***I don't own the Halloween series or any of the characters except the
original ones I created.
Chapter 14: Trick Or Treat
Dan looked back in terror as Michael stumbled off the ledge, still holding onto
Dan's ankle. The wire rope snapped and Dan and the Shape fell downwards. The wire
swung down and across the yard. Dan screamed as he was hurled into the tree. He nearly
let go of the rope but managed to maintain his grip. Michael looked up at the boy and
began squeezing his ankle harder. Dan felt the bones in his ankle growing tight, ready to
break. He took his free leg and started kicking Michael's hand away. He stomped down
on the Shape's fingers until they let go.
Michael plummeted down and hit the ground hard. He did not move. Dan caught
his breath and looked up, he could see Jesse and Stephen peeking over the edge of the
tree house. He shouted up to them, "I'm okay!" Jesse gave a sigh of relief. Dan started
climbing down to the ground and fell with a gentle thud. He sat there exhausted and
relieved. He nursed his sore ankle and waited for Jesse and Stephen to come down.
His back was turned and he did not notice when Michael silently sat up and
turned his head to look at the boy. Dan took a deep breath and started to get up, he bit his
lip to negate the pain in his leg. Michael quietly rose at the same time. Dan started to
stumble over to the tree, Michael slowly started lumbering towards him. Dan looked up
to Jesse and Stephen and noticed they were both frozen, paralyzed with fear. Dan felt the
hair on his neck stand on edge and listened. He heard past the wind blowing and the
leaves brushing along the ground, he heard the footsteps.
Dan quickly jumped to the ground and crawled around to the other side of the
tree. Jesse shouted at him, "The rifle! Get the rifle!" Dan peered from behind the tree and
saw Michael looking up at Jesse and Stephen. He ran past Michael and limped across the
yard as fast as he could. Michael didn't stop Dan, instead he knelt down and picked up
his knife. Dan ran over to the back porch and found Officer Starks' body. The bloody
flashlight and rifle were nearby. Dan picked up the rifle and ran up to Michael. He stood
about ten feet away from the Shape.
"Michael." Dan called, and Michael slowly turned around. He breathed heavily,
almost like he was daring Dan to pull the trigger. Dan felt weak in the knees as he stared
at those black eyes. "Shoot him!" Jesse screamed from the tree above. Dan didn't think
twice, he pulled the trigger. A loud shot rang from the Doyle's back yard. All over the
neighborhood, porch lights cam on. Dan pulled the trigger again and shot Michael a
second time, knocking him back. He shot him a third time and Michael was blown back
against the tree. His arms flailed from the shockwave. Dan shot him two more times and
Michael fell to the ground in a pool of blood.
Michael stared upwards, his blank white face looking into Stephen's soul.
Stephen looked over to the edge from up in the tree house while Jesse ran to the edge to
see if Dan was ok. She peered over the wooden ledge and Saw Dan wall to the ground.
He sat down and dropped the rifle, breathing heavily. Jesse called to him, "Dan? Are you
ok?" Dan waved a hand at her signaling he was fine. She gave a sigh of relief.
Michael's body was motionless after being filled with three rounds. Blood was
slowly leaking into the moist dirt under him. It started to rain again. Water began falling
from the sky as if the heavens were weeping. Stephen continued to stare at Myers,
transfixed. He got dangerously close to the edge of the tree house base. Jesse didn't
notice until it was too late. She turned and saw Stephen standing at the edge, "Stephen get
back!" Stephen broke from his trans and lurched forward. He slipped on the wood now
sleek from the rain and fell over the ledge. Jesse screamed and reached for him but she
wasn't quick enough. Stephen plummeted out of the tree and hit the ground below not ten
feet away from Myers' body.
Dan hollered up to Jesse, "He fell!" He jumped up and limped over to Stephen, he
didn't even blink as he stepped over Myers. "Stephen! Wake up bro..." Stephen's eyes
were closed and Dan placed a hand next to Stephen's face. E brushed his hand into
Stephen's hair and pulled back in horror...blood. Jesse had raced down the rope ladder
and was at Dan's side in an instant, "Is he ok? Oh god!" Dan looked at the blood, "His
head..." Jesse started crying, "Jesus, he's not breathing. Dan he's not breathing!" Dan
started pushing on his chest and performing CPR just as they heard sirens in the distance.
