Chapter 3
Mike: Don't worry. It's still night. We're going to fight him somehow, tomorrow.
- Promise?
- Promise...
They smile to each other and go to sleep. Next morning, Lily wakes up and sees that Mike isn't on the mattress anymore. She goes up from the bed and starts to look for him. She looks around in the entire house.
- Hello? Mike? Where are you?
She hears a cell phone signal from her pocket. She picks it up and answers.
- Hello?
- It's Ghost Face. I kidnapped Mike. He's floating in the pool, tied up, with a protective mask, so he cannot talk...
- No!
Lily goes out to the garden, to the pool. She gets shocked when she sees Mike. Everything is just like Ghost Face described, except that blood is all over and around him. She runs to the pool, crying.
- What has he done to you?!
Mike doesn't answer, so Lily assumes that he's dead. But suddenly, Mike turns to Lily. Lily stares at him.
Mike: He said that if I played dead, he could wait and kill me after you're gone. But I don't want to die. Can you untie me from these ropes?
- Okay...
Lily unties Mike. He climbs up from the pool and takes off the protective mask. Then, suddenly, Ghost Face shows up in front of them.
- Surprise! Ghost Face is here...
Lily: What do you want...? Screw it, you don't deserve anything!
- What do you mean? I deserve as much as everybody else. And now... I'm going to kill you.
- I have a boyfriend who protects me.
- Really?
Lily looks around and notices that Mike isn't there anymore.
Ghost Face: He got so scared of me that he ran away. Poor Mike...
Lily shakes her head, slowly.
- You will pay for this, Ghost Face.
Lily turns around and runs towards the city center, super fast, so that people can see her. Ghost Face follows, running. Everybody screams and runs away from Ghost Face when they see him. Lily runs up on a staircase.
- Help me! The person in the Death costume is trying to kill me!
Ghost Face takes up his knife from his Death costume pocket, and shows it to everyone. They run away, in different directions. A young girl is filming what happens, from further away. She talks quietly to herself.
- This could be a great story to send to the news...
Ghost Face runs up the staircase, but Lily jumps down to the ground when he's halfway up. She runs back to her house again. Ghost Face is following her. The girl stops filming. Lily runs into the front door, closes it and locks it. But the door gets locked up again. The knife of Ghost Face penetrates the door and Lily ducks. She runs to the living room. On the table, there are lit candles in a golden candle holder. She blows them out and throws the candle holder on the sofa. Ghost Face kicks the door up. Then, Lily throws the table at him and he falls to the floor. She looks at him, to see if he's dead. It seems like he is. But she doesn't want to remove the table if he would be alive. Lily opens the window and climbs out through it. She runs to Mikes' house. Suddenly, Ghost Face takes up his knife, kicks away the table and goes up from the floor.
- Some day you're going to die, Lily...
Lily knocks on the front door to Mikes house and Mike opens.
- Hello, Lily. I'm so sorry for what happened... I was so scared, I just couldn't stay there.
- It's okay. I fought him, and now, he's under the living room table. I think he's dead.
- Wow... Come in!
Lily goes into his house and takes off her shoes. She follows Mike to his room.
- Nice room. How much have you changed since I was here the last time?
- Pretty much. The walls are black instead of blue, for example.
- I like black walls. It's cool.
- Thanks. It's actually my favorite color.
- I knew it! You like dark, and black is dark.
- Mmm... Sorry that I couldn't protect you. I feel awful because I didn't stay.
- It's okay. I would do the same if I were like you.
Meanwhile, someone knocks at the principals door and runs to the back of the house. The principal opens.
- Hello? Who is it?
The principal goes in again.
- Probably a prank...
He forgets to lock the door, and goes to the sofa and watches TV. Ghost Face opens the door, slowly. He sneaks behind the sofa. The principal looks at a drama show that is making him cry.
- It's so sad...
Ghost Face is about to stab the principal in the back, but the principal hears the evil laugh of Ghost Face. He takes a hold of the knife and Ghost Face drops it on the floor, but picks it up again. The principal runs outside the house, while Ghost Face runs after him. Ghost Face throws the knife at the principal, and the knife hits his back. The principal falls down to the grass, with the face down. Ghost Face disappears.
Lily looks at horror movie canvases, that are hanging on the wall, above Mikes bed.
- I don't like horror, but these are cool!
- I painted them myself.
Lily looks impressed at Mike.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Wow...
Lily goes to the canvases.
- Can I take a photo?
- Sure!
Lily takes up her cellphone from her pocket and takes a photo. Mike goes to the window.
- Look at the view.
Lily follows.
- It's very high.
- I know. I think it's fascinating.
The cold wind blows and the clouds are grey. Lily shivers.
- It's starting to get cold. Can we close the window?
Mike closes the window. Someone calls Lily. Lily answers.
- Don't tell me that you're Ghost Face.
- I am. The principal is dead.
Lily and Mike looks shocked at each other.
Ghost Face: I'm threatening you that the same thing can happen to you. Death...
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