Zero Honor

Zero Honor is a story written by Donald Newton. It's taken from The Honor Saga, more specifically Episodes IV and V. This story focuses on Zero Carter. Using elements of Friday the 13th and Halloween, Zero is origins and rise in terror are introduced.

Plot and Setting
After murdering his family, Zero Carter is institutionalized for fifteen years until he escapes to find more victims. He targets the King family, stalking the youngest daughter, Stephanie, who lives in the Carter home.

Chapter 1
It’s nighttime and we find ourselves outside a large three story house. Similar to the Home Alone house. It’s big enough to house a large family. And so it does. As we cut to inside the sunroom (family room), we find that we’re in the POV (Point of View) of an unseen character. The POV stares at his grandfather, CLARENCE CARTER (60), who is sitting on his recliner chair and watching TV. An adorable little girl, NANCY LANE (8) approaches our POV character, giving him an adorable smile, and shows him a colored picture that she drew. She tells the POV character that it’s “You, me, and Tyler.” The picture shows little Nancy, Little Tyler, and a taller guy holding their hands in between them. This confirms that our POV is an older male.

The POV nods, indicating his approval of the drawing. Nancy says, “I love you, Andy.” Thus giving our character a name. ANDY CARTER (13). But we do not see Andy as we remain in his point of view for the majority of the chapter. Andy rubs his hand on her face, as if to tell her that he loves her, too. It’s obvious that Andy loves and adores his baby sister by his affection to her. TYLER LANE (8), Nancy’s twin brother and Andy’s little brother, walks in. He asks Andy if he’s willing to see this new fort he built with his legos.

Andy (still in his POV) follows Tyler up the stairs. As they walk through the second floor hallway, they pass their parents room. The bedroom door being opened reveals the parents; LORRAINE (36) and SCOTT LANE (34), who are having a discussion. Andy follows Tyler into the bedroom that they, as boys, share together. Tyler points out to the buildings and figures that he built out of legos. We hear Andy’s voice, saying, “Cool, man.” Tyler thanks him and says that it took him two hours to complete it. Lorraine and Scott peek their heads in and tells their sons that they (parents) are heading out for a little bit. They tell the boys to be good for their grandparents. Tyler says that they will.

In the kitchen, we find KATHY CARTER (58) doing the dishes, as the family has already had dinner. Scott and Lorraine walk in and head for the sliding glass door. Lorraine tells her mother that they’re going to the five-twelve (gas station store). Kathy says okay and that she loves them. They tell her that they love her, too, before leaving. As Kathy does the dishes, we see the kitchen door opening. Before we can see who walks in, we cut to --

ANDY’S POV. Andy walks in and finds his grandmother. Kathy turns and smiles at him. She asks Andy if he enjoyed dinner. Andy tells her that he did. There is a beep. Kathy turns to the over and opens it. She pulls out a freshly baked tray of cookies. She places them on the counter. She tells Andy to be careful when taking one as they’re still hot. Andy takes one and slowly eats it. Kathy asks her grandson to tell the others that cookies are ready. Andy nods his head. He turns and leaves the kitchen.

Andy walks into the family room and tells his grandfather that Grandma’s cookies are ready. Clarence thanks him for telling him this. Clarence goes on to say how Kathy bakes the best cookies in the world and that they’re the one of the reasons that he married her. Clarence laughs at his own joke. It’s heavily implied that Andy smiled over this. But we do not see this. Andy turns to Nancy, who is lying on the floor and drawing pictures. Andy tells Nancy that the cookies are ready. Nancy smiles and gets up. She holds her hand out for Andy to take, which he does.

Andy walks his little sister into the kitchen. Nancy is too short to grab a cookie from the counter. So Andy grabs one and gives it to her. Nancy thanks him. Tyler walks in and says that he smelled cookies. Andy grabs one and hands it to him. Andy stands there and watches his younger siblings eat their cookies. Kathy comes by and watches. She smiles at her two twin grandchildren. They’re just too adorable. Clarence walks in and says that the cookies smell great. He grabs a cookie. He takes a bite and tells his wife that the cookies are delicious. As he walks out, he rubs Andy, Tyler, and Nancy’s hairs. Nancy giggles at this. Nancy follows her Grandpa out. We FADE OUT --

Chapter 2
In the basement, we find that Andy (still in his POV) is watching Rob Zombie’s Halloween. It’s the scene when young Michael kills Ronnie White, Judith’s boyfriend Steve, and Judith Myers. The scene of a child killing off his family is interesting to Andy for some reason. In the movie, Michael starts out killing animals like mice, cats, dogs, etc before progressively turning himself into a human killer. Andy walks to the basement closet. We find both a cat and a dog dead. He opens a drawer inside the closet. We find a bunch of little animals (mices, frogs, and guinea pigs) dead. This reveals that Andy has already started to kill living beings.

Andy (still in his POV) turns to his TV. Michael is killing Judith. Inspired by the movie, it’s now that Andy has decided his next move; to kill humans. But who will be his first human victim. Remembering Ronnie White’s murder, he is reminded of his grandfather. In the family room, we find Clarence snoring away. Dead asleep. But he's taped up like Ronnie White. For the first time, we see Andy. However, he’s wearing a mask. It’s a plain white mask.

Andy walks behind the chair. He gives his grandfather, who is still asleep, one last look of him alive. And with that, Andy slices the knife across Clarence’s throat. Clarence awakens over this. But he cannot scream due to the tape covering his mouth. Blood pours out of his neck. His shirt is drenched with his own blood. Clarence fades away and his head falls backwards. Clarence Carter, husband of Kathy, father of Lorraine, and grandfather of Andy, Tyler, and Nancy, is dead.

In the kitchen, Kathy is putting away the dishes. As she moves back to the dishwasher, she accidentally bumps into a of container of candy, which causes all the candy to fall on the floor. As she picks up the candy, Andy walks into the kitchen. With her back to him, Andy grabs a frying pan from the dishwasher and approaches his grandmother from behind. With Kathy still kneeled behind, Andy slams the frying pan over the back of her head. As her body falls to the floor, Andy continues to viciously beat Kathy over the head with the frying pan. Kathy Carter, wife of Clarence Carter, mother of Lorraine, and grandmother Andy, Tyler, and Nancy, is dead.

Andy hears his parents returning and turns to see them walking to the sliding glass door. Scott tells Lorraine that he's going to stay outside to have a smoke. Lorraine says okay and walks inside through the sliding glass door. She sees her mother’s dead body and rushes to her body. She realizes that her mother is dead. Suddenly, Andy attacks her from and stabs her in the side of the neck. Blood spurts out. As Lorraine dies, she looks up at her son and is horrified by who her killer is. Before she can say anything, her body falls to the floor. Lorraine Lane, daughter of Clarence and Kathy, wife of Scott, and mother of Andy, Tyler, and Nancy, is dead.

Outside in the backyard, Scott is smoking a cigarette. Andy walks out and finds a hatchet leaning against the wall. He grabs it and approaches his stepfather, who's back is facing him. Andy is much taller than a kid his age (5’7”). Scott is only two inches taller than him. Andy slams the hatchet into Scott's back and Scott screams out while falling to the ground. Andy rolls him on his back and Scott is horrified to find his stepson being his attacker. He asks him why he's doing this. Andy just cocks his head. Scott proceeds to cry, saying “I love you, son.” Andy reminds him that, “You’re not my father.” And with that Andy proceeds to hack Scott to death. Scott Lane, husband of Lorraine, father of Tyler and Nancy, and stepfather of Andy, is dead.

Back in the house, Tyler walks to the bathroom from his bedroom, which Andy sees as he comes up the stairs. Andy waits by the door for Tyler to finish. Upon Tyler opening door, Andy barges in and tackles him to the wall. Andy grabs Tyler and throws him to mirror, which shatters the mirror. Tyler is injured as a result. Andy grabs a pointy and sharp shard of glass from the broken mirror. He approaches Tyler, who begs for his life. But Andy stabs Tyler multiples times anyways. Tyler Lane, son of Lorraine and Scott, grandson of Clarence and Kathy, and brother of Andy and Nancy, is dead.

In Nancy’s bedroom, Nancy is asleep in her bed. So innocent and adorable. Andy walks into her bedroom. Andy removes his mask and we see him for the first time. Andy is a very handsome, innocent-looking, and loving young man. He moves to Nancy and strokes her hair. She wakes up and smiles at the sight of her big brother, who she sees as her hero, guardian angel, role model, and favorite person. Andy smiles. Nancy tells him that she loves him. Andy tells her that he loves her, too.

