Scream-The Alternate Version
Chapter Four: Sidney Is Attacked
Sidney had gotten off the school bus and made her way into the huge two story country home with a spacious lawn she lives in with her father. The house looks big and lonely as Sidney moves up the walk to the front door. Sidney made her self a snack while going to work on her homework. Lucky for her she only had some math homework. She was annoyed Mr. Cookson had assigned them math homework but seeing as though she is a straight A student, she'd complete the homework anyway. She sat down in the living room and completed her math homework, double checking her answers before picking up her phone and dialing Tatum's number. Sidney is on the telephone. The two have been on the phone for awhile.
"You sure I can stay over? My dad won't be back til Sunday." Sid asked her.
"No prob. I'll pick you up after practice." Tatum said to her.
"Tell your mom I said thanks." Sidney said.
"Yeah, yeah...are you okay?
"Uh-huh, it's just...you know, the police and reporters...it brings it all back." Sidney said.
"Randy's comments didn't help either." Tatum said to her. Sidney didn't respond.
"Listen I'm sorry about Randy and what he said. It pissed you off. He can be a real asshole at times."
"It's ok. I'm over it." Sidney said.
"I'll be there by seven. I promise." Tatum said to her.
"Thanks, Tatum." Sidney said to her.
"Later Sid." Tatum said before Sidney hung up the phone.
Sidney comes down the stairs, her arms carrying a change of clothes, toothbrush, make-up... She opens the hall closet and pulls a small overnight bag from the top shelf. Moving into the living room she loads it up, plopping down on the sofa, hitting the TV remote. Sidney stared at the television watching the news.
A news reporter fades in.
"The entire nation was shocked today by the teen murders in Woodsboro." Came the first reporter on TV.
Sidney switches channels.
"The State Bureau of Investigation has joined forces with local authorities to help catch what the Governor has called the most heinous..." Came the voice of reporter number 2.
The channel switches again. Gale Weathers appears, standing in front of the school her teeth gleaming white.
"This is not the first time the small town of Woodsboro has endured such tragedy. Only
a year ago, Maureen Prescott, wife and mother, was found raped and murdered..." Came Gale's voice.
Sidney sighs deeply trying not to cry again. Something she did earlier after Randy's comments. She had gotten up from the couch and made her way over to the other part house. She goes over to the window and looks outside seeing nothing in particular. She sits down beside the table. Her eyes frozen, mesmerized by the image. Her eyes go to the clock on the end table. 5:45 PM. Her eyes then move to the framed photo next to it...a black and white photo stares at her...a healthy, vibrant woman. The woman is an older version of Sidney. It's a picture of Sidney and her mother Maureen Prescott taken two years earlier. Sidney curls up on the sofa closing her eyes tight...
It's now early in the evening. The clock on the end table reads 7:15PM. Sidney is fast asleep on the couch. The phone RINGS. Sidney leaps up grabbing the portable phone.
"Practice ran late. I'm on my way." Tatum said from the phone.
"It's past seven." Sidney said to her looking at the clock.
"Don't worry. Casey and Steve didn't bite it til way after ten." Tatum teased.
"That's comforting." Sidney said to her.
"Good, 'cause I wanna swing by the video store and get us a video. I was thinkin' Tom Cruise in ALL THE RIGHT MOVES. You know, if you pause it just right you can see his penis." Tatum said to her.
"Whatever. Just hurry." Sidney said to her.
"Tata Sid." Tatum said before she and Sid hung up the phone.
Sid's phone rings again.
"Hello." Sidney said a little annoyed.
"Hey Sid, its Randy." Randy said to her on the other line.
"What do you want Randy?" She asked him coldly.
"I want to apologize for what I said earlier. I know it bothers you to talk about your mom and all. I totally flaked. I'm so sorry Sid." Randy said sincerely. Sidney could tell he was being sincere.
"It's ok Randy. I forgive you." Sidney said to him.
"Really?" Randy asked glad that Sidney didn't hate him.
"Yes."
"Cool. Oh listen I have to get back to work. Talk to you later." Randy said to her.
"Later." Sidney said hanging up the phone. She took a deep breath sitting up on the couch. She was wide awake now. Her phone rang again. "Tatum, get in the car."
"Hello Sidney." Came the voice Ghost Face.
IT'S HIM. THE VOICE FROM BEFORE.
"Hi. Who is this?" Sidney asks not sure who she's talking to.
