Abby blushed "Thanks, Doug. But knowing my luck they'd probably cast Claire Danes. What about you, Tatum?"
"Ugh. I shudder to think." Tatum sighed "Probably Lacey Chabert."
"That annoying chick on 'Party of Five' with the really whiny voice? Ick!" Andie giggled "I hate to say it, but they'd probably cast Gwenyth fucking Paltrow as me."
"Oh ew, I hate her." Joey said "She's so fake. They'd probably cast Shannon Doherty as me."
"Barf!" Tatum giggled
"Would you guys excuse me for a minute?" Doug asked. He walked over to the sheriff's car "I thought you were done for the evening."
"I was." Sheriff Adams sighed "But goddamn it I just found out who the cell phone calls were traced to. Mrs. McPhee, Andie's mom. And that's not all. Guess what tomorrow is? The anniversary of her eldest son's murder."
"So what do we do?" Doug asked
"We keep the curfew in effect and set up road blocks. If she isn't picked up by tomorrow morning we do a door-to-door. Where are Tatum and Andie right now?"
"With my brother and some friends. Do you want me to tell Andie about her mom?"
"Not yet." Sheriff Adams replied "But stay close to those girls. Don't you let them out of your sight."
"You kids have fun." Doug said as he dropped the five teenagers off in front of Tyler's house that evening "Not too much fun, or I'll bust ya."
"Hey!" Tyler said "You guys were tardy for the party so we had to start without you." he handed Tatum some videos. "Since you're the celebrity of this party, why don't you do the honors of deciding which movie we watch first?"
"Is Kevin going to be here?" Pacey asked
"Nope. I promised Jen he wouldn't."
"I saw him in the video store today." Pacey said "Really poor taste. He's the only suspect in a brutal slaying, and he's standing there in the horror section."
"He's innocent, man." Tyler said "Where have you been?"
"All I'm saying is if my glorified crossing guard of a brother and his ten donuts a day cronies would just watch a few horror movies they'd get their facts straight."
"Oh yeah?" Tyler chuckled "How do we know you're not the killer?"
"That's a good suggestion." Pacey admitted "If this were a real horror movie I'd be one of the first suspects."
"And what would your motive be?" Tyler asked
"Do I really need a motive?" Pacey asked, raising his voice "If you get too bogged down in details like that you lose your target audience! Besides, anyone who's seen enough horror movies knows that there is a very simple formula! *Everyone* is a suspect!"
"And *everyone* is staring at you!" Abby whispered. Sure enough, the party had fallen silent.
"Hey, Vanessa." Brian Arnold said "Go get me another beer out of the garage, ok?"
"What am I? Your beer wench?" Vanessa muttered as she stood up "There's tons of beer in the kitchen."
Brian shrugged "The crappy one are in the kitchen. The good ones are in the garage."
"Fine!" Vanessa moaned. She walked through the kitchen and out the garage door. Leaving the door open a crack, she went over to the refrigerator and started pulling out some beers. The door slammed, causing her to jump.
She looked around "Probably just the wind." she muttered. She turned around and saw someone in a long, hooded black robe and white ghost mask standing in front of the door "Is that you, Brian?"
The person shook his head Vanessa laughed "Ok, what movie is this from? 'I Spit on Your Garage'? You know, you better lose the outfit. If Andie and Tate see it they'll flip." she tried to push past him but he wouldn't let her "Oh I get it. You wanna play psycho killer?"
The person nodded
"Can I be the helpless victim?"
"Why is Jamie Lee Curtis in all of these movies?" Andie asked
"Because she's the token virgin in each one." Tatum whispered "She's
the one who always survives."
"What does being a virgin have to do with it?" Andie asked
"Those are the rules."
"What rules?"
Tatum stood up and paused the movie just as Michael Myers was about
the stab another victim "You don't know the rules?"
"Geez, have an aneurysm, why don't you?" Andie muttered
"The rules of the horror movie are very simple." Tatum said
"Oh man, here she goes." Dawson groaned
"Rule number 1." Tatum continued "You can't have sex. It's the sin
factor, you have sex, you're screwed."
"So, basically, we'd all be dead meat." Pacey said
"Exactly!" Tatum replied "Well, except for Dawson and Joey. Rule
number 2. You can't do drugs or drink alcohol."
Everyone raised their bottles of beer in the air and hooted and
cheered
"It's the sin factor." Tatum giggled "It's an extension of number 1!
