Corey hated the way the chair felt against his back, he practically felt like it was digging into his flesh. It burned in a way as he pressed his hand along the table in front of him.

The ring around his finger felt heavy as he looked at the cup of coffee in front of him. He sat alone, in the back of the diner as he waited. Sam insisted on showing up but he refused to let her be here.

He claimed he'd handle it by himself and if he died, then at least it meant she was safe. Even if he didn't know it, Sam was outside sitting a distance away.

She could see him through the window and she felt nervous as she held onto her phone. The door chimed twice, but Corey couldn't bring himself to look. Not when he knew who walked inside.

He felt his heart already start to ache as the footsteps got closer. He sighed to himself as he reached into his pocket and poured alcohol into his coffee, he would need it at this rate.

"You really shouldn't be drinking while you're taking your medication Corey". He rolled his eyes "oh fucking bite me, asshole" he drank his coffee. He ignored the burn it left on his tongue as his gaze looked with Mickeys.

"I see you're still rather charming" Roman looked the same, it was weird seeing him not covered in blood. It was weird seeing him alive.

The duo sat down into the booth across from Corey, Mickey sitting against the window looking annoyed already. "What can I say, when you're almost killed a lot you tend to not really have manners".

Roman chuckled slightly "well you've had your fair share of that, I watch the news and honestly I'm not surprised when you show up every other year. Who was it last time? Two idiot teenagers?".

Corey sighed "I really don't have time for this right now, I gotta get back to.....". He flinched when Roman touched his arm slightly "can't go back, not unless you want those kids to get killed".

Corey pushed his arm back "Jesus, definitely not used to that, normally when I see you, you just insult me about ghostface, and Sidney calls me crazy for talking to the damn wall. And then it turns into this entire conversation about medication and how I'm on the verge of a breakdown all because ghostface is back. And I'm all like "it's fine Sid! It's  not like they're get away with it" those two kids were idiots, I mean at least Amber did some damage to me at the hospital, but shit Richie just stood there and looked dumb half the time, stabbed me like maybe once, if he even did, can't remember, that was awhile ago".

He was ranting at this point, and he looked practically insane the way he was going on and on about ghostface. "I mean shit, I was gonna write a book but now it just feels wrong, it's kinda like can't really write if I'm like dead, the fucking media is gonna drag my name through the mud, call me delusional, shit wouldn't be surprised if Gale wrote another book.. did you know she said she wouldn't make another book about me, then bam! Last year after everything, she writes a book! God I read it just to see how bad it was, apparently I have abandonment issues, what the fuck does that even mean? It doesn't make sense".

Roman and Mickey looked at each other then at Corey who sighed loudly before sipping his coffee. "I forgot you talk a lot when you're like this, definitely not something I'm used to hearing".

Corey huffed "well I'm having a mid life crisis Roman! Apparently my entire life is just fucked, first my dead husband is alive, and then my dead son is also alive. I feel like I'm in a horror movie. And that's ironic seeing my entire life is one".

He smacked his hand down on the table harshly the coffee cup spilling all over his shirt. He leaned back slowly "I liked this shirt, damn it". His phone started ringing loudly making him flinch slightly as he reached into his pocket and grabbed it.

Roman went to reach for it but Corey glared at him "it's my kid dickwad! I swear I can't wait to punch the shit out of you". He stood up out of the booth "I'll be five minutes asshole, I'll even stand right over here so you can see me".

He rolled his eyes before walking towards the doorway, he stopped and grabbed his phone answering the FaceTime.

"daddy! I stole moms phone! She said we couldn't call you, that the bad man was coming for you again, is that true? Are you in trouble?".

He smiled sadly "no sweetie I'm okay, don't worry about me. I'll be home soon, just finishing up a few things first, I'll bring you back something".

"Mom keeps talking to Aunt Tatum and Randy, they said that Casey and Roman aren't with them, that they're trying to find you.. oh shoot... moms back, I gotta go dad!".

The call ended and Corey pinched his nose as he heard the door chime "I swear to god, if that's you Casey and Roman, you're both grounded".

The duo stood awkwardly "uh surprise?" Corey grabbed both of there arms and went to drag them outside. "Holy shit! That's your like dead husband! I recognize his big ass forehead! From that photo you always kept under your pillow".

