The Forest

Alternate Ending

A/N: The first part of this will be the same as the last chapter. Just enjoy this alternative ending.

We ran towards the police cars as the hospital got put on lock down. They police got word that the supposed killer was at the hospital along with us. We ran around to the west wing of the hospital in a daze. We heard multiple policemen screaming into megaphones, telling whomever the killer was inside to come out with their hands up. After five minutes of no response, the policemen pretty much just said "Fuck it," and went inside the hospital. Group after group, civilians exited the hospital as policemen entered. Whenever all of the policemen but one had entered the building, I thought everyone was out. That would make sense, wouldn't it? However Autumn nor Bishop could be found. I went to the one policemen that was in charge of staying outside on our area and asked him where my sister and my lover were at.

"I'm so sorry Miss, but there's something you should know..." the policeman said to me, lowering his hat.

"Where are Autumn and Bishop?!" I screamed.

"Your sister Autumn has passed, however Bishop is still alive. But-" he stopped.

"No. No. No. No. It can't be Autumn. No! I won't believe it!" I started to hyperventilate, and cry uncontrollably.

"Ma'am, I'm going to have you sit down as I tell you about your friend Bishop," the policeman coolly said.

I moved to a chair he just pulled out with Alex. I couldn't stop shaking; I was so hurt. 

"Now that you're sitting— Bishop is still alive. But that's where the Killer went. She knew that Bishop was still alive and that he was going to make it. So she showed up here, to finish the job and get you two as well. The front desk nurse reported a suspicious person who was not on the sign in list, and this person had no ID on them to say who they were. Whenever she gave us a description— that's how we knew that it was Monique Jade Foster."

"Monique? Who is that? And what does she have against myself and my other friends?!" Alex screamed, as I couldn't talk much.

"Two of your deceased friends— Delilah and Loren— had a sister that they themselves were not aware of. Whenever she was born, she was put up for adoption. As soon as she turned sixteen, she ran away from her home in Oregon and somehow ended up here. She knew about your trip to the cabin from Delilah's excessive social media posting, and followed you there. I would explain more, but I need to keep watch of the entire group," he paused for a minute. "You're missing someone else though," he said as he walked away.

Alex looked at me, and I couldn't help but cry.
"Another sister?" I thought to myself. "How could she have a sister that she didn't know about? Do I have another sister?" So many questions swarmed my mind. I couldn't think straight.

"MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!" A policeman yelled as she exited the building.

"LET ME GO!" A voice I didn't recognize screamed loudly— and very high pitched I might add.

"MONIQUE JADE, YOU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR THE MURDERS OF JINX, AUTUMN, DELILAH, AND LOREN. YOU ARE ALSO UNDER ARREST FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF BISHOP, CLOVER, AND ALEX." The police chief spoke into the megaphone. They mirandized her before putting her into the cop car,
And driving off with her.

"Is it... finally over?" Alex asked me as he clutched to my side.

"I can say that it's over," I said to Alex, hugging him tightly.

We went into the hospital along with everyone else. We were given a speech by the police chief about what we saw there today, and how they accomplished their mission. I looked at Alex, as he was still clutching onto my hand. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him as tight as I could. 

"Finally," I thought, "I can breathe again."

"CLOVER!!!" Jinx screamed, shaking me awake.

"Wait what? What just happened?" I asked, as I looked around and saw everyone. I saw Jinx, Autumn, Delilah, Loren, Alex, but no Bishop or John. There was no Monique; nobody was dead.

"You were up for five days straight with no sleep trying to make sure that everything was perfect for this weekend whenever we go to the cabin," Autumn said as she sat down next to me.

"So, I've been asleep?!" I raised my voice, and started to tear up.

"What happened in your dream?" Jinx asked, very confused.

"Just, don't worry about it. I love you all so much, but-" I paused, looking at all of my friends. "Can we not go to the cabin this weekend? Can we just chill here at the house? I'll order some movies and some food. But first,  I have to call a couple people."

I went up to my room and grabbed my phone. I took a breath and dialed Bishop's number.

"Hello?" He spoke softly into the phone.

"Hey, Bishop. It's Clover..."

"Oh hey Clover? How have you been?"

"Pretty good, but that's not why I was calling."

"Oh? So then why were you calling? We haven't spoke in years..."

"Do you want to come over? Just hangout with all of us again?"

"That actually sounds great, I'll be over in thirty minutes. I've missed you Clove."

"I missed you too Bishop. I'll see you when you get here."

I hung up on Bishop, then went into Autumn's room and grabbed her phone. I dialed John Dylan's number. The phone rang and rang, but I didn't get an answer. I texted him saying for him to meet us at the house.

About thirty minutes later, both Bishop and John Dylan arrived. We were all sitting on the couch whenever the doorbell rand. Everyone was confused, as they didn't invite anyone. I got up, opened the door and hugged them both. The two of them looked just as confused.

"Come in, don't be shy," I said.

John sat by Autumn, and she immediately hugged him.

"I've missed you," she said, fighting back tears.

"I've missed you too," he said, holding her close.

Bishop sat in between Delilah and I. He put one arm around both of us. We both snuggled up next to him and watched our scary movie.

"I can't believe I imagined all of that," I thought to myself. "They won't ever know." I promised myself. "They won't ever know," I kept repeating in my head.