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If you flash your high beams at a car you may find yourself on the wrong end of death in this initiation based on a real urban legend!
The High Beam Initiation by Rob Fields
Music by Ray Mattis
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It\\u2019s Friday night, and I\\u2019m sitting in the back seat of a Ford Mustang as we\\u2019re driving down a nearly deserted county road.\\xa0
As it turns out, I\\u2019m a pledge for the Sigma Kappa Beta fraternity. But wait! I\\u2019m a girl!\\xa0
You might be asking . . . Shouldn\\u2019t I be pledging a sorority? As it turns out, Strickfield University has all-male fraternities, all-female sororities, and a few coed fraternities. I\\u2019ve been told that the Sigmas is one of the top fraternities to be a member of.\\xa0
I\\u2019ve been pledging this fraternity for a while now. While we do have fun, even as pledges, we\\u2019ve had to do a select few choice things. Things we\\u2019re not supposed to talk about. This car ride tonight is one of them.\\xa0
I\\u2019m sitting in between Blain Nelson and Constance Vanderbilt, the two co-heads of this fraternity.\\xa0
Looking at us, you\\u2019d swear we were part of some rich-people club. We\\u2019re expected to wear our polo shirts, skirts for girls and trousers for guys, and loafers with socks. We even have ascots around our necks. Since we\\u2019re supposed to be prominent members of both the university and of society, we\\u2019re expected to conduct ourselves as such.\\xa0
I glance over my shoulder and see the other car following behind us, a Dodge Charger. Then I look ahead again.\\xa0
Constance takes hold of my hand. \\u201cDon\\u2019t worry, love. It won\\u2019t be that bad once it\\u2019s your initiation.\\u201d
\\u201cTonight, you\\u2019re going to see what William Hartley will be doing . . . what the few others before him did . . . and you next Friday,\\u201d Blain adds.\\xa0
We drive down the road for a little while longer. Then I notice it gets darker behind me.\\xa0
I look over my shoulder and see that the Charger now has its headlights off. I turn back around and am about to ask about that, but I notice that the lights are now off in this car, too.\\xa0
\\u201cIt\\u2019s all part of the initiation,\\u201d Blain tells me. \\u201cNothing to worry about.\\u201d
Constance still holds my hand. \\u201cDon\\u2019t be scared.\\u201d
I try to relax and just enjoy the ride. We\\u2019re coming to a long stretch of straight road after a series of curves. Just ahead, a car comes towards us.\\xa0
\\u201cWe have a possibility . . .\\u201d Blain kind of sings quietly.\\xa0
I\\u2019m about to ask him what he means, but then the car ahead of us flashes their brights. Normally, that\\u2019s what people do when they want you to know you don\\u2019t have your headlights on after dark.\\xa0
Constance squeezes my hand a little. \\u201cGet ready!\\u201d\\xa0
After we pass the car, we suddenly screech into a hard turn \\u2013 like in the movies. As we straighten and pursue the car that flashed us, the Charger also turns around and again follows behind us.
Carson Van Horn, our driver, looks in the rearview mirror. \\u201cYeah, it\\u2019s her, all right. We got her!\\u201d
He hits the gas.
Now we move into the opposite lane and are soon next to the flashing car. I look to see who\\u2019s driving. It\\u2019s still too dark to see who\\u2019s inside, but it does look like a girl, based on her long hair.\\xa0
Carson honks the horn, one blare after another. Then it\\u2019s one continuous blare.\\xa0
The flashing car tries to speed away, but it\\u2019s no match for this Mustang. We speed up and soon drive past it.
Suddenly, Carson hits the brakes and swerves in front of the other car.\\xa0
The other car brakes suddenly and swerves off the road. The Charger moves and stops right next to the passenger\\u2019s side door. I wonder why. I guess I\\u2019ll soon find out.\\xa0
Constance pats my hand. \\u201cShowtime, Caprice. Time to see how your initiation will be next Friday night.\\u201d
We get out of our cars. The girl gets out of her car. She turns to run, but then something just tears the night air! Was that a gun?!
The girl cries out! Then she slams hard against her open door and tumbles over it.\\xa0
We all move over to the girl. All I can do is feel my heart pounding rapidly. Did somebody really shoot her?!
\\u201cGood job, William!\\u201d I hear Donna Blossom chime. \\u201cNow finish the bitch!\\u201d
The girl whimpers in pain as we close in on her. I still can\\u2019t see her face fully, because there isn\\u2019t much light. Also, the moon\\u2019s not full.\\xa0
She tries to stand up, but William raises his pistol and shoots her again. The girl screams loudly. William steps up to her and shoots her once more \\u2013 in the stomach. She groans and forces herself to sit up.
Then she screams at us in defiance, \\u201cYou\\u2019ll be fucking sorry \\u2013 all of you!\\u201d
Constance lets go of my hand. Then she and Blain lower themselves.\\xa0
\\u201cNo, bitch,\\u201d Constance murmurs. \\u201cYou were the one who fucked up. You never challenge the Sigmas.\\u201d
Blain chuckles. \\u201cYeah, calling the police on us for last Friday night\\u2019s initiation? Seriously?!\\u201d
Constance spits in the girl\\u2019s face. \\u201cYou got our pledge expelled, you stupid cunt! We simply can\\u2019t let that stand, can we?\\u201d
\\u201cGo ahead, William,\\u201d Blain tells him. \\u201cIt\\u2019s your show.\\u201d
William lashes out with his foot and kicks the girl in the face to send her full on her back. Then he aims his pistol and empties the rest of it into her face. I want to gasp and faint, but I\\u2019m too paralyzed right now.\\xa0
The full Sigmas gather around William and congratulate him. I don\\u2019t really hear what they\\u2019re saying.\\xa0
Did this really happen?! A girl is killed in a cold-blooded initiation. It\\u2019s almost as if we did a gang ritual or some shit. I mean, I know our coed fraternity has issues with certain people on our campus. But did it have to come to . . . this?!
