A/N: And here we are once again with an all new update of 'Howl-O-Ween'! Michael has now already claimed three more victims to add to his body count, including the specist mayoral candidate, Swinton. Now, we're going to start an all new update and see how everybody's doing! Now, without further ado... let's begin! Enjoy!
Russel had now just come out of his bathroom, wearing his skeleton costume he had just purchased yesterday. Outside the bathroom stood Mr. and Mrs. Spitz, Russel's foster parents. Mr. and Mrs. Spitz were both dressed as characters from 'Rocky Raccoon Horror Picture Show' an animal version of a very popular musical from the human world that Russel only saw posters for, but never actually got to see.
"Oh, you look great Russel!" Mrs. Spitz said, pulling him into a hug, which he returned happily.
"Yeah, I think you made the right choice with your outfit for tonight, buddy!" Mr. Spitz complimented.
"Hehehe, thanks you two. How's Ethan?" asked Russel, wondering about his younger brother. Mrs. Spitz went into the kitchen and retrieved a little gray fox kit dressed up as Buzz Lightyear. This was Russel's foster brother, Ethan, who saw the human as his most favorite person in all of Zootopia, as well as his hero.
"He looks so cute" Russel said, poking Ethan's belly and making the kit giggle. Russel knew that Ethan's favorite movie was 'Toy Story' and his favorite character of all was Buzz Lightyear. Everytime he wanted to watch it, he would beg Russel to watch it with him, not that the human minded of course.
"You excited for trick or treating, Ethan?" asked Russel. Ethan only nodded before Mr. Spitz held him up in the air, close enough to touch the ceiling.
"Too infwinity and bweyond!" Ethan called out, repeating his favorite line from the movie. Seeing him do this made Russel giggle a bit, and it warmed his heart to see his little brother so happy. Mr. Spitz handed Ethan over to Russel, who took him into his arms as Mrs. Spitz took out her phone and activated the camera feature.
"Put your mask on Russel. I wanna get a picture of the two of you in your costumes!" Mrs. Spitz told him. Russel put on his plastic skull mask and then looked up to the camera. Ethan looked up too and Mrs. Spitz held down on the button, managing to take a good amount of photos just in one take. After the pictures were taken, the doorbell rang.
"I think your friends are here, Russel. I'll take Ethan off your hands" Mr. Spitz said before taking Ethan out of Russel's arms and into his own. Ethan then began to get a sad face, and began to whimper lightly. Russel then looked at Ethan before speaking to his little brother.
"Hey, don't be sad. Next year, I'll go trick or treating with you. I promise" said Russel before giving Ethan a kiss on his forehead.
"Okay Wussewl" said Ethan before he saw Russel go to the front door. He opened the door up to reveal Roger and Erik in the costumes they had purchased yesterday.
"Hey guys. Wow, you guys look great!" Russel said, complimenting his friends' costumes.
"Thanks man, you're not so bad looking yourself" said Roger.
"Yeah, you look really spooky. I didn't know the bones were glow in the dark either" Erik added, pointing out that the mask, and the painted bones on the black onsie glowed slightly green.
"Oh, yeah. I just found the 'Glow in the Dark' sticker on the label when I was putting it on" the human told the otter. Mrs. Spitz ran up behind Russel and handed the human boy an empty white pillow case.
"For your candy. Now, text me when you get to the dance alright? And then text me when you're on your way home?" asked Mrs. Spitz.
"I will, mom. Don't worry" Russel said before letting his foster mother kiss him on the cheek of his mask before the three ran off together down the sidewalk to begin their quest for a large hoard of Howl-O-Ween candy.
Judy and Nick stood at the very end of a white picket fence of a nice blue-painted house as Eli walked up to the front door and knocked on it. Eli then watched as the front door opened to reveal two male raccoons wearing a police officer costume, and one wearing a burglar costume. The two held paws while answering the door.
"Trick or treat" Eli said while holding his pillow case up to them.
"Wow, your costume looks great, kid" the burglar raccoon said.
"Yeah, you're the only kid in Zootopia that's come to our house that's not dressed as a ghost or a slasher movie villain. Kudos to you for creativity" the police raccoon said before giving Eli two large chocolate bars as well as three suckers.
