A/N: In the last chapter, we got to meet Sherman, a horror movie fan and expert on anything horror. His friend, Hayden McClaine, who also is a fan of horror and he found out two things, Abby was murdered by some guy wearing a Ghostface mask and that 'Stab' is being remade. Now, this is where we left off. Enjoy!
Sherman and Hayden were now walking home from their canceled first day of school and were talking.
"I was thinking about watching the all night 'Goosebumps' marathon on TV. Wanna join in?" Hayden offered.
"Wish I could, but my dad and I are gonna see 'Sinister 2' tonight" said the auburn haired boy as he waited for the crossing guard to allow them both to cross the street.
"Already saw it. It's pretty good, but the first 'Sinister' was just untouchable" said Hayden.
"I'll keep that in mind" Sherman said now walking across the street when the crossing guard raised his stop sign to let coming forth cars know that somebody was crossing the street.
"At least you'll have something else to talk about to your other pals besides Abby's murder" said Hayden, trying to reassure Sherman.
"You're right. Maybe Baghuul and his scary Super 8 movies will make me forget and move on. But I am still gonna miss her" Sherman said.
"I know, I am too" Hayden said before walking the other direction from Sherman.
"See ya!" Hayden called out.
"Bye!" shouted Sherman in reply before going into the company building for 'Peabody Industries' and got into the elevator to go back up to the penthouse. Peabody was there to greet his son from an unexpected early arrival from school.
"You're home early" Peabody said.
"Abby Bates was murdered. They just gave the students grief counseling and sent them all home" said Sherman sitting down on the couch.
"Oh dear. I'm so sorry to hear that" Peabody said placing his paw on Sherman's shoulder.
"Penny made fun of me again, she said I'm still a dog whether or not our friend was killed. When is that stupid girl just gonna give it a rest for once!" Sherman said now lying down on the black leather surface of the couch.
"I'm sure she'll change somehow" said Peabody.
"Change? It'll be the day Hell freezes over the day Penny Peterson apologizes to me" Sherman said now picking up the TV remote in his hands and turning the TV on and started flipping through the channels.
"You never know" Peabody said before checking the clock and then turning back to his son.
"Listen, I gotta check up on some things down at the office, but I'll be back in time so we can see our movie" Peabody said ruffling Sherman's hair.
"Okay. See ya" said Sherman as he stopped channel surfing and landed on 'SyFy' channel where it was playing 'My Soul to Take'.
"Well, better than nothing" Sherman said as he started watching the movie, right in the middle of it just as the Riverton Ripper had claimed another victim. Just as the next scene was coming into play, Sherman's phone rang. He looked at it and saw Hayden's face on the caller ID and answered it.
"Hey" Sherman answered.
"Hey buddy. What'cha doing right now?" Hayden asked from the other line.
"I'm just watching 'My Soul to Take' on TV" Sherman said.
"Lucky, my mom's working late tonight and she won't be home until later. Got room for one more at the movie?" asked Hayden.
"Sorry, not this time. This is just a father and son thing with Mr. Peabody and I" Sherman said, politely declining.
"Oh alright. Hey, I thought you already saw it" Sherman asked.
"I did, but with Abby's killer still on the loose it makes me feel more comfortable to be someone I know then some guy in a Ghostface costume" Hayden said.
"As long as you have that new security system your mom had installed in the house, you'll be okay" Sherman said smirking a bit.
"Thanks for the reassurance. Oh, gotta go, I'm just about to take a shower right now" said Hayden.
"Okay, bye" said Sherman before hanging up and went back to watching the movie. Sherman's phone began ringing again and picked up, thinking it was Hayden.
"Hayden, just take a shower and relax, you'll be fine" Sherman said.
"Hello, Sherman" said a mysterious voice, unknown to Sherman, that voice belonged to the same guy who killed Abby.
"Um, hi?" Sherman asked raising an eyebrow.
"Spooky day ain't it? Almost like you're living a horror movie, huh?" the voice asked. Sherman shook his head and smiled.
"You gave yourself away, Penny. I know you hate me, but you don't have to go so far as to try and scare me" said Sherman getting up from the couch and began pacing around the living room floor.
"This isn't Penny" the voice said. Sherman just rolled his eyes and spoke back.
"Okay, if you're not Penny how are you doing that thing with your voice?" asked the redhead.
"What thing?" the voice asked in reply.
"That thing where your make your voice sound like the guy from 'Stab'" said Sherman.
"This is my real voice" said the other person on the line.
"I know they sell those cheap voice changers down at the party store across the street from Barnes and Noble" Sherman said trying to call out the other person's bluff.
"How's the movie, Sherman?" asked the voice, totally ignoring what Sherman had said before. Sherman was a little startled.
