User blog:The Noah Killer/The Noah Killer's Strangest Reasons Why to Scream

Plot and Setting
One year after the second murder spree, the survivors are trying to move on. However, when a familiar face returns to town, the final chapter of the Author's saga begins, and the survivors are plucked off, one by one.

Episode 1: Beginning of the End Part 1
After a year of peace, Liberty is plunged into chaos once again when the Author murders several people, but one manages to escape.

Episode 2: Beginning of the End Part 2
Learning about the brutal night of murders, the survivors deal with the possibility of a new killing spree. The Author kidnaps two survivors, confirming their suspicions.

Episode 3: Broken
The Author brutally tortures his captive survivors. The others band together to try and rescue their friends, but are too late to stop the horror.

Episode 4: Researchers and Mourners
After the brutal murders of Emily and Eleven, the survivors mourn for their losses. Meanwhile, Alfred gets out of the hospital and researches the Duval murder spree.

Episode 5: Broken 2.0
Alfred continues to make progress in solving the Author’s identity. However, displeased with the investigation, the Author murders his next survivor.

Episode 6: The True Final Girl
Marco goes on a solo mission and finds shocking connections to the past. Meanwhile, the Author makes a move that will change everything.

Episode 7: Battle Plan
Four days after Nancy’s death, the Author prepares for his final showdown, kidnapping the remaining survivors one by one, until only one remains.

Episode 8: The Author’s Secret
With his master plan finally in place, the Author arranges a final showdown with the last remaining survivor, in which all remaining secrets of the past six stories will be unraveled.

Episode 1: Beginning of the End Part 1
We open at nighttime on five teens: Oswald, his girlfriend Barbara, Jane, and brothers Eli and Alfred Turner. The group are telling jokes and laughing. The teens go inside and say hi to the clerk, Larry, before walking up to their rooms. Oswald and Barbara have one room, Alfred and Eli have another, and Jane has her own. Oswald and Barbara kiss, with Oswald saying that tonight will be fun. Barbara agrees, and they go onto the bed to make out. They take off their shirts, unaware that a dark figure is in the shadows.

As Oswald and Barbara have sex, with Barbara on top, the figure unveils a pointy spear, which he impales through Barbara’s chest. Barbara is dead. The spear pierces through Oswald’s chest as well, but he is not fully dead yet. Noticing this, the figure impales the spear through him again, this time through the head. Oswald is dead. At this point, it becomes clear who the figure is, the killer we’ve come to know: the Author, who decides that he needs a bathroom break before he continues.

Meanwhile, Jane is in her room preparing to go to bed. She gets into her pajamas, but decides that she needs to go to the bathroom first. After Jane goes inside a stall, she hears the Author, who is in the stall next to her, muttering something unheard. Curious, Jane puts her ear against the stall. As she listens in, Jane hears the Author saying “No eavesdropping” and is stabbed in the ear through the wall. Jane is dead.

We then cut to Eli and Alfred, now the only teens left. They are talking about Alfred’s relationship with Nancy. Alfred says that he never thought that he would date a final girl of a murder spree before. Eli says that Alfred is one lucky guy and a final girl like Nancy is “as hot as hell” After laughing at the joke, Alfred says they should be going to bed right about now. Eli agrees, but before they can, they get a knock on the door. Eli goes to get it, while Alfred watches.

When Eli opens the door, he finds the Author on the other side. An unintimidated Eli asks him “Who the hell are you supposed to be?” The Author response is to decapitate Eli with a machete. Eli Turner, brother of Alfred Turner, is dead. Alfred is horrified when he sees this. The Author runs toward him, but Alfred jumps off the bed and runs out the door. Alfred opens the elevator door and presses the button to get to the lobby. Before the Author can enter the elevator, it closes.

The Author rushes down the stairs to intercept Alfred at the lobby. When he arrives, Larry notices him and says there are no costumes allowed at this hotel, only to have a knife thrown into his forehead. Alfred then arrives at the lobby and the Author turns his attention to him, stabbing him in the shoulder. Alfred headbutts the Author and kicks him in the stomach. He runs outside, where he finds two guards.

Alfred runs up to them and tries to explain the situation. They think it’s a prank until Alfred shows them his stab wound as proof. Convinced, the guards tell Alfred to get in their car while they go investigate, but before they can, the Author runs up with the machete. He grabs the guard facing away from him and stabs him in the throat, killing him. Before the other can shoot, the Author kicks him in the leg, causing him to fall. The Author then slits the guard’s throat, killing him too.

While this is happening, Alfred uses the distraction to run away to the road. Alfred notices a car passing by and flags it down for help. The driver is revealed to be Jessica, who was in the process of a nightly stroll in her car. She asks him what’s wrong, and he points at the Author, who is trying to catch up. Recognizing the Author, Jessica lets him get in the car and they drive off. The Author chases the car momentarily before stopping. He clearly didn’t expect Alfred, who he calls persistent, to escape.

The Author then walks away. In the car, Alfred tells Jessica to drive him to the hospital, showing his stab wound to her. When Jessica asks for his name, which he gives, she realizes this is Nancy’s boyfriend and drives off to the hospital. We cut to the next morning at the hospital. Alfred is being treated by doctors for his stab wound. After the treatment is finished, Marco, who knows Alfred because of his relationship with Nancy, arrives to ask him some questions, if he’s in the mood.

Although sad, Alfred agrees to answer him. Marco asks Alfred to tell him what he saw at the hotel. Alfred explains that he saw Eli, a clerk and two guards get murdered. He tells him that other teens, all friends of his, there with him. When Alfred gives Marco their names, asking if any survived, Marco informs him that teenage bodies were found with those exact descriptions. Alfred is stunned and saddened that his friends and brother are all dead.

Marco says that they can stop now if he wants, understanding if he’s too sad to continue. Alfred says that he’ll continue for a couple more. Marco asks him for a description of the assailant. Alfred describes him as a figure completely dressed in black, and he fits in with the darkness well. He recalls that the figure used a machete and knife to kill the victims that he saw. Marco recognizes this as the Author and says that’s all he needs. He tells Alfred that he’s sorry for his losses.

Alfred thanks him and says that Nancy has a good father. Marco thanks him and leaves. As he walks off, Marco says to himself that this cannot be happening again. We cut to the abandoned school, where the Author is by himself. He hangs up six pictures on a wall. Above them, it reads “Pairs to kidnap” The three pairs are Eleven and Emily, Jessica and Alex, and Marco and Spencer. The Author contemplates which pair to kidnap next episode. Before we see the decision, we smash to black.

Episode 2: Beginning of the End Part 2
We open on Nancy, Sarah and Alex, who are walking home from school. They are wondering why Jessica and Alfred were not present for school today. Just then, Marco runs up to them. Nancy asks Marco why he’s in the middle of the neighborhood, as she always walks home. Marco asks them if they heard what happened last night. They shake their heads. Marco tells them about the hotel massacre, with Alfred being saved by Jessica. Sarah says that’s horrible and asks if they know who did it.

