Blood in the Snow:
As she put the final touches on the Halloween Monster Bash and the Haunted House at South Park docks Mayor McDaniels prayed for a normal Halloween that year. In the past Halloween celebrations had been disastrous resulting in injuries and death to the people, costly damage to the town and abrupt cancellation of events. They've had everything from zombie invasions to witch attacks on the town and always during Halloween.
She didn't have high hopes for this because it was South Park and there was nothing normal about the town. She just hoped that the local children would be able to keep themselves out of trouble, but she couldn't even count on the little fat kid to behave. She sighed as she wished his mother would do more to rein Eric Cartman in.
"I'd kill for a normal Halloween." She grumbled. She wasn't even sure if she would be able to carry out her Mayoral duties during the events she'd set up for the town. She was now four months pregnant with her second set of twins to Police Chief Barbrady. She suffered from severe morning sickness and migraines. She barely coped with the trip to Middle Park for the rivalry football game earlier in the year.
Barbrady came in for his lunch hour. Since they were allowed to be open about their relationship without the fear of losing their jobs they enjoyed their lunch breaks together. She didn't have to hide her feelings or her pregnancy from the town. As a result she had mellowed out because she didn't have the extra stress of going out of her way to make sure they didn't get caught in the act.
"Please tell me there's nothing to weird happening on the beat?" He was usually the first to know if anything strange was brewing and now that they ran the town as a husband and wife team they were better prepared for any emergencies that should arise unexpectedly.
"Nothing to report." He said to her surprise. Leading up to Halloween there was always something in the works. If anything were happening she would have heard about it by now. "Do you want to go to lunch now Mary?"
"I do. I need coffee before I kill someone." She gathered up her heavy winter coat, her phone and her purse and followed Barbrady out the door.
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"Dude! Halloween is going to be awesome this year." Stan exclaimed with excited anticipation. He'd spent months with his mom working on a costume he was sure he'd win the costume contest at the Halloween Monster Bash.
"Yeah, but something weird always happens." Tweek added nervously. "It's usually a total disaster. Bothering with Halloween is too much pressure man!"
Cartman sighed with exasperation. "Can you just chill the fuck out for once dude?"
"Argh! It's not that fucking simple man!" Tweek screamed in Cartman's face. "Every Halloween something bad happens and we all have to evacuate."
"Tweek is right." Dovahkiin added to Tweek's defence. "He's not freaking out for no reason. We have to keep an eye out for anything weird just in case. The Mayor put up a bunch of new policies and procedures to follow in case of an emergency. My dad says they're finalising the plans for an underground bunker that'll be big enough to shelter everyone in town in case it's not even safe to evacuate to the community centre."
"How much is something like that going to cost?" Stan wondered. It was just as well they secured the grant money from President Garrison.
"It's a lot of money." Dovahkiin replied. "But necessary to keep the town safe."
"See!" Tweek snapped at Cartman. "Even the Mayor knows there's some weird shit going down!"
"Tweek, honey!" Craig snapped at Tweek to knock some sense into him. Tweek was always on the verge of a nervous breakdown due to the amount of coffee he drank on a daily basis. "It's going to be okay. We'll have a nice Halloween and if anything happens I'll be right here."
Craig's reassurance seemed to calm Tweek down a bit. "Okay, we'll go organise our costumes for the contest."
Cartman's next remark was directed at Craig. "Let's hope your Halloween costume is sweeter than your Coon and Friends costume."
Craig flipped Cartman off and walked away hand in hand with Tweek.
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McDaniels was busy getting her family ready for Halloween. She had dressed and styled her hair and make-up hours ago. She was looking forward to spending Halloween with her family openly. She felt bad for her young children in previous years because they didn't get to enjoy these moments with their father.
She usually themed her costumes with her aides Johnson and Freddie. In previous years she'd dressed as the Wicked Witch of the West while Johnson and Freddie were continuously bitching about being flying monkeys in public.
