Halloween 9 - Return to Haddonfield

A VERY CLOUDY NIGHT IN HADDONFIELD, ILLINOIS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES TO A CERTAIN WOMAN. SHE IS HIDING IN THE DARKNESS, CONSUMED WITH HATE FOR PEOPLE AND MOST OF ALL, FOR MICHAEL MYERS. AFTERALL, SHE HAS BEEN HIDING EVER SINCE SHE COULD REMEMBER, TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM THE PLACE SHE USED TO CALL HOME. THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED 46 YEARS AGO. SHE WAS JUST THREE AT THE TIME, BUT SHE KNEW ALL TOO WELL . . .SHE KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THAT WAS WHY SHE WAS WHISKED AWAY TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, NEVER TO RETURN, UNTIL NOW. CAROLINE NICHOLS, TWIN SISTER OF LAURIE STRODE, HID IN THE DARKNESS OF THE MYERS HOUSE, KNOWING THAT HER EVIL BROTHER WOULD BE THERE. SHE WAS GOING TO FINISH HIM OFF. AFTER LIVING IN THE DARKNESS OF THE FOREST FOR YEARS, SHE HAD DECIDED TO COME BACK INTO CIVILIZATION AFTER THE DEATH OF HER ADOPTIVE PARENTS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. SHE MOVED BACK FROM EUROPE AND SPENT HER DAYS HIDDEN AWAY IN A FOREST. BUT SHE WAS HERE, THE SAME FACE OF LAURIE STRODE, AND SHE WAS GOING TO FINISH WHAT LAURIE HAD STARTED BEFORE HER DEATH JUST ONE YEAR AGO.

CAROLINE: COME ON MICHAEL. COME ON YOU SICK SON OF A BITCH.

SHE SAT IN THE DARKNESS OF WHERE MURDERS HAD TAKEN PLACE JUST A YEAR AGO. IT WAS THE ANNIVERSARY. BLOODSTAINS WERE STILL ON THE FLOORS AND WALLS. DANGERTAINMENT WAS GONE AND NOW IT WAS EERY AND HAUNTED JUST AS IT ALWAYS HAD BEEN.

CAROLINE: I KNOW YOU'RE HERE MICHAEL. JUST COME OUT. COME FINISH THE OTHER HALF. YOU FINISHED LAURIE. BET YOU HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT HER TWIN SISTER DIDN'T YOU? CARY IS HERE AND SHE'S GONNA KICK YOUR ASS.

A SHUFFELING FROM UPSTAIRS STARTLED CAROLINE AND SHE STOOD SLOWLY, A TEN INCH KITCHEN KNIFE WITH A SILVER BLADE WAS IN HER HAND. SHE GRASPED THE HANDLE OF IT SO TIGHTLY, IT FELT LIKE SHE WAS HOLDING THE BLADE.

CAROLINE: MICHAEL! SHOW YOURSELF! COME ON OUT!

ANOTHER SHUFFLING FROM UPSTAIRS MADE CAROLINE JUMP. SHE SLOWLY WALKED INTO THE FOYER AND LOOKED UP THE DARK STAIRS. SHE COULD SEE A SHADOW MOVING IN THE MOONLIGHT. SHE GRINNED WILDLY, LOOKING HALF-CRAZED.

CAROLINE: THERE YOU ARE YOU EVIL BASTARD. YOU'RE SO INCREDIBLE . . .HOW DID YOU DO IT? HOW DID YOU KILL BOTH OF OUR SISTERS . . .AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE? HUH? YOU MUST BE DAMN BRILLIANT. WELL, YOU'RE HERE FOR ME NOW? AREN'T YOU? OR CAN'T YOU FIGURE OUT WHY YOU ARE STARING INTO THE SAME FACE OF A WOMAN YOU KILLED? MAYBE SHE'S INVINCIBLE LIKE YOU . . .MAYBE . . .NO . . .YOU KNOW IT'S NOT TRUE. YOU KNOW WHO I AM.

SHE CLIMBED THE STAIRS, EACH SHAKY STEP CREAKED BENEATH HER. IT DIDN'T PHASE HER A BIT. SHE REACHED THE TOP, HER BACK TURNED TO JUDITH MYERS' ROOM. MICHAEL STEPPED OUT OF THE SHADOWS IN FRONT OF HIS SISTER.

CAROLINE: HELLO MICHAEL . . .WE MEET AT LAST.

MICHAEL HELD OUT HIS KNIFE, READY FOR ATTACK, BUT CAROLINE MIMICKED HIM.

CAROLINE: IT'S TIME TO DIE MICHAEL. THE TABLES ARE TURNED AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO PAY.