Marco explains that Alfred’s description of the assailant directly matches the Author, in a completely black outfit. The teens look at each other, with Nancy asking if the murders are happening again. Marco nods, and Nancy asks where Alfred is. We then cut to the hospital, where Spencer and Nancy are visiting Alfred, who is hugged by Nancy. She says that she is so sorry about Eli and it’s all her fault. Alfred says that it’s not Nancy’s fault, just the Author’s.

Spencer gives Alfred a box containing some cupcakes for him. Alfred thanks Spencer, telling Nancy that she has a great mother. As he eats a cupcake, Alfred asks Nancy who the Author is and what he wants, not knowing to much about him as he only recently started dating her. Nancy and Spencer explain that the Author is the true mastermind of the murder sprees and is most likely back to finish the job.

When the ladies mention the Duval killing spree, Alfred says he’s heard of that, asking how the Author is connected to that. Nancy and Spencer explain that the Author is the second child of Maggie and Kevin, the killers back then. Alfred reveals that he has a “connection” to what happened back then. Spencer asks Alfred what it is. He asks if it can wait until he gets out of the hospital, as he doesn’t like to talk about it and is still mourning for his brother. Spencer and Nancy agree to wait until then.

After they leave, Alfred looks at a photo of him and Eli. He says that he never thought the past would come back to haunt them. We then cut to Alex’s home, where Alex hears a knock on the door. He opens it to find Jessica, who asks to come in. He lets her. Jessica tells him about how she saw the Author again when she saved Alfred, and she firmly believes it was not a hallucination, which nobody has suggested. Alex tells her that it wasn’t a hallucination and this might really be happening again.

Jessica tells Alex that she can’t stand the thought of it happening again, not after what happened last time. As she is saying this, we flashback to when the Author murdered Jessica’s parents and threw their intestines/body parts at her. Jessica says she’s been losing everyone she loves: first Kenneth, then her parents, and now she might lose Alex. Jessica admits that in Kenneth’s final moments, he recommended that she pursue Alex.

Alex is surprised by what she is saying, having never been aware of this. Jessica explains that she’s been giving Alex a chance, and in those chances, he’s always cared for her, and Jessica cares just as much back. Jessica finally admits that she loves Alex; Alex admits that he loves her back, and promises to keep her safe no matter what happens. They smile at each other and kiss, before going upstairs to Alex’s bed. Jessica and Alex take off their clothes and go onto Alex’s top, with Alex on top. They have sex.

It’s clear that both of them enjoy it, especially Jessica, who finally has a break from her trauma. We next to later that night with Spencer, Marco, Eleven, Emily and Nancy. Eleven has been adopted by Emily since season 2. Emily explains to the others that she does not want Eleven to be present for another killing spree, explaining how emotional damaged she was after the last one killed her mother, aunt and her crush.

She wants to go with Eleven to a hotel outside of town and stay there until the Author is stopped. Nancy says that she doesn’t want to see Emily go that they need her help. Emily admits that she does not want to leave her friends, especially Spencer, but Eleven can’t stay here. Eventually, Emily convinces them to let her take Eleven away from town for her own safety. She says that her friends can call her anytime that they want. Emily gives Spencer a goodbye hug and tells her to stay safe. Spencer promises she will.

Emily and Eleven then drive off and begin to leave town. Eleven talks to Emily from the back seat and says that they can stay if Emily wants to. Emily asks Eleven why she would say that. Eleven admits that she knows what it feels like to abandon the people you love the most in their time of crisis. Emily is surprised that Eleven is showing compassion for her because she’s mostly been quiet around her. Eleven says that since Emily cares about her this much, she has realized Emily could be a good mother.

However, Eleven asserts that Terry will always be her true mother and asks why Emily adopted her. Emily accepts this and admits that she adopted Eleven because she felt hopeless after Sara’s death. She needed someone to really love, and so she adopted Eleven because of their survival experiences made them alike in some way. Eleven admits they are similar and Emily has been a good mother to her. Emily smiles, happy that Eleven is bonding with her. She says that she may get a happy ending after all.

However, at that moment, a large black van suddenly slams into the car’s side, flipping it over several times until it lands upside down. The driver of the van is then revealed to be the Author, who had killed the original owner by repeatedly slashing his face with a scalpel off-screen. The Author then walks up to the overturned car, where Eleven is injured and unconscious. Emily is also injured but not unconscious. She drags Eleven out of the car, but crawls out in front of the Author. He says they are about to have some fun. The Author knocks Emily out. Smash to black.

Episode 3: Broken
We open on the abandoned school, where Emily and Eleven are. They wake up strapped to operating tables and the Author walks up. He asks them how they are doing today, before commenting that they are doing very poorly. Eleven tells the Author to let them go. The Author declines and explains to them that he promised to avenge Matt’s death if he died, and he’s starting with Emily. However, he mentions that he is certainly not above killing children, and wonders how fun it would be.

Emily tells the Author to pick her and let Eleven go, while Eleven asks the Author to let them both go. The Author takes out a scalpel, which he is going to use to skin one of them alive. Emily and Eleven, especially the latter, are horrified at the prospect of having their skin slowly torn off. Emily says that the Author cannot do this to them. The Author explains that this time, he’s working on his own and is calling the shots. He says that there will be no more lackeys to hold him back, and his full wrath is out this time.

The Author also explains to the girls that he made a promise to Matt before his death that he would be crueler than ever in his final turn. The Author then leaves to make his decision on who to murder. Eleven and Emily attempt to struggle with their binds, but to no avail. It’s clear that the Author has made them tighter than ever and isn’t taking any chances anymore. Sometime later, we cut to the Byers home, where Nancy is on the couch and watching TV.

During this, her phone rings, and she answers it to find the Author on the other side. She asks him what he wants this time. The Author explains that he wants to finish the job, and all of the survivors get involved, meaning nobody is going to leave town his watch. When the Author mentions that he “made sure of that”, she realizes that he’s referring to Emily and Eleven since they went to leave down. The Author then sends Nancy a photo of the captive Emily and Eleven.

The Author tells Nancy to wait three hours and bring the Liberty crew to the abandoned school for some fun; if they go before then, the Author will immediately murder Emily and Eleven before they can even blink an eye. He hangs up. Nancy goes to the kitchen where Marco and Spencer are, and informs them that they have a huge problem. As she explains the situation, we cut back to the abandoned school, where the Author is coming back with the scalpel.

The Author says that he never thought he would be a surgeon, but then again, he is the ultimate killer. Emily asks him what makes him think that, and he’ll die just like everyone else. The Author says that she has never seen a killer like him before, and by killing Matt, she will not die, but not before seeing her broken. Emily asks him what he means by that. The Author then reveals that, in order to break Emily’s spirit, he intends to (This is your fault Chainsaw-Xo, lol) skin Eleven alive with the scalpel, horrifying the women. He approaches Eleven, who begs him not to do it. Emily is doing the same.