"Thank you. Happy Howl-O-Ween!" Eli said before walking away.
"Happy Howl-O-Ween to you too!" the police officer raccoon replied.
"Stay safe!" the burglar raccoon added before giving the other raccoon a kiss on his cheek and then pulled him into the house before closing the door. Eli then met up with his parents and saw smiles on their faces. The smiles were of happiness to see their kit having so much fun.
"Hey kiddo, looks like your pillow-case is about halfway full" Nick said while trying to reach his paw inside the bag, only to have it slapped away by Judy.
"Nice try, slick. But this is Eli's Howl-O-Ween candy, not yours" Judy told him.
"Hey, he can share some with his pops if he wants to" said Nick in his defense.
"Reaching into his candy bag uninvited does not qualify as sharing, Nick" Judy scolded gently. Eli then looked in front of him and saw a familiar site, it was his classmates and friends, Mike and Isaac. Mike was dressed as 'Ant-Mouse' from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Isaac was dressed up as an astronaut.
"Eli! Great costume, buddy!" Mike called out to him. Eli lifted his mask up to reveal his face to the mouse.
"Thanks M-Mike. Your costume l-looks great too" he replied.
"Thanks, I didn't even buy it online or anything. I actually made it all myself, and wore it to Tundratown Comic-Con this year" Mike told him.
"Woah, no way, really?" Isaac asked.
"Yup. It was a pain in the tail to try and find the pieces to make it though. Cost me an entire month of allowance money to buy them and put them together though" Mike answered. Both Eli and Isaac had to admit that it looked pretty realistic for a home-made costume.
"You guys trick or treating?" asked Eli.
"We actually just finished. We were about to head out to Lyla's house" Isaac answered.
"Yeah, she's having this big Howl-O-Ween party. Almost everybody from school is there too" Mike told him. Eli then smiled slightly knowing Lyla was the one holding the party, he then turned to Judy.
"C-Can I go to the party, please?" asked Eli.
"Of course you can, sweetie. We just want you to have fun on your first Howl-O-Ween. If going to this party sounds like something you'd think of as fun, go ahead" Judy told him. Nick patted her on the shoulder and whispered into her ear.
"Homicide right down the street. The officers already there are saying that it's probably Michael. It's pretty gruesome" Nick told her.
"Eli, sweetie. Your dad and I have to answer a call about something important. Do you think you'll be alright going to the party without us?" asked Judy.
"Uh y-yeah, I'm okay" said Eli. Judy only gave Eli a quick kiss on his nose before running back to her patrol car with Nick. The sirens went off and the two began driving in the opposite direction of where their kit was standing before.
"Well, what are we waiting for? The party's this way" Isaac said before walking ahead of Eli and Mike. The human picked Mike up and rested him on his shoulder before following their coyote friend all the way down to Lyla's party.
Nick and Judy's car parked outside a large house and saw that there was already a coroner's van, an ambulance, another police car, and a fire truck parked on the curb near the house. The two walked inside to see Walter and Jack standing right below the stairway.
"Oh, you must be Walter Cruz. I don't think we've been formally introduced to each other. I'm Judy Hopps" said Judy, holding out her paw to the human. Walter shook her paw and gave the bunny a polite smile.
"It's a pleasure, miss Hopps. I only wish we weren't meeting in this situation" said Walter.
"As do I, Mr. Cruz" said Judy before turning over to see Jack.
"Wait, Jack?" asked the rabbit in surprise.
"Judy?" Jack replied before the two of them hugged.
"Oh my gosh, I haven't seen you in years! And now you're training to be in the ZPD!?" Judy said happily, making Jack chuckle slightly.
"Yeah. You've really brought out the best in a lot of bunnies back in Bunnyburrow who didn't wanna be carrot farmers like everybody else. I enrolled in the academy because of what you did during the Night-Howlers case. I owe this all to you, Judy" Jack said. Nick then stepped in between the two of them looking confused.
"Woah woah woah woah, wait! You two know each other?" he asked, one finger pointing towards the both of them.
"Oh yeah, Jack and I are high school best friends" said Judy.
"We had a lot of classes together. We even shared the same dream" Jack added.
"Funny, you never really mentioned you knew her" Walter piped in.
"I didn't really think it was important. Besides, it's been ages since we've seen each other" Jack replied.
