Prom Night by Androidfish7

"Don't worry" Aiden assured Sheila, his girlfriend and prom date "I won't let anything happen to you" he said as he drove into their school's parking lot.

This night was meant to be perfect. But it almost seemed like everything was stacked against the chance of that happening. Between the spontaneous murders happening to the cityfolks, including Aiden's good friend, Justin winding up in the hospital, and the frequent larceny happening all over town with law enforcement, beyond 1 officer, being completely helpless, it would almost seem like this was a perfect chance for something wrong to happen. Especially after last year... When Aiden made his face known to the New York city mob that would wind up terrorizing his life in many, many ways.

Flashback 1 year, 2 months, and 29 days to March 5th, 2019 the day Aiden's life would change forever

It was a long school day in Aiden's 7th period math class. They were learning about the Pythagorean theorem, which absolutely nobody had even the slightest of interests in. Feeling bored and needing to stand up and walk around, Aiden asked his teacher, Mrs Banas, if he could go to the bathroom, which he was admitted. He entered the boy's restroom and walked into the stall. Before he finished, Aiden heard the door open. Thinking little of it, Aiden was about to leave the bathroom stall until he heard the most ear piercing shreak he would ever hear.

"NO NO NO NO! PLEASE NO!" A girl voice begged.

"Shut up! You're gonna get my cover blown. I will cut you if you don't shut up!" A seemingly adult voice replied.

Hesitating to open the door, Aiden decided to peak underneath the bathroom stall to see what was happening. He could not make out much, but there was a man in a dark grey coat and a black hat on held a .22 revolver to Sheila Cummings, who Aiden did not know at the time. The man backed Sheila into a corner, which gave Aiden the perfect moment to silently open the door and tackle the man to the ground. Amidst the confusion, the man dropped his .22 revolver. Aiden tried to force the man into a chokehold, but the man pulled a switchblade and stabbed Aiden in the arm, forcing him to retreat a little bit. Sheila reached for the .22 revolver, but the man stood to his feet and stomped on Sheila's hand. He then picked up the .22 revolver and held it to Aiden.

"Eh, trying to play hero hmm? This your girlfriend?" The man asked.

"Fuck you, you pathetic pansy." Aiden replied

The old man laughed

"I'm pathetic? You were the one who sneak attacked me and still lost" The man replied with a dry and cackly laugh

Aiden then lunged for the man, who did not expect the sudden advance. The man dropped his knife, as Aiden pinned him to the ground. Sheila picked up the knife

"Aiden!" Sheila cried out, as Sheila gave Aiden the knife.

Aiden then plunged the knife right into the dead center of the man's head, killing him. Aiden sighed a sigh of relief, as did Sheila.

"Thank you, I don't know what that man would've done to me without your help" Sheila said

"Do you know who that man was? Are there more of the-" Aiden started, but Aiden's sentence was cut off by a loud gunshot off in the distance

"Does that answer your question? Yeah, there are A LOT of them. They took my gym class hostage except for me, I got into the building but that man subdued me before I could make it to the main office. There are a whole lot of them" Sheila said with a bit of a scared expression

"Hmm, okay, be careful, I'm gonna head down to the auditorium, that's where Mr Centares is right? He's the dean of students, maybe he can help" Aiden said

"Can I come with you? I'm worried what will happen if any of them come in here" Sheila said

"Sure, just be careful" Aiden said, as he slowly opened the bathroom door. As he looked into the hallway, he saw a thug, with the same coat as the man from the bathroom on, appearing to hold the classroom hostage. Aiden and Sheila stealthily snuck down the hallway, being careful not to attract the attention of anyone or anything. They made their way down the hallway, down the steps of the 2nd floor of the academic wing, down through the main office room, through the Varsity Hall, down through the hallway in the gym room, being especially careful there, as they approached the auditorium door.

"We don't know what's going on in here, so be careful" Aiden whispered as they slowly entered the auditorium. They could not get 1 foot in the door without realizing 3 thugs had taken over the room. Aiden poked his head out from the left side of the stage as he looked at Mrs Wally, the theater teacher. Mrs Wally looked back at Aiden with an expression of fear and amazement as Aiden held up 1 finger.

