User blog:Dcn1989/SCREAM: The Randora Murders

The Randora Murders of Donald Newton's latest fan fiction story is the upcoming debut of a proposed saga similar to the original Honor stories. They are elements of old Honor/Clearwood stories that never fully came to fruition.

Plot and Setting
Twins Elliot and Elijah Thorson find themselves in the center of a Ghostface murder spree in their hometown of Randora.

Characters

 * Nicola Brynes (16): Nicola is one of Bella's best friends outside of Elliot's group of friends. Like Bella, Nicola is very popular and beautiful.


 * Seth Berkman (16): Seth is Nicola's boyfriend. Not much is known about him except that he's most likely popular and a jock.


 * Teresa Donovan (40s): Donovan is the very strict, unlikable, and foul principal of Randora High School. She has a beef against Logan Tompkins for his rebellous behavior and wishes to see him gone.


 * Dan Dessler (50s): Dessler is the kinder and gentler Vice Principal. The complete opposite of Donovan, who believes that Dessler is spineless and weak.


 * Tommy Blanchard (30s): Tommy is the school's resource officer. He is strict on the activities of the students. Kinder than Donovan, he has no personal problems with the students. But he doesn't fully trust Logan. But is more nicer to him than his boss.


 * Lee Matthews (30s): Lee is the creepy and unstable school janitor. He clearly hates his job and the kids at the school. He has a beef with Junior Thorson. His behavior and personality makes him the biggest suspect. But his true story will have a shocking connection to the truth about Ghostface.


 * Richie (16-18): Richie is Logan's best friend from his group of friends.


 * Morgan (16-18): Morgan is one of Logan's friends.


 * Phillip (16-18): Phillip is one of Logan's friends.


 * Ghostface (??): Ghostface is the main antagonist of the story. He targets people involved with the Thorson family over a tragic and dark past.

Chapter 1
Stacey's bar, the local bar in Randora, is very busy tonight. It is dark outside. But the bar is lit up and awake. Music could be heard blaring from inside the bar. People are enjoying themselves. Some are eating dinner, some are drinking with friends, some are having dates, and some are drinking solo and getting drunk.

One of those drinking solo and getting drunk is Quentin Stone, a 24 year old man, with a stubby face, rough looking. He's certainly seen some shit in his young life. Tonight, appears to have been rough for him as he's getting load on shots. He takes a quick drink of his shot and slams the glass on the table.

"WAITRESS! MORE SHOTS!" a nearly shit-faced Quentin demands of the waitress.

The Young Waitress turns to her boss, the Bartender.

"Cut him off after this last round." ordered the Bartender.

The Waitress nods and brings over a tray of shots to him.

"This is your cut off, sir." The waitress informs him.

Quentin is annoyed. But he likes the services and doesn't want to alienate them.

"Fine!" replies a conceding Quentin. He pulls out a hundred dollar bill and hands it to her. "Keep the change."

"Thank you, sir." said the grateful Waitress.

Quentin proceeds to drink his shots quickly.

"What a fucking night." Quentin says to himself.

Sometime later, an extremely drunken Quentin is attempting to walk out of the bar, stumbling and nearly hitting people and objects in the process. This concerns the Bartender and his staff.

"Can I get you a taxi, sir?" asked the worried Bartender.

"Nah, I'm good. I'm just going to the motel next door." said a slurring Quentin.

"Can I at least get someone to escort you there safely?"

Quentin is annoyed by this. But, once again, he concedes to their concerns.

"Sure."

"Ben, help him to his motel room." said the Bartender to Ben, a young waiter.

"Sure." said Ben, who approaches Quentin and helps him out. "Okay, sir. Let's get you safely to your motel room."

"Cool" said Quentin, hardly understanding what is happening.

The Motel Eight is your typical cheap motel in the middle of town that most people go to get laid, sleep it off after getting drunk at Stacey's, or just to go to for some peace and quiet. Ben is carefully walking the drunken Quentin through the corridor of several motel doors. He looks at each door as he searches for Quentin's room.

"B3, B4, B5...AH! B6. Here we are, sir." said Ben, helping Quentin out.

Holding Quentin up with one arm and using a MOTEL CARD to unlock the door with his other hand, Ben is able to successfully open the door to Quentin's motel room without dropping the drunken man. This is not his first time having to escort a drunken customer to the motel.

It is dark inside Quentin's motel room. So Ben turns on the light to reveal a typical cheap motel room. Nothing special. Just a bed, a desk, and a TV on a TV stand. Ben takes Quentin to the bed and carefully lays him down.

"Here you are, sir. I hope you feel better soon." said Ben.

"Yeah. Yeah. Sure." said a slurring Quentin, unaware of what is happening.

"Goodnight, Sir." said Ben before turning off the lights and leaving the motel room.

Ben closes the door to the motel room and walks away. Unbeknownst to Ben, on the opposite direction from his path, somebody is standing nearby Quentin's motel room. This mysterious DARK FIGURE waits for Ben to be out of sight before he makes his move.

Quentin is sleeping in the dark room. The door is suddenly unlocked and is opened, bringing in light from outside the motel room and casting off a SHADOW OF THE FIGURE across Quentin's face. The Shadowy Intruder closes the door, cutting off the light on Quentin's face. The door closing jerks Quentin awake.

"Hello? Who's there?" asked a confused Quentin.

Quentin looks around the dark motel room. But he doesn't see anything. Perhaps it was just a dream. Quentin shakes his head. But he immediately regrets that as he feels his head racing from the alcohol.

"Fuck, man!" Quentin whines to himself.

Quentin gets up from the bed and moves over to the bathroom. He stares at himself in the mirror before looking down to the sink. He turns on the sink and fills his hands up with water. He splashes the water on his face.

Quentin looks back up at the mirror to see GHOSTFACE behind him. He doesn't have time to react before Ghostface stabs him in the back. He shrieks in pain just as the Killer throws him to the floor. Quentin begins to crawl away from Ghostface, who stands over him with his HUNTING KNIFE in hand.

Quentin crawls himself out of the bathroom. Ghostface slowly follows him. He is having some fun with his victim by making him think that there is hope of escaping. Quentin is crawling across the motel room, hoping to make it to the door. It is so close yet so far. Ghostface has followed him out of the bathroom and is keeping track of him.

Quentin is almost to the door when Ghostface decides that he's done playing with him. Ghostface turns him onto his back and kneels down against his chest, preventing him from moving.

"What the fuck? What are you doing, man?" asked a frightened Quentin.

Ghostface raises his knife up in the air, taking aim at his helpless victim. Quentin knows that this is it.

"NO! NO! PLEASE!" Quentin begs for his life.

But Ghostface ignores his plea as he slams the knife down into his body.

Chapter 2
The Thorson house is a beautiful red brick Georgian three story house with a hidden underground basement. There are three vehicles parked on the property. A police car, indicating that a police officer lives here, a black SVU, which is most likely for the whole family, and one dark red car.

A car drives up to the house and parks in front of the house. The driver is Curtis Donnelly and his girlfriend Elliot Thorson. They are both sixteen year old Juniors. They are very disappointed that they were forced to end their date early by Elliot's overly protective Sheriff father.

"Well, here we are." said Curtis.

"Right. An hour before curfew. All because of some stupid fatality scene that Dad must go to." said an irritated Elliot.

"At least your Dad won't kill me." Curtis points out, trying to be positive of the situation.

"Sure. Now he knows that he can get you to do whatever he wants because you caved."

"Hey, but you're worth it, Elliot. Just as long as I get to be with you....your Dad can have me clean up your entire house if he wants me to. Just as long as he doesn't stop us from being together."

Elliot smiles over this. She's trying to like her boyfriend. But for some reason she’s not fully feeling it. But she goes along with it anyway.

"Curtis Donnelly, you are the sweetest guy that I've ever known." said Elliot, trying to find something in her boyfriend to like.

They lean in for a kiss and begin the smooching. But before they can get even further -- POUND! The couple is startled. They turn to the passenger side window to see -- DEAN THORSON, Elliot's father and the Sheriff of Randora. He's wearing his police uniform.

"Ugh! Dad!" an annoyed Elliot says to herself.

"Time to get inside, honey. I got a scene to go to. Curtis, you better get home safely." Dean orders.

"Yes, Sheriff." replied a complying Curtis.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Elliot assures Curtis before getting out of the car and facing her father.

As Curtis leaves, Elliot glares at her father, who has a grin on his face. He knows that he has ruined her date and is proud of himself.

"Did you really have to do that?" Elliot asks her father.

"Get inside and keep the door locked until I get home." Dean demands of his daughter.

"But…"

Dean doesn't let her finish.

"You know the drill."

Elliot is extremely annoyed by her father's paranoia and extreme caution.

"You do this every time someone is killed. You act like they're out to get us all." Elliot reminds her father.

But he's not having any of it.

"Inside! Doors locked!"

"Yeah. Yeah. I'm going." says a defeated Elliot as she begrudgingly walks away from her father.

Sitting on the couch in the living room, eating a bowl of ice cream, and watching TV is Elliot's twin brother ELIJAH THORSON, also a sixteen year old Junior. Elijah hears Elliot entering and turns to her.

"Hey, Elliot. How did it go?" Elijah asks his twin sister.

"It went well. Until..."

Elijah knows exactly how it ended.

"Dad ruined it. Didn't he?"

"An hour before curfew. Then he tells me to get inside and to keep the door locked." Elliot informs her twin brother.

"That's our Dad for you." Elijah states. "Sounds like another fatality scene he must attend to."

It's not the first time that the children has experienced their father panicking over a fatality in town.

"It's stupid. It's not like the suspect in the murder is after us." Elliot vents.

Walking into the living room is their younger brother DEAN THORSON JR. But he goes by "JUNIOR." Junior is a fourteen year old Freshman. Despite his young age and innocent baby face, he is extremely tall. At six-foot-three, he is the tallest member of the Thorson family.

"Dad ruined your date, huh?" Junior taunts his older sister.

Elliot is annoyed. Everyone knows how this goes.

"Yes, Junior." Elliot confirms with annoyance.

Junior chuckles at his sister's misfortunate as he explains his own situation, "Sheriff Dad ruins another night for us. I just came back from Troy's house and Dad is all up in my face about it being late and how he has to go to a fatality scene."

"I wonder what happened." said a curious Elijah.

The Motel Eight is now surrounded by police, ambulances, and reporters. A police car arrives at the scene. The officer exiting out of the car is Dean, who is met up with DEPUTY GROVES.

"What do we got? Dean asks his Deputy.

"A stabbing victim." Groves informs his boss.

Dean and Groves walk together to Quentin's motel room. They enter the motel room to find a blood stained white sheet over a body. A Medical Examiner is standing by as they approach the body.

"Okay. Let's take a look." said Dean to the Medical Examiner.

The Medical Examiner removes the sheet to reveal Quentin's mutilated body. He's been stabbed multiple times in the chest, neck, and face.

Dean is shocked upon seeing the victim. He recognizes him.

"The victim's name is..." Groves attempts to inform him boss. Before...

"Quentin Stone." Dean confidently states.

Groves is surprised by this and asks, "Did you know him, Sheriff?"

"Not really..." Dean replies. The tension rises as we quickly learn the truth. "I knew his mother."

What does this mean? Will the fact that Dean knew Quentin's mother have any significant importance to the story? How does it relate to Quentin's murder or to Dean's life?

Chapter 3
It's the next morning and the sun shines on the Thorson house. The sunlight makes the house look more majestic and beautiful than it actually is.

In the living room, adorned on the wall over the fireplace mantle is a large picture of JUDY THORSON, a beautiful woman with dark brown hair and a bright smile. This was Dean's wife and the mother of Elliot, Elijah, and Junior.

Sitting on the couch and staring at her picture is Dean with a cup of coffee in his hand. It's obvious by the look on his face that not only does he miss her but that there is guilt over her tragic death. Maybe he feels that he didn't do enough to prevent her death.

Coming down the stairs is Elliot and Elijah, who are ready to leave and state their day.

"Hey, Dad. We're gonna take off!" Elliot informs their father.

"Be careful out there." Dean asks of his children.

"We will." Elijah assures his father.

"Have a good day, Daddy." said Elliot.

"You, too."

The twins leave. Immediately after they leave, Junior walks into the living room with his own cup of coffee.

"Hey, Dad." Junior greets Senior.

"Hey, Junior. What are you up to?" the elder Dean asks of the younger Dean.

"I have no clue. I didn't really have any plans today. I might see if Troy wants to go to the mall or something."

"Sounds good. Have fun."

"Yeah. We'll see." says an unenthused Junior as he sips his coffee.

Junior sees that his father is staring at his mother's picture. A sad look comes over Junior's face. Being the youngest and with his mother dying when he was just a little boy, it appears to have hit Junior the hardest. He comes and sits next to his father and they stare at the picture together.

"Why did she have to do it? Leave us behind." Junior questions of his mother's death.

"Sometimes some people just can't handle it. Your mother...she was a strong woman. But she just didn't feel strong enough to keep going. I'll never understand it either." Dean explains to his son.

"I wish I could have done something to save her." states a sadden Junior.

