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2 True Summer Vacation Horror Stories That Will Ruin Your Trip · True Horror Stories

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  Speaker 1: Ethan was the kind of guy you didn't notice, which
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  Speaker 1: is a damn shame, because he was brilliant. He blended
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  Speaker 1: into the background, whether at school or at home. Our
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  Speaker 1: classmates barely knew he existed, and his parents weren't much better,
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  Speaker 1: treating him like a ghost. But I knew Ethan. I
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  Speaker 1: was his only friend, the only one who saw the
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  Speaker 1: depth of his pain and the sharp edge of his intelligence.
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  Speaker 1: That night of the senior ball, everything changed. Ethan had
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  Speaker 1: gathered enough courage to ask Sarah to be his date.
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  Speaker 1: She was pretty, The two had been to the same
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  Speaker 1: classes since ages, and he had a massive crush on her.
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  Speaker 1: It was a bold move out of character, but he
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  Speaker 1: was desperate to break free from his isolation. She laughed
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  Speaker 1: in his face. The rejection was public, brutal, and devastating.
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  Speaker 1: I tried to comfort him, but Ethan had already begun
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  Speaker 1: to retreat into a dark place. He was caught staring
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  Speaker 1: at her on multiple occasions by teachers. He started muttering
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  Speaker 1: to himself one day while in class and didn't realize
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  Speaker 1: until the students told him, and his mother complained once
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  Speaker 1: that he would keep talking with a childhood clown toy
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  Speaker 1: for hours and his father was typically out hunting with
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  Speaker 1: his buddies to even care. I should have seen the signs,
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  Speaker 1: should have done something, but I didn't. On the night
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  Speaker 1: of the ball, Ethan wasn't there when I arrived. I
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  Speaker 1: figured he was too embarrassed to show up after what
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  Speaker 1: happened with Sarah.
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  Speaker 2: The gym was decked out.
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  Speaker 1: With streamers and balloons, the usual cheap decorations for a
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  Speaker 1: high school dance. Kids were dancing, laughing, and I tried
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  Speaker 1: to impress my date Jenna with my dry humor, but
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't shake the feeling that something was very wrong.
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  Speaker 1: It was about an hour into the ball when the
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  Speaker 1: lockdown alarm blared. The lights flickered, plunging us into semi darkness.
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  Speaker 1: Panics spread through the crowd, cries of confusion growing louder.
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  Speaker 1: I had a sinking feeling in my gut.
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  Speaker 2: Ethan.
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  Speaker 1: The gym doors burst open, and there he stood a
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  Speaker 1: twisted figure in the doorway, wearing a clown's mask. He
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  Speaker 1: held two of his father's hunting rifles. He walked in
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  Speaker 1: with a deliberate calm, A man on a mission, Ethan.
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  Speaker 1: Don't they will see me now? They will all remember
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  Speaker 1: my name screams erupted as he fired the first shot,
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  Speaker 1: hitting a kid named Mike square in the chest. Blood
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  Speaker 1: sprayed across the dance floor and chaos ensued. The crowd scrambled,
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  Speaker 1: ducking under tables, pushing each other in a desperate attempt
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  Speaker 1: to escape, but there was no way out. Ethan had
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  Speaker 1: locked the doors. I was frozen watching as my friend
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  Speaker 1: turned into a monster. He moved methodically, shooting indiscriminately. I
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  Speaker 1: saw him shoot Rachel, the cheerleader who had mocked his
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  Speaker 1: weight the previous year. Her lifeless body crumpled to the floor.
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  Speaker 1: He turned and fired at mister Thompson, our math teacher,
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  Speaker 1: who tried to shield a group of students. The bullet
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  Speaker 1: tore through his shoulder and he went down with the
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  Speaker 1: scream Ethan, stop, this isn't you. My voice was lost
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  Speaker 1: in the chaos. Ethan didn't hear me, or he didn't care.
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  Speaker 1: He kept talking to the voices only he could hear,
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  Speaker 1: justifying his actions, condemning those who had wronged him. I
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  Speaker 1: saw Sarah huddled under a table, sobbing, and I knew
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  Speaker 1: he wouldn't stop till he had her. I pushed through
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  Speaker 1: the panic crowd, trying to reach him. The closer I got,
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  Speaker 1: the clearer I could see the madness in his eyes.
