Chapter 5 (Ghostface)

**Chapter 5 (Ghostface)** is the fifth chapter of Ghostface. It was written by Donald Newton and will be published on February 6, 2021.

## Plot

Destiny has a meeting with her guidance counselor who may have a secret past with someone close to her. Meanwhile, the news about Ghostface hits town, which reveals a backstory about Jyle Venedict's past.

## Full Chapter

INT. FAULKNER RESIDENCE - KITCHEN - DAY

Jeff and Destiny are having breakfast together at the table.

JEFF: So what are you school plans for today?

DESTINY: Well, I'll be visiting my school guidance counselor today. Ms. Alexis Gonzales.

Jeff freezes when he hears the name of the counselor.

JEFF: (with familiarity) Alexis Brooke Gonzales?

DESTINY: I believe Brooke is her middle name. Not sure. Do you know her?

JEFF: We went to school together.

They continue eating in silence. We focus on Jeff. Through his memories, we can hear the sounds of children screaming in pain. But who are these children and why are they screaming? What happened in Jeff's past that is haunting him? He grabs his wrist, covering something that we haven't seen yet, indicating that whatever is on his wrist may be important to his past.

INT. LAKEHART HIGH SCHOOL - COUNSELOR'S OFFICE - DAY

Destiny is sitting on a chair across from ALEXIS BROOKE GONZALES (25), the beautiful Mexican-American school guidance counselor. She is writing things down as she and Destiny go back and forth talking.

ALEXIS: It's been nearly a year since your parents died. How have you been doing in the year since?

DESTINY: Its been extremely hard. But I have been doing the best I can to move on and to adjust without them. I have supporting friends and a boyfriend who are there for me. Of course, I have my brother Jeff.

Alexis freezes over hearing the name Jeff.

ALEXIS: Jeff Faulkner?

DESTINY: Yeah. He reacted the same way you did when I mentioned your name to him earlier. He said that you two went to school together.

Alexis smiles over this.

ALEXIS: We did. We were once very close. How is Jeff doing these days?

DESTINY: Doing okay. Working hard. Doing everything that he can to make sure that I'm safe and taken care of.

ALEXIS: You're lucky to have him for a brother. He's a very caring person.

Destiny understands by her tone and by how she said this, that she has experienced the care and love that Jeff has. Perhaps there is more to their past than just a school friendship. Destiny smiles.

DESTINY: He is. The most caring person that I know.

INT. LAKEHART HIGH SCHOOL - HALLWAY - DAY

Destiny is walking through the hall having just finished her meeting with Alexis.

INT. ALEXIS'S OFFICE - DAY

Alexis is spaced out as she thinks about her past with Jeff. It's obvious to us now that there is so much more bigger than just a school friendship that was told. Like Jeff before, through her memories, we hear the same sounds of screaming children. And also like Jeff, Alexis grabs her wrist, revealing that she, too, has something on her wrist. What do Jeff and Alexis have on their wrists? What happened in their past that is very important to this story?

INT. LAKEHART HIGH SCHOOL - CAFETERIA - DAY

Destiny carries her lunch tray out of the lunch line and sits at the table consisting of Daniel, Chris, Amanda, Jason, Brett, and Kris.

DANIEL: Hey, Destiny. How was your meeting with Ms. Gonzales?

DESTINY: It went well. She's a very nice person.

AMANDA: She is.

JASON: She's cute.

Jason realizes what he just said out loud.

CHRIS: Really, dude? You have a crush on our guidance counselor?

JASON: (defensive) Hey, I just said that she was cute. That could mean anything.

DANIEL: (teasing) Sure!

Chris is constantly giving Kris the eye, which she notices. But Chris attempts to hide this, thinking that she wouldn't like it. But she actually does. She smiles to herself over this. She has a secret crush on him.

Suddenly, the entire cafeteria gets chattery as all of the phones start dinging with alerts. Our main group grabs their phones to check out their notifications.

AMANDA: What the hell is going on?

KRIS: It must be big.

Scott Bishop is walking by in a hurry.

JASON: Scott, what the hell is going on?

SCOTT: One of Venedict's gang members, Schuyler the rapist, was killed by somebody wearing a Ghostface mask.

This shocks everyone. Chris and Kris are both excited over this news.

CHRIS & KRIS: (simultaneously, rising from their seats) NO SHIT?!!!

They turn to each other with a "Did we really just do that together?" look on their faces.

DESTINY: Boy, you two are acting like you just learned that your favorite movie is getting a sequel. I've never seen you this hyped before. Over a gang member being killed?

CHRIS: And why not? Don't you understand what this means?

Everyone looks at each other. They have no idea.

