[ WP ] A young child stumbles upon a serial killer dumping a body in the woods .

It was n't supposed to happen anymore. The last one was supposed to be just that, the *last* one. 
 
 But like all the dates before now, it went down the same dark and familiar path that led me back here -- dragging a sheet-wrapped moron out of my Honda Civic's tiny trunk. 
 
 You'd think after doing this x amount of times I would have invested in a pickup by now. Instead I foolishly told myself I could stop and each time the *last one* became *the one before the last one* and why do I need a pickup with horrible MPG when he is *the last one*. 
 
 I'll have to buy more carpet cleaner. This one leaked a bit. 
 
 I drop him to the ground and begin dragging him down the small slope that leads deeper into the woods. There's still a bit of worn out path from my last date and I gladly follow it. Soon he'll be with his own kind. 
 
 Normally I would have waited until the next night to dump his corpse, but this idiot not only succeeded in shitting himself but had also thrown up at the sight of his own dismembered toes. And while blood had never bothered me, vomit was something different entirely. 
 
 There is an old abandoned house in the woods. It's got this really weird 70s deco vibe going on and in the back is a giant reservoir - whether the people used to swim or fish or whatever, I do n't know. But it's still full of dark, lifeless water and now, thanks to me, lifeless corpses litter its floor. 
 
 I'm dropping his toes into the water, one by one when a cracking stick makes me whip around. 
 
 `` Nice superman shirt, kid.'' It has a cape attached to it. He has a deadly serious look on his face. He did n't see me with that body. He could n't have seen me. It was still dark then, the sun barely rising when I tossed Hector (? ) into the water. It has to be at least nine now, but it's hard to tell in the woods. 
 
 `` You should n't be out here alone.'' 
 
 `` I live here.'' 
 
 I snort and toss the last toe into the water. To him it probably looks like a rock, that's what I tell myself. I stand and wipe my hands on my jeans. They're dirty, but not obviously bloody. I need to take care of this little shit before I can rest easy tonight. 
 
 `` Listen, kid, no one lives in the middle of the fucking woods. Now why do n't you go home?'' 
 
 `` My dad lives here.'' 
 
 Something's not right. A chill runs up my spine. 
 
 `` No one's lived here for years.'' I gesture to the house. It's in pieces. 
 
 The kid shakes his head and then nods to the water behind me. 
 
 `` You gave him a new home here.'' 
 
 That does n't make sense. 
 
 -- - 
 
 `` Peter! Mom said we got ta be home before 11!'' 
 
 I ca n't stop Michael from seeing me but I need to finish what I started. 
 
 I never knew her name. I should have made her say her name, so I at least had someone real to hate. 
 
 `` Peter, I do n't like this game anymore…'' 
 
 I ignore my younger brother. He could n't possibly understand what I'm doing to this woman, knocking her out was the easy step but tying weights to her limbs was proving to be much harder. 
 
 `` You're scaring me…'' 
 
 `` Just a bit of harmless fun,'' I drag her up into a sitting position. Her mouth is stuffed with some of the bed sheet her last victim had been wrapped in. Fitting. `` Remember, you ca n't tell anyone what we've done.'' 
 
 `` But what if…'' 
 
 `` No! Not anyone.'' Her eyes are fluttering open just as I'm finishing tying the last weight to her chest. Panic sets in as she realizes what I'm about to do and I smile. `` Say hello to my dad for me.'' 
 
 With a little shove she tips over and into the black water. I only see her pale face for a moment before she disappears into the murk. Bubbles rise and the water thrashes violently but I do n't have time to watch her drown. Michael ca n't see that. 
 
 `` C'mon,'' I hold out my hand to him and we start back up the path. 
 
 `` Where did dad actually go?'' 
 
 `` Same place she's going.'' 
 
 He pulls a face. He does n't understand. 
 
 `` Listen, sometimes bad people have bad things happen to them. Kinda like when Superman catches them, they go to jail. I thought you wanted to be like Superman?'' 
 
 `` I do!'' 
 
 `` Then next time you wo n't follow me out here, will you?''
