chapter fourteen: Claire the movie star

SATURDAY: October 26th, 2026,
Woodsboro highschool gymnasium

5:00 PM

Claire smiled brightly as she raised her Pom Poms high into the air. "What's the point of this shit?" Alex looked at Vivian as the girl glared at him "we all know they're dead, do they have to throw a stupid pep rally about it on a Saturday". The boy looked at Alexandra and Claire with such annoyance as they danced around with the other cheerleaders.

"Why aren't you up there?" Vivian shrugged as she grabbed her phone out of her pocket "don't see how it's fair they're alive while Gwen is dead. She was the cheerleader, not those two idiots".

Vivian looked at Kieran as the boy walked into the gym with a slow pace. He looked so out of it as he pushed his hood over his head and approached her and Alex on the bleachers. For the most part the bleachers were empty and everyone seemed so lost.

"Heard any word from Benjamin?" Alex looked at the boy "nope, last I knew he was at a doctor's appointment. Hey man did you get that weird message to? The one with all those scrambled words?".

Kieran's eyebrow raised "yeah, wait you telling me you got one too? It came from Ben's number, I just didn't understand what any of it meant, though maybe he accidentally sent the wrong thing".

Vivian pointed at her phone screen and the boys looked down at it "wait you got it too?". She nodded as she clicked onto the photo "alright what if this is like a clue? I've seen my fair share of x-files to know something about this is fishy".

Vivian smiled at the boy's joke as she looked down at her phone with a deep frown. "Maybe it's like a word search? I mean it has letters all over the place". Kieran looked at the screen "wait it's kinda like coding, I've seen this before when I went into the tech booth! Uh Andy used to manually make the files for the songs because someone would always delete the files by accident. He made his own system so they couldn't get into it without a code!".

Vivian eyes brightened as she patted Kieran's shoulder "I know, I'm pretty smart. But seriously we should check out the theater, maybe if we type in this weird ass code it'll tell us something. The tech booth is always locked though". Kieran sighed and then Alex smirked "not unless you know another way in, there's the window? Vivian's small enough to get inside".

The girl looked at them and shook her head "we'd make sure you wouldn't fall. This seems pretty important and Andy's not here to help us, so we gotta do it ourselves this time". Vivian's phone went off and looked up in horror at Claire.

The girl smiled brightly, she was so lost in her own world she didn't notice what was happening around her. Vivian pushed the phone into Kieran's arms as she stood up quickly and ran forward. Claire gasped when Vivian tackled her into the ground.

Everyone screamed when the light shattered and fell straight down. "Holy shit! That thing was gonna land on me" Claire sat up as she looked towards the ceiling. "they were trying to kill me, oh my god".

Vivian helped the girl off the floor as she looked at Alexandra and pointed towards the boys. "Did you guys find something?" Kieran ran forward "I figured it out! It's not a code! You guys are gonna wanna see this, it's pretty fucked".

He turned the screen as everyone gathered around it, he tapped the screen and the video began to play.

"If you're watching this, that means you cracked the code! You followed our trial of clues so beautifully and now you're caught in our trap. The countdown starts now, the curtains are opening and you will all meet your final breath! I'd hurry, poor little Benjamin and Andy won't last much longer. Unless you'd rather they die because you didn't care enough to save them! Welcome to the final act of your life! Don't make any mistakes or you'll end up like poor Gwen. The clocks ticking drama club... come and find us".

The screen turned dark and Claire let out a heavy breath "okay I feel like I watched a weird pornograph. What the fuck even was that? How did you find this video Kieran!". The boy sighed "we all got this weird message from Ben's number. We thought it was a code for the tech booth, but after I looked at it. I realized it was a url link. I put the letters together and it linked me to this website where fans of stab talk about the movies and shit. That was the first video on there and it's got like a million views. It's viral".

Alexandra eyes widen "you mean a million people saw that? No one thought to call the police" Kieran turned his phone off "they think it's fake. Apparently it's not real looking enough, whatever that means".

Claire chuckled "it kinda looks fake, but seriously where would we even find Ben and Andy? Wait... since when is Andy like not on his deathbed?". Alexandra sighed softly "do you not read your text messages? Andy woke up, we all got a message about it. Clearly he didn't have a very bright awakening, since he got taken by the killers. Now hold on a second! What if one of you is the killer!".

"Ewww do you really think I would associate with someone who made that lame video? Come on Alix, you know me a lot more than everyone else in the club. We're like practically dating at this rate, why would I try killing you? You're too hot for that".