MICHAEL LOWERED HIS KNIFE AND HE LOOKED BLANKLY AT HIS SISTER. SHE LAUGHED COYLY AND WALKED INTO JUDITH'S ROOM, KNOWING THAT MICHAEL WOULD FOLLOW. SHE SAT DOWN AT THE VANITY MIRROR AND PICKED UP THE BRUSH . . .THE BRUSH THAT HAD MOST LIKELY BEEN USED BY JUDITH ON THE NIGHT SHE WAS KILLED. CAROLINE BEGAN RUNNING THE BRUSH THROUGH HER HAIR. SHE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AT THE SHAPE OF HER EVIL BROTHER, STANDING IN THE DOORWAY, LOOKING AT HER, NOT KNOWING WHAT TO MAKE OF HER.

CAROLINE: NOW MICHAEL . . .YOU REMEMBER THIS . . .DON'T YOU? YOU REMEMBER BEING HERE SO MANY YEARS AGO . . .STABBING JUDITH . . .YOU REMEMBER HOW GOOD IT FELT WHEN THAT BLADE SLASHED INTO HER SKIN FOR THE FIRST TIME . . .HOW IT FELT TO HEAR METAL AGAINST BONE AS YOU STABBED HER REPEATEDLY . . .

MICHAEL COCKED HIS HEAD IN REMEMBERANCE. HIS MASK, THE SAME BUT NEW SINCE THE FIRE HAD MELTED HIS IN THE FIRE. HE REMEMBERED PUTTING THE CLOWN MASK ON FOR THE FIRST TIME, PICKING UP THE KNIFE, CLIMBING UP THE STAIRS WITH THE CLOCK CHIMING IN THE BACKGROUND. HE REMEMBERED SEEING HIS SISTER SITTING AT HER VANITY MIRROR, TOPLESS FROM HER ENCOUNTER WITH HER BOYFRIEND. SO BEAUTIFUL, SO DEAD . . .HE REMEMBERED WALKING SLOWLY INTO THE ROOM, THE KNIFE BEHIND HIS BACK . . .JUDITH LOOKING AT HIM, COVERING HERSELF FROM HER BROTHER'S EYES, SCREAMING AT HIM TO LEAVE. HE REMEMBERED RAISING THE KNIFE, LOOKING AT IT FOR A MOMENT, MOVING TOWARD HIS OLDER SISTER, AND STABBING HER OVER AND OVER UNTIL SHE'D BLED TO DEATH.

CAROLINE: YOU DO REMEMBER . . .DON'T YOU?

MICHAEL BEGAN TO WALK TOWARDS CAROLINE, HIS KNIFE HELD OUT IN FRONT OF HIMSELF . . .ABOUT TO STAB HER LIKE HE STABBED HIS OLDER SISTER. CAROLINE SMIRKED AT HIM AND SHE STOOD, RAISING HER OWN WEAPON.

CAROLINE: THIS IS THE END FOR YOU, YOU'RE DYING RIGHT . . .WHERE YOU STARTED.

SHE LUNGED FOR HIM, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND, STABBING HIM IN THE CHEST ONCE, TWICE WITH THE KNIFE, BEFORE FINALLY, PLUNGING IT FAR INTO HIS CHEST UNTIL IT CAME OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF HIS BODY. SHE PULLED IT OUT, TOOK THE KNIFE OUT OF HIS HAND AND HELD THEM BOTH FIRMLY. SHE STARTED OUT THE DOOR, LOOKING BACK AT HIM.

CAROLINE: GOODBYE MICHAEL.

SHE HAD JUST STARTED TO STEP DOWN THE STAIRS WHEN SHE FELT HANDS GRAB HER FROM BEHIND AND START TO CHOKE HER. SHE GASPED AND STRUGGELED AGAINST HIM, BUT IT WAS NO USE. SHE COULDN'T SEE THE FACE OF HER ATTACKER, BUT SHE KNEW WHO IT WAS.

CAROLINE: MI . . .MICHAEL!

SHE CROAKED THE LAST WORD OUT OF HER MOUTH BEFORE HE FINISHED STRANGLING HER AND HE THREW HER DOWN THE STAIRS. HE PICKED UP HIS KNIFE, THE CLEAN KNIFE, AND WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS, OUT OF THE HOUSE, AND INTO THE STREETS OF HADDONFIELD. MICHAEL MYERS WAS BACK AND IT WAS HALLOWEEN NIGHT.

