Chapter 11 (The Figure of Death)

Chapter 11 (The Figure of Death) is the eleventh chapter of The Clearwood Murders: Episode I - The Figure of Death. It was written by Donald Newton and published on May 14, 2021.

Plot
The Figure crashes Kris's party.

Full Chapter
EXT. BRIDGES HOUSE BACKYARD/WOODS - NIGHT

Nick is drinking heavily, walking away from the party, and walks through the open gate between Kris's house and the woods.

NICK: (to himself) How can you be so stupid, Nick? You love Kris. She's your woman. That other chick is nothing. You fucking prick. I fucking love Kris.

Nick walks further and further into the woods, further and further away from the party.

EXT. WOODS - NIGHT

Nick continues to drink down the once full whiskey bottle, getting himself intoxicated. His words start to slur and his motor skills are starting to impair.

SOMEONE'S POV.

From someone's point of view, we watch Nick stand in the middle of the woods and drink himself silly. The POV quickly approaches Nick.

BACK TO NICK

As Nick attempts to finish the bottle -- A HAND GRABS HIS SHOULDER!

A startled Nick spins around to find -- ANDREW AND COLE.

COLE: Shit, Nick. Didn't mean to scare ya, brother.

NICK: I didn't know what to think. (obviously too drunk) I'm not thinking well.

ANDREW: No, shit. You're not.

Andrew snatches the bottle away from Nick.

ANDREW: What do you think you're doing, man?

NICK: Drinking my pain away.

COLE: You wouldn't need to drink that pain away if you weren't being such an asshole.

NICK: You're right. I'm an asshole.

ANDREW: Yes, you are. (turns his shoulder forward) Come on, Nick. Let's go for a walk and talk.

Andrew and Cole escort Nick further into the woods as the three begin to talk.

EXT. BRIDGES HOUSE - BACKYARD - NIGHT

Scott walks through the backyard, passing by all of the partying teens. He pays no mind to them as he appears to be on a mission.

Scott walks inside the house.

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT

Scott walks through the kitchen, which has many people drinking. They are so concentrated on either drinking or trying to hook up that they don't notice the BLOOD coming from underneath the door to the pantry.

Scott is the only one who notices (as the only sober one). Curious about this, Scott opens the pantry door -- JENNA'S DEAD BODY FALLS OUT OF THE PANTRY.

Jenna's body lands on the floor in front of Scott and the others, who finally notice. Everyone starts to scream and runaway. Scott is the only one left standing there, shocked by what he has just found.

EXT. BRIDGES HOUSE - THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE - NIGHT

The teens begin to panic, scream, and runaway as the news of a dead body is announced.

TEEN #1: DEAD BODY!

TEEN #2: THE KILLER IS HERE!

TEEN #3: WE'RE ALL GONNA BE KILLED!

TEEN #4: RUN!

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT

Scott is all alone in the kitchen with Jenna's body. He finally wakes up to reality and attempts to run off.

INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Scott is still not alone fully as the some people are still running off. But most aren't paying attention as the UNMASKED FIGURE, whose face we still don't see, catches up to Scott before he can run out the door.

The Unmasked Figure stabs Scott in the back/shoulder area. Scott tries not to scream to keep his tough guy image. But the Figure grabs him by the hair and bashes his head against the door, knocking him unconscious.

The Unmasked Figure throws Scott's unconscious body aside without anymore attempts to kill him.

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - KRIS'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Kris is awoken by the screaming teens. She looks out her bedroom window.

KRIS'S POV.

Everyone is running away, driving away, and screaming in panic.

BACK TO KRIS

Kris is so confused by this.

KRIS: What the hell is going on?

Kris moves away from her window.

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Kris walks downstairs to find the place vacant of human beings but trashed with beer bottles, plastic cups, and alcoholic bottles. She can still hear people running, screaming, and driving away from her house even from within the house.

KRIS: What the fuck?

Then Kris finally notices -- SCOTT'S UNCONSCIOUS BODY.

