I Know What You Did on KAX

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Title: "I Know What You Did on KAX"
Rating: PG
Beta: Couldn't afford one. So all mistakes are on me
Author's Note: As part of the weekly challenge here on KAX.

Disclaimer: All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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BECK: Hello?

Beck’s voice echoed around the empty dining hall as she popped her head in the dark room. She flicked on the lights and an empty room greeted her. Odd, she thought to herself as she gave the dining hall a quick scan before switching the lights off and closing the door behind her. She was sure that Allan asked her to meet her here for a quick cup of coffee at 8pm. She was ten minutes late because she was caught in the middle of another soccer rant from Irene. She loved that girl and all but seriously, there is so much soccer an Australian can take. I might call his room. He might think I stood him up or something, Beck said to herself as she made her way towards her room.

She stopped when she heard a small sound behind one of the closed doors on her right. Going on what she remembered from reading the little brochure that everyone was given, that door led to one of the few storerooms for Housekeeping. The noise came again and this time her attention fell on the crack between the door and the doorframe. Whoever last used the storeroom must have forgotten to shut it properly. And switch off the lights. Maybe they are still in there.

BECK: Hello? Allan?

She has no idea why Allan would be doing in a storeroom but that was the first name that popped into her mind. She took a step closer, a small voice in the back of her head urging her to investigate. She could still hear the noise. It sounded like something was scraping against the wooden floor. It had a rhythm to it too – scrape…scrape…scrape…scrape…

Beck pushed the door open.

BECK: Is anyone in here?

Door bumped against something behind it, preventing Beck from opening it fully. She gave it more force and the door slammed against the heavy object. The force of it caused whatever that was behind the door to move and it fell to the floor with a loud crash. The sound made Beck jump and gasped. Mr. Gordo, the soft toy that all the KAX members shared lay on his side, staring sadly at Beck.

BECK: Mr. Gordo! What are you doing in here? I didn’t know someone brought you here.

Beck took a step inside the storeroom to pick the soft toy up but froze when she saw Mr. Gordo wasn’t alone. Crumpled in a heap on the floor, the front of his shirt soaked with bright red blood and his eyes staring vacantly at her was Allan.

Beck screamed.


Earlier that day…

BECK: Welcome everyone to our first KAX meet-up right here in Tasmania!

Cheers rang out from every KAX member.

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A few hours later, after the police and the media have left, everyone gathered in the dining of the small Bed & Breakfast that they were staying. There was a moment of silence as everyone was lost in their own world.

NINA: I cannot believe this is happening.

ANGIE: Did you hear that Allan was peeled to death? With an actual peeler!

NICO: You mean like a fruit peeler?

ANGIE: Yes!

BRE: Who would do such a thing? It’s so…tedious.

BEC: Maybe…maybe we should leave.

NICO: But we just got here. It’s a bit of a waste if we leave after a day.

BEC: But someone killed Allan? What if someone else is next? It could be any of us.

NINA: I cannot believe that someone killed Allan. I mean who would kill him?

IRENE: Well…

NINA: Are we even sure it’s murder? Maybe he…

ANGIE: Tripped and fell on a peeler?

JAMES: It could happen.

LOZ: Sure, it could. If this was some lame scary movie.

BEC: I still think we should leave. The killer is still out there.

BRE: Who can it be though? We booked out the whole place so it’s just us here.

JAMES: And the staff.

IRENE: So you’re saying the killer is either one of us or one of the staff.

NICO: Unless someone else followed us here.

MOOSHI: Not many know we are here. Just our family and friends I’m assuming. Did anyone tell someone else where we are?

There were shakes of heads all around.

IRENE: So it’s either one of us or the staff.

BEC: All the more reason to leave this place in my opinion.

SHAUN: Beck, what do you think?

All eyes fell on Beck as she took a moment to collect her thoughts.

BECK: I think we should stay. We don’t know for sure what’s going on. It might be an accident or it might not. So I say we stay and enjoy the rest of our time here before we make a hurried decision.

IRENE: You’re saying that we should stay till someone else gets killed before we should think about leaving.

NINA: Irene!

IRENE: I’m just clarifying!

SHAUN: Beck, made her decision. But she isn’t forcing anyone to stay. If you guys want to leave, go ahead. No one is stopping you. But if Beck is staying, I’m staying.