Rules number 3 and 4, the golden rules. Never say 'who's there?' when
someone
knocks on the door. And never, ever say 'I'll be right back.' because you
won't be back. Well, you may be back in a body bag."
"Hey Tatum , I'm getting another beer, you want one?" Joey said as
she stood up
"Yeah, sure." Tatum replied
"I'll be right baaaaaack!" Joey announced in a spooky voice as she
ran out of the room
"Very funny." Tatum said "See that? You fuck with the rules you end
up dead every time. Ok, sis, I'll see ya in the kitchen with a knife!"
Joey turned on the kitchen light and opened the fridge. She had just
pulled out a beer when the phone rang. She picked it up "Hello? Uh-huh.
Uh-uh! No way. No fucking way!" she hung up the phone and ran back into the
living room "Listen up, people! They found Mr. Peterson dead. He was gutted
and hung from a goal post in the football field."
"Well then let's get over there before they cut him down!" one of the
boys suggested. Only a few followed out the door to the street.
"The rest of us should be getting home." Valerie said as she stood up
"Curfew's in effect. Vanessa, let's go!" she waited for an answer "Any idea
where she is, Brian?"
Brian shrugged "Probably got pissed off at me and left."
Outside in the news van, Nicole and her camera man watched the whole
scene on the monitor.
"You're a genius." Nathan said "So how'd you get it in there again?"
"I bribed on of the guests to take it in." Nicole replied
"Oh, shit!" Nathan said as the crowd of teenagers walked past the van
"We got a delay."
"How long?" Nicole asked
Abby pulled her coat around her and shivered as she walked down the
road to her car. She bumped into someone and screamed. "Doug! Oh, my God.
You
scared me."
"Sorry." Doug said "Where's everyone else?"
"Still at the party." Abby replied "What are you doing here?"
"We got reports of a car in the woods nearby. I was going to go check
it out."
"I know this is crazy," Abby said "but my car is parked just past the
woods. Would you mind if I went with you?"
"So where are all your friends?" Brian asked as he put on his coat
"Dawson and Joey left already." Andie replied "Pacey went with them,
and so did Jen. I'm just waiting for Tatum, since she needs a ride home.
She's upstairs using the bathroom."
Tatum walked into the hallway just as Kevin came out of one of the
bedrooms "Hey, Kevin."
"Hi." Kevin said
"Uh, could I ask you something?" Tatum asked
"Sure."
"Who did you call?"
"Huh?" Kevin said
"When you were arrested. You got one phone call, right?"
"I called my dad." Kevin replied
"Oh." Tatum said "Wait a minute, no. Sheriff Adams called your dad. I
saw him."
"I didn't get an answer when I called." Kevin explained. He paused
for a moment "You still think it was me, don't you?"
"No." Tatum replied "I was just-"
"Dammit!" Kevin interrupted "What do I have to do to convince you I'm
not a murderer?"
Tatum looked past him "Oh my God."
"What?" Kevin asked, looking confused
"Kevin, look out!" Tatum screamed
Kevin turned around and saw the killer coming at him. Before he could
react, the killer stabbed him several times. As Kevin fell, the killer wiped
off the knife and started after Tatum. Too shocked to even scream, Tatum
barely managed to run into the bedroom. She slammed the door, bolted it, and
ran to the window. Moments later, the knife plunged through the door and the
killer managed to break it down. Tatum struggled with the window and finally
pushed it open. She climbed out onto the garage roof just as the killer
reached out to grab her.
"Somebody help me!" Tatum screamed. Desperate to escape, she leapt
off of the roof and landed as gracefully as she could manage under the open
garage door. When she landed she felt something warm and sticky. Looking
down, she saw blood all over the ground. She suddenly felt something
dripping
onto her head. She looked up and saw Vanessa's lifeless body hanging from
the
garage door. Tatum groaned and had to fight to keep from vomiting. She
scrambled to her feet and ran to the front of the driveway. She saw a van
parked across the street and ran to it.
"Open up!" she screamed, pounding on the door
Nicole pushed the door open "Tatum? What happened?"
Tatum gasped for air as she climbed into the van "The
killer....here....got.....Vanessa and Kevin."
"We've got a video camera set up in the house." Nathan said "We can
see anything that goes on in there."
"I'm so scared to death I'm not even going to bother getting pissed
off about that." Tatum said. She focused on the TV screen in front of her.
She saw Andie flopped over on the couch in front of the television.
"Aw, Jamie. What are you stupid or something?" Andie was saying to
the TV "He's right behind you! Ooh, see? I told you he was around! He's
right
around the corner."
