The Honor Saga: Episode IV - The Screams of Patient Zero

The Honor Saga: Episode IV - The Screams of Patient Zero is the fourth story in the Honor Saga and the first in the Tyler and Nancy trilogy.

PLOT: Zero, formerly known as Little Man, escapes from the mental hospital nearly ten years after his last murder spree. He now targets his mother, Lorraine, and his younger siblings Tyler and Nancy.

Chapter 1
TEN YEARS AGO

BANG! Miguel De La Cruz (29), the killer known as Brandonface, is shot in the head by Lorraine Carter (21), the mother of his child, Little Man (8). Little Man runs over to his father’s body. He cries over the death of his father. He pulls out his knife and goes for his mother. Lorraine won’t point the gun at her own child. So she is now vulnerable to being stabbed. But Scott grabs the child and wrestles the knife out of the boy’s hand. The future stepfather holds the child back.

Lorraine approaches Little Man and tells him how sorry she is for abandoning him. She tells him that she loves him and wants to make it up to him. Lorraine pleads with him to come back to the light. But Little Man right out refuses. Little Man tells his mother that it’s too late. She hurt him for the last time and now with her killing his father, there’s no chance of anything happening for them. And with that, Little Man seals the doomed relationship between him and his mother. Lorraine is clearly hurt by this. The police come in. They see the child with the angry look and blood on him. They realize that he’s involved in the killings. They take the child. Lorraine asks them to be gentle on him, which they are. Little Man gives his family an evil look. There is no sign of forgiveness or redemption in him. The police take him out. Lorraine and Scott hug and hold each other. Lorraine cries over the loss of her son.

At court, the Judge finds Little Man guilty of murder and conspiracy to murder. This is witnessed by all of the survivors, whom are present at the court. Lorraine is emotional as she watched this proceeding. But because of his age and the influence he was under by his father, the Judge sentences him to a mental facility rather than prison. The Judge appoints DR. KEVIN ANDREWS (38) as Little Man’s primary care provider and guardian during his stay at the hospital.

At the Monroe State Mental Hospital, Kevin and Little Man, now renamed Zero Carter, are sitting together at a table. Kevin begins recording and asks Zero to say something into the mic. Zero says his name as “Zero.” Satisfied with the recording settings, Kevin stops him and they begin their session. Kevin asks Zero how he’s feeling. Zero says that he’s angry. The doctor asks him why he’s angry. Zero reminds Kevin that his father was shot and killed by his mother, who abandoned him. Kevin reminds him that his father made him kill innocent people. Zero says that they all deserved to die. Kevin asks him why he believes this. Zero says that they were close to his mother. They were part of her life that led her to abandoning him. Kevin looks through notes as Zero continues with his story. Kevin asks him how does he feeling about his mother. Zero says that he hates her with all of his heart and soul. He will never love her again.

MAX JOHNSON (40s) is mopping the floor of the corridor of the hospital. He turns to a door and sees Zero and talks to him. Max tells Zero that he shouldn’t let the walls get to him. Having served time in the past, Max informs him that he’d know. He tells him that he should learn to live inside his head and to look beyond the walls. Zero smiles at him, showing appreciation for Max, who has been the only person who has showed him any kind of compassion aside from Kevin since he’s been locked up here. Max tells him that he’s got to get back to work and for the kid to take an easy.

The next morning, Lorraine and Clarence are visiting Zero with Kevin present. The mother and grandfather attempt to make some kind of bond with him. But Zero is not having it. This becomes very emotional for them. They’ve lost his love and trust. As their time is up, Lorraine tells her son that she’ll come by next week. She gives him a kiss on the head. Clarence does the same. They tell him that they love him despite what he has done. However, as they leave, Zero tells them that he doesn’t love them and that he doesn’t want to see them again unless it’s to kill them. This hurts them so bad. Lorraine and Clarence leave with Lorraine in tears.

Back in his room, Zero sits on his bed. Bitter and angry. He pulls out his father’s Brandonface mask. He puts it over his face. But the mask is too big for him. Zero removes it and says, “Someday this mask will fit my face. And when that happens, I will get out of here and I will seek my revenge. This isn’t over!”

Chapter 2
TEN YEARS LATER (Present Day)

At the WAVE, Scott Lane (29), Charlie Rodriguez (29), their assistant FINCH (25) and his girlfriend, TARA (early-mid 20s) are hanging out as they prepare to close the store for the night. Scott is excited to be attending his children’s birthday party. Scott asks Charlie if Iris and Ali will be there. Charlie confirms that they will be, adding that Ali is excited to give Tyler his present. Scott asks if Ali got something for Nancy as well. Charlie says that she did but that she appears more excited to be spoiling Tyler on his birthday than Nancy. Charlie admits that he thinks that Ali has a little crush on Tyler. Scott laughs and says that he believes that Tyler has a little crush on Ali as well.

It’s TYLER and NANCY LANE’s 9th birthday at the Carter house. Attending their party are their parents Scott and Lorraine Lane (31), grandparents Clarence (57) and Kathy Carter (54), Uncle and Aunt Andrew and Daphne Carter (both 29), their “Aunt” Iris (29) and ‘Uncle” Charlie, their “Aunt and Uncle” Spencer and Charles Drake (both 36), and their “Aunt” Melissa (28) along with her new boyfriend, TED SHRINER (30). With them are their children, whom are Tyler and Nancy’s friends; Melissa’s daughter BELLA CURTIS-HOWARD (9), Charlie and Iris’s daughter ALI RODRIGUEZ (8), and Charles and Spencer’s son NOAH DRAKE (6). Also attending their birthday party is TRIG (10), a neighborhood boy who hangs out with the kids. In the kitchen, they all sing Happy Birthday to them. After singing, everyone applauds as the twins blow out the candles.

Everyone is in a big circle in the middle of the living room. Tyler and Nancy are in the middle. On Tyler’s side is their parents and on Nancy’s side is their grandparents. Charlie and Iris push the presents for Tyler and Nancy to Ali to give to them. But instead, Ali just grabs the present for Tyler and brings it to him. She gives off the cutest smile when she hands him his present from her. Seriously, this is meant to be so adorable. It’s totally clear to us now that Ali has a little crush on Tyler. But the thing is...Tyler has a crush on her, too. Everyone notices this, including both parents. Of course, they believe this is innocent and finds it cute. While Tyler and Ali drool over each other, Charlie and Iris gives Nancy her present. She thanks them. Iris gives her a kiss on the cheeks and tells her that they (Charlie and Iris) love her. Nancy says that she loves her “Aunt and Uncle”, too.

Later, the kids are playing outside with their new toys. Tyler and Nancy are running around the yard with Bella, Ali, Jeremiah, Noah, and Trig. The adults are sitting back and watching. We see that our survivors are the happiest that we’ve ever seen them be. Even Spencer, who has lost the most is happy. She is happily married to Charles and they have a handsome little boy. Life couldn’t get any better than this. Clarence and Kathy are overjoyed with having grandchildren, including those they call grandkids from Charlie, Iris, Spencer, Charles, and Melissa. Tyler is a grandma’s boy and Nancy is a grandpa’s girl. Nancy brings back memories of little Lorraine to Clarence, which gives him much joy as Lorraine was a daddy’s girl. Andrew is holding his baby boy, JEREMIAH CARTER (2 months old). Kathy wants her hold her newest grandchild, which Andrew passes him on to his mother. Kathy holds Jeremiah, who is drinking out of his bottle. Kathy smiles at him and says, “That’s my good boy.” Jeremiah’s eyes shows that he loves his grandmother’s affection towards him.

Tyler is chasing Ali around the house. Once they come to the side of the house, they look around and see that nobody is around. They are all alone. Tyler asks Ali what she wanted to see him alone for. Ali says that she wanted to give him another birthday present. Tyler asks her what she got for him. Ali says that she didn’t buy it. It’s something that she wants to do. Tyler asks what it is. Ali goes up to him and plants a peck on his lips. It’s their first kiss ever. And, yes, it’s adorable. Tyler is stunned that Ali has done this. He is so happy that she has done so. They smile at each other and hugs each other. Tyler plants one on her cheek. Ali says happy birthday to him before running off. Tyler goes back to chasing her. Their game of tag was, obviously, a ruse as a way for them to be alone.

That night, everyone is preparing to leave for home. Tyler and Nancy get hugs and kisses from everyone. They thank everyone for coming to their party. As Iris and Charlie says goodbye to them, Tyler and Ali give each other that cute smile that acknowledges each other’s feelings for each other. Something that goes unnoticed by everyone else. Ali’s kiss to him gave him the best part of his birthday party. As Trig leaves, he gives Nancy a smile, which she returns. That’s right. Trig and Nancy have a little crush on each other, too. This is noticed by Bella, who also has a crush on Trig. But she doesn’t respond to it.