This year she themed the costumes with her family. She dressed as Cleopatra, while Barbrady was Mark Antony, her son Jordan was dressed as King Tut and her little girls were mummies for the occasion. She tried to get her Goth nephew to conform to the family theme, but it was a losing battle. Pete emerged from his room dressed as a medieval gargoyle.
"You're lucky I show up at all Aunt Mary." Halloween activities were one of the few things he would conform for.
"Come on." She hurried everyone out the door. "Let's go trick or treating."
"Our babies aren't going to sleep tonight." Barbrady said on the way to the first house. If they had too much sugar during the day they didn't sleep.
"Just don't let them eat too much candy George." Barbrady was a big softie. All their daughters had to do was give him the sad puppy dog look they inherited from him and he'd cave.
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"Wow dude!" Stan exclaimed with excitement as they waited for their friends to arrive at the bus stop. He was proud of his costume. He spent several weeks working on it with Wendy and his mom. He was dressed as Beetlejuice while Wendy was Lydia in her red wedding dress. "We might actually get a normal Halloween this year."
"I wouldn't count on it man. It's South Park." Tweek panicked. He was still adamant that something bad was going to happen during the Halloween festivities. He showed up at the bus stop dressed as an alien while his boyfriend Craig was an astronaut.
"Come on dude, just because it's South Park doesn't mean something bad is going to happen every Halloween." Kyle added in an attempt to reassure Tweek. "It's Halloween right now. If something was to happen it would be happening already."
"I guess you're right." Tweek calmed down a bit as he held hands with Craig.
Kyle lost it when Cartman arrived hand in hand with Heidi Turner. It was obvious that Heidi had picked their costumes. They were dressed as Mickey and Mini Mouse. Cartman glaring at him didn't stop his hysteria.
"Weak!" Cartman grumbled with disgust. It was obvious he didn't want to wear such a lame costume.
"What are you supposed to be Fat Ass?" Kyle giggled at Cartman's expense. His Pennywise costume was better than Cartman's. There was no way Cartman was going to win the costume contest.
"Weak." Cartman was too exasperated to bother with a fight with Kyle in front of his girlfriend who kept a watchful eye on him.
"Hi Stan." When Wendy finally arrived they were ready to go.
"This is fucking weak." Cartman grumbled as they went to the first house.
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They were barely down the street when they noticed something wasn't right. He just wished for once they would have a normal Halloween.
"The fuck?" He sighed with exasperation. He just wanted to enjoy trick or treating with his friends.
"Isn't that your dad?" Kyle asked as his face paled at the sight of Randy Marsh standing alone in the middle of the street with a malevolent smile plastered across his face.
"Dad?" Fear overwhelmed him. They worked so hard to keep him locked up for his murderous rampage across town and for what he did to Mayor McDaniels.
"Dude?!" Kenny mumbled loudly through his No Face costume. "I thought your dad was in the asylum?"
"He was locked up!" His face paled and his heart sank in the pit of his stomach. Whenever he went to the asylum to see his father out of obligation he asked the guards on duty if there was any way he could possibly escape. They always assured him escape was impossible because none of the patients had ever succeeded. This was the first time someone had succeeded in breaking out of the insane asylum. Why of all insane freaks did it have to be his father?
"This is fucking creepy man!" Tweek panicked. "Make him stop!" He screamed and pulled out some of his hair. He nervously showed his friends the clump he just pulled out. "Did you see that? I just pulled out my hair?!"
"Hey Stannie!" Randy's malevolent smirk became wider as he slowly approached them. "How's my boy?"
"Okay." Craig, who was usually the calmest one of the group, was officially petrified. "I agree with Tweek. This is fucking creepy."
"See!" Tweek shouted matter-of-factly. "It's South Park. We can never have a normal Halloween in this town. This shit ain't normal man!"
"We have to tell the town!" Stan panicked. "We have to warn the Mayor!"
They backed away when Randy came closer. Before he could get too close a winged creature resembling a demon appeared out of nowhere, scooped Randy up and took off with him. His screams faded as Randy and the creature disappeared from sight.
