All Too Well - Part 2
Ghostface was well and truly back. Sam and Tara didn’t even get to the police station straight away the previous night, they were nearly shot at the bodega. The group were now being as cautious as possible. Mindy’s version of ‘cautious’ was rounding off the suspects.
The group were now currently sat on the campus of Blackmore University, Mindy stood in front of everyone.
“Okay, nerds! Listen up! As terrifying as this all is, I’m actually glad I get a chance to redeem myself for not calling the killers last time... It’s fine. Okay. The way I see it, someone is out to make a sequel to the requel.”
Anika raises her hand.
“Um, what’s a requel?”
“You’re beautiful, sweetie. Let’s hold questions till the end.”
Anika smiled at her before Sam spoke up.
“Stab 1 took place in Woodsboro. Stab 2 took place in college.”
Tara looked towards Sam.
“So we think the killer is trying to copy the movies?”
Mindy pointed at Tara.
“That is one possibility. Heroes now in college: check. Suspicious new characters brought in to round out the suspect list and or body count: check, check and check.”
She pointed at Quinn, Anika and Ethan.
“I don’t like this.”
Ethan said before Molly gave him a pat on the shoulder.
“But it can’t just be about Stab 2.”
Mindy carried on.
“Why not?”
Tara’s eyebrows furrowed.
“It would make sense if this were just a sequel. But we’re not in a sequel, because nobody just makes sequels anymore… We’re in a franchise! And there are certain rules to a continuing franchise.
Sam, Anika and Molly sighed.
“I had a feeling.”
“Rule 1: everything is bigger than last time. Bigger budget, bigger cast, bigger body count. Longer chases, shootouts, beheadings. You gotta top what came before to keep people coming back.”
“Beheadings?”
Molly and Chad said in unison.
“Beheadings. Rule 2: whatever happened last time, expect the opposite. Franchises only survive by subverting expectations. If the killers last time were whiny snowflake film nerds with Letterboxd accounts instead of personalities, you bet the opposite will be true here.”
Nobody seemed to notice the face Ethan made when Mindy made a comment about Richie and Amber.
“And rule 3: no one is safe. Legacy characters? Cannon fodder at this point. Usually brought back only to be killed off in some cheap bid for nostalgia. It’s not looking too good for Gale and Kirby. Oh and that’s not even the worst part!”
Chad continues to write in his notebook.
“This is the part where she tells us the worst part.”
“The worst part is franchises are just continuing episodic instalments designed to boost an IP. Which means main characters are completely expendable now too. Laurie Strode, Nancy Thompson, Ellen Ripley, Sally Hardesty, Jigsaw, Tony Stark, James Bond - I mean even Luke Skywalker all died so their franchises could live on! That means it’s not just the friend group. Any of us could go at any time… especially Sam and Tara.”
Sam and Tara exchanged worried looks.
“Wait? Any of us?”
Everyone turned their heads to Ethan as he spoke.
“Yeah.”
“Am- am I in the friend group?”
“Yeah.”
“Am I like one of the targets?… At least I won’t die a virgin.”
The entire group gave him puzzled looks whereas Molly hit him on the arm.
“Babe, seriously?”
Mindy looked kinda grossed out.
“TMI, keep it in the bedroom. But it brings us to our current suspects.”
She stepped in front of Ethan.
“Ethan. The shy and dorky guy who no one suspects because he’s so shy and dorky.”
“Okay, why am I on the suspect list because I’m randomly Chad’s roommate?”
Ethan motions towards Chad defensively.
Mindy looks at him like he’s an idiot.
“Roommate lotteries can be juked, you could’ve fixed it to get next to us! And the fact that you just so happen to be interested in Molly?”
“Okay, what does Molly have to do with this?”
“Well, we all know how her last relationship turned out…”
Tara and Chad immediately jumped to her defence and everyone else seemed surprised at Mindy’s audacity.
“Mindy, seriously?”
Tara looked at her angrily.
Chad looked very irritated.
