Frozen Frights #21- The Woods

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The alarm. It j it just went off. Where are we? Remember we We're in the middle of the woods. Right. No, I don't. I really don't. I can't believe I can't believe it got so late. I really don't remember. Oh yes you do. Wait. Now it's coming back, right? Why did we take a nap? Because we left home late, remember? Decided to catch few Z on the road in stake of taking the whole night in a hotel. That's right, right. Whole night in the hotel. Have to get the barber's the wedding is tomorrow.

That's right. Whew! I was really out.

Mm radio? Huh, that's weird. No stations. And you wanna listen to station out here in the boondocks? Just just do the satellite thing. Oh yeah. What do you want? Uh book radio? I just woke up. Don't need to go back to sleep. Yeah. I wonder if we could get some coffee around here. Amen. I don't even see a house, much less a store. And I don't want to listen to the 80s. Then don't. Then don't. No, it's just we always end up listening to the eighties. I I just don't want to this time.

No one's making you just listen to what every Stephen. What is it? Did you pay the bill for this? Yeah. What is it? Are you sure you paid? It's automatic withdrawal. Well, it's not working. What? The radio, it isn't working. The little box says no signal. Well what do you want me to do about it? I don't know. Oh I know what it is. I know what it is. Remember how we can never use it downtown with all the tall buildings? Well maybe the trees are doing the same thing. Maybe they're blocking it.

Where are we? Rural Route ten. Well this doesn't look familiar. Well, the last time we were at Barbara's house it was Christmas. There was snow on the ground. I remember seeing houses. This is just w there's nothing. GPS says we're on Rural Ten and Barbara's directions say we're to take Rural Ten all the way to Riverside, then turn left. How much is that? About fifty miles. I remember there being more houses. Okay, there. What? House coming up on your left. You happy?

Okay, that's familiar, kind of. I'm so glad you feel that way. Honestly, I think if there's nothing to worry about, you just invent something.

Who is it? Registered. Oh they're probably a salesman. Don't pick up. It could be someone from the wedding. Don please we're roaming. I'll just talk for a second. Thank you. Uh hello? Hello? Hello. Hello? Who is this? I saw you! Who is this? What? your car. You just drove by my house. What? You drove by my house just now. How could you possibly know? Oh, help me! AHHHHH Please Hello? Hello? What? Is it Barbara? Turn around. What? Turn around. We have to go back to that house. What?

What house? What are you talking about? That house back there that was a call from the woman that lives there. She was being assaulted. What? Turn around. Do do you know them? Slow down at least. Okay, okay. Now what's going on? I just got a phone call from that house we passed a minute ago. The woman there said she was being assaulted. I heard her scream, Steven! That house how how do you know anyone in that house? She said he was killing her. Go back.

Just a m just a minute. Okay, answer the question. How do you know this person? I don't, okay? Just go back. Well then how do they know our phone number? I don't know. They saw us go by They can't tell our f cell number just because we drove by. Oh this is a joke. She said she was being murdered. Murder Go back and check. There is no way to tell our phone number from a moving car. Do you know that? For sure? There isn't some hacker way to scan a cell phone and get the number?

Well. Do you know or don't you? What do you want me to do? Go back there and knock on the door? Yes. That's crazy. I'll call her back. Yeah.

Oh that's right. What do you want me to do? Turn around and go back there. Okay. I'll call 911. This is crazy. She said she was being murdered. I heard her scream. Who? This has gotta be Jerry. Oh, you always blame Jerry. The guy did a practical joke at a family funeral once, okay? I think he's capable of this. We just have to check. Now I've got no bars. Damn it! Jerry's gotta be behind this. Gotta be. Go back and check out

I'm doing it, aren't I? How could you have no bars? You just got a call. You said the trees interfered with the radio. Maybe they're interfering with the cold. It doesn't work that way. Radio satellite needs line aside. Cells just need towers. Well, maybe it will come back when we get close to the house. Sure. You know this is what we're supposed to do. What? This is what we're supposed to do. What do you mean? If a woman's being assaulted, we're supposed to intervene.

I don't think anyone's being assaulted. I read about a woman in a coma now because her boyfriend smacked her around in a restaurant. She fell and hit her head. Nobody did anything. They just sat there and pretended it wasn't happening. Don you're jumping to conclusions. I heard her scream. What do you want to do? Ignore it? No, I don't Whatever. Nobody did anything! I'm checking, alright? We're going back. Just relax. You took a wrong turn. What? We should have come to it by now. How could I?

