Sidney hadn't slept, she spent all night sitting on the couch waiting for a phone call. The sun entered the living room the blanket wrapped around her frame, fell at the sound of a car door opening.

She ran towards the door pulling it open "Casey grab your bag sweetie". Sidney smiled brightly "Tatum!" the girl turned around from looking at her phone and smiled "Sid! My god you look miserable! Please tell me you've slept".

Sidney sighed "I was worried about Corey, any sign of him when you drove into town?". Tatum looked at Randy and then at Sidney "Dewey called, said Corey was at the station, he was apparently wondering the streets and Dewey thought it'd be safer to keep him overnight".

Jill frowned deeply as she walked outside "uh who are they?" Tatum grabbed a hold of her suitcase "Roman, grab your jacket from your father, it's freezing out, I thought it would've been sunny".

Sidney looked at Jill before she could respond Corey appeared down the sidewalk. He walked faster at the sight of Tatum "oh god, please tell me you're not really here and that I'm dreaming!".

Tatum smiled weakly "surprise?" Corey smacked himself slightly but he ignored his thoughts at the sight of Casey and Roman. "Uncle Corey!!!" they ran towards him and he laughed as they tackled him onto the ground. There arms hugging him tightly as he smiled at them.

"Hey you little troublemakers, hope you missed me" he stood up grabbing a hold of there hands. "Mom wouldn't let us have ice cream before dinner like you do, she said it's too much sugar".

Corey laughed lightly "don't worry I'll be back home soon, you'll have ice cream every single night". Tatum sighed deeply "Corey!" he smiled at her "sorry Tate! But I gotta keep my reputation up for the best uncle ever, it's hard work being this amazing, are Casey and Roman staying here tonight?".

Tatum shock her head as they walked inside the house "Dewey's dropping them off at my moms house at eight, we'll be leaving in the morning after we pick them up". Randy let out an excited shout as he hugged Corey "you have no idea how much I've missed you man! I miss our bro nights, Tatum won't let me geek out when you're gone".

Corey laughed as they walked inside the house, "don't mind the officers outside, they're keeping track of everyone here. Making sure they're safe and not brutally murdered. Not doing a very good job at it. But don't tell them that, they have low self esteems and confidence".

Tatum smiled lightly as she entered the living room, placing her jacket onto it. "I hope your mother doesn't mind us being here for the night Jill, Sidney called last night and well one thing led to another".

Jill smiled "I'm sure she won't mind, I didn't know Sidney had friends coming over, I would've made myself look at least a little presentable".

Corey walked into the kitchen grabbing a bottle of alcohol out of the fridge. He hid it behind his back "I'm gonna go get changed, last night was pretty rough".

He walked up the stairs pushing the bathroom door shut. He sighed deeply as he ripped open the bottle of alcohol. He ignored the burn it caused his throat as he drank it quickly.

"You're gonna get them killed if you let them stay here Corey". His back pressed into the bathtub as he turned the water on letting it slowly fill it.

His gaze locked with Roman Bridger the man glaring at him with disappointment as he walked around him. Blood dripped down his robe his face bruised and bleeding slightly.

"Thought I stopped seeing you years ago" the man laughed lightly as he looked at the alcohol bottle. "You aren't happy, so I'm here to help you. You really shouldn't be drinking that, you need to be focused on the task at hand! That asshole is gonna start killing them off one by one if you don't stop them. This place is an open target now".

Corey sighed deeply "please just leave me alone, I don't really have the energy for this shit right now, just go away Rome". He took another drink his mind feeling fuzzy as he watched the water get higher in the tub.

"You need me, that's why I'm still here Corey... I've always been here you just now noticed me again. Besides you already know what today is.... Deep down you know the guilt is eating away at you".

Corey blinked as he looked at the man in front of him "it's our anniversary, well it would've been..." he shock his head slightly as he took his shirt off and threw it into the hamper.

