Chapter 7

Ron and Kim walked out into the dark where it was now late at night. It had stopped raining, as Ron noticed when he arrived at the door of the office without being soaked. He opened the door and walked into the small building, followed by Kim.

The door closed shut behind them, as they walked into the room. The noise of the door shutting caused Ryan to raise his head. He looked over at the two people and said "Yes, can I help you?"

Ron walked over to the man.

"Look, what I'm about to tell you may, well, you may find unbelievable, but I have to tell you".

There was silence.

"What do you have to tell me?"

"Well, I have reason to believe that."

Kim turned away from the two talking men and walked over to the window, condensation on it where the interior of the building was much warmer then the outside. She began to look out of the window, when suddenly something blocked her view. Looking at the object, she saw that it was a man in a black outfit. She then saw an arm raise. An arm which held a gun in the hand. Kim backed away, her voice silent as she could make no words come.

But instead of shooting, the other hand rose up, and it held a piece of paper, which said, 'See you lot and Ryan later'. Then the figure was gone.

"So you're telling me I'm supposed to die tonight?" said Ryan.

"Yes, I am".

"Damn".

"So you believe me?"

"Yeah I believe you, why would you tell me something that crazy to try and convince me, you'd tell something more believable if it were just a lie. And that newspaper convinced me".

Kim walked over to Ron. She had a troubled look on her face.

"Kim?"

"I just saw the killer".

Ron pulled out the gun.

"Whoa, when you said I was going to die, you weren't doing it as a screwed up, we warned you thing before killing me where you?" said Ryan.

"No, it's just the killer is somewhere near here" said Ron.

Ryan looked out of the windows nervously.

"Ron, he said he'll see us later".

"Hey, what does that mean?" asked Ryan, his voice breaking a little.

"I think it means that he has moved over to the next person on the list" said Ron.

Kim grabbed the newspaper clipping, and pointing to the third name on the list, asked Ryan "Do you know this person?"

Ryan looked at the writing.

"Yeah I know him".

Kim picked up the phone.

"Do you know his number?"

"Yeah I do".

"Ring him up, we need to warn him".

Ryan nodded in acknowledgement and picked up the phone dialing a number. Ron asked for the phone, and Ryan handed it over to him. Ron heard the ringing noise, and then heard the phone at the other end be picked up.

"Hello" said Ron.

"Ronald Stoppable" said a distorted voice, "You wish to try and warn the owner of the house I'm standing in. Unfortunately you are too late, I have just slit his throat and the blood is everywhere. I wouldn't recommend coming here; the scene may make you feel sick. And don't waste your time helping the others I plan to kill, you should be more worried about protecting the three people you might have a chance of saving. Goodbye Ronald, I'll be seeing you later".

The person hung up the phone.

"What was it Ron?" asked Kim.

"The person's dead, I spoke with the killer".

"Who was it?"

"I don't know, the voice was all distorted, all I know is he told me that it was pointless to try and help the others, and that soon he'd be coming back here".

Kim looked at Ron.

"So, we don't help the other two?"

"I don't think we can" said Ron, walking over to the door that he came in by.

"Where are you going Ron?"

"I'm going to get Bonnie, we all need to be here so that he or she or whatever can't just pick us off one by one".

"Be careful".

"I will. Now you two stay here and be careful as well" said Ron reaching up to the handle of the door.

Ron then pulled down on the handle and opened the door walking out into the cold air, closing the door behind him.

He walked along the pathway of the motel, along the main building that was made up of the rooms that the visitors stayed in. He walked along counting off the numbers until he reached Bonnie's room. He knocked on the door. It opened and there stood Bonnie.

"What is it; I'm trying to get some sleep".

"Bonnie, we need you to come and join us in the office".

"Why?"

"We just need you to come down to the office".

"I'm not going anywhere till you tell me what's going on".

"Look, just come down to the office with me".

"I'm not going unless you tell me."

"Fine, if you don't come with me, you will more then likely die a horrible death when a killer kills you and six other people. Is that good enough?"

"Yeah" said Bonnie dumfounded.

"Good. Now come with me".

"Er, sure".

Bonnie pulled on her coat and stepped out onto the path where Ron was standing, and locked the door after closing it. Ron signaled for her to follow him and both of them began to walk down the path towards the office pausing by the door as Ron opened it, walking inside.

Kim looked over at Ron and Bonnie as they entered the office.

"Hey, good to see you are ok Bonnie".

"I would ask why you said that, but I already know that I supposedly die tonight".

Ron locked the door behind him. Ron then walked over to Ryan, who was sitting down at his desk. Ryan looked up at Ron as he walked over.

"Are the rest of the doors locked?"

"No, not yet".

"Then can you go and lock the doors".

"Maybe later".

"No, now".

"Hey man, I'm having a difficult time adjusting to the fact that I may die tonight, and I want to know why the hell I am supposed to take orders from an eighteen year old".

"I not eight- can you just lock the doors, PLEASE?"

Ryan looked around at the two teenagers sitting in the corner and thinking of the situation that he was in stood up and pulled out the keys.

"Ok, I'll lock the doors as there is a killer out there somewhere, but please, don't give me anymore orders".

Ryan walked over to the door that Ron, Bonnie and Kim had come in when they first arrived at the motel, and as the door Ron had just come in was locked, Ryan went inside the room behind his desk to lock the other door.

Before Ryan left, Ron called out "Is there a second storey on top of this building?"

"No, and the room you are in, and the room I'm in are the only rooms in this part of the motel. All you have to worry about now are the windows" replied Ryan.

Ryan then disappeared into the room, door closing behind him. Ron walked over to check the windows, making sure they where all locked, so that the killer would have to smash through, rather then being able to sneak in, just in case they all went in the other room.

Satisfied he then returned to where Kim and Bonnie where sitting.

"So what now?" asked Bonnie.

"I guess we just wait now, wait until the killer comes".

"Then what?" came Bonnie's reply.

"Well, i." Ron's voice trailed off.

"Then we beat him" said Kim.

"Yeah, then we beat him" said Ron, checking the gun.

Kim looked down at the piece of paper.

"Well Ron, now there are four people left, me, Bonnie, Ryan and some person called Martyn".

"Here's hoping Martyn decided to leave the village for a while" said Ron.

BANG.

"What the hell was that" said Ron.

BANG BANG.

"You don't think someone's trying to get in do you?" said Bonnie.

"No" said Kim standing up, "Someone's knocking on the door, and by the sounds of it are desperate to get in".

Ron, who had been crouching on the floor stood up and, handing the gun to Kim said "Stay here, I going to go and see who it is".

Ron walked over to the door. Taking a deep breath he unlocked the door, and put his hand on the handle.