A/N: Alright, now this is where things go down for reals. Penny was kidnapped at her parents' company gala, where the DJ and her mother were killed by Ghostface. Now Ghostface is using both her and Peabody as bargaining chips against Sherman. Sherman was called and told by Ghostface to go to the company gala to get both Peabody and Penny, and Hayden saw him leave taking only a knife with him, so he decided to follow him and bring his dad's old 9-milometer handgun with him. This is where we left off. Enjoy!
Sherman was now sitting in the back of a Taxi and watched as it parked in front of the 'Peterson Law Firm' building.
"Thanks for the ride. Keep the change" Sherman said hanging the driver two twenty dollar bills and then just got out the cab shutting the door. The cab drove away from the building and Sherman knew he was alone now, which is what Ghostface truly wanted. When Sherman got close to the concrete stairs that went up to the front door, his phone rang and he answered it.
"Hello?" Sherman answered.
"Hello, Sherman. Welcome to the final round of the game, And your life!" Ghostface said. Sherman knew he was being watched, maybe by the security cameras or from a window or maybe he was hiding in the bushes.
"We'll have to wait and see about that, now will we?" Sherman asked, tempting Ghostface.
"This is how we play the final round. There's something in the garbage can outside the door. Reach into it and you'll find something in there" Ghostface instructed. Sherman walked over to the trashcan and found inside it was no black garbage bag containing any trash. It was empty and all it had in it was a metal detector wand, once Sherman pulled it out he went back to where he was standing.
"Good. Now turn it on and wave it around your body" Ghostface instructed, Sherman knew what he wanted him to do, to reveal his weapon and go in unarmed. Nevertheless, Sherman turned it on and waved it all around his body and it began beeping when it got to his belt.
"Show it to me" Ghostface demanded. Sherman then pulled the knife out from where it was tucked in under his belt and held it out.
"Very good. Now throw it into the bushes" Ghostface said.
"Fine, but you do realize you're only making this more fairer for you than it will be for me" Sherman pointed out.
"That's how it's supposed to be, Sherman" Ghostface said. The preteen threw the knife away into the bushes like he was told and then looked back to the door.
"Now, go into the conference room where the gala is and you'll find both your dad and girlfriend there" Ghostface instructed. Sherman walked into the building slowly.
"Oh, it never really occurred to me, but I never got to ask you something I've been meaning to ask from the beginning of our game... what's your favorite scary movie, Sherman?" Ghostface asked with a sinister tone of voice. Sherman then got angry and yelled into the speaker phone.
"I have a better idea! I'll answer that question to your face once I get my dad and Penny back. Because once I find them, I'm gonna find you!" Sherman shouted.
"Good luck, you'll need it" Ghostface said before hanging up, and Sherman did the same before the dial tone could be heard. Sherman then saw a note taped to the doors that lead to the conference room and he read it aloud to himself.
"Hope you don't mind I redecorated the place" Sherman said. He opened the doors to reveal all the balloons were red, white, and black now. There were black balloons of Ghostface's mask, the light that shone off the disco ball was now red and the table cloths were red, black, and white. Patty's body was now lying in the middle of the dance floor bleeding to death as well.
(Start playing 'Sinister' by Christopher Young as you read this next sequence of the chapter)
"Mrs. Peterson!" Sherman shouted and bent down to see if she was okay, but it was too late. She had been stabbed too many times to be saved by paramedics. The auburn haired boy then saw that the spotlights came on that hung on the ceiling and lit up the stage to reveal Peabody and Penny tied up and gagged on two wooden chairs.
"Penny, Mr. Peabody, oh my God" Sherman said backing away slowly from all this. He had fallen into a trap and him walking into the gala was what sprung the trap. Sherman then felt himself backing up against someone, he looked up to see Paul Peterson, Penny's father.
"Sherman, what's going on here?" Paul asked.
"Mr. Peterson, the killer's here. He took my dad and Penny hostage. He's the one who made the whole gala like this, he killed Mrs. Peterson too. We have to call the police now" said Sherman trying to get Paul to do something, but all he did was stand there and look down onto the preteen.
"Why are you just standing there!? He have to call the cops!" Sherman said out of desperation. Paul's only response was a small smile and a chuckle.
"Why are you... oh my God. Oh no" Sherman said backing up from Paul, who had pulled out a small white box with a speaker on it, he held his thumb down on the button and spoke into the Mic.
"Surprise, Sherman" Paul said, making Ghostface's voice come out of the speakers, revealing Paul was the killer all along.
