Chapter 11 (Ghostface)

Chapter 11 (Ghostface) is the eleventh chapter of Ghostface. It was written by Donald Newton and will be published on February 6, 2021.

Plot
Lakehart begins to change by Ghostface's presence and Destiny gets a phone call.

Full Chapter
EXT. WOODS - DAY

It is the morning after Kila's live public execution. The police are combing the area for evidence as whatever is left of Kila's charred body is taken away by the morgue staff. The police are stumped by the lack of evidence left behind by the killer.

POLICE OFFICER #1: The entire city watches live as a killer murders a woman and there are no evidence left behind that could help us?

POLICE OFFICER #2: He's good. He cleaned everything up. The only thing he left behind was the body.

INT. VENEDICT MANSION - DAY

Clay, the remaining survivor of the gang that tried to rape Destiny in Chapter 7, sits at a table with bandages on his leg from the stab wound that he got from Ghostface. Venedict, Judith, and Drax are with him. They're going through the Lakehart yearbook and going through all the girls around Destiny's age. They eventually find her photo.

CLAY: (pointing at Destiny's picture) That's her. That's the little bitch we tried getting. But then that motherfucking Ghost in black attacked us.

DRAX: (reading her name) Destiny Faulkner. Seventeen years old. Senior.

VENEDICT: Pretty girl. You say she ran away while the killer was attacking you?

CLAY: Yes. She ran off like she was afraid of him.

DRAX: Which means that even if its someone that she knows...she doesn't know who is behind the mask.

VENEDICT: That means snatching her and grilling her for answers won't work.

CLAY: I can still get her for you. Finish what I started.

Venedict smiles. He has another idea for Clay.

VENEDICT: Actually, Clay...you're not going to do anything. You see...you failed me. You couldn't finish the job. You panicked and allowed this Ghostface to get to you. As a result...we lost Kila.

Clay realizes his mistake and panics over what he can sense is about to happen.

CLAY: I had no choice. He had a knife to my throat. He was going to kill me. I had to give up Kila's location. What was I suppose to do?

VENEDICT: Be loyal to us. You've proven your disloyal by your actions.

CLAY: I'm sorry, Mr. Venedict. I'll make up to you. I swear.

Venedict shakes his head. He has made his decision.

VENEDICT: I'm sorry, Clay. But I'm gonna have to...cut you out.

Venedict pulls out a large knife and swiftly slashes it across Clay's throat. Clay grabs at his throat as blood spurts out, hitting Venedict's clothes and face. But he still stands there to watch his former member die, getting his blood all over himself. Clay ceases to move as he dies.

VENEDICT: (about Clay) Weak ass motherfucker. (to Drax) Follow Miss Faulkner. Learn everything you can about her. Who her friends are, her parents, siblings, teachers, and anyone who she interacts with on a daily basis. One of those people has to be our killer.

DRAX: Yes, Mr. Venedict.

Drax leaves. Venedict puts his arms around Judith and makes out with her.

MONTAGE: THROUGHOUT LAKEHART

We see how the live public execution of Kila has now changed everything in Lakehart;

Destiny is visiting her parents' grave, implying that her parents were murdered by the gang.

Jeff and Alexis are remembering their kidnapping and branding by Jyle Venedict.

Kids are wearing Ghostface masks everywhere.

People are walking freely out in public now less afraid of the gang.

Many members of the gang pass by people, not taking any risk in attacking people.

Many other members of the gang are hiding out in fear of Ghostface.

The atmosphere feels different. Overnight it went from dark, depressing, gloomy, and tragic to a dawn of a new world; carefree, freedom, happiness, and safety. Something that many residents hadn't felt in years and for some feeling for the very first time.

INT. DESTINY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Destiny is sitting on her bed and watching TV. She is bored and lonely without Daniel. Her PHONE RINGS. She checks the caller ID. It's from an UNKNOWN CALLER. Curious, she answers the phone.

DESTINY: Hello?

GHOSTFACE: (over the phone) Hello, Destiny.

Destiny recognizes the voice as the person who saved her the other night.

DESTINY: It's you.

GHOSTFACE: Yes. I just wanted to check up on you.

DESTINY: I'm fine, thank you. Thanks for saving me the other day. I'm sorry I ran off.

GHOSTFACE: Don't worry about it. You didn't know for certain what my intentions were.

DESTINY: I saw the video.

GHOSTFACE: Do you approve?

Destiny takes a moment to think about this.

DESTINY: Reluctantly. Yes.

GHOSTFACE: Her first murder was a child. She killed even more without regret.

DESTINY: Then she got what she deserved.

Destiny has a weird feeling while talking to him.

DESTINY: The more I think about the other night, the way you saved me. It didn't seem like you were saving a stranger. But more like someone you care about...somebody that you know. Let me ask you this; If you showed me your face...unmasked yourself...would I recognize the face behind the mask?

There is a long pause. As if Ghostface is taking a moment to answer her question.

GHOSTFACE: Yes.

This confirms Venedict's prediction; Ghostface is somebody that Destiny knows. But who?

DESTINY: I'm guessing that you won't tell me.

GHOSTFACE: I promise that you will find out soon enough.

DESTINY: Why are you doing this? Did Jyle Venedict do something to you?

GHOSTFACE: He did. Just like he has for everyone else. We're all victims. Every single one of us in some form or another. But we're rising. Not as victims...but as survivors. We shall survive and take back our town.

DESTINY: Let me help you. I can gather support for you.

GHOSTFACE: Please, don't. I have enough people supporting me. I don't want you putting yourself out there and it costing you your life. I can't stand the thought of you dying over your support for me.

These words of fear and care for her makes Destiny realize something.

DESTINY: You're more than just someone I know, aren't you? You're somebody close to me....thats how you knew to find me that day. You knew I'd be there.

GHOSTFACE: I can be anyone. I don't have to be someone close to you. Just someone who knows and cares about you. I want you to be careful. I'll be watching and looking in on you. Take care, Destiny.

LINE IS DISCONNECTED.

Destiny is shocked by this call. Now she suspects everyone close to her; Her brother, her counselor, her boyfriend, her friends, her classmates, her teachers, and anyone her personally knows her and sees her on a daily basis. But who is the mysterious Ghostface?

Deaths

 * 1) Clay (killed by Jyle Venedict)

Trivia

 * This chapter features the first traditional phone call between Ghostface and the final girl (Destiny). However, whereas in the past movies and stories where Ghostface's call to the final girl is threatening, this phone call is one of unity and friendship between the Killer and the Final Girl.