Chapter 2: Don't Trust A Ho
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THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS MENTIONS AND DEPICTIONS OF: CHILD ENDANGERMENT, DRUGGING, GORE, AND ATTEMPTED MURDER
Chapter 2: Don't Trust A Ho. Tamagotchi kneeling on a black floor, crying while looking at the viewer, her expression a mix of angry, terrified, and sad. Behind her are the silhouettes of Tissue Box and Controller with blank white eyes. Page thirty-one. Panel one, Controller opens the van door with a terrified expression, repeating, 'Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh-' Fireball is in the background angirly muttering, 'Man, fuck this bullshit...' Panel two, Controller looks up and once again says, '...Oh God.' Panel three, we see Controller's house has been converted into a crime scene. The front of the house is sectioned off with caution tape. Two police officers are talking to each other outside. A third officer can be seen inside through a window investigating the scene. The door is open, and one of the windows is shattered and covered in blood. Police car sirens blare loudly. Panel four, Controller frantically runs from the van to her house, screaming, 'Tama!!' Page thirty-two. Panel one, Controller climbs over the caution tape with a worried expression. One of the officers, Hourglass, yells, 'Hey! What are you doing?!' The second officer, Cake, adds, 'This is an active crime scene!' Panel two, Controller responds, 'This is my house! My sister was in there!' Panel three, Controller approaches Officer Hourglass, sweating, and asks, 'What happened?! Where is she?! Is she hurt?!' OFficer House glass responds, 'Calm down, ma'am. Your sister is just fine.' Panel four, the third officer, Shield, is seen shining a flashlight on the dead body of Tama's babysitter. Their neck is slashed, their mouth is oozing blood, and their bulb is completely shattered. Off screen, Officer Hourglass explains, 'There was a break-in. We found a man's body in the living room... And a little girl hiding behind the couch. She wouldn't say anything.' Panel five, Officer Hourglass continues, '...I assume that was your sister. In that case, she wasn't injured, but she's very scared. We have her safely resting in the car right now.' He's calmly looking down at his notepad. Page thirty-three. Panel one, Officer Cake starts walking Controller to the car. Hourglass says, 'I'll have Officer Cake take you to her.' Officer cake says, 'Alright, kid, follow me.' Controller responds, 'Thank you...' Panel two, Tama is seen sitting inside a police car, crying. Officer Cake says, 'Well... There she is, kid.' Panel three, Tama turns around and softly beeps with tears in her eyes. Panel four, Controller begins to cry with her and gives her a big hug. She sobs, 'Oh, thank the Lord you're okay! I'm so sorry, Tama! I'll never leave you again!' Page thirty-four. Panel one, Controller wraps her blanket around Tama and says, 'I'm never gonna let this happen again. I promise.' Panel two, TB, wearing a robe, approaches the two. She shouts, 'Oh, thank goodness!' Panel three, Controller turns to face TB, who's feigning worry. TB asks, 'Y'all had me worried sick! Is the little one okay?' Controller responds, 'She's not hurt. Thanks for calling me...' Panel four, TB pats Controller's shoulder and says, 'Oh, it's not a problem at all, honey.' Panel five, Tama looks terrified as TB continues, 'I just wanted to... Make sure little Tama was safe.' Page thirty-five. Panel one, Controller wipes her tears while continuing to talk to TB. Tama flails her legs and starts loudly beeping, clearly upset. TB asks, 'Now- Do you have a place to stay?' Controller answers, 'I could just stay with my boyfriend...' TB responds, 'Oh, there's no need for that! I'm right next door- It's the least I can do for ya, honey!' Panel two, Controller shyly replies, 'Well, that's very kind of you-' Panel three, Controller is cut off by Tama screaming. Panel four, Controller leans over to console Tama, who's now shaking with fear. TB dismisses Tama's worries. Controller asks Tama, 'Hey, what's wrong?' TB replies, 'The poor kid's probably just shaken up...' Panel five, Controller picks up Tama off the ground. TB says, 'You two should come inside and get some rest.' Panel six, the camera sows Controller's point of view, looking back at her friends waiting by the van. Fireball is still mumbling to herself, Tank Top appears annoyed at