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- 0:01Speaker 1: Pledge Night at Delta Gamma was infamous for its intensity,
- 0:06Speaker 1: but this year we decided to up the ante. As
- 0:09Speaker 1: one of the emerging frat leaders, Hi Tom was tasked
- 0:13Speaker 1: by the seniors with orchestrating a prank that would be
- 0:16Speaker 1: talked about for years. The plan was simple, a fake
- 0:20Speaker 1: kidnapping to test the metal of our new pledges. It
- 0:24Speaker 1: was meant to be controlled chaos, a scary but safe
- 0:27Speaker 1: right of passage. Only I had no idea it would
- 0:31Speaker 1: turn into a nightmare. The night was cool, and the
- 0:35Speaker 1: moon was obscured by clouds, casting an eerie gloom over
- 0:39Speaker 1: the abandoned warehouse we had chosen as the stage for
- 0:42Speaker 1: our The pledges, blindfolded and disoriented, were let inside one
- 0:47Speaker 1: by one, their hands bound loosely in front of them.
- 0:51Speaker 1: Their nervous laughter echoed off the walls, mixed with the faint,
- 0:55Speaker 1: stern voices of us brothers acting as their captors. Keep
- 0:59Speaker 1: it move in, pledges, Tonight, you'll prove if you're worthy
- 1:03Speaker 1: of Delta Gamma, I.
- 1:05Speaker 2: Shouted, trying to sound menacing.
- 1:08Speaker 1: We had staged the warehouse with creepy props, old chains
- 1:12Speaker 1: hanging from the ceiling, dim lighting, flickering intermittently, and sounds
- 1:17Speaker 1: of eerie whispers played from a hidden speaker. It was
- 1:21Speaker 1: all theatrics, that is, when five other seniors entered on
- 1:26Speaker 1: bikes disguised as gang members.
- 1:29Speaker 2: They started shouting.
- 1:30Speaker 1: Pulled out guns, and made the few seniors who were
- 1:33Speaker 1: there run away. It was all part of the prank
- 1:36Speaker 1: to make the pledges feel that our prank had gone
- 1:39Speaker 1: wrong and they were in actual trouble. But we didn't
- 1:43Speaker 1: know what scared pledges would do. The atmosphere shifted when Mike,
- 1:48Speaker 1: one of the seniors, climbed a stack of crates to
- 1:51Speaker 1: pretend to be running away from the biker gang. In
- 1:54Speaker 1: his zeal, he lost his footing, crashing down with a
- 1:57Speaker 1: terrifying thought. The sound of his fall was sickening. As
- 2:02Speaker 1: he lay motionless, a pool of blood began to form
- 2:05Speaker 1: around his head. Panics set in among the pledges and
- 2:08Speaker 1: brothers alike, Oh my god, he's really hurt, someone yelled.
- 2:13Speaker 1: The scene descended into chaos, the lines between our staged
- 2:18Speaker 1: fright and real horror blurring rapidly. In the confusion, I
- 2:23Speaker 1: noticed one of the pledges, Paul, his blindfold hanging around
- 2:27Speaker 1: his neck, eyes wide with terror. He was breathing heavily,
- 2:31Speaker 1: his gaze darting around as if looking for an escape.
- 2:35Speaker 1: Before I could reassure him it was a prank gone wrong,
- 2:38Speaker 1: his survival instincts kicked in. Paul scrambled to his feet,
- 2:43Speaker 1: his hands still bound, and stumbled over to where a
- 2:47Speaker 1: piece of metal lay among the debris from Mike's fall.
- 2:50Speaker 2: He grabbed it, holding it like a weapon.
- 2:53Speaker 1: Stay back, he screamed, his voice cracking with fear.
- 2:58Speaker 2: Paul calmed down man.
