Drop Dead Gorgeous: Act Two

Outside of the large studio, several news-vans and police cars littered the front parking lot. All of the different reporters were stood in front of their cameras, speaking about the incident. Melanine Wilson walked towards the swarm of reporters, she knew the competion would get media attention but not this much, she smiled broadly and breathed deeply and paused upon short path to the front of the studio. A hand suddenly landed on her shoulder. The hand of Kasia Dunn.

KASIA DUNN: Mel, what happened? Anything exciting?

MELANIE WILSON: Press?

KASIA: More than that, something bigger...

Melanie looked over at the press as a unmarked police car approached the entrance, reporters rushed towards the gated area and pushed their microphones in the male and female agents faces, they both ignored all questions and passed the gates.

KASIA: A scandal! Maybe they found an old sex tape or some sleazy pictures of one of the girls. Probably Tiffani or Ellie, talking of Ellie I have a theory she was a fat child and lets face it she needs some press, she's falling behind and it's only the preliminaries!

Melanie smiled weakly and walked away from Kasia who stood unaware for a few seconds that Melanie had left. Melanie dodged the press as she quickly walked around to the side gate, she pulled her key pass from her shoulder bag and showed it to a guard who quickly let her past, as she walked into the studio entrance the reported took pictures and shouted questions at her

REPORTER: How do you feel about the death of Ellie Swanson?

Melanie gasped and hurried into the entrance, she walked inside as Kasia walked into the press pit, she stood surrouded by microphones and meekly wept flase tears as the reporters informed her of the shocking death of Ellie.

KASIA: I'm so incredibly sad, I always thought she was such a special girl and I honestly saw her winning this pagent.

Kasia answerd endless questions in the most politically correct way possible, she knew this would grand her press and media coverage and she knew people would fall in love her her gracious and caring attitude, fake as it was.

Inside the building the two agents who had gone inside ahead of Melanie were walking briskly towards the girls dressing room.

DANIEL SCOTT: So, what happened again?

STEPHANIE BOSWORTH: Ellie Watson, one of the models, was murdered in her dressing room. I don't know anything more than that, are you sure you want to be here, first day and all?

DAN: Yes, I mean, I have to get used to this.

STEPHANIE: Great.

Stephanie headed up to the entrance to the studio, closely followed by a fidgety Dan. The two headed inside.

Stephanie strolled down the corridor of absent dressing rooms. She reached the fifth door along, marked with: ‘Dressing Room 10.’ She grabbed the handle and pulled it down. The door swung ajar, and she pushed it wider, stepping inside. Stephanie was met by a hoard of crime scene investigation officers combing the scene for any clues. There a mere few meters away lay the white corpse of Ellie Swanson.

Stephanie looked down at the body. There were several stab wounds over her chest and her throat was slit, slightly masking the strangulation marks. Stephanie turned away in disgust. A moment later, she turned back. She really ought to have gotten used to dead bodies, after over 20 years on the force. Reluctantly, she crouched down by Ellie’s body. With a sigh, she shook her head. She gave herself a few seconds to examine the marks and then she stood again.

STEPHANIE: (to herself) I’ll get the sick bastard who did this.

She turned and exited the dressing room. She headed down the corridor, where Dan was stood, flirting with one of the models. Her hair huge and over styled and her boobs even bigger and under dressed, she and Dan chatted contently as she firmly pressed her perfectly manicured hands on his crisp white shirt.

STEPHANIE: Agent Scott!

DANIEL: Coming! (to model) See ya.

He turned and hurried after Agent Bosworth as the model, Tiffani Horrowitz, smirked and headed off in the other direction. With a strut in her step, she approached a young, handsome guy his hair cut perfectly and face handsome. She smirked, and grabbed his collar with her hands and pressed herself up against his chest.

TIFFANI HORROWITZ: Hey, Ty. Did you hear about that Ellie girl? It’s awful, right?

Tyler Hemsley grabbed both of Tiffani's wrists and forcebaly pulled her wrists from his collar. Shoving her back lightly.

TYLER HEMSLEY: Firstly, never call me Ty. Secondly, never talk to me again. I got what I wanted from you, I don’t care for you anymore. Go away, slut.

Tiffani huffed and pushed her bangs out of her eyes, she rested one hand on her bony hips and narrowed her eyes at Tyler.

TIFFANI: Fine, screw you.

TYLER: You've been there.

Tyler turned and walked away, leaving Tiffani looking furious. Her face boiled red as two of the other models strolled past her, chatting. Tiffany slinked off hurt as Deidre Lockwood and Mia Chandler passed her.

DEIDRE LOCKWOOD: Then he said he had no more cash so he took me to McDonalds and it saw so sweet, we shared a Strawberry Milkshake.

MIA CHANDLER: He took you to McDonalds?

DEIDRE: Yeah, he’s so sweet.

MIA: Sweet? He’s a fucking cheapskate.

DEIDRE: Actually, that’s where you wrong! He told me he doesn’t know how to skate.

MIA: Whatever you say, honey.

Mia sighed and retrieved her phone from her small Louis Vuitton clutch. she picked out her mabile phone and if flased One new message at her. She opened it up, and grinned.

DEIDRE: You got a message? Who from? What does it say?

MIA: From my mom. The rest is up to your imagination.

DEIDRE: Oh. My. God. She’s got you a pony!

Mia sighed and shook her head, as Deidre smiled ear from ear. She pushed her mobile back inside her bag.

MIA: (under her breath) Dumb shit.

DEIDRE: Ew. (laughing) The toilets are that way.

She points behind her and smiles broadly once again.

MIA: Great. I’ll keep that in mind.

Tyler Hemsley, the resident male model strolled past the two girls and Deidre smiled.

DEIDRE: He is so hot, right?

MIA: No, he’s a guy. All guys are pigs. Period.

