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Tonight we have a DOUBLE FEATURE! Two wicked stories! One about a cute toy shop with a dark secret and another about someone who is playing a DEADLY GAME of Secret Santa...
Babes in Terrorland/Santa\'s Letters by Morgan Moore
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Babes in Terrorland
As with many holiday seasons before it, parents and children flocked to Barron\\u2019s Toy Store, in the village of Greenseas.\\xa0
In the middle of the crowd was Justin Barron, a fourteen year old with an apron featuring a handsewn version of the store\\u2019s logo in the middle. Justin was staying with his grandmother, the owner of the store, for the holidays while his parents were away on a business trip. He was enlisted to lend a hand almost immediately upon his arrival with it being the store\\u2019s busiest time of the year.\\xa0
Justin could never understand how she managed it all on her own\\u2026 but she had been doing it ever since his grandfather died a few years ago, and was managing it successfully somehow.
Justin moved around the store as best he could seeing how crowded the small store was. The building itself was an old brownstone with the store situated on the ground floor and Mrs.
Barron\\u2019s home on the second floor.\\xa0
The store could become a claustrophobic nightmare when business was booming, but he managed stocking the shelves and helping out customers as best he could.\\xa0
By the time three o\\u2019 clock came around Justin was spent and was ready for the day to be over so he could finally get some rest. Those thoughts were interrupted when he laid eyes on Cathy Wilcox.
He had known her since fourth grade and had a crush on her that never faded. Justin always wanted to tell her how he felt, but he could never muster up the courage to do it. Somehow he could picture everything he wanted to say, but anytime he saw her it all vanished.
Justin felt himself beginning to melt as he kept looking at her. His face turned bright red and immediately Justin began to do some busy week around the area, trying to disguise the fact that
he had been staring at her.\\xa0
Justin\\u2019s heart beat faster and faster as if somebody was pounding away on a drum, but that came to an immediate halt when he felt a gentle tap on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Cathy there.
\\u201cHi Justin.\\u201d Cathy said sweetly.
\\u201cH-hi Cathy.\\u201d Justin stammered, his face feeling like it was on fire.
Cathy gave him an intimate smile, her blue eyes seeming to shimmer to Justin. \\u201cMind if I ask you a question?\\u201d
Uh-oh Justin thought. She\\u2019s gonna chew me out for looking at her, and in the middle of the store too. Everybody\\u2019s going to think I\\u2019m some perv. \\u201cSure.\\u201d Justin responded after a brief pause.
\\u201cCould you help me and my sister real quick?\\u201d
What a relief Justin thought. \\u201cOh, yeah, for sure. What do you guys need?\\u201d He asked, she then began to walk away down an aisle, Justin followed close behind her.
\\u201cMy sister found something she wants but I can\\u2019t reach it and neither can she. I saw you and thought I\\u2019d ask you to bring it down for me, since your so tall and all.\\u201d Cathy explained.
\\u201cOhhhh. Yeah I should be able to get it for you.\\u201d Justin replied with a smile.
Cathy returned the smile. Man she\\u2019s sooooo cute Justin thought as they kept walking beside one another.
The two eventually got to their location and joined Cathy\\u2019s sister Janet. Upon seeing Justin and the apron identifying him as a store employee, Janet pointed upwards towards the top of the shelf she was standing at.
\\u201cThat one please.\\u201d Janet asked Justin.
Justin looked up to where the child pointed and saw a clown doll. The doll had been in the store ever since he could remember. It had a wooden head and hands and was dressed in a hand sewn outfit colored silver and blue. A jester hat adorned it\\u2019s head; bells dangling down playfully.\\xa0
Justin had always thought it looked creepy, and other people must have thought the same thing, as the doll had been around the store ever since he was a child. But maybe, finally, someone had found the doll appealing and wanted to give it a home.
Justin smiled and reached up, just barely able to get to the doll. He got a grip on it and brought it down, handing it gently to the little girl.
\\u201cHere you go.\\u201d Justin said.
Janet smiled as she held and stared at the doll. Cathy turned to Justin and gave him a big smile, he returned it in kind.
\\u201cI want him!\\u201d Janet responded energetically as she held the clown doll up to the two.
\\u201cHow much is it?\\u201d Cathy asked Justin.
\\u201cI\\u2019m not sure, it doesn\\u2019t look like it has a tag on it. Let\\u2019s ask my grandma.\\u201d Justin said.
They arrived at the register, to find Justin\\u2019s grandmother smiling at the three. \\u201cThere you are Justin, what cute friends you have there\\u201d she said. Cathy blushed lightly at the comment.
\\u201cHey grandma,how much is this? There\\u2019s no tag on it or even a sign on the shelf it was on.\\u201d
His grandmother\\u2019s smile turned to a slight frown. \\u201cOh honey, I\\u2019m so sorry. That doll isn\\u2019t for sale. I only keep it on the shelf for decoration.\\u201d She explained as sweetly as possible.
