The Haunted Traveler December 2017 Edition

and immediately plugged my nose. The smell and sight before me was horrendous.
There were body parts everywhere and a body was even strung up over my head like a
slaughtered pig. I could hear screaming in the distance. None of the bodies that lined
the floor had jackets that lit up. That meant that they were all killed before being caught
by the police. I clutched onto my jacket for safety and left the building. I couldn’t bring
myself to look for Jason inside so I decided to ask around the viewers.
No one knew any information about Jason and I was beginning to feel panicked.
If he isn’t caught in the 48 hours and he doesn’t exit at the sound of the gong, he will
be presumed dead. I anxiously sat and waited for him to get caught. When there was
only five hours of playtime left I became frantic. I was running around the viewing
grounds like a chicken who has lost its head. I even cried to a group of girls in hopes
that would entice them to help me look for him. I was slowly giving up hope as the final
hour dawned on this year’s round of hide and seek when I ran into another friend from
school, Jerry.
“Hey Sasha, I see you got caught too.” He gave me a sad look like he knew something
was wrong. “What’s wrong? Anything I can do to help?”
“Jerry, have you seen Jason?” his eyes lit up and a small amount of hope washed over
me.
“I was caught in the first four hours of the game and when I came out I saw him
walking over to the transportation vans with some girl. I haven’t seen him since.” He
gave me a knowing pat on the shoulder. “I am so sorry.” I felt the anger begin to bubble
up inside of me. I said goodbye to Jerry before I marched off toward the vans.
I peered inside what felt like hundreds of vans before I spotted him inside one,
naked, with another girl I have never seen before. I wasn’t ready to spoil their party just
yet. I had to head back to the van I was transported in first. After that, I headed back
to the van Jason was in and threw the doors open. His eyes widened in horror as the
girl he was with quickly tried to cover herself. I have heard of people having sex during
hide and seek, but this was a whole new level. I held up the gun I took from my van
and smiled.
“Babe. Sasha! This isn’t what it looks like!” His excuse was basic and unworthy.
“Just get out of the van and no one gets hurt.” They had no choice but to listen to
me. I didn’t even give them the chance to get dressed. I simply snatched up their black
vests before I held the gun to their backs leading them back toward the playground. We
went the longer way so no one would see us. I led them up to the doors that the cops
had pulled me out of the other day. As soon as the door closed behind me, my vest lit
up signifying I was off limits. I threw the vests that were in my hands to their feet where
they lay black. That means they never even entered in to play the game this year. They
laid on the floor stark naked in fear as I held up the gun once more.
Just then in the distance, I could see the blurred twitching of an unhuman-like
creature who stumbled forward with his chain dragging on the ground next to him.
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