The Author tells Emily if she had just stayed out of this and not killed his friend (Matt), this wouldn’t be happening right now. He then inserts the scalpel into Eleven’s leg and slices upward. Eleven lets out hair-raising, spine-chilling, frightening and horrendous screams as the Author slowly cuts through her skin. Emily is hysterical and crying. The Author wonders aloud if what he is doing now is worse than what Darren Wilden did to Nancy Hastings (Opinions always welcome). He continues to drag the scalpel all the way through Eleven’s skin.

Eventually, after the Author finishes, all of Eleven’s skin has been cut off. Jane “Eleven” Ives, daughter of Terry Ives and niece of Betsy Ives, is dead. Emily has passed out from hysteria and horror at this point. The Author says that Emily is a baby, considering he hasn’t even done what is next yet. He leaves the room. We cut to a picnic table. After Spencer, Marco and Nancy arrives, the rest of the Liberty crew come one by one, with Alex coming last. After everyone arrives, Nancy tells everyone that Eleven and Emily have been kidnapped and are in serious danger.

Sarah says she can’t believe this. Jessica says that they should go rescue her. Marco explains that the Author won’t let them go until about a half hour later, before which he will kill them both on the spot. Although some survivors (Spencer, Marco and Jessica) want to go now and save them, the others (Nancy, Sarah and Alex) convince them that they need to abide by the Author’s rules to get their friends back.

Sarah tells Marco to make sure that he brings his gun with him, which they could use to end the Author’s final chapter early. Marco says that sounds good to him, and the Author wouldn’t stand a chance with all of them there at once anyway. Everyone hops off the picnic table and walks off. We cut to when it’s time to go to the theater. Soon enough, everyone arrives. When Alex suggests that they split to cover more ground, Marco dismisses the idea.

He explains that splitting up is an excellent way for the Author to pick them off and insists that they all need to stay together. The survivors agree to follow Marco’s instructions, and he leads the way with his gun out, ready to shoot the Author. After around five minutes of searching, they come across Emily and Eleven’s operating tables. The first has Eleven’s skinless corpse on it, while the other has a blanket covering up whatever is on it.

Another thing in the room is a TV, with nothing playing on it. Sarah vomits at the sight of a skinless corpse. Spencer, although disgusted, takes a look and finds a note, which says “Hint: It took me ELEVEN minutes to get all off her skin off". The survivors are then horrified to realize that the corpse is Eleven’s, and that she had been skinned alive. Spencer and Nancy shout for Emily, but to no avail. Marco suggests they should look under the blanket. Just as Nancy rips off the blanket, someone presses a remote that turns on the TV.

We don’t see who pressed the remote, just their hand, but the hand is not gloved. It looks just like any of the hands the survivors have. On the TV, a video plays, taking place after Emily has woken up from Eleven’s murder. The Author asks Emily, who is traumatized at seeing Eleven die, if she remembers Donald Newton, a fanfiction maker killed in PLS season 2. Emily does not respond. The Author says that his Four Twenty story gave him some ideas (This is your fault DCN, lol), which confuses Emily as she’s never heard of it. The Author takes several tools: a whip, a metal pole and a power drill. The Author, still intent on breaking Emily’s spirit, proposes that if she begs for mercy right now, they’ll make it quick. Emily spits on the Author’s face, which prompts him to pull Emily’s pants down, exposing her ass. Emily is confused on what is happening here until the Author starts whipping Emily’s ass. Emily screams with each whip, and her butt slowly grows red. Eventually, the Author stops and says that it’s time for “round 2” As the Author picks up the pole, Emily struggles to escape, but cannot. Then, he shoves the pole into Emily’s ass.

Emily proceeds to cry with pain and humiliation. The final girl of the PLS trilogy is slowly being tortured and raped to make her beg for death by the Author’s tools. After shoving the pole deeper into Emily’s ass, the Author asks Emily if she is going to beg now, but she doesn’t, clinging to what little bravery she has left. The Author says that she has left him no choice then. He takes out the power drill and turns it on. Realizing what is about to happen, Emily cries “NO! NO! NO!”

The Author moves the drill inside Emily’s ass. Emily screams out in pain. The muscles and flesh are being torn up inside by the spinning drill. The Author leaves it in there for a while, letting the drill rip her ass apart. Emily cannot stop screaming and crying. Eventually, the Author stops and asks Emily one last time if she is ready to beg. Emily’s soul, body and spirit has been broken. She says “Please, just kill me. Please” The Author tells the broken Emily that she’s been a good final girl and pats her head.

Then, he sinks the drill into Emily’s head. We can hear the drill ripping Emily’s brain apart. Emily Fields, brother of Charles Drake, daughter of Mary Drake and Archer Dunhill, adoptive daughter of Wayne and Pam Fields, and final girl of the PLS trilogy, is dead. Back in present day, the survivors are increasingly distraught by what they see; it is then revealed that Emily’s mutilated corpse is what was under the blanket. Spencer is the most hysterical after seeing her best friend completely broken. Fade to black.

Episode 4: Researches and Mourners
We open cut to the next morning. The now Liberty six, as well as Alfred, who has been released from the hospital, are gathering at a park bench and mourning for the losses of Emily and Eleven. Marco says that it should have been him, not Eleven. He says that if he had just tried harder, Eleven would have gotten the happy ending she deserved. Spencer, who is also distraught at Emily’s death, says that Marco can’t blame himself for what happened to her, and he did his best. They hug. Nancy walks up to Alfred.

He tells her that he’s sorry for her loses. Nancy says that the Author is merciless this time, and by the end of it, there might not even be any survivors left. She tells Alfred that they need to figure out the Author’s identity before any more of her friends die, or perhaps even Spencer and Marco. Alfred says that Nancy can stop by his house later, after he looks up info on the Duval murder spree.

Nancy agrees to this, and she leaves with her parents. Alex, Jessica and Sarah talk. Alex says that if the Author killed Emily near the beginning, then this must be the final chapter. Sarah agrees with Alex that the Author is going to do everything that he can to murder them all. Jessica says that an example of this is Eleven being skinned alive, which is brutal even for the Author. Alex says that nothing like that is going to happen to Alex and Sarah, and they’ll stay safe. The trio share a group hug and depart.

We cut to the abandoned school, where the Author shows up. He goes into the main office, where he has the photos strung up of survivors. The Author crosses out Eleven and Emily, having forgotten to do so earlier. He then picks up a photo, which has Maggie, Kevin and Michael on it. The Author tells the photo that he won’t let his family down and he will carry on their legacy. After putting the photo down, the Author looks at the photos, contemplating who to kill next.

The Author goes to three candidates: Sarah and Jessica. Sarah is a target because of her role in Matt’s death, and Jessica because she is his favorite survivor to torture and play with. Ultimately, he decides to make a call to Jessica first, but not kill her yet. Once she picks up, the Author asks if Jessica is afraid. She tells him to leave her alone. The Author says that she should know by now that he’ll never leave.

