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Suspects
The next morning at the OC police station was business as usual. Detective Himbry and Detective Hicks had walked into the building together having grabbed breakfast on the way to work. Both had been discussing the case and what they have thus far and have some theories but nothing concrete. They entered the homicide unit at the precinct and found Detective Harris going over some of the details in the case as well. He couldn't figure out the connection. Both detectives pass him on their way to the desks. Det. Wallace looks up at them. Sarg. Wallace moves towards their desks.
"Morning partner." Det. Himbry said.
"Didn't you just walk in with your partner?" Det. Harris asked sarcastically. Det. Hicks sighs. Det. Himbry rolls his eyes.
"Good morning detectives." Sarg. Wallace says and is met with a round of good mornings. "Now that we got that out of the way, let's focus on this case. Now there are five dead teenagers, an unhappy mayor, a commissioner who's involved and we only have three suspects. Something has to give."
"Well I say we focus on the suspects." Det. Harris says. "I think they had the most in common with the victims."
"Well Ryan Braunson and Rick Martin went to school with the victims and Ron was the janitor at the high school." Det. Hicks said.
"That's not enough to hold them." Sarg. Wallace said.
"No but it is enough for suspicion. I don't think we should start with the suspects. I think we should start with the victims." Det. Himbry said.
"Why focus on the victims?" Sarg. Wallace asked.
"Well, the victims give us a look into their lives before they're untimely deaths." Det. Himbry said. Det. Hicks smiled. Det. Harris rolled his eyes annoyed.
"Go on." Sarg. Wallace told him.
"The first victim was Matt. According to his records, Matt was a kid who cut school all the time to hang out with his buddy Shaun and was a straight up pothead. Shaun was no better. Both got into trouble constantly. Neither of their parents paid much attention to them so they acted out." Det. Himbry said.
"Most teenagers act out, what's your point?" Det. Harris asked annoyed.
"The kids around school said that Shaun and Matt were bullies and didn't care who they messed with. They were the outcast of the five victims. Now Stanley Owens and Nicholas Braissey's deaths I can't figure out the motive." Det. Himbry said.
"Let's not forget the so called slut of the school, Denise Hammond. According her classmates, she was pretty loose if you know what I mean?" Det. Hicks adds.
"That doesn't explain the killings." Det. Harris said sarcastically. "That just reiterates what we already know."
"Well what do we know that is relevant to the murders?" Sar. Wallace asks.
"Outside of five teenagers murdered, we know that the Loomis family especially Sidney Prescott Loomis are targets."
"So the question then becomes, what do Sidney and the victims have in common that would bore a killer?" Det. Himbry asked.
"Maybe it's her sons. William and Scott Loomis." Det. Harris said.
"What do you mean?" Sarg. Wallace asked.
"Well the killings are linked through their children. Maybe Scott or William did something to piss the killer off and the killer is murdering those closest to the Loomis brothers." Det. Harris explains.
"No. That doesn't make sense." Det. Himbry said. Det. Harris frowns. "I don't think so. If that theory is true then Sidney and her husband wouldn't be targets."
"Whatever." Det. Harris said turning his back to his partner. They all picked up on it. Det. Himbry sighs. Sarg. Wallace stared at him a moment.
"There's one thing we're forgetting." Det. Hicks adds.
"What's that?" Sarg. Wallace asks.
"The fact that Jill Roberts was attacked in the library of the college she attends." Det. Hicks said. "If she wasn't a target why go after her?"
"Well according to her ghost face was sending a message to Sidney." Det. Harris said.
"Then why not send that message himself?" Det. Himbry asked.
"That's right. I remember six years ago, Sidney informed me that she got a call from the killer before she and her aunt were attacked. You're right, there's more going on than we know." Det. Hicks said.
"Then let's focus on the killer for a moment." Sarg. Wallace said thinking as he begins to pace. All three detectives watch him a moment. "What do we know about ghost face?" He asked.
"A killer in a mask who kills without an ounce of remorse." Det. Hicks.
"He calls and torments his victims before they're killed." Det. Himbry adds.
"There's always more than one killer." Det. Hicks adds. Det. Harris watches realizing he doesn't know much about what took place in Woodsboro twenty years ago. He didn't even read Gale Weather's book. Nor did he read Sidney's book. He was absolutely clueless.
"When the killer is revealed, it always someone the survivors knew or came into contact with. Killers get off on that kind of shit." Det. Himbry says.
