Electronic Kill Machine

Payback

Eighteen-year-old Jim Morel was jogging one afternoon, not too long after the murder ordeal he had gone through with his childhood friends was over. He was out in the country air, running, trying to clear his mind.

Jim Morel

Thinking about the future.

In his mind, Jim had turned on his friends. He wanted to forget about the past year and move on.

As he jogged near a secluded area of Norton, Massachusetts, a "big blue car," Jim described, pulled up behind, caught up to him, and stopped.

"Are you Jim Morel?" one of the two guys in the car asked. They were hulking men. Jim had never seen them before.

"Yeah, yeah ... why? What's up?" Jim was sweating. Out of breath.

Jim thought maybe they were old friends. It was getting late in the day. Pretty dark by this point. He couldn't really make out their faces.

According to Jim, however, they were not there to reminisce about the glory days of growing up outside Boston—they were there to hurt him.

Hurt him bad.

One of the guys, Jim said, ran toward him with a "kitchen knife" and started stabbing him in the arm.

"What the heck are you ..." Jim said. He was panicked.

Then the guy went for Jim's face.

He slashed.

And slashed again.

Feeling blood run down his face and arm, Jim took off as fast as he could into the nearby woods, literally running for his life.

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1. Payback
2. The Band
3. Norton
4. Best Friend
5. Different
6. Killing 101
7. Evolution of the Perfect Crime
8. Slackers
9. The Neighbor
10. Dead ... Go Home
11. Dark Christmas
12. Phone Call
13. Scratches
14. Alibi
15. Every Detail
16. Set Up
17. Blueprint for Murder
18. Reaction
19. Crime Scene
20. Autopsy
21. The Con
22. The Family
23. Guilt by Association
24. Breakdown
25. Cash Money
26. High
27. Role Playing
28. Gone
29. Little Sis
30. You Did What?
31. Panic
32. Pandora's Box
33. Murderer
34. The Wire
35. The Sweater
36. Murder Redux
37. The Call
38. Misunderstanding
39. Close Call
40. One Last Time
41. Busted
42. Tough Guy
43. The Chosen One
44. Pillow Case
45. Heartless
46. Conclusion
47. Bloody Jog
48. After Words