As she said this, the killer crept around the corner and into the room
"Jamie, he's right behind you! Behind you, Jamie, behind you! Behind
you!" Andie yelled
Tatum watched in horror as the killer crept up behind her friend
"Andie! Look behind you!" she gasped
"Behind ya, kid!" Nathan yelled "Oh shit!"
"What?" Tatum asked
"We got a thirty second delay."
"Crap!" Nicole yelled. She turned around and threw the van door open.
As she and Nathan stepped out, the killer jumped out of nowhere and slashed
both of their throats. Nicole fell to the ground. Nathan grasped the side of
the van and turned to Tatum "Shut.....the....door!" he choked out.
Tatum tried to slam the door, but the killer reached in and managed
to stick her in the shoulder with the knife, right next to her throat.
Screaming in pain, Tatum slammed the door and scrambled to the back of the
van. The killer smashed through the window and reached in to unlock the
door.
Tatum opened the back door and ran out.
"There it is!" Doug said
"Can you tell whose car it is?" Abby asked
Doug checked the license plate number "Shit! It's Mrs. McPhee's car.
Come on, we'd better get back."
"I'm going to check in the house." Doug told Abby "You get to that
news van over there, they probably have a cellular phone. Lock yourself in
there and call for backup."
"Be careful!" Abby called over her shoulder as she ran to the van.
She banged on the door "Let me in!" she cried. She tried to look in one of
the windows, but as she turned around she slipped in a puddle on the ground.
She looked down and saw blood dripping out from under the door of the van.
She cautiously opened the door and jumped back screaming as Nicole's body
tumbled out. She stepped over Nicole and jumped into the front seat of the
van. She grabbed the cellular phone and dialed 911. Just as someone picked
up, Andie stuck her head in through the smashed window.
"What's goin' on?" Andie slurred
Too panicked to realize who it was, Abby screamed and hit Andie over
the head with the phone. She grabbed the keys to the van off of the
dashboard
and started the engine. Only when she began driving did she realize that the
windshield was soaked with blood. She turned on the windshield wipers, but
that only seemed to increase the amount of blood covering the glass. She put
the van in drive and sped forward, then stepped carefully on the break to
slow down. As she did so, Nathan's body fell off the roof of the van onto
the
windshield. Abby screamed.
Looking around, Tatum saw that the street was completely deserted. As
terrified as she was, her shoulder hurt like hell, and she knew she could be
in trouble if she didn't get medical attention soon. Her only hope was to go
back to the house and call for help.
As Abby turned the van sharply in a circle, Nathan's body finally
fell to the ground. Immediately, she sped down the road, knowing that she
had
to get help. Suddenly, Tatum darted out into the road, screaming "STOP!" and
waving her hands around. Abby swerved to avoid hitting Tatum, and drove
right
off the road and into a tree.
Tatum knew she couldn't stop. If whoever was in the van was still
alive, she would send help for them. Right now, she had to get to the house
and call 911.
"Hello?" Tatum cried, running up the front walk of the house. The
front door was wide open "Is anyone there?"
Doug stumbled out the front door "Tatum?" he tripped and fell, and
Tatum saw the knife sticking out of his back. The killer appeared in the
doorway. He bent over, picked up the knife, and ran after Tatum.
"No!" Tatum screamed. Ignoring the pain in her shoulder, she ran to a
car parked nearby. She scrambled in and shut the door, making sure that all
of the doors were locked. She searched frantically for the keys. Outside,
the
killer tapped on the window. Tatum looked up and saw the killer waving the
keys around. Gasping, she put her hands over the lock. The killer slid under
the car and unlocked the other door. Tatum pushed the lock down and held it
firmly in place. After a moment, the killer disappeared. Tatum saw a
cellular
phone. She picked it up and called 911
"911 Emergency response." The dispatcher said
"I'm at the Madison house on Concord Avenue." Tatum screamed "The
killer's here, he's after me!" Suddenly, the phone was wrenched from her
hand
and the killer grabbed her from behind. In a second, Tatum realized that he
must have climbed in through the back. She struggled and finally freed
herself from his grasp. She unlocked the door and scrambled out of the car.
She ran for the the front door of the house. Just inside the front hallway,
she saw Doug's gun lying on the floor. She picked it up and turned around to
find the killer.
"Tatum!" Andie screamed as she ran up the front path "Jesus, Tatum we
gotta get the fuck out of here!"
"Don't listen to her!" someone interrupted. It was Valerie "She did
it! I found Vanessa, she's dead! Andie killed her!"
