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A/n: this will all be from Gwens pov (: maybe later I’ll write it from different peoples povs (like, from her sisters pov and her brothers pov) ALSO, THERE IS CUSSING AND VIOLENCE. YOU NO LIKEY, YOU NO READ. KAY? DON’T REPORT. I WARNED YOU.

Gwen, her story and everything about her belongs to me © - YoItsKye

October 30th

I woke to the sound of my alarm ringing. My eyes fluttered open as i sat up slowly. I rubbed my eyes nonchalantly and gazed out the window . It was dark and gloomy, as if it was going to rain, my favorite. I slung my legs over the edge of my bed and got up. I shuffled over to the door and turned the knob.

Walking down the hall was my sister, Lila. She’s the most popular girl at my school, always noticed and the family's favorite child. She was so beautiful and smart, people flocked to her practically. I was jealous of the attention she got from people...

"Morning Lila" i spoke softly as she passed my door. She just kept walking. Like i wasn't even there. Oh, that’s right, i forgot to mention, im the least noticed one of the entire family. No, wait world! Nobody notices me. I practically live in the shadows of everyone around me. It’s like im hated..

I hung my head low, tears threatening to fall, as she walked on. I sighed. I heard footsteps but, i dismissed them until i felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up and blinked, causing the explosion of water from my eyes to fall. I kept my composure though, emotionless.

A soft smile was what i was greeted with, Joey.. My beloved older brother. He was the only person to make me smile and laugh. The only one who noticed me..

"Hey, cheer up kiddo, she’s not important. C'mon" he spoke, extending his hand to me. I rubbed my eyes and took his hand. I felt him squeeze it, as a reminder that he knows I'm here.

My eyes were locked with his and a smile formed on my face due to his own. I gave him a squeeze back and walked downstairs with him. When we got into the kitchen, he was greeted by our sister and parents but not me. Again, unnoticed.

He looked at me and sat at the table. He motioned me to sit next to him, and i did. When i sat down, i felt someone glaring at me. I looked up and saw Lila, glaring at me. I gave a small smile and she just huffed, got up and left the table.

"What was that about, Joey?" My mom asked, giving him a slice of toast.

"I dunno mom, you know how she is" he answered and ripped the bread in half. He handed me the other half and smile at me. That smile of his keeps me going..

"Well, she better get over herself if she wants to go out tomorrow night with her friends" my dad said, not looking from the newspaper. That’s right, tomorrows Halloween. Im probably just going to be alone in my room, like normal..

"Hey, Gwen-" Joey started, looked from the kitchen clock to me "we should get dressed for school, we have to leave in 20"

I gave a nod of my head and finished the toast. I dusted my hands off and got up, Joey following in suit. We both made our ways upstairs and at the top, we parted ways.

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The bell rang for lunch throughout the classes. The kids, of course, rushed to get out of the room. i was the last one out though. Not surprising really. I gathered my things slowly, since i was in thought.

I have to sit alone again today.. I want to sit with joey but, i don't want to embarrass him.. I was knocked out of thought when i heard a familiar voice. I looked towards the door and there stood Joey, all in his glory.

"Joey!" I said, rather more enthusiastically then i would normally sound. He chuckled when i hugged him tightly. We hardly ever see each other at school so i was elated to see him.

"Hey kiddo. Whatcha doing for lunch?" He asked, looking down at me. He took me off guard. He wants to be with me at lunch..?

"N-nothing really.. Wh-why?" I stuttered back a reply.

"Good! I needed to talk to you" he said and gathered the rest if my things for me. I just stood there and watched him, wondering what he wanted to talk about. He got all my things together and gestured me to follow him. We walked down the empty hallway and chatted.

“So, tomorrow night-” he started and walked. He was still carrying my things. “Me and a couple of guys are going to go down to the abandoned school house on the out skirts of town.. We’re also dressing up” where’s he getting to? I gave a nod for him to go on.

“And, I was wondering, instead of you staying home bored, you could come with?” he stopped and looked at me with a grin. He wants me to go with him? I was beyond shocked, speechless. Won’t I embarrass him in front of his friends? What the point of me going? Im not gonna be noticed..

All these questions were running through my mind, causing me to not speak. He waved his hand in front of my face, snapping me out of my daydream.

“y-yes of course I wanna go!” I said, happy as hell. I didn’t care if I had a costume or not. I was just happy to be invited! My head was spinning at this point. Here’s Joey being typical Joey, superman as I call him really.

“don’t worry, I’ll help you with some face paint because I know you don’t have a costume, sis” he added, his grin getting wider.

“so, we were thinking about lea-“ I cut him off by crushing him in a tight as hell hug. I heard my backpack fall from his hands as it landed with a thud. As a response to my hug, he hugged back tighter than I was. I buried my head in his neck and my eyes began to tear up.

“thank you.. Joey” I whispered, voice muffled.

“no problem, kiddo… not a problem at all...” he said in the same hushed tone as me. We stayed like that for a decent amount of time. But, that feeling of being watched was back…

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Later that night, around midnight, I got up from my bed wanting water. I slipped my slippers on and walked out of my room. I tiptoed down the stairs and quietly shuffled towards the kitchen. But, I stopped in my tracks when i heard talking from mom, dad, and Lila.

