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Deals to Die For (Halloween Havoc no. 24)

by Sigma

I

“What are you doing for Halloween?” Jessica Lockhart asked, looking up from her phone where she lay on the couch.

“Dunno,” Anita Jackson answered, sitting at the desk and going through a stack of mail. “Was probably gonna go to a party on campus.”

“Is there going to be one? That girl vanished after that party last week right?”

“Kate Reynolds, yeah. They said she went on a snack run or something and no one knows what happened. But I know some of the frats are throwing Halloween parties.”

“Yeah…” Jess said. “Well...we’ll need costumes.”

Anita paused on a piece of mail and tore it open. She took out a flier from WadeMart advertising a Halloween sale. “Huh...speak of the devil,” she said, showing Jess the flier. “Let’s shoot over to WadeMart then. This flier says there’s a big Halloween sale.”

“All right,” Jess said. “I have a Platinum loyalty card, so we’ll save even more.”

“You spend enough there to Platinum?”

Jess shrugged and went back to her phone.

The door to the small office opened and Tanya O’Donnel walked in, looking exasperated. She turned and saw Jess stretched out on the couch. “Hey Jess,” the busty blonde news anchor said before walking across her office and to her liquor shelf. She poured a double shot of whiskey and drained it.

“Tough day?” Jess asked.

“These producers are pissing me off,” Tanya admitted. “Anita, have you seen my phone charger?”

“Nope. How many is that you’ve lost this month?”

“...Three…” Tanya said. “It’s fine, though. I think I have one at home somewhere and I’m done here for the day. Any good mail?” she asked Anita.

“Another offer letter to be a brand ambassador for Whacky Willie,” Anita reported. Tanya took that letter and tossed it. “It’s all junk otherwise, except this WadeMart flier for a Halloween sale.”

“Oooh,” Tanya said, taking it. “It says it’s only for the one in Southtown.”

“There’s a WadeMart in Southtown?” Jess asked.

“Apparently,” Tanya shrugged. “You know Brenda always has those things popping up. You girls going? I’ll drive if you are. I can look for a charger and I need to grab a costume for the station’s Halloween broadcast anyway.”

Anita got up. “You can use Jess’ platinum membership.

Tanya looked at Jessica. “You’re a platinum member? I’m so jealous!”

II

The three women got out of Tanya’s car in Southtown, a suburb just outside of the Delta City’s southern city limits. The parking lot had only a few cars, but a WadeMart store stood in front of them, the only building in the immediate area.

“Where is everyone?” Anita asked as they approached the door.

“It’s the middle of the day,” Tanya reminded her. “It’s probably always this slow at this time.”

They walked through the front door into the cavernous, brightly lit space and saw a few other shoppers milling about, along with employees in their blue WadeMart shirts and tan khakis.

“Good afternoon, ladies,” a cheery voice said.

The heroines hadn’t gotten far when they turned to see a man in uniform standing near them. He was a white man of average height, with brown hair and looked to be in his late 30s or early 40s. The name on his badge said “Ned”.

“I’m Ned, I’m the manager. Welcome to WadeMart,” he said with a cheery smile.

“Uh, hello,” Tanya spoke for all three of them.

“Is there anything I can help you ladies find today?”

“Uh, I think we’re fine. Thank you,” Tanya told him.

Ted’s smile never left his face. “Well, if you need anything, please don’t hesitate to ask me or any our WadeMart family members,” he said, motioning to the employees. “Have a good one.”

Tanya, Anita, and Jess thanked him and walked off. Jess looked back to see Ned standing there, waving as they walked away and turned back around.

“Creepy…” Jess said, much to the agreement of the others.

They wandered through the store, finding everything one would find in a WadeMart and seeing a few other shoppers and some bored employees along the way while inoffensive pop music played from the speakers. Eventually, Jess and Anita began browsing clothes. Tanya wandered away from the pair and over to electronics. She began browsing the phone chargers, looking for one compatible with hers.

“Hello.”

“Oh, god!” Tanya said, jumping in surprise when someone spoke right next to her. She turned to see Ned, who stood there with a smile. “Oh...hi. You surprised me,” she said with a laugh as her heart stopped racing. “I’m just looking at the phone chargers here.”

“I have to ask,” Ned said. “Are you Ms. Tanya O’Donnel from INN?”

“Yes, I am,” she said, smiling at being recognized.

“I thought so!” Ned said. “It’s such an honor having a celebrity in our store. Especially someone as radiant as you, Ms. O’Donnel.”