DEIDRE: You’re on you’re period? No wonder you’ve been acting so bitchy! Do you need a tampon? my mom packed me so many!

Mia sighed.

MIA: Yeah, that’s exactly why I’ve been acting like a bitch.

DEIDRE: I know. I’m clever like that, you know? Anyway, so you’re not interested in Tyler?

MIA: (irritably) No.

DEIDRE: Good! I’m so going after him.

MIA: Dei, you’re dating Daniel.

DEIDRE: No, we got divorced last night.

MIA: Divorced? You weren’t married, Dei. Ugh, whatever. Go. Play. Leave me alone.

Deidre grinned and clapped her hands. she hugged a reluctant Mia and ran awkwardly towards Tyler.

DEIDRE: Oh! Tyler! Wait up!

Mia sighed and then headed off the other way. She approached the entrance to the rehearsal stage, and then bumped into a set dresser, Ryan Duffet.

MIA: Hey! Watch out, you idiot!

RYAN DUFFET: Hello to you, too, Mia.

MIA: Move out of my way, freak. Like now.

Ryan stepped aside, and Mia headed through to the stage. Ryan sighed and continued down the corridor. He cut across the grassy knoll, and found himself at a beautiful area, surrounded with grass and tress, an ornate fountain planted in the middle. Around the fountain was a concrete bench. Seated on the bench were two models, Alice Kappa and Fay Stewart, along with one of the other volunteers, John Practer.

RYAN: Hey, guys.

ALICE KAPPA: Hey, Daniel. What’s up?

RYAN: Nothing much, how about you?

ALICE: I’m good. Thanks for asking.

FAY STEWART: Oh, God. Cut the flirting, you’re making me nauseous.

ALICE: We were not flirting, okay?

FAY: Okay, okay. Don’t worry, I won’t tell.

Alice narrowed her eyes at Fay and shook her head. Fay pulled her tongue out at Alice cheekily.

FAY: Oh, if looks could kill...

JOHN PRACTER: Ry, stop flirting with Alice. And you two, carry on fighting. It’s hot.

FAY: Aw, Jeremy. Girl fights turn you on?

JOHN: That and Viagra. They both seem to do the trick.

Alice giggled as Ryan broke into hysterical laughter, high-fiving John. Fay struggled to keep a straight face.

FAY: Oh, I’ll bet.

Fay sighed and grabbed her bottle of water from the grass below her. She took a swig, and then threw the empty bottle into the trash, just a few feet away.

JOHN: Nice throw.

FAY: Why thank-you, Viagra boy.

FAY: My pleasure, comic-book girl.

Ryan grinned and laughed a little.

RYAN: And you said we were flirting?

ALICE: Dominique and Jeremy sitting in a tree...

RYAN: K-I-S-S-I....

FAY: (interrupting) Okay, that’s enough. I think we comprehend from there.

RYAN: You sure? Cause there’s two little letters to go.

FAY: I think I have a pretty good idea as to what those ‘two little letters’ are, thank you very much.

RYAN: If you say so.

FAY: Yes, I do say so.

JOHN: Oh, yeah, Ry, I forgot to ask. Do you know why all the cops and reporters are here?

RYAN: Oh, yeah, you guys will never believe this!

ALICE: Why? What happened?

FAY: Yeah, come on, spill.

RYAN: Well, you know that new girl Ellie Swanson girl?

FAY: Never heard of her. She one of the volunteers?

ALICE: No, she’s one of the models. She got a shot after Jenny dropped out. One of the judges made a snide comment last night, and she ran off, crying. I was gonna go check on her, but I had to get out pretty quick so I could duck down to school to pick up my assignments.

RYAN: Well, she was found murdered in the main dressing room last night.

ALICE: What!

FAY: You serious?

RYAN: Very.

JOHN: Gnarly.

ALICE: That’s so awful!

RYAN: Tell me about it. Apparently, she was stabbed, like, seven times in the chest and there was so much blood they had to close the entire floor this morning when a cleaner found her.

ALICE: (close to tears) Who would do that?

JOHN: Who knows?

FAY: There’s some pretty sick people around.

ALICE: Have they caught the guy?

RYAN: No. Supposedly, there was no traces of evidence.

JOHN: Maybe it's somebody picking off the girls?

RYAN: Dude!

FAY: Inconsiderate much?

Fay sighed, for a moment the foursome sat in silence reeling from the tragic news.

Mario Fortuna was sat on a small stool. Stood in front of him was Vanessa Aleba. She was dressed in a long, extravagant green dress that protruded beyond her feet. Mario was sewing the back of the dress, as Vanessa stood patiently.

VANESSA ALEBA: So, did you hear about that Ellie? She was murdered, isn’t it scary?

Mario scowled and pushed the needle forward, ‘accidentally’ pricking Vanessa’s back. Vanessa jumped forward and yelped.

VANESSA: Ouch!

She sighed, and returned to her position. Knowing how volatile Mr. Fortuna could become.

MARIO FORTUNA: (fakely) Sorry Darling!

VANESSA: No worries.

Mario continued sewing the dress, as the door opened and another model strolled in. She walked over to Mario’s desk, and observed the mess that covered the top. She smiled and grabbed a pair of scissors.

MIKA SUMMERSBY: Hey, Mr. Fortuna, can I borrow your scissors for a sec?

MARIO: No, put them back.

MIKA: I’ll only be a minute.

Mika turned and headed for the door. Mario quickly reacted, dropping the sewing needle and jumping from his stool, racing at Mika. He grabbed her shoulder and spun her round. As Mika gasped, He snatched the scissors from her hand.

MARIO: I said no, twat!

Mia jumped back, shocked.

MIA: Geez, calm down! I’m sorry, okay?

Mario scowled at her as he turned and opened the door, heading out.

MIA: (under her breath) Psycho.

