Join My Cult - Original Falcon Press

“I’d like to go too, y’know?” Andy said. “I’ve felt pretty left out
tonight. All of this mystical…stuff.” He ran his thick fingers through his
hair quickly, nervously.
Alexi nodded, “You can come, although I’m not promising anything.”
Jason returned to the room. Renee followed, looking no one in the
eye. She flung herself into a chair without saying a word.
“She’s not coming,” Jason said, matter-of-factly.
“I noticed,” Ken said under his breath, opening the door and heading
into the storm.
Renee looked around the room, her gaze defiantly finishing with
Jason. Unflinchingly, she said “Yes. I am.”
“I told you…they said the place we’re going is somewhere down a
long slope—” Jason started.
She stood up and put on her jacket slowly, deliberately, without looking
at him.
Alexi looked over at Jason as he lit his cigarette. “I think that settles it.
There’s no reason to leave anyone out. When you start that, you begin
resentment, and who knows what can come out of that negativity in the
end. Everyone determines their own level of involvement.”
Jason’s shoulders slumped. His facade of control had abruptly collapsed.
Merely nodding, he headed out silently behind Ken.
The five of them headed swiftly up the hill behind the Carriage house
to the field. The grass was long dead, withered brown husks clinging to
the frozen earth. The path, merely a gravel and mud indentation, wound
up a slight hill, flanked on both sides by ominous, hunched trees. Alexi
stopped abruptly as the path slowly gave way to a large field, turning
towards Jason in a quick, fluid movement.
“Where would you have us go?” he asked, barely audible over the
wind and creaking of the trees that encircled them.
“I figured you were taking us somewhere…”
Alexi nodded, “I may be. But I’m asking you a question. Feel it out.”
Jason closed his eyes for a few long moments. Andy looked impatient,
and stuffed his cold hands into his jacket. Time passed slowly as the
wind beat mercilessly, yet Alexi stood motionless, watching Jason’s
every movement. Andy let out a loud sigh.
A tree branch nearby cracked and split from the tree, falling to the
ground. Jason opened his eyes and pointed to the far corner.
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