Monday, September 26, 2022

5 p.m.

News about the demise of Jessica Hamilton spread like wildfire throughout Harrisburg. William had been taken in for questioning, and production on The Silverton Haunting shut down.

In Shane's living room, the cast and crew held a meeting.

"We're in deep shit if you ask me," said Jason Porter's actor, Tyler Tatum.

"First, we're going to go over what we know so far. Judging by the news reports, it looks like all this started with an e-mail sent to William's e-mail address," Shane explained.

"Did she open it, though?" Rachael asked.

"I don't know."

"Great. Now I'm scared to look at my OWN e-mails!" Paula said. "What do we do now? Everybody's gotta look at their mail at some point!"

Shane's eyes widened with realization, "...Shit, you're right." He then said with tears welling up, "This is all my fault. If I hadn't gotten the idea to make this fucking movie, none of this would be happening!"

Rick jumped in and said, "Dude, you didn't know something like this would happen. None of us did! I thought Libricus was gone for good!"

"I thought he was dead, too!" Erin chimed in.

"As long as he's alive, he'll keep coming for us," Shane said. "Then, who knows who he'll target next if we all die? Any media that even mentions this fucker will become a power source. We just happened to be the strongest source out there. But how do we take that power away from him?"

Silence swept the room. Then, Rachael declared, "If Libricus comes for me, I won't back down."

Erin agreed with her. "We can't run away forever."