Scream-The Alternate Version
Chapter Twelve: Tatum's Attack
Tatum is alone in the kitchen. She empties popcorn into a bowl, then pulls open the refrigerator...looks quickly, then remembers...The beer. She moves through the adjoining laundry room to the...The kitchen door opens and light floods the darkened garage.
Tatum stands in the doorway searching for a light switch.
She finds a button and hits it. BRRRRMMM! The electric garage door starts to rise. Wrong switch. She hits it again and it closes. She finds another switch. CLICK. A small light bulb overhead comes on, barely lighting the large two car garage, leaving pockets of shadows along the wall.
Tatum spots the refrigerator against a far wall and heads for it not seeing the kitchen door, quietly, slowly, closing behind her, sealing her off from the rest of the house.
Tatum stumbles to the refrigerator and throws it open. Its light casts a glow across her face.
"SHIT!" Tatum curses. She kicks it with her foot several times but it doesn't budge. "Hey shitheads!" She called but no one answers. "SHIT!" Tatum leans over and, with her elbow, hits the garage door button. BRRRMM! It begins to rise. She moves towards the rising door, beer in hand. Suddenly, CRR-BRRRM! The garage door RESETS, reversing direction, moving down, closing.
"What the…" Tatum said spinning around to see...A ghost masked figure Silhouetted in the dark, next to the kitchen door, his hand on the switch. Tatum at once GASPS, taken back, but then relaxes.
"Is that you, Randy? Cute." Tatum said not at all scared by this figures presence. The figure stares at her blankly. "And what movie is this from? I spit on your garage." Tatum takes a step towards the figure who doesn't move. "Lose the mask. Sidney sees it she'll flip." The figure shakes its head. "Oh you wanna play psycho killer huh?" The figure slowly nods. "Can I be the helpless victim?" She asks sarcastically. The figure nods its head again. "Ok, let's see. No, please don't kill me Mr. Ghostface, I wanna be in the sequel." Tatum said jokingly. She takes a step to move around the figure, but the figure steps in her way blocking her. "Cut Casper. That's a wrap." Tatum moves again, side stepping the figure who blocks her again. Randy cut it out." She said getting a little scared. The figure grabs her wrist hard. Tatum stumbles…beer cans hit the floor sprewing every where. "SHIT!" She curses.
Tatum yanks hard but to no avail. The figure pulls out the knife and cuts her arm. Tatum pulls back horrified as the moment has turned deadly serious. The figure advances on her-knife out ready to stab her. She staggers backwards, holding her bloody arm, backing into the refrigerator screaming.
"Who are you?" She asks. The figure lashes out with the knife. Tatum dodges it, leaping back against the fridge. The figure advances. Instinctively, she rips the top freezer door open, bashing the figure in the face, sending him backwards, reeling. Tatum bolts to the...closed garage door. In a panic, she beats and pulls on it, trying to make it lift. She eyes the figure...he's recovering... She goes for the pet door, dropping to the floor, diving for it...she wedges her upper body through, her head, shoulders, torso just as the... figure pounces, grabbing hold of her feet. Tatum goes crazy screaming and kicking trying to get through to no avail.
Tatum is half in/half out of the pet door. She beats and jerks wildly, unable to see the figure on the other side... A true fighter, Tatum kicks hard, making direct contact with the figure, knocking him away.
She takes the moment to pull herself through further...but she stops...stuck. She pulls and tugs but can't move. She listens but hears nothing. Where did he go? An agonizing silence. And then...
CRR-BRRRM! The garage door is activated. It begins to rises upward, taking Tatum with it. She screams madly.
"NOOOOOOOO..." Tatum screams. Tatum's arms and legs fly about violently as she tries to free herself from the door, but it moves too fast, carrying her up... She looks above to see where the door rolls back into garage rafters just as her neck hits the first beam knocking her out. The figure thinks she's dead…or is she?
The ghost masked figure makes its way back into the party unseen.
To Be Continued!