KRIS: Scott!

Kris runs over to him to check on him. She can't tell if Scott is dead or alive.

KRIS: Scott! Wake up! Please! Please, don't be dead!

Uncertain of his fate, Kris runs into the kitchen.

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT

Kris notices a puddle of blood on the kitchen floor by the pantry door. A dragging trail has been left there, implying that the Figure has dragged Jenna's body away.

Kris grabs the house phone and attempts to dial 911. But the line is dead.

KRIS: Shit!

Then she realizes...

KRIS: My phone!

Kris pulls out her cell phone. She goes to dial 911. But before she can even press the 9 -- THE FIGURE GRABS HER AND THROWS HER TO THE WALL.

Kris sees the Figure and is horrified.

KRIS: NO!

Kris starts running for the living room and foyer. The Figure chases after her.

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Kris runs for the front door. She attempts to open the door. But it's locked. She goes to unlock the door. But she feels the Figure right on her ass.

Kris ducks down, narrowly dodging the knife, which goes right into the door.

Kris starts running upstairs. The Figure proceeds the chase up the stairs. Kris finds a large full alcoholic bottle on a built-in-wall shelf by the middle landing. She quickly grabs it and throws it at the Figure. The glass shatters, soaking the Figure with the alcoholic contents. This distracts the Figure enough to give Kris enough time to continue running up the stairs.

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY - NIGHT

Kris runs through the hallway, heading for the basement door. Just as she runs up the basement stairs, the Figure makes it to the second floor. At first, he doesn't know where exactly Kris has gone. But as soon as he sees the open door to the basement, he knows where his target has gone.

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - BASEMENT - NIGHT

From an unknown part of the basement, like inside a large box or closet, Kris is hiding and whimpering in fear. She can see the rest of the basement through the slit of wherever she's hiding in.

KRIS'S POV.

The Figure makes it up to the basement and starts looking around. It's horrifying for Kris.

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - BASEMENT - NIGHT

The Figure starts searching through closets, large boxes, and under large furniture for his target.

This scene takes a few minutes as the scene gets extremely intense. It even it feels like the Figure is inching closer and closer to Kris. We feel extremely worried for her.

The Figure finds a large old wardrobe closet. He feels that he has finally found his target. He slowly goes for the wardrobe door.

CLOSEUP ON KRIS

Kris looks extremely terrified. As if she knows that she's been found.

BACK TO SCENE

The Figure opens the wardrobe door -- IT'S EMPTY. NO KRIS.

Suddenly -- The door to a closet opens and Kris pushes a large stack of full boxes over the Figure.

The Figure only has enough time to turn around before being buried by the boxes. The Figure grunts in pain over this.

Kris takes off running. The angry Figure quickly unburies himself and continues to chase Kris out of the basement.

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY - NIGHT

Kris makes it out of the basement and attempts to run through the hallway. But the Figure, extremely angry and enraged, quickly catches up to her.

Kris screams as she finds herself backing into her parents' bedroom.

INT. BRIDGES HOUSE - MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT

Kris attempts to back away from the Figure, who is cornering her back.

KRIS: PLEASE! DON'T!!!

This leads to them backing into the balcony door.

EXT. BRIDGES HOUSE - MASTER BEDROOM BALCONY - NIGHT

Kris backs into the ledge and the Figure stabs her in the stomach.

KRIS SCREAMS!

Before the Figure can stab her again, Kris forces herself to fall backwards off the ledge.

The Figure watches as Kris falls and lands hard on the grass in the backyard.

The Figure looks over the balcony -- KRIS IS OUT. It's uncertain if she's dead or alive. But the Figure has more important business to attend to now. He walks away without caring to finish her off.

There is hope for Kris's fate, which is ambiguous at the moment.

Deaths

 * CD = Chapter Death (Deaths in the chapter)
 * SD = Story Death (Overall deaths in the story)

Trivia

 * Jenna's body is found. Kris's fate is unknown until the next chapter.