He asks Jessica what she would think if he killed Alex. Jessica tells the Author that he’s dead if he lays a finger on Alex. The Author hints that maybe he’ll skip him and come straight for her, but then again, Jessica is his favorite toy. Jessica screams that she is not the Author’s toy. The Author asserts that she is, just like her parents and Kenneth were. Jessica tells the Author to go fuck himself, hangs up, and throws the phone against the wall. The Author looks satisfied of how traumatized Jessica is becoming.

We cut to Nancy’s house, where Alfred is coming over. He figured that he should bring his laptop over to where three survivors live in the same spot, just to be safe if the Author attempts to stop the research. Spencer, Marco and Nancy look on as Alfred searches the Duval murder spree on Wikipedia. Alfred learns from the wiki that the killing spree took 19 victims. Marco notices one of the victims is named Rick Turner, who has Alfred’s last name.

Alfred explains that he didn’t want to talk about it, but now they have discovered this, he might as well. Alfred reveals that his father was one of the victims in the Duval murder spree, happening soon after his birth, which forced his mother to raise him alone. Nancy is shocked to hear about this, and understands why Alfred didn’t want to talk about earlier. She hugs him. Spencer asks if the page says anything about a child.

Alfred looks further and learns Maggie and Kevin had two children, whose birth names where Jack and Emma Duval. Jack became Michael Smith, who was killed by Sara after murdering her parents. This leads the foursome to conclude that Emma must be the Author. Alfred finds that Emma was sent to an orphanage to be adopted by new parents after Maggie and Kevin were killed, as well as Michael. He is unable to find any records on where Emma is now or the names of her adoptive parents.

Marco asks if this means that they should be calling the Author a “bitch” now. Spencer says that the Author is crueler and smarter than even Jenna was, and it’s more than likely that they could have become transgender. Although they know of the Author’s birth gender, the foursome agree that they could have become transgender. They aren’t sure of who to suspect yet either. Just then, the foursome all receive a text on their phone. It says “I see that your friend is more reliable than I thought. It doesn’t matter anyway. There’s something about my identity that makes me invisible. Think on that” Smash to black.

Episode 5: Broken 2.0
We open on the next morning, with Jessica waking up from sleep at her home. As she sits on the bed, Jessica hears someone call her name. Jessica doesn’t pay attention until she feels a hand touch her shoulder. She spins around to find the deceased Kenneth Baker sitting next to her, with several knives embedded in his stomach. Kenneth says that Jessica should be way happier to him than she is right now. Jessica turns away from the hallucination, but instead finds her deceased parents standing behind her.

Her mother is completely disemboweled, while her dad’s severed head is talking on the ground. They ask Jessica why she doesn’t want to be with them right now. Jessica screams and is backed into a corner by the hallucinations. They tell her that they need to join them in death. She curls up into a ball in the corner and sobs. The three hallucinations yell at the same time for Jessica to “join us” Eventually, we cut to Alex’s house, where it is revealed Jessica is actually in Alex’s bed.

Jessica has decided to sleep with Alex until the killing spree ends out of fear, which means that the hallucinations are really a nightmare. Jessica wakes up on Alex’s bed, screaming. Jessica’s screams provoke Alex into waking up and he grabs Jessica’s shoulder to calm her down. Eventually, Jessica calms down and explains what happened. Alex seems disturbed to hear of her nightmare. She explains that everyone told her to “join them”, which she tells Alex is a plea for suicide.

Alex says that suicide is no way to get out of trouble, and reminds Jessica of their conversation in season 1. Jessica asks which one he is referring to, which Alex explains is the one after his parents, when Jessica convinced him not to commit suicide. Jessica remembers this and becomes conflicted. She asks Alex for some alone time at the park to figure out what to do next. Alex agrees and lets her leave. He continues to watch her out a window as she walks away.

We cut to Alfred at his home, where he is thinking about killer theories. We see that he has a murderboard similar to Noah Foster’s, with several pictures hung up on them. The pictures consist of all of the remaining survivors (Marco, Spencer, Nancy, Jessica, Sarah and Alex). Alfred’s prime suspects are Alex, Sarah and Marco since, as far as his memory recalls, none of them have had a face to face encounter with the Author. Both of them could also lie about their age and be Emma Duval.

He hasn’t told Nancy about it, as she would be angry at Alfred for thinking Marco is the killer. As Alfred contemplates, he gets a phone call, answering it to find the Author, who tells Alfred he’s doing a great job of guessing him...not. Alfred says the Author is just calling him now because he is jealous of his progress. The Author says that Alfred will never figure out who he is before the reveal, no matter how hard he tries. The Author explains that he expected to catch Alfred at the hotel.

Now that Alfred has proved himself to be persistent, he’ll save him for later. Alfred tells the Author that everything he is doing is meaningless and serial killing is the worst thing anyone could do, especially with Eleven and Emily. The Author tells him that Emily and Eleven were just the beginning, and since Alfred is so determined to figure him out, it’s time for his next move. He then hangs up. We cut a picnic table, where Jessica is sitting alone.

Sarah, who was out for a walk, sees Jessica alone and comes up to her. She asks Jessica why she is sitting by herself. Jessica tells Sarah about her nightmare last night about seeing her loved ones telling her to “join them” Sarah feels bad for Jessica and tells her that Alex is not the only person that she can go to for help. She, Marco, Spencer and Nancy are all here too. Jessica says that’s nice of Sarah, who says that’s what friends are for. The girls get into a friendship hug and Sarah goes to continue her walk.

After Sarah leaves, Jessica gets a text message from her phone, which says “You really think she can save you from me? Not even close, just look at what I’ve done already” The Author then sends Jessica a photo of Alex tied up to a chair. Horrified that her boyfriend has been kidnapped, Jessica texts the Author back to demand his release. The Author tells her that if she hurries back to Alex’s house, he’ll think about it. Jessica runs off.

We cut to when Jessica arrives at Alex’s house and screams his name, but with no response. After searching for several minutes, she notices the TV turning on and showing a live feed of Alex being tied up in a chair. He is trying to stay brave and holding back tears. The Author calls her again and says that they are going to play a game about Jessica’s personal trauma in order and if she gets two out of three questions right, he’ll let Alex go. With no other option, Jessica agrees to comply.

The Author starts the game and asks her to name Kenneth’s cause of death, which she saw. Jessica is horrified to be forced to think back to her first boyfriend’s demise, but manages to remember he was stabbed in the stomach several times. The Author next asks Jessica which of her parents was gutted. Distraught to even think about it, Jessica answers her father, which is wrong. The Author tells Jessica to get braver or Alex’s blood is going to be all over the walls.