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  Speaker 1: He wasn't the Ethan. I knew this was someone else entirely.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever demons he had in his head, they had conquered him.
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  Speaker 1: I just wish someone would have called nine one one, Ethan,
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  Speaker 1: it's me, Jeremy. You don't have to do this. Let
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  Speaker 1: them go. He turned to me for a moment I
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  Speaker 1: saw recognition in his eyes, but he was quickly replaced
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  Speaker 1: by the same cold rage. He raised his gun and
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  Speaker 1: I felt a sharp, burning pain in my side as
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  Speaker 1: the bullet.
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  Speaker 2: Tore through me.
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  Speaker 1: I fell to the ground, clutching my wound, the world
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  Speaker 1: spinning around me. You'll all remember me now. He continued
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  Speaker 1: his rampage. The gym was filled with screams, gunfire, and sobbing.
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  Speaker 1: Bodies lay scattered, blood cooling on the polished floor. The
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  Speaker 1: horror seemed endless, but eventually the police stormed in, ending
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  Speaker 1: the nightmare. They brought him down in a single clean shot.
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  Speaker 1: As I lay there, bleeding and helpless, watching as they
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  Speaker 1: dragged Ethan's body away, the gym looked like a slaughterhouse.
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  Speaker 1: Thirteen died and twenty six were injured. I survived, but
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  Speaker 1: I'll never forget the look in Ethan's eyes, the screams
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  Speaker 1: of my classmates.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't see it coming. No one did.
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  Speaker 1: One moment we were cheering for our kids on the field,
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  Speaker 1: and the next we were plunged into a nightmare. I
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  Speaker 1: was on the sidelines my second year as the coach
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  Speaker 1: of the Sherwood covened soccer team. The sun was high
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  Speaker 1: and the heat was making the day drag. Parents chatted, laughed,
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  Speaker 1: and shouted encouragement. It was just another saturday at the
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  Speaker 1: soccer field. My team was gearing up for the big
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  Speaker 1: tournament and I had to finalize the roster. Not everyone
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  Speaker 1: could make the starting eleven. That was my job to
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  Speaker 1: pick the best. Donald stood out in the crowd, tall,
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  Speaker 1: broad shouldered, with a perpetual scowl letched into his face.
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  Speaker 1: He had played some soccer himself during his time. From
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  Speaker 1: what I had heard, everyone knew him as the dad
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  Speaker 1: would temper His son, Billy was good, but not quite
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  Speaker 1: there yet. I knew this would be a tough conversation,
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  Speaker 1: so when I picked the lineup and kept his son
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  Speaker 1: in the subs, Donald stormed over, what the hell, coach,
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  Speaker 1: Why isn't Billy on the starting team. He's a good player, Donald,
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  Speaker 1: but he's not ready yet. We've got some tough competition.
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  Speaker 1: It didn't take it well. His face turned a shade
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  Speaker 1: of red I'd never seen before. He started shouting, hurling
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  Speaker 1: abuses at me.
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  Speaker 2: You think you know everything, don't you. My boy's better
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  Speaker 2: than half of those kids out there.
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  Speaker 1: The other parents backed me up. They tried to calm
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  Speaker 1: him down, told him it was just a game. But
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  Speaker 1: Donald wasn't listening. His rage was palpable, and I could
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  Speaker 1: see it in his eyes.
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  Speaker 2: Something was off.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, he spat at my feet, grabbed Billie, and stormed off.
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  Speaker 1: I thought that was the end of it. I was wrong,
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  Speaker 1: horribly wrong. Minutes passed than maybe half an hour. I
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  Speaker 1: heard a scream from the parking lot. I turned just
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  Speaker 1: in time to see Donald marching back towards us. But
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  Speaker 1: this time he wasn't empty handed. He was carrying a
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  Speaker 1: semi automatic rifle. Eyes wild, face contorted with fury.
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  Speaker 2: This is for my son. I think you can humiliate him,
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  Speaker 2: humiliate me.
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  Speaker 1: Panic erupted, parents scattered, kids screamed.
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  Speaker 2: I froze.
