Chapter 4

"What?! Mr. Timothy?!" asked Taylor.

"Something's fishy here. It can't be him. It won't be that easy. The killer is smart. He puts the blame on innocent people so the police won't discover him." said Callie.

"I totally agree with you. Mr. Timothy won't hurt anyone." said Jude.

But Connor wasn't so convinced.

"Maybe it is him." he said.

"Sure, why not. And if no one else dies, then we'll know you were right. But until then, we have a killer to find." said Callie, leaving.

Callie went to the kitchen. She opened the fridge and took some milk. She looked at the clock. 19:30. She sighed. She put the milk on the counter and took a glass from one of the cabinets.

Just then, a shadow from outside the house ran to the door. Callie noticed it. Then...

A GLASS BROKE.

Callie jumped. She looked down, seeing the glass shattered to pieces. She let out a deep sigh, trying to calm down. She kneeled to take away all the sherds.

Suddenly, she heard a noise coming from outside.

"Hello?" she asked.

Nobody answered.

Callie threw the sherds to the bin and went to a window near the door. She looked and saw...

NOBODY.

How was that possible? She could've sworn she had seen someone. Maybe it was her mind playing tricks with her. She went to take another glass, when she heard that strange noise again. WTF was going on?!

"Who's there?"

Nothing.

Callie started panicking. Just then, she heard a woman screaming coming from upstairs. Within a second, almost tripping, Callie raced there. It was coming from Mariana's room. She ran there.

Just as she opened the door, she saw Mariana watching TV. On the TV screen, Callie saw a horror movie. Scream. The original one. It was the scene where Ghostface broke the window and Casey grabbed him. But then she realised it was just a promo.

"I can't believe they're planning to put Scream this night after everything that has happened." said Mariana, changing the channel.

She noticed Callie's look of dread.

"Callie, is everything ok?"

"Someone's stalking us."

Mariana's eyes widened.

They both ran downstairs.

"Where's mom? I didn't see her anywhere." asked Mariana.

"I don't know."

Just then...

A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. They both startled. Mariana went to it. She unlocked it.

Just as she was about to touch the doorknob, Callie grabbed her hand.

"No! Don't do it!"

"Why?"

"It may be the killer."

"I think you're just paranoic Callie, calm down. They got the guy, didn't you hear? I can't believe Mr. Timothy is capable of crime."

"Maybe he really isn't. Maybe he is framed."

"They found evidence in his trunk. That's what mom said."

"I still don't believe it. I have a feeling that the killer is still out there, waiting for his next target. I can't lose you too!"

But this didn't stop Mariana from trying to open the door. Callie was still stopping her.

Then, Jude, Taylor and Connor went downstairs, heading to the door. Jude said:

"Connor and Taylor must go home. What's going on?"

Callie responded:

"Nobody. Goes. Anywhere."

"Why?"

Someone knocked on the door again, this time much more insistently and violently.

"What's happening?!" asked Taylor, starting to freak out.

"Nothing. Callie is just paranoic. Now let me open the door." said Mariana, pulling the doorknob, Callie holding her.

"NO! DON'T DO IT! GOD KNOWS WHO IT IS!"

"Callie, relax! Ok? It may be mom!"

"How are we so sure? I asked who is there and nobody answered! Stop pulling it, you may..."

Mariana succeded to open the door, revealing GHOSTFACE STAYING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR, KNIFE RAISED. They all screamed.

Callie and Mariana shut the door, hitting him in the face. Callie locked the door. Ghostface started randomly sticking the knife through the door. Taylor started crying:

"I don't wanna die!"

"Come on, let's go upstairs!" said Callie, holding Jude's and Mariana's hand.

Connor and Taylor followed her.

"WHERE THE HELL IS MOM?!" shouted Mariana.

Callie ran to her room. She locked themselves in.

"What are we going to do now?!" said Taylor, hyperventilating.

Jude hugged her, trying to remain calm.

"Wait." answered Callie.

"WAIT?! ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS?! THERE'S A KILLER RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE AND THE ONLY THING WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WAIT?!" erupted Mariana.

"Yes! We are going to wait! He'll soon give up and leave!" answered Callie, holding herself from crying of fear.

"I should've never set foot here, today. God, what was in my mind?!" said Taylor, angry.

"I'm calling mom right now!" said Callie, taking out from her pocket her cell phone.

"Why don't you just call the cops?!" asked Taylor.

"Taylor, mom is a police officer." said Jude.

"Yeah, right." remembered Taylor.

Callie dialed. The voicemail answered instantly.

"She's not answering!"

"What?! No! No! It can't be true!" exclaimed Taylor, dropping to her knees, palms on face.

Jude and Connor went to console her. Then Callie dialed Lena. The voicemail.

"Fuck, no!"

"Where did she go? I thought she was supposed to stay with us tonight!" said Mariana.

"I-I don't know!" answered Callie.