“Mindy, come on!”
Molly was staring daggers against her.
“Can you not bring up Amber?”
Mindy shrugged her shoulders.
“Whatever, I’m just saying… be careful…”
Molly furrowed her brows and felt a pit in her stomach.
Molly blocked out the rest of what Mindy said. What if she was right? What if Ethan was the killer? What if he betrays her just like Amber did? She tried to snap out of it and tell herself that he’d never do that but the voice at the back of her mind was telling her to never say never.
She was snapped out of her thoughts she. Sam spoke.
“Okay, so we have our rules and we have our suspects.”
“Wait, what about you guys?”
Ethan motioned with his hand to the 5 survivors.
“I mean, I think it’s pretty safe to rule out the 5 of us who went through this last year in Woodsboro.”
Chad smiled at Mindy.
“Agreed.”
Quinn shook her head.
“Not agreed. What if the trauma you all went through caused one or more of you to snap?”
Ethan agreed with Quinn.
“Yeah, or if the fame you got from the killings made you thirsty for more. I mean, let’s be honest here, some of the theories online about Sam are-“
Tara immediately cut him off.
“Don’t you fucking dare.”
Molly hit him in the arm again.
Anika tried to diffuse the situation.
“Okay, she’s right though. I mean face facts, if we’re all suspects - you’re all suspects.”
The 5 looked at each other worriedly.
Molly gets up from her seat.
“As much as I love discussing which of us I think is a murderer, I’m going home.”
Tara gets up from her seat.
“I’m coming too.”
Molly looked at Ethan.
“I’ll see you later.”
He nodded.
“See ya.”
The pair immediately walked off before anyone else even moved. Tara just knew something was wrong with Molly.
“You okay?”
Molly nodded her head.
“Mhm… just thinking about what Mindy said.”
“Just ignore her, alright?”
“No, Tara she’s got a point. It could easily be him.”
“But it also might not be him.”
“Let’s face it, he’s either the killer or he’s gonna get killed. That’s just how it works.”
Tara linked her arm in Molly’s.
“As long as we stick together as best we can, that should keep us all safe. And I’ll always be here for you.”
They looked at each other and smiled softly.
“Thanks, Tara. I love you.”
“I love you too.”
After a few seconds of silence, Molly spoke up again.
“Y’know, he really reminds me of Wes.”
Tara looked at her.
“Yeah?”
Molly nodded whilst holding back tears.
“Yeah. They have the same stupid smile.. and they’re really good at cheering you up. When I first met Ethan I just immediately felt like Wes had come back to me.”
Parts of Ethan made her think of Amber too - the way they’d both comfort her when she needed it, the way they’d let her vent about her dad, the fact they were both the first people she’d go to if anything happened, the way she thought of them as her entire world - but she couldn’t bring herself to talk about it.
Tara and Molly arrived back at their apartment and sat down on the couch together. Not long after, the sound of keys could be heard and Sam came in.
“Hey.. are you okay?”
The girls shrugged.
“I just really don’t want to go through this again.”
Tara put her arm around Molly.
Sam sat down on the couch with them.
“Hey, I promise I’ll do everything I can to protect you. To protect you all. Which reminds me, I’ve told everyone to stay over here tonight.”
“That’s a good idea - safety in numbers.”
“Exactly.”
Sam smiled at her.
“Everyone will be here in a little bit so it’ll just be us three until then. If you want, we could go to the store and buy some food so we can cook dinner later?”
Tara and Molly nodded.
“That sounds nice.”
Sam got up from the couch.
“Come on, we should go while it’s still daytime.”
A couple of hours go by. At this point, everyone is at the apartment… except Ethan. He told Chad and Molly that he had an econ class. What was so urgent about a college class with everything that was going on?
Molly didn’t like Ethan’s absence one bit - it was just making her more and more worried. Tara and Chad were the first to notice.