"Anything you wanna add Det. Harris?" Sarg. Wallace asks.
"I'm not familiar with the Woodsboro murders. I don't know." Det. Harris said turns away from them.
"Ok. So we know that five teens were murdered by ghost face whose identity we have yet to figure out. We also know that ghost doesn't operate alone. There's always at least two killers." Sarg. Wallace said.
"One does the calling the other does the killing." Det. Himbry adds.
"I don't understand the concept having two killers. Why would one of them call while the other does the killing?" Det. Harris asks.
"They're obviously working together. One loves the commit the crime while the other keeps his hands clean. It's quite methodical." Det. Hicks says.
"It's fucking psychotic is what it is." Det. Harris says. They chuckle at his comment. "How does someone like that get around?" He asked. Sarg. Wallace thought back to his partner Detective Kincaid. Kincaid was a good cop who was sociopath. He hid this very well.
"Sarg. wasn't your former partner Kincaid one of the killers ten years back?" Det. Hicks asked. Sarg. Wallce hasn't thought about him in eight years. After the events of the Los Angeles murders, Sarg. Wallace spent two years trying to clean up Kincaid's mess. He informed Kincaid's mother on what happened. He felt bad for the poor woman. She had lost her husband and her son in this mess. He had to explain to the governor what happened. Last but not least he had to clean out Kincaid's desk. All the files he had on Sidney Prescott and anything relating to Woodsboro was kept but he got rid of most his belonging. He did find a phone. Sarg. Wallace stared at the phone and realized that some of the calls had come from the precinct. Kincaid was calling some of the victims while his partner/brother would commit the crimes. All three detectives watched him. They knew he had been close to Kincaid. It must've bothered him to see his partner dead and know he was responsible for committing the murders. "Uh Sarg. you still there?" Det. Hicks asked. Sarg. Wallace snapped back from his flashback.
"Yeah, he was. Kincaid was a sociopath. He got himself accepted into the academy then played the role of a cop for many years. That is until he met Roman and realized they were brothers. Roman meanwhile had his issues with Maureen Prescott and the start of the murder spree was born. Killers are sociopaths by nature. They love to blend in to hide their identity. They usually can get close to their potential victims before actually committing the crime." Sarg. Wallace said.
"So the killer is probably someone the victims knew." Det. Hicks said. "Also the victims knew the suspects including the students at the high school."
"Then that would mean that there will be more deaths to come." Det. Himbry said.
"What we need is a motive." Det. Harris said.
"No, what we need is to found out who had the most contact with the victims." Sarg. Wallace said.
"Well we know who had contact with the victims. Stan and Nicholas were friends with Hilary Marshall, Corey Casten, Angela Burke, and Conner Wilson. Norma was Nicholas' twin sister." Det. Himbry told them.
"They were also friends with the Loomis brothers." Det. Hicks adds.
"Ok so we're looking at potential victims." Sarg. Wallace said.
"What if the killer isn't a student but a faculty member?" Det. Harris asked.
"Why would a faculty member want to kill a student?" Sarg. Wallace asked.
"Maybe the killer has a grudge against the Loomis family and wants to take it out on the children. Since they can't get to William and Scott, they'd take out their friends to isolate them before revealing themselves." Det. Harris answers.
"That's what happened with Sidney." Det. Hicks said. "But it doesn't make sense. The first two times Sidney and Billy went through this, the killer turned out to be students. Randy and Stu were high school students, Derek Feldman was a college student. After that it didn't make sense for it to be a student because Sidney and Billy were grown."
"Well, six years ago, Trevor was one of the killers and was a high school student." Det. Himbry said. He was working with Ross. Ross was one of the deputies under Commissioner Riley who was the Sheriff back then."
"You were a deputy weren't you Detective Hicks?" Det. Harris asked.
"Yes." Det. Hicks answers.
"You knew the killer but did nothing to stop him." Det. Harris said to her.
"We didn't suspect Ross at the time." Det. Hicks told him.
"Then how can we be sure that the killer, I'm sorry ghost face is working with a partner?" Det. Harris asked.
"What are you suggesting Detective?" Sarg. Wallace asked.
"May be the killer is patterning the murders after ghost face committing the crimes by himself." Det. Harris told them.
"Like a copycat?" Det. Himbry asked.
"Yes." Det. Himbry answered.
"Copycat killers are sloppy by nature. If that were the case, the killer would've left all kinds of evidence. The fact that we're still talking about this without actual evidence only tells me that we're dealing with the real individual." Det. Himbry told him.
