Chapter 4 (The SURFACK Club)

**Chapter 4 (The SURFACK Club)** is the fourth chapter of The Clearwood Murders: Episode II - The SURFACK Club and the twentieth chapter of the overall Clearwood series. It was written by Donald Newton and is expected to be published on August 15, 2020 along with Chapter 3.

## Plot

As the main characters welcome new people into their lives, we discover a new killer called Skiface.

## Full Chapter

INT. BASEMENT - NIGHT

Scott pulls out a box of beer from the storage room.

SCOTT: I was able to use the fake ID card that the late Chuck Larson made for me.

Scott sighs as he takes a moment to remember his deceased friend, who was killed in the previous story. He takes a seat at his usual chair and passes the beers to Andrew, who passes them down to Daphne, Iris, Nick, Tasha, and Madison. They all open their beers.

ANDREW: I'd like to make a toast.

They all turn to Andrew.

ANDREW: On behalf of everyone in our group, I'd like to not only welcome Daphne to our neighborhood and to our school...but to our group. To Daphne.

EVERYONE: To Daphne!

This makes Daphne blush.

DAPHNE: Thank you all.

They all drink their beers in toast to Daphne. And with that, Daphne Price is now a member of the group. The group hears Clarence coming down and quickly hides the beers. Clarence comes down with Tannen.

CLARENCE: Everyone. This is Bill Tannen, a doctor from the hospital that I work at. (He points to Andrew) The dork over there is my boy Andrew.

Tannen scans at everyone and smiles.

TANNEN: It's nice to meet you all. Andrew...it's good to meet you.

ANDREW: You too, sir.

TANNEN: Well, it's been good to meet everyone. (turns to Clarence) But I must be heading out. I have patients to see tomorrow morning.

CLARENCE: I'll walk you out.

Clarence and Tannen walk back upstairs. After the two men have left, the teens pull their beers back out.

ANDREW: That was close.

SCOTT: I know.

IRIS: We gotta be careful.

They all continue to drink their beers.

INT. FOYER - NIGHT

Clarence walks Tannen to the front door.

CLARENCE: It was good to have you over.

TANNEN: It was good to be here. Thank you for inviting me over.

CLARENCE: No problem. I'll see you tomorrow.

TANNEN: See you tomorrow.

The two men shake hands before Clarence opens the door for him. Tannen walks out the door.

TANNEN: Goodnight, Clarence.

CLARENCE: Goodnight, Bill.

EXT. CARTER RESIDENCE - NIGHT

Tannen walks from the front door, through the walkway, to the driveway to his car. Just as he makes it to his car, he hears footsteps nearby. He turns towards the direction where he hears the footsteps. But it is very dark in that direction. He cannot see anything in that direction.

TANNEN: Hello? Is someone there?

But he gets no response. Tannen gets this creepy vibe that somebody is there. But he cannot tell if its real or just his imagination. Could somebody be there or is this just fear and anxiety? Could Tannen just be hearing things? Not seeing or hearing anything else, Tannen just shrugs it off and gets into his car.

SOMEONE'S POV

However, it turns out that there was somebody watching him from the distance in the dark. But who is this mysterious person? The mysterious person watches as Tannen drives off.

INT. BASEMENT - NIGHT (MUCH LATER IN THE NIGHT)

The teens (Scott, Tasha, Andrew, Daphne, Iris, Nick, and Madison) are all sitting around and finishing their beers.

IRIS: Well, I better get home before my parents pester me with questions about why I was out late.

ANDREW: Alright. Later, Iris.

IRIS: Later.

Iris gets up and proceeds to hug everyone goodbye. She goes over to Daphne last.

IRIS: It was nice to meet you and hang out.

DAPHNE: You too, Iris. You're really sweet.

This makes Iris smiles. The two new friends hug each other.

IRIS: Goodbye.

DAPHNE: Goodbye.

It's clear by Iris and Daphne's interaction that they are taking a strong liking to each other. Could we be seeing the beginning of a strong best friendship? Iris leaves through the basement door.

MADISON: I should get going, too. Nick, drive me home.

Everyone turns to her with a "WTF" look. Just knowing that she is demanding Nick to take her home like she's still his girlfriend even after dumping him. How dare she make such a demand from him? But how does Nick react?

NICK: (caving in) Fine.

Like a little bitch, Nick caves in and goes with her. They leave together.

ANDREW: (to Scott about Nick & Madison) What the hell is that bullshit?

SCOTT: Pussywhipped.

Everyone laughs over this.

DAPHNE: So my parents have already left. So I guess I'm going to get going too.

ANDREW: Would you like me to walk you home?

DAPHNE: (surprised by happy) Sure.

Andrew and Daphne leave together. It is now just Scott and Tasha.

SCOTT: Would you like me to walk you to your car?

TASHA: Damn straight. I may be your friends with benefits...but I still like to be treated like I'm on a date.

SCOTT: Well, allow me then.

Scott holds his arm out for Tasha to put her arm around his. She giggles and does so. So with their arms together, Scott and Tasha walk upstairs.

EXT. CARTER RESIDENCE - DRIVEWAY - NIGHT

Scott walks Tasha to her car.

SCOTT: Thank you for hanging out with me.

TASHA: Thanks for thinking of me. I wasn't sure if you wanted just...you know...or if you wanted to just hang out.

SCOTT: As much as I love sex, I'm not always about that.

TASHA: You're such a good guy, Scott.

Tasha saying this hits Scott. The last girl that he was with who told him that he's a good guy betrayed him.

SCOTT: I don't know about that.

TASHA: I know you are. I think any girl would be lucky to have you.

Tasha kisses him. They hug each other. But as they hug each other, Scott finds himself thinking about Melina. She hurt him so badly and made him turned off to love even more so than before. That is why he is not actually dating Tasha or any other woman that he's seeing. He's there for fun and not for love.

SCOTT: I'll see you sometime soon.

TASHA: Okay.

Tasha gets into her and drives off. Scott walks back inside the Carter house. As Tasha drives off, we find -- ANOTHER CAR FOLLOWING HER.

EXT. ROAD - NIGHT

Tasha is driving in the middle of nowhere when she finally notices the other car following her.

TASHA: (to herself) Is this person following me?

Tasha speeds up. But by doing so, the other car also speeds up. But where as she tries to maintain a speed, the other car goes faster. Tasha realizes that the car is about to hit her.

TASHA: Oh fuck.

Tasha tries to speed off. But the other car bumps into her. Tasha becomes upset but at the same time kind of scared over this action by the other driver.

TASHA: STOP!!!

But the car continues to bump into her. Eventually, the car causes Tasha to lose control of her car. Tasha's car goes off the road and crashes into a tree. Tasha regains consciousness and gets out of her car.

However, before she can go anywhere else -- SKIFACE APPEARS. Skiface is an average sized man between five-ten to six foot three. He is wearing a white ski-mask (obviously), a dark jacket with the hood over his head, and sunglasses to conceal his eyes. Thought his mouth can be seen, it's hard to tell who he or she is based on their mouth.

Tasha is horrified upon seeing him. She understands that this person has bad intentions towards her.

TASHA: NO! PLEASE!

Tasha continues to plea for her life. But the Killer grabs her by the throat and slams her against her car.

TASHA: (crying, terrified, chocking) NO!

Ignoring her pleas, Skiface proceeds to stab Tasha multiple times in the chest with a hunting knife. Tasha screams bloody murder until she goes silent. Tasha is dead.

## Deaths

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

## Trivia

* First appearance of the story's primary killer Skiface.