What a twist! Tommy Jarvis returns! We haven't heard anything about him since Friday the 13th part VI! I know you're all wondering what he is still doing in Crystal Lake, so let's check it out!

DISCLAIMER: If you still haven't realized it, I don't own anything in this story!

Peyton and I stared at him in utter shock. Neither of us had even thought of putting two and two together. T.J was Tommy Jarvis.

"Why are you still in these parts?" Peyton asked him "You suffered great trauma because of the murders here."

"I came here to heal" Tommy said simply, giving him a cool stare "To put my demons to rest"

"What happened after you defeated Jason at Camp Forest Green?" I inquired, wanting to hear more of the story "Did you go back to the Unger Institute?"

"I did for a short while" Tommy replied, looking away momentarily "Just to finalize some things. I then set foot out back here when the murders started happening again. I guess I wanted to help the victims because I didn't want anyone else to suffer the way I did all these years."

"Tommy" I inquired curiously "Can you tell us what happened when you were 12?"

"Things were so much simpler then" Tommy said, his eyes misting "I remember making my masks, playing Zaxxon and hanging around with my dog Gordon, my sister Trish, and my mother. We were close knit and enjoyed living out here. Then the murders happened at the Camp, and then at that other Camp for the Counselor training. Hell, the Higgins were close friends of ours too. I never thought anything would happen here"

We all listened quietly as he paused to remember.

"Then, in the summer of '84, we have a bunch of kids renting the house next to ours and all hell breaks loose" he continued, closing his eyes momentarily "It started with the doctor and nurse, then the hitchhiker…and then it continued next door. When my sister went to investigate with Rob, she saw things that still make her shudder. To this day, my sister won't tell me what she saw next door…that's how gruesome it was"

"It must have been really hard for you" Kristy said, hugging her knees to her chest "To be carefree and then suddenly you're thrust into a nightmare"

"It was horrible" Tommy said, his eyes snapping open "When he came into the house, I snapped. After reading those articles Rob left, I shaved my head to distract him…to remind him he was just like me once. He then attacked my sister and I went after him wildly, screaming "DIE" hacking away at his lifeless form over and over until police came to help us"

We all sat there silently, mulling over Tommy's story until a question popped into my head.

"Tommy" I said, needing to think of a plan "What are we going to do about Jason now?"

"We need to trap him in the lake again" Tommy said simply, standing up "I have the necessary means but we have to lure him"

"We have to flush him out of the woods first" I said, standing up as well "He'll chase the decoy out and someone will call him out to the lake where they will help finish him off."

"That sounds logical" Tommy said, agreeing "I'll be the one on the lake"

"I'll be the decoy" I said, volunteering "It's the only way""No!" Peyton exclaimed, standing up "I won't let you"

"Would you rather Jason kill us all?" I said heatedly, my hands on my hips "Think logically"

"I don't want you getting hurt" he said, giving me a look "You're bound to get hurt"

"Not if there are two decoys" I said, the plan forming in my head "We can both lure him out"

"What about us?" Kristy demanded, standing up "We can lure him out"

"It's too risky" I said, shaking my head "Jason is after me and Peyton for the time being. We have to let him think we've won"

"Besides" Peyton added "You guys did your part…now it's time for us to do ours. Stay here and hide."

"Follow me" Tommy said to Peyton and I "This could get ugly so we need to prepare!"…

… Jason stalked through the woods, machete in hand. His blood was boiling and he was ready to disembowel anyone that crossed his path…especially the tall man and the girl he liked. They escaped Jason twice. Jason hated it when people escaped him.

'Jason mad' he thought, kicking away at some brush 'Jason kill anyone he sees'

He then heard a giggle, stopping dead in his tracks. He listened again and heard a nearby noise.

'Time to die' Jason thought, walking in the direction of the sound.

Sure enough, he saw the tall man and his apparent girlfriend making out among the trees.

Jason slowly walked towards them, wielding his machete high…

… Kissing Peyton was great, but not as a means of distracting a serial killer and luring him into a lake!

"This feels so weird" I whispered as he pretended to kiss my neck "You would think he'd show up already"

"Just act natural" he whispered back, keeping an eye out for our target "We have to make it look believable"

"I suppose" I said, closing my eyes momentarily as I heard the snapping of twigs "I just want this over with"

Peyton groaned suddenly. I opened my eyes to see Jason stab him in the shoulder with the machete.

"Fuck" Peyton exclaimed as Jason pulled the machete back "My good shoulder!"

"Easy now" I said, preparing to run "This is our cue"

I took his hand and we ran in the direction of the lake.

"Cripes" Peyton exclaimed, grimacing as we ran as fast as we could "This hurts like a son of a bitch"

"I know" I said as soothingly as I could while we ran for our lives "But we have to do this"

I should have paid more attention to where I was going when I was soothing him. No sooner had I focused back on the forest that I felt something grab my ankle and I went down. A sickening crack was barely audible as I landed.

"Are you okay?" Peyton demanded, helping me up "You took a nasty fall"

"Shit" I exclaimed, going back down "My ankle…I can't stand…I can't stand!"

"We need to run" Peyton said, panicking as we heard Jason's footsteps behind us "I'll have to carry you"

"What about your shoulder?" I asked, concerned "I'm not exactly a skinny waif"

Before I could finish my protest, he picked me up and carried me while he ran. My hero!

"We're almost there" he said, running faster "Tommy will take over soon!"

"I think I broke my ankle" I moaned, wincing at the hot searing pain shooting up and down my left leg. "I can't move it"

"Oh my god" he breathed as he took a quick look "Yeah you broke it. But don't worry, we're almost there"

He finally ran into the clearing, shouting to Tommy, who was waiting in the water. As we had planned, Tommy's SUV was hidden in a darkened area…

… Jason emerged from the clearing, searching for the lovers. He was increasingly angry with their escape attempts.

'Jason want to kill!' he thought angrily, looking for them 'Where are they?'

"JASON" a familiar voice screamed out at him from the lake "HEY JASON"

Jason stopped and turned towards the lake to see a familiar looking man. It was another one of his past victims, that annoying prick Tommy Jarvis!

"HEY MAGGOT HEAD" Tommy screamed from the boat "COME AND GET ME YOU PUSSY"

Jason angrily walked towards the lake, ready to annihilate the elusive victim…

… "What's going on?" I demanded weakly as we sat in the SUV "Did he fall for it"

"Sure did" Peyton said, examining my ankle "He's walking into the lake"

"Far out" I said, groaning in pain "How bad is my ankle?"

"Compound fracture, hun" he said, concerned "You won't be playing football any time soon!"

"Shit!" I exclaimed, in pain "Of all the fucking luck in the world"

"Easy now" Peyton said, helping me sit up "It'll all be over soon and then we can get out of here"…