Back in Black (NC-17)

Title: Back in Black
Author: Shane
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: J2, Tom/Sophia, Mike/Allison
Summary: After he moves to a new town, Jared meets Jensen and immediately falls in love with his sense of style and green streaked hair. Then, a killer stikes the school, killing the most powerful and popular student. With Halloween suddenly cancelled, Jared's new friends decide to throw an All Hallow's Eve bash. A party that a certian black robed killer hopes to crash.
Warnings: Some het, no sex. The rating is for language and graphic violence. Character deaths all around. It's a horror story. It's also a High School AU.
Disclaimers: I don't own Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, or anybody else in this story.
Author's Notes: I hope you guys enjoy this. I was inspired to write it after seeing that there weren't many J2 horror stories out there. I hope to have this finished by Halloween. I took an outline of an original horror story that I had written and J2'd it up.

Jared smiled as he found a parking space for his 03 white Honda Civic in the student parking lot. It was the last one left that didn't involve walking a freaking mile to the school. He sat in the car for a few minutes while Fall Out Boy's latest song finished playing on the radio. This was his third school in 2 years. His mother had promised him that this would be it this time. But then again, she said that every time he had to change schools.

Henderson High School was made up of 6 buildings, with students filing into each one, so following the veteran students would do no good. He needed to get to the main office for his class schedule. The school didn't look this big when he and his mom came up to register him for the new semester. Just as he was about to ask someone for directions, he was tapped on the shoulder by the most beautiful boy he had ever seen.

“Do you need any help?” the boy asked. He was just a few inches shorter than Jared, dressed in an orange T-shirt that said “I TAUGHT YOUR GIRLFRIEND THAT THING YOU LIKE,” with the word “Girl” crossed out and “BOY” crudely scrawled above it. His hair was golden with magnificent streaks of green. If Jared didn't already like guys, this guy would've been enough to start.

“Yeah,” Jared said as soon as he caught his breath. “I'm kinda new.”

The boy laughed. “I could tell from that lost little puppy dog look in your eyes.” He held out a hand. “I'm Jensen,” the boy introduced himself. Jared excitedly accepted the outstretched hand. “Jared.”

“I'll help you get to the main office,” Jensen said. “Just follow me.” They took a few steps and Jensen suddenly stop. “You wouldn't happen to drive a white Honda, would you?” he asked.

Jared's breath froze again. “Yeah, why?”

“You're parked in Chad Murray's spot,” Jensen said.

“Shit,” Jared whispered under his breath. “Are parking spaces assigned?”

“No, it's just that Chad is very territorial, and 'Roid Rages all over anyone who crosses him. He claimed that spot because he believes as the mayor's son, he should get his own special little way.”

“Should I move my car?”

Jensen laughed. “Fuck no!” he nearly shouted. “Let the dick deal with it.”

Jensen showed Jared to the office, and was kinda surprised to find that they had identical schedules. Jared was glad of this because he had never felt as comfortable around a new person as he did with Jensen, who designated himself as Jared's official tour guide.

The school day consisted of 4 ninety minute classes with a half hour lunch/free period at noon. At lunch, Jared was introduced to Jensen's friends. There was Tom; who was almost as tall as Jared, Mike; who was a real smart ass, and their girlfriends Sophia; Tom's girlfriend, who was a cute brunette who probably weighed 90 lbs soaking wet, and Allison; Mike's date, who was your typical bubbly blonde who actually had a brain. Jared got along with all of them right off the bat. He also sprouted a little crush on Jensen. And if Jensen's T-shirt was to be believed, could also have feelings for Jared.

The last class of the day was Journalism, an elective that Jared was looking forward to all day. Jensen scored the seat beside him for Jared. “You can sit here if you want,” Jensen said to Jared, doing his best Jenny from Forrest Gump impression.

As soon as Jared took his seat, a tall blonde boy walked up to the desk. “I see Tinkerbell has a new friend,” the guy said. Before Jared could introduce himself, the guy held out his hand. “I'm Chad Murray,” he said. “And I already know who you are, Jared.”

“How do you know that?” Jared asked. “I saw you climb out of your car this morning, and asked around. Next time, find a different parking space or your pretty little Civic will be reduced to a metal cube.” With that, he walked away.

“You're right. He is a douche,” Jared stage whispered to Jensen.

The rest of class went off perfectly. Jared was asked to write an editorial for the paper about his experience moving from state to state, and the things he learned in each new place. It was a great assignment, and he couldn't wait to start working on it.