"Wait a minute. We're talking about a killer who has been turned into some entity and given a title. Ghost face is a mire human being under that mask prey on individuals. This person is a sick human being but a human being none the less. The real killer did his or her homework on ghost face. Each time the survivors went through this it was always a different person. The first time it was Randy Meeks and Stu Macher. The second time it happened it was Derek Feldmen and his a woman name Debbie Salt who turned out to be Mrs. Meeks. The third time it happened it was Roman Bridger, Angelina Tyler and Mark Kincaid. Six years ago it was Ross Hoss and Trevor Sheldon. See my point? Same mask different faces behind the mask. The question is what sick fuck is behind the mask this time?" Sarg. Wallace asked them. All three detectives stood there thinking, contemplating who could be doing this. From everything they know about this case amongst the information is the killer's identity. They just need to go through the information again. "This is the question we need to answer if we are to stop this fucker." He said to them. What the sarg. said gave Det. Hicks an idea.
"I have an idea." Det. Hicks said. "You coming?" She askd.
"Sure." Det. Himbry said. "Hey you wanna come Dave?"
"No, you two go, I'll stay here." Det. Harris said with his back to his partner.
"Ok." Det. Himbry said feeling bad for him. He and Det. Hicks leaves the homicide unit.
"Is everything ok?" Sarg. Wallace asks.
"Peachy." Det. Harris responds
Dewey had been sitting in his office at the Riley home. He couldn't get the conversation he had with his father out of his head. What shocked him the most was what he revealed about him and Sidney. Sam revealed that he not Neil Prescott fathered Sidney making he and Sidney siblings. What would Tatum have thought if she was still alive? She probably wouldn't have cared. That's how close they were. How does he tell Sidney this? He shook his head. He didn't know how he was going to tell her.
Gale had been searching the house for her husband. She finally found him in his office. His back was turned from the door. The door was open. She sees him sitting there. She wondered what he was thinking about. She decided to go check on him. Maybe pick his brain.
"There you are. I've been looking for you." Gale said to him. Dewey turned his chair around to see his wife standing at the door.
"Hey." Dewey said to her putting on a fake smile for his wife. Gale saw right that. "What's going on?" He asks her.
"I was going to ask you the same thing." Gale told him.
"I was just sitting here thinking." Dewey told her.
"Thinking about the case huh?" Gale asked. Dewey nods. "The kid who died was Nicholas Braisey."
"Oh my god. Our boys know him." Gale said worried.
"I know. He and Stanley Owens went to school with our boys and was friends with Scott and William." Dewey told her.
"Dewey what are going to do?" Gale said.
"We have to solve this case before it's too late." Dewey said to her. Gale nods.
"How do we do that?" Gale asks.
"The evidence is there but there's something I'm overlooking." Dewey told her.
"Well if there's anything I can do let me know." Gale said to him.
"I will." Dewey said. He smiles getting up from his chair and going over to his wife. He pulls Gale into him as the two kiss. Suddenly both smelled a rather heavenly order. Like someone was cooking. "What is that smell?" He asked.
"It smells like pancakes, eggs, and bacon." Gale said.
"Are you cooking?" Dewey asked her. Gale didn't cook that often.
"No. It's probably Scott." Gale answers.
"Scott? What's he doing here?" Dewey asked.
"Well he says he's here to visit but I suspect Sidney has something to do with his sudden visit." Gale said.
"Let's go find out." Dewey said as they both left his office. They made their way to the kitchen and found Scott with an apron on. His back was to them as he was putting the finishing touches on breakfast. Tommy and Gabe are with him. "Scottie." He said to him.
"Hey uncle Dew what's up?" Scott asked him fixing six plates of food.
"Nothing much. Was wondering what you were doing here?" Dewey asked.
"Dad he made breakfast." Gabe said.
"Yeah uncle Dewey isn't it cool?" Tommy asked.
"Yeah I guess." Dewey said sitting down at the table with Gale. Scott caught the confused look on Dewey's face and felt bad.
"Morning everyone." Rita said walking into the kitchen.
"Morning." Everyone said to her.
"Morning Rita." Scott said to her smiling.
"Oh god what you are you still doing here?" Rita asked.
"I made breakfast. Hungry?" He asked. She rolled her eyes.
"Whatever." Rita said moving towards the table.