"JESUS CHRIST!" Not knowing what else to do Stan urged the others to follow him while keeping Wendy close as they ran.
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"Jesus Christ!" She groaned when she heard the little trouble makers screaming down the street. Stan Marsh wasn't watching where he was going out of fear and crashed into her almost knocking her over.
"Watch it kid!" She snapped without disguising her annoyance. She was pregnant and the last thing she needed was to fall over especially not while she held onto her older twins Lena and Olivia.
"Sorry Mayor." He seemed relieved when he saw her.
She could tell by the look on his face that something was very wrong. His eyes widened in fear and the colour had drained from his face. "Oh hell!" She grumbled with annoyance. Why couldn't they ever have a normal holiday season in South Park?
"What is it?" Barbrady asked with concern.
"Some demon freak thing took my dad away." He was out of breath and couldn't speak in a full sentence.
"Isn't your dad locked up?" Barbrady asked incredulously. He exchanged glances with her knowing she wouldn't appreciate it if this were a sick practical joke.
"He was locked up." Stan struggled to explain what he saw. If this were a joke his story would have been rehearsed. "It was definitely my dad I saw. I swear."
"It was Randy Marsh alright." Tweek panicked. "It was real fucking creepy man!"
"It was definitely Mr. Marsh." Wendy had taken a photo before the creature took Randy away.
Her face paled when she recognised Randy in the photo. This wasn't a joke and he had escaped from the asylum. She always feared this day would come. She had nightmares about him breaking out and coming after her. She didn't like the look on his face. It frightened her. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up and her skin crawled. "Oh God!"
"I don't know what to do!" Stan panicked. "The demon thing took him."
"What demon?" Barbrady asked incredulously.
Wendy Testaburger had somehow managed to capture video of the creature that took Randy Marsh.
"Oh, for the love of God!" She cried fearfully. She didn't want to be reminded of that night. She hoped that she would never see Randy again despite fearing the day he came after her would come. She still had nightmares about the attack. Barbrady had to calm her when she screamed in her sleep. Her little daughters hid their faces in her shoulders.
"It's the mean man!" Lena cried.
"Dad's already a monster!" Stan Marsh couldn't calm down even though his friends tried to reassure him that everything would be okay. They would help him stop his dad like they did before. "This is going to be worse than before!"
She panicked. The kid was right. She had the sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach that he was coming for her. He still sent her threatening letters from the asylum. He still lusted after her. Now he was in the hands of a monster there was no telling what he could do.
"The town is under attack!" Stan continued screaming as Wendy Testaburger tried futilely to calm him down.
"It's going to be..." He abruptly cut her off. There was no reassuring him.
"No it isn't!" Stan shouted at no one in particular. "He butt fucked the town before. He's fucking monster, it'll be even worse!"
"Stan!" Kyle tried knocking sense into his friend. Like Wendy's attempts to calm him down it didn't work.
Stan grabbed Kyle by the collar of his Pennywise costume and shook him. "My... dad... is... a... fucking...monster!" He screamed in Kyle's face. "Before I could spy on him and tell you guys what he's doing. I don't know what he'll do now he's with that thing! I don't want to go near him in case he eats me. Do you want to get eaten Kyle? Do you want to fuck with whatever that was that took my dad Kyle?!"
Kyle's eyes widened in fear. "N-no." He replied meekly.
"Mayor?" Dovahkiin interjected before Stan's panic attack could escalate. "We need an emergency town meeting. You might want to cancel all Halloween events. There could be more than one monster. There may be more than just the one that took Mr. Marsh."
She sighed with exasperation. The Hughes kid was right. Stopping Randy was the priority over a Halloween Monster Bash and a Haunted House. She just wished she could have a normal Halloween especially since this was the first Halloween her children could openly spend with their father. She felt bad for her little ones knowing they would be so disappointed. Why whenever something weird happened was it always her town that bore the brunt of it?