"Amen to that. But we're getting way off track here. Where's the body?" asked the female rabbit. Walter then cleared his throat and spoke.
"This way, please" Walter told them. Nick, Judy, and Jack followed him into the living room to see an African Wild Dog, hanging dead on a large wooden cross made from tree branches, designed in a similar fashion to the symbol from the popular horror movie 'The Blair Witch Project'. The body was stripped totally naked, with several knife wounds in the stomach and the chest. Resting atop the body's head, was a hallowed out Jack-O-Lantern, with a hole cut out of the bottom to make it like a mask.
"Oh sweet cheese and crackers" Judy whispered with her ears drooping.
"This is without a doubt something Michael Myers would do" said Walter as he watched the coroners taking photos of the body. Nick looked up to him with his eyes wide and ears perked up.
"You know who Michael Myers is?" asked the fox.
"Everybody in the human world knows who Michael Myers is. His killing spree in 1978, including his sister's murder in 1963 is the stuff of legend" Walter replied. Judy then analyzed the corpse.
"Why is he naked?" asked Judy, wondering why the body lacked any clothing.
"We found his clothes and underwear folded up neatly sitting on top of the toilet with the shower door trashed, the shower was still running as well when we got here. Coroners believed Michael pulled him out when he was taking a shower and then stabbed the poor guy to death" Jack explained to his old friend.
"Yeah, the other one made it out easier" Walter added.
"Other one? You mean there's another body?" asked Nick. Jack instructed Nick and Judy to follow him to the master bedroom where a female golden retriever was lying on the bed wearing just a bra and panties. A red ring was embedded into the skin underneath her fur around her neck.
"We found some rope right next to the nightstand. Coroners have labeled this as a strangling" said Walter.
"No stabbing, slitting of the throat. No, blunt-force trauma to the head, nothing" Jack added. Nick and Judy looked sympathetic for the poor girl as they stared at her lifeless body. Nick then noticed something above the bed's headboard and turned on the flashlight feature on his phone to shine it upon the wall. There was one word written in blood on the wall.
Samhain
"Samhain. It means the lord of the dead. It was also the original Celtic name for All Hallow's Eve, which was eventually changed to Howl-O-Ween" said Nick before he took a picture of the word on the wall.
"How did you know that?" Judy asked.
"Eleventh grade history class. Puritan era studies. We studied the origins of the holiday and all of it's traditions ranging from costumes, giving out treats, and Jack-O-Lanterns" Nick answered while putting his phone away.
"These are only the fourth and fifth bodies we've found tonight" Jack told them while still analyzing the lifeless still-opened eyes of the recently murdered golden retriever girl.
"Yeah, I read about that recently on the ZNN news app while we were taking our kit trick or treating. Mayoral candidate Swinton had her face bashed in before getting stabbed in the forehead. There was also some doe who got scalded to death with hot water, and then there was a wolf impaled on a fence" Nick told them. Walter walked up to the body again and stared at it.
"Sheesh. Now I know how Laurie Strode felt" said the latino human. The mention of this name made Judy's ears perk up and turn to face him.
"Did you just say 'Laurie Strode'?" asked the rabbit.
"Yeah, why? You know who she is?" asked Walter.
"Laurie Strode is the name of our adopted kit Eli's biological mother" Judy told him. Walter's eyes went wide as he had a realization.
"This isn't just some random killing spree. He's trying to find your kit" said Walter before he ran out of the room and went down the stairs with Nick and Judy following him.
"I don't understand, why does Michael want Eli?" Judy asked, her voice sounding deeply concerned.
"Look, this isn't just about satisfying his bloodlust for Michael. To him, it's revenge. Laurie Strode was the only survivor to his killing spree, and knowing that he's her son... he's gonna try and kill him as revenge" said Walter before running down to his car. Judy was now going into full-on panic mode and found herself being held in Nick's arms.
"Judy, Judy, look at me" Nick said. Judy's worried purple eyes now looking into his emerald ones.
"Eli is going to be okay. Michael is not gonna lay one finger on him. We're gonna catch him before he even gets the chance... I promise" said Nick before Judy buried her face into his chest and cried into his uniform.
