October 31st.

Chapter 12

02:00am

We were drove home, but Lauren got out the car at my house. "Uh, Lauren, what are you doing? You don't live here!" "I know, can I stay the night?" "Why?" "Because I'm scared! I don't wanna be home alone tonight!" She answered.

"Lauren, your parents will be home!" "No, they won't. They're out all night! Please, I don't wanna be alone!" She begged. I couldn't just say no, could I? I know what she went through, I was there. I walked to my front door, and Lauren followed. I let her in first, and I followed her in. I locked the door, and heard my mum, crying. "Mum?" I asked. She sounded shocked, and had a sigh of relief. "Mum, what's wrong?" She got up off the couch, and turned around. She ran to me, and gave me a big hug! She hugged Lauren too. "I'm glad you two are alright." She cried. "We're tired so we're gonna go to bed, okay? Night mum!" We walked upstairs, and I opened my bedroom door. I turned on the light, and Lauren also walked in. I shut the door, and fell down and started crying. Lauren sat down beside me, and said "What's wrong?" "All those people, died tonight. It's all my fault, he was after me, and they died!" I said, with tears bawling out of my eyes. "It's okay! It's not your fault that people died! HE killed them, not YOU!" I looked up at her, and I said "Thanks. You make me feel better about myself, I can't get that horrifying picture out of my head!" "What picture?" "When Maureen died, I saw the whole thing! The way she was stabbed and the way she was pulled through the hole in the door, she was nearly ripped in half! It made me feel sick as fuck! She died, and I COULD'VE saved her, I nearly saved her, but I fell back and let go! That's when she died. She could be alive right now, but she wasn't, she was murdered!" "THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, DON'T BLAME IT ON YOURSELF!" Lauren shouted. I got up, and walked over to my wardrobe. I grabbed a pair of freshly washed & ironed pyjamas, and got changed in my bathroom. "Lauren, you can take some of my pyjamas if you like?" "Uh, yeah thanks!" She reached into the wardrobe, and grabbed the girlyest pair she could find, and she changed. I looked at my body, and legs. I saw scratches and cuts on my arms and chest, my legs had blood on them! "Hey, Lauren! I am gonna take a shower, then you can take one too, okay?" "Yeah, that's fine! Be quick though, I need to get this blood and mud off me!" She replied. "Haha, okay! Tonight was so hectic, I mean, a murderer on Halloween? It's asif it were Michael Myers!" I laughed.

LAUREN'S POV-

I was in Kieran's room, waiting to shower. "Hurry up, I wanna take a shower!"

"Haha, okay! Tonight was so hectic, I mean, a murderer on Halloween? It's asif it were Michael Myers!" I then heard Kieran say! I then heard a creak outside, and I walked over to the window, to see what it was! I peered out of the window, and something pulled onto my arm! I fell out of the window, and screamed! I landed on a piece of glass that had been placed there, and it stabbed my back! I turned onto my front, and started to pull myself away! Then, I heard someone jump from a high place, right behind me! I looked behind me, and saw Brandon, standing there with a big-ass butcher knife in his hand! "Oh fuck!" I shouted. I got myself up, and began to run, but he pulled onto some rope, and TRIPPED me up with the rope infront! He ran over to me, and started laughing! He grabbed onto me, and pulled me to a van! It was a police van, and it was the same police van that he was arrested in! "OH GOD!" I shouted, as I put it together in my mind, that he never made it to the police station, because he killed the police officers, and made a little detour! He opened the back doors, and was holding onto me, to throw me inside, but I punched him, and I was free! Then, someone else, appeared in front of me, dressed all in black, and he/she punched me! I fell to the ground, and he picked me up, and threw me in the van! "NOOO!" I shouted, as he slammed the door shut.

BRANDON'S POV-

"WE HAVE THE GIRL, WHAT ABOUT THE BOY?" The figure said to me.

"NO! IT'S BETTER THAT WE HAVE JUST THE GIRL! BECAUSE SHE IS ENOUGH TO HOLD FOR RANSOM! HE WOULD BE NO-WHERE WITHOUT HER. HE'LL COME, JUST YOU WAIT!" I replied. I then climbed up to Kieran's bedroom, and wrote a message on the wall, making it clear that I want him!

MY POV-

I had finished my shower. I grabbed a towel, and wiped off all the water, and sat down on my bed. The towel was around me, and I sat there, and cried. I dried myself off, and put on my clothes. I felt a bit breezy, so I went to close my window. When I got there, I noticed a bit of blood and broken glass! "Oh god!" I said, as I noticed Lauren was gone! I looked out the window, and saw the rest of my broken window on the ground. I thought Lauren had jumped out, because of what she had witnessed today! But I heard a drip drop behind me, and when I looked, I saw a message! It read 'We have the girl, come alone, and she survives! Kisses, -Brandon!' It was written in a red liquid, and it looked a lot like blood!

Then, my phone vibrated. I picked it up off my bed. It was from 'BLOCKED ID!' I read the message, and it said 'Hey, bitch! Whoever gets here first, gets to keep her! Hide and seek, wanna play?' I knew it was from Brandon. I got dressed again, and ran downstairs! "Mum, Lauren's in trouble! Can I borrow your car please! It's important that I save her!" I asked. **NO REPLY!** "MUM, PLEASE!" I then heard a loud groan, and it sounded like a scream of pain. She got up off the sofa, and had stab marks in her stomach. Her throat was slit, and she fell to the ground! "MUM! NO!" I cried. I ran over to her, screaming in pain as my mum was dead! I held her in my arms, as she died! I saw the car keys on the table, and my mood changed. I was PISSED! My mum had been murdered by an arrogant arsehole, who wanted me to die! I ran into the kitchen, and grabbed all of the sharp objects I could find! I remembered something important, and I opened the bottom kitchen draw, and behind it, was a gun! I reached behind it, and found the gun! I pulled it out, and put it in my back pocket! I also grabbed a torch, in case it was dark! I grabbed the car keys, and opened the front door. As soon as I opened it, I got a text! '4321 Outfield Rd. GET HERE OR SHE DIES!' I slammed it in my pocket, and ran to the car! I unlocked it, and got inside! I put the key in the ignition, and started the car! "Right, if this bitch wants to play, game on." I said to myself in the car! I put my foot on the accelerate, and drove! I followed the GPS, and arrived at my destination! I slammed my foot on the break, and saw the police van, and a trail of blood on the ground! I got out of the car, and slammed the door! My phone rang once again! It was BLOCKED ID again! "What?" I shouted as I answered! "You follow directions well, Kieran! Now welcome to the final act. You see that metal detector? USE IT!" He shouted. I grabbed the metal detector, and slowly moved it around my body. "All over, Kieran! EVERYWHERE!" He shouted. I put it by my leg, and a "gun" was detected! "SHOW IT TO ME!" He shouted. I grabbed the gun out of my pocket, and showed it to him, wherever he was.

"Throw it in the pool!" He said. I decided to play along with his game, and I threw it in the pool! "Now come inside, Kieran!" "No fucking way! How do I know she's not dead?" "She's right inside, waiting for you! Look for yourself if you don't believe me!" He laughed. I walked to the front door, and was about to take my first step into the mansion!