"We have to get back to campus Sid and get the police!!" Tess exclaimed crying and trying to catch her breath from running.
"Yeah we do" Sidney replied also out of breath.
They ran to the campus and thanks to the curfew there was noone around.
They then heard noise coming from the theatre.
"Maybe it's Gus?" Sidney suggested.
"Yeah, he could help us" Tess said.
Both girls ran to the theatre and banged on the door "Gus!! Gus!!!'.
No answer.
Tess then tried the door and was able to open it. "It's unlocked".
Both girls let themselves in and ran towards the stage.
"Gus!" Sidney said but there was noone there.
They both got up to the stage and the music stopped. A spotlight then shone on both Sidney and Tessa.
"Hello?" Sidney asked.
Suddenly Derek's body is dropped down. He has passed out drunk, is topless and has tape around his mouth.
"OMG Derek!!" Sidney exclaimed. "Wake up!!" She then slapped his cheek waking him up.
"Oh thank god Sid, Tess, I thought I was gonna be up there until opening night" Derek quietly said.
Sidney and Tess began trying to untie him.
"He's after us. He killed Hallie and the cops. He's here" she exclaimed.
"Where?" Derek asked.
The voice said "Right here" using the voice changer.
Sidney and Tess turned around to see the killer in the costume.
"Don't you realise history repeats itself?" Asked the killer in a very familiar voice especially to Tess.
The killer then removed their mask, underneath was Mickey.
Tess stood numb. How could it be the man who claimed to love her? Who had asked her to marry her?.
"Mickey? How can it be you?" Tess asked hoping this was all just a sick joke.
Mickey then put the voice changer against his mouth and said "Surprise Sidney!".
Tess looked into the eyes of the man she had loved. He wasn't there anymore. What was there now was pure evil.
"I had nothing against you Tess. Why do you think you never got attacked? Because I couldn't touch you. Despite me being a killer I could never hurt the girl I loved." Mickey explained.
"You killed Randy!!!!!" Tess exclaimed.
"He had to die. He was trying to take you away from me. And I couldn't bear to lose you. I saw you both after Cici died. I saw the way you both looked at each other and I knew you were falling in love with him again" Mickey explained. Tess could see a stray tear coming out of his eye.
" I didn't love him, I loved you. Why else would I be your fiancée??" She exclaimed holding her left hand up and showing him the ring.
"You're lying!!! Fuck this!!" Mickey exclaimed in frustration.
He then turned back to Sidney and said "Since Derek disappeared I've been on my own, all fucking night. Thanks a lot partner".
Tess couldn't believe it. Mickey AND Derek. Poor Sid she thought.
Sidney started to believe it " No it can't be. Not you?".
"No Sid, he's crazy. You know me better than that" Derek pleaded.
"It's ok Derek we got her" Mickey said.
"Sid, he's lying, he's lying. Untie me!! Untie me!!" Derek exclaimed.
"What's the matter Derek? Sidney experiencing some déjà vu?" Mickey remarked.
"Boyfriend killer, boyfriend killer" Mickey then said.
"No. Im gonna fucking kill you, fucking kill you, you are dead, dead" Derek exclaimed in anger.
Suddenly Mickey aimed the gun at Derek and shot him in the heart.
Sidney and Tess rushed to his side to stop the bleeding.
As Derek was dying he said "I would never have hurt you".
He then passed away.
Mickey then spoke " You should really deal with your trust issues Sid. I mean poor Derek, he's completely innocent and such a nice boy too. And he was gonna be a doctor, he's the kind of boy you wanna bring home to mom, if you had a mom" Mickey smirked.
"FUCK YOU!!!" Sidney shouted.
"So vulgar!! Did Billy allow you to talk to him in this way?" Mickey asked.
"Billy was a sick fuck just like you!!" Sidney exclaimed.
"No, Billy was a sick fuck who tried to get away with it, Mickey is a sick fuck who wants to get caught, see, I have it all planned out. I'm gonna blame the movies. You see it's never been done before, and just wait until the trial, because these days, it's all about the trial. The effects of cinema violence on society. I'll get Cochran and Derschovitz to represent me. Bob Dole on the witness stand in my defense. It's air tight Sid" Mickey smiled excited.
"You're psychotic and you broke my heart!!" Tessa spoke.
"Well that'll be our little secret. It's all about execution baby!!!."
"Well you're forgetting one thing about Billy Loomiss" Tess remarked.
"What's that?" Mickey asked.
"We fucking killed him!!" Tess exclaimed punching him in the eye with her engagement ring. He then dropped the gun and Sidney kicked him hard.