He then asks the final question, asking how Jessica will feel if Alex dies. Jessica is forced to admit she would be extremely distraught if it would happen as she loves him. The Author thanks Jessica for her cooperation and tells her Alex is in the backyard with a blanket covering him. Jessica goes outside and finds the blanket covering Alex’s chair. Relieved that she won, Jessica rips the blanket off and tells Alex that they are safe.

However, Jessica then notices that Alex’s throat has been sliced open. She looks back at the TV and sees Alex’s head lying down and blood coming out of his throat; Alex had been murdered before the Author even called her, and the game was for nothing. Jessica never had the chance to save him. Alex Standall, season 1 survivor and boyfriend of Jessica Davis, is dead. Beyond distraught, Jessica screams and hugs Alex’s corpse. She cries her eyes out. During this, the Author comes up to her.

Jessica looks up at him, hopelessness in her eyes. The Author takes out his handgun and aims it at Jessica’s forehead. Jessica tells him to get it over with, and she’s had enough. The Author says that Jessica isn’t even worth his time. He drops the gun front of her. He says that if Jessica really wants an end to her suffering, then she should do it herself. Jessica seizes the gun. Although Jessica has the perfect opportunity to shoot the Author in the head right now and kill him, Jessica’s hopelessness and grief overcomes her.

She puts the gun into her mouth and pulls the trigger. Jessica Davis, girlfriend of Kenneth Baker and Alex Standall, and season 1 survivor, is dead. Some of her blood splatters against the Author’s mask, which doesn’t really affect him. He looks down at the two corpses, obviously very amused at what he has done. The Author tells the audience that he half-expected Jessica to turn the gun on him, but decided to take the risk anyway, and concludes that it was worth it before taking his gun back. Smash to black.

Episode 6: The True Final Girl
We open on the next morning at Alex’s house, where he and Jessica’s corpses are being put into body bags and taken away. Spencer, Alfred, Sarah and Nancy are watching. Marco comes up to them and sadly confirms that the bodies are indeed Alex and Jessica. Sarah and Nancy are the most distraught and cry over the murders of some of their best friends. Alfred, Spencer and Marco help comfort them. In the woods, the Author is watching them from afar.

It’s obvious that he is very satisfied at the grief and misery he has caused to the survivors. Eventually, the crime scene calms down and the cops leave. Spencer and Nancy head back home, but Marco has to go to the station to sort everything out. Sarah is accompanied by Alfred, who tells her that she’s sorry about what happened. Sarah admits that she’s more devastated about Jessica’s death because she was the last to see her alive. She tells Alfred about their conversation about seeking help.

Sarah is distraught that Jessica ignored her advice and thinks that she could have done more. Alfred says that it’s not her fault. Sarah asks whose it is then. Alfred explains that it’s the Author’s fault and he’s the one who has been wrecking their lives. Sarah asks Alfred why he calls the Author a male if they know it’s a she. Alfred explains that the Author told him that there was a way he was concealing his identity and he thinks that the Author might be transgender.

Sarah says that’s a very good theory, but nearly all of the males in their group are dead except for Marco and Alfred, who says that just leaves Marco as his prime suspect. Sarah asks if Marco would fit that age. Alfred says that his age would make him fit to have a role in the Rosewood Murders, and an adult has more physical strength than a normal teenager. Sarah says that Alfred makes some good points, and they’ll have to think about this later.

We cut to Spencer and Nancy at her bedroom sometime later. Nancy is lying down, obviously depressed about Jessica and Alex. Spencer is sitting next to her. Nancy laments that everyone around her is dying: Joyce, Jonathan, Steve, Alex and now Jessica. Nancy wonders if it would be simpler if she just committed suicide or something. Spencer tells her she felt the same way 10 years ago. Nancy asks Spencer if she ever attempted suicide.

Spencer tells her about the time she hanged herself after Eric/Jenna’s fake death. She felt like there was nothing left for her after her marriage was foiled, but after Emily revived her, she convinced Spencer that her friends were worth living for and she could move on eventually. Spencer then admits that Emily was like a mentor and sister to her. Nancy is surprised to hear Spencer made a suicide attempt, as she never knew until now.

Spencer tries to convince Nancy that her remaining friends and family are worth living for, and she can’t give in to what the Author wants by committing suicide. Eventually, Nancy is convinced and tells Spencer she’s a great mother. Spencer and Nancy share a hug. Then, we cut to the abandoned high school. Marco is driving up there alone in his car. With so many survivors dead, Marco has decided to go on a solo mission, hoping to uncover the Author’s identity and arrest or kill him before he continues.

Marco goes inside and has his gun drawn out, but doesn’t find any sign of the Author. Eventually, Marco goes into the Author’s main room where he keeps a journal, which is very old. He opens it and take a look inside, which has descriptions of Jenna’s murder spree in PLS seasons 1-3. Some of it has ideas given to Jenna, such as Darren Wilden’s murder of Nancy Hastings, Mike Montgomery’s poisoning, and inviting Aria Montgomery for a fight to the death.

Marco is shocked and realizes the Author had been working with Jenna, which makes him the true mastermind behind the events of not just this trilogy, but the PLS trilogy too. Marco takes the journal to show to the survivors and goes to leave the room, but the door has been locked. Marco then gets a text message on his phone from the Author, which tells him “It’s not nice to stick your nose in my business detective. I think I’m going to go pay your family a little visit”

Marco is horrified when he realizes that Spencer and Nancy are the Author’s next targets, and tries desperately to break down the door so he can save them. As he struggles to get out, we cut the Byers home, where Spencer and Nancy are making dinner. They are wondering where Marco is, because he usually gets home around this time. Hearing the concern, the Author rings the doorbell, which Spencer thinks it is Marco coming home.

When Spencer opens the door, the Author punches her in the nose and knocks her out. The Author drags Spencer to a corner and pulls out his handgun to shoot her. Just then, Nancy runs in front of Spencer, blocking the Author from shooting her. The Author tells Nancy to get out of his way. Nancy says she will never let the Author hurt anymore of her friends and family. The Author looks amused and proposes a compromise. Nancy says she is listening.

Before we hear what happens next, we cut to when Spencer wakes up. There is no sign of Nancy and the Author, but there is a note and tape next to her. The note tells Spencer that Nancy could never be a final girl like her, and if she wants to know where she is, Spencer should go check insert this tape in the TV. Just then, Marco, who eventually managed to break down the door and escape, returns to the home and tends to Spencer, who shows him the note.

They go up to the TV and insert the tape. The Author and Nancy are in her room, where Nancy has been tied to the bed. The Author tells Nancy to make her last words to her family, aiming the camera at her face. Nancy reveals that the Author’s compromise was that if Nancy sacrificed her life, the Author would let Spencer and Marco go. Nancy, in tears, tells Spencer and Marco that they were the perfect parents for her.

Nancy forgives Marco for leaving the family and tells Spencer that she’s been through more than her, and she deserves to live. Nancy tells Spencer and Marco to make a promise that they will survive, have children, and make sure Alfred and Sarah live. Nancy says Alfred was a gentlemen and admits that she really did love him, more than she did to Steve. As for Sarah, Nancy says she’s a great girl, even though she didn’t get to know her as much. After a final announcement of her love for everyone, she turns to the Author and tells him that she’ll see him in hell.

