Blood Stains ▪︎ Scream (1 - 4) x Hp wtm [On Hold]

Liver Alone!

THE CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL a picture perfect small town school. Old and charming. Students come and go, moving about. Nothing unusual, except for the six police cars, four news vans, flashing cameras, and crowds and crowds of lookie-loo's gathered just off campus. The camera zooms on a sign. "BAYBORO HIGH SCHOOL. HOME OF THE FIGHTING BULLDOGS" Nicole eyes it and mutters under her breath, "Well, the Bulldogs are losing the damn fight." 

"Damn Nica..." Tatum says. Randy, Stu and Billy laugh under their breaths.

Four different reporters stand in front of four different cameras giving four different news reports. She moves passed a policeman standing guard. Her interest peaked, she stops at the first reporter, Gale Weathers. Thirties. Her smart face is overshadowed by a flashy smile and a massive mane of chemically enhanced hair.

"Her Hair!" Sirius shouts and Nicolle seriously nods. Gale rolls her eyes.

"The small town of Bayboro, North Carolina was devastated last night when two young teenagers were found brutally butchered. Authorities have yet to issue a statement but our sources tell us that no arrest has been made and the murderer could strike again..." On Nicolle. Moved, disturbed. From behind, a finger taps her shoulder. She spins around to see Tatum Riley, same age, feisty, carefree.

"It's me!" Tatum shouts in joy, missing the small nostalgic smile Nicolle sends her.

"Do you believe this shit?" Nicolle furrows her eyebrows, "What happened?" They break away from the crowd and head for school. "Oh God! You don't know? Casey Becker and Steve Orth were killed last night." "No way." Tatum links their arms and stops her by the steps, "And not just killed, Nica. We're talking splatter movie killed-split open end to end." Nicolle seems to realize something, "Casey Becker? The bitch that sits next to me in English" Tatum look at her, "Not anymore. Her parents found her hanging from a tree. Her insides on the outside."

"Do they know who did it?" Tatum shrugs, "Fucking clueless-they're interrogating the entire school. Teachers, students, staff, janitors..." Nicolle seems wryly amused, "They think it's school related?" Tatum looks at her, "They don't know. Dewey said this is the worst crime they've ever seen. Even worse than... Well it's bad. They're bringing in the feds. This is big."

"Worse than what?" Lily asks carefully as if thinking she would offend them. "Maureen Prescott's murder." Nicolle says her adoptive mother's name with thinly veiled venom.

A frumpy old woman, Mrs. Tate, faces her class. Her hands clasped together. A tragic look upon her face. "..a terrible tragedy. An unbearable loss. It's days like today we need prayer in school..." Nicolle sits near the rear of the room. The desk in front of her sits vacant. Nicolle writes in a notebook. The door opens and a student opens with a slip of paper. He hands it to Mrs. Tate. "Nicolle. It appears to be your turn." Nicolle rolls her eyes and slams the notebook closed.

"There's the Moony temper!" Sirius says. It earns only a deadpan look from Remus and a smal smile from Caelum.

The principal's office is at capacity...wall to wall with police, and the likes. Some sit, stand, lean... Sheriff Burke, a round man in his fifties, wipes the stress from his face. "Who's up next?" A young officer looks at the clipboard. This is Deputy Riley, better known as Dewey. He's a big guy, 20's, handsome in a scrubbed-clean boyish way. "Nicolle Prescott." Sheriff Burke gestures to bring her in. Principal Himbry, 50's, an old codger of a man wearing a sour face speaks up.

"Nicolle Prescott, daughter of..." Dewey wryly smiles, "We all know Nicolle, Mr. Himbry." Sheriff Burke inserts himself into the conversation, "How's she doing?" Himbry shifts, "She's adjusted well. Maintains an "A" average. You'd never know she..." Himbry stops short, seeing Nicolle leaning in the doorframe an eyebrow raised coldly. "We'll be brief, Sidney. The police have a few questions they'd like to ask you..."

"And he just knows that off the top of his head?" Lily asks. "He was a creep." Nicolle and Randy say, smirking when everyone looks at them strangely. The Marauders are reminded of themselves

 Students sit at outdoor tables eating lunch. Crowded at one table is the "gang". This consists of Sidney, Billy and Tatum. Next to Tatum, sits her boyfriend Stuart, with his arm draped across her back. He's a Billy wannabe. Almost the jock, almost handsome, almost cool. He tries way to hard. Across the table is the fifth wheel, Randy. A tall and gangly kid with no such Billy-like aspirations. A witty jokester who elevates geek to coolness. 

"Why would they ask if you like to hunt?" Tatum asks her boyfriend. "I don't know, they just did." Randy looks up from his lunch to in order to himself in the conversation, "Because the bodies were gutted." Nicolle snorts at the blunt statement, and Billy throws a small piece of food at him, "Thanks, Randy." Tatum furrows her eyebrows, "They didn't ask me if I liked to hunt." Stu makes a weird face, "Because there's no way a girl could have killed him."

Lily and Nicolle scoff in unison, "Sexist." they turn to each other surprised before smiling.

"That is so sexist. The killer could easily be female-Basic Instinct." Nicolle cuts in, "That was an ice pick." Randy finishes, "Not exactly the same thing." They high-five. Stu starts to draw out his vowels, "Yeah, Casey and Steve were completely hollowed out. It takes a man to do something like that." Nicolle furrows her brows in curiosity, "How do you gut someone?" A serious silence. And then Stu answers "You take a knife, split 'em groin to sternum."

There's a collective groan of disgust in the Great Hall.

The whole table rolls their eyes at Stu. He scoffs, "What? She asked." Billy whacks his arm, "It's called tact, you fuckrag." Randy tosses a grape into Nicolle's mouth before saying, "Remember in JAWS when they caught the wrong shark at first and Richard Dreyfuss cut it open to look for body parts and all they found was a licence plate and all this white milky goo." Nicolle looks at him offended, "Hey, did you watch JAWS without me?" She scoffs when he nods before turning to Stu, "Hey Stu, didn't you used to date Casey?" Randy leans toward them, "Mhm, Before she dumped him for Steve." Tatum looks at him, "I thought you dumped her for me?"

"Oop, drama" 

"I did, he's full of shit." Randy turns to him, "And are the police aware you dated the victim?" Stu looks offended, "What are you saying, that I killed her?" Tatum hits Randy, "For your information, Stu was with me last night." Randy tosses a grape into his mouth, "Was that before or after he sliced and diced?" Stu start to get defensive, "I didn't kill anybody." Billy sends him a look, "Nobody's saying you did."

The look Billy sent Stu seemed to only be noticed by Caelum and the 1998 group.

"Besides," Randy starts to mimic Stu, "It takes a man to do something like that." Stu only looks at him and says, "I'm gonna gut your ass in a second." Randy starts to talk in a weird voice, "Did you really put her liver in the mailbox? I hear they found her liver in the mailbox." Tatum and Nicolle groan, "Randy, you goonfuck, we're eating." Stu nibbles at Tatum's neck. "Yeah, Randy, she's getting mad. I think you better liver alone." Stu cracks up at his own joke. The others just moan.

"That was terrible." A random ravenclaw said. Stu looks offended

Author's Note  

Double update! I totally wrote this as a way to shake off my ADHD. Anyway, Hope you enjoyed!

Also, Arrowverse fic, WTM or Regular?

Until next time loves

-Lils <3