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Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

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It was fun, though. And I was too distracted to be worried

about the shitstorm at my house.

“Oh, shit!” Isabella shouted.

“What?” Jade asked.

“There! When the light flashes again, look.”

I gripped Isa with both hands, huddling behind her and

waiting for whatever was coming.

“Oh, shit!” Jade yelled.

What? What was going on?

They laughed. “He’s getting closer every time the light

flashes!” Jade squealed.

And then I heard it.

The fucking chainsaw.

I groaned, my knees shaking. I hated Leatherface.

Laughter and shrieks, and then we all stumbled as several

chainsaws raced in, chomping at our legs with their harmless,

chainless saws. I hopped from one leg to the next, trying to

keep hold of Isabella as we all struggled to tear away from our

attackers. She grappled for my hand, but all of a sudden, the

wall behind me gave way, I fell through, losing my grip on her

arm, and freefell backward onto the hard cement before I

heard a door close, and all the screams and chainsaws faded

away.

I was suddenly in silence.

I pushed off the cold floor, held out my hands, and walked

back in the direction from where I fell. What the hell?

At least, I thought it was the direction. I might’ve gotten

spun around as I fell into the room.

“Isabella!” I called out, my hands landing on a wooden

wall. I patted around for a door knob or hinges—anything to

tell me where I was at or how to get out.

“Jade!” I bellowed.

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