Suddenly a large white light came from above, blinding Dan and Jesse.
They looked up with hands over their faces and saw a helicopter overhead. It's
searchlight was on them as it landed in the backyard. Two ambulances arrived on the
scene with Sheriff Grayson close behind. He got out of his squad car and race into the
house, past Merrick. He saw Diane's body and got on his radio, "Where the hell are
Thom and Kara! Myers has been at the house!" Grayson saw the kitchen and the bloody
mess in it and ran through the empty doorframe. He shouted to the policemen and
paramedics in the front yard, "In the back yard!" He ran up to Dan and Jesse and saw
Michael's body. He saw Dan performing CPR on Stephen and noticed the boy's face had
turned blue. "Get a medic over here now!"
Two paramedics raced to the scene and pushed Dan and Jesse back. Dan was
yelling at them, "He cant breath! I need to do something!" Jesse was praying to herself.
The first medic got a needle out, "We need to open his windpipe" he stuck the needle into
Stephen's throat and put an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose, "We need to get him
to the hospital, now." The two paramedics picked the little boy up and a third medic
raced to their side with a stretcher. They loaded the boy up and headed to the ambulance.
Sheriff Grayson saw two cars pulling up to the side of the road, "Thom, bout
time." Thom saw the commotion at the house and quickly got out. He raced past the first
ambulance parked on the road. He saw a few men in suits get out of the helicopter and
then saw him..."Wynn." Terrence Wynn got off the helicopter and was running to the
paramedics surrounding Myers, "I want him taken alive." Thom ran to the house as Kara
got out of the car, "What the hell is going on?" She saw Stephen being rolled out on a
stretcher and screamed, "Oh god, Stephen!" She ran up to the paramedics and was
yelling, "What happened, is he ok?" They looked to her and one said, "He needs to get to
the hospital, we need to move. Just let us do our jobs ma'am."
Kara was frantic as Thom ran up to the Sheriff, "Mark! What happened?" He saw
Wynn walking with the second group of medics who had loaded Michael onto a stretcher.
Thom screamed at Wynn, "You!" Wynn looked up in surprise and smiled smugly. Thom
ran over to the older man and punched him in the jaw. Wynn fell back and Sheriff
Grayson raced to pull Thom back, "Not now man, you got bigger things to worry about."
Thom looked at Dan and Jesse who had come out from the back yard. They both had
tears in their eyes. Thom looked down to Wynn, "If anything happens to my son, I swear
to god I'll kill you." Dr. Wynn slowly got up and a black suited man came to his aid.
Wynn brushed him off and smoothly said, "You're a little late Mr. Doyle. It seems 'your'
boy is already in critical care. Why don't you go attend to your family and let me attend
to mine." Thom glared at the man but backed off. He walked over to Kara who was
trying to plead with the paramedics, "They wont let me go along."
All the while John and Lindsay had been watching the chaos quietly. They had
arrived at the same time as Thom and Kara but didn't know exactly what to do. Lindsay
saw Wynn and glared, "That bastard, this is all his doing." The helicopter was in the back
yard and a group of men in dark suits came out. They ran over to John and asked, "Are
you John Tate?" John looked at them confused, "yes, but what do you-" The first man in
black cut him off, "You need to come with us. We need to get you out of here for your
protection." John backed up and looked at Lindsay, Lindsay looked at the men confused,
"Why?" John stood tall and said, "I think I'm needed here, I'm staying." A second man
in black grabbed John by the arm and the first grabbed him by his other arm, "You're
coming with us." John struggled, "Hey! Get the fuck off me!" They dragged him across
the yard and into the back yard where the helicopter was waiting.
Dr. Wynn had walked away from the commotion out front and watched as John
was practically thrown into the helicopter. Wynn smiled and was about to get on when
Lindsay ran up to him. "Dr. Wynn don't you dare turn your back on me." Terrence
stopped and turned around. Lindsay stood glaring at him. Dr. Wynn smiled, "What can I
do for you Dr. Wallace?" Lindsay folded her arms, "You know damn well what. I want
an explanation. What the hell is going on!" Wynn looked at the stairs leading to the
helicopter, John was fighting and trying to get off but the men were holding him back.