After repositioning the camera, the Author, who is wielding a circular power saw, says to Nancy: “Tell them that the Author sent you” Then, the Author slices the power saw into Nancy’s stomach and chest. Blood is splattering all over the walls, floor and the camera itself. Eventually, Nancy’s corpse is mutilated and completely covered in blood, nearly unrecognizable. Nancy Byers, biological daughter of Marco Furey and Joyce Byers, sister of Jonathan and Will Byers, boyfriend of Alfred Turner and Steve Harrington, and final girl of the trilogy, is dead.

Spencer and Marco, refusing to accept this, run upstairs to Nancy’s bedroom. When they open the door, they find Nancy’s corpse on the bed, exactly the way it was from the tape. The room is also still splattered in Nancy’s blood. Marco and Spencer sink to their knees. As Spencer reacts, we cut to a flashback of Nancy Hasting’s death, with her burning alive while desperately crying out for her parents. Though this Nancy died protecting her parents, Spencer screams and hugs Nancy’s corpse.

She doesn’t care that she’s getting blood all over her. Spencer says that she’ll protect Nancy now, and she won’t fail again like she did to her sister. No response, of course. Marco sinks to his knees and collapses on the floor, sobbing his eyes out. The big man is now reduced to a father mourning his daughter. Spencer’s reaction is worse, and she goes hysterical, crying and screaming, and it evolves into a mental breakdown. It’s even worse than her reaction to Nancy H’s death. Fade to black.

Episode 7: Battle Plan
We open four days after Nancy’s death, which takes place at her funeral. It’s very similar to Jonathan’s funeral in season 2. She is being buried alongside Jonathan, Will and Nancy. Sarah, Alfred, Marco and Spencer are all there, dressed in black. Spencer looks the worst and most traumatized, but she refused to stay away from her surrogate daughter’s funeral. The foursome pour some dirt onto Nancy’s coffin.

After the funeral dies down, Alfred sits on a bench. Sarah sits down next to him. She says that she’s so sorry about what happened to Nancy. Alfred says that he should have been there to protect her, so she wouldn’t have had to sacrifice herself. He says that it should have been him instead of her. Sarah explains that she thought the same way when Jim was burned to death in front of her. She tells Alfred about their conversation with Sara after Jim’s death, and how was inspired to move on, despite Clay’s death as well.

Alfred asks Sarah how much Clay was worth to hear, but understand if she doesn’t’ want to answer. Sarah admits that she loved Clay and wanted to be with him forever, but she was heartbroken after his murder. It felt satisfying to kill Matt with Emily’s help afterward. Alfred says that when he gets his hands on the Author, he most likely will feel the same way. Sarah says that he won’t do it alone and she, Spencer and Marco will all be there for him. Alfred and Sarah share a friendship hug.

Marco and Spencer talk near her car. Marco says that she still can’t believe Nancy is actually dead, and she had so much to live for. Spencer says she felt the same thing when Nancy H died, and says the Author is going to pay for this, no matter what happens. Marco tells Spencer that when the time comes, the Author is finally going to get what is coming to him. They hold hands and look into each other’s eyes. It’s clear that Marco and Spencer are closer than ever now, and motivated to fight.

After everyone leaves the funeral, we cut to the abandoned high school. The Author appears at the school and goes into his main room, where the remaining Liberty survivors are on a board. He only has four targets left: Alfred, Sarah, Marco, and most importantly, Spencer, whom he has circled. The Author says that the end is finally coming up, and he’s been waiting so long for this. First, however, he must put “the pieces into place”. The Author walks off to begin his final chapter.

We cut to Alfred and Sarah’s house, where they are sitting together in Alfred’s bedroom. Alfred has decided to show Sarah his murderboard in hopes of finally uncovering the Author’s identity. He explains that he no longer believes that the Author is “among the living” When Sarah asks what he means, Alfred explains that he believes the Author faked his death and this is why he has been able to be everywhere. Sarah says this is very possible, but asks who could fake it.

Alfred says that the Rosewood Five are out of the question, as they’ve survived the longest and nearly all of them are dead. Alfred says that it would have be someone who died in the past three killing sprees if that happened. Sarah reminds Alfred that Eric/Jenna faked their death with a fake body, so maybe the Author could have swapped his as well. Alfred says this is a great explanation. He says that this discussion is “flooding his brain” and goes downstairs to get some water.

When he finds the water pitcher is not in the freezer, Alfred calls out for his mom, Laura Turner, and asks where it is. When she does not answer, Alfred walks around looking for her and eventually finds Laura sitting on a couch. However, Alfred then notices that there is a hatchet lodged into her face, meaning that Laura Turner is dead. Just then, the Author jumps out and leaps onto Alfred’s back. He puts his elbow around his neck.

Alfred struggles to get the Author off of him, but he’s clearly very strong. Eventually, Alfred can’t take it anymore and he passes out. The Author leaves him on the floor and goes upstairs to deal with Sarah, who is curious what is taking Alfred so long. When she tries to go check on him, she bumps right into the Author, who appears taller than her. The Author tilts his head at Sarah, who kicks him in the stomach. The Author smacks her across the face. Sarah tackles him and they both fall down the stairs.

The Author kicks Sarah in the stomach. They both get up, and Sarah tries to kick the Author, who is faster and kicks her right in the face. Sarah is knocked unconscious as a result. The Author then gets Alfred and drag him and Sarah out of the house. He throws them into the trunk of his black van, which he had parked near the house. The Author takes Alfred’s phone and impersonates him to call Marco. “Alfred” tells Marco that the Author is attacking him and Sarah, requesting help as soon as possible.

Marco, fooled by the deceit, tells “Alfred” that he’ll be down there right away. We cut back to the Byers house, where Spencer is hanging out by herself, unaware of what is happening. Spencer takes a look at a photo of Joyce, Jonathan, Nancy and Will together. She says that the Byers family never deserved anything like this, and both Nancy’s didn’t either. Spencer goes up to Nancy’s room and looks around. She stares at the bed, causing her to flashback at seeing Nancy’s bloodied and mutilated corpse on it.

Spencer goes a corner and slides down a wall, before curling up into a ball. She weeps and cries on the floor, not looking up and looking broken. As she weeps, Spencer mutters “My Nancy” several times. We cut to the road, where Marco is heading for Alfred’s house in his police car. En route, he notices the Author standing the road, waving at him. Marco accelerates toward the Author, hoping to run him over and avenge Nancy.

However, the car tires suddenly pop; it then revealed that the Author had placed spikes on the road, and that they have popped the tires. This causes the car to stop right before it can reach the Author. Marco then exits the car, hoping to shoot the Author with his gun, but this fails when the Author grabs hold of him and slams his head against the car several times, knocking him unconscious. As he does this, the Author informs Marco that he is way smarter than Marco believes him to be.