When he got to his car, Jared found something under the wiper blade on his wind screen. It was a picture of 2 fairies. “TINKERBELL AND THUMBELINA,” it read. Apparently his taste in romantic partners was also known to Chad.

***
Chad was alone in the gym showers after football practice. He had been held back an hour for his aggressiveness. The coach scolded him and made him run laps.

As he dried off and got dressed, he heard somebody slam a locker door. “Is that you, Coach?” he asked. Suddenly, all of the lights went off. Chad felt his way around the wall until he found the switch. Flicking it on, he saw a figure in a black robe, wearing a “Reaper's” mask made of fine mesh that concealed the wearer's identity, right in front of him. The Figure was too short to be the coach Chad moved to the left to get around the Figure. He just moved to the right, blocking Chad. Each move Chad made, The Figure matched.

“Hey, asshole! Halloween isn't until tomorrow,” he said. The Figure pulled a large knife out of his robe and stabbed it into Chad's shoulder blade. Chad cried out in intense, white hot pain. He turned around and ran toward the shower. When he got to the entrance, he misjudged the drop between the rooms and fell, twisting his ankle. “SOMEBODY HELP ME!” he screamed as the figure closed in on him.

Chad tried to scream again, but was cut off by the figure dragging the blade of his knife over his throat, severing his jugular vein and slicing his Adam's Apple in half.

END PART 1

Wow, Shane, you weren't kidding about Chad getting it good! :o I love this kinda stuff! More soon please!?

OK, first I was bowled over by Jared and Jensen's "meet cute". Jen's shirt (loved it!) and green hair? I'm thinking homage to Priestly from TIH (man, I bet the 'joke' would be even funnier if I ever got to see that movie!).

Can totally see Mike with Allison but Tom and Sophia? I have to admit, I'm having trouble wrapping my head around that one.

And Chad (who, yeah, was a total douche) biting it that quickly? Yipe!


A great start (but too short, dangit!) that left me wanting more!

I'm glad you guys are enjoying it so far. I'm having fun writing it.

About Jensen's hair, that was from a fic I had abandoned a long time ago where Jen had pink hair, but I felt green would be a cooler color. I didn't even think about the Priestley homage.

I have chapter 2 in my notebook, almost complete. It will introduce a few new characters and set up the scene for the rest of the story. I also now know who's going to live and who's going to die.

And following the final chapter, there will be more notes and a soundtrack listing.

Yeah, I'm not too sure how I feel about the whole Tom/Sophia thing either. But than again I am pretty much a diehard Sophia/Danneel type of girl. And it's your story, Shane. Your characters. Gotta go where your muse takes ya.

Ooh, I love extra author notes and a soundtrack!? Awesome!

Yeah, Tom/Sophia was definately the muse's fault. It is an odd pairing, isn't it? I'm so glad you guys are enjoying it so far. No deaths in this chapter, but I promise 2 in the next one. This might also be the longest chapter in the story.

OCTOBER 31st
Halloween was always one of Jared's favorite holidays. Getting to dress up and be something other than yourself, having fun while getting scared, and best of all: free candy! This Halloween was destined to suck, though. The move had left Jared tired and without a costume.

Just when he was opening a box to dig his copy of Halloween out, his phone rang. The caller ID displayed “JENSEN.” The two had exchanged cell numbers at lunch, and nearly killed Jared's Night time minutes last night. He quickly flipped the phone open.

“Hey,” he said.

“Did you hear what happened?” Jensen sounded a bit worried.

“No, I just got up. What happened?”

There was a pause before Jensen finally answered. “Chad was found dead at school this morning.”

Jared was speechless. “What happened?” he asked.

“Details aren't out yet. It's all over the news, though.”

Jared turned the TV in his room on. It's a good thing that the first thing he made sure to do was fix the cable hook up.

"Once again,” the young newscaster said, “the body of a teenage boy, identified as Chad Murray; son of Mayor Don Murray, was found hanging from a goal post on the football field at Henderson High School.”

“Holy shit,” Jared whispered.

“You're telling me,” Jensen replied. “Before he became a complete ass, we were good friends.”

“I'm sorry,” was all that Jared could think to say.

Jared heard something from the TV that caught his attention.