"Why? You killed your own wife, kidnapped your own daughter and murdered all our friends, how could you!?" Sherman exclaimed. Paul laughed and pulled out a pistol and held it up to Sherman.
"That's easy Sherman. All I ever wanted was to be remembered. Just like Billy Loomis and Stu Macher. Back in 2011, the Woodsboro murders were happening all over again, and it was a pretty big deal at first until something else had happened. Mr. Peabody, the world's most genius dog had adopted a son... YOU!" Paul explained.
"But that doesn't explain anything, what does that have to do with anything!?" asked Sherman not understanding what any of that meant.
"Because at the same time the last Ghostface had began killing people again, I had been working on an important case involving a lawsuit against one of the most powerful companies in the state... but just like the return of Ghostface, it was forgotten about when you were adopted by that mutt! I've been wanting to get even ever since that day" Paul said, it was now making sense.
"And you used Ghostface's identity and killing paterns to do it" said Sherman.
"Exactly. I was about your age back in 1997 when 'Stab' was first released in theaters and I fell in love with the franchise ever since. One day, the day before I murdered Abby Bates, flashbacks of all the 'Stab' movies came to me and I decided that's how I could get away with killing these people. Nobody would ever suspect me" Paul said, his plan had been working in his favor and Sherman had been doing what he wanted this whole time.
"And so you decided to create your own real life 'Stab' fan fiction!" Sherman said, remembering what he said in English class that very day.
"That's right, and every Ghostface has to have a Sidney Prescott like the first one did, and YOU are MY Sidney Prescott" Paul said as he now grabbed Sherman and pulled out his Ghostface knife holding it up to Sherman's throat. Penny and Peabody gave out muffled cries through their duct tape gags, begging not to kill Sherman.
"Now poor daddy dearest and Penny get to witness the death of New York City's very own horror nerd, Sherman Peabody right before I kill THEM!" Paul said emitting an evil laugh.
"Oh yeah? Well you forgot one thing about Ghostface" Sherman said.
"And what's that?" Paul asked.
"Sidney killed him four times before. That sure as Hell means I can kill you too!" Sherman said stepping on his foot and making Paul grab his foot yelping in pain. Sherman grabbed Paul's voice changer and ran away.
"Where did you go you little brat!?" shouted out Paul with both knife and gun in his hands. Paul then felt his phone vibrate in his jacket pocket, and he answered it, putting the gun in his pocket.
"Hello?" Paul answered.
"Hello, Paul. We're gonna play a little game now" Ghostface's voice said before a 'Click' could be heard and a different voice could be heard.
"It's called 'Guess who just called the cops on your sorry butt and just told me they're gonna be here in five minutes!'" Sherman's voice said. He was using the voice changer to use his own voice against him.
"Oh yeah? Well who are they gonna save when you're dead huh?" asked Paul, but Sherman had hung up before he could say anything else. Paul then tossed his phone on the floor and stomped on it like a little kid would stomp on an ant. The side doors to the conference room opened and someone in a Ghostface costume charged at Paul and stabbed his collar bone with a letter opener.
"AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" shouted Paul. The person in the Ghostface costume took the mask off to reveal it to be Sherman.
"Hope you didn't mind I borrowed it. I found it lying under the receptionist desk when I was calling the cops, just like that letter opener" Sherman said taking the cloak off too. Paul got up and plucked the letter opener out of his collarbone and blood soaked his dark blue business suit and he pulled his gun out at Sherman.
"You think you're so clever because you watch a lot of horror movies, don't you Sherman? Well, let's see how clever you are when you're bathed in your own blood!" Paul screamed before he was about to shoot but a loud bang could be heard and a bullet struck Paul's hand making the gun fall out of his hand.
"Nobody tries to hurt my best friend and gets away with it" said a voice Sherman recognized. He looked to the doors to see Hayden holding his dad's gun.
"Hayden!?" asked Sherman.
"I saw you leave the house with our kitchen knife. I knew what was going on. Go untie Penny and your dad, I've got this" said Hayden. Sherman nodded as he picked up the blood covered letter opener and cut them free.
"Sherman!" both his father and Penny exclaimed hugging each other and then saw Paul kick Hayden to the floor after the gun had been kicked out of his hand and cut his cheek with the knife.
"Hayden!" Sherman exclaimed, he ran to help his friend but Paul got up and pointed the knife towards the redhead.