Lindsay shouted at Wynn, "Terrence! What are you doing!" Wynn looked at her calmly
and said, "It's for his protection." Lindsay was getting angry, "Don't give me that bullshit
Terrence, you went over my head." Wynn changed his expression and sternly spoke from
pursed lips, "I'm not going to argue with you. I am your senior and you are told what you
need to know and nothing more. I am taking over this investigation Dr. Wallace."
Lindsay was shocked, "You cant do that! I' I've been heading this operation for over-"
Wynn cut her off, "The council has made their decision. I am intervening. You've
already caused the death of one person supposedly under our protection! I have to make
sure John Tate is properly looked after now." Wynn turned around and got on the
helicopter leaving Lindsay contemplating what the hell just happened.
The helicopter took off just as Thom ran up to Lindsay, "Where are they going,
and where's John?" Lindsay pointed upwards and Thom watched as the helicopter left.
He turned to Lindsay with surprise, "Where are they taking him!" Lindsay stuck her
hands in her pockets, Smith's Grove." Thom ran off back to the front yard. Lindsay
walked out front behind him and saw all the activity. She saw Myers in the ambulance,
Stephen was being loaded into the ambulance at the same time as Myers. Sheriff Grayson
was speaking with the ambulance drivers in charge of Myers' journey, "I want you guys
on top alert. If anything happens..." The drivers complied.
Lindsay walked up to the ambulance where Stephen was being cared to, "I'm a
doctor, I'm coming along." She flashed them her badge and they let her step on. Kara ran
to Lindsay, "Watch him for me. Please don't let anything more happen to him." Lindsay
nodded, "I will. He'll be safe with me. I promise. They got in and the drivers closed the
back doors. The other ambulance also loaded up and pulled onto the road, its' sirens on
full blast. The two ambulances drove down the street as neighbors now awake, watched
from the sidewalks.
Thom watched his son leave in the ambulance and then found the Sheriff, "Mark,
we need to get to Smith's Grove. I know that's where Wynn is going with John." Mark
nodded, "Ok, but first we have to clear the crime scene in your house." The two walked
into the house where bodies where Starks' body was being zipped up in a black body bag.
A third ambulance had arrived on the scene for the sole purpose of taking the bodies to
the Morgue. Mark walked up the stairs and turned back to Thom, "You don't have to be
here. We can get a statement form you later." Thom shook his head, "No, I need to know
what happened." Mark patted Thom's shoulder. They reached the top of the stairs and
Thom whispered to himself, "Jesus Christ..."
Two cops were standing at the end of the hall looking up at Diane Hopkins' body.
They were contemplating how to get her down from the ceiling. Thom closed his eyes
and turned away, "Diane..." Mark led Thom past the body and looked at the other two
cops, "Get a ladder up here." Thom regained his composure and quietly said, "I uh, I
better tell Kara before someone else does." He went back downstairs leaving Mark to
look back up at the ceiling were Diane was pinned, "Son of a bitch..."
Thom reached the ground floor and saw Kara outside. He walked out the front
door and found her with Dan. He looked at Dan and noticed his foot, "Are you ok?" Dan
shrugged, "Been better..." Kara wrapped an arm around her first son and looked at
Thom, "We needs some antiseptic for his cut." Dan looked at her, "Really, I'm ok. It's
not that bad." Jesse had been giving her statement to a cop and walked over to Dan and
his parents, "Dan...I'm so sorry." He hugged her tightly as they worried about Stephen.
Thom looked at the three of them and grew serious, "We've lost them both. Stephen is
headed to the hospital and John is with Wynn." Dan looked surprised, "What! He went
with him?" Thom ran his hands through his hair, "Not exactly, they sort of took him. I
think they're going to Smith's Grove so Mark and I are going to drive out there." Kara
jumped in, "I'm going with you." Thom shook his head, "No, you cant. You have to stay
here with Dan and Jess. You'll be safe here, Myers is gone and the place is loaded with
cops."
Dan broke from his mother's embrace, "Myers is in the ambulance!
Stephen's alone with him!" Kara calmed him down, "He's not alone. Lindsay went with
him and they're in a separate ambulance than Michael." She turned her worried gaze to
her husband, "It's not going to be enough though is it..." Thom looked around. The
ambulances had left, the helicopter had taken off, they were on their own. "I don't
know." Was all Thom could say as he looked at the cops surrounding his home.
