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Both girls were screaming now, screaming and crying, and frantically pulling at their hair.

They probably wouldn’t make it to the dance.

I decided it was time for me to leave. I raised my wings and took off, floating high above Jamie’s house.

They still hadn’t seen me. If they had, they would have screamed some more. They would have recognized me, the blackbird with one eye missing.

And they would know that the EVIL lives, the evil still haunts them.

At least, they consider me evil. I have a different point of view. I think I’m on the side of justice. I only want what is fair.

After all, they invaded my house last year. They broke into the Fear Mansion and looted it. They gleefully stole our possessions.

Didn’t anyone ever teach these kids that crime doesn’t pay?

Well, that’s what I plan to do. I plan to teach them that important lesson.

Dana and Jamie think they have killed the evil. Burned it in that fiery kiln in Jamie’s garage. They think they can relax now.

But I’m still here.

I’m closer to them than ever.

And I have the amulet. The jeweled pendant that gives me so much power.

They won’t get away with their crime. I’ll see to that.

I’m not evil. What an ugly word that is. I desire only justice.

Trying to burn us away gives me even more reason to seek my revenge.

Even more reason to kill them one by one.