KATHERINE (A HORROR STORY) – Completed Version
Episode 5
Written by Johnny Patel
Co-written by Karter Jnr
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(Katherine walks to Claire’s broken phone then shoots it, permanently destroying it)
Katherine: (sm-irks) Good.
(She quickly exits the auditorium)
(Minutes later)
(Madison enters the auditorium)
Madison: Okay Claire, I’ve changed my mind, I’m ready to shoot the… (She notices Claire lying unconscious on the floor and the ladder knocked over) Claire? Oh my God! CLAIRE!!! (She quickly runs to Claire’s body) Claire wake up… Somebody HELP!!!
(Meanwhile)
(At L & D Restaurant)
Mike: Morning Joe.
Joe: Hey man, How you doing today?
Mike: Awesome. Is our boss around?
Joe: Yeah, She just arrived few minutes ago. Why? Any problem?
Mike: Nahh, I just want to speak to her briefly that’s all.
(In Lori Denman’s office)
Mike: (entering the office) Good morning Madam.
Lori Denman: (she closes her makeup mirror) Oh, Good morning Mikey. How was the weekends?
Mike: Excellent.
Lori Denman: Mmm, I bet. So did you see the text I sent to you? Because you didn’t bother to reply to me.
Mike: Yeah about that, My wife saw it first and she wasn’t too happy about it.
Lori Denman: Oooh, My bad. I hope I didn’t cause a rift between you and your wife because of the text I sent?
Mike: No you didn’t.
Lori: I’m sorry. I just wanted to express my empathy the best way possible, I didn’t mean to cause any harm
Mike: No its alright. But next time, Keep it less sentimental. You’re just my boss, Nothing more.
Lori Denman: Right. Thanks for the tip.
Mike: You’re welcome.
(Lori Denman bites her lower li-p as she watches Mike leave her office)
Lori Denman: (thinking) I don’t f.ucking care about his stup!d wife, I’ll do whatever it takes to have that hunk all to myself!
(Meanwhile)
(At Evergreen High)
(The ambulance arrives to take Claire to the hospital)
Nurse 1: (to the other students circling the van) Back away!
(They put Claire on a stretcher then carry it into the back of the ambulance)
Christopher: Woah, Isn’t that Claire?
Tyler: Yes
Kelvin: Oh sh!t! CLAIRE! (he turns to Madison and sees her crying) What happened to her?
Madison: (sobbing) I really don’t know, She asked me to shoot a video of her doing the Ladder challenge but I told her I wouldn’t do it then she left to the auditorium. Later I went to meet her there but I walked in to find her lifeless.
Christopher: Oh no…
(At L & D restaurant)
(In Lori Denman’s office)
Mike: Good evening Madam, You asked to see me before I left.
Lori Denman: Yes. (She stands up from her chair and takes the gift bag on her table then walks to Mike and hands it to him) I want you to have it.
Mike: (checking the contents in the gift bag) Money, A wrist watch, body spray and an iPhone? (sighs) I appreciate this Madam but I can’t accept them.
Lori Denman: But why? They’re just gifts, Nothing else. I mean the last gifts I gave to you, You collected them. So why are you refusing this one?
Mike: I’m sorry but I just can’t… (He drops the gift bag) I’ll be going now.
(Mike exits her office & Lori Denman watches him with intense anger)
Lori Denman: (enraged) This isn’t over, Mike!
(Days Later)
(At the Johnson’s Residence)
Mike: What’s for supper honey? Lamb balls and spicy tuna?
Tara: Uh-Huh
(Katherine enters the dining room)
Mike: Kat how are you?
Katherine: (smiling) I’m okay sir.
Tara: So, What happened to Chris? He’s been in his room for some days now?
Mike: Something bad happened.
(Katherine narrows her eyes to him)
Tara: Like what?
Mike: One of his cla-ssmates, Claire Kiddman got into an accident which claimed her life.
Tara: Oh my God, That’s a horrible thing to hear.
Mike: Yeah, And he really liked that girl. I tried to talk with him multiple times but he merely rebuked me.
Katherine: (bluntly) Well, Accident do happen and there’s absolutely nothing we can do about it.
Mike: Hmm…
(Later on)
(Tara goes to Christopher’s room)
Tara: (knocks) Chris. (She knocks on the door again) Chris come on, Open up.
Christopher: (from inside the room) Go away.
Tara: Chris I just want to speak with you… Who knows if you’ll feel better afterwards?
Christopher: If you want me to feel better then you’ll go away.
