𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲,
I sat next to Chad & Mindy. I was unable to move due to the horrific scene of Anika falling off repeatedly playing inside my head. Sam had been trying to get my attention for the past hour worried for me while Chad had his arm around me waiting for me any moment to snap back into reality.

I felt the paramedics stitch up my wound telling me it wasn't that deep but still severe for me to take care of, but i wasn't paying attention to that, I had just lost both of my best friends to what?
A stupid Halloween costume.

Someone had crossed the yellow caution tape, making Chad carefully removing his arm around Y/n sprinting down to them.

'Where were you?!' Chad yelled as he pinned Ethan against a van.

'What, When?' Ethan panicked.

'Last night!' Chad shoved him more into the van.

'I had Econ! You know this!' Ethan defended himself.

'Bullshit man, You disappear, and my sister almost gets killed?!'

Ethan stared at him with wide eyes 'Dude i was in a study hall with a hundred other people. You can ask any of them!' he responded.

'Fuck, Man!' Chad let go of him & made his way back next to Y/n checking if she had any sign of consciousness again.

Landry made his way over when he saw the cops cover a body with a tarp. 'Oh my god' Ethan whispered. 'Who is that?'
'Anika and Quinn' Mindy responded blankly.

'Mindy, I'm so sorry' he started.

'Step the fuck back' She sneered. Making the brunette back away. 'You're at the top of my list.'
Ethan shook his head. 'I had Econ!' he defended.
He looked around & saw Y/n staring at him with no emotion whatsoever.

'W-what's wrong with her?' Ethan asked.

'State of shock.' Chad simply said not looking at Ethan while answering. 'She won't respond or react to anything ever since last night.'

'Chad, I'm so sorry for not being there.' Ethan exclaimed while looking at the girl.

Did he feel pity for her? Or do Serial Killers have no remorse?

Officer Bailey had come out of the crime scene. Crying. His only daughter, Quinn dead. Tara & Sam went to comfort the grieving officer, while we all stayed near the ambulance.

A vehicle pulled up as a familiar face ran to Sam, Tara, Gale & Officer Bailey. I noticed who it was but couldn't speak or move an inch, Kirby.

Gale said something to the group about her wanting to show us something about the killers hiding spot, that's when i snapped back.

'Y/n?!' Chad exclaimed anxiously waiting for me to speak.

I started blinking uncontrollably to get the dryness out of my eyes as i regained focus, i quickly hugged him.

- - -

Gale lead us through an alley, where a Huge Ghost-face mural was spray painted on. It was the iconic phase 'What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?' besides it, causing me to flinch away.

Ethan noticed Y/n's behaviors & felt a pit in his stomach.

'Jason and Greg were little Atlanta rich boys' Gale explained. 'Apparently, they used fake names to rent this place.

'How did you find it?' Kirby questioned the reporter.

Gale shrugged. 'It's called investigative journalism for a reason' She stated.
'How didn't you find it? Weren't you tracking them?'

'I went through their financial records dozens of times' Kirby said. 'This was not in any of them, it doesn't make sense!'
'Don't worry, I'm just really good at my job.
You'll get there' Gale confidently said.

We were led inside the area, it was filled with dust and looked abandoned. Gale turned on the power behind the group as they observed the grimy property, it had tons of security surprisingly.

'What is this place? What's with all the security?Kirby asked.

"It's a shrine." Gale answered.

The curtains automatically opened to reveal the original costumes and objects from previous

Ghostface attacks as if it was a museum.
The only thing missing from the Ghostface costumes were the masks, only the robes were displayed. There was the telephone from the murder of Casey Becker, a Winsdor College sweatshirt & more.

'They got the whole goddamn franchise'
Mindy said shockingly & surprised.

I made noticed Kirby stand in-front of Jill's Flannel glass 'Was that..'

'The knife i was stabbed with.' Kirby Finished.

'Why am i here again? My alibi checks out!' Ethan asked.

Chad looked up 'So I can keep an eye on you, roomie!' He said as Mindy pointed at him with two fingers keeping an eye on him.

As much as Y/n suspected Ethan, I don't think the kid would pull any of this out. I mean yes, he's smart, but even Kirby being in the FBI, couldn't figure this place out. What makes me think Landry can.

As i was making my way to him, Bailey interrupted with some pity speech. 'You've all been through so much' He reminded us.

'The killer must've found this place before he murdered Jason and Greg.' Gale stated 'Then took the masks off the mannequins. All nine, from Stu and Billy to Amber and Richie.'

I saw Ethan looking throughout the artifacts carefully watching his slight reactions.

'Hey..' I said slowly approaching him.

He faced me & then looked behind him.

'M-me?' Ethan raised an eyebrow.

'Yes you Landry' I said.

'Oh..Hey' Ethan said confused waiting for a catch.

'Look i just wanna say sorry we got off on the wrong foot, Did i have my doubts & suspicions about you? Yes i did. But you have to understand'
I slightly raise up my shirt to show the stitches from my stab wounds as he flinched from the sight of it.