Kieran sighed "enough with the flirting, you guys heard what they said. We only have so long before they kill Andy and Benjamin, which means we gotta solve this case before it's too late".

"You girls can find out any helpful information from Mr.Becker, he'll likely know how to figure out who's ghostface or at least the clues. Me and Alex will try our luck by looking at crime scenes to see if the killers left clues behind. It'll be like a scavenger hunt".

Claire chuckled "and the grand piece just might be a knife into your gut. Good luck, you're gonna need it".

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Corey Beckers House
7:00 PM

"Okay I've had my fair share of ghostface, but they've never made cringy videos before. Is this what this generation is into?". Claire moved her phone away from Corey after he watched the video "not all of us, some of us actually have class".

Vivian rolled her eyes "Viv gets it, she's just shy" Alix smiled softly "she can't talk doofus, besides we came here for clues remember?". Claire looked at the stack of papers on the table in front of them "so where exactly did we get this from? I don't remember exactly breaking into a police station for evidence".

Alix sighed "it was from Nadia's house, I sorta... broke into her house the day after she died. The police didn't even search her room yet, this was all hidden under her floorboards next to her closet. I remember she used to hide shit in it when we were like ten. I found literally an entire police station in there".

Claire looked at the stack of papers "this is all just newspapers and past ghostfaces attacks, none of it connects to us". The girl looked at the newspaper with boredom "wait..." she leaned forward and grabbed hold of a ripped up sheet of paper.

"I know this paper" the girl looked through the pile of newspapers and photos and grabbed the shredded pieces of paper. "Do you have tape?" Corey nodded before he stood up off the couch and walked towards his kitchen "so you girls sure you don't wanna just stay here tonight? I seriously don't mind letting you stay here where it's safe". He handed the tape to Claire and she started taping the pieces of paper together "no need sir, because if this is what I think it is. Then the case is solved!".

Gwen's house
7:00 PM

Alex and Kieran walked into the girls bedroom with careful footsteps. "Cops shut the whole place down, we should be fine if we're quiet about it" Kieran walked towards the window seal and looked outside it. "You said she went out this window?" Kieran pulled back the curtain as Alex walked beside him.

"The killer must have come in through it, I mean there's no other route to get into the room" Kieran looked around "unless they snuck in during the party". He walked along the room and then he pushed the door shut "do you remember anything weird from the party?". Alex looked at the bed "I mean I saw Benjamin walking up here, but he gets lost easily".

Kieran kneeled down under the bed and frowned deeply "wait there's something under here". He reached his hand under the bed and grabbed a hold of something "what is that?". Kieran held up the item into the air as Alex turned on the light.

Corey Beckers House
7:05 PM

Claire placed the piece of paper onto the table "uh you're telling me this is supposed to be the big thing that helps us solve the case? It's just a page from the play". Claire smirked "not just any page Alix, seriously you gotta keep up!".

She placed more tape onto the paper before she flipped it over "holy shit I was right". The girl smirked as she showed the page to everyone "I know this just looks like a boring title page for a play but that's beside the point. Everyone in the club has a copy of the script that I wrote, but this one. Gosh this is one of a kind. It's the first draft of the play, I scrapped it after I realized I hated it. Everyone ended up getting the final script and no one's even been given a copy of this. Expect one person".

Alix frowned deeply "and who exactly is that one person? Why the hell was it in Nadia's room anyways? Don't you find that creepy".

Gwen's House
7:05 PM

Kieran looked down at the mask with confusion "have you ever seen this before Alex? It was just under Gwen's bed for whatever reason". He flipped it over and frowned "wait I feel like I remember seeing someone at the party wearing this! They were in the kitchen grabbing raspberry soda or some shit".

Kieran looked up at the boy "raspberry soda? Why would someone wearing a clown mask grab raspberry soda? Sounds fucking weird man".

Corey Beckers House
7:06 PM

"Okay Claire enough with the suspense, tell us who you have the script too! They're clearly the ones running around killing people if they're following it". Claire huffed "you're no fun, but honestly after seeing this and thinking pretty hard it makes sense who it is".

Claire flipped the page over and scratched at a large piece of white out before she lifted it into the air. "They blocked the name off, but if you angle it into that light right you should be able to see it".

Alix looked at the page, her eyes widening "holy shit".

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authors notes:
the suspense! The once again cliff hanger! If you're smart then you'll know who it is by now. I left a pretty big ass clue in this chapter. I can't wait, the next 3 chapters are the epic last battle.

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