IV

It is now 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and Sidney is on the phone with Tatum, unaware that her twin never came home. It turns out, that Mary took a detour after school, and went over to Billy's house with Stu to plan their next scheme. Mary was coming back home, when she heard Tatum & Sidney talking on the phone. She stayed around the corner to eavesdrop in. "You sure I can stay over? My dad won't be back until Sunday." She heard Sidney say over the phone. She picked up the receiver to listen in on the call with Tatum, making sure not to breathe to heavy or make a sound.

"No prob, I'll pick you and Mary up after practice. Are you okay?" Tatum spoke over the phone. She heard Sidney take a deep breath before continuing, "Uh-huh, yeah, it's just the police and reporters..it brings it all back." Mary hung up the phone quietly, hoping the click wasn't heard over their conversation. Mary made her way to the kitchen, throwing her book bag on the island while trying to raid the fridge. Sidney made her way into the kitchen to talk with her sister.

"Hey Peeping Tom.." Sidney said leaning against the doorway, arms crossed looking at her sister. Mary simply rolled her eyes, and grabbed juice from the fridge. "How come you never told me we were staying with Tatum and Deputy Dewey, Sid." Sidney sighed as she went to move forward, causing Mary to move back two steps. "Daddy is not going to be here, and after what happened to Casey.." Sidney stopped herself short. Mary scoffed, stopping herself from saying something she'd regret.

Sidney and Mary sat on the couch, waiting for time to go by. Mary was going through the TV, trying to find something on. Every channel she went to, had something on about Casey & Steve's murder. Eventually, she turned the tv off, not wanting to cause discomfort between her sister and her. Mary and Sidney sat in silence, before she eventually fell asleep, Mary reading a classic horror book trying to pass the time. Sidney was jolted awake by her phone ringing. Mary looked up from her book and at the clock. 7:15pm. It was almost time for the scheme. Sidney got off the phone with Tatum, when her phone rang again. "Tatum, just get in the car." Mary heard her sister say.

"Hello, Sidney." A raspy voice on the other end said. Mary was beside Sidney when she saw her sister suck in a breath. Mary mouthed "what" to her sister who just shook her head saying not to talk. "Hi. Who is this?" Sidney asked the mystery man on the phone. Mary picked up the other handheld on the phone, listening into the conversation. "You tell me."  The voice on the other end said. Sidney, trying to place the voice, glanced at her twin. Mary shook her head, indicating that she didn't know, even though she was well aware that it was Billy on the line. "I have no idea." Sidney said, putting the phone in the crook between her neck and shoulder. 

"Scary night isn't it? With the murders and all, it's like something right out of a horror movie or something."  The man said. A ghost of a smile appeared on Sidney's lips, and Mary looked at her sister confused. "Haha Randy, you gave yourself away. Are you calling from work? Tatum's on her way." Mary shook her head at her sister's words, knowing damn well that Randy wasn't working tonight. "Sid.. hang up." Mary whispered to her sister, and Sidney responded by waving her hand saying she was okay. "Do you like scary movies, Sidney?"  Sidney rolled her eyes, and took the phone over to the window. Mary looked out the window, and caught a glimpse of the ghost face costume. She went to go up the stairs, still listening in on the conversation.

"I like that thing you're doing with your voice Randy, it's sexy." Sidney said to the mystery man on the phone. Mary rolled her eyes at her sisters comment. "What's your favorite scary movie?" Ghostface spoke. 'Nightmare on Elm Street' Mary thought in her mind, but she knew her sister did not have a favorite scary movie. She heard her sister tell the man that she doesn't watch that shit, and he replied why. Sidney's answer made Mary laugh. "Because, they're all the same. It's always some stupid killer stalking some big breasted girl, who can't act- who always runs up the stairs when she should be going out the front door, it's insulting." 

Hearing this, Mary snorted causing her sister to glare at her to shut up. Mary held out her hands in surrender, trying to keep a straight face, while the conversation kept going. There was a pause in the conversation, before the man started again. "Are you alone in the house?" Sidney & Mary made eye contact, before Mary held a finger up to her lips. "That is so unoriginal. You disappoint me Randy." Sidney said with a smile. "Maybe that's because, I'm not Randy." 

It was at that point that Mary knew what was bought to happen. She saw her sister start to panic, but instead of comforting her, she gathered herself upstairs and got ready. "The question is not who am I, it's where am i."  Sidney looked out the window, and pulled the drapes to a close to prevent anyone from seeing in. Mary sat in a closet downstairs, waiting like she was told to. Billy is currently outside, watching while on the phone with the voice changer. They continued their conversation, going as far as Sidney going out onto the porch despite the voice saying he was outside. She stuck her finger up her nose, trying to call the caller's bluff. "Good try Randy. Tell Tatum to hurry. Bye Now." Sidney said before going to hang up. "If you hang up, you and your sister will die just like your mother."

Mary saw her sister freeze, and begin looking around frantically for her. Mary stayed hidden, not even feeling an ounce of remorse for the complete terror that was coming over her face. "Do you want to die Sidney, your mother sure didn't."  Mary heard her sister scream at the man on the phone, before hanging up on him. Mary saw a man in a ghost face costume leap out of her coat closet. Mary ran the other way, to cause a diversion before he grabbed her by the hair and threw her down. Mary winced and took a knife, slashing the mans leg. "Dickface." Mary spat, rubbing her head where she was thrown.

The man redirects on Sidney, ramming into her side causing her to hit the floor screaming. Sidney kicked the man in the face, knocking him off of her. The ghost face pulls out a knife, raising it above his head to stab her, before she kicks him in the groin. She runs up into her room, closing the door and blocking the door with her closet door. She immediately dials 911 on the computer, when the ghost face disappears. Sidney hears a light knocking on her door, causing Sidney to shriek. At the same time, she hears a thud, and suddenly Billy is in her room. "Sid.. it's me. Open the door, are you okay?" Mary says from behind the door.

Sidney opened the door, and immediately went to hug Mary, asking if she was okay. During the hug, Mary glared at Billy, who simply shrugged in response as a simple apology. "He's here Billy, He's trying to kill us.." Sidney cried trying to help pull billy through the window. Billy pulled himself the rest of the way through the window, when a cell phone falls out of his pocket. Mary took in a sharp breathe, as her sister stopped in her tracks, and began running down the stairs. "Oh god, Sid!" Mary screamed trying to stop her. At the same time, Billy began to run after her. "Sid! Wait wait wait Sidney!" Mary looked at her friend, and hit him. "Good going buster, now you're a suspect." Billy glared at her and rolled his eyes before making the rest of the way downstairs. "Leave it to Bloody Mary to try and take a serious situation into a joke." Billy said harshly towards the girl.

Mary simply shrugged, and watched as Dewey slammed Billy onto a cop car, cuffing him, while Billy screamed at Sid to tell them it was a mistake. It pained Mary to not be able to say anything, but she had a part, and playing the innocent little sister was that part.