Who's Next?

One More Gone

Maci, Pete, Haley and Jake were all still very scared. The message on the mirror was freaky and real which is what they couldn't get over.

"Maybe, this is a prank. Because now the message on the mirror. This is just like a movie." Jake said, not smiling or laughing.

"No, I think this is actually real and somebody is killing our friends and now us" Maci replied to Jake's comment. It was hard for Maci to admit that this was real, but she couldn't lie to herself.

Pete nodded for a few seconds before he spoke. "I agree. It could be a prank, but the police is involved and everybody is worried, if it was a prank than somebody would of told us the truth already" Pete was still nodding, fast.

"Yeah, I don't think it's a prank or a joke." Haley said.

"Alright, sorry okay!" Jake said in a hard voice. He was mad at everyone saying his idea was wrong.

"Okay, but now see the first to get murdered was Zoey, right." Maci said.

"Yeah" Pete and Jake said. Haley didn't say anything.

"Then Seth, then Abby and now Jason." Maci countied. "Now it's either me or Haley, they go girl, boy, girl, boy."

"It kinda feels like they are just playing around with us, leaving messages and then killing." Pete said.

Nobody thought it was real, although they had no choice. It wasn't fake or a joke. Was it? It was horrible to think that this is real. That somebody could kill somebody in a bathroom. How'd they get in? How'd they get out of the bathroom so quickly? This killer or killers were very talented at killing, which wasn't a good thing at all.

The police were still searching around on their computers and some were out looking for clues, but they found nothing. Usually, on the news they find the killer after the second or third one, but in their case, it was just bad. Even the police were getting frustrated. They have been working on this case for almost a year now.

This is real, this is real, this is real all four kept thinking. It has to be real. It felt so real, but was it? It kinda felt like somebody was being put into a box and waiting for somebody to come with a gun or knife and kill them. They couldn't run away from these people. This was horrible, terrible worse than these words. They were dying, and nobody could stop it.

This sucked! This sucked! This sucked very bad. Nothing could stop it, nobody, nothing or both. The people killing had this planned out. They were the perfect killers. It was like they were unstoppable.

The media were outside Pete's house as were the police. Pete, Maci, Haley and Jake went outside and were loaded with questions. "What do you think happened to your friends?" "Do any of you have any worries?" "What if they come after you?" None of them answered a thing. They walked through the crowd of people and into a car. They drove to the store, to get some milk, cookies and meat for dinner. Pete's parents sent them out to go and get some things and as usual, all of them went.

On the way back into the house, they were still being asked questions. They were different though. Some were at least. The four headed to Pete's room after setting the two bags in the kitchen. They chatted for a bit about the media and the questions and what they would of answered.

Jake nodded to everything they said, but he didn't totally agree. "Shouldn't people have the right to know?" He was a little nervous because he didn't want to be an outsider. "You know, if some body else was having teenager killings, I would want to know to make sure that other kids are safe. Or even their own?" He was shaking lightly, and looking back and forth between the three of them.

Pete shook his head, no as did Maci and Haley. "No, they just want to get some info, so they can go sell it. Pete told Jake.

"Well, yeah but it's good for people to know, right?" Jake asked.

"No, not unless we told the news reporter ourselves, so the media don't earn any money." Maci said.

"Okay" Jake replied.

Haley finally decided to speak "Are we going now?"

"No" Maci and Pete said.

It was silent for moments after that statement was made. Nobody was against nobody. They were all still friends.

"Pete" his parent called from down the hall. He went to the kitchen, and the three stayed in the room, still chatting.

He walked into the kitchen and saw a note left on the counter. We will be back soon, went to get some peppers and lettuce. As soon as he was finished reading it, he headed back to his room. But, as soon as he turned around he was shot. Maci, Jake and Haley ran out and called 911.

The police got there in less than five minutes. The police checked out a few things, before Pete's parents came back to find him dead. After a little more than one hour, the body was gone.

Everybody cried and cried. They searched for any clues, anything at all. But, Guess what they found, NOTHING!

Everyone was so upset about Pete.

"So, they are still after us." Jake said.

"Yeah, but I thought it was going to be me or Maci" Haley said.

Maci was confused, "Me too"

Jake, Haley and Maci crys didn't blend. Neither their sobs. They were so sad, that this was happening to their friendships. It was so sad! Nobody could figure out why or how they were doing this.

They turned on the t.v. and watched the news. Phildale Mall is being remodeled. Everybody stop crying. It was on for a while, but then Kids Wondering Who's Next. It was them. They all started crying again. "Why is it us going through this" Jake pleaded as he sobbed. You could barely understand him. "Why was it us? Right now? Right here?"

"I don't know, I don't knowww-w-w-w-w" Maci and Haley said still crying. "Really, I don't know."

Pete was gone forever. Jason was gone forever. Abby was gone forever. Seth was gone forever. Zoey was gone forever. All five were gone. Maci, Haley and Jake were going to have to live with them being gone. Haley was going to have to live with Zoey's death. She could of saved her, but she didn't know.

People were dead. People were scared. Friends were killed and another friend was about to be killed as well.

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Pete's dead now. Sad, right?

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