A/N: Bravo! Bravo! Lots of kudos to AscaDuin, that makes me all mega-happy. Lucky guess or you got the motive. Either way, GOOD JOB! I liked you're guesses too Sdny, they follow cheesy teen slasher rules. Keep the guesses' coming, I love it.

You Called it, More Brutality...

"Emma! Peter!" Manny called out to them again, when they hadn't responded to her call on instant.

"Any reason you people are out here?" Alex asked Manny, her arms still around Paige.

"Someone killed Spinner." Manny told them, she was worried about Emma. She had thought the two of them were right by her, they had agreed to stay close while they searched near the lake.

"What?" Paige didn't believe it. It had to be some kind of mistake, or joke.

"Spinner is dead, you didn't hear anything over here?" Manny asked nervously, what if Emma and Peter had been killed too? She knew she was being irrational, but she knew Jay was still out there on the loose. He still had a knife. He still had a gun. Craig hadn't believed her, but she knew it was him.

"Hear Spinner die?" Paige was demanding answers now, this was her ex-boyfriend they were talking about, not some neighbors cat, "What happened Manny, you aren't making any sense."

"Emma? Peter?" Manny yelled again, "Spinner is pinned to a tree by Jay's car, what else is there to tell you? Jay probably killed Spinner, and he's still out there lurking about. We're suppose to re-group in the parking lot after we find you."

"Jay wouldn't kill Spinner." Alex said defiantly, "There has to be a misunderstanding or something. I mean, sure Jay is an asshole and a complete dirt bag, but he's not a killer."

"Sorry" Peter walked into the small clearing, catching his breath, "I must have gotten lost after Emma and I stopped. Thanks for calling me, I probably never would have happened back onto you girls."

"What do you mean? Why did you stop? Where is she?" Manny was beginning to panic. She had a really eerie feeling, like the killing was far from over.

"It's okay, Manny. She was having a panic attack, so we stopped for a minute." He explained, "I told her to go back to Dylan and Marco, where there aren't so many trees. The branches keep snagging on my pant legs too, scares the hell out of me every time. I don't like it out here. Can we circle back now?"

"There's a killer out there moron!" Manny smacked him, "Let's get back to the lot before anything else happens. I can't believe you Peter!" She marched off into the woods, forcefully pushing branches out of her way. Alex helped Paige along, following after Manny. Peter took up the end of the line, giving Manny's back a dirty look until he couldn't see her any more.

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"I forgot something." Hazel said suddenly, "We have to go back."

"We aren't going back. Just forget about whatever it was." Liberty said in response, "It's not worth loosing your life over."

Hazel halted in her place. Liberty and J.T. didn't even notice and continued on. Toby stopped just a little ahead of her and gestured with his head for her to follow.

"No. It's important." She said, "I have to go back."

"Then I'll go with you." Toby said bravely, even though he didn't feel brave at all. She smiled her thanks at him, perhaps one of the first real smiles he had ever gotten from her. They hurried back to the camp site. The fire hadn't been put out before they all left, and now some sparks were burning in the dry grass near the fire pit. It wasn't starting a forest fire or anything, but he could see how leaving a fire unattended could do so. Back where the tents were set up Hazel dived into her tent and came out with a fine gold necklace. Toby remembered seeing it on more than one occasion. She noticed the look he was giving her.

"My great grandmother gave it to me. It's all I have left of her." Hazel said reverently, "I couldn't just leave it."

"I understand," Toby nodded, "But let's get out of here. I don't want to run into..."

"Run into...?" Hazel looked in the direction that Toby was gawking. Someone was putting out the sparks that Toby had noticed burning. They couldn't tell who it was, the guy was wearing wearing a way over sized black hoodie, and the hood was up. He had seen enough horror movies to know that wasn't a coincidence. Hazel gave him an inquisitive look, she didn't think the hooded figure looked so scary.

"Let's try to sneak around..." He whispered to her.

They only went a couple steps before a twig snapped and the killer looked their direction. He started toward them, and Toby pulled Hazel into a run. He had her hand, and they were at a dead sprint heading for the tree line. It was only a few steps away, they were almost there. He stumbled loosing Hazels hand as she tumbled to the ground behind him. He looked back, the hooded figure was already closing in on him. Hazel was laid out on the ground, a huge hunting knife sticking out of her back. It must have been thrown. She was still alive, but there was no way she could get away now. He had to get into the wooded area, or the killer would have him too. He bolted. He ran as fast and hard as he could, tree branches broke as he barreled through them. He didn't dare look back, he knew the killer was right on his heels.