"You piece of shit!!" Tess exclaimed ripping the ring off her finger and throwing it as far as she could. " We are over!!".
"Oh don't do this baby you know you want me" he grinned sinisterly.
The only same part of Mickey which was loving Tess was gone and he began chasing her and Sidney around trying to punch them.
He got one punch on Sidney and then one on Tessa.
Tess fell to the ground and hit her head knocking her out.
"Tess!" Sidney exclaimed rushing over to her.
Mickey had managed to grab the gun back off Sidney.
"Oh you've got a Linda Hamilton thing going on, it's nice , I like it".
Derek's dead body then lifted back up.
"Now who's doing that? Could that be the mystery guest waiting in the wings? Told you I had a partner Sid. Surprise cameo just for you" Mickey exclaimed with excitement.
A door opened from backstage, it was Gale.
"Gale?" Sidney asked believing she was the killer.
Gale shook her head in and in walked Debbie Salt pointing a gun.
"Mrs Loomiss?" Sidney asked recognising her as her dead boyfriend's mother.
"What?" Gale asked struggling to take it in.
"Billy's mother!! It's a nice twist huh? Didn't see it coming did ya?" He asked.
"It can't be, I've seen pictures of you" Gale stated.
"Lose 60 pound and a lot of work later" Sidney remarked.
"It's called a makeover, you should try it, looking tired there yourself Gale" Debbie said removing her coat and then aiming her gun at them again.
"So you two are in this together?" Gale asked.
"Yeah well I had to have financing. Tuition's expensive, Deb there, my backer, we met on the internet, psycho classifieds" Mickey explained.
"It's estimated that there are 97 active serial killers in the country today so Mickey here was quite a find. Definitely one on the way up. All he needed was guidance and nurturing" Debbie said.
"As only a mother could do" Sidney remarked.
"Wait until the trial, it is gonna rock!!!" Mickey gleed with happiness.
"Oh Mickey there isn't going to be a trial" she then aimed the gun at Mickey and fired several shots causing his gun to fire at Gale who was attempting to run away. A badly shot Gale then fell offstage.
"Gale!!!" Sidney exclaimed.
"Two birds, one stone. Mickey was a good boy but my god that blame the movie motive, did you buy that for one second? Poor boy was completely out of his mind"Debbie said.
"And you're not?" Sidney asked.
"No I'm very sane. My motive isn't as 90s as Mickey's. Mines good old fashioned revenge. You killed my son and now I kill you and I can't think of anything more rational" Debbie said going more and more crazier in the eyes.
"You're never gonna get away with this" Sidney stated.
"Oh of course I will. Everything is traceable back to Mickey including the cop gun he used to kill everyone but let's just suppose that you got hold of the other cop's gun and there was a shootout big scuffle? And you shot Mickey, killed Mickey dead, but not before he got one shot at you. So have I covered everything? Any questions? Any comments? You know though? Who gives a flying fuck anyway. Let them try and track down the second possible killer, Debbie Salt doesn't exist" Debbie said with rage.
"You're as crazy as your son was!!" Sidney exclaimed.
"What did you just say? Was that a negative remark about my son? About my Billy?" Debbie said full of anger at the woman who took her son.
"No Billy was a good boy. You did a perfect job Mrs Loomiss" Sidney said patronising her.
"Not wise to patronise a woman with a gun. Randy spoke poorly of Billy and I got a little knife-happy. I was a good mother. You know what makes me sick? I'm sick to death of people saying it's all the parent's fault.That it all starts at home!! If you want to blame someone, blame your mother. She's the one who stole my husband broke up my family, then you took my son" Debbie was really angry " You don't know what it is to be a mother, to raise a child, to teach him and guide him".
"And abandon him?" Sidney asked. "Isn't Mickey supposed to be dead?".
Sidney grabbed a beer bottle and hit Debbie over the head with it. She then ran into the back room and closed the door. Debbie was repeatly firing at it. Sidney then broke the emergency glass to get an axe. She then began hitting wires. Lights began crashing down, which almost hit Debbie. She hit another wire bringing more lights down but Debbie dodged again. Debbie than began climbing up but Sidney hit another wire bringing bricks down ontop of Debbie. Debbie then fell back onto the ground.
Sidney then switched off all the equipment and ran out of the door. But Debbie got her and tried to stab her with the knife.
Suddenly there was a gunshot. It was Cotton.
