BITTERSWEET ➥ ETHAN LANDRY

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The girls run into a small local corner store.

"Please help us!" Tara shouts. "Call 911!" Natalia shouts. Sam pacing around looking behind.

"There's a fucking line here." A bald headed guy shouts.

Natalia turns around, "Who gives a fuck about the line? There's a killer chasing us!"

Ghostface enters the store, everyone falls silent. "We got a problem here, guy?" The guy steps up.

The killer stabs him multiple times. While, Sam and Tara back up into a corner. Another guy running up gets stabbed in the neck.

"Hey!"' The clerk calls out with a gun. Gun shots were fired, "Go out the back!"

"Thank you!" They try to open the door. But it won't budge.

"It's locked!" Tara calls out. Drawing the clerks attention, getting him to retrieve the keys, the killer takes the chance and strikes him in the chest with the knife. Pushing him against the freezer doors, pointing the gun at him, and pulling the trigger. Blood splattering all over the place.

The Carpenter sisters crawl down to the floor. Sam shushing them.

   Fear consuming her entirely. Natalia felt scared. What were the chances that she and her sisters would survive again.

Gunshots were still being fired. Natalia's palm is slashed by a large piece of glass. When she notices the blood dripping, she silently curses at herself.

As soon as they heard the footsteps begin to move, Sam picked up a broken can and threw it over to the next aisle before crawling away. Shaking, Natalia peers between the spaces of the shelves as the killer quickly turns, spotting them.

The girls push the shelf, causing him to fall backward into another shelf. The police were already there as they ran out of the store. Natalia turns around seeing the back door swinging open.

The killer got away.

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  Natalia, Sam, and Tara were currently at the station being interrogated by Quinn's dad.

  He displayed gnarly pictures of the crime scene that happened earlier. This included Jason, Laura, and Sophia. Furthermore, he indicated that a blood-stained Angel outfit was present, which Natalia inferred.

   Rein. She had been wearing an Angel costume to the party.

   "No body, but..." he shakes his head. "I assume the girl is dead."

   Natalia couldn't help but sob.

   He throws a bag with a ghostface mask onto the table. "This was found at the crime scene. DNA says it belongs to someone named, "Richie Kirsh". Does that ring a bell?" He questions.

   The girls look at each other. "We're familiar." Sam nods.

   "But the one that attacked us had a different mask on." Tara points out. Bailey looks down, confused.

   "Gotta ask...Do you have alibis for tonight?"

   "I was at a party with my friends. And so was, Natalia." Tara states.

   "I was at my therapist. I'll give you his information. You can call and check if you want. And then I met my sisters at that party." Sam says, crossing her arms.