THE NEXT DAY, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018, SCHOOL
Mar walks through the hallway of school while looking down on his phone. He watched the news in shock and fear as he learns that Newt has died. The news caption read "High School student found dead at 7:30 A.M"
"Newt's dead?" Mar says to himself with a fearful tone. Mar walks pass another hallway on his left side as Shuhan appears behind Mar, grabbing onto his shoulders and slamming him to the wall "You did, didn't you!!!? You fucking killed him!! I know you did!!" He shouts at Mar, freaking Mar out.
Shuhan punches Mar in the face and throws him to the ground while screaming "You killed my brother!!"
Mar looked confused "He's your brother?" He said while breathing heavily "I didn't kill your brother"
"Don't shit me!!" Shuhan grabs ahold of Mar and lifts him up with his jacket. "I didn't kill him, Shuhan!!" Mar shouts, but Shuhan punches him in the face. He falls to the ground as Timmy and Makoto appear behind him "Hey! What's happening!?"
"Mar! He did it, he killed Newt!!" Shuhan points at Mar with a furious face. Mar gets up and runs away. The others chase him from behind "I'm gonna kill you!!" Shuhan screamed as they run through the hallway. Mar hides behind a wall as the others lose his track "That fucking cunt" Timmy complains as he falls to the ground; out of breath "I haven't run like this in two years, man!"
"Where'd he go!?" Makoto shouts. He looks at Shuhan and grabs his shoulders "You okay, Shuhan?"
Shuhan slaps his arms away from him and walks away "Aren't you with Mar and Shad?" He said in a rude tone. Makoto watches as Shuhan walks away from them.
Mar runs up the stairs to the second floor hallway in fear. He suddenly gets visions of Newt in his head, thinking that he's the reason someone has died. He falls to the ground and leans against the wall while crying. Fear consumes his mind as he screams out loud "Aaaaah!!"
SPASHELOU'S DARK DESCENT
CHAPTER 2, VOLUME 1, THE REACTION
Mar is sat there on the floor still. He finds Shad walking through the hallway "Shad... Shad!!"
Shad ignores Mar's call and walks pass him. "Shad!" Mar screams out while standing up from the ground. He walks toward Shad and grabs his shoulders "Shad, please!"
Shad pushes his arms away and shouts "Stay away from me! Why would you kill him!? Why would you kill Newt!??"
"I didn't kill Newt! I think... I think it was the Spashelou!" Mar shouts. "Then why are you crying, huh? You killed him, didn't you? You better get out of here or else the police will come looking for you" Shad turns back and walks away from Mar. "Shad, I didn't kill Newt!"
"Yeah, right" Shad says while continuing his walk. "Shad, we live in the same town as that serial killer, Spashelou!" Mar shouts, trying to grab Shad's attention. Shad walks down the stairs as Mar is left there alone. He takes Shad's advice to get out of school and run away before the police finds him. He knows he'll be a suspect.
Shad walks down the stairs and stumbles upon Shuhan and the others. Shuhan grabs Shad by the shoulders and pins him to the wall; punching him in the face "You both did it, huh!? You both killed Newt!!"
"No! I didn't kill Newt!!" Shad pushes him off "Why do you guys even care about him anyways!?"
"He's my brother" Shuhan answers. "He's your brother?" Shad asked in confusion. Shuhan dodges the question and asks "Where's Mar?"
"Why?" Shad asked. Shuhan stares deep in Shad's eyes and pushes him "I'm gonna avenge my brother" he says while walking away. As Shad watches them walk away, Makoto turns around "Who's side are you on now, Shad? Don't be kidding me you're still with that monster, Mar"
"Just 'cause you switched sides, it doesn't mean that the past is gone. You did terrible things to innocent people" Shad says while walking away, bumping into Makoto's shoulder. Makoto watches as Shad walks away.
SOMEWHERE
The Spashelou sits in a room with a person at the corner tied to a chair while frightened. The boy says "Please, please" while crying. The Spashelou suddenly takes off his mask to reveal his face to the boy. "Aaah!" He screams because he knows he'll be killed now that he knows the Spashelou's face "Please!! Please let me go!! I won't tell no one who you are! Please!!" He screams.
The Spashelou puts his mask back on and slowly walks up to the boy with a kitchen knife, ready to strike the boy's face. The boy screams as the Spashelou brutally jams the knife into the boy's neck, blocking his air hole from breathing. Blood gushes out from his neck as the Spashelou watches the boy try to fight back.
SCHOOL
Shuhan looks at pictures of Chase, Newt, and himself. Chase and Shuhan are cousins and used to all hang out before Chase moved to Nebraska and Shuhan moved to a new house. "Chase is coming to town soon. He'll hear the news of my dead brother. Maybe he can help me find Mar and kill him"
"We'll help you too" Timmy says while placing his hands on Shuhan's shoulders. "Get your hands off me" Shuhan demanded. "Oh shit, my bad" He lets go "Wait, doesn't that mean we now go to a school with a murderer" Makoto says to the others. "Oh my god... oh God I'm gonna die!!" Timmy freaks out.
