Maxis and Evan both turned their heads, seeing John coming up the steps on the porch. John was confused as hell, seeing Maxis with a death grip on Evan's jacket.

"Evan had Kyle's phone!" Maxis growled, continuing to keep her grip on the other male.

She would tell John about everything that had occurred within the last hour or so, as in the texts, being chased and how Evan coincidentally showed up after.

John listened to Maxis, his eyes widening as he heard about her whole experience. After that, he'd bend over to pick up the cell phone that belonged to Kyle. Once he had it, he would turn to Evan.

"What the fuck man?!" He growled before continuing, "I thought you were staying with back Shannon anyway?!?"

"Wait... What happened to Shannon?" Maxis asked, her eyes widening as she looked to John while still holding onto Evan.

John explained how they found the blood drops, Scotty's body, then how Shannon passed out and Evan offered to stay behind to "look after her." John even used air quotes around the last part as he shot a glare towards Evan.

"Now wait a minute..." Evan growled, whipping his head towards John.

Evan was shocked. He didn't even have a chance to tell his side of the story and now two of his friends accusing him of being suspicious and/or the killer. He was about to defend himself but he never got the chance to as John approached Maxis and handed her Kyle's phone.

"Go and call the cops, Maxis. I'll make sure this fucker doesn't leave." John growled, now gripping Evan's jacket from the back.

Maxis nodded as she let go of Evan's jacket and took her brother's phone, leaving John to watch over Evan.

Evan would try to call out to Maxis, but she had closed the door when she went back inside the house, so she couldn't hear a word of what was said.

***

Maxis made her way to the kitchen. As soon as she got there, she would start to dial 911. However, she stopped when she the sound of boots approaching the kitchen from behind. 

Turning around, Maxis would see Ghostface standing at the other doorway to the kitchen, knife poised in their hand.

"Fuck..." She mutteted as her eyes widened.

Maxis rushed towards the doorway that she had used minutes ago, to get away from them and to go get John and Evan.

However, before she got out of the kitchen, she bumped into someone. She'd look up, seeing the blonde-ish hair that belonged to John.

"Where do you think you're going?" He asked, looking down at her.

Maxis was confused because wasn't John supposed to be watching over Evan and making sure he wouldn't leave? However, her attention was soon drawn towards John's right hand though because he was pointing a gun at her.

"What the fuck?" She muttered, eyes widening again as she saw his lips curl into a smirk.

Maxis began to mumble "no" to herself while shaking her head with wide eyes, finally realizing that John was one of the killers.

At the same time, she quickly started to back away from him, while also looking behind her to make sure that Ghostface wasn't right behind her.

What ended up happening was that Maxis backed herself into a corner, as both John and Ghostface made their way towards her. Once she had nowhere to go, Ghostface and John went to stand side by side with each other. Then, Ghostface would hand John the knife, which would free up their hands so they could take off their mask. Upon doing so, it revealed another familiar face behind it.

Maxis stared at them with her wide eyes, "J... Jaren?"

"Hello Maxis~" Jaren spoke, holding the voice changer to his mouth while he smirked towards her.

Maxis was horrified, sputtering out another, "What the fuck?"

That was the only thing she could say, having been completely blindsided by all of this. John would hand Jaren the gun, once he was unmasked, while he kept the knife for himself.

"What's wrong Maxis~?" Jaren asked, pointing the gun in her direction.

"Yeah, what gives?" John added, giving a confused kind of shrug with the knife in his hands.

"You guys are fucking crazy..." Maxis muttered, staring at the two males before her.

"Thank you!" Jaren replied back, beaming with a smile as he took her remark as a compliment.

Maxis was still horrified. Horrified at the fact that two of her friends were the ones going around and killing the others.

"You won't get away with this, you sick fucks!" Maxis growled, quickly finding something else to say other than what the fuck.

John chuckled as he pointed the knife towards her, "Won't we though?"

Jaren nodded, "Think about it, Maxy... We're in Evan's house, he's prime suspect number one... The police will then ask us what happened. John and I will tell them that ever since Stevie rejected Evan during his freshman year in college, he became obsessed with her and ended up murdering her. Then we'll tell them that Evan couldn't stop himself after that and that we simply defended ourselves, after he went on a murder spree, killing everyone but the two of us and himself." He chuckled.

"Plus, I can tell the cops everything you told me, Maxis..." John grinned before continuing, "Like how you got the text, then were chased and how Evan had your stupid brother's phone." His grin grew wider after explaining.

Maxis was now biting her lip as she tried to think of a way to distract them, and then she finally thought of something. She gazed past John and Jaren, looking at the space behind them with confusion on her face.

"Evan?!"

"What?!" Both John and Jaren growled while turning around. The duo becoming angrier when they saw no one there.

Them falling for that gave Maxis enough time to slip away from them and hide somewhere. When John and Jaren turned back around to face her, they were even more furious that she was gone.