"I do, too, son. I do, too."

The Father and Son just sit together for a moment to reflect on the woman that they've lost. A husband lost the love of his life and a son is deprived of a loving and nurturing mother.

Chapter 4
RUSSO'S BURGERS is your typical local burger joint where kids like to hangout during the weekends. It's nothing special. Just a place to eat burgers and have shakes. There are TVs placed on every corner. Currently playing is the NEWS COVERAGE on the murder of Quentin Stone.

"Police still do not have a suspect for the murder. But they are asking for the public to come forward with any details relating to last night's brutal murder." informs a Reporter.

Sitting at a table and watching this is; Curtis, Elliot's best friend ANDREA LAVERA (16), her goofy-ass boyfriend DAVE BURBANK (16), the tall and handsome idiot CHRISTIAN PEPPER (16), and his beautiful and obviously popular girlfriend BELLA KARNEWTON (16).

"The dude was drunk. He probably pissed someone off at the bar who followed him back to the motel to off him." Dave suggests, speaking of the murder.

"I've heard that the killer must have been waiting for him to return to his motel since the waiter that escorted him back to the motel didn't notice anyone following them back." Andrea points out.

"Either way, the guy was targeted. This couldn't have been just a random killing." said Christian.

"No, shit. Based on what we've heard about the stabbings...it was personal. Ain't no random killing there." Dave states.

This conversation reminds Curtis of why he's still disappointed about last.

"This murder ruined my date with Elliot. Her Father freaked out and asked for her to come home early because of it. Like the person who did that was coming after us next." Curtis vents to his friends.

Andrea knows how he feels as she chimes in about the subject, "He's always been that paranoid. You better get use to it. I can't tell you how many times our hangouts were cut short because of a domestic violence case that took place on the other side of town. He called her home from the safety of my parents' house just because some random dude decided to beat on his woman. The man just doesn't let his kids live."

"Ah, it's not that bad." Elliot states as she and Elijah finally arrive. Everyone turns to see the twin approaching their table.

Christian greets Elijah, "Hey, Thorson."

"Hey, Christian." Elijah greets back as he takes a seat next to him.

Elliot sits next to her boyfriend and they put their arms around each other before kissing.

"Sorry about last night." said an apologizing Elliot.

"It's alright. I'll get used to it." said Curtis, remembering what Andrea had just to him a moment ago.

Elliot kisses her boyfriend again, appreciating his understanding of the situation.

Throwing away his cigarette before entering the Burger Joint is LOGAN TOMPKINS (16), with light brown shoulder length hair. He is definitely a rebel type with his GARGYLE SUNGLASSES, long hair, and rock band attire.

Logan enters with such swag and badassery that you can't help but to admire him. Yet, he wouldn't give a shit if you admire him or not. He's not a people pleaser. He's just a young man living his life in the best that he can in a world that has given him nothing but shit all his life.

Logan sees the group and approaches them. Christian and Dave see him. Christian is surprised to see him. But Dave is anxious to see him.

"Hey, Logan!" Dave greets Logan.

"Dave...I got your stuff." Logan informs him.

"Sweet! Let's have it, man."

"You got my money?"

"Oh, right."

Dave pulls out his wallet and pulls out a FIFTY DOLLAR BILL.

"I hope this covers everything." said Dave as he hands the fifty to Logan.

Logan accepts the money, stating, "More than enough for me. Thank you for your business." Then he hands Dave a BROWN PAPER BAG.

“Thank you for your…” Dave begins to say. But then remembers that there are people around. “...your stuff.”

This is obviously drugs.

“Sure.” said Logan.

Logan turns to see Elliot and gives her a smile. He's not a romantic type guy. But he can't help but find himself attracted to her. They used to be friends and he used to have a crush on her back then. Perhaps he still does. Despite having a boyfriend, Elliot also finds him attractive and smiles back at him. Curtis gives Logan a glare, obviously being possessive.

“Later, guys.” says Logan.

“Later, man.” said Dave.

“See you at school, man.” said Christian, trying to be friendly to Logan, whom he barely knows.

“Whatever, man.” Logan fires back as he walks away from the group.

“You’re friends with Logan Tompkins? Elliot asks Dave.

“More of an acquaintance. He provides me with...stuff.” Dave responds.

“Elliot and I used to be friends with him when we were younger.” Elijah informs his friends.

“Yeah? What happened?” asks a curious Christian.

“I don't know. We just seemed to have drifted apart. I used to have a crush on him when we were younger.” Elliot admits.

“Really?” asks Curtis, obviously not happy about hearing this.

Elliot realizes how this sounds.

“Chill, Curtis. It was a long time ago.” Elliot assures her boyfriend.

Elijah is very curious about the transaction between Dave and Logan.

“What did Logan give you?” Elijah asks Dave.

ELIJAH: (to Dave) What did Logan give you?

Dave opens the bag and takes a peek.

“That’s the stuff.” exclaims a happy Dave.

Everyone takes a look. Elijah is shocked by what he sees inside the bag.

“That’s highly illegal.” Elijah states.

“Hell, yeah it is.” Dave confirms before adding, “And I’m gonna enjoy the hell out of it.”

PHONE RINGS! Elijah checks his cell phone to find that JUNIOR IS CALLING.

“It’s Junior.” Elijah informs everybody before answering. “Hey, Little Brother. What’s up?”

Before Junior has a chance to talk, the group is approached by NICOLA BYRNES (16) and her boyfriend SETH BERKMAN (16). Nicola is very excited and anxious to talk to Bella.

“Hey, Bella!” greets an excited Nicola.

Bella is also excited to see her friend.

“Hey, Nicola! What’s up, girl?” Bella greets back with the same enthusiasm.

“Get this...My parents are gone until Monday morning. So Seth and I are gonna spend the entire weekend together. You and Christian wanna join us?

“It'll be fun.” Seth assures them.

“Hell yeah!” an excited Christian immediately responds.

But Bella stops him there.

“Unfortunately, we can't. My Dad is having a dinner party tonight and I have to be there.” Bella informs her friend before turning to her boyfriend. “And you’re supposed to come with me.” She reminds Christian.

Christian groans in disappointment over this. “Fine!”

“That's too bad. Well, if you change your mind, the invite is always open.” Nicola tells Bella. “See ya.”

“See ya!” Bella says back to her bestie.

Nicola and Seth walk away.

“Sorry about that. Nicola Byrnes came over to talk.” Elliot tells Junior over the phone. “What's up?”

At the front counter, Logan is sitting on a stool and is given a milkshake by the Counterman.

“That'll be a dollar-fifty.” the Counterman informs him.

Logan slides the fifty dollar bill that Dave gave him moments ago. The Counterman takes it and gives Logan a look.

“What am I to do with a fifty for a less than two dollar drink?” asked the Counterman.

Logan gives the Counterman a look as if he can't believe that he actually asked him this.

“Open your little cash register, put the fifty in, and bring me my change.” Logan bluntly instructs before adding insult, “Didn't they teach that when you first started here?

“Smartass! I'll see what I can do.”

The Counterman opens the cash register and goes through the change. He pulls out two twenty dollar bills, a five dollar bill, three ones, and fifty cents and hands them to Logan.

“Here you go.”

“Thanks, man.” said Logan before grabbing his shake and leaving the joint.

“Punkass kid.” said the Counterman to himself under his breath.

Approaching the counter is LILLY WINSLOW (16), a cute shy girl with red hair.

“What can I get you?” the Counterman asks Lilly.

“I'd like a number three combo with a Pepsi to-go.” Lilly orders.

Back at the table, Elijah hangs up his phone, having just ended his phone call with Junior.

“I’m gonna get some food. I’ll be right back.” Elijah announces to his friends.

“Okay!” Everyone responds with.

Elijah gets up from the table and heads over to the front counter. He stands right behind Lilly and notices her, checking her out. She's a cutie. The Counterman is in the process of trying to use Lilly's debit card for payment. But it's failing.

“I'm sorry. It's not working.” The Counterman informs Lilly.

The Counterman hands the card back to Lilly, who is confused.

“I don't get it. I thought my mom transferred some money into the card.” said Lilly.

“Do you have anything else on you?” asks the Counterman.

“No.”

“I'm sorry, then. I can't give you the food.”

“Shoot.”

Elijah butts in.

“How much is her meal?” asked Elijah.

“Five seventy-five.” answered the Counterman.

Elijah pulls out his wallet and pulls out a five dollar bill and a single one.

“Here. Keep the change.” said Elijah as he hands the Counterman the money.

The Counterman nods and puts them in the register. He brings out a to-go-bag with Lilly's order.

A grateful Lilly turns to Elijah with a smile.

“Thank you so much.”

“No problem. Enjoy your meal.”

Lilly takes her bag and proceeds to leave. Elijah stands and watches her walk out the door with a big smile on his face. He feels all proud of himself for helping her out.

“Excuse me! Young man? Can I help you with something?” asks the Counterman.

Elijah realizes that he's still facing away from the Counterman and turns back to him.

“Oh, yeah! I'll have a number two combo meal with a Pepsi.” Elijah orders.

Chapter 5
At the city morgue, Dean stands by Valerie Stone, the mother of Quentin Stone, as the coroner unveils Quentin’s body from the sheet. Valerie begins to sob upon seeing her son’s corpse.

“That’s Quentin.” a crying Valerie informs Dean. “My Baby!” Valerie exclaims in devastation.

“I'm sorry, Val.” said a consoling Dean. “Is there anything I can do for you?” He asks her while rubbing her back more intimately rather than the way you would when consoling someone. It's obvious that they have history together.

Valerie glares at him to stop, which he does. Dean apologizes to her.

“Just find the person who murdered my baby.” Valerie requests.

“Of course...and you know if there is anything else I can…”

Valerie is not having any of it.

“No, Dean. We're done. We've been done for a long time. I'm not you. I don't keep going. I'd like to go back home to my husband.”

Dean nods, “Sure.”

“When you find out who did this...you tell my husband. I'll be too busy taking care of funeral arrangements to talk to you.” Valerie states, putting her foot down.

This is, of course, her way of saying that she doesn't want to speak with Dean again. Dean knows this. But plays along anyways.

“I understand, Valerie.” said Dean.

Valeries is not happy with the way he speaks to her.

“It's Mrs. Stone to you, Sheriff.”

“Mrs. Stone.” Dean respectfully replies.

Having seen enough, Valerie walks away, leaving Dean alone with her son's body. Dean stares at Quentin’s body for a moment as he thinks about his situation.

“I will find whoever did this.” Dean says to himself.

Nicola's house is a large two story house in the middle of nowhere out in the country side of town. Most of the lights are on inside the house.

Nicola and Seth are making out on the couch. Things are getting hot and heavy. But things get interrupted by – RINGING. They turn to see a VIDEO CALL on Nicola's family flat screen TV.

“What the hell?” asked an annoyed Seth.

Nicola sees what is going on.

“Just somebody trying to video call me.” Nicola states.

Nicola grabs the remote control and rejects the call. Ending the ringing. She turns back to her boyfriend.

“Now where were we?” Nicola asks Seth seductively.

The couple smile before getting back to business. They proceed to remove articles of their clothing, getting ready to go from making out to making love. Just outside the main window of the living room, casting a shadow on the grass is the silhouette of GHOSTFACE.

SOMETIME LATER

Nicola and Seth have just finished having sex and they are putting their clothes back on. Nicola, wearing a bra, is putting her shirt back on. A sweaty Seth is buttoning up his shirt.

DING! Seth grabs his phone and checks it. It's a TEXT MESSAGE from an UNKNOWN.

“Who is texting me?” Seth asks.

He reads the text:

"Seth, this is Mom. I just heard about Nicola's sleepover weekend. You better get home now or you're grounded for a month! GET HOME NOW!"

Seth is horrified.

“How the hell did she find out?” asks out loud to himself.

“That fucking sucks! I was hoping we'd be able to have this weekend.” said Nicola.

“Yeah. Parents ruin everything. I guess I gotta go.”

Seth kisses Nicola before getting up from the couch. Nicola sits there and watches as her boyfriend hurries out the door.

Seth rushes to his car, pressing the remote to unlock the car. But he stops when he notices that his trunk is opened.

“What the hell?” Seth asks himself.

Seth checks inside the trunk. But there is nothing there. Perhaps he didn't close it all the way before? He quickly slams it shut before getting inside his car.

MEANWHILE

The bathroom is filled with steam from the hot shower that Nicola is taking.

AT THE SAME TIME

Seth's car drives through the neighborhood, heading for the entry/exit way to the main road. A loud POP SONG plays in the background as Seth races through the streets. He is singing along to the music.

Seth looks at his rearview mirror and sees – GHOSTFACE popping up from the backseat.

Seth's car BRAKES HARD. SCREECHING! From outside the car, you could see Ghostface attacking Seth from the backseat. But it would be difficult to tell what is happening.

NOTE: Ghostface snuck in by breaking into the trunk, pushing the backseats forward from inside the trunk, and closing the backseats upon successfully getting into the car. This explains why his trunk was opened.

Nicola, now dressed in a white shirt and pink pajama pants, comes down the stairs and turns into the living room. She goes over to the couch and turns on the TV. A movie is playing.

