An Actual Slasher Story

Chapter 8- It Was All Just A Dream

Zack's eyes opened abruptly. He stared upwards at the ceiling, still with a foggy glaze over his eyes. "What a weird dream." said Zack, as she got out of bed. Just kidding, could you imainge this entire story wasn't fucking real? Haha jk... unless? No I swear it's not a dream. Zack did wake up though, just not in his bed. "Where the fuck am I?" mumbled Zack as he gathered his bearings. He looked around the room and saw Maggie, Michael, Erin, and Lauren in there with him. "What the fuck?" He looked down and saw his hands and legs were chained up to the wall behind him. He tried to pull them off to no avail. "Guys, wake up!" yelled Zack. No one woke up. Again he called out to them. This time, Michael opened his eyes.

"What the fuck is this place?" said Michael, as he looked around. They were all inside a wide, circular room with five doors on the wall in front of them. The place was empty, aside from the kids and chains. The walls were made of old bricks, the ground was just a dirt patch. It reeked of death. "Wait, Zack, why are you chained up, you're the killer!" said Michael.

"Oh my god I'm not the killer! I just got someone to kill Paige and Connor, like a hitman." said Zack.

"What?" said Michael. Suddenly, the door in the middle opened and the killer walked into the room. They held a bucket of cold water which they poured onto Lauren, Erin, and Maggie to wake them up. All three were just as confused as Michael and Zack.

Erin stared at the masked killer in fear. Finally, she spoke to them. "Are you going to kill us?" asked Erin.

"I'm not going to kill you, but you still might die." said the killer.

"Stop being all vague and just tell us what's going on." yelled Maggie.

"Well I guess I might as well tell you, none of you are going to survive this anyway, and I want my credit for orchestrating all this." said the killer. The killer grabbed the mask and slowly began to pull it off. Lauren, Zack, Michael, Erin, and Maggie all stared in complete awe as they waited for the big reveal. Finally, the mask came off and they saw who truly stood before them. Christine Fiorillo. Again, just kidding! Wow two whole big ol' jokes in one chapter! Imagine if this shit was just my mom again?! No, it was Ana. Obviously it was Ana! She was the only main one not there in this little group, it had to be her.

"Holy shit Ana?! Why!" said Maggie.

"Wow, look at their faces, ok now let me go Ana you revealed yourself, I don't have to pretend like I don't know anymore." said Lauren.

"Wait you knew?!" said Zack.

"You didn't?!" said Michael. "You literally said you told her to kill Paige and Connor."

"Just like you told me to kill Macy." said Ana.

"Wait, you hired her to kill Macy?!" cried Zack. "So you're guilty too and tried to pin it all on me!"

"Everyone shut up for three fucking seconds and I'll explain what's happening and why you're all here." said Ana. "First of all, yes I am the killer. Shocker! No Lauren, you can't go free. You're just as guilty as the rest of these people. I'll start by telling you what this is. In case you couldn't tell, I like slasher movies. And one of my favorite series is Saw, so we're going to play a game of our own. In the Saw movies, the Jigsaw killer kidnaps people who are guilty of all sorts of things and forces them to play games that make them value their lives afterwards and all that shit. So I decided to do that with you all! You each committed a crime and are guilty of something, whether you admit to it or not. I'll start with Zack. Zack, you're the one who inspired this entier little game. You were the first one who hired me to kill your annoying little sister and her obnoxious boyfriend. You were so sick of them being around you all the time, lacking any form of a personality, and stealing your friends, so you just had to do something about it. So you did the most logical thing to do in that situation and hired a hitman to get rid of them for you. That hitman just happened to be me. I gotta make money for college somehow! As for you Michael, you killed Macy because you just couldn't stand having her around anymore, and a serial killer on the loose was the perfect excuse for her to get killed. You saw your opportunity to get rid of that bitch and you took it. So you too hired a hitman to kill her, you just didn't realize the hitman you hired was the literal serial killer that you decided to take advantage of. Erin, you knew about Michael's plan and encouraged him to go through with it! Not only that, but you were the one who wanted Danielle to die. Similarly to Zack, you were sick for Danielle and Amanda having Sarah all to themselves. You wanted to see her more, but she was always out with her own friends. Amanda managed to escape, but Danielle wasn't so lucky. As for you Lauren, you were my little personal assistant. You made sure all of the people were exactly where they needed to be when the time came for the big kill. Your interviews gave me an inside look at what everyone was up to. You did exactly what I needed from you, but now you need to die as well. I can't risk having someone reveal all this to the police when all is said and done. Lastly you Maggie, you knew about the serial killer and used it to your advantage to kill Stan just like Michael did with Macy. You wanted him dead because your parents stopped paying for your classes at school. Paying for both you and Stan was far too much money, and you're an adult now, you could support yourself. But you didn't want to, so you got rid of the problem and pinned it on Erin and Michael, the two main suspects. It was smart, I must say, but foolish. Now, you're all going to play my games."

"Wait, how did we all hire you though? That's kind of a big coincidence, don't you think?" said Zack.

"I'm the top result for 'serial killers for hire' on Google." said Ana."You all typed in the same thing."

"Hold on, what about Julia! Why'd you kill your own sister?!" said Maggie.

"To get you! I knew you were on that ride watching them. I got you to chase after me, and bam here we are now. She just happened to be the one who tried to escape, so she was the one who had to die. Nothing against her, just doing what I had to do." replied Ana. "Plus, she knew it was me all along. Just like Lauren, I had to make sure no one found out about this. I killed two birds with one stone."

"Wow, this all makes sense to me now but I'm sure after one read through of this story I'm going to notice like, fifty plot holes." said Zack. "Like for example, you never explained the murder of Gabby! How'd you even get to Florida!"

"Don't think about it too much, it's a slasher story, they never make sense. Like have you ever taken the time to seriously analyze a movie like Nightmare on Elm Street? That shit literally makes zero sense. At least in this story there's like a solid reason that makes some sort of sense." said Ana.

"True, I guess you're right. Slashers don't ever really make narrative sense. Whatever, at least I know nothing I write can ever be as bad as all the seasons of American Horror Story after Coven." said Zack.

"That's the spirit! A story doesn't have to make sense as long as it's fun to read." said Ana.

"What are you two even talking about?!" said Erin.

"Shit! You sly dog, you had me monologuing! I've always wanted to quote that." said Ana. "Now back to the murder thing. Each of you will enter the door that has your name on it. Inside will be a challenge that has been specially designed to test each of your weaknesses. If you manage to pass the test, you survive. Fail, and you die."
"How do we know you won't just kill us after we pass the test?" said Michael.

"Well it's either you fail the test and die or pass the test and find out." said Ana. "I'm giving you the chance to escape this. Don't fail, and you're free. I swear."

"They're definitely rigged." said Maggie.

"I hope they're not hard." whined Zack.

"Jesus, just shut up, all of you! Just take the test and try your best and if you live great. God you're all so annoying. I really should just kill you all now." said Ana.

"NO! PLEASE NO! Don't kill us!" screamed Erin.

"Shut the fuck up." said Ana. "Alright well, you'll take the test one at a time. Erin, you're up first. Enter the first door." Ana came over to where Erin was chained up and unlocked the chains. Erin knew better than to try and fight Ana, as she would just kill her before the test even began. Erin was filled with fear. She knew whatever lay ahead of her would test her limits and she wasn't sure if she could survive. She walked up to the door, turned the knob, and stepped inside. She could not believe what she saw in front of her.