“We have just received a statement from Mayor Murray. It reads 'My family is distraught by the loss of our oldest son. To make sure that this doesn't happen again, I, along with the Sheriff, have imposed a 7PM curfew for all persons under 18 years old.'”

“Did you hear that?” Jared asked.

“About the curfew? Yeah.” There was a beep over the conversation. “That's me,” Jensen said. “It's a text from Mike.”

“Okay.”

“He wants to know if you want to join us today,” Jensen said. “With Halloween effectively canceled, and his parents out of town, he's going to have a party.”

“A party? After all of this?”

“Well, it's part Halloween bash, part wake,” Jensen explained. “And it's in costume. And don't even say that you don't have one, because I'm going to hook you up with one.”
“I guess I have no choice,” Jared conceded. “Where do you want to meet and when?”

“Meet us at the Winchester diner,” Jensen said. “About 2:00.”

***

2:00 came quicker than expected, and Jared found himself in a booth at the Winchester diner. The Winchester, or “The Chester,” as it's known by the teenage population, has been the high school hangout of choice for about 20 years. The walls appear as if the 80s had vomited all over them. The decorations were posters for Brat Pack movies and album covers from Simple Minds, Billy Idol, and various other 80s bands. When he arrived in the diner, Jared's ears were overcome with the sound of “Wild, Wild West” by The Escape Club blasting out of the jukebox.

A young waitress, dressed in a style that would've been popular 20 years ago, walked up to Jared's booth. “Are you Jared?” she asked.

“Yeah,” Jared replied. “Why?”

“The group you're supposed to meet are here. They want you to go to their table,” she said.

Jared followed the young lady to the table where Jensen, Mike, and Tom were waiting. As soon as Jared sat down, Mike handed the waitress an invitation to his party. “I hope you can make it tonight, Danneel,” he said. “The more the merrier.”

“Well, I'm off at 6:30 because of the curfew. I wouldn't miss this party for the world.” She walked away.

Jensen leaned over to Jared. “That's Danneel. She was Chad's last girlfriend. They broke up about a month ago.”

Jared looked down at the table to see that somebody in the group had already ordered for him. A cheeseburger and fries with a Dr. Pepper. “Thanks, guys,” he said, reaching for his wallet. Before his hand got to his back pocket, Tom grabbed his arm. “Don't think about it, dude,” he said. “You can get the next one.”

The four boys sat and planned the party in low hushed tones so no adults could hear the planning. Tom was put on alcohol duty, Jensen on making sure the right people would so up. Seeing as how this was Jared's first time getting together with this group, he wasn't given a task. Except finding a costume, which Jensen gladly volunteered to help with.

“I'll see you guys at my place at 6,” Mike said before the group disbanded.

***

Jared was in awe of Jensen's room. You could seriously fit 2 of his rooms into Jensen's gigantic bedroom. Jensen was going through his closet, looking for an outfit. “So, how long has it been since you decided that you're into guys?” Jensen asked, going through his costume collection.

“How did you know?” Jared asked back.

“It's pretty obvious. There's a copy of Hollywood Wives in your car with a bookmark halfway through it.”

“So, that doesn't mean anything,” Jared said. “Could be my mom's.”

“There's also the way you're staring at my ass right now,” Jensen points out, as he emerges with a disco suit in his hands. “Try this on.”

Jared takes the suit from Jensen. “I've only known for a year. I got some weird urges after basketball practice, and noticed a teammate toweling off a bit more than I should have.”

Jared tried the suit on. It fit perfectly. He stepped through the door to Jensen's room to notice that Jen's jaw was on the ground. The suit fit perfectly, contouring to every curve of Jared's tall, skinny body.

“I look pretty silly,” Jared said. “Why do you have this?”

“I do costumes for the local theatre company. Last year, they preformed Mamma Mia. And you do not look silly.” The sincerity in Jensen's voice reassured Jared.

“Well, it's almost 5:30, and I need you to show me how to get to Mike's.”

***

Even though they arrived at Mike's early, Jared and Jensen, who had taken Jared's car, found that the party was in full swing. About 25 people were crowded into the house.

Mike's house was a small farmhouse in the middle of 8 acres of land that was once farmland. You had to drive a good 15 minutes out of town to get to it.

Jared and Jensen got out of the car and headed toward the house. Jared in his disco outfit and Jensen dressed as a Twilight vampire with his hair gelled in the messiest way possible and body glitter on his face.