Andy covers Nancy’s mouth. We can barely hear Nancy asking him what he’s doing. Suddenly, Andy stabs Nancy in the chest with a knife. Nancy screams and cries. Andy begins to cry, telling her how sorry he is to do this to her and how much he loves her. Nancy asks him why he’s hurting her. Andy says to spare her from a life of pain over his illness. Andy moves the knife to Nancy’s throat. She continues to cry and beg for her life. Andy closes his eyes and tells Nancy that he loves her more than anything else in this world. And with that, Andy slices Nancy’s throat. Nancy Lane, daughter of Lorraine and Scott, granddaughter of Clarence and Kathy, and sister of Andy and Tyler, is dead.

Outside the house, Andy steps out of the front door and stands on the porch. He looks at his hands, which are covered in blood. He drops to his knees and begins crying. Andy calls out to his baby sister Nancy, saying that he’s so sorry for hurting her. He looks up at the sky, as if to look at her in Heaven, and asks her for her forgiveness for killing her. Andy tells his entire family that he’s so sorry. Andy offers to join them in Heaven or to be damned in Hell for his sins of killing them all. So Andy raises the knife up and stabs himself in the chest. Andy falls backwards and stops moving. Is Andy Carter, the killer of this opening scene, dead?

Chapter 3
Later that night, the police have surrounded the entire Carter house. An officer controls the crowd that is watching the aftermath of the family massacre. The paramedics pulls out six sheet covered bodies on gurneys from the house. A news reporter covers the story; telling the cameras that thirteen year old Andy Carter murdered his grandparents, his parents, and younger siblings before attempting to kill himself. The reporter adds that the police found the remains of several animals in the basement closet, making them believe that Andy’s massacre was premeditated. This means that Andy had been planning on killing people and used animals as practice.

The reporter interviews with many neighbors who are shocked by these murders. A neighbor claims that Andy was a sweet kid, who loved his family. One woman cries as she asks, “Why would this nice kid wanna kill his family, especially his sister, who he loved the most?” Others comment on how the Carter family were very nice and caring people and that they didn’t deserve to be murdered. Meanwhile, the paramedics are loading Andy into the ambulance, revealing that he’ll survive despite being in critical condition. Neighbors are angered to see that he survived while his little brother and sister had to die. As the paramedics close the ambulance doors, we CUT TO BLACK.

We OPEN BACK UP at the end of Andy’s trial. Andy stands by his lawyer. We find sitting in the audience is ANDREW and DAPHNE CARTER (both 34). Andrew is Andy’s uncle, Lorraine’s little brother, Clarence and Kathy’s son, and Scott’s best friend. Andrew is crying as he waits to hear the verdict on Andy. The Judge asks the Jury Foreman to read the verdict. The Jury Foreman says that they, the Jury, finds Andy Carter not guilty by reason of insanity. As a result, the Judge orders for Andy to be sent to a mental institution, where he shall be there for as long as twenty years.

At the Monroe State Mental Hospital, two guards escort Andy, now referred to as “Zero Carter” for his lack of emotions, to his room. Zero is placed inside and locked in. Staring at him from the door’s little window in the hall is DR. KEVIN ANDREWS (35). Zero sees him and just stares at him. He then turns away and just stares at the wall. He zones out into his own world. Kevin reads Zero’s file, looking at pictures of his family. Kevin is heartbroken to see the picture of Andy with Tyler and Nancy. He cannot believe that an innocent and loving young man would hurt his beautiful little siblings. Kevin vows to find what is hiding inside Zero’s head.

The next day in the interview room, Kevin and Zero are sitting at a table together. 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 he murdered his family, including his baby sister, and didn’t die when he stabbed himself. Kevin asks him why he killed his family. Zero says that he doesn’t know. He tells him that everyday that he feels like he’s becoming somebody entirely. That like he’s being possessed by another person who desires to kill people. This interests Kevin very much.

As Zero stares into the wall, something inside him changes. His eyes, personality, vibe, and soul changes. Every little ounce of that sweet, loving, and innocent kid that we met in the beginning of the story is gone. Andy Carter, son of Lorraine, stepson of Scott, grandson of Clarence and Kathy, nephew of Andrew and Daphne, and the older brother of Tyler and Nancy, is dead -- Consumed by Zero the killer.

Chapter 4
TWELVE YEARS LATER

It’s a rainy night at the Monroe Mental Institution. In an office, we find four security guards; PATTY, ZACH, LARRY, and STAN are waiting for their orders to transfer a patient tonight. Larry, who is playing cards with Stan, complains about the job, asking who’s big idea it was to move a patient as this time of the night. Zach tells Larry that he worries too much. Larry believes that Zach doesn’t worry enough. Zach responds by saying that he does what he does, meaning if they want him to move the “meat” then he’ll move the “meat.” Larry asks why they’re waiting around for so long.

Patty tells him to have a donut. This makes Zach and Stan laugh. Larry asks her if she knows how many sit-ups it takes to burn off a donut. Patty says that she does know. She asks him if he knows, which Larry confirms that he does. The phone rings and Patty answers it. Patty listens and obeys the instructions of their superior. She hangs up and informs her partners that they are ready. Zach asks which “kook” they’re moving tonight. Patty informs them that is Andy “Zero” Carter.

Sometime later, in the hospital corridors, we find the three guards escorting Zero Carter (now 25). Zero is much bigger than the last time we saw him. He stands at six-foot-five. He’s bigger than the four guards. Zero is also completely bald and wearing a white mask.The guards are very nervous as they escort him him to the gate. Zach has his shotgun in hand, ready to fire on him. Zero clenches his fist. Zach complains about how slow Zero is walking. They stop by a door, which Larry must unlock with a key and turning an electric switch. This causes a buzzing sound as it opens.

They escort Zero into the door, where we find that it’s a small vestibule to another door, which would eventually lead to a less secured area of the hospital. Zero sees Patty behind the next gated door. He just stares at her. Once again, Larry unlocks in multiple ways. Somehow Zero rips his chains apart, freeing his hands. Zero turns around, wrapping his chains around Zach’s neck, and breaking it, which kills him. He turns and punches Stan. Larry attempts to subdue him. But Zero grabs his face and bashes his head against the wall, which kills him.

Patty unlocks the door and shoots at Zero. However, Zero uses Stan as a shield, which kills Stan. Zero pushes Stan’s body into Patty, which makes her fall to the floor. Zero steps out of the door and approaches Patty. He grabs her and throws her to the wall. As Patty attempts to fight back, Zero grabs her by the throat. Before she can fight back, Zero rips her throat out. Patty’s neck spurts out blood like waterfall. Patty grabs at her throat and slides down the wall. Patty dies. Zero grabs her keys and uses them to unlock places.

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.

Kevin asks what happened. Compton explains that four guards were transferring him when he attacked and killed them all. Kevin 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.

Chapter 5
Early in the morning, around four o’clock, in the rural part of town, we find a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. There are clothes being dried outside on a clothesline. HAROLD (early 40s) is walking past it and accidentally bumps into it. As he goes to pick it up, we can hear his wife EDNA (late 30s) yelling at him over it. As he’s use to her yelling, he ignores her as he puts the clothes back up. As she finishes insulting him, Harold just gives his wife a shit-eating grin. He walks away. Upon walking away, we see Zero in the distant background. He’s still wearing his hospital clothes.

Edna slams the window shut and calls Harold a jerk. She turns to her television, which has the news on. The news is announcing that they have breaking news. Edna pays attention as the news reporters announce that Andy “Zero” Carter, who murdered his entire family twelve years ago, has escaped from Monroe Mental Hospital, killing many hospital staff in the process. Edna is horrified by this news. Suddenly, she hears a noise coming from outside. She peeks out her window. She sees a dark figure walking by the clothesline. Edna assumes that this is Harold. She asks what “Harold” is doing out there.

Edna walks out of the house with a laundry basket. She approaches the clothesline, which are now missing some clothes. Edna sighs and curses Harold, assuming that her husband just took his clothes and left the rest for her to do. Edna talks to herself, saying that Harold could have at least finished the job. She feels Zero's presence but thinks it's Harold. She tells him off as she finishes the laundry. Edna goes back inside without him touching her. We get a good glimpse of Zero. He’s now wearing Harold’s missing clothes; a long sleeve green workwear shirt, a white shirt underneath, silvery-grey cargo work pants, and black shoes. He’s still wearing his white mask.

In the barn, Harold is feeding his animals, which consists of rabbits, horses, and chickens. One of the rabbits seems to refuses to eat his grass. Harold asks him if he’s hungry or not. As he continues to feed the animals, he notices that another rabbit is not at his spot. So he goes and grabs him. As he carries him back to his cage, the rabbit begins to panic. He asks the rabbit why he’s so nervous. Harold looks at the cage and notices that the other rabbit is dead. He goes to check on it. Before he can do anything, a snake pops up, scaring the shit outta Harold -- literally.

