Chapter 4: Who are you?
"AAARRrgh!" Mary yells with frustration. She walks over to a loose floor board in the middle of the room and lifts it up to find a notebook and she opens it. It was her book of murders and the first entry was her escape from New Regional Asylum. Mary's second entry was how she knocked Michi out with a textbook. Then she explains how she was going to finish Michi off while everyone was out in the hall.
'...I just saw how vulnerable she was and I pulled out a syringe full of a black widow spider's poison. Then Pookey Bear walks in and I ha to ditch it. I was shocked when she woke up with out her memories.' Mary wrote.
'Now, I need to keep Marco from finding out who I am. I need to get him away from the city. But where? What about that hunting cabin his father owns? He'll soon know that everything I do is for him.' Mary sighs lightly as she wrote this. She then walks towards the stairs, after carefully placing the book back in it's spot, and up to the room that she shares with Marco. Mary picks up one of his old shirts and inhales Marco's faint banana cream smell.
"Hurry back Marco, I miss you already." she says to herself.
Marco was nearing the cabin when the radio announcer mentions an escape from New Regional Asylum.
"Mary Marie is still at large. Visit a local news station for a photo. Reward for capture is $5,000 dollars." the radio announcer says. Marco frowns a little as he picks up speed. 'I hope Jody's alright.' he thought to himself. Marco turns into a dirt road and drives up to a log cabin.
He steps onto the wild and uncut grass and he puts two fingers in his mouth and whistles. Two blood hounds run out of a fox hole and the screen door of the log cabin opens and a boy walks out. He has dark hair and he wore a brown leather jacket and blue jeans with white sneakers.
"Cousin Edwin, how's it going?" Marco says as he stoops down and pats the hounds.
"A storm's comin' soon, so me and Ma were 'bout to take Langston an' Martin with us 'til you showed up." the boy says.
"I see...Well, we're going hunting for a bit then you can take them with you." Marco says. The boys heard the screen door slam shut and a woman walks over to Marco.
"What's this about a hunting party? No nephew of mine is gonna be out in the middle of the night with only two dogs and a storm coming in a month." the woman says.
"But Auntie, I need time to myself!" Marco complains.
"Then your father's hunting cabin will do you some good." Marco's Aunt says. "No hunting, okay?"
"Fine." Marco sighs. He gets back in his car and goes down the road a little and turns into the driveway of his father's cabin. As he steps out, echos of powerful memories speak out to him. As he looks at the tire swing, he saw his dad pushing him when he was three. A tear found it's way to his eye and he wiped it away.
"Hey there, Mark!" a feminine voice says. Marco turns to see a girl stepping out of a car. Marco tried to figure out who she was. She has orange hair in a braid down her back and she wore a red and black plaid lumber jack shirt and blue jeans. She hugs him and it caught Marco off guard.
"I see you never gave up our bet in elementary school." the girl says. A flash back to Marco attempting a back flip and landing on his back.
"Beth? Bethany Marie?" Marco says. The girl takes a step back and smiles. He took a closer look and he remembered the green eyes and the splash of freckles on her nose. "Hah! It's been a while."
"I know, Marco. How's life been for you, anyways?" Beth asks.
"Great! I'm visiting my dad's cabin and I'm gonna stay for a bit until I get things worked out." Marco says. Beth nods and walks to her car and then turns and looks at Marco.
"Well, it was great to see you again." Beth says. She opens the driver side and gets in. Marco turns and walks towards his father's log cabin. 'I guess I need to come to terms with my parents' death and then there's Michi's amnesia.' Marco thought to himself as he sighs heavily. He opens the front door and a moist, damp smell hit him.
"Well, that doesn't smell too good." Marco says aloud. He closes the front door of the log cabin and he slides his hand across the wall. A collection of dust was on his hand.
"Time to clean!" he yells to no one in particular.
Marco was snoozing in his bed when his phone alarm goes off. He gets up and got ready for school when his phone rings, cutting through the serene silence of the log cabin. Marco picks up the phone and answers.
"Hello?" he asks.
"Marco?" Michi says. Marco froze and nearly drops the phone in shock.
"M-michi, you reme-" he was cut off quickly.
"I was faking and I'm calling because I found something on Mary!" she says.
"Who?" Marco asks, unaware of what Michi is talking about.
"I was right. Jody Foster isn't who she says she is. Her name is Mary Marie and she is a serial killer. I'll send you the details now." Michi says. She hung up and, a minute later, a link to a website appears. Marco clicks it and an article on Mary "Bloody Mary" Marie appears. At the end was a picture of Mary.
"Oh my gosh! That's Jody!" Marco gasps. He goes to the door of the cabin and he opens it to see that Mary was there.
"Marco!" she says and threw her across and around him and his face turns pale.
"Sorry babe, no time to stay!" Marco says. "How did you get here, much less, find me?" Mary smiled mischievously.
"I have my ways." Mary says. "Also, there's a blizzard coming so the roads are closed. No school today or all month."
"Damn it!" Marco cries out.
"Nothing!" Marco says and he starts to help Mary out of her jacket when she kisses him. Marco broke away and walks over to the bed and sat down.
"Why?" he says, not being able to contain himself.
"Why what?" Mary asks.
"Why didn't you tell me you escaped from an asylum? Why did you lie to me about who you are? Why me?" he says. Mary walks over to Marco and, in one deft movement, she held a knife to his throat. He looked into her brown, cold eyes and he closed his eyes and looked away.
"Do what you want. You and I are done!" he said as tears sting his eyes and he prepared himself to die.
"Who told you?" Mary demanded.
"What do you care? You'll kill me anyways so why take an innocent person with me?" Marco says. Mary pushed Marco back onto the bed and she sat astride his chest and kissed him. He wraps his arms around her waist and then held her tight.
"Do you still love me?" Mary asks.
"Yes Mary, I do." Marco lies. 'Or else you would slit my throat.' Marco was tempted to say.
"Then show me." Mary says and Marco kisses her neck and slid his hands up her shirt. Mary couldn't help but moan in ecstasy.