Molly went into the kitchen to get glasses for the dinner table. Tara and Chad were in the middle of cooking when she walked in and her entire demeanour was off. They exchanged a look before Tara put a hand on her shoulder.
“Hey. You okay?”
Molly nodded but her face remained emotionless.
“Yep, fine.”
Chad knew better of course.
“Dude, come on.We know when something is bothering you.”
“I said I’m fine, Chad.”
“We know there’s a lot going on and I know you’re probably worrying because Ethan isn’t here-”
“Chad. Look, I appreciate it but I’m fine, alright?”
Chad and Tara looked at each other again before looking at her again.
“We’re here if you want to talk, okay?”
Tara’s voice was full of genuine care and concern.
“Thanks…”
She left the kitchen and placed the glasses on the table.
Mindy and Molly entered the kitchen a couple of minutes later.
“Sam!”
Mindy called her into the kitchen.
“Yeah?”
“We do not have to stay here.”
“Well, too bad. I insist. Safety in numbers.”
Chad had a big smile on his face.
“This’ll be so fun. A little slumber party with the Alive Five!”
Sam furrowed her brows.
“Alive Five?”
“Yeah.”
“The fucking what?”
Molly looked at him with a very confused expression.
Tara looked at him in slight disbelief.
“Did you just give us a nickname?”
“I sure did. We’ve been through a lot together, and it’s a pretty cool nickname.”
Molly and Mindy just looked at him like he was stupid.
“That’s debatable.”
Sam looked down at the floor, holding in a laugh.
“It’s extremely debatable.”
“You can’t just give yourself a nickname, dingus.”
Mindy smiled mischievously.
“Of course I can, dingus, because I just did. Alive Five, up top!”
He lifted his arm, waiting for a high five.
Mindy shook her head.
“No.”
He turned to Tara.
“Down low!”
“Get that away from me.”
He then turned to Molly.
“Come on!”
“Fuck off.”
He finally turned to Sam.
“Please, for the love of God!”
Sam was smiling and it was clear she was tempted.
“Don’t do it!”
Mindy begged Sam not to go along with his bullshit.
Everyone was on the verge of laughing.
“Y’know, I would actually like a little more respect and support from my fellow members of the Alive Five.”
Their attention was then turned to Anika when she shouted them.
“Guys! What the hell?”
She turned up the volume on the TV and everyone went into the living room.
The news headline read ‘PRIME SUSPECT SAMANTHA CARPENTER’.
“We’re hearing from sources inside the homocide division that the prime suspect is none other than Samantha Carpenter, one of the survivors of the Woodsboro killings in 2022, seen here attacking a woman on the streets last night.”
It then showed a video of her ‘attacking’ the girl who approached them after the Halloween party.
“In the wake of the Woodsboro tragedy last year, rumours sprouted online that Carpenter was responsible for the killings, blaming the crimes on her boyfriend, Richie Kirsch and teen Amber Free-”
Sam grabbed the remote and turned the TV off. She walked into the dining room and sat at the table, looking downwards.
Tara cautiously followed her and sat down next to her.
“I know you’re not a fan of the way I’ve been handling things, and that I’ve been giving you a really hard time. But I can say that none of us can relate to what you’re experiencing. And I’m really, really sorry that you have to do that alone.”
The twins, Molly and Anika listened to what Tara was saying to her sister and they were all relieved that Tara was finally getting along with her compared to recently.
Sam shook her head whilst holding back tears.
“It’s not your fault. And I know I shouldn’t care what people think.”
She pauses for a second and wipes a tear of her face.
“It just sucks being this hated.”
The twins and Molly then walked in.
“Hey. Just a reminder, not a single person in this room hates you.”
Chad said as the three of them sat down.
“Okay? We have all been through some fucked-up stuff, and we are coping with it differently. But, I mean we moved here together for one very specific reason… We’re a team.”
Sam smiled at Chad’s words.
“We are the Alive fuckin’ Five.”
Mindy smiled as she said this.
Chad turned his head.
“Thank you very much.”
“I hate myself.”