I quickly rested my back against the wall before the kitchen entry and listened to the conversation.

“mom! Why does Joey like Gwen so much more!?” Lila whined

“Lila, sweetie, he doesn’t.” our mom comforted her

“UGH! Daddy! I heard that he’s going to take Gwen out with him and his friend’s tomorrow night! Why didn’t he pick me!? I want to go! But I don’t want to go if it’s going!”

“Lila, hun, aren’t you going with your friends? besides he’s just doing this because he feels bad for her. Lila, you just have to realize, I guess, that he just likes Gwen more and they have a stronger bond. But, why does he matter? You have tons of other people” our dad said as he lit his pipe.

“no fair! I want to be his favorite! You guys are no help at all! You are the worst parents ever!” Lila yelled and stormed off.

“Don’t be jealous of her, Lila!” our mom called after her.

Lila is jealous of me..? Jealous because Joey spends more time with me? That’s not fair… he’s all I have versus her.. She has everything.

I was pleased and disheartened from hearing that conversation. I had mixed feelings about it. I gave up the water and went back to my room. I plopped down on my bed and said;

“I can’t be in a bad mood. I get to go with Joey tomorrow! Be happy Gwen.. Be happy..”

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October 31st

It was getting later and later to when I got to leave with Joey to meet up with his friends and boy was I excited! I was practically bouncing around while Joey was trying to paint stitches on my face.

“Hold still sis!” he chuckled, drawing lines after lines “I want this to be cool!” I giggled and smiled up at him, receiving a charming smile from him. I was so happy; I couldn’t not smile right now!

“Voila! Done! Take a check, lil’ sis!” he said pointing at the mirror. I turned around and smiled more. It looked so cool! I had running stiches under my eyes and down corners of my lips. He also gave me a rather large one across my whole face. I loved what he did!

“Here, to top it all off” he said, handing me a little circular container. I opened it up to see red eye contacts. I looked up at him, holding the container.

“wear them? I never had contacts in before..” I said, looking back down at them.

“well, wear one in one eye and leave the other without. So, you have one blue eye and the other red” he explained and showed me how to put it in. to be honest, it wasn’t uncomfortable. I blinked once when I was done and looked. It looked weird seeing me this way but, I liked it.

Out of nowhere, Joey threw my hoody hood over my head and smirked.

“Badass lil sis” he chuckled as I blushed slightly and giggled.

We were taken out of our little moment when he heard a knock at the door and our dad talking to someone.

“Joey! Your friends Jimmy and Alex are here!!” he hollered up.

“Okay dad!!” Joey said and walked over to the bed. He grabbed a mask and slid it on. It was a turquoise-green looking color. It had a jack-o’-lantern smile and an X where an eyehole was. The other eyehole was rather big but, a light black cloth was covering it so you couldn’t see the eye. It was a half circle slanted down, like it was angry. Outlined that eye hole were dots, starting from the biggest in the middle and getting smaller as it went around.

“whoa.. Cool mask bro!” I said and smiled up at him.

“Thanks~ made it myself yah know” he said, sounding like he was smirking.

When he got situated, he both ran down the stairs and left the house. At first, his friends seemed curious why I was there but, they soon warmed up and were really nice. They were actually talking to me! I was so happy and it was obvious.

“Hey, Joey” Alex said “why didn’t you tell me you had a cute little sister?” he smirked and nudged Joeys arm. I blushed badly and got shy.

“oi, hands off my lil sis” Joey spoke, sounding protective. He slid his around my shoulders and pulled me close. I felt my cheeks flare redder. “I get to pick who she dates and who she doesn’t.. She WONT date you of all people!”

Hearing this side of Joey made me fell all warm inside. He’s never sounded this protective over me and I liked it. It felt good to see that someone cares this much about me.

We are so into our conversation, we didn’t realize we were at the school house. We walked up to these rusted gates and peered through. It looked like it would be haunted. The windows boarded up and plants growing threw the broken boards.

Jimmy pushed open the gate and I creaked as it swung open. I was looking directly at the school when I heard rustling in the bushes. That made me jump. I squeezed Joeys hand and he gave a nod.

“C’mon, let go in”

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When we got into the school, it was a lot different than I expected it to look. It had three hallways; one that went straight, one that went to the left and one that went to the right. Aligned the hallways were lockers, all rusted and some broken and or dented. Above each pathway had a hanging sigh with numbers:

To the right hallway: Rooms 1000-2000

To the left hallway: Rooms 3000-4000

Straight ahead: Rooms through 5000

At the end of the left hallway was a weathered away wooden door with a sign that read “Office”. To the right, at the end was a room that was labeled “Janitor's closet” and straight head, towards the 5000s were stairs. Those rooms were all upstairs.

“so, wanna split up?” Alex suggested, shining his flashlight on us.

“sure, Gwen will come with me” Joey stated, grabbing my arm softly. Of course, Alex whined over it but agreed.

“so, meet up here in an hour?” Jimmy said turning his flashlight on. With that said we all gave a nod and split up. Joey and I took right when Jimmy and Alex took left.