It turns out that Lorraine still lives with her parents with her husband and kids. Lorraine and Scott share Lorraine’s bedroom, Nancy has Andrew’s old bedroom, and Tyler sleeps in his father’s old spare bedroom in the basement. This is so that Clarence and Kathy are kept in company. While Clarence is healed from his injury that forced him to retire, Lorraine and Scott felt it best to stay there to help him out. The presence of Tyler and Nancy makes things happy for the grandparents. Tyler and Nancy love and respect their grandparents. Clarence has the typical grandfather role of sharing his life and military experiences with the grandkids.

Chapter 3
Later that night, around eleven o’clock, we’re back at the Monroe Mental Hospital. NOEL KLUGGS (30s), an orderly, is upset that his cousin KENDALL KLUGGS (late 20s), also an orderly, has called him in for graveyard shift to show him something. Noel tells Kendall that he better have got something good here or if he does him dirty, he’s gonna hold him to it. Kendall says that if Noel wants him to “fuck her”, then he’ll “fuck her.” Kendall escorts his older cousin to a door to a patient’s room. As Kendall goes inside, Noel stands outside in the hall. He stares at the door to the room of Patient Zero. Noel chuckles, calling Zero a “retard” as he stares at the door.

Kendall comes out with a beautiful young female patient (about 18-21 years old). Noel is immediately aroused by her beauty. Noel tries to play it cool, saying “Hi, there, sweetie. We’re just here to look in on you. We know that it’s your first night here.” He begins to stroke her face. Noel tells her that she’s a pretty little thing. But as soon as he starts to unbutton her shirt, placing his hand down her shirt, she begins to resist. They try to calm her down. But then she proceeds to scream. After getting a glimpse of her breast, Noel compliments on her “Little titties.” She begins to fight them to the point that Kendall has to restrain her. Noel declares to Kendall that they got themselves a fighter and proceeds to smack her ass. Noel turns to Zero’s door and tells Kendall that he’s got an idea.

In Zero’s room, we get our first glimpse of the adult Zero. He’s no longer a little man. He’s a big man now at six-foot-five. His long hair conceals his face. He’s at his desk and making masks similar to the Ghostface masks. But we see not far from him is the classic Brandonface mask. His door opens and Noel and Kendall walk in with the female patient. Noel tells Zero that they brought him some company. Kendall claims that it’s fresh meat. Noel asks Zero if he wants “some of that.” But gets no response. Noel plays with the girl’s privates, smelling it, and asking Zero if he wants some fucking pussy. Getting no response, Noel whacks Zero’s long hair. But Zero continues to ignore him.

Frustrated with trying to push Zero, Kendall throws the female patient onto Zero’s bed. Noel restrains her as Kendall proceeds to rape her from behind. The female patient screams out loud. The asshole orderlies laugh as Noel violates her. Zero ignores this for the most part. Kendall and Noel switch places. Noel throws the girl to the wall and rapes her from behind. While he does this, Kendall harasses Zero, calling him a retard and a faggot for not trying to get some. As Noel rapes the girl, he pulls off one of Zero’s masks from the wall and puts it on. Kendall also grabs a mask and puts it on. They mock Zero’s masks, continuing to call him a “retard” and “faggot.” It’s now that Zero takes action. He places his father’s Brandonface mask over his own. Finally, it fits him.

Zero rises from his chair. It’s now that we see how large the former Little Man has become. How could these two idiots even dare mess with him by his appearance? Zero approaches Kendall, who continues to call him names. Suddenly, Zero grabs Kendall by the throat and slams him against the wall. Noel abandons the girl and attacks Zero by hitting him with a baton. But this does not faze Zero, who squeezes his grip onto Kendall’s throat. Kendall is choking and suffocating to death. The harder Noel hits Zero, the harder Zero chokes Kendall. Kendall Kluggs, cousin of Noel Kluggs, is dead.

Zero throws Kendall’s body aside and turns to Noel. Noel attempts to run. But he falls on his pants, which are still down around his ankles from raping the girl. He falls outside the room and into the corridor. Noel begs for his life as Zero grabs him. Zero throws Noel against the walls a few times. After throwing him for a third time, Zero grabs Noel by the throat and lifts him up the air. Noel tries one last time to beg for mercy. But this does not work. Zero slams Noel’s head against the wall extremely hard. The back of his head shatters/explodes and blood splatters on the wall. Noel Kluggs, cousin of Kendall Kluggs, is dead.

Chapter 4
Max Johnson (50s), the same guy who bonded with Zero in Chapter 1, arrives at work. He walks into the employees room to find two security guards and a female employee, GLORIA, dead. One of the guard’s bulletproof vest has been removed. Max runs over to Gloria and checks on her. Her throat has been ripped out. He is shocked over these brutal murders. He gets up and turns around only to be face to face with Zero, who is now wearing the bulletproof vest. Max asks Zero what he’s doing out of his room. Zero doesn’t reply. Max pleads for him not to do anything that they’re both going to regret later. He tries to be calm and cool with him. He tells him that he’s going to take him back to his room as he grabs a pair of handcuffs. He even tells him that he has to put the handcuffs on him.

Zero complies and offers his hands to Max, who slowly moves the cuffs to his wrist. Just as the cuffs are about to make contact with Zero’s wrists, Zero grabs Max and throws him around. As Zero beats and throws his buddy around, Max begins to cry. Max pleads with him, reminding Zero that Max was good to him. But this goes ignored. Max continues to tell him that he was good to him as he’s getting abused. Zero shoves Max’s head into a water filled sink. After a few moments, Zero throws Max to the floor. Seeing that he’s not dead yet, Zero grabs a large TV and raises it over his head. Max makes one last shot at pleading for mercy. But this doesn’t work either. Zero throws the TV over Max’s head. Max Johnson, employee of the Monroe Mental Hospital and a friend of Zero, is dead.

A phone rings in a dark bedroom. A lamp light turns on and we find that we’re in the bedroom of Dr. Kevin Andrews (50s). He answers the phone. COMPTON (50s), an administrator at the hospital, is frantically talking fast and too much for Kevin to understand him. Kevin asks him to slow down and to calmly tell him what is wrong. Compton takes a deep breath and calms down. He tells Kevin that his patient, Zero Carter, has escaped from the hospital. Kevin is horrified upon hearing this news. He asks what happened. Compton explains that two orderlies were trying to rape a new patient and walked into Zero’s room and he killed them. Compton adds that Zero also killed two security guards, their receptionist, and Max. Kevin is sadden at the news of Max’s death. He tells Compton that he’s on his way to the hospital now. He hangs up. Kevin takes a deep breath and sighs. Kevin cries, “Oh, shit!” as he realizes that his most dangerous patient is on the loose.

At a gas station, a man, wearing a black hooded poncho raincoat similar to the Brandonface one, exits out of his car. The man, who we’ll call PONCHO, tells the gas attendant to fill up his car. Poncho heads for the bathroom. This is seen by Zero, who has made it this far away from the hospital. The raincoat reminds Zero of his late father, Miguel, who wore it when he was killing people as Brandonface. Zero heads for the bathroom as Poncho walks in. In the bathroom, Poncho removes his hood to check out his hair. He’s disappointed that the rain has messed up his hair. He goes into a bathroom stall. He takes a seat on the toilet and proceeds to look at a dirty magazine. He chuckles and calls a naked girl on the magazine a “naughty girl.”

Zero walks into the bathroom and notices Poncho in a closed stall. He approaches the stall’s door and proceeds to knock on it. Poncho sees that someone is standing outside the stall’s door. He tells Zero that he’s got a taco deluxe supreme talking back at him, therefore, he’s going to be a while. He asks if he minds waiting somewhere else so he can pass this “beast” in peace. But Zero continues to knock at his door. This frustrates Poncho, who warns him that if he doesn’t leave, that Zero is going to be “One sorry A-hole.” But this obviously doesn’t faze Zero, who still stands there.

Realizing that Zero will not leave, Poncho pulls out a BUCK 120 hunting knife (the traditional Scream knife) from his pocket and stands up. He pulls his pants back up. Poncho tells Zero that he has something for him, calling him “Daisy.” Poncho opens the door and we find that he and Zero are nearly the same height, with Zero only be a few inches taller than him. Poncho acts all tough and threatens Zero. Poncho finally asks him what the hell Zero wants from him. Zero says “That’s a nice jacket. Give it to me...now!’ Poncho holds the knife at Zero’s face and says, “Fuck you, asshole! I’m gonna cut that mask right off your face.”

However, before Poncho can say or do anything else, Zero attacks him. They struggle over Poncho’s hunting knife. Zero slams his body multiple times on the stall wall. Eventually, Zero gets a hold of the knife at the same time that Poncho throws a few punches at Zero, unaware that he took his knife. And with that, Zero stabs Poncho in the face multiple times with his own knife. Poncho is dead. We cut to outside the gas station, where the gas attendant has finished filling up Poncho’s car with gas. Back inside the bathroom, we find Poncho’s dead body without the poncho raincoat. That is because Zero is now wearing. With the Brandonface mask, black poncho, and the buck 120 knife, Zero Carter is suited to become this story’s new Ghostface killer. Zero leaves the bathroom.

