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  Meagen stopped, her back to the door, and she caught her breath.  She was in some room.  Next to her were two closet doors.  She was about to walk forward, but she stopped again.  If she knew anything about horror movies, then one of the killers was going to pop out of one of these doors.
   She grabbed the knob of the door to her right, took a deep breath, and quickly opened it.  "Gotcha!" she yelled.
   But nothing but a crowbar fell out of the closet.
   "OK," she said to herself, clutching the crowbar as a weapon.  She turned to the other closet door.  Grabbing the knob, she braced herself.  She knew someone was behind this one.
   SUDDENLY, the fisherman opened the entrance door, slammed it shut behind him, and charged after Meagen.  Luckily, with her quick reflexes, Meagen hit him a couple times, knocking him out.
   As he was on the floor, Meagen hit him with the crowbar once more.  "Now stay down!" she commanded.
   It was just then when there was a pounding on the entrance door.  "Meagen?  Meagen, what happened, are you OK?"  It was Gary.
   Meagen ran to the door.  "Yeah!  I knocked him out!"  She tried opening the door, but it wouldn't budge.  "The fisherman must've locked the door or something, 'cuz I can't open it."
   "I can't either," Gary mentioned from behind the door.
   Someone started talking.  "Glad to see you're having a happy Sabrina Day, Meagen."  It was the Scream killer.  But where was he?
   Meagen walked away from the door and ventured further into the room, crowbar still in hand.  THEN a slide projector suddenly turned on, and it was projecting images onto a screen on the opposite side of the room.
   "I know you're wondering who I am, Meagen," the unseen killer said.  "Why don't we look at the suspects?"
   The slide turned to a picture of Constance Spano.  "Can I be Constance Spano, the infamous news reporter who's so desperate for a story she'd go on a rampage?" the killer asked.  "NO."
   The slide changed, projecting an image of Scott.  "Hmm, Scott.  The so-called 'innocent' clone of a serial killer.  Could I be him?  NO."
   The slide changed again, this time to a picture of Dr. Schlong.  "Your superintendent, Dr. Schlong.  Could he be trying to exterminate a generation of scum?  NO."
   The slide changed yet again, projecting a portrait of Sunny.  "Sunny, Sunny, Sunny.  She was supposed to have moved, but she's back and she won't tell us why.  Could she be me....?"
   SUDDENLY, the second closet door (the one Meagen was going to check but didn't) opened, and Sunny popped out of it, gun in hand.  "FREEZE!" she ordered.
   Meagen immediately wacked Sunny in the forehead with the crowbar, causing the gun to go flying and knocking her out.
   Meagen wiped sweat from her forehead.  "I should've known you were one of the killers, Sunny."  She turned to the pistol, which landed at the other side of the room.  She went to get it.
   ALL OF A SUDDEN the Scream killer burst from the screen (he was behind it the whole time!) and grabbed the gun before Meagen could.
   "Drop the crowbar, Meagen," the killer ordered, a voicebox held to his face and aiming the pistol at Meagen.
   Meagen did as she was told.  "You mean Sunny WASN'T one of you guys?" she asked.
   "Nope," the killer answered.  "Sunny wasn't a killer, she was just good timing.  Well, time to say goodbye, Meagen..."
   "WAIT!!" Meagen interrupted.  "You can't just kill me now!  First you have to reveal to me who you really are!"
   The killer sighed, "Fine."  He dropped his voice box and removed his mask and costume, revealing....(this is it!  You're finally going to find out who it is!  OK, first try to guess who it is before reading on.  Got it yet?  OK, now let's see if you're right)..........
   The killer was Dr. Schlong!
   "Wait a minute!!" Meagen complained.  "You said you weren't Dr. Schlong!!"
   "Ooops," Dr. Schlong said, smiling.  "I lied.  Are you ready to die yet?"
   Meagen's reply: "Why are you doing this?"
   Dr. Schlong rolled his eyes, as if he were wasting his time.  "OK, I'll tell you my life story.  I was once a brilliant scientist, a master of genetic engineering.  One thing I always hated was those disgusting displays of 'entertainment' like rap music and movies like Scream, both of which persuade people to go out and kill.  One day I learned of the first killing spree at Douglas, by Scott and Trent, which inspired me.  I'll make an army of clones to go around killing teenagers.  That way, those stupid Hollywood producers would realize what they're doing and stop making smut."
   Dr. Schlong continued, "Of course, I didn't tell my supervisors my real intentions, so I was able to persuade them to let me make my clones.  For a bit of irony, I made the clones off of the killers and victims of the other killing sprees going on!  You already know Scott's clone, and now you know about Nik and Nikki being copies of Nichole Von Eye, but you'll be surprised of the people who were clones!  I made Andy from Andrew, Alice from Alicia, and the list goes on!"
   He added, "Unfortunately, the lab went bankrupt, and they took my clones and erased their memories and put them in foster homes.  They didn't even know they were clones!  Eventually they became victims of other killing sprees by people like Dan Hattum and Danielle Starr.  What did I do then?  I became superintendent of this school, and I tracked the remaining clones and survivors of murder sprees down, who were students.  While I was at it, I got their friends, too!  I was determined to delete the mistakes of the past.  And that's not even the biggest part of my plan!"
   Dr. Schlong backed to part of the wall, where a big machine was settled.  Meagen had thought it was some sort of machine that mnaged the sewers, but apparently she was wrong.  Dr. Schlong pulled a lever, a couple switches, and pushed a button.  There was a loud sound while the machine operated.
   "These pipes are connected to the ventilation system at the civic center, where they're having the MTV Awards!" Dr. Schlong proclaimed.  "They're gonna fill the whole entire building with my special toxins.  It's gonna turn all those filthy celebrities into blood thirsty zombies!!  You know, this is the same basic formula that turned Danielle into the monstrosity that she is today.  She came to me years ago and wanted something that would allow her to get her revenge just in case that the murder spree she was planning was foiled.  I gave her a liquid form of the formula that kicked in when she died.  This gas formula won't give the celebrities Danielle's super strength, but it will kick in immediately once they inhale it!!  Now, finally I'm done with my life story, so now I can kill you!"
   "You're totally psycho, you sick freak!!" Meagen screamed.
   SUDDENLY, Sunny regained conciousness, quickly got up, and took out a pistol she was hiding beneath her pant leg.  She aimed it at Dr. Schlong.  "Drop the gun, asshole!" she commanded.

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