Well we were less than a minute from the house when you stopped. We should have passed it by now. It's not a good thing. Should be right there. I don't None of this looks familiar. I couldn't have taken a wrong turn. I haven't taken any turns. It's supposed to be right here. Well what do you want me to do? We should have passed that house. I agree with you, but I don't know what you want. Just keep going. What? What what is it? I don't know. Something's wrong. Just calm down.

Yeah. Keep going we've got to find that house Okay, okay, I will.

I don't believe this. Can I help? No all the kinds of GPS to go. I always hated it. We can try and go back? Stupid things twenty years out of date if it's a day. They never tell you that when you buy the GPS, do they? We should have updated the map. If we pay for the GPS we shouldn't need to update the map. Calm down. Believe it. Calm down. Your blood pressure. How do you get lost on a single road, huh? How do you get lost when there's no turns, no forks, nothing? I'm going to try my cell again.

Doesn't make any sense. Oh I wish I had a drink. I saved two of those bottled waters from the gas station. Yeah. Yeah, it's not quite what I had in mind. Anything? No. Where are we anyway? I'm sorry. Were you not here watching me wrestle with the thirty year old map? I thought maybe you'd figured it out. Don, if I could locate us on a map, I could locate a way out on the map. That's how maps work. That's why shopping malls have the nice big you are here stickers.

I'm sorry, all right? I was just trying to help. Uh well. Nothing. What were you going to say? We're always trying to help. Always. That's why we're stuck out here in the middle of nowhere. See? Someone makes a prank call you have to go running back to help, sticking our nose into everyone's business. Because we turned back. That is Do you hear yourself? There's the map you find a way out. You were driving.

What are you talking about? You keep saying there weren't any forks. There weren't any turns. Right. So that makes it my fault we got lost. I'm just saying we were doing fine until we turned. You were driving. I was trying to help that woman.

Help her? You didn't want to help her. You just wanted to What was that? Do you hear that? There's someone in the woods. Um Stephen Thank God- HEY! Stephen, wait. Little help here? Hello? Hello? Hey, wait! You're scaring him. Oh, you don't know that. Hey, wait a minute. Stephen, don't. You'll frighten me. You don't even know who it is. Hey, hey, can I talk to you a second? What are you doing? Just gonna go see if I can find him. Wait here. Stephen Wait Stephen Stephen Steven, is that you? Hey!

Come on. Get in the car now or leaving. Get in the car right now or I'm leaving without you. Wait a minute, let me get the door closed! What's wrong? I don't care. You're bleeding! Oh my god! I don't care we're getting we're getting out we're getting out of it. We just we gotta get out of the woods. You're bleeding. We need to leave. You said it looks like a claw mark! We need to leave now!

Stephen Stephen, please. Just, just give me, just give me a second. Stephen. I'm shaking. What happened? Stephen, what happened? I don't know. What do you mean you have to know? I I don't I don't know. You are scaring me to death. Now tell me what happened. I don't know. Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I I don't know what happened. I'm sorry. I just I I lost my temper, baby. That's that's all. There's something in the wood. What? There's something in the woods. I I don't know what.

What do you mean? Wha what happened? There's something out there. I f I felt it. What? Yeah. Steven, you have to tell me what happened. I never saw anyone. Okay. It was so confused. Did it get darker back here? It it seemed really dark in the woods. I didn't notice it. Yeah. Then then did you see something? No I didn't see anything. I felt it. What? It was weird. It was like You can tell me? Tiny hand.

It was like there was hundreds of tiny hands grabbing at me, pushing, pulling, I I could feel them. Maybe it was just the wind. Happening. I don't know. Everything's Something's wrong. Is this right to you? This it doesn't seem right. is what right? Anything everything I don't remember coming here, Stephen. Here for Barbara's wedding. Do you remember packing up, getting in the car? Sure, Do you really What what are you getting at?

Uh I don't know. The cell phone's dead. I swore I charged the battery yesterday. What? GPS is gone too. Do you know where we are? We're we're on rural ten. I haven't seen a sign for ages. Why? Okay, that that that doesn't necessarily mean anything. They they don't l really maintain a lot of these county roads. Yeah. I guess. What if we went home? Just to get our bearings. We we can still make the wedding. We just go home tonight and then start really early tomorrow. Yeah. I see that.

