto setting up for the ten a m.

696
00:53:44.039 --> 00:53:48.159
Until eight p m. Dealer room hours. He raises his finger.

697
00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:52.320
Oh hey, VICKI don't forget. We've got that panel in

698
00:53:52.360 --> 00:53:56.920
a little while for our new movie Christmas Splatters. I

699
00:53:57.000 --> 00:54:01.480
give him a gentle smile. I'm aware, thank you just

700
00:54:01.599 --> 00:54:06.159
the same. Then I raise an eyebrow. Shall I lay

701
00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:09.280
upon my table and display my breasts for you again?

702
00:54:10.280 --> 00:54:14.119
Now I narrow my eyes, or would you rather I

703
00:54:14.360 --> 00:54:18.159
just remove my black ball gown completely to pose nude.

704
00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:23.280
Cuto laughs and points a shaky finger at me. Only

705
00:54:23.280 --> 00:54:26.599
if your wife doesn't mind. I do not engage in

706
00:54:26.679 --> 00:54:30.320
humor very often, but I have learned to let loose

707
00:54:30.360 --> 00:54:33.679
a little when Kuto and I are in each other's presence.

708
00:54:34.679 --> 00:54:39.559
Just then we see David Mellikant storming around. Before long,

709
00:54:39.960 --> 00:54:44.440
he stops and points right at us. Then he says, rudely,

710
00:54:45.239 --> 00:54:49.679
ain't you too ready yet? The dealer's room's opening, many

711
00:54:49.760 --> 00:54:52.920
of the same people from Friday night have returned to

712
00:54:53.079 --> 00:54:57.960
roam the room, some doing cosplay. This time, in just

713
00:54:58.079 --> 00:55:02.599
two hours, I've signed several autographs and posed for photos.

714
00:55:03.079 --> 00:55:06.239
Beatone informs me that he needs to escort me to

715
00:55:06.360 --> 00:55:09.360
my panel with Enrique Kuto and some of the other

716
00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:13.559
guests on his film. I cover up my table and

717
00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:16.599
allow him to escort me to my second and final

718
00:55:16.719 --> 00:55:31.360
panel of the first annual Horror Snow In perspective Robbie Redden,

719
00:55:32.519 --> 00:55:36.000
Who the hell did Darcy Hart think she was trying

720
00:55:36.039 --> 00:55:39.719
to kid? Did she really think she could just change

721
00:55:39.760 --> 00:55:46.920
her name to Vicky Valentine to hide from me? I

722
00:55:46.960 --> 00:55:51.280
didn't understand how she so quickly jumpstarted her failing career.

723
00:55:52.159 --> 00:55:55.119
Now she was sitting at the top of the horror world.

724
00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:58.280
All she had to do was just give me an

725
00:55:58.360 --> 00:56:02.400
autograph and a selfie that I had paid for. I

726
00:56:02.480 --> 00:56:06.840
guess money talked. Since Darcy let that loser, David Mellikant

727
00:56:07.159 --> 00:56:11.920
hire her again. That was okay, though it saved me

728
00:56:12.119 --> 00:56:16.559
the trouble of having to hunt her down. VICKI was

729
00:56:16.719 --> 00:56:20.480
safe for now, but I would come for her when

730
00:56:20.519 --> 00:56:25.559
the time was right. Once I got Darcy, I planned

731
00:56:25.559 --> 00:56:30.880
on leaving Bennick Michigan with her heart. I figured I

732
00:56:30.960 --> 00:56:34.519
might as well own a piece of her right. But

733
00:56:35.440 --> 00:56:39.159
it was time to move things along. Killing James Turner

734
00:56:39.199 --> 00:56:43.719
alone wouldn't get that much attention. Right now, David Mellikant

735
00:56:43.880 --> 00:56:47.920
was conducting the panel Darcy was in and asking Enrique

736
00:56:48.039 --> 00:56:53.519
Cuto questions about their latest movie. I couldn't believe Darcy

737
00:56:53.639 --> 00:56:59.519
really chose Vicky Valentine. What a stupid fucking name. I

738
00:56:59.559 --> 00:57:03.159
saw Harry Witherspoon standing at the door and keeping an

739
00:57:03.159 --> 00:57:08.880
eye on things. Dave really thought the show was running smoothly. Well,

740
00:57:09.719 --> 00:57:15.000
he would find out just how wrong he was. Just

741
00:57:15.079 --> 00:57:19.559
as Dave was asking Vicky Valentine some dumb ass question.

742
00:57:20.440 --> 00:57:24.559
He learned he wasn't in full control of his convention.

743
00:57:25.760 --> 00:57:28.719
Everybody was screaming and getting up to run out of

744
00:57:28.760 --> 00:57:33.440
the room. Terry didn't even try to stop people from leaving.

745
00:57:34.079 --> 00:57:37.639
He just got out himself. So what did I do?

746
00:57:38.559 --> 00:57:43.199
I nailed the new convention staffer. Dave brought in his buddy,

747
00:57:43.320 --> 00:57:50.000
Rob Jesus Fucky Christ. Dave yelled, not realizing he was

748
00:57:50.039 --> 00:57:56.719
still holding his microphone. Rob's body crashed through the ceiling fast,

749
00:57:57.320 --> 00:58:01.199
the rope around his neck caught. I didn't think people

750
00:58:01.320 --> 00:58:05.559
heard his next snap, but I could just imagine the sound.

751
00:58:06.679 --> 00:58:12.360
But seeing it snap priceless. I got Rob's room number

752
00:58:12.800 --> 00:58:15.440
and waited for the right time to make a copy

753
00:58:15.840 --> 00:58:20.239
of his key card. He was easy to get while

754
00:58:20.280 --> 00:58:24.760
he slept soundly, and I kept him out with some chloroform.

755
00:58:25.480 --> 00:58:29.119
While he was sleeping, I carved some artwork on his

756
00:58:29.320 --> 00:58:36.480
chest banned. After that, I got into his room and

757
00:58:36.559 --> 00:58:39.920
set everything up. I knew the ceiling would give way

758
00:58:40.039 --> 00:58:44.079
once Rob woke up and got scared. I also knew

759
00:58:44.119 --> 00:58:47.639
he wouldn't even feel for the rope around his neck.

760
00:58:48.880 --> 00:58:53.079
Now Dave was seeing the word on Rob's chest, Hey,

761
00:58:53.679 --> 00:58:57.719
when you worked for Dave. You were getting banned, plain

762
00:58:58.440 --> 00:59:05.239
and simple. But why wasn't Darcy scared? No worries. I

763
00:59:05.320 --> 00:59:09.199
knew sooner or later she would look exactly the way

764
00:59:09.280 --> 00:59:13.360
Enriquecuto looked when he got an eye full of robs

765
00:59:13.679 --> 00:59:18.800
hanging corpse. In the meantime, I already knew who my

766
00:59:18.960 --> 00:59:25.400
next target would be and how she, too would be banned.

767
00:59:28.280 --> 00:59:34.880
Perspective Vicki Valentine, the killer has made his presence known again.

768
00:59:35.840 --> 00:59:40.440
David Melikant is losing his mind over what just happened,

769
00:59:41.360 --> 00:59:45.840
more so than the guests attending this panel. Are you

770
00:59:45.920 --> 00:59:50.079
all right, Enrique? I ask? He is a bit shaken,

771
00:59:50.199 --> 00:59:55.000
but nods. Normally he's quite outspoken, but is now at

772
00:59:55.039 --> 00:59:59.400
a loss for words. Just then, Melikant points my way,

773
01:00:00.280 --> 01:00:04.480
Where the fuck were you? Before I can respond to him,

774
01:00:04.840 --> 01:00:08.360
I turn to see he points to Bidon. I was

775
01:00:08.400 --> 01:00:12.360
in here the whole time, He answers, yeah the hell

776
01:00:12.440 --> 01:00:17.880
you were. Melikant yells, but I saw him. I say,

777
01:00:18.559 --> 01:00:23.280
he was at the other door there. I point to it. Suddenly,

778
01:00:23.360 --> 01:00:26.960
Melikant picks up one of the microphones and is ready

779
01:00:27.000 --> 01:00:30.840
to swing it at one of us. Melikant stops himself

780
01:00:31.239 --> 01:00:36.599
and points at me. Stop covering up for that. Woos. Yeah,

781
01:00:36.760 --> 01:00:40.880
I saw him there too, Enrique says, backing me up.

782
01:00:41.920 --> 01:00:46.119
Melikant is flustered and points at Cuto. You do not

783
01:00:46.519 --> 01:00:51.159
argue with me. I turned to Bidon. Perhaps you should

784
01:00:51.280 --> 01:00:55.079
escort Enrique back to the dealer room. I turned to Cuto,

785
01:00:55.920 --> 01:01:00.199
if you want to go there, He nods. Then Bedone

786
01:01:00.239 --> 01:01:03.440
walks down to the floor and waits for him. I

787
01:01:03.519 --> 01:01:09.400
point to Bdan, also call the police. Oh, I will,

788
01:01:09.920 --> 01:01:14.199
he assures me, getting out his phone. From there, he

789
01:01:14.400 --> 01:01:18.840
escorts Kuto back to the dealer room. Melikant is just

790
01:01:19.159 --> 01:01:24.760
looking at me now. Oh, I'm so fucking sorry. I

791
01:01:24.840 --> 01:01:28.519
didn't know some big titted bitch was running my show.

792
01:01:29.480 --> 01:01:34.360
I move right up to him. Choose your next words carefully, idiot.

793
01:01:35.119 --> 01:01:39.519
You already have two dead bodies. I am certain that

794
01:01:39.599 --> 01:01:44.199
you will have more before the convention and the storm ends.

795
01:01:45.119 --> 01:01:50.320
But Melikant refuses to listen. I run my show here me.

796
01:01:51.559 --> 01:01:55.239
I am not intimidated. It seems to me like the

797
01:01:55.280 --> 01:01:59.400
only thing you care about in your convention is making money,

798
01:02:00.159 --> 01:02:04.000
and certainly not the safety of others. I fold my

799
01:02:04.199 --> 01:02:08.159
arms in front of me. I did some research into

800
01:02:08.199 --> 01:02:12.400
you after James Turner's murder. Why did the name Robbie

801
01:02:12.440 --> 01:02:17.320
Redden come up whenever I searched your name. Melikan grabs

802
01:02:17.320 --> 01:02:20.960
a chair and carelessly throws it out into the auditorium,

803
01:02:21.760 --> 01:02:25.840
then looks at me again, putting his finger in my face.

804
01:02:26.760 --> 01:02:31.760
Back the fuck off, bitch. But I forced myself to

805
01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:35.360
remain calm, even though I wish nothing better than to

806
01:02:35.440 --> 01:02:39.920
show him what happens when you incur the wrath of Verandah.

807
01:02:40.679 --> 01:02:44.280
It was you who caused Reddin's injuries, was it not?

808
01:02:45.000 --> 01:02:48.960
I persist? Reddin and his family took you to court

809
01:02:49.039 --> 01:02:52.400
over the incident. The decision was for you to pay

810
01:02:52.480 --> 01:02:56.920
for the many surgeries he would require. I narrow my eyes.

811
01:02:57.880 --> 01:03:01.760
You could never have another convention, simply put, you had

812
01:03:01.800 --> 01:03:05.960
no money to be able to operate one. Yet here

813
01:03:06.000 --> 01:03:10.039
you are, after all these years, trying to make yourself

814
01:03:10.239 --> 01:03:16.880
relevant again. Melicant becomes more and more angry with my deductions.

815
01:03:17.239 --> 01:03:20.239
He wants to yell at me again. I believe he

816
01:03:20.320 --> 01:03:24.920
wants to eject me from the event entirely. However, I

817
01:03:25.159 --> 01:03:29.360
have the edge, since I am the featured guest here.

818
01:03:30.360 --> 01:03:34.360
I narrow my eyes upon him. You should just close

819
01:03:34.400 --> 01:03:38.039
your convention. Two of your staff have already paid the price,

820
01:03:38.840 --> 01:03:43.280
which poses the question why does Robbie Redden return to

821
01:03:43.320 --> 01:03:48.000
strike back at you after all of these years? Melicant

822
01:03:48.039 --> 01:03:52.840
gives a sinister grin. You really think you know everything,

823
01:03:53.239 --> 01:03:57.079
you big titted bitch. You. I don't understand how you

824
01:03:57.239 --> 01:04:01.840
keep making it big in horror movies. Act you never could.

825
01:04:02.280 --> 01:04:04.920
Your movies are fucking terrible, and now you want to

826
01:04:04.960 --> 01:04:08.159
tell me how to run my show. You think you're

827
01:04:08.199 --> 01:04:12.280
some detective. Now the only thing you're good for is

828
01:04:12.320 --> 01:04:16.920
being naked and flat on your back. Without warning, I

829
01:04:17.039 --> 01:04:21.079
lash out and clutch Melikant's throat. He gasps and tries

830
01:04:21.119 --> 01:04:25.000
to force me back. While I may not completely have

831
01:04:25.119 --> 01:04:29.519
my monster's strength, I am far stronger than I appear.

832
01:04:30.559 --> 01:04:34.199
Before Melikant can fight back, I use my hand to

833
01:04:34.239 --> 01:04:37.960
help raise him up over my head. Then I turn

834
01:04:38.119 --> 01:04:41.239
slightly and flip him so that he crashes right through

835
01:04:41.320 --> 01:04:45.840
one of the tables on the stage. He groans and

836
01:04:45.960 --> 01:04:49.559
has his eyes closed, but I know he can still

837
01:04:49.639 --> 01:04:54.280
hear me. You care nothing for the people here. This

838
01:04:54.480 --> 01:04:57.119
convention is just a means for you to make money

839
01:04:57.199 --> 01:05:00.639
and become established again. If you do not wish to

840
01:05:00.679 --> 01:05:05.039
close this show down and save lives, then it falls

841
01:05:05.159 --> 01:05:10.679
to me to find and stop Robbie Redden Melichant sits up.

842
01:05:11.400 --> 01:05:15.920
You won't be here, He points to the doors. You're done,

843
01:05:16.320 --> 01:05:20.079
get out of my show, Just get the fuck out.

844
01:05:20.880 --> 01:05:24.199
I squat down to look him in the face and smirk.

845
01:05:25.199 --> 01:05:28.400
Now we both know that you cannot afford to send

846
01:05:28.440 --> 01:05:33.719
me away, not when I'm your featured guest. The patrons

847
01:05:33.760 --> 01:05:36.360
here paid good money to do meet and greets with me.

848
01:05:37.159 --> 01:05:40.760
If it becomes known that you removed me from your convention,

849
01:05:41.320 --> 01:05:45.000
imagine how much money you would lose, how much you

850
01:05:45.039 --> 01:05:48.800
would have to refund people. If you truly wish to

851
01:05:48.840 --> 01:05:53.159
remove me, then I dare you to even try. Or

852
01:05:53.199 --> 01:05:56.679
did putting you through a table not convey my point?

853
01:05:57.719 --> 01:06:02.079
I stand up straight, take my leave of you, at

854
01:06:02.199 --> 01:06:14.239
least for now. I walk out of the auditorium. Beaton

855
01:06:14.320 --> 01:06:17.679
awaited me, and I allow him to escort me back

856
01:06:17.760 --> 01:06:21.320
to the dealer room. I smile, seeing that I'm right

857
01:06:21.360 --> 01:06:25.239
about these patrons. When there's yet another long line of

858
01:06:25.280 --> 01:06:29.280
them waiting for me, I give them a warm smile

859
01:06:29.360 --> 01:06:33.199
as I uncover my table. Once Beaton sits with me,

860
01:06:33.599 --> 01:06:37.440
I resume the meet and greets with my fans. As

861
01:06:37.480 --> 01:06:41.960
for finding Robbie Redden, he has quite succeeded in getting

862
01:06:42.039 --> 01:06:46.199
David Mellikant's attention. I do not believe he shall attempt

863
01:06:46.280 --> 01:06:51.880
anything more until after the dealer room has closed, especially

864
01:06:51.960 --> 01:06:56.159
since the police have arrived to investigate the murder of

865
01:06:56.199 --> 01:07:01.639
the hanging man Rob. I already have the feeling that

866
01:07:01.760 --> 01:07:06.960
Reddin shall come for me in due time. The dealer

867
01:07:07.039 --> 01:07:10.760
room closed at eleven. It would have closed at eight

868
01:07:10.840 --> 01:07:15.239
as scheduled, but with the blizzard, Melikant came around and

869
01:07:15.320 --> 01:07:19.159
told everyone the dealer room would be open extra hours,

870
01:07:20.079 --> 01:07:23.880
which was great for most involved. Now that the room

871
01:07:23.960 --> 01:07:27.079
is closed for the night, I am free to move about.

872
01:07:27.880 --> 01:07:30.639
I considered going to parties again to see if I

873
01:07:30.639 --> 01:07:35.639
could find any trace of Robbie Redden. But he will

874
01:07:35.679 --> 01:07:40.559
not strike where he can be easily identified. No, he

875
01:07:40.760 --> 01:07:45.559
sticks to the shadows. This is why I've deliberately ventured

876
01:07:45.639 --> 01:07:50.599
out into the storm. It seems that the High Point

877
01:07:50.719 --> 01:07:53.639
Ski Lodge has its own crew to keep the parking

878
01:07:53.679 --> 01:07:56.880
lot and the drive to the main road plowed at

879
01:07:56.960 --> 01:08:01.360
least as best they can during the storm. It still

880
01:08:01.400 --> 01:08:05.480
amazes me that the mortal realm has weather conditions such

881
01:08:05.519 --> 01:08:10.039
as this. The most my beloved night Realm has ever

882
01:08:10.159 --> 01:08:14.960
seen are the storms that rain blood. It never becomes

883
01:08:15.000 --> 01:08:19.119
as cold as this. Once more, I am without a

884
01:08:19.199 --> 01:08:22.960
jacket to protect my upper body. Though I feel the

885
01:08:23.079 --> 01:08:26.399
chill at first, I am quite comfortable in it. Now

886
01:08:27.600 --> 01:08:33.880
I am isolated outside and exploring more of the outer lodge.

887
01:08:34.239 --> 01:08:38.439
I soon reach the overlook. Even with the blowing snow,

888
01:08:39.159 --> 01:08:42.640
I am still able to look out and down. I

889
01:08:42.800 --> 01:08:46.479
keep my distance from the edge, for one hard gust

890
01:08:46.520 --> 01:08:49.680
to my back would be sufficient enough to send me

891
01:08:49.880 --> 01:08:55.479
falling to a possible death with my new found mortality,

892
01:08:56.520 --> 01:09:00.840
But I am still verandah. I believe it is my

893
01:09:00.960 --> 01:09:04.760
admiration for what is past the overlook that has caused

894
01:09:04.800 --> 01:09:08.000
me to lose my focus. When I am suddenly attacked

895
01:09:08.039 --> 01:09:12.079
from behind and knocked to the ground, I groan when

896
01:09:12.119 --> 01:09:17.159
I'm kicked hard in the side. You goddamn bitch, I

897
01:09:17.199 --> 01:09:20.680
hear my attacker say, did you really think I wouldn't

898
01:09:20.720 --> 01:09:24.640
find you? I don't care if you call yourself Vicky Valentine.

