Arabella Vacker

Arabella Vacker was a main character in the Triangle Kidnapping series. Generally considered the coldest and cruelest of the Original Three, Arabella was selfish and willing to sacrifice anyone for the sake of her own survival.

## History

### Childhood

Arabella grew up in a broken household. Her mother and father constantly fought around her, and both were prone to dangerous habits and behaviors. Her father spent much of his time out of the house, was a frequent binge-drinker, and cheated on her mother often. Arabella's mother took her rage and frustration out on her daughter, which started as verbal torment but quickly escalated into physical abuse. Once Arabella was in her pre-teens, she would escape her mother by staying out of the house for days at a time, sleeping over with friends or hiding out in her backyard. When Arabella was thirteen, the abuse was reported by her best friend's mom and Arabella was sent to live with her aunt. Around this time, Arabella began to develop symptoms of bi-polar schizoaffective disorder (although the validity of this diagnosis is heavy debated). Her aunt quickly sent Arabella to therapy and placed her on medication, in addition to giving her the love and support her parents failed to provide.

Arabella went to a public school all the way through seventh grade, which she attended alongside Zara Morais and Luna Spade, although she knew neither personally. She attended a private school after being place with her aunt and was starting her senior year when she was kidnapped.

### The Triangle Kidnapping

Arabella Vacker was the last of the Original Three to be kidnapped. She was taken on October fourth by Dave Richardson, a dangerous man who was completing the Solstice Ritual to re-establish his leadership role within the cult. Arabella was kidnapped outside her therapist's office (where Dave Richardson worked as a janitor) and quickly taken to Dave's cabin in the woods, where she was drugged and thrown into a basement cell alongside two other girls, Zara Morais and Luna Spade. The girls met Carter Richardson, Dave's son, the next morning when Carter delivered food to the girls. Arabella hatched a plan to befriend the abused Carter and convince him to help her, Luna, and Zara out of their cells. Before her plan can be set into action, Zara, who unbeknownst to the other girls or their kidnappers was an alcoholic, experienced intense withdrawal symptoms and had a seizure. Arabella and Luna did their best to help Zara through her seizure, and then discussed the motives behind their capture. Coming to no real conclusions, the girls slept the rest of the night. Carter delivered food again the next day and Arabella clued the other girls in on her plan, nominating herself to be the one who manipulated Carter. This was the first real sign that Arabella was not the gentle, friendly girl she seemed to be. Later that day, Jade Richardson, Carter's older and much more sadistic brother, came down to their cells and threatened each of the girls, settling on Luna, who she beat savagely to break the spirits of the kidnapped teens. The next morning, Arabella fully set her plan into motion and began to befriend Carter, securing pain medication for the injured Luna.

Over the next couple of weeks, Arabella continued to manipulate Carter in addition to manipulating Luna and Zara, convincing Luna that Zara might be dangerous and that she and Luna should be allies. Arabella was also periodically taken out of her cell to be psychologically broken down in various ways by Dave, to weaken her mind for the ritual. This only sometimes worked, as much of the information Dave had in Arabella's file was incorrect, since she didn't actually have schizoaffective disorder. As the days went by, Arabella and Zara developed an uneasy rivalry, oftentimes attempting to slander the other and convince Luna to believe their side of the story.

Eventually, the girls grew tired of waiting for Carter to help them and decided to take a more active approach, electing Arabella (who claimed to be a crack shot) to attempt to steal Carter's hand gun from him. When Carter delivered their next meal, Arabella attacked him and stole his gun, threatening him. Arabella nearly shot him in an adrenaline-fueled daze but was stopped by the other girls. Carter pleaded for his life by convincing Arabella that they needed his help to avoid the cult members in the woods and escape the property. She agreed, promised to keep him alive, and forced him to let Zara and Luna out of their cells. However, Arabella quickly broke her promise once Carter provided information and broke the girls out of the basement. She killed Carter in the main cabin after he admitted the girls could likely get out of the woods themselves, as there was a main road only a mile or so away. Zara and Luna were shocked and unnerved by Arabella's cold heartedness, though she claimed she killed Carter to avoid him calling for help once they were outside the cabin. However, Zara and Luna decide to go along with Arabella, believing she can deliver them to safety.