- 3:00Speaker 1: I tried to approach him, my hands raised in a
- 3:03Speaker 1: calming gesture, but fear had taken hold of him. Morphing
- 3:08Speaker 1: into something dark and uncontrollable, he lunged forward, swinging the
- 3:13Speaker 1: metal with a wild energy. The first strike caught James,
- 3:17Speaker 1: another brother, across the face. Blood sprayed as he fell,
- 3:21Speaker 1: his scream cut short by the brutal impact. The sight
- 3:25Speaker 1: of blood seemed to drive Paul further into his frenzy,
- 3:29Speaker 1: his actions desperate and savage. Paul stop, but my shouts
- 3:34Speaker 1: were drowned out by the chaos. Every attempt to subdue
- 3:38Speaker 1: him was met with violent resistance. Each swing of his
- 3:41Speaker 1: makeshift weapon was more frantic than the last, each connecting
- 3:46Speaker 1: with a sickening crunch of bone and flesh. The warehouse,
- 3:50Speaker 1: once filled with staged horrors, was now a scene of
- 3:53Speaker 1: genuine terror. Brothers were down, groaning in pain or worse, unmoving.
- 4:00Speaker 1: The pledges, freed from their blindfolds by the commotion, huddled together,
- 4:05Speaker 1: watching in horror as Paul, driven by fear and mistaken belief,
- 4:10Speaker 1: became the monster we had pretended to be. In that moment,
- 4:14Speaker 1: the air filled with a metallic scent of blood and
- 4:17Speaker 1: the sound of desperate pleas for sanity. I realized I
- 4:21Speaker 1: had to find a way to end this before anyone else.
- 4:24Speaker 2: Got hurt or killed.
- 4:27Speaker 1: As Paul swung wildly, his eyes darting with paranoia and
- 4:31Speaker 1: his breathing ragged, I ducked behind a column, my mind
- 4:35Speaker 1: racing for a solution. The situation had spiraled out of control,
- 4:40Speaker 1: our prank turning into a horrific reality. Each cry and
- 4:45Speaker 1: thud of metal striking flesh hammered home the direness of
- 4:49Speaker 1: the predicament. I knew I had to act fast. Paul,
- 4:54Speaker 1: listen to me, I attempted, again, shouting over the chaos,
- 4:58Speaker 1: trying to pierce the veil of his terror.
- 5:01Speaker 2: Nobody is trying to hurt you. It's all a setup.
- 5:05Speaker 1: But reasoning with him was futile. His terror had morphed
- 5:09Speaker 1: into a frenzied survival instinct that saw threats and every
- 5:13Speaker 1: shadow and every movement. As I peeked from behind the column,
- 5:17Speaker 1: I saw him turn toward me. His expression twisted in
- 5:21Speaker 1: confusion and rage. Realizing I was exposed, I quickly retreated,
- 5:27Speaker 1: but not before our eyes met a fleeting moment where
- 5:31Speaker 1: I saw not just the fear, but also the betrayal
- 5:35Speaker 1: he felt. He probably thought we have truly meant to
- 5:38Speaker 1: harm him. In his state, Paul was unpredictable and extremely dangerous.
- 5:44Speaker 1: Another brother tried to approach him from behind, hoping to
- 5:48Speaker 1: disarm him, but Paul sensed him and reacted with terrifying speed.
- 5:53Speaker 2: He swung the piece of.
- 5:54Speaker 1: Metal connecting with the brother's leg with a crack that
- 5:58Speaker 1: echoed through the warehouse. Brother collapsed with a scream, clutching
- 6:02Speaker 1: his leg in agony. The air was thick with panic
- 6:06Speaker 1: and the sharp tang of blood. It was clear that
- 6:09Speaker 1: if we didn't subdue Paul soon, we might not make
- 6:13Speaker 1: it out without serious casualties or worse. I scanned the
- 6:18Speaker 1: room for something to use My gaze, settling on a
- 6:21Speaker 1: thick rope used as part of the decor.
- 6:23Speaker 2: An idea formed desperate but necessary.
- 6:27Speaker 1: I grabbed the rope and motioned to two of my
- 6:29Speaker 1: remaining uninjured brothers.
- 6:31Speaker 2: With a quick plan whispered between us.
- 6:34Speaker 1: We spread out, encircling Paul, with care not to draw
- 6:38Speaker 1: his attention prematurely. The idea was to restrain him without
- 6:42Speaker 1: causing further injury to him or us.
- 6:46Speaker 2: Timing was everything.
- 6:48Speaker 1: As Paul turned to fend off another imaginary attacker, we moved.