"You tell me?" Ghost Face asked her. Sidney thinks a moment trying to place the voice. It sounds a little distorted. "Scary night isn't it? With the murders and all, it's like it's right out of a horror movie."
"Aha, Randy, you gave yourself away. You still at work cause Tatum's on her way?" Sidney asked believing the individual on the other line to be Randy.
"Do you like scary movies Sidney?" Ghost Face asked.
"I like that thing you're going with your voice, Randy it's sexy." Sidney said doing a little casual flirting. She knew Randy had a crush on her but never entertained the thought.
"What's your favorite scary movie?" Ghost Face asked.
"Come on you know I don't watch that shit." Sidney said to Ghost Face.
"Why, are you afraid?" Ghost Face taunted.
"No. No. It's the same bullshit. It's always some stupid killer stalking some big breasted girl-who can't act-who always runs up the stairs when she should be going out the front door. It's insulting." Sidney said playing along.
A brief silence fills the room. Sidney wonders if the mystery person is still on the other line.
"Are you alone in the house?" Ghost Face asked.
"That's so unoriginal. I'm disappointed in you Randy." Sidney said.
"Maybe that's because I'm not Randy." Ghost Face says over the phone.
"So who are you?" Sidney asked.
"The question isn't who am I, the question is where am I?" Ghost Face said toying with Sidney.
"So where are you?" She asked.
"Your front porch." Ghost Face said.
She pauses a moment. She moves to the window and pulls aside the drapes.
"Why would you call me from my front porch?" Sidney asked.
"That's the original part." Ghost Face told her.
"Oh yeah. Well I call your bluff." Sidney said as she goes to the front door. She unlocks the bolt, unsnags the chain, and pulls the door open...revealing the front porch...It's completely empty. She steps out onto it, phone still in hand. A single light shines
overhead illuminating the porch, but is a little beyond. Darkness is all around. "So where are you?" Sidney asked.
"Right here." Ghost Face said as Sidney peers out into the darkness past thick shrubs that grow on either side of the porch. She heads to the edge of her front porch. She looks to her left, her right but no one is there.
"Can you see me right now?" Sidney asked.
"Uh-huh." Ghost Face said.
"Ah what am I doing? Huh. What am I doing? Hello." Sidney said sticking her finger in her nose playfully. "Ha. Nice try Randy. Tell Tatum I said to hurry up. Bye now." Sidney joked about to hang up on her mystery caller.
"If you hang up, you'll die just like your mother." Ghost Face yelled into the phone. Sidney stops dead in her tracks speechless. She realizes this person is for real and isn't Randy after all. "Do you wanna die Sidney? Your mother sure didn't." Ghost Face's seriousness unnerves her. Sid flies off the handle.
"FUCK YOU! YOU CRETIN!" Sidney yells hanging up the phone and running back into her house. She locks the door placing the chain on it and stares out the window a moment when the killer comes leaping out of the hall closet. The killer knocks Sidney down to the floor. Sidney responds by kicking the figure who also falls to the ground. The killer has a sharp knife poised at Sidney who is trying to keep the killer from stabbing her. The killer uses its free hand grabbing Sidney by her hair and slamming her head into the floor. Sidney is dazed a moment as the killer lightly drags the knife against her shirt past her breast stopping at her stomach. The killer raises the knife again poised to stab her. Sidney sees this and uses this opportunity to kick the killer to the ground. She quickly gets to her feet going for the front but it catches as the chain is on it. The killer gets to its feet and goes after Sidney again. She dodges the killer who is poised to stab but ends up stabbing the door instead. Sidney makes a b line for the stairs heading up to her room with the killer in hot pursuit. Sidney is able to get to her room and locks the door shut pulling the closet door open placing the edge right at the door knob just as the killer pounds against the door. Sidney grabs the desk phone. It's dead...off the hook downstairs. The killer rushes the door several times. The frame splinters but it won't give. Sidney is at her computer. She punches at the key pad madly.
Fax Modem
9-1-1 Send
The knife slashes through the crack in the door wildly.
Help, The Killer is after me. 34 Elm Street.
Sidney presses send again.
"Stay calm. The police are en route."
Sidney backs up as the killer continues to slash away at her door. It looks as if he's almost through when she's grabbed from behind. Sidney looks down to see Billy climbing through her window. The killer disappears.
"Billy, Thank god." Sidney said crying.
"I heard screaming. The door is locked. Are you ok?" Billy asked her alarmed that his girlfriend is shaken up.