The twins exchanged a high five and Molly quietly laughed.
“You said it.”
Tara was smiling a lot, as was Sam.
Chad looked so proud.
“That’s what I’m talking about. It’s the Alive Five.”
Mindy looked at Tara.
“Say it.”
“No, I’m not gonna say it.“
“Molly, come on you say it.”
She laughed and shook her head.
“Definitely not.”
Chad tried to convince her.
“Come on, it’s got a nice ring to it.”
Sam suddenly spoke.
“I’ve been sleeping with Cute Boy from across the hall.”
The group went silent before they erupted into cheers.
“I fucking knew it!”
Tara clapped her hands together.
Sam looked confused.
“Yes! Chad, give it, come on!”
Chad rolled his eyes whilst smiling and handed Molly $20.
“Knew it from the day you had that hickey.”
Mindy’s comment made the group laugh.
“I feel like we should high five or something.”
Chad held his hand towards and the group all joined hands.
“The Alive Five high five, may we please?”
Tara laughed.
“Don’t call it that but we’ll do the high five.”
Sam’s phone started ringing and Danny’s name was lit up on the screen.
Tara’s face lit up and she held the phone up.
“No, Tara.”
Sam was holding in a laugh.
“Hey, so what are your intentions?”
The group burst into laughter.
“Tara, give it here.”
Tara went to pass it to Molly, the pair of them laughing, before Sam took it back.
“It’s fine. I’ll call him back.”
“Poor guy.”
The sound of Quinn moaning could be heard. Not like it was an unfamiliar sound.
“Oh my god, Quinn and her gentlemen called are back at it again.”
The group looked towards Quinn’s bedroom door.
“She’s getting it too? Okay.”
The group were still laughing.
Quinn’s moaning got heavier and at the same time everyone’s phones went off.
They all got their phones out to take a look. Danny had air-dropped them all a picture. It was of Quinn. Getting attacked by Ghostface.
The sound of Quinn shouting for help was then heard.
The group sprung from their seats and ran to the living room. Anika sprung up from the couch to see what was going on.
Quinn then screamed. Tara ran towards Quinn’s room before Chad pulled her back.
“Tara, wait!”
Not a sound could be heard. The group waited for any kind of noise but there was still nothing.
“Run.”
Quinn’s door burst open and Quinn’s dead body was thrown at the group, landing on Anika and pushing her on the ground.
Anika screamed in terror.
Sam and Molly got on the ground to pull her off.
Chad pulled Tara with him as he ran out the apartment.
“Guys, come on!”
Ghostface stood there and tilted his head, looking at Mindy.
“Oh, fuck.”
He sliced her in the arm with his knife.
She threw herself back in pain, holding her arm.
“Mindy!”
Anika grabbed onto his cloak as he tried to move towards Mindy again.
“Stay the fuck back!”
Molly quickly stood up and tried to pull him backwards. He immediately grabbed her and threw her to the floor and she hit her head on the ground. She held her head in pain, trying to get herself up but by the time she was in a state where she could, Anika was at the other end of the room and Ghostface was dragging a knife through her stomach and she was screaming in agony.
She quickly stood up but before she could get to them Sam came in and hit him in the head with an empty knife block. He fell on the ground, giving the girls enough time to run into Quinn’s room and lock the door.
Ghostface then started pounding on the door before it all went quiet.
Sam looked behind them and saw the bathroom door was still open.
“Molly. Bathroom door, hurry!”
She got up and went into the bathroom but stopped in her tracks and screamed when she saw Quinn’s boyfriend dead in the shower.
“Fuck!”
She then looked up and saw Ghostface standing in the doorframe and screamed again. She tried to shut the door but he kept pushing it open. Sam ran in the bathroom to pull her out and back into Quinn’s room.
They locked the door but he just kept pounding and pounding on it. He was strong so the lock kept unlocking. They pushed a dresser in front of it but it then got pushed backwards due to a hard kick to the door.
