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A young boy blindfolded and trapped in a box-
A mangled body hanging from a treehouse-
A terrified little girl with blood splattered on her face-
Heiji and another teen hanging off a cliffside-
A different boy pale and unconscious in a hospital-
An explosion and the ground shaking from something big-
A stone angel just barely visible at the end of a manor hall-
A montage of bodies of all types and deaths, until a pattern of fatal gunshot wounds can be recognized.
The video straightens out. Heiji is standing in an entryway. It's dark, the only light coming from a room beyond the stairs. The shadows shift just outside Heiji's view, as if creatures are writhing in the darkness. A realistic looking statue of a crow rested on the knob at the end of the stair railing, black eyes glittering as if watching. Waiting.
Heiji moved down the hall. The expression on his face implied that he knew what was coming, and he hated it, even while it hoped it wasn't true. He approached the door and pushed it open. The light came from the fireplace, a dim fire dying in the ashes. The rest of the room was fuzzy, details unnoticed in light of the body in the middle of the floor; almost unrecognizable beneath the blood. Blood was everywhere. He knew it was more than the human body could actually produce, but that didn't he register in his mind as he approached. The firelight splashed across the fresh blood.
The detective covers his mouth as he recognizes the body. He staggers a step back and opens his mouth to say something, or scream.
The sound of a crow SCREAMS across the video just before it cuts out*