In the house, Edna is walking back to the couch when Harold runs in and bumps into her. Harold runs upstairs. Edna scoffs at him and continues to insult him. As she sits down on her couch, she looks around for her knitting needle but cannot find it. Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Harold is having diarrhea as a result of being scared by the snake. After his diarrhea is completed, he sighs in relief. He opens a drawer from the counter and pulls out a bottle of liquor. He opens the bottle and drinks out of it. He smiles with satisfaction. He feels so much better now.

Back in the barn, Harold returns to finish feeding his animals. As he feeds the animals, he hears footsteps withinside the barn. Harold abandons his beloved animals to search for the source of the footsteps. He looks through the chicken coop but there is nothing there. He looks through the horse’s section. But he doesn’t find anything. He finally shrugs this off. As Harold walks back to his animals, Zero comes into our view and slowly approaches him from behind. Harold feels this and turns around. Zero impales Harold in the chest with a pitchfork. Harold gasps in pain and falls to the ground. Harold, husband of Edna and donor of Zero’s new attire, is dead.

Inside the house in the bedroom, Edna is lying in bed. She hears somebody walking into the house. She assumes that it’s Harold. She walks out of her bedroom and calls out to “Harold.” But she gets no response. She walks downstairs. She looks around while calling out for Harold. But she doesn’t find anything. She sighs and turns to go back upstairs. But she bumps into Zero instead. She shrieks by his presence. Zero pins Edna to the wall. She screams as he raises up her knitting needle at her. Edna is silenced upon Zero sticking the needle into her eye. Edna, bitchy wife of Harold, is dead.

Chapter 6
The very next morning, we find ourselves outside the old Carter house, where Zero murdered his entire family twelve years ago. It has been cleaned, most likely remodeled, and been taking good care of for the last twelve years. It wasn’t occupied for a long time, since Zero killed his family. But as time went by, most people would slowly forget about the murder and the house would become marketable again. And now it belongs to a new family. The King Family.

In the dining room, we’re introduced to the King family; At the end of the table that is facing the window is the father TOM KING (48), balding brown hair man. He’s wearing his business suit and reading the newspaper. To his left are his sons; SCOTT (25) and JASON (19). Scott is a teacher's assistant for his old high school and Jason is a college football player. To Tom’s right are his daughters; STEPHANIE (15), our beautiful but socially awkward final girl, and RACHEL (19). Rachel is part hippie, part Goth, and part Skater. In other words; a rebellious stoner.

Coming into the dining room from the kitchen is the mother and wife; ALICE KING (46), a beautiful reddish blonde. She has her hands full of plates of pancakes. Tom tells his wife how delicious the pancakes look. She carefully places the plates at the center of the table. The kids already begin taking pancakes from the first plate before she’s even placed the second plate down. Each member of the family takes two except for Stephanie, who just takes one of the smaller ones. Tom asks his youngest daughter if that is all she’s having. Stephanie claims that she’s not that hungry.

Alice asks everyone what they plan on doing on this Friday night. Jason and Scott glance each other before turning back to their mother. Scott tells their mother that they plan on going to the movies and probably out to dinner with their dates. Alice says that sounds nice. Rachel confirms that she and her boyfriend, Ronnie, are also going. Alice turns to Stephanie, who isn’t paying attention to this conversation. Alice asks if they’d be willing to take Stephanie with them. The older siblings gladly accept that proposal. Stephanie is surprised that they’re considering this as they’re the more socialized bunch, while she’s the shy, innocent, and loner of the group.

The older siblings say that it’d be good for Stephanie to get out once in awhile. Rachel jokingly says that perhaps she may find herself a boyfriend in the process. This makes Stephanie blush. The boys join in, saying that they’d like to see her happy. Tom tries to ignore this part of the conversation, as he’s not ready to hear the idea of his baby girl dating. But Alice smiles and agrees with the kids. Alice says that she’d love to see Stephanie find a good guy to take her out on dates. Stephanie smiles and openly admits that there is a guy at school name Paul Lincoln that she likes. But she doubts that he’d like her since he’s popular and she’s not.

Sometime later, the King children (minus Stephanie) walk out of the house. Waiting for them are their friends with their three cars. The best looking car is leaned on by two beautiful young ladies. They are LAUREN KINCAID (25); Scott’s math teacher girlfriend and AMY WASON (19); Jason sexy cheerleading girlfriend. The second car is a beat up old black car, which belongs to RONNIE WHITE (early 20s), Rachel’s rebellious skater stoner boyfriend. The third car is leaned against by two guys; BIG DENNIS (21), the token big badass of the group and JOHN WILSON (21), who is a close friend of the King children.

Scott approaches Lauren with a loving smile and kisses her. They're in love and in a mature relationship, unlike Jason and Amy, who just make out and grope each other. They're the typical hot and sexy couple who will have sex. Rachel approaches Ronnie, giving him a kiss as he passes a joint to her. But as she goes to hit it, Ronnie warns her about her father coming by. Rachel hides the joint from her father. As Tom passes by, he says hello to the kids. Aware of the joint, he asks for Rachel to get rid of it. So Rachel pretends to get rid of it.

As Tom gets into his car, Alice comes out of the house and stands at the porch, where she can see everyone. Lauren and Amy turn to Alice and says, “Hi, Mom!”, showing how close they are to their boyfriends’ family. Alice gives them a loving motherly smile and says hello back to them. Stephanie walks out of the house from behind her mother. Alice wishes her a good day at school. They tell each other that they love each other. The girlfriends, Ronnie, and their two male friends says hello to Stephanie. Dennis refers to her as “Baby sis”, once again, implying how close he is to the King family.

Since Scott and Lauren works at Stephanie’s school, they are the ones who gives her a ride to school rather than her taking the school bus. CRAZY RALPH (68) approaches the kids and tells them that they’re doomed for living in the house. They’re use to Ralph’s crazy talk and just smile at him over this. As they go on about their business, Ralph says his iconic and beloved line from Friday the 13th; “It’s got a death curse!” Trying not to cause problems, Alice smiles and says “Good morning” to Ralph, who just smiles and walks off. They’re clearly not taking him seriously.

With their father gone, Rachel brings the joint out and finishes it off. Everyone turns to Alice and says goodbye to her. Alice tells them all to have a good day and that she loves them all. They repeat the same back to her and they all go into their cars. The kids drive off, leaving Alice by herself. She goes back inside to start her day.

Chapter 7
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 nobody listened 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 Clearwood High School, Stephanie is walking in the hallway. She is approached by three other girls; AURORA (16), MONICA (16), and SARINE (16). Stephanie takes a deep breath, knowing what’s about to happen. Aurora, the leader of the group, throws Stephanie into an empty classroom. Stephanie falls to the floor. The three girls surround her. Aurora calls Stephanie a loser. They other two girls laugh. Stephanie tries to ignore this. Sarine says that Stephanie has such a stupid loser family that they couldn’t afford a good enough home except for one that was once lived in by a killer.

Stephanie defends her family, stating that she, herself, maybe a loser. But that her family is not. Aurora laughs and says that her family only thinks that they’re not a bunch of losers. She says that her father is a corrupt lawyer, her mother is most likely working from home to screw around while her husband is working, her sister (Rachel) is a no good stoner, her oldest brother (Scott) is a lousy teacher, and that Jason is just a washed up crappy football player. This make Stephanie cry, who asks them to stop. But they continue to laugh and taunt her.

Suddenly, a voice says, “Excuse me.” The girls turn around to find PAUL LINCOLN (16), an extremely handsome and popular guy in school. He is so beloved that even Aurora has a major thing for him. She tries to make herself appealing to him, smiling, talking sexy to him, and trying to get him to dismiss Stephanie as a nobody. But before anything else is said, Paul walks through the girls and offers his hand to Stephanie. This surprises Aurora, her friends, and most of all, Stephanie. She takes his hand and he helps her up.

Aurora asks him what he’s doing. Paul turns to her and says that he’s helping a good girl get away from the likes of her. Realizing what he means, Aurora asks him how he could turn his back on his own kind. Paul tells her that she doesn’t know shit about his “kind.” Aurora tries to claim him as one of the “beautiful, popular, and cool” people. But Paul rejects this, saying that Stephanie is beautiful and cool, if not popular. This makes Stephanie blush. Paul tells Aurora and her friends to back off of Stephanie or else he’ll make their lives a living hell. Realizing that they’re losing this battle, Aurora states that they’re outta here. So Aurora and her friends leave.

