homesick - scream 5

two

nicolas and aristotle went to bed around the same time. aristotle walked into the bathroom, texting mattheo. she looked at herself in the mirror and sighed.

"i look like shit." she mumbled rubbing her eyes. it was understandable why she looked so exhausted. her phone started to ring. unknown number. she knew better than to pick it up but she did.

"hello?" aristotle spoke aggressively.

"hello, aristotle." the voice spoke.

"what the hell do you want?" she spat.

"just wanted to say hello to the girl whos getting all of my blame." the other person laughed.

aristotle scoffed, "trust me i dont want any of it."

"oh aristotle you cant get away from what you are meant to do." the killer spoke. that pissed aristotle off.

"who the fuck do you think you are?" aristotle locked her bedroom window. "you dont know shit about me. im not stu fucking macher."

"well you are like him in ways." the voice teased.

"okay, who the hell are you?" she looked around to see if the killer was in the room.

"thats for you to find out." and with that the line went dead.

"shit." the blonde mumbled.

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the next day mindy brought the friend group together since she had to tell everyone something. aristotle sat between mattheo and wes who were both worried for her when she told them about the call. mattheo had his arm around aristotle's waist, rubbing it with his thumb as she leaned her head on his shoulder. normally the two would be at one of their houses making out but what was happening with the killer was more important. "randy was our uncle. rip." mindy blew a kiss to the picture before her mom walked in with snacks for everyone.

"i asked mindy to bring everyone here because..." sam paused looking at richie before turning back to the group of teens, "there is something that i have to tell you."

after watching the true story of stab. aristotle was kind of relieved to know someone else was related to a killer like her. sam was billy loomis's daughter. "so let me get this straight, you're the daughter of billy loomis and that one of us is the killer?" chad asked sam.

sam nodded, "the killer told me he knew my secret and he attacked tara to lure me back here."

aristotle moved closer to mattheo (if that was even possible), "i got a call." everyone turned to her.

"what?" chad asked his best friend.

"last night." aristotle told chad and everyone else, "he told me i cant get away for what im meant to do and he mentioned my uncle." mattheo placed a comforting kiss on the top of her head.

"here is what i do not get." mattheo spoke. "why would he immediately go murder some douche that was stalking liv?"

"why does it have to be one of us? why not deputy dewey here? maybe hes the killer, no offense." wes told everyone as mattheo nodded along to what his friend was saying.

dewey shook his head as he sat forward "none taken but whats my motive?"

"you got stabbed a billion times, got dumped by your famous wife and crawled into a bottle i think its safe to have you on the suspect list." wes answered.

"well maybe one of you is the killer because that one hurt a little." dewey sat back.

"vince the dude who died." aristotle spoke, "he was my cousin but i never really knew him but from the little times we spoke he was a real dick."

"think about it the two attacks and your phone call they are all people related to the original killers in some way." mattheo looked down at aristotle as he spoke.

"who are you related to?" dewey asked the girl.

she let out a shaky breath, "stu macher he was my uncle."

before dewey could respond mindy gasped, "oh my god hes making a requel!" everyone looked at her in confusion.

"whats a requel?" mattheo asked.

"or uh like a sequel fans are torn on the terminology." mindy explained. chad groaned, "english mindy."

mindy got up from her seat standing in front of her friends, "so you know the stab movie that came out last year."

liv nodded "oh yeah the one where that uh one guy directed right? i really liked it."

mindy and liv argued back and forth causing aristotle to throw her head back, "guys."

they stopped arguing as mindy said, "the point is the hardcore stab fans hated it. all there talking about it is how stab 8 pissed on their childhood."

amber shrugged, "whats wrong with elevated horror?"

"but thats not stab. real stab movies are like who done its. it was just a horrible movie." mindy elaborated.

"i mean its just a movie." aristotle said.

mindy shook her head, "not to some people the original is their favorite thing in the world. the movie that made them love horror and god help anyone who fucks with that special memory. it sounds like our killer is writing his own version of stab 8 but doing it as a requel."

"it sounds like our killer is writing his own version of stab 8 but doing it as a requel." mattheo suggests.

aristotle shrugged, "maybe that is the case but it could be somebody playing sick jokes on people or somebody trying to get revenge."

it was silent for a moment everyone thinking of what was just said by aristotle until sam spoke, "so why not just make another sequel or reboot it?"

"see you can't just reboot a franchise from scratch anymore. the fans wont stand for it. black christmas, childs play. that shit doesnt work but you cant just do a straight sequel either. you have to think of something new but not too new or the internet goes batshit crazy. it has to have an ongoing storyline even if the story shouldnt have an ongoing in the first place. new main characters, yes, supported by, related to legacy characters, not a reboot. not a sequel. a requel. it always goes back to the original."

aristotle looked over at mattheo was a slight face of fear. she was scared. sam spoke, "are you telling me that i'm caught in the middle of fan fucking fiction?"

mindy sighed, " not just in the middle sam. you and ari are the stars."

aristotle let out a shaky breath as mattheo tightened his grip on her waist as liv spoke, "so not to interrupt but according to requel rules. whos next?"

"well whoever is next has to be connected with the before." everyone looked at aristotle and sam. "but i think it is very clear who the killer is at this point." mindy said.

aristotle looked up at mindy, "who?"

"sam." mindy said.

"excuse me?" sam scoffed, "why not aristotle or nicolas? they are also related to a killer."

aristotle rolled her eyes as chad spoke, "because sam, we know ari and nick really well. they wouldnt do this shit."

"you never know." sam stated. dewey nodded in agreement.

"wait." aristotle spoke up, "mindy you... you said anyone related to someone from the past could be next."

"yeah?" mindy looked at her friend.

fear went across aristotles face, "nick." was all she said before getting up and walking towards the door.

"ari!" mattheo called after her.

"i have to go home. make sure hes okay." she told him .

"i'm coming with you." mattheo said.

"matt, rora, i cant-" aristotle started but was cut off by her boyfriend, "no, i am coming."