Chapter 2: The Invite

"No, please!" Aeris screamed; Marlene, with the help of Cloud had tied her arms and legs up so she couldn't move. Cackling malevolently, Marlene shoved an apple in her gob so she couldn't scream for help.

"Well, my love, what shall we do with her?" Marlene asked Cloud, smiling wildly. He was holding a large butcher knife in his hands.

"Well, my dear, I was thinking we could throw her to the rats, let them have a nice little dinner!" he laughed. Aeris' eyes widened as she writhed around on the floor, trying to spit the apple out.

"Good idea, Cloud, then we can be together!" Marlene cried, raising a glass of champagne. They toasted to Aeris' death and drank the glass in one passionate gulp.

"Nooo!" Aeris cried, although it was muffled by the apple.

"Shut it, bitch!" Marlene screamed, kicking her in the stomach. "I love you, Cl-"

-

The dream suddenly ended, and Marlene woke up with a start. Realising someone was knocking at her door, Marlene grunted and got out of bed.

"Yuffie? What do you want?" Marlene demanded as Yuffie pushed her way in. She jumped up and down enthusiastically. "What are you so happy about? You fat, stupid cow." she spat, lighting up a cigarette.

"Marlene, you know those are bad for you." Yuffie squealed, still jumping around.

"Oh, shut the fuck up and tell me what's up!" she retorted, dragging deeply. "Has a serial killer brutally murdered Tifa?"

"No... it's a party! And we're all invited! Are you gonna go?" she asked, running her fingers through her scabby hair.

"Don't talk so bloody loudly! I've got a hangover. So, Cloud's going to be there, right? When is it?"

"Tonight at seven! It's fancy dress! I'm gonna go as a starfish!" she cried, a smile on her face.

"All I see before me is a chocolate starfish..." Marlene sighed, flicking the cigarette on the carpet.

"I'm so happy! Cloud loves sea thingies."

"Wait... you .. like Cloud?"

"Well, duh! I am so making him mine tonight."

"I see..." Marlene went quiet for a moment, whilst she was in deep thought.

"What's wrong?" Yuffie asked her, as she stopped dancing around.

"Oh, nothing. Yuffie, would you put the kettle on for me?" she asked, as sweetly as possible.

"Oh, sure!" Yuffie cried, running into the kitchen. Marlene followed after her, a wicked smile upon her lips. After the kettle had finished boiling, Marlene went as if she was going to make a cup of tea, but instead picked up the kettle and poured boiling water all over Yuffie's face.

"Aghhhhhhhh!" Yuffie screamed in agony, as she fell to the floor. Marlene spat on her as she went into her final death throes and stopped... dead. Eyeing the freezer that sat in the corner of the kitchen, Marlene grabbed a butcher knife from the table and pointed it at Yuffie.

"Now... to make you fit."

-

Later that day, Marlene skipped merrily to a fancy clothes shop to buy a fabulous new dress for the party! The trouble was, she only had ten pence to her name...

"Can I help you?" some weird woman asked, like a bitch; she was obviously the store assistant or something like that.

"Yes, I want to buy a slutty dress for a party." Marlene replied, without hesitation.

"Uh... all righty, then. We have this one..." the woman presented to her a beautiful, red silk dress that cut off at the top of the breasts and at the top of the knee.

"Wow!" Marlene exclaimed, running her fingers down the fine material. "How much is it?"

"5,000,000,000 pounds."

"UH! Well, I'll try it on first." she said, as sweetly as possible. In the dressing room, Marlene thought the dress was perfect. It fit her to a tee, but as it was for an adult she tripped over the skirt. Ripping it to make it shorter, the sales assistant heard the tearing.

"What are you doing?" the woman cried, pulling the curtain to the dressing room across. Marlene was stood on a stool, wearing the dress and brandishing a screwdriver. Before the woman had a chance to react, Marlene jumped her, placed one hand over her mouth and stabbed her deeply in the neck with the pointy-end of the screwdriver. With a few gurgles of blood and shakes of death, the woman eventually died after Marlene delivered a few blows to her head with her foot.

"Perfect!" Marlene exclaimed, glancing at her reflection in the mirror and walking calmly out of the store. "Now onto the party..."