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  Speaker 1: He opened fire, and the world exploded around me. I
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  Speaker 1: felt a searing pain in my leg and crumpled to
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  Speaker 1: the ground. Blood soaked through my pants, and I could
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  Speaker 1: barely think through the agony. I crawled towards the nearest cover,
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  Speaker 1: dragging my useless leg behind me. Around me a scene
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  Speaker 1: was chaos, people running, bodies falling, screams of terror.
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  Speaker 2: Donald kept firing everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: I reached a concession stand and huddled behind it, gasping
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  Speaker 1: for breath. My vision blurred, but I had to keep
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  Speaker 1: my head. I had to survive. I peered around the corner,
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  Speaker 1: trying to get a sense of where he was.
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  Speaker 2: He was close, too close.
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  Speaker 1: They snatched my dream, not my son. His voice was
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  Speaker 1: a mix of rage and madness. He picked out one
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  Speaker 1: of the pair arances who had spoken up in my
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  Speaker 1: support earlier, Pointing the gun at him.
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  Speaker 2: He made him sit on his knees in submission.
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  Speaker 1: The poor man was crying his eyes out, trying to
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  Speaker 1: bring up words to reason with Donald, but Donald paid
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  Speaker 1: no heed. He pulled the trigger and a single bullet
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  Speaker 1: went through the man's head, his body swaying slightly and
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  Speaker 1: crumbling to the ground.
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  Speaker 2: He spotted me and started towards me.
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  Speaker 1: I could hear the crunch of his boots on the gravel,
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  Speaker 1: the heavy breaths of a man on a mission. Donald, Stop,
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  Speaker 1: This isn't going to solve anything.
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  Speaker 2: Think about Billy.
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  Speaker 1: I was desperate, trying to reach any part of him
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  Speaker 1: that was still seen, but he wasn't hearing me. He
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  Speaker 1: raised the rifle. I closed my eyes, bracing for the end.
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  Speaker 1: A gunshot rang out, but it wasn't from Donald. A
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  Speaker 1: police officer had arrived, aiming his weapon at Donald. The
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  Speaker 1: bullet hit Donald in the shoulder, spinning him around. He
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  Speaker 1: dropped his rifle, falling to his knees. She ruined everything.
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  Speaker 1: He collapsed, the fight draining out of him. The police
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  Speaker 1: swarmed in, disarming him and securing the area. I lay there,
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  Speaker 1: pained throbbing through my body, Relief washing over me. Paramedics
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  Speaker 1: rushed over, tending to the wounded. I was loaded onto
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  Speaker 1: a stretcher, the world spinning around me, faces blurred and
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  Speaker 1: voices muffled. The last thing I saw before passing out
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  Speaker 1: was Billy, standing alone in the chaos, tears streaming down
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  Speaker 1: his face.
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  Speaker 2: The horror of that day was etched into my soul.
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  Speaker 1: I had faced death and emerged alive, but I knew
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  Speaker 1: that I would be scarred for life. I never believed
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  Speaker 1: in ghosts, even though I taught it. Saint Mary's Covenant
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  Speaker 1: School right next to an old graveyard. Local lores said
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  Speaker 1: the nuns roamed in the grounds after sunset. Supposedly these
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  Speaker 1: spirits belong to sisters who had tragically perished in a
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  Speaker 1: fire decades ago. They said, if you stayed late, you'd
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  Speaker 1: hear the prayers mixed with cries for help. Despite the
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  Speaker 1: chilling tales, I never experienced anything myself until that fateful day.
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  Speaker 1: It was a Friday afternoon when the principal announced a lockdown.
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  Speaker 1: Apparently a mass murderer had escaped from a nearby psychiatric
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  Speaker 1: facility and was reportedly on the loose. The authorities advised
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  Speaker 1: everyone to stay inside, and so we were trapped in
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  Speaker 1: the school until further notice. The school usually emptied out
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  Speaker 1: before sunset, but that day I found myself in the
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  Speaker 1: eeriest of predicaments, locked in with a handful of students
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  Speaker 1: and a graveyard just outside our windows. The sky darkened
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  Speaker 1: rapidly and the hallways felt increasingly oppressive. The students, ranging
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  Speaker 1: from nervous to outright terrified, huddled in the assembly hall.
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  Speaker 1: I tried to keep them calm, but I could feel
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  Speaker 1: to chill. The principal asked few teachers to take around
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  Speaker 1: and find if any kids were still left in their classrooms.