Joey and I started down the narrow hallway. We shined our lights on everything. I shined my flashlight on the ground to only see scattered papers, dirt and broken wood. I heard a locker open so I turned around to see Joey peering into one.

“Lookie here, a crowbar! I wonder why it’s in a locker.” He asked and picked it up. He showed me and it was super rusty.

“Yeah, I wonder why. But, put it down though, it’s really rusty” I said giving a flick of my head, motioning for him to place it back.

He proceeded to do that when we heard a door slam shut. We both jumped and looked that direction, lights shining. We didn’t see anything so we assumed it was the other two shutting the office door. I sighed in relief when he gestured me to continue on walking. When we got to the end, it split off to the left, causing another hallway to be visible. About halfway down that hallway was another corner to turn down, assuming it lead to the big center one that went upstairs.

When we got to the door at the end of the one we started down, I opened it up. It was very spacious but, it had things like broom and mops and shelves that held cleaning material. As we looked around, I couldn’t help but to hear footsteps behind us. I guess Joey heard also because when i turned around, he did.

Before I knew it, someone in all black charged at me, knocking me into the room.

‘Hey!!” yelled and sprung up. Right before I reached the doorway, it slammed in my face causing me to skid to a halt.

“What the fuck!?” I heard joey yell, soon followed by what sounded like fighting. Oh no.. no no no!! I was terrified for Joey. I didn’t want him hurt!

“Joey!!!” I screamed; trying to open the door but, it was locked. Tears formed at my eyes. They were tears and anger and rage. I slammed my fist repeatedly on the wood door hoping it would bust it open. No luck though. All the sudden, I heard running footsteps, like they were running down the hall and away from here.

Soon, all was silent. No fighting. No nothing. My breathing was heavy from hysterical crying. Even I was getting silent. Though, the tears still flooded my cheeks rapidly. My lips quivered and I sniffled.

“J-Joey..?” I croaked, voice shaky “J-Joey…” I slid against the door and sat down. I rested my flashlight next to me on the floor. I closed my eyes tight and threw my hood off my head. I rested my hands on my head and looked down. Then…

BANG!

I screamed and jumped up. I repeated my earlier actions; banging on the door profusely, crying and yelling.

“JOEY!!” I yelled louder than before. That sound, it sounded like a gunshot! Please don’t be true.. Please don’t be true!

My yelling stopped when I heard running. It sounded like 2 people and they were yelling at one another.

“Oh my fuck, we have to fucking leave NOW Jimmy!” that was Alex’s voice..

“Who the hell shot who?!” jimmy..? Followed by his statement, a door slammed shut loudly.

And then again, more silence. I stood there, looking at the door. Thinking of what just happened or even anything that happened tonight that could help put this puzzle together.

I heard rustling in the bushes..

Joey and i heard a door slam shut..

Footsteps behind us…

Being shoved into the room..

Fighting..

That’s it!

“Lila…” her name slid off my tongue like it was poison.

It was her! It makes sense! She was the one with her friends in the bushes, the ones who slammed the door shut and it was her friends who fought Joey and shoved me in the closet!!

I stepped back and looked at the door. I was still locked in. I needed out. I brought my foot up and slammed it against the door hard. I did that about three times before the rusted hinges broke, letting the door fall with a loud thud.

My mind was a one track mind right now. I needed to find Joey and Lila. I ran along the bottom floor like a maniac. I searched every room that was there. Then, I ran past the stairs to upstairs. I stopped and backed up. I looked up it and knew they were up there.

I bolted up there and saw ten doors but, only one open. I rushed over to that room and that’s when.. That’s when the horror hit me..

There lies Joey, in a pool of his crimson blood with a gunshot hole on his back. Three people peered over his body; Lila and her two friends. Their faces.. in deep shock.

Tears swelled up in my eyes and didn’t hesitate to fall vastly. I felt my body begin to shake out of fear and rage. My breathing picked up to a fast pace. They hadn’t noticed me until I yelled.

“JOEY!!” I threw my hands to my hair and looked at his body. My knees couldn’t take it and they collapsed. My hands caught my fall. Now, on hands and knees, hysterically crying, I was.

“Shit, we have to get out of here!!” Lila panicked and ran out along with her two friends in suit.

I crawled slowly over to Joey’s lifeless body and sat on my knees. I pulled him into my arms and looked down at him. I was shaking terribly and crying rivers. I began to rock back and forth cradling his body.

“WHY?! Why him! He was the only person that gave a fuck about me! I need him! H-he was my everything that I needed to survive this hell ride called life!” I screamed to nothing.

I looked down at his head. I raised my shaking hand and slowly slid off his mask. I dropped it next to my body and looked at his face. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.

“J-joey.. I never got to properly say thank you.. thank you for everything” I was beginning to choke on my words. “you don’t even know how grateful I am to have had you in my life.. it was a blessing h-honestly. You s-save me from so many things.. Bullies.. Lila. A-and now.. I couldn’t even fucking save you! Im sorry! B-but.. I’ll never forget you.. y-you’re my superman..”