Mr Fortuna sighed and pulled open one of the drawers of his desk. He shoved the scissors inside. There wasn’t much inside the drawer, just an old photograph of his sister and mother, a diary, and then two small white pearls. Mario closed the drawer, and then opened the next drawer down. He took out a small box, and opened it, taking out a small, rusty, silver key. He placed the open box on the desk, and then used the key to lock the top drawer. Then He placed the key back into the box and dropped the box into the second drawer again.

Drop Dead Gorgeous First Act and Cast List

Pagent Princesses

Star_Awards - Vanessa Aleba

Hunnigall - Alice Kappa

Mik-Ma - Mika Summerby

fayasi - Fay Stewart

Guaggi - Mia Chandler

UndamyUmbrellla - Kasia Dunn

bluegreen86 - Melanine Wilson

fakeshake3 - Ellie Swanson

belle-ame - Tiffani Horrowitz

To_Royal - Deidre Lockwood

Extras

Tylerisbold - Gregg Helmsley

Dodence_bt - Mario Fortuna

Diva_Always - Dee Cameron

Rachwee123 - Stephanie Bosworth

DanPuffs - Daniel Scott

Ellie Swanson sat at her dressing room table. She sighed and peered into her mirror. She had stayed behind later than the other girls most of the time, she felt this was proof she wanted this more than them. Tears had left marks down her beautiful cheeks, her makeup smudged and damp.

She sniffed and pulled a tissue from a box to wipe her eyes. The reason for her tears was earlier, one of the judges in the competition, the beauty competition Ellie so wanted to win, had told her during rehersal that she had looked like a 'spastic' during her singing performance. Harsh, even by their standards. Not to mention incredibly intolerant. 'If there were anyone in the competition with a disability, said comment wouldn’t have gone down as smoothly' thought Ellie. Most of the other contestants had laughed behind Ellie's back at the comment which further upset her. She knew they were her competition but thought it was horrible for them to laugh at the comment.

Ellie stood and pushed back her chair. She was dressed in a beautiful, red dress that reached her feet. Her blonde hair was combed back into a beautifully prepared bun.

Around her neck was a circle of shiny white pearls that, as a matter of fact, had been passed onto her from her late grandmother. Her relationship with her grandmother had been the only stable relationship Ellie had had, loosing her had made Ellie even more determined to make a name for herself.

She walked up and down her dressing room, admiring herself. She looked beautiful. Bragging wasn’t something she particularly enjoyed doing, but she did look beautiful. There wasn’t a single doubt about that. her slim figure and beautiful Alexander Wang dress were a perfect combination.

She ran her hand over her hair, straightening out any loose strands. She turned back to her mirror and forced a smile. If only her grandmother could have been there to see her now thought Ellie, she should be proud of her granddaughter. Ellie glanced in the mirror for the final time and then nodded and exhaled deeply as she took her seat again in front of the mirror. She kicked off her black stilettos quickly and pulled her hair loose from the bun and ran her fingers delicatly through her hair to straighten it out. She smiled and grabbed a wipe from the box on her table. She pressed it against her face and closed her eyes. She began to wipe the makeup away. Once finished, she leant over and dropped the wipe into the bin beside her vanity table.

Once she sat up again to face her mirror, she spotted a figure behind her. They were dressed in a thick, black robe, a plain white full face-mask covering their face. Ellie gasped and spun round.

ELLIE: God, you scared me! Gregg? Take that stupid outfit off, I'm really not in the mood tonight!

Ellie turned and continued wiping her makeup with a second wipe. Once finished, she disposed of it and glanced back at the figure still stood silently behind her.

ELLIE: Look, Gregg, please get out I need to get changed now.

Ellie waited for an answer but the figure didn’t move or talk. With a sigh, she stood and walked over to them. gripping their arm she tried to frog match them away

MARIA: Come on, out! NOW!

The figure suddenly pulled a pair of scissors from inside their robe. Ellie gasped. She struggled and tried to pull her hand away but the intruder grasped her arm and had a firm grip.

ELLIE: Oh, my God! That the fuck!

The person pressed the scissors against Ellie's bare forearm and slashed across sharply. Ellie screamed and recoiled, pulling her arm back in distress. Blood seeped out of the wound and she stumbled backwards whimpering

ELLIE: God! Help me! Somebody, help!

Ellie stumbled back and crashed into her vanity table. All the makeup dropped onto the floor, distracting Ellie. The intruder hurried forward and grabbed her jaw. Ellie gave a muffled scream, and the figure smashed her head against the mirror beside her. She screamed again, shards of glass errupted from the fram and sank into the back of Ellie's head cutting her head open.

ELLIE: No! (sobbing) Please, don’t!

The attacker continued to smash her head twice against the now completely shattered mirror. They stopped and flung her across the room. Ellie flew into the dresses rack, knocking it over and falling to the floor herself. The attacker breathed heavily under the mask, moving towards Ellie once again. She got to her feet as the figure swung the scissors towards her. She screamed and ducked. The scissors planted into the wall. Ellie stared at the mask as the attacker pulled at the scissors, trying to remove them from the plaster wall. Ellie quickly hurried to the door, she pushed aganst the door sharply but it was stuck fast. The attacker pulled at the embedded scissors and retrieved from the wall and raced after her.

They ran at Ellie grabbing her by her bloodied hair, as she pulled the door ajar. She yelped as they slammed her face into the door, pushing it shut again. Tears cascaded down her cheeks and blood ran from the open cuts in her head, as the intruder spun her round and forced her onto a vanity table. Everything that had covered the table was pushed off, smashing on the floor. The attacker wrapped his hands around Ellie’s neck, Ellie faught back and pushed at her attackers mask trying to force their weight away from her, as the person was forced back they pulled at Ellie's neck, gripping her beloved pearl necklace and snapping the golden chain, the pearls sprang into the airs and dropped to the floor like snow, the attacker gripped Ellie once again around the neck.

ELLIE: (choking) No! Help!

