Sorry I skipped a few updates. End of the year, very busy for me, and I've been dealing with some stuff in my life that has made writing hard for me.

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Andy stumbled through the woods, dragging the traumatized Jamie behind him. She was still so weak, and Andy couldn't blame her. Running from a car… talk about exhausting. Andy hadn't needed to run half as fast as Jamie, and he was ready to collapse to the grass and go to sleep.

With the immediate threat taken care of, Andy allowed his mind to wander.

How could Chucky possibly be back? They'd killed him. Andy had seen his blood splatter across the wall as the bullet entered his heart. His mom and him had been worried Chucky might return, but they never actually thought he'd return, much less so quickly.

Why couldn't Chucky just leave him alone?

Andy could see lights in the distance, and he forced himself to continue walking, despite his mounting exhaustion. Jamie followed him without complaint, still whimpering and muttering Tina's name like a mantra.

Andy wasn't sure what to say. She's in a better place. Heaven just got another angel. At least she won't have to live with the trauma of tonight. Nothing seemed right, and he knew none of those phrases would make Jamie feel any better. Words didn't help Andy when that doctor died because Chucky was after Andy. He doubted words would help Jamie now.

"We're almost there, Jamie," he murmured, softly.

Andy's sneakers whispered against the grass, and the blood on his arms from all the branches he crashed through dripped down his skin. The dripping of the blood felt like someone running their fingertips over his skin, and he resisted the urge to jump and scan his surroundings for danger every time the red liquid moved a centimeter down his arm.

"Andy," Jamie mumbled. "I'm scared."

"I am, too, Jamie," Andy agreed without missing a beat. He was scared- of Chucky, of Michael, of being killed or being possessed or whatever Chucky had planned for him, but most of all, he was scared of losing Jamie.

The two of them broke through the trees, and Andy squinted against the blinding lights of the ambulance and the police cars. He could see the outline of the officers' guns pointed at him and Jamie.

"Don't shoot!" he shouted, getting in front of Jamie to protect her.

"Hold your fire!" the sheriff yelled. "It's the kids."

Police officers dashed across the lawn, and Dr. Loomis joined them. The burned man lifted Jamie in his arms, and the sheriff grabbed Andy's hand, leading him to the ambulance.

"Where's my mom?" Andy asked.

"You'll see her once you get back to the clinic," the sheriff assured him.

Andy nodded and crawled into the ambulance to sit beside Jamie on the stretcher. Paramedics immediately began to treat their scattered wounds.

Soon afterward, the sheriff returned, holding the hand of Sally. The police man beside him was cradling Billy in his arms with one arm under his legs and the other behind his shoulders.

Billy was laid on the stretcher, and the paramedics focused on the boy, who had sustained the most injuries after Michael ran him over. Sally seated herself beside Andy, and that's when he noticed the blood. She was covered in it; it was smeared across her face, drenched her clothes, and drowned her hands. The only hint of her normal skin color was on her face. Every other inch of skin was covered with red.

"Sally, are you hurt?" Andy asked.

She shook her head. "It's Sam's," she sniffled before sobbing as two stretchers were carried by, holding bodies covered by gray sheets. Andy could see blonde hair poking out from under one of the sheets. That must've been Sam, which meant the other was…

"Tina," Jamie cried, and Dr. Loomis pinned her head against his chest, making sure her eyes were buried in his coat so that she couldn't see anymore of the horrors that would haunt her for the rest of her life. Andy turned away from the bodies and grabbed Jamie's hand, focusing on Billy as the paramedics rushed to fix him up as best as they could.

Tina was dead. Sam was dead. Billy had almost been killed. Sally and Jamie were traumatized, as was Andy. Nobody knew where Jamie's sister was.

How many more tragedies would occur before Halloween night came to an end?

Chapter 10 has come to an end. For those of you that are looking forward to some romance between Jamie and Andy, the romance starts to show up next chapter.

See you later!