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Rory sat in the back of the parked ambulance with her legs to her chest as she had her arms wrapped around herself.

Sitting between Tara and Mindy as the Meeks-Martin girl leant her head against the King girl's arm as the group four sat silently together as Sam watched the crime scene that was still unfolding in the alleyway nearby.

"Ethan." Aurora said, watching the Landry boy duck under the police tape as he approached the group, causing Chad to quickly turn his head, pushing himself off the ambulance.

"Chad-." Ethan started but was quickly cut off when the Meeks-Martin book boy aggressively grabbed him, slamming him against the nearby police van, causing Rory to quickly stand up as she stood a few feet behind the two.

"Where were you?" Chad questioned, slamming the boy against the van.

"What? When?" Ethan quickly questioned, looking at the boy scared and confused.

"Last night!" Chad exclaimed, slamming the boy against the van with every word he spoke.

"What? I had Econ! You know this!" Ethan quickly spit out.

"Bullshit man. You disappear and my sister and girlfriend almost get killed!" Chad exclaimed.

"Dude. I was at a study hall with a hundred other people. You can ask any of them." Ethan said, holding his hands up, quickly glancing over at Rory. "You can even ask Rory. She was supposed to come with me but canceled on me at the last second."

"Hey, don't look at her." Chad snapped, causing the Laundry boy to quickly look towards the ground as Chad looked back toward his girlfriend. "Rory?"

"He's telling the truth, there was Econ." Rory said, nodding at her, causing Chad to let out a sigh as he turned back to Ethan.

"Fuck, man." Chad said, pushing the boy one more time before turning and walking away back toward the ambulance.

"Thank you, Rory." Ethan said, letting out a nervous chuckle as he relaxed, quickly straightening out his clothes.

"Just because I saved your ass, doesn't mean I don't think you're the killer." Aurora said, crossing her arms at the boy.

"Oh my god." Ethan said, quickly looking over at the alley before looking back at Rory, causing her to look down. "Who?"

"Quinn..." Aurora said, looking at the boy before she got the courage to choke out the rest. "... and Anika."

Rory quickly gave the boy one more look before turning and making her way back to the back of the ambulance as Ethan was right on her trail.

"Mindy, I'm so sorry." Ethan spoke.

"Step the fuck back." Mindy harshly spoke, causing the boy to quickly stop in his tracks, taking a few steps back as Rory crawled back in beside the girl. "You're at the top of my list."

"I had Econ!" Ethan exclaimed, causing Tara and Aurora to share a look as Mindy looked up her twin brother.

"I'm gonna be right back." Tara spoke to Aurora and Mindy before quickly standing up, making her way over to Sam who was being approached by Detective Bailey.

"This is total bullshit." Aurora said, wrapping her arms back around herself as she watched the grown man cry a few feet away, causing the twins to look over at her. "I mean, people have been dying left and right. I mean how many more people have to die before this is really over?"

"Hey!" Gale exclaimed, causing Aurora to quickly turn her head in the direction of the voice. "I came as soon as I heard."

"Gale, I swear to god!" Sam exclaimed, turning towards the woman.

"Truce, okay? I'm here for whatever you need." Gale spoke genuinely as Rory approached from the ambulance.

"Okay, nice try." Sam sarcastically said, nodding her head not believing the woman for a second.

"Really, I am." Gale said, look around at the group, finally look at Aurora as she stopped beside Tara. "Okay, fine. Off the record, okay?"

That caused Sam and Tara to share a look before they turned and looked to Aurora for reassurance, causing her to give them a slight nod.

"Okay. Thank you." Sam spoke softly, calming down that caused everyone to look over to Tara.

"I'm... sorry I punched." Tara spoke.

"No you're not." Gale smirked at the girl.

"I'm not." Tara admitted, causing a smile to grow on her face.

"You're the cop, right?" Gale questioned once she looked away from the young Carpenter girl, causing Detective Bailey to nod. "I did some digging on your first two victims and I found something. I know where the masks are coming from."
"Show me." Detective Bailey said, piquing the man's interests.

"Ladies." Kirby greeted, approaching the group, gaining everyone's attention.

"Kirby?" Gale questioned in disbelief.

