Family Night by Tim Miller Read Free Book Online

was disappointed she disobeyed him. Her cop friend would pay for that, not that any of them were going to live anyway.
         “Now Julie,” The Mask said. “I thought I told you to come alone. You must think I’m stupid.”
         He could see the fear in her eyes, and it excited him.
         “I’m sorry! I was scared. He was just going to make sure I was ok. He wasn’t going to interfere or tell anyone. I swear.” She pleaded.
         “Well, I can guarantee he won’t tell anyone. Oh, how did his tongue taste by the way?”
         “You are sick!” Julie said. From behind them, Sarah was waking up.
         “Julie? Julie is that you?” She asked.
         “It’s me sweetie, I’m here. It’ll be ok, I promise.”
         “Now Detective, you shouldn’t make promises you can’t keep though I’ll get to you two more later. In the meantime, I need to show you what happens when you don’t follow my rules.” He looked over to his daughter and nodded. She returned the nod and walked over to Sarah and cut her loose. Sarah tumbled to the floor crying. She sat up, rubbing her wrists and looking around.
         “Now Sarah, I will need you to help me. My little girl here is going to hand you a tool. I will tell you what to do with it. Do you understand?” The Mask said.
         She nodded her head rapidly as his daughter handed her an icepick and stepped away.
         “First thing, go over to the guy, take the ice pick and gouge his eyes out.”
         “No!” She screamed, throwing the ice pick to the ground. “I won’t do it!”
         “Well ok then, if you won’t do it to him, then I’ll do it to your girlfriend here. I’ll gouge out her pretty brown eyes. Doesn’t matter to me either way,” He said as he walked toward the ice pick.
         “No!” Sarah screamed. “I’ll do it.” As she picked it back up.
         “Sarah,” Julie said.
         “It’s ok Jules.”
         “You don’t have to do this.”
         “I’m sorry. I don’t even know him,” Sarah said. “I won’t let them hurt you.”
         Sarah walked over to male cop and held up the ice pick. The Mask looked on, enjoying watching her tremble. While he usually preferred doing the dirty work himself, there was a special pleasure in watching so called “normal” people try to do his work.
         Sarah cried as she raised the ice pick up to the man’s face. The guy had passed out but began to stir, looking at Sarah and trying to speak, but it only came out as a garbled moan. The Mask watched as she held the trembling ice pick up with one hand, holding the man’s eyelid open with the other. Moving the ice pick closer, and then she lowered it.
         “I can’t. I can’t do it.” She said.
         “No problem. I assure you, I’ll have no trouble taking your girlfriend’s eyes.” He said as he took out a pocket knife and unfolded it, turning toward Julie.
         “No! No! Please! Don’t do this!” Sarah cried.
         “Then do what I ask.”
         “Please don’t make me. Why? Why are you doing this?”
         He sighed and turned back to Julie.
         “Ok!” Sarah said. “Fine, I’ll do it!”
         This time, she grabbed the man’s eyelid, lifted and thrust the icepick into his eye. The eyeball made a popping sound as the icepick penetrated it. Blood and fluid sprayed her face as the man let out a howl unlike any The Mask had heard before. Sarah rotated the icepick around and withdrew it. She turned, looking at The Mask and went and pierced the man’s other eye. His screams continued as she rotated the icepick around and pulled it out. She turned around, threw the icepick to the floor, fell to her knees and vomited. After throwing up until the heaving stopped, she looked up at The Mask.
         “Now we are getting somewhere,” he said.
     

Chapter 14
     
         Sarah sat on her knees staring up at her captor.