Corey smiled weakly "Rome, I swear if you don't get your sister out of here, this isn't a good time". Casey rolled her eyes before pushing past Corey "relax uncle Corey. These two morons can't hurt you, not with us here".

Casey threw herself into the booth reaching her hand forward "oh it's so weird seeing you! I've only ever saw you in pictures, ones I was able to sneak of course, uncle Corey does this thing where he like hides photos under his bed, apparently we're not allowed to look at them".

Corey sighed as he walked towards the booth "Casey, how did you even know I was here?". The girl grinned as she looked at him "I had Romey track your phone, he's got the brains of us!".

"Don't call me that, I hate when you call me that Case". Corey sighed "gosh I'm gonna have a headache after this long ass conversation. Look both of you are lucky I'm not kicking your asses, you're suppose to be on vacation right now".

Casey huffed "it was boring! Mom and dad kept worrying about you, me and Rome snuck off before they could even caught us. Guess we take after you, we don't run from our problems".

"These two idiots are your niece and nephew, Jesus I thought I had issues". Roman smacked Mickey's head "watch your tone, those are you cousins".

Corey huffed "yeah right, you two aren't apart of this family, not after you literally stabbed me!". Mickey rolled his eyes "sorry, does that make you feel better? Me saying sorry?".

Corey sat down "no, it's obviously a lie, I told you Mickey, you're bad at lying just like me". Casey cringed "uncle Corey, why is your shirt covered in coffee, that's gonna stain".

Corey rolled his eyes as he pulled his jacket off "I'll go change it just for you Case, Roman sit! And if these two asshats try anything, use the tasers I gave you for Christmas".

Corey stood up and pushed Roman into the sit beside Casey "watch your sister, Casey watch your brother! Self explanatory, I'll be two minutes".

He walked off into the bathroom putting his jacket down onto the sink. He sighed deeply as he pulled his shirt off and angrily threw it at the wall.

"Shit" he leaned into the sink pinching his eyes shut as he let out a heavy breath. The door opened "Casey I'm fine, go back to your brother....".

He turned his eyes hardening at the sight of Roman "of course they didn't bring there tasers, wish they did so I could wash your sorry ass be tased".

Roman chuckled slightly "you really still hate my guts? You used to like me at one point". Corey pushed himself off the sink "you died, or at least I thought you did, can't really blame me for not really loving you anymore. I moved on a long time ago, if you had I don't know.. maybe shown yourself sooner. That'd be a different story".

Roman blinked "yeah I figured you'd want a normal life, can't really blame me for hiding away, when the entire world knows what I did".

Corey sighed "you're an idiot for dragging Mickey into this Roman, you're both gonna get yourselves killed for real this time.. and I don't know if even I can handle that again".

"Seems you've handle a lot worst then that" Roman pointed at the scars all over Corey's body. "There's new ones, I don't even recognize most of the ones I saw at one point a long time ago, they really did a number on you. None of those are from me".

Corey sighed "just the one you left on my heart, and I mean the others, shit that's just the ones you can see. People really don't like me much. It's always the same boring motive too, revenge or fame. Or just a crazed movie fan? I don't even watch the stab movies, and yet people wanna kill me for it".

"I've seen a few of them, can't really miss them when it's all people talk about. Stab three was awful, I could've done a better job at it".

"I still have that script you made for it, Sidney told me I should probably just burn it, move on from the past. Clearly can't help much now".

"Sidney, it's always about Sidney with you, doesn't surprise me you got with her". Corey sneered angrily as he walked towards Roman "it's not like you were around fucker!". He pushed the man back roughly "made me think you were dead!".

"And it was for a good reason!" Corey laughed "so you wouldn't be locked away? Is that what you're so afraid of Roman? Being caught? I would've made sure that didn't happen.. you asshole!".

Roman sighed "that's not why I left Corey, I don't care if I'm caught. I knew if I stayed or even showed myself to you, I'd just break your heart all over again. Watching you bleed out while you tried to help me, I just couldn't let you suffer more by remembering what I did. You have no idea how many times I wanted to knock on your door, but then I saw the life you made for yourself. You were happy, and that's a life I can't give you".