"Gale." Kirby spoke, sending the woman a closed mouth smile.

"Kirby's with the FBI." Aurora informed the Weather's lady, causing Kirby to nod in agreement.

"She's a child." Gale said in shock. "When did they start letting children into the FBI?"

"I'm 30."

"Well you look like a zygote."

"I have a gun, Gale."

"Okay, fine." Gale said, letting out a sigh. "You're gonna wanna see this too."

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"Jason and Greg were little Atlanta rich boys." Gale spoke to the group as they walked down the alley. "They used fake names to rent this place."

"How did you find it?" Kirby questioned.

"It's called 'investigative journalism' for a reason." Gale explained. "How didn't you find it? Weren't you tracking them?"
"I went through their financial records dozens of times." Kirby explained. "This was not in any of them. This doesn't make sense"

"Don't worry. I'm just really good at my job. You'll get there." Gale said before walking off in front of the group, opening the door with the key card, leading the group into the dark building.

"What is this place? What's with all the security?" Sam questioned.

Causing Gale to flip the giant light switch, lighting the entire room up allowing the group to tell what it is.

"It's a movie theater." Tara said.

"It's not just a theater. It's a shrine." Gale said, letting out a sigh as the group noticed the open door.

Sam and Rory slowly led the group into the room that held any and everything that had to do with the past Ghostface killers.

"Whoa." Mindy said, pushing through the two making her way deeper into the room before everyone began splitting off on their own in the room. "They've got the whole goddamn franchise."

Aurora felt herself gravitate towards a glass case that held a pair of glasses that sat beside a chair cover that read Roman Bridger, Director.

Rory didn't think before she ran her fingers across the glass case.

"I would ask if this was the ghostface you guys survived but I doubt you were born yet." Ethan said, appearing beside the girl as he looked over her shoulder at the glass case.

"He's my dad." Aurora admitted, sending the boy a small smile before looking back around at the glasses cases that had to do with Roman Bridger. "I never met him, he died before my mom even knew she was pregnant."

"You have all been through so much." Detective Bailey spoke from the doorway, causing Rory to look over at the man before giving the glass case one last glance before she made her way around the room.

"Hey, how'd they get all this stuff?" Tara questioned. "I mean, isn't it evidence."
"Well, cops like money." Gale explained. "Evidence can get lost real easily. Present company excluded of course."

"Uh, why am I here exactly?" Ethan questioned from beside the glass case Rory left him standing beside. "My alibi checks out."

"So I can keep an eye on you... roomie." Chad said as Mindy sent him the ' I'm watching you' sign.

"The killer must have found this place before he murdered Jason and Greg. And then he took the mask of the mannequins. All nine, from Stu and Billy to Amber and Richie." Gale spoke, Rory watched Sam slowly make her way onto the stage as she approached the glass case that held the cloak her father wore when he was Ghostface all those years ago.

The group slowly made their way onto the stage as they looked around at each Ghostface costume, Rory starting with Stu Macher.

"So, somebody killed these chucklefucks... and took over?" Chad questioned.

"Someone who believed Sam masterminded Woodsboro and that Rory was her accomplice." Gale explained.

"If this were a normal Stab movie this would be the killer's lair." Mindy stated.

"Which means this isn't a normal Stab movie." Kirby stated.

The room went quiet before Tara quickly rushed out of the room in a hurry.

Rory found herself sitting out in the lobby of the theater alone when she was approached by Sam with a small smile on her face.

"Hey." Sam said, lifting herself up to sit beside the King girl on the counter.

"Hey." Aurora responded, looking over at the older Carpenter girl. "You find Tara?"

"Uh, Kirby went to talk to her." Sam replied, causing the younger one to slightly nod. "I'm sorry for getting you dragged so deep into this shit."

"Hey, you didn't do any of this." Aurora said, waving the girl off as she gestured around them. "Let's just say we both didn't end up so lucky when it came to the father department."

That caused the duo to share a light laugh.

"Yeah, you can say that again." Sam smiled lighly, looking down at the floor before looking over at Rory. "You're a lot stronger than you think, Rory."

That caused Aurora to turn and look at the girl she saw as an older sister as she sent her a small smile, "Yeah, well so are you."

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