"You fucking idiot! Why'd you turn around with me?!" John growled, shoving Jaren.

"Don't blame me! You were the one who was suppose to handle Evan at the door! So you should've known she was lying!" Jaren replied back while giving him a shove in return.

"Whatever!" John growled while throwing his hands up in defeat, "let's fucking find her and get this shit over with!" He added, heading out one doorway.

Jaren nodded, gripping onto the gun as he exited the other doorway. The two of them splitting up to hunt for Maxis

***

Jaren and John were wandering all over the house as they tried to find Maxis. Luckily, Maxis had found a good hiding spot and was waiting for the right moment to strike. She knew that she had to wait until they were far enough apart, so that way they couldn't come rescue the other one right away. That moment came soon enough too, and when it did, she leapt onto Jaren, tackling him to the ground.

Jaren cried out when he was pounced on and brought to the ground. The gun went flying out of his hand as he fell to the ground. It ended up being out of reach for both Maxis and Jaren.

The gun being out of reach didn't seem to matter much because Maxis would send punch after punch to Jaren's face. Her strength being fueled by anger at the thoughts of Jaren and John attacking and/or murdering her friends and brother.

***

After landing a ton of punches to his face, Maxis either knocked Jaren unconscious or killed him with enough blows to the head. Either way, she didn't care. She would stand up and rub her bloody knuckles, while shooting a glare down at Jaren's body.

"Fucker." She growled, spitting on the ground beside it.

Now, it was time for her to find John. However, she made sure to grab the gun that Jaren had, bringing it with her.

***

Maxis looked around the whole first floor, having not found John yet. It appears that when Jaren cried out earlier, John went to hide instead of coming to save him.

Stopping to check a closet, Maxis whipped opened the door and before she even had a chance to aim the pistol, John sprung out from there and was tackling her to the ground. For the second time of the night, the gun went flying across the room.

John end up being on top of the scuffle between the two. Maxis was trying to fight back, but she had used up most of her energy when she was beating the shit out of Jaren, so all she could really do was squirm underneath John and try to push him off.

John growled, realizing that she couldn't escape, he smirked and started pressing the knife against her throat, "Say hello to your friends and your stupid fucking brother for me~"

Just as he was about to slice into Maxis, there were two loud gunshots. Maxis opened her eyes afterwards and noticed blood staining John's shirt. Soon after, his eyes went lifeless and his body went limp, meaning that she was able to push him off.

While heavily breathing, Maxis looked towards where the gunshots came from and she saw Evan standing there. He looked like he had been in his own fight, which he probably was when he had been left with John. He would soon throw the gun to the side and walk over to her.

"You okay?" Evan asked, offering her a hand to help her up.

Maxis quickly took the help and gave her friend a brief hug, also mumbling an apology for earlier.

"Don't sweat it." Evan replied, leading her out onto the porch.

That was when they heard someone groaning and the sound of boots walking up the driveway.

"What happened guys? All I remember is blacking out..."

It was Shannon. She managed to regain consciousness and made her way up the driveway. Evan and Maxis would begin to explain everything to her, once they got her to sit down. After that, Evan would call for the police and paramedics.

***

Once the emergency crews arrived, they had Shannon and Maxis sitting in the back of an ambulance, blankets covering both of them after they were tended to. At the same time, Evan was talking to an officer, giving them information about everything.

As all of this was happening, another officer came out from the darkness of the woods.

"Sir, we've got another one. They're alive but barely..." They stated, telling one of the officers but it was loud enough for everyone else to hear.

Maxis, Shannon and Evan would all look towards the woods, having heard the officer. They would see two paramedics carrying a portable stretcher and on top of the stretcher was Kyle, who had been placed on his stomach, due to the two stab wounds in the back.

"Kyle..." Maxis whispered to herself, eyes widening as she watched the paramedics stop right in front of them. They were going to transfer him onto a new stretcher. She was about ready to cry right after seeing him on the stretcher, having let her mind believe that John and Jaren killed him.

Kyle weakly turned his head and looked towards the two females on the back of other ambulance. He smiled weakly at both of them and slowly extended his arm out to them, letting both of them grab his hand.

After a few seconds, they transported Kyle onto a new stretcher and loaded him up into the ambulance, driving off moments later.

Shannon and Maxis were given a lift to the hospital as well, and Evan was going to drive there after he was done talking to the officers. The three survivors would meet up in Kyle's room at the hospital, once he was patched up. They would end up spending the rest of the night there as well, knowing that they'd all have a long journey ahead of them to put the events of this night behind them.

....

A/N: What a doozy of a chapter this was. First, John and Jaren are revealed to be the killers. Then, Evan saves Maxis from John. After that, Shannon wakes up and once the responders arrive, they find Kyle and find out that he's managed to survive his second Ghostface attack. There's going to be one more chapter in this book, and then it'll be time for the sequel! So, peace out and stay safe!!