(Start playing 'Halloween Theme' from the soundtrack to the 2018 movie as you read this next part of the story until it says to stop)
Walter ran down to his cruiser and took up the radio that was sitting on the dashboard.
"Attention all units. This is Walter Cruz, we've determined Michael Myers' next target. He's going after Eli Hopps, who's the biological son of Laurie Strode, the lone survivor of Michael's killing spree in 1978. Find Eli and keep him safe at all costs" Walter said into the radio before hanging it back up on the dashboard and looked back up to Nick and Judy who just got out of the house.
"Where is he?" asked Walter.
"He said he was going with his friends over to a Howl-O-Ween party at his friend Lyla's house. His friends are with him going to his party as well" Nick told Walter.
"Do you know where Lyla's house is?" Jack asked him.
"It's 6192 Capybara street" Judy answered, having been there before to have coffee with Lyla's mother when Eli went over to do a homework assignment with Lyla before.
"Follow me, we're going over to that house now" said Walter before they got in their respective police cars and turned the sirens on before driving down to the party.
(You can stop playing the song now, and then start to play 'Larger than Life' by the Backstreet boys as you are about to read this next part)
Eli, Isaac and Mike went inside Lyla's house to see several of their classmates and other friends from school wearing all different kinds of costumes, eating candy, bobbing for apples in the corner of the living room, enjoying some cold soda pop, and dancing to music. Eli smiled at the sight of this, this was his first party he had ever been too, and it looked like a lot of fun as well.
"Wow, this place is packed!" Mike said.
"I know. I don't think I've ever had a party like this, even on my birthday" Isaac replied.
"So, what do you guys wanna do?" Eli asked.
"Well, I'm gonna grab a drink. I'm parched" Isaac said before going up to the cooler to grab a can of soda to drink.
"I'm gonna go over to the apple bobbing bucket. What are you gonna do?" asked Mike.
"Um... I d-dunno. May as well dance and s-see who else is h-here too" Eli replied. Mike only nodded and jumped off Eli's shoulder and ran up to the apple bobbing bucket. Eli walked up to the mosh-pit of animals and humans dancing to the upbeat pop music and shimmied his shoulders to give the appearance that he was dancing, when he was actually nervous. He'd never never been in a huge crowd like this before, it was all still very new to him.
"Eli?" he heard a voice say. He turned around to see that it was Lyla, dressed up as a witch, with the pointy hat and puritan-like dress with a broom in her hoof.
"Lyla, wow. Your costume... it looks great" Eli said, blushing at how amazing she looked.
"Thank you. Your costume looks great too. I would have thought you'd go as a wizard though" Lyla replied.
"Oh, well... Hockey player was more appealing" the human told her.
"Oh Ellliiiiiii!" he heard another voice call out. He turned to the left to see his fellow Ranger Scout, a white tigress named Kimi, dressed in a pink one-piece bathing suit, and a pink tutu, as well as pink shoes with a tiara on her head and wings on her back with a magic wand in her paw.
"You like my costume, Eli?" she asked the human in a flirty tone.
"Uh, y-yeah. B-But what is it?" asked Eli, confused as to why Kimi was acting like this. Eli hardly knew that Kimi was trying to flirt with him since she had a thing for him, despite the human boy not returning the feelings.
"I'm a fairy princess, you silly silly human" Kimi said with a giggle at the end. Eli then looked to the window and saw Michael staring into it and gazing upon everyone at the party.
"Uh... Lyla, where's the bathroom again?" asked Eli nervously.
"First door to your right up the stairs" Lyla answered.
"T-Thanks" Eli said before he attempted to walk away, but Kimi grabbed him by the wrist.
"Oh, it can wait. Come on, dance with me" the white tigress insisted. Eli looked back up to see Michael was still standing outside staring at him.
"N-No, really, Kimi. I have to go" Eli said before running up the stairs and towards the bathroom. Kimi then looked behind her to see what was making Eli so nervous and saw Michael Myers.
"Who's that? He looks like a weirdo" Kimi asked. Lyla looked and saw him.
"I don't know. But I sure didn't invite him" Lyla said before walking to the backyard and going out onto the deck to see Michael now looking at her instead of through the window.