The killer stepped on Hazel's back and forcefully pulled the knife out of her with a twist. Hazel tried to cry for help, she couldn't breath. Only a nasty gurgulling sound ensued, as the blood rushed into her throat and spurted out of her mouth. Her lungs filled rapidly, and she drowned in her own blood. The necklace she came back for was thrown off to the side. It was a gift she had risked her life for, now not worth very much of anything to anyone.

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Manny jogged up to the car that had crushed Spinner. Paige and Alex were right on her heels. She turned slowly and stared into the darkness in every direction. She didn't see Marco and Dylan. She didn't see Emma. There wasn't a sound, not even the bugs were chirping anymore. All the cars were still where they had left them. Paige fainted when she saw Spinner, but Alex caught her. Alex lowered herself and Paige to the ground. She held Paige close while she stared openly at Spinner's corpse.

"It wasn't a joke." She said her voice actually registering emotion, "Where is everybody else?"

"They're all suppose to be here." Manny felt like pouting, like crying, like screaming at god that this wasn't fair. She didn't know what to do. Marco and Dylan should have been here. Everyone should have been back by now.

Ellie walked up to them, but didn't say anything.

"Where's your group?" Manny asked.

"Where's you group?" Ellie echoed, she didn't like the tone Manny had used. It wasn't like Manny had her group with her either.

"Peter?" Manny only just noticed he was missing again. At least Paige and Alex knew how to keep up. This was just too much to handle.

"Took off toward Camp" Alex gestured back the way they had come.

"So Jay is just running around out there?" Manny used the tone again. Ellie kept a straight face. Craig was still out there too, and looking for Jay at that. Just thinking about Craig seemed to bring him around. He came jogging up to the small group, and wiped the sweat off of his forehead once got there.

"Why didn't you stay where I left you Elle?" He asked once he caught his breath, "I couldn't find him, I think he took off toward the main road though."

"Are you talking about Jay?" Manny demanded, a little crueler than she had meant to, "Craig... if anyone else dies, it'll be all your fault."

"Hey, I didn't kill anyone." Craig said instinctively, as he grabbed Manny from behind and hugged her, He knew how she was feeling. He was feeling pretty lowsey himself, "I'm sure everyone, minus maybe Jay, will show up here soon."

"Sorry I left. You were gone a long time." Ellie apologized quietly.

J.T. and Liberty walked up. J.T. looked really concerned and stressed out.

"Toby is gone and Hazel's dead." He informed them sadly, he was on the edge of tears. Liberty looked like she was trying to figure out the solution to a puzzle. "We were headed back here and we lost them. When we went back for them... we found her."

Manny turned her head up toward Craig and gave him an 'I told you so' look. Peter came up shortly behind them. He was putting his video camera in a pocket, in his other hand he had a girl's shirt. He looked spooked too.

"Where's Emma?" He asked as soon as he walked into the camp. He frowned at them when they all just stared at him like he had committed a crime or something. He ignored the looks and started searching the area for his girlfriend. He knew she was here, somewhere.

"Well, I guess we're all stars in someone's cheesy horror movie now." Alex joked, trying to lighten the mood. It was her way of dealing with stress.

"That isn't funny." Paige said groggily as she came to, "Everyone dies in horror movies."

"Almost everyone dies in horror movies. Don't worry babe, you fit the profile of the hero." Alex told her, "I'm sure, if anyone, you'll make it out of these woods alive."

Peter found Emma hugging her knees and leaning against J.T.'s car on the far side. He sat down next to her, but she didn't say anything. She was staring into the darkness like a zombie. He handed her the shirt he had brought for her.

"We're going to get out of here, everything is going to be alright." Peter told her, "Hazel's dead."

"Everyone is going to die out here." She whispered in response. She was pale, she looked like she had seen death himself. She had seen another body, he just knew it. Peter stood up and looked over the car at the group he had just left. He noticed that the hatch to the back of the van was open, so he pointed it out to the others.

"Have any of you been near the van?" He called out to them.

"What? Why?" Craig called back. He led the group over to the van. Peter didn't go over there, he already knew what was inside. He didn't need to see it.

The smell got to the group before they actually saw the inside of the van. Sprayed across the ground was vomit. Craig plugged his nose, as did everyone else who was following him. He was prepared, but nothing could prepare him for what he was about to see.

The van's interior was a dark red. There were lumps of flesh where Marco and Dylan had been laying down. Other than knowing that it had been them, there was no way to recognize them now. Their faces were mutilated, and whole chunks of their skulls were missing. There was grey matter splattered on the newly red interior, showing up as a running pink fluid. There were areas where jagged white bones stuck out of yellow tendon, an ragged torn muscle tissues, glistening in the moonlight. Flies were already swarming to their feast.