"No, don't worry. We'll take care of it" Shuhan says. "Wait, wait, wait! Kill him at this school???" Makoto shouts "We'll get caught by the staffs!"
"Then I'll drag Mar out of the school and kill him there" Shuhan says. "No! You sound a lot like that Spashelou guy now!" Timmy shouts. Makoto and Timmy tries to stop Shuhan from going insane "No!" Shuhan shouts "I don't care!! He killed my brother!! He killed someone who I cared about!! I tried my best to take care of him and make sure his bullies don't touch him, to make sure you and your friends don't touch him!" He points at Makoto "And now he's dead because of your friend, Mar!!"
Makoto stood there quietly while shaking in shock and fear. Shuhan turns back and continues walking "Maybe we should join him" Timmy faces Makoto. "What??" Makoto asks. "I don't know. I kind of don't wanna be in a school with a serial killer" Timmy answers. He walks up to Shuhan with Makoto "Hey, I think we'll join you"
"Okay" Shuhan says. "I'm sorry for your loss, though" Timmy apologizes. "It's fine" Shuhan answers. "Hey, does anyone know his past or anything?" Makoto asked the group.
Shuhan walks while answering "He's a smart kid. He had a future ahead of him. He tried his best to ignore all the ruthless kids in school, but then suddenly, you and Mar began picking on him-" he stops talking and stands there in silence. "What- you okay?" Timmy asked. Shuhan walks away "Don't follow me"
"What? Where you going?" Timmy asked. "I'm going to Newt's crime scene" Shuhan answers while walking backwards. Makoto realizes "What? So you're ditching school?"
"Yeah, cover for me. Tell them I got sick or something" Shuhan says. "But what if that doesn't work" Timmy replies. Shuhan begins sprinting away while shouting "Just tell them or I'll fold you like an omlette!"
MAR'S HOUSE
Mar lays in his bed. He has ditched school too. Jovan sits right next to Mar on the bed "Damn Mar, you look like shit"
Mar turns his other side and sighs "Today's been a rough day" he says. "Good thing we don't live with mom or dad anymore; they would've told you to go back in school" Jovan laughs, but the room was silence. Mar closes his eyes trying to sleep and forget about the death of Newt and the enraged Shuhan.
Jovan takes out his phone and looks at a news account on Instagram "Yo what the- Mar, look, another person died. He goes to your school, so be careful when walking to school next time" He warns. Mar was still quiet. Jovan begins to worry "Mar?... Do you know this boy?"
Mar was still silent as Jovan puts his phone down "Alright, if you're not gonna talk to me, I'll just go play Mortal Kombat" He gets up and leaves the room. He shuts the door ad Mar turns to his back and looks up at the ceiling "Newt's dead" he mumbles.
NEWT'S CRIME SCENE
Shuhan walks through the neighborhood of Newt's home. He finds no civilians outside, but finds the exact area Newt died. He looks around for clues. He checks behind garbage bins, cars, under the cars, and in people's yard. He suddenly finds a beanie, the same beanie as the one Yu and Otori found.
He reaches for it and picks it up with his bare hands. He puts his hands in the beanie to possibly grab out a strand of hair, which he does. The hair he pulled was straight as he sighs "It's Mar..." he looks up at the sky with his tight fists wrapped around the beanie.
MAR'S NEIGHBORHOOD, NIGHT
Mar walks outside his house. "Where you going?" Jovan asks. Mar turns to Jovan "I'm going for a walk" He's about to close the door, but stops. He reopens it "Hey, I'm sorry about earlier; staying silent and ignoring you. It's just... I do know the boy and... I feel like it's my fault he's dead"
Jovan walks up to Mar "It's okay. And no, it's not your fault. It's most likely that Spashelou guy. Be safe, okay? Here" Jovan hands him a knife "Protect yourself"
"Thanks, Jovan" Mar grabs the knife and leaves the house. Once he was far from his house, he suddenly gets stopped by a figure in the distance. The figure wears a clown mask; it's the Spashelou. The Spashelou waves at Mar.
"Hey!" Mar shouts "Who the fuck are you!?"
There was no reply. The Spashelou stares at Mar while standing there doing nothing. Mar begins to freak out "Fucking bitch, you wanna fight or some shit!?? Huh!!? Get out of here!!" He pulls out his knife and waves it at the Spashelou. The Spashelou walks away, making Mar relieved "Fucking bitch" He says.
He begins walking, but suddenly a ball rolls toward Mar. Mar watches as the ball rolls to his feet. "Hm?" Mar questions as he picks up the ball and examines it. Behind Mar, the Spashelou stood tall. The Spashelou places his hands on Mar's shoulder as he turns around. The Spashelou socks Mar in the head, knocking him out to the ground. The Spashelou drags his body away.
TO BE CONTINUED...