John was thrown into a seat by one of the three men in black suits. He shouted at
them, "What the hell do you think you're doing! They need me down there." A voice
came from nearby, "They'll be fine Mr. Tate. It's you who needs protection, we're here
to help you." John turned and saw an older man with white hair sitting in a nearby seat.
He held an evidence bag in his hands. Terrence looked at John, the younger man had no
idea how important he was to the cult's plans. Wynn smiled as he opened the evidence
bag in his lap. He pulled out a large blood stained butcher's knife, "They wont be needing
this anymore." John gasped, "You stole it." Wynn looked down at the knife and ran his
thumb across the blade, "I'm just taking back what belongs to us."
John glared at the man, "You. It's you, you've been responsible for all of my
uncle's crimes." Wynn nodded his eyes full of madness and pride, "Michael is my
greatest achievement. He is the perfect killing machine...ruthless, relentless," "evil."
John bluntly stated. Wynn blinked, "Maybe, yes but it's in his blood, just like it's in
yours." John tried to stand up but the helicopter made a sharp turn and he fell back into
his seat. The three suits were standing in the background, two behind Wynn and one
behind John. The young man spat at Wynn's feet, "You can't control him forever. Sooner
or later he'll turn on you." Wynn frowned, "Yes, that was an inevitable result of the
blood rituals, Myers will only last so long, but his spirit, evil's spirit will last forever. It's
tried before. A simple touch is really all it needs. Evil runs through your family John.
Your sister Jamie stabbing her step-mother, your own mother beheading an innocent
paramedic. They've all spilled innocent blood, just like Myers. We just need to find a
new vessel to continue the blood rituals." John's eyes widened, "Stephen..."
Stephen was in critical condition. The ambulance sped down the wet road as rain
poured over it. Lindsay was on the scene with the medics as they tried to revive the
unconscious boy. "His heart stopped!" Lindsay yelled as the medics continued CPR.
They had opened his windpipe and inserted a tube to pump oxygen into his lungs. He was
on a heart monitor, which had just gone dead. Lindsay yelled for the boy to wake up,
"Don't do this to me Stephen, don't you dare die!" The boy had gone deathly pale and his
face was rapidly turning bluer. The heart monitor was a steady line, Stephen's heart had
stopped beating.
~TBC
Chapter 14: Trick Or Treat
Dan looked back in terror as Michael stumbled off the ledge, still holding onto
Dan's ankle. The wire rope snapped and Dan and the Shape fell downwards. The wire
swung down and across the yard. Dan screamed as he was hurled into the tree. He nearly
let go of the rope but managed to maintain his grip. Michael looked up at the boy and
began squeezing his ankle harder. Dan felt the bones in his ankle growing tight, ready to
break. He took his free leg and started kicking Michael's hand away. He stomped down
on the Shape's fingers until they let go.
Michael plummeted down and hit the ground hard. He did not move. Dan caught
his breath and looked up, he could see Jesse and Stephen peeking over the edge of the
tree house. He shouted up to them, "I'm okay!" Jesse gave a sigh of relief. Dan started
climbing down to the ground and fell with a gentle thud. He sat there exhausted and
relieved. He nursed his sore ankle and waited for Jesse and Stephen to come down.
His back was turned and he did not notice when Michael silently sat up and
turned his head to look at the boy. Dan took a deep breath and started to get up, he bit his
lip to negate the pain in his leg. Michael quietly rose at the same time. Dan started to
stumble over to the tree, Michael slowly started lumbering towards him. Dan looked up
to Jesse and Stephen and noticed they were both frozen, paralyzed with fear. Dan felt the
hair on his neck stand on edge and listened. He heard past the wind blowing and the
leaves brushing along the ground, he heard the footsteps.
Dan quickly jumped to the ground and crawled around to the other side of the
tree. Jesse shouted at him, "The rifle! Get the rifle!" Dan peered from behind the tree and
saw Michael looking up at Jesse and Stephen. He ran past Michael and limped across the
yard as fast as he could. Michael didn't stop Dan, instead he knelt down and picked up
his knife. Dan ran over to the back porch and found Officer Starks' body. The bloody
flashlight and rifle were nearby. Dan picked up the rifle and ran up to Michael. He stood
about ten feet away from the Shape.