899
01:09:25.279 --> 01:09:28.119
You can rewrite your own history to make yourself look good.

900
01:09:28.600 --> 01:09:33.720
But I know your darcy heart. This must be Robbie Redden.

901
01:09:34.560 --> 01:09:37.439
I cannot return to my feet as he keeps attacking me.

902
01:09:38.199 --> 01:09:42.439
At the same time he's giving me information. You can

903
01:09:42.479 --> 01:09:45.680
fool all those fucking sheep in there into thinking you're

904
01:09:45.720 --> 01:09:50.159
all nicey nice, Reddin continues when he kicks my mid

905
01:09:50.279 --> 01:09:54.920
section again, sending me flat on my back. I can

906
01:09:55.000 --> 01:10:00.880
finally see Robbie Reddin. Now he's fully dressed appropriately for

907
01:10:00.920 --> 01:10:05.319
this weather, including a ski mask. When he sees that

908
01:10:05.399 --> 01:10:08.439
I am not afraid of him, he roars and grabs

909
01:10:08.439 --> 01:10:11.119
hold of the neck of my tank top and the

910
01:10:11.199 --> 01:10:15.199
belt on my caprice. He lifts me up over his head.

911
01:10:16.119 --> 01:10:19.680
I remember seeing pictures of him at the time. He

912
01:10:19.840 --> 01:10:24.279
was a scrawny little weakling, balding and had no beard.

913
01:10:25.319 --> 01:10:29.159
He does not appear to be scrawny, possibly because of

914
01:10:29.239 --> 01:10:33.840
the layers. He wears. You ruined my entire life in

915
01:10:34.119 --> 01:10:39.000
just one day, Reddin tells me. He slams me down

916
01:10:39.039 --> 01:10:43.279
to the ground again. I'm near the ledge. Now if

917
01:10:43.319 --> 01:10:46.600
I cannot retaliate, he will make certain that I fall

918
01:10:46.640 --> 01:10:50.439
to my death. He does not attempt to do so yet,

919
01:10:51.039 --> 01:10:54.960
and again grabs me to lift me over his head.

920
01:10:55.479 --> 01:10:58.880
He speaks to me. I paid good money to get

921
01:10:58.920 --> 01:11:01.920
your autograph and picture with you, and you were so

922
01:11:02.079 --> 01:11:05.640
full of yourself you got me thrown out. I am

923
01:11:05.760 --> 01:11:10.800
not darcy hart I return. He slams me into the

924
01:11:10.840 --> 01:11:16.199
ground again. I groan when pain racks through my body. Liar,

925
01:11:17.039 --> 01:11:17.840
he screams.

926
01:11:18.600 --> 01:11:18.960
Liar.

927
01:11:19.840 --> 01:11:23.399
When he moves to kick me again. I quickly lift

928
01:11:23.439 --> 01:11:26.319
myself to my knees and catch his boot. Then I

929
01:11:26.439 --> 01:11:30.239
force him back and return to my feet. Now I

930
01:11:30.359 --> 01:11:34.199
meet his eyes. If it is a fight that you seek,

931
01:11:34.920 --> 01:11:39.640
then Veranda shall oblige you. I surprise him when I

932
01:11:39.720 --> 01:11:43.680
show great agility and leap to attack red in his

933
01:11:43.800 --> 01:11:47.520
learning that Veranda is no mere woman of the mortal realm,

934
01:11:48.000 --> 01:11:50.760
even though I pass for one of them. I was

935
01:11:50.840 --> 01:11:55.159
many times stronger when hell Weaver's blood first flowed through

936
01:11:55.199 --> 01:11:58.960
my veins, and I could render a person to stone

937
01:11:59.319 --> 01:12:04.319
with my gaye. Soon I make Reddin fall. He truly

938
01:12:04.439 --> 01:12:08.079
does not know with whom he faces. There are two

939
01:12:08.239 --> 01:12:12.439
things that make me feel powerful. One is being close

940
01:12:12.520 --> 01:12:15.800
to my wife, and the second is being the mighty

941
01:12:15.880 --> 01:12:21.079
Gorgon warrior that I have become. I love the thrill

942
01:12:21.319 --> 01:12:25.279
of battle. I show Redden that I have not forgotten

943
01:12:25.359 --> 01:12:28.960
my training. Many times he has tried to strike me.

944
01:12:29.640 --> 01:12:32.720
I counter him and send him to the ground again

945
01:12:33.000 --> 01:12:37.800
and again. Your reign of terror ends this night, I

946
01:12:37.920 --> 01:12:41.760
promise him. I shall unmask you and return you to

947
01:12:41.880 --> 01:12:47.119
the lodge. All shall see who the killer is before

948
01:12:47.159 --> 01:12:51.439
their very eyes. From there, I shall detain you until

949
01:12:51.439 --> 01:12:57.720
the police return to take you into custody. No, Reddin waiales,

950
01:12:58.479 --> 01:13:01.720
not when I'm this close to getting my revenge on

951
01:13:01.920 --> 01:13:06.439
Dave Mellikin. You have no idea the pain and suffering

952
01:13:06.560 --> 01:13:09.680
he caused me. I paid one hundred and forty dollars

953
01:13:09.720 --> 01:13:13.760
to meet Darcy Hart and got a broken body for it.

954
01:13:14.760 --> 01:13:17.720
He screams when I seize the back of his jacket

955
01:13:17.960 --> 01:13:21.800
and yank him to me. He screams louder as I

956
01:13:21.920 --> 01:13:25.760
lay hold of his mask and pulled to remove it.

957
01:13:25.760 --> 01:13:29.319
It is not a normal cloth ski mask, but some

958
01:13:29.439 --> 01:13:33.960
kind of thicker material. The winter snow and winds continue

959
01:13:34.000 --> 01:13:37.520
to blow against me. Knowing that I am about to

960
01:13:37.640 --> 01:13:41.359
best Robbie Reddin, I look up to the sky and

961
01:13:41.520 --> 01:13:46.439
scream the Gorgon battle cry, you shall belong to Veranda.

962
01:13:47.000 --> 01:13:52.039
This day, I declare, feeling that I have nearly removed

963
01:13:52.439 --> 01:13:58.159
his mask. Unfortunately, I am too eager and have underestimated

964
01:13:58.279 --> 01:14:03.720
Robbie Reddin. He suddenly turns against me and causes me pain.

965
01:14:04.840 --> 01:14:08.600
He has driven the blade of a knife deep inside me,

966
01:14:09.520 --> 01:14:14.880
just below my right breast. Curses. I was too drunk

967
01:14:14.960 --> 01:14:18.319
with the feelings of being in battle again that I

968
01:14:18.520 --> 01:14:22.279
forgot I am no longer the monster that I once was.

969
01:14:23.359 --> 01:14:27.640
I feel that I am bleeding, especially when Reddin removes

970
01:14:27.680 --> 01:14:32.239
the knife. He comes at me to stab me once more.

971
01:14:33.439 --> 01:14:38.760
I'll kill you, Darcy, you heartless bitch, he yells. I

972
01:14:38.840 --> 01:14:44.000
am not Darcy heart I yell back. He screams and

973
01:14:44.079 --> 01:14:47.000
comes at me again. As I move to block his

974
01:14:47.079 --> 01:14:50.840
attempt to stab me, my high heeled shoe catches on

975
01:14:50.920 --> 01:14:55.000
a rock and causes me to fall backward. Then I

976
01:14:55.039 --> 01:14:58.439
see a bright flash of light and feel the back

977
01:14:58.479 --> 01:15:02.520
of my head hit hard against what must have been

978
01:15:03.239 --> 01:15:09.399
another rock. I am dazed and cannot focus. Now I

979
01:15:09.520 --> 01:15:13.000
feel Redden on top of me. He has the blade

980
01:15:13.039 --> 01:15:18.159
of his knife to my throat. No, Darcy, not yet,

981
01:15:18.880 --> 01:15:23.640
he tells me. It's not time. I have others to

982
01:15:23.680 --> 01:15:28.000
get first. I want you to be the last one.

983
01:15:28.199 --> 01:15:31.720
You'll know when it's your turn. I saw you come

984
01:15:31.760 --> 01:15:35.680
out here and couldn't wait to finish you off. But

985
01:15:35.800 --> 01:15:44.000
I can't not yet. That's not the plan. Reddin removes

986
01:15:44.119 --> 01:15:48.279
himself from my body. I'm still too dazed and can't

987
01:15:48.359 --> 01:15:52.000
return to my feet to pursue him. I remain on

988
01:15:52.079 --> 01:15:56.039
my back until I've regained my senses. I have to

989
01:15:56.079 --> 01:15:59.399
remove the snow from my body to be able to

990
01:15:59.479 --> 01:16:03.680
stand again. I have ceased bleeding and know that I

991
01:16:03.720 --> 01:16:07.840
am healing. I cannot heal as quickly as when I

992
01:16:07.960 --> 01:16:12.319
was immortal, but I can heal faster than any other

993
01:16:12.479 --> 01:16:16.600
from the mortal realm. I am with great anger at

994
01:16:16.640 --> 01:16:21.560
having been defeated by this accursed worm. I tighten my

995
01:16:21.760 --> 01:16:25.479
fists as I scream to the skies. I care not

996
01:16:25.640 --> 01:16:29.399
who may hear me. I am Veronda of the night Realm,

997
01:16:29.720 --> 01:16:32.640
and I was beaten by a wretched little man from

998
01:16:32.640 --> 01:16:37.199
the mortal realm. Make no mistake, Robbi Redden, you shall

999
01:16:37.239 --> 01:16:41.439
regret having not claimed Veranda when you had the chance.

1000
01:16:42.720 --> 01:16:45.880
When we meet again, I shall beat you until your

1001
01:16:45.960 --> 01:16:50.159
blood covers my fists. Then I will smear it upon

1002
01:16:50.319 --> 01:16:54.680
my face and abdomen. I scream at the night skies.

1003
01:16:54.760 --> 01:16:58.720
Once more before I return to the lodge. I must

1004
01:16:58.720 --> 01:17:03.239
be discreet upon entering and return to my room. I

1005
01:17:03.279 --> 01:17:07.079
remove my tank top. My blood is both wet and

1006
01:17:07.319 --> 01:17:11.800
cold upon my flesh. At the same time, I use

1007
01:17:11.920 --> 01:17:15.319
the sink in my bathroom to clean myself up. I

1008
01:17:15.359 --> 01:17:17.840
have to do so without the use of the towels,

1009
01:17:17.880 --> 01:17:22.199
provided as not to draw suspicion from the lodge staff.

1010
01:17:23.119 --> 01:17:35.479
I do not wish to deal with the police perspective,

1011
01:17:36.119 --> 01:17:40.800
Robbie Redden, Seriously, how did Darcy Hart get to be

1012
01:17:40.960 --> 01:17:43.880
so strong? And where did she learn how to fight

1013
01:17:44.000 --> 01:17:48.760
like that? She wasn't even bothered by that blizzard. She

1014
01:17:48.880 --> 01:17:52.640
was only wearing a top that barely covered those big

1015
01:17:52.760 --> 01:17:58.479
titties of hers and caprice. She was practically barefoot. Her

1016
01:17:58.520 --> 01:18:02.159
feet should have been frosty, but she walked around there

1017
01:18:02.239 --> 01:18:07.640
like it was summer. Doesn't matter, though, I still stabbed

1018
01:18:07.680 --> 01:18:12.600
that bitch. I wanted to kill Darcy Hart so badly.

1019
01:18:13.439 --> 01:18:16.880
I had her. I could have just cut her open

1020
01:18:16.960 --> 01:18:21.439
and took her heart. But damn it, why does she

1021
01:18:21.479 --> 01:18:25.119
have to look so much like Jessica Rabbit? And why

1022
01:18:25.199 --> 01:18:28.880
was there a part of me that still wanted her?

1023
01:18:29.760 --> 01:18:33.000
That bitch caused the hell I went through, and she

1024
01:18:33.119 --> 01:18:37.079
was still living in my head, rent free. I still

1025
01:18:37.119 --> 01:18:41.079
obsess over her by watching her movies. I could have

1026
01:18:41.159 --> 01:18:44.760
had her, I could have taken my revenge, but I

1027
01:18:44.880 --> 01:18:50.239
let her live. Okay, she would be the last one,

1028
01:18:50.279 --> 01:18:53.800
but I needed to get another one of David Mellikant's staff,

1029
01:18:54.800 --> 01:19:00.399
and I knew just the person. I was back in

1030
01:19:00.479 --> 01:19:04.960
the lodge and looking around. I watched Melichant's staff enough

1031
01:19:05.000 --> 01:19:08.359
to hear what everybody was doing. When the room closed,

1032
01:19:09.239 --> 01:19:12.640
I acted on what I remembered, and sure enough, I

1033
01:19:12.800 --> 01:19:17.840
found Kathleen Witherspoon. I just happened to see her as

1034
01:19:17.880 --> 01:19:20.840
I was passing by a room full of partiers on

1035
01:19:20.880 --> 01:19:24.760
the second floor. I went into the room and mingled

1036
01:19:24.800 --> 01:19:28.760
with people. Nobody knew who I was or gave me

1037
01:19:28.840 --> 01:19:33.199
a second thought. I just mentioned a few horror movies

1038
01:19:33.279 --> 01:19:37.319
here and there, or got in on a few conversations.

1039
01:19:38.239 --> 01:19:42.159
All the while I was keeping my eye on Cat.

1040
01:19:43.079 --> 01:19:46.840
Her husband, Terry was there with her, but I wasn't

1041
01:19:46.880 --> 01:19:52.840
worried about him just yet. And then I finally got

1042
01:19:52.880 --> 01:19:56.760
my break. I heard Cat say she was going back

1043
01:19:56.800 --> 01:20:00.199
to her room. Terry told her he'd be there in

1044
01:20:00.239 --> 01:20:04.159
a little while I already slipped out of the room

1045
01:20:04.199 --> 01:20:09.960
ahead of Cat. Before long, I followed her discreetly. I

1046
01:20:10.079 --> 01:20:14.039
got in the elevator with her. She didn't even remember

1047
01:20:14.119 --> 01:20:18.720
me from Ridgeway Heights. As we were moving in the elevator,

1048
01:20:18.840 --> 01:20:23.079
she started talking to me. For a moment, I talked

1049
01:20:23.159 --> 01:20:26.880
to her. When the elevator stopped, I let her get

1050
01:20:26.920 --> 01:20:30.760
out and pretended like I was staying on. But I

1051
01:20:30.920 --> 01:20:36.439
did slip out and again followed her. As I turned

1052
01:20:36.439 --> 01:20:40.000
the corner, she dropped her room key. She picked it

1053
01:20:40.119 --> 01:20:43.520
up and waved it over the censor to unlock her room.

1054
01:20:44.720 --> 01:20:48.920
That was when I struck. I shoved Cat right into

1055
01:20:49.000 --> 01:20:51.520
the room as she fell to the floor. When she

1056
01:20:51.600 --> 01:20:54.199
turned onto her back to get up, I was right

1057
01:20:54.239 --> 01:20:57.119
on top of her. I slammed her head down, covering

1058
01:20:57.159 --> 01:21:01.039
her mouth with my hand. She got scared when I

1059
01:21:01.159 --> 01:21:06.199
raised my knife. You remember me, now, Kat, I sneered.

1060
01:21:06.760 --> 01:21:09.359
You're the one who sicked Grim and your husband on

1061
01:21:09.479 --> 01:21:14.359
me that day back in Ridgeway Heights, fucking me out

1062
01:21:14.359 --> 01:21:18.199
of my autograph and selfie with Darcy Hart. Well, now

1063
01:21:18.760 --> 01:21:21.600
I'm taking my one hundred and forty dollars worth of

1064
01:21:21.680 --> 01:21:27.319
flesh right now Cat screamed into my hand when I

1065
01:21:27.399 --> 01:21:33.920
stabbed her, then again and again and again, and from

1066
01:21:33.960 --> 01:21:37.920
there I worked to get Cat out of the room.

1067
01:21:39.039 --> 01:21:43.000
It was time to set up my next surprise for

1068
01:21:43.239 --> 01:21:54.319
Dave Mellikant perspective, Vicki, Valentine. My knife wound still pains me,

1069
01:21:54.960 --> 01:21:58.560
but at least it heals. It shall take a few hours,

1070
01:21:58.600 --> 01:22:02.439
but my flesh will be re stored once more. I

1071
01:22:02.560 --> 01:22:06.800
leave the bathroom and place suitable clothing upon my body.

1072
01:22:07.560 --> 01:22:11.840
From there I leave the room. Plenty of patrons give

1073
01:22:11.920 --> 01:22:17.439
me pleasant looks. I give them nods in return. I

1074
01:22:17.560 --> 01:22:22.000
consider returning outside to resume the hunt, but I feel

1075
01:22:22.079 --> 01:22:28.039
that Redden shall strike again within these walls. Unfortunately, the

1076
01:22:28.079 --> 01:22:31.399
only thing I know is that he will target another

1077
01:22:31.720 --> 01:22:36.000
of David Melancant's convention staff. I will not know of

1078
01:22:36.119 --> 01:22:42.279
Reddin's target until his next prey is revealed. Unfortunately, said

1079
01:22:42.319 --> 01:22:47.760
person will likely be slain. VICKI, some one calls to me.

1080
01:22:48.560 --> 01:22:51.960
I stop upon reaching the lobby and see that it

1081
01:22:52.039 --> 01:22:56.239
is beat on. Upon reaching me, he presents a sealed envelope.

1082
01:22:56.880 --> 01:23:02.840
It has Darcy Heart written on it in blood. Where

1083
01:23:02.840 --> 01:23:08.199
did this come from? I ask? Bedone looks concerned. I

1084
01:23:08.319 --> 01:23:11.800
was passing by your room and saw this taped to

1085
01:23:11.840 --> 01:23:16.159
your door. I'm surprised you didn't see it. I grabbed

1086
01:23:16.199 --> 01:23:19.880
it and came looking for you. I accept the envelope

1087
01:23:20.199 --> 01:23:24.439
and open it to see the note written within, also

1088
01:23:24.560 --> 01:23:29.199
in blood. People paid in blood, sweat and tears for

1089
01:23:29.279 --> 01:23:35.000
your autograph and your movies suck. I inspect the envelope

1090
01:23:35.359 --> 01:23:39.159
and see that there are wet spots, not with blood,

1091
01:23:39.239 --> 01:23:43.680
but with water. I determined that Reddin wrote this after

1092
01:23:43.840 --> 01:23:47.039
he bested me. But the blood used to write the

1093
01:23:47.079 --> 01:23:52.960
note is not my own. And then I fully understand

1094
01:23:52.960 --> 01:23:56.199
what the note means. I turned from Beaton and moved

1095
01:23:56.239 --> 01:23:59.159
to one of the two movie rooms. I reached the

1096
01:23:59.199 --> 01:24:02.880
first one and look over the schedule. When I am satisfied,

1097
01:24:02.920 --> 01:24:07.119
I turn and move to the second. What's going on, VICKI,

1098
01:24:07.880 --> 01:24:12.800
beatone asks, keeping up with me, he's taken another of

1099
01:24:12.840 --> 01:24:17.279
Melikant's staff. I growl. He's waiting to give him another display.

