Ray grunted in reply to the girl's gratitude, and started putting the fliers up. Every so often he glanced up to make sure no one was watching him. He was cool with helping the girl, but he didn't want people thinking he was some aggressively passionate cause-fighter his first month at a new school....

Ray watched for a second as the girl went diligently back to her duties. Whatever she had been saying before was all news to him. She might as well have been speaking French. Or Klingon. Something like that. Still looking to kill some time, Ray fell into step beside her, and while she wasn't paying ...

The girl, in contrast to Ray, seemed to had plenty to say. He kept his gaze on her, a slightly amused smile on his face while she went off into her schpiel about whales and Japan or something or other. He admired how impassioned she seemed to be about it, so he figured he keep humoring her. When she...

Ray was leaning against the door of his car at this point, folding his arms as he watched. The girl had asked him a question. He almost hadn't expected her to acknowledge him, and he wasn't ready to talk. Not that he ever really was. He was bad at talking. That was why he wrestled. No team to commun...

Ray had been grateful that Minnesota was pretty close to Michigan, at least in climate. He didn't think he would have done well trying to adjust to a major climate change. It was early September, and it was still somewhat warm. A blessing; the heat in Ray's Buick had gone out, and he didn't want to ...

Ray hated overtime periods. He'd only been in a handful his whole wrestling career. Usually he ended his matches long before that, whether by pinfall or technical fall. As someone who'd been wrestling since he was five, Ray was good enough to never tie with anyone. Almost good enough. This kid, Albe...

She was on her back. The sky filled her vision. Lily still hurt, but it wasn't as bad Shock? as she thought. She felt better, though. Like she'd finally done something right. Minimalism. She's 13. Her mom missed her birthday. "Where's mom?" "Had to work late again, honey. She's on dea...

Lily stopped, the blade that Jackie held seemingly impeding her progress. Lily didn't seem to acknowledge it, though, didn't look at it. She just kept reaching in her bag. "There appeared to be signs of a struggle. One of the girls had apparently attempted to fend off Maclaughlin with a bladed ...

Lily had nothing to say, still struck mute by what had transpired in the woods. The words had died in her throat after "Hey". She didn't even respond until one of the girls (Annaliese? Yeah, that's it) asked if she was bleeding. For the first time, Lily looked down at her own clothes. It w...

((Lily Maclaughlin continued from Hearing is Believing )) Follow intrepid reporter Lily Maclaughlin as she risks her life to bring you the story in her three-part special: Bloodsport; Teen Gladiators, Followed by the ABC movie of the week. Lily didn't know how long she ran, just that she had to put ...

Ray was all too happy to oblige when the girl demanded they leave, screaming in French or Spanish or German or Pig Latin or whatever the fuck it was she was screaming in. In fact, Annaliese wasn't moving fast enough as he turned to start tearing ass down the mountain. "We are getting the FUCK o...

Ok. Alright. Ray had gauged how fucked up Kris was. Suffice to say that the gauge had gone way past the high point and had broken. All the stuff he'd seen on this island so far, from Charlotte and Jaclyn killing each other, to that fundamentalist cracking the track star with the stick, even Alex att...

Well, that's something. The girl answered Ray's question in the affirmative...he...he thought? She told him to tread careful, and he wasn't quite sure what that meant. After all the shit he'd been through so far, treading careful to him might've meant stomping a mudhole out on her face. But again, ...

((Raymond Dawson continued from The Magi )) It's 1999. Ray is freshly 10, Alicia is 7. The pair are walking home from school. Ray, anyway. He pushes his sister's wheelchair, making sure to skirt patches of ice. It's winter, but it's a surprisingly mild day for Michigan. The pavement of the sidewalk ...

((Raymond Dawson continued from Monsters )) The group was almost too late to make their escape from the island, though Ray, fresh from grieving, had barely noticed. He had been nearly numb after leaving behind the bodies of two more sisters? classmates and friends, as much as the rest of the group h...