The attacker tightened their grip and Ellie began to gasp for breath, spluttering and coughing. her eyes bulged and began to redden She quickly brought up her knee, forcing it against the attackers stomach. They stumbled back and Ellie shoved them over onto the ground. As they fell, they kicked her ankles and she slipped too. They rolled on top of her, pinning her down. She screamed as they gripped her hair and lifted her head.

ELLIE: Please, don't kill me!

The attacked plunged the scissors into Ellie’s chest, inches below her throat. They repeated the process, stabbing her over five times. As she slowly bled to death, they slashed her throat from left to right. Blood poured from her wounds and bubbled from her mouth, as the killer released her body.

She slipped back onto the floor, her body bloodied and bruised and her dress torn and bloodied. Amongst her were several of the pearls that once were part of her mush loved necklace.

DROP DEAD GORGEOUS

Drop Dead Gorgeous: Poster

Drop Dead Gorgeous

I finally finished The Forbidden, I'm really sorry for the long wait but I finished it a month ago but reading it back I was unhappy with the result and hated the ending so I rewrote it to make it more explosive, thank you to everyone for being patient and waiting for me to post the outcome and thank you for any comments, negative or appreciative I welcome any comments.

In a previous post I wrote a blub/prologue for a story I had written down and after writing the first scenes and character introductions it's really not working for me, I'm finding myself at a loss for ideas and honestly I think the plot is kind of same-ish to another story I wrote a year ago and so I have now scrapped that idea completely, I found I did not enjoy that concept much and so I don't want to half ass it and make something I know I would be unhappy with.

I do have a new idea, however. I feel this concept is more in keeping with Stardoll and it will be easier to get participants as the casting is 80% female and the plot has elements of fashion and beauty which will hopefully get more people interested. I have a small plot out line, it's sketchy and vague but I think you will get the idea.

Summer, 2009. Ten aspiring models are all set to compete in the biggest beauty pageant in the country. But someone's competitive streak is a little too prominent. Model number eight, Maria Cole, is found murdered in her dressing room. Strangulation marks and multiple stab wounds cover her body. But the show must go on. Only one can win, and only one can survive...

The first scene is already written, I will post it tomorrow.

Ellie chocked back tears as she stood before the two monstrous men, bating her breath she sniffled, the man in the door way stood firm as the other approached her slowly, Ellie swung around as the approaching man giggled in excitement, she stared at him, his head covered by a tatty old hat, his clothing dirty and thread bear, but worst of all his face, twisted and disturbing, half of his upper lip missing, his skin looked bubbled and reddened raw, chapped skin, Ellie backed away slowly, holding out the weapon she had found she raised it further, trying to threaten the men who had surrounded her, she whimpered and sobbed as the man edged closer to her, she suddenly ran towards the door, throwing her body at the firm man, he faulted for a moment but ultimately gripped Ellie, she screamed ferociously as she tried to escape, he threw her back and she fell to the floor, opening her eyes she saw the man in the hat stood above her, she tried to move but as she did she felt a sharp pain to her head, the other man stood upon her blond hair, she struggled to move but her scalp tore, a few hairs from her head snapped from her skull and she screamed in utter pain, suddenly the man in the hat lay on top of her, his weight crippled her, she again tried to move her body away but the pain was horrific, both men laughed creepily as they tormented Ellie, she tried in vain to push the man away from her but his face grew ever closer to hers, his mouth met hers, Ellie clamped her mouth shut as he licked her lips rabidly, her eyes welled up as he violated her, laughing still the man standing oh her hair crouched down, he pinched her nose and laughed as Ellie tried to struggle away, her head bleed as further hair ripped from her scalp, anguished Ellie let out a deep breath, she could not hold herself any longer, as she opened her mouth one of the men pushed her disgusting fingers inside her mouth, his fingers fumbled with her tongue and teeth, he salivated and slobbered onto Ellie as he pushed his fingers around her mouth, suddenly she snapped her mouth shut, catching his fingers he roared in pain, blood secreted from Ellie’s mouth as she spat the end of his finger out, the other man laughed and pounded Ellie on the chest heavily, she heaved in pain, but before she could regain her breath she saw his boot falling towards her, his boot smashed heavily into her face, knocking Ellie out cold.

MEANWHILE

Alice called out for her friends, ‘DAN!’ she shouted but she knew they would not hear her above the music, she had only ventured a few yards away, but she had a bad feeling about the woods surrounding her, the fog had gotten worse and she was feeling quite frightened to be on her own. she began to retreat when she heard a rustling coming from a close by patch of bushes, she peered at it inquisitively for a second, in fear Alice backed up and began to run back to the near by gathering, suddenly out of nowhere Alice crashed into another person, both fell backwards with a huff, Alice flicked her hair back and saw familiar face, Lou was kneeling on the floor, Alice looked at her for a second and Lou started to sob, her eyes seemed empty, Alice rushed over to Lou and comforted her, suddenly once again, Mika stumbled from the tree line, her clothing being so bloodied made Alice’ jaw drop, Mika stared at Alice, Lou slowly stood up and looked at Alice, she quickly embraced her friend, hugging her with all her strength she heaved, Alice stood in total shock as Mika watched on, Lou broke away and ‘we need to get the others and go, now!’ she demanded, Alice furrowed her brow and blinked at Lou blankly, Lou gasped and held onto Alice’s hand, ‘Let’s just go and we can explain, we have to find the others, right now!’ she again demanded, Alice knew Lou, she was very placid and not easily spooked, so she followed as Lou and Mika lead her back to the thudersome party scene. As they reached the back drop a huge blast echoed in the distance, the music stopped as did the hordes of people, looking back Lou saw a large fire and billowing smoke engulfing the woodland, an explosion forced everyone to duck for cover, people could he heard screaming and crying in fright, a few people ran past the girls and as they did Mika heard them shouting worriedly about their cars, Lou broke away from Alice and followed the crowds heading towards the blast.