The girls traveled through the woods, wary of what could be hiding in the trees and of Arabella's violent actions. They only made it about halfway through the forest when they were caught by the cult, who quickly grabbed Luna and Zara. Arabella was left alone in the middle as she waved the gun around, keeping the cult members away. When one of the cult members pointed out that Arabella could not kill all of them with the bullets in the gun, Arabella was briefly unsure of what to do. However, Arabella quickly realized that all the girls would need to be alive for the ritual to be completed, and so she shot Luna in the stomach. Later, Arabella would claim that she was only attempting to injure Luna to postpone the ritual, but that has been speculated to be completely untrue and likely a lie to preserve Arabella's reputation as a good person. Luna died in a matter of minutes, infuriating Dave and shocking Zara. Arabella's plan worked, though, as the ritual was postponed for another week.

The next morning, Zara confronted Arabella about Luna's murder, to which Arabella broke down and exclaimed she was only trying to injure Luna and felt incredibly guilty about her death. Zara mostly seemed to believe her. When Zara was later tempted by Jade with a bag full of Jack Daniels, Arabella attempted to convince her not to indulge in her addiction, showing she might have actually cared about the other girl. When Zara chose to drink, Arabella expressed disappointment and changed her attitude entirely, perhaps seeing Zara as weak.

The next day, Dave delivered a new girl to replace Luna, Rory Lieden. Arabella quickly began to manipulate Rory while Zara was incapacitated, establishing herself as a kind, motherly figure to Rory. She made up lies about Zara, proclaiming her to be dangerous and advising Rory not to listen to anything Zara said. When Zara eventually became sober enough to talk to Rory, Arabella started an argument to make Zara appear like the bad guy, and when Zara brought up Luna's murder Arabella labeled it as a lie and sobbed to Rory.

Arabella was later drugged by Jade through her food, though she quickly made herself vomit to avoid dying. She was genuinely surprised by this and wondered why Jade didn't seem to care about keeping the girls alive. Arabella quickly used this incident to her advantage, eating Rory's food while she was asleep and claiming that she flushed it down the toilet to avoid Rory being drugged.

A week or so after Arabella was drugged, she decided Zara was too dangerous to have around while she was trying to manipulate Rory, since Zara knew the truth about Luna's death. She attempted to murder Zara by strangling her through the bars of their respective cells, which resulted in Zara stabbing Arabella with a shard of glass. The girls are both medically treated by Dave and Jade before being left in their cells once again.

Arabella and Zara are later both confronted by Rory, who mediated the troubles between them long enough for the girls to try and think of a new escape plan. Before they can figure out what to do, all three of them are taken to a new area of the woods, where they are locked in a stone box and left until sunset. While trapped, Zara and Rory apologized to each other and the three girls decided to maintain an uneasy truce.

During the ritual, Arabella was nearly possessed by her demon. However, a possessed Rory ruined the ritual by causing Floyd, a member of the cult, to kill himself gruesomely. That provided a distraction, allowing Arabella to break out of her bindings and rescue Zara from hers. When the ritual failed and Rory broke free from the demon's influence, the three girls ran for their lives through the woods, hearing police sirens coming from the road in the distance. When Arabella fell and nearly gave up on her escape, Zara helped her run the rest of the way, and the two girls escaped as a team.

