(8) - Act 3

"Welcome to act three." He said then smirks.

Fakhri hits Ariz's arm making the bullet fly out. Mia and Naim run to the basement. I punch Ariz in the face, making him fall back, then help Fakhri and Mira to a room. I close the door.

"Pembunuh tu Ariz?!?!" Mira whispers but it's quite loud.

"Shh, diam." I try to calm Mira down. We heard screams from outside and it was Ariz's scream.

"Korang berdua stay sini." I said to them while taking a gun out of my waistband.

"Kau nak buat ape Sarah?" Fakhri whispers, shocked to see my action.

"Bapak aku bagi kat aku. Aku perlu pergi. Fakhri, kau tolong jagakan Mira. Jangan buat bising. Aku nak tolong Fahmi jap. Stay sini diam-diam." I told Mira and Fakhri.

"Macam mana kalau kau kena bunuh oleh Ariz?" A few tears stream down Fakhri's face.

"Dia takkan dapat bunuh aku. Korang duduk je diam-diam. I will be fine." I said to them again.

"Jaga-jaga Sarah." Mira tells me, then hugs me.

"Of course." I nodded, then walked out of the room. I put my gun up, ready to shoot. Sudden gunshots come from outside of the house. I crotch down. Ariz came running back in, so I hid behind a wall. A few moments later, Puan Athirah walks in through the door.

"Puan Athirah?!" I come out from behind the wall. My dad introduced me to Puan Athirah multiple times. She was literally like my badass aunt.

"Sarah? Apa awak buat dekat sini?" She walks up to me.

"Ni rumah kawan saya? Dan saya tau siapa pembunuhnya-"

"Lelaki rambut hitam, jaket hitam putih?" She answers.

"Ye, saya rasa bunyi tembakan pistol tu dari awak kan?" I asked, she just nods.

"Jom." She mutters. We begin scanning the house for anything. Once we get through the kitchen she speaks.

"Sesiapa yang menyorok, pembunuh atau tak, sila keluar sekarang dalam masa lima saat!" She shoots a closet door, then kicks it open. A realization hits me.

"Dia bunuh ayah saya." I mutter.

"Apa?!" Athirah looks back at me.

"Ariz. Dia bunuh.. ayah saya." I put the pieces together. Puan Athirah phones begins ringing making both of us flinch. She then answers the call.

"Hai, Athirah." The voice says, since I'm close to her I could hear the voice.

"Hello there. Kau pergi mana?" Puan Athirah speaks to the phone.

"Oh, ni bukan Ariz. Ni pembunuh yang kedua."

"Oh korang berpasangan. Lagi sekali." Puan Athirah chuckles. "Dah pernah lalui benda macam ni."

"Bukan kes ni, Athirah."  The voice goes on.

"You really need some new material." Puan Athirah says.

"Hai Sarah, aku tau kau dengar suara aku jugak."  He chuckles. I roll my eyes.

"Kenapa? Maaflah sebab pasangan aku bunuh ayah kau by the way."  Puan Athirah hands me the phone. She then shoots another door continuing going up the stairs.

"Aku akan tembak kau lahanat." I said.

"Kita pernah bercakap pasal ni, Sarah. Kali ni, giliran kau pulak lepak underground macam ayah kau!" he laughs.

"Gi mampus lah hanat!" I hang up. Puan Athirah shoots another door and Mia pops out of the closet, groaning in pain.

"Aduh sakit!"

"Tangan di atas! Tangan di atas!" I run up the stairs.

"Apa awak buat kat dalam ni?" Puan Athirah shouts, Mia on her knees with her hands up.

"M-menyorok dari pembunuh...?" she stutters out, panting.

"Saya dah suruh awak keluar tadi kan!" Puan Athirah shouts back.

"Macam mana saya nak keluar kalau awak dari tadi tembak sebarang? Entah-entah saya yang mati disebabkan awak!" Mia gets mad at her. Just at that moment, a closet door opens from Puan Athirah side, attacking her.

"Shit its ghostface!" Mia yelled. I begin shooting my guns.

