Chapter 1

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On a rainy day in a town in Wisconsin 1982 a boy named Jack Wellington was rushing down the road to get a pack of gum from the gas station. When he got there it was 9:30. That usually would be his bed time but it was a Saturday so he was fine. He looked up at the bright glowing lights that said United Dairy Farmers. Jack sat on the curb hunched over trying to get a breath. He ran all the way from his friend Jim Carver's house all the way here. His friend's house is about a mile or two from the gas station. When he finally got a breath he got up and whispered to himself, "Yes, I finally got here."

When he got in, he saw the shining lights above him. The door slammed shut with a loud bump! Jack slowly skimmed the gum aisle until he found the one he wanted. The one he picked out was bright green and yellow.He read the label that said in yellow bubble letters Hubba Bubba.There was a picture of two cartoonish looking apples at the bottom of the wrapper. He reached out his hand and closed them around the gum. Jack started feeling a little tired so he rubbed his eyes and trudged to the clerk. He gently set the gum on the counter and almost toppled over. The clerk said, "Thank you for your service, come back again"

The clerk put on a fake smile and Jack could tell he was just passing the time waiting for his shift to end. He said "You're welcome" and headed for the door. As the door thudded shut Jack let out a big yawn that sounded like a mix between a lion roaring and a laugh. He was on his way back home slowly scraping his feet across the ground when he heard a loud AAAAHHH from two yards ahead of him to his right. Jack wondered if he should turn back around or go check this thing out. He blurted out not knowing he did "I'm going to check this out".

He walked faster now because the screech woke him up. When Jack got about three inches away from the alley way he got second thoughts. He heard a man's voice say, "Shut up you silly woman before I slit your frekin throat, you got that". He peeked his head into the alleyway and saw a man in a yellow clown suit with white fluffy cotton balls on the chest of the suit. Part of the suit was stained a very strange dark shade of red. Jack could tell the red stain was blood. It took him a few seconds that felt like minutes to get the nerve to look at the strange man again. As Jack slowly moved his head to look again he saw the man's face staring directly at him. The man's face was white with red triangles under his eyes and blue splotches of hair stuck up out of his head he also had a red nose and a very long pointy tongue. The boy immediately knew who it was. It was the town criminal who was known for killing over 20 people in his town over the course of the last few weeks. The murderer's name was Jim Mann but he was known as Slicer.

Slicer yelled obscenities at the woman and yelled at Jack, "I'm coming for you and you know I'll catch you, you little worm and since you got in my way I won't stop until you're dead with your guts splattered all over the ground for the whole world to see". Jack jolted his head back and sprinted at the speed of light all the way home. His mom started to talk in an enraged voice "Why are you home so late?"
Bam!He slammed the door shut and locked it. His mom repeated herself in a stern voice "Why are you home so late mister?"
Jack thought of a lie because he knew his mom would never believe him if he told the truth "I was distracted by all the stores because I thought they all looked amaz... "
His mom cut him off "It's 10:35 and I know you're lying.You know what? Just go to your room right now Jack Wellington."
"Alright mom".

Jack shut the door to his room and stripped down to his underwear. "Well here's to having a good night" He shut his light off with a loud click and hopped into bed. For about fifteen minutes Jack heard his dad Jaden Wellington and his mon Kimberly talking about him getting home late. When he had finished eavesdropping, he pulled the covers over his head and had the worst nightmare he had ever had about Slicer killing him and ripping out his intestines piece by piece.

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