Paul turns to Stephanie and asks her if she’s okay. Stephanie says that she feels better now that he’s stepped in. Paul smiles and tells her that if anyone bothers her again, that she is to tell him and he’ll deal with it. Stephanie thanks him. Paul asks her if she’s having lunch with her friends or boyfriend. Stephanie is embarrassed as she admits that she has no friends nor a boyfriend. Paul says she has a friend now, referring to himself, and asks her if she’d like to have lunch with him. Stephanie smiles so brightly and accepts his offer. So they leave the classroom together.

As Stephanie and Paul walk to the cafeteria together, we find Aurora and her friends watching them. Aurora is extremely pissed. She asks her friends how Paul can pick Stephanie over her. She states that Stephanie is nothing but a lower class girl who just lives with an upperclass family. Her friends agree, saying that Stephanie doesn’t deserve him. Aurora says that Stephanie’s dad maybe a successful lawyer but that her Daddy owns most of the state and is friends with Bill Gates. She asks how Paul could pass that up.

Chapter 8
Back outside the King/Carter house, Alice is cleaning up the porch. We find that Zero is watching her from across the street. Alice finishes cleaning up. She starts to open the creaky screen door when she notices an axe leaning against the wall. She picks it up and slides it inside the crate that she is holding. Then she walks inside the house. Uponing walking back into the house, we find that Zero is gone. Struggling under her heavy load, Alice nudges the door shut with her foot. But it doesn’t close all the way. She sets down the crate against a wall.

Alice opens the door to the basement and switches on the lights. The stairs vibrate with the washer machine going. As she makes her way down the basement, we find the washer machine rattling in the corner. It stops as she approaches it. She opens the dryer and puts the freshly clean dried clothes into a basket. Then she opens the washer and throws the wet clothes into the dryer. Afterwards, she starts the dryer. She takes the basket of clean clothes and heads back upstairs to put the clothes away. Upon her closing the door to the first floor, the basement door to outside opens. Zero comes in. His mask is dirty and messed up as a result of sweat, mud, and other activities between the events of last night and this morning.

Zero walks around his old basement. He finds a container that is labeled “HALLOWEEN.” He opens it up and sees a bunch of Halloween masks. One of them is the traditional Ghostface mask. But he puts it aside. He finds the Brandonface mask but puts it aside. He finds the Gas Mask from Alex’s stories but he puts it aside. He finds the Red Omega and Devil mask from JMO’s stories. But he puts them aside. He finds the Liberator masks from Noah’s stories and puts it aside. He finds the Chromeface mask from Donald’s stories. But he puts that aside as well.

After looking through the familiar masks of the Scream franchise and fanfics, he finds something else -- an old grey fiberglass mask of the original goalie mask, first wore by Jacques Plante, a Canadian hockey player, in 1959. As it’s a pre-Jason type mask, it’s different. But it has some resemblance to the Brandonface mask. It’s familiar yet new and different. Liking this mask, Zero removes his white mask and places the fiberglass goalie mask over his face. He finds a handheld mirror and takes a look at himself. He looks great and accepts this as his new look.

Back upstairs, Alice has just finished putting clothes away in their respective drawers and bedrooms. As she goes downstairs, Alice notices that the front door is standing wide open. She is horrified, believing that somebody has broken into her house. Suddenly, a hand touches her shoulder from behind. She jumps and spins around to find Kevin. He apologizes for scaring her and tells her that he tried to knock but the door was opened. Alice asks him who he is. Kevin introduces himself to her and says that he has to talk to her about something very important.

In the backyard, we find Zero walking up the stairs from the basement. He makes into the backyard and walks to the side of the house. Eventually, he finds the window to the kitchen. He can see Kevin and Alice talking by the counter. He listens into their conversation. Kevin explains to her the story about Andy “Zero” Carter and how he murdered his entire family in this very house. Alice asks Kevin what makes him think that Zero will come back to the house. Kevin explains that this house has all of his memories and his rage here. Kevin begs Alice to not let her family suffer the same fate that Zero’s family suffered.

At Tom’s office at the Law Firm, he’s reading over case files when his phone rings. He answers it. It’s a frantic Alice, telling him that something terrible has happened. Tom asks her what is wrong. Alice explains that they got a visit from Dr. Kevin Andrews, who told her about the murders that occurred in their house. Tom tells her that she shout just ignore those, saying that they’re in the past. But Alice explains that this was Kevin’s doctor, informing them that Zero has escaped from the hospital. She tells him that he advises them to leave the house.

Tom is skeptical about this. But he is aware of the murders and has heard about Zero’s escape on the news this morning. Caring for his wife’s feelings, Tom tells her that if she’s that worried about their safety, that she can pack up some things and take the kids to a hotel. Alice asks if Tom will join them. Tom thinks about this for a moment. He says that he will tonight. But he states that he’ll come by the house to get a few things. Alice says okay. She tells her husband that she loves him. Tom tells her that he loves her, too. They hang up.

Sometime later, Alice comes downstairs with packed suitcases. As she carefully comes down, she notices that the axe from the crate is missing. She starts to panic and hyperventilate. The phone rings. She runs into the kitchen and answers the phone. But upon her saying, “Hello!”, the phone dies. She asks who this is. But she gets no response. She feels a presence behind her, across the kitchen. She turns around to find -- ZERO. Horrified, Alice runs out the back door. But as this happens, Zero turns around and faces a side window in the second sunroom.

Alice runs through the backyard and to the side of the house. She tries to open the backgate. But it’s locked. She unlocks it and opens it. However, upon opening it, she’s startled to find Zero standing there. This makes her fall backwards on her ass. She looks up at the former house owner. As a mother and a good person, she tries to reach to his former good side that we once knew and calls him, “Andy.” But this fails her. Zero swings an axe at her, killing her. Alice King, wife of Tom and mother of Scott, Jason, Rachel, and Stephanie, is dead.

Chapter 9
Later that afternoon, Stephanie is getting a ride from Paul. She’s still nervous and in a “I can’t believe this is happening” mood. She never thought that the cute and popular Paul would hang out with her. They arrive at the King house. Stephanie thanks him for the ride. Paul asks her if she’d like to spend more time with him. Stephanie says that she would like to if he wants to hang out with her. Paul suggests that maybe they could go out to eat and maybe to a movie someday. Paul even suggests that they could go to prom together. This surprises Stephanie, who asks him if he’s asking her out. Paul smiles and confirms that he is. Stephanie says yes to him.

And with that, it appears that Stephanie and Paul are now dating. They lean towards each other for a kiss. However, before their lips can meet, there is a loud slam on the passenger door window. It’s Rachel, saying hello to them. Stephanie feels so embarrassed by this. She gets out of the car. Rachel asks who the cute guy is. Stephanie tells her that he is Paul Lincoln, the guy who she mentioned earlier, who is now her boyfriend. Rachel says that is so awesome and tells her how happy she is for her. Rachel hugs her little sister.

Rachel tells Paul that the rest of their group is going to a movie and possibly to dinner. She asks if he’d like to join. Paul accepts the offer, which makes Stephanie so happy. Paul gets out of his car and the rest of the kids come home. Stephanie introduces Paul to the rest of the group. Everyone is excited to learn that Stephanie has her first boyfriend. The boys have somewhat of a protective attitude, mostly Dennis, but they accept him into the group. The girls get together, telling Stephanie that she found a good one, and saying how cute he is. Stephanie smiles so brightly, looking the most happiest that we’ve ever seen her.

Meanwhile, in the master bedroom and from behind Zero’s shoulder, we can see Zero watching the group from the window. They are totally unaware of his presence. He watches as the girls talks to Stephanie about her new boyfriend and while the boys are talking to Paul. Zero moves away from the window. Rachel says that Mom would love to meet Paul and suggests that they go inside the house for a moment. They all go inside, calling out for “Mom.” But they get no response. They split up and look around.

As Rachel looks into her parents’ bedroom, we find Zero sneaking out of the closet. He slowly attempts to approach Rachel. But Ronnie shouts her name as he’s approaching the bedroom. This makes Zero hide back into the closet as Ronnie walks in. Rachel tells her boyfriend that she can’t find Mom. Ronnie says that the rest think that she must have went out for a few hours. Rachel agrees with this theory and they leave the bedroom. Zero peeks out of the closet. The kids decide to leave since they haven’t heard anything from their parents.

Zero watches from the window as the group go into three different vehicles. In the large van; Scott goes into the driver’s side with Lauren in the passenger’s side. Jason and Amy go into the middle row and Rachel and Ronnie go into the back row. Paul and Stephanie leave in Paul’s car and Dennis and John leave in Dennis’s car. In the van, the older siblings talk about Stephanie’s new relationship. They all agree that they’re happy that Stephanie has found herself someone who makes her happy. But, of course, Jason still shows his protective side and threatens to kill Paul if he ever hurts her.