"Michael." Dan called, and Michael slowly turned around. He breathed heavily,
almost like he was daring Dan to pull the trigger. Dan felt weak in the knees as he stared
at those black eyes. "Shoot him!" Jesse screamed from the tree above. Dan didn't think
twice, he pulled the trigger. A loud shot rang from the Doyle's back yard. All over the
neighborhood, porch lights cam on. Dan pulled the trigger again and shot Michael a
second time, knocking him back. He shot him a third time and Michael was blown back
against the tree. His arms flailed from the shockwave. Dan shot him two more times and
Michael fell to the ground in a pool of blood.
Michael stared upwards, his blank white face looking into Stephen's soul.
Stephen looked over to the edge from up in the tree house while Jesse ran to the edge to
see if Dan was ok. She peered over the wooden ledge and Saw Dan wall to the ground.
He sat down and dropped the rifle, breathing heavily. Jesse called to him, "Dan? Are you
ok?" Dan waved a hand at her signaling he was fine. She gave a sigh of relief.
Michael's body was motionless after being filled with three rounds. Blood was
slowly leaking into the moist dirt under him. It started to rain again. Water began falling
from the sky as if the heavens were weeping. Stephen continued to stare at Myers,
transfixed. He got dangerously close to the edge of the tree house base. Jesse didn't
notice until it was too late. She turned and saw Stephen standing at the edge, "Stephen get
back!" Stephen broke from his trans and lurched forward. He slipped on the wood now
sleek from the rain and fell over the ledge. Jesse screamed and reached for him but she
wasn't quick enough. Stephen plummeted out of the tree and hit the ground below not ten
feet away from Myers' body.
Dan hollered up to Jesse, "He fell!" He jumped up and limped over to Stephen, he
didn't even blink as he stepped over Myers. "Stephen! Wake up bro..." Stephen's eyes
were closed and Dan placed a hand next to Stephen's face. E brushed his hand into
Stephen's hair and pulled back in horror...blood. Jesse had raced down the rope ladder
and was at Dan's side in an instant, "Is he ok? Oh god!" Dan looked at the blood, "His
head..." Jesse started crying, "Jesus, he's not breathing. Dan he's not breathing!" Dan
started pushing on his chest and performing CPR just as they heard sirens in the distance.
Suddenly a large white light came from above, blinding Dan and Jesse.
They looked up with hands over their faces and saw a helicopter overhead. It's
searchlight was on them as it landed in the backyard. Two ambulances arrived on the
scene with Sheriff Grayson close behind. He got out of his squad car and race into the
house, past Merrick. He saw Diane's body and got on his radio, "Where the hell are
Thom and Kara! Myers has been at the house!" Grayson saw the kitchen and the bloody
mess in it and ran through the empty doorframe. He shouted to the policemen and
paramedics in the front yard, "In the back yard!" He ran up to Dan and Jesse and saw
Michael's body. He saw Dan performing CPR on Stephen and noticed the boy's face had
turned blue. "Get a medic over here now!"
Two paramedics raced to the scene and pushed Dan and Jesse back. Dan was
yelling at them, "He cant breath! I need to do something!" Jesse was praying to herself.
The first medic got a needle out, "We need to open his windpipe" he stuck the needle into
Stephen's throat and put an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose, "We need to get him
to the hospital, now." The two paramedics picked the little boy up and a third medic
raced to their side with a stretcher. They loaded the boy up and headed to the ambulance.
Sheriff Grayson saw two cars pulling up to the side of the road, "Thom, bout
time." Thom saw the commotion at the house and quickly got out. He raced past the first
ambulance parked on the road. He saw a few men in suits get out of the helicopter and
then saw him..."Wynn." Terrence Wynn got off the helicopter and was running to the
paramedics surrounding Myers, "I want him taken alive." Thom ran to the house as Kara
got out of the car, "What the hell is going on?" She saw Stephen being rolled out on a
stretcher and screamed, "Oh god, Stephen!" She ran up to the paramedics and was
yelling, "What happened, is he ok?" They looked to her and one said, "He needs to get to
the hospital, we need to move. Just let us do our jobs ma'am."
Kara was frantic as Thom ran up to the Sheriff, "Mark! What happened?" He saw
Wynn walking with the second group of medics who had loaded Michael onto a stretcher.
Thom screamed at Wynn, "You!" Wynn looked up in surprise and smiled smugly. Thom
ran over to the older man and punched him in the jaw. Wynn fell back and Sheriff
Grayson raced to pull Thom back, "Not now man, you got bigger things to worry about."