Yeah, we're already packed. We'll we'll set the alarm early. Yes. We'll just we'll we'll just we'll go home. Stephen. Yeah. Way is home.

Uh it's it's back this way. Are you sure? Yes, yes, I'm sure. Okay. We'll just take a night and start early. Amen. We don't really need to think. We just need to do this. Alright. Stephen. I uh I really don't want to talk. Is that? I I think so. If we can't make it we'll just we'll find a motel. Or we can just stay in the car, I All right. Um I I can drive for a while i if you want. I'm fine. Well, just let me know. It's important that we I don't know. Talk.

Yes, we have to talk. We have to To keep from going crazy. That's silly. Yes we did. Steven? Could we not talk for a while, please? Stephen slow down Steven, slow down! What is it? Just Oh my god! Yes, it's the house. It No, it's the same house from before. Nothing. No bars. What are you gonna do? I have to Dawn, please. I have to! Is this you? I saw you. Who is this? I saw you. You drove by my My house. How could you possibly know? You can't be doing Steve. And we're getting out of here now.

Slow down. You're going too fast. Don't understand we have to get out of here. Stephen! Don't Stephen, please! Get her back on the line. What? Get her back on the line now. スティーブン! スティーブン! スティーブン! スティーブン! スティーブン! スティーブン! スティーブン! I broke a rib. Are you all right? Seatbelt strangled me to that didn't we pay for airbags? Что произошло? Tree. It's alright. Oh man, there's no way this thing's gonna run. I didn't think we were going that fast.

Ah jeez. Look the bumpers it's it's bent around a tree. She's total, we're done. Will it turn over? Uh we're done. Stephen What is it? Look through the trees. It's the house. It's just a little ways through the woods. We can walk it. Steven I don't want to go. Uh you're hurt. We we we can't go there. Let's go back up to the road. We'll wait for a car to come along. Someone's got to. It's raining. I my coat's in the back. If you want you can stay here, I'll go wait by the road.

Steven I'm all right, it's okay. You are hurt. I'm okay, just give me a minute. We have to go to the house. Just give me a minute. We have to I know. Do you want me to go alone? No, I don't. Alright. Well, I I don't want to be here alone. All right.

House is familiar, isn't it? What? Before b before a long time ago you you said the house was familiar. It is. I I guess so. I I didn't really think that Yeah. I know it. We need to get you help. You cracked a rib. We have to go to the house, Don. I know. I understand. Are you sure you want to go? What? Think about it. We could stay here. We could wait for help. What is wrong with you? You're hurt. We need help. We don't need to go to the house, but Choose. What are you talking about?

Ch just just remember I gave you a choice. Are you coming? Yes. I'm getting wet. We need to hurry. Do you hear me, Steven? Wow. Well what? You're freaking me out, you know that? I'm really sorry, I really am. Look. I don't know what's happening, but it's obvious you hit your head or something. And we need You said it. Earlier. You said it earlier. Things aren't right. I don't understand. Yeah. The house. You said it wasn't right. That's the way it is. That's the way it is.

Steven, you're scaring me. Yeah. What? Aren't you gonna answer it? Hello? Hello? Who is this? What do you want? We came. We're here. Now what do you want? Thank you. What do you want? Steven? What's going on? Open the door and find out, Don. Aren't you gonna go in? You wanted me to turn around. You wanted me to come back. I didn't want to come back, but I did. After all that, aren't you even gonna go in? Steven. Yes, Don. What's inside? Go to the guest bed.

But I don't know where that Yes, you do. Is it this way? Keep going. Alright, that's it. I'm not taking another step until you explain what's going on! It was in this cabinet, wasn't it? What do you think you're doing? Can't dig through other people's things? You're hurt. You're not thinking straight. Stay dead. Get away from me! Get away! away from me! WHY DID HE- No you can! You can't! No. I saw you drive by my house. What are you talking about? Help me. He's killing No, no please.

Please Hello? Hello? What? Turn around. What? Turn around. We have to go back to that house. was written and produced. Jeffrey Adams. And Jeffrey Adams was Stephen. This program Copyright 2011 by the Icebox Radio Theater. to be responsible for its content. On the web at Icebox Radio.