"Sidney took me away from you, and yet you're gonna marry her. Out of all the people in the world you chose her? The one person who you know ruined your life, you still hate her Corey".

Corey let out a frustrated breath "look you're just my subconscious alright! Just something trying to make me feel more shitty with my life, Sidney may have killed Roman, but I forgave her.. he would've wanted that for me, to move on, to find a sense of purpose again, so fuck off already!".

He let out an huff as he got into the bathtub letting the water relax him. "Yeah you can't just get rid of me, when's the last time you even took your meds? You were always really bad at keeping track".

Corey leaned his head back glaring at the ceiling "and I mean you can't mix them with alcohol either, I was always on your ass about this Corey. Why can't you just take better care of yourself".

"Jesus, I wish I could just punch the shit outta you right now. You better be gone by tomorrow". "Oh that's funny, you think I'll just disappear? you know damn well I'll be here all week, that medicine doesn't always work handsome. I mean who was the one who helped you every night when you had nightmares? When you saw shit? It was me Corey... not Sidney, not Tatum! And definitely not fucking Randy! It was all me!".

"Shut the fuck up!" Corey smacked his hands over his ears pinching his eyes shut. When he opened them he was alone, he let out a heavy breath.

"Yeah sorry, I'm still here" Roman leaned into the wall smiling as he waved his knife in the air. "Let's go kill someone already, the faster we kill the other ghostface, the faster we can go home! I hate this place, it's depressing Corey. Jill's also acting weird, keep your eyes on her".

Corey frowned deeply "I have noticed that, it's weird isn't it.. the way this all happens the second Sidney comes into town, it's almost like Jill wanted her here... you think it could be her?".

"That kid screams psycho! besides she has good motive, Sidney is her famous cousin, who never paid her any attention! She has reasons to gut her alive, shit my motive was similar, Sidney took away the life I deserved, she took away my mother from me! Bitch deserves to die for that".

Corey looked at the door "I know she's your sister Rome, but don't talk about her like that.. I mean you're technically me.. so be less of an asshole. If you're gonna be here, then be helpful".

Corey stood up wrapping a towel around himself "I'm telling you Corey, it's Jill. I'm telling you this for a reason, don't just ignore me on this".

Corey looked at the man smiling sadly "I can't ignore you, you're me... you're not him". He left the bathroom walking into the bedroom.

The door opened "Tatum and Randy went to the store for dinner, they said they're gonna cook for us tonight since they kinda just took over".

Corey smiled "that's nice of them, I still don't understand why you called them Sid... especially with what's going on with ghostface".

"She's gonna get them killed Corey, you gotta find that fucker tonight! Kill them! Protect them!".

"I know, after you ran off I just panicked, and I'm sorry I made them come here, but they had a choice about it too. We're all worried about you Corey".

Corey blinked as he looked at Sidney "don't do it, I know what you're thinking of Corey, don't say it!". "I'm sorry about last night, I just got overwhelmed with all of this shit. I can't escape it Sidney".

Sidney smiled sadly as she gripped his face "we'll get through this together, we always do". "Yeah right, last time this shit happened I helped you through it, go after Jill, it's her Corey".

"I don't know if I can go through it again Sidney, after last time, this shit is really fucking with my head, and I don't even know what to do anymore".

He grabbed his clothes out of his suitcase "you're seeing him again aren't you? You're seeing.. Roman? Is he here in the room?".

"Oh damn she figured that out fast, I'm kinda honored she talked about me. See Corey! She's not so bad, she's pretty amazing".

"This morning... it'll pass" Sidney sighed "when's the last time you took your medication? I thought you told me you were still taking them".

"I don't know, with everything going on I haven't really had time to focus on them. It could've been a week or a couple of days? But who cares, right now we need to focus on the asshole trying to kill us".

He got dressed before walking out of the room "Corey I'll call the doctor, maybe with everything going on, it's best we get you some help".

