the black phone

There were rumors and cases of missing boys, but you didn't pay much attention and realized that only boys had been kidnapped, and no girls had been abducted yet, so you felt more at ease. You were walking home alone. Your hands were in your sweater pockets as you hummed to yourself. You didn't notice, but a black van had been following you for quite some time. Suddenly, you felt yourself being pulled inside, black balloons blocking your vision.

Your eyes open. You're in a basement. Six boys—Vance, Bruce, Robin, Finney, Griffin, and Billy—loom over you, whispering to each other, since you were the only girl.

"Oh, good, she's awake," Finney said .

You were confused

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