Fifty Six
[Wybie’s not slept for the last few nights, and it’s got nothing to do with the nightmares. He’s still staying with Coraline in her room, trying his best to keep her safe. This whole mess...it’s hitting way too close to home for him, and even though all evidence suggests something else is behind this, he figures it can’t hurt giving a little information up]
I...don't know if this is the same thing, but...I uh...figured it might help. There’s a creature in our world...me and Coraline’s, that steals kids away. Adults can’t see her, and she just...whisks them away to this Other World, to convince them to stay with her forever. She took my great aunt when she was just a kid, and she tried to take Coraline, too.
She’s called the Beldam, sometimes the Other Mother, she can change her form and she’s bad news. She takes kids away and eats their...
[He trails off, as if something has interrupted his train of thought]
How did you...
[Another pause, then, louder]
Coraline, get...get outta here it’s gonna-
[There’s a gasp, then nothing. One more kid down, folks]
I...don't know if this is the same thing, but...I uh...figured it might help. There’s a creature in our world...me and Coraline’s, that steals kids away. Adults can’t see her, and she just...whisks them away to this Other World, to convince them to stay with her forever. She took my great aunt when she was just a kid, and she tried to take Coraline, too.
She’s called the Beldam, sometimes the Other Mother, she can change her form and she’s bad news. She takes kids away and eats their...
[He trails off, as if something has interrupted his train of thought]
How did you...
[Another pause, then, louder]
Coraline, get...get outta here it’s gonna-
[There’s a gasp, then nothing. One more kid down, folks]