I pulled his body closer and bawled into his chest. I was crying like a little baby. I couldn’t help it.

“G-Gwen..” a very weak voice said. My head snapped up to be faced with Joey’s. My eyes widened.

“J-Joey…?”

“Gwen.. You’re my sister… i-im supposed to save you and protect you.. You did thank me.. By staying alive while going through all the hell you went through..” he coughed, obviously loosing life. “i-it was a pleasure being your superman a-and I thank you for being my damsel in distress.. i-I love you, so m-much” with that, he gave me one last smile.. oh that smile.. and he was gone.

“Joey? Joey? JOEY?! NO! NO! p-please NO!.. n-no..” I began to shake profusely again and sob again. I was a complete wreck now.

A few minutes later, I wasn’t feeling sad anymore. I was feeling something else.. Something more powerful. All this new anger surged through my body. I never had this feeling before and I like it, a lot. It felt good to feel powerful.

I gathered myself and stood up. My hoody was bloody, but I didn’t care. I felt this need.. This need of revenge and a need to be noticed. Not noticed in a good way, in a bad way. I gazed down and saw his mask. I picked it up and took it.

I slowly made my way downstairs. I was standing in the middle of the center hallway, stopped. I looked at the mask in my hand and clutched it tightly. I remembered Joey picking up a crowbar in a locker so, I walked back to that locker and found it. I picked it up and examined it.

After finding that, I walked out of the school. As i walked down the courtyard, it started to rain. It was raining pretty hard. I slipped the mask on over my face and threw my hood up over my head. I held the crowbar low causing it to drag on the ground making a scrapping noise.

I walked slowly out the gates but stopped after it slammed shut.

“Lila.. here I come.”

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*Extended ending!*

When I reached my house, it was still pouring hard. I noticed that mom and dad’s car weren’t there anymore. They must have left the house when we all did. I walked up the lawn and stood next to the giant oak tree we have. I looked through the window and saw Lila. She was pacing back and forth. She looked panicked. Good. But, shell feel more than just panic soon..

I watched her a little longer and saw that she decided to go upstairs. She turned all the lights off and made her way up. I noticed she left one window open. Perfect way to get in, seeing I lost my keys..

I walked up to the window only to see it has a screen over it. I grew angrier because I couldn’t get it. I took my crowbar and shoved it into the screen, ripping a hole in it. I used my hands to rip the rest open and slid in.

I was careful to be quiet. I didn’t want her to know I was in the house. I slowly walked up the stairs and started for her room. I thought she was in there but, I was wrong. She walked out of the bathroom and screamed when she saw me. She looked over my body and saw the blood on my hoody.

“you freak, get out!” she yelled and charged towards me. She pushed my shoulders back. As a reflex, I grabbed her arms and pulled her with me. We both tumbled down the stairs and landed on the floor hard. I saw my crowbar next to me and grabbed it quickly.

I raised it high in the air and brought it down to strike her, which I did. She screamed in pain and watched as I brought it back up to hit her again. She quickly dodged this blow and ran into the kitchen. I followed quickly after her but, when I got in there, I couldn’t see her. I walked in slowly, trying to be wary of my surroundings.

That’s when she came from behind me and elbowed me in the back of the head. I stumbled forward and growled. When I turned around she shoved me hard against the dishwasher. My head banged against it hard, causing me to become a little unconscious.

My crowbar fell out of my hand when I fell against the dishwasher. I had nothing now to defend myself. My mind was telling me to; get up, grab something, DO something! But, my body was being completely unresponsive. I felt a weight on my legs and Lila pulling my mask off. She stared at me. My vision was very blurry; I could hardly make out anything. What I did see was a grey shiny object and that’s all before I passed out.

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I don’t know how long I was passed out for but, all I hear now are sirens. My eyes fluttered open slowly and my vision wasn’t blurry anymore. But shit, my face is killing me. I looked down to see my hoody was covered in even more blood. I groaned and got up very slowly. I looked over to the ground next to my feet when I saw my crowbar, a bloody knife and my mask. I slowly and painfully picked both up.

I made my way out of the kitchen and down the hallway. I passed a mirror and had to do a double-take. When I saw myself in the mirror I was taken aback. My face it was.. it was how my brother drew the stitches but, only this time, they were cuts! They were still bleeding pretty badly.

I kept staring at my reflection. I didn’t bother me nor did it make me happy really. I was brought to earth when I heard car doors being slammed, dogs barking and men yelling.

“Come out with your hands up!!” a cop yelled.

I groaned in irritation and slid my mask on. I flipped up my hood and clutched my crowbar. I walked past a table in the hallway when I saw a family photo. I stopped and looked that it. It was all of us but, what caught my eye was me and joey.

“Joey…” I said and set my crowbar down. I took apart the picture frame and got the picture. I ripped the piece that had me and joey on it and left the other on the table. I put the picture in my pants pocket and grabbed my crowbar again.

I made it back into the kitchen to only see the window was left open from before. I walked to the counter and climbed up on it. I crouched in the frame of the window and looked back. I looked back at the house that I was leaving and everything that will soon be a distant memory.

“Good ridden..” I mumbled and jumped out into the pouring rain.