"Yeah right, let we wanna go back into that creepy white room and go slowly insane again! Fuck that Corey, grab a knife and go find the fucker, prove to Sidney you don't need her help, that you aren't crazy!".

Corey pushed open the refrigerator door "I'm not going back there Sidney, it was horrible in there". He grabbed a bottle of water pressing his fingers into his nose as he looked at the front door.

"Don't do anything stupid Corey, we need to you to stay alive for what's gonna happen tonight, we both know everything's happening tonight. It always does, be ready Corey, be ready to kill her".

Corey grabbed the knife off the counter putting it into his back pocket. "Good, you're finally starting to listen to me, would've hated to argue about it".

Corey walked outside watching Tatum and Randy drive into the drive way. They smiled at him he waved smiling "take the car, find Jill. Kill her".

"Corey! Mind helping with the groceries" he pulled open the trunk grabbing onto a few bags and walking them inside. "You're not gonna believe the looks we got at the store, so many people stopped to just stare at us, it was annoying".

Randy placed the keys onto the counter "I didn't want Roman and Casey being seen, dropped them off with Dewey earlier then we wanted too, figured it's best we keep them away from all this shit".

Tatum walked inside "alright that's the last of the bags, Randy, help me put them away". Corey grabbed the car keys putting them into his pocket.

Sidney walked down the steps "apparently the kids are having a stabathon tonight, overheard Jill talking about it with Kirby".

Corey's eyes widen slightly "there's where she's gonna be Corey, nows our chance to stop her!". Corey sighed "that's an awful idea, those kids are going to get themselves hurt".

Tatum rolled her eyes "I can't believe they're even watching stab. They got bad after the third one, apparently time travel is a thing? It's weird".

Randy laughed "god I love that one, just because of how shitty it is, they had Corey be some time robot who had to fight ghostface in a scene. Still can't believe you let them use your name in those movies still Corey, I sued there asses for using me in the third one, said I wanted no part of it anymore".

"It doesn't really bother me, I don't watch the movies and besides my character dies in the last one they plan on making".

Sidney smiled "I'm glad I'm not in those movies anymore, they got so random". Corey walked towards the stairs "I'm gonna grab my pepperspray from my room, figured we'd keep it down here. Just in case we might need it".

He ran up the stairs pushing open the bedroom window Sidney frowned slightly "Corey gave his peperspary to Kirby... oh shit!".

Corey groaned when he landed on the grass, he stood up running towards the car. "Yes! Finally you're seeing the big picture Corey! Let's go fucking kill that bitch!". Corey started the car the front door burst open "Corey! Stop!".

Sidney ran towards the car Tatum and Randy both shouting after him. He let out a shaky breath as he looked at the ring on his finger "let's end this".

He drove off fast his hands shaking like crazy as he tried to calm himself down. "Corey I need you to breath for me, you need to focus on the road... it's just me and you here, no one else is here".

Corey let out a heavy breath as he kept driving his body relaxing as he grabbed the knife out of his back pocket. "What if we're wrong and she's not there, what if she goes for Sidney".

"Then we'll stop her before she kills her, you won't lose anyone this time Corey, we'll win this time".

Corey nodded briefly as he looked at his phone, the missed calls number going up as he grabbed it. He threw it out the window before parking the car.

He saw so many teenagers walking into the barn, cheering slightly as they all held onto bottles of alcohol. "Did they really do this shit at a barn?" he shock his head as he walked inside.

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authors notes:
Corey going rouge, he said enough is enough let me end this shit myself. He's just tryna go home and sleep, poor guy deserves better. The Final girl squad is finally back together! We love that! I wanted Tatum and Randy to be in this act more since they really weren't in the last one. They seem like they would just invite themselves and get shit handled. Staying for one night? Yeah right that's not gonna happen, especially when they're gonna be attacked next chapter, maybe Corey will save them again? Or maybe he won't, it depends.