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Ethan looked at Tara and Chad as they joked around with a box of old candy
“Oh come on” Chad said as he shakes the box “they can’t possibly taste that bad!”
“No honey” Ethan said as Chad attempted to open the box “that is at least twenty years old”
“And what are you gonna do about it” Chad said as he wraps his arms around Ethan “huh curls?”
As Ethan and Chad are in that position Ethan brings his face closer to Chad’s and press their lips together, and as they find themselves like this he realizes he never wants to let go.
He loves Chad,he loves his way of making him feel safe,he loves the way he tangles his hand in his messy brown curls,he loves the way he stops occasionally and kisses his neck.
“Okay love birds” Tara says as she laughs “I’m gonna go with Sam”
As Tara goes,Chad pulls away from the kiss and sits in the counter,Ethan admires him,he can’t help it.
“If anything was to happen tonight ethan ,I will go he happiest man alive” Chad says as he reaches for Ethan’s hand “because at least I have you”
Ethan feels guilt pounding in his chest,and at that moment he feels like it’s time to say the truth.
“Chad,I have to tell you something”
Ethan is about to say everything when Chad goes wide eyed.
“Look out!”
Ethan doesn’t get to see what’s happening before he feels someone grab him in a headlock,he’s petrified,he’s scared to look back but he does and of course it was ghostface.
“Chad” ethan says,his voice quivering with fear “Chad stay back”
Chad wants to run and grab Ethan,he wants to take him away from the theatre,away from New York and away from the ghostface situation.
“Ethan!”
For some reason,Ethan doesn’t feel threatened by the ghostface,they don’t hold him tightly enough to hurt him or choke him,they hold him almost softly enough to make sure he’s alright.
“Chad” Ethan whimpers as he feels a cold knife being dragged down his back “Chad run”
Ethan let’s out a ear piercing scream as he feels the sharpness of the knife go trough his arm,he feels tears stinging in his eyes and warm blood trickling down his arm,it’s flow getting worse when the person in the mask pulls the knife back and removes it.
“Guys!” Sam says as she and Tara arrive “oh my god”
Somehow Sam manages to hit the person behind the mask and they let go of Ethan.
“Come on” She says as she ushered Ethan,Chad and Tara away from there “move let’s go!”
Ethan moves his hand towards his blood gushing wound in a attempt to put pressure over it and as he swiftly looks back at the ghostface he’s sure he’s hallucinating from blood loss because he can swear he sees it put out three fingers,putting its thumb to its nose and wiggling the other two.
Bug
That means bug in sign language,Ethan can only see it momentarily before Sam grabs his non injured arm and tries to run faster but he’s sure that it happened.
bugbugbugbug
Ethan feels like he’s going crazy.
BUG
As that word makes its way trough his mind he remembers all the times that Richie had called him that when they were younger,a dumb little nickname he had for him that stuck throughout Ethan’s life.
He’s going crazy,for sure.
And as they go into the shrine Ethan feels the ambiance getting heavier
“Guys” Tara mumbles “guys look”
As they look around they see the white sheet in which there’s images and videos being projected.
“No” ethan whispers “no no no”
He knows the footage,he knows that Richie shot those,he knows that those are his own versions of stab.
And then suddenly the footage cuts to a video of a cake,it reads
Happy birthday bug!
And Ethan feels fear for what’s about to happen,he knows this video,of course,it’s his ninth birthday.
“Happy birthday Ethy bug” Richie says into the camera and quickly moves it towards Ethan who’s sitting in a chair with Quinn besides him “what was your wish?”
“Ethan?” Tara mumbles as she looks at him,pure hatred in her eyes “what the fuck!”
Ethan can just stand there,all of them are looking at him with some sort of hatred in their eyes except Sam who just looks at him with pity.
“Ethan” Chad mumbles “you said your brothers name was Wayne”
“Richard Wayne Kirsch” Detective Bailey says as he steps into the shrine “that was his full name”
Ethan stares at his father as realization comes into him.
“Richie was always obsessed with those movies” Wayne says “for me they were just a bit dark,but he was so determined to complete his own”
“And so we did”
Two masked figures come out from the darkness.
“Isn’t that right sweetie”
One of the masked killers removes its mask and Ethan feels his heart drop,it’s Quinn.
“Hey roomies” she says and waves at Sam and Tara “hey bug”
“Quinn” Ethan’s voice quavers with fear,hurt and sadness “but,your dead!”