Running for a few minutes she was met with groups of people standing on a slight hills, looking downwards, Lou pushed her way through the people, some were audibly upset and cursing, Lou looked down to see a huge fiery pit, filled with cars, all on fire, she spied Tyler jeep and gasped, it had been moved from their parking space and was now blazing on fire, all around people were panicked, ‘how are we going to get home?’ complained one guy, his head shaved, he looked on worriedly, Lou stared at him and his friends but suddenly one of them fell abruptly to the floor, almost everyone quickly stopped talking and looked at the girl lying in the floor, the guy with the shaven head ducked down to the floor to help his friend but their was an arrow embedded in her skull, the crowd began to panic further more as girls shrieked in fright, suddenly a loud thump and commotion behind Lou made her look back and as she did blood splattered onto her face, she looked onward as people screamed and pushed past her, one of the mountain men stood meters from her, brandishing a large machete he slammed it’s thick blade into the revellers, blood sprayed into the air as he hacked at people randomly, Lou tried to move but the human traffic was struggling as many people tried to escape, suddenly she burst through a gap in the sea of people and ran into the clearing, following the crowds of people she sprinted with the crowds of scared people, many of them screaming she just kept with the majority crowd, not knowing what direction she was heading.

The darkness of the night filled the small dingy room, three unmade and uncared for beds cluttered the room joined by empty food packets and soda cans, heavy breathing the only noticeable sound, that is until in the distance there was screaming and shouting, although muffled the screams were obviously of somebody who was truly terrified. Suddenly the door burst open and moon light filled the once darkened room, a gigantic in stature man threw a person to the floor, as she hit the floor she winced and curled up into a ball, trying to protect herself as the man kicked her in the head and chest and grunted at her to shut up, quickly the man retreated from the room, only looking back inside to ignite a lantern hanging by the door, quickly the young woman tried to pick herself from the ground, she held her ribs and wined as she clutched onto a near by make shift table to aid herself to her up to her feet, it was Ellie, as she pulled herself up something fell from the table onto her, she quickly crawled to her feet and ran to the door, still clutching her ribs she pulled on the door handle, again and again, she slapped the door powerlessly and chocked back tears, she looked back into the room and could see but mere darkness, she reached up and pulled the lantern from the wall, holding it a few inches in from of her Ellie slowly walked into the room, terrified but hoping to find an escape, suddenly she reached the table and under her feet she felt something, she lowered the lantern and her eyes met with a gruesome sight, she screamed out loudly as she jumped away from the teeth under her feet, human teeth, she gagged but looked around further, the room seemed to be a bedroom and kitchen she thought as she saw the beds and a small and grotty refrigerator, again the sights she saw were unimaginable, lying on the shelving were human remains, ears, fingers and even flaps of skin were sitting atop the dirty surfaces, Ellie breathed heavily as she choked back tears of anguish, she tried to breath slowly and keep calm, she exhaled slowly but heard a louder exhausted gasp for air somewhere in the room, rattled, Ellie out stretched her arm and jolted the lantern in all directions, she swallowed hard as she tried to peer into the darkness to see the source of the gasp, Ellie took small steps further into the room, her legs trembled, she felt as though she would collapse she was petrified – she lifted the lantern into the air and slowly moved it around, suddenly a hand grasped at her wrist and a high pitched snarling sounded in her ear, Ellie quickly turned and saw a deformed man wailing at her, his eyes bloodshot, boiling in the light of the lantern, he gasped loudly and pulled Ellie sharply towards him, wrapping his foul mouth around her wrist and pushing his teeth into her flesh.

Ellie screamed so loudly, her head felt like it would explode, the pain was horrifying, she struggled with him as she felt the pain of her skin rip away from her bones, she pushed her foot against the seat and pulled away from him just as her skin tore away from her body, as she stumbled backwards she dropped the lantern onto the floor and the gasoline shattered onto the floor and the light exploded into a fire, the grotesque man screamed at Ellie as she backed away from the fire burning in front of him, she clutched her wrist as blood pumped from the wound, the fire quickly filled the room, Ellie got up and reached for the door handle, she looked back and in the fire the man sat staring at her silently, even though fire had started to creep up his legs, he was enormously fat and bloated, his skin red and sore, but his eyes pure evil, Ellie grimaced at him and pulled oven the door, the night sky shone on her face and she stepped outside, all of a sudden a metal bear trap fell from above the door way and snapped shut, Ellie tried to avoid it by dropping to the floor, she screamed as the heavy trap fell onto her, snatching a small amount of her hair in it’s spiky teeth, she struggled to get up, realizing she was trapped she tugged at her hair, snapping the hair away from her skull, she cried silently as the hair pulled away and blood dripped from her head, as she felt the relief of being free Ellie found her way to her feet and limped into the surrounding trees.

Lou ran as quick as she could holding onto the hand of the tall shaven headed man, he led her with a small group of people but the two of them has become lost, neither spoke a word but she felt quite safe with him, Lou sighed heavily, the man looked at her and stopped, ‘are you alright’ he asked, his voice deep but friendly, ‘No, no I’m really not’ said Lou nodding her head lightly, he put his hand on her shoulder reassuringly, Lou breathed heavily as she thought about her friends, the guys face looked glumly at Lou he began to speak ‘I’m To-‘ but before he could finish his words an arrow crashed neatly into the side of his head and he fell sharply to the floor, for a second Lou glazed over, his death was so quick it failed to register to her, she gasped and pushed herself against a near by tree, not knowing where the arrow had come from she panicked but held her nerves enough to creep over to fallen tree and hide beneath it’s leaf covered exterior, she peered at the guys dead body, his eyes were still open, Lou bated her breath as a man approached the body, he kicked the body quickly and laughed, for a second her fell to his knees and tied a rope around the bodies ankles, with a sharp tug the body disappeared from sight and Lou cried lightly, tears sticking to her blood stained face, she stayed on the floor for a few minutes and then dared to come out of hiding, she silently crept from tree to tree, looking out for the killer mountain men on her way, suddenly she smelt smoke fill her nostrils, she gasped and held her shirt over her face, she suppressed herself coughing and looked into the distance, a raging fire, she stopped and thought for a second and she ran towards it, maybe the fire department had been called, she quickly made her way to the inferno, suddenly out of nowhere Lou was grabbed from behind, before she could react the person hushed her by gently placing their fingers over her blood stained lips, it was Tyler, suddenly the fire near by exploded into a fireball and erupted, the explosion was loud and hurt Tyler and Lou’s ears, but they slowly approached a tree and saw the hut billowing smoke and covered with a raging fire.