CHRIS: For the first time in fifteen years, somebody has stood up against Jyle Venedict's gang.

DANIEL: Somebody has done this before?

KRIS: You didn't know?

BRETT: I don't think anyone knows anything. I always thought that Jyle Venedict was unstoppable. Who tried to stop him?

CHRIS: His name was Greg Montana.

FLASHBACK:

INT. MONTANA MASK SHOP - DAY

GREG MONTANA (30s) is making a mask in his shop.

CHRIS: (narrating) Greg Montana was a mask maker and seller. He owned a shop where he'd make masks and sell them all year around.

Throughout the store, children and people of all ages pick out masks to buy.

CHRIS: (narrating) Everyone loved his store because he'd sell masks even after Halloween was over.

Greg smiles as he sells the mask to the excited children. Two of the children are named JAY and ALLY (both 10). His wife MELANIE happily comes by to assist in helping customers.

CHRIS: (narrating) He was married to a wonderful woman who helped him run the store. They had a happy life together. That is until...

INT. MONTANA MASK SHOP - NIGHT

A gang of four (not the current gang in the present) barges in and attacks both Greg and Melanie. They trash the store. Greg is stabbed while Melanie is being raped by the gang.

A gang member lights the store on fire. The gang leaves as the store is engulfed in flames with both Greg and Melanie inside.

INT. HOSPITAL

Greg lies in a hospital gurney, bandaged from head to toe.

CHRIS: (narrating) Greg survived the attack. But he was scarred by the fire. His wife did not survive.

INT. MONTANA MASK SHOP - DAY

A recovered Greg, face covered in darkness, returns to what is left of his shop. Everything is destroyed.

CHRIS: (narrating) All of his masks were destroyed.

Greg notices something covered on the ground. He proceeds to dig it up.

CHRIS: (narrating) All but one.

Greg digs up the GHOSTFACE MASK. Like we saw with the Unseen Man in Chapter 3, Greg's eyes show resolve.

CHRIS: (narrating) And with this mask...he exacted his revenge.

MONTAGE:

Greg Montana, now as Ghostface, hunts down each of the four gang members that killed his wife. He murders them in the same fashion as classic Ghostface; stabbing, slashing, etc.

INT. VENEDICT MANSION

CHRIS: (narrating) Word got around to Jyle Venedict. He immediately figured out who Ghostface was.

VENEDICT: (to gang) Find his best customers. He'll do anything for them.

CHRIS: (narrating) And they did.

Jay and Ally are frightened by Jyle who uses a hot iron with the letters JV (for Jyle Venedict) to brand their wrists. The two children scream in pain. It's the same exact screams from Jeff and Alexis's memories.

CHRIS: (narrating) It worked. Greg found them.

Greg Montana frees Jay and Ally from their prison.

GREG: Run! Don't look back.

Jay and Ally, holding hands, runs away from the mansion. But Greg Montana stays behinds.

THROUGHOUT THE MANSION:

Greg Montana, as Ghostface, kills multiple members of Jyle Venedict's gang. He finally confronts Venedict himself.

VENEDICT: You think you can kill me?

Greg Montana and Venedict fight each other with swords. It's almost like they're a Jedi and a Sith fighting each other with lighsabers. Both are very skillful with their swordsmanship.

CHRIS: (narrating) But Greg got weak and tired. And what he didn't know was...that Venedict was a trained swordsman.

This results in Venedict getting the better of Greg and fatally stabbing him in the heart. Greg Montana, the original Ghostface, dies by the hands of Jyle Venedict.

CHRIS: (narrating) Since then, nobody has ever stood up against Venedict and his gang.

FLASHBACK: (CHAPTER 3)

The Unseen Man looks at the picture of himself as Ghostface with Sarah and her Little Brother. Then he sees the newspaper article that we didn't see before. However, this time, we see the headline; "Mask Maker kills Gang wearing Ghostface Mask."

CHRIS: (narrating) Until now.

And this is how our new Ghostface got the idea to use the mask of Ghostface to take his revenge on Jyle Venedict's gang. History will now repeat itself. But who is this new Ghostface? Will he succeed this time?

FLASHBACK:

Jay and Ally are running away together, still holding hands.

CHRIS: (narrating) Nobody ever learned the identity of the two little kids that Greg Montana saved that night.

Who are Jay and Ally? Are those their real names or short for something? What is their connection to Jeff and Alexis as their screams are the same screams from their memories. Find out in the next chapter.

## Deaths

1. Melanie Montana
2. Four Members of Venedict's Gang
3. Greg Montana

## Trivia

* First appearance of Alexis Gonzales.
* It appears that Jeff and Alexis share mutual dark secret.