chapter thirteen: we all go a little mad

SATURDAY: October 26th, 2026,
Vivians house

7:00AM

The loud bang on the girl's front door made her paranoid as he held onto herself tightly. After she learned of Gwen's death she felt a lot more paranoid than before, she refused to leave her bedroom. Her windows and doors were all locked and she laid alone in the darkness as she waited.

The bangs kept getting more intense and she pushed her hands over her ears as she pinched her eyes shut. "Vivian! I know you're in there!" Alexander had spent the last two hours pounding on the girl's door. The sole reason was irritation and rage. He had gone to Benjamin's home but his parents told the boy he was at the doctors doing a weekly check up.

So Alex went to the next location he could and it just so happened to be Vivian. "You did this! You hear me! You're the reason Gwen's dead! You and Benjamin started this! Now I'm gonna end it!".

Vivian gasped when she heard the front door burst open. She climbed off her bed so fast when she heard the soft footsteps of Alexander in the hallway. "I just wanna talk to Viv, why are you ignoring me?".

The boy knocked on her bedroom door "oh wait. I forgot you can't speak, that just makes this a lot easier. Open the door, I just wanna talk!". Vivian pushed herself under her bed as the door was kicked open, Alex looked crazy as he limped into the room.

His hand grasped tightly onto a baseball bat as he looked around the room "I'm not gonna hurt you Viv! I just need to hand you over to ghostface. Maybe it'll end when they get a hold of you! No one else needs to die, just you! This ends with you!".

Vivian grunted when Alex grabbed a hold of her ankle and dragged her from under the bed. "Gotcha!" she struggled as he picked her up off the ground and dragged her towards the door "Ben got the easy way out, he wasn't home. Which just means I'll take you instead! I need this to be over Viv, can't you understand that? I'm tired of feeling scared and if I have to single handedly bring all of you to the killers then so be it! One of you will fess up eventually!".

The girl opened her mouth and let out a frustrated breath when no sound came out. "Gwen was a good person, she didn't deserve to die... she let go" the boy sighed. "I had her hand and I was ready to save her and everything but then she just let go. Why would she do that! I'm not worth saving. I'm nobody!".

Vivian pushed at Alex's chest as he pushed her into the back seat of his car. "This all connects to the drama club, so that's why I have to take you" he started his car "it started in the theater with you". He looked at her through his mirror "I don't understand anything but I've had my fair share of deaths to know this is all connected to the drama club".

He sighed as he turned the radio on "it's always death in this town. It's so depressing, I've taken years of abuse and I'd rather handle that than this". Vivian tugged on the door handle but it was locked. She looked at Alex with annoyance.

"I know it's not ideal me taking you like that, but it just seemed like the best idea" he stopped the car and looked at Vivian "maybe it's dumb". She nodded and he groaned in annoyance as he turned the car around back towards the girl's house.

"Don't tell anyone about this, I'm sorry..." the boy parked the car and climbed out of the car and opened the door for Vivian. The girl walked outside and pushed the door shut as she looked at him with a stern expression. "Alright I know I'm a dick for doing that. But isn't this whole thing making you lose it too?".

She nodded as she looked around in worry and the boy noticed it "you can't stay locked up either. That's how they find you, when you're all alone". He smiled sadly and Vivian tugged at his sleeve "what?".

She cupped her hands into the letter C and the boy raised his eyebrow "I don't understand?". She pointed at her hand "wait C, Okay I gotta warn you I'm really bad at charades so bare with me here".

The girl pointed at her hand again and then he realized what she meant "Claire! That's what you're trying to say, right? You're saying Claire?". She nodded eagerly as she pointed at the car "you want me to drop you off at her house? So you're not alone! That makes a lot of sense, we should do this more often".

Vivian huffed slightly as she got into the passenger seat. Alex turned on the radio and he drove off down the road, he sighed deeply when the radio kept buzzing in and out. "It keeps doing that, I swear my radio and phone keeps just cutting out at random times. Does your phone do that?".

She nodded as she turned the radio off "wonder if it's like that for everyone else. Also did you hear that apparently Andy's awake now? Benjamin texted the group chat this morning about it".

Benjamin let out a heavy breath as the ropes dug into his wrists harshly. Blood dripped down his forehead as he angrily pulled at the ropes "hey fucker! Let me out of here! They're gonna come for me! You hear me, you son of bitches! They're gonna come for me!".

The boy screamed when a knife slid across his cheek, he tugged at the ropes and then a strong scent entered his nose. "Andy... what did you do to him!" he could hear the boy's muffled shouts and it made him shout as he tugged at the ropes.

"Andy! He's not a part of this! Let him go, you asshole!" Benjamin grunted when he was smacked. He could feel the warmth of someone breathing onto his face as he groaned weakly. "What's the saying? Welcome to act three? No.... It feels more natural when I say ten. Given the play has ten acts. Ten isn't enough, so we made our own rewrite".

Benjamin huffed "you must be a real sloppy writer then!" He shouted when his hair was pulled back. "You'd be so lucky to die in our play! Movies are old news Benny, the new obsession is musicals or broadway! Or just a good old fashioned drama club who makes a really shitty play! Don't get so rude, we'll take a lot more than your eyes this time".

Benjamin let out a heavy breath when his hair was let go and he heard the departing steps of ghostface. "I'm sure your little friends will be so eager to reunite with you! I wonder... if they can follow the clues".

Benjamin screamed as he heard the lights turn off and all that remained was utter silence.

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authors notes:
yall.... I didn't go to bed....
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anyways this chapter is a short filler, it always was when I would write drafts for it. So figured I'd get it out right away. Also I know the timeline is set in days but I feel like I might change it to be 2 days maybe. I'll likely do that honestly lol. Anyways byeee

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