A/N: Sherman now prepares for a movie marathon with Penny so she can prove how sorry she is to Sherman after Jill and her brother were murdered in front of her and her mother. And Ghostface revealed he'll use Mr. Peabody as a bargaining chip to get Sherman to play his sick game with Sherman's life, and Peabody is now letting Sherman calling him dad now. This is where we left off. Enjoy!
Sherman decided to shower before getting everything ready. He set up two of his bean bag chairs to be in front of his TV set, and a small little tray in the middle with enough room to hold a stack of candy boxes and a bowl of popcorn. Once he got out of the shower, he put on a shirt that had Pinhead from 'Hell-Raiser' on the front and put on a dark red hooded jacket over it, zipping it halfway up, and some pants with the same color of his jacket.
"Looking good, Peabody" Sherman said giving himself the 'Thumbs-up' in the mirror. Once he heard the elevator ding, he went outside the bathroom and heard his dad talking to someone.
"Greeting Ms. Peterson, welcome to our humble abode" he heard the voice of Peabody speaking to someone. He turned the corner to see Penny stepping out the elevator and turning to the white furred beagle to speak with him.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Peabody Penny said. She noticed Sherman walking over to her and he spoke to her.
"Hey, welcome I guess" said Sherman nervously, this was the first time he ever had a girl over at his house other than Abby who came over often whenever a new horror movie came out on DVD or Blu-Ray and they watched it together.
"Glad to be here" said Penny a little nervous as well. Sherman then took her hand and lead her to his room and the blonde was in awe at everything it. She was admiring Sherman's horror movie posters, 'Nightmare on Elm Street' bed sheets, his collection of miniature horror movie villain figurines, even all his horror movies on the shelves.
"How do you like it?" Sherman asked.
"It's pretty cool, I never knew you loved horror so much" said Penny looking at a little statue of Ash Williams with his chainsaw hand and his 'Boom-stick' in his other hand, from 'Army of Darkness' on his desk by his computer.
"Everybody's gotta have a hobby. Horror movies and collectibles are mine" Sherman said walking over to where Penny was looking at the figure of Ash. Sherman then picked up about eleven movies off his movie shelves and picked them up.
"So, are you ready?" Sherman asked, getting Penny's attention. Penny then saw how many Blu-Rays the redhead had in his hands and was in awe at how many there were.
"How many movies are in this series exactly?" she asked. Sherman just chuckles and spoke.
"There's a grand total of eleven movies. There's 'Friday the 13th', 'Friday the 13th: Part 2', 'Friday the 13th: Part 3', 'Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter', 'Friday the 13th: A New Beginning', 'Friday the 13th: Jason Lives', 'Friday the 13th: The New Blood', 'Friday the 13th: Jason takes Manhattan', 'Jason goes to Hell: The Final Friday', 'Jason X' and 'Freddy vs. Jason'. That's pretty much all of them" Sherman said.
"THAT many? Wow, this series must have been super popular" said Penny.
"Back in the 80's and early 90's, yeah. Now it's getting remade a second time" said Sherman as he knelt down and placed the first movie into the Blu-Ray player.
"Wow, can't wait to get started" said Penny sitting down on the bean bag chair on the left and Sherman sat down on the left.
"There's some snacks right there on the tray if you want any" Sherman said pointing to the tray.
"I guess a box of sour skittles will do for now" Penny said picking up the large box and opened it. Sherman did the same with berry flavored 'Mike & Ike's' and took a small handful of those. Before Sherman could even press the 'Play' button on the remote control, Sherman's phone began making the 'Skype' jingle, someone was trying to call him on Skype and saw that it was Mason.
"Should I hang up?" asked Sherman.
"No, answer it. I guess we can talk to him for a little bit" said Penny, giving the redhead her approval to speak to his best friend and include her in the chat. Sherman then pressed the 'Answer' button on the screen and it Showed Mason sitting at his desk talking on his computer.
"Hey Sherman, what's up?" asked Mason to Sherman, and waved a little to Penny who waved back in response
"Not much, just getting ready to watch all the 'Friday the 13th' movies" Sherman said.
"Sounds fun, and Penny, take my advice... Skip 'Jason X' please" Mason suggested but it only made Penny laugh a little bit.
"Hey, I like 'Jason X'" Sherman said in the movie's defense.
"I think outer space sequels are the worst. They called Leprechaun an alien life form, Jason turned into a cyborg, and Pinhead may have stayed the way he was but it was still a crappy installment in the series" Mason said.
"Oh, I forgot you were a die-hard 'Hell-Raiser' fan" Sherman said making all three preteens chuckle.
"I will defend that series to the end, guys. I fell in love with it the first time I ever saw it on VHS when I was six" Mason pointed out.
"That young, huh?" Penny asked.