(Tara sighs then leaves & returns back to her bedroom)
Tara: I tried.
Mike: It’s alright, This will eventually pa-ss.
Tara: Claire Kiddman’s parents must be going throu-gha lot.
Mike: Indeed
Tara: I’m gonna go have a shower. (She goes into the bathroom)
(Just then, Joe calls Mike)
Joe: (over the phone) Hey Mike, How’re you?
Mike: I’m good
Joe: Cool. I saw Lori Denman leaving the restaurant with a gift bag that had your name on it.
Mike: Yeah I know, She wanted me to have it but I refused.
Joe: Why?
Mike: (quietly) I have a feeling she’s up to something.
Joe: Something like what?
Mike: Sending me love messages, giving me lots of gifts… It all comes down to one thing
Joe: She wants you. As in, She wants wants you.
Mike: Exactly. And she’s well aware I’m married so I don’t know why she’ll be doing this. (sighs) I have to start setting boundaries.
Joe: Good idea bro. I gotta go now, Have a good night’s rest.
Mike: You too. (He hangs up)
(Just then, Tara comes out of the bathroom)
Tara: I heard you talking with someone
Mike: Yeah, It was Joe.
Tara: Alright. (She picks up the laundry basket)
Mike: You wanna do laundry this night?
Tara: No, I just want to pack all the dirty wears… (She picks up his dirty clothes and socks) Starting with yours. (She smiles at him as she leaves the room)
(In Katherine’s room)
Katherine: (she gro-ans as she injects a serum dose into her body throu-ghher arm) Uhhh…
(Someone knocks on the door)
Katherine: Who is it?
Tara: (from outside the room) It’s Tara, Open up.
(Katherine quickly hides the serum box un-der her bed then rushes to open the door)
Tara: Why was the door locked?
Katherine: I always lock my doors.
Tara: Well, We don’t lock doors in this house
Katherine: But Christopher locks his door, So why can’t I lock my own door? Even you and Uncle Mike usually lock the door to your bedroom and I ALWAYS hear mo@ning sounds coming from the room.
Tara: (suspicious) Do you eavesdrop on us?
Katherine: No. I just happen to hear it while pa-ssing the hallway… (she sm-irks)
Tara: Where’s your dirty laundry?
Katherine: In that laundry bag over there (points)
(Tara goes to take the clothes from the bag then advances to the drawer)
Katherine: No wait!
(Tara opens the drawer to see a ski mask & a pistol)
Tara: (shocked) Huh?
Katherine (A horror story)
Episode 6
By Johnny Patel
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(In Katherine’s room)
(Tara pulls the pistol out of the drawer)
Tara: (frightened) Why are you in possession of a gun?
Katherine: Uhhh, It’s Umm… It’s just a prop.
Tara: (confused) A prop?
Katherine: Yes. I’m performing in a school play and I was given that gun to practice for my part. (She collects the gun from Tara and tries to shoot at the wall but nothing happens) See, It’s a fake.
Tara: (sighs) Okay good.
(Tara packs the clothes and leaves the room as Katherine glares on murd€rously)
(Next Day)
(Evergreen High)
Tyler: Chris, How’re you doing?
Christopher: (sadly) You should know.
Tyler: (sighs) Mmm, Claire’s death really came as a shock to everyone… If she never tried to do that d@mn stunt, None of this would have happened.
Christopher: The police investigations are still ongoing but I heard they said something strange.
Tyler: What did they say?
Christopher: They said her phone that they found in the auditorium had a gunshot to it…
Tyler: Weird. What else did they say?
Christopher: And that they found a gaping hole in her leg
Tyler: Maybe the nail from the ladder pierced throu-ghher skin when she fell from it.
Christopher: Maybe. But the investigations are still ongoing.
Tyler: Kelvin isn’t even in school, He’s home mourning her.
Christopher: (sighs) I still blame the peson who started this fu.cking Ladder challenge.
(The bell rings)
Tyler: It’s time for History.
Christopher: Go on without me.
Tyler: You’re not coming to cla-ss?
Christopher: No.
Tyler: Chris don’t beat yourself up about this. Even if she didn’t d!e, It was Kelvin she liked and it was always going to be Kelvin.
Christopher: (sighs) I know
(When Christopher and Tyler part ways, Katherine appears at the end of the hallway which means she had been listening to their conversation all along)
(Back at the Johnson’s Residence)
(Mike returns home)
Tara: Mmm, You’re back early today.