DING! Nicola checks her phone. There's a text message from SETH:

"Surprise, Whore!"

This offends Nicola. She replies:

"Who are you calling a whore, asshole?"

DING!

"You! You fucking slut! You're just like your mother. A fucking slut who fucks married men."

This really offends Nicola. It's one thing to call her names. But her mother? Her boyfriend has gone too far. She proceeds to quickly reply to this message:

"FUCK YOU! DON'T FUCKING TALK ABOUT MY MOTHER LIKE THAT!!!"

After a moment of waiting, she receives a DING. She reads it:

"Don't believe me? Check this out..."

Moments later...

DOWNLOADING...A photo of DEAN and NICOLA'S MOTHER appears. They are in a romantic embrace and look too close for two people already married to other people. This means that Dean and Nicola's mother had an affair.

Nicola is shocked by this. How could her mother cheat on her Daddy? She replies quickly:

"Seth...where the fuck did you get this?"

She waits a moment. DING!

"Oh, that's right. You still think you're talking to your boyfriend. He's unavailable."

This confuses Nicola. If this isn't her boyfriend...then who is this?

"Who the fuck are you?"

DING!

"Someone who would kill to punish Sheriff Thorson and his whores for their sins. And you, my dear slut, are next on the list."

This horrifies Nicola. Is this a prank or for real? She replies:

"Is this some prank? Stop fucking with me!"

DING!

"NO PRANK! If you don't believe me...Believe this!"

Suddenly -- CRASH! Nicola moves away from the main living room window as it rains glass. She turns to find a BODY falling onto the floor. It's Seth -- DEAD. His throat had been slashed.

Nicola screams in horror upon realizing who the dead person is.

“NO! SETH!” Nicola screams out in horror over seeing her boyfriend’s dead body.

Nicola looks up at the shattered window to see -- GHOSTFACE POPPING OUT OF NOWHERE! She screams and takes off running. Ghostface jumps through the broken window and gives chase.

Nicola runs into the kitchen, hoping to make it to the back door. But Ghostface can run faster than her and is quickly catching up to her. Nicola does make it to the back door. She unlocks it and quickly opens it. However, before she can run out, Ghostface catches up to her and stabs her in the back. Nicola lets out a scream of pain.

Ghostface pushes her out the back door. Nicola proceeds to crawl across the yard. Ghostface approaches her and quickly slams the knife into her back again. Nicola screams out loud in agony. With the knife still in her back, Nicola quickly tries to crawl away from the Killer. But Ghostface slams his boot onto her leg, breaking her leg. Nicola screams out over this.

Ghostface pulls the knife out of Nicola's back before he turns her on her back for her to face him. Nicola is scared as Ghostface raises the knife up. Nicola screams one last time as the Killer slams the knife down.

Chapter 6
Randora High School is a large complex of different buildings that houses multiple classes from ninth to twelfth grade and other educational facilities.

Our group; Elliot, Curtis, Elijah, Christian, Bella, Dave, and Andrea walk inside the main building. They are stopped by the school's RESOURCE OFFICER, TOMMY BLANCHARD (34).

“You know the drill, guys. Remove all objects, especially metal objects, and put them into the trays.” Tommy instructs them.

Not wanting to cause a problem, all seven of the teens cooperate, and proceed to place their backpacks and objects inside their clothing and on their bodies into the trays.

“Come through.” Tommy says, waving Elliot through.

Elliot walks through the metal detector without any buzzing. She's good.

“You're clear. Next!”

Curtis follows suit. He's clear. He is followed by Elijah, Christian, Bella, Dave, and Andrea. All seven of the teens are cleared.

“Thank you for your cooperation and have a good day.” Tommy says to the group.

“Thank you. You, too, Officer Blanchard.” said Elijah.

As the walk off, Junior enters the building. He knows the drill.

“Hey, Tommy.” greets Junior as he removes objects on his person.

“Hello, Junior.” Tommy greets back.

Junior goes through the same procedure that his older siblings just went through. After placing his belongings into the trays, he walks through the metal detector without a beep.

“Have a good day, Junior.”

“You, too, Tommy.”

Not far from Junior is the group standing around having just watched the younger Thorson brother go through the same routine.

“Good thing we finished that joint before getting here.” said Dave.

“It's a good thing you don't carry a lighter. They'd bust your ass for sure.” Andrea reminds him.

“I always come prepared with a single match before leaving home.”

“That's the reason I wanted to use the firecracker before getting here.” Christian chimes in with.

Elliot rolls her eyes.

“You guys are such juveniles.” says Elliot.

“Guilty as charged.” Dave admits.

The group laughs as they head inside the cafeteria.

As the group finds a table to sit at together, we meet LEE MATTHEWS (30s), the School's Janitor, mopping the floor. There is something about him that seems very off. He doesn't seem like a very nice guy at all. Lee looks up and sees Junior entering. He is upset at Junior over something.

“You asshole.” Lee says to himself about Junior.

Lee abandons his mop to confront Junior over something. But we won’t know what this is about yet.

Lilly Winslow, the girl that Elijah helped at the Burger Joint, enters the school for the very first time. She looks lost and confused. Tommy notices and realizes this.

“New here?” asked Tommy.

“Yeah.” Lilly replied.

“Please, remove all objects from yourself and place them into the trays then step forward.”

Lilly places her backpack into one of the trays. She proceeds to remove her earrings and other objects in her clothing and places them inside the trays. Tommy waves her through the metal detector. Lilly walks through without a buzz.

“You're clear. Welcome to Randora.”

“Thanks.” said Lilly as she takes her stuff and walks off.

Sitting around a large table in the meeting room is the School’s Principal TERESA DONOVAN (40s), Vice Principal DAN DESSLER (50s), and several other MAJOR SCHOOL OFFICIALS.

There is a KNOCK at the door.

“Come in!” Donovan orders.

Opening the door and the Secretary peeks her head in and states, “I’ve got Logan Tompkins.”

“Good! Send him in.” Donovan says to her Secretary. She turns to Dessler and says, “Now we’ve got him.”

Dessler doesn't seem amused by Donovan's cocky confidence. She seems very authoritarian even for a Principal. Logan enters the meeting room. Dessler gives Logan a friendly smile while Donovan gives Logan a not-so-friendly look. Dessler is the "Good Cop" while Donovan is the "Bad Cop."

“Hello, Logan. How are…” Dessler greets Logan before Donovan interrupts him.

“Logan Tompkins...what do you have to say for yourself?” Donovan asked in a disciplinary tone.

Logan isn’t afraid of her and responds sarcastically with, “I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling teachers.”

Donovan isn’t having any of it.

“You think you're so funny, Mr. Tompkins?” asked Donovan.

“So very.” Logan responds sarcastically.

“Logan, please...we need to talk to you.” said the more caring Dessler, trying to reason with the rebellious Logan.

“We know what you were doing on the football field.” states Donovan.

“We don't know for sure.” Dessler points out.

“Oh, we know, Mr. Dessler.” Donovan responds with confidence. She attempts to prove by stating, “People pay more attention to what goes on out there than just the cheerleaders dancing. You and your buddy...who I will be seeking out...were smoking right in front of the football team practicing yesterday.”

Logan demands that she; “Prove it.”

“Witnesses.” Donovan claims.

“Irrelevant.” Logan claims before adding, “No cameras caught anything...no leftover cigarette buds...no cigarette smell on me. All you got are the words of asshole jocks. Not enough to convict me for anything.”

“He's got a point, Ms. Donovan.” said Dessler, trying to stop Donovan from going too far.

Donovan glares at Dessler. She feels that the Vice Principal has no spine. He is too soft in Donovan's eyes. But he is right.

“Smart. You're right. I don't have enough evidence to punish you.” Donovan concedes. But decides to end their meeting with a deep insult; “But mark my word, young man...when I do catch you...your punishment will be so painful that you will cry home to your mommy and daddy...if you can even find out who your Daddy is.”

Dessler is disturbed by Donovan's disrespect.

Dessler attempts to defend Logan, “Ms. Donovan, I don't think we need to…” But is interrupted by Donovan, who doesn’t care what he has to say.

“The point is...you're the head rebel here. The losers, slackers, and wanna-be tough ones who disrespect authority follow your lead. If they see you go down...they will soon follow you down...and then soon we'll get rid of the likes of you.” Donovan states, believing in her own overreaching power.

Now the other School Officials are shocked by this comment. Donovan is going too far even for them. But they still remain silent. Logan gives Donovan a “What the fuck” look. Somewhat actually offended by her comment.

“The likes of me? What do you think I am, Ms. Donovan?” asked Logan.

“A smoking, uneducated, poor, lazy, piece of trash. You have no future here. You are nothing. And I will be glad when the day comes that you just leave us.” Donovan states in his face. Feeling that nobody will care how far she is going.

The other School Officials glance at each other. Do they say something now?

Logan doesn’t care what she says. So he fires back with, “Whatever you say, bitch. Whatever makes you feel better about your own pathetic life.”

Everyone has a horrified look on their faces. Did this kid just sign his own death warrant with the Principal? Donovan is furious. But she knows that she just can't punish Logan for no reason.

“Just get out of my sight.” Donovan orders.

Logan shakes his head. Donovan is clearly a judgemental bitch who doesn't know anything about Logan. He turns around and proceeds to leave.

Lilly is walking through the crowded hallway and carrying books in her arms. She attempts to move past the crowd without being bumped into. But this is unsuccessful as she accidentally bumps into some people. This causes her to drop her books onto the floor.

“Shoot!” Lilly says to herself.

Lilly gets down onto her knees and proceeds to pick up the books. Just as she goes to grab a book, a MALE HAND makes contact with her hand in an attempt to assist her. Lilly looks up to see who is assisting her -- IT'S ELIJAH. They're both surprised to see each other.

“Oh, it's you.” Lilly declares.

“Yeah. It's you, too...the girl from Russo's.” Elijah reminds her.

Elijah helps with picking up the books and hands them to her.

“Thank you.”

“No problem. I'm sorry...we haven't properly met yet...I'm Elijah Thorson.”

“Lilly Winslow.”

“I haven’t seen you here before. Are you new?”

“Yeah. I moved here from Lynnwood.”

“What do you think of Randora so far?”

“It's alright. Nothing different from Lynnwood. So nothing special.”

“Right. Randora is just another city similar to the rest. Hopefully you have a good time here and meet some new friends.”

Lilly smiles.

“I think I just did.” Lilly declares.

Elijah blushes. He realizes that she means him. He's starting to like this girl.

THE BELL RINGS.

“I gotta get to class.” Lilly tells Elijah before asking him, “See you around?”

“I do hope so.” Elijah responds hopefully.

Lilly smiles over this.

“So do I.” said Lilly before walking off.

Elijah is left standing there to smile. He can't believe that he finally got to properly meet this cute girl that he's been thinking about since seeing her the other day.

Eventually, all of the students are in their classes, leaving just Lee the Janitor alone to mop the floor. He continues to give off creepy vibes as he sings to himself.

“I hate them all. Fuck them all. Gonna kill them all. Kill them all.”

Lee feels a presence at the other end of the hall. He looks up to see – JUNIOR. It’s obvious by the way these two are looking at each other, they are NOT on friendly terms.

“I’ll get you. I’ll bring your ass down, Thorson.” Lee declares.

Junior shakes his head and responds with, “Whatever, asshole!” He simply walks away from the creepy ass janitor.

Chapter 7
Nicola’s parents Ivan and Mel Byrnes finally arrive home from their weekend getaway. As they approach their house, they notice that their front door is wide open and that the window to the living room is broken.

“What the hell happened here?” Nicola’s father asks himself.

They are immediately alarmed by this and quickly enter their home. They are shocked to find Seth's dead body.

“OH, MY GOD! IT'S SETH!” Mel states.

Then they realize...where is their daughter?

“NICOLA?!” Ivan calls out for his daughter. “HONEY?! YOU HOME?”

The parents run around the house in search of their daughter.

Mel runs to the open back door and steps outside. She stops and lets out a BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM! Ivan quickly runs out and is horrified to see – NICOLA'S DEAD BODY lying on the grass.

PHOTOGRAPHS ARE BEING SNAPPED!

An INVESTIGATOR is snapping a shot of Seth Berkman's corpse lying on the living room floor with a field of glass pieces all around. Another INVESTIGATOR takes snapshots of Nicola's body.

Dean arrives and sees both Ivan and Mel together. They give him a "Knowing" look. This indicates that Ivan is aware of his wife's affair with him. The tension between them prevents Dean from speaking to them.

Dean walks out to the backyard where he's approached by Deputy Groves. They stare at Nicola's body.

“Another stabbing murder. Similar to the Quentin Stone murder.” Groves states.

“And another where I'm...familiar with the victim's mother.” Dean admits.

This catches Groves attention. Something is starting to make sense to him. Dean sees the look on his Deputy's face.

“What?” asked Dean.

“We found her phone and found this in one of the text messages. This killer knows about your past with the mother.” Groves informs the Sheriff.

Groves shows Dean the text message. Dean sees the picture of himself with Mel. This has become very disturbing to him. Is the Killer targeting people related to Dean's past affairs?