"Go, my car is parked in the 1st row of the student parking lot. Go to it, be careful and quiet. This won't take long" Aiden whispered to Sheila

"Are you nuts? What're you doing?" Sheila asked

"Just go. And be ready to get in the car when I come out" Aiden whispered as Sheila reluctantly agreed

Aiden then put his hands together and whistled a loud, high pitched, and obnoxious whistle, intentionally giving away his position to the thugs. The thugs, playing into his hand, dashed to his position as he turned and dashed for the student parking lot. He took out his car keys and unlocked his car, allowing Sheila in, as he jumped into the driver's seat and tried to speed out of the scene. It would not be so easy, as the thugs got right into their Chevrolet to pursue Aiden and Sheila. They would never eventually catch Aiden, but they saw his face and got down his license plate, which would be plenty for the mob to use at their disposal. Aiden distracting the thugs allowed Mr Centares to have enough time to call the police, who, led by the chief of police, who was a well known officer around New York, would eventually scare off the mob, at least temporarily.

Flash forward 2 months and 29 days to June 4, 2019, prom night for Aiden's junior year

Aiden and Sheila pulled forward into the student parking. Having had the incident with the mob at their school long ago, it was completely off their minds. As a matter of fact, all they could think about was the night in front of them. Aiden and Sheila entered the school building and entered the gym, where the prom day festivities were being held. Aiden and Sheila met up with Aiden's good friend Justin and Sheila's friend Janey, who were also a prom couple. Then, they began to converse as they awaited prom day festivities to officially begin. But while everything was happy and merry inside the building, the same could not be said outside. You see, Justin drives a Ford, which has a very large- and accessible- trunk. While he had it started in his driveway, Justin realized he had forgotten his wallet, as he decided to run back into his house to retrieve it. While this had happened, a man who had been stalking Justin for days, and who was responsible for many spontaneous murders across town, by the name of William Stephenson, hopped into Justin's trunk and hid in it, undetected. Justin, not realizing a thing, got into his Ford and drove away, and to the school. When he arrived and met Janey, he emerged from his car, but he had forgotten a large cake that he had bought from the bakery in his trunk. Within the bag the box of cake was in, was a receipt that Justin had received when he had paid for the cake. This was all William needed to frame Justin for what he was going to do next. Half an hour after Justin and Janey had arrived, the prom had begun. When almost everyone was inside, William found an open window out in the open, undetected and not near any of the security guards. William, receipt in hand, climbed through the window which led into a science class. There was a vent in the ceiling that William then climbed to which, after following the trail, eventually led him to be hovering right over the gym where the prom was going on. William spent over an hour stalking it, trying to pick out his next target, when he noticed Justin and Janey appeared to be getting into some kind of argument.

"Just 1 more dance! Then we can take a break!" Justin pleaded

"No! I wanna take a break! We've been doing it for almost an hour and a half!" Janey retorted

"Well why even come to the prom if you're just gonna sit around?" Justin argued, seeming to get angry

"Hey guys, come on, it's prom night, we don't need to quarrel here" Aiden interloped

"I'm just saying, 1 more dance! Come on!" Justin seemingly demanded

"No! No means no! Don't you get it? You're so bossy! Why'd I even come here with you?" Janey shouted, as she walked away, appearing to cry.

"Perfect" William thought, as he climbed through the vent to where he was back in the science room. There, he was Janey walk out of the building and Justin go chasing after Janey. Justin appeared to be more sympathetic as he tried to calm Janey down. William crouched at the window just close enough where he could hear what they were saying.

"I'm sorry babe, really, I didn't mean it" Justin pleaded

"*sigh* fine, I guess I was a little dramatic. Just go back in, gimme a sec to collect myself, and we'll get back to it" Janey said.

Justin agreed, as he walked back into the building to leave Janey outside, all alone. William, not about to let such a ripe opportunity go, pulled out a bowie knife, as he crept up to Janey. Janey, squinting, could just barely notice William's shadowy figure approaching her.

"Huh?" Janey said, as she squinted and leaned more towards the figure.

William then got closer, as he was now easily seeable, with his bowie knife.

"Who are you? What do you-" Janey asked

But before Janey could finish, William shoved the sharp end of the bowie knife right through Janey's chest. Janey's widened eyes shifted from William to her chest, but this was not the case for long, as she fell dead shortly after, presumably from massive blood loss. Just to make sure, William slit Janey's dead throat to make sure he confirmed the kill. William then proceeded to take out the receipt that had Justin's name on it, and dropped it onto Janey's dead corpse. Satisfied, William ran back into the window of which he crawled through. He went through the vent over the gym to stalk the party once more. It took Justin about half an hour to be confused.

