“It’s just a prank bro.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kxL3B3fcj
“Don’t you think you pushed a bit far back there?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIubRU0KJWt
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Z9obr3AJw
“No way, you just don’t know the joys of a good prank yet.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeK3nmYE1t
“Maybe…”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9obpX4Jrx
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrupbCwuX1
Me and my best friend Will walked down the street from school to our homes. He just got done with detention after pranking our homeroom teacher with something…obscene.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1GH62rqKM
“Come on, we’re not in kindergarten anymore. I had to up my game and it’s time for you to get your feet wet too. Like how I got my-”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeNLvilMVX
“I get it, don’t remind me of what you did.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0u37TKjrRt
“Man, the look on her face when I told her. Hahaha, I’ll never let her live that down. Detention is worth it.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjPZhPcTyB
I shake my head at Will’s laughter. Still, I always respect how he lived his life. Maybe, I can have that freedom and courage too…437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCZqihS4u5
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDBtviQ1op
“Would you look at that, I think I’ve come up with the perfect initiation for you.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYi8LhoEIfe
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZ4IE9TKzz
Will points to the nearby police station. The newly built police station.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLtO2eenC7
“Look at those blue jackets coming into our neighborhood like they own the place. I think it’s time for a little fun, would do them some good.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAerC38puHo
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIq9sWmwXnd
“You can’t mean-”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0vDb2Vtd0
“Relax Tim, it’s just a normal prank call. Every prankster has done this at least once.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKfeFcwXGS
“O-Oh, okay. I thought-”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrtkELYT6B
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhaG3HaT5I
“I’m not going to ask you to do anything I wouldn’t do.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLm4o5zce2
“I don’t know…”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDIPK5TXO9
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHODpGAqrDL
“Here’s a little incentive.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2mXdW2VdK
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOJbd60MrW
“!!”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUEZwHawKK
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx03e6FeGh0
“This is your allowance?!”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfhQ4ICGjs
“Just half of it for now.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfY2KiW0pY
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIesbwSDO0i
“But why?”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVBf9E7rvv
“Because you’re best friend and I can’t wait to have you next to me on my next prank. I have faith that you will succeed. After that, you get the rest of it.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Yqappm6ap
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTEJcaH4H0
Will beams me a warm smile that blows away all my doubts. I couldn’t help but smile too. He really is a great friend.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqV08mYJ80
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsBGp8gdXr
“Okay, I won’t let you down. What should I prank call them about.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbevUUEfOvy
“I don’t know, it’s up to you. Oh! How about telling them that your parents have been replaced by monsters and they’re coming to get you. You sometimes complain about how your parents are on you to succeed, this is a great way to get back at them.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6Yf8vbx1N
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFNz2eFZA8
“Y-Your right!”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPT6UxG9SR
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXAMmrck8D
“Yeah, two pranks for the price of one!”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysJwbqDIqC
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxkzuY1d0I
“Okay, I will do it. Tomorrow, I’ll be a prankster just like you.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BHIGbd4gZ
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZLfR0bI1D
“That’s the spirit.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0RuSTyxW8
We came to the intersection while talking, almost passed it. My house is to the left and he’s on the right.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSgHjqcf8y
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDLq8ktmfy
“See you tomorrow Will.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3lFV62eTZ
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmY63eUNoCG
“Yeah, good luck on the prank call.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnVDSH1XUA
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZkXKeEUVH
I wave to my best friend and breath in some of his courage. Time to do something I can be proud of.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnnZoWz8WX
After a couple of minutes, I make it to my home in the area. Surrounded by hundreds of other identical wooden squares painted white. I walk through the front door and lay my book bag on the ground.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGUatVxsv8
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9NupCjqbk
“I’m home!”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkmQrOjB3H
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5v0d43t30
…437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uBZy2qqKm
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGT84v8PJBn
“Of course, my mistake.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuxLAHuykr
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOhG7YoxEI
They’re never home to greet me anymore. I pick my stuff up and drag myself to my room.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9AODlPM1t
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeKZ0XoRlQ