Fireball, and Nachos is anxiously holding onto one of the wheels looking back at Controller. Controller says to TB, 'Yeah, we'll do that... Uh, just... Hold on a sec...' Page thirty-six. Panel one, Controller approaches Nachos while holding Tama. Nachos shouts, 'Babe!!' Controller says, 'Hey... I'm gonna stay with my neighbor tonight. I'm sorry for cutting our day short...' Panel two, Fireball, with her arms crossed, complains, 'You better be...' Panel three, Tank Top slops Fireball across the face. He says, 'Think about anyone other than yourself for once.' Panel four, Nachos gives Controller a sweet glance. In the background, Fireball laughs at Tank Top, who is screaming after his hand catches on fire. Nachos says, 'Hey, don't worry about all that, babe. As long as you're safe.' Panel five, Flaggy leans over and looks over at Glowy, who seems uninterested in his advances. Flaggy says, 'Hey, y'know, if any other girls need a place to-' Glowy cuts him off, saying, 'No thanks.' Flaggy says, 'Noted.' Page thirty-seven. Panel one, Flaggy nervously looks around the street. He says, 'Well, uh, look at the time, I'm gonna-' Panel two, Glowy and Fireball watch as Flaggy runs down the street. Panel three, Glowy turns towards Fireball, who is hoisting herself back into the car. Tank Top is still trying to put the fire on his hand out. Glowy says, 'We should all probably start heading home, too.' Fireball replies, 'I guess.' Panel four, Glowy hugs Controller and says, 'Have a good night!' Controller, smiling, replies, 'I'll try.' Panel five, Nachos gets in between Glowy and Controller and pushes Glowy away. He laughs and says, 'Okay, get in the van.' Controller giggles.' Page thirty-eight. Panel one, as everyone gets back into the van, Nachos gives Controller a kiss on the cheek. He says, 'Love ya, babe.' Panel two, the group drives away. Panel three, Controller starts walking back towards TB, who is waiting for them. Tama loudly cries in protest. Controller reassures her, gently saying, 'Calm down, Tama, it's okay... Shhh... You're okay...' TB says, 'Hurry up, now, girls!' Panel four, TB reaches for the door and says, 'Come on inside, sweetheart...' Panel five, TB continues, 'Don't keep me waiting, now!' She turns back to face them, and a heavy shadow cloaks her face. Page thirty-nine. Panel one, several minutes later, Controller and Tama sit on TB's couch watching a horror movie on her television. Panel two zooms in on framed taxidermied butterflies on her wall. Panel three shows a collection of kitchen knives. Panel four shows a clearer image of the movie, where a masked serial killer with a bloody knife looms over a screaming victim. Off screen, Controller asks, '...Tama, are you okay?' Panel five, Tama snuggles into Controller, terrified. Controller says, '...This movie's probably too inappropriate for you, anyways.' Page fourty. Panel one, TB, in the kitchen, addresses the girls in the other room. She says, 'Oh, you can turn it off, honey.' Panels two and three, TB opens her fridge and reaches for a pitcher of iced tea. She says, 'I was watching it before I called... What an unfortunate coincidence!' She giggles. Panel four, TB is now holding the pitcher with both hands, and asks, 'Say, are you girls thirsty at all?' Panel five, from the other room, Controller replies, 'Oh- Yes! Thank you, TB.' Panel six, TB pours some tea into a clear glass. Panel seven, TB reaches for a bottle of sleeping pills hidden behind the knife set. Page fourty-one. Panel one, TB struggles to open the bottle of sleeping pills. Panel two, TB pours a large amount of pills into the palm of her hand. Panel three, she crushes the pills into one of the cups. Panel four, TB enters the living room with the cups of tea. She says, 'Here you go, sugarplum!' Panel five, Controller and Tama grabs the cups from TB. Controller says, 'Thank you..!' Tama stares at the glass skeptically. Panel six, Tama is still looking down at the cup, not drinking it. TB says, 'Honey, I can't tell you enough how sorry I am that you're going through this.' Panel seven, Controller takes a sip from the glass. TB says, 'But I'm sure you don't wanna think about it too much! Let's try to get your mind off of it!' Page fourty-two. Panel one, TB says, 'Let's see...' Controller responds, 'Oh, it's fine... I wanna be alone with Tama, actually.' Panel two, TB walks away from the girls, saying, 'Fine. I'll be in my room, then. Goodnight.' Panel three, Controller seems to be getting sleepy. She leans closer to Tama and says, 'Hey. Tama, I'm here. I'll always be here.' Panel four, Controller grabs Tama and turns her to face each other. She appears to be getting even more tired. She says, 'It's okay to be scared. But it's gonna...' Panel five, Controller rubs her eyes. 