As soon as Jared and Jensen got inside, they were handed a red plastic cup that was most likely full of an alcoholic beverage. “Now that you guys are here, the party can begin!” Mike, in Dark Knight Joker makeup, announced.

END PART 2.

EDIT: For some reason, I called Chad's father "Mayor Murphy."

This post has been edited by shaneo6930 on Oct 28 2009, 12:05 AM

Aww, Jensen wants to help Jared find his costume!? How sweet! And knowing that there's more killings on the way-can't wait!

Actually i can see Jen with pink or green hair. Huh. Maybe it's the Priestly influence...

What she said!


Re this chapter:
first, The Winchester diner?! Love it! And that it's decked out like the 80's? Also very cool.

Jensen as a Twillight vampire "Eat it, Twillight" *giggles*, Jared as a Disco fan and Mike as the Joker (apropos seeing as how he's already been one of the most famous villians in comics!) left me wondering who Welling was dressed as (to be revealed next chapter?!).

A good chapter that once again left me wanting more! Always a good sign.

I know I promised 2 deaths, but how about one and a cliffhanger? On to part 3!

Jared took a sip of the drink he was handed. “Oh, my God!” he shouted as his throat stung. “What the fuck is this? Antifreeze?”

Mike hopped off of the table he was standing on. “Oh, Jenny,” he said, “Your boy here is a lightweight.”

“Well, not everybody is blessed with your immunity to moonshine, Mikey,” Jensen shot back.

Jared took another drink. “How can anybody be immune to that?”
“Mike's parents put beer in his baby bottles,” Jensen joked. “It's the best explanation I could come up with.”

Just then, the door flew open to reveal Tom, in full doctor's garb, wearing a name tag that read “DR. MCSEXY OB-GYN.” On each side of him were Allison and Sophia, dressed up as the sluttiest nurses to ever hit the streets. “Trick or treat, bitches!” he cheered.

“I'm going to find Mike,” Allison said as she started to move through the house.

Tom took one look at Jared, who was still attempting to drink the contents of his cup. “Do you want to go find something that isn't used to fuel 18 wheelers?”

“You have that?” Jared asked, throat on fire.

***
Allison found Mike outside, red plastic cup in hand. “The party is inside, Baby,” she said as she sat down beside him. She practically had to yell since the music from the living room could still be heard clearly outside. She could see that he was upset. “What's wrong?” she asked.

“It's everything going on right now,” Mike said. “Chad used to be one of our best friends.”

Allison got up and started to rub her boyfriend's shoulders. “I know. I also hate that it ended the way it did.”

Mike stood up and kissed Allison, some of his makeup rubbing off on her. “I'm going to go say a few word about Chad,” he said. “He wasn't always a dick, and that's a side of him that needs to be remembered.”

Allison kissed him back. “I'll be in there in a few minutes.” With that, Mike headed inside.

While they were talking, Allison noticed a few of the boys from the football team walking out toward the barn. She started walking out there to get them. They needed to hear Mike's speech.

When she got to the barn, she stepped inside. It was in total darkness. She flipped her cellphone open, the dim light revealing a row of 6 light switches. With each one, nothing happened, until she got to the final switch.

The whole barn illuminated to reveal the 3 dead jocks. Before she could run for help, she heard the barn door close behind her with a sharp wooden thud. When she turned around, she saw The Figure standing behind her.

She ran toward the inside of the barn, trying her best to avoid the bodies that were scattered about. The Figure was following intently, close behind.

Allison found the ladder up to the loft, and started to climb. As she got to the top step, The Figure grabbed her foot and tried to pull her off. She kicked loose and pulled herself up.

It wasn't long before The Figure was also up on the loft. Allison hid in a pile of hay bales. She was barely covered, but well hidden.

As soon as it got quiet, she stuck her head out of the hay only to have The Figure grab her by the hair and pull her out.

He dragged her to the edge of the loft, where he spotted a chain hanging from the ceiling. He grabbed it and wrapped it around Allison's neck several times.

After hooking it together with the clamp at the end, The Figure took one last look at Allison. Her mascara running down her face and mixing in with the white and red that had rubbed off from her kiss with Mike. After taking in the sight of the scared girl, he threw her off the loft. When the chain pulled to, the force snapped her neck.

***
When Mike got inside, he immediately turned the music off. Following the chorus of boos, he finally spoke up. “I'm sorry guys, I'll put it back on in a minute. I just want to say a few things.