"You did it!" Andie shot back
Tatum pointed the gun at both of them "Both of you back off!"
"It was her, Tatum!" Valerie cried "She killed Kevin, she killed my
sister!"
"Fuck you both!" Tatum screamed. She ran into the house and slammed
the door. She leaned against it, sobbing, while Andie and Valerie pounded on
the door and screamed at each other.
"Tate?" Looking up, Tatum saw Kevin stumbling down the stairs
"Kevin!" she gasped. She pulled him to his feet "I thought you were
dead."
"I'm ok." Kevin winced . He walked to the door
"No-"
"Tatum, it's alright." Kevin told her. He opened the door and Andie
and Valerie ran in
"It was her!" Valerie insisted "She's gone mad!"
Kevin raised the gun and shot Valerie in the chest. Andie and Tatum
screamed
"Kevin, what the hell?" Andie gasped
"We all go a little mad sometimes." Kevin chuckled "Tony Perkins,
'Psycho.'" he licked some of the blood off his finger "It's corn syrup. The
same thing they used for pig's blood in 'Carrie.'"
Whimpering, Tatum grabbed Andie by her arm and pulled her towards the
kitchen. And crashed right into Tyler
"Tyler!" Tatum gasped "Oh, thank God! You've got to help us, Kevin-"
Tyler pulled out a voice scrambler and held it to his mouth
"Surprise, Tatum!" he chuckled in a distorted voice
Andie looked horrified "You two?" she gasped as the boys pushed them
into the kitchen "I don't understand."
"It's all very simple, really." Kevin explained calmly "We're gonna
play a little game." Tyler threw him the voice scrambler and he held it to
his mouth "It's called guess how you're gonna die!"
"You'll never get away with this!" Tatum sobbed
"Ya think so?" Kevin said, holding the knife to her face "Tell that
to Ryan White. You wouldn't believe how easy he was to frame."
"You...." Andie started to cry as she realized what he meant "Why?"
She demanded, slamming her fist on the counter "Why did you kill my
brother?"
"Why?" Kevin repeated "WHY?! Hear that, Tyler? I think the girls want
a motive. We put that son of a bitch out of his misery. He was strutting
around town like he was Leonardo fucking DiCaprio."
"Yeah we did him a favor!" Tyler added "Because your brother was no
Leo DiCaprio!"
"How's that for a motive?" Kevin asked "Not good enough? Well how
about this? Your fucking idiot brother killed my sister! Didn't you ever
recognize me, you dumb shit? I'm Evan Micks. Olivia's younger brother!"
Andie nearly fainted "Evan?!"
"You know time it is?" Evan asked "It's after midnight, It's Tim's
anniversary. We killed him exactly one year ago."
"Oh!" Tyler said "We got a little surprise for you!" the ran over to
the closet "You're gonna love this, baby! It's a real scream!" he ducked
into
the closet "I'll be right back!" he returned a moment later, pushing two
people who were tied up and had duct tape over their mouths in front of him
"And what's behind door number three?' he pushed the two people to the
floor.
"Mommy!" Andie cried "Jack!" she tried to run to them, but Evan
blocked her path
"Got the ending figured out yet?" Evan asked "Suppose your mom and
brother never got over Tim's death. Suppose the anniversary set them off,
and
they went on a killing spree, offing everyone in sight. It wasn't to hard to
plan. Watch a few movies, take a few notes. We cloned your mom's cell phone,
so all the calls are traced to her. So, they kill you two, shoot themselves
in the head. Everyone's dead. Except for us. We're left for dead. We get to
carry on and plan the sequel."
"That's right!" Tyler said "Cause let's face it baby, these days, ya
gotta have a sequel!"
Evan picked up the knife and stabbed Tyler in the side with it
"Ah, shit!" Tyler groaned "Good one, man! Ok, my turn." he took the
knife
"Remember our deal." Evan reminded him "Stay to side, don't go to
deep."
"Ok, I'll remember." Tyler said
"You sick fucks watch too many movies!" Tatum cried
"Now, Tatum, don't go blaming the movies!" Evan told her "Movies
don't create psychos, movies just make psychos more creative!" he screamed
and doubled over as Tyler stabbed him in the stomach "Ahhh! Dammit, you
moron!"
"Sorry, Evan." Tyler said "I guess I got a little too zealous, huh?"
"Just get the gun." Evan said "I'll untie them."
"Ok." Tyler said. He turned around "Uh, um, Houston, we have a little
problem."
