The Strange Good Girl

Chapter Three: I Remember

Lisa didn't know what had come over her, but she liked it. She stood over Matt's dead body chopping away at his limbs. She didn't feel anything as she hacked away at him.

He got what he deserved. They'll all get what they deserve!

Lisa wasn't scared she felt exhilarated, free. All the horrible ways she imagined to get back at them over the years were finally going to become a reality. But first, where to hide the bodies?

She looked around and her eyes rested on the large fire pit made of bricks only a few yards away. She began throwing the bloody pieces of Matt's limbs into the pit, but was having problems getting a good grip on his torso. It was slippery with blood so she grabbed the axe slamming it into the middle of his chest using it to drag him to the pit and rolled him in.

Picking the axe back up she examined its sharp edge pondering on whether or not to use it to dispose of the others. She decided against it, why not have fun and be creative? She may never get to do anything like this ever again. What did it matter she was in the middle of nowhere anyways.

Looking down at herself she was thankful she was wearing all black so none of the blood showed up on her clothes. She decided she'd go back in through the master bedroom and wash the blood off her hands and face, not that she minded being covered in blood, but she didn't want to alert Amber and Ethan to her intent.

Lisa double-checked her face in the mirror, had really made a mess of herself from dismembering Matt.

Venturing out into the living room she found that no one was there. She called out, "Amber, Ethan... Matt?" She smiled to herself as she said the last name.

"In here." Amber's voice called from the kitchen. Lisa noticed the kitchen had been tidied up and Amber was putting the blender back together.

"Oh, you cleaned up the kitchen... You didn't have to do that." Lisa was surprised.

"No it's fine... I felt bad. We have been pretty horrible tonight. I really am sorry." Amber hung her head. "I don't know why the boys act so horrible when they're around you. When they're separated they aren't so bad."

Lisa wanted to laugh in her face. She knew she was full of shit. Tonight wasn't the first night she had told them what she really thought of them to their faces, but she figured it'd be easier if she continued to play dumb.

"It's ok. I forgive you. I'm just stressed from all the packing and unpacking and just the whole moving thing." Lisa half lied.

"Then why are you moving out here? You'll be in the middle of nowhere alone! You hate being all by yourself! That's why you have us." Amber pointed out.

That hurt, as much as Lisa didn't want her to be right she was, but what did it matter? She was going to kill her anyways. Her thoughts were getting sidetracked.

"Where's Ethan?" Lisa asked.

"Probably passed out in the bathroom by now. You know he can't hold his liquor... Hey where's Matt? He said he was going out to talk to you." She asked.

"Yeah he did." Lisa looked to the floor not meeting her gaze.

"And?" Amber questioned.

"We're ok now. He said he wanted to go for a walk." Lisa lied.

"In the woods? At night? Doesn't he know that there are psycho killers out there?!" Amber was suddenly concerned.

In that moment Lisa remembered something.

A story her mom had told her about a boy at the summer camp that she worked at before Lisa was born. She only worked there for a few summers as the camp nurse until she got her nursing job in the city. Her mother was a very caring person and loved to work with children.

The boys name was Jason. His face was disfigured and all the other kids at camp would make fun of him or throw rocks at him. He was sent to nurse Janet, Lisa's mother, almost every day and it hurt to see him suffer like he was. She would always let him stay in her office with her so the other kids couldn't bother or torture him. She even became good friends with the boy's mother, Pamela Voorhees.

Janet was sad when she had to leave the camp to go to her new job, but knew she couldn't watch over the boy forever. Only a year after she left the camp Jason drowned due to poor supervision from the camp counselors. Janet was horrified when she learned the news and wanted to visit Pamela, but was stuck on bed rest since she was due with Lisa in a few days.

Janet didn't hear anything of Pamela for a few years, until she saw on the news that she had killed several camp counselors as revenge for her lost son, and she herself was beheaded. There had been rumors that the boy Jason was still alive and saw his own mother killed by the one camp counselor that survived Pamela's vengeful rage, and decided to take it upon himself to kill all who trespass into the camp and the forest surrounding it.

Even to this day people blame the disappearances of people in the area on Jason's vengeance, whether it was true or not she wasn't sure. In the back of her mind she thought it comforting. If he really was out there she could understand why he did what he did. It wasn't much different from what she was doing now, punishing those who truly deserved it.

"Um... hello? Earth to Lisa." Amber interrupted her thoughts waving her hand in front of the face.

"Oh sorry. What?" Lisa said returning to the present.

"Why didn't you stop him from going into the woods by himself?" Amber demanded and looked out the kitchen window in worry.

"He can take care of himself." Lisa was getting tired of waiting. She began playing with the cutlery set on the counter pulling each piece slightly out of its place trying to decide which one to use on her.

Lisa knew that Amber would scream once she began extracting her pound of flesh, and she didn't want her to alert Ethan if he was still conscious. She slowly took the ice pick out of its holder and readied it in her hand while Amber's back was to her as she attempted to search for any sign of Matt out in the darkness.