I throw my book bag onto my makeshift bed on the floor. I remember all the times they promised to make life better for us, only for them to waste the money on stupid stuff. I work so hard at school like they demand and for what!? I can’t even sleep on a proper mattress.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1GsFCK1zN
No more. Time to give them a small taste of their own medicine. I pick up my phone and dial 991. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFz9qf7dto
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33enUGgn40
At every ring, my heart pounds faster but I can’t stop now. I breathe in and out, preparing to put on the show of a lifetime. Will is going to be so proud of me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpg50vZ4zlt
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNu5ZqI8cnY
“911, what’s your emergency.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKalps2EaFg
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv5GwVkPSY
“M-Mom….D-Dad, they-”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDEhuLH0Tm
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGKwLJsGhB
I try my best to sound like I’m crying, throwing some sniffing for good measure.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyME5RSUdJ3
“Calm down, what happened?”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNkLLOtZUW
“I don’t know…one day they were fine and the next they were…different. Last night I saw them…doing things to animal meat and weird things in their bedroom.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxKmMYRTZQ
“I…think they might be monsters in disguise. I’m scared, they might know I’m trying to get help. Please come quick!”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGB5XiynmJ
“….”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXT5Y5vooR
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwJTBRFNnv
A long silence engulfed the room. Darn it, I guess the gig is up. They didn’t even laugh, whatever. Time to end it I guess.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5586ShSwRg
“Got yo-”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1WgISwk9X
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaILoHr8Bk
“What’s your address?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBKB558gWI
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLzq01byWl
“E-Excuse me?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdi6F3wwrv
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiG7t7xhhjM
“Your address kid, where do you live!”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrW8aWq9Y3n
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckwgLMIEvh
“Um, countertop road…5th house from the intersection.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LzvcTqL7n
“Okay, we’ll be there as soon as we can. Lock the door and stay put.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmRZGqseFE
The call ended and I’m left alone in confusion. Did they…counter prank me? What’s Will going to think?437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICSFuwcAvR
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuySldasZCa
I guess I failed…figures. I put my phone down and flop on the bed. Should’ve expected that, I can’t be like Will.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lpbkWriFy
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7iJMPLzoG
*Crash*437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXopXeECt5
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPX8a9WIBy
What the?! Was that the windo-
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OJhlR50bd
*BOOM*437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoj0f9v4KR
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOlfVsmKVS
A large foot came crashing through my door causing it to land across the room.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFupGmRSaf
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVS8GO48kr6
The large foot belongs to a large man, at least 6 feet tall. He, along with 5 other men, come through the door and surround me. They’re all…heavily armed and covered in black armor. Are they a SWAT team?
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk8GYp0pBQ
They turn their backs to me and aim at the windows and doors. The closest one to me whispers.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOCRwnnLu8
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZjUErdWhZ
“Here they come.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrwDwSdwyZ
Did I really prank call a SWAT team and…win?437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaHJr734pe
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKXMjPfvMl
Did they believe me? You got to be kidding me. I chuckle a little bit inside. Mom and dad will be so shocked to see this.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cPH7BkJHp
I-Is this what courage feels like? It feels so-437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTu19zQ0rVz
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8bDFQjRLn
*Knock* *Knock*437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlDFMEHm4F
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFf3qJRfYY
All guns lock onto the door and my heart races with excitement. I can’t wait to see the looks on their faces. As Will said, getting grounded is worth this.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulnyqdWAtP
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDcT07R8uS
I try to sneak past them so I can get a good look.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKUHfYHaVK
“Kid, stay back.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5SoM9TIBa
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCN4cdyN2h
Oh man, I guess-437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJPBw8zvgS
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrxk5I8Dlm
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3hFDfv3T0
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchWdhikkwz
“What the hell are doing?!!”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePyPpgYdNQ
“Sorry sir, this is my first time.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsp1SH3SC2
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhtuZl78ta
“Only shoot when you see them, you fool!”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTS98td7j4Z
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FjLwuw6zb
W-What…
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lgLB1uo9y
“You two check it out, we’ll protect the kid.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegsXEI8vtU
j-just…
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV5aE5cdlC
“Got it.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDgjeXT25h
h-happened?