1100
01:24:18.199 --> 01:24:21.760
Beatone takes hold of my shoulder and forces me to stop.

1101
01:24:22.600 --> 01:24:25.199
Before I found you, I saw Dave go into the

1102
01:24:25.239 --> 01:24:28.880
movie room you're headed to. In fact, he sent me

1103
01:24:29.039 --> 01:24:32.720
looking for you. You and Enrique Cuto are supposed to

1104
01:24:32.720 --> 01:24:35.880
be there to introduce one of your babysitter Massacre movies.

1105
01:24:36.520 --> 01:24:40.479
It's getting ready to start. I growl and resume going

1106
01:24:40.560 --> 01:24:43.840
to the second movie room. When I reach it, the

1107
01:24:43.920 --> 01:24:47.159
lights are on and the door is open. I'm quick

1108
01:24:47.199 --> 01:24:50.640
to observe that Enrique Cuto is there and waiting. I

1109
01:24:50.680 --> 01:24:55.680
had forgotten all about this obligation. Betone spoke true in

1110
01:24:55.800 --> 01:24:59.600
regards to David Melikant being in the room. He does

1111
01:24:59.640 --> 01:25:02.439
not hold back, even in front of the other patrons

1112
01:25:02.439 --> 01:25:06.760
in attendance to see the film. What you too good

1113
01:25:06.760 --> 01:25:10.520
to be here on time? Vicki? Kuto was on time,

1114
01:25:10.600 --> 01:25:14.359
so what's your excuse? I ignore him and quickly compose

1115
01:25:14.479 --> 01:25:19.199
myself as I faced the nearly packed auditorium. From there,

1116
01:25:19.319 --> 01:25:22.840
Kuto and I introduced the new film. I feel the

1117
01:25:22.920 --> 01:25:28.600
irony of remembering when my memories were only as Vicki Valentine.

1118
01:25:28.600 --> 01:25:32.239
Many times I had a great many conflicts with Kuto

1119
01:25:32.960 --> 01:25:37.039
over how much nudity I did for these movies. Now

1120
01:25:37.119 --> 01:25:40.680
I no longer care about that. I'm quite proud of

1121
01:25:40.720 --> 01:25:45.159
my body. After the introduction, Kuto and I answer a

1122
01:25:45.199 --> 01:25:50.439
few questions. Upon finishing, the lights finally go down, We're

1123
01:25:50.479 --> 01:25:53.239
both on our way to the door when we hear

1124
01:25:53.319 --> 01:25:58.079
the attending patrons mumbling, this ain't the Christmas Splatters movie.

1125
01:25:58.600 --> 01:26:02.039
One of them calls out, this is Ernie's Movie Night.

1126
01:26:02.520 --> 01:26:09.279
Another one joins bullshit, another yells Darcy Heart sucks. We

1127
01:26:09.399 --> 01:26:14.720
want Vicky Valentine. I turn around. I myself have never

1128
01:26:14.840 --> 01:26:19.960
seen Ernie's Movie Night, but I immediately see this Darcy Heart

1129
01:26:20.039 --> 01:26:24.520
and understand why Robbi Redden believes me to be her.

1130
01:26:25.840 --> 01:26:30.119
This woman could have potentially been my twin sister, except

1131
01:26:30.159 --> 01:26:33.680
that she is nowhere near as endowed as I am.

1132
01:26:34.199 --> 01:26:38.600
Melikant approaches the guy running the room, whose lanyard reads

1133
01:26:38.640 --> 01:26:43.479
Henry dumbass. The movies are clearly labeled. Do you know

1134
01:26:43.520 --> 01:26:44.159
how to read?

1135
01:26:44.439 --> 01:26:44.840
Huh?

1136
01:26:45.159 --> 01:26:45.439
Do you?

1137
01:26:46.399 --> 01:26:46.720
I know?

1138
01:26:46.880 --> 01:26:51.000
I put the right film in? Henry returned, angry himself.

1139
01:26:51.520 --> 01:26:54.640
Melicant points out of the room. Well, go find the

1140
01:26:54.680 --> 01:26:59.079
goddamn movie. Move it. He points to the screen, and

1141
01:26:59.279 --> 01:27:04.720
stop that fucking Darcy heartshit. Melican't growls and turns the

1142
01:27:04.800 --> 01:27:08.800
lights back on. And then the patrons cause another commotion

1143
01:27:09.319 --> 01:27:14.239
when a closet door suddenly springs open. The corpse inside

1144
01:27:14.359 --> 01:27:20.560
falls forward, covered in blood. I immediately recognize her as Cat.

1145
01:27:21.359 --> 01:27:25.560
Beatone told me that she was Terry's wife. I recall

1146
01:27:25.640 --> 01:27:28.880
her being the handler for Fredol and Ray and was

1147
01:27:28.960 --> 01:27:34.720
being quite rude to people. Oh God, Beadone gasps behind me.

1148
01:27:35.680 --> 01:27:41.039
Jesus H. Christ Mell can't yells. Then I noticed that

1149
01:27:41.239 --> 01:27:45.720
Kat's convention staff t shirt is cut open at her midsection,

1150
01:27:46.520 --> 01:28:02.680
with a single word carved into her bann Late Saturday

1151
01:28:02.800 --> 01:28:10.800
night perspective, Vicky Valentine. Enrique Cuto is still screaming. I

1152
01:28:10.880 --> 01:28:14.000
glance over my shoulder and slap his arm enough to

1153
01:28:14.039 --> 01:28:18.079
get him to stop. He freaks out when he finally

1154
01:28:18.159 --> 01:28:25.399
sees the words banned upon Kathleen Witherspoon's mid section. Then

1155
01:28:25.880 --> 01:28:30.880
he turns to me, What the hell is going on here, Valentine,

1156
01:28:32.159 --> 01:28:37.319
goddamn it, David melikan shouts. Then he turns to look

1157
01:28:37.319 --> 01:28:41.720
at Enrique and I. I point to him, angry. This

1158
01:28:42.000 --> 01:28:44.640
is where you take out your phone and call the

1159
01:28:44.680 --> 01:28:48.439
police to get back here. When he makes no move

1160
01:28:48.560 --> 01:28:53.159
to do so, Enrique produces his own phone. Call the

1161
01:28:53.199 --> 01:28:58.239
fucking police or I'm doing it. Melikant shakes his head slowly.

1162
01:28:59.199 --> 01:29:03.640
You people just don't understand, do you? He points right

1163
01:29:03.680 --> 01:29:08.199
at us and raises his voice. I can't afford to

1164
01:29:08.319 --> 01:29:13.720
shut my show down. Don't you understand I got nothing.

1165
01:29:14.640 --> 01:29:18.600
Robbie Reddin left me with nothing. I had to pay

1166
01:29:18.640 --> 01:29:21.640
out everything I had just to keep his family off

1167
01:29:21.640 --> 01:29:26.079
my back. When Henry, the person who runs the movie room,

1168
01:29:26.159 --> 01:29:31.159
returns with the correct disc, Melikan grabs him and shoves

1169
01:29:31.239 --> 01:29:34.920
him back to the doorway, making him drop the film.

1170
01:29:35.720 --> 01:29:38.399
Just get the fuck out of here. You can't even

1171
01:29:38.439 --> 01:29:43.159
play the right goddamn movie. Before he can turn around

1172
01:29:43.279 --> 01:29:46.840
to confront Melikant, he gets a shoe to the rear

1173
01:29:47.000 --> 01:29:50.479
to shove him back out of the room. When Melican

1174
01:29:50.640 --> 01:29:54.640
turns back around, Henrique is the maddest I have ever

1175
01:29:54.720 --> 01:29:58.840
seen him. So you're saying you're not calling the police,

1176
01:29:59.359 --> 01:30:03.199
he yells, last I checked. That woman is the second

1177
01:30:03.319 --> 01:30:06.640
person killed that I've seen with my own eyes, And

1178
01:30:06.760 --> 01:30:09.640
you're just going to stand there with your fucking head up,

1179
01:30:10.119 --> 01:30:14.279
with your fucking head up your ass. Melikant points at Kuto,

1180
01:30:15.039 --> 01:30:21.319
don't you test me? Kuto gives this weird smile, yet

1181
01:30:21.359 --> 01:30:25.439
I know that he is quite angry. Fine, let the

1182
01:30:25.520 --> 01:30:29.439
police test you. Then Melicant tries to take the phone

1183
01:30:29.439 --> 01:30:35.199
from him, but I step in between. Melicant groans, Jesus Christ,

1184
01:30:35.199 --> 01:30:38.720
I don't believe this shit. Then he looks right at me.

1185
01:30:39.680 --> 01:30:43.600
Just because you played monsters in horror movies don't mean

1186
01:30:43.680 --> 01:30:46.960
you really know how to fight. I do not have

1187
01:30:47.079 --> 01:30:50.359
to fight you, I tell him, In fact, you should

1188
01:30:50.399 --> 01:30:53.520
fight neither of us. Or do you not understand that

1189
01:30:53.680 --> 01:30:57.920
Robbie Redden is roaming free somewhere in your convention and

1190
01:30:57.960 --> 01:30:59.319
will stop at nothing to.

1191
01:31:00.840 --> 01:31:01.319
Ban you.

1192
01:31:02.399 --> 01:31:06.720
Melikant is not convinced by now. Enrique is on the

1193
01:31:06.800 --> 01:31:11.000
phone with the Binnock police. How's Robbie Reddin gonna be

1194
01:31:11.119 --> 01:31:15.880
here at my show? He demands that Twig got his

1195
01:31:16.039 --> 01:31:20.199
back broken in several places. I'm telling you right now,

1196
01:31:20.880 --> 01:31:25.920
he ain't nowhere near here. There have been significant medical

1197
01:31:25.960 --> 01:31:29.960
advances in this day and age, I point out. And

1198
01:31:30.119 --> 01:31:33.279
who else would target you for what happened in Ridgeway

1199
01:31:33.359 --> 01:31:38.279
Heights years ago? Melikant sneers, let me tell you something

1200
01:31:39.000 --> 01:31:42.479
you ain't, no goddamn detective, All you are is just

1201
01:31:42.520 --> 01:31:45.560
a washed up porn star who got lucky getting into

1202
01:31:45.600 --> 01:31:48.600
horror movies. So quit trying to think with your head

1203
01:31:48.920 --> 01:31:53.560
and just keep layin on your back okay, every instinct

1204
01:31:53.640 --> 01:31:56.399
is telling me to show him what I intend to

1205
01:31:56.479 --> 01:31:59.640
show Robbie Reddin when I lay hold of him again.

1206
01:32:00.640 --> 01:32:05.399
But living with Bethany, my wife, she has seen my

1207
01:32:05.560 --> 01:32:11.880
temper with her. I've learned to be patient. But Melikant

1208
01:32:11.960 --> 01:32:17.800
is severely trying me. Instead of dealing him severe punishment

1209
01:32:17.920 --> 01:32:22.560
for his words, I point to the body. Why is

1210
01:32:22.680 --> 01:32:27.439
Redden targeting members of your staff specifically? Then? Why doesn't

1211
01:32:27.479 --> 01:32:31.399
he target people coming to your show? I would imagine

1212
01:32:31.399 --> 01:32:34.239
some of them were at Ridgeway Heights during that event

1213
01:32:34.319 --> 01:32:39.119
all those years ago. Redden certainly has not forgiven or forgotten.

1214
01:32:39.920 --> 01:32:43.640
Keep doubting everything you see. He will come for you

1215
01:32:44.239 --> 01:32:47.920
when he feels that it's your time. But I suppose

1216
01:32:48.399 --> 01:32:52.239
you will not heed my warnings. After all, I am

1217
01:32:52.399 --> 01:32:56.960
just a washed up porn star. I give him a

1218
01:32:57.039 --> 01:33:02.640
wicked smile. Close your convention, flee while you still can.

1219
01:33:03.560 --> 01:33:08.039
Robbie Reddin is here, I assure you am I correct

1220
01:33:08.039 --> 01:33:11.920
in assuming that you have stopped paying for his medical treatments.

1221
01:33:12.640 --> 01:33:16.520
Clearly that did not keep him from finding you. I

1222
01:33:16.560 --> 01:33:19.680
can also assure you that he is quite capable of

1223
01:33:19.760 --> 01:33:25.000
both normal movement as well as killing Kuto. Gets off

1224
01:33:25.039 --> 01:33:29.119
the phone, then looks my way. The police are on

1225
01:33:29.199 --> 01:33:35.039
their way again. He looks at Melikant and Vicki's right,

1226
01:33:35.640 --> 01:33:38.479
you should close this shit show down and report what's

1227
01:33:38.520 --> 01:33:42.800
going on to the lodge manager. Then he yells, grow

1228
01:33:42.920 --> 01:33:47.479
some goddamn balls and take some fucking responsibility for once

1229
01:33:47.520 --> 01:33:52.279
in your life. Melicant points outside. Have either of you

1230
01:33:52.399 --> 01:33:55.399
seen the front desk up there? With the cops coming

1231
01:33:55.439 --> 01:33:57.960
here a bunch. It didn't take long for word to

1232
01:33:58.000 --> 01:34:01.800
get around about the people being killed here. There are

1233
01:34:01.840 --> 01:34:05.079
more people trying to check out than there are checking in.

1234
01:34:06.119 --> 01:34:09.520
They don't care there's a blizzard outside. Talk to the

1235
01:34:09.600 --> 01:34:13.239
lodge manager, haunh Kuto. I already had the lodge manager

1236
01:34:13.279 --> 01:34:16.079
tell me he's holding me responsible for all the room

1237
01:34:16.119 --> 01:34:19.600
refunds they've had to issue. He's threatening to take me

1238
01:34:19.680 --> 01:34:23.359
to court over this shit. I can't afford to close

1239
01:34:23.439 --> 01:34:27.840
this convention, and I ain't gonna Bedone had left the

1240
01:34:27.960 --> 01:34:33.439
room for a moment. As he returns, Hey, Dave, how

1241
01:34:33.439 --> 01:34:36.000
many more of us have to die before you finally

1242
01:34:36.079 --> 01:34:41.279
get the idea? Melikan turns to Bedone. Why did I

1243
01:34:41.319 --> 01:34:43.439
ever let a pussy like you be a member of

1244
01:34:43.479 --> 01:34:47.119
my staff. You and this porn bitch were made for

1245
01:34:47.199 --> 01:34:51.640
each other. Bedone does not back down, looks to me

1246
01:34:51.800 --> 01:34:54.800
like you're the pussy here, Dave. You're too afraid to

1247
01:34:54.880 --> 01:34:58.960
admit when you're wrong, and you're definitely wrong here. Why

1248
01:34:59.039 --> 01:35:01.680
don't you just s shut this con down and cut

1249
01:35:01.720 --> 01:35:06.560
your losses before it's too late. By the way, I

1250
01:35:06.800 --> 01:35:11.359
called the police, Enrique laughs, A little guess we had

1251
01:35:11.399 --> 01:35:15.960
the same idea, kid. Melicant roars and grabs hold of Bedone.

1252
01:35:16.439 --> 01:35:20.319
He takes him to the floor. I'm not wrong. I

1253
01:35:20.359 --> 01:35:25.479
should just fucking kill your ass. How about that now

1254
01:35:25.520 --> 01:35:29.119
I no longer restrain myself. I grab the back of

1255
01:35:29.159 --> 01:35:33.159
Melicant's hoodie and remove him from Bedone. I wish to

1256
01:35:33.239 --> 01:35:37.800
show him what happens when you cross Veranda. The first

1257
01:35:37.840 --> 01:35:44.159
time clearly didn't stick. Instead, I take Bedone's hand and

1258
01:35:44.279 --> 01:35:47.760
help him to his feet. Melikant is back to his

1259
01:35:48.520 --> 01:35:51.239
He reaches out to take hold of me, but I

1260
01:35:51.279 --> 01:35:54.520
am quick to stop him. I seize him by the

1261
01:35:54.600 --> 01:35:58.399
throat and pin him up against a nearby wall. He

1262
01:35:58.560 --> 01:36:02.520
tries to free himself, but he does not understand the

1263
01:36:02.560 --> 01:36:07.720
true strength of a gorgon. Do not lay hold of

1264
01:36:07.800 --> 01:36:12.840
Bedone again. I warn him, next time I shall deal

1265
01:36:12.920 --> 01:36:17.399
with you most harshly. I let go of Melikant and

1266
01:36:17.479 --> 01:36:21.520
watch him drop back to his feet. He still refuses

1267
01:36:21.600 --> 01:36:25.319
to listen to reason when he points at me, you

1268
01:36:25.520 --> 01:36:28.960
are done here, I mean it. Get the fuck out

1269
01:36:28.960 --> 01:36:34.800
of my show now. Oh, I will leave, I assure him.

1270
01:36:35.760 --> 01:36:45.079
Once I've found Robbie Reddin again. The police have returned

1271
01:36:45.199 --> 01:36:48.960
to the high Point Ski Lodge. Enriquet and Bedone both

1272
01:36:49.079 --> 01:36:52.399
talk to them. I can tell they grow weary of

1273
01:36:52.520 --> 01:36:58.079
returning here. At least they are consistent with doing their jobs.

1274
01:36:58.760 --> 01:37:02.600
Melikant tries to tell the police there is nothing wrong,

1275
01:37:03.359 --> 01:37:07.720
but who is he trying to deceive? The detectives question

1276
01:37:07.920 --> 01:37:12.520
all of us in the movie room. They especially question Mellicant,

1277
01:37:12.880 --> 01:37:16.720
suspecting that he is more involved than he lets on.

1278
01:37:17.800 --> 01:37:23.319
Before long, the body of Kathleen Witherspoon is removed. I

1279
01:37:23.399 --> 01:37:28.399
see her husband, Terry, standing outside and the distraught expression

1280
01:37:28.960 --> 01:37:33.119
on his face. When the police are finished questioning us,

1281
01:37:33.800 --> 01:37:37.199
they give us the indication that they are likely to

1282
01:37:37.319 --> 01:37:43.960
return soon. As for the screening, it never commences. Terry

1283
01:37:44.119 --> 01:37:46.920
marches into the movie room and right up to Mellikant.

1284
01:37:47.680 --> 01:37:51.840
Fuck you, dave, I quit. I don't care how bad

1285
01:37:51.880 --> 01:37:54.479
it's snowing out there. I'm getting the hell out of

1286
01:37:54.520 --> 01:37:57.760
here while I still can. The two of them have

1287
01:37:57.920 --> 01:38:02.439
an intense screaming match. As Enrique Bidone and I leave

1288
01:38:02.560 --> 01:38:08.159
the room, I feel Kuto tap my shoulder. I turn around,

1289
01:38:09.199 --> 01:38:13.199
so Vicky, I know what just happened in there. But

1290
01:38:14.399 --> 01:38:17.800
we've still got scenes to shoot for the new movie here,

1291
01:38:18.520 --> 01:38:21.520
he tells me, I'm not trying to be a money

1292
01:38:21.520 --> 01:38:26.680
grubbing asshole like Melikan't. But I no, no, I will

1293
01:38:26.760 --> 01:38:30.119
film the scenes if you require me. But are you

1294
01:38:30.239 --> 01:38:34.960
sure that's a good idea given the circumstances. For a

1295
01:38:35.000 --> 01:38:40.279
brief moment, Kuto seems ready to raise his voice. Instead,

1296
01:38:40.399 --> 01:38:45.479
he sighs, what can we do? We can't just drive

1297
01:38:45.560 --> 01:38:48.840
on out of here with that blizzard. Honestly, I thought

1298
01:38:48.840 --> 01:38:51.239
about telling the rest of the crew to stay locked

1299
01:38:51.279 --> 01:38:54.720
in their rooms, but I don't want them to panic.