“Chad was one of my best friends until a few years ago. A lot of you will probably remember him hanging out with Jensen, Tom, and I.” He was holding back tears now. As he spoke, he kept looking around the room for Allison, who wasn't in yet.

“I for one choose to remember Chad like he was in middle school. He was the kind of guy who could make you feel good when you were down, but would also laugh if you fell and then ask if you were okay. He was everything many people look for in a friend. We'll never know what happened to change that, but we can always have the times that were good.”

He retreated back to the kitchen, where he saw Tom, Jensen, Jared, and Sophia. It was Sophia who embraced him in one of her signature tight hugs. “That was one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard,” she said.

Jensen slowly made his way outside. It wasn't until Tom went to ask him something that they realized he had gone. Jared took up the task of finding him.

***
There was an old tree house, still well kept up, about 50 feet away from the house. That's where Jared found Jensen. He was sitting in the corner, clutching a picture. When Jared got up to him, he noticed that the picture was of Mike, Tom, Jensen, and Chad. They were about 10 when it was taken.

“He was a great guy until his dad ran for mayor,” Jensen said through his tears. “That was last year.” Jared sat down beside him. “What happened to make him hate you?” he asked.

“I had come out about a month before that. He, like my other friends and family were supportive. That's where the nickname 'Tinkerbell' came from. At first, it was friendly teasing. Then his dad announced his mayoral run. He told me that we shouldn't hang out anymore because it might cost the election if the candidate's son was seen hanging out with a fruit.” The tears were rolling hard now.

“That's not the worst part of it,” he managed to get out. “He tried to get Mike and Tom to also dump me. They wouldn't have it, so he got new friends. That came easy because everyone wanted to hang out with the new mayor's son.”

Jared took his new friend in his arms. “I know how you feel,” he said. “I also lost one of my closest friends to small mindedness.”

That was all it took. Jensen turned to Jared and kissed him. The salty tears rolling from Jensen's eyes stung a little with the force of the kiss, which was undoubtedly the best either of them had ever had.

The only thing that broke the kiss was the scream that erupted just outside the tree house.

END PART 3

Ahhhhhhhhh! You killed Allison! (I figured Sophia or Danneel would be next!)

No, nice buildup and a great cliffhanger there.

And Mike's speech and Jensen's reveal as to why he and Chad stopped being friends injected some very nice pathos into this.

Also, when I read your costume choice for Welling, I totally flashed on this:
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Good choice!

Oh, her death was a lot more violent. She was going to be thrown from the loft and impaled on a tractor exhaust pipe.

Originally, this chapter was a lot longer, so I cut it in half. The second half will be up tomorrow. (you'll love who the scream belongs to.) I love that you're enjoying this. I know how you feel about horror.

Great update, Shane! I'm feeling really bad for Mike right about now. Not only has he just lost a former best friend now he's gonna have to find out about his girlfriend!! :(
And Jensen and Jared just keep getting cuter and cuter. :) Can't wait to find out who 'The Figure' is!

Wow. I didn't know Allison's death would strike such a cord. It hurt to do it, but that's where my muse led me. As mentioned earlier, her death was supossed to be more violent, but I felt it would be too much too soon. Once more, I'm glad you're enjoying it. Here's the resolution to the cliffhanger. After this, though, there will only be one more chapter, which considering my full weekend will most likely have to wait until Monday, so save some of your Halloween candy. On to part 4!


They both climbed down and saw a girl, covered in blood, running toward them. “Alexis?” Jensen asked as she got to the boys.

“What's the matter?” Jared asked her.

“The barn,” she stammered. “There are bodies in the barn.”

“Damn it!” Jensen shouted. “I told Mike no pranks.”

“They're real!” she cried. “I was going there to be with my boyfriend and we found them. Before we got away, there was this guy, dressed in black, wearing one of those masks that hide your face.”

“Why are you covered in blood?” Jensen asked. “I thought you were supposed to be Cinderella.”

“Before we could get away, the guy grabbed an ax off the wall and cut Milo's fucking head off!” She shouted.

That got them going. Jensen, still thinking this was a prank, started walking toward the barn. Jared removed the jacket from his Disco outfit and slipped it over Alexis' shoulders. The two began to slowly follow Jensen.

When they got to the back door of the barn, Alexis stopped just short of the door. “I can't go in there,” She whispered. Jared sat her down on a bench right beside the door. “Just sit here. We'll be out in a second."