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxnmqtNWpt
“Sir, I think you better come and see this.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchf5yAJSf8
“What is it?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyCtxlhfmk
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQ2dHtgYG4
…437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiLKD0vHbm
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlj6f9kkk7b
“My god…their blood is red.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPBCVGehxb
“Did we just-”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr98cKN76Lr
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgXZLrSVWB
“Why the fuck didn’t you verify the call!!?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFd2oCASpY
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAd9af1sM8
“I-I didn’t think we get a prank call this soon and he…was so specific…”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxliHZvgM48
“Clean this mess up, burn it down and call the cover-up team.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BNMuIxWJu
*Stomp* *Stomp* *Stomp* *Stomp*
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnFLnwtaUX
“Kid?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BEljy91JT
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXi8J481ZN
….437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGpUeVrQ9w
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXBbq4cJ6j
“Kid?”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRhZ2Is1ER
….437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX3v5Ah217
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvf5OV7cUIZ
“KID!!”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdffqxuJrSF
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySGjXoElMT
“W-what…have…I….done?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd449hj8PD
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbFittyNKJ
“…You no longer exist, you’ll get a new name and life. We’ll send you to an orphanage. Forget about what happened today and try to…live again.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbpiIuRpw4
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SDs6rSnOA
The man grabs my arm. I let him drag me away.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD76aMuCANl
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxfaeqX8UQ
Across my room. Across the hallway. Across the…
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsoluCSbYh
Finally, across the door. As much I try to not look, something catches my eye, something beyond the red.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBD0xXzpBRs
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Rv4SBWaAl
Was that…a new mattress?437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEw2t6bJmEG
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6yM1iim8m
Before the implications of what that means crushes me, the solider pushes me into a black car. We soon drive away to my new life and in the rearview, my house begins to burn.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLdRGxWfen
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jKV6HQTc4
Then it all hits me at once, I break.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUu4zfohQT
[3 months later]437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmnJICM7TX
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa84pmk16aI
A new face and one less kid in the orphanage. I’ve been here for 3 months and I’m starting to lose what’s left of my mind.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYm7Pxg2Q2
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVNaKDaJ2b
They keep staring at me, the caregivers with those dead eyes. The kids I like to watch play are just gone. But no parents came to pick them up.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8f2xzG375z
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhfHSSluqV
Maybe it’s just my paranoia, I’m supposed to live a new life. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGSIAENv1z
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruN1SPtBP8
“Okay kids, time to go to bed.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP8EU4Ym2v
The new head caregiver called out to everyone in the living room playing. There were some grunts of displeasure but the ones that stood out were the ones that said nothing.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxoO05QrNP
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6BYfpRVmw
They just got up and went back to their room with no emotion. I could have sworn one shouldn’t be here.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYGdMZhK8F
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97vAiFen1e
“Stop staring at us, creep!”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqTzX7q1h4
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXv5PoBDuj8
One of the girls calls out to me and snaps me out of my mind.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmtEANVmva
“I-I-I-I’m sorry.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhoAVuA53j
“And stop stuttering! I can’t wait for some nice family to take me away from here. I’m tired of being ogled.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0krVVtfC72
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiZCFGFkAc
The others around her nod their head audibly. I can’t help but agree with her, I want to leave too. But do I deserve it?437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3bXNLeFhw
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNaTL4YRNo
The head caregiver comes by to hurry us along for the night.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj6qyfRmA4
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bjmoRKEPj
“Don’t worry, I know you’ll find a home soon.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheXIWXIqTF
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iRZh2Y6pj
Did she…lick her lips?437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05gioVnCPR
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5vY1uzI2j
“I hope so, any place is better than near this weirdo.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBpTV76Ckv