1300
01:38:55.680 --> 01:38:58.439
Maybe if we can come out here and work on

1301
01:38:58.520 --> 01:39:03.800
the movie, they won't think about all this shit. Besides,

1302
01:39:03.880 --> 01:39:07.439
we'll be right out here in the open, which means

1303
01:39:07.479 --> 01:39:12.760
we'll all be safe. I consider his logic, then nod once.

1304
01:39:13.960 --> 01:39:18.000
What time will we commence with shooting, he considers it.

1305
01:39:18.880 --> 01:39:21.520
I'll get the others and let's meet back here in

1306
01:39:21.600 --> 01:39:33.119
twenty minutes. Very well perspective, Robbie Reddin. Let's talk about

1307
01:39:33.279 --> 01:39:38.520
Terry Witherspoon, shall we? Just seeing how panicked he looked

1308
01:39:39.279 --> 01:39:45.680
was just priceless. Terry was all high and mighty that

1309
01:39:45.880 --> 01:39:49.239
day when he and Grim both kept shoving me out

1310
01:39:49.279 --> 01:39:52.840
through the main doors of the Holiday Inn. Even then,

1311
01:39:53.039 --> 01:39:56.640
they both couldn't keep me out of that convention. It

1312
01:39:56.720 --> 01:40:00.279
wasn't until Dave came along and helped them both that

1313
01:40:00.359 --> 01:40:06.359
they thought they finally got rid of me, except they didn't.

1314
01:40:07.039 --> 01:40:10.840
For a brief moment, I was actually considering sparing Terry.

1315
01:40:11.680 --> 01:40:15.800
Just seeing the pain and anguish on his face showed

1316
01:40:15.840 --> 01:40:20.680
me he was regretting what happened years ago. But I

1317
01:40:20.840 --> 01:40:26.000
realized I just couldn't do it. I already let Darcy

1318
01:40:26.159 --> 01:40:30.680
Hart go earlier, but that was only a reprieve. I

1319
01:40:30.800 --> 01:40:36.880
still had every intention of getting that heartless bitch. But

1320
01:40:36.960 --> 01:40:40.560
if I would have let Terry go, then what was

1321
01:40:40.640 --> 01:40:44.039
to say he wouldn't have moved on past cat and

1322
01:40:44.159 --> 01:40:50.399
found another woman, impossibly even been happy again. The more

1323
01:40:50.439 --> 01:40:55.039
I thought about that, the more I realized, maybe because

1324
01:40:55.119 --> 01:40:59.079
I was able to walk again, that I was going soft.

1325
01:41:00.000 --> 01:41:03.720
No way, too much happened at Ridgeway Heights for me

1326
01:41:03.840 --> 01:41:08.880
to just forgive and forget. I also went through far

1327
01:41:09.079 --> 01:41:13.199
too much pain. There was no way in hell that

1328
01:41:13.279 --> 01:41:20.279
I could possibly let Terry go. I just couldn't. Now

1329
01:41:20.880 --> 01:41:27.960
it's time to ban Terry Witherspoon. Terry sure wasted no

1330
01:41:28.199 --> 01:41:32.319
time packing some stuff and checking out of his room.

1331
01:41:33.359 --> 01:41:37.880
Now he was outside. Oh, I knew people could drive

1332
01:41:37.960 --> 01:41:41.640
on out of here. You could definitely drive through Binnock.

1333
01:41:42.199 --> 01:41:45.840
The local businesses were still open. You could even go

1334
01:41:45.920 --> 01:41:49.560
into pubs and order some food. I was pretty sure

1335
01:41:49.600 --> 01:41:52.960
there was an inn you could check into, providing it

1336
01:41:53.079 --> 01:41:58.279
wasn't sold out. The only problem was you couldn't get

1337
01:41:58.319 --> 01:42:02.319
out of Binnock itself. The plows were going around and

1338
01:42:02.439 --> 01:42:05.960
keeping the streets clean. They were even keeping the road

1339
01:42:06.079 --> 01:42:10.920
going into the High Point Lodge wide open. But leaving

1340
01:42:10.960 --> 01:42:17.520
Bennock itself, good luck, you'd likely get stuck somewhere a

1341
01:42:17.560 --> 01:42:22.840
lot less hospitable than this small town. And good luck

1342
01:42:22.920 --> 01:42:25.600
calling for a record to come out in the blizzard

1343
01:42:25.680 --> 01:42:29.800
to get you. Who could say whether they were overloaded

1344
01:42:29.840 --> 01:42:33.800
and overworked with calls, or they just weren't going out

1345
01:42:33.840 --> 01:42:37.239
into the storm at all. But I was more than

1346
01:42:37.359 --> 01:42:43.159
okay with keeping Terry company, so he was no substitute

1347
01:42:43.159 --> 01:42:49.079
for Darcy. But us hanging out and getting reacquainted wouldn't

1348
01:42:49.159 --> 01:42:53.920
take long like Grim did on Friday. Terry had to

1349
01:42:54.000 --> 01:42:56.920
walk all the way to the back of the lot

1350
01:42:57.479 --> 01:43:01.239
where Dave made all the convention staff park their cars,

1351
01:43:01.960 --> 01:43:05.640
and looking at Terry's he would have to remove chunks

1352
01:43:05.640 --> 01:43:09.279
of snow and ice from it. That was how many

1353
01:43:09.359 --> 01:43:15.560
inches had fallen just since Friday night. Hey, buddy, need

1354
01:43:15.640 --> 01:43:19.840
some help, I called out to Terry. I half expected

1355
01:43:19.920 --> 01:43:24.239
him to just tell me to fuck off, but yeah,

1356
01:43:24.319 --> 01:43:29.159
if you don't mind, not at all. So I went

1357
01:43:29.199 --> 01:43:33.319
ahead and helped Terry clean off his car. He didn't

1358
01:43:33.359 --> 01:43:38.119
say much. Wasn't expecting him too, though. It wasn't like

1359
01:43:38.239 --> 01:43:42.640
his wife had just been murdered, right. It took several minutes,

1360
01:43:42.680 --> 01:43:46.920
but we finally got Terry's car ready to go. He

1361
01:43:47.000 --> 01:43:50.119
got his keys out and was barely able to open

1362
01:43:50.159 --> 01:43:54.880
the driver's side door. Guess nobody told him you shouldn't

1363
01:43:54.960 --> 01:43:58.039
lock your car up like that when a blizzard is

1364
01:43:58.079 --> 01:44:03.000
going on. Just the same, Terry had to believe he

1365
01:44:03.079 --> 01:44:07.079
could escape from the lodge. I kind of wondered if

1366
01:44:07.079 --> 01:44:10.600
he'd be able to start his car. It cranked and

1367
01:44:10.760 --> 01:44:17.159
cranked before it finally fired up. I saw how relieved

1368
01:44:17.239 --> 01:44:21.680
he looked. He sat there for a little bit before

1369
01:44:21.760 --> 01:44:25.720
he got out of the car. He finally started loading

1370
01:44:25.760 --> 01:44:29.319
his bags into the back seat after brushing the snow

1371
01:44:29.439 --> 01:44:35.279
off of them. Then he remembered I was still there. Hey,

1372
01:44:35.960 --> 01:44:39.479
thanks for helping me out, he said. I think I'm

1373
01:44:39.520 --> 01:44:44.039
all good now. I shook my head a little. Nah,

1374
01:44:44.119 --> 01:44:47.680
I don't think so. You look like something's bothering you.

1375
01:44:48.880 --> 01:44:53.119
Terry just gave me a funny look. I appreciate you

1376
01:44:53.199 --> 01:44:55.840
helping me out with the car, but I'm not going

1377
01:44:55.920 --> 01:44:58.960
to talk to you about my problems. I'm getting out

1378
01:44:59.000 --> 01:45:04.239
of here. Suit yourself, I told him. When Terry finished

1379
01:45:04.279 --> 01:45:07.520
loading the car up, he got back in before he

1380
01:45:07.600 --> 01:45:11.920
shut the door, I was quick to tell him, don't

1381
01:45:11.960 --> 01:45:17.279
you even want to know? He was really annoyed. Now, look, guy,

1382
01:45:17.880 --> 01:45:20.760
I ain't got time for your shit. Okay, I said,

1383
01:45:20.840 --> 01:45:23.439
thanks for helping me out. What more do you want?

1384
01:45:24.439 --> 01:45:28.479
But don't you even want to know? How? I repeated?

1385
01:45:29.600 --> 01:45:35.119
Now he was losing his shit. Know how what how

1386
01:45:35.159 --> 01:45:40.319
I killed your wife? I told him simply. Then I

1387
01:45:40.479 --> 01:45:52.039
removed my ski mask. His eyes got wide fast. You're

1388
01:45:52.479 --> 01:45:55.840
Robbie Reddin. You're that little prick we threw out back

1389
01:45:55.840 --> 01:45:59.520
in Ridgeway Heights. You're the one who got his back broken.

1390
01:46:00.520 --> 01:46:03.319
He shot out of his car. What the fuck do

1391
01:46:03.399 --> 01:46:07.760
you know about Cat? I just told you, I answered,

1392
01:46:08.960 --> 01:46:13.560
I killed her. As I kept stepping back, he kept

1393
01:46:13.600 --> 01:46:18.199
walking faster after me. All I had to do was

1394
01:46:18.560 --> 01:46:22.840
follow your wife back to your room. Cat sure loved

1395
01:46:22.920 --> 01:46:26.520
being the attacker when she wouldn't let people get near

1396
01:46:26.600 --> 01:46:30.800
the guests unless, of course, they had money in hand.

1397
01:46:31.520 --> 01:46:36.399
Well tonight, Cat learned what it was like to be attacked.

1398
01:46:37.239 --> 01:46:41.359
Oh and I definitely didn't have any money in hand,

1399
01:46:42.720 --> 01:46:46.119
just my knife. You should have seen the look on

1400
01:46:46.239 --> 01:46:52.039
her face when I stabbed her again and again. You

1401
01:46:52.319 --> 01:46:57.840
people wrongfully banned me from Ridgeway Heights, so now I'm

1402
01:46:57.880 --> 01:47:02.960
banning all of you from life. By the way, did

1403
01:47:03.039 --> 01:47:08.279
you like how I displayed your wife? Terry screamed like

1404
01:47:08.319 --> 01:47:12.520
a deranged lunatic and came after me. I didn't move

1405
01:47:12.560 --> 01:47:15.600
away from him. I punched him right in the face.

1406
01:47:16.600 --> 01:47:20.319
He went down like a bag of hammers. It wasn't

1407
01:47:20.359 --> 01:47:24.000
long before he was back on his feet. Then he

1408
01:47:24.039 --> 01:47:28.159
went to his car and opened up his trunk. He

1409
01:47:28.199 --> 01:47:31.720
pulled out a crowbar. I'm gonna make you look worse

1410
01:47:31.760 --> 01:47:35.239
than what you did to Cat, you bastard, He roared

1411
01:47:35.319 --> 01:47:38.680
and came at me again, swinging like a man who

1412
01:47:38.760 --> 01:47:42.840
failed to defend his wife. But I was focused and

1413
01:47:42.960 --> 01:47:47.159
kept moving out of the way. Before Terry found out

1414
01:47:47.319 --> 01:47:51.920
Cat was killed. He'd been partying and was definitely drunk,

1415
01:47:52.000 --> 01:47:58.079
which fueled his rage. He wouldn't stop until he killed me.

1416
01:47:59.439 --> 01:48:03.079
When I was done playing with Terry, I stopped his

1417
01:48:03.239 --> 01:48:07.600
latest attack and swiped the crowbar away from him. Now

1418
01:48:07.640 --> 01:48:10.960
I was going to use it on him. With each hit,

1419
01:48:11.600 --> 01:48:17.079
I got blood going all over the snow. Tell you what, Terry,

1420
01:48:17.640 --> 01:48:21.479
I told him after sending him to the ground. You

1421
01:48:21.560 --> 01:48:24.319
got one hundred and forty dollars. Give it to me

1422
01:48:24.920 --> 01:48:29.039
and I'll let you leave here. All that'll hurt is

1423
01:48:29.079 --> 01:48:33.479
your pride. Terry was suddenly back on his feet and

1424
01:48:33.600 --> 01:48:38.960
rushing me. Fuck you. Terry managed to tackle me down

1425
01:48:39.079 --> 01:48:42.560
to the ground. He screamed at the top of his lungs.

1426
01:48:42.600 --> 01:48:46.239
When he started trying to hit me. He wasn't even

1427
01:48:46.359 --> 01:48:51.960
focused and kept hitting my forearms. I was still holding

1428
01:48:52.039 --> 01:48:56.560
the crowbar when he slowed down. I brought it back

1429
01:48:56.680 --> 01:48:59.840
and smashed him with it to get him off of me.

1430
01:49:01.159 --> 01:49:05.279
I got back up. I'm guessing either you ain't got

1431
01:49:05.319 --> 01:49:08.960
the hundred and forty dollars or you're not planning on

1432
01:49:09.079 --> 01:49:13.319
paying up. Either way, I don't care you think you're

1433
01:49:13.319 --> 01:49:16.319
in pain right now. It ain't nothing compared to the

1434
01:49:16.359 --> 01:49:19.760
pain and hell I went through after Dave put me

1435
01:49:19.840 --> 01:49:22.760
in front of that truck. All you had to do

1436
01:49:22.920 --> 01:49:28.199
was just give me my fucking money back. Guess you

1437
01:49:28.239 --> 01:49:30.239
and Dave are going to have to learn the hard

1438
01:49:30.279 --> 01:49:36.159
way that karma is a bitch. I kept hitting Terry

1439
01:49:36.199 --> 01:49:39.680
as he tried to get up. When he wasn't getting

1440
01:49:39.760 --> 01:49:43.760
up anymore, I raised the crowbar and drove it down.

1441
01:49:44.720 --> 01:49:48.880
He cried out when he felt himself being impaled and

1442
01:49:49.079 --> 01:49:53.520
pinned to the ground. He could scream and scream as

1443
01:49:53.640 --> 01:49:57.359
much as he wanted. With us being isolated and the

1444
01:49:57.399 --> 01:50:01.520
blizzard still in full force, who was going to hear him?

1445
01:50:02.560 --> 01:50:05.920
I moved and got in his car. It was so

1446
01:50:06.159 --> 01:50:10.680
nice and warm inside, even with the door open. I

1447
01:50:10.760 --> 01:50:14.199
pulled it shut and ran the windshield wipers to clean

1448
01:50:14.239 --> 01:50:19.760
the wetness from the defrosters. I could see Terry perfectly

1449
01:50:20.880 --> 01:50:26.600
still struggling. I put the car in gear and floored it.

1450
01:50:27.680 --> 01:50:31.279
I didn't hear him scream, but I could see the

1451
01:50:31.399 --> 01:50:36.520
look of horror as I drove right to him, right

1452
01:50:37.199 --> 01:50:42.840
over him. Then the car went up fast, then down again,

1453
01:50:43.520 --> 01:50:47.119
just as fast. I stopped the car and got out.

1454
01:50:48.439 --> 01:50:53.000
Terry wasn't dead yet, but I could hear his anguish.

1455
01:50:54.359 --> 01:50:57.399
Just looking at him, I could see he was truly

1456
01:50:58.000 --> 01:51:03.640
a broken man. His spine was severed completely. He was

1457
01:51:03.760 --> 01:51:08.880
paralyzed from the waist down, but he was still moving.

1458
01:51:10.000 --> 01:51:14.520
He should be so lucky. Maybe I snapped his spine

1459
01:51:14.560 --> 01:51:17.960
in one place, but that was nothing compared to the

1460
01:51:18.039 --> 01:51:24.439
multiple locations on my back that got destroyed. Yeah, let's

1461
01:51:24.479 --> 01:51:29.439
get you back inside the lodge, buddy, I told him.

1462
01:51:29.800 --> 01:51:33.680
I grabbed hold of the crowbar and yanked it back out,

1463
01:51:34.000 --> 01:51:40.279
causing Terry to scream one last time before he slumped

1464
01:51:40.359 --> 01:51:46.880
back down and finally died. It was definitely time to

1465
01:51:46.920 --> 01:51:58.920
get my next masterpiece ready to present to Dave perspective.

1466
01:51:59.640 --> 01:52:04.359
Vicky the Valentine. I am in the lobby and in costume.

1467
01:52:04.960 --> 01:52:09.439
As I work on Enrique's latest movie, another in his

1468
01:52:09.640 --> 01:52:16.000
growing Babysitter Massacre series, I reprise my role of Larkin Combs,

1469
01:52:16.600 --> 01:52:21.399
the main heroine from David O'Hanlon's inaugural book of the series.

1470
01:52:22.520 --> 01:52:25.760
Larkin was hired to come on vacation with a family.

1471
01:52:26.479 --> 01:52:29.239
Her job was to babysit the children and take them

1472
01:52:29.279 --> 01:52:32.359
around the hotel while the parents are out at a

1473
01:52:32.439 --> 01:52:37.920
convention nearby. Even though this is a ski lodge, it

1474
01:52:38.039 --> 01:52:43.079
mostly appears like a simple hotel. Kuto got permission to

1475
01:52:43.119 --> 01:52:51.800
shoot here before arriving yesterday before the murders. He's behind

1476
01:52:51.840 --> 01:52:56.760
the camera when he calls action. I go through my

1477
01:52:56.960 --> 01:53:00.680
lines with Ben Deavers, who plays the guide, trying to

1478
01:53:01.199 --> 01:53:05.039
get with me. When we keep arguing, I tell him

1479
01:53:05.079 --> 01:53:08.119
that I cannot leave the kids and that he needs

1480
01:53:08.199 --> 01:53:12.840
to just go away. In this scene, which is close

1481
01:53:12.920 --> 01:53:16.520
to the final act, I am fully aware that a

1482
01:53:16.640 --> 01:53:20.640
killer is running loose in the hotel. There is a

1483
01:53:20.720 --> 01:53:24.159
stunt double who's supposed to be getting his throat slashed.

1484
01:53:24.760 --> 01:53:27.800
Even though they could not retain the services of the

1485
01:53:27.840 --> 01:53:31.920
Corgan Twins this time up, our director was able to

1486
01:53:32.000 --> 01:53:35.039
find an affects artist who could give him what he needed.

1487
01:53:35.920 --> 01:53:39.560
When Ben and I finish our lines, Kuto calls for

1488
01:53:39.640 --> 01:53:42.840
a cut. We are ready to shoot the kill scene.

1489
01:53:43.680 --> 01:53:46.760
Enrique tells everybody how he wishes for us to act

1490
01:53:46.760 --> 01:53:52.600
out our scene. Soon he backs off and tells us okay.

