Creepy Boy
I’m going to remove my hand but whatever you do…
Kiara
What the hell are you doing here, asshole?
Creepy Boy
I prefer Connor, if it’s all the same to you.
Connor
Look, I’m not gonna hurt you. Okay?
Kiara
Uh…no it’s not okay.
Kiara
Where the hell are we?
Connor
We’re still in the tunnel, that’s why you need to keep quiet.
Connor
You don’t want Mr. Archivolt to here you, do you?
Kiara
Don’t look at me like that?
Kiara
You basically just kidnapped me.
For some reason, he found that funny.
And as much as I wanted to be pissed at him, I couldn’t.
Because in that moment, I felt it—that spark of connection to that boy.
Connor
I’m not a kidnapper.
Connor
Maybe instead, I could be…
Kiara
I only have three friends and you’re NOT one of them.
Connor
You have more friends than you know.
Connor
And they’ve been waiting a long time to meet you.
Kiara
Why don’t you—and everyone else—stop with these riddles?
Kiara
I want to know what the hell is going on.
Connor
I wish I could tell you.
Connor
But we have laws, just like them.
Again, he flashed that smile.
He was definitely more cute than creepy…
Connor
I can’t help it. I find you fascinating.
Connor
You’re not like them.
Connor
Unfortunately, I can’t tell you that, either.
Connor
But I can give you some advice…
Connor
Stop involving other people in this business.
Connor
You know your life has been building toward something.
Kiara
It’s kinda hard to know that when no one tells me shit.
Connor
I can tell you your life is about to change for the better.
Connor
You won’t be alone anymore.
Kiara
I’m not alone now. Three friends, remember?
An eerie silence fell between us at the mention of my friends.
Kiara
Why are you looking at me like that?
Connor
Because I know what’s coming.
Connor
And I don’t want to see you suffer.
Kiara
Suffer? I thought my life was gonna get better?
Connor
But only after it gets worse, unfortunately.
Connor
I’m afraid your pain will be greater…
Connor
Because you care so much.
Kiara
You don’t know anything about me.
Connor
Kiara, these changes you’re experiencing…
Connor
These heightened senses…
Kiara
How do you know about that?
Connor
They’re nothing compared to what your full potential holds.
Kiara
What the hell are you talking about?
Connor
Sorry. I’m not great at this.
Connor
I’m aware that everything I say makes this more confusing.
Kiara
Yeah, considering that I don’t even know what THIS is.
Kiara
Yeah, everyone is so sorry.
Kiara
Why don’t you just tell me what you want from me?
Connor
Even if my answer muddies the waters even further?
Kiara
Just tell me what you want.
Connor
What you’ve been through, what you’re going to endure…
Connor
It’s nothing compared to what’s coming.
Connor
The next day, week month…
Connor
They’re going to be extremely difficult.
Connor
But I can’t be a part of what’s about to happen.
Connor
Yet when everything’s said and done, you’re going to have questions
Connor
And I’d like to help you understand the answers.
Kiara
And don’t give me some bullshit about how we’re the same…
Kiara
Or that we have some connection that means we should be together.
Connor
You said it, not me.
Kiara
Stop smiling at me like that.
Connor
You may be the most unique creature on the planet, Kiara.
Connor
I knew that about you when we first met.
Kiara
You mean when you tried to rob my friends?
Connor
I never took anything.
Connor
Except your number.
Kiara
You could’ve asked for it.
Connor
You wouldn’t have given it to me.
Kiara
Yeah, well you threatened my friends.
Kiara
You robbed someone who’s close to me.
Connor
Trust me, Kiara, you did not want those people to have that book.
Connor
They would have used it against you.
Kiara
‘Those people’ are the ONLY people I trust.
Connor
That trust is misplaced.
Connor
In fact, they could have told you exactly what’s coming.
Connor
They may have even been able to save Zoe and Abby.
Kiara
What are you talking about?
Connor
The two people you love most in the world are about to die.
Kiara
Did you just threaten my friends--again?
Connor
I promise, it won’t be me who kills them.
Kiara
But you’re going to let it happen?
Connor
I’m sorry, but, yes.
Kiara
And telling me THAT isn’t breaking your rules?
Connor
Because there’s nothing you can do to save them.
The undeniable sincerity in Connor’s expression terrified me.
There was no denying he absolutely believed what he was saying.
And I had to fight just to hold back the tears of confusion and rage and... guilt.
What could I have possibly done to make the whole world go the crazy?
Kiara
Tell me something, then, asshole.
Kiara
If you’re not going to kill my friends…
