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Chapter Two: Suspition
"What!" the others gasped. "Laurie, she was out on Point Place, she was killed by a mountain lion thing!" Maribeth rambled. "Laurie?" Eric gawked. "Wait, how do you know Laurie?" Donna asked. "…long story…" Maribeth replied. "Mom's gonna be crushed." Eric said. "By what, honey?" Kitty asked. "Um, mom, uh…" Eric began. "Laurie is…uh…" "Oh, hold on, sweetie! The news is on." Kitty flipped on the TV to channel 13 news.
"Point Place citizen, Laurie Forman, was massacred last night by what looks like a mountain lion by the wounds." An announcer said. Kitty's eyes were wide and she gasped. "RED!" she screamed. Red rushed downstairs. "What is it, Kitty?" he asked.
"L-L-Laure is…" Kitty lost her voice for a minute. "…dead…" she finished. "What the hell?" Red gawked. "Everyone in the town of Point Place is advised to stay in their homes from after six o' clock pm. We don't want any more deaths. That's all for News 13 at 5. See you tomorrow." The announcer stated. Red hugged Kitty tight. "It's okay honey." He whispered.
"Red, I want to go! I want to go somewhere until this blows over!" Kitty cried. "Okay, you and I will go to Kenosha for a while," Red said. He looked at Eric. "Eric, stay here and watch over the place." Eric nodded. "Let's go pack up, honey." Red suggested. The two went upstairs to pack their supplies.
Eric squinted at Maribeth. "You were there, why didn't you tell someone?" he asked. "I-I was so, so scared!" Maribeth stammered. "But you-" "Eric, leave her alone, okay?" Hyde remarked. "Yes, it is not her fault Laurie was killed." Fez said. "Bu she could have helped Laurie!" Eric yelled. "Eric, you're being a jerk." Donna said. "This is crap!" Eric stormed upstairs.
Maribeth frowned. "I hope…I hope I'm not any trouble." She sighed. "You're not." Hyde said. "He's just pissed off cause we aren't babying him." "Eric will get over it." Fez agreed. "Yeah, he always does." Kelso said. Then he frowned. "There went the best whore in Wisconsin." "KELSO!" everyone yelled.
Two hours later, Eric was sitting in the kitchen, eating dinner with his family. "When are you leaving?" Eric asked. "Tomorrow at noon." Red replied. "It's so weird, having an empty chair." Kitty murmered. "I can't wait until we get to Kenosha." Red said. "Why?" Kitty asked. "Because we'll be away together, not thinking about much." Red stated. "Oh." Kitty raised her eyebrows.
"There's something weird about Maribeth." Eric said. "I think she looks like a nice girl." Kitty smiled. "I don't know, she didn't know Laurie, and yet she told us about it." Eric frowned. "It must be a small world." Red said with a sarcastic tone. "Red, I'm serious! I had a dream that she killed me and Donna." Eric replied. "Dreams are just dreams, dumbass." Red stated.
"But the girl looked like her and sounded like her!" Eric insisted. "Oh, Eric, you're dreaming things. Hahaha!" Kitty laughed. "Mom, seriously"
"Shut up, dumbass!" Red demanded. "Fine! Don't believe me, damn it!" Eric got up and walked off.
At six thirty, Jackie and Hyde were out on a date. They'd lost track of time and didn't realize it was past the city's cerfew. "So, Steven, why do you think Eric is so mad?" Jackie asked. "I don't know. He never acts like this." Hyde replied.
"I hope he's not sick," Jackie cringed. "Then I'll get whatever he's got." "Ha ha, I don't think he's sick." Hyde laughed.
Then, they heard a rustling sound in the nearby brush. "What was that?" Jackie asked. "I don't know. Probably just a cat." Hyde said. "What if it's that thing that killed Laurie?" Jackie asked.
"It's not, Jackie, geez!" Hyde assured. He went near the bush. "Steven, don't!" Jackie begged. "It'll be fine!" Hyde said, becoming annoyed. He put a hand on the bush.
As soon as he did, Jackie shut her eyes. Hyde rummaged through the thick weeds and leaves. Only to find nothing. "See, Jackie," he began. The frightened girl opened her eyes. "nothing."
Just then, something pounced next to Hyde from a tree. "AAH!" Hyde gasped. The beast was the same thing that murdered Laurie. It's eyes looked familiar to Hyde. An icey blue. Like Maribeth's.
It leapt at Hyde and pinned him to the ground. "STEVEN!" Jackie screamed. "Jackie, GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" Hyde ordered. "But, Steven-" "NOW!" Jackie turned and ran blindly.
The being slammed a paw onto Hyde's chest. Then the paw turned into a hand. "What the hell?" Hyde gaped. The animal turned into a human slowly. Hyde could just barely see who it was. "Maribeth!" he gasped. Maribeth smiled. "Yes, Steven, it's me." She said.
Then, suddenly, she morphed back into her creature form and tore Hyde's chest apart. Hyde was screaming in pain the whole time. Maribeth pulled a paw back and, with all of her force, rammed it into Hyde's stomach.
Hyde coughed up blood and started to choke on it. Maribeth then took her paw back and whipped it across his face. Because of her unbelievable power, it caused Hyde's head to dislocate from his neck. Smirking, Maribeth stood above her prey.
"That was too easy. I could've killed him as a human." She muttered. Then, she strutted away with pride.
Meanwhile, Jackie was running as fast as her skinny legs would carry her. She ran out of breath, but continued to run in pure fear. Finally, her body couldn't take it anymore and she collapsed.
Luckilly, she was near her house. She forced herself to get up and run more. But right when she reached her door, the creature she feared was blocking the way. Jackie screamed again and ran in the oppisite direction. Knowing the girl was weak, Maribeth decided to give her a ten second head start.
But the ten seconds ran out too quickly for Jackie's sake, for she was already slowing down. Not by choice, but because her legs felt like jello.
Maribeth caught her soon though. She pounced on Jackie and pinned her. She used her massive jaws and bit into the young girl's back, ripping her flesh and gnawing her spine. Jackie screamed and cried shrilly. Then, Maribeth broke Jackie's narrow spine in two. She died instantly. Maribeth morphed again and rubbed her sore ears.
"God, that was annoying," she said. "I probably did a favor, by shutting that bitch up." Maribeth looked at Jackie's body. "I should hide this." She assumed. Then she pulled Jackie's carcass into the shadows.