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"Yes, you can take her out Thank you, Bogie," Sean said

Bogie walked her back toward the Black Box Cineot to the stairs

"Where did this get us?" Madison de

"To the world of illusion," Sean told her He stepped over the velvet cord into the tableau and walked through the scene, studying each character

Kat and Madison stood there quietly, observing him

"We need to watch Sayptian Museuht have so to do with theabout the original or the re theit, and dressed up as one of the characters--as the killer in the movie, to be precise" Sean went fro flesh and blood about them at all

But the killer had been flesh and blood No question of that So how had he gotten in and out?

Sean left the tableau, aware that Kat and Madison were studying hiht noe don’t kno the killer got down here But he ot in here somehow and that he knehere to hide Kat, how ht her from behind? Would he be covered in it?"

"Not necessarily Not if the blood spurted forward and he pushed her away frootten some on him From the knife, certainly And a sleeve probably would have had to have caught some From e’ve reconstructed of the attack, the flow of blood would’ve been forward"

Madison was still watching hi She moved from the position where Jenny had been seized toward the door that led to the studio She shook her head, looking at Sean, a baffled expression on her face

"Even if it was just a few drops…if the killer had gone this way, he’d have tracked blood I can’t believe he escaped through the studio," she said "Surely, there would’ve been soone over the tunnel with fine-tooth combs But they’d expected to find blood there Spatter, spray…drops

Because Alistair had run back through the tunnel to reach Bailey over at the studio

Dropping low, Sean began to inspect the area of the tableau again And it was then that he noticed the slight smear on the skirt of the Dianna Breen mannequin

"He came back this way," Sean said

Both of the woman looked at him in surprise "He came back this way," he repeated, "and then…"

The backdrop was black A black-painted plaster wall Sean walked over and began to tap it The sound was hollow

"There’s so next to him, Madison tapped, as well They heard the sae eyes "But there’s nothing back there We’re actually underground now, Sean This is just a tunnel"

"We round, and thisback there Keep tapping, press on things--there has to be a release here somewhere I know the killer ca, prodding, tapping the wall They were still at it when Sean heard Logan calling out to hian! We’re in the tunnel" He stepped down and waited for Logan, Jane, Tyler and Kelsey to join thean said "He was receptive to us and actually helpful We have the notes froave us lists of others wehow unusual it is that the FBI would be called in for one murder in his jurisdiction"

"He was a little annoyed at first I guess he’s resigned, uy"

"So, you’ve found so?" Kat asked "This is quite a place And eerie--the tableaux are really excellent, and being down here is kind of creepy"

"A special-effects studio filled with monsters and surrounded by a cemetery," Tyler co"