INT. HANSON RESIDENCE- LIVING ROOM

MICHELLE

Callie Hanson, cause of death, multiple stab wounds.

John has arrived at the crime scene. He stands with Michelle in front of Callie's body, which still hangs from the ceiling fan. After a moment, they move over to the couch.

MICHELLE

April Taylor. Cause of death, multiple stab wounds to the stomach.

JOHN

Do you think this is related to that incident?

MICHELLE

I do. I mean, look at the message the killer left.

John looks over at the wall, reading the bloody message. He sighs heavily. Suddenly, a deputy appears behind the two, holding a phone in his gloved hands. Michelle nods for him to speak.

DEPUTY

It looks like Callie got some phone calls from a restricted number last night. Perhaps it's the perp?

MICHELLE

Likely. Find out who made those calls.

DEPUTY

Already on it.

MICHELLE

Excellent.

[CUT TO]

EXT. HANSON RESIDENCE

Outside, KATE WALSH stands in front of the yellow caution tape, waiting on her camera man to give her the thumbs up to start talking. She looks impatient with him.

LANCE GREENE, 26, a man with short black hair and a black goatee fumbles with a camera, before giving Kate a giant thumbs up and a goofy grin.

KATE

Hello, I'm Kate Walsh, coming to you live from outside of the Hanson residence. We understand that someone was brutally murdered here late last night. When we asked police if they had any leads, they refused to comment. Could this have some connection to the Billings Murders from a year and a half ago? It's too soon to tell, but we're not ruling it out. As soon as we have more information, you will be the first to know.

Kate gives a big, fake smile into the camera. As soon as Lance pulls the camera away from her, the smile is replaced with a scowl.

LANCE

That was great! You were perfect.

Lance moves closer to Kate and looks as though he's going to kiss her, but she pushes him away.

KATE

What have I told you about kissing me in public? I can't have anyone knowing about us.

Lance looks hurt by this, but he doesn't say anything. He just sighs heavily, then begins to review his footage. He had been dating Kate for almost a year, but she refused to let their relationship be public knowledge. She said that it would be bad for a reporter to date her camera man. She also claimed she had a history of dating "the wrong" men. He didn't like it, but he knew it was an argument he would lose. So for now he chose to just deal with it.

Kate walks over to the news van, sitting down in the passenger seat. She pulls out a makeup kit and a hand mirror, fixing her makeup. As she works on her makeup, she notices Michelle Harris step out of the house. Immediately she is on her feet, snapping her fingers for Lance to follow her, camera in tow.

Michelle sees her coming and tries to mentally prepare herself.

KATE

Michelle! Can I get a word with you?

MICHELLE

Kate! Sure.

Lance holds up the camera, recording the unfolding conversation.

KATE

So! Do we have any new information on the crime? Any leads?

MICHELLE

No comment.

KATE

Can you tell me anything?

MICHELLE

We're still investigating. We're very confident we'll find everything we need to catch whoever did this.

KATE

And who were the victims?

MICHELLE

We aren't releasing their names yet. We'd like to respect the privacy of the families at the moment and give them time to inform everyone.

KATE

Do you think this has any connection to the murders from a year and a half ago? Do we have a copycat on our hands?

MICHELLE

No comment.

Before Kate can ask another question, Michelle starts to walk away. Before she can get to far, Kate stops her.

KATE

They are connected, aren't they?

Michelle stops dead in her tracks. After the first set of murders, Kate had interviewed everyone who had any connection to the killings. She practically harassed the kids who had survived it, asking them insensitive questions, popping up at school and at work for the ones who had jobs. She was a cold hearted bitch.

KATE

Someone else has started a killing spree. Is Logan Fields and his friends' potential targets again?

Michelle turns to face Kate, an angry look plastered on her face.

MICHELLE

Listen. Leave Logan and the others out of this. It has nothing to do with them, alright? So help me, if I hear you've been bothering them again, I'll push them to get restraining orders. Got it?