- 6:52Speaker 1: I approached from the front, keeping his focus on me,
- 6:56Speaker 1: while the others approached from his sides. Paul, we don't
- 7:00Speaker 1: want to hurt you, I said, keeping my tone steady,
- 7:04Speaker 1: my hands visible and open. His hesitation gave us the
- 7:07Speaker 1: moment we needed. The brothers lunged, catching him off guard.
- 7:12Speaker 1: We tackled him to the ground, the impact knocking the
- 7:15Speaker 1: metal bar away. He struggled fiercely, screaming incoherently about betrayal
- 7:21Speaker 1: and traps. With the rope, we quickly tied his hands,
- 7:25Speaker 1: securing him firmly. His screams slowly turned into sobs, the
- 7:30Speaker 1: fight draining out of him as the reality of the
- 7:32Speaker 1: situation began to dawn on him. Once Paul was secured
- 7:36Speaker 1: and no longer a threat, we turned our attention to
- 7:39Speaker 1: the injured. The air was a cacophony of groans and
- 7:43Speaker 1: urgent voices. I pulled out my phone, the screen cracked
- 7:47Speaker 1: but functional, and.
- 7:49Speaker 2: Dialed nine one one.
- 7:50Speaker 1: The call went through, and I hastily explained the situation,
- 7:54Speaker 1: my voice shaky with adrenaline and relief. Emergency services arrived quickly,
- 8:01Speaker 1: their sirens cutting through the silence that had settled over
- 8:04Speaker 1: the warehouse. As paramedics tended to the wounded, police officers
- 8:08Speaker 1: took statements. Paul was gently led away, a blanket around
- 8:12Speaker 1: his shoulders, his eyes empty of the manic terror.
- 8:16Speaker 2: But now filled with a dawning regret.
- 8:19Speaker 1: Sitting on the back of an ambulance watching the flurry
- 8:22Speaker 1: of activity, the weight of what had happened settled on me.
- 8:26Speaker 1: Or prank meant to be a bonding experience had turned
- 8:29Speaker 1: into a traumatic event that would leave scars on all
- 8:32Speaker 1: of us. Gilt gnawed at me as I considered how
- 8:36Speaker 1: quickly things had escalated and how badly they could have ended.
- 8:43Speaker 1: It was a Friday night like any other at Delta SI,
- 8:47Speaker 1: with the base thumping through the grand old frat house
- 8:50Speaker 1: and red cups littering nearly every surface. As one of
- 8:55Speaker 1: the senior members, I Damon had seen my fair share
- 8:59Speaker 1: of wild nights, but this one was special. It was
- 9:02Speaker 1: our annual pledge invitation party, and everyone was buzzing with
- 9:06Speaker 1: a mix of excitement and beer fueled bravado. Jason, the
- 9:11Speaker 1: pledge in question, was a quiet guy, not your typical
- 9:14Speaker 1: frat star. Earlier that week, some of the guys thought
- 9:18Speaker 1: it would be hilarious to make him wear a grotesque mask,
- 9:21Speaker 1: a gnarl twisted face that looked like it belonged in
- 9:24Speaker 1: a horror movie, and parade him around campus.
- 9:28Speaker 2: It was just a prank.
- 9:29Speaker 1: We thought harm was fun, But the look in Jason's
- 9:33Speaker 1: eyes when the mask came off said otherwise. It was
- 9:37Speaker 1: a mixture of humiliation and something else, something darker. The
- 9:42Speaker 1: party was in full swing when I stepped outside for
- 9:45Speaker 1: some air, leaving the cacophony of shouts and music behind me.
- 9:50Speaker 1: The backyard was cooler, the moon a dim light flittering
- 9:54Speaker 1: through the branches of the old oaks that surrounded our property.
- 9:58Speaker 1: That's when I heard it, the softest whisper of a
- 10:01Speaker 1: footstep behind me. I turned, expecting to see one of
- 10:05Speaker 1: my brothers sneaking out with a freshman, but there was
- 10:08Speaker 1: no one there. Joking it up to the alcohol, I
- 10:12Speaker 1: headed back inside. The hallway seemed unusually dark, the lights
- 10:17Speaker 1: flickering as if straining against a sudden drain of power.
- 10:21Speaker 1: A chill ran down my spine, the hairs on my
- 10:24Speaker 1: arm standing on end, I shook off the feeling and
- 10:28Speaker 1: pushed the heavy door to the main party room open.