In the Paul’s car, Paul and Stephanie talk about the group’s plan, which Paul is happy to participate in for his new girlfriend. Stephanie says that she’s glad that her siblings and friends accept him. But she warns him about the boys being protective of her. Paul understands as he’s already experienced it moments ago. But Paul states that her group are a cool bunch. Stephanie agrees, saying that they love and accept her for who she is. Paul says that he feels the same about her. This makes Stephanie smile.

Chapter 10
Kevin stands alone somewhere outside. We cannot tell where he’s at. But he proceeds to talk to somebody. We can’t see who this person is. Kevin says hello to the person and then apologizes for not coming lately, as he’s been busy. But he informs the person that the reason why he’s visiting today is because that has Zero escaped from the hospital. He explains that Zero killed four guards and that he has just learned that a couple who ran a farm were also killed. Kevin tells this person that he fears that more innocent people will die if he doesn’t stop him. He vows to this person that he will not stop until Zero is captured.

Kevin says that he failed “you” to the person. He claims that he didn’t prevent Zero from escaping and that more people have died and will die as a result of him not working harder to prevent him from escaping. He says that he’s so sorry for allowing this to happen. But he says that he’ll do whatever it takes to stop him, even if it means to kill Zero. Kevin says that if more people die over this, he will make sure that he will not fail next time. He will not let “your death” go unavenged. That’s right -- He’s talking to a dead person. But who?

Kevin says that he must go now. He’s got to track down Zero and stop him before he kills more people. He promises to return to let the deceased person know when he has captured or killed Zero. We find that Kevin has a dozen roses. He says that this is for “you.” He places the roses down on what we are finally revealed to be -- Clarence, Kathy, Lorraine, Scott, Tyler, and Nancy’s tombstone. The entire Carter/Lane family is buried together in one grave. Kevin says goodbye to the fallen family and walks off. We stay on the tombstone as we feel the loss of our beloved and favorite Honor family.

At a local cafe, we find our group; Scott, Lauren, Jason, Amy, Rachel, Ronnie, Stephanie, Paul, John, and Dennis together at a large table. John’s father, MARTIN, the owner of the cafe, brings over some food and drink. John thanks his father. Martin tells the group to enjoy. They dig in and start eating. Scott stands up with his drink, telling everyone that he’d like to propose a toast. They all get up and prepare themselves for Scott to make a speech and a toast.

Scott tells the group that they’ve been together for a long time, as they are family. He mentions how they’ve had friends and relationships come into their lives. Scott declares that their lives are much richer over it, which everyone agrees. Scott says that they’ve watched their baby sister, Stephanie, grow up. He states how she was the shy, not-so-social, and innocent one of the group. So, therefore, it’s understandable that it’d be a while until she found someone. Scott announces, as if we already didn’t know, that today, Stephanie found herself a boyfriend. Everyone cheers over this. Scott toasts to Stephanie and her new boyfriend.

They all say, “To Stephanie and Paul!”, before taking a drink. Scott says that he has one more thing that he’d like to do and would like to share it with everyone here. Scott holds his hand out to Lauren, who takes his hand. She stands as he pulls her up. Scott tells them that five years ago, he met a beautiful and intelligent woman during his freshman year of college. This, of course, is Lauren. Scott says that she has made his life worth living and better than ever. Scott tells Lauren that he loves her. He tells her that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.

Scott tells her that he has a question for her. As Scott pulls something out of his pocket, he gets on his knee. Everyone gasps when they realize what Scott is about to do. Scott reveals an engagement ring. Lauren starts to cry when she sees this. Scott says that he’s nothing without her and would like to spend the rest of his being the best man for her. Scott asks Lauren if she’d marry him. Lauren says yes. He puts the ring on her ring finger. They kiss. Not only does our main group applaud, but so does the other patrons who overheard and witnessed this.

Scott and Lauren are officially engaged. Everyone at the cafe is so happy over this. Martin, who overheard this, shakes Scott and Lauren’s hands, congratulating them on their engagement. They thank him for allowing for this sweet event to occur here. Martin tells him that he was glad to have witnessed it. He tells the group that their food and drinks are on the house for giving the cafe it’s first witnessed marriage proposal.

Chapter 11
Back at the King house, Tom arrives home. As he gets out of his car, we cut to a shot over Zero’s shoulders, as Zero watches Tom approach his house. Tom unlocks the door and walks in. He asks if Alice is still home or not. He looks around and cannot find his wife. Remembering that she wanted to go to a hotel, he pulls out his phone and calls his wife’s phone. We cut to the woods, which is connected to the backyard of the Carter/King house. We find Alice’s body, which still has the axe inside her body, leaning against a tree. Her phone rings.

Back at the house, Tom only reaches her voice mail. He leaves a message, asking her to call him back to tell him which hotel she’s at and if she’s doing okay. Tom tells her that he loves her and hangs up. Tom announces to himself that he’s hungry. He walks into the kitchen and approaches the fridge. He opens the freezer and removes a frozen dinner. He tears open the box and pops it in the microwave. As the food heats up, Tom walks into the family room. It’s the same family room where Zero killed his grandfather twelve years ago. The King’s family room has the very same arrangements as the Carter had it.

Tom kicks off his shoes and crashes onto his lumpy old recliner. He turns the television on with the remote control and settles back into his easy chair. The movie playing is Pretty Little Screamers: The Return of the Liberators. The scene playing is when Spencer Hasting is begging Liberator C to let her little sister, Nancy Hasting, who is tied to a tree, be spared. But C refuses and sets the tree on fire. Nancy screams as the fire consumes her body. She screams for her parents. But all Spencer can do is scream over this. Nancy Hasting burns to death. Tom is disgusted by the sight of a child being killed and changes the channel.

A loud BEEP startles Tom. It’s the microwave beeping. His food is ready. Tom gets up from his chair and walks to the kitchen. He moves to a drawer and removes a set of utensils. Then he reaches for the microwave, opens it. But his dinner is gone. Confused, he turns around to find the extremely hot TV dinner already sitting out on the kitchen table. Tom double-takes, trying to retrace his steps. Thinking that with his head filled with lots of work stress stuff, he believes that he has just forgotten that he took the tray out already, even though he didn't. He shrugs this off.

Tom grabs his tray and moves towards the family room. He goes back into the living room and settles down into his chair. As he begins to eat, there are SCREAMS heard from the television. He reacts with surprise. Someone has switched it back to Pretty Little Screamers. Tom shakes the remote. Out of the corner of his eye, he catches a shadowy figure darting by in the darkened foyer. He says, “Hello?” and asks if that is Alice or one of the kids. He gets up and moves to the entry between the family room and foyer. He hear some noises and looks around. Tom asks if anybody is here. He continues to call out to his wife and kids, who are obviously not here.

As Tom walks into the foyer, he trips on something. He picks himself up and finds that it's the suitcases that Alice packed earlier -- and didn't take with her? Tom opens the suitcase and finds Alice's stuff and the kids'. This means that Alice didn't go to a hotel. If that's the case, Tom wonders where the hell she's at. He gets up and calls his wife’s phone again. There is ringing coming from the kitchen. Tom recognizes the ringtone as his wife’s ringtone from her phone. Believing that his wife is home, he walks to the kitchen. But he only finds her phone sitting on the counter. But no Alice. He is very confused by this. He hangs up and the phone stops ringing.

Tom suddenly smells something burning. He turns to the stove. It’s on full. The stove is hot red. Even without anything on it, it’s starting to make sizzling sounds. Tom approaches the stove. He’s very confused by these things suddenly occurring at home. Zero comes into our view from behind Tom. It takes Tom a moment to feel his presence. Tom turns around to be face to face with the killer. Realizing who this is, Tom goes to punch him. But Zero grabs his fist. Zero then grabs Tom by the throat. He turns the smaller but older man around, facing the stove.

Tom realizes what is about to happen and begs for his life. He tries to escape from Zero’s grip. But he is too strong for him to fight off. Tom’s face is pressed against the stove. There is screaming sound. But not just from Tom. But also from the stove sizzling from his skin making contact with the hot stove. Tom screams as his face burns. His entire face turns red. His skin proceeds to peel and melt off of his face. Blood drains out of his face. As Zero presses his face further onto the stove, his face dissolves to the point that bone can be heard making contact with the stove. Tom King, husband of Alice and father of Scott, Jason, Rachel, and Stephanie, is dead.

Chapter 12
At a movie theater, we find our group; Scott, Lauren, Jason, Amy, Rachel, Ronnie, Dennis, John, Stephanie, and Paul watching a movie together. Scott and Lauren have their arms around each other, happy and in love. Jason and Amy are making out and groping each other. Rachel and Ronnie are eating “special” baked brownies. Yes, you know what those are. John is stuffing his face full of popcorn. Dennis has fallen asleep, as he obviously doesn’t care for this movie. Stephanie and Paul are holding hands. They turn to each other and smile. Paul puts his arm around her and she lays her head on his shoulders. It’s cute and romantic.

