Killers Heart | Ethan Landry x reader

03 : Rules And Suspects

We were all sitting around on a bench. I was by Ethan listening to "Red Right Hand".

I sat there writing some stuff. It was an essay I still had to do. It was due tomorrow, though I should've had it finished by now. Though I don't do stuff til last minute.

Mindy then stood up in front of us. She clapped her hands.

"Alright nerds! Listen up." She said.

I couldn't hear it, I was in my own world right now. She sighed. "Someone get Y/n." I then saw a hand in front of me. I took off my headphones. "What?" I asked.

"Listen up now." She said. I then paused my song listening.

"As terrifying as this all is. I'm actually glad I gey a chance to redeem myself, for not calling the killers last time.", She said.

"Yep" Chad said.

I nodded and continued listening.

"It's fine, okay." She sighed.

"The way I see it, some is out to make a sequel to the requel."

Anika raised her hand. "Um, what's a requel?"

"You're beautiful sweetie. Let's hold the question to end."

"Stab 1 took place in woodsboro. Stab 2 took place in college." Sam said. Coincidence? I think not. Though this would've been way better if I was in the requel,

"So, the killer is trying to copy the movies." I stated. Everyone looked at me. If it was Tara y'all would be acting different. "What? It's obvious."

Mindy spoke up, "It is a possibility. Heroes now in college, check. Suspicious new characters brought in to round out the suspect list" Mindy pointed to Ethan at the last part. He titled his head. Damn he's hot- omg I gotta stop..
"and/or body count, check, check,check and check." She said as she counted the new kids.

"I don't like this.", Ethan said.

"Same.", I whispered a bit.

"But it can't just be about Stab 2."

"Why not?" Tara asked

"It would make sense. If this was just a sequel. But we're not in a sequel. Because nobody just makes sequels anymore. We're in a franchise!" She exclaimed.

"Just great." I said as I went back to my school work.

"Hey, pay attention. There are certain rules to continuing a franchise!"

"I had a feeling." Anika stated

"Rule One: Everything is bigger than last time. Bigger Budget, bigger cast, bigger body count. Longer chase's, shout-outs, beheadings. You gotta top what came before to keep people coming back."

"Beheadings?" Chad asked

"Beheadings."
"Rule two: Whatever happened last time, expect the opposite. Franchises only survive by subverting expectations. If the killers last time were whiny, snowflake film nerds, with letterboxed accounts instead of personalities. You can bet the opposite will be true here."

Just great...

"And rule three: No one is safe. Legacy characters? Cannon fodder at this point. Usually brought back only to be killed off in some cheap bid for nostalgia. Not looking too good for Gale and Kirby. Oh, and that's not even the worst part."

"Oh, this is the part where she tells us the worst part." Chad said as Me, Tara & Ethan looked at him as he spoke.

"The worst part is, franchises are just continuing episodic installments designed to boost an IP. Which means, main characters, are completely expendable now, too. Laurie Strode, Nancy Thompson, Elen Ripley, Sally Hardesty, Jigsaw, Tony Stark, James Bond-- I mean even Luke Skywalker! All die so their franchise can live. That means it's not just the friend group. Any of us, could go at any time, especially Sam and Tara."

"Wait- wait. Any of us?" Ethan asked.

"Yeah."

"Does?- Am I in the friend group?" Ethan asked looking at us all.

"Yeah."

"Am I like- One of the targets?" Ethan asked. Oh, I see what he's doing.

"Mm-hmm."

"Am I gonna die a virgin?" He asked. I held my laugh in, that was funny. Tara then looked away. Chad who was looking at him, now to Mindy.

"That was.. a weird over share. But it brings us to our current suspect(s)." She said.

"Ethan: The shy dorky guy who no one suspects, because he's so shy and dorky."

"Okay, wait. Why am I on the suspect list? Because I'm randomly Chad's roommate?"

"Roommate lotteries can be juked. You could've fixed it to get next to us."

"Y/n: The quiet antisocial girl, who some will suspect. Mostly because she is mysterious..."

"Okay, but wait. What If I'm just naturally not an open person? Like, that's a thing. And, I'm comfortable around two people... And not mysterious or whatnot."

"That can be faked. Plus, I'm pretty sure we all know who that person is. Just, confess to them already. We know you both like each other!" She said. Looking over at Ethan.

"Actually- we have..." I said in a bare whispered.

Mindy then smirked and continued on.

"Quinn: The slutty roommate. A horror movie... Classic." Mindy said.

"Sex positive but... thank you?"

"Mm-hmm. And how did you come to live with Sam & Tara?"

"I answered their ad online..."

"Okay! Say no more! You've already implicated yourself enough!"

"It was an anonymous ad, Mindy." Tara told her.
"And you know we've vetted her. Plus her dad is a cop."

"and that makes it more likely she is the killer. Because having a cop dad is a great cover! Do you not remember how these movies work, Tara?!" Okay this is getting on my nerves. How is this suspicious shit? I the pinched the bridge of my nose. Ethan adjusted himself and rubbed my thigh to sort of calm me down.

"Is she always like this?" Quinn asked Sam. Sam shrugged.

"And finally, Anika" Mindy said as Anika blew a kiss as Mindy blew on back. Mindy's smiled turned serious. "Never trust the love interest." Anika's smile dropped.

"Okay! So we have our rules, and our suspects." Sam stated.

"But wait. What about you guys?" Ethan asked pointing at them with his hand.

"I mean, I think it's pretty safe to rule out the four of us who went through this last year in woodsboro." Mindy said as she crossed her arms.

"Agreed." Chad said.

"Um, not agreed." Quinn said.

"Same. Like c'mon." I told them. Looking around.

"Yeah, I mean what if the trauma you all went through caused one, or more of you to snap?", Quinn asked.

"Yeah, or maybe like you want I dunno, the rush you felt. The adrenaline got to your head. Or maybe you wanted to turn the tides this time?" I said.

"Yea, or the fame you got from the killings, made you thirsty for more. I mean let's be honest here, some of the theories online about Sam are--"

"Don't you fucking dare." Tara snapped cutting Ethan off. Ethan looked at her with raised eyebrows and looked away. From there I caressed his hand.

"Okay, she's right though. I mean, face facts. If we're all suspects, you're all suspects." Anika said.

"Agreed. As you said, we're in a requel, and their... Insane. I mean think about it, if this were a franchise, it would be I dunno. It's unexpected that one of you four are the killers. Which would be, intense as far as horror franchises go. I mean, like Randy said, 'everybody's a suspect'. I mean, c'mon expect the unexpected. So it's not safe to rule someone out unless their dead." I said as I rambled on a bit.