Act 2; Let the Bodies Hit the Floor

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As Quinn tried to make Alice feel a bit better, I looked towards Jack, noticing that he was a little distracted

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As Quinn tried to make Alice feel a bit better, I looked towards Jack, noticing that he was a little distracted. He was looking past Alice and Quinn, dissociated or something. That's when screams erupted from all the partygoers. The four of us jumped up, startled. I covered my ears, everyone else followed suit besides Quinn.

"What? What's the problem?" she shouted, rushing towards the large group crowding the kitchen and living room.

As she brushed past all the scared high schoolers, she disappeared. Alice lets go of her ears to check her beeping and vibrating phone. Whatever everyone was seeing must've been spammed to her.

Her eyes immediately widened, and she as well, let out a blood-curdling scream. I'm curious now, but what she's seeing probably isn't good. At all. Jack peaked over Alice's shoulder to see. He didn't scream, instead, he sat back down on the steps, seemingly shocked but unbothered? He didn't seem alarmed, but then again, he didn't seem comforted. A lot of the party guests cleared out, leaving the three of us, and most of Alice's classmates. Alice just stared at her phone, unmoving. Finally, I got the courage to check too.

...Horrified, I stared at the picture as well. But I didn't make any noise.

On the phone was a picture of Kelly. It was clearly, obviously Kelly... but...

Limbless?

Mutilated?

I can't go into much detail, otherwise I'll throw up like the other night when I saw the mall murder victim.

"This has to be a prank." Quinn uttered, walking back over to us. "That's not real, stop looking at it!"

Is it fake?

Quinn forcefully grabbed Alice's phone from her grip, powering it off.

"That didn't look fake at all," Jack commented, his face calm.

But his lips were quivering...

"It has to be fake. Think about it, Chad didn't come to the party. Chad and Nick used to be friends. Nick used to date Stacy, as well, so this is his stupid idea of a crappy prank. It's sick."

...Is that really the case?

I could feel my eyes watering as I looked back at Alice.

"Don't think about it too much," Quinn placed a hand on Alice's arm yet looked in my direction. "It's ju--"

"It can't be fake." Alice snapped, taking a step away like she had nothing to do with her own cousin. "There's someone playing with us... Last night Hades and I both got pictures of the person who was found dead in the mall. That wasn't fake. So that has to mean this..."

"But-"

"Alice isn't lying,"

All of us, at the same time, turned to the person who said that.

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