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A/n: this will all be from Gwens pov (: maybe later I’ll write it from different peoples povs (like, from her sisters pov and her brothers pov) ALSO, THERE IS CUSSING AND VIOLENCE. YOU NO LIKEY, YOU NO READ. KAY? DON’T REPORT. I WARNED YOU.

Gwen, her story and everything about her belongs to me © - YoItsKye

October 30th

I woke to the sound of my alarm ringing. My eyes fluttered open as i sat up slowly. I rubbed my eyes nonchalantly and gazed out the window . It was dark and gloomy, as if it was going to rain, my favorite. I slung my legs over the edge of my bed and got up. I shuffled over to the door and turned the knob.

Walking down the hall was my sister, Lila. She’s the most popular girl at my school, always noticed and the family's favorite child. She was so beautiful and smart, people flocked to her practically. I was jealous of the attention she got from people...

"Morning Lila" i spoke softly as she passed my door. She just kept walking. Like i wasn't even there. Oh, that’s right, i forgot to mention, im the least noticed one of the entire family. No, wait world! Nobody notices me. I practically live in the shadows of everyone around me. It’s like im hated..

I hung my head low, tears threatening to fall, as she walked on. I sighed. I heard footsteps but, i dismissed them until i felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up and blinked, causing the explosion of water from my eyes to fall. I kept my composure though, emotionless.

A soft smile was what i was greeted with, Joey.. My beloved older brother. He was the only person to make me smile and laugh. The only one who noticed me..

"Hey, cheer up kiddo, she’s not important. C'mon" he spoke, extending his hand to me. I rubbed my eyes and took his hand. I felt him squeeze it, as a reminder that he knows I'm here.

My eyes were locked with his and a smile formed on my face due to his own. I gave him a squeeze back and walked downstairs with him. When we got into the kitchen, he was greeted by our sister and parents but not me. Again, unnoticed.

He looked at me and sat at the table. He motioned me to sit next to him, and i did. When i sat down, i felt someone glaring at me. I looked up and saw Lila, glaring at me. I gave a small smile and she just huffed, got up and left the table.

"What was that about, Joey?" My mom asked, giving him a slice of toast.

"I dunno mom, you know how she is" he answered and ripped the bread in half. He handed me the other half and smile at me. That smile of his keeps me going..

"Well, she better get over herself if she wants to go out tomorrow night with her friends" my dad said, not looking from the newspaper. That’s right, tomorrows Halloween. Im probably just going to be alone in my room, like normal..

"Hey, Gwen-" Joey started, looked from the kitchen clock to me "we should get dressed for school, we have to leave in 20"

I gave a nod of my head and finished the toast. I dusted my hands off and got up, Joey following in suit. We both made our ways upstairs and at the top, we parted ways.

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The bell rang for lunch throughout the classes. The kids, of course, rushed to get out of the room. i was the last one out though. Not surprising really. I gathered my things slowly, since i was in thought.

I have to sit alone again today.. I want to sit with joey but, i don't want to embarrass him.. I was knocked out of thought when i heard a familiar voice. I looked towards the door and there stood Joey, all in his glory.

"Joey!" I said, rather more enthusiastically then i would normally sound. He chuckled when i hugged him tightly. We hardly ever see each other at school so i was elated to see him.

"Hey kiddo. Whatcha doing for lunch?" He asked, looking down at me. He took me off guard. He wants to be with me at lunch..?

"N-nothing really.. Wh-why?" I stuttered back a reply.

"Good! I needed to talk to you" he said and gathered the rest if my things for me. I just stood there and watched him, wondering what he wanted to talk about. He got all my things together and gestured me to follow him. We walked down the empty hallway and chatted.

“So, tomorrow night-” he started and walked. He was still carrying my things. “Me and a couple of guys are going to go down to the abandoned school house on the out skirts of town.. We’re also dressing up” where’s he getting to? I gave a nod for him to go on.

“And, I was wondering, instead of you staying home bored, you could come with?” he stopped and looked at me with a grin. He wants me to go with him? I was beyond shocked, speechless. Won’t I embarrass him in front of his friends? What the point of me going? Im not gonna be noticed..

All these questions were running through my mind, causing me to not speak. He waved his hand in front of my face, snapping me out of my daydream.

“y-yes of course I wanna go!” I said, happy as hell. I didn’t care if I had a costume or not. I was just happy to be invited! My head was spinning at this point. Here’s Joey being typical Joey, superman as I call him really.

“don’t worry, I’ll help you with some face paint because I know you don’t have a costume, sis” he added, his grin getting wider.

“so, we were thinking about lea-“ I cut him off by crushing him in a tight as hell hug. I heard my backpack fall from his hands as it landed with a thud. As a response to my hug, he hugged back tighter than I was. I buried my head in his neck and my eyes began to tear up.

“thank you.. Joey” I whispered, voice muffled.

“no problem, kiddo… not a problem at all...” he said in the same hushed tone as me. We stayed like that for a decent amount of time. But, that feeling of being watched was back…

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Later that night, around midnight, I got up from my bed wanting water. I slipped my slippers on and walked out of my room. I tiptoed down the stairs and quietly shuffled towards the kitchen. But, I stopped in my tracks when i heard talking from mom, dad, and Lila.

