Darkness Rising

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I shall count to ten.

One, two

three

four, five

six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

Ready or not, here I come!

Boo!

Sarah?

I can't see you, dear!

I don't like it

when you go too far!

Sarah?

Sarah?

Sarah!

Sarah?

Sarah!

Sarah, why didn't you answer me?

Look at me

when I'm talking to you.

Dear, sweet..

- This is it.

- Are you sure?

Yeah.

55 Ballahack road.

I don't know, guys. We're still

kind of out in the visible.

Don't you think?

I don't think anyone really

sees this house anymore.

What do you mean?

I mean, they don't

want to, so they don't.

I feel like a teenager.

It's kind of romantic, right

breaking into my house?

Oh, yeah.

It's really romantic.

Ah, look, I know this is weird

but this is my last

chance, you know?

This place isn't gonna

be here tomorrow.

Just remember, Maddy,

it's just a house. Okay?

You're more than

what's happened to you.

I know. I just.. I really

appreciate you being here.

Hey, are we doin' this

or what, guys?

Yeah. A little B & E.

- Why not?

- Let's do this.

Wait. Why did

we bring her, again?

Hey, listen. I needed

both of you here, okay?

This is important to me.

- Ready, Freddy?

- After you, Peggy sue.

- Oh, you guys are so cute.

- Mm-hmm.

Don't be jealous.

So when you do this,

do you just smash a window

or what do you normally do?

You borrow one Prius...

Okay, you guys.

Give me this.

Give me this. Here.

Why don't you put that

philosophy major to work?

Come on, put your back into it.

Come on, babe, you got this.

Sh*t!

It's not happenin'.

Hm.

I don't know. Maybe you could

go through the window.

Yeah? Why don't you go

through the window, Izzy?

Why don't you go through the window?

You're the man.

I'm not gettin' dirty.

You guys?

- It's open.

- Huh?

Caution, my ass.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

- Oh.

- Oh, my god.

Look at this place.

- I know.

- Lights don't work.

I can't believe all

this stuff is still here.

Yeah.

I mean, nobody wanted to

do anything with the place

so after the cops left

they just left it

the way it was.

How can they even do that?

It's kind of creepy.

Yeah.

Alright, fearless leader,

what are we lookin' for?

Peter panda! Oh!

Oh!

Okay.

- Uh..

- Guess we can go now.

You guys, this was mine.

Still is if you want it.

No, no, I just..

I remember playing with

him, you know, right here.

Olivia was in her playpen

and mom was in the kitchen

and me and Peter panda were tryin'

to teach Olivia a nursery rhyme.

It was, um..

Sh*t, how'd it go?

It was, um..

Think that's wrong, though.

- What?

- The second verse.

It starts, "slide down my

rainbow and to my cellar door"

not, "find the key

and open the door."

- Are you sure?

- I'm tellin' you.

Oh, wow.

I don't know how he knows

that, but he's right.

- You taught it to me.

- That's right.

Right after I came to stay

with you and aunt nor.

Yeah.

Well, now that we've had

that wonderful moment

if there's anything

besides Peter panda

that we would like to take,

we should get on it.

Oh, come on, Izzy.

I mean, what could

possibly be more valuable

than a cherished

childhood moment?

Okay, yeah, seriously. What

are the ground rules here?

I mean, the place

gets plowed over tomorrow

so I guess it's all fair game.

But just ask me first.

- Deal?

- Deal.

See you, kids.

Have fun. Be safe.

Can we just look around some?

Sure.

- You alright?

- Yeah.

What's down here?

The kitchen, basement.

Oh, good. A dark basement

in an old, abandoned house.

Oh.

- Ah.

- Jesus.

- Is that...

- It's blood.

I don't like this, Maddy.

Let's get out of here.

No, no, no.

It's, it's okay.

I can, I can handle this.

What is she doing

up there, anyway?

I don't know.

- Come on.

- Yeah.

Oh, yeah, jackpot.

Yeah.

Uh..

Is that you guys?

What are you doing in here?

I had this vague memory of

your mom's leather jacket

but I can't seem to find it.

Uh.

Did you check the closet?

No.

- You mean, this old thing?

- Yes.

You're not really gonna

take that thing, are ya?

- What? It's vintage.

- It's weird.

- It's free.

- Okay, you guys.

Whatever.

- Bye.

- Hey.

Why are you being such a jerk?

You're not really gonna

marry that guy, are you?

Oh, come on.

You remember

how many guys bolted

after they found out

what happened to me?

I mean, he's still here.

Fine, I will give him that,

but he is still boring

and I think you should

move back in with me

because I'm exciting.

I know you are.

Just try to be nice, okay?

Fine.

Come on.

I wanna show you my room.

Yes.

Here we go.

Whoa.

It's so pink.

Yeah,

I had my girly-girl phase.

- Yeah, I can tell.

- Mm-hmm.

Wow.

Look at all this stuff.

I know.

- It's a shame though, really.

- What?

Well, I take it you never

got to make out in here.

Well, you know,

it's never too late.

- Oh, really?

- Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

What the heck?

- What...

- Jesus, Maddy.

Did you do this?

What? I didn't do that!

But I didn't do that!

My god.

Well, obviously,

somebody's been here.

It's probably just a couple

of kids f***in' around

but you don't think

we're the first vandals

to have this bright idea, right?

Speakin' of bright, why the f***

did the lights just come on?

Maybe somebody paid the bill.

Yeah, maybe.

Yeah. Well, whatever.

It just makes it easier

for you to see

how awesome my brand-new

leather jacket is.

Meow.

God.

Okay. Well..

Still plenty to loot

so... I'm gonna loot.

- I'm just gonna be a minute.

- Yeah, yeah.

Take your time.

- Oh, my god. What?

- Relax.

I just wanna talk to you

for a second.

Listen, I'm worried about Maddy.

Oh, is this some

more of your psychobabble

because you're

a guidance counselor?

Therapist, Izzy.

Look, Jake, she hasn't

been here in 25 years.

Just give her a break, okay?

You sure about that?

What does that mean?

Do you know she's

been havin' nightmares?

She barely even sleeps anymore.

Well, maybe she doesn't

wanna sleep with you.

I'm not screwin' around, Izzy. Look,

I'm tryin' to tell you somethin'.

She got a call from her

principal the other day.

Some of the kids in the class haven't

been given grades on their papers.

She's just been scratching

groups of five on 'em.

You know, four in a row

and then a slash?

Parents are complaining. She's

not tellin' me anything.

I don't know what the hell's going

on, so I look in her lesson planner

and it's the same thing, Izzy

just groups of five

all over the pages.

What?

She used to do that

when we were kids

when she first came

to live with us.

Then my mom took her

to a psychiatrist

got her on some meds and

then she finally stopped.

Uh, so what do you think

it means?

The atomic number of boron?

I don't know.

Do you know anything

about the law of fives?

No.

There's a religious sect

called Discordianism.

They call it pure chaos which humans

can't even begin to understand.

And in pure chaos,

the only discernible order

is the law of fives.

Everything happens in fives

or somehow appropriate to fives.

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