"How sweet, family and friends all dying together. You never stood a chance Sherman, you never even HAD a chance to begin with" Paul said circling around Sherman with the knife in his hand. Penny had tip toed off the stage and saw Hayden's gun by one of the tables and picked it up slowly. She then saw her father tackle Sherman to the floor and hold the knife up, preparing to stab him.
"Now nobody's gonna take the glory away from me every again. Like I said before, Sherman, it stared with your father and now it all. Ends. With you!" Paul shouted as he began to lunge the blade towards Sherman's heart.
"Wait. You wanna know what my favorite scary movie is?" Sherman asked.
"What!?" Paul exclaimed. Sherman smiled and gave off a smirk.
"My life" Sherman said before turning to Penny and shouting 'Now'. Penny shot her father in the chest three times, causing him to become weak and Sherman pushed him off him.
(You can stop playing the song now)
"Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I don't know how to fire a gun you sick piece of garbage" said Penny. She helped both her friends up and they all looked down at Paul's body.
"Don't be so sure he's dead just yet" Sherman said taking the gun from Penny.
"Why?" the blonde asked.
"This is the part where the killer comes back for one last scare" Sherman said. Paul jumped up from the floor and tried to attack them but Sherman pulled the trigger and shot Paul in the head.
"Not in MY story you don't" said Sherman. Peabody then ran up to Sherman and hugged him and shared a moment together of the reuniting of father and son. Soon they broke the hug up and Penny looked to Sherman.
(Start playing 'Brand New Day' by Forty Foot Echo)
"Are you okay?" Sherman asked. The blonde girl only responded with a nod and caressed his cheek.
"You did it. You stopped the murderer" Penny said wrapping her arms around Sherman's midsection.
"But I killed your dad. How can you thank me when I murdered one of your family?" Sherman asked turning away from Penny but she walked in front of him and looked deep into his beautiful amber eyes.
"Doesn't matter, you saved the lives of so many others. Even mine, so I owe you so much for that. It doesn't matter what you do, you'll always be a hero to me" Penny said pulling Sherman into a kiss which he returned happily and they hugged while they kissed.
"Aw, I guess happy endings can happen in horror movies after all" Peabody said as he watched his son kissing Penny.
"You hardly ever come across happy endings in scary movies" Hayden said smiling with his arms crossed.
"But here we are witnessing one right now" said Peabody. The cops came in and the two kids broke their kiss to see the cops come over and started asking questions and taking them to an ambulance to treat any injuries they may have obtained. Sherman also saw several news reporters talking about what happened. He heard what one of the reporters say to the camera.
"Sherman Peabody, a name everyone in New York City will remember as the one who put an end to the fifth 'Woodsboro Murders' that took place here in the Big Apple" said the reporter.
"Dimension Films has just announced that the 'Stab' remake will now be based on the murders that took place here. So that everyone will know of the bravery and heroism of Sherman Peabody and how he saved the life of his girlfriend, Penny Peterson, Hayden McClaine, his best friend, and Hector Peabody, his own father" the other reporter said. Sherman could now smile and look up at the stars knowing he could sleep soundly tonight knowing a murder spree was just ended.
"So, what now?" asked Penny.
"I dunno. Go back to our normal lives until a sequel?" asked Sherman.
"Who'd want that? The sequel's never just as good as the first" Penny said chuckling a bit.
"You never know" Sherman said kissing Penny again in the back of the ambulance while police kept the reporters and paparazzi back to let the two lovers embrace one another.
(You can stop playing the song now)
-The End-
In loving memory of Wes Craven, the creator of some of the greatest horror movies of our generation, including the 'Scream' movies and the TV show as well. Wes had died of brain cancer on August 30th 2015 while this story was still being written. Thank you so much Wes for all the nightmares you gave us and the icons you created. Rest in peace, we'll miss you.
August 2nd, 1939 – August 30th 2015
'Scream: The Fan Fiction' play-list
Trouble in Woodsboro – Marco Beltrami
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Animal – Janine the Machine
Killer – Kidforce
All We Do – Oh Wonder
Break the Rules – Charli XCX
Brand New Day – Forty Foot Echo
Cool for the Summer – Demi Lovato
Sinister – Christopher Young
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed the final chapter. But what Sherman just said was true... there will be a sequel to this. And 'Scream: The TV Series' will have a second season too. I also wanted to dedicated this story and chapter to 'Wes Craven' who was the father of horror, he even created Freddy Krueger and Ghostface too. When the sequel is posted, it will have elements from both 'Scream 2' and the TV series as well. Please review, and thanks!