BACK AT RANDORA HIGH SCHOOL

History Teacher MCKINLEY (30s) is beginning his lecture. Attending this class are the rest of the group; Elliot, Elijah, Curtis, Dave, Andrea, Christian, Bella, Lilly, and Logan.

“Do any of you remember where we left off?” asked McKinley.

All of the students look through their books. One girl, SAMANTHA HIGGINS (16), is smiling and giving McKinley "fuck me" eyes. It's clear that she has a thing for her teacher. McKinley tries to ignore this.

“Anyone?” McKinley asks his class.

“I don't remember. I totally forgot what we were doing on Friday.” Dave admits.

“Do you ever pay attention in my class, Mr. Burbank?”

“I try to, Mr. McKinley”.

McKinley rolls his eyes and snickers with humor over it.

“Sure.” jokes McKinley.

“We're on page ninety-six. The Surrender of General Lee.” Elliot announces.

“Thank you, Elliot. Glad that someone is paying attention in my class. That is correct. We are on that chapter. It was on…” McKinley goes on to say before being interrupted.

The sounds of people talking loudly and running around the hallway is heard by everyone.

“I can't believe it!” a student is heard saying outside.

“This is horrible!” another student is heard saying outside.

“I'm scared now.” a third student is heard saying outside.

McKinley is irritated by the disturbance and asks, “What the heck is going on?”

A RANDOM MALE STUDENT storms in. But before he can say anything, McKinley scolds him.

“What are you doing? I'm in the middle of…” McKinley attempts to chew him out before he’s interrupted by the student.

“Nicola Byrnes and Seth Berkman were murdered.” the student announces.

This shocks everyone, including McKinley, who is uncertain on how to react.

Donovan is sitting at her desk. Dean and Tommy are sitting on chairs nearby. Elijah is sitting on a chair in between the principal and his father. They have just finished interviewing him.

“Thank you, Son.” Dean says to end their interview with his son. He then requests, “Send in your sister, please.”

“Yes, Dad.” said Elijah to respect his father’s wish.

Elijah walks out of the office and approaches his twin sister.

“They want to talk to you next.” Elijah informs her.

“Okay. Thanks.” said Elliot as she got up from her chair in the office lobby.

Elliot enters the office. She sees her father sitting at a chair.

“Hey, Daddy.” Elliot greets her father.

“Hey, sweetheart. I just need to ask you a few questions. Standard Procedure.” Dean informs his daughter.

“Sure.” Elliot responds as she takes a seat on the same chair that her brother had previously sat on.

“Did you know Nicola Byrnes and Seth Berkman?” asked Dean.

“Sorta. I had some classes with them and some friends of mine were friends with them. But I was never close to either of them.” Elliot states before informing her father, “The person you might want to talk to is Bella Karnewton. She was very close to Nicola.”

“Yes. We already talked to her. She's very devastated about it.” Dean informs her.

“She almost went to her sleepover. But couldn't because of her Dad's dinner party.” Elliot tells her father. “Which means had she gone…”

It finally hits Elliot -- Bella Karnewton and Christian Pepper, who were invited to the sleepover, were spared from death. Had they gone with the original plan to join the sleepover, they'd be dead too.

Dean realizes what his daughter has just realized.

“It’s okay, honey. Next question…”

Chapter 8
As the students of Randora prepare to leave school, the voice of DONOVAN can be heard over the P.A. System:

“I want you all to be safe. So, please, walk in pairs, don’t talk to strangers, and don’t stay out late.”

Sitting on the bench in the middle of the courtyard is our main group; Elliot, Curtis, Elijah, Christian, Bella, Dave, and Andrea. Behind them is the long pole that raises the AMERICAN FLAG. Bella is still crying over the news of Nicola's murder. Everyone there is attempting to comfort her. Especially Christian.

“I just can't believe that she's gone. She was such a great person.” states a sobbing Bella.

“It’s okay, baby.” said Christian, attempting to console his girlfriend.

“Who would want to kill her?” asked Bella.

“I don't know. But whoever did this...I know that my Dad will stop them before they kill again.” said a reassuring Elliot.

“I do wonder if Nicola and Seth's murders are related to that one dude's murder from Friday night.” asked Dave.

“Possibly.” said Elijah

“I don't know how. That dude was killed on the other side of town from where Nicola and Seth were killed. That guy who was killed on Friday didn't know Nicola or Seth. I just don't see the connection there.” Curtis states.

“Perhaps there is a connection that we don't know about...yet.” Elliot theorizes.

“Like what?” asked Curtis.

“I don't know. But there's just something about this that feels off to me. These can't be random killings. There is something there. And for some reason...I feel that it is very close to home.”

They all glance at each other. She is right. Something feels too close to home for them. And not just because they knew the second and third victim. There's just this weird feeling that they all have.

Elijah finds himself wandering his eyes around until he sees something.

“Hey, I'll be right back, guys.” Elijah states as he gets up from the grass and runs off.

Everyone watches him with curiosity.

“Where is he going?” asked Dave.

As Lilly is walking towards the sidewalk away from school, she hears a voice calling her name.

“Hey, Lilly!”

Lilly stops and turns around to see Elijah approaching her.

“Oh, hey. What's up?” asked Lilly.

“Nothing much. Are you doing okay?” Elijah asks her. “I know this has probably been a weird first day and all with the murders.”

“I'll get over it.” said Lilly. “I hope your friend is okay. I heard that she knew the girl.”

“She'll be okay.” Elijah states before asking her, “Would you like to meet my friends?

“Sure.”

“Cool. Come on.”

Elijah escorts Lilly back to the courtyard where everyone is waiting.

“Guys…” Elijah yells to get his group’s attention.

“Who's the ginger?” asked Dave, referring to the redheaded Lilly.

Andrea swats Dave in the shoulder over this comment.

“Rude, Dave!” Andrea scolds her boyfriend.

“What? I wasn't meaning it in a derogatory way.”

“It's okay. I'm Lilly Winslow.”

Andrea introduces herself before gesturing to her boyfriend, “This idiot is my boyfriend Dave.”

“This is my sister Elliot.” said Elijah pointing Elliot out to Lilly.

“Twin sister.” Elliot adds.

Elijah points out to the rest of the group.

“That's Elliot's boyfriend Curtis and those two are Christian Pepper and Bella Karnewton.”

Despite her current state of sadness, Bella musters up enough courage to smile at the new stranger in their group and gives her a friendly wave.

“Hi.” Bella greets Lilly.

“Hi.” Lilly responds to Bella. “It's very nice to meet you all.”

“It's very nice to meet you too, Lilly.” Elliot sweetly responds before asking, “Where are you originally from?

“Lynnwood.”

“That's awesome. If you don't have any new friends yet...you could hangout with us.” said Andrea.

“Yeah.” said Elliot in agreement.

Everyone else chimes in with agreement. Lilly smiles.

“If you're okay with that. Sure.” said Lilly, agreeing to join their group.

“Well, then welcome to our group. We're just a bunch of dumbasses that just chills, smoke, talk smack about assholes while being assholes ourselves, and just having fun.” said Andrea.

“Sounds interesting. Count me in.” said Lilly. Then she remembers, “I should probably get home. My mom wants me home before she leaves for her thing tonight.”

“How are you getting home?” asked Elijah.

“Oh, I'm walking. I know it's not exactly close. But whatever.”

“Would you like a ride?”

“If Elliot is okay with it.”

“Sure. I don't mind.” Elliot politely agrees to.

“Alright. Well, whenever you're ready.” said Lilly.

“We can go now.” Elijah declares before turning to his friends. “See you guys tomorrow.”

“See ya!” said everyone in the group as they watched the Thorson twins leave with their new friend.

Elliot and Curtis give each other a kiss goodbye before she joins her brother and Lilly.

Staring at them from a classroom window is janitor Lee Matthews. He watches as the trio approach the Thorson SUV, where Junior is waiting for them.

Lee is very sinister looking with a fiery rage in his eyes. Does he have it for our main group of friends? If so...why? Is Lee Matthews Ghostface?

The Winslow home is your average one story home in a middle class neighborhood. There is a green car parked in the driveway. The Thorson SUV arrives and parks in front of the house.

Elijah is the driver with Lilly sitting up front on the passenger side next to him. In the back is Elliot and Junior.

“Thanks for the ride home.” said a grateful Lilly.

“No problem.” Elliot replies before stating, “I hope to see you again tomorrow.”

Lilly smiles.

“I do, too. If you want...you can find me on Bookagram.”

“Cool. I'll add you.”

“Okay. Talk to you then.”

Lilly steps out of the SUV. Before she shuts the door, she turns to Elliot and Junior in the back.

“It was nice meeting you guys.” said Lilly to Elliot and Junior.

“Nice meeting you!” Elliot and Junior reply back.

Lilly gives Elijah one last smile.

“See ya.” said Lilly.

“See ya.”

Lilly closes the door. She walks from the driveway to the front door. Before opening the front door, she turns and waves at Elijah, who smiles and waves back.

“Look at that. Elijah has got himself a girlfriend.” Junior announces.

“Slow down there, Junior.” Elijah requests. “I just met the girl. She's just a friend.”

“I see the looks you give her. You like her.”

ELIJAH: Maybe. We'll see what happens.

JUNIOR: We sure will.

Elijah proceeds to back away to drive off.

Chapter 9
Lilly walks into her house and closes the door. Approaching her is her mother, TAMARA WINSLOW (40s), dressed in a business suit and a very pleasant woman. She’s very happy to see her daughter.

“Hey, honey. How was your first day at school?” her mother asked.

“It was good. I already met some new friends.” reports Lilly.

“That's good. Anyways...I have a business meeting and a dinner to go to. I have to get going. Walk me to my car?”

“Of course.”

Tamara grabs her purse and coat. They walk outside together. Lilly walks her mother to her car.

“So the meeting will last for three hours and the dinner will be about an hour or so. Not to mention the drive back home is nearly an hour. So I probably won't be home until nine.” Tamara informs her daughter. “You think you'll be okay until then?”

“I'll be fine, mom. I can bake that pizza in the freezer.” Lilly responds.

“Okay. You be good and have fun.”

“I will.”

Tamara kisses her daughter on the forehead before getting into her car. As Tamara gets into her car, Lilly finally notices that a car is parked across the street. The driver is staring at her direction. She finally recognizes him as the school’s janitor.

Lee Matthews continues to stare at Lilly even after she has noticed him. He overheard Tamara telling Lilly how late she'll be out. He knows that Lilly will be home alone for a long time. Lilly is somewhat suspicious of him being there. Why is he parked outside her house like that?

Creeped out, Lilly walks inside her house and locks the door.

THAT EVENING

The sun has just gone down. Most of the lights are off inside the Winslow home. All except for Lilly’s bedroom.

Lilly is lying on her bed and playing a game on her phone. Suddenly, she receives a DING notification. She checks what the dinging notification was about. It's a notification from social media account BOOKAGRAM.

Upon opening her Bookagram account, she finds that she has a FRIEND REQUEST from -- ELIJAH THORSON. This makes Lilly smile and she immediately accepts the friend request.

Lilly opens up the messenger and proceeds to type a message to Elijah:

"Hey! You found me. What's up?"

She waits for his response.

"Nothing much. How are you?

Lilly replies:

"I'm just playing a game. I'm gonna put a pizza in the oven shortly. My mom is gone until nine so I have to take care of myself tonight."

Elijah quickly replies:

"You want some company?"

Lilly smiles and replies to his message:

"Sure! I hope you like pizza."

Elijah replies:

"I love pizza. OMW!"

Lilly smiles. Excited. Time to cook the pizza.

It is now fully dark outside and all of the lights are on inside Lilly's house.

From across the street, Lee is now standing against his car and smoking a cigarette. He stares at the Winslow home, thinking over his next move. Does he plan on breaking into the house? Is he planning on peeping on Lilly? Is he planning on killing her? What are his plans?

Lee hears footsteps and turns to the house next door to Lilly's. There is a couple staring at him. They are very suspicious of his presence. Obviously, they are nosy and protective of their neighbors.

“What are you looking at?” Lee asks the nosy neighbors.

Hoping to avoid conflict, the couple turn their eyes away from him.

“That's what I thought.” Lee says to himself.

Lee finishes his cigarette, tossing it on the ground, and steps on it. He stares at Lilly's house for a moment before walking in the direction of her house. Is he making his move now?

Lilly places a frozen pizza into the oven. She reaches to the clock on the stove and sets it for fifteen minutes. She moves over to the refrigerator. But as she opens the refrigerator door, we hear a DING from her cell phone.

Lilly grabs a soda and closes the refrigerator door. She quickly moves over to the counter where her phone is. She's hoping that it's a message from Elijah.

However, instead of a Bookagram message from Elijah, it's a text message from an UNKNOWN. The message says:

"Hello, Lilly. I hear that you're the new girl in town."

Lilly is confused by this. Who is this? She immediately replies to the message:

"Who is this?"

Lilly waits for a reply:

"Someone who hates new people stumbling in on my plans."

This is very weird. She replies to the person:

"What are you talking about?"