With that, the 2 boys descended into the barn. “Mike sure went all out with this one,” Jensen said, admiring what he thought was a blonde female doll hanging from the rafter beam.

Jared knelt down to inspect the severed head. “Doesn't this look real?” Jensen asked.

Jared dabbed his finger in the blood that was dripping from the head. It felt too warm and not sticky enough to be fake. “Jen, I don't think this is a prank.”

***
Tom and Sophia retreated to one of the bedrooms in the house. There was only one basic rule at Mike's house parties. “No fucking in my room.” It was a rule that Tom had thought about breaking for a long time, only to find that Mike had always locked the door to his room.

They were just now getting dressed. Sophia reached for her bra. “Are you really going to put that thing on his doorknob?” she asked while doing up the front clasp.

“Yeah,” Tom said, holding up the condom he had just taken off. “It's the perfect Halloween prank.”

He started for the door. “You coming?” he asked.

Sophia shimmied back into her nurse's gown. “I don't think so. I've always found gross pranks like that one to be juvenile.

“Well, sit back, M'lady, and and when I return, I'll give you my famous five finger inspection. I am a gynecologist, you know.” With that, he was out of the room.

“Somehow, I doubt they'll all fit in there,” she snarked as she laid back down on the bed.

Not too long after Tom had left, the door opened and The Figure stepped in.

“Where did you get the costume, Tommy?” she asked.

No response. Sophia looked at The Figure as he closed the door. She then realized that whomever was in the costume, it sure wasn't Tom.

She got up to leave, but The Figure immediately slammed her back down on the bed.

As she started to scream, he grabbed a pillow out from behind her head and forcefully held it over her face.

It wasn't long before Sophia's body wend limp as she gasped her final breath.

***
Jared and Jensen ran back into the house, Jared with an arm around Alexis helping her along. Jensen grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket. “Shit!” he shouted. “No signal.”

Jared glanced at the screen on his phone. “Same here.”

Mike entered the kitchen. “Have you guys seen Allison?” he asked. “I haven't seen her since she got here.”

Jensen realized then and there who was hanging in the barn. “I don't know how to say this, Mike,” he started, solemnly. “Out in the barn, there are bodies. Dead bodies. One of them is Allison.”

“If this is your idea of a joke, today of all days, it's a sick one,” Mike stated strongly before shoving past Jared and walking outside.

He entered the barn and saw the bodies. 3 football players, each too covered in blood to be identified, and that drama geek Milo. Only he seemed to me missing his head. It wasn't until he felt the wind of a falling shoe behind his head that he looked up and saw Allison.

Before he had time to react, he heard a scream coming from the house. As he turned around, The Figure appeared behind him, greeting Mike with a pitchfork, jamming 2 of the tines into his eyes. When The Figure stopped pushing, the tines had curved up and had sprouted out of the top of Mike's head.

***
Most of the party had cleared out. The only people alive that were left were Jared, Jensen, Tom, Alexis and Danneel; the waitress from the Winchester.

Tom was the one who found Sophia in the bedroom.His scream was what alerted everyone. When he announced what he had found, everyone had left.

The group dashed into the living room following the sounds of Mike's screams coming from the barn. Just as they had gotten to the front door, they heard a commanding voice from behind them. "Stop right there."

When they turned around, they saw The Figure. He was holding an ax. "Hello, Jared," he said as he took off his mask.

END PART 4

Edit: Extended the ending to give it a better cliffhanger.

This post has been edited by shaneo6930 on Oct 29 2009, 11:19 PM

Gah, no!! *flappy hands/howling in pain* You can't leave it there, Shane! It's just getting good (or bad in Jared and Jensen's case ;))!!!

When i read who it did belong to, Shane, I immediately wondered if her boyfriend was going to be Milo. And it was! And he was dead (is it terrible of me to admit that I had a moment 'take that, Jess!').

And I have to admit that I've been kinda skimming a bit when it comes to the deaths (enough to get the gist but not enough to get a full on mental image, you know?).

What a gruesome way for Mikey to die! (for a minute I thought he was the Figure, actually) And for only Tom, J2, Danneel and Alexis to still be alive? And the Figure knows Jared? Awesome cliffhanger, Shane! And now we have to wait! *wails* Oh you are evil! (apropos, no?)

Also, Tommy the gynecologist? I laughed, I admit it. And the condom thing? I can actually totally see Welling and/or Rosenbaum doing that to each other!