LOZ: Me too.

BRE: Me three. I didn’t travel around the world just to be here for less than a day.

NICO: Ditto.

BECK: Anyone else staying?

James, Angie, Mooshi and Nina nodded.

MOOSHI: We are in this together.

BECK: Bec?

BEC: I don’t know. I don’t think I can handle it. Maybe I’ll stay the night and leave tomorrow.

MARIE: I’m with, Bec. Sorry guys.

BECK: It’s alright. We understand.

LOZ: How about you, Irene?

IRENE: Oh, I’m definitely staying. I wanna see what happens next.

SHAUN: Alright then. It’s settled. Everyone is staying – at least for the night anyway.

NINA: Erm…not everyone. Liz and Sammy aren’t here.

JAMES: Where are they?

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It’s been almost half an hour and Sammy still isn’t out of the shower yet. After what happened earlier that night, she asked Liz to wait for her till she has taken her shower so that the two of them could head down to the dining hall together.

So Liz waited in her room across the hall as Sammy took her long shower, flicking through the TV channels. When she checked her watch for the hundredth time that night and realised that it’s been half an hour since Sammy entered the shower, Liz grew worried and decided to check up on her.

Sammy’s room was directly across from hers and so she immediately noticed that Sammy’s door was ajar when Liz stepped out of her room. I really hope she didn’t leave without me.

Liz knocked on the door before pushing it open.

LIZ: Sammy? Are you done? We are late. Sammy?

The room was silent and didn’t seem like anyone was in there. Liz cautiously stepped into the room and slowly made her way towards the bathroom. Like the front door, the door to the bathroom was also slightly open. Now Liz really hoped Sammy didn’t leave without her.

A noise came behind her, causing her to jump slightly. She whirled around, expecting Sammy standing behind her. Instead…

LIZ: Oh it’s you. You scared me. What are you doing in Sammy’s room? I thought you were with Beck. Whoa! Did you just… Hey, what are you doing with that? Is that a…peeler? What are you doing? Wait! No, no! Noooo!

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Everyone in the dining hall froze when they heard scream.

IRENE: What was that?

ANGIE: Was that Liz?

SHAUN: All of you stay here. James and I will check it out.

LOZ: I’m coming with you!

SHAUN: Ok but everyone else stay here. Don’t go anywhere.

BRE: Wouldn’t dream of it.

The three of them dashed out of the dining room – with Shaun shutting the doors to the dining room behind him – and headed upstairs.

The first thing Shaun, James and Loz saw when they stepped into Sammy’s room was Liz, face down on the floor in front of the bathroom door. Shaun quickly made his way into the bathroom.

LOZ: Oh no! Liz!

JAMES: Where’s Sammy?

Shaun came out of the bathroom, his expression grim.

SHAUN: We need to get everyone out of here.

LOZ: What? Why? Is Sammy ok?

Shaun grabbed Loz’s hand and started leading her towards the front door.

SHAUN: Go tell everyone to pack their stuff and get out of here. The killer might still be in this place. James and I will take a quick look around to make sure he isn’t near you guys.

LOZ: What? No! You’re coming with me.

SHAUN: Don’t worry. There’s one of him and two of us.

LOZ: You don’t know that.

SHAUN: Just go, Loz. We’ll be fine.

LOZ: Just…be careful. Both of you.

Loz gave him a quick hug and a kiss before leaving the room.

JAMES: Are you sure about this? Loz is right. We don’t know how many there are.

SHAUN: We’ll be fine. Have a look around and see if you can find anything that can be used as a weapon.

JAMES: You better be right about this. If I die, I’m haunting you.

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As soon as Loz came out of Sammy’s room, she sprinted towards the stairs that led to the lobby of the Bed & Breakfast. She was concentrating so hard on reaching the stairs that she didn’t pay attention to ground in front of her. She stumbled when her foot caught on something. Her arms shot out, hoping to grab something around her that would prevent her from falling but her hands grabbed nothing but air. She landed painfully on her hands and knees. She glanced over her shoulder to see what made her trip.

LOZ: What the…?

Mr. Gordo stood in the middle of the hallway staring back at her.

LOZ: What is he doing here? I thought Beck was keeping him.

