"Ok, nerds, listen up! As terrifying as this all is, I'm actually glad I get a chance to redeem myself for not calling the killers last time." She looks down and messes with her shirt then looks back at up. "It's fine. Okay. The way I see it, someone is out to make a sequel to the requel."

Anika raises her hand. "Um, what's a requel?"

Sam and Quinn look at her and Mindy points at her. "You're beautiful, sweetie. Let's hold questions to the end."

Anika smiles sarcastically at her, while Sam speaks up, "Stab 1 took place in Woodsboro. Stab 2 took place in college."

Alana looks up at her then looks at Mindy. "So we think that the killer is trying to copy the movies?"

"That is one possibility. Heroes now in college: Check. Suspicious new characters brought in to round out the suspect list and/or body count: Check, check, and check." She points at Quinn, then Anika, then Ethan.

The said boy shakes his head looking down. "I don't like this." This makes Alana rub her boyfriend's back soothingly and Ethan looks at her gratefully."

Mindy ignores the couple and continues, "But it can't just be about Stab 2."

"Why not?"

"It would make sense if this were just a sequel. But we're not in a sequel, because nobody just makes sequels anymore." She flails her arms and pauses for dramatic effect, making everyone look at her confused. "We're in a franchise!" She flails her arms again.

"And there are certain rules to a continuing franchise."

Sam sighs and puts her head down. "I had a feeling."

"Rule one: Everything is bigger than last time. Bigger budget, bigger cast, bigger body count. Longer chases, shoot-outs, beheadings. You got to top what came before to keep people coming back."

Chad looks up from his notebook and at his twin sister. "Beheadings?"

Mindy points at her brother. "Beheadings. Rule two: Whatever happened last time, expect the opposite. Franchises only survive but subverting expectations. If the killers last time were whiny snowflakes film nerds with Letterboxd accounts instead of personalities," This makes Ethan look down with widened eyes and Alana looks at him confused before looking back at Mindy. "You can bet the opposite will be true here. And rule three: No one is safe. Legacy characters? Cannon fodder at this point. Usually brought back only to be killed off in some cheap bid for nostalgia. It's not looking too good for Gale and Kirby." She slaps her hands together and leans forward. "Oh, and that's not even the worst part!"

Chad taps Tara with his pencil, not looking up from his notebook. "This is the part where she tells us the worst part." This makes Tara, Ethan, and Alana look at him.

"That worst part is franchises are just continuing episodic installments designed to boost an IP. Which means main characters are completely expendable now, too. Laurie Strode, Nancy Thompson, Ellen Ripley, Sally Hardesty, Jigsaw, Tony Stark, James Bond- I mean, even Luke Skywalker- all died so their franchises could live on. That means it's not just the friend group. Any of us could go at any time, especially Sam, Tara, Ari, and Lana."

The three sisters look at each other while Alana stares at Mindy, processing what she just said.

"Wait- wait, a-any of us?"

"Yeah."

"Does- am I in the friend group?"

"Yeah."

"Am I, like, one of the targets of-"

"Mm-hmm."

"Am I gonna die a virgin?"

"Oh my god, Ethan." Alana covers her face in embarrassment, while everyone else everyone either looks at him confused or away from him think about what he just said.

"That was a weird overshare. But it brings us to our current suspects: Ethan. The shy, dorky guy who no one suspects because he's so shy and dorky."

"Why am I on the suspect list? Because I'm randomly Chad's roommate and Alana's boyfriend?" He moves his arm to point at Chad.

"Roommate lotteries can be jukes. You could've fixed it to get next to us. And never trust the love interest." She moves to her next person. "Quinn. The slutty roommate. Horror movie," She smacks her lips before continuing, "Classic."

"'Sex positive', but... thank you?"

"Mm-hmm. Um, how did you get to live with Sam, Tara, and Ari?"

"I answered their ad online."

"Okay," She puts her hand up for a quick second before putting it down and continuing, "You've already implicated yourself enough."

Alana stands up for her friend, "It was an anonymous add, Mindy. And you know they vetted her. Plus her dad is a cop."

"And that makes is more likely that she's the killer, because having a cop dad is a great cover. Do you not remember how these moves work, Lana." Mindy leans closer while yelling, making Alana move back.

"Is she always like this?" This earns Quinn a nod from Arianna and Sam.

"And finally... Anika." Anika blows Mindy a kiss, which she returns before becoming serious. "Again, never trust the love interest." This makes Anika drop her smile slowly.

"Okay! So, we have our rules and we have our suspects."

"But wait- wait. What about you guys?"

Alana looks at her boyfriend. "Excuse me?"

Mindy looks at Alana then Ethan. "I mean, I think it's pretty safe to rule out the six of us who went through this last year in Woodsboro."

Chad points his pencil at his sister. "Agreed."

Alana also looks at her. "Exactly. Thank you."

"Um, not agreed. What is the trauma you all went through causes one or more of you to snap?"

"Yeah, or the fame you got from the killing made you thirsty for more. I mean, let's be honest here, some of the theories online about Arianna and Lani are-"

Alana cuts him off, "I'm sorry. What did you just say?"

Liam stands up for his sister, "That's my sister and your girlfriend, man."

Alana turns to Liam. "I do not need your help, Liam. So don't offer it."

"Okay, she's right, though. I mean, face facts- if we're all suspects, you're all suspects." Anika gestures at her, Quinn, and Ethan's before gesturing at the six survivors, making all of them look at each other in an awkward silence.

Alana is sitting on the couch laughing with Anika when she hears Mindy gag in the dining room before saying something and walking into the kitchen. "I'll be back." She smiles at Anika and gets up, walking into the kitchen as Sam walks in and grabs a bottle of wine.

"We do not have to stay here."