'This is why.' I whispered 'I hate going through this over & over again. Seeing the people i love & care about die. I'm tired of it.' I said exhaustedly.

'I'm so sorry, Y/n' Ethan declared.

'It's not your fault. I think? Can i trust you Landry? Like seriously?' I questioned once again.

'Yes, Yes you can! That's what i've been telling you all of you guys since the beginning.' Ethan said getting tired of repeating the same stuff over & over again.

I sighed as i slowly approached him & looked him in the eyes.

𝐈 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. Me hugging? 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲?

'I'm 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 of you Ethan' I said remembering the phone call from the previous night.
I felt his body tense up at the first touch then slowly relaxed into the hug.

After a few seconds he slowly backed away suspiciously.

'What?' He looked at me as if it was the first time someone has ever said that to him.

'You've seemed tense lately with everything going on at school. Whether that is school work or in life. You're doing a pretty good job. So i'm 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 of you.' I said with a genuine smile saying something his father couldn't.

He didn't know what to say and was just paralyzed as i was a few hours ago.

'Wow um.. I don't know what to say, that means so much to me seriously. Thank you Y/n' He said with a big smile on his face.

'Yeah, If you're ever having a tough time with something or someone. You can always talk to me' I said awkwardly knowing this was my first nice interaction with Ethan.

'Will do, oh & you can too' He said scratching the back of his head but genuinely meaning it.

'Hey Nerds!' Mindy screamed at Ethan & I to make our way to the middle with them.

We all made our way to the stage where all the costumes were held. 'So, somebody killed these chucklefucks and took over?' Chad asked.

'Someone who believes Sam masterminded
Woodsboro' Gale answered.

'If this were a normal Stab movie, this would be the killer's lair' Mindy added.

'Which means this isn't a normal Stab movie.
Kirby finished, holding her hands on her hips.

Tara ran off the stage, stressed enough with dealing with all this chaos. She really needed a break. We all did.

'Hey Minds can i talk to you?' As she nodded yes we walked off from everyone.

'Is this about that little interaction i just witnessed between you & Ghost-Face?'

'Yes! No, I mean No i don't think he's Ghost-Face, You saw how Kirby wasn't even close into finding this spot & alley. How Ghost-Face is incredibly strong & smart you think he's able to pull all this off?!'

Mindy sighed 'Not on his own!'

'Do you really think Ethan is capable of all this, What if he really is just an average dorky & nerdy guy Minds?!'

'God, you sound just like Chad right now, People can be double-faced! We've seen it in every horror movie EVER. And what about that 'Plan' he had huh?! What if his 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 was him at our apartment.'

Mindy kept going.

'Look if you wanna trust the kid, that's fine by me! But just watch your back. Remember that gut instinct you had a while ago with him. Remember that every-time you're near him or else your literal guts are next.'

Mindy walked away & left me there thinking.

What if she's right. What if i just told a Killer, Im 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 of him? For his killings?

- - -

We had a plan to track Ghost-Face's location next time they called before they attacked.
Kirby placed us in the back of the van with her as if she was babysitting us. I sat in between Chad & Ethan, trying to still keep my suspicions but trying to redeem myself with everything i've ever said to him.

'So.. we're really doing the phone tracing thing that never works in the movies? It'll be all 'keep them talking, Sam, two more minutes! I've almost got them.' Then they hang up just before we can get a lock' Mindy argues.

Kirby hesitated before turning to Mindy, talking to her as if she was a toddler. ' I can trace a call in under fifteen seconds' she stated, causing Mindy's smile to fade and lean back into the van.

'Well, you've got them out there as bait' Mindy justified.

'Because the killer usually calls nearby.'

Mindy's eyebrows raised as she leaned her elbows on Kirby's desk, looking at her in the eyes.
'And you think they're safe because it's broad daylight in a public place?'

'Look kid, I'm here & so is Officer Bailey' Kirby having enough with Mindy's accusations.

'This is exactly how our uncle Randy died, in broad daylight! Public place yanked into a van, and stab, stab, stab! No more Randy!'

'Huh.' Kirby questioned.

Ethan had a bag of Cheetos which he offered to Chad & he politely declined. Ethan then turned to me offering some which i did take.
Kirby turned to her desk and turned on the mic. 'Hey, Sam, stay frosty out there' she suggested.

While Sam and Tara roamed around the park waiting for Ghostface's call, Ethan noticed Y/n's fingers twirling around in anxiety.

'Hey' He whispered 'Kirby can manage this.'

I turn to him with a weak smile as a Thank you.

Kirby suddenly started to trace the call. Ghostface was on the other end, threatening Sam. We leaned in and listened watching Kirby get a location.

Ghost-face then hanged up while Sam spoke to Kirby again. 'Did you get it?!' Sam asked.

'Yep, Geolocation coming through.' Kirby stated. The location popped on her computer. 'He's on the Upper West Side, he's inside an apartment building... halfway across the city.'

'On West 96th?' I realized. Puzzling on where she lives. Kirby & the group all turned to me.

'How did you know that?' Kirby questioned.
I looked up from my hands.

'Gale.'

- - -

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