“I’m sorry Eth” she says and looks at her little brother with sadness and pity in her eyes “but you could join us!”
“Wait” Sam says “if that’s Quinn,then who is the other one?”
“Mindy?”
The other figure slowly removes its mask,Ethan swears he’s hallucinating,it’s probably the blood loss,he probably hit his head without realizing.
“And so we meet again” Richie Kirsch says “it’s a pleasure”
Ethan feels bile rising up his throat,he turns around and coughs as he lets everything out,both of his dead siblings are standing there alive and well.
“That’s disgusting bug” Richie smirks “I’m also happy to see you Ethan”
“The whole family is here!” Wayne says happily “come here Eth”
Ethan shakes his head,he stands besides Sam indicating that he is not moving,he sees Quinn with hurt and pride in her eyes and he feels like crying.
“You lied to me” he says “you killed my best friend and made me believe that my siblings were dead?!”
Ethan can feel the tears streaming down his face.
“And both of you” he sighs “both of you are sick”
Ethan can only stare at Quinn and Richie, he can’t possibly believe it,he needs an explanation,he needs to know how both of them are alive,he needs to know.
“You were always the weakest” Richie spits with hatred in his voice “be sure that I enjoyed stabbing you so much little brother”
Ethan had never been a target of Richie,this was new for him,the hatred he was seeing in his brothers eyes was something he was afraid of and he wanted it to go.
“Ethan”
Quinn says before she is interrupted by Richie.
“Hey Sam” he says as he stands besides Tara “I’m finally finishing the film”
Ethan’s mind goes blank throughout the event,his brain blocking out everything,he felt like he was simply asleep and he was abruptly awakened by a sharp pain and a blood curdling scream
“ETHAN”
He doesn’t know what is happening,he was simply trying to get away from all of this,he had a metallic taste in his mouth and when he opens his eyes he sees his brother standing there, he moves his hands and grips the knife in his mouth
“I didn’t want to do this bug” Richie twists the knife over and over again and Ethan hears a horrible cracking noise “you left me no choice”
Richie pulls the knife out and blood splatters on his face,Ethan falls to the floor.
“RICHIE!” Quinn screams as she leaves Sam and Tara alone and makes her way to her brothers “YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDNT HURT ETHAN!”
Quinn is furious,scared,her voice cracks with pain and betrayal as her brother breaks his promise and hurts their youngest brother.
“Oh Quinn” Richie says as he raises his knife quickly bringing it down “you are so naive”
Quinn falls to the floor,unmoving,she’s bleeding from her chest and Ethan swears he feels the world falling onto him once again.
He can’t talk,the metallic taste is nauseating,he doesn’t know where Chad is,his sister is laying there besides him and he’s pretty sure she’s dead.
“You were a coward!” Ethan hears Tara say with hatred towards Richie “she was a kid!”
Ethan doesn’t know where he got the strength,but he stands up,he won’t let Richie hurt the people he loves again,he won’t let him kill Sam,Tara and Chad.
Before he knows it he’s on top of Richie,stabbing him again and again,all he sees is red and he’s covered in gooey sticky warm blood that he’s not sure if it’s coming from him or Richie.
“Ethan” Sam says “Ethan he’s dead”
The sight of Ethan is killing her,he was still a kid,he was simply dragged into this because his father considered him another pawn in the game.
Ethan feels the adrenaline leaving his body,he feels so dizzy, he can’t concentrate his vision on anything and the blood that’s gushing from his mouth is more and more by the second,making it harder and harder to breath.
“Hey curls?” Chad says as he tries to hold ethan so that he doesn’t fall “you’re okay”
Ethan collapsed onto chads arms as the blood loss affects him more and more,he looks at Quinn on the floor he quickly looks at Chad with a questioning look on his face,he feels fear and slight hope that maybe after all she’s fine and this is all a bad dream.
“No” Sam mumbles as she sits besides Quinn “I’m sorry Eth”
Ethan slowly starts seeing black spots as he starts coughing and gagging at the blood, he’s nauseated,his eyes start closing.
“Ethan!” Sam shakes him “stay awake come on”
“Sam look out-“
Tara gets interrupted by a gun shot and a loud thud as detective Bailey falls to the floor,Kirby stands there holding her hand to a blood gushing wound on her abdomen,she holds a gun on her other hand.
Ethan closes his eyes,no longer having the strength to be awake.
He can still feel chad attempting to wake him up,Sam calling his name.
But the world is black.