“Well,” Tanya said, blushing at the compliment. “I do appreciate that.”

“Would you ever consider doing some promotion for the store? We would love to have you here as part of the WadeMart family.”

Tanya laughed, thinking it was a joke, but the smile on Ned’s face said he was legitimately waiting for an answer. “Uh, no, thank you.”

“Are you certain?” Ned asked. “We would love to have you.”

“I’m fine, thank you,” Tanya said before walking away. She picked up her pace and kept walking, looking back to see Ned watching her. She rounded a corner and left electronics and went down a randomly picked aisle. She turned the corner at that aisle and stopped when two large men in black shirts stood in her path. Their badges didn’t have names, but said “Loss Prevention.”

“Um, excuse me,” Tanya said, trying to walk around them. One of them got in front of her and held out his hand. “I need to take a look in your purse, ma’am.”

“What?” Tanya looked at him, incredulous. “You really think I’d steal?”

“Ma’am, please.”

“This is ridiculous!”

“Ms. O’Donnel.”

Tanya turned to see Ned behind her.

“It will only take a moment, and then you can be on your way.”

Tanya glared at him, huffed and lifted her purse to open it. “Fine!”

One of the Loss Prevention men took the purse and held it open. He reached and pulled out a packaged phone charger.

Tanya stared at it and then at them. “I didn’t put that in there! Hold on!”

Ned walked up and gently touched Tanya’s arm. “Ms. O’Donnel, if you’ll come with us, I’m sure we can clear this misunderstanding up.”

Tanya started to protest, but noticed other shoppers watching. Instead, she huffed and followed the group through the store and to a back office. There was a desk in front of a wall of monitors that watched the store, and the Loss Prevention men had Tanya put her purse on a small table. Ned stood by the door while the Loss Prevention men stood on the other side.

“We’re gonna need you to strip, ma’am,” one of them said.

“What?!” Tanya turned red. “Absolutely not!”

“Then we will have to call the police,” Ned said to her. “And how will that look? Delta City’s star news anchor, arrested for shoplifting.”

“But I didn’t-!” Tanya took a deep breath. “All right. Fine.” She grumbled and unbuttoned her blouse before putting it on the table. She then undid her skirt and let it fall around her ankles. She stood before the three men in her light purple lace bra and panties and stood confidently.

“I believe we sell that set here,” Ned said. “Those have to come off too, Ms. O’Donnel.”

She turned red and glared at him, but began taking off her lingerie as well. Soon, she stood in all her fit, naked, busty glory, wearing only her heels and the necklace with the Got Gem. She turned and faced Ned. “Is that all?”

Before he could say anything, one of the Lost Prevention people began frisking her, his large hands exploring her naked body. She gasped at his sudden touch, but didn’t resist him when it lingered. Her squeezed her tits, held her hips, fondled and rubbed her thighs.

“Spread your legs,” he commanded.

She did, and then gasped when two meaty fingers penetrated her. They moved around inside her, and Tanya felt herself growing wet as he gently went in and out and from side to side, checking to see if she had hidden anything in here. She moaned lightly and Ned watched her, the smile never leaving his face. Tanya balled her hands into fists. “Fuck…” she moaned lightly, the sensation of pleasure welling up inside her. The man behind her bent her over the table and pushed his fingers in deeper. She gripped the edges of the table as he continued finger fucking her, and she spread her legs farther. He leaned his weight on top of her, reaching around and fondling her tits, pinching the hardened nipples.

Tanya’s body rocked back and forth against the table, her tits swinging as she bit her lip. Suddenly, she felt the guy’s fingers slide out of her.

“She’s clean,” he said to Ned.

Tanya looked back at him, somewhat indignant that she hadn’t gotten off. She turned back to Ned. “Are we finished here?”

“Not quite,” Ned said. “You may not have hidden anything on your person, but there’s still the matter of the item we found in your purse.”

“I did not put that there!” she insisted.

“There’s no need for yelling, Ms. O’Donnel. We can clear this up very simply.” Ned motioned to the chair next to him. “If you watch a short film and then promise never to shoplift from our store again, all well be settled.”

“Is that it?”

“That’s it.”

“Ugh...fine!”

Ned smiled and pulled the chair back and Tanya walked over. She then looked down at the chair and noticed something protruding from the surface: a 10 inch long dildo made of hard rubber.

“What the hell is that?”

“Have a seat,” Ned said.

“No!”