Corey was silent for a moment "it could've been if you didn't do what you did, we were happy, I mean I was really happy until everything went to shit".

Corey let out an angry breath as he put his jacket on and zipped it shut. "You just used me to get at Sidney, I was a easy pawn in your little game. None of it was real, you just made me think it was".

Roman sighed as he shock his head slightly "that's not true Corey, it was real for me. Every breathing moment of my life, all I can think about is everything I did wrong, about how I screwed up so badly! How I lost the best thing I ever had in my entire fucking life! It was you Corey! And I know things will never be the same, I ruined it".

Corey looked at Roman with an unreadable expression "you ruined my entire life Roman Bridger, I hope you know that". He pushed the man into the wall roughly as he glared at him.

"I hope every single fucking day you suffer! Just like I did for all those years I thought you were dead! I hope it gets so bad you can't stop thinking about it. It'll be apart of your entire body, forever. And I will still be here, alive and happy, with your sister, who you couldn't kill... she's the reason you started ghostface, and you couldn't even kill her. I had a better chance at it when I shot her for you! Now you wanna come back? And what? Try killing me instead? Let me tell you something Roman".

Corey's eyes darkened "I'll kill you with my bare hands myself if you even think about touching anyone I care about. If Samantha or Tara is hurt, I will skin you alive. Shit even if there stupid friends are hurt! I'll come for you. And I will make you know I'm coming for you. I might just have to embrace my true side, isn't that what you want?".

Corey laughed weakly "that's why you're here..." he moved back from the man. "Corey.." Roman stopped talking when Corey punched him.

"I am not like you! I will never put on that fucking mask! I do not need to hide who I am, when I gut you alive! You will see my face when I kill you. You will feel how much you hurt me until you take your last breath! You will never win, I will win, I always win this fight".

Roman pushed Corey into the sink harshly smashing his face against the mirror. Corey cried out when the glass cut his face slightly. "I do not want to hurt you Corey, but I have no choice. If you will not go with us willingly, I'll take you by force".

Corey groaned as blood ran down his forehead "why are you doing this Rome...". Corey couldn't focus on anything as he blinked rapidly.

"I won't let them kill you Corey, this is the only way you'll stay safe, we're gonna fake your death, and then we can all be a family again".

Corey grabbed the shard of glass from the sink and stabbed Roman's arm. The man screamed out as Corey looked at him with such an hurt expression.

"Don't make me kill you Roman" he grabbed another shard of glass pointing it at the man. Roman held onto his arm "you gonna do it this time? Huh Corey? Because last time you couldn't even pull the trigger. You won't do it".

Corey let out a heavy breath "try me! I'm feeling rather murderous today. Might hate the blood getting everywhere but I'm sure there's a mop somewhere around here".

Roman rolled his eyes before grabbing Corey's arm and smacking the glass out of his hands. "Hey what the fuck! I was having a moment you fucker! Jesus you never let me do anything fun, you always ruin it! You're a party pooper!".

Roman sighed "do you always get this way when someones literally kidnapping you?". Corey rolled his eyes "technically you aren't kidnapping me, we're in a bathroom... I don't see candy anywhere, or a creepy van. You suck at this Roman".

Roman grabbed Corey's arms and dragged him out of the bathroom. "I swear you're acting like a child right now. Sometimes I wonder how I tolerated you, I swear you got more annoying or something".

Corey sighed "it's not like half of my life is people trying to kill me all the time... or I don't know, kidnapping me?". He side eyed Roman at his last sentence and then laughed weakly.

"You look awful man, that beard is not a look, and don't even get me started on the hair. I mean don't get me wrong I loved your hair, but are you like trying to be Jesus Christ? It's so long! Gosh I feel like I'm being kidnapped by a hippie. Mickey even looks like a hippie too".

Corey huffed when he was pushed outside of the diner he waved at Mickey who sat inside a car. The boy rolled his eyes as he looked away. "Yeah I still hate the kid, he looks like you.. guess that's why".

Corey groaned when he was pushed into the car roughly "watch it asshat! I'm not a rag doll for you to just push around and control, and literally do not make any comments about how I like that shit. I will kick you so hard in the dick".

