CHAPTER 4: Game Over

Ryan and Troy walked to the back of Kira's van, where Casey was sitting. Casey had his laptop open. He turned it towards them.

"A few minutes before we got there." Casey said.

Taylor's character laid in the middle of the road, dead.

"When did she play?" Ryan asked.

Casey shrugged. "She said earlier she didn't. You call Chad yet?"

"Yeah, I called him." Troy said.

"How'd he take it?"

"Not real well."

"Hey, Casey, are you playing the game again?" Ryan asked, looking curiously at the screen.

"No, why?" Casey asked.

"It looks like it's playing itself again. But that girl's blonde and the only blonde here is Sharpay."

"But Sharpay never picked up the controller." Troy said.

"One second." Ryan said, dialing a number.

"Hello." Sharpay's voice said.

"Sharpay, did you ever play the game?" Ryan asked.

"Not the other night no."

"What about today?"

"Yeah, I did play today. So, what?"

"Are you playing now?"

"Yeah."

"Sharpay, don't play that game. Turn it off." Ryan exclaimed.

"Why? You don't believe that stuff Casey was saying do you?"

"Taylor's dead, Sharpay. She was run over by a horse drawn carriage. In the game she was run over by a horse drawn carriage." Ryan said.

"Oh my God. I'm turning this thing off." Sharpay said, shock and horror in her voice.

"I gotta go. Be careful, Shar."

"You too. Bye."

"Bye." Ryan put his phone back in his pocket.

"Casey, she's played."

"Great." Casey sighed.

"What'd we do now?" Kira asked, walking up, an arm around a crying Gabriella.

Everyone looked to Casey. "What?"

"You seem to know a lot about this Elizabeth Bathory woman."

"I don't know how to beat her." Casey said, ashamed.

Everyone hung there heads. "But, gimme an hour and I'll tell ya." He said, trying to cheer them up.

"Allright." Troy said, nodding.

"You guys go to Chad. I know you want to. Ryan, go get Shar."

"Somebody has to stay with you." Ryan said.

"I will." Gabriella said.

"You sure you can handle it. I mean, whatever he has to kook for." Troy asked.

Gabriella nodded. Troy sighed. "Allright. Casey, if anything happens to her." Casey nodded.

CHAD

After he got control of his emotions, Chad sat down and turned on his PS2. He put in Tony Hawk's Project 8 and flipped the switch on the back. Instead of the Tony Hawk logo, the Stay Alive logo appeared. Chad raised an eyebrow, but shoved it away. His character was in the graveyard. He pulled his twin crossbows and walked towards the underground torture chambers, where Jason and Kelsi were. Only a few "girls" attacked, but he quickly disposed of them.

SHARPAY

Sharpay sat on her couch watching American Idol. She heard a rumbling coming from Ryan's room. She got up and cautiously went to his room. The door was ajar, she looked in and saw a flash of red. When she opened the door she saw nothing. The rumbling cam from under the bed. She knelt down and slowly reached under it. She pulled out Ryan's old phone. The rumbling stopped.

"Hello."

Sharpay screamed and dropped the phone. Then everything went black.

CASEY & GABRIELLA

"Hello."

"Chad, it's Casey. Is Troy there yet?"

"No, why?"

"I just have something I need to tell him. Tell him to call me when he gets there. Later."

"Aight. Later."

Casey dialed Ryan's number. Gabriella redialed Troy's cell.

"Hello." Ryan answered.

"Ryan, I found out how to beat her and have you seen Troy?"

"No, I haven't since we left. How'd we beat her?"

"Road, Gabriella. Watch the road! Anyway, we have to find her body and drive three nails in her head, neck, and chest. It'll drive her spirit back into her body. This parts really important. 'An undead soul is only cleansed by burning it's blood.' So, we haveta burn her body."

"Ok, I wonder why she's a malevolent spirit."

"Me and Gabriella are on the way over to the house she used to live in. 1420 Cypress Road Meet us there. One more thing, I'm playing the game. Just using myself as a decoy. Don't try to talk me out of it, Gabriella already tried." Casey said.

"Ok. I gotta go. Bye."

"See ya." Casey hung up and unpaused the game.

"I still say you shouldn't play that game." Gabriella said.

"Gabi, come on. Better me than you, ok." Casey said, from the back of Kira's van. Kira went with Ryan in his car, while Troy took his car.

Shotgun's in hand, Casey walked out of the house and took a good look at it.

"Here it is." Gabriella said, sighing.

Casey knew she didn't wanna be there. He took a long look at the house in front of him, then realized something.

