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Chapter 17: The Truth, Part 2

In the movie

On the screen, three people were talking in an airport setting. Two of them looked like Melanie and Jason. Melanie was holding the hand of a five year old, who was trying desperately to get away.

"To begin with," Melanie said (off the screen), "Jason and I were going to do something top secret for the government in Africa."

"The government? Cool! What was it?" Tucker said, a little too quickly.

"Well, since the punishment for telling was death, and we're already dead," Jason said, "I guess its okay."

"I'm sure you kids have learned about the 'uncontacted' tribes of Africa in school," Melanie said.

"Umm...no?"

"Well, what we were trying to do was make contact with them. We were reluctant to do it- we did not want to disturb the cycle of harmony. But the government forced us, mainly because the tribe we were looking for supposedly knew the secret of-immortality."

"Well, compared to the supernatural stuff I've endured, that actually sounds normal," Tuck said.

"Well, that wasn't the exiting part," Jason said. "Let's just sit back and watch, okay?"

So they did. Apparently, Sam (who was the five-year-old in the movie) had come with them on the expedition. Then, the movie skipped to a year and a half later, with Melanie and Jason still searching for the tribe ("This is where it gets interesting!" Sam said).

-in the movie-

It was midnight. Sam (who was now six and a half) and her parents were sleeping at camp. In the background, there were rustling noises.

Melanie woke up. "Did you hear that?" she said.

Jason sat up. "Yeah," he said. "Should we go?"

"I guess."

Then, from that boring bit of dialogue, the movie skipped to about an hour later, when little Sammie (hee) woke up to find her parents gone.

"Mommy?" she said. "Daddy? Are you here?" The little girl grabbed a flashlight and ran in the direction of a group of lights- and saw a scary sight.

She saw her parents battling with an African tribe. This wasn't the tribe that knew immortality, however. There were three of them, alongside six HUGE leopards. Mel and Jason had their rifles drawn.

"Samantha?" Jason said. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm scared," the little girl said. "What's going on?"

"Don't worry," Mel said. "Everything will be okay."

"Just remember this," Jason said. "We love you. Remember that, and everything will be okay." Then, they got back to fighting the tribe.

This is where it gets scary. The tribespeople seemed to be whispering commands to the leopards. And little Sam watched in horror as the leopards-BLOCKBLOCKBLOCKBLOCKBLOCKBLOCKBLOCK.

The movie ends here.

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"HEY!" Danny said. "We're fourteen! We can see intense violence!" He looked over to his friends. Tucker looked absolutely amazed. Sam was curled up in the fetal position, whimpering. Danny understood completely, if his parents had been killed by leopards, and he had been forced to relive the experience, he would've done the same thing.

"Well, the tape was over anyway," Mel said. "But there's more to the story. I'll let Sam explain."

So, rather shakily, Sam explained. "After that, I wandered around for a bit, and found this village. It turned out to be the same village that my parents had been looking for. I stayed there for a few months- and no, I didn't learn the secret- until a helicopter came and got me. And I think you guys know what happened next."

Danny did know. Sam was probably brought to live with her grandmother, and- he and Tucker had tortured her for almost five years straight. He still felt guilty.

"So..." Tucker said, "Now what?"

Ok, bye! SP