𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐒𝐓

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"OR A LEGACYQUEL. Fans are torn on the terminology." Mindy continued.

"God. Please speak English." Chad and Marisol sighed, pinching the bridge of their noses.

"Okay, remember the Stab movie that came out last year?" Mindy sat up, turning to the group.

"Oh, yeah! The one the Knives Out guy directed, right? I actually really liked that one." Liv smiled a bit.

"Of course you did, you have terrible taste." Mindy spat at Liv.

Scarlet rolled her eyes "Meeks."

"I hate you." Liv glared at Mindy.

Ethan smirked, tilting his head "You're not the only one."

Marisol and Liam giggled to themselves.

"The point is, the hard-core Stab fans hate it. You go on 4chan and Dreadit, all they're talking about is how Stab 8 pissed on their childhoods. How they crammed in social commentary just to elevate it. How the main character's a Mary Sue." Mindy explained.

"What's a Mary Sue?" Richie questioned, furrowing his brows.

"You don't wanna know." Scarlet answered, looking over to her best friend's boyfriend.

"She's got a point..." Chad mumbled, rolling his eyes.

"What's wrong with elevated horror? I mean, Jordan Peele fucking rules." Amber stated, looking around to everyone.

"Obviously, but that's not Stab. Real Stab movies are meta slasher whodunits, full stop." Mindy responded.

Sam rolled her eyes. Oh, God.

"Come on, it's just a movie." Sapphire replied to Mindy, groaning.

"No, it's not. To some people, the original is their favorite thing in the world. The movie that made them love horror. That Mom or Dad showed them when they were ten that bonded them together. And God help anyone, who slightly fucks with that special memory. Who makes a movie they think disrespects it. It sounds like our killer is writing his own version of Stab 8, but doing it as a requel." Mindy explained, throwing her hands in the air.

"Which is?" Dewey inquired, looking over to Mindy.

"See, you can't just reboot a franchise from scratch anymore. The fans won't stand for it. Black Christmas, Child's Play, Flatliners, that shit doesn't work. But you can't just do a straight sequel, either. You got to build something new. But not too new, or the Internet goes bug-fucking nuts. It's gotta be part of an ongoing story line, even if the story shouldn't have been ongoing in the first place. New main characters, yes, but supported by and related to legacy characters. Not quite a reboot not quite a sequel. Like the new Halloween, Saw, Terminator, Jurassic Park, Ghostbusters, fuck, even Star Wars! It always, always goes back to the original!" Mindy exclaimed, picking up the Stab DVD.

"Are you telling me that I'm caught in the middle of fan-fucking-fiction?" Sam inquired, angrily.

"Not just in the middle, Sam. You're the star. You, Vince, and Scarlet." Mindy sat in front of Sam.

Marisol, Liam, and Ethan all looked at each other.

"So, not to put too fine a point on it, but, according to requel rules. Who's next?" Liv asked, looking at everyone.

"Going by the pattern. Whoever it is has to be connected to someone that came before." Mindy replied.

Everyone looked at Dewey.

"I'm starting to regret coming here." Dewey sighed, shifting uncomfortably.

"Jesus, my mom was a character in one of them." Wes panicked.

"No one cares about the shitty inferior sequels, Wes. You're safe, with Randy as our uncle though, you, me, and Mari are probably screwed. Sidney is Scarlet's mom, she's screwed." Mindy explained looking at Wes then Chad.

"Wait. What?" Chad and Marisol stuttered, looking at each other then Mindy.

"Or you're the killer, and this whole what? Elaborate monologue is just to cover your tracks." Richie argued to Mindy.

"I think it's pretty clear, who the killer is at this point." Mindy looked directly at Sam then Scarlet.

"Who?" Sam inquired, leaning closer to Mindy.

"You, Vince. Scarlet, maybe." Mindy responded, glancing between the two women.

Scarlet glared, tilting her head "The fuck?"

"It makes perfect requel sense." Mindy sassed at Scarlet.

"That actually does make a lot of sense." Chad and Ethan agreed, looking at the two women.

"Yeah." Liv, Liam, and Marisol nodded in agreement.

Sam looked over to Dewey. Dewey shrugged. Sam got up to leave. Scarlet got up to leave as well.

"Fuck this." Sam and Scarlet stated before leaving.

Richie followed after Sam. Marisol leaned her head on Liam's arm.

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MARISOL AND RICHIE Were at the Hicks' place. Richie called Judy to lure her back to the house.

"Wes! I'm coming! Wes!" Judy exclaimed, before Marisol stabbed her in the stomach.

Judy gasped, looking at Marisol through her mask. Marisol yanked her knife out before kicking Judy down the stairs. Judy tried to crawl away, but Marisol stopped her. Marisol raised her knife above her head stabbing Judy in the chest and stomach, before slicing her neck. Judy's mouth spewed blood as she laid lifeless underneath Marisol.

What a rush. Richie came out of his hiding spot taking Judy's keys. Marisol hugged Richie, unmasking.

"Go home to Liam. I got the rest." Richie told Marisol in the Ghostface voice.

Marisol nodded, before getting in her car. She drove off to Liam and Ethan's apartment.