Chapter 5
The next morning at the Carter house, The grandparents are in the kitchen as Tyler and Nancy seat themselves at the table. Tyler and Nancy have their backpacks ready for school. Their parents are also getting ready for their day. Nancy pours herself a bowl of Fruit Loops. Clarence asks her why she’s having Fruit Loops instead of the eggs and bacon. Nancy says that it’s her favorite cereal. Clarence smiles at his granddaughter. Tyler, on the other hand, would rather have his grandmother’s eggs and bacon for breakfast. Scott is just drinking coffee, as he’s in a hurry to get to the WAVE for an early morning start.

As Lorraine watches her kids, she suddenly freezes as she sees something else at the table. We find that she’s having a vision of Little Man as a child having breakfast with the family. He appears just like his siblings, an innocent child with his family. Lorraine becomes emotional as he fades away. Tyler asks his mom if she’s okay. Lorraine snaps out of it and tells her son that she’s fine, claiming that she was just lost in thought. Scott gives his a wife a “Are you sure?” look. He’s seen her like this before. He knows what has just happened. But he doesn’t say anything about it.

Across the street from the Carter’s house is the Rodriguez’s house. Iris is serving breakfast to her husband and daughter. Charlie and Ali thanks her. Charlie checks the time on his phone, waiting for the time that he must leave for work. Ali is munching down on the cereal. Iris tells her to slow down. Ali tells her mother that she wants to meet up with Tyler and Nancy at the bus stop five minutes earlier than usual to hang out with them before they have to get on the bus. Charlie jokingly says, “What she means is that she wants some time with her little boyfriend.” Iris laughs at this joke. Ali claims that Tyler is not her boyfriend. By her reaction and how she said this, both Iris and Charlie now see that their little girl is having her first crush. Of course, it being Tyler, they don’t fear anything wrong going on between them.

Outside both houses, Tyler, Nancy, Ali, Bella, Noah, and Trig meet up at the bus stop together. Charlie says goodbye to his wife and daughter as he heads across the street to the Carter house. Once there, he meets up with Scott and they go into Scott’s car. The two fathers wave at their children and they drive off. Ali approaches Tyler and asks him how he’s feeling. Tyler says that aside from being tired that he’s feeling good. Ali smiles and says that is good. She asks if he plans on going to get a costume for Halloween today. Tyler tells her that he might if she’s going to. Ali confirms that she is. Nancy and Trig talk about their Halloween plans. From a distance, we can see Zero watching them. Because it’s Halloween week, if the kids were to see him, they’d think that he was a big kid in a costume. Zero turns back and forth from looking at his grandparents house and the kids at the bus stop. He can see Lorraine in her bedroom from her window. But he stays hidden from her sight as she watches the kids.

The bus arrives and picks up the children. Zero decides that he’ll stay to spy on his mother. Sometime later, Lorraine is in the kitchen and doing the dishes for her parents, who are watching TV in the living room. She’s washing a plate when she happens to look up at the window. She notices a person walking into the woods wearing the Brandonface Poncho. Uncertain rather or not this is a vision, Lorraine stops doing the dishes and goes outside through the sliding glass door. She follows the Poncho Figure into the woods. Eventually, she loses sight of him. She looks around the woods.

Suddenly, Zero appears in front of his mother. She screams at the sight of him. They just stare at each other. Lorraine tells him that he’s not real, that he’s just a vision. She closes her eyes and opens them. As she does this, Zero realizes that his mother suffers from PTSD and believes that he’s only a vision. He takes advantage of this and walks off. Lorraine opens her eyes. Zero is gone. She looks around for him. She sighs and tells herself that it was just another hallucination. She walks back home. Zero is standing at another position of the woods and watches her. He realizes that rather than just killing her immediately, he could have some fun messing with his mother’s head.

Chapter 6
At the WAVE, Scott and Charlie are setting shop and talking. Scott tells Charlie that he thinks that Lorraine had another vision of Little Man (Young Zero). Charlie nods with sadness. He’s obviously heard about these visions before. It’s now do we understand that these hallucinations happen frequently. Finch and Tara arrive. Scott and Charlie greets them. Even though Tara isn’t an employee there, she helps out around the store. Charlie turns on the OPEN light sign. And with that, a few customers walk in and look around the store. Scott sits back behind the counter as the main cashier of the store. He texts Lorraine about her little incident at breakfast. He asks her if she had another hallucination about Little Man. Lorraine confirms this in her reply and tells him that she had another one of Miguel as Brandonface, unaware that this was actually her son.

At Clearwood Elementary School, Nancy is walking in the hallway when she is confronted by three boys; Devin, Keith, and Moses (all 10). They make fun of her for being the sister of a serial killer. Nancy, of course, has no idea about her older brother. So this harassment is heartbreaking as she has no idea who they’re talking about or why they’re bullying her over it. But this doesn’t matter to them. They push her around and mock her. Nancy proceeds to cry over this. Suddenly, a voice behind her tells them to, “Leave her alone.” Nancy turns around to find Trig as her defender. Devin, Keith, and Moses tells Trig to mind his own business and to go away. But Trig says that this is his business, therefore, he won’t go away.

The three bullies threaten Trig. But this does not faze him, despite them being older, bigger, and outnumbering him. Tyler, Bella, and Ali join Nancy and Trig. They’re still younger and smaller than the bullies. But they now outnumber them. The bullies laugh and say that they could still kick their butts. Tyler, becoming the badass that we know and love him for when he grows up to be, dares them to mess with him and his sister. And with that, the bullies attack them. But to their surprise, our little heroes are strong, tough, and badass already. They maybe all nine and eight years old going against a group of ten year olds. But they have their parents/families’ toughness. A preview of what they may become in the future. Before the bullies even get the chance to fight, they’re down on their asses on the floor. That’s our Clearwood Club babies. Don’t mess with Tyler, Nancy, Ali, Bella, and Trig. Tyler tells them to leave his sister and family alone or else they’ll get more of this. Seeing that they just got their asses kicked by younger kids, the bullies obey and run off.

At the Monroe Mental Hospital, a furious Kevin is leaving with Compton and the Head Director of the hospital, MORGAN (50s), following him out. Compton tells Kevin that they’ve given the police a complete profile on Zero. But this does not satisfy Kevin, who claims that two road blocks and an all points bulletin wouldn’t stop a five year old. Morgan tells Kevin that if their security wasn’t efficient enough for the likes of Zero, that Kevin should have warned them about how dangerous he was. Kevin claims that he did and now because those idiots didn’t listen to him, Zero is on the loose. Compton asks Kevin what he wants them to do. Kevin tells them that he wants them to get back on that phone, tell them who broke out of there last night, and to tell them where he’s going. Morgan says that they don’t know where Zero is going. Kevin says, “It must be great living in denial. I must try it sometime. Look, you and that army of shirt-tuckers up there, you know damn well where he's going.” As Kevin gets inside his car, Morgan asks where that is. Kevin starts his car, turns to them, and shouts, “CLEARWOOD!” He drives off.

At the school cafeteria, Tyler and Ali sit next to each other. Tyler asks Ali why she kissed him yesterday. Ali confesses that she likes him. Tyler asks if she really means that. Ali confirms that she does. Tyler smiles and confesses that he likes her, too. Ali smiles over this. The two younglings hold hands and continue having lunch together. This is the start of what will become Tyler and Ali’s relationship as they grow up together. This isn’t the only puppy-love romance blooming. Nancy and Trig are having a little thing going on, too. But it’s more innocent as they’re not kissing and holding hands. They’re just two best friends who like each other very much. Nancy thanks him for saving her from those bullies earlier. Trig tells her that he wouldn't let anyone hurt her. They hug each other.

Chapter 7
After school, the bus drops off Tyler, Nancy, Ali, Bella, Noah, and Trig at the same bus stop that it had picked them up earlier that morning. Iris is walking across the street, telling Ali and the other kids to come to the Carters, as they’re all preparing to take the kids to get Halloween costumes. The kids cheer when they hear this. As Nancy walks home, she feels a presence in the distance. She turns to that presence -- Zero, standing there and staring at her. She turns back to the other kids and tells them that she sees a scary man down the street. All the other kids and Iris turn to that direction. However, Zero is gone. Iris tells her that there’s nobody there and assures her that it’s probably just someone in a scary costume. Nancy looks back to find that the scary man is gone. She sighs and walks home with everyone.

The family takes the children to the Halloween store in different vehicles; Clarence and Kathy with Tyler, Lorraine with Nancy and Trig, Iris with Ali and Noah. The fathers are still at work at the Wave. But the fathers are looking forward to seeing the kids with their costumes. Meanwhile, Kevin is driving on the road between Monroe and Clearwood. He’s frightened at the prospect that Zero may have already struck against his own family. Kevin is on the phone with the Sheriff’s office. But the driving is causing signal disruptions that he’s unable to talk to the Sheriff. Kevin prays to God that he can make it on time.