"What if she is in danger?!"

"I don't wanna think about that now, Mariana!"

Mariana continued:

"I can't believe that..."

Callie interrupted her:

"Sssh! Silence! I can hear some foot steps." she whispered.

Taylor's eyes widened. She started breathing heavily. Connor snuggled Jude. Callie whispered to Taylor:

"Stop breathing like that, he may hear us!"

Taylor nodded, tears on her cheeks.

Just after that...

PURE SILENCE. DEAD SILENCE.

Nobody was moving or saying anything. They were barely breathing. The shock was so big that they couldn't do anything but stay, paralized.

Just as Callie moved her head...

A KNIFE STICKED THROUGH THE DOOR.

Everyone screamed.

"I don't want this to happen!" cried Taylor.

They all tried to hold the door shut, as Ghostface was close to opening it. Ghostface kept sticking the knife. It almost touched Taylor and then Mariana, but they both quickly dodged.

"We need to keep the door shut until moms arrive!" exclaimed Callie.

"Until moms arrive?! Are you crazy?!" asked Mariana, almost losing control of the door.

"I don't think I can hold it anymore..." said Jude, starting to sweat from the effort.

Jude gave up, almost dropping. Connor gave up too, going to Jude to help him get up from the floor. Just then...

GHOSTFACE ENTERED THE ROOM, ALMOST BREAKING THE DOOR.

Just one moment, and Ghostface grabbed Taylor from behind. She screamed.

"NOOOOO!" shouted Jude.

They all ran to him, punching him. Kicking him.

"YOU PSYCHOTIC BASTARD! LET TAYLOR GO!"

And with that said, Jude tackled Ghostface to the floor, choking him. Ghostface touched Jude's throat with the knife. He gasped.

"JUDE!" they all shouted.

Callie ran to Ghostface, holding his knife, while the others were trying to get Jude off him. They could've done it. But then the killer turned his attention to Callie.

Just as he was about to strike with the knife, Jude kicked him. He fell on the floor. Everyone raced downstairs, without looking back.

"The front door!" shouted Callie, pointing with the finger.

They ran to open it. It didn't work.

"It's locked!" exclaimed Connor.

"What are we going to do now?!" panicked Taylor.

"The killer! The keys were taken by the killer! He locked us inside!" said Callie, thinking of a way to leave the house.

Just then...

Ghostface went downstairs.

Mariana screamed, covering her mouth with a palm.

"RUN!" exclaimed Jude, throwing things at the killer to distract him from going after the others.

While they were running, Callie noticed something. An opened window.

"There!" she said.

Just as they were about to climb:

"Where's Jude? Oh noooooo..."

Jude was bravely fighting Ghostface with anything he found in the house. A plant. A book. A glass. Anything. All the things were touching Ghostface and then falling to the floor, his body being as an armour against Jude's attacks.

"JUDE! OVER HERE!" exclaimed Mariana.

Jude looked at them. Then back at Ghostface. Then back at them. The time was too little. He didn't know what to do next.

Just as Jude was about to go to them...

GHOSTFACE GRABBED HIS THROAT FROM BEHIND, MOVING HIS BLADE SLOWLY AT JUDE'S THROAT.

But Jude managed to escape from his arms and, with the speed of light, he rushed to the window, Ghostface going after him.

"Jude! Faster! Come over here!" exclaimed Callie.

He reached them, Callie taking his hand and all climbing on the window. They jumped on the grass and quickly closed the window, just as Ghostface was about to strike with the knife.

They were running around the garden, when...

THEY BUMPED INTO LENA.

Mariana, Taylor and Callie screamed.

"Hey, kids, what's going on?" asked Lena, worried.

"The killer's in the house!" said Jude with massive fear.

"What?!"

"WHERE WERE YOU?!" shouted desperately Callie.

"I went shopping to relieve the stress! I told Brandon to tell you that! Where is he?!"

"I DON'T KNOW!" exclaimed Callie.

"LET'S CALL MOM!" said Jude.

Lena nodded, set the shopping bags down and dialed her.

"C'mon, Stef. Answer..."

"Hello?"

"Stef, honey!"

"What's wrong?"

"The killer's in the house!"

"Oh my god... WHERE ARE THE KIDS?!"

"They're safe. They are with me. Did Brandon tell you where he is?"

"No, he didn't! I'm coming home right now!"

Stef hung up.

"Where the hell did Brandon go?!" asked Mariana, nervous.

Just then, Jude's cell phone rang. "Unknown." Jude took a deep breath and answered:

"Hello, Jude. Did you think you got away from me? I quess they got the wrong guy." chuckled Ghostface.

Click. The line went dead.

A/N: That was chapter 4. I hope you guys liked it. I'm sorry for not posting it earlier, but school was my enemy these weeks. I hope you keep enjoying it. Oh, who do you think is the killer? What do you think that happened to Brandon? :)