Chapter 5: The More the Deadlier
When the boys returned to Emily's house, she welcomed them inside. Maya had a huge smile on her face as well.
"So this must be the famous Riley, Zane's been talking about." Maya said. Riley blushed as he sat down on the couch. "He's cute Zane."
"Thanks Maya. Now Emily, Riley knows about our current situation. Does Maya know too?" Zane asked. Emily shook her head 'yes'. "Well okay then. So what do we do?"
"Well, I think we should all stick together. We're all better off together then apart anyway." Emily said. Everybody agreed to this.
"Yeah, because it's not like the killer or killers will come after all of us at the same time anyway." Riley said.
"Now Emily, you don't have any friends that are in town that could become targets right?" Zane asked. Emily shook her head no. Just when everybody was getting deep into a conversation, Spencer and Toby walked in.
"Hey, Spence, Toby; what are you two doing here? I thought you two were going with your parents and Melissa to the Hampton's." Emily said surprised. Spencer shrugged and sat down on the couch.
"Nah, I told them to go without me. I didn't feel like going away this summer. Besides I have you and Toby to keep me company…" Spencer looked around the room and saw Maya and two new faces there too. "Oh, I'm being rude. I'm Spencer and this is Toby." Spencer said and waved to Riley and Zane. They happily waved back.
"Um, Spence, Toby, this is my cousin Zane and his boyfriend Riley." Emily said pointing to the boys.
"Nice to meet both of you." Zane said and flashed his dazzling smile. Spencer blushed at the sight.
"Oh, Em, your cousin is absolutely charming." Spencer said laughing. Everybody joined in after that.
"Okay, Spence tell them what happened today." Toby said. Spencer looked up at him and nodded her head.
"So, we were in the park right, just talking and kissing…" Emily interrupted.
"Okay gross, please get to the point." She laughed. Spencer laughed too.
"Alright, alright, so I get this weird phone call right? The person asks 'Do you want to die tonight?' He totally ripped that off of Scream. So I hung up on him. I don't even know how he got my number or knew my name." Spencer said. Emily gave Zane a look.
"Hmm that is strange. Well you two should like, go to the Hampton's with your family. Just in case." Emily said trying to get Toby and Spencer to leave.
"No, I feel that it would be better to stick around here. Just in case that person tries to bother any of us. With us all together we'll be fine." Spencer said. Emily and Zane sighed a sad sigh. As it got later, Maya decided that she needed to go and get something out of her house.
"Hey guys, I'm gonna go to my house to pick up a few things." Maya said getting up.
"I'll come too." Emily said getting up. Maya turned around and grabbed Emily's hands.
"I'll be fine. It's just across the street alright. I'll call you as soon as I walk out this door." Maya said pointing to Emily's front door.
"Alright, just be careful, okay?" Emily asked. Maya gave her a quick kiss.
"I will, watch me from your window if you're so worried." Maya laughed. Emily and the gang laughed with her. "I'll be back." Maya said and then slide out the door. Emily and her friends decided to go upstairs and look out the window.
"Wow so protective. What's going on?" Toby asked. Emily thought quickly on her feet.
"Well, Spencer said she had gotten a weird phone call right? So I feel obligated to protect everyone as a safety precaution." Toby gave a nod of understanding. Once they got up to Emily's room, they waited. Emily looked out of her window and saw Maya walking to her house. Just then the phone rang and startled everybody. Emily answered it.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Can you see me alright?' Maya asked. Emily gave a sigh of relief when she realized it was her girlfriend on the phone instead of someone else.
"Yeah I can. Please hurry. I'm really on edge about you being there all alone." Emily answered.
"Hmph, I'm fine. I just had to pick up some sneakers. Now before you say anything, I really like these sneakers. They're sparkly." Maya said sounding like a little kid. Maya had entered her house and was on her way to her bedroom.
"Ha, ha. Just hurry up please." Emily giggled. Maya rolled her eyes and sat her phone down on the dresser by her bedroom door. Zane's phone started to ring too.
"I wonder who this is. Hello" Zane answered.
"It's nice to see you all together again." that eerie voice said. Zane's eyes widened in fear.
"What do you want?" he asked. Riley, Emily, Toby, and Spencer all looked at Zane.
"It's seems to me that one of your members has left the clique." Zane began to breathe heavily.
"What's wrong babe?" Riley asked.
"Is that Riley I hear? Damn I never thought I'd see or hear from him again. But I'm not worried. Second time's the charm." the voice laughed. Riley then took the phone from Zane.
"Now look here you son of a bitch. I'm tired of you and your stupid games. Now back off!" Riley yelled.
"Nice to hear from you again Riley. How's the scars? I heard you had your stitches out. You may have escaped death once, but I can grantee that it won't happen again!" the voice yelled. Riley was beginning to lose his cool.
"Where are you, huh?" Riley asked. The rest of the group started looking around.
"Hey Maya you still there?" Emily asked frantically.
"Yeah, yeah I'm here. I'm still looking for my sneakers. I'll be out in a minute." Maya said as innocently as possible.
"No you have to get out now!" Emily said frantically.
"What's wrong?" Maya asked.
"Where are you?" Riley asked again.
"I'm hiding in the closet." the voice said. Riley turned around as did the rest of the group.
"There's no way that you're hiding in there." Riley said as he inched towards the closet. Toby was right beside him ready to lash out at anything that goes near Spencer or Emily.
"What's going on you guys?" Maya asked as she looked out her window across the street to Emily's house. Emily looked back at her.
"We don't know." Emily said. Riley pulled open the closet door and pushed the hangers back.
Nothing.
"You're a liar and you need to go to hell." Riley said into the phone.
