Author's note: Sexual content in this chapter! You have been warned!
The Louds and their guests felt very relieved. After three and a half hours of driving they finally arrived at the campgrounds. Lori parked Vanzilla right in front of the large cabin and everyone rushed to get out and stretch their legs. Bobby and Chaz handled the suitcases while the girls inspected the land. Lori was very impressed by the size of the cabin they were staying at; it came equipped with a large kitchen, four bedrooms upstairs with two beds in each, and a living room with a foosball table, ping-pong table, and TV. Sam and Luna liked the sparkling lake, perfect for a nighttime dip. Luan and Maggie were already tidying up the bonfire area, preparing it for their ploy.
It was, to them, the perfect place to spend their vacation.
Leni, however, felt differently. As she unbuckled Lily's child seat, she held the littlest Loud close to her chest. She gazed at her surroundings, drinking in the image of the tightly packed trees. It was eerily quiet, with only the occasional sound of quails calling in the distance. It made the sixteen-year-old girl feel as if someone was watching her.
"Hey, Leni?" Leni jumped as Chaz lightly tapped her shoulder. "Whoa, what's wrong?"
"Chaz, I… I think someone's out there." Leni stuttered.
"What're you talking about?" Chaz shrugged. "This place has been abandoned for years."
"That's my point!" Leni spluttered. "What if it got infested with, like, ghosts?! Or monsters?! Or demons from the not-nice-place?!"
"Oh, Leni…" Chaz chuckled and lightly patted her head. "So innocent and naive. Everyone knows ghosts aren't real. Now, c'mon, we're gonna start cooking dinner soon."
"If you say so…" Leni replied. But before she followed him back inside, she thought she heard a faint whisper coming from the woods. She hugged Lily tighter as she craned her head around to check the area one last time, her eyes wide with fear. No one seemed to be there, so she decided to go inside.
Little did she realize that a mysterious figure had been spying on them all in secret. He looked at the cabin through his makeshift mask, his gaze glowing with pure hatred. They were trespassing on his sacred ground, desecrating his home with their presence. The same kind of people who had tried to drown him as a child. The same kind of people who killed his beloved mother. It was up to him to get rid of them.
But not yet. He would wait until nighttime. Then, they would pay.
Later, after the sun was starting to go down, Luan and Maggie had set up a lovely campfire. The group had donned warmer clothes to accommodate for the decreasing temperature outside. Bobby and Chaz felt that they only needed sweatshirts, while the girls who were wearing skirts, or in Leni's case, dresses, changed into blue jeans and sweaters. They met outside and gathered around the campfire.
Luna and Sam gently brushed their fingers over their guitars, singing Night Moves along to the crackling fire. Lori sat, comfortably, on Bobby's lap, kissing him passionately in-between verses. Chaz was working the grill nearby, whistling along to the classic song as he flipped the burgers. Luan and Maggie sat close together, whispering when to put their plan into action. Leni couldn't remember the words to the song, so she just focused her attention on Lily as she bounced the giggling baby on her knees.
"Thank you, residents of Camp Crystal Lake!" Luna shouted, throwing the goats high in the air. "Now, any requests?"
"Oh, do you guys know Sweet Caroline?" Chaz offered, handing out burgers to everyone/
"You got it, dude!" Luna was about to start strumming again when Sam stopped her.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, hang on a minute, babe." She asked. "I forget, is Sweet Caroline played in the key of G or D?"
"Neither, it's the key of C." Luna corrected.
"I thought it was the key of E?" Bobby piped up.
"Maybe it's the key of Z!" Leni offered.
"Leni…" Luna smacked her head in frustration. "There is no key of Z."
"Well, while you guys sort this out…" Luan got up from her log, giving a sly wink to Maggie. "I gotta go pee. Ha ha ha! Get it?" Everyone groaned at the horrible pun.
"Okay, any other songs?" Sam asked the group.
"I've got a better idea…" Everyone turned their attention to Maggie. The alternative tween grinned wickedly once she was sure she had everyone's attention. "We could tell scary stories."
"That sounds fun." Sam shrugged. Everyone got closer, wanting to hear.
"Uh… sure." Leni smiled, nervously. "Let's do that."
"Oh, look, Leni's spooked!" Lori teased. Everyone laughed.
"No, I'm not! Leni snapped.
"Then why're ya squeezin' Lily tighter?" Luna cocked a smug eyebrow.
"Because…" Leni tried to sound brave. "I'm, like, trying to keep her warm!"
"Alright, then…" Nobody wanted to try and argue with Leni's inane logic, so they just listened to the story. "Luan and I had a little talk with that clerk at the gas station." The group leaned in closer. "He told us that at this very camp, a woman worked here as a cook, and one summer she brought her only son, Jason, to become one of the campers. But, you see, Jason was born with a lot of severe deformities. Both physical and mental. And the other children at the camp were cruel and unkind. They threw him into the lake while his mother was busy in the kitchen. The counselors were too busy making love. They couldn't save him. Jason's mother blamed the counselors for her only child's death and went on a killing spree for weeks before she was finally beheaded by one of her would-be victims."
Everyone looked genuinely nervous about where the story was going, unaware that someone was lurking in the bushes behind them. "Now, I don't wanna scare anyone… but, I'm gonna give it to you, straight, about Jason; his body was never recovered. Legend has it that Jason actually survived the ordeal. And that he is still out there, in this very camp." Leni shuddered with fear and moved closer to Chaz. "He stumbled, aimlessly, through the woods, struggling to return to the camp. And he arrived just in time to see the death of his beloved mother. The woman who killed her? She went missing two years after it happened. They never found her, but the people around here know it was Jason."