"Hey Aiden, have you seen Janey?" Justin asked

"No, I thought Janey went outside with you" Aiden replied

"Yeah, but Janey said she needed a moment to collect herself before coming back in" Justin replied

"I haven't seen her man, good luck" Aiden replied.

Justin, feeling a tad bit betrayed, confused, and angry at the same time, proceeded to walk back outside. He discovered Janey's dead body when he walked back outside. Out of shock, he stared at the body and began to put it together that Janey had been murdered. Instantly, Justin went sprinting back to the gym.

"MURDER! Someone's been murdered!" Justin yelled out.

However, most of the people ignored Justin's cries as they went back to dancing and enjoying the prom. Aiden, however, was not one of them.

"What the hell is going on?" Aiden asked

"Janey's dead! Pool of blood outside!" Justin anxiously replied

"Holy shit! We gotta tell security!" Aiden replied, as he signaled to Sheila that he would be back soon.

The whole time, William kept an eye on the party. He began planning his next move, as he noticed the vent carried him to a part of the school where he could cut the power to the gym. He crawled to that part of the vent, but waited for a better timing to do so. He determined that Justin would be his scapegoat, and that any killing he did should be centered where he could have Justin blamed for it. Seeing that Justin was not in the room, William simply decided to bide his time and wait for the right opportunity. Meanwhile, Aiden and Justin approached a group of security guards.

"Sir, sir, I think there's been a murdering!" Justin frantically approached a guard, whose eyes widened at the word 'murder'.

"Take me to the dead body" the guard replied, as he and the guard standing close followed Justin and Aiden to Janey's dead body outside.

"Go back inside, let us handle this" A security guard said, as the 2 guards began to inspect the body.

William noticed how Aiden and Justin had inadvertently paved the way for William to enter the school building unimpeded, as there were no longer any security guards guarding the entrance to the school. Part of the vent William had crawled through would, if he dropped down, lead him to the entrance of the building. So William developed a plan. As Justin and Aiden re-entered the gym, Justin stood next to a guy named Nick, as Justin tried to collect himself while Nick was simply trying to get a cup of fruit punch. William cut the power then. Amidst the confusion and hysteria, William went through the vent, dropped down nearby the entrance to the building, entered the gym undetected, and found his chance, as he pulled out his bowie knife, and approached Nick, still undetected. William held Nick's mouth shut as he plunged the bowie knife into Nicks' chest, and impaled him, as to confirm the kill. William then dropped the body, as he ran back to the entrance, jumped back into the vent, and crawled back to the power. William then turned the power back on. It took people exactly 15 seconds to realize Nick was dead, as people who noticed started going crazy. Justin, sure that he was delirious, eyed Nick's dead body with horror. Nick had just been standing next to Justin seconds before the power was out! That had to have meant this killer was, at some point, also standing right next to Justin! The only issue is, nobody but Justin had been standing anywhere near Nick before the power went out. At that moment, the security guards entered the gym. Before they noticed Nick's dead body, they approached Justin.

"Are you Justin Prater?" One guard asked.

"Yeah, why?" Justin replied

"This receipt with your name on it was found on top of that girl's dead body." The guard replied.

"Holy shit! *points to Nick's dead body" The other guard exclaimed, as the 2 guards noticed Nick's dead body.

"Justin, man, what's going on?" Aiden said.

But at that moment, more chaos was inbound. Apparently, the local mob had planned an assault on the prom, as 3 thugs entered the front entrance, armed with 2 .44 Magnums apiece. They entered the gym. Immediately, they began spraying, as they killed both security guards. Thankfully, there was an emergency exit outside in the gym, as panicking prom couples flooded the exit. The thugs shot and killed many more, what was later discovered to be a total of 17 people. Aiden ran to Sheila and Justin.

"Come on! We gotta go!" Aiden said, as Sheila, Aiden, and Justin dashed for the exit.

Aiden and Sheila made it outside safely, but Justin did not. 2 .44 Magnum shots hit Justin, 1 in the back, the other in the leg, as Justin fell to the ground. Aiden proceeded to help Justin up, and Aiden and Sheila helped Justin run with them for Aiden's car. They would wind up getting away, but prom night as a whole was a total disaster. 19 people wound up dead, 23 people wound up wounded. Those who were not killed would eventually escape safely, but it was marked as one of the grisliest nights in school history. The school has, since then, intensified security, hiring Armed Guards to patrol the perimeter during the school day, and during any extracurricular events, the police were stationed along with the Armed Guards to protect the perimeter. This is how Aiden knew that he and Sheila were going to have a good makeup night at the Prom.

Or so he thought.