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjso0oQupO4
“Enough of picking on Tim, you never know he might be next to go. Hurry to bed now.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQgzkzmRCh
We nod and go to our rooms for the night. I open the door and I’m greeted by the same old brown square room. Single bed, lamp, and book.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwMv9Lo4yu
I get into the covers and try to sleep. But I can’t. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFSdmduh8v
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3q59RdEbm
My mind drifts back to everything weird about this place. At first, everything was like a normal orphanage but slowly things began to feel out of place. Like that new basement they had renovated last month.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXAQGDGpDY
My mind raced at the possibilities of what could be going on.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2IAa3Y2i9
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIV5y45gmeU
Drug dealing, kidnapping, cultists but one thing keeps popping up.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbHMxiRunU
“Monsters.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJDlt5YIqC
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZmLzLFQmI
My mind slithers back to…the incident. Those soldiers really thought there were monsters. I think back to the head caregiver and the dead eyes of some kids. What if…
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCoooK8FM1
I have no choice, I have to try. I sneak out of my room and go to the phone in the living room. I dial 911.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKdjOvOWwX
It rings louder than I expected. I close my eyes and pray that It will stop soon.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsfp9iUcgW
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLceT7MG8e
“911, what’s your emergency.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeBQ8uyIbR
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x5FNaVg7M
“Hello, I’m in at the orphanage at silvervine street and I need help.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ361NUPYuzx
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaq5jxRULwP
“What’s the problem?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu6Xh0J0TC
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHAfQmN087
“It’s hard to explain but there are these new caregivers at the orphanage that act off. The kids have started to disappear too and then there’s that basement.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpP0emo6SzK
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjh5vOsudAM
“I think…the orphanage is run by monsters and the kids are being used for…something. I don’t know, please just….help me.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmXqrp6tTX
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyFrhI1kTk
“…”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnhQlVlDs1
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrmzSi0AnK
“…Is this Tim?”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUtpaLJLrL
“Y-Yes?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2rCy4Adoo
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfRO7ucH88
“…Did you seriously prank call us again?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTLxHEBSvR
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAO1n1zagS
“What? No.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLXrwqSu7u
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UP0UqPDxS
“We heard about what you did. You have no idea how hard it was to cover up the mess you made. The innocent lives lost!
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXo9G7J9jLO
“I-”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKNM8bSUp2
“You should be ashamed of yourself.”
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YaaFArs1a
And just like that, the call ended. I put the phone down and fight the urge to cry. I can’t make any more noi-
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvWYcGBPVN
“Tim.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dANLqcGN6
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFvjcWSGgk
!!!437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfn74ALi0e
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwct0WWclqw
I twist my body around to see another new caretaker. She had short brown hair and a nursing outfit. Her face, however, is hidden by the room's shadow.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLhyf3zMM8
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbK6CBW0O5
“It’s time.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllOqTe9NEb
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxnt7fuD1a
She offered her hand to me, beckoning me to my final destination. Maybe…this is what I deserve for what I’ve done.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42iiCyxMoz
Despite my survival instincts telling me not to, I forced my body to take her hand. It was unnaturally cold and wet. But I didn’t care, not anymore. What could I do anyway?
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1k9d4toYa
She leads me down the darker-than-normal hallway all the way to the basement stairs. We stopped at the top and started down into the gaping maw of the abyss.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEUtmymvkU
“Are you ready?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAQa0Fe02d
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo792WfkRXo
Why she would ask me that? I’ve been ready since that day, I just didn’t want to accept it.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGLgqwLt8S
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi45NwRPaAu
“Yes.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsBpZnljkd
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeFr8pGmMU
The descent begins, I become one with the icky black and accept my fate.
437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMbgDmklfQ
I’m sorry Will, Mom, Dad…for everything.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQUUnaFusE
