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Aurora woke up the next morning to the light shining on her face from the giant hospital window.

Letting out a groan as she shifted uncomfortably, finally realizing someone was holding her hand.

Turning to look to her side to see Wes, sitting at her side, causing her to smile slightly at the boy.

"Wes." The girl lightly called out, only to be met with a snore from the boy, causing her smile to grow. "Wes."

"Hey." Wes said, quickly sitting up in his seat, noticing the girl was awake. "How are you feeling?"

"Like I've been stabbed." Aurora sakd, letting out a light chuckle only to let out a groan in pain. "How long have you been here?"

"Mom brought me here as soon as you got admitted." Wes explained. "The twins were here too but they wouldn't let them up because it was after visiting hours."

"So how'd you manage to make your way in?" Aurora questioned.

"I told them I was your half brother." Wes said, shrugging his shoulders, causing the duo to smile at each other.

"So brother, how long am I stuck in here for?" Aurora jokingly questioned, causing the boy to chuckle.

"I think they just wanted to keep you overnight since your injuries weren't serious, so soon." Wes replied, nodding his head.

"Good." Aurora breathed out, slowly sitting up, causing the boy to quickly jump up from his seat, quickly helping her up. "Thanks."

"No problem." Wes nodded, taking a seat back in his chair. "So... what's going on with you and Chad?"

"What do you mean?" Aurora questioned, looking at the boy.

"Come on Rory. We've been best friends since elementary. I can read you like a book." Wes explained. "I mean the constant glances at each other, the looks of jealousy around Liv. I mean I know you've had a crush on the guy since middle school but it's more than that. Besides, he was actually ready to fight the security guard last night when they said he couldn't come in. Mindy had to drag him away."

"Fine. We've been secretly seeing each other for a few months." Aurora admitted, letting out a sigh.

"Rory." Wes said, looking at the girl.

"I know, I know he has a girlfriend. It's just he makes me feel... important." Aurora explained, glancing over at Wes. "We've gotten to know each other on so many levels. I mean he understands me and can tell when I'm sad, I'm mad, I'm upset. I mean we can talk for hours and never get bored. I don't know, he just makes me feel safe."

"You know what that sounds like." Wes said, causing the girl to look at him. "It sounds like you might love him."

"I don't know about that." Aurora disagreed, shaking her head. "I mean maybe."

"Well when the day comes and you guys get married I'll be there to tell you I told you so." Wes said.

"Okay, Wes." Aurora said, playfully rolling her eyes, causing them both to laugh.

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Aurora stood outside of the Meeks-Martin residence, quickly lifting her hand as she pressed the doorbell.

Not even a minute later the door swung open, revealing the twins' mom; Martha Meeks.

"Hi, Mrs. Meeks." Aurora greeted, smiling at the lady.

"Hi honey. I heard what happened. It's good to see you up and moving already." Mrs. Meeks says, pulling the girl into a light hug, smiling at the girl. "Come on in, I'll take you to the others."

The King girl took a step into the familiar home, waiting for the woman to close the door before she led Aurora into the living room where everyone was.

"Look who I found at the door." Mrs. Meeks announced, revealing the shorter girl as she sent them all a small smile. "I'll be in the other room if you need anything."

"Thank you but I think I'm good." Aurora stated, smiling at the lady before she walked off , causing Aurora to turn to the group sending them a small wave. "Hey."

"Oh my god! You're alive!" Mindy exclaimed, quickly hugging the girl. "I totally thought you were a goner."

"It's good to see you too, Minds." Aurora said jokingly, cracking a smile before seeing the blonde haired boy. "Wes."

"Rory." Wes smiled, hugging the girl before sitting back down before she quickly hugged Sam.

"Oh my god, I heard what happened I'm so glad you're okay." Amber said, pulling the girl into a tight hug, causing her to let out a groan. "Sorry."

"It's all good." Aurora waved it off, shaking the pain off, turning to the pink haired girl. "Liv."

"I'm glad you're okay." Liv said, pulling the girl into a short hug before quickly sitting back down, revealing the Meeks-Martin boy.

"Hey." Aurora breathed out, sending the boy a small smile, causing him to wordlessly wrap his arms around the girl. "I'm fine."

"You're not fine. There's a killer out for your head, Ror." Chad points out, loosening the grip on the girl as he looked down into her eyes. "You can't go back to that house, especially not alone."

"I'll be fine." Aurora said, shaking her head. "I'm sure he's not even thinking about me anymore."

"Once you're on Ghostface's radar you never get off." Dewey spoke up.

"You're staying here until that motherfucker is caught or killed. No discussion needed. " Chad snapped, sitting back down in his seat beside Liv.

"Great." Aurora sarcastically says, slowly taking a seat beside Wes, causing the duo to share a smile. "I get attacked by a killer once and now I'm in witness protection."

"Great now that we're all here. I asked Mindy to call everybody here, because..." Sam said, trailing off. "There's something I have to tell you."

After Sam revealed that her father was Billy Loomis the room was silent for a while.

"Let me get this straight." Chad spoke up, speaking up, gaining everyone's attention. "You're saying you're the daughter of Billy Loomis and what, that one of us is the killer?"

"The killer told me he knew my secret. He attacked Tara to lure me back here." Sam explains, quickly glancing around at everyone. "The only other person who knew that before today was you, Rory."

"So what are you saying that I'm the killer?" Aurora questioned, looking at the Carpenter girl in disbelief. "Last time I checked I was the one almost gutted like a fish last night and not you."

"Classic killer move to throw everyone off your tracks." Amber stated. "I mean it happened with the original Ghostface Billy Loomis and that last psychotic ass bitch Jill."

"What, now all of sudden you're Team Sam?" Aurora asked, looking over at the Freeman girl, causing her to shrug.

"I mean why immediately go and murder some douche-nozzle that was stalking Liv?" Chad questioned.

"Why does it have to be one of us?" Wes asked. "What about Deputy Dewey here? Maybe he's the killer. No offense."

"None taken." Dewey said, waving it off. "But what's my motive?"

"You got stabbed a billion times, got dumped by your famous wife and crawled into a bottle." Wes said. "I think it's safe to say you're on the suspect list."

"We'll, maybe you're the killer. Because that cut deep." Dewey trailed off, looking away from the boy.

"That douche-nozzle is connected." Amber announced. "I googled him. His mom is Leslie Macher. Stu Macher's sister."

"Who's Stu Macher?" Liv asked, confused.

"He was Billy Loomis's accomplice during the first string of Ghostface murders." Aurora explained.

"Okay, okay." Sam said, sitting up straighter. "So the first three attacks are all on people related to the original killers."

"Oh, my god. He's making a requel!" Mindy exclaimed, quickly sitting up in her seat.

"A what?" Sam asked, sounding confused.

"Or a legacyquel." Mindy said. "Fans are torn on the terminology."

"Please speak English." Chad said.

"So do you remember the stab movie that came out last year?" Mindy questioned.

"Oh, yeah!" Liv said. "The one the Knives Out guy directed? I actually really liked that one."

"Of course you did. You have terrible taste in movies." Aurora commented, causing Mindy to point at the girl in agreement.

"I hate both of you."

"The point is, the hard-core Stab fans hated it." Mindy explained. "You go on 4chan and Dreadit. all they're talking about is how stab 8 passed on their childhoods. How they crammed in social commentary just to elevate it. How the main character's a Mary Sue?"

"What's a Mary Sue?" Richie questioned.

"You really don't want to know." Wes said, shaking his head at the man.

"What's wrong with elevated horror?" Amber questioned. "I mean Jordan Peele fucking rules."

"Uh, obviously, but that's not Stab." Mindy said. "Real Stab movies are meta slasher whodunits, full stop."

"Come on. It's just a movie." Sam said annoyed.

"To most it may just be a movie but to some people, like the hardcore Stab fans, the original is like their favorite thing in the entire world." Aurora explained. "It's what made them grow to love horror in the first place."

"It's what mom or dad showed them when they were ten that bonded them together." Mindy adds. "And god help anyone who slightly fucks with that special memory. Who makes a movie they think disrespects it. It sounds like our killer is writing his own version of Stab 8 but doing it as a requel."

"Which is?" Dewey questioned.

"See you can't just reboot a franchise from scratch anymore. The fans won't stand for it. Black Christmas, Child's Play, Flatliners... that shit doesn't work. But you can't just do a straight sequel, either." Mindy explained, standing in front of the group. "You got to build something new. But not too new, or the internet goes bug-fucking nuts. It's got to be part of an ongoing storyline even if the story shouldn't have been ongoing in the first place. New main characters, yes. But supported by and related to legacy characters."

"It's not quite a reboot, but it's also not quite a sequel." Aurora spoke, causing Mindy to nod rapidly. "Kinda like the new Halloween, Saw, Terminator, Jurassic Park, Ghostbusters."

"Yes! Even fucking Star Wars!" Mindy exclaimed. "It always, always goes back to the original!"

"Are you telling me that I'm caught in the middle of fan-fucking-fiction?" Sam snapped.

"Not just the middle, Sam." Mindy said, kneeling in front of the girl. "You're the star."

"So, not to put too fine a point on it." Liv spoke up. "But, according to requel rules... who's next?"

"Going by the pattern, whoever it is has to be connected to someone that came before." Mindy said, looking around at the group.

"I'm starting to regret coming here." Dewey said.

"But that makes no sense, Rory was attacked and she's not connected to any of this." Wes pointed at the girl beside him.

"Or so we think. Ro you said you didn't know anything about your dad." Mindy questioned, causing the girl to shake her.

"No, my mom never wants to talk about him when I ask. All she told me was he died before I was born." Aurora explained, shrugging her shoulders. "But it's possible he could be connected."

"Wait, my mom was a character in one of them." Wes said, coming to a realization.

"No one cares about the shitty inferior sequels, Wes. You're safe." Mindy waved the boy off, looking from the blonde to her brother. "With Randy as our uncle, though, you and I are probably screwed."

"Wait, what?" Chad asked in disbelief.

"Or you're the killer." Richie said, looking at Mindy. "And this whole elaborate monologue is just to cover your tracks."

"What about you Richie? Since we're just throwing guesses out there." Aurora spoke up, causing the man to quickly look at the teenage girl. "I mean now is just a dandy time to show up in Woodsboro. How do we know you're not the killer?"

"Come on, Ro. He wasn't even in town when Tara was attacked, he was with me out of town." Sam stepped in, defending her boyfriend.

"Ever heard of 2 killers. He could have been communicating with someone on the inside. I mean if they're fascinated on the original Stab why wouldn't there be two killers." Aurora explained. "I mean never trust the love interest right."

"Yes." Mindy spoke up, pointing at the King girl. "But, I think it's pretty clear who the killer is at this point."

"Who?" Sam asked, quickly turning to look at the girl.

"You." Mindy said, looking right back at Sam.

"What..." Sam asked in disbelief.

"It makes perfect requel sense." Mindy states.

"That actually does make sense." Chad said, agreeing with his sister as his girlfriend nodded with him.

"Fuck this." Sam muttered, quickly standing up from the couch, storming out the house as Richie quickly followed her.

"I think we hit a nerve." Amber said, smirking at the group.

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