The person replies:

"I didn't expect your dumb ginger-ass to join Elijah's group. You're making it more difficult to focus on everyone else when you just added to the group. I need to take you out now before things get worse."

Now this sounds threatening. She replies:

"Is that a threat?"

The person immediately replies:

"You're damn right it is. I will cut you up and spill out your insides, you dumb bitch."

Okay. This is too much now. She replies:

"That's it! I'm calling the police."

The person responds:

"Go ahead. And tell them who I am...Lee Matthews. The school janitor."

Did the killer just reveal himself?

“God, you're so stupid to tell me who you are.” said Lilly to herself.

Lilly immediately dials 911.

“911. What's your emergency?” said the Operator.

“Hi. I'm Lilly Winslow. I'm getting threatening text messages from my school's janitor. His name is Lee Matthews. He's threatening to…”

Before Lilly can finish what she’s saying – Ghostface appears out of nowhere and grabs Lilly from behind. Lilly lets out a shriek. Ghostface stabs Lilly in the back. This makes Lilly scream out. The Operator can hear this.

“Ma'am? Ma'am? Is everything okay?” asked the concerned Operator.

Ghostface throws Lilly to the floor. Lilly starts crying as she looks at the Killer hovering over her with the knife now drenched with her blood.

Lilly begs for her life, “Please! No!”

“Ma'am? Are you being attacked right now?” asked the Operator.

Lilly can hear the Operator on the phone and proceeds to scream for help.

“HELP ME!! HELP!” Lilly shouts.

“Help is on it's way.” the Operator assures Lilly.

Ghostface has heard this as he looks down at the phone. He grabs the phone and speaks into it.

“You'll never make it on time. This is Lee Matthews...Janitor for Randora High School.” said Ghostface.

Ghostface hangs up the phone and throws it aside. He then looks down at Lilly, who is crying and bleeding.

Elijah finally arrives at Lilly's house and walks up to the front door. He's very excited to see her.

Ghostface raises his knife up, preparing to stab Lilly. But Lilly fights back by kicking at him.

“DON'T! STOP! PLEASE!” Lilly continues to beg for her life.

Lilly is such a fighter that Ghostface cannot control her. So he rams the knife through her leg. Lilly lets out a blood curdling SCREAM.

Hearing her scream from outside, Elijah realizes that something is wrong.

“LILLY!?” Elijah yells out. Concerned for his new friend.

Elijah attempts to open the front door. But it's locked. So he kicks the door open and rushes inside the house.

“HELP!” Lilly is heard screaming from the kitchen.

Elijah follows her screams to the kitchen. He arrives just in time to see Ghostface raising his knife up, aiming at Lilly's chest.

“HEY!” Elijah yells at Ghostface.

Ghostface is startled by this. He turns to see Elijah. Surprised by his presence. He was not expecting Elijah to be here.

Realizing that he doesn't have time, Ghostface quickly stabs Lilly in the chest. But fortunately, he gets her on the right side, away from the heart, and closer to her shoulder. Lilly screams over this.

Ghostface proceeds to run with Elijah chasing him. The Killer makes it to the backdoor. He has to unlock it in order to escape. He is able to open the door. But Elijah catches him and grabs him. Ghostface attempts to run. But Elijah has him and throws him to the wall.

Despite Ghostface being much bigger than him and can easily take him down, the Killer has no desire to hurt Elijah. But now he may not have a choice. The two begin punching each other. Elijah goes to grab him. But Ghostface quickly slashes his arm with the knife.

“OW!” yelps Elijah over his injury.

Ghostface kicks Elijah back into a wall. With Elijah slightly hurt and slow to get up, Ghostface takes the opportunity to run out the backdoor.

More concerned about Lilly, Elijah doesn't further chase Ghostface and immediately goes over to Lilly.

“Lilly...are you okay?” asked Elijah.

Lilly is crying and bleeding.

“Help me, Elijah.” the injured and scared Lilly begs Elijah.

Elijah puts his hand over her bleeding chest.

“I'm gonna apply pressure.”

Elijah hears the sounds of a car starting outside. So he runs to the front door.

Lee is quickly switching to gear to take off. Elijah runs out on time to see Lee taking off. But Elijah saw his face and recognized him.

“The janitor?” Elijah asks himself. Did the Janitor do this?

“Call an ambulance! Lilly is hurt! Tell them that Lee Matthews attacked her!”

The Male Neighbor nods and rushes to grab the phone.

Chapter 10
SIRENS BLARE

Paramedics are rushing Lilly on a gurney to the ambulance. Elijah is by her side.

“Stay with me, Lilly. Stay strong.” Elijah says to encourage Lilly.

Lilly is alert and sobbing.

“I'm scared, Elijah.” Lilly informs Elijah.

“You're gonna be okay. Everything is gonna be okay. You're going to the hospital right now.” Elijah reassures her.

The paramedics slide her into the ambulance. But Elijah is unable to come with her.

“We got her in. GO!” said the Paramedic to the Driver.

The Ambulance storms off, speeding through the streets. Sirens blaring. Elijah is left alone on the lawn with the police everywhere. He hears a familiar voice call to him.

“Elijah!”

Elijah turns to see his father rushing over to him. The father and son embrace each other.

“Are you okay?” asked Dean.

“I'm fine.” Elijah informs his father. “I just…”

Dean notices his son's bandaged arm.

“What the hell happened to you?”

“It's okay, Dad. I just got slashed. I'm more concerned about Lilly.”

“Did you see who did this?”

“I did. Not only that...he even said so.” Elijah pulls up Lilly’s phone and shows him the message where Ghostface claims to be Lee Matthews. “Lee Matthews. My school’s janitor.”

Dean reads the text messages that imply that Lee Matthews is the perpetrator. He nods to his son.

“Thank you, son.” said Dean.

Dean pulls out his radio and speaks into it.

“All units, we have a suspect on the run. His name is Lee Matthews, the janitor for Randora High School. He is to be considered armed and dangerous.”

RANDORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Elijah, Dean, and Tamara are sitting together in the waiting room of the hospital. They're waiting for news on Lilly's condition. The Surgeon enters and they all stand up with anticipation.

“It was a close call. She bled a lot. But thankfully she wasn’t hit in the most vital areas. She's in recovery. She'll be okay.”

Tamara cries with relief that her daughter will be okay.

“Thank you, Doctor.” says a grateful and relieved Tamara.

The Surgeon smiles and nods.

“My pleasure.” said the Surgeon before walking off.

Tamara turns to Elijah and hugs him, showing him her gratitude. “Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”

“Of course.” said Elijah, who is just a relieved as she is.

The proud father Dean smiles and pats his son on the shoulder. Extremely proud of his heroism. There is static coming from Dean's radio.

“Attention, all units. We have found Lee Matthews. He's driving a red 2010 Toyota Camry. He's going down fifty-first ave.” said an officer over the radio.

“I'm on my way.” Dean responds to the radio.

MAIN STREET

Lee is storming through the dark and deserted road with basically the city's entire police force on his ass. He is panicking as he's being chased by the police.

“Oh, fuck me! This can't be happening!” Lee says to himself.

Lee hits the gas, going even faster. The police also proceed to go faster in their attempt to not lose him.

Lee is almost at a good point to escape. But before he can drive safely away from the police -- ANOTHER POLICE CAR comes out of nowhere and blocks his path. It's revealed to be Dean.

Lee swerves to miss him and must drive in another direction. Dean and the rest of the police continue chasing Lee, who enters the backwoods of Randora. He continues to lead the police on a chase in a more deserted area in town.

“Nobody is gonna believe me!” Lee says to himself as he begins to lose hope of escaping the police.

Lee continues to speed through the backwoods when -- A DOG comes out of nowhere. Lee swerves to miss the dog. But by doing so, he crashes into a tree. The police stop their cars as they see Lee rushing out of his car. Dean is the first to get out of his car.

“STOP!” Dean commands Lee.

Lee pulls out a gun and points it at the police officers. They all point their guns at him.

“DROP YOUR WEAPON! DROP YOUR WEAPON!” Lee and the other officer orders.

“NO!” responds Lee. Not willing to give up without a fight.

“Drop your weapon now or we'll be forced to shoot!” Dean warns him.

“It wasn't me! I'm not the one who did it! I know who did!” Lee admits.

This catches Dean's attention.

“What are you talking about?”

Lee finally notices Dean and realizes who he is. This makes his situation worse. With what he knows about the Ghostface and what he knows about Dean…

“I can't tell you.” said Lee.

Dean is very confused by this.

“Excuse me?” asked Dean.

“If I talk...you'll kill me. You're here to silence me....because of who the real killer is...right?” Lee goes on.

Dean is dumbfounded by this. What the hell is he talking about? “If I don't talk...I'll be arrested for something I didn't do. You're here to make sure nobody knows the truth. Because you know who the killer is.” assumes Lee.

Dean doesn't understand what he means. But he decides to talk to him anyway.

“Who is the real killer, Mr. Matthews?” asked Dean.

Lee is confused. Does he talk or stay silent?

“Listen, sir...I can protect you.” Dean attempts to reassure Lee. “Just tell me who is involved.”

Lee is so scared and confused. He doesn't feel that he can speak or stay silent. On one hand, if he stays silent, he's going to be in trouble for a crime that he didn't commit. But if he speaks, he believes that he'll be killed for talking. He feels so helpless.

“FUCK IT!” shouts Lee.

Lee turns the gun on himself.

“NOOOO!” Dean shouts, begging for Lee to not take his own life.

But Dean is unable to reach him on time. Lee pulls the trigger -- BANG! Lee's brains splatter onto the ground. His body drops to the ground. Lee Matthews, the suspected Ghostface Killer, is dead.

Dean and the other officers are shocked by what they just witnessed.

The sun is coming up over Randora. It is a beautiful morning. But it begins with tragedy yet relief. The staff from the coroner's office is collecting Lee Matthews's body.

A news team is standing outside of the yellow crime scene tape and reporting what everyone believes is the news to end this nightmare.

“Lee Matthews, the janitor for Randora High School, committed suicide when confronted by police. Matthews was responsible for the murders of Quentin Stone, Seth Berkman, and Nicola Byrnes. And last night, just before he killed himself, he viciously attacked Lilly Winslow. Ms. Winslow is expected to survive and is recovering at the local hospital.” reports the News Reporter.

Chapter 11
Lilly wakes up for the first time since surgery. She carefully sits up. But she winces in pain. Waking up at her bedside on a chair is Elijah. He smiles upon seeing her.

“Hey, you. How are you feeling?” asked Elijah.

“Sore.” Lilly informs him. Then she realizes…”Were you here the whole night?

Elijah smiles. He knows that means a lot to her.

“I was. I didn't want to leave until I got to hear you speak. I just wanted to make sure that you're okay.” said Elijah.

Lilly smiles over this. Elijah is a sweet guy. The sweetest guy that she's ever met.

“Thank you for saving my life.” said Lilly.

“You're welcome.” replied Elijah.

“I feel like I owe you now.”

“You don't owe me a thing.”

“How about that pizza that we were supposed to have together?”

“Sure. It's a da...uh...a plan.”

Lilly smiles. He's busted.

“What I mean is that…” Elijah attempts to correct himself.

“I'd love to have a date with you.” Lilly happily states.

Elijah is surprised by this.

“You would?” asked Elijah.

“Yeah.” replied Lilly.

“We just met. I didn't think you'd want to date already.”

“After what you did for me last night...I don't think I need to know anymore than what I know about you already to know that you're a great guy. Any guy who risks his life for someone is worth giving a chance.”

Elijah smiles. Happy.

“I'm glad you feel that way.” said Elijah.

Lilly finally remembers...

“The Janitor? Did they get him?” asked Lilly.

Elijah nods.

“They did. He shot himself when they cornered him. He can't hurt you ever again.” Elijah assures Lilly. “Anyways, my Dad is here. He wants to ask you some questions. I'll be right outside if you need me.”

“Okay.” said Lilly.

Elijah gets up from the chair and heads out of the room. Upon walking out of the room, he finds his father and brother waiting for him.

“She's awake and ready to talk.” Elijah informs his father.

“You did good, son.” declares Dean.

Dean pats his eldest son as he walks into Lilly's room. Elijah is now facing his much taller younger brother, who gives him a smile.

“You are a hero, man. If it weren't for you, Lilly would be dead.” said Junior. “Good job, bro.”

“Thanks.” replies Elijah.

“How is Lilly doing?”

“She's doing alright. Hurting. But she'll be okay.”

“That's good. Junior sees Elijah's bandaged arm and asks, “How is your arm doing?”

“Ah, it's nothing. Just a cut.” Elijah bravely claims.

Junior is impressed by his older brother's tolerance to pain. Not to mention his bravery.

“You are one tough son of a bitch.” Junior exclaims.

Elijah chuckles.

“Thanks, little brother. You're probably tough yourself.” Elijah responds.

“I can take a few punches and can give a few.” Junior admits.

“I don't doubt it.”

The brothers laugh together.

“Say, Elliot is downstairs. Dad gave us his debit card. What do you say we go to Russo's and get something to eat?” asked Junior.

“Sure.” said Elijah in agreement.

