Corey leaned into the car window with a bright smile "you see girls, I've never actually been to New York, but trust me you'll love it". The girls smiled as they put on there seatbelts, Corey turned around at the sight of Sidney.

"Ah my beautiful wife. What ever will I do without you for three whole days". She smiled as she handed him his suitcase "oh likely die of boredom and loneliness, but hey I'm always a text or call away if you get too lonely without me".

He smiled as he grabbed a hold of her waist "you better relax the entire time we're gone. No work and definitely no stress. You get the house all to yourself so enjoy it while you can".

She hummed slightly "you know me I'm always working, but for you I'll relax just until you're back". He kissed her cheek his hands wrapping around her stomach "you better not have this little guy while I'm gone..". He leans in smiling softly "you better wait till I get back before you leave your mothers stomach, little guy".

Sidney chuckled slightly "if anything happens I promise I'll call, the due day is any day now". Corey kissed Sidney's stomach before moving back "ah if he's anything like his father, he'll wait a few more days before he decides to be born. You know when my mother was carrying me and Casey, I was the main one kicking, kept wanting to be born early, explains why I was born first".

Sidney smiled "you never told me that before" he grins "you never asked, alright I better get on the road if we wanna make it by the time the suns up there, I'll make sure the girls don't pick on there brother in the car".

Sidney laughed "you call me when you make it to Kirby's house". She kissed Corey quickly before walking towards the car window.

"Hey girls you promise you'll be on your best behavior while your father drives". The little girls giggled "we promise mommy, we'll be good".

Sidney smiled "good, If I could I'd go with you but mommy just wouldn't be able to handle the ride, maybe next time though". She kissed the girls heads before she looked at the little boy in the back.

"Make sure you keep an eye on your brother, Maureen as the oldest it's your job to keep an eye on him and your sister, I love you all".

Corey opened the driver door smiling at Sidney "don't worry sweetheart, I'll take good care of these little rug rats, fill em up with sugar and soda".

He smiled softly as Sidney hit his shoulder slightly "kidding of course" I'm way more responsible then that" he got into the car pushing the door shut.

He smiled as he leaned towards Sidney "I will miss you so much Sid, I promise the second I get to New York I will call you!". She smiled as she kissed him one last time before moving back.

"I love you Corey, please be safe" he started the car "I will my love, I promise I'll be safe, love you Sid! And remember take a break!".

He drove off waving one last time he smiled as he turned the radio on and then turned the corner. "Okay kids we're gonna stop for some drinks before we hit the road, don't need you dying of thirst back there".

"Daddy, is it true a bad man almost hurt you and mommy?" he grew tense as he tightened his hand on the steering wheel. He looked at Hallie through the mirror "where'd you hear that sweetheart?"

The little girl pressed her hands together "we watch stab at our friends sleepover the other night, she said it was about you and mommy".

He sighed deeply "I was hoping you weren't ever gonna see that horrible movie. At least not until you were older and we watched it as a joke".

"Did you kill those bad man?" Corey tapped his fingers along the steering wheel. "Only because I had to, hurting people isn't a good thing, he was going to hurt me and your mother, we were defending ourselves, do you understand?".

The little girl nods "you kept mama safe. Is the bad man gonna come for us....". Corey blinked "of course not sweetie, the bad man would never hurt you, I'll make sure of that, promise".

He smiled "when you get older, I'll tell you all about the bad man, for now I don't want you kids worrying about that stuff".

"Okay daddy" he smiled as he parked the car he turned towards them "alright who wants some juice? Before we start driving again".

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  It was peaceful when Corey parked the car outside of the apartment building. He could hear the loud snores of his daughters in the back making him smile. He looked at Neil who was still awake, the little boy holding tightly onto his juice.

"Couldn't sleep?" the little boy smiled softly as Corey helped him out of his seat. "That's alright, looks like it's just you and me little guy, I'll let your sisters sleep while we bring everything inside".

He set the little boy down onto the sidewalk as he opened the trunk "you stay close to me alright Neil, New York is a very busy place, don't need you accidentally getting hit by someone on a bike".

The door opened "Corey! Hey you made it!" Kirby Reeds smiled brightly as she walked towards the man and hugged him. "I know we were suppose to be here like an hour ago, but the girls decided they had to pee like every twenty minutes, so I had to keep stopping to find a restroom".

Kirby laughed lightly "well at least you're here, come on I'll help you bring your stuff inside". He grabbed onto Neil's hand and the other grabbing his suitcase as they walked inside the apartment.

"The girls are sleeping in the car right now, give it about ten minutes and they'll be waking up". The day was meant to be peaceful and magical and it was, until everything came crashing down.

Corey pushed the bedroom door shut, hearing the soft snores of his daughters making him smirk softly. "Corey, you might wanna see this" Kirby appeared down the hallway and he walked towards her. "Please tell me Neil didn't throw up on your couch or something like that?".

His gaze found the television fast "someone was murdered, that's not shocking, it's New York, people die all the time here Kirby".

Kirby sighed "it was ghostface, I got the call because of this". She showed a photo on her phone, the mask looked so dingy as it clung onto the ground, beside it laid Sam's ID.

"Samatha..." Corey grew nervous as Kirby showed him another photo "well this just got more depressing, that's an old photo of me from when me and Casey went to this creepy museum. That was in like 1996 a few months before she died".