At the Halloween store, the kids arrive with Clarence, Kathy, Lorraine, and Iris. The kids run around the store, being amazed by the cool Halloween stuff. Despite being very young, they find the creep/scary things cool and awesome. Even Nancy, who just referred to Zero as a scary man, loves the creepy Halloween stuff. She even laughs and giggles as disgusting props. While Lorraine and Iris talk about their husbands, Clarence and Kathy chaperone the kids around the store. The kids proceed to checkout costumes for themselves; Tyler finds a Walker (Zombie) costume from The Walking Dead, Bella finds a princess costume, Ali finds a clown costume (just like the costume that Jamie, Ali’s child actress picture, got in Halloween 4), Noah finds a Scarecrow, and Trig finds Daryl’s crossbow and leather jacket from The Walking Dead. But he also finds Rick and Carl’s Sheriff’s cowboy hat. Liking the hat, he becomes a combination of all the Walking Dead characters.

As the kids try out or show the parents their costumes, Nancy looks through the costumes. She doesn’t want to be a princess or anything girly. She wants to be something cool and scary. She searches through many costumes. Then she finds one that looks familiar to her. It’s familiar to us, too. Because she just saw this today. The BRANDONFACE costume. She remembers seeing this from that scary man that she saw earlier. She likes it. She smiles and grabs it. She runs to Lorraine and says, “Mommy, look at this scary costume I found.” Lorraine smiles and turns to see it. But upon seeing the costume…

FLASHBACKS


 * Brandonface killing Keith.
 * Brandonface killing Trip.
 * Brandonface killing Mark.
 * Brandonface appearing everywhere to Lorraine.
 * Brandonface revealing himself to be Miguel De La Cruz.

Lorraine flips out, grabbing the costume, and ripping it apart in front of Nancy. This is seen by the store clerk and everyone else. This frightens Nancy, who begins to cry. Nancy tells her mom that she’s sorry for scaring so badly, unaware of the impact of that the Brandonface costume has on her. Snapping out of her panic attack, Lorraine realizes what she has done to Nancy. She begins to cry. Clarence pulls his daughter aside. The clerk finally recognizes who the Clearwood Club is. Understanding the situation, the clerk does NOT call the police. Clarence gives Lorraine to Kathy, who takes her outside to talk. Clarence apologizes to the clerk and pays for the torn up costume. Iris helps Nancy to pick out a different scary costume unrelated to the Ghostface killings. Since Nancy still wants to go scary, Iris suggests the Michael Mask, which Nancy likes. Clarence and Iris pays for all of the kids’ costumes.

Outside the store, Kathy and Lorraine sit down at a bench. Lorraine is trying to calm down. Kathy asks her daughter what happened. Lorraine says that she doesn’t know. She saw the costume that Nancy picked out and panicked. Kathy asks if it was Miguel’s costume, which Lorraine confirms that it was. Kathy points out that Nancy doesn’t know better. Lorraine cries, saying that she knows this and how that is the worse part about it. She freaked out in front of her little girl, who doesn’t know anything. Nancy is so innocent that she made her cry over it. Kathy suggests that Nancy will be okay and that she’s more concerned about Lorraine right now. Lorraine claims that she’ll be okay. But now she just wants to make it right for Nancy. In the distance, we find Zero watching his mother and grandmother. Their closeness reminds him of him and his late father, Miguel, and how much pain he feels over his mother killing his father. So it's now that Zero vows to kill Kathy so that Lorraine can feel his pain of losing a beloved parent. Zero believes only then can they be even.

Later that evening, the kids are playing in the yard while wearing their costumes. The Dads/Husbands are home now. Spencer and Charles oodles over Noah’s scarecrow costume, saying how adorable he looks in it. Lorraine approaches Nancy, who’s wearing the Michael Myers overalls but not the mask yet. Lorraine apologizes to Nancy for freaking out on her like that. Nancy forgives her and apologizes for scaring her, too. Lorraine tells her that Nancy doesn’t need to apologize as she did nothing wrong. Nancy asks if Lorraine would like to see her mask that she got for Halloween. Lorraine smiles and says yes. Nancy puts on the Michael Myers mask. Lorraine pretends to be scared. Lorraine fakes running away, allowing Nancy to chase her. It’s a cute moment between the mother and daughter. It ends with Lorraine “tripping” and allowing Nancy to jump on her. Lorraine and Nancy hug and kiss each other. It’s clear that Lorraine adores her little girl.

Chapter 8
It’s late at night and Kevin has finally arrived at Clearwood. But he has entered through the backwoods of Clearwood. This part of Clearwood is deserted and you can easily able to get lost out there. From within the trees, a sniper shoots at his tires. Kevin loses control of the car and crashes into a tree. He gets out of the car and starts walking. Suddenly, he’s approached by three Ghostface killers (one of them being the sniper), who pull out their knives. They are ZOMBIE GHOSTFACE, SCARECROW GHOSTFACE, and MUMMY GHOSTFACE. Kevin isn’t afraid of them and stays calm about the situation. The Ghostfaces admit that they’re from a gang called “TAREVENDER.” The Ghostfaces has heard about Zero’s escape and knew that Kevin would come to stop him. So they decided to ambush him and stop him from hunting down Zero. They tell him that their leader, Jyle Venedict, wants Zero to be with them. So they must kill Kevin before he can find Zero.

Zombie goes to stab him. But Kevin grabs his wrist and turns the killer around, forcing him to face his partners. This leads to Mummy attempting to stab Kevin. But Kevin uses Zombie as a shield, which results in Mummy accidentally stabbing and killing Zombie. Kevin headbutts Mummy, making him fall to the ground. Scarecrow, who was the sniper, attempts to shoot Kevin. But Kevin grabs the barrel of the rifle and smacks it at Scarecrow’s face. Mummy attempts to pull out his knife from Zombie’s body. But Kevin stomps on his face, killing him. Scarecrow recovers and attempts to shoot Kevin again. But this time, Kevin quickly pulls out his gun and shoots Scarecrow in the head. Then just to be sure, he puts a bullet in Zombie and Mummy’s heads. All three Tarevender Ghostface killers are dead.

Later, the police have arrived and are having the three Tarevender Ghostfaces’ dead bodies placed in coroner vans. Clearwood’s new Sheriff, MATT DECKER (40s), is interviewing Kevin about the situation. Decker asks Kevin if he truly believes that Zero is back at Clearwood. Kevin confirms that he does. Kevin insists that they protect the Clearwood Club. Decker points out that it’s late. He says that he’ll send units to watch over their homes and that they can discuss the situation with them in the morning. Kevin agrees to this arrangement.

The next morning, the kids are off to school when Kevin and Decker arrive. With Decker and Kevin being familiar to the Clearwood Club, their presence shows comfort but also fear knowing that Zero’s doctor is here with the Sheriff. Decker tells Clarence that they need to get the Clearwood Club together and informs him that he’s having the children watched by his deputies at the school. Clarence has all the survivors together at the Carters house. An hour later, we have Clarence, Kathy, Lorraine, Scott, Andrew, Daphne, Iris, Charlie, Charles, Spencer, Melissa, and Ted at the Carter house with Kevin and Decker. Kevin finally tells them something that they’ve been dreading to hear; Zero Carter, formerly known as Little Man, has escaped from the Monroe Mental Hospital.

This worries them all. But most of all, Lorraine, who suffers another PTSD panic attack over this. Scott tries to calm her down as she melts over the news that her psychotic son is on the loose. Kevin insists that he’ll protect the family. Lorraine asks what do they tell the kids. Kevin sighs and suggests that maybe now is the time that Tyler and Nancy learns the truth about their family. He points out that they might be targets of Zero, therefore, they’re gonna end up finding out now. Lorraine, though horrified and overly protective, reluctantly agrees to finally tell her children about their older brother.

Later that day, the kids come home from school. They’re escorted by police officers to their homes. As a precaution, the entire club is staying at both the Carter’s and the Rodriguez’s, as they’re only across the street from each other. Tyler and Nancy asks their parents what is going on and why there are cops everywhere. Clarence, Kathy, and the other adults takes the other children somewhere else. Once they’re gone, Lorraine and Scott sit their twins on the couch. Lorraine tells them that they have an older brother name Zero. Lorraine explains that their brother did bad things when he was their age. As a result, he’s been locked up at a hospital. Lorraine admits that she never told them about their brother as to protect them and not confused them over it.

Nancy now realizes that her big brother is the kid that her bullies were talking about at school. Lorraine confirms this to be the truth. Lorraine also tells Nancy that her brother’s father, which is NOT their father, also did bad things while wearing a scary costume. Lorraine points out to Nancy that the costume that he wore was the same costume that Nancy wanted to get at the store. Realizing the situation, Nancy is horrified. Lorraine asks her kids to forgive her for not telling them about their brother. Tyler and Nancy hug their mother, saying that they forgive her.

