Chapter 6: To Catch a Killer
The next day Zane and Riley sat down to breakfast. Emily was out running to clear her head. Zane picked up the newspaper and read the headline.
"Wow, I can't believe this is actually happening. That poor girl. And it's all our fault." Zane said as he put his head in his hands. Riley rubbed the back of his neck.
"Hey now, it wasn't your fault. Your or Emily couldn't have known that this would happen. But we will catch this guy or girl and take them down. I promise." Riley said giving Zane a warm smile.
"Thanks, I can always count on you." Zane laughed and gave Riley a kiss. Emily then came through the door.
"Alright guys, here's the deal. We are gonna go talk to Blaine and Kurt." she said on her way upstairs. Riley gave her a confused look. "Oh, sorry their apart of this too, but in a minimal way. Blaine and Kurt are our tech whizzes. They can maybe track our phones the next time the killer calls." Emily said.
"Yeah and then maybe we can catch these bastards for good." Riley said. Emily smiled and gave them both 'high 5s'.
"Got that right."
Later that day, Emily, Riley, Zane, Toby, and Spencer pulled up to Blaine's aunt's house. They were all nervous at first but eventually got out of the truck.
"Alright, all we have to do is wait for the killer to call us." Emily said walking up to the door.
"And then Blaine will track the call and then hopefully we find the psychos." Spencer said. Riley rang the doorbell and Kurt answered.
"Hey guys, Blaine told me you'd come over. Come in." he said as he led the gang in. Blaine was in the media room working on some project.
"Hey Blaine, Emily and Zane are here." Kurt said as he sat next to him. Blaine turned around and smiled at his guests; Riley and Zane in particular.
"Hello everyone, nice to see you. Now let's get down to business. This killer hasn't bothered us yet, but I want to prevent it from happening at all. So here's what we're going to do. Eventually the killer will call, so I'll track the call as long as it's longer than 15 to 30 seconds. It'll be easier to track that way." Blaine said.
"Now if that doesn't work then what? We can't let them know about you helping us. We're the last ones left." Emily said. Kurt got up and held her hands.
"We're gonna get through this. We did it before, so we can do it again." Emily smiled.
"Good. Because I think I'm running out of people I love. They got to Maya. Now it's personal, I can't lose any more of you. I won't have it." Emily said. Everyone gave her a round of applause.
"Alright the, let's start waiting." Spencer said.
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6 Hours Later. Riley was playing with the seam on Zane's shirt like a little kid. Zane looked at him with loving eyes.
"What're you doing?" he asked. Riley looked up at him with his baby blue eyes.
"I'm bored. So this seam on your shirt amuses me." he said. Zane laughed and gave him a kiss. Emily looked outside to see that the sun was slowly going down. It was starting to get dark out.
"Okay, so when we're not expecting it, they call us. But when we want them to they don't?" Emily said getting frustrated. Spencer got off of Toby's lap to stand beside her.
"Don't worry, they'll call eventually." she said. Just then Emily's phone rang; Blaine and Kurt were instantly at the computer.
"Okay, keep them on the line for about 15 to 30 seconds." Kurt said.
"I'll try." Emily replied. She took a deep breath and answered. "Hello?"
"Hmm you seem to be doing just fine for someone who just lost the love of their life." the voice chuckled.
"Real funny, but I'm not gonna let you of all people get me down. You're so not worth it." Emily smiled to herself.
"But Maya sure was. Especially how she called out your name while I gutted her until I felt bone." the killer laughed manically. Emily felt her heart drop.
"I'm gonna kill you, you sick bastard!" Emily yelled.
"Not if I kill you first. And good luck finding me. Tonight's gonna be a blast." they said and hung up. Emily put the phone down and looked at Kurt.
"Please tell me you got this?" she asked. Kurt and Blaine gave her a disappointed look.
"Now what?" Toby asked. Emily then thought of something.
"Wait, before the killer hung up, they said something about tonight being a blast…" Emily's voice trailed off.
"Blast? What the hell does that mean?" Riley asked. Blaine got up and started pacing back and forth. Spencer's phone vibrated.