1491
01:53:53.159 --> 01:53:58.760
Places everybody upon calling action. We continue performing the scene

1492
01:53:59.359 --> 01:54:03.760
until the kill piller appears, dressed in an outfit resembling

1493
01:54:03.840 --> 01:54:08.279
that of the original prom night. Ben tries to fight

1494
01:54:08.399 --> 01:54:11.880
him off when he comes for me, but gets kicked

1495
01:54:11.920 --> 01:54:15.880
in the stomach. Then he rolls out of frame as

1496
01:54:16.000 --> 01:54:20.439
Enrique instructed him to do. From there, the killer picks

1497
01:54:20.520 --> 01:54:23.720
up the stunt double. I come into the scene and

1498
01:54:23.840 --> 01:54:27.239
jump onto the Killer's back, where I shall remain until

1499
01:54:27.359 --> 01:54:32.000
Enrique gives me the signal to drop off. Get off me, bitch,

1500
01:54:32.640 --> 01:54:36.479
the killer yells. I see the signal and fall away

1501
01:54:36.680 --> 01:54:39.960
and roll until I stop and can get back on

1502
01:54:40.079 --> 01:54:44.279
my feet. Now, the killer chases me through the lobby,

1503
01:54:45.199 --> 01:54:47.960
seeing there are too many people. When I turn down

1504
01:54:48.000 --> 01:54:51.239
the corridor, I make my way down again and use

1505
01:54:51.279 --> 01:54:55.119
my room key to unlock the door to the swimming pool.

1506
01:54:56.039 --> 01:54:59.479
Enrique and his camera person are following right behind me

1507
01:55:00.039 --> 01:55:04.560
getting everything I am performing. Now, I am alone at

1508
01:55:04.600 --> 01:55:10.119
the swimming pool. There are windows all around. According to

1509
01:55:10.199 --> 01:55:13.479
the script, the killer is supposed to come up behind

1510
01:55:13.600 --> 01:55:17.479
me and rip my top off before he stabs me

1511
01:55:17.920 --> 01:55:27.800
in the side. But this is not what happens. A

1512
01:55:27.880 --> 01:55:33.479
window nearby shatters. This body suddenly lands right in front

1513
01:55:33.520 --> 01:55:38.439
of me. Cut. Enrique yells, what the hell is.

1514
01:55:38.439 --> 01:55:39.119
Going on here?

1515
01:55:40.119 --> 01:55:44.279
That's not what we rehearsed people. I point down to him,

1516
01:55:45.319 --> 01:55:50.279
and this man is not your stunt person, Kuto. He

1517
01:55:50.359 --> 01:55:55.119
comes up beside me and sees it is Terry Witherspoon.

1518
01:55:55.920 --> 01:55:59.439
He's covered in blood and his T shirt is ripped

1519
01:55:59.479 --> 01:56:03.880
down the middle. Carved upon his chest is the same

1520
01:56:04.000 --> 01:56:12.960
word as the previous victims band. What the fuck? Kuto chokes.

1521
01:56:13.640 --> 01:56:17.199
Then he turns to the others. Where the hell is

1522
01:56:17.239 --> 01:56:23.399
Wolf Dan? Fortunately, Dan Yorke, the stunt person would prove

1523
01:56:23.520 --> 01:56:28.119
to be all right. Ben Deavers found him knocked unconscious

1524
01:56:28.520 --> 01:56:32.319
in our meeting room. Enrique and I look at each

1525
01:56:32.319 --> 01:56:36.840
other as if asking what should be done. I can

1526
01:56:36.880 --> 01:56:42.359
see that he is greatly upset, but he remains calm

1527
01:56:42.399 --> 01:56:48.640
as he takes a deep breath. Okay, everybody, We're done. Here.

1528
01:56:50.000 --> 01:56:53.479
I have the unfortunate responsibility of getting the lodge manager

1529
01:56:53.560 --> 01:56:59.000
down here. Then he pulls out his phone. I'll call

1530
01:56:59.039 --> 01:57:05.960
the police again. Enriquet points to me, Vicky, why don't

1531
01:57:06.000 --> 01:57:09.039
you see if you can find that Melikant idiot and

1532
01:57:09.159 --> 01:57:13.479
let him know. Not that he'll care. Ben tells me

1533
01:57:13.600 --> 01:57:16.880
that he and the other actors will remain with Terry

1534
01:57:17.039 --> 01:57:21.680
until the police arrive. I leave to go look for Mellicant,

1535
01:57:22.720 --> 01:57:25.239
but I do not have to go far from the

1536
01:57:25.319 --> 01:57:29.640
imbecile himself. As he comes into the room fast, What

1537
01:57:29.680 --> 01:57:32.560
the fuck is going on here? I was told by

1538
01:57:32.560 --> 01:57:34.960
the front desk that someone wanted to see me here.

1539
01:57:35.960 --> 01:57:40.119
I point down at Terry's body. You would be correct.

1540
01:57:41.000 --> 01:57:44.680
When he sees what has become of Terry, he becomes

1541
01:57:45.000 --> 01:57:48.960
even angrier. It is then when I begin to feel

1542
01:57:49.000 --> 01:57:53.319
the fangs growing within my mouth. I also feel my

1543
01:57:53.479 --> 01:58:00.159
fingernails extending. I am again changing back into my monster form.

1544
01:58:00.840 --> 01:58:07.319
I must leave here immediately. Bidonne Debrer comes in. He

1545
01:58:07.399 --> 01:58:12.079
must have followed Melikant inside. Then a voice comes in

1546
01:58:12.279 --> 01:58:13.600
over the loud speaker.

1547
01:58:14.880 --> 01:58:19.880
Hello, Dave, glad you could make it. I know you

1548
01:58:20.079 --> 01:58:23.640
know who I am. By now you have to know

1549
01:58:24.680 --> 01:58:28.760
you are the last one. I'm coming for you, you

1550
01:58:28.920 --> 01:58:31.840
son of a bitch. And don't think I don't have

1551
01:58:31.960 --> 01:58:36.560
my eyes on you too, Darcy Hart. Let me put

1552
01:58:36.600 --> 01:58:42.920
this in simple terms. You two are so fucked. It

1553
01:58:42.960 --> 01:58:46.199
doesn't matter if you run and hide. It doesn't matter

1554
01:58:46.239 --> 01:58:49.279
if you leave and try to escape. The Blizzard is

1555
01:58:49.359 --> 01:58:54.720
on my side and guarantees you'll be staying right here.

1556
01:58:55.560 --> 01:58:59.119
You've seen what I did to all of your loyal staff.

1557
01:59:00.199 --> 01:59:03.680
Now that I have your attention, just know I'll be

1558
01:59:03.800 --> 01:59:07.840
coming for you and Darcy both soon.

1559
01:59:08.800 --> 01:59:13.159
Reddin finishes with a demented laugh. I turn and walk

1560
01:59:13.239 --> 01:59:16.880
back to my room. As I start seeing my snake

1561
01:59:16.960 --> 01:59:22.000
flesh in patches, I must hide and let the change finish.

1562
01:59:22.960 --> 01:59:27.119
I must also get into another outfit. Bedone is quick

1563
01:59:27.199 --> 01:59:32.319
to follow me. Vicky, you really shouldn't be alone, He

1564
01:59:32.439 --> 01:59:37.000
tells me, you heard what that psycho said. I do

1565
01:59:37.079 --> 01:59:40.800
not face him. Let the fool come for me again.

1566
01:59:41.560 --> 01:59:46.159
I'll deal with him most severely this time. We arrive

1567
01:59:46.239 --> 01:59:51.359
at my room, I tell Bedone to wait for me outside.

1568
01:59:51.600 --> 01:59:54.159
I move to the bathroom and know that I do

1569
01:59:54.239 --> 01:59:58.640
not require light. My night vision has returned once more.

1570
01:59:59.520 --> 02:00:02.960
Just the I turn on the light and view myself

1571
02:00:03.199 --> 02:00:08.279
in the looking glass. I am torn within. On one side,

1572
02:00:08.319 --> 02:00:11.800
I wished to be mortal. For Bethany, I've tried so

1573
02:00:12.079 --> 02:00:15.720
hard to live as one. Bethany has been there to

1574
02:00:15.800 --> 02:00:19.399
try and teach me how to deal with my aggressiveness

1575
02:00:19.720 --> 02:00:23.880
as a warrior. Even though I possess my memories as

1576
02:00:23.920 --> 02:00:28.600
both Veranda and as Vicki Valentine, I still continue to

1577
02:00:28.720 --> 02:00:33.439
long for my old ways. When I was but a child,

1578
02:00:33.520 --> 02:00:38.000
I began training to become a Gorgon warrior. It did

1579
02:00:38.039 --> 02:00:41.560
not matter if you were male or female. As long

1580
02:00:41.640 --> 02:00:44.960
as you were able, then you could contribute something to

1581
02:00:45.079 --> 02:00:50.720
the tribe. In time, I learned to crave battle. That

1582
02:00:50.880 --> 02:00:55.119
craving consumed me, for I became the best that my

1583
02:00:55.399 --> 02:01:00.880
tribe had. When the hell Weaver invaded the night, I

1584
02:01:00.960 --> 02:01:05.520
knew that our Gorgon tribe would fall to her, but

1585
02:01:05.920 --> 02:01:09.359
we were a proud race and would die before we

1586
02:01:09.399 --> 02:01:14.560
would be in the shackles of servitude to that evil goddess.

1587
02:01:15.000 --> 02:01:18.640
It is my fault entirely that I am tainted with

1588
02:01:18.720 --> 02:01:22.199
her blood. I just knew that if I was to

1589
02:01:22.359 --> 02:01:26.399
die against hell Weaver, that I would at least spill

1590
02:01:26.439 --> 02:01:31.760
her blood in some fashion, so I bit her on

1591
02:01:31.920 --> 02:01:35.720
her shoulder. The goddess screamed as I drank all that

1592
02:01:35.800 --> 02:01:40.079
I could from her before casting me away. Did I

1593
02:01:40.199 --> 02:01:45.880
attempt suicide that day? Even now I still cannot answer

1594
02:01:45.960 --> 02:01:52.000
this question. But I tainted myself for all time. Even

1595
02:01:52.039 --> 02:01:56.640
when my sorceress restored Bethany to me, hell Weaver's blood

1596
02:01:57.000 --> 02:02:02.359
still flowed through my body. There was never any going back.

1597
02:02:03.279 --> 02:02:07.279
Her blood shall be at full power again, and I

1598
02:02:07.359 --> 02:02:13.439
shall become fully transformed once more. My only fear is

1599
02:02:14.239 --> 02:02:18.760
losing Bethany. Yes, she accepted me back in the night

1600
02:02:18.840 --> 02:02:24.079
realm upon learning my true identity. She and I became

1601
02:02:24.199 --> 02:02:28.119
bound to each other as mates and in marriage. But

1602
02:02:28.239 --> 02:02:32.399
I became mortal to save her from death. I truly

1603
02:02:32.479 --> 02:02:36.720
believed that I would be mortal forever. But I see

1604
02:02:36.760 --> 02:02:40.319
that hell Weaver's power is much greater than that of

1605
02:02:40.319 --> 02:02:45.680
my sorceress. I am so deeply conflicted that I lash

1606
02:02:45.720 --> 02:02:51.960
out and shatter the mirror with one blow. Looking upon

1607
02:02:52.119 --> 02:02:57.359
my hand, I have drawn a little blood. Almost immediately

1608
02:02:57.439 --> 02:03:01.960
I begin to heal, feel that I must venture back

1609
02:03:02.000 --> 02:03:08.359
out into the storm and complete my transformation. I will

1610
02:03:08.399 --> 02:03:13.520
no longer belong to this realm and its people. I

1611
02:03:13.560 --> 02:03:18.359
would either need to live in exile here or return

1612
02:03:18.560 --> 02:03:24.680
to the night realm. No, I had best speak with Bethany.

1613
02:03:25.840 --> 02:03:32.600
She alone shall determine my fate. But first my conflict

1614
02:03:32.720 --> 02:03:37.279
must be ended with you, Robbie Reddin. Too much blood

1615
02:03:37.319 --> 02:03:41.359
has been spilled in these last two days. I leave

1616
02:03:41.479 --> 02:03:46.640
the bathroom and forego changing clothes. If Robi Reddin is

1617
02:03:46.720 --> 02:03:50.800
to behold my true form upon what should be our

1618
02:03:51.560 --> 02:03:57.119
final meeting, then so be it. I am still a

1619
02:03:57.199 --> 02:04:08.000
proud Gorgon and the last of my tribe. Bedone still

1620
02:04:08.000 --> 02:04:11.920
awaits me as I exit. I thought you were going

1621
02:04:11.960 --> 02:04:16.439
to change. Wow, how did you curl your hair so fast?

1622
02:04:17.560 --> 02:04:23.680
Ancient family secret? I answer, come Bedone, and I venture

1623
02:04:23.840 --> 02:04:27.319
back to the lobby. We must pass a few of

1624
02:04:27.359 --> 02:04:30.920
the meeting rooms to get there. It is then when

1625
02:04:31.000 --> 02:04:36.279
David Melikant appears. He must have seen me leaving. He

1626
02:04:36.439 --> 02:04:40.199
turns me around and points right at me. I told

1627
02:04:40.239 --> 02:04:44.119
you to get the fuck out. You ain't part of

1628
02:04:44.159 --> 02:04:48.119
my show no more. But before I can address him,

1629
02:04:48.479 --> 02:04:52.960
Bedone steps in front of me. Though he was assigned

1630
02:04:53.000 --> 02:04:57.079
to be my handler, he seems to have assigned himself

1631
02:04:57.319 --> 02:05:03.439
to be my personal bodyguard. Bedone points right in Melikant's face.

1632
02:05:04.439 --> 02:05:10.760
Just leave her alone, Dave. Melakant gives an immature grin, ooh,

1633
02:05:10.840 --> 02:05:14.239
you gonna kick my ass, you little pussy. I should

1634
02:05:14.319 --> 02:05:16.319
just beat the living shit out of you and leave

1635
02:05:16.319 --> 02:05:20.399
you for redd and to kill. Melakant grabs Beatone and

1636
02:05:20.520 --> 02:05:23.840
throws him into an open meeting room. Then he goes

1637
02:05:23.880 --> 02:05:27.119
in after him. Before I can move to help him,

1638
02:05:27.560 --> 02:05:33.159
Melicant quickly closes and locks the door. Sorry, bitch, this

1639
02:05:33.439 --> 02:05:38.239
is between me and the pussy. The transformation is happening

1640
02:05:38.399 --> 02:05:42.279
faster than before, but I cannot allow Bedone to be

1641
02:05:42.279 --> 02:05:46.760
beaten to death by that cretan. What the fuck? Dave

1642
02:05:47.279 --> 02:05:51.960
beat On yells, are you crazy? Put that down? Then

1643
02:05:52.840 --> 02:05:57.239
he screams no, I do not care if I fully

1644
02:05:57.279 --> 02:06:01.880
transform into my monster form again again. Bedonne is in

1645
02:06:01.960 --> 02:06:05.439
trouble and I am the only one who can save him.

1646
02:06:06.479 --> 02:06:10.640
Hang on, I yell. As I start to feel my

1647
02:06:10.800 --> 02:06:15.279
hair transforming into snakes. I know that I cannot allow

1648
02:06:15.399 --> 02:06:18.960
the other mortals that still remain to see me in

1649
02:06:19.039 --> 02:06:23.800
this way. My hair has shifted from being merely coiled

1650
02:06:23.840 --> 02:06:30.000
strands to solid. Soon they shall become living snakes. Once more,

1651
02:06:31.039 --> 02:06:35.600
my eyes fall upon a ventilation. Ducked. I may not

1652
02:06:35.760 --> 02:06:40.600
have my sword the blood Omen, but I do have

1653
02:06:40.680 --> 02:06:45.720
my claws. Using them, I easily remove the vent cover.

1654
02:06:46.720 --> 02:06:50.199
Much to my surprise, I am able to fit within

1655
02:06:50.399 --> 02:06:55.760
this vent. I feel my shoes fall away. No matter,

1656
02:06:56.920 --> 02:07:01.399
I have always been accustomed to fighting nearly naked. I

1657
02:07:01.439 --> 02:07:06.520
am a very proud gorgon female. I continue to feel

1658
02:07:06.600 --> 02:07:14.880
my monster's strength returning more and more I continue to change.

1659
02:07:15.039 --> 02:07:20.640
I can hear my hair hissing. Now I move through

1660
02:07:20.720 --> 02:07:26.159
the ventilation shaft. I keep hearing furniture being destroyed and

1661
02:07:26.239 --> 02:07:31.199
beat on screaming. Soon I find the vent opening and

1662
02:07:31.399 --> 02:07:35.680
easily push it open to come out. The lights are

1663
02:07:35.720 --> 02:07:40.359
still on. Bedone is unconscious and his face is covered

1664
02:07:40.359 --> 02:07:46.880
in blood. David Melikant lays close by. His face is

1665
02:07:47.000 --> 02:07:51.159
also covered in blood, as well as his genes and

1666
02:07:51.239 --> 02:07:56.000
his hoodie. Clearly he used many of the wooden chairs

1667
02:07:56.560 --> 02:08:02.880
on bedone. Melicant moans and sits up. Then he sees

1668
02:08:02.960 --> 02:08:08.000
me standing there. He gives me a weird look. I

1669
02:08:08.079 --> 02:08:11.520
know that I am not fully transformed, but I must

1670
02:08:11.600 --> 02:08:15.439
be enough to where he notices he could have taken

1671
02:08:15.479 --> 02:08:20.199
that stupid makeup off, Melikant says, getting to his feet.

1672
02:08:21.359 --> 02:08:25.760
That's what your movies are, you know, stupid, bad riding,

1673
02:08:25.920 --> 02:08:29.520
bad acting, and we both know you're the worst of

1674
02:08:29.600 --> 02:08:36.880
the worst. I ignore his insults. You killed beaton, Melikant shrugs.

1675
02:08:37.640 --> 02:08:41.640
Why not. He was worthless anyway. I still don't know

1676
02:08:41.680 --> 02:08:44.720
why I let him be on my staff. I even

1677
02:08:44.800 --> 02:08:48.279
let him be your handler. He kept pestering me to

1678
02:08:48.399 --> 02:08:51.359
let him have you. I figured he just wanted to

1679
02:08:51.399 --> 02:08:55.239
stare at those fun bags of yours. But he's got

1680
02:08:55.239 --> 02:08:58.560
a real hard on for you. Maybe he watched a

1681
02:08:58.600 --> 02:09:03.039
lot of your porno movies. Speaking of which, why don't

1682
02:09:03.079 --> 02:09:07.199
we just get it on? You heard Reddin? He wants

1683
02:09:07.239 --> 02:09:09.720
to kill both of us, So why don't we just

1684
02:09:10.520 --> 02:09:14.039
fuck before he does? What would it matter to you

1685
02:09:14.119 --> 02:09:17.920
after all those poorn movies, what's one more fuck? You'll

1686
02:09:17.960 --> 02:09:22.560
always be a whore, Valentine, there ain't no covering that

1687
02:09:22.720 --> 02:09:27.279
shit up. I growl and knock Melichant back to the

1688
02:09:27.359 --> 02:09:32.439
floor with a punch. He sits up and feels his jaw.

1689
02:09:33.520 --> 02:09:39.039
Wow for a bitch, you hit really hard, he sneers.