"Athirah! Move!" I try not to shoot her. They begin fighting, so I join in leaving my gun on my waistband. I punched ghostface and he fells over the railing, but takes Puan Athirah with her.

I looked down seeing Puan Athirah and ghostface on the ground. Puan Athirah coughing from the fall. Ghostface and Puan Athirah now groaning.

"Sarah, Mia, ambil pistol tu!" she shouts at us.

"Yeah, kinda hurts since you shot me in the leg!" I run down the stairs, however I feel someone take my gun from my waistband.

"Jangan gerak, Sarah." Mia chuckles from behind me. I stop in my tracks. Me and Puan Athirah make eye contact. Puan Athirah still going for the gun.

"Sit the fuck down, Athirah!" she shouts. Ariz takes off his mask, getting the gun. Mia grabs me by the back of my shirt pulling me. Naim runs into the living room.

"Apakah-?"

"Naim, hey." Mia smiles. she puts the gun to my temple. Mia shoves me towards Ariz, him getting a hold on me and Puan Athirah. Mia puts the gun to Naim's head.

"Tak sangka plan ni menjadi." she shows a bottle. Fakhri...

Then she tosses it on the ground. "I know. Its a bummer it's me." Mia pulls out a voice box.

"But it really was the best choice for the movie." she smiles, Nam having an uneasy look on his face.

"Ni bukan movie lah Mia!" Naim cries out.

"Yes. Bukan movie, but it will be now." Mia replies. "Tu main pointnya, kan Ariz?" Mia looks over at Ariz.

"Betul tu!" Ariz shouts back. Aggressively holding the gun towards both me and Puan Athirah.

"Third Act bloodbath, check. Killers revealed, check! Time for the big finale!" Ariz smiles.

"Mia.." Naim whispers, but Mia shoots him in the gut. Naim screams in pain.

"Okay. Okay."

"Bawa diorang gi dapur." Ariz shoves us.

"Mari!" He walks us to the kitchen. Then shoves us onto the counter. Mia doing the exact same thing with Naim.

"Someone has to save the franchise. Kau tengok, takda orang buat cerita Tikam yang hebat since the first one." Naim falls due to the bullet.

"Not really." Ariz jumps excited.

"Hey, kau nak ke budak perempuan ni?" Mia looks over at Ariz. I furrow my eyebrows.

"Memang aku nak pun." Ariz smiles, then walks out.

"Hey-! Hey!" Mia stops Puan Athirah from getting a knife.

"Whoa, Whoa." She walks towards her.

"Wahai Puan Athirah, you know, Im a really big fan." Mia smiles.

"Gi mampus lah." Puan Athirah replies with no hesitation.

"Awak tengok tak cerita Tikam yang terakhir tu?" Mia asked.

"Not really a fan of these type of movies." Puan Athirah replies.

"That checks out. Anyway, it sucked balls. Because nobody takes the true fans seriously. Not really." She gets closer to her face.

"Diorang ketawa dekat kita, and why?" she screams.

"Sebab kita suka something?" Her now holding the knife closer to her neck.

"We're just a fucking joke to them? How can fandom be toxic? It's about love! Diorang tak faham yang cerita tu penting dekat kita."

"Mia.." Naim gets her attention, her not clicking the gun ready to shoot. I hold Naim up.

"Tapi kita akan tolong diorang! Malaysia's totally fucking out of ideas, so we decided we'd give them some new source material of to follow. You know, bring it back to basics. Sebab tu cara kau buat cerita seram yang menarik, Naim. Based on actual events." She looks between Naim and Puan Athirah. Ariz and Puan Yana walked in while her groaning in pain.

"Puan Yana-"

"Back up!" Mia yells at me, gun pointing to my face.

"Duduklah bodoh!" Ariz yells at Puan Yana. Mia goes to me and Naim, Ariz watching Puan Athirah.

"Kau buat semua ni just sebab nak buat aku jadi hero cerita lahanat kau?!" Naim looks into Mia's eyes.

"Naim, kau bukan hero. Kau tu penjenayah." she points the gun now at Naim.

"Anas tu uncle kau. Athirah bunuh uncle kau, Naim. Sedar diri sikit." Mia looks at Naim with a smile.