Kate just gives Michelle a fake smile and a nod, motioning for Lance to turn off the camera. Michelle walks away, stopping to talk to a group of officers searching the property.

Kate turns to Lance, who gives her a goofy grin.

KATE

This crime is totally related to Joey and Nathan's killing spree. Maybe we can get an interview in with some of the survivors from it. Lets' head over to the school.

Lance's grin is replaced with a frown.

LANCE

Didn't you hear what she said?

KATE

I'm a reporter, Lance. I deal with that kind of stuff all the time. It's my job.

Kate storms off towards the news van. Lance watches her, a confused look on his face. He didn't think restraining orders were a good thing. He sighs, following after her.

[CUT TO]

INT. BILLINGS HIGH SCHOOL- CLASSROOM

Logan sits in his first period class, which he shares with Whitney and Savannah. Whitney sits in the desk next to him, but Savannah isn't there yet. They still have a few minutes before class starts.

Whitney has just finished telling him about how Mr. Berkley took Savannah to his office. Logan figured it had something to do with her attendance. She'd kinda missed a lot ever since everything happened. He decides to change the subject to something else.

LOGAN

So, did Josh ride his scooter to school today?

WHITNEY

Probably. You know what that little shit did today?

A worried look comes across Logan's face. He was always doing something stupid.

LOGAN

What?

WHITNEY

He called me this morning from Food Town and said "Whitney, if you were a girl, what kind of flowers would you like?" And I literally just hung up on him. Then I saw him here and he said he was going to go ask a girl out.

LOGAN

Must be Marie. He's been talking about asking her out for a while now. I told him she's a lesbian though.

WHITNEY

Marie Grimald? She's a lesbian?

LOGAN

Yeah. You didn't know that?

WHITNEY

What!? No!

Whitney seems to be shocked by this revelation. She goes silent, seemingly thinking about what Logan has just told her. Logan busies himself with pulling books out of his bag.

Savannah enters the classroom, taking her seat next to Whitney. She looks angry.

WHITNEY

What was that little visit about?

SAVANNAH

He thinks I need to go to counseling. He said that my attendance has been a problem this year and that I come to school drunk all the time. No, I don't come to school drunk. I come to school with hangovers. He's an asshole.

Whitney doesn't say anything. She kind of agrees that maybe Savannah should seek out some counseling. The girl could use it.

Wesley enters the room, taking the seat in front of Logan. He turns around in his seat to face Logan.

WESLEY

Hey man, did you finish that homework?

LOGAN

Yeah.

WESLEY

Could I borrow it for a second?

Logan sighs, handing him a sheet of paper with a bunch of writing on it. Wesley begins to copy his answers down on a separate sheet of paper.

A few minutes pass, and the teacher enters the room. He takes role and tells the class to calm down and turn in their homework. The teacher then asks if anyone read the assigned reading. He doesn't even look disappointed when no one raises their hands.

He's about to start going over what happened in the reading when a girl suddenly lets out an overly dramatic gasp. She has her phone in one hand, another over her mouth.

TEACHER

Phoebe. Care to share with the class?

PHOEBE

One of my friends just said that a bunch of cops and reporters are at Callie Hanson's house. She's not here today. What if something bad happened to her?

Everyone looks over to Callie's empty seat, near the front of the room. The first person to break the silence is Nick, a member of the football team.

NICK

Hey, Wes, didn't you break up with Riley to start screwing Callie? What's going on with her?

WESLEY

Shut up Nick. And, I texted her this morning, but she hasn't messaged me back.

Another girl, Sarah, in the corner of the room speaks up.

SARAH

Oh my god! What if she got killed?! What if another murder spree is starting?

Whitney and Logan share a look.

TEACHER

Okay, lets' all calm down. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.

Just as he says this, the whole class notices a police car pull up out front. Logan, Whitney, and Savannah recognize the cop as Michelle.

A feeling of unease settles over the class.

Savannah begins to tremble and shake.

