I stared at him for a long time. He really believed her. I steeled myself.
"Alright, let's do this."
We went back inside, and everyone stood. Marisol was handing out masks, and Mattias was offering everyone various weapons. A hunter's knife, a hatchet, a small machete, scissors, a hammer. He reached me, and I shook my head, leaning down topull the knife from my boot. Koi did the same, handing me our masks from his backpack.
"So, I'm going to go grab the dog. I won't come back until she's in the woods. Then, you chase her. Scare her, but don't kill her. Marisol called dibs, got it?" Mattias waved his knife around.
"What about Fabian? Are we killing him still?" Beth asked, snapping her scissors shut.
Mattias tilted his head as if giving it thought. "Sure, why not? First one to stick him wins a prize."
"What's the prize?" Grace asked.
"I don't know, a golf cart." Mattias shrugged. "It doesn't matter. Let's fucking go." He slid his mask on, and everyone followed suit. He ran upstairs, bringing Georgie down. He left the house and we all went to stand on the porch and wait.
My high had worn off, and now I was just pissed.
"Mitchell, where's your weapon?" I asked.
"Oh, right. I need to go get that. Mattias said I could take the chainsaw we found in the woods the night Ruth died." He went to the garage, and by the time he came back, Georgie and Mattias were racing back.
"Go!" he screamed as he ran inside.
The party flew off the porch and into the woods, screaming and cheering wildly. Mitchell pulled the chord on his chainsaw and it roared to life.
Koi and I stayed back, taking the stalking approach rather than the psychobilly.
We heard her scream and started that way, but then when we reached the area, we didn't find Domino but Mitchell. He'd dropped the chainsaw and was afraid to pick it back up, as it was still going.That was… odd.
"Oh, scared?" I laughed.
He scowled. "A little, yeah!"
"You should be." Koi grabbed him by his collar and lifted him off the ground. I reached into his backpack and pulled out a rope and a gag.
"What are you doing?" Mitchell asked as I wrapped the gag around his head, stuffing a rag in his mouth. Koi pushed him against a tree and I worked on tying him to it.
"How much rope do you have in there?" I asked.
"A lot, why?" Koi asked.
"I have an idea." I grinned under the mask. I picked up the chainsaw and shoved it into Mitchell's hand.
We left Mitchell there and went on to find Domino and the others. We followed the raucous laughter and caught Domino speeding past us. She fell and screamed out in pain.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are!" Andrew yelled.
"We just wanna talk!" Beth said.
"I don't! I want to kill you!" Grace howled.
We stayed behind, watching from a distance as everyone else trapped her from every direction. They were pushing her back to the camp. She made it there and hid under a cabin until she felt safe enough to run. She fled back to the park, but she was seen and they jumped on golf carts to chase her.
I was thoroughly impressed by how well she was at hiding in the dark. If you weren't looking for her, you wouldn't see her at all.
Koi and I continued our slow, methodical trek. We knew eventually we'd catch her and then deal with everyone else. When we lost sight of her, we went up to the tram to look down on the park.
All the while, the sounds of her moaning and groaning in pleasure still blared from the speakers. It nearly drowned out the maniacal laughter.