The wood of the building collapsed little by little, then just as Tyler and Lou turned to leave they heard a scream, for a second they both paused, Tyler ran from the trees and saw Ellie sitting on the floor below him, maybe two miles away, there was blood pouring from her mouth as she dragged herself along the floor, she reached down to her lower leg and screamed out in agony, tugging on a large shard of glass, dislodging it from her flesh, she looked in agony. Lou held Tyler back as she knew the mountain men would surely have seen the raging fire and heard Ellie’s screams, she dug her nails into his shoulder as she saw three of the men emerge from the smoke from behind the hut, they mumbled and shouted to each other in communication until one of them saw Ellie frantically pulling herself into the shrubbery to avoid being seen, they all watched her menacingly drag herself away from them, two of them slowly approached her, making enough noise to alert Ellie to their presence, taunting her like a cat taunts a mouse. She looked back and screamed in sheer terror, she tried in vain to get to her feet but her legs were too badly injured, her terrified screams seemed to entertain the men, who by now were closer to Ellie, one brandished his dirty knife, covered in clotted blood, towards Ellie, jabbing it towards her trying to scare her further, he let out a humiliating cackle as Ellie begged for her life, he brandished the knife menacingly and thrust it close to her face, Ellie reacted by pushing him away, laughing harder the man pulled Ellie from the ground, she screamed but did not struggle, she had nothing left, suddenly with a burst of energy Ellie pushed the man away, he grabbed her wrist to stop her escape, quickly she clenched the glass from her leg in her hand and smashed the shard of glass into the mans neck, with a childish cry she let go of Ellie, stumbling to the floor she used all her might she pushed herself from the ground but as she did so the other man grabbed her by the hair and plunged a small pen knife into her arm, she dropped to the floor and cried out in agony, Tyler watched on as his girlfriend was tortured, ‘we have to help’ he said angrily, Lou quickly relented and kicked her shoes from her feet, I’ll distract them, go get her!’ she said heroically, jumping to her feet she screamed at the top of her lungs; ‘hey, motherfuc..’ as quick as she started to talk an arrow shot past Tyler and plunged into Lou’s face, the forced of the arrow threw her backwards.

Tyler watched as her limp body flew to the floor, he gasped for air and moved from his hiding spot quickly, Ellie screamed and wailed as she recognized her friends voice, ‘NO!’ she screamed repeatedly, she scrambled to her feet and tried to run but as she got to her feet she saw the man she injured swung his huge knife at her, instinctively she held her hands up in defence and the knife sliced through her skin and bone with ease, the pain was horrific as Ellie’s severed fingers dropped to the leaf covered floor, she held her hand gently as she cried and blood squirted profusely from her hand. Suddenly the man grabbed her and held her back to his chest, he held her tightly as she struggled to escape, suddenly Ellie stopped moving as the man plunged the knife into her back, she quickly spat up blood and wretched as the knife crunched and squelched, the blade severing her spine in two. He quickly dropped Ellie to the floor as she gasped for air, her breathing erratic and pained her body lay limply on the ground and her eyes seeped with tears and panic; Ellie was now disabled and helpless. The uninjured man smiled and grabbed Ellie by her blond hair and dragged her across the grassy flooring into the wild, grunting his orders at the other man, as if obeying an order he quickly trudged up the hill towards Lou and Tyler’s hiding spot, he picked up Lou’s dead body with ease and threw it over his shoulder, as the turned to leave he heard a crack, a branch snapping, he looked around for a second and began down the hill quickly, Tyler lay near by and watched the man take her away as soon as he went out of sight Tyler cautiously made his way from the area.

MEANWHILE

Alice and Mika had joined a group of people walking along the roadside, Mika was weak and could hardly walk, Alice held her up and the group of six people wandered down the dirt road, the group kept walking until they came to a huge open field filled with cars, some looked old and were rusted, others were new, as the group wandered through the wrecks Alice noticed blood over some of the cars, hand prints on the windows and clothing and items on the grassy floor, including children’s toys and baby rattles, she closed her eyes gently and thought for a second, all the cars in the surrounding must have been from victims of the mountain men, men, women and even children must have fought for their lives in these woods. Mika clung onto Alice, her cuts were weeping heavily and blood dripped from her ripped clothing, a discussion began in the group that maybe they could hot wire one of the newer cars in the yard, Mika and Alice rested on a near by car, a few of the group members searched close by cars, Alice left Mika at the car as she helped search the cars for a car which had not been wrecked, Mika stood up and looked inside the car she sat upon, she swung the door open and looked inside, rummaging in the papers and trash inside she found a lighter, pushing it into her pocket she sighed heavily and reached down to her wounded body, her cut had become numb with cold, she pushed her shirt over the cut just as Alice came back, holding a tire iron, she swung it into the air showing she could hit somebody forcefully. Just then a car started up, Mika and Alice quickly walked over, one girl seemed very jittery as they waited to get into the car, ‘We are not all going to fit in there’ said Alice, ‘we have to find another car’ said another group member, ‘No! we need to leave, now’ said the jittery girl, ignoring her everyone searched for another salvageable car, Alice and Mika helped near by, as everyone looked they did not see the panicked girl climb into the hot wired car, the engine already turned she slowly closed the car door, as she did so two others noticed and ran over, banging on the window they screamed her to stop, ‘fuck you!’ screamed the girl as she wheel spun the car, obviously in desperation she has selfishly left the others behind.