[FLASHBACK]

Savannah is walking up the hill towards Whitney's house when suddenly Ghostface appears from nowhere, stabbing her in the stomach. She coughs up blood, and falls to the ground when Ghostface pulls out the blade.

[PRESENT]

She's sitting in the classroom again. But she's sweating heavily. Her hands grab hold of the sides of her desk, knuckles turning white from her grip. Her whole body trembles violently.

Some grabs hold of her shoulder, leaning down in front of her. Slowly, she looks up at the person, screaming in horror. It's Nathan, a sinister grin plastered on his face.

NATHAN

Hey there, sweetheart. Long time no see. Guess what? I'm back, and this time, I WILL KILL YOU.

Savannah continues to scream, shoving Nathan away. She falls to the floor, trying to crawl away.

VOICE

Savannah! Savannah!

Savannah looks up to see Whitney squatting in front of her. She looks around to see all of her classmates staring at her. The teacher is right behind Whitney. He looks concerned, as does everyone else.

She realizes that she just imagined everything. She climbs to her feet, full of shame. The girl grabs her bag and runs out of the class.

The teacher tells the class to be on best behavior, then follows after Savannah. Whitney sits back down in her seat, giving Logan a concerned look.

Suddenly, on the intercom, Wesley is called to the principal's office. Everyone watches as he gets up and exits the room.

[CUT TO]

INT. CLASSROOM

Brie sits in her first period class, along with Josh. It's supposed to be a college-level Biology class, but the teacher never taught anything. Instead, he played youtube videos for the class that he thought was funny. It was basically social hour.

BRIE

(laughing) Sorry Josh. I thought everyone knew about that.

JOSH

You should have told me! I just made a fool out of myself in front of all of your friends.

BRIE

Calm down, it's going to be okay. Everyone will forget about it in like a week.

Brie looks out the window, notcing a news van pulling into the parking lot. She wondered what was going on.

[CUT TO]

INT. CLASSROOM

Some girls sitting up front begin to scream, causing everyone to freak out. Someone asks what happened and the girl tells them to get on Facebook and go to Billings High School's page.

Logan and Whitney pull out their phones, opening Facebook. Both of them gasp in horror as they pull up the school's page.

Someone has started a live stream on the page. It looks like they are filming a computer screen or a TV screen. On the screen, Callie Hanson can be seen getting stabbed over and over by someone wearing a black glove. The film is shot from their POV, so you can't see who is stabbing her. Callie seems to be dead. The person stands up, turning the camera in a different direction. April Taylor can be seen tied to a chair, her stomach ripped open.

Logan closes out the page, looking sick to his stomach. Whitney continues to watch the live stream, a look of horror plastered across her face.

Suddenly, another intercom announcement comes across the P.A.

MR. BERKLEY

Attention students, due to recent events, school is dismissing early today, and will be closed until further notice. We want you to be safe, and feel as though it is in the best interest for you to all be at home with your families.

Whitney and Logan share another look.

WHITNEY

What the hell is happening?!

A lot of the students in the class are freaking out after watching the video. However, most of them seem to think its fake or something. Some of them even cheer over the announcement of early dismissal.

Looking out the window, Logan sees a bunch of busses already pulling into the parking lot. A bell rings, signaling that the students can leave.

Logan and Whitney rise from their seats. Whitney gives Logan a look, which he understands without any exchanging of words.

The two walk out of the room, down the hall, and wait by the door of Josh and Brie's homeroom. When the two come out, all four of them walk down the hall together.

BRIE

Why are they dismissing school early?

LOGAN

It's happening again.

Whitney shows Josh and Brie the post on Facebook. Brie puts a hand over her mouth, clearly disturbed.

JOSH

It's a joke. There's no way that's real.

WHITNEY

Oh yeah, then why are we being let out early?

JOSH

Because someone hacked into the school's wi-fi again and they want to find out who without dealing with all of us brats.

LOGAN

Josh, it's clearly not a joke. Those girls were killed, probably by someone in a ghost costume. It's happening again.

BRIE

Where's Savannah?

WHITNEY

She had a meltdown in first period. She ran out of the room. Probably on her way home by now.