The two brothers put their arms around each other's shoulders and walk off together.

RUSSO’S BURGER JOINT

The Thorson siblings are sitting at a booth together; Elijah and Junior are sitting next to each other and Elliot is sitting alone across from them. They are enjoying burgers, fries, and shakes.

“I am so glad that it is all over.” Elliot cries out.

“So am I. I was getting really worried about who'd be next.” Junior admits.

“Well, we don't have to worry about it anymore. It's done and over with. The killer is dead. We're all safe now.” Elijah announces.

“Amen to that.” said Junior.

“Amen.” responds Elliot in agreement.

The siblings hear the Counterman talking to someone.

“I really hope you're not paying in large bills again.” said the Counterman to the customer.

“Not this time.” replied the Customer.

Recognizing the voice, Elliot peeks over her brothers to see -- LOGAN paying for his meal. This time with normal small bills rather than that fifty dollar bill he paid with the other day.

“It's Logan Tompkins.” Elliot announces to her brothers.

“Oh, I wonder how he's doing.” said Elijah.

“I hope he's doing good. It's been a long time since we've hung out.” said Elliot, reminding them of their past with Logan.

“What do you say we invite him over to sit with us?” Junior suggests.

Elliot and Elijah glance at each other and nod. Why not? Elijah turns to face Logan.

“Hey, Logan!” calls out Elijah.

Logan turns to see the Thorson siblings. He approaches them.

“Hey! The Thorson twins and the little HUGE brother.” Logan greets the Thorson siblings. “What's up, guys? I heard what happened last night. You doing okay, man?” He asks them.

“I'm fine, man. Thanks.” said Elijah, before asking, “How have you been?”

“Doing okay...I guess. Just getting something to eat and waiting for my next...customer.”

“That "stuff" you gave Dave?”

“Yeah. My customer should be here any moment now.”

“Why don't you join us while you wait?” asks Elliot.

Logan stares at Elliot for a moment. He can’t believe that out of all of the Thorson siblings, it is Elliot who invites him to sit with them.

“Sure. Why not? It's been a long time since we hung out.” said Logan.

Elliot scoots over, allowing Logan to sit next to her. The two glance at each other as Logan sits himself down next to her. It's clear that they both have something for each other. But they hide it from each other.

“So how long have you and that one dude been together?” asked Logan.

Elliot replies to his question; "For almost two weeks now.”

“You like him?”

“He's not bad. He's a really sweet guy.

Logan is obviously jealous.

“Somebody that your Dad approves of I bet.” Logan correctly assumes.

“I suppose.” replied Elliot.

“Yeah. Your Dad wouldn't like me. At least not the way I am now.”

This reminds Elliot; “What did happen to you? Why are you the way you are now? Why did we stop being friends?”

“Yeah. I wanna know too.” Elijah states.

Logan takes a moment to think about this. He's very hesitant. Logan tells them the whole story:

“My "Dad" left Mom when he found out that Mom cheated on him and that he's not my real father. He wanted nothing to do with me, which hurt. I blamed Mom which caused us issues. Then she started drinking, doing drugs, and bringing different men over every night. And that's when our relationship severed for good even though I still live with her. I just found myself turning to drugs and alcohol to cope with that bullshit. It changed me. I'm sorry that I changed. But I couldn't be who I used to be. Not after what happened with my family. I barely have a family anymore. I'm barely the Logan Tompkins that you guys used to know anymore.”

This hits the Thorson siblings hard. This explains everything. Why Logan drifted from them. Why Logan has changed to a completely different person. Why Logan is with a bad crowd and doing bad things. It's clear to us that Logan is not a bad guy. Just a guy in pain trying to cope.

“I'm so sorry.” said Elliot.

Elliot places her hand on Logan’s hand, trying to comfort her old friend. Logan looks down and is touched by this. He stares into her eyes. Elliot is so beautiful, sweet, and innocent. The opposite of the kind of girls that he's dated in the past.

“After I'm done here, I'm gonna go see a movie. Would you like to join me?” asked Logan.

Elliot loves the idea. But she understands what he's asking her.

“I'm sorry. I can't. Curtis…” Elliot reminds him.

Logan nods. Doesn't want to start a problem with her boyfriend.

“No, I get it. Sorry. I just thought I'd ask.” replies a bitter Logan.

Logan hears someone enter the joint and looks up to see that it's his customer.

“I gotta go.”

Logan gets up and starts walking off before allowing them to say anything more to him. He's clearly upset over not being able to be with Elliot.

Elliot watches him with sadness. It's clear that perhaps she feels the same about him. Does she even like Curtis as much as she likes Logan? There is certainly conflict inside of her.

Chapter 12
RANDORA HIGH SCHOOL COURTYARD

TWO MONTHS LATER

Our main group; Elliot, Curtis, Christian, Bella, Dave, and Andrea are watching as Elijah assists Lilly, who has been using a walker, to walk on her feet again.

"You got it, babe." said Elijah.

Lilly starts to walk on her own feet without assistance from her walker nor from Elijah. She is ecstatic upon walking all the way to Elijah.

“I did it!!” Lilly declares.

Lilly is emotional and excited upon seeing that she can walk again. She hugs Elijah. They proceed to smooch. Yes, they are now a couple. They have been for a while now.

Logan is watching the group from a distance. He's happy to see that Lilly has recovered. But he wishes to be part of the celebration with Elliot. But her relationship with Curtis has made this impossible.

“You still like her, don't you?” a voice asks Logan from behind.

Logan turns to find Junior standing next to him.

“It's obvious, isn't it?” asked Logan.

“Too obvious.” Junior blunty answers.

“I can never be with a girl like your sister. She'd rather go with a guy like Curtis Donnelly.”

“I think you'd be a better boyfriend.”

“You don't like her boyfriend?”

“Nah! Fuck Curtis. He's pathetic. The only reason he's allowed to date Elliot is because Dad approves of him. But if she had her way...that's not who she'd be dating right now.”

“Yeah. Who do you think she'd date?”

“You're definitely on top. If Dad would get his head out of his ass and stop being protective...she could date whoever she wants. And you're the one I can see it happening with.”

“Thank you for the confidence boost, Junior. But I doubt she'd like me.”

“I'm telling you. She may hide it...but she likes you, man.”

“You really think so?”

“I know so.”

Posted on the walls in the school hallways are posters announcing the upcoming HOMECOMING DANCE.

The sun is setting and the sky is slowly growing dark over the Thorson house. In the bathroom, Elijah is wearing a white tux and tying his tie. But he's struggling to get it right. His father pops by.

“Are you excited?” asked Dean.

“For the dance? Not that excited. To dance with Lilly...Definitely.” replied Elijah. “I've never danced with anyone before. I'm pretty excited about that.”

Dean sees his son struggling and comes to his assistance.

“So remember...be kind to her. Open the doors, let her in first, and tell her how pretty she looks.” Dean advises him.

“Will do, Dad.” said Elijah.

Dean finishes tying the tie, “There you go.”

“Thanks.”

“Have fun, Elijah. Be safe and be polite.”

“I will.”

Dean smiles and pats his son on the shoulder before leaving him.

In Elliot’s bedroom, Elliot is wearing a beautiful blue sparkling dress and staring at herself in front of the mirror. She smiles, appreciating her own beauty. There is a knock at her door.

“Come in.” said Elliot to the knocker.

Entering her bedroom is Dean. He's stunned by how beautiful his daughter looks.

“Oh, honey...you look so beautiful.” Dean tells his daughter.

Elliot smiles.

“Thanks, Dad.”

“I think Curtis will be excited to see you.” said Dean.

The mention of Curtis brings Elliot down. Dean notices this and is concerned.

“What's wrong, Elliot?” asked Dean.

“It's just that...I know I'm dating Curtis because you approve of him.” replied Elliot. “But…”

Dean realizes what she's saying.

“You don't really like him as much as you thought.” Dean correctly guesses.

Elliot becomes emotional as she realizes the truth.

“No.” answered Elliot.

Dean comes next to his daughter.

“Sweetheart, I know I can be protective. But I'm a father. And I just want you to be safe. But I also want you to be happy. So if you don't feel the same about Curtis...you don't have to stay with him to make me happy. I'll be happy with whoever you get with.”

“Oh, trust me. If you knew about the guy I have feelings for...you wouldn't approve.”

“Who is that?” asked Dean.

Elliot takes a moment before revealing the truth to her father.

“Logan Tompkins.” answered Elliot.

Dean is surprised by this.

“Really? Your old friend? The one who gets into trouble a lot these days?” asked a surprised Dean.

“If you knew what he was going through you'd understand why.” Elliot informs her father.

Dean nods as he explains:

“I do. I was there when his father left. I was the officer called to the scene when it got physical between his parents. Then his mother would get into trouble. Then eventually Logan started getting into trouble. I understand perfectly. He did not come from a good family. But I think deep down...Logan Tompkins is a good kid. He just needs to find something to help him come back to his old self.”

“What if I could be that something?” asked Elliot.

Dean understands what his daughter is saying. He is very concerned.

“Elliot...If you like Logan, that's fine. I just don't want his problems to bring you down like it did him.” said Dean.

“That won't happen. If anything...I think I can save him.” Elliot declares.

“Only Logan can save himself. But if you do get with him...all I ask is that you be careful with him.” said Dean.

“Of course, I will.” Elliot assures her father.

Dean smiles. Confident in his daughter.

“I know you will.” said Dean before hugging his daughter. “Have fun, sweetheart.”

“I will.”

Logan is sitting in a car outside the gas station. He's wearing a SMART CASUAL outfit; black slacks with a buckle and a blue button shirt. He looks casual but looks like he could be going out on a date.

Exiting out of the gas station are his friends; RICHIE, MORGAN, and PHILLIP (all about 16-18). They have packs of beer and cigarettes. They get into the car as they continue to observe Logan's attire.

“So you think you have a chance with that Elliot girl?” asked Richie, before reminding Logan, “I mean she does have a boyfriend.”

“It's nothing like that, man. All I want is just a dance. I'm not asking for a kiss or anything. Just a dance.” answered Logan.

“Innocent.” said Richie, playing along.

“Harmless.” Logan adds.

“Right.” said Richie.

“Right.” said Logan.

“You like her so badly, don't you?” asked Richie.

“I can't even believe it myself. I don't even believe in love or romance and shit. I don't know, Richie. There's just something about her that's different, man.” Logan informs Eichie.

“She melts your cold heart, man.” Richie assumes before laughing.

“Shut up, man.” demands an embarrassed Logan.

“I'm just fucking with ya!”

“Time to spike the punch.” Mogan announced.

“Morgan, you know we ain't getting inside with that stuff?” Logan reminds him.

Morgan is confused by this.

“Then why the hell did we get this if we're not spiking everyone drunk at the dance?” asked Morgan.

“That's for us to party off of afterwards, man.” replied Logan. “What did you think we were doing with it?”

“I thought we were fucking everyone up with it.”

“We may be slackers, stoners, and assholes. But we're better than that, man.” stated a dignified Logan.

Richie proceeds to drive off with his friends.

Chapter 13
The school is alive in the night. Music can be heard blaring even from outside. The parking lot is filling up with students arriving for the dance. Friends are meeting up to hangout and couples arrive to begin their date.

The Gymnasium is decorated and the main lights are off with several flashes of lights showering the entire large room. It is crowded with people dancing. A DJ is set up at the very back to play the music. Currently, a very loud TECHNO song is playing to start the fun.

Our main group arrives; Elliot, Curtis, Elijah, Lilly, Andrea, Dave, Christian, and Bella. The boys look great in their tuxes and the girls look beautiful in their dresses. Lilly is wearing a black dress, Andrea is wearing a whitish pink dress, and Bella is wearing a sparkling red dress. Curtis and Christian are wearing black tuxedos and Dave is wearing a black shirt, tie, and black slacks.

“Oh, my God. This is so awesome.” exclaims Andrea.

“I can't believe we're finally here.” Elliot states.

“This could be fun.” said Dave.

“Oh, it will be fun.” Andrea declares as she grabs Dave by the hand. “Let's go, babe.”

Andrea pulls her boyfriend to the dance floor. Elijah and Lilly turn to each other. This is their first dance ever.

“Shall we?” asked Elijah.

Lilly smiles. Excited and happy for the first time in a long time.

“Yes.” answered Lilly.

Elijah holds his arm out for Lilly to wrap around and they walk to the dance floor together. Everyone in the group proceeds to dance together. Already, they are having a good time together.

Elliot and Curtis are dancing. Curtis is very enthused. But Elliot feels uncertain. She feels that she can be around Curtis. But is this what she really wants? Does she actually want to dance with him?

Chrisian and Bella begin dancing romantically. It’s obvious that they love each other.

IN THE MAIN HALL

Officer Tommy and Principal Donovan are overseeing the security and the entrance of the students. Logan, Richie, Phillip, and Morgan enter. Tommy sees them and will definitely check them out. He is aware of their reputation and antics. Donovan will make sure of it. She is NOT a fan of Logan and his friends.

“Got to check you out, boys.” Tommy informs them.

“Go ahead, man. You won't find anything.” claims Logan.

Donovan gives Logan a suspicious look.