"My parents didn't even know I was watching it, but I told them about it years later and my dad took me to buy the new 'Hell-Raiser' on DVD" said Mason. Sherman noticed the door to Mason's room open and barely make any noise and saw Ghostface tip-toe to Mason's desk. Sherman and Penny's eyes were widened in fear and Sherman had to scream.
"Mason! Mason, behind you!" Sherman screamed.
"What?" Mason asked and then looked behind him to see Ghostface raise his knife and his reaction was a loud scream. Mason jumped out of his wooden office chair and Ghostface's knife dug deep into the wood and creating a large crack in the seat. But pulling the knife out wasn't an issue, he then shut the computer and the chat was terminated.
"Oh my God! He's gonna kill Mason!" Penny screamed.
"We gotta get to his house, now!" Sherman said getting up and Penny followed right behind him. They both took the stairs because they figured the elevator wasn't the fastest way to try and stop a murderer that was on the loose and copying a killer back from years ago.
"Taxi!" Sherman said running out into the street and stepping in front of an empty cab.
"What on Earth are you doing, kid? You can't just run out into the middle of the road, you can get hit by a car" the driver said. Sherman then got into the back and Penny did too.
"Spare us a lecture and drive us to 17, Maple Street. There's a murder in progress!" Sherman said with a tone of urgency in his voice. The driver thought the kids were just using 'Murder in Progress' to try and gain sympathy and get out of paying the fare for the cab ride there.
"Yeah yeah yeah, listen, I'll drive you there but you still gotta pay the fare once you get there" the driver said somberly.
"Fine! Just go!" Penny shouted and then the cab started moving. The drive to Mason's house was about twelve minutes and Sherman paid the fare.
"Thanks" Penny said before the two ran away and into the house. The door was already opened and they ran upstairs to see Mason bleeding on the carpet.
"Mason!" Sherman screamed.
"Oh dear God!" screamed Penny after Sherman finished his scream.
"Not him, why? Why did it have to be him?" Sherman asked feeling tears well up into his eyes. The phone then began ringing in the kitchen and Sherman went over to answer it.
"Hello?" Sherman answered. The other end had a voice that was all too familiar, but scared and shaking.
"Sherman, please. Help me" it was Peabody.
"Dad? Where are you?" asked Sherman now worried.
"It's the killer, he's got me and he's not gonna stop until he... MMMMPPPPPPPPHHHHHH! MMMMMMPPPPPPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Peabody said before what sounded like duct tape was taken from the roll and used to shut his muzzle and gag him.
"Mr. Peabody!? Dad! What's happening, where are you!?" asked Sherman. The phone then gave out a loud 'Beep' before it changed to someone else voice.
"So sorry daddy couldn't join us just a little longer, Sherman" Ghostface said.
"Where is he, you sick creep?" asked Sherman with scorn in his voice.
"He's with me, and he's still alive. He'll live as long as you do as I say" Ghostface threatened.
"Please, God no!" Sherman said now sobbing.
"Then he dies right now!" Ghostface shouted on the other end.
"NO NO NO! FINE! JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT!?" Sherman screamed. Penny was watching Sherman's conversation with Ghostface and knew all to well what was going on.
"We're gonna play a new game; Hide and seek. The rules are simple you come looking and try to find your dad, but if I even get a sliver of a feeling that you called the cops, then daddy dearest dies where he stands" Ghostface explained over the phone.
"I already agreed to play your sick game, all I asked you you to do was leave my dad alone. You couldn't do that for one second?!" Sherman exclaimed in anger and sorrow.
"Oh yeah, that. I forgot to mention, I tend to cheat and break promises often then I should" said Ghostface with a laugh at the end.
"You tricked me" Sherman said now falling to his knees and fully sobbing.
"Play the game and he lives, that's one promise I can keep. But if you cheat by calling the police, I'm gonna make him wish he was already dead" Ghostface warned.
"I'm gonna find him, and then I'm gonna find you, and make sure you never hurt anybody else ever again" Sherman said now wiping the tears from his eyes.
"Good luck, you're gonna need it" said Ghostface before hanging up. Once the dial tone was all the redhead could hear from the other end, Sherman threw the phone out the kitchen window and it landed in the pool. Penny now hugged Sherman and whispered to him.
"I'm sorry Sherman, but we'll find him. All we gotta do is go to the police and then..." Sherman cut her off before she could go on.
"NO! He said Mr. Peabody would die if I got the cops involved" Sherman said crying into her shoulder. Penny then just caressed his hair and rubbed his back and the same time to calm him down, but it was all in vain. All that would make Sherman better is getting his dad back from that sick psycho jerk.
A/N: Chapter 8 is complete! And Ghostface took action in their little game and kidnapped Peabody, using Mason's death as a diversion. But at least now Sherman and Penny are getting closer to one another. Only a few more chapters left. Who is the killer? What is his motivation? Where is Peabody? Will Sherman rescue him? Find out soon, Please review, thanks!