Before she could resist anymore, both of the Loss Prevention men grabbed her arms and forced her onto the seat. She cried out as the penis penetrated her pussy, and the held her down as bonds in the armrests activated, locking her in place. She began to protest, but the dildo began moving up and down, thrusting in and out her her. She wiggled in the seat as it fucked her.

Ned then placed a metal headband on her head, with small arms on the front that held Tanya’s eyes open, making it impossible for her to blink.

“Wha...agh, fuck!” she cried. “What are you doing to me?!”

Ned turned on a large TV across from Tanya and turned off the lights. “Enjoy this film and we will be back,” he told her before he and Loss Prevention left the room.

“Hey! Come back!” Tanya demanded, moaning as the dildo pumped in and out of her while the footage began rolling.

“Hello, and welcome. So you’ve decided to become a part of the WadeMart Family,” a voice on the TV said.

“What the fuck is th...ugh!….What is this?!” Tanya screamed. She then moved her eyeballs to the table at her side and noticed a neatly folded WadeMart uniform, with a name badge that said ‘Tanya’.

***

“Ooooh, what’s that over there?” Jess asked and wandered off. Anita didn’t even bother to stop her and continued browsing cosmetics in front of her when she made her way toward perfume.

“Try a sample, ma’am?” The girl holding a perfume bottle asked.

“No thanks, I…” Anita paused and looked at the girl. She was a thin girl with brown hair and freckles on her face. “Kate…?”

The perfume girl stared at Anita blankly, but continued smiling.

“Kate Reynolds?” Anita asked. “Holy shit, it is you!” She looked around and then back at the girl. “What are you doing here? The police have been looking for you!”

“Would you like to try a sample?” the girl asked again.

Anita stepped back. “Kate, are you all right? You’ve been missing from campus for a week!”

“Would you like to try a sample?” She asked again, shoving the perfume bottle in Anita’s face.

Anita gently grabbed her wrists and lowered her arms. “Kate, listen, my name is Anita. We go to the same school. Come with me, okay?”

Kate just stared at her for several quiet seconds. She continued smiling. “Would you like to try a sample?”

Anita stared at her in disbelief before turning to lead her away. The moment she turned around, Ned stood in her path with two big men in polo shirts that said “Security” on them.

“Is there a problem here?” Ned asked with a smile.

“This employee is a missing person. I’m going to the police. Move,” Anita said, trying to push past them. One of the guards grabbed her arm and kept her from leaving.

“Missing person?” Ned asked. “That can’t be right. Kate here is a valued member of the WadeMart family. Come with me to my office and we can get this sorted out, okay?”

Anita stared at him and the two guards before looking at Kate, who had a strained look on her face despite still smiling. She turned back to Ned, who held out his hand.

“You can trust me.”

Anita shook her head. She darted in the opposite direction, holding on to Kate’s wrist and practically dragging the girl behind her. She looked back to see Ned standing there while the security guards followed.

Anita growled and grabbed the Got Gem hanging from her neck. She willed her transformation and a burst of light engulfed her. When it died down, Got Chic stood proud and tall. The guards kept chasing and when they reached the busty teen heroine, she leveled both men with powerful punches and sent them flying. She then grabbed Kate’s hand again and kept running. She looked around for Tanya and Jess, but had gotten turned around and suddenly found herself somewhere in the sporting goods aisle. She ran down the aisle, toward the back of the store and saw a door marked emergency exit.

“That has to lead outside!” she said, dashing forward and barging through shoulder first. Instead of sunlight and warm afternoon air, Got Chic found herself back in the store, staring at a rack of bikes, many of which were on sale.

“What the hell…?” She gasped. She turned back around and tried the door, but it was sealed shut and wouldn’t budge, even when she tried punching it.

“I’ll have to insist you not do that.”

Got Chic turned around to see Ned smiling at her. “What is this place?!” she demanded.

“Why, it’s WadeMart, Ms. Got Chic, for all your everyday needs.”

With nothing else to lose, she charged at him and raised a fist. Ned stopped her dead in her tracks, grabbing her by her neck and lifting her up. Got Chic gagged, punched, and kicked him, but none of her blows phased him.

Without a word, Ned slammed her hard into the ground, cracking it and leaving a small impact crater The busty teen lay on the floor, unconscious as the security men appeared and dragged her away.

Ned watched her get dragged off. “This is going to be a tough orientation, I think.” He then dusted off his shoulder and turned to Kate. “I’ll have maintenance take care of the mess. Take your 30 minute break, Kate,” he said before following the security guards while whistling a tune.  