The stalker grew closer still as Maggie went on. "He lives here, now... Fully grown… as some sort of vengeful revenant… keeping the campgrounds free from all trespassers… killing them as a way to appease his mother's soul. And by now I think you've guessed why this place has been abandoned until now… Jason is still out there… searching… hunting… hungry for young blood."
"RAAARGH!" A person in a hideous Halloween mask popped out from behind the bushes, wielding a fake spear. Leni jumped into the air and ran off with Lily, screaming at the top of her lungs. Everyone else jumped, but soon realized it was only Luan.
"HA HA HA HA! You should've seen your faces!" Luan laughed, bumping fists with Maggie
"Ugh!" Lori groaned. "You two are, literally, the worst!"
"Leni!" Luna called. "Leni, come back! It was just Luan!"
The second-oldest Loud stomped back to the bonfire with a sour look on her face. "That was not funny!" She snapped, trying to sooth the crying baby in her arms.
"It seemed pretty funny to me." Luan, still laughing, wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Oh, yeah? Well, you scared Lily, you calm her down!" She angrily handed over the infant and stormed off.
"I'm gonna go talk to her." Chaz stated, and set off to console his friend. Lori wrapped one arm around Bobby and pointed at her sister with the other. "Luan…" She threatened. "One of these days, somebody is going to kick your ass! C'mon, Boo-Boo Bear, let's go inside."
With that, the two lovers went into the cabin and made their way upstairs, taking the birth control with them.
Additionally, Luna and Sam walked off together towards the lake for a little alone time of their own. This left Luan and Maggie alone at the dying bonfire, trying to get Lily to calm down. Maggie couldn't stand the screaming; she covered her ears and closed her eyes tight. She started to move away, when she suddenly found herself hoisted up into the air, startling both young teens.
"Who the fuck put a rope trap in the middle of a campsite?!" She shrieked.
"Don't worry!" Luan said. "I think I saw a machete in the cabin. I'll put Lily in her crib and come back for you." Before the young comedian left, she couldn't help herself. "Don't go anywhere."
"Ha ha." Maggie deadpanned.
Luan made her way into the cabin, gently rocking her baby sister to sleep and laid her down in the portable crib. A pleased shriek came from upstairs, followed by a creaking noise that could only come from a bed. Luan rolled her eyes and began to search for the machete. But she was so caught up in her search, she didn't notice that Lily was climbing out of the crib and crawling out through the door.
The innocent infant giggled happily as she crawled through the wet, cool mud. She tried to stand up on her own, but kept falling flat on her bottom. Nevertheless, she was determined to keep going. She continued to crawl forward, not paying attention to where she was going until she bumped into a pair of boots. Her babbling stopped as she looked up to see a man with a burlap sack on his head. "Gabba?"
Meanwhile, Luna and Sam had finally rolled up a pair of cigarettes with marijuana. The two rocker girls each took a long puff and exhaled, happily. The feeling was pure bliss as their world swirled into beautiful colors. They looked at each other with passionate expressions. They pulled together into a deep, sloppy kiss, groping each other's breasts as they did so.
"How d'ya feel?" Sam asked.
"Comfortably Numb!" Luna shouted. The two laughed at the slurred music reference. "Say! I've got a bloody brilliant idea, luv: let's go skinny dippin'!"
"No argument from me!" Sam agreed, still under the effects of the drug. The blonde girl started first, taking off her jacket and then moving on to her t-shirt.
As Luna tried to follow suit, she got lost in the beautiful sight of Sam's exposed breasts as she struggled to get her shirt over her head. But her drugged mind was so obsessed with her girlfriend, she didn't even notice the sharp blade digging into her skull until it was too late. At last, Sam removed the troublesome article of clothing. She immediately sobered up when she saw the killer holding Luna by the neck. She didn't even have time to scream; the man stuck the knife into her heart and she fell backwards into the lake.
The man slowly crept back towards the cabin, and spotted that his trap had worked. "Where are you, Loud…" Maggie muttered. Suddenly, she yelped in pain as she felt someone yank her long hair back. The last thing she saw was a screwdriver that quickly dug into her eye. The man muffled her screams until she finally stopped moving. He heard footsteps coming from inside the cabin, and hid behind one of the big trees.
"I found it!" Luan called out as she approached. "You didn't think I left you hanging, did ya? Ha ha ha! Get it?" Maggie's body rotated and Luan stopped laughing. The young brunette dropped the machete and screamed in terror. Her mind wouldn't think straight, and she desperately hugged the corpse. She turned around to pick up the machete again, but someone else had beaten her to it. Luan let out one final scream as the killer brought the blade down onto her face.
Back in the cabin, Lori was overwhelmed with the feeling of euphoria as Bobby kissed her. The two lovebirds were moaning in pleasure under their sheets. Lori had already had four orgasms, and was looking forward to her fifth. "Oh, god… oh, god…" She moaned. Bobby loved the sounds Lori made whenever he dominated her in bed.
But when the oldest Loud girl opened her eyes from her lust-induced serenity, she gasped at the sight before her. A man had snuck into the bedroom and was holding a gigging pole over them.
"Oh, god!" She cried.
Bobby simply thought she had reached her fifth climax, but was soon corrected when the spear dug into his back. The pole had gone straight through both young adults, killing them instantly.
Jason looked down at his victims. He had counted seven people invading his property, and now only two remained. "Kill them, Jason… kill for mommy…" His mother's voice echoed in his head. He would. He would kill them for his mother. All he had to do was wait.