I don't know why I come to these rehearsals, they're always the same. I watch Ryan so his part then sit in the audience for an hour and a half. Don't get me wrong, I love Ryan, and I think his performance is amazing, but I don't want to sit here for almost 2 hours. Allie and Evan do good too, but I've seen this show a million times at this point. Nerd gets crazy blood hungry plant who manipulates him into feeding the plant humans. He gets the girl, but then they are both dramatically eaten at the end. I get it, that's cool, and it's an amazing portrayal of that too. I'm sure everyone will love it on opening night, but you know why they'll love it? BECAUSE IT'LL BE THEIR FIRST TIME SEEING IT. But I love Ryan, and I'd sit through this for the rest of my life if it meant he was happy. I sit down and watch the first act and then I get to the intermission, it's a rougher run today. I usually just sit there during intermission, so that's what I do. Until I get a text, it's from Ryan.
Ryan: Hey, can you meet me in the tech shop??
That's odd, usually I'm not allowed back there.
Bella: Yeah, sure. Everything all right?
Ryan: Yes, just please hurry before intermission ends.
I'm kind of worried, so I keep my stuff in my chair and rush off to the room, on my way there my body slams into someone else's and I fall to the ground.
"Shit Bella, sorry." Allie says, helping me up. "I've just been so out of it with everything going on."
"It's okay, I should've been watching where I was going." I say.
"No really, it's on me." She says, handing me my phone from off the phone. "You leaving early today?"
"No, Ryan texted and asked to meet me in the shop." I say. Allie gives me a strange look.
"That's weird, we aren't supposed to be in there during rehearsals." She says.
"That's what I thought, but it seemed pretty urgent." I say.
"Do you want me to come with you?" She asks. I debate it for a second, it has dawned on me that this could be a trap and that the killer could be luring me into the shop. The real question is, is it Allie? If it's Allie, then she would want to come with me so she could kill me, if it's not Allie then I'd be way safer with Allie there. Shoot, I don't know. I suppose that if Allie is the killer then she will just follow me in there anyways, so if I take her it won't matter.
"Yeah that'd be great." I say. We start walking towards the shop.
"So, how are you and Ryan?" She asks.
"Amazing. He is literally everything I've ever wanted." I say, smiling.
"God I wish I could get something like what you two have." Allie says, smiling. "All I have is hookups with Peter, which don't get me wrong are fun. Just not quite relationship status."
"Yeah, Peter is sweet though. Maybe you should give him a chance." I say.
"He is sweet, but I don't really think he could handle anything long term." She says.
"Yeah I get that, is that what you want? Long term I mean." I say.
"Yeah, I think so. I need someone who will be there for me when I need them. A knight in shining armor if you will." She says.
"Yeah." I say, Allie is sweet and her and Peter would be cute.
"How is being a roommate with Miles and Taylor and everyone." Allie asks. I have to figure out a way to convey what I want to say politely. I love everyone in that house, Summer is like my best friend, and we all have so much fun. But sometimes I feel like I want to move out. There is always talks of someone named Ethan, and I feel kind of left out. They all went through this traumatic event together and they are all so close that sometimes I feel like they wish Ethan was here and not me. I'm probably just being crazy, but I do feel like I'm not wanted sometimes.
"It's good." I say, because I don't really need to trauma dump on Allie. Not after her half sister was murdered.
We step inside the shop, and it's pitch black. "What the heck?" I say.
"Are you sure Ryan said to meet you here?" Allie asks.
"Yeah, that's what the text said." I say back.
"Hold on, let me find the light." Allie says, shortly after a bright light Illuminates the room. It looks like a serial killers wet dream, all types of things that could be used as weapons all over the walls, and a table saw in the middle of the room. "BELLA!"
I turn around to see someone in the same mask that was left at Hannah's crime scene, smacking Allie across the head with a hammer. She falls to
The ground and a little bit of blood hits the wall. I scream, the killer is standing right in front of the door. No exit. I have to fight. I reach and grab and axe off the wall behind me and aim it at the attacker.
"Come at me." I say, getting the axe ready to fight. At that, the killer turns around and leaves through the door. What in the world? I take a step forward, and then a couple more. I'm right in front of the door frame, nothing. I get to my knees and go to help Allie up, she is unconscious but still breathing. I get up and step out of the room and into the dark hallway. The killer pops back out and pulls out a pistol, I scream as they shoot me in the hand, making me drop my axe. I run back into the room and slam the door shut, it's wood, it won't hold the killer for long. I grab the bloody hammer from off the floor and crouch behind the table saw. Silence. I look over the table saw just as the door is busted open. I scream as the killer grabs me by the hair and slams me into the table. I get back up and hit them across the face with the hammer, I go for a second hit but they grab my arm. They twist it backwards until is snap, I scream in pain. They broke my hand, now I have a bullet hole in one and the other one is broken. I drop the hammer and the killer pistol whips me across the face. The killer throws me against the table and flips a switch, turning the saw on. The killer starts pushing me closer and closer to the saw as I scream in fear, tears start rolling down my face. I watch this ghost mask push me closer and closer to the saw, but Allie jumps up and slams a slab of wood against the killer's head, knocking them out.
"Are you okay?" She asks, helping me up.
"Yeah, you?" I ask.
"I'll be better as soon as we get the fuck out of here." She says. She turns to walk out, but the killer wakes back up. They grab their gun and shoot Allie I'm the shoulder, she scream in pain. I try to attack the killer, but they throw me back against the table. I scream as they grab my neck and start sliding me closer to the blade again. I shriek in pain as my hair attaches to the spinning blade. I feel my head start to be cut into and my blood splatters everywhere.
I stare into the black eyes of the ghost mask and in that moment I know who the killer is, it's-