The Author then drags Marco over to the van and throws him the trunk along with the also unconscious Alfred and Sarah. After locking the trunk, the Author goes into the driver’s seat of the van and takes out a clipboard, which has a list of the four remaining survivors. He crosses off everyone except for Spencer, who is the only survivor that has neither been kidnapped nor killed. The Author says that the endgame is here, and when he’s done, nobody will be left. He drives off. Smash to black.

Episode 8: The Author’s Secret
We open on the abandoned school, where the Author is driving up with the unconscious Sarah, Marco and Alfred in tow. One by one, he drags them out of the truck and into the large gym. There, he ties Alfred up to a chair, then Sarah, then Marco. The Author waits for all three of them wake up. Eventually, they do, only to be immediately sedated by the Author and rendered unconscious again without a word. It’s very clear at this point that the Author wants nothing standing in his way during his final showdown with Spencer.

He then takes out Marco’s phone and calls Spencer, who has only just finished her crying fit from when we last saw her. Spencer thinks this is Marco and tells him about her crying fit, which gives the Author pleasure at how he’s devastated Spencer. After realizing who the caller is, Spencer demands to know where Marco is. The Author sends her photos of the unconscious Sarah, Alfred and Marco. He says that he’s set up everything for the final showdown and only one person is absent: Spencer Hastings.

Spencer asks if this means the Author wants her to come over so they can end everything once and for all. The Author confirms this. Spencer says that when she arrives, he is going to die for what he did to Nancy, Emily and everyone else he’s murdered. The Author says she can’t wait until Spencer attempts to do this. He hangs up, and Spencer gets into her car. We cut to when she arrives at the abandoned school. Spencer mutters that she can do this and goes inside.

A note on the floor tells her to go to the gym, where she finds the Author standing the center, and everyone else unconscious and tied up. The Author tells her that it’s just them now and he’ll deal with everyone else after he’s done with Spencer, who approaches the Author. Soon enough, the final girl and mastermind killer are face to face and up close. Spencer asks the Author who he is. The Author says that there are no more secrets, no more masks and no more holding back. If Spencer wants answers, then she’ll get some. He rips off his mask, and the Author, the mastermind of all six stories, is…

SARA HARVEY. Spencer is shocked at the revelation of her old friend. Sara grins, says “Déjà vu, bitch” and chuckles. Spencer asks how this is possible. Sara says she’ll get to how her death was faked, then everything else. Sara explains that she made a fake severed head that looked like her and gave it to Matt to show the others and fool them into thinking she was dead. After Matt’s death, Sara took back the fake head so that medical examiners wouldn’t figure out it was a fake.

Sara admits that faking her death was so much simpler than she ever thought it was going to be. Spencer says that she trusted Sara and she was a friend. Sara says that they were never friends, but Spencer is her sworn nemesis. Spencer asks what the point of all this was anyway. Sara, who tells Spencer to call her by her real name, Emma Duval, from now on, goes back to the beginning, where her biological parents were Maggie and Kevin Duval. She was about 10 years old when they died and she was adopted by the Harvey family, which was when she became Sara Harvey.

Emma needed to search for a way to mastermind a new killing spree, as she was too young to do it herself. When she was about 18, Michael Smith/Jack Duval attacked her and killed her adoptive parents. Michael had no idea he was actually trying to murder his biological sister at the time, and Emma didn’t know it was her biological brother. After Emma killed Michael in self-defense, her guilt and trauma over killing her brother completed her downfall into psychopathy. She was determined more than ever to carry on her parent’s legacy.

Eventually, after being taken in by her adoptive uncle, Walter Harvey, Emma found the perfect killer to begin with. Spencer guesses Jenna Marshall, which Emma confirms is true. She explains that she heard of Jenna being bullied in school by Alison and something needed to make her push into psychopathy. After the fire at her home, Emma seized the opportunity and met with Jenna several times. They worked out on how to create a murder spree, with Sara working behind the scenes. Emma helped Jenna track down her orphaned brother, John Marshall, and to go into hiding after faking her death.

Emma has suggested that Jenna become transgender and impersonate the male that looks the most like her. Emma admits that she considered transition, but she loves being a girl too much for that. After Jenna transitioned, he killed the real Eric Kahn and took over his identity. Maya St. Germain, Jenna’s girlfriend, didn’t care what gender her lover was. After everything was set up, Emma left everything for Jenna to sort out. Spencer reminds Emma that she came into their lives in Jenna’s final spree. Emma says that they were just getting to that.

She explains that she decided that it was time to get to know the great Rosewood survivors herself, and she started a false relationship with Emily following Maya’s death. Emma comments that Emily has had very fucked up choices for girlfriends. Spencer says that Emily deserved to have someone who loved her, not some psychopath hellbent on ruining their lives. Emma says that Emily deserved that she got, just like everyone else. Spencer screams that Emma has ruined their lives from day one just for some “family bullshit”

Emma says that if Spencer was in her position, she would do the same thing. Before Spencer can object, Emma resumes the story. Emma had secretly aided in the murder spree by directly giving Jenna ideas and she poisoned Mike at the dinner scene in PLS season 3, revealing it wasn’t Jenna all along. Emma also had Bethany and Jenna kill Walter so that she could be adopted by Elliot Rollins and come even closer to the Rosewood survivors.

Emma says that was the only kill she ever committed in the PLS trilogy was Mike, and everything else was left to Jenna and the others. Emma next reveals that she deliberately had Jenna shoot her in the leg because she aiming for a non-fatal spot. Emma was set to survive in case Jenna would fail for any reason and eventually come up with a new murder spree. Emma viewed Jenna as her best friend, and the Rosewood survivors to be symbols of her failure. With all of her pawns dead, Emma had to start over and wait for a new opportunity.

Eventually, Emma had heard of Hannah Baker, the girl that committed suicide before season 1. Knowing there would be people wanting to avenge that, she visited Andrew and threatened to kill Kenneth if he did not comply. While Andrew recruited Barb and Montgomery to join their cause, Emma kidnapped Will and left him to starve to death, as Barb texted her about the bike race before they began. After that, the killing spree began, but she had to initially go behind the scenes since the Rosewood Five weren’t in town.

However, after convincing them to come help, Emma was able to have a bigger role. After the deaths of Montgomery, Barb and Andrew, she and Matt went into hiding. They decided to kill either Steve or Jonathan as their first kill as to hurt Nancy. Spencer looks at Emma’s finger stumps and asks why Matt cut off two of her fingers in season 2. Emma admits that she didn’t tell Matt her true identity to “keep things interesting”, which turned out to be a big mistake. After recovering in the hospital, Emma told Matt so that she could keep the rest of her fingers. As punishment for this, however, Emma secretly weakened the binds that were strapping Sarah to her operating table in the season 2 finale.

