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Chapter 9: Shadows

Liv's Point of View 

After the power outage and the rain still hitting the Carolinas hard we have decided to split up and look for any of the staff that works in the mansion. Lilly and I roam the halls with the light of a lantern and a flashlight. The dim lighting of the lantern shows us the shadows of objects in these massive halls. 

"Liv. What if Cole is behind all of this. He wanted us to split up and when he was being used as bait by the killer he somehow managed to be fine? Seems a bit suspicious?" she questions as we walk cautiously looking for anything. 

"No Cole has helped me a lot these past few weeks with everything!" I reassure myself of his innocence. 

"We are looking for a man after all the killer is the one who raped you right?" she claims as I stop dead in my tracks now with a pissed expression on my face. 

I look Lilly in her eyes and clutch my fist "How do you know that? Are you working with the killer?" I whisper but almost in a yelling tone. 

"Calm down" she smirks and continues, "Cole told me. You need me to find out who took you in that room right? Well I know who was wearing that mask but anyone could of used it!". 

"Well then who was wearing the mask the night of the party then?" I question now talking not afraid or cautious about who would be listening. 

"It was..." Lilly is cut off by a loud scream. We both jog over to the screaming and yelps. 

I pull Lilly's arm, "No fucking way your telling me right now!" I shout. I know whoever is screaming needs me but I will not wait on finding out who is behind this.

"Okay I'll tell you but we need to go help Cole! He's literally dying!" she yells at me scared for her life. 

"Tell me first!" I stop and refuse to move until I know. 

"Damn it, okay fine it was Austin he was wearing that mask the night of when you were.." she stops not wanting to bring it up. 

"But he is dating Brook this doesn't make sense!" I say now grasping an pulling my hair stressed. I back myself to the wall and slide down it in pure shock with my eyes open but seeing nothing. I am paralyzed in fear and shock. Lilly runs down the hall and turns and lets a horrified scream. 

She covers her mouth and falls back scared to death. She starts to breathe heavy as she crawls back to me. She stands up and helps me up when I see the killer turn the corner with an axe in each hand running them down the walls of the corridor. 

The red x on the mask, the black hood and cloak shielding him from us and the truth. He is walking briskly as I suddenly find myself running down the hall with Lilly. 

As we keep our eyes glued to the killer we turn the corner and I bump into Cole and fall to the floor. He immediately picks me up and Lilly follows us into a room filled with mirrors. "Why do you have this room?" Cole whispers.

"My mom is a narcistic bitch" she whispers back rolling her eyes. We all now cover our mouths terrified. The killer or I should say Austin walks in but turns confused at the sight of all the mirrors. 

He throws one of his axe into a mirror and it shatters completely making Lilly jump and move. We hope the sound of the breaking glass is loud enough to cancel the sound of us. Austin turns around and Cole gets up to ram into him but Austin turns and shoves the axe into Cole's chest making us both scream and cry. 

Cole's body now lifeless falls to the floor as the killer looks over to us. He runs over to us but me both move as he smashes into a mirror and hits the backwall hard. We both run out of the room as the killer gets back up and begins to chase us again hungry for us to be dead. 

Lilly grabs car keys off her counter as we continue to run through the darkness blind to what's around the corner. We enter the garage I almost want to stop and look at them considering there are so damn many. 

We get into her Tesla and as we turn the car the gas reads empty. "What the fuck what is wrong?" I ask in a frightened whisper. 

"The damn car is electric and with the power out it didn't charge from whenever my parents used it today" she whispers back frantically trying to hit the gas just to get away. She has another key and we head to the next car over. 

We get in but this time I decide to try to drive the car. I start the car and I put the car in drive. As soon as I do Lilly is ripped away out of the window. With half of her body hanging out of the car she screams in fear. The killer rips her hair and stabs her with a kitchen knife in the back. 

Lilly lets out a scream in terror and pain making me cry and try to pull her in back into the car. She screams and screams as she gets stabbed with the knife. I back up into the seat and door scared when the car begins to roll forward. The killer looks into my eyes. 

Suddenly I find myself hitting the gas pedal and smashing through the garage door which breaks as the car rams through it. I keep the car heading forward down the hill and then suddenly it stops and my body crashes forward and through the windshield. The windshield shatters as my body goes through it. My body stops flying as it hits a black gate at the end of the road. 

My body now laying lifeless against the car and gate, my back on the ground looking up into the rain and lightning. Water drips and runs down my body covering all my cuts and bruises. My brown eyes look up as the only light is the moon and headlights. I find the strength to roll off the car slowly and letting my body fall cautiously to the road. 

I place my hand up to my head as blood begins to pour from my skull. My fingers now with blood, my blood. My eyes begin to be a bit blurry and the rain does not help my vision. Although my eyes can see the silhouette of Austin or the killer. I squint now almost letting my legs drag with my arms up trying to get back to my feet. 

I find myself back up somehow and I tremble over my own feet. My feet zig zagging feeling weakness in my legs. Using the last ounces of strength I have to stand, fight, and stay alive. 

"Take off your mask" I say using the breath I have. 

The killer unmasks himself to reveal Austin. Brook's boyfriend. But why? Why him? 

"Surprised? After our encounter at that party you ruined me and ruined everything I had with Brook! I couldn't take it anymore living with myself knowing what I did" he says now getting upset and dropping the knife on the ground. 

"Fuck you!" I yell enraged and upset. My body feels as if the world has been flipped upside down. I continue, "You killed all those people for what? Why could you have not just killed me and saved me all this pain and saved you from all this trouble!". A tear drop rolls down my eye and finds itself with the rain and howling storm.

"I had to kill them..." Austin stops as sirens near and I turn to see the red and blue flashing lights on the other side of the gate. 

"Help!" I yell but then I feel a sharp pain in my neck. 

"This isn't over" Austin says in my ear so close that I can feel his voice. My body collapses to the floor injured as he runs off and away!