Later after the movie, the group is at the park. Jason, John, and Dennis are playing football. Amy is watching them. Scott and Lauren are sitting on the grass and are talking about what kind of wedding that they would like to have. Lauren talks about a summer wedding out on the beach. Scott says that sound amazing and agrees with her. Rachel and Ronnie are smoking a cigarette together. Stephanie and Paul are on the swingset and holding hands. Stephanie is spacing out. Paul asks her what she’s thinking about.

Stephanie says that she’s thinking about today and all the good that has happened. The beginning of their relationship, the engagement between Scott and Lauren, and the fact that they’re all here together on this beautiful day. Paul says that he’s just happy to be there with her. Stephanie says that he’s fallen for her quickly. But Paul admits that he’s liked her from the very first time he saw her at the beginning of the school year. Stephanie asks him why he never approached her until now. Paul says that he wasn’t sure if she was interested. Stephanie says that she was afraid that a guy like him wouldn’t be interested in her. Paul rubs her face and says that is ridiculous. They lean towards each other and kiss for the very first time.

Suddenly, Paul is pushed off the swing from behind. Stephanie gets up to help him. Our group turns around to find that Paul’s attacker is Aurora, who appears extremely pissed off. Paul asks her what the hell she thinks she’s doing. Aurora says that she’s taking her revenge. She calls him a sellout and traitor to his own kind. Aurora says that he’d rather be with loser than with someone great as her. This comment upsets our group as it’s an insult towards Stephanie. Rachel reminds her older siblings and friends that she’s still a minor, therefore, if those girls (who are also under 18) gets physical with Stephanie, she won’t fail to jump in.

Paul tells Aurora that Stephanie is a way more better person than Aurora will ever be. Aurora says that Paul is blind and stupid for taking Stephanie over her. Paul gets in her face and says, “You just don’t get it, do you? I don’t like you. I like Stephanie.” Aurora says fuck you to him. Paul says, “No, fuck you!” Aurora laughs and says, “I so wish you would.” This upsets Stephanie enough that she actually does something -- stands up to Aurora. She tells her to lay off of her boyfriend. Aurora says that the only reason why Paul is her boyfriend is because he feels sorry for her. Aurora says that she’s nothing but a stupid loser cunt. The name calling motivates Stephanie to smack Aurora across the face.

This surprise everyone, including Paul, Stephanie’s group, Aurora, her group, and even Stephanie herself. Everyone gasps. Aurora turns to Stephanie with anger and fury. She calls her a fucking bitch and jumps her. Rachel and Paul attempt to step in. But Monica pushes Paul aside. Rachel tries to pull Aurora off of Stephanie. But she elbows Rachel in the face. This pisses Stephanie off and she decks Aurora in the face. Aurora steps off of her in pain. The next thing you know, Stephanie and Aurora charge at each other.

The entire group is shocked to see the vulnerable Stephanie fighting. But even more shocking, for someone who has never had a fight before, Stephanie is kicking Aurora’s ass. Aurora’s group just stands there in utter shock over their leader, who is known for a being a tough bitch, getting her ass handed by a tiny skinny girl. Aurora punches Stephanie. But that only gives our final girl even more adrenaline to punch her even harder. Aurora falls on her ass and looks up Stephanie, who has the same tough-ass look that Sidney had after punching Gale in the first movie. We come to realize that Stephanie is no longer a shy-vulnerable little girl that she was when we met her. She’s turning into a final girl.

Horrified that the “little loser” beat up her leader and that they’re overwhelmed with Stephanie’s own group, Sarine suggest to Aurora and Monica that they leave immediately. Monica agrees. They both pick up their leader and start pulling her away. Aurora tells Stephanie that this isn’t over yet. She declares that rather she gets with Paul or not, she will get her revenge on Stephanie. Aurora and her group run off. Stephanie’s group surround her, telling her how proud they are of her for standing up for herself and for Paul.

Chapter 13
It’s evening time, around seven o’clock. The sun is going down. Kevin drives by the King/Carter house. He is disturbed to find that Tom’s car is parked in the driveway. This means that somebody is home. Did they listen to his advice? To wanting to let it go, Kevin parks his car across the street and gets out of the car. Kevin walks up to the front door and knocks on the door. He shouts, “Hello?!” But he gets no response. He asks for “Mr. and Mrs. King?” But he gets no response. He’s concerned now. He looks around to see if anyone in the neighborhood can see him. With nobody in sight, Kevin opens the door and walks inside.

Kevin looks around while asking if anyone is home. But he gets no response. He looks around the house; the living room, family room, dining room, office room, and the kitchen. As he moves back to the foyer, we see Zero sneaking out of the downstairs bathroom. Kevin doesn’t see him yet. Zero is holding a fireplace poker. Suddenly, Kevin feels his presence behind him. He spins around to find Zero attempting to whack him with the fireplace poker. But Kevin dodges this and throws Zero to wall. It’s now that the patient and doctor that we all love with finally fight.

Zero charges at Kevin and they struggle. They punch each other multiple times, shove each other, and kick each other. It’s a fight that we’ve never seen Michael have with Loomis or that Tommy Jarvis had with Jason. This is the first major physical fight between killer and main male hero in a slasher. (I really don’t count Ghostface and Sidney since they’re mortal humans). Neither man will give up. Kevin is much stronger than he appears as he’s taking a beating and throwing a few beatings at the much larger killer. Eventually, a frustrated Zero just punches Kevin, which makes him fall to the floor.

As Kevin gets back up, Zero grabs the fireplace poker. Before Kevin can get a hit at him, Zero impales in the right shoulder/chest area. After pulling the poker out of him, Kevin falls and hits his head hard on the wall. The hit causes some blood to splatter on the wall. Kevin falls unconscious. But with the amount of blood and the injury he’s received, Zero believes that Kevin is dead. Zero drags Kevin’s body away.

An hour later, as night has fallen, we find our main group returning. Tom’s car is gone now, as Zero had moved it off screen. But considering the time, the King kids believe that their parents are home by now. So they walk inside the house. Stephanie asks Paul to come in to meet her parents. Paul agrees and walks into the house with her. Upon the entire group walking into the house, we move to find a pair of legs approaching the property. The legs hides behind a tree. We pan up to find that it’s Crazy Ralph. He stares at the “doomed” house. He believes that everyone in that house is going to die.

Ralph hears footsteps and turns to his left. He doesn’t see anything or anyone around. However, a wire is wrapped around his neck from behind the tree. Ralph struggles to escape from this. But the wire is being pulled too hard by Zero. The wire begins to cut through Ralph’s neck. Blood seeps out of the neck. Ralph is turning blue and fading away. The wire goes through his entire neck. Ralph’s head detaches from his body and falls to the ground. Crazy Ralph, a popular and beloved character from Friday the 13th, is dead.

Inside the house, the group goes into the kitchen and finds a note that they believe was written by Alice. Scott reads it outloud. The note says; “Dear, kids. I went out with some friends for a few hours. Will probably be home late. Your father won’t be home until very late. Have fun and behave. Love mom.” This group likes the idea of the parents being gone. It means that they can party. Meanwhile, outside the house, a car approaches the house. The occupants get out of the car. It’s Aurora, Monica, and Sarine. Sarine asks why they’re here. Aurora says that they need to get that bitch (Stephanie).

They approach the house. They peek through a window and sees the group walking around the house. They find Stephanie and Paul talking to each other. Aurora says that they should split up, saying that she’ll stay at the front and that Monica and Sarine goes to the backyard. They agree despite Sarine’s reluctance. Monica and Sarine move to the side of the house, heading for the backyard. Sarine is behind Monica. So Monica doesn’t notice it when Zero grabs Sarine from behind, covering her mouth so that she can’t scream. Zero snaps Sarine’s neck and Sarine is dead.

Zero pulls out his knife and approaches Monica from behind. As Monica makes it to the backyard, she says that Sarine is certainly quiet. Monica turns around only to be grabbed by Zero. He covers her mouth so that nobody can hear her screams. Zero puts her to the brick wall. He raises his knife up. Monica’s screams through his hand but it’s muffled. She attempts to beg for her life. But Zero stabs her multiple times. Monica is dead. Back at the front yard, Aurora spies on Stephanie and Paul from the window. Stephanie and Paul walk upstairs. Aurora suddenly feels a presence behind her. She turns around then -- WHAM! Zero has slammed an axe to her face. Aurora Van Dyke, Stephanie’s bully, is dead.

