Matt: I pretty much have the rest of the story planned out, so new Creeps may spoil things. As for Woods, he's a major villain, but he's definitely not the MAIN villain.

A-Plus Cassiopeia: Yeah, I guess they could make another Slappy book.


"Now, hold still, Lindy," Lizzy said as she dabbed a wet paper towel into Lindy's cheek to numb her bruise. In spite of what she had just said, Lindy recoiled in pain.

"That hurts," She mumbled out, her voice numb.

"Well that's what you get for not telling the whole group Mr. Wood was outside the house," Lizzy snapped, then dabbed the paper toil into Lindy's face again. Not too far away, Sheena was doing the same to Billy, but with a regular towel.

"Oh, come on Sheena, it's not that bad," Billy tried to excuse as Sheena rubbed a wet towel on his throat.

"Mr. Wood could have killed you," Sheena said. "How could you not tell us you were going out to face him."

Billy removed Sheena's hand from his neck. "It was one dummy against four of us," He pointed out defensively. "How was I supposed to know he was so freaking strong."

At the same time, Luke was tending to Kris' knee, wrapping it up.

"I don't think you should walk on that knee too much," He warned her as he finished wrapping it. "That doll bruised you very badly."

"No, I can still walk," Kris reassured, getting off the couch to try and stand up. However, the moment she set her wounded leg on the ground, she stumbled back onto the couch, groaning in pain.

"You need to rest," Luke told her. "Don't worry, you've done a good job today."

Kris managed a weak smile at that and rested back on the couch. Lindy noticed her sister in pain, and her face dropped. Though she wouldn't admit it, she felt some sadness for her sister.

Suddenly, Amanda and Josh burst into the room, startling everyone present.

"Guys, we have important news," Amanda said, holding the newspaper up for everyone to see. "We know where their hideout is!"

Ricky, who had been sitting in a chair, reading the Calling All Creeps book, looked up, intrigued.

Amanda lay the newspaper on the table for Billy to see. "They opened a Horrorland theme park," She explained. "Those monsters have to be there, and it seems like most of the city is there, too."

Lizzy and Luke ran up to see the headlines of the newspaper. "Oh my gosh, those poor people," Lizzy commented sadly. "They have no idea what they're in for."

"Well what are we waiting for?" Billy asked. "Let's go get them!" He was about to march out the door when Lizzy grabbed him by the arm.

"Wait, we can't just go out there without a plan," She told him, pulling him back. "Who knows how many monsters they have there. We'll be massacred, along with every normal person there."

"Well what do you suggest we do?" Billy asked. "We have a chance to end all of this today. We have to take that chance."

While Billy and Lizzy were talking, Ricky quietly snuck out the door, a smile on his face. He had a new plan on his mind, and that would involve an appointment to Horrorland.


"So, you just took off Mr. Wood's head, with one blow," Shari asked Sarah as she recounted to the other children how she'd defeated the ventriloquist dummy.

"Yeah, I did it with one throw from that big rock," Sarah said, prideful. She was so engrossed in her story that she hadn't noticed Ricky leave the house. However, out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Greg doing something that irked her.

"Greg, what are you doing with my camera?!" Sarah shouted at him. All eyes turned to Greg, who was about to throw the camera out the window.

Lowering the camera, Greg turned towards Sarah. "This camera isn't yours, and it's dangerous," He told her. "We can't have this here."

Sarah ran up towards him and snatched the camera away. "No, we can't do that!" She snapped, holding the camera out of his reach. "We used it to beat Mr. Mortman last night. Isn't that reason enough to keep it?"

Greg reached out for it. "Give me the camera, Sarah," He demanded. "It's hurt a lot of people."

"No, it's important," She growled back at him, now stepping on her toes to keep him from reaching it. Sheena, who had been coming downstairs, noticed the scuffle between the two.

"Hey, what's going on," Sheena asked, approaching the two.

"We can't keep this camera," Greg explained. "It'll only hurt people. But Sarah won't give it to me."

"It's mine!" Sarah said defensively. However, Sheena sprang up and snatched the camera out of her hand.

"We should let Billy handle this," Sheena reasoned, turning around to head back upstairs. However, Sarah continued to grab back at the camera.

"Give me back the camera!" She demanded, grabbing Sheena's wrist. She was a head taller than Sheena, and could easily take back the camera. However, Andy cut between them, pushing Sarah back an inch.

"Come on, Sarah, leave the kid alone," She said. In spite of this, Sarah reached over and grabbed the camera.

"Sarah, give it back!" Sheena said, taking a step towards her. At that, Sarah aimed the camera towards Sheena, and everyone froze.

"Sarah, what are you doing!" Greg shouted, but Sarah barely reacted to him. She just stared at Sheena, the camera aimed at her.

"Sarah, put the camera down," Andy said, as if Sarah was holding a gun. Sarah alternated between pointing the camera at Andy and Sheena, not taking her glance off either.

"We need this-"

Sarah didn't get another word out. She was abruptly cut off when Billy tackled her, sending both children crashing onto the ground. The camera flew from Sarah's grasp and slid on the floor. Andy and Sheena jumped away to avoid the unexpected violence taking place. Everyone was stunned; nobody had seen Billy come from downstairs.

