Beyond the Gates Page #5

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Oh, yeah.

Hey, uh,

be sure to lock the door.

Yeah, sure thing.

Dad would kill me

if he found it open.

- What?

- Sorry.

Oh, that was a, uh..

Yeah.

Yeah.

Hm.

Ahem. Have a good night.

Yeah, you too.

Goodnight.

Dad?

Help me.

Holy sh*t!

- Jesus. Hey.

- Uh.

- Hey.

- Ah..

What happened?

You were sleepwalking.

Oh. Hey, guys, I really think

someone was in here.

- What?

- Hey.

- Is everything okay?

- Yeah. Uh..

What are you doing down here?

I thought I heard something movin' around.

This was on the mantle.

- Did you remember

to lock the door?

- Yeah.

Hey, man.

Thanks for coming out.

How are ya?

Well, honestly, I've been better.

Listen, I'm still on the clock,

I don't have a lot of time

so if we could go pretty quick here.

- Hey, John.

- Officer.

- You must be Margot.

Nice to meet you.i/

You too.

- Right, so, uh, this is it.

- Yeah.

Let's take a look at this thing.

There was some

really weird sh*t on there

when we watched--

Where did you say

you found this again?

Our dad's back office.

Well, for future reference,

you might not wanna get

your fingerprints all over it.

That's besides the point now

I guess. Pop it in.

That's her.

Hm?

It's just

a bunch of wavy static.

What?

Dude, she's right there.

The blond lady

with the big eyes

staring out at us?

Are you kidding?

Okay. Okay.

It's a great joke, guys.

Had a shitty night,

but that's a great joke.

It's not a joke.

Look, uh, maybe you need

to take a break from this

for a while.

Take yourself

on a small vacation.

Just call me

if you find anything else.

Wait, wait.

H-how how's that possible?

How is that possible? I mean,

you saw that, right, Margot?

Yes, of course.

What was the last thing

she said?

The, the four keys await us

or something.

Well, there's four keys

on the board.

She wants us

to play the game. i/

It's f***ing unbelievable

as that sounds.

I don't think

we've got any other choice.

Okay, so how do we play?

Where's the first key?

The location of the first key i/

will be found on the board. i/

Okay, that's us.

Um, maybe

there's a, a hint in here

or some-- something.

Yeah, well, X marks the spot.

Did you see that?

I think you pissed it off.

Well, look in the box,

maybe there's something else

in here.

Check out that knife.i/

Oh, sh*t,

that's dad's signature.

The Spiral Staircase.

Is that place still open?

Good morning.

How may I assist you?

Uh, we think our father

bought this from your store

a few years ago.

- "Robert Hardesty. 1991."

Well, I'm afraid it's a little

late to make a return.

We were wondering

if you knew where it came from.

That's of no consequence

to either of you.

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