I quickly rested my back against the wall before the kitchen entry and listened to the conversation.

“mom! Why does Joey like Gwen so much more!?” Lila whined

“Lila, sweetie, he doesn’t.” our mom comforted her

“UGH! Daddy! I heard that he’s going to take Gwen out with him and his friend’s tomorrow night! Why didn’t he pick me!? I want to go! But I don’t want to go if it’s going!”

“Lila, hun, aren’t you going with your friends? besides he’s just doing this because he feels bad for her. Lila, you just have to realize, I guess, that he just likes Gwen more and they have a stronger bond. But, why does he matter? You have tons of other people” our dad said as he lit his pipe.

“no fair! I want to be his favorite! You guys are no help at all! You are the worst parents ever!” Lila yelled and stormed off.

“Don’t be jealous of her, Lila!” our mom called after her.

Lila is jealous of me..? Jealous because Joey spends more time with me? That’s not fair… he’s all I have versus her.. She has everything.

I was pleased and disheartened from hearing that conversation. I had mixed feelings about it. I gave up the water and went back to my room. I plopped down on my bed and said;

“I can’t be in a bad mood. I get to go with Joey tomorrow! Be happy Gwen.. Be happy..”

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October 31st

It was getting later and later to when I got to leave with Joey to meet up with his friends and boy was I excited! I was practically bouncing around while Joey was trying to paint stitches on my face.

“Hold still sis!” he chuckled, drawing lines after lines “I want this to be cool!” I giggled and smiled up at him, receiving a charming smile from him. I was so happy; I couldn’t not smile right now!

“Voila! Done! Take a check, lil’ sis!” he said pointing at the mirror. I turned around and smiled more. It looked so cool! I had running stiches under my eyes and down corners of my lips. He also gave me a rather large one across my whole face. I loved what he did!

“Here, to top it all off” he said, handing me a little circular container. I opened it up to see red eye contacts. I looked up at him, holding the container.

“wear them? I never had contacts in before..” I said, looking back down at them.

“well, wear one in one eye and leave the other without. So, you have one blue eye and the other red” he explained and showed me how to put it in. to be honest, it wasn’t uncomfortable. I blinked once when I was done and looked. It looked weird seeing me this way but, I liked it.

Out of nowhere, Joey threw my hoody hood over my head and smirked.

“Badass lil sis” he chuckled as I blushed slightly and giggled.

We were taken out of our little moment when he heard a knock at the door and our dad talking to someone.

“Joey! Your friends Jimmy and Alex are here!!” he hollered up.

“Okay dad!!” Joey said and walked over to the bed. He grabbed a mask and slid it on. It was a turquoise-green looking color. It had a jack-o’-lantern smile and an X where an eyehole was. The other eyehole was rather big but, a light black cloth was covering it so you couldn’t see the eye. It was a half circle slanted down, like it was angry. Outlined that eye hole were dots, starting from the biggest in the middle and getting smaller as it went around.

“whoa.. Cool mask bro!” I said and smiled up at him.

“Thanks~ made it myself yah know” he said, sounding like he was smirking.

When he got situated, he both ran down the stairs and left the house. At first, his friends seemed curious why I was there but, they soon warmed up and were really nice. They were actually talking to me! I was so happy and it was obvious.

“Hey, Joey” Alex said “why didn’t you tell me you had a cute little sister?” he smirked and nudged Joeys arm. I blushed badly and got shy.

“oi, hands off my lil sis” Joey spoke, sounding protective. He slid his around my shoulders and pulled me close. I felt my cheeks flare redder. “I get to pick who she dates and who she doesn’t.. She WONT date you of all people!”

Hearing this side of Joey made me fell all warm inside. He’s never sounded this protective over me and I liked it. It felt good to see that someone cares this much about me.

We are so into our conversation, we didn’t realize we were at the school house. We walked up to these rusted gates and peered through. It looked like it would be haunted. The windows boarded up and plants growing threw the broken boards.

Jimmy pushed open the gate and I creaked as it swung open. I was looking directly at the school when I heard rustling in the bushes. That made me jump. I squeezed Joeys hand and he gave a nod.

“C’mon, let go in”

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When we got into the school, it was a lot different than I expected it to look. It had three hallways; one that went straight, one that went to the left and one that went to the right. Aligned the hallways were lockers, all rusted and some broken and or dented. Above each pathway had a hanging sigh with numbers:

To the right hallway: Rooms 1000-2000

To the left hallway: Rooms 3000-4000

Straight ahead: Rooms through 5000

At the end of the left hallway was a weathered away wooden door with a sign that read “Office”. To the right, at the end was a room that was labeled “Janitor's closet” and straight head, towards the 5000s were stairs. Those rooms were all upstairs.

“so, wanna split up?” Alex suggested, shining his flashlight on us.

“sure, Gwen will come with me” Joey stated, grabbing my arm softly. Of course, Alex whined over it but agreed.

“so, meet up here in an hour?” Jimmy said turning his flashlight on. With that said we all gave a nod and split up. Joey and I took right when Jimmy and Alex took left.

