“It’s just a prank bro.”
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“Don’t you think you pushed a bit far back there?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiZ9UURhqb
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“No way, you just don’t know the joys of a good prank yet.”
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“Maybe…”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTC8cqoJkwz
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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.
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“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-”
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“I get it, don’t remind me of what you did.”
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“Man, the look on her face when I told her. Hahaha, I’ll never let her live that down. Detention is worth it.”
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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…381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HH6w1Bwcs
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“Would you look at that, I think I’ve come up with the perfect initiation for you.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeiwm9UjFm
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Will points to the nearby police station. The newly built police station.
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“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.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYK7fy2t494
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“You can’t mean-”
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“Relax Tim, it’s just a normal prank call. Every prankster has done this at least once.”
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“O-Oh, okay. I thought-”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVlwXaFLjB
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“I’m not going to ask you to do anything I wouldn’t do.”
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“I don’t know…”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi0HpTT0XP
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“Here’s a little incentive.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTZwQwMSiz
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“!!”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8Wd8SiuRA
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“This is your allowance?!”
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“Just half of it for now.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eLSEpe8Hq
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“But why?”
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“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.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zR6VSAPEA
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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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcNfkj9NyV
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“Okay, I won’t let you down. What should I prank call them about.”
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“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.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65JSTbpmTr
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“Y-Your right!”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rhuKJxms1
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“Yeah, two pranks for the price of one!”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pSDbxeypH
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“Okay, I will do it. Tomorrow, I’ll be a prankster just like you.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcYKnDNd3W
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“That’s the spirit.”
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We came to the intersection while talking, almost passed it. My house is to the left and he’s on the right.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AB5SZcPWt
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“See you tomorrow Will.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxjuYYSVE6
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“Yeah, good luck on the prank call.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqz28vkZ0Cw
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I wave to my best friend and breath in some of his courage. Time to do something I can be proud of.
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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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYLeuixScR
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“I’m home!”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnw8k4DCwVR
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…381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmO4z9ZH7yj
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“Of course, my mistake.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfcUVaWbg0
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They’re never home to greet me anymore. I pick my stuff up and drag myself to my room.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQK8yNgsGF
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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.
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No more. Time to give them a small taste of their own medicine. I pick up my phone and dial 991. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzqkuwzxFT
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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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhU7O0cqhM
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“911, what’s your emergency.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vY9hJCN0k
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“M-Mom….D-Dad, they-”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7Nxnjyvq5
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I try my best to sound like I’m crying, throwing some sniffing for good measure.
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“Calm down, what happened?”
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“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.”
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“I…think they might be monsters in disguise. I’m scared, they might know I’m trying to get help. Please come quick!”
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“….”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDB1Bh2oX7
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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.
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“Got yo-”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpp07u8MEdk
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“What’s your address?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzgIZbOyRs
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“E-Excuse me?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡku95ozm006
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“Your address kid, where do you live!”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn0H472me1
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“Um, countertop road…5th house from the intersection.”
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“Okay, we’ll be there as soon as we can. Lock the door and stay put.”
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The call ended and I’m left alone in confusion. Did they…counter prank me? What’s Will going to think?381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrA78xX19J
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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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaFf6R1vu1
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*Crash*381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVCgNyjujU
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What the?! Was that the windo-
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*BOOM*381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRDnizdvDF
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A large foot came crashing through my door causing it to land across the room.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfpn6vTVik
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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?
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They turn their backs to me and aim at the windows and doors. The closest one to me whispers.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWCDDtP2yR
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“Here they come.”
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Did I really prank call a SWAT team and…win?381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBRBo3sn9s
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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.
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I-Is this what courage feels like? It feels so-381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf08w7Gt21
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*Knock* *Knock*381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCG6PAYA5N
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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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaKKsifKAa
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I try to sneak past them so I can get a good look.
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“Kid, stay back.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBFomFuUGr
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Oh man, I guess-381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPhn8sulx4
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*Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ctpuoYEEV
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“What the hell are doing?!!”