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JOHN AND MOLLY STRODE PULLED INTO THE "GOOD NIGHT HOTEL" JUST TEN MILES SOUTH OF HADDONFIELD. THEY HAD BROUGHT THEIR TWO CHILDREN, FIVE YEAR OLD LAURA STRODE, PARTLY NAMED AFTER HER GRANDMOTHER, AND NEWBORN JOHN STRODE JR. THEY WERE VISITING HADDONFIELD THIS HALLOWEEN NIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS THE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF LAURIE'S DEATH. THEY WERE THERE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS AT HER GRAVE. IT HAD JUST TURNED SUNDOWN ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. MOLLY CARRIED LITTLE JOHN INTO THE HOTEL ROOM. JOHN WAS CARRYING HIS SLEEPING DAUGHTER IN HIS ARMS. HE KICKED THE DOOR SHUT AND QUICKLY FREED ONE HAND TO LOCK THE DOOR. HE PUT THE GIRL DOWN ON THE BED AND SHE CURLED UP WITH A PILLOW.

MOLLY: YOU SURE IT'S SAFE TO BE HERE?

JOHN: I'M NOT SURE, BUT I KNOW THAT MY MOM WOULD WANT US TO REMEMBER HER . . .THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

MOLLY: BUT MICHAEL ESCAPED A YEAR AGO, JOHN. HE KILLED THAT CORONER AND HE SPEAD . . .HER REMAINS ALL THROUGHOUT THE MORGUE . . .HE'S STILL OUT THERE, JOHN AND IT IS HALLOWEEN.

JOHN: HE'S NEVER GOING TO KNOW WE'RE HERE.

MOLLY: HE'S A SERIAL KILLER. NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY HOW HE THINKS. BUT HE ALWAYS FIGURES OUT HOW TO FIND SOMEONE IF HE WANTS TO FIND THEM BAD ENOUGH. HE FOUND YOUR MOTHER IN THAT SANITARIUM.

JOHN: BUT HE IS NEVER GOING TO FIND US. I'LL KILL HIM BEFORE HE TOUCHES OUR KIDS.

JOHN KISSED HIS WIFE OF FIVE YEARS AND HUGGED HER TIGHTLY. MOLLY SIGHED AND PUT BABY JOHN DOWN ON THE BED NEXT TO HIS SISTER. HE WAS TINY AND VERY YOUNG, JUST BORN TWO MONTHS AGO ON AUGUST 31ST.

JOHN: BESIDES . . .I'M SURE THAT MICHAEL HAS MOVED ON SINCE HE KILLED MY MOM . . .HE WAS HELL BENT ON GETTING HER . . .AND NOW THAT SHE'S GONE . . .MAYBE HE DECIDED TO . . .I DON'T KNOW . . .DISAPPEAR FOREVER.

MOLLY SHRUGGED AND SAT DOWN ON THE OTHER BED. SHE FLIPPED ON THE TELEVISION. ON THE CHANNEL WAS A LATE-BREAKING NEWS STORY. JOHN WENT TO THE SINK AND FIXED HIMSELF A GLASS OF WATER. MOLLY COZIED UP ON THE BED.

TV ANCHOR: JUST MINUTES AGO, THE BODY OF CAROLINE NICHOLS, THE TWIN SISTER OF LAURIE STRODE WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE OF SERIAL KILLER, MICHAEL MYERS, WHO KILLED HIS SISTER LAURIE JUST A YEAR AGO. AN INTERNET BROADCAST CALLED DANTERTAINMENT ENDED IN THE SURVIVAL OF ONLY ONE CONTESTANT A YEAR AGO TODAY. POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING THE MYERS HOME BECAUSE OF RECENT ATTEMPTS TO BURN IT DOWN FROM TEENS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS WAS WHERE THEY FOUND HER STRANGLED CORPSE, STILL WARM.

JOHN SAT DOWN NEXT TO HIS WIFE ON THE BED AND LOOKED AT THE PICTURE ON THE TELEVISION. THE WOMAN LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE HIS MOTHER.

JOHN: OH MY GOD . . .

MOLLY: JOHN! WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE! WE CAN COME BACK SOME OTHER TIME . . .I . . .WE HAVE TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

JOHN LOOKED FURIOUS AND HIS FACE WAS RED WITH ANGER.

JOHN: NO! I'M GOING AFTER HIM AND I'M GOING TO KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH. HE'S KILLED FOR THE LAST TIME.

JOHN PULLED ON HIS COAT AND KISSED MOLLY.

JOHN: WHEN I LEAVE, LOCK BOTH LOCKS ON THIS DOOR AND PUT THE CHAIN UP. LOCK THE WINDOWS, TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND LIGHT A COUPLE CANDLES. I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO ANYTHING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS PLACE. I'M TAKING THE CAR SO DON'T LEAVE.

