What Really Happened with the Tapes

Chapter 9

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Chapter Song: Titanium -David Guetta

A dull thud brought Carlos back to his senses. Blinking, he looked around to find his phone had landed on the carpet at his feet. His knees gave way to his weight, and slowly, his brain began to process what had just happened.

He was doing homework when Cecil called. The boy sounded terrified... had said something was in his house, so he must be close to his home. Then he screamed and the line went dead...

Oh no. Something bad had happened to him.

In an instant, Carlos had sprinted down the stairs and out the front door. As he ran, his whole body seemed to be pulsing to the word Ce-cil, Ce-cil, Ce-cil. He will find him, and everything will be alright.

...o0o...

"It's alright Cecil. Turn around. Say hi to your brother. It's awfully rude to ignore me, Cecil."

Cecil ignored the horrible voice and kept tearing through the street. He wasn't even sure where he was going, just somewhere to escape this monster.

Suddenly Cecil found himself in front of City hall. He tripped over a shrub, and Kevin took this opportunity to grab Cecil and fling him at the building. Flailing about, he slid down the wall, breath failing to enter his lungs. Between the darkening edges of his vision, he saw Kevin looming over him, his mother's face caked with blood around the edges.

"I found a new home, brother. This wonderful place called Desert Bluffs! A woman, Lauren, found me here, and brought me there and have shown me a smiling God! I must go there, you see, to worship this wonderful being. They even offered me a job there, as a radio host! At least only one of us will be a failure..."

With this, Kevin paused and looked Cecil up and down. "You must come with me brother! You will see the smiling God! You will worship him too! Come with! Family is family, right?"

In response, Cecil propelled himself into the air with his left leg and arms and kicked out with his right. His foot connected with Kevin's check and slid along his/his mother's face, ripping stitches on the left side of his face out.

This horrible monster that is also his twin brother stumbled and fell back, landing on his hands. Cecil jumped up, took the face by the detached area on the left and ripped it off, revealing Kevin's. The other boy noted his brother's eyes had turned obsidian black, with orange irises.

"Why. Why did you do that to mom?"

Kevin groaned. "She refused to praise him! The smiling God deserves to be loved by all! Praise him! PRAISE!!!" He reached out and grabbed Cecil's ankle with claw like fingernails, drawing blood from his brother. Cecil screeched and fell back as his leg was pulled from under him. The second hand was around his throat soon, squeezing the life from it. "On second thought, it would be wonderful if you helped me decorate my new studio."