“Just cooperate, Mr. Tompkins. I don't want you causing any problems here tonight.” Donovan demands.

Logan and his friends remove stuff from their pockets and place them in the trays. Another SECURITY GUARD checks their items. So far nothing offensive.

“Come through.” Tommy orders Logan.

Logan walks through the metal detector. Nothing. He is followed by Richie, Phillip, and Morgan. They also pass without a buzz. They're all clear. Donovan is disappointed by this. She has no choice but to let them in.

“Stay out of trouble, boys.” ordered Donovan.

“For you...always.” said Logan sarcastically.

Logan and his friends leave the Principal with her disappointments and head for the gymnasium. Logan and his friends enter the music blaring gym.

“Well, guys. We're here. Enjoy.” Logan declares.

“Sweet.” said an excited Richie.

Logan and his friends separate from each other to check out the dance. But Logan has a specific goal in mind. He walks through the crowd of dancing students. He eventually finds what he’s looking for; Elliot with her group.

Logan stares at her for a moment. He smiles to himself. She is so beautiful in her dress. He's never seen anything so beautiful as she is.

“Alright, Logan. These people know you. You're friends with some of them. Just approach them like any friend. Nothing suspicious. No expectations.” Logan says to himself.

Logan proceeds to approach the group.

“Hey, guys.” Logan greets them.

The group turns to him and greets him.

“Hey, Logan. Sup, brotha?” Dave greets him.

“I didn't think you'd come to a school dance.” states a surprised Elijah.

“I'm a complex guy.” Logan claims before asking them, “Can I join you guys?

“Sure. Join the gang.” said Elijah,

Logan steps into the group and sits with them.

“I gotta go to the bathroom.” said Curtis to Elliot.

“Okay.” replied Elliot, not caring.

Curtis goes to kiss her but notices that she doesn't seem interested. So he aborts the kiss and just heads for the bathroom. As he walks away from the group, he glances at Logan and gives him an evil look.

A slow-love song begins to play. Andrea forces Dave up to dance. Despite being exhausted already, Elijah happily goes with Lilly to dance with her. Christian and Bella begin dancing together. Now it is just Elliot and Logan. They eye each other a few times. Do they or don't they?

“Would you like to dance?” asked Logan.

Elliot takes a moment to think about this.

“Sure.” replied Elliot before stating, “I don't see the harm in that.”

Elliot and Logan walk to the dance floor. They put their arms around each other and begin dancing. Elliot becomes extremely impressed by Logan's dancing.

“I didn't know you could dance.” said Elliot.

“Just learned.” Logan informs her.

“Really?” asked a surprised Elliot.

“Yep. You're my first.”

Elliot smiles. It dawns on her that Logan learned to dance for her.

“I'm honored.” said a blushing Elliot.

The two continue to dance, losing themselves into each other's eyes. For a moment, while lost in his eyes, Elliot begins to forget about her boyfriend as she becomes immersed in Logan.

Then it happens...out of nowhere too...Elliot and Logan lean forward to each other. Their lips meet. It soon becomes more than just a simple smooch. Next thing they know they are beginning to make out.

Curtis returns from the bathroom. But he stops short of walking in upon seeing -- ELLIOT and LOGAN MAKING OUT. This enrages him. How dare she cheat on him with that punk? Curtis heads back for the bathroom.

Chapter 14
Somebody is in the closet in the boys’ bathroom. This mysterious person is watching the guys coming and going to the bathroom. The mysterious person sees an enraged Curtis stomping in.

There are only two boys using the urinals, one boy washing his hands, and a boy walking out of a bathroom stall. Curtis enters the last stall at the very back of the bathroom.

Curtis vents by punching the wall.

“Fucking asshole! Fucking bitch! How fucking dare they?!” vents a pissed off Curtis.

The two boys standing at the urinals turn to the closed stall door where Curtis is in. They are both nervous by his behavior. They glance at each other before deciding to leave. Also leaving in reaction to his behavior are the other two boys at the sink.

Once all of the boys have left the bathroom, the closet door fully opens to reveal -- THE VERY MUCH ALIVE GHOSTFACE. The Killer closes the bathroom door and locks it.

Curtis hears the door being locked. That is unusual. The bathroom door is hardly ever closed. And it's never ever locked. Why did someone just lock the door?

Curtis hears footsteps approaching his side of the bathroom. He looks down to see BLACK BOOTS stopping in front of the door to his stall. What the hell is going on?

Ghostface proceeds to KNOCK on the door.

“Go away, dude! This stall is taken.” Curtis yells out to the intruder.

But Ghostface refuses to leave. He continues to knock much to the irritation of Curtis.

“I said "Get lost" asshole!”

Ghostface doesn't take the hint and knocks once again. Now Curtis is pissed off.

“Fuck! That's it.” declares Curtis.

Curtis angrily unlocks the stall door and goes to open it.

“You wanna fuck with me, asshole?” asked an angry Curtis as he proceeded to open the door. “Just try…”

Before Curtis can finish his sentence…Ghostface tackles him against the wall. He immediately stabs the bottom of Curtis's stomach, towards his groin, with his knife. Curtis shrieks in pain. But Ghostface really hates Curtis and wants him to feel the pain. He pulls the knife up, splitting him up from his stomach up to his chest. Curtis yells in pain over this.

Blood and intestines spill out of the wound from his stomach. Curtis proceeds to spew out blood from his mouth as he continues to yell in pain. The knife is finally pulled from his chest towards his throat. Curtis chokes on his own blood as he begins to fade away.

“FUCKING DIE!” demands Ghostface in a more demonic and angry voice than we’ve ever heard from him in the entire Scream franchise.

Ghostface stabs Curtis one last time in the chest to seal his fate. As Curtis continues to gasp and choke to death, Ghostface whispers something into his ear. Curtis is shocked by what he's being told. Ghostface removes his mask. Curtis is shocked by who he sees. Ghostface is somebody that he knows.

Ghostface removes the knife from Curtis's chest. The gravely wounded Curtis just kneels there. So Ghostface grabs his head and shoves it against the wall, causing his head to splatter out blood, and Curtis's body falls to the bathroom floor.

Curtis Donnelly is dead.

The music has changed back to more upbeat and everyone is dancing wildly together. They're all having a good time. Andrea grabs Dave by the arm and pulls him away from the group and out of the gym.

Andrea pulls Dave along away from the active parts of the school and takes him to the darker and inactive hallways of the school, which is supposed to be closed right now.

“Where are we going?” asked Dave.

“You'll see.” said Andrea.

They run up the staircase to the next floor. Ghostface appears behind a wall on time to see them go upstairs. Recognizing who the couple is, Ghostface follows them without them seeing him.

Andrea and Dave arrive at the dark and deserted second floor hallway. This place is off limits during this time. But is that going to stop teens trying to have fun?

“What are we doing here?” asked Dave.

“What do you think?” asked Andrea, trying to make it obvious to her boyfriend.

Andrea opens her purse and pulls out a key.

“A key to every classroom in school.” Andrea informs her boyfriend.

Dave is surprised by this.

“How did you get that?” asked Dave.

“I stole it from the new janitor and made a copy.” answered Andrea.

Andrea unlocks one of the classroom doors and the couple run in together. Not wanting to be caught, they do not turn on the lights. Andrea locks the door.

“Just in case.” said Andrea.

“Right.” agreed Dave.

They start making out and getting hot and heavy on each other. Andrea starts unbuttoning his shirt and Dave reaches behind and begins to unzip the back of her dress. But before they can finish undoing their clothing – THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED.

“What the hell?” asked a startled Andrea.

“Who else did you give a key to?” asked Dave.

“Nobody.”

“Then who the fuck just unlocked the door?”

The couple stares at the door, which doesn’t open despite being unlocked from outside.

“Is somebody there?” asked Andrea.

There is no response.

“That is so freaking weird.” said Dave.

Andrea is getting worried.

“Go check it out, please.” Andrea requests.

“Alright.” said a reluctant Dave.

Dave slowly and cautiously approaches the door. Andrea stays back. She’s a little scared. Is somebody spying on them? Dave cautiously opens the door. But then – GHOSTFACE JUMPS IN and ATTACKS DAVE.

Andrea screams in horror.

“DAVE!!!” screamed Andrea.

“RUN, ANDREA!” Dave requests as he’s being attacked.

Ghostface proceeds to stab Dave multiple times in the chest and back. Andrea is too scared to even move. She backs away into a wall. All she can do is stand there and watch her boyfriend get butchered.

Dave goes silent and ceases to move. Dave Burbank is dead.

Ghostface turns his attention onto Andrea, who begins panicking upon realizing that she’s next.

“No! Please!” begs Andrea.

Ghostface approaches her. Andrea attempts to run away. But Ghostface trips her. She falls to the floor. She attempts to get up, crawling away. However, before she can get up, Ghostface catches her. He pulls her head back as she cries and begs for her life.

"No! No! No! PLEASE!!!" cries Andrea.

Ghostface slices the knife across Andrea's throat. Her throat splits open and blood spews out. Andrea gasps and chokes as she bleeds out. Ghostface pushes her forward. Andrea ceases to move as her blood forms a pool around her body. Andrea LaVera is dead.

Chapter 15
Everyone is dancing and having fun as rock music plays in the background. Elliot, Logan, Elijah, Lilly, Christian, and Bella are all dancing together. This is the most fun that we've seen them have.

On the east side of the gym is a set of windows that show a dark hallway. It's so dark that nobody sees the DARK FIGURE OF GHOSTFACE roaming in there. Suddenly -- CRASH! People scream and back away from the shattering window as a BODY IS THROWN THROUGH THE WINDOW.

Everyone panics upon realizing that it's a body. Elliot and the group see the body. It's CURTIS. Elliot screams in horror over seeing this. The double doors to this hallway opens and walking in is – GHOSTFACE.

Ghostface pulls out behind – A SPECIAL WEAPON. A creative weapon. It's called THE TEE because it is shaped like the letter T. On one end of the top is an AX BLADE and on the other end is a SICKLE BLADE. Above the top is a SPIKE. Between the top and bottom is a handle. At the very bottom -- A LONG BLADE.

Everyone panics and starts running from Ghostface. Logan's three friends Richie, Phillip, and Morgan are scattered around the Killer. They are shocked by what just happened and don't know how to react.

Ghostface jams the BLADE END of the TEE into Morgan's throat. Morgan gasps in pain as he chokes on his blood. Ghostface pulls the blade out of his throat and Morgan drops to the floor to his death. Phillip foolishly runs in his direction. Ghostface swings the ax into his chest, killing him instantly. Ghostface swings the ax at the next person -- RICHIE, which goes right into his head. Richie is obviously killed instantly.

A large and built MALE STUDENT, most likely an athlete such as a wrestler, goes to attack Ghostface. But he is no match to the dark cloaked killer, who easily takes him down by slashing with chest with the SICKLE END of the TEE.

ANOTHER MALE STUDENT (AMS), upset over seeing his friend being murdered, charges at Ghostface with a chair. But Ghostface jams the SPIKE TOP of the TEE into his chest. He then uses it to lift the AMS up in the air. The AMS SCREAMS in agony as he's raised up in the air. With AMS in mid air, Ghostface pulls the spike out of him and AMS's dead body drops to the floor.

During the commotion of the running crowd, somebody accidentally bumps into Ghostface, making him drop his TEE weapon. This gives McKinley, the history teacher from Chapter 7, the opportunity to steal the weapon.

The History Teacher charges at Ghostface with his own weapon and attempts to swing the AX END of the TEE at him. But Ghostface grabs the handle on time and slowly starts to turn it on McKinley.

McKinley struggles to swing the ax down to Ghostface, who is much stronger than him and pushes the handle back, causing the SICKLE END of the TEE to slide into McKinley's throat. McKinley screams in agony as Ghostface pushes the Sickle down from McKinley’s throat to his chest. Blood spits through the wound line, spraying Ghostface. McKinley drops to the floor to his death.

The surviving members of the group; Elliot, Logan, Elijah, Lilly, Christian, and Bella are trying to escape the gymnasium. But they are at the very back of the large crowd of people also trying to escape from the murderous Ghostface. The commotion causes somebody to push Bella away from the group.

“Bella!” shouts a worried Christian.

Christian rushes over to his girlfriend. But before he can reach her -- Ghostface finds her. Bella panics as she lays on the floor with Ghostface right over her.

“NO! PLEASE!!” begged Bella for her life.

Ghostface stabs her in the stomach with the TEE BLADE. It's not a fatal wound. But it critically wounds her to the point that she can't move or scream due to her agonizing pain. Ghostface lifts the TEE AX up in the air with the intention to finish her off. But before he can make his move --

Christian tackles him, which surprises Ghostface. Christian is almost exactly his height (Both are over six foot). Christian is a former football player and wrestler. So Christian is putting up a good fight.

“LEAVE ME GIRLFRIEND ALONE, YOU FUCKER!” said an enraged Christian as he fights the killer on his own.

The two struggle against each other. Ghostface gets tired of him and slashes him in the chest with the TEE SICKLE. Christain yells in pain. Ghostface goes to stab him in the chest with TEE BLADE but Christian attempts to dodge this. However, he only moves enough to avoid a fatal wound and is stabbed in the shoulder. The blade impales his shoulder. Christian yells out in pain.