JOSH

Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with us. We need to calm home and be happy that we got out of school early.

Before anyone can respond, Josh storms off from the group. The three of them just stare after him.

[CUT TO]

INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE

Michelle has just finished questioning Wesley, who left the room in tears. His girlfriend was, after all, dead. Mr. Berkley sits at his desk, looking annoyed.

MR. BERKLEY

Jesus. I can't believe this shit is happening again. Hasn't this town been through enough yet?

MICHELLE

Still, it was the right call to dismiss school. Putting these kids through a day at school after two of their fellow classmates have been murdered again would be hell.

[CUT TO]

INT. HALLWAY

Jake, Caleb, Riley, and Marie stand in front of Marie's locker. They're talking about the murders.

RILEY

(in tears) God, I feel so bad. I was mad at Callie for stealing my boyfriend, but I didn't want her to die!

Marie places a hand on Riley's shoulder, rubbing gently.

MARIE

We know, honey. We know.

CALEB

Who do you guys think did it?

JAKE

It was probably that shithead, Wesley. I mean, he was always kind of a jerk, no offense, Riley.

MARIE

Really? Why the hell would Wesley kill Callie and April? He broke up with Riley for Callie. That makes no sense.

CALEB

Yeah, Jake. Maybe it was you. I mean, you do those Facebook live streams all the time and the killer live streamed their murders on Facebook. Suspicious.

JAKE

Fuck you, Caleb. Maybe you killed them. You have the hots for Riley, so you when Wesley hurt her by screwing Callie, you decided to punish Callie. Maybe Wes will be your next victim.

RILEY

Guys. Stop. I don't wanna think about this anymore. I mean, Callie and April are dead. They were fine yesterday, and now they're gone. I can't think about it anymore.

Caleb and Jake continue to jab at each other for a few more minutes, but stop after Marie gives them a dirty look.

MARIE

I wonder if Kiana is still going to have that party at her place tonight. If she does, are you guys coming?

RILEY

Of course. I need a distraction tonight.

CALEB

Hey, Riley, how 'bout you be my date to the party?

Riley looks seemingly bashful towards Caleb's question. Marie and Jake smirk at one another.

JAKE

I'll be there too. Great chance to get in a new live stream episode.

Marie nods, turning to Riley.

MARIE

Brie should be there too.

RILEY

Is she bringing Logan with her?

CALEB

I hope she doesn't. If this really is a new string of murders, having Logan anywhere near us will probably lead to our untimely deaths.

MARIE

Shut up, dick. It's not his fault Joey and Nathan killed all those people.

Caleb just shrugs, not really wanting to fight any further on the topic. The four friends gather their belongings, disappearing in the crowd of students leaving the school.

[CUT TO]

EXT. BILLINGS HIGH- FRONT LAWN

Whitney, Logan, Josh, and Brie step through the front doors and begin to make their way down the steps. Whitney and Josh are discussing a movie that both of them like. Logan and Brie are holding hands, but neither of them say anything.

Brie wants to talk to Logan about the murders, but she doesn't really know what to say. She can tell he's stressed out over it. How couldn't he be? Well, they all were.

Logan has gone silent, thinking about what could happen. He was finally starting to put the events from a year and a half ago behind him, but now everything was hitting him full force again.

Looking across the lawn, the four teens can see Kate Walsh, her back turned to them, reporting from in front of the school building.

LOGAN

Lets' take the long way around so we don't have to talk to her.

WHITNEY

Agreed.

The four of them cut through the bus loading area of the parking lot and make their way down to the sidewalk in front of the school. The lot they parked in was on the other side of the street.

As the four of them make their way towards the parking lot, a conversation begins.

JOSH

Hey Whitney, you should come to Kiana Woods party with me tonight.

WHITNEY

(Laughs) And why would I come?

JOSH

Whitney. You need to cut loose a little.

Whitney folds her arms over her chest and glares at Josh.

JOSH

Let me guess, you have to work on the novel, right?

