Murderville - Audrey Jensen

Chapter 14 - Horror Clichés

(Warnings : slight swearing, bit of gore and a little sexual joke 😏

Word Count : 2569

Song : Do you Remember, Jarryd James, Raury)

Vicki and Audrey were on babysitting duty, otherwise known as keep-Noah-from-doing-something-stupid-duty. Sadly, they seemed to be failing, evident to the red cup in his hands.

"Hey" Audrey scolded, pulling it away form him "Drinking on the job is a new thing for you"

"They can't fire me" Noah shrugged "I'm the only one who knows how to reset the router"

"At least take it slow" Audrey grimaced.

"I'll fill it with water when he isn't looking" Vicki whispered in the girl's ear, making her smile. Noah heard the words but was more focused on how close the two were.

Close enough to k-

"Noah?" Emma burst through the door, making him put a pin in that thought.

"Emma" he put down his cup, sensing her urgency "Uh, welcome to my nightmare"

"What's up?" Audrey asked.

"I got this in the mail" she pulled a large, red yearbook out of her bag "I think the killer's sending me some weird message"

"A yearbook? That's not so weird-" Noah began, before actually looking at what she was showing him "Oh, holy Manson Family album!"

"Hey" Audrey hit him, whilst Vicki snorted at his outburst.

Smooth.

"Sorry. Just..." he lowered his voice "These were Brandon's victims"

"He stole their faces" Audrey commented.

"And then he scratched out my dad's" Emma pointed to the attacked picture "The only survivor"

"Very poetic for a serial killer" Vicki mumbled "Maybe it's Mr B"

"I guess Tyler could have sent this, but it seems a little analogue for a killer who's been using social media and cell cloning"

"Well, I mean, he is taking me to the past" Emma countered.

"Is this the message?" Audrey pointed back at the book.

"Yeah, the truth lies where the mask was made" Emma traced the words with her pointer finger.

This guy is obsessed with the truth. I wonder why?

"You know, the mask Brandon James wore was actually a surgical mask" Vicki tuned out from her cousin's words, as he'd told her all this before, instead looking at Audrey to gauge her reaction on the situation "Some say it was all that held his face together-"

"Noah" Audrey stopped him quickly.

"Okay, okay. Just..." He sighed "It was to protect his sutures from infection, post-op"