Thom looked at Dan and Jesse who had come out from the back yard. They both had
tears in their eyes. Thom looked down to Wynn, "If anything happens to my son, I swear
to god I'll kill you." Dr. Wynn slowly got up and a black suited man came to his aid.
Wynn brushed him off and smoothly said, "You're a little late Mr. Doyle. It seems 'your'
boy is already in critical care. Why don't you go attend to your family and let me attend
to mine." Thom glared at the man but backed off. He walked over to Kara who was
trying to plead with the paramedics, "They wont let me go along."
All the while John and Lindsay had been watching the chaos quietly. They had
arrived at the same time as Thom and Kara but didn't know exactly what to do. Lindsay
saw Wynn and glared, "That bastard, this is all his doing." The helicopter was in the back
yard and a group of men in dark suits came out. They ran over to John and asked, "Are
you John Tate?" John looked at them confused, "yes, but what do you-" The first man in
black cut him off, "You need to come with us. We need to get you out of here for your
protection." John backed up and looked at Lindsay, Lindsay looked at the men confused,
"Why?" John stood tall and said, "I think I'm needed here, I'm staying." A second man
in black grabbed John by the arm and the first grabbed him by his other arm, "You're
coming with us." John struggled, "Hey! Get the fuck off me!" They dragged him across
the yard and into the back yard where the helicopter was waiting.
Dr. Wynn had walked away from the commotion out front and watched as John
was practically thrown into the helicopter. Wynn smiled and was about to get on when
Lindsay ran up to him. "Dr. Wynn don't you dare turn your back on me." Terrence
stopped and turned around. Lindsay stood glaring at him. Dr. Wynn smiled, "What can I
do for you Dr. Wallace?" Lindsay folded her arms, "You know damn well what. I want
an explanation. What the hell is going on!" Wynn looked at the stairs leading to the
helicopter, John was fighting and trying to get off but the men were holding him back.
Lindsay shouted at Wynn, "Terrence! What are you doing!" Wynn looked at her calmly
and said, "It's for his protection." Lindsay was getting angry, "Don't give me that bullshit
Terrence, you went over my head." Wynn changed his expression and sternly spoke from
pursed lips, "I'm not going to argue with you. I am your senior and you are told what you
need to know and nothing more. I am taking over this investigation Dr. Wallace."
Lindsay was shocked, "You cant do that! I' I've been heading this operation for over-"
Wynn cut her off, "The council has made their decision. I am intervening. You've
already caused the death of one person supposedly under our protection! I have to make
sure John Tate is properly looked after now." Wynn turned around and got on the
helicopter leaving Lindsay contemplating what the hell just happened.
The helicopter took off just as Thom ran up to Lindsay, "Where are they going,
and where's John?" Lindsay pointed upwards and Thom watched as the helicopter left.
He turned to Lindsay with surprise, "Where are they taking him!" Lindsay stuck her
hands in her pockets, Smith's Grove." Thom ran off back to the front yard. Lindsay
walked out front behind him and saw all the activity. She saw Myers in the ambulance,
Stephen was being loaded into the ambulance at the same time as Myers. Sheriff Grayson
was speaking with the ambulance drivers in charge of Myers' journey, "I want you guys
on top alert. If anything happens..." The drivers complied.
Lindsay walked up to the ambulance where Stephen was being cared to, "I'm a
doctor, I'm coming along." She flashed them her badge and they let her step on. Kara ran
to Lindsay, "Watch him for me. Please don't let anything more happen to him." Lindsay
nodded, "I will. He'll be safe with me. I promise. They got in and the drivers closed the
back doors. The other ambulance also loaded up and pulled onto the road, its' sirens on
full blast. The two ambulances drove down the street as neighbors now awake, watched
from the sidewalks.
Thom watched his son leave in the ambulance and then found the Sheriff, "Mark,
we need to get to Smith's Grove. I know that's where Wynn is going with John." Mark
nodded, "Ok, but first we have to clear the crime scene in your house." The two walked
into the house where bodies where Starks' body was being zipped up in a black body bag.