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Christ, my heart won\\u2019t stop pounding!
Donna grabs William and sucks face with him. Then I look up again and hear the others cheering Donna and William on. Then they get on the ground and start fucking \\u2013 right next to the girl\\u2019s body!!
\\u201cYou\\u2019re one of us, honey,\\u201d Donna cheers to William. \\u201cYou\\u2019re a full Sigma now.\\u201d
\\u201cYes,\\u201d Blain assures him. \\u201cNow you\\u2019ll truly reap the benefits of being a Sigma.\\u201d
I lower myself and use my smartphone camera light on the body. Then I see the tattoo on the girl\\u2019s inner right wrist. It looks like a figure-eight ribbon \\u2013 but blue! I quickly stand up and move to the girl\\u2019s car.\\xa0
\\u201cWhere are you going?\\u201d Constance calls to me.\\xa0
\\u201cWe have to get rid of the evidence, right?\\u201d I call back. \\u201cI\\u2019m getting the girl\\u2019s purse.\\u201d
\\u201cGood call!\\u201d
I get in the girl\\u2019s car. Her purse is sitting in the passenger\\u2019s side. I yank it over to me and pull out her wallet. Using my smartphone camera light, I learn whom William just killed.\\xa0
My eyes grow wide when I see it was Melodie Carlisle. I fucking know this girl! She was a co-chair of an organization that operates on our campus. I can\\u2019t say which one. Once the other co-chair, her fraternal twin sister Katie, learns of Melodie\\u2019s death, there\\u2019s going to be some serious fucking hell to pay!\\xa0
I guarantee it!\\xa0
It\\u2019s Friday again, and my initiation into the Sigmas is tonight. I\\u2019ve managed to do everything in my power to keep both my composure and a straight face. Even when I find myself walking past Melodie\\u2019s friends, I have to really give it my all to keep from going batshit crazy. Oh, those girls give me dirty looks. You know what I\\u2019m talking about!\\xa0
In fact, I\\u2019m in the restroom over at Kendall Hall when I finally realize that I\\u2019ve made a critical mistake. I\\u2019m alone \\u2013 without a Sigma brother or sister. Suddenly, I hear the door being pulled shut. I turn to see Katie Carlisle and two other girls beside her. No doubt, there are one or two more standing outside \\u2013 keeping people out.
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There\\u2019s nowhere to run! Katie Carlisle is on me just like that! She backs me up against a wall and presses a hand on my shoulder to hold me there. Then she glares into my eyes and gives me a deadly smile.\\xa0
Her always-purring, whispering voice cuts me to the bone. \\u201cYou were there last Friday night, Caprice. You didn\\u2019t kill Melodie, but you were there.\\u201d
\\u201cI . . . I . . . had no idea . . .\\u201d I stammer.
\\u201cYou\\u2019re only a pledge, so why would you?\\u201d Katie shakes her head slowly. \\u201cAnd killing you isn\\u2019t an option. I would never allow that. You need make this right.\\u201d
\\u201cBut . . . but . . .\\u201d I sputter.
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Katie leans in and gently brushes her lips to mine and pecks them. \\u201cIf you don\\u2019t . . . you\\u2019ll have so much to lose. All you\\u2019ve worked for, you\\u2019ll have just pissed away . . . It doesn\\u2019t have to be this way. You\\u2019re not initiated to Sigma yet. You still have time to do the right thing.\\u201d
\\u201cI\\u2019ll . . . go to the . . . the police,\\u201d I stammer.\\xa0
\\u201cYou can, but you\\u2019ll still lose everything.\\u201d Katie\\u2019s face is still dangerously close to mine. \\u201cAnd the police can\\u2019t protect you \\u2013 not from us. If you really want to make things right . . . with yourself . . . with me . . .\\u201d
The other two girls gather in . . . There\\u2019s no way out of this!
It\\u2019s Friday night now. It\\u2019s my turn to become a full Sigma initiate. As with last Friday night, I\\u2019m sitting in between Blain and Constance in the back of Carson\\u2019s Mustang.\\xa0
\\u201cDon\\u2019t worry, love,\\u201d Constance assures me. As before, she\\u2019s holding and caressing my hand. \\u201cI\\u2019ve been conditioning you all week. You\\u2019ve got this.\\u201d
\\u201cI\\u2019ll be okay,\\u201d I assure her.\\xa0
Blain hands me the semi-automatic pistol. \\u201cNot the same one William used. Here you go. It\\u2019s fully locked and loaded.\\u201d
I take my hand back from Constance and cradle the pistol, which feels very heavy. I caress it and know that this piece of hot metal is the key to unlocking my whole future. Once I complete my initiation, the world is my oyster.\\xa0
The Sigmas got intel that Katie Carlisle herself is going to be my target. She\\u2019s supposed to be heading down this county road that we\\u2019re turning onto right now. Supposedly, she takes this road when she wants to go home and visit her family. Remember, Katie and Melodie are both high-profile girls on our campu'