Hateful Reality

Mia scrunches her face. “There really is plenty about the ‘patriarchy’ to hate, but this seems a bit more than a coincidence.”

“What should we do about it?”

“If she’s really a demon? The same thing we did to the preacher. Except this time we don’t let her whisper in my ear.”

“We should grab equipment.”

“I’ll get the shotgun and rosary beads.”

“Meet back here in an hour.”

An hour later you have a handgun, a shotgun, and the hope you won’t have to use them.

Mia smiles at you. “To the University!”

You take off headed there. You pull in a bit over two hours later.

As you step out you see the local news anchor. You wave.

“Hey, you’re Maria from channel seven!”

She walks over to you. “Yes. That’s me?”

“Are you here for the Professor’s speech?”

“No. She’s a little scary. The students that go into her talks come out different, angry.”

You swear silently, you hate being right about this.

“You cam get us backstage though, can’t you?”

“I could. Why?”

“We think Sam is a demon. We need to stop her. Will you help us?”

She seems to mull it over. “I’ve seen what happens to people that go in. I’ll help you. Follow me.”

You follow her inside the lecture hall. There are some women still there talking. You enter a door to the back stage area.

She looks at Mia. “Before I let you see her we’ll have to take these out.”

She starts to remove Mia’s earplugs.

“Mia, run.”

Maria points at you. “Take him!”

You reach for your gun as the taser hits you. The room goes black.