\\u201cBut I want it.\\u201d Janet told her.
\\u201cAre sure you\\u2019re not able to sell it?\\u201d Cathy asked.
\\u201cUnfortunately I am dear. My husband made the doll many years ago for Justin\\u2019s mother, and it has too much sentimental value for me to sell it\\u2026 it\\u2019s been watching over the store for years\\u201d Justin\\u2019s grandma explained to the three.
Janet frowned, tears starting to well up.\\xa0
Justin smiled a little bit at the two and at his grandma. \\u201cIt\\u2019s alright. I\\u2019ll put him back.\\u201d Justin said. He then made a motion with his head for Cathy and Janet to follow him.
The three of them made their way back to the aisle. Janet looked utterly devastated that she couldn\\u2019t have the doll, and Cathy looked equally saddened for her sister.\\xa0
Once they got back to the aisle, Justin put the doll back up. He then turned to Cathy with a small grin. She tilted her head in confusion.
\\u201cWhat is it? Why are you grinning like that.\\u201d She asked him.\\xa0
\\u201cBecause, I know of a way to get the doll for Janet.\\u201d He explained. Janet\\u2019s face brightened up at once. \\u201cReally?! How?!\\u201d
Justin moved a bit closer to Cathy so that he could talk to her in semi privacy, Janet frowning when she realized what was going on.
\\u201cMy grandma is going out to a party tonight and I\\u2019ll be alone for hours. Come on by around eight\\xa0 and I\\u2019ll let you in. We can get the doll then.\\u201d He explained to her.
\\u201cBut she\\u2019ll notice won\\u2019t she?\\u201d Cathy asked.
\\u201cDon\\u2019t worry, I\\u2019ll take care of it. Just be here by eight.\\u201d\\xa0

Later that night Justin made his way downstairs to the store,and opened the front door to find Cathy and Janet standing there. Justin frowned a tiny bit as the two girls made their way inside.
\\u201cWhy\\u2019d you bring your sister?\\u201d He asked, doing his best to hide his disappointment that it wasn\\u2019t just Cathy.
\\u201cShe wanted to come and I couldn\\u2019t get her to stay home without spilling the beans. I told my parents I was going out with friends and she threatened to tell them what was really going on.\\u201d Cathy explained.
\\u201cI mean it isn\\u2019t entirely untrue. You are hanging out with a friend.\\u201d Justin said with a small smile.\\xa0
\\u201cI\\u2019m going!\\u201d Janet blurted out and ran towards the aisle with the doll.
\\u201cHow are you going to explain this to your grandma?\\u201d Cathy asked as she walked past a display of a toy war scene.
\\u201cOh. I\\u2019m going to tell her I ordered a pizza and just forgot to lock the door on my way back up. I\\u2019ll take some money out of the register and hide a few other toys, maybe knock some displays over to make it look like somebody broke in and robbed the place.\\u201d He explained.
\\u201cThat\\u2019s pretty clever. Mean\\u2026 but clever.\\u201d She responded as she stopped by the register, Justin stopping in front of her.
\\u201cHey what can I say.\\u201d Justin said.
Cathy smiled a bit as she fiddled with some small toys by the register. She looked around and then returned her gaze to Justin. \\u201cWhy are you doing this for us? Why are you risking getting in trouble?\\u201d
His mind raced at a million miles an hour, trying to figure out how to explain why he was so willing to help her sister out. No, help her out. Before he could give it any more thought he blurted out his response.
\\u201cIt\\u2019s because I like you I\'ve always liked you I think you\\u2019re sweet and cute, and I just wanted to help because I like you and thought maybe you\\u2019d like me back if I did it!\\u201d
He gasped for breath.\\xa0
Justin closed his eyes and took several deep breaths, eventually regaining control of his breathing. After a few brief minutes he opened his eyes, finding that Cathy was staring at him, her mouth dropped open some and eyes wide.\\xa0
Dread filled Justin, his heart beating harder and harder. Oh no, she\\u2019s gonna leave and never speak to me again and tell everybody I\\u2019m a loser and freak.
But she surprised him by smiling at him, warmly and widely. Justin slowly smiled back. They brought their faces close to one another, only a hairs breadth apart.
The scream that ripped through the air put an end to that.
\\u201cJanet!\\u201d Cathy called out and rushed off towards the location the scream emanated from, Justin following in her wake.
The duo arrived to find Janet laying on the floor screaming and crying in agony, her eye sockets bleeding profusely. As for the former residents of those yawning black holes, they were in the hands of the clown doll. The toy turned its head and looked at them.\\xa0
Justin and Cathy bolted from the aisle, the clown doll right behind them. As they ran down the aisles Cathy shrieked as other toys began to spring from the shelves and joined the hunt.
Stuffed bears and lions pawed at them with vicious claws that sprang from their plush paws as metal model cars pelted down on the teens'