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“Sorry sir, this is my first time.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxSIO40bo0
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“Only shoot when you see them, you fool!”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRpNvjGWOk
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W-What…
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“You two check it out, we’ll protect the kid.”
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j-just…
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“Got it.”
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h-happened?
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“Sir, I think you better come and see this.”
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“What is it?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSk97lorUBE
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…381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18goeqhq4U
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“My god…their blood is red.”
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“Did we just-”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPjtHiivu8
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“Why the fuck didn’t you verify the call!!?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fx0dfJF60
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“I-I didn’t think we get a prank call this soon and he…was so specific…”
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“Clean this mess up, burn it down and call the cover-up team.”
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*Stomp* *Stomp* *Stomp* *Stomp*
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“Kid?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvTkQEuKPI
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….381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2D8V2MJ8i
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“Kid?”
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….381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx81JEogZ3u
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“KID!!”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5lIjKR0BP
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“W-what…have…I….done?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gMT7majRB
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“…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.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kiaMMrTYE
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The man grabs my arm. I let him drag me away.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuhPQVKI5l
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Across my room. Across the hallway. Across the…
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Finally, across the door. As much I try to not look, something catches my eye, something beyond the red.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYmovDe6W2
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Was that…a new mattress?381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwfOERNm2T
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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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqGENEg2Mw
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Then it all hits me at once, I break.
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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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHO3m2nmWwf
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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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuDMAwXH72
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Maybe it’s just my paranoia, I’m supposed to live a new life. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShb3STmjGr
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“Okay kids, time to go to bed.”
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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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SOYvGmacR
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They just got up and went back to their room with no emotion. I could have sworn one shouldn’t be here.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAWaDM5XgH
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“Stop staring at us, creep!”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjr8nzt1uvG
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One of the girls calls out to me and snaps me out of my mind.
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“I-I-I-I’m sorry.”
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“And stop stuttering! I can’t wait for some nice family to take me away from here. I’m tired of being ogled.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGy9OjGFsx
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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?381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJagir2lNAI
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The head caregiver comes by to hurry us along for the night.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTC3XcqW2Nk
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“Don’t worry, I know you’ll find a home soon.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdCG0aSCwx
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Did she…lick her lips?381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjzQHTD2rN
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“I hope so, any place is better than near this weirdo.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRN25LchiLq
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“Enough of picking on Tim, you never know he might be next to go. Hurry to bed now.”
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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.
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I get into the covers and try to sleep. But I can’t. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8oqIxEgKg
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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.
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My mind raced at the possibilities of what could be going on.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4txoNAglOD
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Drug dealing, kidnapping, cultists but one thing keeps popping up.
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“Monsters.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BXQEpiHIi
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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…
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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.
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It rings louder than I expected. I close my eyes and pray that It will stop soon.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Jk67Dai6P
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“911, what’s your emergency.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCnMLjeuPi
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“Hello, I’m in at the orphanage at silvervine street and I need help.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77VjlUeVaK
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“What’s the problem?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kXuDuVbOy
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“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.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YKMyLRMJf
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“I think…the orphanage is run by monsters and the kids are being used for…something. I don’t know, please just….help me.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoemULbPsxq
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“…”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRBAsLMtbG
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“…Is this Tim?”
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“Y-Yes?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVy9nSqEBJ
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“…Did you seriously prank call us again?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9CQPOyd3G
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“What? No.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQciZ3G2mWO
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“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!
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“I-”
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“You should be ashamed of yourself.”
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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-
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“Tim.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnStCvFxHho
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!!!381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81cGn0AKPH
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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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WrQ7aSvI8
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“It’s time.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIHOSJIjy7
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She offered her hand to me, beckoning me to my final destination. Maybe…this is what I deserve for what I’ve done.
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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?
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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.
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“Are you ready?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkCLsKmWYh
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Why she would ask me that? I’ve been ready since that day, I just didn’t want to accept it.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NPbCZ6xh7
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“Yes.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Irew9CNTB
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The descent begins, I become one with the icky black and accept my fate.
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I’m sorry Will, Mom, Dad…for everything.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGwFKn0I8y