Later outside in the yard, we find that police are surrounding the area. The kids are playing in the yard. Nancy and Trig are sitting on the grass and talking about what they’ve learned. Nancy tells Trig that she thinks that she saw her big brother yesterday, who she has learned is the new scary man. Trig tells her that he can’t believe that she has a big brother that they didn’t know about. Nancy says that she wishes that she got to know him. Trig agrees. Nancy says that she wants to make him a good guy again. Trig says that would be cool if she could. Nancy admits that she’s scared. Trig puts his arm around her and says that he won’t let anyone hurt her. Nancy smiles. Nancy and Trig kiss each other. Afterwards, they smile. Suddenly -- BAM!

Nancy screams to find that -- Trig has had an arrow shot through his head. Trig falls to the ground. Trig, little boyfriend of Nancy, is dead. THE FIRST EVER CHILD TO DIE IN A DONALD NEWTON STORY! Nancy turns to the direction where the arrow shot from. To her shock and horror, she finds Zero, standing there with a bow and arrow. Zero gives a headcock before step away into the trees. And with that, Nancy faints.

Chapter 9
Immediately after Trig’s murder, Nancy has fainted after seeing her big brother murder Trig. Having just heard her screaming, Lorraine, Scott, the grandparents, Kevin, and the police run to her. They find Nancy on the ground and Trig’s dead body. The other parents takes their children inside. Lorraine and Scott attend to Nancy, who regains consciousness. Kevin and Decker check on Trig. They confirm that Trig is dead. Nancy starts to cry over this. Lorraine holds her daughter and cries with her. Upset with his former patient killing a child, Kevin gets up, pulls out his gun, and runs in the direction that Zero shot from. Decker asks Kevin where he’s going. Kevin says that he’s going after Zero. Decker runs after him, wanting to assist him. Decker orders other officers to that direction. Once Kevin goes over to the trees that Zero had disappeared to, he finds the area deserted. Zero is not there. Kevin circles around the area. Furious and angry. Zero is nowhere to be found. And with that, out of fury, sadness, and desperation, Kevin shouts “ZEERRROOOOO!” This copies the scene in Halloween 4 when Loomis shouts for Michael at the gas station.

Meanwhile, at an unknown location, we find a gang of Ghostfaces sitting at a table and discussing about the deaths of Scarecrow, Mummy, and Zombie by the hands of Kevin Andrews. Suddenly, a door opens, and a shadowy figure walks in. The other Ghostfaces stand up out of respect for this man. The shadowy figure is, obviously, their boss. He takes a seat at the end of their table and asks them what they know so far. Another Ghostface informs their boss that Scarecrow, Mummy, and Zombie went to take care of Dr. Kevin Andrews but that Kevin was tougher than they had anticipated. The Ghostface informs the Boss Ghostface that Kevin killed all three and is now with the Clearwood Club. The Boss announces that they should let Zero do what he wants with his family. He tells them that should Zero be captured by the police, they’ll free him and make him one of them. The other Ghostfaces agree. The Boss Ghostface gets up from the chair and they all rise. As the Boss walks out the door, we move up to the top of the door where we find a T on the wall. This is TAREVENDER.

That night, the police are camped out around the neighborhood. An unoccupied house by both the Carter’s and Rodriguez's houses the cops. Kevin is sitting in his car, not willing to go to sleep, and drinking a brandy from his flask. We can see the pain and anger in his eyes. He feels that he has failed Zero and his family. He feels responsible for Trig’s death. He thinks back to his attack from last night. There is a gang of killers who know about Zero and Kevin’s plans to take him out. What do these people want from Zero and what will they do once they find Zero and this family? Do they plan to use him as an agent of evil? The threat is real. Zero is one thing. But now another threat is amongst them.

In Lorraine and Scott’s bedroom, Nancy and Tyler are sleep in between their parents. It’s a cute shot of the children and the parents. With Lorraine’s PTSD and with Nancy just witnessing someone close to her being murdered, it makes them feel more comfortable sleeping together. In Nancy’s bedroom, Andrew and Daphne are sleeping with Jeremiah in between them. In the basement, Melissa and Bella are sleeping on the pull-out bed of the couch. In Tyler’s bedroom is Charles and Spencer sleeping with Noah in between them. The house is full. With Ali scared of what happened with Trig, Ali is sleeping with her parents in their bed at their house.

Back to Nancy, she is sound asleep. Suddenly, we cut to Nancy’s dream. Nancy is walking outside. All of our main characters are present. But they’re in a dream-like trance (Autopilot). They don’t even acknowledge Nancy. Suddenly, she feels a presence behind. Nancy turns around and finds Trig standing in front of her with the arrow lodge through his head. This face is a bloody mess. Trig tells Nancy that he thought that she liked him. Nancy says that she does. Trig asks her why she allowed him to be killed by Zero. Nancy says that she didn’t mean to. Trig tells Nancy that it’s her and her mother’s fault. Nancy begins to cry and says that she’s sorry for not saving him. Suddenly, Zero appears and pulls the arrow across Trig’s face, cutting his head in half. Trig’s body falls to the ground. Nancy runs away and Zero chases her. Nancy calls out to her mother, father, grandpa, grandma, and others. But nobody helps her or even acknowledges her. Nancy is cornered to a wall. Zero approaches her. Nancy begs Zero not to hurt her, pointing out that she’s his sister, therefore, he should protect her and not hurt her. Zero says that he doesn’t care to protect her. Nancy begins to cry. She tells Zero that she loves him, calling him “Brother.” But this does faze Zero, who raises his knife up. Nancy screams and Zero swings his knife down at her.

Nancy wakes up, screaming. Her parents and twin brother comfort her. They tell her that she’s okay. But she can’t stop crying. Clarence and Kathy barges in to see what is wrong. Lorraine tells them that Nancy had a nightmare. Just then, Lorraine’s cellphone rings. Clarence sees that it’s an “Unknown Caller.” From their experience, they know what this means. Not willing to turn Nancy away, Lorraine ignores the phone. So Clarence takes the phone and answers it. As predicted, it’s Zero, making his very first call as the Ghostface killer. Hearing that his grandfather is the one who answered, he says, “Hello, Papa. Remember me?” Clarence asks his grandson why he’s doing this. Zero tells him because of the pain that his mother and family has put him through. Clarence reminds him that he tried to bond with him as a child. But Zero isn’t having it. He tells Clarence that his mother would rather love Tyler and Nancy than him. So as punishment, everyone who Lorraine loves, especially Tyler and Nancy, will die. Before Clarence can respond to this threat, Zero hangs up.

After Zero hangs up, Clarence tells Lorraine, Scott, and Kathy about the phone call. This is horrifying to them. It confirms their worst fears now. Zero Carter, formerly known as Little Man, is back to kill them all.

Chapter 10
The next morning is very gloomy at the Carter house. The parents are getting their kids ready for school. But the kids aren’t doing so well. Especially, Nancy. Trig’s murder is affecting everyone. The parents survived three murder sprees before. But this time things have gone too far when Zero murdered a child. Nancy barely eats her breakfast as her mind is set on Trig. Lorraine has the same feeling. She and Nancy look at each other and can feel the mutual sadness in each other. Nancy asks herself inside how could her big brother kill her first crush like that in front of her. But Lorraine is asking herself how her first born child could kill a child, especially one who meant something to his sister. This murder is probably the one that has broken our Clearwood Club and their children.

Outside the Carter house, Kevin stands over the spot where Trig was killed. He just stares at the small puddle of blood that has been left behind. He still cannot believe that Zero has gone this far in killing a child. He never thought that Zero would actually take the life of a child. Kevin continues to feel guilty. In his mind, by not redeeming Zero, he didn’t prevent Trig’s murder. Decker approaches Kevin and can read his facial expression. Decker tells Kevin not to beat himself up over this. Kevin tells him that he failed to protect the child. Decker tells him that they all did, but that Trig’s death was not Kevin’s fault. Kevin does a “Loomis” like monologue, explaining what he saw in Zero as he tried to cure him. He described Zero similar to a beautiful house but that nobody was home inside. Kevin vows to stop Zero even if it means to kill him.

In a cop car, Nancy stares at her house, sad and hurt. As the car passes the Carter house, Nancy sees Trig standing in the middle of the yard with the arrow in his head. Nancy is horrified by this. She closes her eyes, shaking her head, and opens them back up. Trig is gone. She sighs, thinking that this was just her imagination. Tyler, who is sitting next to her, grabs his sister’s hand and tells her that everything will be okay. Nancy leans her head on her brother’s shoulder and cries. It’s clear that Tyler, despite being a scared child himself, is trying to be there for Nancy.

