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" Something bad is 'bout to happen to me I don't know it, but I feel it coming "
Dark red, Steve Lacy
The fighter: Robin Arellano was abducted after school when he was on the way home. I knew Robin. I used to give him bandages after he fought. I did it so he wouldn't get infections. He was nice to me and I was nice back. He didn't fall for the "magic trick". But he still ended up in the basement.
He woke up to a tray of food on the floor. He ate the eggs and drank the Sprite. After he broke the sprite bottle. He practiced what he do if the grabber came down.
When the Grabber did come down. He was ready. He ran at him with the broken sprite bottle he cut the Grabber but not enough to kill him. He took the bottle from Robin. He grabbed Robin hard left a bruise on him and yelled in his face. He also slapped him and told him to never do what he did again or he will never see daylight again. That night was thinking about a plan to escape. He wasn't going to back down. He was trying to be brave like his father when he died.
He woke up the next morning to the Grabber watching him. "Stop fucking look at me" "that's not any way to talk to an adult" Robin called him a name I can't even remember. But it made the Grabber freak out. He had slapped robin again and left. Robin could control his temper better than Vance could. That's one of the reasons he's still alive. Later that night he went upstairs and played the game we all played naughty boy.
I had to hum to myself to block out his screams and yelling. Then he was told the same words we were "it's your last day" robin was brave, is brave. He stayed up a little longer to think of a plan. After he thought of that he thought about his father, Finney, and how he'd live after he got out of here. Which he didn't.
The next morning he practiced and practiced. He was practicing how he'd kill the Grabber. He waited hours and he practiced for hours. After hours of waiting the Grabber came down. With his knife and dog. It felt like a loop.
Robin put up a good fight before he died. He died after a few stabs. He's looking at his lifeless body now. He's looking at all of us now. We're all pale, paler than we were ever before. "Holy shit" he was surprised to see us all dead. I hugged him like all the others before. He cried for a little bit. "Welcome to the "club" ". Billy told him. We all gave him a small sad smile. He gave us all one in return.
Later when the Grabber was cleaning up the basement for the next boy. I called the phone. "What are you doing, Queli?" "I'm trying to leave Dipshit a message" he was startled  by it. He went to the phone. "Hello" I told him something but he didn't seem to hear anything but dead air. He just went on clean and put the phone back. Robin only lasted 3 days. The Grabber got the next victim faster than all the rest. 4 weeks after Robin. The grabber got the last boy he'd ever take.
