Step away from the child, you Devil! The police officer levels his gun. The clown hisses and paces side to side along the childs body. I said step away from the child! The police officer chambers his weapon. With that, the clown lunges at the men, screaming like a wounded animal. His scream, blood curdling, as if coming from the mouth of Hell itself. Two shots, one striking the clowns right shoulder, the other blowing a chunk out of his right knee. The screaming clown hits the floor with a sickening thud. One man grabs the little girl. Shes breathing! The other men try to subdue the thrashing and screaming clown. A long and bloody struggle ensues. The men tie the clown and back away.

Take off his mask! one of the men shouts. The clown jerks his head back and forth, struggling against the ropes, blood spurting from his knee. The police officer kicks the bloody clown in the face, snapping his head backward and rolling him onto his back. The police officer stands over the clown, grasping the horse hair sewn into the top of the leather mask. With a firm, quick yank the mask is pulled off of the clown. A gasp from the men. Megan screams and tries to close her eyes but cannot. A horribly-deformed face slides out from beneath the mask. The clowns head is unusually small, his offset jaw and gnarled mouth full of broken teeth, large black eyes bulging from their sockets. Another gravely scream comes from the twisted, deformed clown. The little girl regains consciousness. To Megans surprise, the child is calm and doesnt seem afraid. A large man approaches the police officer. Lets hang this bastard, John. The police officer shakes his head and looks at the deformed clown on the floor. I dont know, Hal. If word gets out, theyll hang us. Hes not human, John...look at im. Its just not right. To hell its not, John! This animal has killed children throughout the whole state! Well hang im and bury im. No one will ever know. The police officer takes one last look at the clown and walks out of the house. Megan watches as he walks past her.

The large man wraps a noose around the clowns neck. Two men drag the choking and grunting clown into the back yard. Megan and the little girl are left alone in the house. The child quietly walks to the back room of the house. Megan joins her at a small, broken window. Megan can see the men through the open door of an old barn at the back of the property. The men throw the rope over a beam. At the other end of the rope, the clown writhes and screams. The horrible screams send chills down Megans spine. With one quick jerk, the men hoist the gagging and kicking clown up, framed perfectly by the open door. The dying clown struggles and kicks violently, his eyes bulge from their sockets, his swollen tongue protrudes from his mouth. The bloody clown falls limp, swinging back and forth.