Joey and I started down the narrow hallway. We shined our lights on everything. I shined my flashlight on the ground to only see scattered papers, dirt and broken wood. I heard a locker open so I turned around to see Joey peering into one.

“Lookie here, a crowbar! I wonder why it’s in a locker.” He asked and picked it up. He showed me and it was super rusty.

“Yeah, I wonder why. But, put it down though, it’s really rusty” I said giving a flick of my head, motioning for him to place it back.

He proceeded to do that when we heard a door slam shut. We both jumped and looked that direction, lights shining. We didn’t see anything so we assumed it was the other two shutting the office door. I sighed in relief when he gestured me to continue on walking. When we got to the end, it split off to the left, causing another hallway to be visible. About halfway down that hallway was another corner to turn down, assuming it lead to the big center one that went upstairs.

When we got to the door at the end of the one we started down, I opened it up. It was very spacious but, it had things like broom and mops and shelves that held cleaning material. As we looked around, I couldn’t help but to hear footsteps behind us. I guess Joey heard also because when i turned around, he did.

Before I knew it, someone in all black charged at me, knocking me into the room.

‘Hey!!” yelled and sprung up. Right before I reached the doorway, it slammed in my face causing me to skid to a halt.

“What the fuck!?” I heard joey yell, soon followed by what sounded like fighting. Oh no.. no no no!! I was terrified for Joey. I didn’t want him hurt!

“Joey!!!” I screamed; trying to open the door but, it was locked. Tears formed at my eyes. They were tears and anger and rage. I slammed my fist repeatedly on the wood door hoping it would bust it open. No luck though. All the sudden, I heard running footsteps, like they were running down the hall and away from here.

Soon, all was silent. No fighting. No nothing. My breathing was heavy from hysterical crying. Even I was getting silent. Though, the tears still flooded my cheeks rapidly. My lips quivered and I sniffled.

“J-Joey..?” I croaked, voice shaky “J-Joey…” I slid against the door and sat down. I rested my flashlight next to me on the floor. I closed my eyes tight and threw my hood off my head. I rested my hands on my head and looked down. Then…

BANG!

I screamed and jumped up. I repeated my earlier actions; banging on the door profusely, crying and yelling.

“JOEY!!” I yelled louder than before. That sound, it sounded like a gunshot! Please don’t be true.. Please don’t be true!

My yelling stopped when I heard running. It sounded like 2 people and they were yelling at one another.

“Oh my fuck, we have to fucking leave NOW Jimmy!” that was Alex’s voice..

“Who the hell shot who?!” jimmy..? Followed by his statement, a door slammed shut loudly.

And then again, more silence. I stood there, looking at the door. Thinking of what just happened or even anything that happened tonight that could help put this puzzle together.

I heard rustling in the bushes..

Joey and i heard a door slam shut..

Footsteps behind us…

Being shoved into the room..

Fighting..

That’s it!

“Lila…” her name slid off my tongue like it was poison.

It was her! It makes sense! She was the one with her friends in the bushes, the ones who slammed the door shut and it was her friends who fought Joey and shoved me in the closet!!

I stepped back and looked at the door. I was still locked in. I needed out. I brought my foot up and slammed it against the door hard. I did that about three times before the rusted hinges broke, letting the door fall with a loud thud.

My mind was a one track mind right now. I needed to find Joey and Lila. I ran along the bottom floor like a maniac. I searched every room that was there. Then, I ran past the stairs to upstairs. I stopped and backed up. I looked up it and knew they were up there.

I bolted up there and saw ten doors but, only one open. I rushed over to that room and that’s when.. That’s when the horror hit me..

There lies Joey, in a pool of his crimson blood with a gunshot hole on his back. Three people peered over his body; Lila and her two friends. Their faces.. in deep shock.

Tears swelled up in my eyes and didn’t hesitate to fall vastly. I felt my body begin to shake out of fear and rage. My breathing picked up to a fast pace. They hadn’t noticed me until I yelled.

“JOEY!!” I threw my hands to my hair and looked at his body. My knees couldn’t take it and they collapsed. My hands caught my fall. Now, on hands and knees, hysterically crying, I was.

“Shit, we have to get out of here!!” Lila panicked and ran out along with her two friends in suit.

I crawled slowly over to Joey’s lifeless body and sat on my knees. I pulled him into my arms and looked down at him. I was shaking terribly and crying rivers. I began to rock back and forth cradling his body.

“WHY?! Why him! He was the only person that gave a fuck about me! I need him! H-he was my everything that I needed to survive this hell ride called life!” I screamed to nothing.

I looked down at his head. I raised my shaking hand and slowly slid off his mask. I dropped it next to my body and looked at his face. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.

“J-joey.. I never got to properly say thank you.. thank you for everything” I was beginning to choke on my words. “you don’t even know how grateful I am to have had you in my life.. it was a blessing h-honestly. You s-save me from so many things.. Bullies.. Lila. A-and now.. I couldn’t even fucking save you! Im sorry! B-but.. I’ll never forget you.. y-you’re my superman..”