1690
02:09:39.520 --> 02:09:43.159
Then he gets back up to his feet. Veranda shall

1691
02:09:43.319 --> 02:09:47.159
savor beating you to a pulp for your insults this day.

1692
02:09:48.119 --> 02:09:52.239
I sneer back as I tighten my fists, and for

1693
02:09:52.319 --> 02:09:57.159
what you have done to Bedone. Just then I hear

1694
02:09:57.319 --> 02:10:02.159
Bedone moaning nearby. I move to him to see if

1695
02:10:02.199 --> 02:10:07.039
he is well. In my excitement, Melikant grabs another of

1696
02:10:07.039 --> 02:10:11.319
the wooden chairs and breaks it over my head. I

1697
02:10:11.439 --> 02:10:16.439
find myself upon the floor next to be done. We'll

1698
02:10:16.439 --> 02:10:22.000
have fun soon, bitch, Melican says crazily. But I'm finishing

1699
02:10:22.079 --> 02:10:27.479
this bastard first. No, I growl and force myself to

1700
02:10:27.520 --> 02:10:32.159
get up. No, bitch, you stay down, he jeers, when

1701
02:10:32.199 --> 02:10:36.359
he breaks another chair over my back. When I attempt

1702
02:10:36.439 --> 02:10:38.960
to get to my feet once more, he has bludgeoned

1703
02:10:39.000 --> 02:10:43.479
me with something metallic. The searing pain on my head

1704
02:10:43.960 --> 02:10:49.800
becomes too much. As I fall into darkness, I hear

1705
02:10:49.960 --> 02:10:56.359
Melikant again. I got no money left. I'm a ruined man.

1706
02:10:57.560 --> 02:11:03.439
Now I'm good to ruin the both of you. Before

1707
02:11:03.520 --> 02:11:09.800
I fade completely, I vow that if I live, vengeance

1708
02:11:09.880 --> 02:11:27.079
against David Mellikent shall be mine. Late Saturday Night Perspective,

1709
02:11:27.840 --> 02:11:33.560
Robbie Reddin, wakey, wakey, It sure took forever for Darcy

1710
02:11:33.680 --> 02:11:37.600
Hart to wake up. It didn't matter, since she was

1711
02:11:37.640 --> 02:11:41.680
tied up and gagged. She was all high and mighty

1712
02:11:41.800 --> 02:11:46.600
back in Ridgeway Heights after taking my money and refusing

1713
02:11:46.680 --> 02:11:51.800
to give me what I paid for. Yes, Darcy, I

1714
02:11:51.880 --> 02:11:56.640
assure you I'm quite all right, I told her. When

1715
02:11:56.680 --> 02:12:00.159
she saw me. She tried to talk, but the the

1716
02:12:00.199 --> 02:12:06.560
gag was making things difficult. Okay, I'll remove the gag.

1717
02:12:07.159 --> 02:12:11.079
I raised my finger, but don't bother calling for help.

1718
02:12:11.479 --> 02:12:15.760
Believe me, nobody's gonna hear you, not where we are.

1719
02:12:17.039 --> 02:12:21.079
After I removed the gag, Darcy glared at me. She

1720
02:12:21.199 --> 02:12:25.439
looked so strange. How much makeup did Darcy get for

1721
02:12:25.640 --> 02:12:33.600
Enrique Kuto's movie? Be Done? What's going on? What are

1722
02:12:33.640 --> 02:12:41.039
you doing? I gave Darcy such a smile. Let me

1723
02:12:41.119 --> 02:12:45.840
show you something. Then I removed my beard and hair.

1724
02:12:47.640 --> 02:12:55.439
Be done. You are Robbie Redden, I laughed, bingo. Also,

1725
02:12:55.560 --> 02:12:59.279
I suppose it never occurred to you to try unscrambling

1726
02:12:59.359 --> 02:13:05.520
betone to find my real name, did it? I knelt

1727
02:13:05.640 --> 02:13:10.079
down in front of her. Now I finally have you, Darcy.

1728
02:13:11.239 --> 02:13:16.520
I am not Darcy Hart. You imbecile, She yelled of

1729
02:13:16.640 --> 02:13:20.600
course you are. I said, you really thought I'd buy

1730
02:13:20.640 --> 02:13:24.039
it when you said you were a porn star. It

1731
02:13:24.159 --> 02:13:27.560
did surprise me that you sold nude picks at your table.

1732
02:13:28.479 --> 02:13:34.439
Then I focus, but why horror Darcy look, Ernie's movie

1733
02:13:34.560 --> 02:13:39.880
Night was terrible, but I really loved it. You even

1734
02:13:39.960 --> 02:13:44.359
said in interviews that you hate horror. Why do movies

1735
02:13:44.359 --> 02:13:48.680
with Enrique Kuto and the Corgan Twins. Then you even

1736
02:13:48.760 --> 02:13:52.920
left the country to film that zombie remake. He won

1737
02:13:53.000 --> 02:13:58.000
all those Fangoria chainsaw awards. Hell, you even pulled off

1738
02:13:58.039 --> 02:14:02.079
a huge upset and won a Golden Globe. She changed

1739
02:14:02.079 --> 02:14:06.960
the subject what did you do to Melikant? I laughed

1740
02:14:07.680 --> 02:14:11.359
that idiot Dave knocked you out for me. After that,

1741
02:14:12.119 --> 02:14:15.359
I knocked his ass out. Now I've got both of you,

1742
02:14:15.880 --> 02:14:19.720
just like I said I would. You already know why

1743
02:14:19.760 --> 02:14:24.439
I want you, I pointed to Dave. But this piece

1744
02:14:24.479 --> 02:14:30.319
of shit here, I made myself calm down again. I

1745
02:14:30.560 --> 02:14:33.880
drove to the Ridgeway Heights Horror Con to get your

1746
02:14:33.920 --> 02:14:38.279
autograph and a selfie. After I gave you my money,

1747
02:14:38.319 --> 02:14:42.520
you wouldn't sign my movie or give me the selfie.

1748
02:14:42.600 --> 02:14:47.720
Then your handler, Kat Witherspoon called her husband, James Turner over.

1749
02:14:48.600 --> 02:14:51.399
No matter how much I tried to explain everything, they

1750
02:14:51.520 --> 02:14:56.159
just wouldn't listen. Imagine if you drove over two hours

1751
02:14:56.640 --> 02:15:00.640
just to get ripped off. Now Dave was screaming at

1752
02:15:00.680 --> 02:15:04.079
me through his gag. I made sure I tied him

1753
02:15:04.159 --> 02:15:08.079
up good. He was so crazy he'd probably have brought

1754
02:15:08.079 --> 02:15:12.359
the entire ski lodge right down on everybody. I pointed

1755
02:15:12.439 --> 02:15:17.720
right at him. You really didn't recognize me, you fucking idiot,

1756
02:15:18.359 --> 02:15:23.840
I asked him. Surprise, I'm Robbie Reddin. Guess I ain't

1757
02:15:23.920 --> 02:15:28.479
such a pussy after all, huh. I flexed my arms.

1758
02:15:29.319 --> 02:15:34.520
After my back was repaired in an experimental surgery courtesy

1759
02:15:34.560 --> 02:15:39.039
of mirror technologies, I worked on bulking up. You can't

1760
02:15:39.039 --> 02:15:44.760
imagine how great this feels being strong that and I'm

1761
02:15:44.840 --> 02:15:49.720
finally finally getting my revenge on the both of you.

1762
02:15:50.720 --> 02:15:55.319
Then Darcy called out, tell me, Reddin, how did you

1763
02:15:55.439 --> 02:15:58.479
take over the PA system when you were with me

1764
02:15:58.680 --> 02:16:03.760
in the lobby? I laughed a little easy. I set

1765
02:16:03.840 --> 02:16:07.439
up another smartphone at the PA mike. It went off

1766
02:16:07.479 --> 02:16:10.960
when I sent the signal from my own phone. Its

1767
02:16:11.000 --> 02:16:14.760
Wi Fi only and a burner, so can't be tracked

1768
02:16:14.760 --> 02:16:21.119
back to me. Quite clever, she complimented me. I looked

1769
02:16:21.159 --> 02:16:25.960
back at my grand prize. Seriously, Darcy, how did you

1770
02:16:26.000 --> 02:16:30.760
get to be such a cold, unfeeling bitch? You proved

1771
02:16:30.800 --> 02:16:34.879
that day you don't give a shit about your fans.

1772
02:16:35.040 --> 02:16:39.360
You think changing your name changes your past. The past

1773
02:16:39.479 --> 02:16:43.399
may be the past, but it's still there. All you

1774
02:16:43.479 --> 02:16:45.799
had to do was just give me what I paid for,

1775
02:16:46.719 --> 02:16:50.719
and none of this would have happened. Darcy sighed again.

1776
02:16:52.239 --> 02:16:56.239
You are mistaken about me, but you are correct about

1777
02:16:56.280 --> 02:17:01.399
my not caring, because once I am free, you will

1778
02:17:01.440 --> 02:17:10.239
regret not killing me when you had the chance. Perspective

1779
02:17:10.959 --> 02:17:16.360
Vicki Valentine. Robbie Reddin caresses the side of my face.

1780
02:17:17.520 --> 02:17:21.239
Even though you did what you did, Darcy, I don't

1781
02:17:21.360 --> 02:17:24.840
think I can kill you. Just having you will be

1782
02:17:25.639 --> 02:17:30.440
way better than your signature. I look him in the face.

1783
02:17:31.360 --> 02:17:34.639
What will it take to make you understand that I

1784
02:17:34.680 --> 02:17:39.159
am not Darcy Hart? I never even met you until

1785
02:17:39.200 --> 02:17:43.920
this weekend? Did I not promise you autographed pictures and

1786
02:17:44.120 --> 02:17:49.200
selfies on Sunday? Reddin shakes his head quickly and screams,

1787
02:17:50.000 --> 02:17:55.239
stop lying to me. He stands up quickly and grabs

1788
02:17:55.280 --> 02:17:59.360
a club with blood on it. He raises it above

1789
02:17:59.399 --> 02:18:03.559
his head to strike me. I do not scream or

1790
02:18:03.719 --> 02:18:07.959
beg for my life. I am a proud Gorgon warrior

1791
02:18:08.120 --> 02:18:12.639
and will die with honor. Now I feel the pain

1792
02:18:13.440 --> 02:18:17.879
of knowing that Bethany will learn of my death and

1793
02:18:18.000 --> 02:18:23.159
how it will devastate her. But Reddin ceases just before

1794
02:18:23.280 --> 02:18:29.399
the weapon makes contact with my head. Really, you're not

1795
02:18:29.479 --> 02:18:32.760
even going to beg me to spare you. I will

1796
02:18:32.799 --> 02:18:38.040
never give you the satisfaction, you pathetic little fool. None

1797
02:18:38.079 --> 02:18:41.799
of my people would had they still lived. If you

1798
02:18:41.920 --> 02:18:45.520
wish to end my life, then do so and cease

1799
02:18:45.600 --> 02:18:53.319
your petty threats. Reddin gets this demented smirk. Oh no,

1800
02:18:54.360 --> 02:19:00.760
I'm definitely keeping you. You shall never truly keep me,

1801
02:19:01.479 --> 02:19:06.639
I promise him, I would claim your very head first.

1802
02:19:08.319 --> 02:19:13.319
He points a shaky finger at me. You know that's

1803
02:19:13.399 --> 02:19:22.520
actually not a bad idea. Reddin moves to David Melikant

1804
02:19:22.840 --> 02:19:26.920
and grabs him by his hoodie. When Reddin pulls him

1805
02:19:26.959 --> 02:19:30.760
to his feet, I can see Mellikant has been beaten.

1806
02:19:31.440 --> 02:19:35.920
His bloody lip and black eye confirm this. I would

1807
02:19:35.959 --> 02:19:41.000
congratulate Reddin for giving Melikant the beating he deserved, so

1808
02:19:41.239 --> 02:19:44.040
long as he did not bind the fool in order

1809
02:19:44.079 --> 02:19:48.120
to do it. After he shoves Melikant into a chair,

1810
02:19:48.680 --> 02:19:53.159
he asks, hey, Dave, remember what you wrote on my

1811
02:19:53.360 --> 02:19:56.959
forehead before you shoved me in front of that delivery truck.

1812
02:19:57.879 --> 02:20:02.000
When Melikant doesn't reply, Reddin picks up a mirror he

1813
02:20:02.120 --> 02:20:08.399
had on the table. No, well, I'll show you. He

1814
02:20:08.520 --> 02:20:12.799
holds the mirror in front of Melikant. Just like the

1815
02:20:12.879 --> 02:20:16.680
other members of his staff that were slain, the head

1816
02:20:16.760 --> 02:20:22.120
of this convention now has the same word carved into

1817
02:20:22.159 --> 02:20:29.280
his own chest band. Reddin chuckles, just wait until the

1818
02:20:29.360 --> 02:20:34.760
police find you, Dave dead. With my handiwork on your chest. Hell,

1819
02:20:34.879 --> 02:20:38.040
I'm beIN kind to you considering what all you did

1820
02:20:38.040 --> 02:20:43.760
to me. Now, Reddin removes Melikant's gag. I'm gonna fucking

1821
02:20:44.120 --> 02:20:48.639
kill you. You hear me, you pussy, You are dead dead.

1822
02:20:49.959 --> 02:20:53.920
Reddin shakes his head just a little. You ain't doing

1823
02:20:54.040 --> 02:20:57.760
shit all tied up like that. But I'll let all

1824
02:20:57.799 --> 02:21:01.319
this go if you return my one hundred and forty

1825
02:21:01.399 --> 02:21:06.959
dollars that I paid for Darcy heart here, Reddin returns

1826
02:21:07.000 --> 02:21:11.680
to me, you are such a beautiful woman, I got

1827
02:21:11.680 --> 02:21:15.200
a cabin out in the middle of nowhere, where nobody'll

1828
02:21:15.239 --> 02:21:19.440
ever find me. I'll keep you there, just the two

1829
02:21:19.479 --> 02:21:24.799
of us. Do you think in time maybe you could well?

1830
02:21:25.959 --> 02:21:30.760
I laugh scornfully. I would never give my body to you,

1831
02:21:31.479 --> 02:21:35.319
not even to preserve my own life. I'm a married woman,

1832
02:21:35.920 --> 02:21:38.559
and I will never break my vows to my wife.

1833
02:21:39.840 --> 02:21:44.120
Reddin's eyes grow wide when I finally break the ropes

1834
02:21:44.399 --> 02:21:48.440
securing my wrists. He cries out when I lay hold

1835
02:21:48.479 --> 02:21:52.040
of his throat. He tries to remove my hand. But

1836
02:21:52.239 --> 02:21:55.760
even with all of the physical training he's done, a

1837
02:21:55.840 --> 02:22:01.760
Gorgon female is still his superior. I shove him away

1838
02:22:01.879 --> 02:22:05.079
with enough force to make him stagger back and tumble

1839
02:22:05.159 --> 02:22:10.719
over the table. I quickly unbind my ankles. Upon returning

1840
02:22:10.760 --> 02:22:15.159
to my feet, I am with determination to avenge myself.

1841
02:22:16.120 --> 02:22:20.479
Melikan's eyes become wide when he sees how easily I

1842
02:22:20.600 --> 02:22:24.799
leap up and on to the table. As Reddin returns

1843
02:22:24.840 --> 02:22:27.959
to his feet, I easily flip from the table and

1844
02:22:28.079 --> 02:22:32.920
land gracefully before him. Before he can think of what

1845
02:22:33.079 --> 02:22:36.600
to do next, I utter my battle cry and strike

1846
02:22:36.680 --> 02:22:41.600
him hard in the face. He staggers and falls to

1847
02:22:41.680 --> 02:22:46.440
the floor, know that you are trapped in here with me,

1848
02:22:47.440 --> 02:22:52.159
I say with satisfaction. Reddin is quickly back to his

1849
02:22:52.239 --> 02:22:55.520
feet and comes at me. He takes me down to

1850
02:22:55.600 --> 02:22:59.000
the floor and tries to place his hands around my neck,

1851
02:22:59.760 --> 02:23:02.920
but I utilize my training and chop both sides of

1852
02:23:02.959 --> 02:23:07.040
his own neck, making him cry out. I return to

1853
02:23:07.120 --> 02:23:11.120
my feet and unleash a blow at his midsection. Redden

1854
02:23:11.239 --> 02:23:15.840
groans and falls to his knees. Then I hear David

1855
02:23:15.879 --> 02:23:20.520
Melikant groan as well. I really do not wish to

1856
02:23:20.600 --> 02:23:25.000
save him, but to not do so would be murder

1857
02:23:25.079 --> 02:23:29.399
for my part. While I have slain many enemies and

1858
02:23:29.639 --> 02:23:33.600
usurpers who have come before me in the night, Realm

1859
02:23:33.760 --> 02:23:38.239
Melikant is merely a selfish mortal and not deserving of

1860
02:23:38.399 --> 02:23:42.719
death by my hands. Even letting Reddin have him to

1861
02:23:42.760 --> 02:23:48.079
satiate his own vengeance violates my code as a Gorgun warrior.

1862
02:23:48.879 --> 02:23:53.159
Reddin forces himself back to his feet and sees how

1863
02:23:53.239 --> 02:23:59.440
determined I am. You will never best Vernda again. When

1864
02:23:59.440 --> 02:24:02.399
I finish with you, you will learn that I am

1865
02:24:02.440 --> 02:24:08.399
indeed not darcy heart. He screams and comes at me again.

1866
02:24:09.000 --> 02:24:12.040
I utter another battle cry and go at him myself.

1867
02:24:12.799 --> 02:24:17.520
He soon learns that he is overmatched against me. I

1868
02:24:17.559 --> 02:24:20.959
suppose that I am drunken with the thrill of battle,

1869
02:24:21.399 --> 02:24:25.159
for I have not engaged in such since last Halloween.

1870
02:24:25.319 --> 02:24:28.559
In the night realm, I stun Redden with a bare

1871
02:24:28.600 --> 02:24:32.719
foot to his stomach. I do not allow him to fall, however,

1872
02:24:33.159 --> 02:24:35.879
Instead I catch him and throw him up against a

1873
02:24:35.959 --> 02:24:41.079
wall near by. I feel myself continuing to grow stronger

1874
02:24:41.159 --> 02:24:47.159
and change more into my monster form. I will relish,

1875
02:24:47.440 --> 02:24:52.879
rendering Reddin to stone. He tries one more time to

1876
02:24:52.959 --> 02:24:57.639
strike me, but I anticipate his blow and step aside.

1877
02:24:58.239 --> 02:25:01.959
When he starts passing by me, I grab hold of

1878
02:25:02.040 --> 02:25:06.200
his jacket and easily cast him over the table. He

1879
02:25:06.360 --> 02:25:11.159
slams into the opposite wall and falls. I spring upon

1880
02:25:11.239 --> 02:25:14.959
the table again and squat to look down upon him.

1881
02:25:15.239 --> 02:25:21.319
David Melikant cannot believe what he has witnessed from me. Yield, Reddin,

1882
02:25:21.959 --> 02:25:26.120
I command him, yield, for I shall not demand it again.