Loz climbed painfully to her feet before scooping Mr. Gordo up in her arms. She then realised there was something else on the floor. She immediately recognized what it was.

A fruit peeler.

LOZ: SHAUN!!!

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Those in the dining room held their breath when another scream rang out.

IRENE: Ok, that cannot be good.

MOOSHI: Was that Loz?!

MARIE: Shaun, James and Loz have been gone for quite a while. Maybe something happened to them.

ANGIE: Do you wanna go check?

Marie shot her a look that clearly said no.

ANGIE: Anyone else?

IRENE: How smart are we to send two of our strongest guys to check out the danger instead of keeping one of them with us?

BECK: And you wonder why I tried so hard to get more guys to join the forum.

ANGIE: If only we had Glenn around.

IRENE: Why?

BRE: I’ll go.

BEC: Not just you, Bre. Maybe we should all go and check if Shaun, Loz and James are alright. Strength in numbers right?

MOOSHi: Bec’s right. If we stay together nothing will happen to us.

NINA: Let’s go. We shouldn’t waste any more time.

They all got up and headed towards the door of the dining room, with Mooshi leading the way.

MOOSHI: Erm, guys? The door’s locked.

MARIE: What do you mean?

Beck went up to Mooshi and tried the door herself. It didn’t budge.

BECK: It’s locked.

ANGIE: Crap!

IRENE: Shaun locked us in?!

NINA: Don’t be stupid. Why would Shaun do that?

NICO: I really don’t think it’s Shaun.

As if on cue, the lights in the in the dining hall went out, plunging everyone into darkness.

ANGIE: Crap!

NICO: I really don’t think Shaun did that.

BEC: What’s going on?

BRE: I think he’s coming after us.

NINA: Who?

MOOSHI: The killer.

IRENE: What she said.

BEC: Try the door again. Marie, see if you can find something to break the door down.

MARIE: We can use the chairs. But we won’t get into trouble if we break it right?

ANGIE: That’s the last thing to worry about, Ems. Come on, help me with this chair.

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LOZ: Shaun?!

As soon as Shaun heard Loz shouting his name, he was out of the door in no time with James hot on his heels. But there was no Loz in sight.

JAMES: This is not good.

SHAUN: Loz?! Where are you?

JAMES: I’m going to die and it’s all your fault!

SHAUN: How is it my fault! Loz?! Can you hear me?

JAMES: Of course it is. If Glenn was here, I would have gotten you to take him to follow you up here instead of me.

SHAUN: If Glenn was here, I would have still taken you with me. Now, shut up and help me find Loz!

JAMES: Why aren’t there more guys in this forum? The killer will attack us first, you know, because we are the strongest. And then he’ll go after the girls!

SHAUN: No one is going after anyone!

The lights went out, blinding the two men.

JAMES: How about now?

SHAUN: Shhh! Do you here that?

JAMES: What?

SHAUN: Listen.

The two men grew silent, listening hard.

JAMES: I don’t hear anything.

SHAUN: I heard a noise. A squeak or something. Loz? Is that you?

Something clipped the back of James’ legs.

JAMES: Ow! What the hell was that? Was that you, Shaun?

SHAUN: What?

Another sharp pain, this time behind his left knee.

JAMES: There’s something in here and it’s hurting me!

SHAUN: Grab my hand! I think I can make our way to the stairs. We’ll go back to the dining room and get the hell out of here. Ok?

Silence.

SHAUN: James? James? JAMES?!


MOOSHI: Damn this door is heavy! Is it made up of lead or something?

She set the chair she was using to break the door down and sat on it. After Marie and Angie, Mooshi was the third person to try breaking the door down but all the now-battered chair did was rattle the door in its frame and nothing more.

BEC: There must be something behind it, holding the door up.

IRENE: Great! We are trapped!

NINA: What now?

MARIE: Does anyone have their cellphone with them? We can try calling for help.

BRE: I’ve got mine.

BEC: Doubt it’ll work. We are in the middle of nowhere.

BRE: Can’t hurt to try.

BECK: We’ll keep working on the door.

NINA: I’m really getting worried about Shaun and the rest. We haven’t heard anything from them for a while now.

IRENE: Yeah, it’s pretty quiet out there.

MARIE: Any luck, Bre?

BRE: No. Bec’s right. We are in the middle of nowhere and so we don’t have any signal at all.