Sam and Molly stood with their backs against it to keep him out. Sam then saw Danny out the window, trying to get their attention. She ran to the window and opened it.
“Don’t worry, I got you!”
He pushed a ladder out his window.
“Are you fucking kidding me?”
“You got a better idea?”
“Fuck. No.”
She reached her hand out and pulled the ladder so it reached them.
“You gotta come one a time!”
Sam turned to the girls.
“You three go first!”
“No!”
Molly and Mindy were pressed against the dresser but they were still struggling.
“Guys!”
“Someone needs to hold the door, we’ll send Anika next. Go!”
Sam looked hesitant.
“Go!”
The girls said in unison.
Sam got onto the ladder and started crawling towards Danny’s window.
Mindy and Molly were still trying to keep the dresser against the door.
“Sam, she’s losing a lot of blood!”
“Say something more positive!”
Sam managed to get across and then the sound of Danny and Sam could be heard.
“Come on!”
Mindy looked towards Molly.
“Molly, go!”
“No!”
“Molly-”
“You’re injured, I’m not. I can hold the door. Get Anika on the ladder, then both of you go.”
She hesitated and then moved towards Anika and helped her off the bed.
“You have to go first-”
“I can’t!”
“You have to go!”
“No, Mindy no! I’ll be right behind you, I promise!”
They kissed before Mindy reluctantly got onto the ladder.
As Mindy struggled to make her away across, Ghostface kept pounding on the door. Molly and Anika kept yelling for her to go.
Mindy made her way to Danny’s apartment.
“Guys, come on!”
“Anika, go.”
“What?! No, I’m not leaving you!”
“Anika, go! I’ll be fine, I promise!”
The others continued to shout.
“Guys, come on! Hurry!”
Ghostface pounded on the door even harder.
Molly tried not to cry.
“Ani, please!”
Anika looked at her tearfully before getting on the ladder.
“Oh my god… I can’t! I can’t do it!”
Ghostface is slowly getting the door more and more open.
“Anika, go! Quick!”
Molly is struggling more and more to keep the door shut.
He bangs on the door which prys it open, pushing Molly forward roughly. She tries to push it back again.
“Fuck…”
She looked to see how far Anika had gotten, which sadly wasn’t very far due to her gutted stomach.
Ghostface manages to bang on the door enough so the cabinet is knocked forward causing Molly to fall to the floor.
“No!”
Ghostface approaches Molly and she tries to keep them away. Ghostface grabs her by the neck, lifts her up and shoves her onto Quinn’s bed.
Everyone is terrified for Molly and Anika’s safety.
“No! Molly!”
“Anika, move!”
Molly tries to block him so he’d be at least injured to give Anika more time.
Ghostface slashed her hand and she screams in pain.
Molly’s scream only slows Anika down.
He lifts Molly off the bed and slams her head into the cabinet, knocking her out and leaving her for dead.
By the time she woke up, she was in an ambulance. She tried to lift her head up but winced in pain. She noticed the bandage wrapped around her hand. The group immediately got to her side.
“Molly! Hey, you okay?”
She could hear Chad’s voice but her ears were ringing.
She looked around to make sure everyone was there and okay. She saw Danny, Sam, Tara, Chad, Mindy… her heart almost stopped when she didn’t see Anika.
“Where’s Anika?”
Mindy was distraught.
“She’s dead, isn’t she?”
The group all nodded.
“Oh my god…”
She put a hand on her stomach.
“Oh my god, Anika…”
She looked at Mindy.
“Mindy, I’m so, so sorry.”
She got up from the stretcher and sat down next to her. She put her head on Mindy’s shoulder.
“I’m so sorry, Mindy. I tried to help her but I just let her fucking die.”
She broke down crying as she said this.
“Hey. Hey, it’s not your fault, okay?”
She wrapped her arm around her shoulders.
Chad and Tara sat down with them.
“She’s right, Molly. Don’t blame yourself.”
Chad put his hand on her arm.