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  Speaker 1: I volunteered and grabbed a flashlight from the supply closet.
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  Speaker 1: The power was still on, but the long corridor seemed
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  Speaker 1: unnaturally dark. My footsteps echoed as I made my way
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  Speaker 1: through the silent halls. Classroom by classroom, I checked empty desks,
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  Speaker 1: silent chalkboards, nothing unusual until I reached the room two
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  Speaker 1: one two. The door creaked open and I was hit
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  Speaker 1: by a sudden, inexplicable cold. My breath fogged in front
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  Speaker 1: of me. The room was dark save for the thin
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  Speaker 1: beam of my flashlight. As I scanned the room, the
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  Speaker 1: beam caught something reflective on the floor.
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  Speaker 2: I moved closer and gasped.
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  Speaker 1: It was a tiny silver cross necklace lying in a
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  Speaker 1: pool of dark liquid blood. My heart pounded. I turned
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  Speaker 1: to leave, but the door slam shut. The temperature plummeted,
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  Speaker 1: and I heard a faint whispering words I couldn't understand.
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  Speaker 1: I yanked at the door, but it wouldn't budge. PANICX
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  Speaker 1: surged through me. No response. Everyone was away. The whispers
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  Speaker 1: grew louder, now mixed with the soft sound of footsteps.
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  Speaker 2: I spun around in the dim light.
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  Speaker 1: I saw them shadows moving across the walls. Three figures
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  Speaker 1: and nuns attires, their faces dark like rotten skin, gliding
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  Speaker 1: towards me. Their whispers grew stronger and distorted. I backed
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  Speaker 1: against the door, desperately pulling at the handle. The figures
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  Speaker 1: grew closer, their prayers louder. One reached out to me,
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  Speaker 1: and I suddenly felt an icy grip around my wrist.
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  Speaker 1: I screamed and yanked my arm free, but the force
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  Speaker 1: sent me falling to the ground. My head struck the
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  Speaker 1: edge of a desk, and pain exploded through my skull.
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  Speaker 1: Darkness edged my vision. I fought to stay conscious. The
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  Speaker 1: whispers grew deafening, and the figure stood over me. One
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  Speaker 1: of them bent down and it looked into my eyes,
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  Speaker 1: letting out its disoriented whisper. It raised its dark, rotten
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  Speaker 1: hand towards me, but suddenly stopped as it spotted the
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  Speaker 1: cross around my neck.
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  Speaker 2: That was the window I needed.
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  Speaker 1: With a burst of adrenaline, I crawled towards the door.
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  Speaker 1: My hand found the handle again, and this time it turned.
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  Speaker 1: I ran into the hallway, slamming the door behind me.
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  Speaker 1: The whispers ceased, but the cold lingered. I stumbled back
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  Speaker 1: to the assembly hall, clutching my bleeding head. Miss Jenkins,
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  Speaker 1: who taught languages, looked up, her eyes wide with fear.
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  Speaker 2: Caroline, what happened? We need to get out now.
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  Speaker 1: That is when the lights in the hall started flickering.
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  Speaker 1: The wind, which was blowing, suddenly ceased, and then suddenly
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  Speaker 1: the children at the back started screaming. Everyone saw dark
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  Speaker 1: figure in nuns close, standing there for just a few
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  Speaker 1: seconds before it suddenly glided to the other side and
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  Speaker 1: disappeared towards the back door. There was chaos everywhere. We
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  Speaker 1: gathered the children and huddled together, moving as one toward
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  Speaker 1: the main entrance. The lockdown was still in effect, but
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  Speaker 1: staying inside felt more dangerous. As we reached the main door,
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  Speaker 1: we found a police car outside, and a policeman walked
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  Speaker 1: up to us. Everyone stay calm, We're here to evacuate you.
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  Speaker 1: They informed us that the escaped murderer had been caught
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  Speaker 1: very close to the school, but everyone was safe. Relief
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  Speaker 1: washed over us. We filed out the cold night, air
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  Speaker 1: biting but welcome. I glanced back at the school, its
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  Speaker 1: dark windows like eyes watching us leave. The local lores
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  Speaker 1: no longer seemed like mere stories. I left Saint Mary's
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  Speaker 1: Covent School shortly after that night, at