‘BITCH!’ screamed Alice kicking the floor with her sneakers, ‘what the fuck are we going to do now? As soon as those things notice her ride outta here they are going to know where we are!’ said one guy, his face filled with worry and anger. ‘We have to get another car started’ replied another person, realizing it was the only option they all began searching again, Mika kept her distance as the others searched the cars and vans strew across the field, she was hurting and even the slightest movement caused her discomfort, she mildly searched a near by car and saw pictures cluttering the back seat, she picked up a picture and studied it, her face stared back, in the picture she looked happy with a small group of her friends, she choked back tears as she held the picture happily, she swept her hair behind her ears and wiped her face quickly, in the distance she heard a rumbling sound, a slight chugging, instantly she knew it was the mountain men, she dropped the picture to the floor and shouted lightly, ‘hide, they’re here!’ she ran over to Alice and led her behind a rusty old car, she shuffled under it and bated her breath as the car drew closer, huddled with them were two other survivors, both guys and all four kept quiet as they heard the black truck came to a stop, Mika was the only person with a clear view of the truck and she watched two of the men emerge from the it, she instantly recognized one, looking quickly at the rear of the vehicle she saw the girl who had taken the car slumped in the back, her throat clearly cut open, she closed her eyes in disgust and lay in wait, the two men wandered around grunting to each other and pointing to different areas to search, one of the men grew impatient and started to slam the cars around and kick them and as her kicked the trunk of the car Mika had once drove in a small black container fell from the spare hanging on the door, Mika gasped lightly and bit her lip, the spare key was in that box, Alice slowly moved next to Mika and looked at her puzzled, ‘what?’ she asked quietly, Mika glanced at her and motioned over to the box and mouthed ‘keys’ to her, Alice looked once more at her friend and without hesitation she quickly scrambled from under the car, Mika tried to grab her to stop her but Alice was too quick, she eased up from the floor and glanced around, the men were both just over ten feet away but she knew she had to do this, she crept slowly into the clearing between the cars and ran quietly over to the box and snatched it from the floor, as she did so her jacket zipper caught the aluminium body of the car and made a slight noise, both men turned quickly but just in time Alice hid from their view to the side of the car, breathing heavily she could see them walk towards her, Mika gasped as they drew closer to the car until the reached it and looked down where Alice had hidden only to find nothing, she had quickly moved to the front of the car to avoid them, suddenly Mika realized the two guys had gone, she looked around quickly and saw them both scramble from beneath the car and make a break for the tree line but before they could make it a gun shot echoed into the darkness, and one of them fell to the floor, the other froze in terror as his friend fell to the floor dead, his leg twitching as he lay dead on the floor, one of the men grabbed him by his neck and pushed him to the floor in front of the car, Mika watched as her pushed the innocent guy to the floor, the cannibalistic man grunted as her knelt by the young guy, he glanced Mika watching but he never gave her away, he barely moved, Mika watched in horror as the evil man stuck the stem of a gun into the guys mouth fiercely and bluntly, causing him to cough and splutter, Mika could see him spit up blood and there was nothing she could do to stop it, she was powerless as he repeatedly abused the guy, suddenly as the man pulled the gun from his mouth once more and blood tripped from his lips he begged for his life, ‘Please god, he cried softly holding a cross around his neck, as he said this the man stuck the gun inside his head and emptied a bullet into his skull, his head almost exploded as blood and brain matter splashed all over Mika, she closed her eyes quickly and tried not to vomit or make any noise as the sadistic killer laughed to himself, Alice saw and gulped hard, the darkness hid the men well and unbeknown to Alice one stood behind her watching as she crouched silently on the floor, he glared down at her out stretching his arm to delicately touch her hair, so delicately she never felt his presence until he gripped her by the hair and picked her up, she screeched in agony as he threw her across the bonnet of the car.

‘Stop it’ she begged as the man slapped her harshly across the face, she fell silent for a moment, the slap knocking her senses away, she struggled with him as he pushed himself on top of her, he reached down and tried to open her jeans buttons, Alice screamed even louder and tried to escape he laughed menacingly and he tried to pull down his rank and worn trousers, suddenly he gasped for air and he let go of Alice, she scrambled away as he aimlessly shook his hands around his face, he fell to the floor with a thump and Mika was stood behind him holding the tire iron Alice had found, Alice looked at the man lying face down on the floor, blood was pumping from a large gaping wound in the back of his head, she sighed gently as she got from the bonnet of the car, before she could thank Mika somebody stumbled towards them ‘Tyler!’ said Alice running over to him, she approached him quickly and for the first time in hours he smiled as his friend came over but before she reached him he felt a sharp pain in his back, looking down he gurgled slightly as a large metal rod ripped through his skin, Alice screamed as he fell to the floor dead, behind him stood the other mountain man, his mouth upturned showing his rotten teeth, he thrust the dead body of one of the group towards Alice, his chest was open and his ribs poking through his torso, she fell to the floor with the body and screamed as he ran at her with a pick axe, he slammed it towards her head but she managed to dodge his attack, he shouted in rage as Alice got from beneath the dead body, suddenly Mika swung the tire iron at the man, the Steele pole smashed his harshly in the face and he let go of the axe, Alice watched as Mika hit him again across the face, this time he avoided her attack and kicked her in the chest, she fell to the floor and the man lunged at her, Alice quickly lumped on his back and reached her hands onto his face, she stuck her nails into his face and tore at his skin, he roared in pain and swung himself away from Mika, he grabbed Alice’ hands and pulled her away from him, gripping her shoulders he flipped her over his head and slammed her to the floor, she groaned as she lay below him, instantly she rolled away as his boot smashed the floor, he grabbed her leg and with ease threw his body across the ground, she gripped her shoulder in pain as he looked on as she tried to move.