A third ambulance had arrived on the scene for the sole purpose of taking the bodies to
the Morgue. Mark walked up the stairs and turned back to Thom, "You don't have to be
here. We can get a statement form you later." Thom shook his head, "No, I need to know
what happened." Mark patted Thom's shoulder. They reached the top of the stairs and
Thom whispered to himself, "Jesus Christ..."
Two cops were standing at the end of the hall looking up at Diane Hopkins' body.
They were contemplating how to get her down from the ceiling. Thom closed his eyes
and turned away, "Diane..." Mark led Thom past the body and looked at the other two
cops, "Get a ladder up here." Thom regained his composure and quietly said, "I uh, I
better tell Kara before someone else does." He went back downstairs leaving Mark to
look back up at the ceiling were Diane was pinned, "Son of a bitch..."
Thom reached the ground floor and saw Kara outside. He walked out the front
door and found her with Dan. He looked at Dan and noticed his foot, "Are you ok?" Dan
shrugged, "Been better..." Kara wrapped an arm around her first son and looked at
Thom, "We needs some antiseptic for his cut." Dan looked at her, "Really, I'm ok. It's
not that bad." Jesse had been giving her statement to a cop and walked over to Dan and
his parents, "Dan...I'm so sorry." He hugged her tightly as they worried about Stephen.
Thom looked at the three of them and grew serious, "We've lost them both. Stephen is
headed to the hospital and John is with Wynn." Dan looked surprised, "What! He went
with him?" Thom ran his hands through his hair, "Not exactly, they sort of took him. I
think they're going to Smith's Grove so Mark and I are going to drive out there." Kara
jumped in, "I'm going with you." Thom shook his head, "No, you cant. You have to stay
here with Dan and Jess. You'll be safe here, Myers is gone and the place is loaded with
cops."
Dan broke from his mother's embrace, "Myers is in the ambulance!
Stephen's alone with him!" Kara calmed him down, "He's not alone. Lindsay went with
him and they're in a separate ambulance than Michael." She turned her worried gaze to
her husband, "It's not going to be enough though is it..." Thom looked around. The
ambulances had left, the helicopter had taken off, they were on their own. "I don't
know." Was all Thom could say as he looked at the cops surrounding his home.
John was thrown into a seat by one of the three men in black suits. He shouted at
them, "What the hell do you think you're doing! They need me down there." A voice
came from nearby, "They'll be fine Mr. Tate. It's you who needs protection, we're here
to help you." John turned and saw an older man with white hair sitting in a nearby seat.
He held an evidence bag in his hands. Terrence looked at John, the younger man had no
idea how important he was to the cult's plans. Wynn smiled as he opened the evidence
bag in his lap. He pulled out a large blood stained butcher's knife, "They wont be needing
this anymore." John gasped, "You stole it." Wynn looked down at the knife and ran his
thumb across the blade, "I'm just taking back what belongs to us."
John glared at the man, "You. It's you, you've been responsible for all of my
uncle's crimes." Wynn nodded his eyes full of madness and pride, "Michael is my
greatest achievement. He is the perfect killing machine...ruthless, relentless," "evil."
John bluntly stated. Wynn blinked, "Maybe, yes but it's in his blood, just like it's in
yours." John tried to stand up but the helicopter made a sharp turn and he fell back into
his seat. The three suits were standing in the background, two behind Wynn and one
behind John. The young man spat at Wynn's feet, "You can't control him forever. Sooner
or later he'll turn on you." Wynn frowned, "Yes, that was an inevitable result of the
blood rituals, Myers will only last so long, but his spirit, evil's spirit will last forever. It's
tried before. A simple touch is really all it needs. Evil runs through your family John.
Your sister Jamie stabbing her step-mother, your own mother beheading an innocent
paramedic. They've all spilled innocent blood, just like Myers. We just need to find a
new vessel to continue the blood rituals." John's eyes widened, "Stephen..."
Stephen was in critical condition. The ambulance sped down the wet road as rain
poured over it. Lindsay was on the scene with the medics as they tried to revive the
unconscious boy. "His heart stopped!" Lindsay yelled as the medics continued CPR.
They had opened his windpipe and inserted a tube to pump oxygen into his lungs. He was
on a heart monitor, which had just gone dead. Lindsay yelled for the boy to wake up,
"Don't do this to me Stephen, don't you dare die!" The boy had gone deathly pale and his
face was rapidly turning bluer. The heart monitor was a steady line, Stephen's heart had
stopped beating.
~TBC