As a result, Matt was deliberately killed by Sarah and Emily. After this, Emma decided she wasn’t going to let any lackeys hold her back anymore and was going to finish this on her own. Emma says that after Emily was dead, she recognized that Spencer was the most senior and most powerful survivor, which leads up to the events of today. Emma explains that she was originally going to kill Spencer four days ago, but she figured killing Nancy would devastate her, which it did. As Emma finishes her monologue, she explains that she wants to end this once and for all in a final battle, with just the two of them. Emma wants a one on one challenge, and Nancy’s death ensured Spencer would be the perfect challenger.

Emma takes out her knife, but discards it. She tells Spencer that she wants to make things fair for both of them so she can have the biggest challenge possible. After Spencer is dead, Emma will kill Sarah, Marco and Alfred. Spencer tells Emma she’ll die before she can accomplish that goal. Emma smiles and expresses admiration at the evolution Spencer has experienced since PLS season 1. Emma and Spencer circle each other, like sharks stalking their prey. The girls take off their shoes and look at each other. The final battle begins, with no weapons but their bare hands and feet.

Emma punches Spencer, who starts pulling Emma’s hair. Emma starts pulling Spencer’s hair as well. Spencer punches Emma off of her. Emma does a spin kick across Spencer’s face. She asks Spencer if this is really all she can do and tells her to give more effort into this. Just then, Spencer kicks Emma in the groin, then knees her in the face. Emma says that this is more like it. Emma tackles Spencer and the girls roll on the floor, slapping and punching each other. They get up.

Spencer uses her fingernails to slash Emma’s face. Emma shrieks and slashes Spencer’s face with her fingernails as well. Blood is coming down both their faces. The girls pull each other’s hair again, with Spencer managing to rip out a large chunk of Emma’s. Emma, who is in total agony, screams that nobody messes with her hair. She yanks harder on Spencer’s hair, ripping a large chunk of it out. Spencer screams out in agony. They stop the battle for a moment to rest.

It’s clear that both of them are getting bloody and bruised, but both are extremely durable and simply refuse to quit. Spencer tackles Emma and throws her against a wall. She wraps her hands around Emma’s throat and repeatedly slams her head against the wall, strangling her at the same time. Emma punches and punches before she is finally able to knock Spencer off of her. Spencer gets back up, but is elbowed in the face by Emma, which breaks her nose. Spencer retaliates by elbowing Emma in the face, breaking her nose as well.

Spencer and Emma rest again, clearly very wounded. It’s clear that by now, Emma has been brutally beaten and wounded, and she struggling to continue. However, despite her wounds, Spencer is able to reserve her energy and continue on. She charges at Emma, who finally realizes that she’s screwed. She backs away and tries to stop Spencer with her arms, but is unable to resist the full fury of the final girl and is tackled against a corner. Emma tries to fight back, but Spencer grabs her wrist and twists it hard. Emma shrieks out in agony. Spencer screams that Emma gave her pain all her life, so, Emma is going to die slowly and painfully.

Spencer kicks Emma across the face, but she does not stop there. She begins repeatedly punching and kicking her the stomach, chest, groin, face and everywhere else she can. Spencer cannot stop relentlessly beating her tormentor. One kick across the face goes slow motion, and one of Emma’s teeth is knocked out. The same thing goes for a slow motion uppercut. Emma’s face is covered in blood, and it is clear that Emma is in complete agony. Eventually, Spencer realizes Emma is on the brink of death. So, she puts her elbow around Emma’s neck.

Spencer whispers to Emma that this final move is for Nancy. She breaks Emma’s neck with a violent jerk/twist. Emma Duval/Sara Harvey, Rosewood survivor, the mastermind of the six part scream series, wife of Emily Fields, daughter of Maggie and Kevin Duval, and the Author, is dead. Spencer looks down at Emma’s corpse. Just then, Sarah, Marco and Alfred finally wake up. They see Spencer looking down at Emma’s corpse, though they can’t tell who it is. Marco asks Spencer what’s happened. Spencer says it’s a long story, but what they must know right now, is that it’s all over.

We cut to about three years later. The Liberty Four are gathering up in a field and lying down, looking up to the sky, but there is someone else with them. Marco and Spencer got married and Spencer gave birth to a child. Spencer wanted to call the child Nancy, but in order to fully move on from Nancy’s death, Marco convinced her to call the child Emily “Eleven” Hastings, naming her after Emily Fields and Jane “Eleven” Ives. Emily is the fifth person lying down with her parents. Alfred and Sarah have ultimately moved on from the deaths of their crushes and are now engaged to each other.

Emily, who is about two years old, giggles like a cute baby. Spencer says that it’s great to have some relaxation like this. Alfred admits that he is happy that his life turned out this way, with everyone else agreeing. Sarah says that there is no more chaos, and it’s hard to believe it’s all really over, even though it’s three years later. Spencer suggests that looking up into the sky is boring and decides to go dance. Everyone else follows her, including Emily. As they dance, Alfred yells that life is a party. We zoom out as everyone as fun. The six part Scream saga is over. Thank you everyone for watching.

Confirmed Facts

 * The season will take place one year after season 2.
 * Several people who I wanted to live will die in VERY brutal and sad ways.
 * This includes Jessica, Nancy and Eleven.
 * Two survivors will be kidnapped in Episode 2, and only one will escape in Episode 3.
 * Eleven and Emily are kidnapped, but both of them are murdered due to Chainsaw's skinning idea.
 * Alfred will research the Duval killing spree and learn more about what happened.
 * The identity of the Author will finally be revealed.
 * The survivors will consider the possibility of the Author faking his death.
 * The reveal will be very long and have connections to the PLS trilogy.
 * After the reveal, there will be an extremely brutal one on one fight with the death with the Author and a main survivor.
 * There will only be 8 episodes.
 * The shortage of episodes is why there is so little new characters, as I couldn't really think of anyone else.
 * This is the only time I have ever had a death every single episode.
 * This is the only story I have ever written where there is only one killer, as the Author is working solo.
 * There will be an opening massacre with the Author trying to chase a target.
 * This is taken from JMO's hotel massacre scene in Riverdale Season 3.
 * This might be my last story, as I'm starting to get writer's block.
 * I have changed my mind and are now officially planning a new story.

What Would Have Happened

 * There was originally more new characters, but couldn't think of how to fit them in eight episodes.
 * Eleven was originally going to survive, but when Chainsaw reminded me of the skinning death, I decided to use it on Eleven.
 * The Author was originally going shoot Jessica, but I thought I'd be crueler and have her commit suicide.
 * I considered having Emma transgender into Alex, but I thought this would be too similar to Jenna's reveal and switched it to Sara.
 * I thought about having no survivors in the finale, with Emma killing everyone else before Spencer arrived, and Spencer and Emma killing each other, but I figured they deserved a happy ending.
 * Emma was originally going to get shoved off a balcony and impaled on a fence by Spencer, but since I wanted always wanted someone to brutally beat Emma in the show, I changed it.