At the WAVE, Scott and Charlie are slow in their working. Finch and Tara work hard and fast, as they’re not exactly fazed by the situation going on with the Clearwood Club. Charlie is taking forever in stacking the shelves. Scott just blankly stares at the cash register. His mind is on his wife and daughter, whom are both suffering the most over this. Scott is horrified that his little girl will have to live for the rest of her life with the image of her first crush being killed right in front of her. This breaks his heart. We find that the store has a few cops on both sides of the store, as they’re protecting Scott and Charlie.

Back at the school, Nancy is walking in the halls when she overhears Devin, Keith, and Moses talking about Trig’s murder. They mock and laugh about Trig getting killed in front of Nancy. Nancy begins to cry as she overhears this and walks off. The three bullies are unaware that she has heard this. Nancy walks into the girls’ bathroom. She looks into the mirror as she continues to cry. She turns on the faucet and splashes water onto her face. When she looks up at the mirror, she gasps in shock and horror when she sees Trig’s reflection behind her. He still has the arrow through his head. She turns around to face him. But Trig is gone. She collapses to the floor and continues to sob over this.

In the library, Nancy is reading about dreams, hallucinations, and PTSD. Tyler, Ali, and Bella join her at the table. They ask if she’s okay. Nancy tells them that she’s having a hard time dealing with Trig’s death. They tell her that they understand. Tyler notices the books that she’s reading. He asks her if she’s having nightmares and visions. Nancy confirms that she is. She tells them that she’s really scared that everywhere she goes, that she’ll see Trig’s bloodied head in every corner she turns. Bella takes her hand and says that she’ll get through it and that they’ll be there for her. Tyler and Ali agree, also taking her hand. Nancy thanks them.

Later in the hall, Nancy turns into a path when the lights starts flickering. This confuses her as she walks down the hall. She makes another turn, only to find a long blood trail. She follows the trail’s end to the end of the hall, where standing there is Trig. She gasps and runs back. She runs through the hall but stops when she finds Trig standing in front of her. She asks what he wants from her. Trig says that it’s all her fault that he was killed. He says that now she must face the consequence. He points behind her. She turns around to find Zero chasing her. Nancy runs away. She’s almost to the door when suddenly somebody grabs her. Nancy snaps out of it and finds that the person who has caught her is Tyler. Tyler assures her that it’s just him and that she’s okay. Nancy hugs her brother and cries. Tyler comforts her, telling her that everything is okay.

Chapter 11
That night at the WAVE, Scott and Charlie tells Finch and Tara that they’re leaving for the night. They want to get home to take their kids trick or treating. Finch and Tara agrees to close up the store while they’re gone. Scott and Charlie exit the store. They’re escorted by an officer, while another officer opens the car door for Scott and Charlie. They help the two into the car before getting in themselves.

Back in the store, Finch turns the OPEN sign off and locks the door. Tara approaches him and wraps her arms around him. Finch puts his arm around her. They ask each other what they should do now. Finch says that it’s going to be a while until their taxi arrives. Tara says that she knows what they can do to kill the time. She pulls Finch to the couch and they begin making out. Finch lays her on the couch. They proceed to rip each other’s clothes off. As they get hot and heavy, we find that Zero has been in the store all this time. He sneaks out of a closet and approaches the couple. Just before they can take anymore clothes off, Zero grabs Finch and stabs him in the chest. Tara screams. Finch, boyfriend of Tara, is dead. Zero throws his body aside.

Tara gets off the couch and runs to the main door. She unlocks the door as Zero goes for her. She succeeds in unlocking and opening the door. However, as she takes a step out, Zero grabs her and throws her back into the store. Tara kicks him off of her and runs around the store. She grabs CDs and throws them at him. But they do not faze him as he continues to go for her. Tara grabs a box cutter and aims it at Zero. But once again, he does not feel threatened by this. Tara raises the knife. But as she goes to stab him, Zero smacks his arm across her face, causing her to fall to the floor. Tara tries to crawl away, which Zero stands there for a moment and allows her to, giving her a sense of false hope. After a while, Zero approaches her and moves her on her back. Tara cries as Zero hovers over her. He raises his knife and Tara screams. Zero stabs Tara multiple times in the chest. Tara, girlfriend of Finch, is dead.

In a dark office, we see the shadowy figure of the Boss Ghostface of Tarevender. He’s facing away from us as he’s viewing security footage around the state. A Ghostface walks in and tells him that they’re prepared for an ambush tonight, should Zero be arrested. The Boss Ghostface says that is good and that all they can do now is wait to see what happens. The Ghostface bows and leaves. The Boss Ghostface continues watching his videos, thinking about his new plans for Zero’s future with them. The Boss Ghostface switches to a map. As we examine this map, we realize that this is the floor plans to the police station. Something they’ll be using in their ambush tonight.

The Boss Ghostface switches to a new security footage. He finds Scott and Charlie’s police escort car coming towards a light. He sees another car speeding far behind them. Realizing that this is Zero going after them, the Boss switches the green light to the red light. Scott and Charlie’s cop car stops at the stoplight. They look around but there is no other car coming across. Charlie asks if they can just go ahead. The cops laugh at him and says that they’d get in trouble. All four men notices bright headlights speeding up from behind their cop car. The cops ask what the hell this guy is thinking. They come to realize that the car is aiming for them. Scott and Charlie realizes that it’s Zero. They tell the cops to drive. The driver cop decides that it’s time to move. He goes to drive. However, before he can, Zero’s car crashes into them. Zero’s car pushes the cop car forward until it crashes into a pole. We find that the Boss Ghostface is watching this through the street cameras.

The cops are injured by the crash. The driver cop gets out of the car. However, before he can do anything else, Zero attacks him out of nowhere. Zero stabs him multiple times in the side and finally in the neck. Scott and Charlie’s Driver Cop is dead. The other cop gets out and goes to attack Zero. But Zero dodges him, decking him in the face. Scott and Charlie attempt to open the door. But they cannot as the back doors of the cop cars don’t open from the inside. Zero stabs the other cop to death. After killing the other cop, Zero takes the keys and unlocks Charlie’s side. Charlie and Scott back away into Scott’s side. But Zero grabs Charlie’s foot and drags him out.

As Zero attempts to stab Charlie, Scott jumps out of the cop car and tackles his stepson. Charlie gets up as Scott holds him down. Scott tells Zero to listen to his stepfather and begs him to stop this. But Zero berates him, telling him that he’s not his father, therefore, he won’t listen to him. Zero headbutts his stepfather and stabs him in the side of the chest. Before he can stab him again, Charlie pulls Scott off and they run away. Zero chases them. The Boss Ghostface, still watching this through cameras, says that he’s impressed by Zero’s skills.

Scott and Charlie run into the woods. Zero runs after them. He catches up to them. Scott and Charlie back away from him. Suddenly, they stop when they realize that they’re backed up to the edge of a steep hill. Zero stabs Charlie in the right side of his chest, which causes him to fall backwards into Scott. Both Scott and Charlie roll down the steep hill. Upon making it to the bottom, they fall backwards into a tree. They hit their heads and fall unconscious. Believing them to be dead, Zero leaves them.

Chapter 12
Tyler, Nancy, Ali, Bella, and Noah are out trick or treating with their mothers. The kids go up to a house and rings the doorbell. A man opens the door. They say trick or treat. The man smiles and passes out candy to them. They thank him and leave. We find that their police escorts are driving slowly by them. The man shuts his door. The man sits at his chair and pulls out his phone. He calls someone and tells the person that Zero’s family just stopped by for trick or treating. He asks what Zero is doing out there. We hear the other person over the phone say that the Boss is watching him through the security footage and that Zero is heading for the power plant. The man says that he shall prepare for a power outage. He hangs up. He gets up and starts lighting candles. As he does so, we get a shot of his wrist. He’s got the letter T for a tattoo on his wrist. We come to realize that this man is a member of TAREVENDER.

As our Clearwood Club children walk to the next house, Lorraine, Iris, and Spencer asks Melissa where Ted is. Melissa informs her friends that Ted is working at the power plant at the moment. At the power plant, Ted opens a power box and presses some buttons. As he observes the power, he puts a piece of gum in his mouth. As he continues to look over the power, he hears somebody walking into the power plant. He can see a dark figure walk in. He informs the person that this is city property, therefore, no trespassing. We finally see who the trespasser is -- Zero. Ted and Zero approach each other. Ted fails to recognize who this is. Ted asks him if he’s deaf. Zero just stares at him. Ted becomes all tough and says, “Don’t try that Halloween shit with me.” Zero continues to just stare at him. Ted finally realizes that this is Zero. But tries not to show it. Ted tells him that he’s going to call the police right now. He tells Zero not to even think about leaving.