"Hey! Weirdo! Get out of here! Nobody invited you. You're scaring my friend too. Now go! Shoo! Before I call the cops!" Lyla shouted. And with that threat alone, Michael walked away into the streets without even looking back.
"Well, that's taken care of then" the young zebra said before going back inside and then waited outside the bathroom Eli was using. After a minute or two of waiting, she saw her human friend come out.
"You alright, Eli?" she asked, concerned for her friend.
"Yeah. It was just... that guy standing outside the window was giving me the creeps" said Eli, not wanting to bring up how Michael Myers ruined his life in front of her.
"Well, I shooed him away. He's not gonna bother you again" said Lyla.
"T-Thanks, Lyla" said Eli, not fully aware that it was really Michael Myers staring at him.
"Don't mention it. Now come on, let's dance" Lyla said before Eli and her went down and rejoined everyone else at the party and began to dance and have fun.
(You can stop playing the song now)
At the Spitz residence, Mr. and Mrs. Spitz just put Ethan in his crib and placed the bucket of candy they had collected on the kitchen table and spilled it all over.
"Checking for razor blades, dear?" Mrs. Spitz asked.
"Yeah. I just wanna be sure Ethan's candy is safe for him to eat" Mr. Spitz replied before taking up a green lollipop and inspected it closely.
"Well, I'm going to take a shower. Don't take too long with the candy, they're showing 'A Nightmare on Elk Street' on the TNT Horror-Thon and I wanna watch it with you" Mrs. Spitz told him before kissing him on the muzzle.
"I won't, honey" said Mr. Spitz as he went back to checking the candy as his wife went into the master bathroom to shower and freshen up for bed. As he looked through the candy, he didn't realize that the window next to the front door was open, and Michael had gotten into the house and was now standing over him watching him inspect the candy.
"Ugh, candy corn. Nobody likes candy corn anymore" Mr. Spitz said before tossing a plastic baggie of candy corn into the metal trash can on his right before going back to inspect the candy. Michael stared at him for a good while before walking away and going upstairs to the master bedroom. He turned his head to see that the bathroom's lights were on and that Mrs. Spitz had just gotten out wearing only a black silk tank-top, and some dark red pajama bottoms.
"Ahh, now that was nice" she said before opening her medicine cabinet up and taking out her toothbrush and toothpaste. Once the toothpaste was applied to the bristles of her brush, she shut the medicine cabinet door, only to see someone standing behind her. It was Michael, standing right behind her, holding his knife in a stabbing motion.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Mrs. Spitz screamed before she felt the knife go right into her side and she kicked Michael away. She had pulled the knife out of her side and threw it back on the ground before running out of the bathroom and into the hallway. Michael stood back up and picked his knife back up before walking after her and saw that Mr. Spitz had a shotgun in his paws and shot Michael right in the stomach, which sent him flying out the window and onto the front lawn of the house.
"Oh my God! Are you okay?" Mr. Spitz asked as he helped his wife up and took her to the kitchen to sit down at the table. He took some rags out of the shelves and pressed them against her knife wound to soak up the blood.
"Keep the pressure on it. I'm gonna call Barry and see if he can send an ambulance, alright?" Mr. Spitz asked. His wife only nodded while sobbing and crying in pain while applying pressure to where Michael had stabbed her. Mr. Spitz had then taken out his phone and dialed Barry Snowson on speed-dial and held it up to his ear.
"Hello, Barry? I need you to send an ambulance. My wife has been stabbed! It was some human wearing a mask, it looked... old and, and... worn out" Mr. Spitz said into the phone. He then looked out the broken window and down at the lawn to see Michael wasn't there anymore, his eyes went wide in horror.
"I-I shot him but he's not there anymore. P-Please just send help!" said Mr. Spitz, begging for an ambulance to be sent.
A/N: There you have chapter 6! Now, Michael has just added more victims to his body-count, and would have almost killed Mrs. Spitz if he had not been shot out the window, only to disappear the minute he looked away. Nick and Judy have just met Jack and Walter, not to mention Eli's actually starting to have fun on Howl-O-Ween until he sees a guy dressed like Michael staring at him, not knowing that it actually IS Michael. We've also learned that Michael is after Eli, as revenge against Laurie for surviving his killing spree, as well as sending him back to jail. What happens next? Wait until the next update to find out. Please review, thanks!