Chapter 14
In the family room, the group (minus Stephanie and Paul) are debating what to do. Scott says that he’s too tired to do anything physical. Lauren suggests that they (Scott and Lauren) go relax in the jacuzzi. Scott says that sounds great. They go upstairs to get their bathing suits. Jason says that he’s up for physical things, especially with his woman. Amy laughs and says that she’s in the mood for some “wrestling.” So they run upstairs to the parents’ bedroom. Rachel and Ronnie say that they haven’t had any weed since earlier. Rachel says that she may have some in the attic upstairs. So the stoner couple go upstairs.

Now it’s just Dennis and John. Dennis suggests that they get drunk. John says that is a good idea. Dennis tells him that he’s got beer in his car. John says that he’ll get it. Dennis gives John his keys and tells him that he’ll be in the basement. John walks out of the house and Dennis walks down to the basement. John goes to Dennis’s car and opens the truck. There are two boxes of 24 packs of bottled beer. John says, “Jackpot.” He grabs both boxes. As John heads back to the house, Zero pops out of nowhere, startling John, who falls backwards and drops the beer.

As John crawls backwards, Zero grabs one of the glass bottles of beer from the box. Realizing what he may do, John proceeds to crawl away from the killer. But Zero smashes the beer bottle over his head. This breaks it and the beer explodes all over his head, soaking his hair and face. As John groans in pain, Zero drags John to him. Zero raises the sharp broken beer bottle up. John begs for his life. But this fails him. Zero proceeds to viciously and brutally stab John multiple times in different parts of his body with the broken glass bottle. John Wilson, son of Martin and a friend of the King family, is dead. The first of the group to be murdered.

In Stephanie’s room, Stephanie and Paul are cuddling in her bed and watching a movie together. Paul is being a real gentlemen and not even thinking about having sex with her. He’s not wanting to move so quickly. It’s a sweet image of them together. Meanwhile, Zero walks into the house. He hears movement from the basement. So he walks down to the basement. He finds Dennis watching TV on the couch. He approaches him from behind. Dennis feels his presence and turns around. Zero goes to stab him but Dennis dodges this.

Dennis and Zero begin to fight. They punch and throw each other around the basement. Furniture and objects fall and fly around as the two fight it out. Unlike Kevin, Dennis is actually nearly equal to Zero’s fighting skills and could possibly beat him. They are nearly the same height, with Zero only being a few inches taller than Dennis. The fight is similar to Clarence Jr. and Dan Lang in The Final Honor (Original Honor 3). As Dennis goes to make a very forceful and painful punch that would give Dennis victory, Zero grabs a vase and slams it over Dennis’s head. The vase shattering cuts him so badly that his face is a bloody mess. Dennis is knocked unconscious. Once again, like Kevin, because of the amount of blood visible and the type of injury he’s received, Zero believes that Dennis is dead.

In the back porch, we find Scott and Lauren in the jacuzzi. They’re relaxing. Scott talks about having Jason being his best man with Dennis and John as his groomsmen. Lauren suggests having Amy has her Maid of Honor with Rachel and Stephanie as her Bride’s Maids. Scott says that he can picture his mother crying at the wedding. Lauren laughs and says that she can see her father struggling to walk her down the aisle. They laugh together and then kiss. They tell each other that they love each other. Lauren says that she has to go to the bathroom. So she gets outs of the jacuzzi and heads inside the house.

As we watch Lauren go inside, we pan down to the outside basement stairs. Zero is climbing up to the backyard. He sees Lauren go inside and that Scott is by himself. We focus on Scott, who has his eyes closed and his head back, which means he could be looking up. He’s thinking about his life with his soon-to-be-wife. Unaware of what is about to happen. He opens his eyes and gasps when he finds -- Zero behind him. Before Scott can react, Zero slashes his knife across Scott’s neck. Scott King, fiance of Lauren and the eldest King child, is dead.

Meanwhile, in Stephanie’s bedroom, Stephanie and Paul are sleeping on the bed. No sex, no groping. Just a cute couple cuddling together in bed. Back at the back porch, Lauren steps out. She approaches the jacuzzi. But upon taking a better glance, she notices that the water is red and realizes that Scott is dead. She gasps in horror. She backs away and bumps into Zero. She turns to find the large killer looking down at her. Before she can scream, Zero grabs her mouth, covering her screaming. He forces Lauren’s head into the water. Lauren tries to fight him off. But he is too strong. Lauren’s head is held underwater for a while. Suddenly, Lauren’s arms goes limp and she stops moving. Lauren Kincaid, fiancee of Scott, is dead.

Chapter 15
Immediately after killing Lauren, Zero can hearing loud moaning coming from inside the house. He turns and looks up at the windows. He can see the master bedroom window. The lights are on inside. This is where the loud moaning is coming from. In the master bedroom, Jason and Amy are having sex. Amy moans loudly as Jason thrusts her hard. She’s enjoying it so much. Probably more than he is as he’s becoming exhausted. Jason even expresses this as he does his best to keep going, which Amy demands for.

Zero walks back inside the house through the back door to the kitchen. He walks around the kitchen, looking for nice ideas on how to kill his next victims. Back in the bedroom, Jason finally finishes, cumming inside of Amy. They both sigh with relief and satisfaction. Jason gets up, saying that he’s hungry. Amy laughs as she just lays there. Jason puts his pants on. He asks Amy if she wants anything. But she says no and says that she’s just going to lay there for a while. Jason says okay and walks out of the master bedroom.

Jason walks downstairs to the first floor. As he reaches the final step, he suddenly hears some long-term noises coming from the kitchen. He asks himself what the hell that noise is. Jason walks into the kitchen and finds the source of the noise. It’s the garbage disposal. Somebody has turned it on with a knife inside. The blade is sticking out and spinning around. Jason approaches it and says “What the fuck?” But before he can say, “Fuck”, Zero comes out of nowhere from behind. He grabs Jason’s head and proceeds to throw it down towards the sink. But Jason tries his hardest to fight back. Both are strong. But Zero is stronger as Jason finds his face getting closer and closer to the knife. Jason curses and tells Zero to stop.

But this does not work. Jason comes within inches of the blade. He must use his hands on the counter to hold himself up. But Zero becomes frustrated and uses one of his hands to stab Jason in the hand. Jason screams out, releasing his injured hand from the sink. Then Zero uses all of his strength to shove Jason’s face down the sink. Jason screams as his face finally reaches the blade. We can hear the blade ripping his flesh. Blood splatters all over the sink. Jason King, boyfriend of Amy and the second eldest of the King children, is dead.

Back in master bedroom, Amy is still lying on the bed. She is wearing headphones with a POP song playing from her phone. Her eyes are closed as she hums along to the song. On the stairs, Zero slowly walks up the steps to the second floor. He turns to his left, realizing that is where the master bedroom is. He walks to the master bedroom and slowly opens the door. He can see Amy lying on the bed with the music still playing. She’s starting to doze off. He slowly approaches her. She does not hear, feel, or see him coming towards her.

When Zero goes to the bed, he slowly puts his hand on her face. He rubs her face. Thinking that it’s Jason, Amy smiles and giggles. She asks "Jason" what he's doing. Amy opens her eyes to find Zero above her. She gasps and goes to scream. But Zero covers her mouth. He grabs the pillow and puts it over her face. Her screaming is muffled now but still loud enough to be heard. But nobody hears this as Stephanie and Paul are still asleep. And Rachel and Ronnie are having sex in the attic with loud rock music playing over their radio.

Amy is still screaming and fighting with the pillow over her face. Zero raises his knife up. Amy doesn’t know what’s coming. He begins stabbing her. She stops screaming. He continues to stab her but we do not see where he’s stabbing her at. He is being very vicious with stabbing her. Fast and long. It feels like a never-ending murder. A definite overkill. Amy’s arm slumps down on the side of the bed. Blood can be seen crawling down her arm and the sheets. Amy Wasson, girlfriend of Jason, is dead.

In the attic, Ronnie and Rachel just finished having sex and smoking some weed. Ronnie says that he’d like a beer. Rachel says that Dennis brought some and to ask him for a beer. Ronnie asks her if she wants any. Rachel says yes. So Ronnie goes down to the second floor. Zero sees him and follows him downstairs. Ronnie is unaware that he’s being followed as he goes from the first floor to the basement. Upon going down to the basement, Ronnie finds Dennis’s body (dead or alive?). Ronnie just says “Holy Shit!” Suddenly, Zero grabs him from behind. Covering his mouth, Zero jams a screwdriver into Ronnie’s left temple. Ronnie White, boyfriend of Rachel King, is dead.

