Saw: The Next Generation 2
Chapter 9
Jade, Maya, and Kellina sat on the couch across from Holly. The house was just as nice on the inside as the outside.
"My parents are at work, so we have time." Holly said. She took a deep breath and began her story. "I meet Amelia in 4th grade."
Jade, Kellina, and Maya looked at each other, surprised.
"We were friends for a couple years. Not best friends or anything, but friends. In 6th grade, things began to change." Holly explained. "There was a new girl in school, Ashely and we became instant best friends. Ashely and Amelia didn't get along though. And I chose Ashely over Amelia. Oh, but she didn't like that.
"Amelia and I shared a few other friends. Cooper, Jerald, Alicia, and Sephora. Ashely told all of them that Amelia was trash. That she was saying all these horrible things about them. I had no reason to doubt her. They all turned on Amelia and she lost all her friends. Sephora was her best friend, and Ashely managed to destroy their years of friendship in a week."
"Sound like someone we once knew," Maya said, referring to Heather.
Jade gave Maya a sharp look.
"We all took Ashely's side, on everything. She was our leader. She told us the truth, or so we thought... Amelia tried to convince Sephora of the real truth, but Ashely staged everything, to make it look like Amelia was the awful one. We all teased Amelia. Called her names. Spilled milk on her. Tripped her in class.
"You were bullies," Kellina said. "A group of bullies."
"I'm not proud of it," Holly said.
"We understand," Maya said. "We've been there too."
Holly took a moment. "We were all having a party. The six of us. And Sephora invited Amelia over. She lured her there. We didn't know what Ashely had planned. We thought we were just going to prank her..."
"What did she do?" Jade asked.
"Ashely beat her up. She got Cooper to record it, like it was a joke." Holly's eyes filled with memory. "We didn't stop it. Sephora told Ashely to, but that didn't do anything. Gerald and I had to carry Amelia to the park, and drop her off there... She wasn't at school the next week. Then, one night we were all hanging out at Ashely's house. Her parents weren't home. Amelia came in, from the hallway, stitched up lip and all. She told us we would regret how we've treated her. That we had to learn a lesson. She snuck into Ashely's house for who knows how long. She laced the soda with sleeping pills. We were all passed out."
"She did a similar thing with us," Maya said.
"When we woke up, we were in a torture chamber. A building full of deadly traps." Holly said. "A tape told us we were players."
Kellina covered her mouth. "Oh my God."
"We weren't the only ones," Jade said.
"She's done this before," Maya said.
"Since 6th grade," Kellina said. "Who knows how many others?"
Holly continued her story. "Unlike your horror story, I was the only survivor. I watched all my friends die. Ashely was one of the last ones to go."
"You and your friends pushed her over the edge," Maya said. "Ashely and the rest initiated the idea."
"One thing I never understood was her obsession with Jigsaw. It mimicked his work," Holly said.
"We don't have that answer either," Jade said.
"Does it surprise you that Amelia is still doing this?" Maya asked.
Holly shook her head. "I'm more surprised she hasn't gotten caught."
"She and her accomplice cover their tracks well." Jade said.
Holly stood up. "Wait, who gave you my address?"
"Maya got it in a package from Amelia," Kellina said.
"She still knows where I live?" Holly said. "We moved after I was kidnapped. I wanted to go to a school that wasn't grieving and that wouldn't remind me of all my dead friends." She paces the room. "I think you should go."
"Holly," Maya said, "Amelia has moved on from you. She's not gonna hurt you."
"Did Amelia ever go after your new friends or family?" Kellina asked Holly.
"What? No." Holly said.
"Why us?" Kellina asked.
"I don't know," Jade said, "but we should go."
"But we don't know where to go next." Kellina said.
Maya already headed out the door.
"I don't know what to tell you," Holly said.
"If we don't get that address, we'll never find my sister or my friend. They'll die!" Kellina said.
Jade held her back. "This isn't helping Kelly."
"I found it!" Maya shouted from outside.
Jade and Kellina ran outside and found a paper in Maya's hand.
"The next address!" Kellina said. She held the paper in her hand.
Jade entered in the address on her phone. "That's about another 14 hours away. We better get going now."
Jade, Kellina, and Maya got into the van. Jade got in the driver's seat and turned on the vehicle.
"Thank you," Jade called to Holly, before the van drove off.