1883
02:25:27.600 --> 02:25:32.520
Reddin manages to sit up and points at me, fuck you.

1884
02:25:33.840 --> 02:25:37.319
I leap from the table and land beside him. He

1885
02:25:37.399 --> 02:25:41.559
quickly moves and crawls underneath the table to the opposite side.

1886
02:25:42.079 --> 02:25:46.200
From there he moves to the door and exits. If

1887
02:25:46.200 --> 02:25:50.680
he truly wishes to make this difficult, then so be it,

1888
02:25:51.600 --> 02:25:56.280
Jesus Christ. Melicant yells when the open door allows the

1889
02:25:56.319 --> 02:26:03.360
blowing storm to come in. Besidel imbecil. I return. I

1890
02:26:03.479 --> 02:26:07.280
see a standing coat rack. After removing the coats, I

1891
02:26:07.360 --> 02:26:12.200
break off the hangers. Perfect. Now Veranda has a weapon

1892
02:26:13.120 --> 02:26:18.799
in this staff. Are you fucking serious? He yells, You're

1893
02:26:18.840 --> 02:26:21.520
going out there dressed like a slut, and you got

1894
02:26:21.520 --> 02:26:26.799
no shoes on. Indeed, I assure him, I do not

1895
02:26:27.040 --> 02:26:33.959
look upon him, but feel his expectant look. Well, come on, bitch, untie,

1896
02:26:34.079 --> 02:26:37.879
me get me the hell out of these ropes ow shit.

1897
02:26:38.879 --> 02:26:42.879
Clearly he has forgotten the word that Reddin carved upon

1898
02:26:42.959 --> 02:26:47.239
his flesh. I'll help you look for that pussy. I know.

1899
02:26:47.319 --> 02:26:50.799
When I find him, I do a gorgon maneuver with

1900
02:26:50.840 --> 02:26:54.719
my new staff and make melikan't cry out when the

1901
02:26:54.879 --> 02:27:00.399
end nearly makes contact with his face. Jesus, what's your problem?

1902
02:27:01.440 --> 02:27:04.840
You will be still until I return for you, I

1903
02:27:04.920 --> 02:27:10.200
tell him. Then ready my staff and follow Reddin out

1904
02:27:10.840 --> 02:27:22.239
into the storm. I gasp when my bare feet touch

1905
02:27:22.360 --> 02:27:26.520
the snow, the winds and the blowing sleet do not

1906
02:27:26.879 --> 02:27:30.200
turn me back. I have been in the mortal Realm

1907
02:27:30.280 --> 02:27:33.559
long enough to know that a being from here would

1908
02:27:33.639 --> 02:27:39.319
die from this storm wearing only what I am wearing. Fortunately,

1909
02:27:39.479 --> 02:27:44.079
my feet will not become frostbitten nor numb. Tracking Redden

1910
02:27:44.159 --> 02:27:47.760
shall not prove difficult as long as I am vigilant

1911
02:27:48.319 --> 02:27:54.520
in following his tracks. Hum. I think the winters of

1912
02:27:54.559 --> 02:27:59.200
the mortal Realm are definitely something to indulge in. I

1913
02:27:59.319 --> 02:28:03.159
brace myself when a huge gust seeks to make me fall.

1914
02:28:03.879 --> 02:28:07.159
I can feel my deep red coils that are my

1915
02:28:07.360 --> 02:28:12.319
hair being thrashed everywhere. I stop when I see the

1916
02:28:12.440 --> 02:28:17.520
deer that stands before me. It reminds me of fond

1917
02:28:17.680 --> 02:28:21.959
days hunting for my prey prior to the hell weaver

1918
02:28:22.159 --> 02:28:27.120
invading my realm. But as this creature stares at me,

1919
02:28:28.040 --> 02:28:31.879
I know that I shall allow it to live. I

1920
02:28:32.000 --> 02:28:37.399
move on and continue my hunt for Robbie Redden. As

1921
02:28:37.440 --> 02:28:41.239
for that building, I know exactly where we are now.

1922
02:28:42.360 --> 02:28:45.600
It's where people wait for the cable cars that take

1923
02:28:45.639 --> 02:28:48.680
them across the canyon and to the ski hills on

1924
02:28:48.719 --> 02:28:52.520
the other side. Bethany told me this as we were

1925
02:28:52.600 --> 02:28:57.799
packing to go to our separate events. Goodness, I feel

1926
02:28:57.799 --> 02:29:00.280
that I am being seduced by the charms of this

1927
02:29:00.360 --> 02:29:04.680
wintry paradise. I would enjoy the snowstorms and the hunting.

1928
02:29:05.239 --> 02:29:09.239
If these were my lands, I could truly live free

1929
02:29:09.280 --> 02:29:13.360
as a Gorgon warrior. But I could never give up Bethany.

1930
02:29:14.360 --> 02:29:17.680
My wife is far more important to me than anything.

1931
02:29:18.479 --> 02:29:21.040
At least, I may live the dream for the moment.

1932
02:29:21.879 --> 02:29:27.360
As I hunt Robbie Reddin, I continue to follow his tracks.

1933
02:29:28.079 --> 02:29:32.319
After several minutes, I see his shape as he stands

1934
02:29:32.399 --> 02:29:38.000
before the cliff. I close the gap, but not too much.

1935
02:29:38.719 --> 02:29:43.040
I wish to take Reddin alive. I hope that he

1936
02:29:43.200 --> 02:29:48.479
does not force my hand. Why come here, I demand.

1937
02:29:49.120 --> 02:29:52.600
You cannot seriously mean to throw yourself over the side.

1938
02:29:52.920 --> 02:29:56.360
You already put yourself at great risk just standing there.

1939
02:29:57.239 --> 02:29:59.879
The winds are mighty and can force you to the ground,

1940
02:30:00.639 --> 02:30:04.799
perhaps even over that cliff. With my night vision, I

1941
02:30:04.879 --> 02:30:09.680
can see Reddin's demented sneer. You really think I'd just

1942
02:30:10.200 --> 02:30:14.079
ended all when I've come so far. Oh no, Darcy,

1943
02:30:14.719 --> 02:30:19.719
I'm getting what I'm owed. One way or another. The

1944
02:30:19.760 --> 02:30:24.680
fool rushes at me. This time he produces a small canister,

1945
02:30:25.319 --> 02:30:29.399
which he sprays directly in my eyes. I drop my

1946
02:30:29.559 --> 02:30:34.600
staff and cry out when my face burns hot with mace.

1947
02:30:35.600 --> 02:30:38.879
The next thing I know, I'm being beaten by my

1948
02:30:39.040 --> 02:30:42.879
own staff. Maybe I should just break your back so

1949
02:30:43.000 --> 02:30:45.600
you know what I had to go through. You think

1950
02:30:45.680 --> 02:30:49.360
anybody would give two shits about a heartless bitch like you.

1951
02:30:50.440 --> 02:30:53.520
He keeps striking me with the staff as I attempt

1952
02:30:53.639 --> 02:30:58.159
to stand once more. The winds continue to battle against

1953
02:30:58.239 --> 02:31:01.360
both of us. Truly, I have been living as a

1954
02:31:01.399 --> 02:31:05.120
member of the Mortal Realm society for far too long.

1955
02:31:06.200 --> 02:31:10.719
I should have anticipated Reddin's treachery, but I do not

1956
02:31:10.879 --> 02:31:14.440
have much time to learn from my mistakes. When another

1957
02:31:14.639 --> 02:31:18.200
gust of wind hits me as Reddin strikes me with

1958
02:31:18.319 --> 02:31:22.959
the staff, I am taken off my feet and I

1959
02:31:23.000 --> 02:31:29.520
am falling to my death. Reddin and the storm have

1960
02:31:29.680 --> 02:31:41.680
both sealed my fate. As I fall down, down, down, perspective,

1961
02:31:42.520 --> 02:31:48.000
Robbie Reddin, I did it. I finally got my revenge

1962
02:31:48.040 --> 02:31:52.159
on Darcy Heart. I paid that bitch back even worse

1963
02:31:52.200 --> 02:31:56.559
than what she did to me. Damn it, this feels good.

1964
02:31:57.360 --> 02:31:59.760
I wasn't lying when I said I wanted to keep

1965
02:31:59.799 --> 02:32:04.319
her having the real thing is way better than having

1966
02:32:04.360 --> 02:32:09.239
her autograph. Now that she was dead, that left only

1967
02:32:09.360 --> 02:32:13.680
one final loose end. I had to work against the winds,

1968
02:32:13.719 --> 02:32:16.399
but I was going to get back to where I

1969
02:32:16.520 --> 02:32:20.200
left Dave Mellikant. He was the one who put me

1970
02:32:20.319 --> 02:32:24.719
through all that hell. He was the one who had

1971
02:32:24.799 --> 02:32:30.360
to pay. Once I killed him, then my revenge would

1972
02:32:30.440 --> 02:32:36.840
be complete. If I didn't know any better, i'd say

1973
02:32:36.840 --> 02:32:41.120
the blizzard was getting worse and worse. A few times

1974
02:32:41.159 --> 02:32:44.000
the winds hit me in the back and almost took

1975
02:32:44.040 --> 02:32:49.040
me off my feet. Good thing I work out. I

1976
02:32:49.159 --> 02:32:52.760
think if I hadn't, i'd have been knocked down and

1977
02:32:52.879 --> 02:32:57.959
probably couldn't have gotten back up. Thinking about that made

1978
02:32:58.000 --> 02:33:02.440
me want to kill Mellikant even more. It was thanks

1979
02:33:02.479 --> 02:33:04.959
to him that I might never have gotten back up.

1980
02:33:06.159 --> 02:33:09.600
To be fair, I never believed Dave meant to push

1981
02:33:09.680 --> 02:33:12.600
me in front of that truck. It was the fact

1982
02:33:12.600 --> 02:33:15.159
that he tried to get out of it. It was

1983
02:33:15.200 --> 02:33:19.159
the fact that he didn't want to accept any responsibility

1984
02:33:19.239 --> 02:33:23.879
for his actions whatsoever. And you know, he didn't want

1985
02:33:23.920 --> 02:33:29.639
to pay one goddamn dime towards my surgeries. I couldn't

1986
02:33:29.639 --> 02:33:35.159
believe places like Mirran technologies existed. Really, it was because

1987
02:33:35.159 --> 02:33:39.399
of their experimental operations that I was moving around again.

1988
02:33:40.600 --> 02:33:44.239
Like what they did to me at Ridgeway Heights never happened.

1989
02:33:45.719 --> 02:33:47.799
I went through a lot of pain and a lot

1990
02:33:47.840 --> 02:33:51.920
of hell, but it was all worth it, not to mention,

1991
02:33:52.799 --> 02:33:56.920
it was all free now. As I was returning to

1992
02:33:56.959 --> 02:34:02.159
where I kept Melichant, I was too eager. I walked

1993
02:34:02.159 --> 02:34:05.280
inside and found him trying to rub his ropes up

1994
02:34:05.319 --> 02:34:10.680
against a broken chair leg. Oh shit, he cried when

1995
02:34:10.760 --> 02:34:15.840
he saw me. Yeah, Dave, I cried back, knowing my

1996
02:34:16.000 --> 02:34:19.879
revenge was nearly complete. When I get out of these

1997
02:34:19.959 --> 02:34:23.200
fucking ropes, I swear to God, I'm gonna kill you,

1998
02:34:23.879 --> 02:34:27.639
he yelled. When I took out my pocket knife, his

1999
02:34:27.760 --> 02:34:31.559
eyes got big. No, no, get get away from me.

2000
02:34:32.559 --> 02:34:36.440
Ain't you done enough yet? Redden? I laughed a little.

2001
02:34:37.760 --> 02:34:42.799
Not nearly enough, and to Melichan't surprise, I put a

2002
02:34:42.840 --> 02:34:47.719
hand on his shoulder and lowered myself to actually cut

2003
02:34:47.760 --> 02:34:52.520
his ropes that were binding his wrists. Then I stepped

2004
02:34:52.559 --> 02:34:57.719
back and saw his look of surprise. Go ahead and

2005
02:34:57.799 --> 02:35:02.239
untie your legs. So oh you want to kill me, Well,

2006
02:35:03.000 --> 02:35:08.680
now's your chance here I tossed him my knife. Dave

2007
02:35:08.760 --> 02:35:12.200
grabbed it and cut himself free. He was back on

2008
02:35:12.280 --> 02:35:15.760
his feet fast and swinging the knife at me. Come on,

2009
02:35:15.959 --> 02:35:19.520
you fuckin' pussy, I'll cut your goddamn balls off and

2010
02:35:19.600 --> 02:35:23.799
feed him to you. Maybe back in Ridgeway Heights. I

2011
02:35:23.920 --> 02:35:27.159
might have been afraid of him, I still stood up

2012
02:35:27.159 --> 02:35:31.120
for myself and wanting my hard earned money back. I

2013
02:35:31.200 --> 02:35:36.399
promised myself, if what mirror technologies did actually worked, I

2014
02:35:36.440 --> 02:35:40.360
would make myself better. Not only did I build myself

2015
02:35:40.440 --> 02:35:45.440
up through strength training and cardio, I also learned how

2016
02:35:45.440 --> 02:35:50.879
to fight self taught. I had no idea. Darcy Hart

2017
02:35:50.959 --> 02:35:54.680
knew how to fight, to be honest, she had better

2018
02:35:54.760 --> 02:35:59.440
moves than me. But I knew I could take melichant

2019
02:36:00.479 --> 02:36:04.440
as he was learning. When I hit him again and again,

2020
02:36:05.520 --> 02:36:09.440
he kept swinging the knife and missing with each swing.

2021
02:36:10.200 --> 02:36:14.360
I stepped up to him and hit him good, so

2022
02:36:14.440 --> 02:36:18.440
you see I could kick his ass tied up or not,

2023
02:36:19.879 --> 02:36:23.680
Dave had no stamina. When he swung again and fell

2024
02:36:23.719 --> 02:36:27.559
on his ass. That was when I kicked the knife

2025
02:36:28.040 --> 02:36:31.000
out of his hand. Then I got on top of

2026
02:36:31.079 --> 02:36:36.040
him and beat his ass again. All you had to

2027
02:36:36.120 --> 02:36:38.440
do was either get Darcy to give me what I

2028
02:36:38.479 --> 02:36:41.920
paid for, or give me my money back, I yelled

2029
02:36:42.239 --> 02:36:47.399
as I kept pounding his face. That's all you had

2030
02:36:47.639 --> 02:36:53.719
to do. Dave wasn't even moving now when I got

2031
02:36:53.760 --> 02:36:58.120
off him, he wasn't dead. Seeing how he looked, you

2032
02:36:58.319 --> 02:37:01.319
just knew I beat the living shit out of him,

2033
02:37:02.040 --> 02:37:05.719
But I wasn't done yet. If you really thought Dave

2034
02:37:05.840 --> 02:37:09.639
Mellikant would learn from this and be a better person, well,

2035
02:37:10.680 --> 02:37:14.079
no way. He didn't change for the better after he

2036
02:37:14.159 --> 02:37:17.040
knocked me in front of that truck. Believe me, he

2037
02:37:17.200 --> 02:37:20.479
wasn't going to change for the better now. He would

2038
02:37:20.520 --> 02:37:24.799
always be the same piece of shit until the day

2039
02:37:24.879 --> 02:37:29.280
he died, which was going to be in the next

2040
02:37:29.360 --> 02:37:41.920
few minutes. I moved and retrieved my knife, the very

2041
02:37:42.040 --> 02:37:47.399
same one I carved Banned into all of my targets with. Okay,

2042
02:37:47.479 --> 02:37:50.479
I didn't get to carve it into Darcy Heart's stomach,

2043
02:37:50.559 --> 02:37:55.600
but that's fine. She didn't directly have anything to do

2044
02:37:55.680 --> 02:37:59.719
with my banning all those years back. Anyway, it was

2045
02:37:59.760 --> 02:38:04.479
all Mellikant. It may have started with Darcy, but it

2046
02:38:04.520 --> 02:38:09.200
would end with Dave. After I'm done with you, Dave,

2047
02:38:10.120 --> 02:38:13.559
I'll take off no one'll be any wiser when the

2048
02:38:13.559 --> 02:38:17.559
police find your body. And as for Darcy Heart, they'll

2049
02:38:17.559 --> 02:38:21.559
be searching for weeks before they even find her body.

2050
02:38:22.680 --> 02:38:25.360
I don't know how far she fell over that cliff,

2051
02:38:25.440 --> 02:38:30.600
but I know it's a long long way down. I

2052
02:38:30.719 --> 02:38:34.559
lowered myself and put my knee down on Melikant's throat.

2053
02:38:35.159 --> 02:38:38.879
As he was gasping and struggling to breathe, I raised

2054
02:38:38.920 --> 02:38:43.920
the knife. Now I'm going to underline your word, Dave.

2055
02:38:44.680 --> 02:38:48.559
Let's call this my chef's kiss, as I'm gutting you.

2056
02:38:49.520 --> 02:38:53.799
In fact, I'll be surprised if you have any guts

2057
02:38:54.079 --> 02:38:58.040
at all. He put his hands on my leg and

2058
02:38:58.159 --> 02:39:00.920
tried to get me off his neck. As I was

2059
02:39:00.959 --> 02:39:05.000
about to lower the knife and complete my revenge, the

2060
02:39:05.079 --> 02:39:12.760
door suddenly came apart, and this, this monster was standing there.

2061
02:39:13.360 --> 02:39:16.920
She was wearing the same miniskirt and slutty top that

2062
02:39:17.079 --> 02:39:21.239
Darcy Heart was before I sent her falling to her death.

2063
02:39:22.360 --> 02:39:28.639
But now now she had blank yellow eyes and lizard

2064
02:39:28.840 --> 02:39:37.319
like skin, fangs, and and snakes for hair. When she smiled,

2065
02:39:37.360 --> 02:39:41.639
I could see her fangs even more, seeing those snakes

2066
02:39:41.719 --> 02:39:47.399
moving on their own in her hair. Jesus, hello, Robbie,

2067
02:39:47.959 --> 02:39:52.600
she said, do you still believe that I am Darcy

2068
02:39:52.719 --> 02:40:01.040
Hart perspective Veranda. Oh the look of horror upon Robbie

2069
02:40:01.040 --> 02:40:06.600
Reddin's face when he beholds my true form once more.

2070
02:40:06.680 --> 02:40:10.079
The hell Weaver's blood flowing through my veins is at

2071
02:40:10.159 --> 02:40:14.000
full power. While it is true that I desired to

2072
02:40:14.079 --> 02:40:17.959
have my powers again, the price is that I am

2073
02:40:18.399 --> 02:40:26.120
cursed to live as a monster again, possibly forever. But

2074
02:40:26.399 --> 02:40:31.399
I shall use my newly restored power to stop Robbie Reddin.