Billy himself was furious; he'd been told what the camera could do, the damage it could unleash, and seeing Sarah point it at his sister caused something to snap inside of him. He forced a dumbstruck Sarah to the ground with a surprising amount of aggression, then got back onto his feet. Before Sarah could get back up, he slammed his foot onto her chest, evoking a gasp of pain from her.

Around him, the other members of the club stared in silent horror at what Billy was doing. Amanda saw this, too, but even she was at a loss for words. Andy shielded Sheena to prevent her from running into the violence and getting hurt herself.

Sarah cowered on the floor, raising her arms over her face to defend herself. This appeared to register in Billy's fury, and he raised his foot to stomp on her again. However, before he could, Lizzy took off towards the two and grabbed Billy, forcing him off of Sarah.

Billy struggled in Lizzy's grasp, and it was taking all of the girl's strength to keep him in her hold. "Billy, get a hold of yourself!" She ordered, putting him in a chokehold. "This is no way for a leader to act."

For a moment, Billy's anger seemed to accelerate, and he broke free from Lizzy's grasp. However, the moment he did so, he caught himself, and ceased his attack. He saw the shocked and fearful expressions on the faces of everyone present. All faces there, child and teenager, wore an identical look of shock.

Billy looked up at Amanda, who was standing over the railing and staring at him, unsure of what to say. He looked down at Sarah, who was still cowering on the floor, making no attempt to get up, lest she incite Billy's fury once more. Then, Billy turned and saw Sheena, who was now hiding behind Andy. He saw the look of innocent bewilderment on her face. The moment he saw her, Billy's burning anger was replaced with horror and guilt at what he had done.

Backing away from Sarah, he quickly grabbed the camera off the floor and took off out of the house. He raced through the forest, not noticing that the body parts of Mr. Wood were nowhere to be found. Instead, he headed for the nearby river in the forest, and once he reached there, he cast the camera into the lake.

Now that one source of Billy's anger was gone, he quietly returned to the house to face the other children. When he got back, he saw that the other children were now crowding around Sarah, who was on her knees. Some dust was in her hair, and her face was slightly scraped from when she hit the ground. She had a look of disbelief on her face, stunned at what had transpired a minute ago.

Billy stared at Sarah, unsure of what to say. Sarah returned the gaze.

"Look, Sarah-"

"You ungrateful bastard," Sarah interrupted, and for a moment, Billy's anger began to return, but he kept it under control. He realized that he should've expected this response from Sarah.

"I saved your life out there, when you were getting your ass kicked by Mr. Wood, and you do this!" She shouted, her voice hoarse. Aaron was at her side, rubbing her back to comfort her.

Billy faced her, a blank look on his face.

"If it wasn't for me, you'd be dead right now," Sarah went on, trying to guilt him. "If it wasn't for me-"

Now it was Billy's turn to interrupt. "Sarah, that doesn't matter right now," He said, causing Sarah to stop talking. Secretly, Billy thought that Sarah had a point, but he knew he couldn't ignore what she had done to Sheena.

"Sarah, I'm grateful that you rescued me," He said, trying to ease her, especially considering what he was going to do next. "But, there are consequences for every action. And what you did with the camera brings on a lot of consequences."

"I didn't take a picture," Sarah scoffed.

"Well you could've," Billy pointed out. "That camera is dangerous, so I got rid of it. As for you, I have a punishment in store already."

That caused Sarah to freeze up. All eyes were on Billy, awaiting what he was going to say next.

"You're not my dad, you can't punish me," Sarah said, feeling as if a snake was slithering down her back. She was secretly afraid of what Billy was going to say.

Billy stared at Sarah, his face hardened. "Sarah Maas, minutes ago we found out that the monsters were at the new Horrorland theme park that opened today," Billy explained. "But we knew we couldn't go in there without a plan. So we had to send someone in to investigate."

Sarah's whole body paled as she realized what Billy intended to do.

"You wouldn't," She whispered in disbelief. "You're sending ME?"

Now even the other children were disconcerted, especially the ones who had been to Horrorland before.

Lizzy walked up towards Billy. "Come on, you can't send Sarah," She whispered. "She's never been there before. She could get herself killed."

Billy closed his eyes, thinking things over. He didn't want to be too harsh towards her despite the burden he had just placed upon her shoulders.

"Please, send me instead," Lizzy pleaded. "I know more about Horrorland than her."

Billy opened his eyes. "My decision is final," He said, then turned towards Sarah, who had just gotten onto her feet. She stared at him, her face still that of disbelief.

"You have two hours," He said. "I expect you to be back by then. If you don't come back, we'll come get you."

Sarah closed her eyes and turned her face away from Billy so she couldn't look at him. Slowly, reluctantly, she walked towards the door to leave. As she did so, Billy began to feel a pang of regret, wondering if he'd truly made the right choice.

However, neither Billy nor anyone else saw the look of vengeful anger adorn Sarah's face the moment she left the house.


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