Puppet by Ed Kightlinger

Author:Ed Kightlinger
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781733796217
Publisher: Edward H Kightlinger Sr.
Published: 2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

RETRIBUTION

“Di, I am coming to save you!”

Part I: The Unthinkable

Brenae is lying on her bed listening to music on her headphones. The playlist she downloaded to her iPhone is music from a favorite, local band that calls itself Ramen Noodles and Soup. The group features various genres of music. Short-lived, amusing commentaries in the band members’ voices are between every other song.

There are ten members in the group, six females and four males. The oldest member is seventeen years old, and the youngest member is thirteen. Three females and two males make up the singing portion of the group. The five other members are the instrumentalists. They play the drums, the keyboard, and the bass, electric, and acoustic guitars.

Ramen Noodles and Soup is famous around town, especially with the teenagers that attend Claymore High School. Six of the teenagers, two first-year students, three sophomores, and one junior, are students at Claymore High. Reggie Williamson, a Claymore High School junior, is the band’s lead singer. The other members of the group are either homeschooled or attend Saint Luke’s Catholic School.

Without warning, a chilling, high-pitched voice starts to whisper into Brenae’s headphones. Her first impulse is to remove the headphones from her ears. In spite of this, she is unable to move her hands!

“Hello, Bre. You thought you were unbeatable, didn’t you? Now, you know the unthinkable can happen to you just like it has happened to the others. Yes, Bre, you too are vulnerable. What do you think of me now, Bre? Are you scared?”

Brenae’s mind shouts, No! What I am hearing is not real! It is nothing more than my imagination going wild! Whoever you are, go away and leave me alone!

Sharp pain on Brenae’s right side abruptly shoots from her shoulder blade to her wrist. It is then she realizes her arms are above her head. She instinctively pulls both of her arms to her sides. Her arms remain next to her body for a split second, and then they quickly snap back above her head. She slams her arms to her sides once more. Like before, they immediately bounce back above her head. Her armpits and shoulder blades, along with both of her wrists, quickly begin to throb dreadfully.

Why is it I cannot keep my arms from shooting straight up in the air after I pull them to my sides? It almost feels like elastic is restricting their movements. My shoulders, forearms, and wrists feel like they are on fire!

Brenae opens her eyes and stares into the murkiness. She looks at her feet, and then she looks up at her arms.

Oh, my Lord, my worst nightmare has come true! I am hanging by my wrists from strands of twine attached to two eyelets in the ceiling! I have turned into a puppet!

She screams as soon as she notices that a shiny, translucent casing that looks like plastic has covered her fair skin! Her bones, ligaments, muscles, and veins are visible beneath the covering!

No, no, no! What I

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