"Kau tau tak apa biggest problem cerita Tikam tu?" Ariz holds the knife to Puan Athirah's cheek.

"There's no Micheal Myers or Jason Voorhees. No bad guy to keep coming back. Tapi kau jadi popular sebab uncle kau dulu pembunuh? Now that's what you call a villian."

"Macam mana kau tau?" Naim asks Mia.

"Pasal uncle kau?" Ariz smiles.

"I mean, it's a small town and your uncle's wife a drunk!" Ariz giggles.

"Aku jumpa Mia dalam group Peminat Cerita Tikam. I've been obsessed ever since my parents bought this house." Mia looks over.

"We realized pretty quickly we had similar ideas. Kau tau tak Naim, kau boleh jadi pembunuh yang baik dan bijak, tapi kau terlalu bodoh nak jadi pembunuh!"

I saw Puan Athirah's face and she looks so mad that she hurriedly tried to grab a knife but unfortunately Ariz was quicky to stabbed her.

"Athirah!" me and Puan Yana shout. Athirah falls to the ground in pain.

"Woah, duduk dulu!" Mia points the gun to Naim and me. She leans down to Athirah's level.

"Maaf, Athirah. Aku tak boleh biar kau hidup. I mean, survive banyak kali? That is just ridiculous. Kau tau, aku tak expect kau akan sampai ke tahap ni, Sarah." Mia said to me.

"You definitely had potential. It's too bad kau takkan jadi macam ayah kau. That would've been epic moment to witness. Tapi kali ni, the fans would win." Mia looks at all of us.

"Kau ni dah macam setan Mia." I said sternly.

"Oop, jaga sikit mulut tu Sarah. Oh jap, kau akan suka ni! Keluarkan Mira dengan Fakhri dari almari tu!" Mia tells Ariz.

"Kau jangan berani nak cederakan diorang!" I yelled at Mia.

"Diamlah hanat." Mia rolls her eyes. Ariz walks off.

"Stay dengan aku, Athirah." Yana  looks at Athirah.

"You really should've listened to Rahim -or Sarah! They nailed it in one! Dude, look at the love interest! Nampaknya bapak dengan anak ni bijak ye." Mia winks at me, laughing.

"I even had you convinced it could be Fakhri, Naim." she laughs again. I look at Nakm, who gives me an apologetic look.

"Mia, diorang takda dalam almari tu!" We hear Ariz from the other room.

"Apa maksud kau diorang takda?!" Mia glances between me and Naim.

"Diorang takda gila!" Ariz shouts back.

"Aku bukak ikatan tu. Guess you're not as persuasive as you thought." Naim lets out a light smile, myself sighing of relief. The phone suddenly rings all five of us flinching at it.

"Tu untuk kau."

"Hm, yeah." Mia scoffs.

"Like your gimpy little brother's  gonna make a difference. He's our fucking pincushion at this point." I scoff at her words.

"Ariz! Cari diorang! Mereka takkan pergi jauh dari sini." Mia yells.

"Aku tak dapat cari-" We hear bangs and grunts come from the other room. Some screams as well.

"Ariz?" Mia questions. She points the gun somewhere else. Me and Naim attack Mia, pointing the gun up. We both tackle her to the ground, her gun slipping away.

"Pergi cari Fakhri dengan Mira!" Naim shouts at me. I nod slipping while I try and stand up.

"Fakhri?! Mira?!" I yell running around the house. I see Mira getting dragged by Ariz and Fakhri trying to attack him. I shove him off, then punch his with any energy I had left. Ariz pins me on the wall behind us holding the knife to my gut.

"Kau ni macam ayah kau, kau tau tak? Thinking a gun could stop me, but yet I still gutted him. Just like Im gonna gut you!" He laughs.

"Leaving you in your own pile of blood." Ariz sticks the dagger into my cut, slowly sliding up making blood ooze out. I scream in response.

"Kau tau, aku sentiasa ada something untuk kau, Sarah." He giggles out, still slicing up my stomach.

"Jauhkan diri kau dari diorang!"

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