2075
02:40:32.760 --> 02:40:36.559
He's backing himself up against a nearby wall and shaking

2076
02:40:37.520 --> 02:40:42.719
get away from me, He yells, get away. He pushes

2077
02:40:42.799 --> 02:40:46.840
himself away from the wall and runs back out into

2078
02:40:46.879 --> 02:40:51.799
the storm. I look down upon David Mellikant and see

2079
02:40:51.920 --> 02:40:55.799
that he is badly beaten, but I believe that he

2080
02:40:55.879 --> 02:41:00.319
shall live. Reddin beat him within an inch of his life,

2081
02:41:00.360 --> 02:41:04.639
but Melikant is too stubborn to be overcome by something

2082
02:41:04.680 --> 02:41:10.959
as mundane as death, at least for now. Knowing that

2083
02:41:11.000 --> 02:41:13.840
he will not be going anywhere, I turn my attention

2084
02:41:14.040 --> 02:41:20.159
to Reddin and pursue him again once more. The hunt

2085
02:41:20.879 --> 02:41:27.200
is on. My snake flesh protects me against the cold

2086
02:41:27.280 --> 02:41:32.120
of this storm. Even better than my once mortal flesh.

2087
02:41:32.719 --> 02:41:37.159
I barely feel the chill upon my bare feet. I

2088
02:41:37.319 --> 02:41:42.440
follow Redden's tracks this time I find him attempting to

2089
02:41:42.520 --> 02:41:47.920
start a snowmobile. I killed you, he yells, I know

2090
02:41:48.079 --> 02:41:52.680
I did. Who the hell? What the hell are you?

2091
02:41:54.159 --> 02:42:02.639
Certainly not Darcy Hart, I promise him. I am Veranda,

2092
02:42:03.200 --> 02:42:07.799
But I killed you, Reddin repeats, Had it not been

2093
02:42:07.959 --> 02:42:11.440
for this storm, you might very well have succeeded in

2094
02:42:11.520 --> 02:42:15.840
your task. But the winds kept moving me in different

2095
02:42:15.920 --> 02:42:20.040
directions until I finally came to land in a rather

2096
02:42:20.799 --> 02:42:24.639
large snow bank. The force of the fall was still

2097
02:42:24.680 --> 02:42:28.760
sufficient enough to injure me. I might very well have

2098
02:42:28.920 --> 02:42:32.559
died had it not been for the hell weaver's blood

2099
02:42:33.120 --> 02:42:37.520
that flows through me. I have fully regained my powers

2100
02:42:37.600 --> 02:42:42.000
and am restored, And now I shall finally settle the

2101
02:42:42.120 --> 02:42:48.360
score with you. Reddin finally succeeds in starting the snowmobile.

2102
02:42:49.200 --> 02:42:54.360
He screams as he speeds away. If the fool believes

2103
02:42:54.399 --> 02:42:58.319
that he can so easily escape, then Veranda shall be

2104
02:42:58.440 --> 02:43:03.600
more than happy to prove him wrong. Reddin flies with

2105
02:43:03.719 --> 02:43:08.360
great speed across the snowy lands. In time, he reaches

2106
02:43:08.440 --> 02:43:12.120
one of the ski hills and maneuvers his way downward.

2107
02:43:13.479 --> 02:43:18.559
Little does he realize. Reddin screams when he feels himself

2108
02:43:18.760 --> 02:43:23.600
suddenly removed from the snowmobile. He screams again when he

2109
02:43:23.639 --> 02:43:28.520
looks up upon me. The fear etched upon his face

2110
02:43:28.799 --> 02:43:32.719
is priceless. If you believe me to be Medusa from

2111
02:43:33.120 --> 02:43:38.920
mortal Greek mythology, here is something you should consider. I

2112
02:43:39.200 --> 02:43:45.559
predate Medusa. Did you miss me? Reddin? I yell before

2113
02:43:45.600 --> 02:43:48.840
I toss him to the snow. When he tries to

2114
02:43:48.879 --> 02:43:53.840
withdraw from me, I ask him, do you still believe

2115
02:43:53.920 --> 02:43:59.200
me to be Darcy Hart? Answer me mortal? I won't

2116
02:43:59.280 --> 02:44:03.680
let you take me alive. Reddin yells, finally back upon

2117
02:44:03.799 --> 02:44:07.639
his feet. I won't go to prison. It's not fair,

2118
02:44:08.639 --> 02:44:13.760
he flees. I am in pursuit. Though Reddin's boots allow

2119
02:44:13.879 --> 02:44:17.520
him to move across the snow with ease, he still

2120
02:44:17.719 --> 02:44:21.559
cannot escape me. I could easily appear in front of

2121
02:44:21.639 --> 02:44:27.520
him again, but I am enthralled with the hunt. Though

2122
02:44:27.559 --> 02:44:31.040
I am barefoot, I can leap to compensate for the

2123
02:44:31.159 --> 02:44:35.200
lack of traction. When I lay hold of Reddin again,

2124
02:44:35.639 --> 02:44:41.040
he screams once more, leave me alone. He shoves me

2125
02:44:41.159 --> 02:44:44.840
away and runs into some trees. I am ready to

2126
02:44:44.879 --> 02:44:48.879
pursue him once more when I hear him scream again,

2127
02:44:50.200 --> 02:44:57.200
one of desperation. Clearly he is in trouble again. I

2128
02:44:57.360 --> 02:45:02.840
follow his tracks and soon come to another cliff. Reddin

2129
02:45:02.920 --> 02:45:09.440
did not continue to scream, meaning he still lives. I

2130
02:45:09.559 --> 02:45:14.120
lower myself to one knee to brace against the winds.

2131
02:45:14.959 --> 02:45:19.559
Then I lean over a little and find Reddin hanging

2132
02:45:19.600 --> 02:45:24.200
off a rock just below. When he sees me, he

2133
02:45:24.280 --> 02:45:29.840
calls out, help me, please. I don't want to die.

2134
02:45:31.040 --> 02:45:35.360
I could easily point out why he deserves to, but

2135
02:45:35.479 --> 02:45:38.920
I understand that if Bethany was here with me, she

2136
02:45:39.000 --> 02:45:42.760
would wish for me to show him mercy. Even though

2137
02:45:42.799 --> 02:45:46.159
my wife is not here, she proves to be my

2138
02:45:46.319 --> 02:45:51.520
conscience this night. Hang on, Mortal, I see that I

2139
02:45:51.559 --> 02:45:54.319
may step over the edge and land safely upon the

2140
02:45:54.399 --> 02:45:58.559
rock which Reddin holds on to. Upon doing so, I

2141
02:45:58.639 --> 02:46:02.000
seize both of his wrists and easily pull him up

2142
02:46:02.040 --> 02:46:06.000
to me. Not wishing to wait for another strong gust

2143
02:46:06.239 --> 02:46:09.559
to potentially make us both fall into the deep chasm,

2144
02:46:10.040 --> 02:46:12.760
I leap up and just manage to make it back

2145
02:46:12.879 --> 02:46:16.600
to the original edge. I run away from the cliff

2146
02:46:16.680 --> 02:46:21.000
with redd and clutched under my arm, almost like holding

2147
02:46:21.040 --> 02:46:24.559
a large football. When I am certain that we are

2148
02:46:24.639 --> 02:46:29.879
safe enough, I drop him. He slowly returns to his feet.

2149
02:46:30.239 --> 02:46:33.520
When he again beholds the snakes that are my hair,

2150
02:46:33.959 --> 02:46:41.079
slithering and moving around, he cowers in fear. You you

2151
02:46:41.200 --> 02:46:47.440
really aren't darcy heart, he asks in disbelief. But but

2152
02:46:48.319 --> 02:46:53.280
I raise my finger. No, I never was, and never

2153
02:46:53.399 --> 02:47:01.000
shall be. Once more, Redden flees I, following the hunt.

2154
02:47:02.000 --> 02:47:06.239
In time, I track him back to the ski lodge.

2155
02:47:06.479 --> 02:47:09.799
I almost wonder if I should even enter to continue

2156
02:47:09.879 --> 02:47:15.120
pursuing him. Ah, but is this not a horror convention?

2157
02:47:15.840 --> 02:47:19.079
People have dressed up in what is known as cos play,

2158
02:47:19.559 --> 02:47:23.879
which means that a real monster such as I may

2159
02:47:24.040 --> 02:47:35.280
hide in plain sight as I pursue him. Reddin tries

2160
02:47:35.319 --> 02:47:38.520
to enter through a set of double doors, but discovers

2161
02:47:38.959 --> 02:47:42.200
that they are locked. He runs to the main doors

2162
02:47:42.239 --> 02:47:46.200
and is able to enter. I am not too far behind.

2163
02:47:47.159 --> 02:47:50.559
I do not need to run after him. Upon entering,

2164
02:47:50.639 --> 02:47:55.799
there are mortals convention people in the lobby who behold

2165
02:47:55.879 --> 02:48:02.440
me wetness strips and runs down my body. Whoa wicked

2166
02:48:03.040 --> 02:48:08.639
great costume love the snakes. The mortals make no attempt

2167
02:48:08.760 --> 02:48:14.719
to touch me, but they clearly admire my costume. And

2168
02:48:14.799 --> 02:48:19.760
then I have an idea. I point to Reddin, seize him.

2169
02:48:20.159 --> 02:48:24.399
He is the killer, and just like that, they obey

2170
02:48:24.479 --> 02:48:28.799
me and quickly lay hold of Reddin. No let go

2171
02:48:28.959 --> 02:48:33.319
of me, God damn it, he shrieks. You don't understand,

2172
02:48:34.200 --> 02:48:40.159
VICKI Valentine is a real monster. She's real. Ironically, these

2173
02:48:40.280 --> 02:48:45.079
mortals understand that I am indeed a real monster, yet

2174
02:48:45.559 --> 02:48:49.920
they still admire me. But this distraction allows Reddin to

2175
02:48:49.959 --> 02:48:54.159
break loose. Luckily, I've gotten close enough to lay hold

2176
02:48:54.200 --> 02:48:57.360
of him. I'm ready to finish him off, but again

2177
02:48:57.479 --> 02:49:01.520
I think of Bethany and desigh on a better alternative.

2178
02:49:02.719 --> 02:49:05.079
Seeing that I am at the main doors to the

2179
02:49:05.120 --> 02:49:08.680
dealer room, I rip one of them off and bring

2180
02:49:08.760 --> 02:49:12.879
Reddin inside. I turn on the lights and bring my

2181
02:49:13.079 --> 02:49:17.319
prey to my table. What do you think you're doing?

2182
02:49:18.440 --> 02:49:23.159
Reddin demands, still trying to break free. When we reach

2183
02:49:23.239 --> 02:49:26.879
my table, I grab and fling the cover away to

2184
02:49:27.000 --> 02:49:30.360
reveal my pictures. Then I lift him so that I

2185
02:49:30.399 --> 02:49:33.760
may seat him in a chair. When I have his

2186
02:49:33.959 --> 02:49:39.639
full attention, I point to the photographs which of these

2187
02:49:40.280 --> 02:49:48.000
do you desire? What he asks. Confused, I shall settle

2188
02:49:48.079 --> 02:49:52.799
Darcy Heart's debt to you. I say, now, which of

2189
02:49:52.879 --> 02:49:57.319
these photographs do you desire? Then I wave him off.

2190
02:49:58.280 --> 02:50:02.200
Forget it. I will an't you one of each. I

2191
02:50:02.319 --> 02:50:05.600
pick up one of the markers. From there, I sign

2192
02:50:05.719 --> 02:50:11.360
each photograph with the following to Robbie, thank you for

2193
02:50:11.440 --> 02:50:15.719
your services to me during the convention. Hopefully this makes

2194
02:50:15.799 --> 02:50:19.200
up for what happened to you in Ridgeway Heights with

2195
02:50:19.319 --> 02:50:25.600
all my love, Vicki Valentine x o x O. After

2196
02:50:25.760 --> 02:50:30.000
handing him the photographs, I see his smartphone and seize

2197
02:50:30.000 --> 02:50:33.879
it from his jacket pocket. Then I kneeled beside him

2198
02:50:33.920 --> 02:50:37.360
and utilize the camera feature so that we may take

2199
02:50:38.440 --> 02:50:42.040
selfies together. When I have taken enough to where I

2200
02:50:42.079 --> 02:50:46.000
am certain that Reddin shall be satisfied, I return his

2201
02:50:46.159 --> 02:50:51.600
phone to him. There, I say, standing to my feet,

2202
02:50:52.120 --> 02:50:55.680
you now have your autographs. You now have your selfies.

2203
02:50:56.120 --> 02:50:58.479
I would say that you got many times more than

2204
02:50:58.520 --> 02:51:04.920
your money's worth. Reddin just looks at me with surprise. Um,

2205
02:51:06.000 --> 02:51:12.280
thank you. I smile a little, of course. Then I

2206
02:51:12.440 --> 02:51:18.520
lash out with my fist to render him unconscious. Therein here,

2207
02:51:19.520 --> 02:51:22.799
I hear some one say, I move away from my

2208
02:51:22.959 --> 02:51:29.360
table and leave Robbi Reddin there hiding behind Enrique Cauto's backdrop.

2209
02:51:30.159 --> 02:51:33.239
I watched David Melkant bring the police to my table.

2210
02:51:34.200 --> 02:51:38.280
Did he finally call them this time? I listen as

2211
02:51:38.280 --> 02:51:41.319
he tells them how Robbi beat him up and carved

2212
02:51:41.399 --> 02:51:45.799
band on his chest. I will not say everything here,

2213
02:51:45.840 --> 02:51:51.079
but Melikant was beyond belligerent. Had Redden not have committed

2214
02:51:51.159 --> 02:51:54.719
murder on his revenge spree, perhaps I would have granted

2215
02:51:54.799 --> 02:51:58.360
him his freedom. The ones he killed were not the

2216
02:51:58.479 --> 02:52:02.840
nicest of people, but they did not deserve to have

2217
02:52:02.920 --> 02:52:08.959
their lives ended. Reddin needs to pay for this. Melikant

2218
02:52:09.000 --> 02:52:12.840
watches as the police revive Reddin. Then they read him

2219
02:52:12.879 --> 02:52:17.079
his rights and arrest him. Believe it or not, he

2220
02:52:17.159 --> 02:52:21.479
did not deny what he had done. He did ask

2221
02:52:21.559 --> 02:52:23.840
the police if he could have his phone and the

2222
02:52:23.879 --> 02:52:28.200
autographed pictures that I had given him. Of course, they

2223
02:52:28.239 --> 02:52:32.200
would not allow him to keep his phone, but they

2224
02:52:32.239 --> 02:52:35.440
saw no reason why he could not keep the pictures.

2225
02:52:36.079 --> 02:52:40.799
Melikant remains behind when the police depart. That is when

2226
02:52:40.799 --> 02:52:45.639
I reveal myself and confront him. He jumps back when

2227
02:52:45.639 --> 02:52:50.440
he beholds my true form. God damn it, are you

2228
02:52:50.559 --> 02:52:55.799
still in that fucking stupid ass costume? Valentine? I pointed him.

2229
02:52:56.600 --> 02:53:00.559
Look around this dealer room for the final time, immortal,

2230
02:53:01.079 --> 02:53:05.239
for it shall be the last thing you ever see.

2231
02:53:05.360 --> 02:53:08.879
For all that Robbie Reddin had done, it would never

2232
02:53:08.920 --> 02:53:13.879
have happened had it not been for David Melikant accident

2233
02:53:14.000 --> 02:53:17.319
or not. Back in Ridgeway Heights. He still shows no

2234
02:53:17.479 --> 02:53:22.559
remorse to this day. Truly, this mortal is without empathy.

2235
02:53:23.600 --> 02:53:28.000
Before Melikant can yell at me again, I stare hard

2236
02:53:28.040 --> 02:53:33.280
at him. Then he sees my blank yellow eyes glow bright.

2237
02:53:35.600 --> 02:53:41.399
What's going? What's going? Eh? David Melikant never finishes his thought.

2238
02:53:41.959 --> 02:53:48.040
His movements grow slower until he becomes still. Then he

2239
02:53:48.239 --> 02:53:53.520
loses color in his flesh and clothing. Melikant shall never

2240
02:53:53.680 --> 02:53:59.680
harm or torment another mortal ever again, as he becomes

2241
02:53:59.719 --> 02:54:04.600
gray all over once more, I wield the power to

2242
02:54:04.680 --> 02:54:11.959
render an enemy to stone. David Melicant shall remain here

2243
02:54:12.159 --> 02:54:16.600
until such time I am certain that he will be moved,

2244
02:54:16.680 --> 02:54:22.920
but he himself will never move again. A few moments later,

2245
02:54:23.040 --> 02:54:26.280
I hear a sound and see my own phone upon

2246
02:54:26.399 --> 02:54:31.079
my table. I smile a little when I realized that

2247
02:54:31.159 --> 02:54:34.319
I forgot it here in the dealer room. Had I

2248
02:54:34.399 --> 02:54:37.159
required it, I might not have remembered that it was

2249
02:54:37.239 --> 02:54:40.959
here until I would have returned in the morning. There

2250
02:54:41.000 --> 02:54:45.520
are several texts and missed calls from Bethany. I'm almost

2251
02:54:45.600 --> 02:54:48.680
afraid to return her calls and let her see me

2252
02:54:49.079 --> 02:54:53.760
as a monster again. But then I remember last Halloween

2253
02:54:54.600 --> 02:54:59.920
when she first beheld my true form. She had accepted

2254
02:55:00.079 --> 02:55:05.120
and loved me as I am. Now I call Bethany

2255
02:55:05.239 --> 02:55:10.079
back on face time. When she answers, She's surprised to

2256
02:55:10.159 --> 02:55:13.799
see that I am restored and asks if I am well.

2257
02:55:14.760 --> 02:55:17.680
When the dealer room lights are turned off and the

2258
02:55:17.719 --> 02:55:22.559
broken doorway blocked, I remain hidden and can talk to

2259
02:55:22.600 --> 02:55:28.200
my wife without being disturbed. As for the story of

2260
02:55:28.319 --> 02:55:41.479
Robbie Reddin, this is the end. Well, my spookies, That's

2261
02:55:41.559 --> 02:55:45.479
the end of our bann Winter mini series. And if

2262
02:55:45.520 --> 02:55:50.799
you're feeling a little jumpy right now, good that means

2263
02:55:51.239 --> 02:55:55.559
you were paying attention. Because once a blizzard seals the

2264
02:55:55.639 --> 02:56:00.719
doors and the convention refuses to shut down, the lodge

2265
02:56:01.200 --> 02:56:06.440
stops being a venue and starts being a trap. Tonight

2266
02:56:06.520 --> 02:56:12.079
we watched that trap snap shut, one scream, one hallway,

2267
02:56:12.520 --> 02:56:16.920
one locked door at a time. So here's your homework.

2268
02:56:17.520 --> 02:56:20.520
When you're alone later and you hear a distant thump

2269
02:56:21.159 --> 02:56:25.719
somewhere in your house, don't go investigating like you're trying

2270
02:56:25.760 --> 02:56:30.559
to win an award for the most confident victim. Just

2271
02:56:30.799 --> 02:56:34.520
turn on a light and pretend you didn't hear it.

2272
02:56:35.440 --> 02:56:39.559
Keep moving, and make sure you're following the weekly spooky

2273
02:56:39.680 --> 02:56:44.319
feed on your favorite podcasting apps, because there's always more

2274
02:56:44.479 --> 02:56:50.280
fear where that came from. Until then, stay warm and

2275
02:56:50.399 --> 02:56:55.760
stay spooky, and don't let anyone wrap a lanyard around

2276
02:56:55.840 --> 02:56:56.280
your neck.