- 10:31Speaker 2: The scene inside had changed.
- 10:33Speaker 1: The music still played, but there was a palpable tension
- 10:37Speaker 1: in the air. I found Jake, one of my frat brothers,
- 10:40Speaker 1: pale and shaken, staring at something on the floor. It
- 10:44Speaker 1: was Sam, another brother, lying motionless, a replica of the
- 10:49Speaker 1: grotesque mask strapped to his face. A bolt, a damn
- 10:54Speaker 1: crossbow bolt was launched in his chest.
- 10:58Speaker 2: What the hell happened?
- 11:00Speaker 1: He asked, my heart pounding as I knelt down beside him.
- 11:03Speaker 1: Jake couldn't form words, just pointed towards the darkened corridor.
- 11:08Speaker 2: That led to the back rooms.
- 11:10Speaker 1: He's here, Jason with a crossbow, Jake finally stammered. The
- 11:17Speaker 1: reality of the situation hit me like a brick. This
- 11:20Speaker 1: was no longer a party, it was a hunting ground.
- 11:24Speaker 1: The next few hours were a blur of chaos and fear.
- 11:28Speaker 1: We found three more of our brothers, each isolated, each
- 11:32Speaker 1: wearing a mask, and each cruelly picked off from the
- 11:36Speaker 1: shadows with deadly precision. The party dissolved into a frantic
- 11:41Speaker 1: scramble for safety as everyone realized that the frat house
- 11:44Speaker 1: had turned into a trap. I rallied a group of guys,
- 11:48Speaker 1: including Jake and Tyler, our chapter president, to barricade the
- 11:52Speaker 1: doors and call for help. But the phone lines were
- 11:55Speaker 1: dead and our cell signals were mysteriously jammed. We need
- 12:00Speaker 1: to stick together and find a way out, I urged,
- 12:04Speaker 1: trying to keep my voice steady. Jake nodded, gripping a
- 12:08Speaker 1: baseball bat with white knuckled hands.
- 12:10Speaker 2: Let's do it. Let's get this psycho.
- 12:14Speaker 1: We moved cautiously, jumping at every shadow, every sound. As
- 12:18Speaker 1: we rounded a corner, a figure stepped out from a doorway,
- 12:22Speaker 1: the dim light glinting off the tip of a crossball.
- 12:26Speaker 1: It was Jason, his face obscured by that same grotesque mask.
- 12:31Speaker 1: He didn't say a word, just raised the crossbow and fired.
- 12:35Speaker 1: Tyler screamed as he went down, a bolt through his shoulder,
- 12:39Speaker 1: pinning him to the wall. Jake and I scattered, diving
- 12:43Speaker 1: for cover, but I knew we were outmatched and out maneuvered.
- 12:48Speaker 1: In the chaos, a plan formed in my desperate mind.
- 12:52Speaker 1: If we could get to the attic, we could maybe
- 12:54Speaker 1: get a signal out, or at least barricade ourselves in
- 12:58Speaker 1: until help arrived. Ocean to Jake, and together we made
- 13:02Speaker 1: a break for the narrow staircase, dodging another of Jason's
- 13:06Speaker 1: bolts that thought it into the wood where my head
- 13:08Speaker 1: had been seconds before. We were halfway up the stairs
- 13:12Speaker 1: when an explosion rocked the house. The smell of gasoline
- 13:16Speaker 1: and smoke hit us, and it was clear Jason had
- 13:20Speaker 1: set the frat house on fire. With no way out,
- 13:24Speaker 1: we pushed forward, the heat building behind us. The sound
- 13:28Speaker 1: of the fire roaring like a beast unleash. The attic
- 13:32Speaker 1: was stifling, the air thick with dust and the growing
- 13:36Speaker 1: stench of smoke from below. Jake and I slammed the
- 13:39Speaker 1: doors shut, pushing an old dresser against it with trembling hands.
- 13:44Speaker 1: The crackle and pop of the fire grew louder outside.
- 13:48Speaker 1: The flames painted the window's orange the heat pressing in
- 13:52Speaker 1: like an unwelcomed crowd.
- 13:55Speaker 2: We're gonna cook up here, harn't we.
