Darkness Rising Page #2

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They say the law of fives

is never wrong.

So you think

she's a, a Discordianist?

No, dipshit. I'm saying I

don't have a f***in' clue.

Right. That's a good one.

I don't know, Jake.

I'm so sorry.

Izzy, nobody knows her

like you do.

You can't tell me you haven't

noticed something wrong with Maddy.

Hm.

Look, all I'm askin' is just..

Help me keep an

eye on her, okay?

Okay.

Hey. You okay?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah,

I'm fine.

It's just, it's a lot

to take in, you know?

- Yeah.

- No, wait.

Can we, um, just leave

that room alone for now?

- Yeah, sure.

- Okay.

Probably nothin'

but baby toys, anyway.

Right.

Alright, what the hell is that?

- What's what?

- Izzy?

- Oh. Oh, these?

- Those.

They're just..

Give 'em to me.

Xanax? You know those are

over two decades old, right?

Probably makes it

that much more potent.

Probably makes them

that much more poisonous.

You could have really

hurt yourself, Izzy!

Wait, no!

I have been under some serious

emotional stress lately.

Okay, well, then smoke a joint.

Oh, well, joints cost money.

And if I had a roommate

who was still paying

for half her rent, then maybe

I could afford my joints...

Okay. Alright.

- Seriously?

- Nice.

Oh.

Give me the rest.

I was only gonna take as needed.

- I can't believe you.

- Nice.

Oh.

You wanna talk about it?

"You wanna talk about it?"

Oh, Izzy.

Oh, really? Goddamn it.

Oh, gosh.

- You okay?

- What happened?

Nothing. It was,

it was just a..

It was just a spider.

Ew.

You okay?

Yeah, it was,

it was just a big one.

It's okay, I think we're ready

to get the hell out of

here, right?

No, I just, I wanna

stay a little longer.

Okay.

Maddy.

Listen, I know you're

looking for answers, okay?

But if there is one, you're

not gonna find it here.

Okay?

People can be, uh, mysteries.

Is that what you tell

your clients?

My mother was an alcoholic.

She was also a psychologist

who spent her entire career

treatin' sick people.

How could she not know

she was sick?

Or more important, care enough

to do somethin' about it?

I watched for 16 years

as she slowly

drank herself to death

but I don't have my answers.

And you were what?

You were, uh, three when

you last saw your mom.

Well, that's not good enough.

It has to be, Maddy.

I, uh, called my father

last week.

- You did what?

- Look.

I just had to ask him

some questions, okay?

- Why didn't you tell me?

- Look, he... he said..

He told me it wasn't her fault

that... that something in

this house made her do it!

You don't really believe

that, do you, Maddy?

Baby, it's just a house.

It's just a house with drywall

with an insulation.

It's... it's a house!

Look at us.

We were normal, happy.

Then my mom got pregnant.

We needed a bit more room.

You know, we found this house.

It was so cheap, my dad

couldn't turn it down.

Three weeks later,

mom and Olivia were dead.

Dad was locked up and I

I went and lived with aunt nor.

Hey, hey.

Don't.

After I talked to my dad,

you know

I... I thought

it was bullshit, too.

I mean, he's crazy, right?

But then I, I did

research of my own.

Here, here, check this out.

Look at this.

What do you see?

An old picture of this house.

No. Cle Elum.

Washington. 1942.

An old man

murdered his whole family

and then hung himself

from the second floor.

Holly Springs,

north Carolina. 1976.

An old woman

used to rent out rooms.

Then she poisoned everyone

at dinner with bleach.

With bleach! It's this

house, you guys.

I know it.

- I mean..

- It's a coin..

- Hey, hey. It's a coincidence, Maddy.

- But...

People use the same architectural

plans all the time.

After the murders,

they just vanished.

Houses don't just vanish, Maddy.

Uh..

Goddamn it.

Hey.

Just listen to the

voicemail my dad left me.

Hey, baby girl, I, uh

I... I... I just wanna

tell you about that day

and I've never told you and I don't

think there's much time now.

It wasn't her fault, Maddy.

It was somethin'

in that house, it..

Something

that, that made her do it.

I think it got into all of us.

When I came home, there

was blood everywhere

in the kitchen.

She'd broken a plate

and it looked like

she'd stepped on

one of the pieces.

Katherine? Maddy?

No one answered.

I followed the bloody

footprints to the stairs.

Hey! No, no!

There, there... there..

There was no one

in the house, Maddy.

There was no one in the house.

I could hear them.

I could hear them.

Stop! Stop!

Stop listening to me!

Please. Oh, no.

No, there was and, um..

No, there... there was,

there was someone

or something

telling her

wh... what to do.

It just kept pushing and pushing

and pushing at her.

And as I got closer

to the nursery

I, I could hear someone

whispering..

"five, five."

I know it now

but then I couldn't tell

if they were far away

or if they were

right next to me.

I didn't understand them.

I didn't want to.

I didn't want to.

I've never been so scared.

I've never been so scared.

And when I heard

that, that scream..

I, I... I ran

and I ran as fast as I could.

The baby..

The pillow, it was,

it was right there.

Oh, god, I didn't

have to see. I knew.

Oh, god, I knew!

And when I found her, her

hands were over her eyes.

At first I thought

she was crying..

But then I realized

she was laughing.

She was laughing!

She said she

could see everything now

and she asked me where you were.

She said she wanted to show you

but I just, I just wanted her

to stop laughing!

I just wanted her

to stop laughing!

No. No, no, no, no.

That's not what he said.

This isn't, this

isn't the same message.

- What the f*** was that?

- I don't know.

Okay, 'cause if you're f***ing

with us, Maddy, that's not funny.

- Alright, take it easy, Izzy.

- Wait, listen, okay?

He didn't say this earlier

when I listened to it, okay?

What are you saying? Somebody

changed the recording?

- How?

- I don't know, Madison.

But somebody recorded that.

No, listen,

the man I heard earlier

was scared, Jake. Okay?

Twenty years later, and he was

still scared of this place.

You guys have to believe me.

I... I didn't record this.

I don't even know how!

Huh?

What was that?

Uh, you guys hear that, right?

I don't like this.

Let's just

get the hell out of here.

Yeah.

- What do we do now?

- I don't know.

It's just a dog, right?

Hey, buddy. Hey,

what are you doin' here?

Hey, you look friendly.

Hey, buddy.

- Sh*t!

- Oh!

Plan B.

F***!

- I don't like this, guys.

- Okay.

Um, there's a window

in the basement

and... and it leads

to the side of the house.

Oh, yeah.

- Give me that.

- Yeah.

- Alright, just be careful.

- Okay.

Okay.

Oh, god.

Uh..

- Here.

- Okay.

- Yeah, you go first.

- Alright.

- Just be careful.

- Yeah.

There's a window

around here somewhere.

Okay. Did I ever tell anyone

how much I hate basements?

- Right here!

- Okay.

My god.

Oh, sh*t. It's impossible.

That looks just like shadow.

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