Ted proceeds to walk away. He turns back to see Zero still standing there. He turns away and walks faster. Zero slowly walks towards him. As Ted makes it to the plant’s office, he turns to find Zero grabbing him. Zero throws him in the air. Ted screams as he flies onto the main power tower. Upon landing on the main power tower, he is electrocuted. He screams even louder. The power fries Ted to a crisp. Eventually, this causes the entire city’s power to go out. Every house and public establishments go out. The entire city goes totally black. The entire city reacts with fear and confusion. Our main characters, still out trick or treating, are wondering what has happened to the power. Their police escort gets word that something happened at the power plant. This horrifies Melissa, who knows that Ted is there. She asks their officers what happened at the power plant. Uncertain, but fearing the worst, the police tell them that they have to take them back to the house. The mothers grab the kids and they all get into their cop cars. The cops drive off to take them to safety.

At the Carter house, Kathy and Clarence are lighting candles together. They are worried about their grandchildren and the kids that they see as their grandchildren. Decker tells them that the kids are on their way back. Kathy asks if they know what happened to the power. Decker informs them that Ted was thrown into the transformer and was killed. This shocks them. They’re feeling for Melissa, who has yet to learn about Ted. Kevin walks in and hears this. He sighs over the fact that his patient has killed another victim, which caused the power outage. He checks his gun and sees if it’s loaded. Kevin heads for the door. Decker asks him where he’s going. Kevin tells him that he’s going to look for Zero. Decker demands that he stays here with everyone and to leave Zero to the police. Kevin scoffs and tells Decker that his police force won’t know how to stop him. Decker asks Kevin if he knows how. Kevin gives a cold look and says, “Maybe nobody knows how to stop him. But I’ve got to try.” And with that, Kevin leaves the Carter house and goes searching for Zero.

The mothers and kids come home to the Carter house. Kathy hugs everyone, including her non-children and non-grandchildren. She hugs and kisses Melissa and says how sorry she is. A confused Melissa asks about what. Kathy is shocked in realization that Melissa doesn’t know yet. Melissa asks what has happened. Decker tells Melissa that Ted was killed by being thrown onto the power tower, which caused the city’s power to go out. Melissa collapse and sobs. Kathy and Lorraine help her to Clarence and Kathy’s room, where she cries on the bed.

Chapter 13
Out on the main road, Kevin is looking around for Zero. The town is on lockdown due to the power being out and the nature of the cause of it. The entire town is scared over the news of Zero being on the loose. Kevin pulls out his gun, looking at every turn, every corner, under every car, etc. Kevin is the only person outside tonight. And he’s willing to take this risk to end his patient’s reign of terror. Out of nowhere, Zero attempts to tackle him. This causes Kevin to drop his gun. The Doctor and Patient stare down each other. Zero drops his own weapon. Kevin realizes what this means...and he accepts the challenge. It’s freaking on.

Kevin and Zero starting fighting. They throw punches at each other. Both block and dodge each other’s assaults. A few times, they do hit each other. But both are tough enough to take it. Kevin and Zero grab each other and throw each other around. They both kick each other, flipping each other over during their kicking. Both eventually strangle each other. Kevin knees Zero in the groin and kicks him back into a car. Zero charges at him. But like a wrestler, Kevin uses his arm to slam the younger man to the ground. Zero rises and goes back for Kevin, who blocks every single one of his moves. Kevin goes to punch Zero, but the killer grabs his fist. Then Zero grabs Kevin by the throat. Kevin struggles to escape from his grip as the younger man lifts him up in the air. Zero throws Kevin to the car. Kevin goes through the glass, shattering the window. Zero moves to the car. Kevin is unconscious. He appears to be dead. Believing that he has killed his doctor, Zero moves on.

At the Carter’s house, we find Tyler, Nancy, Ali, Bella, and Noah hanging out in Nancy’s bedroom. Baby Jeremiah is in a crib, being watched by the kids. Meanwhile, Melissa has cried herself asleep in Clarence and Kathy’s bedroom. Lorraine, Clarence, Kathy, Iris, Charlie, Spencer, and Charles are in the living room and throughout the house. Decker approaches the adults and tells them that Andrew and Daphne are on their way with their escorts. Kathy thanks him for informing them this. Decker says that he’s going to look for Dr. Andrews. As he leaves, Decker tells his officers to watch over the house. We find that the house is surrounded by several officers. How can Zero get through this?

On the road, we find Andrew and Daphne in the police car with their police escort. The couple notices a person walking across the road. They warn the driver, who finally sees this. It’s Zero. He swerves to miss. The officer loses control of his car and crashes into the tree. It is a hard hit. As a result, the driver is killed by trauma to the head on the steering wheel and the other cop, who was not wearing his seat belt, flew through the windshield, killing him instantly. Andrew and Daphne are both injured but alive. Zero takes the keys from the other cop and unlocks Andrew’s side. He pulls Andrew out. Andrew and Daphne beg Zero to let him go. But instead of killing him, Zero simply knocks Andrew out. He places Andrew in a trunk of a car. Daphne makes a run for it. But as Zero predicted this, he turns around and throws his knife into Daphne’s leg. She falls to the ground. Zero walks over to the injured Daphne. He turns her on her back. She attempts to fight him. But Zero knocks her unconscious. He picks her up and carries her to the trunk of the car. After slamming the trunk shut, Zero gets into the car and drives off.

Meanwhile, Decker is driving out on the main road. He’s searching for both Kevin and Zero, hoping to find two birds with one stone. As he makes a turn, he sees something disturbing. He drives over to this disturbing sight. He gets out of his car and finds the disturbance. It’s Kevin’s unconscious body inside that car that he was thrown into. Decker checks his pulse. He confirms that Kevin is alive. He gets on his radio and calls for an ambulance. He tells Kevin to hang in there, informing him that help is on the way. Back outside the Carter house, one officer (Ali’s second escort) is looking around the property. He notices a car not far from the house. We realize that this is the car that Zero is driving. The cop calls for five other cops (Tyler & Nancy’s two escorts, Melissa & Bella’s two escorts, and Ali’s first escort) to the car. The rest of the protectors stay behind at the house just in case.

The six cops move to the car. They look through the car. It’s empty. They hear sounds coming from the trunk. They open the trunk and find Andrew and Daphne. Distracted by their own reaction, they don’t realize it when Zero appears from behind. Zero uses Ali’s first protector as a shield, as he uses his taser to tase down Ali’s second protector. He then throws Ali’s first protector into Tyler & Nancy’s two protectors. He then turns to Melissa & Bella’s two protectors, stabbing the first one, killing him, and pushing him into the second protector. He turns back to Tyler & Nancy’s two protectors, swinging his knife across both of their throats, killing them both. He kicks Ali’s second protector, who’s still on the ground, in the face. Melissa & Bella’s first protector stands back up, pointing his gun at him. But Zero slams his knife into his temple before the protector can pull the trigger. And with Ali’s protectors both alive but unconscious, stomps on both of their heads, killing them both.

Chapter 14
There are ten more officers at the house. Two (Clarence & Kathy’s protectors) at the front door, Two (Charles, Spencer, and Noah’s protectors) by the side of the house facing North, Two (Iris and Charlie’s protectors) by the side of the house facing South, Two (Lorraine & Scott’s protectors) by the sliding glass door. There is one extra guarding the basement. There is one right outside Nancy’s bedroom door, guarding the children.

Zero sees the two at the front door. He pulls out a crossbow and aims it at one of them, with the other facing the other direction. He shoots the first protector through the head, much like he did with Trig. When the other turns to find his partner falling to the ground, Zero fires another bow into his chest. Both of Clarence and Kathy’s protectors are dead. Zero moves to the side of the house that is facing North. He whistles at both of the Drake protectors. They turn to him. However, they don’t have time to react. He shoots a bow through one’s neck, which goes through, and hits the other in the head. Both of the Drake protectors are dead. He sneaks through the front to go to the South side of the house. He throws a knife into the Rodriguez’s first protector and shoots the other one with the crossbow. By the sliding glass door, Lorraine and Scott’s protectors are guarding the door. Zero, changing his voice, asks one of the protectors to assist them (other protectors) with something. The first Lane protector tells the second protector to go ahead. The Second Lane Protector moves to the South side of the house. Zero slams an arrow into his eye, killing him. The First Lane Protector continues to stand guard, unaware that his partner was just murdered. He turns to the window of sliding glass door. He can see Lorraine and her mother talking. Suddenly, Zero grabs him from behind and pulls him off screen, out of our view. We hear stabbing sounds, indicating that the First Lane Protector has been killed.

Back inside the house, Spencer and Charles are so worried about the situation, especially with their experience during the Rosewood murders. Spencer admits that she’s not a smoker but that she could use a smoke now. Charles agrees, saying that he could use a cigarette right about now. Kathy hands them one of her pack of cigarettes and a lighter. The Drakes thank her and they step outside. Spencer and Charles both light cigarettes outside. Charles says that he can’t believe that they’re smoking, which Spencer concurs with, adding that they’re both not smokers. But they both agree that the fear and stress of the situation has called for them to smoke. It is now that they realize that all of the cops are gone. Spencer asks where the protectors went. Suddenly, a police baton smacks them both in the head. We find that the attacker is Zero.