"Gabi, look at this." He said. Gabriella looked and her mouth fell open.

"We're in the bitches backyard." Casey said.

CHAD

Chad made it to the torture chamber. He saw Jason and Kelsi's dead bodies. The one that got his attention the most, however, was a blonde haired girl hanging by her feet. Sword in her hand, trying to cut through the chains. She looked like…

"Sharpay?"

He walked over and shot at the chains repeatedly. The arrows just bounced off. A very familiar red dress-wearing woman walked in. She pulled up her shears. She knocked Chad back, then moved in on Sharpay.

SHARPAY IN THE REAL WORLD

Sharpay was hanging upside down by a chain that wasn't there before. After struggling to get her feet out of the chains, Sharpay groaned. Bathory stood, watching in amusement, shears in hand. Sharpay looked at her in the eye and simply said, "Go fuck yourself." Bathory, not looking offended or having any emotions, swung the shears.

CHAD

Chad looked in horror. The woman slit Sharpay's throat. Immediately, Chad grabbed his phone and dialed Sharpay. He got the answering machine. He hung up the phone and hung his head. He looked back up to see the woman advancing on him, with a huge sword. He grabbed the controller, every arrow went through her. He stepped back and fell in a chair. I strapped his hands and feet securely. Small metal hooks attached themselves to his head. After a few moments, his head was pulled apart. It looked like a small explosion. Chad gasped at the awful sight. He took a big gulp. Little did he know, a women stood behind him.

RYAN & Kira

Ryan pulled into his driveway. He ran in, quickly followed by Kira.

"How'd you get around here?"

"When you live here for years, a map is made in your head." Ryan said. "Shar!" He walked up the stairs.

"Where's she at?" Kira asked, looking around. That is until she bumped into Ryan. Ryan walked to his sister, or what looked like her sister. Her face was red with blood, her blonde hair was slightly red, red neck, her white shirt drenched. Ryan knelt down beside her and cried. Kira, not knowing what to say or do, placed her hands on his shoulders.

Troy (took me long enough to get to em)

Troy parked his car behind Chad's. He was charging his cell phone, because the battery died on him. He check his missed calls: Casey, Gabriella, Casey, Gabriella. He turned off his cell and stepped out of his car. He noticed something red on the window, he was hoping Chad was painting again. Troy walked to the doorstep and knocked. "Chad. Chad, open up. It's Troy."

It's so quiet you wouldn't think it's Chad's house. Troy thought, as he opened the door. "Chad I know you're here!" Troy took a glance at the kitchen. Nothing. As Troy walked into Chad's favorite room, the living room, he slipped. He landed on his face. He pushed himself up, noticing the red on his shirt and hands. He looked at the couch, a headless body sat there. Blood was all over the room. Troy looked over the arm of the couch. Chad's favorite watch, gold and silver with the East High School sign on it. About to puke and cry, Troy stumbled out of the house and back into his car. He grabbed his phone.

CASEY & GABRIELLA

Gabriella looked over Casey's shoulders as he played the game. She jumped when her pocket vibrated. She answered her phone, moving away from Casey's ear.

"Troy, where have you- Chad's dead?! We're ok. I'm ok. Casey, Troy says you're distracting skills need work. We're at 1420 Cypress Road."

"Uh-oh. Gabi, come look at this." Casey said. Gabriella looked over his shoulder. "Troy, I gotta go, I'll be careful. Love ya, bye." Gabriella hung up. On the screen was Sharpay's body, still hanging upside down, and a headless body in a chair.

"Oh my God!" Gabriella gasped.

"Hey, isn't that you?" Casey asked.

"Yeah. What am I doing there?"

"I don't know, but I wouldn't worry." Casey said.

"I heard a car door" Gabriella said, jumping out of the van. Ryan and Kira had pulled up behind them. Ryan, with bloody hands, looked at her. "We gotta nailgun and a lighter."

Gabriella hugged him. "I'm so sorry, Ry."

"Don't worry about it."

"SHIT! Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit. Fuck!" Casey cursed. "Gabi, I think I'm in trouble!"

Gabriella, Ryan, and Kira piled into the van.

"What happened?" Gabriella said, sitting beside him.

"I got gutted."

Ryan and Kira raised their eyebrows. Gabriella opened her mouth, but couldn't find any.

The screen simply said: GAME OVER.

AN THE ADRESS I HAVE FOR ELIZABETH BATHORY'S HOUSE IS THE ONE FROM THE MOVIE. WHAT'DYA THINK? R&R