ANGIE: Murderer’s paradise.

NICO: So what now?

All of a sudden, the door swung open, startling Beck, Mooshi and Marie. A bloody looking Loz stood before them.

NICO: Loz!

BECK: What happened? Are you alright?

MARIE: Where are Shaun and James?

LOZ: It’s him! He’s trying to kill us!

IRENE: Who?!

LOZ: We got to get out of here. I just manage to get away in time. We need to leave. Now!

BRE: Loz, you’re hurt! You need to sit down.

LOZ: No! No time! He’s coming for us.

IRENE: Who?!

LOZ: Mr. Gordo.

NINA: What?

NICO: He’s just a pig.

IRENE: He’s just a toy.

ANGIE: Chucky was just a toy.

LOZ: I saw him outside Sammy’s room. He had…he had the fruit peeler and it had blood on it. He attacked me but I manage to kick him across the hall and I ran. Took me a while to get here ‘cause I’m not good with going down the stairs in the dark.

NICO: Are you sure it’s Mr. Gordo, Loz?

LOZ: Yes! You’ve got to believe me.

BRE: What about Shaun and James? Are they alright?

LOZ: I don’t know. I lost them.

IRENE: We need to find them.

ANGIE: No, we need to get out of here and get some help!

IRENE: And leave Shaun and James behind? A small soft toy can’t possibly attack all of us. All of us, who are grown humans.

ANGIE: You really have never seen Chucky have you?

Then the door to the dining hall slam shut.

LOZ: Oh no.

BRE: That can’t be good.

A soft laugh came from the corner of the room.

MOOSHI: What the…

LOZ: It’s him.

The sound of the laugh grew louder.

LOZ: He’s here.

And that laugh was the last thing everyone heard.

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Damn that was hard!

[Bre]

f**k, I better send Mr. Gordo on his way now before he peels me up.

I like

JAMES: You better be right about this. If I die, I’m haunting you.

Very good Irene!

[Beck]

I like Bre's "Its so... tedious" Fiction James cracked me up too with his blaming of Shaun for the mess they are in and then Irene blaming him for the locked doors. Loved the comments about "If Glenn was here"

[Loz]

That was highly amusing. Great job. I'm impressed I managed to fight him off at first!! Some good lines- and I can imagine a lot of them being said by who did!!

[Shaun]

Yeah James would definitely be whining at me the whole time. I resisted the urge to modify the two posts where you got Lauren and my names mixed up but that was the only major editing error I saw. And I don't call Lauren Loz. But nicely done Irene.

[shred]

Thanks guys. Glad you all like it. I wanted to finish the story off instead of leaving it as a cliffhanger type ending but it was getting too long.

Oct 8, 2010 11:22:40 GMT 10 Shaun said:

Yeah James would definitely be whining at me the whole time. I resisted the urge to modify the two posts where you got Lauren and my names mixed up but that was the only major editing error I saw. And I don't call Lauren Loz. But nicely done Irene.

Sorry about that. I never realised that you don't call her Loz! And go ahead and edit it if you like.

[Shaun]

Its alright, just looks a little weird since I have never and would never call her that. I edited the two names that were mixed around.

[Beck]

I too thought that looked a bit weird I laughed at how Bec was the only smart one wanting to get the hell out of there, the rest of us are dumbasses

I want a sequel! (when you have free time ) Also exalted you for this hun, I loved it.

[shred]

Thanks, Beck!

I'll finish it if everyone wants to know how it ends.

I'm keen on putting up a Did You Know? post for the story as there's a reason why Mr. Gordo kills everyone with a peeler. And before Mr. Gordo was decided to be the murderer, someone else was the killer.

[Beck]

Haha a Facts post? That would be funny. You should turn it into a regular series, that would be too cool

[shred]

Noooo! Just a 2-parter, thank you very much. Unless a few people chip in with the writing.

Plus, we don't have enough members to make it into a regular series.

[Beck]

I'd chip in with plot ideas but not writing

[shred]

I'll think about it. I might do it over the summer when I have more free time.

And no one commented on the knife in the promo pic!

[Bre]

I noticed Faith's knife but forgot to mention it. Very nice!

[Nico]

I would definetly read more stories about Kaxxers

Good job Irene! Bre make sure mr Gordo doesn't come to me...ever