"What movie?" he asked.
"My Soul to Take" the voice answered. Sherman began looking all around him to see if there was someone inside the penthouse with him.
"Where are you?" asked Sherman.
"The balcony outside the kitchen" said the voice. Sherman then went to the balcony and went onto it and saw nobody was there.
"Oh really?" Sherman asked a little annoyed.
"Really" the voice said in reply.
"Okay, so, what am I doing huh?" Sherman asked as he took the index finger from his one free hand and began picking his own nose.
"What am I doing, huh?" asked Sherman. No answer came from the other end.
"I thought so. Penny, just give it up, you can't scare me. Call me back when you've finally grown a conscience and apologize to me for being a bully to me all these years" Sherman said, warning whoever was on the other line to hang up but the voice spoke up.
"If you hang up on me, Sherman I swear to God I'll kill you the same way I killed Abby!" he said in a threatening tone in a raised voice. Sherman's eyes widened and began shaking in his place.
"Do you wanna die, today, Sherman? Poor Abby sure didn't" said the voice with a sinister chuckle at the end.
"Why don't you just show me your face and come after me yourself instead of harassing me over the phone you coward!" Sherman shouted hanging up and slamming his phone down on the kitchen counter.
"My pleasure!" the voice said and Sherman looked behind him to see Ghostface himself wielding a knife and started charging towards him and the preteen had no choice but to run away from the masked killer in front of him. Sherman ran into the living room and picked up a lamp and swung it around to keep Ghostface away from him, but all it did was make him mad and kicked the lamp out of his hand, breaking the light bulb too.
"Crap" Sherman muttered, scared out of his wits. Ghostface swept his knife towards Sherman, but all it did was cause a cut on Sherman's left wrist, which he raised in defense and kicked Ghostface away, flinging him back and making him land on the glass coffee table and breaking it into large bits.
"Big mistake!" Ghostface said. Sherman then began running up the spiral staircase, with Ghostface on his tail. The auburn haired boy locked himself in his room and used a chair that sat in front of his desk as a barricade. Sherman then saw that one of the many house phones was sitting on his desk and ran to it dialing 911. As the phone was ringing, Ghostface punched a hole through the middle of the door and tried to reach through the door but the hole wasn't big enough to fit his whole arm through.
"911, please state the nature of your emergency" said the voice on the other end.
"There's a guy in a Ghostface costume in my house, he has a knife and he's trying to kill me" said Sherman in a distressed state, tugging at his own hair as he was speaking.
"Where is the situation located?" asked the operator.
"Peabody Industries, Penthouse floor" Sherman said, as he noticed Ghostface trying to kick down the door.
"We've notified some nearby police officers, they should be there within a few minutes sir" the operator said. Sherman then hung up. The hole then got bigger with a loud 'Bang' made by the bottom of Ghostface's boot.
"Hey, Sherman, guess this one. Here's Johnny!" shouted Ghostface through his mask with the voice changer hidden inside it. As soon as police sirens were heard, Ghostface fled the scene. A few minutes passed by and the police barged the door down.
"Are you the one who called?" asked the officer. Sherman responded with a nod and the officer placed his jacket over the shaking preteen.
"Come down with us, son. Emergency workers are outside the building, they can take a look at that cut of yours" the officer said in a comforting tone pointing at the cut made by Ghostface's knife.
"Thanks, Officer" said Sherman as he pulled the jacket over his shoulders further and was taken to the elevator, leading them down to the lobby of the building. Peabody ran over to the officer and began asking questions.
"What happened? Where are you taking my son?" he asked.
"Emergency workers, the murderer of Abby Bates almost struck again and tried to kill your son. But don't worry, he's only got a knife cut on his forearm made from the killer's knife" the Officer explained to the worried white beagle who now was on the verge of having a panic attack.
"Oh dear! Is everything aright now?" asked Peabody.
"Yes sir, just as soon as we treat your son's cut and ask him a few questions we'll let him go" the Officer said as he now took Sherman to the back of an open ambulance and medics were waiting with medical equipment as well.
"Just a knife cut on my forearm, nothing too serious" Sherman said.
"Let's just get it cleaned up and treated, alright?" the medic asked. Sherman only responded with a nod. The same Officer handed Sherman a cup of coffee.
"Thank you" Sherman said taking a sip of the beverage and took a sigh of relief, but wondered if Ghostface would ever come for him again.
A/N: Ghostface made another appearance and Sherman was lucky to have gotten away alive only with a cut on his arm. Keep in mind, there are more suspects as to who the killer is and who will be the next victim. But that's for another update, and a whole lot more to come. Please review, thanks!