***

“What…?” Jess asked herself when she saw a part of the store sectioned off by a curtain with a sign that said ‘Adults only’. She looked around and then approached carefully and went through. She poked her head in first.

“No. Way…”

She entered the adult section of the WadeMart and found it was a Whacky Willie pop-up shop.

On display in the contained space were all kinds of magazines, both vintage and modern, and a wide range of toys, lingerie, aphrodisiacs, DVDs, and even a few live-sized, anatomically correct mannequins.

Jess found herself in awe of it all as she walked through the shop, taking it in. She stopped at a glass display of a range of dildos and found herself giggling when someone walked up to her.

“Do you see anything you like?”

Jess paused when she thought the voice sounded familiar. She then went beet red. “T...Tanya! I-” she stammered. “I just wandered in here! I’m not some pervert!” She then paused and looked at the senior heroine. “...Why are you wearing a WadeMart uniform? Is that what you picked for Halloween?”

Tanya stared at her blankly.

“Tanya?” Jess said, snapping her fingers in front of her face. “What are you doing? Why are you dressed like that?”

“Would you like you try some of the products?” Tanya asked, smiling.

“What’s gotten into you?” Jess asked. Tanya didn’t give an answer and turned to the curtain to go back out into the store. “I need to go find Anita. She’ll…” She then felt cold metal on her wrist and heard a click. She looked down to see Tanya locking one half of a pair of fuzzy handcuffs around her left wrist. Before she could react, Tanya locked the other cuff around her right.

“Hey!” Jess protested. She looked up at Tanya and then coughed when the senior heroine sprayed her with something from a small bottle. Jess’ eyes watered and she looked at Tanya. “What was that?”

Tanya smiled and held up the pink spray bottle, which had a white label that said DESIRE. Jess gasped  when she saw it, because everyone knew Desire, an aerosol aphrodisiac marketed by Whacky Willie, was really just strawberry-scented Bliss. Her head began to swim, and as it did, she didn’t see Tanya produce a small pair of scissors and begin to cut off her top.

Before Jess knew it, her shorts were off too, so she stood in front of Tanya, handcuffed, wearing only her underwear and her tennis shoes.

Tanya produced something else, a ball gag that she put in Jess’ mouth. Jess tried to protest, but Tanya tightened the gag in place and Jess’ lips were secure around the ball. She felt Tanya’s hands cup her tits inside her bra for only a moment before the taller, older heroine stepped back around her to continue the product demonstration.

Tanya pulled down Jess’ bra and let it hang around her narrow waist. Her meaty 36Ds were exposed and the busty teen whined when she felt Tanya fix a pair of metal clamps to her erect nipples. Tanya smiled and tugged at the chain connecting the clamps to stretch Jessica’s nipples and then let them go.

Tanya then went back behind the counter and retrieved a small vibrator. Tanya shoved it down Jess’s panties, putting the top of the device against her clit and then raised a small remote and turned it on. The vibrator began emitting a low-power, gentle hum as it vibrated against the teen’s clit. She cried out into the ball gag, her body reacting instinctively as a wave of pleasure shot through her almost instantly. Drool escaped Jess’s mouth, soaking the gag as her pussy twitched.

Tanya came back from behind the counter again and held up two objects, one in each hand. One was a thin, long, riding crop and the other was a wide, wooden paddle.

“Would you like to try the Super Lash?” Tanya asked, holding up the crop. “Or the Enforcer?” she said, raising the paddle.

Jess could barely think. The vibrator was working her clit. She was getting wet between the legs and had trouble even focusing on Tanya’s words as she muffled curses into the gag. She pointed with her right hand at the Enforcer and Tanya smiled and put the Super Lash back. She then walked back over to the teen and grabbed her hair, and dragged her over the the counter. Tanya forced Jess to bend over and pulled down her panties, exposing her toned, shapely ass.

Jess braced herself as the first hit came, the flat wooden paddle smacking against the meat of her ass. She squealed, her spit soaked the gag, and her body moved with the impact while the vibrator continued ravaging her clit. Tanya spanked her again, and the hit echoed through the space of the shop as Jess squealed louder.

Tanya continued spanking her, putting her strength behind each swing of the paddle, and every pleasurable sensation under the sun flooded Jess’s body. Between the vibrator, the Bliss, and the paddle, she felt her mind slipping. A pool of her own drool expanded on the counter and she could feel herself getting closer to the edge as the vibrator worked to bring her close to orgasm.