- 13:58Speaker 1: Jake's voice was barely a whihispur, raw with fear. Nor
- 14:02Speaker 1: We're not, I replied, more to convince myself than him.
- 14:07Speaker 2: We're gonna make it out. We have to.
- 14:10Speaker 1: My hands fumbled with my phone again, desperation giving way
- 14:14Speaker 1: to a sliver of hope. As I noticed a bar
- 14:16Speaker 1: of signal, faint but present, I dialed nine one one,
- 14:21Speaker 1: the phone ringing through to emergency services. I explained our
- 14:26Speaker 1: situation and hurried, gasping sentences, the attack, the fire, our location.
- 14:32Speaker 1: Soon the sound of sirens in the distance offered a lifeline.
- 14:36Speaker 1: But with the relief came the stark reality of our
- 14:39Speaker 1: immediate danger. The fire was spreading, the heat, unbearable smoke
- 14:45Speaker 1: seaped into the attic, making it hard to see, harder
- 14:48Speaker 1: to breathe.
- 14:51Speaker 2: We need the window, get some are.
- 14:55Speaker 1: I choked out, my eye stinging Together, we staggered to
- 14:59Speaker 1: the new window, pushing against the old glass. It gave
- 15:03Speaker 1: way with a crash, fresh air rushing in, battling the
- 15:07Speaker 1: smoke that roiled around us. Below the flickering lights of
- 15:12Speaker 1: fire trucks and police cars pierced the night, a chaotic
- 15:15Speaker 1: ballot of rescue and urgency. I leaned out of the window,
- 15:20Speaker 1: shouting for help, my voice hoarse. A firefighter spotted us,
- 15:25Speaker 1: raising his radio to call for a ladder.
- 15:28Speaker 2: Relief was so close.
- 15:30Speaker 1: Yet the fire was closer, licking at the structure of
- 15:33Speaker 1: the house, threatening to bring us down with it. Then
- 15:37Speaker 1: a loud series of crashes from below.
- 15:40Speaker 2: Made us jump through the smoke.
- 15:42Speaker 1: A figure emerged at the bottom of the Yannix stairs.
- 15:46Speaker 1: It was Jason, the mask gone, his face a canvas
- 15:50Speaker 1: of pain and rage. He staggered, clutching aside where blood
- 15:55Speaker 1: seeped through his shirt.
- 15:57Speaker 2: You don't understand, he gasped, the fight draining from him.
- 16:02Speaker 2: He made me a monster.
- 16:04Speaker 1: I stared at him, the chaos around us narrowing into
- 16:08Speaker 1: the sharp point of this final confrontation. You didn't have
- 16:12Speaker 1: to do this, Jason. You could have walked away, could I?
- 16:17Speaker 1: His laugh was a hollow sound, broken and sat. He
- 16:21Speaker 1: took a step forward, then another, before collapsing, his body
- 16:26Speaker 1: giving way, succumbing to his injuries and the smoke filling
- 16:30Speaker 1: his lungs. The room spun, the heat a tangible weight
- 16:35Speaker 1: on my chest, Jack and I retreated to the window
- 16:38Speaker 1: the ladder. Finally arriving firefighters climbed towards us. I took
- 16:44Speaker 1: one last look at Jason, lying motionless on the floor.
- 16:48Speaker 1: His plan had ended in his own destruction, a tragic
- 16:52Speaker 1: footnote to a night of horror. We were helped onto
- 16:57Speaker 1: the ladder, descending into the cool night air, away from
- 17:00Speaker 1: the heat and the death. Sirens wailed, lights flashed, and
- 17:05Speaker 1: I realized how close we had come to not making
- 17:08Speaker 1: it out alive. The ground felt unreal beneath my feet,
- 17:12Speaker 1: the normal world a stark contrast to the hell we
- 17:16Speaker 1: had just escaped. In the days that followed, the investigation
- 17:20Speaker 1: would reveal the depths of Jason's planning, the lengths to
- 17:23Speaker 1: which he had gone to exact a revenge. The masks,
- 17:27Speaker 1: the crossbow, the fire. It was all a meticulously crafted nightmare,
- 17:32Speaker 1: born from a moment of humiliation that he just couldn't
- 17:36Speaker 1: move past. I survived, but like the charred remains of
- 17:41Speaker 1: the front house, I knew I never be the same