"Any idea how the killer could've gotten a hold of this?" he sighed deeply "maybe my old house? My mom left a shit ton of photo albums locked up in the attic when they boarded it all up, which means there's some creep out there running around with old photos of me, that's disturbing".

"Corey this isn't a coincidence, the second you get into town, this happens... someone wanted you here, this isn't good at all".

He sighed "and to think I was gonna have a normal weekend in New York, I'll have to find someone to get the kids home, they're gonna be so heartbroken, but I'd rather they're safe".

He walked down the hallway "at least wait until the morning Corey, let them sleep". He looked at Kirby "don't worry, I'm just gonna call Samantha".

Samantha let out a shaky breath as her phone began ringing, the room felt so tense as she slowly approached it. "Who is it?" Sam looked at her phone screen Gales name bright on it.

Part of her was hoping it was someone else, she sighed deeply as she hit decline and turned around. Ethan frowned "why did everyone just freak out when her phone rang?".

"You gotta keep up my dude!" Sam jumped when her phone began ringing again. "Who is it now?" Sam grabbed her phone "it's probably just Gale..".

Her eyes lit up wide for a moment as she looked at the name on the screen. She did a double take to make sure she wasn't seeing shit "it's... Corey".

Tara looked at the girl "Corey? Why would...". Sam picked up pressing the phone against her ear "uh hello? Corey?". It was silent for a moment and Sam let out a nervous breath.

"Samatha I need you to act like I'm just calling to say hello, do not tell anyone what I'm about to tell you, do you understand me?".

"Oh hi Corey, me and Tara are fine, did you need something? Or are you just calling to say hi". She walked into the kitchen leaning into the counter.

"At least you're smart, hey kid I'm sorry for calling you at such a bad time, I'm assuming you've seen the news? I hope you've seen the news".

"I have, is it bad? Do you know anything?". She let out a shaky breath as she looked at the knifes on the counter. She could hear Corey sighing already.

"It's bad kid, it's just my luck I'm in New York right now visiting a friend, and what do you know, she tells me in the middle of the night that ghostface is back and that they left some very personal things at the crime scene.... They left a fucking mask there Sam, Amber and Richies and they also left your ID, look I'm not suppose to be telling you this, hence why I told you not to say anything".

"What else did they find? How bad is it Corey? Do me and Tara have to leave town?".

"You can't, my friend told me since you're involved with this shit you can't leave town, not while everything's under investigation, shit I'm stuck here too kid, luckily someone was kind enough to take the kids back home. I don't want them involved with any of this, look in about a minute detective Bailey is gonna call you, tell you you're needed for questioning at the station, I don't trust the guy but just listen to him for now. If there's anyone you can trust it's my friend Kirby, she's FBI, trust her and no one else, you understand me?".

"Yeah I understand you, hey is Sidney..." "she's not here, she was busy relaxing, when I came here with the kids, I'm glad, I don't want her dealing with this shit again, not when she's pregnant, that's like way too much stress on her body".

Sam smiles "I didn't even know she was pregnant, that's amazing. Corey, how are you involved in all of this? I know your past with ghostface, but they can't keep her here for that right?".

"That's the fucked part, at the crime scene there was a photo of me, felt like the 2000s all over again, this fucker is targeting both of us, look I'm gonna hang up now, don't call me back, talk to Bailey..".

The call ends and Sam sighs deeply "Sam, my dad wants to talk to you".

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   Sam walked down the apartment steps in a rush, her gaze turning when Tara appeared behind her "Tara go back inside". The girl sighed deeply "what happened to us sticking together".

Sam stopped by the end of the steps "fine" she went to start walking but stopped when the loud horn entered the atmosphere. She turned seeing the car park in a quick manner as the door was pushed open.

"What the hell is he doing here?" Corey huffed slightly as he walked towards the girls "thanks for the warm welcome Tara, I think you're great too".

The girl smiled weakly "sorry, it's just I thought you were in LA with Sidney. What are you doing here?". The man sighed "apparently being targeted by some psycho in a mask, but hey that's just a normal day for good ole me. I'm here to take Sam to the police station, but I can take both of you".

Sam's phone began ringing and she grabbed it, the air grew silent as she looked down at the contact photo. "What the?" she looked at Corey and then at Tara "I never deleted his contact".

Corey scratched his neck "that's like a major red flag Samatha, you always delete the contact of someone's whose dead and or just annoying".

"Don't you literally still have like half of your contacts of people who are dead?" Corey sighed "look I was talking about Sam, not me.. and uh no, I totally don't, that would be depressing".

He grabs his phone out of his pocket "are you literally deleting them now?". He smiled "no, I'm just looking at... uh porn?".

"Sure you are Corey" Sam hit accept on the call "here goes nothing I guess".

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authors notes:
We are officially in the end game. I got a count done going for each chapter I complete. With this one done, we have 9 chapters left. Gosh Corey is my baby and we must protect him at all costs, his ending is already written, just gotta get to the point slowly throughout the week. I'm not gonna rush this last act, I'm gonna enjoy it while I can. Even if I know damn well I'm gonna be writing chapter after chapter all damn week. Anyways enjoy this chapter! Also! I'm gonna be basically alone Saturday and Sunday, so I'll likely write for this story all damn day and night.