Edit: Okay, um… Why the hell did I originally have Guido's "swearing in Italian"… In French?

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The lights flickered back on while the only sound was someone—a girl—hyperventilating.

Stacy glanced nervously around the café then breathed out a sigh of relief. What on earth she was expecting to see, Siddeley had no idea.

"God damn it, Fr. Martin…" She murmured.

Flo rushed back into the kitchen—the source of the hyperventilating.

"Mia, honey, what happened?" Came her soothing voice.

"I-it—Tia… Gone!" she gasped.

A lot of the townsfolk turned to look at Lightning, who glanced around them. "What?" he demanded. "I didn't do anything!"

Slowly they all turned back to Flo.

Stacy looked over at Siddeley to see that the color had drained from his face—again. "Siddeley?" She asked, breaking the quiet.

"Siddeley? Do you know what happened, honey?" Flo asked, still holding Mia's shoulders.

Finn sighed and looked away, Holley didn't have any emotion on her face, apparently suddenly interested in her purple nail, and Stacy looked at Sid, who looked back at her.

You should tell them, is what she attempted to communicate with her eyes. Siddeley looked back over at Flo, and slowly stood up.

"Y…es." He hesitated at first, then continued. "Yes, I do."

"What, then?" Sally spoke up.

Siddeley swallowed. He looked back at Finn, who was looking down at the table, Holley who was gazing out the window, and Stacy who after a moment's hesitation motioned for him to go on. He turned back towards the residents.

"Tia was taken by Stalker Siddeley." He announced. Everyone stared at him. "I-I know you think I'm crazy—everyone does. But this time, you've got to believe me." He turned to look at Finn. "Especially you." He said, then turned back to the townsfolk. "You've got to believe me or—or more people are going to start disappearing."

"How do you know, man?" Ramone raised an eyebrow.

"Because today is October thirteenth." He answered.

"What's so special about October thirteenth?" Sheriff asked.

"Tonight is the night that…" Siddeley began.

"Yeah?" Mater asked, wanting him to continue.

"Tonight is the night that he was created a few decades ago." Siddeley finished, looking down at the floor. "I know it sounds cliché and far-fetched but… It's true."

"Wait a minute, you said yourself we all think you're crazy. You expect us to believe this?" Sarge asked.

"I've seen him." Stacy rose up to stand next to Sid. "Last night, I saw him." She declared. "And as paranoid as I am that it could literally be a dozen other things…" She murmured, "I believe Sid, I think he's here. How… How else would Tia have vanished? Well, okay, there are a lot of supernatural possibilities besides some weird shadow, but—or unless the twins are playing some joke."

"Joke?! Tia just… Vanished! How could we have done that?! L-look, I broke a nail when she disappeared! She would never have done that!" She argued, holding up to hand to show a broken nail.

"Uh huh…" Stacy raised an eyebrow.

"Stacy, Siddeley, sit down." Finn had had enough, and he stood up, as well. "You may have partially convinced about half of the town, but there's probably a more logical reason for Tia's disappeara…" he trailed off as a noise like nails over glass slowly grew louder and louder until it sounded like it was in the center of the café.

Everyone glanced around nervously as the sound continued and the lights flickered some more. Mia clung to Flo while Sally, a bit more calmly, did the same to Lightning.

As quickly as the noise started, it just stopped. Everyone sat in silence—that is until the screech exploded in the restaurant. Mostly everyone's hands flew to their ears while Stacy obeyed Finn's order to sit down, jumped into the open seat next to him, and clung to him. Siddeley did the same to Holley, who didn't exactly object at the moment. Guido was the only one who passed out.

The screeching stopped, and Siddeley whispered, "He's here. He's coming here. He's—"

"Um… Should we get out of here? Or something…?" Luigi suggested while trying to shake Guido back to consciousness.

"I think that's a great idea." Holley whispered.

"No, wait." Flo disagreed. "I think it'd be safer to stay in here. We'll stay here together, unless the power goes out again." She announced.

"It may not be this Stalker Siddeley, but something's definitely going on here." Lightning frowned.

"Wait, did you hear that?" Fillmore asked, looking up at the ceiling.

"Hear wha…?" Sheriff started to ask but trailed off as the faint thudding above grew louder.

"Flo? Is there an attic to this place?" Stacy asked.

"Well… Not exactly, I mean I don't use it as an attic but you can walk around up there…"

"Ciao." Luigi declared after a moment of silence and bolted for the door, a now conscious Guido right behind. After trying to open the door, Guido exclaimed something in Italian, which Luigi responded with Guido's name in a scolding and surprised tone.

"Did Guido just swear in Italian?" Lightning whispered to Sally, who shrugged and whispered back, "Most likely."

"What's the matter, hon?" Flo asked.

"The door—it's stuck!" Luigi desperately exclaimed.

Dun dun dun. More chapters comin' tomorrow!