JV Hampton-VanSant
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Now for the worst part, refusing to scream.
You peel yourself open, parting pale meat and tendons.
But there's no pain.
No pain even as you tug and twist and slide the tip of your finger away.
Shock and adrenaline.
Or maybe he anesthetized you?
Ghastly toxins in the air.
A quick injection in your neck.
Something lacing the popcorn.
You might never know.
The key head protrudes from your finger, wickedly, triumphantly.
Ten seats away now, your watcher's gaze transmutes the neighboring seats.
Beside you, a moviegoer appears with a silent, throat-torn scream.
her milky dead eyes imploring you to hurry.
You jam the key into the keyhole.
You twist, your cuffs rattle, but the lock doesn't give.
Instead, the end of the key spins slightly inside your finger stump.
Quick, you jerk the key from the cuff.
Clamping your teeth around it, you wiggle it loose, hollowing out your finger.