Back inside the house, Kathy has a tray of food for the guard in the basement. Lorraine offers to assist her mother. The mother and daughter carefully go down to the basement with the tray. Zero walks into the house. He hears Charlie and Iris walking into the kitchen. Upon them walking in, Zero whacks them both with the baton. They’re both unconscious now. He walks into the living room. He finds Clarence has fallen asleep on his chair. He wakes him up. When Clarence turns to Zero, he is whacked in the head with the baton. Zero pulls out a knife and heads upstairs. He sees the officer guarding Nancy’s door. He throws the knife into his chest. The Children’s Protector is dead. In Clarence and Kathy’s bedroom, Melissa is sleeping. She wakes up to find Clarence, Spencer, Charles, Iris, Charlie, Andrew, and Daphne’s unconscious bodies on the floor. She turns around only to be whacked in the head by Zero. She’s now unconscious.

Zero leaves the master bedroom. However, we find that Noah has seen this from Nancy’s slightly opened door. Before Zero can see him, Noah closes the door. Noah tells the other kids that the scary man is inside the house and took their parents into Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Clarence’s bedroom. The other kids are horrified. Nancy asks what are they going to do. Tyler says that he has an idea. The other kids look up to Tyler, as he is now the leader of the Clearwood Club Babies. What are our little heroes going to do to save the day?

Chapter 15
Lorraine and Kathy come back upstairs from the basement. They find that everyone is gone. They go upstairs. They find that the kids are NOT in Nancy’s room. They run to the master bedroom. All of the adults are still unconscious in the master bedroom. Lorraine and Kathy start panicking. They run downstairs and into the living room. They find Zero standing by the front door. Zero tells them that, “You’re mine!” Lorraine and Kathy run away from him. He chases them into the kitchen. They find that one of the cops’ body is attached to the sliding glass door. They go down the basement. The basement guard pulls out his gun and shoots Zero. But he’s still wearing the bulletproof vest that he stole from the hospital earlier. Zero stabs the basement bodyguard to death.

Lorraine and Kathy are cornered to a wall. Zero tells them that Lorraine shall suffer the same fate that he did. He grabs Kathy and holds her hostage. Lorraine begs for her son to let her mother go, reminding him that this is his Grandmother. But this does not faze Zero, who says that he has no family. As Lorraine listens to him insult his own family, she feels for an axe on the floor. She grabs it without Zero seeing it. Zero reminds Lorraine that she murdered his father, the only family that he believes that he had. So to make it even, Zero decides that he’s going to make Lorraine feel the same loss that he did when she killed his father. And with that, Zero slices Kathy’s throat. Lorraine screams. Kathy Carter, wife of Clarence, mother of Lorraine and Andrew, mother-in-law of Scott and Daphne, Grandma of Tyler, Nancy, and Jeremiah, Mother and Grandma Figure to everyone else in the Club, is dead.

Angry that her son has just murdered her mother, Lorraine yells and swings the axe at him. Zero goes to block this. But Lorraine chops off her own son’s hand off. Zero screams out. Hearing her own son scream stops her from further hurting him. But she regrets this as Zero smacks her. Lorraine falls to the floor. Zero grabs his knife with his other hand. He goes over to Lorraine, who feels helpless. Zero tells her that he was going to have her die in a fire with everyone else in the master bedroom, explaining why he didn’t simply kill everyone but knocked them out. But she has angered him by chopping his arm off. He goes to stab Lorraine. But he’s hit by a teddy bear.

Zero turns around to find Tyler, Nancy, Ali, Bella, and Noah at the top of the stairs. It’s implied that the teddy bear belonged to Bella, who is complimented by the other kids for the nice shot of hitting him with it. Zero laughs, picking up the toy bear, and says, “Really?”, which is a mimic of his father’s beloved “Seriously?” line from the previous story when he’s caned down by Don Sutton. Zero asks the kids if that is all that they have is a stupid bear. The kids say nope and Tyler orders them to “Attack!” And with that, the entire Clearwood Club babies throw pots, pans, apples, oranges, and other hard kitchen objects at Zero. Zero, six-foot-five, is being out attacked by CHILDREN! They have the advantage due to him losing a large significant amount of blood when Lorraine chopped his hand off.

Zero runs up the stairs. The kids try to run. Ali is caught in the middle. Ali is helpless and Zero goes to stab her. However, Tyler pushes her out of the way. He is stabbed in the shoulder. He screams out. Lorraine, Ali, and Nancy cry out to him. Tyler grabs his older brother, trying stop him from further hurting him or others. Zero grabs him, too. And with that, the loss of blood has taken it’s total on Zero and he faints. As he falls backwards, he accidentally takes Tyler with him. Both Zero and Tyler tumble down the stairs to the basement. They both land hard on the basement floor. Lorraine, Ali, and Nancy run up to Tyler. We find that Zero is out cold.

Ali cries, thanking Tyler for saving her life. The three beg for Tyler to be alive and not to die on them. Lorraine holds Tyler in her arms. Ali and Nancy hold each other. Scared for Tyler. They believe that Tyler is dead. Suddenly, he moves and groans. They hug and kiss him with happiness. Ali says that they thought that he was dead. Tyler smiles at his girl and says that he’s too tough to die like that. And with that, Tyler’s signature badassness is complete. His mother smiles and cries. Nancy hugs him.

Chapter 16
Zero is arrested and sent to the hospital. He’ll survive. Tyler is bandaged up. Clarence, Andrew, Daphne, Iris, Spencer, Charles, and Melissa all regain consciousness with the news that it’s over. Scott and Charlie are found alive and taken to the hospital. Kevin also survives his injuries from his fight with Zero. But sadly, the club mourns Kathy, the only main character and survivor to die. They club also mourns the death of Ted with Melissa. The town of Clearwood praises the children; Tyler, Nancy, Ali, Bella, and Noah, who took down the killer. Although, Zero was taken down by the blood he lost from his mother, Lorraine gave the kids all of the credited. After recovering, Zero is sent to the hospital with bandages covering his severed forearm. Decker tells the survivors that the National Guard will take him to a maximum security where he’ll stay there until the day he dies. The Club is happy about this. It is finally over.

On his second night, Zero continues showing his anger. Though, he succeeded in killing Kathy to make Lorraine suffer, he is still not satisfied. He wishes to kill everyone now. His grandfather, their friends, his siblings, and his mother. Outside the police station, Boss Ghostface and the other Tarevender Ghostfaces prepare themselves for their ambush. On the Boss’s order, they surround the police station. In his cell, Zero hears gunfire. We find that both Tarevender and the Police are shooting at each other. None of the Ghostfaces are being killed. But every cop is being shot down. We do not see the Boss Ghostface anywhere. Zero is confused by this massacre.

In an Armour room, a group of officers are loading their guns, including Sheriff Decker. They hear their closed door being banged on. They aim their guns at the door. The door explodes. Walking in is the Boss Ghostface, now revealed -- CHROMEFACE in a Darth Vader-like suite and chrome-Ghostface mask. Decker orders them to fire. Decker and the cops shoot at Chromeface. But Chromeface blocks the bullets with his special BLOODSWORD, which is futuristic and able to deflect bullets. All of Decker’s cops go down all around him. He changes magazines and clips as he continues to shoot. Soon, Decker is the last cop remaining. He shoots at Chromeface, who deflects the bullets. A bullet that is deflected hits Decker in the leg. Chromeface approaches the Sheriff. Decker shoots at his Chrome mask. But this doesn’t work. And with that, Chromeface slashes down Decker. Matt Decker, Sheriff of Clearwood, is dead.

Chromeface and the rest of the Tarevender approaches Zero’s cell. They open the cell. Chromeface walks in and approaches Zero. Despite being much bigger than him, Zero is frightened by Chromeface’s appearance, understanding that he’s obviously a more superior killer than him. Chromeface introduces himself as...JYLE VENEDICT. Jyle tells Zero that he’s been watching him and is impressed with his work. Zero thanks him. Jyle asks him to join them, adding that if he helps them, they’ll help him with his revenge. Jyle says if he refuses, they’ll kill him now. Zero takes a moment to think about this. Zero nods his head and pledges his allegiance to Tarevender. Jyle helps him up and they walk out of the police station. All of the cops are dead.

Jyle and Zero go into a black van with other Ghostfaces. The rest go into a few other vans. They drive off. Jyle presses a button and the police station explodes, revealing that they had planted a bomb inside prior to leaving.

Confirmed Facts

 * Lorraine is a changed woman and no longer the slut she is known for being.
 * Tyler and Nancy appear for the first time in this new saga.
 * Little Man is called Zero in this story and is the sole killer.
 * I will have a death scene that I've never done before. It will be shocking and heartbreaking.
 * There will be a character named Jeremiah after JMOfficial.
 * There will be a character named after Noah.
 * In Chapter 8, we get the first hint of Tarevender's future involvement with this series.
 * A large amount of cops will die protecting the Clearwood Club.