"It's over, it's over." I heard Deena whisper to herself as she carefully lowered the hand to meet the bones. As they met Deena gasped and appeared to be seeing something. I didn't know what to do. I stood behind her keeping watch as she stayed out of it for several moments. Suddenly she snapped out of her trance.
"Deena are you alright?" I asked bending down beside her.
Just as I asked I heard police sirens coming from where Simon and Josh were back on the road.
"Sheriff Goode." She whispered
"What?"
"We need to get Josh and Simon. It's him. It's always been him." She said standing up
I was still confused by what she meant by "It's him." but Deena seemed worried to leave the boys with Sheriff Goode for too long so I felt this was more of an ask questions later type deal.
"You OK?" I heard Sheriff Goode yell from the road "Need help?"
"Uh, no sir. We're good over here." Josh yelled back
"Middle of the night. What brings you back here? Where's your sister and your friend?"
"JOSH! SIMON!" Deena yelled as we ran back up to them
Deena grabbed Josh and I grabbed Simon as we pulled them back into the woods. We ran fast jumping over branches and bushes until we found two large trees for us to hide behind.
"What the hell?!" Josh asked Deena
"I'm with him, what the hell??" Simon then asked me
"It's him." Deena whispered just loud enough for us to hear
"Josh? Simon?" Sheriff Goode said approaching the area we were hiding in "Your sister and Y/N are very confused."
"His dad and his grandpa and his great grandpa." Deena continued
"Deena what?" Simon asked
"Deena is clearly suffering from some kind of a... a breakdown. And Y/N isn't helping. Deena needs help. Josh? Simon?" Yelled Sheriff Goode
"Goode is evil." I whispered coming to the realization finally
"We need to go. Now." Simon said
We all got up and ran as fast as we could back to the car. I heard a branch snap behind me so Goode most likely did too. This just made the four of us run faster. We reached the road and without really thinking I jumped into the driver seat of Goode's police car. Deena got into the passenger seat with Josh and Simon behind us. I pulled off as fast as I could.
"Okay Deena explain everything." Josh said from the back
"I was back in time. I was Sarah Fier, and Sarah Fier was innocent. She isn't turning people into killers. She wasn't a witch." Deena explained in a rushed tone
"We have a 5150 in possession of car 961. Suspects on their way." A woman from the police radio said.
"Guys listen to me. Solomon Goode-" Deena began to explain further
"Who?" I asked
"Nick Goode's Pilgrim ancestor, he made a deal with the Devil, then framed Sarah to cover his own Puritan ass."
"Y/N!" Josh exclaimed as a red light was approaching, I floored it and rushed right through it. We had no time to stop.
"The Goode's, they're trading us. People from Shadyside. Goode gives a name to the Devil, the Devil takes over that person. Then, that person kills and murders. And the Devil feeds on this blood of dead Shadysiders. And Goode gets whatever he wants. He becomes Sheriff, his brother becomes mayor, all of Sunnyvale gets better and better."
"And Shadyside gets even more fucked." Simon finished Deena's sentence
"And the Goode's do it over and over, again and again. One Goode from every generation passing down the evil. Solomon, Solomon's son. Firstborn to firstborn. Right to today. Right to Sheriff Nick Goode."
"So, Sarah Fier. He framed her. Had her hanged because she's the only one who ever found out the truth. Until Deena." I said
"And the killers came after us to keep us from uncovering it." Josh said
"Yes, to protect Goode's deal with the Devil."
"Well, if the killers came after us before we even knew the whole story..." Simon started to ask
"What happens now?" Josh finished
"Nothing good." I said as we began to pull up to Ziggy's house.
We all ran inside to find Ziggy in the bathroom holding a knife with Sam still tied to the radiator. She turned around startled as we walked in.
"Oh, Jesus Christ. Look at her. I told you it wouldn't work. There's no ending it." She said
We all stared at her not knowing who was going to have to tell her.
"What is it?" She asked realizing something was going on
"We need to talk." Deena said
The five of us walked into Ziggy's living room where Simon, Josh, and I stood on the side as Deena explained everything to Ziggy. She was crushed. I couldn't even imagine how betrayed she must feel. She dropped to her knees when she heard everything.
"This is how we save Sam. How we save Shadyside. We can't kill the Devil. So... we have to kill him. We need to kill Nick Goode." Deena stated
"But I called him... I thought... I thought he could help." Ziggy said in a warning and apologetic tone
"We need to go. Now." Deena said standing up and running to the bathroom to untie Sam. We all followed her
As she untied her Sam got on top of Deena trying to kill her. Didn't really think that one through.
"Move." Ziggy said as she made her way into the bathroom. She then hit Sam over the head knocking her out.
"I've been wanting to do that all day." She said
"Help me carry her." Deena said looking at me. I helped Deena put Sam into the trunk of the police car and we headed over to Martin's house. We could always use an extra hand. Josh and Deena sat in the front of the car and Simon, Ziggy, and I sat in the back.
"You work at the grocery store right? I recognize you." Ziggy asked Simon
I think she was making small talk to help calm her nerves.
"Uh, yeah, yeah, well I might be fired after the whole stealing drugs thing but we'll see I guess." Simon responded
After that awkward silence began until
"Should be up here on the right." Josh told Deena
"Are we sure about this?" Ziggy asked
"Hate to be that person but where exactly is he going to sit?" I noticed that there is no room for another person in this car.
"Make Simon sit on the floor by your feet I don't know." Deena said before pulling into Martin's driveway
"Yo, man, I wasn't doing nothing." Martin yelled towards the car as we stopped. He put his hands behind his head "Minding my business." He continued
Josh rolled down his window "Hey!"
"Urkel?" Martin asked as he noticed Josh
"Yeah! Uh... Wanna help us kill Sheriff Goode?" Josh yelled bluntly
"Smooth man, real smooth." I said from the back
Martin stood for a few seconds before answering
"Let me get my coat."
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Lover Boy - A Simon Kalivoda fanfic
RomanceYou are y/n a shadysider with a small friend group that uncovers a dark secret about your small town. The witch is real.