"I never said I was in Emily's closet." the voice said. Everyone was in shock. Then all of a sudden the killer jumped out of Maya's closet and tried to stab her. All the other kids heard were her screams. They all rushed to the window to see what was happening. All they saw was a black figure in a Scream costume chasing after Maya.
'No!" They all cried out. Maya dodge the killer and ran for her door. But she was too late. By the time she reached her door the killer had stabbed her in the back.
Emily back away from the window in horror as they all watched Maya being thrown on to her bed. While everybody else was watching this horrible sight, they didn't notice Emily sneak out of the bedroom. Emily rushed down the stairs and out of the front door. Once she was outside she could still hear Maya's screams. She made a mad dash over to Maya's house.
Upstairs in Emily's bedroom everyone was still in shock about what was happening. But something caught Zane's attention. He saw Emily running across the street to Maya's house. At first he thought he was dreaming but when he turned around and saw that Emily was missing, he and the rest of the gang piled put of the room.
"Spencer call the police. I'll go get Emily." Zane said. Riley put a hand on his shoulder.
"Are you nuts, that's what he or she wants? To get you two together so they can finish you off. I'm coming with you." Riley said.
"Riley you still have the pain spots from where your stitches are. I'll go." Zane said. And with that he was out of the front door.
Meanwhile, Maya's front door was locked so Emily grabbed a house plant and threw it through the door. When she looked up the killer threw Maya's face through the window and turned her over so that her face was facing the rest Emily's house. Emily quickly unlocked the door and ran upstairs. When she reached Maya's room, she saw a terrible sight. There was blood everywhere. It was terrible. Maya's back was facing the door. Emily went over to her and nudged her.
"Maya?" she asked. When she didn't get a reply she turned Maya over to reveal that her intestines were hanging out of her stomach. Emily had to resist the urge of gagging. All of a sudden Maya's phone began to ring. Emily picked it up and answered it.
"What?" she said weakly.
"It seems to me that your little group is starting to decrease in size." the voice laughed.
"You're an ass." Emily said her voice cracking.
"This is a preview of coming events. Zane knows what it feels like. But you, you've got it worse. Your little girlfriend is actually dead. Zane's boyfriend got to live. Now that's not far." the voice said sounding sarcastic.
"Why don't you actually come for us, huh? Why pick off our loved ones?" Emily asked.
"Oh Emily, you think you're still the star? This isn't a swim meet honey. It isn't all about you."
"This isn't a damn movie or a soap opera either!" Emily shouted.
"It will be." the voice said.
"These are innocent people. Leave them out of this." Emily demanded.
"Spare me the lecture. You and Zane have done very well by all of this bloodshed haven't you? Well what about the town you two left behind. I've got plans for you two. I'm gonna slit your throat and make you watch as I gut your cousin Zane. You two will die when I fucking want you too. But until then, like I told Zane, you're gonna suffer." and then the line went dead.
Outside of the house the police had arrived when Zane was about to cross the street. They all talked for the longest trying to calm the teenagers down. Spencer had, had enough of it and snuck off to Maya's house to check on Emily. When she got upstairs she saw the horrible sight too.
"Come on Em. Let's go." Spencer said as she pulled Emily from off of the bed. They stood out in the hallway and talked.
"What the hell is going on?" Spencer said and then out of nowhere the killer wearing a Scream costume came at Spencer from behind.
"Look out!" Emily cried as she pushed Spencer out of the way. The killer's knife did cut Spencer's shoulder though. Emily grabbed onto the killer and they both fell down the stairs. The killer pulled Emily up and threw her into a wall. Emily quickly grabbed a vase and smashed it against the killer's face. Boy did they bounce back fast because they tripped Emily and she fell on her back. They then tried to stab her in the chest but Emily caught on to the killer's hands and kept them from getting any closer to her chest. She then flipped the killer over and they rolled down the rest of the stairs. Once the killer was on their feet again, they tried to grab Emily, but she kicked them away. She then got up and did a round house kick on the killer. They were then out cold. The police then arrived and came inside the house. Emily was thrilled that this was finally over. She turned to greet them.
"He or she is over here." she said pointing to the spot where the killer laid at.
"Where?" one of the cops asked. Emily turned to see that the killer wasn't where she had last seen him or her. They had escaped out the backdoor.
"Well they were here." Emily said as she ran her fingers through her hair.
"How many of them were there?" the cop with light blue eyes asked.
"Just one. But they did the damage of two people." Emily sighed as she walked upstairs to find Spencer crouched down beside a wall holding her shoulder.
"Oh man." Emily said as she brought out a towel and held it against Spencer's shoulder. "I'm so sorry Spence. I didn't mean for any of this to happen." Emily said.
"It's alright. We'll talk about it later. Let's get me to a hospital." Spencer chuckled and got up. They met up with the boys an explained everything. Toby had already taken Spencer to the hospital.
"Wow, they got to Maya?" Riley asked. Emily shook her head yes. You could tell she was being strong. That is, until they removed Maya's body from the house in a body bag. That's when Emily lost it. She cried for a good few minutes. Zane held on to Emily for as long as she needed him. When she finally stopped, she just stared up at Maya's house, remembering the sight she had seen.
"Is there anything thing we can do?" Zane asked. Emily wiped a tear from her eye.
"Yeah, we could catch this fucker, before he or she hurts someone else we love." Emily said as she began to walk home.
Ooh this is getting good. Sorry i've been gone. Computer issues. Working on a Twilight version of Zane and Riley's love. Ps. Did you see the Much Music Promo for them? Zane asked Riley if he's cheating on him. That isnt good. Give lots of reviews. Tell your friends too. Non-members can review too. XOXO ShadowBeauty.