"What?" Evan snapped
"The gun, man, it was right here..."
"Well where is it?" Evan yelled
"Right here, dipshit!" someone interrupted
"Abby?" Tatum gasped
"Oh, man." Evan groaned "I thought she was dead."
"She looked dead, man." Tyler snickered "Still does."
"How's this for an ending?" Abby said "The girl left for dead in the
news van wakes up, stumbles upon you two mother fuckers, fins the gun, and
saves the day."
"I like that ending." Tatum said with a grin
"You guys really are insane." Abby told the boys "Making your own
scary movie. Well guess what?" she aimed the gun at them "One false move and
you're outta the sequel."
"Oh yeah? Evan asked "Well I know something you don't know."
"Really?' Abby said. She pulled the trigger, but nothing happened
'And-and what's that?"
Evan grabbed the gun out of her hand and punched her in the face,
sending her tumbling right out the front door. she landed on the porch next
to Doug and lay silent.
"Works better without the saftey on." Evan said as he aimed the gun
at Abby's head
"Aw, baby, you're gonna love this!" Tyler said, turning to the girls
in the kitchen. His face fell "Uh, Evan?"
"What?" Evan snapped, turning around "Where the hell are they?"
The phone in the kitchen rang
"Shall I let the machine get it?" Tyler asked
Evan grabbed the phone "Where the hell are you?"
"Not so fast!" A distorted voice said "We're gonna play a little
game!" Tatum dropped the voice distorter and screamed into the cell phone
"It's called 'guess who just called the police and reported your sorry
mother
fucking ass!'"
"Bitch!" Evan screamed "I'm gonna tear you to pieces! Where are you?"
he pushed the phone at Tyler, who had collapsed on the ground next to the
counter "Talk to her!"
"I don't know, man." Tyler whined "I'm really bleeding here. I think
I'm dying." He took the phone "Hello?"
"Oh, Tyler." Tatum sighed "What's your excuse? The cops are on their
way, Evan's got his motive. What are you gonna tell them?"
"Peer pressure." Tyler said "I'm really sensitive. Hey, did you
really call the cops?"
"You bet your sorry ass I did!"
Tyler burst into tears "My mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me!"
Evan was ripping the house apart looking for Tatum. Suddenly, she
jumped out of the closet and stabbed him with the sharp end of the umbrella.
He screamed and fell to the ground. Tatum stood there and breathed a sigh of
relief. Suddenly, Tyler burst into the room and lunged at Andie. Reacting
quickly, Andie punched him in the face. He fell to the ground, pulling her
with him. He pinned her to the ground and started to choke her
"I always had a thing for ya, Andie!" Tyler yelled
"In your dreams!" Andie replied. She grabbed a vase off the coffee
table and smashed it over his head. As he released his grip on her throat
and
collapsed, she stood up and knocked the TV over onto his face.
Tatum sighed and stumbled toward the couch. Suddenly, Evan sat up and
grabbed her leg. Tatum tripped and went flying across the room. Andie tried
to grab Evan, but he knocked her over and grabbed her by the throat.
"Say hello to your brother for me!" Evan snarled. Suddenly, gunshots
rang out and Evan collapsed.
Andie and Tatum stood up and saw Abby standing in the doorway with
Doug right behind her.
"Remembered the safety that time, you son of a bitch." Abby muttered
"It really does work better without it."
"Are you guys ok?" Tatum asked
"A little sore." Abby said "But I'll live."
"My back hurts." Doug said
Someone grabbed Tatum's ankle, causing everyone to jump
"Valerie!" Tatum cried "I thought you were dead!"
"And I probably should be. I never thought I'd be so happy to be a
virgin." Valerie replied
Tatum giggled
"Careful." Doug warned, pointing to Evan "This is the moment when the
supposedly dead killer comes back for one last scare."
Evan sat up. Tatum grabbed the gun and shot him in the head. "Not in
my movie." Again, a loud thud made everyone jump
"Mom, Jack!" Andie gasped. She ran over and started untying her
mother "Guys, give me a hand here, will you?"
"Tatum!" Pacey called "Are you alright?" he threw his arms around her
"Ouch, my shoulder!" Tatum winced
"Sorry."
"No, it's ok. I'll live." Tatum said
"Where's my brother?" Pacey asked
"In the ambulance. He'll be fine." Tatum sighed
"So, what exactly happened?" Joey asked
"I'll explain later." Tatum said "Right now, I'm exhausted. I can
tell you this much, it sure would make a good horror movie."
Part 28 coming soon!
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