Tara grabbed her hand.
“You put yourself at risk just to protect her, you did the best you could, alright?”
“I didn’t do the best I could because she’s fucking dead.”
Tara was taken aback when she snapped.
“Sorry, I’m sorry Tara.”
She shook her head.
“Don’t be.”
Sam put a hand on her shoulder.
“I’ve got you some water.”
She handed her a water bottle.
Molly sniffled.
“Thank you.”
The group ended up spending the night at Danny’s apartment whilst the police inspected their apartment, not that any of them could really sleep properly anyway.
The only thing Molly could think about was where the fuck Ethan was.
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🎔 + VoxVal
Who wins a prize at a carnival/fair/festival:
Vox, cause he loves to show off for Val~
Who does most of the cooking:
Velvette but this is for VoxVal so I'd say Val, he looks like he'd be an awesome cook
Who does most of the shopping:
Really? Valentino, unless it's for supplies like food and such then Voxxy
Who is hopeless at board games:
Val, poor guy
Who is always trying to make the other laugh:
Val LOVES Vox's 'silent' laugh and thus does whatever he can to achieve that sweet sweet 'noise'
Who has a tendency to give out TMI:
Tiiiiiino
Who does more DIY projects:
As a family, I'd say each has a hand in a project of sorts, only way I can answer this VoxVal or not
Who is the big spoon:
Val is a taaaaall spoon
Who gives more casual affection:
Voxxy is a sap in that regard, showering Tino in public with any little complaints or affection
Who reads to whom:
Both have their shared reading aloud time
Who brings drinks and food without being asked:
Val! Voxxy forgets to eat but also, Val knows his Teebee head and brings the goods to him regardless
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Who wins a prize at a carnival/fair/festival:
Niss! Showing off to Pent is a favorite past time of his
Who does most of the cooking:
Niss, cooking for Tony and Molly when they were alive, he's gotten a good handle on it
Who does most of the shopping:
Both take turns
Who is hopeless at board games:
Pent! Niss is no mastermind at them either but Pent is the first worst
Who is always trying to make the other laugh:
Niss LOVES how his Noodle laughs and smiles and will fall over if it made the snake laugh or giggle
Who has a tendency to give out TMI:
Niss! But Pent loves to hear all the gory details during tea time
Who does more DIY projects:
PENT! Simply put, PENT!
Who is the big spoon:
Pent is a loooooooong spoon
Who gives more casual affection:
Pent, Niss has an 'image' to uphold after all~
Who reads to whom:
Pent LOVES to read to his little Sniper, books, news, shit on the back of the cereal box
Who brings drinks and food without being asked:
Niss seeing as Pent forgets he needs to eat and drink tho he's dead
Noodle works sooo hard
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Who wins a prize at a carnival/fair/festival:
Ozzie! Fizzy cheats x.x"
Who does most of the cooking:
OZZIE if Oops has anything to say about this fact
Who does most of the shopping:
Both LOVE domestic life
Who is hopeless at board games:
Ozzie seeing as he's of the Seven Sins and they never enjoyed such 'peasant' activities
That and Fizzy grew up with Barb and Blitz in a circus, they had to do SOMETHING to pass the time
Who is always trying to make the other laugh:
BOTH~
Fizzy to Ozzie cause he snorts and Ozzie to Fizzy seeing as how he dies laughing at even the worst of his jokes
Who has a tendency to give out TMI:
Neither, consent is in this too so speaking before hand, they know what to freely go on about and know others aren't so much
Who does more DIY projects:
OZZIE!! Chicken man LOVES to make things~
Favorite past time
Who is the big spoon:
Ozzie is a BIG BIRB but for once, I THINK Fizzy would actually be the big spoon in this
Who gives more casual affection:
BOTH, hands down, no questions, hands are down
Who reads to whom:
Fizzy reads to Ozzie and not just cause of Oops
Who brings drinks and food without being asked:
Fizzy~
He loooves food and knows Ozzie is a busy King~
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