WHITNEY

What else would I be doing?

JOSH

What if I told you I'd buy you a kitten if you come to the party?

WHITNEY

That's literally the stupidest way to get someone to come to a party. But fine, buy me a kitten, and I'll come to the party.

JOSH

For real?

WHITNEY

If you'll shut up about it now.

Brie nudges Logan.

BRIE

Oh yeah, I forgot about the party tonight. Will you come with me?

LOGAN

Sorry, I would, but I have to work tonight.

BRIE

Shit, I forgot. How about after?

Logan now had a job at Food Town as a cashier. It helped him pass the time in the weeks following the murders and now he had grown to love it.

LOGAN

Well, I get off at ten, so sure, I'll stop by when I get off.

The four disappear across the street towards the parking lot.

TIME PASSES

INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE

Mr. Berkley sits behind his desk, talking on the phone.

MR. BERKLEY

Yeah, we sent all the kids home early… I have to finish up some paper work, and then I'll be home… Love you too… Bye.

He hangs up the phone and begins to write on a piece of paper. He works like this for a while. The whole room is silent. The only other person still at the school is the janitor, and he's off somewhere cleaning.

Suddenly, a loud knock at the door sounds through the room, causing the principal to jump. Slowly, he climbs to his feet, heading over to the door. He opens it slowly, and to his surprise, no one is there.

INT. HALLWAY

Mr. Berkley steps out into the hallway, looking up and down it, but no one is there. He sighs, disappearing back into his office.

INT. OFFICE

Mr. Berkley sits back down. He begins to work on his papers again, when someone knocks on the door again. He looks up, clearly annoyed.

MR. BERKLEY

Come in!

No one opens the door. Mr. Berkley sighs, getting up from his seat. He makes his way across the room, flinging open the door. There's no one there.

INT. HALLWAY

Mr. Berkley steps back out into the hallway, looking left down the hall. He doesn't notice the tall dark figure on his right, until he turns his head in that direction. The man lets out a scream when he sees Ghostface flying towards him, brandishing a knife.

The principal throws his arms up in front of him as a shield when the ghostly attacker swings the knife at him. The blade slashes across his arm, cutting through his sleeve and into his forearm. He screams in pain, clutching his injured hand with his good hand.

Mr. Berkley begins to run down the hall, into the main section of the office, and out the main office door. Blood drips from his wound, leaving a trail on the white tile floor.

INT. HALLWAY

Mr. Berkley runs down the main hallway of the school, towards the cafeteria at the end of the hallway. Ghostface is right behind him, his black costume flying around him in his rush. The silver knife slashes through the air threateningly.

Mr. Berkley makes it to the end of the hallway, flinging open the set of blue double doors that lead to the cafeteria. As he tries to run through the doorway, the knife slashes across his back, once again cutting through the clothes and slicing flesh.

The man screams, his uninjured hand reaching towards his bloody back. He falls to the floor.

INT. CAFETERIA

Mr. Berkley falls down the ramp that leads to the floor of the cafeteria. He hits the floor hard in a heap. Ghostface steps through the set of doors, slowly making his way down the ramp. Mr. Berkley looks up at him in horror.

MR. BERKLEY

No! Please!

Mr. Berkley sprawls out onto his stomach and begins trying to crawl across the floor. He leaves a trail of blood behind him.

Ghostface steps down onto the main floor of the cafeteria and begins to close in on the principal. Mr. Berkley continues to try to escape. Ghostface places a black boot on his injured back, causing him to scream in pain.

MR. BERKLEY

Please don't kill me!

Ghostface leans down, grabbing Mr. Berkley by the hair and lifting his head off the floor. Mr. Berkley lets out a pathetic whimper as Ghostface shoves the knife into the side of the principal's neck.

As the knife gets pulled out, blood shoots out across the floor. Mr. Berkley makes gagging noises and shakes violently, his head falling back to the floor.

Ghostface stands up, wiping the blood from his blade. He looks around, making sure no one is around, and sets to work moving the body…