Craig couldn't hold down his gag reflex, his dinner flew all over the ground too. Only Ellie and Alex had been able to not puke when they peeked around the corner.

"Arsty" Ellie said flatly.

"Dylan!" Paige cried after she was able to stop puking. She sobbed and cried, no one would be able to comfort her in a time of loss like this. That mound of beaten up flesh was her brother.

"We have to get out of here." Alex said seriously. Her humor was dead, this was too sick of a situation to laugh at, Paige had been right about that. "Now."

Everyone agreed, it was time to leave. They piled into J.T.'s car. The car wouldn't start. Every time J.T. turned the key it made a click, click, click noise, but the engine wouldn't go. They tried it on Jay's car too. Same problem. Even the van had been disabled.

"We're just going to have to walk." Liberty told them, "It's not that far, and if we cut north we should come out right by the entrance."

"How do you know that?" Manny asked her.

"I pay attention to that sort of thing." Liberty said cockily.

And so they gathered a few belongings and cut into the north woods. After about an hours walk they found a reasonably large shed. The lock was rusted, and Craig was able to kick it off easily enough. Inside they found tools of all sorts. There was even what looked to be a harpoon gun on the wall.

Alex pulled the harpoon gun off the wall and said "Now that's what I'm talking about. Just try to fuck with me now, any of ya."

"That won't work as a weapon." Liberty told her, "To be able to aim correctly with that would be near impossible."

"Yeah? Wanna bet?" Alex took it outside and aimed it in between two trees out in the darkness. The group watched her shoot it. The spear flew through the trees she was aiming at, and right into a deer. It's scream is how they knew it was there. They all ran over, the creature was laying on it's side convulsing. J.T. took it's horns in his hands and broke it's neck.

"Quite I shot I must say." He told Alex, "Was that crazy luck or what? We could have a lot of really good deer meat."

"Yeah..." Alex pulled the harpoon out of the deer, she wondered if she'd ever even be hungry again. "If we didn't have bigger issues on our hands."

"Much bigger issues." Liberty agreed, "I think everyone should arm themselves, just in case he comes back."

"He has a gun." Manny reminded them.

"You want the harpoon gun?" Alex offered, "I think I'll just stick with a shovel. Liberty was right, it doesn't shoot right at all"

"What are you talking about? You slaughtered that deer" Craig said, "If no one else wants it, I totally have dibs on that thing."

So they grabbed tools, Craig got the harpoon gun.

"There's gasoline, and a spare tire here." Liberty said, "That means there was a vehicle of some kind around here. It could still be here."

"Then let's go find it and get the hell out of here." Craig said enthusiastically.

"If we split up-" Liberty started.

"No more splitting up. Every time we do, someone dies." Emma said defiantly.

"Well, if we actually stay with our partners we should be fine." She said, "Toby and Hazel would have been fine if they hadn't gone back without us."

"Or we would be dead too." J.T. pointed out.

"There are nine of us." Liberty ignored J.T.'s point, "If we split off into three groups of two, and one group of three, and we don't loose our partners... if someone were to die, we'd know we have a killer on our hands. See what I'm saying?"

"We know we have a killer on our hands Liberty!" Manny yelled at her, "He's out there lurking, waiting to kill more of us too!"

"If Jay is the killer." Liberty sighed, "Which, I don't think he is. I think it's one of you."

"That makes two of us." Alex agreed with her, "I'll stick with Paige, I trust her. What's your plan?"

"I don't want to go out there." Emma interrupted again, angry about their stupid plan, "I don't want to die."

"Emma, suck it up." Alex snapped.

"Pairings, Alex and Paige, Craig and Manny, Emma and Peter, and J.T. and I will take Ellie with us. We'll meet back here in ten minutes sharp. If we don't find a vehicle or anything else useful we'll continue North. If anyone turns up dead, we'll know who killed them." Liberty told them all. J.T., Liberty and Ellie all left together. Alex held Paige's hand and carried her shovel ready to swing if anything came at them. Craig and Manny followed Paige and Alex out.

"I'm not going." Emma told Peter sternly.

"It's okay, we can stay here." He told her. A few minutes passed by with him fiddling with his camera. The shed door opened and Jay stuck his head in.

"It's him!" Emma said, surprised. Peter grabbed a wood chopping axe. Jay ducked back out of the door, Peter pursued him. Jay punched Peter in the face as soon as he stepped foot out side of the door, Jay grabbed the axe and the two of them started wrestling over who would get the weapon. Peter head butted Jay and rolled away without the axe. Both men stood up to face each other. Jay tossed the Axe off into the woods. They would fight without weapons. They were circling around trees, and going further and further into the woods.

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