Scott put everyone's plate of food onto the table in front of them, then sat down so he could eat his food. Everyone began to dig into their food. Tommy and Gabe were racing to see who could finish their food first. Rita was getting annoyed and grossed out at the same time. Watching her cousins eat and Scott's presence was getting to her.
"The food is good." Dewey told him.
"Yeah. Who taught you to cook?" Gale asked.
"My dad." Scott said. "This is pretty much the only thing he could cook and so he taught me the only thing he could." Scott said earning a chuckle from the others except for Rita. "You enjoying the food Rita?"
"So nephew, why did you spend the night?" Dewey asks. Gale stared at him catching what he called Scott. He has never called Scott nephew. He didn't even call William that. Sure he treated them like family but they weren't actually family. Something was up. If only she knew.
"Its like I said last night, I came by to visit." Scott said. Rita sucked her teeth.
"Sidney must've gotten pissed at him and like a baby he took off." Rita said as Scott looked away. "When are you going to get it through your head? You aren't welcomed here." Rita said to him. Scott feels hurt by her words. He put his fork down and got up from the table.
"Thanks for letting me stay the night guys. I should go." Scott said then walking towards the door.
"Wait! Scott." Gabe said running after him.
"Why did you say that?" Tommy yelled. Rita doesn't respond. "Scott wait!" He said running after him.
Both Gale and Dewey stared at Rita as she had two heads. They were shocked at her candor.
"What?" Rita asks.
"Scott wait!" Gabe called to him. Scott stopped at his car. "You don't have to go."
"Yeah I do. See ya." Scott said getting into his car and drove off. Tommy sees Scott's car spin out of the drive way.
"Where's he going?" Tommy asks.
"I don't know." Gabe said as both walked back into the house.
Sidney had woken up before Billy had. She went into the bathroom to splash water on her face. She had been worried about her son Scott. She kept replaying what she said to him in her head. What's even worst was the look on his face when she said. She went into his room to check on him and found that he wasn't there. He hadn't come home last night. She ran back into the room panicking.
"BILLY! BILLY!" Sidney called to him.
"What?" Billy said waking up. "What's wrong?" He asks.
"Scott didn't come home last night." Sidney said. Billy jumps up and both sprint to his room.
William sees this and wonders what's going on.
"Hey what's all the commotion." William asked.
"Your brother didn't come home last night. We're going to go look for him." Billy said.
"Oh yeah. Don't worry about that." William said. Both Billy and Sidney turned to him wondering what he met by that. "He's fine."
"What do you mean?" Sidney asked.
"Where is he?" Billy asked.
"He texted me last night saying he was at Uncle and Gale and Dewey's house." William said. "It took me texting him seven times but he finally responded so you don't have to worry."
"Thank god." Sidney said sighing. She was glad that Scott had chose to go someplace he was familiar with. "On that note, I'll go start breakfast." She said heading towards the kitchen.
"I'm going back to bed. Wake me when breakfast is ready." William said sleepily as he headed back into his room. Billy followed Sidney downstairs.
"So what's your idea?" Det. Himbry asked Det. Hicks as he drove.
"Well Sarg. gave me an idea about ghost face." Det. Hicks said.
"Explain." Det. Himbry told her.
"He said we were treating ghost face as an entity. There was always another person under the mask." Det. Hicks said.
"Well we need to find the person under the mask." Det. Himbry said.
"Yeah but how do we discover the killer's identity is the question." Det. Hicks said.
"We don't know who's behind the mask." Det. Himbry said clueless.
"I know that. Ghost face also has a partner. We have to figure out who why these particular teens were killed." Det. Hicks said. Det. Himbry nods following her lead. "If this new killer is following ghost face's pattern and looks like he is, then eliminating these teens brings the killer closer to the intended targets."
"We know that Sidney Prescott is the target." Det. Himbry said.
"Then we should focus on her. We need to talk to her and found out if there's anything she remembers about her childhood or her past that will help in the investigation." Det. Hicks said.
"Well according to what took place back in LA, Sidney didn't know anything about her mother. In fact she didn't even know her mother was an actress." Det. Himbry said to her.
"Right but her mother kept that from her and husband Neil because she was raped." Det. Hicks said.
"Ok so what makes you think Sidney can give us anymore information about her mother?" Det. Himbry asks.
"I don't know but something has to give." Det. Hicks said. "There's just got to be something we're overlooking. She said shaking her head. Her gut instinct was telling her that there was more going on than they know. The question is what is it?