"I think I know. Tonight's that horror movie party. Where all the towns people go to this like, warehouse to watch scary movies. I thought that they had banded that because of what happened in Astoria." Spencer said. Everyone gave her that "How do you know so much?" look. "I did some research."
"Okay, so do you think that it'll all go down there?" Toby asked.
"It's possible. We have to stop them before someone else gets hurt." Zane said. Kurt handed them some webcams.
"Here, so we can monitor what happens there. You'll have to set them up in different areas of the warehouse. We'll keep you updated."
"Alright this has to end tonight." Emily said.
"What's the plan?" Riley asked.
"Well, we'll start by going to the warehouse in hopes of drawing out the killer. And then by catching them on webcam we can catch them in the act and turn them in to the police." Zane said.
"Or kill them." Emily said nonchalantly. Zane looked at her like she was insane.
"Or turn them in, like regular people. We should all leave at different times. We shouldn't all arrive at the same time. If they are there, it could lead to suspicion. So who'll leave first?" Zane asked.
"Why not us? I mean, it's not like the killers actually know who we are. We'll go first, set the equipment up and then we'll call you at separate times." Toby said.
"Alright, be careful." Emily said. Toby and Spencer smiled and left.
"Don't worry they'll be fine." Zane said putting his hand on Emily's shoulder. At the Parkston's Warehouse, it already looked hectic. Spencer moaned a little bit.
"Having second thoughts?" Toby asked. Spencer snapped her head around so she could face Toby.
"No! This person or people are stalking our friends. I've been through this once before with Ian trying to kill me. I won't let anyone else get hurt either. Let's go." Spencer as she exited the vehicle. They spent half an hour setting up cameras and went back to the truck and waited. Toby watched the monitor for any suspects while Spencer made the call to Emily.
"Alright, Em, do the boys have a good visual, 'because we do." Emily looked at Blaine's computer monitor. Blaine gave her a thumbs up.
"Affirmative Spence." Emily smiled into the phone.
"Good, come when you get ready." Spencer said and hung up. Emily grabbed her car keys and walked towards the door. Zane walked over to her.
"Hey, can I go with you? I want to pick up my car, so Riley can go with me." Zane said. Emily smiled and said, "Sure."
"Riley stay here and I'll come back for you." Zane said as he turned to go.
"Wait, shouldn't I go with you now?" Riley asked. Zane and Emily shook their heads 'no'.
"If that person is watching I can't have them knowing our plan. Let's just stick to the original one alright? I'll be back. I promise. 20 minutes at the most." Zane said and gave Riley a quick kiss.
"Aww." Blaine and Kurt said together. Emily was suddenly grief-stricken. She had quick flashbacks of Maya and herself. That bastard's gonna pay for stealing Maya away from me. Emily thought to herself. She and Zane then left the house. Riley sat on the couch and began to wait.
Emily drove in silence. She was jealous of her cousin. He still had his love. But she focused her anger on the people that took Maya from her. After a few minutes of silence; Zane looked at Emily who had her hand up to her mouth. She looked like she was in deep thought.
"Something wrong?" Zane asked. Emily shook her head.
"Lots. Z, lots. This is happening all over again. We've lost so much before and now they took Maya from me. Now they've gone too far." Emily said.
"Well, let's try to end it all tonight." Zane said. When they pulled up to Emily's house, Zane got out.
"I'll call you as soon as I get there, alright?" Emily asked. Zane nodded his head and watched as Emily pulled off. He unlocked his car and began to drive back to Blaine's place.
Riley was sitting around bored as hell, he watched the monitors of the people at that party. Kurt was dosing off. Blaine just read a magazine. Suddenly Riley's phone rang.
"Hello?" he asked.
"Riley? Is that you?" the voice asked. Riley immediately knew who it was.
"Hi mom." He said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Where are you?" she asked.
"I'm in Pennsylvania with Zane." Riley said. He could hear his mother gasp.
"What are you doing there?"
"I can't tell you, but I'll be home soon." Riley said.
"No, luckily for you we're already here. Come to the Hilton Hotel so you can come home." Mrs. Stavros said.
"Sorry ma, I can't do that."