"Well, too bad, I insist. Safety in numbers."

Chad smiles. "This'll be so fun. A little slumber party with the Spectacular Seven!"

Alana jumps up onto the counter next to Chad and looks at him. "The what?"

"Spectacular Seven?"

"Yeah."

"Did you just give us a nickname?"

"I sure did. I mean we've been through a lot together, and it's a pretty cool nickname."

Mindy looks down back up at her brother. "That's debatable."

"It's extremely debatable."

"You can't just give yourself a nickname, dingus."

"Oh, of course I can, dingus, because I just did. Spectacular Seven, up top." Chad puts his hand up to his sister.

"No."

Chad moves to Tara. "Down low."

Tara stares at it. "Get that away from me."

He moves to Sam. "Please, for the love of god."

Mindy laughs. "Don't do it."

Alana ignores her and gives Chad a high-five, smiling. "I gotchu, bro."

Chad smiles back at her. "Thank you, Lana." He looks at the others. "You know, I would actually like a little more respect and support from my fellow members of the Spectacular Seven next time I try.

Anika gets their attention from the living room, "Guys. What the hell?" She turns up the TV as the group in the kitchen walks into living room and Liam and Arianna walk in from Arianna's room with Alana watching them.

What the reporter says, however, makes Alana divert her attention from the two and toward the TV, "We're hearing from sources inside the homicide division that the prime suspects are none other than Alana Gray and Arianna Carpenter, two survivors of the Woodsboro killings in 2022, seen here is Gray attacking a woman on the street last night." The video of Alana pushing the girl plays, making Alana look down and regret her behavior and choice, while Arianna looks at her in slight shock and major annoyance. "[Bleep] is wrong with you, [bleep]? You got a problem with me?"

"Knock it off!"

"Stay away from here. She knows what she did."

The reporter comes back onto the screen to continue, "In the wake of the Woodsboro tragedy last year, rumors sprouted online that Gray and Carpenter were actually responsible for the killings, blaming the crimes on Samantha Carpenter's boyfriend, Richie Kirsch, and their friend and teen, Amber Free-" The TV shuts off suddenly.

Alana storms off into the dining room, sitting down, and puts her head down.

Sam looks at her before moving to sit next to her. "I know that this is a lot for you, and that the press is giving you a hard time. But I can say that none of us, except Ari, can relate to what you see experiencing." Alana lifts her head to look at her. "And I'm really, really sorry that you both have to do that alone."

Alana sniffles and looks away from her. "It's not your fault." She sniffles again. "And I know I shouldn't care what people think. It just sucks being this hated."

Chad walks into the room with Mindy, Arianna, Tara, and Liam behind him. "Hey. Hey. Just a reminder, not a single person in this room hates you. Him and Mindy sit down across from Alans and Sam, while Arianna and Tara sit at the end of the table and Liam stands behind Arianna. "Okay? We have all been through some fucked-up stuff and we are all coping with it differently. But, I mean, we moved here for one very specific reason. We are a team."

Everyone stays silent for a moment before Mindy speaks up, "We are the Spectacular Fucking Seven." She moves her hand its each word at the end.

"Thank you very much." Chad gives his twin a handshake.

"Ah, I hate myself."

Alana laughs and scrunches her nose. "You said it. Do you like it, Mindy?"

Chad agrees with her, "That's what I'm talking about."

Mindy looks at the other four. "Say it."

"I'm not gonna say it. I mean, yes, we're a team but..." Tara shakes her head.

"It has a nice ring to it."

Alana nods and looks at Tara. "I 100% agree with Chad on that."

"I've been sleeping with Cute Boy from across the hall." This makes everyone look at Sam, going silent.

"Boom!"

"I fucking knew it!" Tara leans back and claps her hands. "I knew it, I knew it."

Mindy looks and points at Tara. "You called it."

Sam looks between them confused and looks to her to explain what the two are talking about. "We knew from it from the day you had that hickey."

Everyone at the table laughs.

Tara looks around at everyone. "I feel like we should high five or something."

Chad immediately puts his hand up. "The Spectacular Seven High Five- may we please."

Tara links her fingers with Chad's. "Don't call it that, but we'll do the high five."

"Come on."

Everyone else puts their hands up and links their fingers together before hearing Sam's phone ring.

Sam pulls her phone out of her pocket with her free hand and looks at the caller ID.

Alana gets excited and takes Sam's phone, showing the table as Sam tries to get her phone back.

"No, Lana. Not right now." Sam tries to get her phone back from Alana.

Alana ignores her and puts the phone to her ear, pretending to answer it. "Hey, so, what are your intentions?" She moves Sam's hands away from her.

Everyone laughs, except Arianna and Liam, who just roll their eyes at Alana's childishness.

"That's right."

Sam gets her phone back as Alana hands it to her. "Oh, it's fine. I'll call him back." She presses the decline button.

"Okay."

"Poor guy."

They all hear Quinn in her room and look in it's general direction.

"Oh my god. Quinn and her gentleman caller are back at it again." Tara plays her food.

Alana looks at her disgusted. "Never say that again."

"She's getting it, too? Okay." Mindy wiggles her shoulders.

Alana covers her face while Liam looks at her. "Oh I'm sure you and Ethan do the same damn thing."

Alana looks up at him, but before she can anything, everyone's phones go off, making them all look at each other confused and pull their phones out to see an air drop request from Danny. They all accept it and see a picture of Quinn get attacked by Ghostface in her bedroom.

-alysa speaks-

Another cliffhanger. I'm so sorry but it's more dramatic to me. So here ya go.

Also I know I've posted a lot this weekend but it's the weekend and I'm bored.

And yes, I know it's Sam getting all the shit but as she wasn't the one to killer Amber and Richie, Alana and Arianna were so I changed it to make sense.