‘Hey fuck face!’ came a voice, Mika was maybe ten feet away standing next to the mans truck, she swung the tire iron at it and smashed it’s head light, the man called out in anger, 'You are the ugliest cousin-fucker I have ever seen, you bastard!' Mika hit it again, denting the side, he ran at her and Mika knelt down on the road beside the vehicle, she thrust the tire iron into the gas tank and the fuel gushed out onto the road, the man reached her and slammed her against the truck, she flopped to the floor and tried to defend herself as he kicked her in the face, she held the tire iron out and smacked him across the legs with it, he yelled and dropped to his knees, Mika ran from him quickly and pulled the lighted from her pocket, flipping open tool she ignited the flame and threw it towards him, but, as it hit the floor the light went out, Mika gasped as the man got to his feet she looked at Alice still lying on the floor, she turned to the man just as he trust a knife deep in her gut, she exhaled sharply as he ran the blade through her skin, she managed to swing the iron into his face and he stumbled back, she held her wound as blood dripped profusely from her cut, she quickly limped over to the man and held the iron up ready to strike him, he wielded his knife and both he and Mika aimed for each other, Alice groaned and caressed her head, she saw as the man lunged at Mika, the knife embedding itself in her neck, Mika swung as he did but not at the man but the concrete road, before Alice could make out what had happened there was an almighty explosion, the truck lifted from the floor as Mika and the twisted man disappeared into the giant flames, Alice ducked behind a car as debris fell from the air, putting her dead in her hands she groaned in pain, she stood up slowly and looked at the damage, the fire was so intense there was no way either the man or Mika has survived.

Sadly Alice hobbled away, she wiped a solitary tear from her eye and she walked into the road, she never thought or looked anywhere but ahead and for hours she walked into the night she saw the sign she has saw Dan looking for the night before, ‘Bitter Creek Mountain’ she said to herself as she picked up the pace, the freeway must be just a mile or so away she guessed, suddenly she heard a noise and she stopped dead in her tracks, she peered into the dense trees and walked slowly away, suddenly she heard a blood curdling laugh and trees moving, Alice ran quickly but before she could reach the sign by the road she tripped, screaming she tried to get to her feet but before she had the chance she got pulled into the darkness of the trees, screaming her last...

Change Of Heart

Hey guys, after my last blog message I carried on writing the final chapter of The Forbidden and it really re-awaked my love for horror and writing brutal stories and for that reason alone I can't leave, I wish I could just step down but it's really harder than I thought and so here is my concept for my newest story which does not have a snappy title yet (I'm open to suggestions) but does have a potential cast list, feel free to put your name down for a role.

Sam and his family have just moved from Las Vegas to a long deserted farm in rural Kansas due to the economic crisis, which forced them to give up their home in the big city. While his parents take the only car back to Las Vagas to retrieve more of their belongings Sam throws a house-warming party with his newly acquired 'friends'. However, someone without an invitation has decided to crash. The power is cut, Sam and his friends find themselves without a phone, light, or a car. Stuck on a farm hundreds of miles from help. Are they the potential victims of the same killer who slaughtered an entire family in the house 4 years earlier?

The characters are as follows, all are early concepts and their personalities and looks can and most likely will change, possibly to fit in with whoever takes the role. The names will change to also coincide with who takes the role.

Sam - Young and naive, he is easily lead by the older members of the group but gets jittery very easily, he is unaware of the previous slaughter that took place in his new farm house.

Jack - A nice guy who instantly befriends Sam, no questions asked, he is pretty goofy and fun loving which makes him a butt of the jokes the more popular gang make.

Mindy - A fun loving party girl who would attend the opening of an envelope in her Prada heels and clutching the seasons must have bag, she's dizzy and easily spooked but she's a good friend and ally to have. She takes pity on Sam and Jack at the hands of her bullying boyfriend.

Cameron - The sarcastic jock who thinks nothing of making fun of others, he thinks of nobody but himself and his enjoyment, which is often at the expense of Cloee and Jack. Is dating, Mindy.

Cloee - The emo of the group, she's reluctant to attend the party but joins the clan after befriending Sam, Cloee is sceptical about most things and is quick to see the worst in a situation, she is aware of the history of the farm house.

Colby - Cloee's hardcore boyfriend, he is unfriendly and rowdy his attitude stinks and he openly cheats on his poor girlfriend but he is really strong and ready for a fight, unfortunately he usually starts them!

Melody - Uber-bitch and a half, she only tags along because of Cameron and Mindy, she's got no interest in befriending Sam or his friends and she would save her own ass over anyone, her disloyalty to Mindy is proved as she constantly hits on Cameron.

Megan - Jacks little sister who tags along even though Jack tells her not to, she makes her appearance after the lights go out and she makes a grisly discovery in the corn field.

An Apology

Hey one and all, this is just a quick post to thank anyone who has supported my writing, it's been fun and trying and I am happy that I made some really good friends along the way, I am currently writing the final part of The Forbidden which will be crazy, I promise, lots of chases and gore.

Back to the point of this post, The Forbidden will actually be my last story here unfortunately, to be honest I have had a pretty bad time in my life recently and I don't have as much free time as I used to, I wish I could find the time because I really enjoy horror and I think it was a nice idea to incorporate Stardoll into a horror setting. Even if I do say so myself. :P

This is not the end though, I will still write short stories here and there but future projects like frostBITE and the sequel to The Forbidden are cancelled, I am really sorry to anyone who I promised parts to, I am happy to say the short I promised about Internet stalking is still going ahead, I have partially written it so I will finish it.

Again, I am sorry if anyone is upset at this, It's not an easy decision but it's something I can not commit to any longer, although I wish I could.