With one particularly hard hit, Jess screamed into the gag and released. Her cum soaked her panties, even as the vibrator kept going, and the teen’s eyes rolled back in her head as her body shook and she slid off the counter and to the floor. She lay there, twitching, moaning and murmuring while Tanya put the Enforcer back on the counter. She knelt down, undid the handcuffs, took out the vibrator and gag, and then stood up.

“I hope you enjoyed the product demonstration. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions about our products. My name is Tanya, and I’d be happy to help you,” she said, smiling the whole time. She then grabbed Jessica’s clothes and piled them neatly next to her before she preceded to work at cleaning up the area around the girl.

***

Some time later, Jess wandered through the store, her head still swimming and cum dripping down her leg. She looked around and found a door marked “Exit”. She went through it and paused when she still found herself inside the store. She turned around to see  the door she had gone through had disappeared, and so she continued on, trying to find a way out.

“Hello!” A cheery face said as someone stepped in her path.

Jessica stared at the curvy black girl in the WadeMart uniform in disbelief. “A...Anita…?”

“Yes, that’s my name,” Anita said with a smile, tapping her name badge. “How are you? Could I interest you in a free sample?”

Jess looked down to see Anita holding a tray of sandwich cookies. She took one and bit into it, but couldn’t focus on the taste. She just stared at Anita. “W...why are you dressed like that?”

Anita thought about the question. “These are the WadeMart uniforms, ma’am. Everyone in the WadeMart family wears them. Are you interested in joining us?”

“I...I saw Tanya,” Jess pointed. “She was over there somewhere…”

“Yes, Tanya is a valuable member of the WadeMart family, as is everyone else. Would you like another cookie?”

Jess looked at the tray. “What the hell is wrong with you?!”

“Ma’am…?” Anita asked. “Are you all right?”

“Snap out of it!” Jessica screamed. She then flipped the tray out of Anita’s hands, sending it flying.

Anita jumped back, startled. “Ma’am, I’m going to have to ask you to calm down before I call Security.”

Jess grabbed Anita by her arms. “Anita! What did they do to you?!” She then looked at her bare neck. “Where’s your gem?!” She then thought back. “Oh shit...Tanya didn’t have hers either!”

“Ma’am, please let me go.”

“Come on, Anita. We’re leaving!” Jess took her friend’s wrist and tried making her follow, but Anita resisted and pulled back before taking out a radio. “I need security by aisle 8.”

Jess turned to run, only to be stopped right away by the two security guards. Out of reflex, she threw a punch and hit one square in his chest. He flew back and hit the ground. When she went to hit the other, he stopped her fist and responded with his own, a blow powerful enough to double the busty teen over and bring her to her knees. Jess then felt a powerful blow to the back of her head and everything went dark.

***

Jess woke up some time later and found herself strapped to a chair. She was completely naked and felt something on her eyes that kept her from blinking. She was staring ahead at a large TV screen. She started to speak out, but felt herself being penetrated by a dildo built into the chair.

“Hello again,” Ned said, smiling at her as he walked in front of her.

“You! What is this?!”

“I hear you gave one of our family members a bit of trouble, so we had to subdue you,” he told her. “We couldn’t have you disrupting our other customers.”

“What did you do to my friends?!” Jess demanded.

“They’ve joined us, as you soon will,” he explained.

“No!” Jess cried, trying to break free of the chair. “Let me go!”

Ned walked around her, brushing a hand against her supple curves before resting it on her shoulder. “We’re all happy here at WadeMart. You’ll see. All you need to do is watch the orientation film.”

Images then began flashing on the screen. It was a random collection that made to sense to the girl’s mind, but she couldn’t look away or break out of the chair. She screamed in a mix of fear and rage, helpless to do anything else. The dildo continued pumping in and out, her pussy still wet from the encounter with Tanya. She spilled onto the chair as it kept pumping her.

Ned went to her clothes and into her shorts. “Now, let me see who our new family member is.” He took out her wallet and saw her college ID. “Jessica Lockhart. A wonderful name. Are you ‘special’ like Tanya and Anita?”

Jess only continued screaming and trying to look away from the screen while Ned watched her and smiled.

“You must be. Most people would have succumbed by now. It’s very interesting, this place,” he commented. “Not anything like the others.”

Ned went through Jessica’s wallet, taking out and observing her cards when a silver card with a blue and red logo on it caught his attention. He dropped the wallet and gasped, holding the WadeMart platinum card in hand.