"Don't you fucking move!! Goddamn it!!" Cotton exclaimed aiming the gun at Sidney and Debbie who had hold of Sidney from behind and held the knife against Sidney's throat.
"Look I have had a very bad day and I would like to know exactly what the fuck is going on here, Sidney" Cotton shouted.
"Cotton meet Billy's mother, she's the killer" Sidney informed him.
"And who's that?" Cotton asked kicking Mickey's leg.
"The other killer, Mickey" Sidney replied.
"Ok" Cotton said.
"Look Cotton" Sidney then said.
"Shutup" Cotton snapped."So hi. You're not Debbie Salt from the post telegraph?" He then asked her.
"I can still help you Cotton" Debbie said. "Let me kill her. As long as she's alive, you're never going to be able to lead the story, that's what you really want isn't it Cotton? If you really wanna be in the spotlight then let me kill her. Then you're the survivor, you're the star. SHE SENT YOU TO PRISON FOR A YEAR!!! I think it's rather poetic".
"No Cotton, don't listen to her!!" Sidney pleaded.
"Woah, what a predicament you're in Sid. She does make a good point. I bet that Diane Sawyer interview is looking pretty good about now"Cotton said.
There was a moment's pause.
"Consider it done" Sidney said.
Cotton then fired the gun and shot Debbie dead causing her and Sidney to fall back on the ground.
A minute later Sidney got up coughing.
"That was intense" Cotton observed.
"Cotton give me the gun" Sidney demanded.
"Oh yeah sure" Cotton smiled as Sidney took the gun out of her hand.
Sidney the knelled down to see of Debbie was still alive.
"We better get our stories straight for the press statement" Cotton said.
A hand from below grabbed Sidney, it was Gale which caused both Cotton and Sidney to jump.
"Could someone get me outta here" Gale asked.
"Gale, are you alright?" Sidney asked noticing the blood on Gale's top.
"I've been shot, of course not" Gale said sarcastically.
As Cotton was grabbing Gale a weak voice spoke "Sid".
Sidney turned to see Tessa wake up "OMG Tess are you ok?".
"Just a little headache but I'm fine" Tess said "I'm sorry".
"What for?" Sidney asked.
"It's my fault for getting involved with Mickey" Tess stated "Randy's dead because of me".
Gale looked at the young girl and knew she was about to receive more bad news, Dewey was also dead.
"Tess" Gale said holding the gun Cotton had just give her.
"Hi Gale" Tess said.
"I need to tell you and Sid something" Gale said grimly.
"What Gale?" Sid asked.
"Me and Dewey were attacked and he was stabbed. Cotton found him and tried to help him but he couldn't". Gale said.
"NOOOOOO NOT DEWEY!!" Tessa cried out in Sidney's arms.
"That's the blood on my hands" Cotton informed them.
Suddenly Mickey got up and scared them. Gale repeatly shot him until he was dead.
Gale then shot Debbie in the head "Just incase".
It was over.
But the healing was about to start.
It was daybreak, and the sun was coming up. Cotton, Gale, Sidney and Tessa walked out of the theatre when police and paramedics arrived.
The press soon arrived.
Mickey, Derek and Debbie were brought out in bodybags.
Gale was bandaged up and Tessa was treated for concussion.
"You've got a couple of broken ribs there" The paramedic said to Gale.
"I'm OK" Gale said as she walked to Sidney and Tessa.
"Are you gonna be ok?" Gale asked concerned for the pair.
"We will be fine Gale" Sidney said for the both of them.
Tessa didn't think so. She had lost her fiance who had been the killer, the true love of her life, her best friend and her brother.
How could life be ok?.
Joel came up to Gale and said "I'm back!! I was hoping we could get the scoop like in the old days. You're Gale Weathers, at Windsor College".
Suddenly, there was commotion coming from the video archives building.
"We've got a live one here!!" Shouted a paramedic.
It was Dewey!! He was alive!!
Gale and Tessa went running.
"Dewey you're alive!" Tess exclaimed with happiness.
"Tessa" he said weak.
"You go with him Tess" Gale said.
"He wants you Gale, you go. I'll go later" Tessa said giving Gale a hug.
Dewey was loaded into the ambulance and Gale went along with him.
"Apparently a knife went in some old scar tissue" Tess said to Sid.
"I know, it's a miracle" Sid hugged Tess "We're gonna get through this I promise".
"I hope so" Tess said.
Chief Hartley came up to both girls and said "You girls need to come with me right now".
"Why sir?" Tess asked.
"You'll find out" he said with a smile.
What was going on? Why did Hartley want them to go with him?.