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I had the awful realization that I was looking at ahere could surprise

A trailer--this trailer--was on the screen

Ser

The viewerthis direction If the feed was live, just a minute away

I turned, stepped forward, fell flat onlight and shadow dancing over every surface It gaveI had tripped over, which was now resting under s It hadspeed

I could feel the thing war underbackward onsquish its way afterlow of the ht fro around me, felt it near e pool of shit in the center of the rooot up onfilled with meat landed on my chest

The fucking thing had ju of slis

I waited for it to bite my face off

A few seconds later, the low, rattly sound resuone to sleep I gently rolled the snoring creature onto the floor, careful not to wake it I very quietly stood and jumped halfway up the ladder In ten seconds I had my palms down on the sticky bathroom floor, shoulders brohat was hopefully ht then I would leave and go home and watch some TV and drink a--

Thump

I almost pissed myself It was a faint sound, from the other end of the trailer The kitchen end I stepped into the hall, expecting to see a fla va Probably just wind A ration

THUMP

A heavy sound, violent Adrenaline set my muscles on fire and, like a dumbass, I moved toward the sound Definitely from the kitchen In seven steps I crossed the Robert Marley estate

My shoes hit linoleum I looked around the counter, floor and appliances No elves, no gre Not yet

Dead silence I realized I was holding lanced around for soerator

THUMP

No The freezer section at the top The little door up there rattled with the sound, like it was bumped--

THUMP

--from the inside

Get out Get out, David Go Go Go Go GO GO GO!

With one last thump, the freezer door flew open

A round, frosty lump the size of a coffee can tumbled out of the freezer, fell to the floor, rolled to a stop two feet away from me I stared at it, stared into the open, ee--

--then turned and ran my ass off

I sto strides A half second before my hand would have ripped the knob off the front door, I happened to glance out theand see a sedan parked out there where none had been before Plain white, but tooMorgan Freeman

He walked toward the front door, ten feet away fro for a back exit Even if there was one, it wouldover the possessed jar or whatever had rolled out of the freezer, which was now sitting on the tile, rocking back and forth, stea was a bundle of duct tape, so wrapped in layer after layer of the stuff

No thanks

A look back outside My cop friend was co to turn and look back over his shoulder at so I couldn’t see What would I say when he caood lie if I have a couple of hours to plan--

Pock!

A hollow snapping sound, fro hopped an inch off the floor and so did I when I heard that sound

It did it again, ju to punch its way out from inside--

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