“Oh my goodness…” He raised it and looked at it closely. “This is….”

He then turned and snapped his fingers. The orientation video stopped. So did the dildo.

Jessica stopped screaming, her sanity returning to her. She sat in the chair, her body covered in sweat as her naked tits heaved with breath. Ned removed the device keeping her eyes open.

“I am so sorry, Ms. Lockhart. Had I known you were a Platinum member….”

“...W...what?”

“Please accept my apologies,” Ned said. The binds on the chair released and Jessica was free. Ned helped her to her feet. “There is absolutely no excuse for such an esteemed member of our family to be treated this way. I will do whatever I must to make this right. Please just name it.”

Jess stared at him in disbelief, looking at her Platinum card. “I’m free…?”

“If that’s what you want.”

“What about my friends? Anita and Tanya.”

“They’ll be released to you right away.”

“Do you have other people here?” Jessica asked after a few more seconds. “Who else got that flier in the mail?”

Ned thought about it. “A few more people, yes. At your word, they too will be released.”

“I don’t know what the fuck is happening right now,” Jess said. “But I want them all freed.”

“Yes ma’am. The customer is always right.” He then motioned to the door. “Please, after you.”

Jessica stared at him and then looked at the door. She gathered up her things, looked at him warily but he stood there, head bowed, arm extended. She then walked to the door and opened it, only to be blinded by bright light.

***

“Ummm….why are we standing in the parking lot of a WadeMart?”

Jessica looked to her side and saw Anita next to her. Instead of a WadeMart uniform, she had on the sweatpants and tank top she had been wearing earlier. Tanya was next to her, still wearing her suit from INN and they both had their Got Gems. Jessica looked down to see she was wearing her clothes and then looked up to see that they were in front of a WadeMart, but not in Southtown.

Instead, the three of them were at the large, downtown location. Delta City’s flagship store.

“Wait…” Tanya said. “Why did we come here again?”

“I don’t…” Anita started then paused. “Hey...is that Kate Reynolds over there?”

“Who?” Tanya asked.

“A girl from our school who’s been missing for like a week. I’ll be back,” she said before running over. Jessica watched Anita run to Kate, who stood, bewildered, looking around downtown Delta City.

Tanya turned to Jess. “Why does your face look like that? What do you know, Jess?”

“You’ll have me committed if I tell you…” Jessica told her.

“Try me.”

Jessica sighed. “All right. Can you get Brenda on the phone? She’s gonna wanna hear this too.”

III

“It’s as I told you, Jessica. There is no WadeMart in Southtown…” Brenda sighed.

Jessica, Brenda, Anita, and Tanya all stood in the empty lot, overgrown with grass, where Tanya remembered the WadeMart being.

“But it was right here!” Jessica said.

“The population density in this area is too low for a WadeMart to make sense. We looked at building one here before, and the numbers just didn’t work,” Brenda said.

“But….!”

Brenda put the back of her hand to Jessica’s forehead. “You aren’t running a fever,” she said. “I’m having all three of you undergo a full physical when we get back to HQ. You must have blacked out all at the same time, and Jessica clearly has some kind of paranoid delusion.”

“I’m not delusional!” Jessica protested.

“That remains to be seen, Ms. Lockhart. Let’s go,” Brenda said, walking back to the car.

Tanya looked at Jess. “You need a vacation, honey,” she said before following Brenda.

“Wait,” Jess said. “What about Kate? Didn’t she say anything to you, Anita?”

Anita sighed. “She had no idea who I was. She just told me to get away from her and called a car to go back to campus. Look, I don’t think you’re crazy...but maybe just let this one go, okay? Weird shit happens to us all the time. Let’s grab Thai for dinner and watch movies tonight, all right? Put your mind off it.”

Jessica sighed and nodded.

Anita put a hand on her shoulder and then went back to the car.

Jessica started to walk back when her phone buzzed. She took it out of her pocket and saw a text message from an unknown number. She then opened it and read its contents.

“Hello, Platinum Rewards member. In this link you will find a coupon for 50% off your next purchase at any WadeMart in the Contiguous United States. Good for one year. Thank you for being a valued member of the WadeMart family.  Hope to see you again soon!”

- Your friend, Ned.”

Jess stared at the message and looked up at the others as they waited by the car. “No. No...I’ll go tomorrow and see what kind of Whacky Willie stuff they have…” she said to herself before walking back to the car.

The End

(Note: And that’s it for this year’s Halloween Havoc entries. Hope you enjoyed.)