In the attic, Rachel is listening to “L.A. Woman” by The Doors. She’s rocking out while smoking weed in a pipe. Zero walks into the attic. He turns to find Rachel sitting at the couch on the other side of the attic. Zero finds a letter opener in an opened container of office supplies. He takes the letter opener and proceeds to walk to Rachel, who doesn’t see or feel him coming. Zero grabs Rachel, getting her attention. She screams as Zero swings the letter opener at her face. Zero stabs her in the eye with the letter opener. Rachel King, girlfriend of Ronnie and the third child/first and eldest daughter of the King children, is dead.

Chapter 16
Stephanie and Paul wake up from their nap. They smile and kiss each other. They get up and check the time. It’s nine-thirty. Paul says that he should probably go home. Stephanie agrees and walks him downstairs. Once they get to the front door, Stephanie asks him to call her when he gets home. Paul promises her that he will. They hug and kiss each other. Stephanie thanks him for giving her the best day of her life. Paul thanks her for being his girl. They smile and kiss each other. They say goodbye to each other before Paul walks out of the door. Stephanie closes the door and locks it. She smiles with great happiness over her relationship with Paul.

As Paul is walking to his car, Zero sees him and follows. Paul approaches his car and proceeds to unlock the door. He is unaware that Zero is approaching him from behind. Paul unlocks the car and opens the door. Before he can get in, Zero grabs him from behind. The two struggle. But Zero is way too strong for Paul. Zero grabs his head, lifting him off the ground. Paul groans in pain as Zero squeezes his skull. Paul’s eyes, nose, and ears begin to bleed while Zero begins to crush his skull. We can hear the skull cracking. Suddenly, Paul’s eyes pop out of his socket. Paul Lincoln, boyfriend of Stephanie, is dead.

Back in the house, Stephanie is searching for her family. She goes into the kitchen and finds that the back door is open. Curious over this, Stephanie walks out the back door and steps out to the back porch. She looks around. She gasps in horror when she finds Scott and Lauren’s bodies inside the jacuzzi. She screams and runs back inside the house. She locks the backdoor and runs upstairs to the master bedroom. She goes to tell Jason and Amy about Scott and Lauren. But she finds Amy’s dead body instead. She runs out into the hallway. Suddenly, Rachel’s body drops from the attic hole. This scares Stephanie and makes her scream.

Stephanie runs downstairs and looks around. She’s horrified and confused. Stephanie asks for someone to help her. Suddenly, a body crashes through the living room window. Stephanie screams over this. But she is even more horrified when she realizes who the dead person is -- Her own boyfriend Paul. She runs to Paul’s body, attempting to wake him up. But she realizes that he’s dead. She cries over her boyfriend. But then she realizes that the killer threw his body from outside. Stephanie turns to the broken window to find Zero there. Stephanie screams and runs away. Zero climbs through the window and proceeds to chase her.

Stephanie runs through the foyer, heading for the door leading to the kitchen. At the same time as Zero heads for the kitchen through the dining room. The two nearly collide as they both enter the kitchen at the same time. Zero nearly catches her but both slip backwards, trying to avoid crashing into each other. As a result, Stephanie is able to evade him and continues to run through the kitchen. Stephanie runs to the basement door and runs downstairs. Zero gets back up and grabs a meat cleaver from the knife block. He continues the chase.

Stephanie runs down to the basement with Zero behind her. She finds Dennis and Ronnie’s bodies and screams. Zero makes it down to the basement. Stephanie begins throwing stuff at him, including the beers. But none of this stops Zero, who proceeds to corner Stephanie to a wall. Stephanie has no place to go. So she begins to scream, cry, and begs for her life. Zero lifts the cleaver up, prepared to kill her. However, as he goes to swing it down, he’s tackled by -- DENNIS.

As Zero and Dennis fight, Dennis tells Stephanie to run. So Stephanie takes this opportunity to escape. She runs upstairs into the kitchen. She unlocks the backdoor and runs outside. Stephanie runs through her backyard to a gate. She opens the gate and runs into the woods. Meanwhile, Zero headbutts Dennis. Disorientated by this, Dennis releases his grip on Zero. But this becomes his fatal downfall. Zero begins hacking Dennis with the meat cleaver. Zero viciously hacks Dennis up with the cleaver in a similar fashion that he had done to his stepfather twelve years ago. Big Dennis, a friend of the King family, is dead.

Stephanie is running deep into the woods. Zero makes it back to the first floor and finds the backdoor open. Realizing where Stephanie is heading, Zero runs out the backdoor and heads for the woods. Meanwhile, Stephanie has found a particular spot far from her house. She turns to the direction from where she came from. Her back is facing us. She bumps into something. She turns around and screams in horror when she finds something off screen. Zero hears her screaming and realizes where she’s at. He runs to that direction.

Chapter 17
We open right where Chapter 16 ended. Stephanie is in the woods and screams in horror as she finds a horrifying scene. It’s the bodies of her parents (Alice and Tom), Aurora, Monica, Sarine, Crazy Ralph, and Kevin. She is horrified by this. She comes to realize that her parents and, therefore, her entire family is dead. She collapses to her knees next to her mother’s body. Having heard her screaming, Zero ends up finding Stephanie. He attempts to approach her. But hearing him coming up from behind, Stephanie dodges him. This causes Zero to stab a tree with the cleaver instead.

Zero yanks the axe out of Alice’s body and goes over to Stephanie, who crawling backwards. He goes to slam the axe at her. But Stephanie moves out of the way. She kicks him in the leg, causing him to fall and lose the axe. Stephanie attempts to crawl away. But Zero drags her back to him. He proceeds to strangle her with his hands. Stephanie is slowly passing out. But with quick thinking, Stephanie grabs a rock and whacks him in the back of the head with it. Zero groans in pain. But that’s not all.

Stephanie knees him in the balls. Zero lets go of her and grabs his balls. Stephanie kicks him off of her. Zero falls backwards on the ground. Stephanie gets up and grabs the axe. Zero recovers and gets up. However, before he can do anything, he finds Stephanie running at him with the axe. Confused and uncertain what to do, Zero just stands there like an idiot as Stephanie swings the axe at him. Stephanie slams the axe on the left side of his chest. It impales him and Zero screams in pain. Despite having an axe inside his chest, Zero attempts to grab at Stephanie. But she backs away from him. Suddenly, Zero fades away and drops to the ground.

Stephanie slightly kicks Zero in the head to see if he’s alive. But Zero appears to be dead. Stephanie sighs in relief. She has defeated Zero Carter, the most notorious killer in Clearwood. Suddenly, a person grabs her, which makes her scream. Stephanie spins around to find the injured but very much alive Kevin. He apologizes for scaring. Relieved that someone else is alive, Stephanie hugs him and cries. Kevin hugs her back, even though they don’t know each other. They’re just both relieved to be alive. Kevin sees Zero’s body. He feels great relief over this.

Stephanie and Kevin walk away from the scene and heads back to Stephanie’s house. Upon walking into the house, Kevin locks the backdoor. Stephanie escorts him to the living room and they sit at the couch. Stephanie notices that Kevin is injured and asks him if he’s okay. Kevin says that he thinks so and says that she should call the police. He hands her his cellphone and Stephanie dials 911.

Meanwhile, back in the woods, Zero regains consciousness. He hears the police sirens approaching his old home. He realizes that they’re coming for his actions. As he’s extremely hurt and weak, he knows he won’t win this fight with the police. He gives up on his hunt for Stephanie. Zero gets up and runs away. He now must find refuge and medical supplies. Zero is still on the loose now.

NOTE: I am NOT committing to a sequel. So we'll just have to wait and see.

Confirmed Facts

 * This story focuses on Zero rather than the regular Honor characters, however, Lorraine, Scott, Clarence, Kathy, Tyler, and Nancy do appear in the first few chapters.
 * Something tragic will happen in Chapter 2. Noah is going to like what happens. The rest will be shocked that I've made this move.
 * Elements of "The Author's First Plan", which focuses on a family of two brothers and two sisters; a leading mature older brother and his intelligent girlfriend, a sexy college football player brother and his sexy cheerleader babe, an immature, dark, and drug indulging sister and her stupid stoner boyfriend, and the final girl being the youngest child who is shy, innocent, and a virgin compared to her older siblings. Also taken from this old story is two buddies who serves as a side kick to the group and the badass protector who fights the killer prior to his death.
 * Elements of Rob Zombie's Halloween, Halloween 6, and the Friday the 13th movies are used. Not only is the character Ronnie White and Zombie's remake is mentioned, but a character named Ronnie White serves as a supprting main character.
 * There will be 27 deaths, 28 if you count Andy's "death" in Chapter 3.
 * Noah's "Pretty Little Screamers: Return of the Liberators" will appear as a movie in Chapter 11. And of all scenes to be playing when it appears is the tragic death of little Nancy Hastings.