“Geez Mark how many times do I have to tell you to take out the trash?” The manager said to Mark. The 15 year old kid was no where in sight of the pizza parlor. It was a late night and there weren’t any customers. “Mark?”

He said again. He walked by the freezer and it quickly swung open.

He placed a hand over his heart. “God you almost gave me a heart attack. And you still haven’t taken out the trash.”

“Ugh sorry but I told you I’d be in the freezer for a while Kevin.”

The manager rolled his eyes. “ It’s sir to you. “

Mark shrugged. “Whatever.”

They both jumped when they suddenly heard a clash in the dining room.

“Can you see what that is?” The manager asked.

“Yeah sure.” Mark mumbled. He walked out of the kitchen. The manager had decided to take out the garbage himself. He lifted the garbage bag from the can. He stopped and realized there was complete silence. “Mark!” It was dead silent in the pizza shop. He became more frustrated with Mark and didn’t understand why he wasn’t responding to him. “Damn why in hell is he not responding? He couldn’t have left.” He said out loud to himself. He left the garage bag on the floor and poked his head around the corner. The manager was surprised that Mark wasn’t in the dining area.

Then he heard the bathroom door swing open in the short hallway. He knew it was Mark but after a few minutes the kid didn’t appear. The manager was confused and he decided to check out the bathroom. He had his army knife so he was safe. He entered the dark hallway and opened the bathroom door. It immediately smelled horrendous. “Mark!” He shouted. For a brief moment he saw blood underneath the bathroom stall door. But then the blood disappeared. He grew uneasy as he felt his hands clam up. He nervously closed the bathroom door. “ I’m tired and I’m just seeing things.”

He saw Mark standing at the end of the hallway. Mark stared at him with an empty expression on his face. “What the hell are you doing Mark?” Mark continued to stare at him. Then Mark ran full force at him with a knife and yelled, “You won’t get away with it!”

Suddenly the manager woke up in his store. It seemed that he had fallen asleep from chopping up onions. He had never stayed over night at his store before. He realized he smelled something putrid in the shop. He felt his body shake as he realized the smell was coming from the freezer. He felt his teeth tighten and he slowly opened the freezer door. His jaw dropped immediately. Mark lay in his own pool of blood. His heart was racing hard in his chest.

The store was going to open soon and Mark had been mysteriously murdered. Before calling police he decided to check the cameras himself. The manager played the night back starting from 8:00 pm. He played it forward and he saw how upset he was getting with Mark. He refused to do his job correctly. He didn’t remember any of this. He watched Mark go into the freezer. On camera he picked a sharp knife and walked into the freezer with it. Moments later he walked out of the freezer with blood on the knife. He could barely stand as he tried to comprehend all of this. “ I don’t remember murdering Mark.”

“Oh but you did.” He quickly turned around. He couldn’t believe who he was staring at. He was face to face with himself except this version of himself looked evil. He had a giant grin on his face.

“Who are you?” Then he watched himself shape shift into Mark. The creature took a step towards him.

“I was your shape shifting friend when we were kids. You drew me and I became real but you forgot all about me.” He said in a dark monotones voice.

“R- Ronny?”

Ronny was his real imaginary friend. They had done everything together until Kevin reached high school. He abandoned his friend to hang out with the art kids. He hadn’t thought about Ronny in years.

“I decided to get back at you for forgetting about me. Have fun going to jail for murder.”

The manager was in shock as he watched Ronny disappear. But he quickly decided to cover everything and destroy the tapes.