Eyes Ahead

Flint 1972
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"Eric."

A voice slowly said his name, the small boy turned around at the sound of his name, the fall air giving him slight goosebumps.

"Y-yes?" the boy stuttered, peering into the long shadows of the trees.

The red balloon popped with a sound like a gunshot he had always heard over action movies.

That was the last time Eric Bell ever went out to play.
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The town has gone slowly insane after the disappearance of Eric Bell. Seven kids alone try to save the boy but what they don't know is it was never just a kidnapping.