"ᴡᴇʟʟ, ʟᴏᴏᴋꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴏ'ꜱ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ɢᴜᴛᴛᴇᴅ ɴᴇxᴛ, ʜᴜʜ, ᴠɪʀɢɪɴ ᴍᴏʟʟʏ?"
"ꜱʜᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇʟʟ ᴜᴘ, ꜱᴛᴜ!"
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|| 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 . . . . according to the rules of horror movies, Molly Birist isn't going to last long in this real life thriller, or that's...
Everyone stepped out of the trailer with Martha. They all took turns sharing quick hugs with her before she turned to Molly.
Molly's eyes were still red, but she tried to keep it hidden. "Thank you, Martha," she said as they hugged. "You be careful, okay? Tell your parents I say hi. And my mom too, I guess."
Martha nodded as they let go. "You be careful too, Molly. All of you." She looked over at Dewey. "Bye, Dewey. Come visit us soon."
"I will, Martha." He told her with a side hug.
They all said their goodbyes as Martha walked away down the lot. Molly's eyes followed her until she felt Stu put an arm around her.
"I've got an idea." Gale said once Martha was out of sight. "I'll hook up with you guys later."
"Gale, wait," Molly caught the reporter's arm and looked at her anxiously. "Someone should go with you, I mean, after last night..."
Gale gave Molly a reassuring look. "I'll be fine, Molly."
"Please?" The young woman asked.
Gale stared at her a moment before nodded. "Okay." She turned to Billy. "Come on, Billy." She started to walk away.
Billy knitted his eyebrows and looked after her. "Wait, why me!?"
The reporter paused and looked back. "Because out of all of my choices, you seem like the smartest."
Stu shot her an offended expression. "Ouch."
"Come on!" Gale beckoned Billy.
Billy turned back to the others. "Dewey, you and Stu keep the girls safe. We'll be back, I promise."
The other two men nodded, and as Billy turned to run and catch up with Gale, Stu called after him.
"You guys be careful, Bill!" He said.
Billy shouted back. "Obviously!"
Stu shook his head slightly and turned back to the other three. "What now?" He asked.
"We should find out where the other pictures were taken." Dewey said. "Might help us."
"Alright. Lead the way, Technical Advisor Riley."
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Billy walked alongside Gale as they approached a small building labeled Archives.
"So, what are we doing?" Billy asked the woman beside him.
"What do you think we're doing?" Gale said to him.
"I don't fucking know, Gale." Billy scowled over at her. "I pretend like I'm smart but I'm actually just stupid and angry all the time. I thought you'd realized that by now."
"Apparently I haven't."
The reached the door and Gale attempted to open it, only to find it wouldn't budge.