Ghostface kicks Christian back, kicking him off of the blade, and Christian goes flying backwards into a wall. He is rendered unconscious. Ghostface continues his murderous rampage, forgetting about Bella.

Students, teachers, and parents are stampeding through the hallway. There is pushing, shoving, and trampling on each other as they each desperately try to escape. This is witnessed by Donovan and Tommy, who are shocked and confused by this.

“What the hell is going on?” asked Donovan.

Donovan and Tommy rush to the gymnasium. They push through the crowd, going in the opposite direction as them, and enter the gymnasium.

“What is going on here?” aske Donovan.

They are shocked by the carnage around them. Aside from the victim already stated, Samantha Higgins, a student from another chapter, is found dead by the Principal. Samantha is one of the few to be killed off screen.

DONOVAN: Oh, dear God!

Tommy notices something behind the Principal.

TOMMY: Ms. Donovan! Behind you!

Donovan spins around only to be IMPALED IN THE EYE with the TEE BLADE. Ghostface pulls out the blade and Principal Donovan drops to her death. Tommy pulls out his gun and points it at him. But Ghostface quickly swings the TEE AX down, cutting off Tommy's hands. Tommy screams over this. Then Ghostface swings the TEE AX across his neck -- DECAPITATING TOMMY. Tommy Blanchard's head and body drops to the floor.

The first people to escape are running to their vehicles to leave the school. Many vehicles hit each other and other people. But nobody is killed from this. Just minor injuries.

The remainder of our main group; Elliot, Elijah, Lilly, and Logan are about to exit out of the crowded door. But Ghostface sees them. More specifically, he sees Logan. Elijah, Lilly, and Elliot make it out. Elliot turns to Logan and reaches out her hand to him as there's still a crowd blocking them.

“Logan, take my hand!” said Elliot as she reaches out to Logan.

Logan goes to grab her hand. But before he can -- GHOSTFACE grabs him and drags him away.

Elliot screams out, “LOGAN!!!”

Realizing that there is nothing more that they can do for him, Elijah and Lilly pull Elliot away from the door.

“We have to go!” Elijah tells his sister, who struggles to leave with them.

What is Ghostface going to do with Logan?

People continue to run through the hall, storming to the main entrance to escape from the bloody rampage. Elliot, Elijah, and Lilly are now among those who escape from the gymnasium. The three safely run out of the school and head for the Thorson SUV. Elijah jumps into the driver's side, Lilly jumps into the passenger side, and Elliot jumps into the back.

They drive off.

Elijah, Elliot, and Lilly are extremely shocked and upset over the loss of their friends. Elliot is crying for her friends.

“Curtis...Logan...Christian...Bella...oh, God! Andrea and Dave! They're all gone. They're dead.” announces Elliot.

NOTE: They don't know that Christian and Bella are still alive and Logan's fate is unknown.

Vice Principal Dessler is running to his car in hopes of escaping the massacre. He reaches to his car and unlocks the car. He opens the door. But before he can get inside -- GHOSTFACE GRABS HIM. Ghostface turns Dessler around to face him.

“I need your help.” Ghostface informs the frightened Dessler.

Dessler is horrified. Uncertain what will happen to him. Dessler sees something behind Ghostface and is shocked by what he sees. What did he see?

The Thorson SUV arrives outside of the Winslow home. Tamara is outside, anxiously waiting for Lilly.

“Oh, thank God!” said Tamara upon seeing her daughter safe.

Lilly quickly jumps out of the SUV and into the arms of her mother. They both cry in relief over the events that have taken place at the school.

“I'm so glad that you're okay.” said Tamara.

“Oh, mom! It was horrible!” Lilly informs her mother.

“Keep in contact with us. For now...you should stay home and keep your doors locked.” Elijah suggests to his girlfriend and her mother.

Tamara nods to Elijah in agreement.

“Let's go, honey.” said Tamara to Lilly before turning to Elijah. “Thank you for protecting her.”

“Of course.” replied Elijah.

As Tamara takes Lilly inside their house, Elliot climbs into the passenger seat next to Elijah. She is a mess. Her makeup is smeared and her face is red from the crying.

“I just can't believe that we've lost so many of our friends in an instant.” declares Elliot.

Elijah sadly nods.

“I know. I'm just glad that we made out alive.” said Elijah. “I'm so sorry about Curtis.”

“Curtis...Logan. I've lost them both.” sadly stated by Elliot.

Elijah places his hand on his twin sister's leg. Comforting her.

“Let's go home. I'm sure Dad will want us there. Plus, Junior shouldn't be alone.” Elijah suggests.

Elliot nods in agreement.

“Right. We need to be with our brother.” Elliot agreed. “Dad will be working the scene at the school most likely.”

“Yeah.” exclaims Elijah as he starts the car.

Elijah switches to gear to drive off.

Chapter 16
The entire school is now taken over by the police and ambulances. The Medical Examiner team is also present.

Dean is looking around at the dead bodies all around him. Most of them are the unnamed characters. But he sees the bodies of Curtis, Richie, Morgan, Phillip, McKinley, the two Male Students who tried fighting back, Principal Donovan, Officer Tommy Blanchard, and Samantha Higgins.

NOTE: Basically all of the supporting side characters that we've met throughout the story were all killed in the dance massacre.

The CORNER STAFF is strolling the bodies of Andrea and Dave from upstairs, which Dean sees and is horrified upon seeing them. He recognizes them as friends of his children.

“God Almighty!” Dean cries out.

Dean hears Groves speaking to someone whose voice he recognizes.

“You're going to need to go to the hospital.” said Groves.

“Not until I know if my girlfriend is okay.” Christian fires back.

“Sir, please!”

Dean walks over to him.

“Christian!” Dean calls out.

“Sheriff.” said Christian, recognizing the voice calling him.

“Are you okay, son?” asked the Sheriff.

“I think so. Have you seen my girlfriend Bella anywhere?”

“I have not.”

“She was stabbed. I don't know if she's okay or not. Please. We have to find her.”

“Alright. We'll look for her.” Dean assured Christian.

An officer is heard shouting; “WE GOT ALIVE ONE HERE!”

They turn to see a few Officers helping a critically injured Bella.

“Bella!” a relieved Christian calls out.

Christian, Dean, and Groves rush over to her. Bella is alert, scared, crying, and bleeding a lot.

“Baby!”

Bella hears her boyfriend's voice.

“Christian?” asked Bella.

“I'm here, Bella. I'm here.” answered Christian. “I need you to stay strong and stay with me.”

Despite being injured himself, Christian forgets about himself and assists Bella.

“You're gonna be okay, baby.” Christian assures Bella.

“We need to get her to the hospital or we'll lose her.” declares the Officer.

“GURNEY!” Dean orders.

Paramedics rush over to Bella. Dean, Christian, Groves, the Officer, and the Paramedics work together to bring Bella onto the gurney. After getting her on the gurney, the Paramedics rush her out. Christian joins them.

An OFFICER speaks into a MEGAPHONE to a PLATOON OF POLICE OFFICERS. Behind them, being kept back by the police are curious residents of Randora. They have no idea what has happened until now.

OFFICER: (into megaphone) We have a killer on the loose. People need to stay home and lock your doors. The killer could be anywhere. He is to be considered armed and dangerous. Civilians should not attempt to confront him. He has killed at least fifteen to thirty people tonight.

Everyone is scared. But most of all....everyone is angry.

“IT’S LEE MATTHEWS! HE'S STILL ALIVE!” declares an angry resident.

The Police turn to the Residents. They realize how this is going to go now. Now they must disperse the situation.

“NO! It's not Lee Matthews! Matthews is dead.” said the Megaphone Officer, trying to reassure the angry residents.

“LIAR! MATTHEWS IS ALIVE! IT'S MATTHEWS!” Another Resident claims.

Now it's clear that fear and anger have taken over the crowd. They're NOT listening to the police now. The angry mob of Residents begin to chant:

“MATTHEWS NEEDS TO DIE!”

“FIND MATTHEWS!” Another Resident demands.

The mob marches their way to Lee Matthew’s old house. Not long afterwards, it appears that half of the town is present. People are throwing rocks, bottles, food, and other objects at the house. They are chanting, "DIE MATHEWS! DIE!" A Deputy walks out of the house, waving his arms out to the angry mob.

“Matthews is NOT here! He's Dead!” the Deputy states.

But nobody is listening to him. They just continue to throw more objects at the house and continue with their morbid chant. Dean and Groves arrive at the scene. Other police officers arrive immediately afterwards.

“Alright, now! Break it up!” Dean orders the Mob.

The Police attempt to control the angry crowd. But nobody is complying with them. In fact, some of them are even taking their anger out on the police as if they are to blame for this.

“These people are idiots.” Dean says to his deputies. “How can they believe this is Matthews? I watched him blow his brains out with my own two eyes.”

“Mob mentality. They're scared. They won't look to us for help anymore. They won't believe anything we say either.” the Deputy bluntly points out.

“They're gonna take matters into their own hands.” Groves correctly guesses.

This horrifies Dean as he realizes...

“More innocent people will be killed...by this mob.” said Dean, realizing how this may possibly end. “Let's try to get control of this crowd.”

“Yes, sir.” complies the Deputy.

Groves and Deputy walk off and go to work on the crowd. A shocked and terrified Dean looks around and sees the effects that Ghostface has brought onto his town.

RING! Dean pulls out his phone. The caller is JUNIOR. He answers his phone.

“Everything okay, Junior?” asked Dean.

But rather than Junior's voice...

“I'm sorry, Dean. But Junior can't talk right now on the count of being bound and gagged.” Ghostface informs him.

Dean is horrified upon realizing who this is.

“What have you done to my son, you fucker?” asked an angry Dean.

“He's safe. But he won't be for long unless you do exactly what I say.” answered Ghostface.

Dean is scared now more than ever before. What do you do in a situation like this?

“What do you want?” asked Dean.

“I want you...you are the key to the end of our story.” states Ghostface.

Dean is freaking out. Getting emotional.

“Please…” cried Dean.

“You are responsible for all of this. Everyone killed...their blood is on your hands, Sheriff.” declared Ghostface.

“Please, don't hurt my son. I'll do anything.” begs a crying Dean.

“If you want to save your boy...come home right now. But come alone. No other police. If I see one cop besides you...you will never see your boy ever again. I promise.”

“Okay. I'll do it. I'm coming.”

“See you soon.”

CALL IS DISCONNECTED.

Dean rushes to his car. Groves sees him and is curious about his behavior.

“Is everything okay, Sheriff?” asked Groves.

“Everything is fine. I have something I have to deal with. Just take care of this.” ordered Dean.

Dean jumps into his police car and drives off in a hurry.

Dean speeds into his neighborhood and quickly drives to his house. He parks in front of the house. He notices an unfamiliar vehicle parked nearby the house. He can see the driver through the windshield. He is shocked to see that it is -- VICE PRINCIPAL DAN DESSLER...DEAD. His throat was slashed.

Dean storms into his house. He scans through the foyer and the surrounding areas within the house. Searching for his son.

"JUNIOR!" Dean calls out.

Dean pulls out his gun and looks around his house in search of his son and Ghostface. He checks the living room, dining room, and the kitchen. He begins to panic when he doesn't find anyone. Could he be too late?

“JUNIOR?!! WHERE ARE YOU?!!” asked a panicked Dean.

Dean runs upstairs. He looks around the second floor bedrooms. He checks Elliot's bedroom. Nobody. He checks Elijah's bedroom. Nobody. He checks Junior's bedroom. Nobody. The children's bedrooms are cleared. There is only one more room that he must check -- His own bedroom.

Dean enters his bedroom. His bedroom looks clear. But he notices some kind of light flickering in the bathroom. He points his gun at the slightly opened bathroom door as he cautiously approaches the bathroom.

Dean enters the bathroom and is shocked by what he sees; Candles lit throughout the bathroom, a bathtub filled with blood. A picture of his late wife Judy Thorson posted on the wall of the bath tub.

Flashbacks hit Dean as he remembers finding his wife dead. Everything is exactly the way it looked on the night of Judy's suicide. The candles are placed in the exact same spots that they were. Judy wanted her suicide to be a beautiful and haunting scene.

Dean approaches the blood filled bathtub. He is shaking with fear as he puts his hand in the bloody water. He pulls out -- A BLOOD SOAKED WHITE GOWN. Not just any gown. But the one that his wife wore when she killed herself.

Dean begins to cry upon seeing the gown. Hit by extreme emotions over this staged scene of his wife's suicide, Dean is distracted, and unaware of Ghostface sneaking in behind. It's not until the Killer is right behind him that Dean feels his presence.

Dean spins around. But he doesn't have time to react -- WHACK! Dean is rendered unconscious with a fireplace poker and drops to the floor. Ghostface looks down at the unconscious Dean.

NEXT CHAPTER: Ghostface’s identity, motive, and backstory will finally be REVEALED.

Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Killer
Details will be posted after Chapter 18 and 19 are posted.

Survivors
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