It takes some digging, but you find it in an sack in the corner. The bat feels heavy in your hand. Like it could do some real damage if you needed it to.
"Where do you want to meet?" you ask the others.
"We shouldn't be in the same place," Diego replies. "It only comes after people who are alone. I'll go to the woods."
"Ugh. All right," Anuja says. "I'll go to the beach near my house."
"I'll go to the parking lot where that old drugstore used to be," Addy says.
Kirill texts back next. "I'll go to the woods near me then, which should be far enough away from Diego."