The Haddonfield Waltz
Chapter 3: Genesis
Authors note: I got a message on here from a fan that wondered if this story was ever going to be finished or at least updated. The truth is, as with a lot of my fiction and nonfiction as of late, is that my brain seemed to want to do other things. I had a bad batch of mental health brought on by my rampant caffeine abuse that started 5 years ago when the twisted garden that was my imagination was just being tilled. I'm clean and somewhat sober (you can't run away from caffeine you know) and promise some more frequent updates from now on of this and other fics. Enjoy-Steve
From the journals of John Carpenter
May 21 1980
I thought I saw one of that Gorgon woman's henchmen outside of a café where Deborah and I were having lunch. We're all afraid, not just me and Deborah but Jamie Lee and Donald too. I have to always look over my shoulder now. If I ever see Moustapha again I'm going to kill him.
The room Sam Loomis resided in at Shady Acres was painted robin's egg blue but it was hard to tell from the amount of newsprint plastered all over the walls. Maka and the others stood, looking at the television static colored paper, some of it jaundicing with age.
"This guy is a nut." Black Star whispered in Soul's ear. Maka shot them an angry look forcing both boys to stand at attention.
"All this time," Sam said, "I waited. I waited for someone to finally put an end to this. This nightmare that I have been living since the day he walked into my office back in 1963."
"Tell us a bit about him doctor," Maka said, "Your first meeting, how did you find him?" Dr. Loomis sat on his bed and let out a sigh that rattled in his chest.
"Back in 1963, I was working at Smith's Grove sanitarium as a psychiatrist. I was referred to a young boy, who had brutally stabbed his sister on Halloween night, that boy was Michael. He was receptive at first but he sort of built a wall around himself. He would talk, when he did talk, about a mysterious woman, a nurse at his school who gave him a shot of some kind of black fluid."
"I thought it was all lies, and then I met him, the filmmaker. He knew already about Michael's crime, said more was going to happen down the road. Had to do with a movie he made and some weird guy who was financing it. In 1978, the year that movie was released, Michael got out. He tried tracking down his sister. Nearly got her too, but I finished him and got," He pointed to his face, "This scar."
"They made another one in 1981 but it was more of a continuation to the events of 78. I think the filmmaker knew he was getting into trouble so he made one more without Michael but about my Doctor here. Don't believe his story, the world almost ended, would have too if it wasn't for another bunch of young people like yourselves." Loomis coughed again.
"What do the Halloween movies have to do with the killings Doctor?" Maka said.
"It has to do with the shot. The shot the nurse gave him. It works with the film the movie is printed on. It revives him, it gives him direction, his 'marching orders' it's like he's being controlled by an unseen hand, and that hand is on screens across the country, in millions of homes. People have tried to cover it up, no one but those involved know the truth, they are afraid to tell." His voice grew higher. Then a voice spoke behind the group.
"Goddamn it Loomis," The nurse from the front desk said, next to her was a man with a grey bristly mustache, "I got the doctor here and he says you need to get these damn kids outta here!" Maka turned.
"We were just leaving." She said curtly and ushered the team past the two officials. Tsubaki walked next to Maka.
"He mentioned a shot with black liquid, do you think it may have something to do with," she paused, "You know."
"It may be, right now we need to look around town. Maybe check out the old Myers place they talk about in the movies." Tsubaki gave a weak smile; meanwhile Black Star and Soul were holding Kid back. It seemed when they were walking past, he noticed the asymmetrical pattern on the wallpaper. Liz and Patty followed behind Maka and Tsubaki, it was then Patty noticed the strange, black shape out of the corner of her eye.
"Maka, what's that?" She asked. Maka turned, but the shape was gone.
"What was what?" she said. Patty shrugged. "Never mind." She said and walked behind the two as Black Star and Soul led Kid out of the building with paper towels up his nose.
From the journal of John Carpenter
May 10, 2008
They got McElroy last night, Dwight Little too. It seems anyone who probes too much into the truth of this thing keeps getting killed. Deborah died, heart trouble they said, I know better. I try not say too much about what I know. Rumor has it they're making a 3rd remake without the new guy at the helm. Rob actually called me, a couple of days ago. He and Sherry are getting spooked too. It seems Malek Akkad has inherited his father's little project. I know someone out there can stop this, but how?
Malek Akkad sat in the office of his home, the woman in the hooded robe sat across the desk from him.
"The delay is making me angry Malek." The woman said.
"The Weinstein's have a horrible history with horror franchises, just ask Clive Barker." He said.
"My kishen can't live on DVD's and Blu Ray's, you know that?" The woman said.
"Yes, I'm aware. My father told me it's the celluloid that keeps him alive, the black blood in the film stock."Malek said warily.
"It not just keeps him alive. It orders him. I planned this all out in 63. Gave Akkad the marching orders for the screenwriters, influenced the scribes. Maaba and I had this all planned, and you keep screwing it up." She said.
"I told you, it's not me. It's the Weinstein Brothers. If you want to be pissed at someone, be pissed at them. I'm sure plenty of Hellraiser fans are after Hellraiser Revelations." He then felt a strange tightness in his chest.
"Your lack of interest in this cause displeases me. Since you will not go along with the plan, you must be eliminated." The woman said. Malek felt a slithering sensation all over his body, his stomach felt like it was filled with pulsating worms.
"Please, let me talk to the studio guys." He said He could see a trace of a smile on the woman's face.
"No more talk." She said and flicked her wrist letting the snakes explode forth from his stomach. Malek let out a sickening gasp and slumped forward. The woman took off her hood and looked around.
"I always make such a mess when I play." She said, and walked over to the body. She then picked a cell phone out of the pocket of her robe and hit speed dial.
'This is Medusa. The job is done, and it's messy." She said and walked towards the door whistling a tune from an old horror movie.
TBC