Beneath the Darkness Page #3

Enjoying the game?

Oh, yes.

I always enjoy it.

Down! Set!

Hut!

Go, Tigers!

Go, Tigers!

Woo!

You know, I think we

have our quarterback...

for this year and the next.

That Williams kid is good.

Yeah. He can

fire the ball.

And he makes good decisions.

He's smart.

Sorta like you when you won

that state title back in, uh...

Don't go there.

Too long ago.

Yeah, listen, Vaughn, I

wanted to tell you...

I really appreciate all your

work on the Booster Club...

especially after

you lost Rosemary.

Yeah, my Rosemary.

She loved coming to the games.

We're just, I mean,

I'm glad to do it.

I tell you, it makes a big difference

when there's a lot of fans out here.

Tigers up by

seven as we head info halftime.

Hey, look, there's Travis.

Hey.

You guys are looking

good out there.

Thanks.

Why don't you come down?

Er...

alright.

So, Travis, you don't normally

go to football games.

Not usually.

Is there a reason

you're at this one?

Well, I heard there was this

really good cheer leading team.

I thought' I'd check them out.

Cute, Travis.

Real cute.

Gotta say, man,

it was a beautiful throw.

You are an amazing man.

Aw, well, thanks.

I still can't believe

we saw a ghost.

We didn't see sh*t.

No, we didn't.

What's it gonna

take to convince you?

Okay, first of all, we gotta

make sure Ely is not home...

and second of all,

we gotta go back.

Okay, I've got an idea.

He only has one car, right?

Yeah, a funeral van.

Okay, so if the van's not

there, then Ely's not home.

Dude, isn't his garage in back?

No, he has another carport.

You can see if it's there.

- That'll work.

- But it's a bad idea.

No, that's a great idea.

I mow his lawn.

He trusts me.

We can't spy on him.

Screw him.

Let's go.

Alright.

Alright, so the

van isn't there...

which means he's not home.

Guess what?

The show started.

Unbelievable.

I'll say.

Now you're convinced?

I am convinced

that something...

really freakin'

weird is going on.

Gotta be ghosts.

I wanna go see 'em.

You are seeing them.

No, Danny, I mean I wanna

go see them up close.

Come on.

Let's go, guys.

Abby, are you...

are you kidding?

Danny's right, guys.

Ely could come home at any minute.

Are you scared, Travis?

Brian, don't.

No, I'm just curious.

He's our ghost expert

yet he's pussing out.

I just don't think it's right.

Oh, okay, that's cute.

Brian! Brian,

just stop.

I need somebody to

stand guard anyways.

Travis, if you see

him pull up...

just come run and get us.

Alright, let's go.

We're doing it!

Go!

Come on!

Let's go

around the side.

Hey, genius.

Window's open.

What about the screen?

I got it, I got it.

Got a criminal past that I

don't know about, Brian?

There's a lot you do

not know about me.

Okay, just go inside.

What

is wrong with you?

Danny!

Did you hear that?

I don't hear anything.

That's the point.

It stopped.

Maybe we better haul ass.

No, I wanna go upstairs.

Yeah, come on, let's go.

Hey, wait.

Danny.

Brian!

Oh my God.

She's dead.

Dead?

It's okay, it's fine.

It's not fine!

This is crazy!

I know it is, but

it's not my fault!

You're freakin' crazy!

Everyone was in on this!

Jesus Christ!

Vaughn.

Come on, let's go!

What are you

doing in my house?

Uh...

This is bad.

It's bad.

Get out.

Go.

Run, you little shits!

Your friends left you.

Are you scared?

Yeah.

Travis, we gotta go!

No, wait.

Where's Danny?

Ely caught him!

Travis, come on!

No! I'm not

leaving him!

Travis! Travis!

Please, stop!

Mr. Ely, please.

Just let him go, please.

He didn't mean any harm.

You want

me to let him go?

Please.

Say please.

Please let me go.

Please let me go.

Okay.

Stairs can be very dangerous.

Most accidents

happen in the home.

There, you little sh*t!

Is that clear enough for you?

What's going on?

Come on. Let's go.

Where's Danny?

Let's go! Come on!

Let's go! Run!

Where's Danny?

9-1-1. State

your emergency.

This is Vaughn Ely.

I need an ambulance and

the police right away.

There's... been

a terrible accident.

I'll wait for them outside.

Come on, sweetheart.

Let's go.

Now in a minute I'm gonna

let your folks in.

You're gonna be released

to their custody.

Wait, so we're

not going to jail.

Well, you'll have to go before

a judge in the morning.

A lot depends

on Mr. Ely.

He's the one who should

be going to jail.

Yeah, we have

been through this.

Why don't you believe us?

Brian and I

both saw that thing.

Young lady, we

searched that house.

There was no dead body.

But we saw it and it was there.

It was up there on the bed.

Alright, kids, listen...

What about what

happened to Danny?

Why don't you

arrest Ely for that?

You have Travis as a witness.

In our investigation,

we determined...

that Danny fell

down those stairs.

He did not fall

down the stairs, okay?

Ely pushed him and then

he stomped on his head.

Alright, listen.

Travis, I know you're scared.

But lying's gonna make it worse.

Well, I'm not lying.

And I'm not scared.

Come in.

Sarge, here it is.

Thank you.

All right, these are the

pictures we took in the bedroom.

You see a mannequin.

The closet door open...

and some sewing stuff in there.

That's not it.

That's not what we saw.

And you were nosing around...

you opened the closet door...

We didn't touch the door!

This is bullshit!

Watch your language.

What?

Sargeant, that

was the hospital.

What?

I'm afraid your friend is dead.

These kids, when they do things,

they don't realize the consequences.

Phil, I... I know

what goes on.

Kids make up stories

about morticians.

I work with dead bodies.

It's all a big joke, until

somebody gets hurt.

I'm sure sad it had to happen.

It's tragic for everybody.

That boy's family...

I can't imagine what

they're going through.

Mm.

It's beyond me.

Vaughn, like I said...

you don't need to come on down there

if you're not pressing any charges.

Everybody's suffered enough.

You're a good man, Vaughn.

Honey-bunny.

There you are.

See, Rose?

I told you they wouldn't

find you up here, huh?

No. No, honey.

We have to stay here

a few more days.

Just in case.

Safety first.

All right? Hm?

And then we're gonna

party like rock stars.

Nighty night.

I'd like to

talk for a second.

There's nothing

to talk about, Mom.

Police don't believe me,

you don't believe me, so...

tell me, what do you

want to talk about?

I believe you.

Oh, bullshit.

No, this is the same

like when Erin died.

What?

You don't believe Ely broke

Danny's neck, do you?

Okay? For once in your life, tell

me the f***ing truth! Please!

I love you so much.

I couldn't bear for

something to happen to you.

Please promise you'll never

go near Vaughn Ely again.

And you know why I want

you to promise me?

No.

Because I'm afraid.

I'm afraid what that

man may do to you.

Now does that sound

like the truth?

Sorry I yelled.

So you promise me?

Danny was my best friend.

Oh, Travis.

I know, honey.

We all loved him.

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