The Cabin In The Woods

chapter eleven

The next day Jacelyn and Zachary walked to school together and found Pheobe waiting for them on the front steps of the school.

"I'm really nervous about the talent show." Pheobe says as they enter the school.

"Why? Are you in it?" Jacelyn asks

"Yeah, I'm singing." Pheobe replies

"Don't worry babe, you'll do great." Zachary says. Pheobe smiled at him as they made their way to the auditorium to watch the talent show.

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Hardly any of the acts were actually good, some people danced and fell. Some people sung and nearly broke the speakers. And some people's acts were decent. But Pheobe's was no doubt the best...

Finally the magic show began. The magician wore a mask and a hat with a loose, long cloak. They did a few cliche tricks and Lizzy was a pretty great assistant.

"Now! My assistant here is going to climb inside this here empty box." The magician says, it's voice was obviously changed by a voice manipulator

Lizzy smiles and slowly climbs into the box and closes the lid. The magician pulls out a quiver filled with long sharp steel swords.

"This doesn't look like it's gonna end very well." Lucy whispers to Zachary.

"Don't worry, I'm sure he's done this plenty of times. I've seen it done, the assistant always comes out in one piece." Jacelyn says calmly

"Now! I'll need your full attention, this trick is a little... Tricky." The magician says, a few people in the crowd giggled. "I'm going to stab these swords through the box and not hit Miss Lizzy once." The magician then pushed one sword through the box, Lizzy yelped from inside the box.

"I don't think he's doing it right." Zachary says with his heart speeding up. He sat up on the edge of his seat.

"Relax! I'm sure it's just part of the show." Jacelyn says.

The magician pushed another swords through the side of the box and Lizzy grunted.

"I don't like this." Lucy mumbles.

The magician pushed another sword in and Lizzy made no sound. Zachary's heart was in his stomach. Then a liquid began so leak from the box, a dark red sticky liquid.

"Oh my god." Lucy mumbled.

"Maybe it's still part of the act." Jacelyn squeaked, her voice was filled with fear. The audience gasped and the magician pushed one more sword into the box.

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen. I'm going to bring out a very special guest to remove the swords and open the box." The magician says. "So, the winner of this entire talent show is Pheobe Martin! Will you do the honors and finish off our last trick for tonight?"

Pheobe slowly walked up to the stage and took a shaky breath. Everyone in the audience was on the edge of their seats and whispering to one another.

"Go on dear. Remove the swords." The magician says. Pheobe grabbed one sword by the handle and slowly pulled it out of the box, the tip was cover in blood. Pheobe removed another and it was covered with blood as well. She dropped the sword and looked at the magician. The magician then whispers something into Pheobe's ear, the audience couldn't hear but Phoebe removed another sword. Then finally the last one.

"Now, open the lid." The magician says and walks off the stage, nobody paid much attention to him and he slipped out of the auditorium. Pheobe took a big breath and took the lid off of the box and let out a blood curdling scream. Jacelyn and Lucy gasped and Zachary ran up to the stage and hugged Pheobe tightly as she cried in his shirt. Lizzy was laying dead in the box.