Roman laughed as he opened the car door Corey winced when he was pushed into the car. He pushed his head out the window at the sight of a couple driving into the diner parking lot.

"Help! This man who has really awful hippie hair is literally kidnapping me! I am a victim!". The window started closing, Corey pushed it down with the button "a victim! He doesn't even have fucking Candy! This man is a joke!".

The window shuts again and the lock clicks, Corey turns and looks at Roman "literally unlock the window! I was being dramatic".

The car started driving off and Corey rolled his eyes as he pushed himself back. He looked at Roman for a moment "you know I'm proud you managed to kidnap me and all, but I think you forgot how mentally unstable I am, I will literally do something reckless right now".

Roman rolled his eyes "no you won't, you're being sarcastic like always". He turned and looked at Mickey "he's being sarcastic Mickey, don't believe anything he's saying. He's just trying to get us to let him go. So he can save his little friends".

Corey blinked looking annoyed "I'm literally doing something drastic right now Roman!". Corey pushed open the back door and jumped out of the car. He groaned as he rolled along the road before he smacked down roughly.

He pushed himself off the ground wiping the dirt off himself as he flipped Roman off. The car a little bit ahead of him now stopped. Corey reached into his pocket grabbing his phone.

"Well shit that's not good..." he saw the reflection in his phone before he could even move. The knife stabbed his arm but it was weak. Corey literally turned around "uh ow?" the figure went to stab him again. Corey rolled his eyes and punched the figure making them fly towards the ground.

"Word of advice kid, get some more muscle before you try killing someone. It's really cool you're trying and all Edward but it's like annoying".

"Who tf is Edward!" Corey turned and looked at Roman "this dumbass kid you think can kill me, seriously Roman I thought you worked alone... this is just embarrassing, look Edward scissor hands or whatever the fuck your name is. Fuck off!".

The figure stood up and went to punched Corey but he caught his hand. "This is just sad, I feel like I'm fighting a toddler and like gotta let them win".

The figure screamed when Corey crushed his hand tightly his eyes darkening when he spotted something in the figures robe. "Where the fuck did you get that you little shit?" he pulled the necklace out from the figures pocket.

"I'm sorry that I've been.. well distance lately, I know with everything that happened with Roman and all of that. But I just wanted to apologize".

Sidney smiled softly as she sat in front of Corey "I'm glad you're finally letting me back in your life Corey, I missed you". He smiled softly as he reached into his pocket "I bought this for you awhile ago, it's just been sitting in my room. I want you to have it. It's like a token of us".

Sidney smiled as she grabbed the box and opened it "oh it's beautiful Corey" she smiled softly as she looked at the locket. She opened it and a picture and Corey was inside "that way I'm always with you, and I'm close to your heart".

Sidney smiled as she closed it and put it on "I'm never taking it off, I love it Corey... I love you".

Corey looked at the photo inside the locket, it was slightly darker from the blood that was staining it. Something inside of Corey snapped, there was only one way someone could get this.

It was like a heavy weight had lifted off his shoulders, he didn't remember grabbing the knife. But he remembered the feeling of it stabbing into the figures flesh. The warmth of the blood mending into his flesh as he felt himself shut down.

He pulled the mask off the persons face "where is she" his voice sounded so dark. His hands shaking with such rage as he looked into Ethan's eyes.

The boy gagged as blood slipped out of his lips "fuck.... you". The knife stabbed into Ethan's eye socket and the blood mended into Corey's hair.

"Where the fuck is she! Roman I swear to god if you touched her. I will never forgive you" he stood up glaring at the man. "What was it you said about you winning?" Before Corey could say anything, something smacked him in the side of the head.

His eyes rolled into the back of his head as he fell towards the ground. The last thing he saw before his vision turned dark, was Roman Bridger smirking.

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authors notes:
Make this a lovely family reunion where everyone's happy and so grateful they're all together again. NO! we want absolute chaos! This is not a healthy family, Roman is like crazy man, he's always been crazy; this man does not give a fuck about Corey's feeling anymore, he wants this man to suffer! Anyways I made this chapter long due to me being busy all day today! Enjoy!!! 6 chapters left on the count down!