Beginner's Luck

In a cabin in the woods a woman by the name of Courtney Lee Jameson was invited here by David Dean Gallows. A very wealthy man. Just her type. They're making out on his couch when she gets up. She tells David to close his eyes and wait for his surprise. David closes his eyes and waits. As he's waiting for his surprise Courtney goes to grab her knife out of her purse when she realizes it's not there. "Everything okay, Courtney?" David asks.

"Yeah, fine. Just keep your eyes closed." Courtney responds.

"I hope you're not looking for the knife you had in your purse." David says.

Courtney is stunned.

"I got rid of that already. This is obviously the first time you've tried to kill someone. Well speaking as someone that has killed over forty-three people. The mistake you made is you let your weapon out of eyesight. You never do anything like that." David says.

David gets and starts walking towards Courtney. She's looking around for a weapon to him with, but she can't find one. He grabs her and yanks her closer to him then he starts to strangle her. She tries to remove his hands, but his grip around her neck is too tight. She reaches for something to hit him with. As she does she feels her chest starting to burn. She feels as if her tongue is growing three times larger and she begins hearing a loud buzzing ring in her ear. She's losing oxygen. She knows she's close to death, but she refuses to give up. She came here to kill David and that's exactly what she was going to do. She finally reached a small vase on his mantle and she hits him on the head with it. He loses his balance and grip and lets her go. She takes a second to catch her breath before running elsewhere in the cabin.

"You bitch!" David yells. "When I find you I'm going make you wish for death!"

David goes to the hallway closet and grabs a flashlight before going to the circuit breaker and turning off all the lights in the cabin. He turns his flashlight on and begins looking for Courtney. He goes into the searches in the closet and under the bed. Nothing. As he searches for her he shines a light on his dresser where he sees a ring. The ring belongs to Sarah Allen. The last woman he murdered. Just like Courtney he met her in a club and they exchanged numbers. They talked for three weeks before he invited her to his cabin where he led her to his bedroom and had sex with her. During the sex he started strangling her which made him even more excited. As her cold dead body laid on his bed he was still excited enough to have sex with it. After finishing he took her body and buried it behind his cabin under his garden. It was so much simpler and easier. Courtney is a different story. She too wants to kill him, but he has an advantage over her. He knows the layout of his cabin and this isn't the first time he's murdered someone. His disadvantage is that she's quicker than him. Which means if she catches him by surprise it could be the death of him. He has to find her. Now. As David continues to look for Courtney, who's hiding in the kitchen pantry, she thinks about how she got to this point. She met David in a club where she danced with him before giving him her number. They talked for three weeks before he invited her to his cabin. This was her chance to do what she always wanted. Kill for wealth. She didn't have wealthy parents or a dead rich uncle. She grew up in poverty. And she despised it. Everything about poverty she despises. The way people feel sorry for you. The way people only acknowledge you when they want to feel better about themselves because they gave you a dollar. She despised it so much. She tried hard to follow the rules and work hard to achieve her American dream. But her dream never came to reality. So she decided to become escort. She was good at it. Had a talent for it. Which is why she added sexual favors to as part of her escorting business. But when she started getting ripped off she got infuriated. One day she saw a documentary on Aileen Wuornos which ignited a new desire for her. The desire to kill and steal. She describes herself as the female Robin Hood. Steal from the rich and give to the poor. Seeing as how she was the poor it's the perfect way to describe herself. At least in her mind. As she continues to think she hears David walk into the kitchen. She grips the knife in her hand harder. As David walks toward the pantry flashing the light at the door she readies herself. The pantry door slowly opens and she lunges out with the knife. She comes to a stop sees no one in front of her. She turns her head toward the kitchen table where the flashlight lays. Her eyes widened and she turns around, but before she can react David slams her against the fridge and starts  to punch her in the face repeatedly. Courtney with all her strength forces herself to stab David in the ribs. He stops punching and puts his hand on the knife wound to keep from bleeding out. As he holds it Courtney slashes his face. David loses his balance for a second which lets Courtney go for another stab, but David quickly catches his balance and dodges it. He grabs the iron skillet pan on the stove and swings it at her. Courtney ducks and goes to stab David again. He blocks it using the iron skillet pan. Courtney steps back and stares at him. They both stare at each other for a moment until he rushes toward Courtney. Courtney grabs a plate and throws at him and runs. He uses the iron skillet pan to block the plate from hitting him and the plate ends up falling on the floor and breaking. He grabs the flashlight and walks into the hallway. He shines the flashlight on the basement door. It's open. She's down there. He enters into the basement begins looking around for her.

"Come out come out wherever you are." David says. "Let's not have this go longer than it should be. This is your first time. This is my forty-fourth. Which means it can only end one way."

David stops. A chill goes down his spine. a familiar chill. a warning chill. She's behind him. He turns around and she's not there. He turns back around to continue his search when Courtney comes out of hiding and lunges at him stabbing him in the neck. As David chokes on his blood Courtney stares at him with a smile on her face and a sense of accomplishment.

"Guess this isn't the ending you were expecting." Courtney says.

"Beginner's luck." David says  before his eyes roll back into his head.