Mike: Yeah, I just had very few deliveries to make.
Tara: It’s good you’re home cause I’ll need you to go pick up the kids from school and when you all return, You’ll meet a sumptuous meal.
Mike: Okay hon. (He pecks her on the cheek) I want to go have a shower now so please help me charge my phone
Tara: Sure. (She collects his phone as he goes into the bathroom)
(Just then, Mike’s phone beeps multiple times)
Tara: I wonder who’s texting him so hastily… (She unlocks his phone to see messages from Lori Denman) This woman again? (She opens the messages to see nu-de pictures of Lori) Oh my goodness… What the f.uck! No, no, no, This has to end!
(An infuriated Tara calls Lori Denman)
Lori Denman: (over the phone) Hello Mikey, Did you see the messages I sent to you? I’m sure you now have a rethink after seeing my na-ked s€xy steamy body…
Tara: SHUT THE H€LL UP YOU B!TCH!!!
Lori Denman: Whoa… Who the h€ll is this?
Tara: (enraged) I’m Tara Johnson, Mike Johnson’s wife. And I’m sure you’re well aware that Mike is a married man with three kids… I just saw the trash you sent to him. Now listen to me the best way possible, If you do not stop hara-ssing my husband with your consistent s€xual predation, I will make your wretched life a living h€ll and have you locked up in prison that you’re gonna be sorry and I don’t mean a little bit sorry, I mean a LOT sorry that you’ll be ultimately for-ced to return back to the vile pit you crawled out of! Only a living person with an invalid IQ will act the way you do, Now If you need something to do, Go f.ucking finger your stenched honey-pot you b!tch! Shameless idi0t! (She furiously hangs up and looks around in worry) What the h€ll…
(Meanwhile)
(In Kelvin’s house)
(Kelvin enters the kitchen)
Kelvin’s Mom: Finally, You’re out of your room
Kelvin: I came down to grab a booze. (He takes an alcohol bottle from the fridge)
Kelvin’s Mom: Kev, We need to talk. You’re sinking into depression!
Kelvin: There’s nothing to talk about, Mom. I’m okay, I just want to be left alone.
(In Kelvin’s room)
Kelvin: (he takes a sip of the alcohol) Uhhh… (staring at Claire’s photo) I remember the first day you enrolled at Evergreen High, You were the prettiest girl I’d ever seen… The day I asked you to be my girlfriend was the most exciting day of my life, We were going to be Prom King and Queen (sighs) I wish you were still alive, Claire…
(Someone knocks on his window)
Kelvin: (he looks over to the window side) Who is it?
Katherine: It’s Katherine
(Kelvin goes to open the window and Katherine enters his room)
Katherine: (smiling) Hi
Kelvin: What do you want?
Katherine: I came to see you, To know if you were okay
Kelvin: (sighs) Why wouldn’t I be okay?
Katherine: You don’t have to hide it. I know Claire’s death really hit you hard. But I just want you to know that if you need anyone’s close company… (She places her hand on his che-st) I’m always here
Kelvin: (he removes her hand from his che-st) Thanks but… (He opens the window) You should be leaving now
Katherine: But I came here so we could spend some time together, Why then are you chasing me away like a stray dog?
Kelvin: Because you act like one and I don’t like you, I never have and I never will! Now get the f.uck out of my house!
Katherine: (she squints her eyes with immense anger) So that’s the way it’s gonna be…
(Katherine sees a knife on his desk then she quickly grabs it & stabs Kelvin in the eye)
Kelvin: (screams) Aaaaaaahhhh!!!
(Katherine viciously pulls the knife out of his left eye and stabs him in the throat, She pulls the knife out of his throat then stabs him in the che-st, She brutally takes the knife out of his che-st again and stabs him in the stomach. At this point, Kelvin collap-ses on the floor, bleeding profusely, with blood gushing out of his eye, ne-ck, che-st and stomach, Katherine takes off his trousers and un-derwear then she holds the knife to his g€nitals)
Katherine: (sadistically) Say goodbye to your little pr!ck.
(Katherine cuts off his p€nis with the knife then throws it out the window. Then she turns back at Kelvin and sees him already de@d)
Katherine: You deserve this.
(She takes the alcohol bottle & matches on his bed then walks back to his body and pours the alcohol all over him then she lights a matchstick and drops it on Kelvin’s dead body and it erupts into flames immediately)
Katherine: (evi!ly) You messed with the wrong person. Sayonara, Kelvin!
(She exits his room throu-ghthe window)
To be Continued