## Quotes

"What do we all have in common?" - *Arabella discussing the kidnappers' motives with Zara and Luna.*

"*Stop crying.* If we give up now, we are never getting out. I can't do this on my own, so I need you to help me come up with a plan." - *Arabella talking to Luna (and Zara) while in their cells.*

"I know exactly how to get under people's skin." - *Arabella to Zara and Luna, in reference to manipulating Carter.*

"My friend... she's in a lot of pain. Do you have anything to help?" - *Arabella to Carter, in an attempt to secure pain medication for Luna.*

"My parents don't matter to me." - *Arabella, to Dave.*

"I'm a great shot." - *Arabella to Zara.*

"Start talking. Tell me why you shouldn't die right here, right now." - *Arabella to Carter while holding him at gunpoint.*

"Come on, let's get out of here. You heard what he said--it's easy from here." - *Arabella to Zara and Luna after shooting Carter.*

"*Try me!*" - *Arabella shouting at Dave and the other cult members while brandishing the gun.*

"I wasn't trying to kill her. I didn't mean to hit her there." - *A tearful Arabella explaining to Zara what happened with Luna.*

"Zara, you'll never understand the amount of pain I feel over her death. It's something I'll never be able to forget, trust me. But you have to understand--we are still here. You and I, we're still alive. We still have a chance to get home." - *Arabella to Zara, in reference to Luna's murder.*

"Oh, that's Zara. She's a little... unpredictable. If you ask me, she's a little dangerous, too. I'd be careful around her." - *Arabella to a newly arrived Rory, referring to an unconscious Zara.*

"Please, please, please stop saying that. Zara, you *know* I didn't k-kill her. I don't- I don't want to talk about her, I can't- I just can't believe she's gone, and..." - *A crying Arabella, arguing with Zara in front of Rory about Luna's death.*

"I didn't *murder* anyone!" - *Arabella screaming at Zara during one of their worst arguments.*

"I know we have our issues, you and I. We disagree on how far to go to survive. But right now we can't let that get in our way. If we keep fighting, we aren't making it out, and neither is Rory, who unlike you and I is *actually* blameless." - *Arabella attempting to reason with Zara.*

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry about Luna. About everything." - *Arabella to Zara right before the ritual.*

"Did you *send this?*" - *Arabella to Zara, in reference to the picture of a deceased Luna and the note.*

"Yahh!" - *Arabella lighting one of the demon wolves on fire with a torch.*

"That kid is a drug addict? Isn't she like, twelve?" - *Arabella talking about Jannie.*

"I'm afraid it can't wait. Your sink water has been contaminated. We didn't want to alarm you, but a couple rats drowned in the water tank a half hour ago. We need to inspect and clean your system before any of the water is consumed." - *Arabella lying to Nathan to convince him to buzz her, Zara, and Jannie up to his apartment.*

"Yeah, we're buddies from high school." - *Arabella to Nathan in reference to Rory.*

"Deidre, do you have any guns?" - *Arabella to Dee-Dee in hopes of fighting off the demon wolves.*

"I never *wanted* to hurt anyone. I don't like hurting people." - *Arabella to Zara.*

"On *drugs!*" - *Arabella, in fake shock, pretending to be Jannie's mother on the phone.*

"We're *back.*" - *Arabella after Rory brought them back to the location of the Triangle Kidnapping.*

"I have made many bad choices... but she's the one I regret the most." - *Arabella to Nathan, in reference to Luna.*

"Every day." - *Arabella answering Sadie after the girl asks if she regrets killing Luna.*

"I'm so sorry, Luna. I'd take it back a million times over if I could." - *Arabella to Luna's ghost.*

## Trivia

* Arabella's original name was Aspen Vacker; however, this was changed after it was made fun of by the author's friends
* Arabella was the second character to speak in The Triangle Kidnapping series
* Arabella was the only main character who can be labeled a murderer (for the killing of Luna Spade and Carter Richardson)
* Arabella likely didn't have schizoaffective disorder like she claimed, as many of her "symptoms" were likely faked--in actuality, she likely had anti-social personality disorder and suffered from a lack of empathy and an inflated sense of self-worth