Chapter 11: The In Between

Aaron Mahnke (0:00)

A small town with secrets hidden for centuries.

SPEAKER_2 (0:03)

You turn up in Danville, just as the town sees its first real crime in decades.

Aaron Mahnke (0:07)

And a curious stranger who may be their only chance for survival.

Cheryl Umania (0:11)

I'm talking about the murder and disappearance in small town New Hampshire, what do you think?

Aaron Mahnke (0:15)

This is Consumed, an all new supernatural audio thriller inspired by the novel by Aaron Mahnke.

Cheryl Umania (0:21)

I did not wake up this morning prepared to deal with forces beyond my understanding.

Alan Tudyk (0:25)

Please, I call that breakfast.

Aaron Mahnke (0:27)

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Misha Collins (0:55)

Who's there? Who's there?

Melissa Ponzio (1:00)

Where?

Misha Collins (1:02)

Hello?

SPEAKER_2 (1:06)

Wait, is this really...

Melissa Ponzio (1:08)

Is this real?

Alan Tudyk (1:09)

My God, am I really here? Is that really you?

SPEAKER_2 (1:14)

Matt?

Alan Tudyk (1:15)

Jeremy?

Melissa Ponzio (1:16)

Thomas. Oh, Thomas.

Alan Tudyk (1:19)

Ann?

Melissa Ponzio (1:22)

I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew that you were still out there.

Alan Tudyk (1:26)

I knew you would find me. I...

Misha Collins (1:30)

Wait, how is this possible?

Alan Tudyk (1:32)

Jeremy's son.

Misha Collins (1:37)

Look at you. I don't understand.

Cheryl Umania (1:39)

I knew it.

Misha Collins (1:42)

This can't be real, right? This is something that Celeste did.

You're... He's solid. He's... Yeah. How are you here?

Alan Tudyk (1:55)

Dad, it's me.

Melissa Ponzio (1:57)

Yeah.

Alan Tudyk (1:58)

It's really me.

Melissa Ponzio (2:00)

I never stopped looking, Thomas.

And these past few months, I thought that I could hear you, you know? I was really trying to listen.

Alan Tudyk (2:10)

I knew you'd never stop.

Melissa Ponzio (2:11)

Never. Never.

SPEAKER_2 (2:13)

I'm just so sorry it took me this long.

Alan Tudyk (2:15)

Oh, you won't.

Misha Collins (2:16)

What does all of this mean?

Melissa Ponzio (2:18)

Where...

Misha Collins (2:20)

Where have you been?

Aaron Mahnke (2:22)

How are you... How are you...

SPEAKER_9 (2:24)

Are you alive?

Alan Tudyk (2:25)

I'll explain everything. I promise. As much as I can, anyway. I'd love to get out of this lake first and find...

What is that? We have to get out of here. But...

SPEAKER_9 (2:42)

Well, Celeste...

Where is she? Celeste!

Alan Tudyk (2:45)

Celeste from...

Melissa Ponzio (2:45)

Yes, from the old gathering case.

Alan Tudyk (2:49)

She traded places with me. She what? I mean, she must have. That's how I...

We have to go. What? Wait, wait, wait. It was all a blur, but I think...

I think... I think I'm not the only one that got out.

Sabra May (3:46)

Okay, that's another dead end. One other incident of symbols relating to a lost person in 80 years.

Why Ethan? Yeah?

Karan Soni (4:05)

Olivia?

Sabra May (4:06)

Fippen.

Karan Soni (4:07)

Hey, sorry, can I?

Sabra May (4:09)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, come on in. How are you?

Karan Soni (4:14)

What are you?

Sabra May (4:18)

You first.

Karan Soni (4:19)

How are you doing?

How's Ethan? I heard about him.

Sabra May (4:23)

Yeah, it was, he's okay. I mean, no, he's not. He's healthy, though, he's safe.

They let him out this afternoon, and I don't know, my parents are still in complete freakout mode.

Karan Soni (4:36)

Yeah, they seemed a bit frazzled when they opened the door.

Sabra May (4:41)

My dad is taking Ethan to our grandparents in Winchester. He needs a break from this whole place, I guess.

My dad can work from wherever, so they're just gonna stay there for a little while until Ethan. Vippen, we still don't understand what happened. I've been scraping through message board posts and digital archives, and I can't find anything recent that's close to what happened to Ethan, so I just...

Karan Soni (5:07)

Hey, hey, hey, I know, but he's safe, and he's caught his big sister and his grandmother on the case. I mean, if anyone can figure it out, it is the Becker Hoskins.

Sabra May (5:21)

Anyway, what's up? What are you doing here?

Karan Soni (5:26)

Oh, right. Um, have you talked to Anne recently?

Sabra May (5:31)

No, I haven't talked to her since the hospital last night.

Karan Soni (5:36)

Well, something kind of strange happened earlier. So, you remember Katie Franks?

Alan Tudyk (5:52)

Wow, I can't believe you still live here.

Melissa Ponzio (5:56)