"Well, at least come and see us, so we know you're okay." she said pleading.
"Alright, I'll be there soon." Riley said and hung up. Riley asked Blaine if he could use his car for a few minutes.
"Sure, I have no problem with that." Blaine said as he handed Riley the keys. Riley took them and headed for the hotel.
Meanwhile, back the party, Toby and Spencer were half asleep. They had been there for about an hour now.
"This is so boring." Spencer said rubbing her eyes.
"Don't worry, Emily will be here soon, so we'll be able to go inside." Toby said. "Damn, I got to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back." he said as he exited the vehicle.
"Be careful." Spencer said.
"I will, just keep watching the monitors. If anything goes wrong, just text me." Toby said.
"Alright, boss." Spencer said and then kissed him. Toby smiled and left, leaving Spencer all alone. While Spencer was playing with her phone, she started to notice one of the cameras was covered up.
"What the hell?" She leaned in closer and looked at the monitor. The cameras were being covered up one by one. "Damn, kids. Always ruining stuff." She pulled out her cell and texted Toby.
Sum1 is messin' with cams. Gonna check it out. BRB. She hit send and called Blaine.
"Spencer what's with the cameras?" he asked. Spencer was already on her way into the warehouse.
"Yeah, I know. I'm about to go fix it now." she said and hung up. The place was filled with horror movie lovers. Spencer had uncovered all of the cameras except one. And it was on the second floor over-looking the crowd. She went upstairs and checked it. It was nothing but boxes up there. A perfect place for hiding cameras. She looked at her phone to see if she could get the live feed to show on her IPhone. It worked out pretty well.
Toby came back to the truck to find it empty. He looked around to see if he could see Spencer but he couldn't. His phone vibrated and he looked at the message from Spencer. He was relieved that she was okay. He dialed her number and called her.
"Hey, babe, are the cameras working okay?" she asked. Toby looked at the monitors and all the cameras were up and running. The last one showed Spencer's face. She was talking into it.
"Yeah, they're working fine." Toby said. Just as Spencer was about to put it down, she noticed another webcam up there.
"Hey Toby, there's another webcam up here." Spencer said. Toby furrowed his eyebrows.
"How? We only put one up there. Show it to me." Toby said. Spencer held the camera in a position so that Toby could see it.
"Spencer? That's not one of ours." Toby's voice suddenly sounded anxious. Spencer held the camera by her side where it should what was behind her as she spoke on the phone.
"Then who's is it?" she asked. Then out of nowhere a ghost face costume came charging towards Spencer from behind.
"Spencer, look behind you!" Toby yelled. Spencer was confused but turned around. The killer ran straight for her. She screams and ducked out of the way. She got up and ran towards some boxes to try to throw the killer of her tail. When she went around it and the killer just kept trying to follow, so she knocked the boxes over onto them. She tried to go for the door but the killer stopped her. They held her from behind while she struggled. Spencer used her feet to push herself and the killer back into some more boxes. They finally let her go. She crawled over to where she could see the party-goers so she could yell for help. Toby was racing across the lot to get inside. Spencer was almost to the edge when the killer pulled her back. She kicked the killer and tried to get up, but the killer just held her down. Toby saw this and yelled.
"SPENCER!" The party-goers looked at him like he was crazy. The killer saw him and just as he was getting ready to stab Spencer in the heart, she bucked her hips causing the knife to penetrate her shoulder.
"AHHHH!" she yelled and kicked the killer off her. She rolled off of where she was and landed on some boxes that broke her fall. Toby pulled out his gun and began firing. The crowd went wild and began to disperse. Toby quickly ran over to Spencer.
"Please tell me you got him or her?" she asked with a smile. Toby sadly shook his head. "Shit."
"Well, hopefully the cameras got something." Toby said as held put pressure on Spencer's shoulder.
"Since there was another camera up there, I would surely hope so. Whoever is doing this, is trying to make their own movie." Spencer said as she slowly got up to go to the hospital.
So what'd you guys think? Scary, adventurous. The Scream Franchise inspired some parts of this story. Read and Review, XOXO ShadowBeauty.