MOLLY NODDED AND JOHN LEFT THE DOOR. MOLLY HURRIED AFTER HIM AND LOCKED THE DOOR. SHE DID EVERYTHING HE TOLD HER TO DO AND SHE LIT THE CANDLES. SHE HEADED TO THE BED WHERE HER LITTLE GIRL AND HER BABY BOY WERE SLEEPING. SHE PICKED UP HER SON AND SETTLED DOWN ON THE BED NEXT TO THE GIRL. IT WAS GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT AND SHE HOPED TO GOD SHE'D SEE HER HUSBAND AGAIN.

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A YOUNG WOMAN, OUT WITH HER LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER, WAS WALKING BEHIND THE CHILDREN A LITTLE WAY BECAUSE THEY WERE TRICK-OR-TREATING WITH THEIR FRIENDS. A GUY, NAMED DREW, CAME WALKING UP BEHIND HER.

DREW: KELLY! BOO!

KELLY SCREAMED AND TURNED TO SEE WHO HER ASSAILANT WAS.

KELLY: DREW, YOU ASSHOLE!

KELLY GIGGLED WITH DELIGHT DESPITE HER EMBARRASSMENT AT BEING JUMPY WITH HIM. SHE KISSED HER BOYFRIEND AND GIGGLED AGAIN.

DREW: WANNA GO BACK TO MY PLACE?

KELLY: I CAN'T. I'M OUT WITH MY BROTHER AND SISTER. MY PARENTS ARE PAYING ME FIFTY BUCKS TO DO THIS. THEY HATE GOING WITH THE KIDS TO TRICK-OR-TREAT.

DREW: BUMMER. OH WELL . . .STAY HERE. I'M GONNA RUN BACK DOWN TO MY HOUSE AND PUT THIS AWESOME COSTUME ON. I'LL COME TRICK-OR-TREATING WITH YOU.

KELLY GIGGLED AS DREW RAN OFF TO HIS HOME WHICH WAS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. SHE LOOKED BACK TOWARD WHERE THE KIDS WERE AT. SHE SAW THEM GETTING CANDY FROM THE MILLER'S.

KELLY: GORDAN! CASEY! GO ON WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND MEET ME BACK HERE IN TEN MINUTES!

GORDAN: OKAY! I'VE GOT MY WATCH!

GORDAN AND KELLY HURRIED OFF AFTER THEIR FRIENDS AND KELLY STOOD IN THE DARK ON THE SIDEWALK. A COUPLE MOMENTS LATER, SHE HEARD RUSTLING IN THE BUSHES.

KELLY: DREW? IS THAT YOU?

SHE GIGGLED A LITTLE BIT AND A FIGURE STEPPED OUT IN FRONT OF HER. SHE SMILED.

KELLY: NICE COSTUME DREW . . .MICHAEL MYERS . . .BUT IT JUST WON'T DO BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THAT SEXY FACE OF YOURS!

SHE REACHED UP TO PEEL AWAY THE MASK BUT THE FIGURE GRABBED HER ARM AND PULLED HIS KNIFE. KELLY LAUGHED.

KELLY: NICE TRY, DREW. YOU CAN'T SCARE ME!

SHE PULLED BACK WITH A LAUGH, BUT HE TIGHTENED HIS GRIP ON HER.

KELLY: OW! CUT IT OUT DREW! I MEAN IT! STOP!

HIS GRIP TIGHTENED AND HE CUT HER ARM WITH THE KNIFE.

KELLY: OW! DREW!

SHE WAS CRYING NOW AS BLOOD STARTED TO FLOW FROM THE LARGE GASH IN HER ARM.

KELLY: STOP! PLEASE STOP! PLEASE STOP! OW! DREW! KNOCK IT OFF! OH GOD! SOMEBODY HELP ME!

NOBODY THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT. THEY JUST FIGURED IT WAS ANOTHER HALLOWEEN PRANK AS THEY PASSED ALONG THE STREETS.

KELLY: SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME! HELP! OW! AHHH!

THE FIGURE QUICKLY SLICED OPEN HER NECK AND TORE OUT HER THROAT, THROWING IT IN A BLOODY PILE ON THE GROUND. KELLY SUPTTERED FOR A MOMENT BEFORE FALLING DEAD TO THE GROUND, BLOOD POURING AND SQUIRTING FROM HER MAIN ARTERIES. MICHAEL SLOWLY WIPED OFF HIS KNIFE AND CONTINUED ON HIS WAY.