I pulled his body closer and bawled into his chest. I was crying like a little baby. I couldn’t help it.

“G-Gwen..” a very weak voice said. My head snapped up to be faced with Joey’s. My eyes widened.

“J-Joey…?”

“Gwen.. You’re my sister… i-im supposed to save you and protect you.. You did thank me.. By staying alive while going through all the hell you went through..” he coughed, obviously loosing life. “i-it was a pleasure being your superman a-and I thank you for being my damsel in distress.. i-I love you, so m-much” with that, he gave me one last smile.. oh that smile.. and he was gone.

“Joey? Joey? JOEY?! NO! NO! p-please NO!.. n-no..” I began to shake profusely again and sob again. I was a complete wreck now.

A few minutes later, I wasn’t feeling sad anymore. I was feeling something else.. Something more powerful. All this new anger surged through my body. I never had this feeling before and I like it, a lot. It felt good to feel powerful.

I gathered myself and stood up. My hoody was bloody, but I didn’t care. I felt this need.. This need of revenge and a need to be noticed. Not noticed in a good way, in a bad way. I gazed down and saw his mask. I picked it up and took it.

I slowly made my way downstairs. I was standing in the middle of the center hallway, stopped. I looked at the mask in my hand and clutched it tightly. I remembered Joey picking up a crowbar in a locker so, I walked back to that locker and found it. I picked it up and examined it.

After finding that, I walked out of the school. As i walked down the courtyard, it started to rain. It was raining pretty hard. I slipped the mask on over my face and threw my hood up over my head. I held the crowbar low causing it to drag on the ground making a scrapping noise.

I walked slowly out the gates but stopped after it slammed shut.

“Lila.. here I come.”

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*Extended ending!*

When I reached my house, it was still pouring hard. I noticed that mom and dad’s car weren’t there anymore. They must have left the house when we all did. I walked up the lawn and stood next to the giant oak tree we have. I looked through the window and saw Lila. She was pacing back and forth. She looked panicked. Good. But, shell feel more than just panic soon..

I watched her a little longer and saw that she decided to go upstairs. She turned all the lights off and made her way up. I noticed she left one window open. Perfect way to get in, seeing I lost my keys..

I walked up to the window only to see it has a screen over it. I grew angrier because I couldn’t get it. I took my crowbar and shoved it into the screen, ripping a hole in it. I used my hands to rip the rest open and slid in.

I was careful to be quiet. I didn’t want her to know I was in the house. I slowly walked up the stairs and started for her room. I thought she was in there but, I was wrong. She walked out of the bathroom and screamed when she saw me. She looked over my body and saw the blood on my hoody.

“you freak, get out!” she yelled and charged towards me. She pushed my shoulders back. As a reflex, I grabbed her arms and pulled her with me. We both tumbled down the stairs and landed on the floor hard. I saw my crowbar next to me and grabbed it quickly.

I raised it high in the air and brought it down to strike her, which I did. She screamed in pain and watched as I brought it back up to hit her again. She quickly dodged this blow and ran into the kitchen. I followed quickly after her but, when I got in there, I couldn’t see her. I walked in slowly, trying to be wary of my surroundings.

That’s when she came from behind me and elbowed me in the back of the head. I stumbled forward and growled. When I turned around she shoved me hard against the dishwasher. My head banged against it hard, causing me to become a little unconscious.

My crowbar fell out of my hand when I fell against the dishwasher. I had nothing now to defend myself. My mind was telling me to; get up, grab something, DO something! But, my body was being completely unresponsive. I felt a weight on my legs and Lila pulling my mask off. She stared at me. My vision was very blurry; I could hardly make out anything. What I did see was a grey shiny object and that’s all before I passed out.

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I don’t know how long I was passed out for but, all I hear now are sirens. My eyes fluttered open slowly and my vision wasn’t blurry anymore. But shit, my face is killing me. I looked down to see my hoody was covered in even more blood. I groaned and got up very slowly. I looked over to the ground next to my feet when I saw my crowbar, a bloody knife and my mask. I slowly and painfully picked both up.

I made my way out of the kitchen and down the hallway. I passed a mirror and had to do a double-take. When I saw myself in the mirror I was taken aback. My face it was.. it was how my brother drew the stitches but, only this time, they were cuts! They were still bleeding pretty badly.

I kept staring at my reflection. I didn’t bother me nor did it make me happy really. I was brought to earth when I heard car doors being slammed, dogs barking and men yelling.

“Come out with your hands up!!” a cop yelled.

I groaned in irritation and slid my mask on. I flipped up my hood and clutched my crowbar. I walked past a table in the hallway when I saw a family photo. I stopped and looked that it. It was all of us but, what caught my eye was me and joey.

“Joey…” I said and set my crowbar down. I took apart the picture frame and got the picture. I ripped the piece that had me and joey on it and left the other on the table. I put the picture in my pants pocket and grabbed my crowbar again.

I made it back into the kitchen to only see the window was left open from before. I walked to the counter and climbed up on it. I crouched in the frame of the window and looked back. I looked back at the house that I was leaving and everything that will soon be a distant memory.

“Good ridden..” I mumbled and jumped out into the pouring rain.