'Be...' She yawns. 'God, I'm sleepy!' Page fourty-three. Panel one, Tama watches in horror as Controller falls asleep, saying, 'I'm gonna... Lay down and sleep...' Panel two, Controller is seen falling asleep through a crack in TB's door, saying, 'Night-night, Tama...' Panel three, TB is seen watching with the door cracked, and says to herself, 'Fuckin' finally.' Page fourty-four. Panel one, TB pulls a knife out of her robe with a grin. She says, 'It's been way too long since I've done this just for fun...' Panel two, TB is standing in the middle of her room waiting for the perfect time to strike. She says, 'The only issue is that little brat being awake... But that's fine. I'll take her too. Two birds with one stone. ...Damn, I sure gotta stop doin' this in my own house.' Page fourty-five. Panel one, TB slowly steps out of her room. Panel two, a close up of TB's face with a sinister grin. Panel three, Controller is fast asleep and snoring. Panel four, Tama is leaned against the other end of the couch with a sad expression. Panel five, Tama jolts up and looks in terror at TB looming above her. Panel six, TB shushes Tama, holding the knife up ready for attack. Page fourty-six. Panel one, in silhouette, TB props one of her feet up on the armrest of the couch and raises the knife in the air. Tama jumps off of the couch and runs closer to Controller, loudly screaming to wake her up. Panel two, Controller wakes up from the screaming and says, 'What-' Her dialogue is cut off. Panel three, Controller coughs as the knife plunges into her side, cracking her plastic shell/ Blood splatters and we see some of it splash onto Tama. Page fourty-seven. Panels one and two, Controller, panicked, scratches TB in the eye, causing her to drop the knife. Panel three, Controller and Tama run away as TB is temporarily distracted. Panel four, the two girls open the front door. Controller drops to her knees and pants heavily. Panel five, the two run past Controller's house, still blocked by caution tape, as blood trails behind them. Still panting, Controller screams out, 'Flaggy!!' Page fourty-eight. The panels overlap showing the points of view of TB, Controller, and Flaggy simultaneously. Panel one, TB looks up with blood oozing down her face, furious. She says, 'Oh, now you're really gonna get it.' Panel two, Controller and Tama approach Flaggy's front door. Panel three, Flaggy snores as he sleeps in a recliner with a bowl of cereal in his legs and a can of beer in the cupholder. Panel four, TB squats down and reaches for the bloody knife on the floor. Panel five, Controller loudly bangs on the door to Flaggy's house, shouting again, 'Flaggy!' Panel six, Flaggy jolts awake, confused, saying, 'What- Huh?' He groans and continues, 'Coming! Dude, calm down!' Page fourty-nine. Panel one, Flaggy stumbles his way over to the door as Controller continues banging on it. He says, 'Hold on, jeez! It's three in the morning!' Panel two, Flaggy wiggles the doorknob. Panel three, the door rapidly swings open. Controller, now out of breath and near passing out, chokes out 'Fla... Ggy...' and flops onto the floor. Flaggy backs away and screams, 'Holy shit!' Panel four, Conroller grabs Flaggy's shoulders. He looks down at her and asks, 'Dude, what did you-' He's cut off by Controller saying, 'Hide me... Please...' Tama screams. Panel five, we see the two looking down at Controller from her perspective. Flaggy asks, worriedly, 'From... From what?!' Tama tries to explain through loud beeps. Page fifty. Panel one, the image begins slowly fading to black as Controller quietly stutters, 'H...Her...' Tama beeps again, and Flaggy, now increasingly panicked, asks, 'Who!? Hey! D-don't pass out on me, man!' Panel two, the image gets even darker. Controller's eyes are slowly closing as she begins to lose consciousness. Flaggy grabs her and shakes her, screaming her name repeatedly - 'Controller?! Controller!!' Panel three, the panel is fully black, showing that Controller has passed out completely. Flaggy screams again, 'Controller!' Tama screams two terrified beeps.
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