"He's here. He's trying to kill me." Sidney said as Billy pulled her close to him hugging her. She's shaking something terrible. A small black object falls from his dark jeans. It hits the floor as Sidney eyes it. It's a sleek, compact cell phone.
"What?" Billy asked her watching her expression. Sidney backs up. "Wait, wait, wait." Billy said as Sidney takes off back down the stairs. "Sidney, come back." He yells.
She nearly falls down the stairs trying to get to safety. She's able to get to the front door ripping the chain off the door pulling it open and comes face to face with the white ghostly mask. Sidney lets out a piercing scream.
Deputy Dewey Riley is holding the mask. Red lights flash, sirens blast as police car after police car arrive at the scene. Sidney falls into Dewey's arms for safety. Moments later, Billy is being placed in handcuffs. The Prescott front yard is a whirlwind of activity. An ambulance is checking on Sidney to see if she has any visible injuries.
"I didn't do anything! Sid…where's Sid? Ask her she'll tell ya." Billy pleads with the cops. Dewey holds a car door open while reading him his Miranda rights. Sheriff Burke arrives at the scene.
"We got him, Sheriff." Dewey said.
"Who is it?" Sheriff Burke asked.
"Billy Loomis." Dewey responds.
"Hank's kid? Awe..Jesus…Fuck." Sheriff Burke cursed.
They approached Billy as he is being placed in the squad car.
"Sheriff…I didn't do it…please, call my dad…please." Billy continues to plead. "Sidney!, Sid!." Billy yells for his girlfriend.
Sheriff Burke and Dewey walk across the yard towards the ambulance discussing the situation at hand.
"I was the first to respond." Dewy said to his boss.
"What were you doing out here?" Sheriff Burke asked.
"Drive by patrol." Dewey said to him.
"How is she?" Sheriff Burke asks.
"Sid's tougher than she looks." Dewey said of his surrogate sister.
"She'd have to be with all the shit she's been through." Sheriff Burke added.
Across the yard sits Sidney, in the back of an ambulance as paramedics check her out.
Sheriff Burke and Dewey approach her.
"We're seeing a lot you today." Sheriff Burke said to Sid. Sid said nothing still shaken up by the incident.
"You gonna be able to come down to the station and talk to us a bit?" Dewey asked her.
"Yeah." Sid said to him.
Tatum appears barreling past an officer.
"Shit Sidney. I'm sorry I was late. What happened? Are you ok?" Tatum asked her holding her hand. Sidney nods.
"What are you doing here?" Dewey asked his sister.
"I was on my way when I saw the police cars. Sid, are you sure you're ok?" Tatum asks her. Sidney nods again.
"You can't be here, Tatum. This is an official crime scene." Dewey said in deputy mode.
"It's ok. She was supposed to pick me up." Sidney said to him.
"Her dad's out of town. She's staying with us." Tatum said to her brother.
"Does mom know?" Dewey asked her.
"Yes doofus." Tatum news vans come driving up the street.
"The vultures are coming. Let's get you out of here." Sheriff Burke said to Sidney.
A big, white news van comes to a stop in front of the house. The side door slides open and Gale Weathers hops out just in time to see Sidney being escorted to a squad car.
"I'll be damned." Gale said spotting Sidney Prescott in the back of Dewey's squad car.
Jumping from the driver's seat is Kenny, Gale's cameraman and flunky. An earnest young chap on the chubby side.
"What? What?" Kenny asked Gale.
"Jesus! Kenny, the camera. Hurry up." Gale bellowed. But it's too late. Sidney is as good as gone. Gale sees Tatum moving quickly to her car. "Excuse me?" Tatum looks up to see Gale Weathers rushing her. "Was that Sidney Prescott they took away?"
"I don't know." Tatum responds clearly annoyed by Gale's presences.
"What happened to her?" Gale asks being persistent.
"I'm not talking to you." Tatum retorts.
"I heard something about a mask is that true?" Gale asks.
"Leave me alone." Tatum yells.
"Can you tell me anything?" Gale asks hoping to get something from the young teen.
"Yeah you're a real pain in the ass. Leave Sid alone." Tatum said getting into her car. Tatum's car peels out as Kenny comes running up with his camera.
Gale spins around, flashing her pearly whites annoyed at Kenny.
"Where'd she go?" Kenny asked clueless.
"Look, Kenny, I know you're about fifty pounds overweight but when I say hurry please interpret that as…MOVE YOUR FAT TUB OF LARD ASS NOW!" Gale yelled as Kenny just watched her. Gale moves back to the van leaving Kenny miffed.
To Be Continued!