Chapter 15 (The SURFACK Club)

Chapter 15 (The SURFACK Club) is the fifteenth chapter of The Clearwood Murders: Episode II - The SURFACK Club and the thirty-first chapter of the overall Clearwood series. It was written by Donald Newton and is expected to be published on September 26, 2020 along with Chapter 16.

Plot
Skiface targets someone within SURFACK.

Full Chapter
EXT. EVANS' RESIDENCE - NIGHT

A motorcycle, consisting of a male rider and a female passenger, arrives outside Martha and Nora's house. The female passenger gets off of the motorcycle and removes the helmet, revealing herself to be Nora. This means that the rider, who also removes his helmet, is Gerald.

NORA: Thanks for the ride, babe.

GERALD: No problem. Your parents home?

NORA: No. They are at some dinner event for Dad's work. They probably won't be home until late. Martha is hanging out with Kenny.

GERALD: Alright. Are you going to bed?

NORA: Yeah. Pretty tired. I'd invite you in otherwise.

GERALD: It's no problem. I'll see you tomorrow.

NORA: See you tomorrow. Love you.

GERALD: Love you, too.

They kiss each other goodbye. Gerald puts his helmet back on and takes off. Nora goes to the front door, unlocks the door, and walks inside the house.

INT. BATHROOM

Nora is taking a hot shower. The steam of the hot water fogs up the glass door, preventing us from seeing Nora's nude body.

INT. NORA'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Nora is now dressed in purple pajamas. She is lying on her bed, playing with her laptop, and listening to music as she prepares for bed.

Suddenly, there is noise coming from outside her door to the balcony.

NORA: Martha? Is that you?

There is no response. Nora takes her phone and puts it in her pocket. She gets off of her bed and heads for the balcony door. She opens the balcony door and steps outside.

EXT. BALCONY/BACKYARD - NIGHT

Nora steps out to the balcony, which is facing the backyard, and looks around. The balcony goes from one end of the house to the other end, giving it a lot of space for people to hide in the dark. Because it's very dark out on the balcony, Nora can't see all ends of the balcony. She attempts to turn on the balcony light. But the lights are dead much to her confusion and annoyance.

NORA: Great!

Suddenly, Nora hears sounds of twigs snapping coming from the backyard. So she looks over the balcony to see what the noise is. As she looks over the backyard -- SKIFACE COMES OUT FROM THE DARKNESS. He stabs Nora in the back, which makes her HOWL IN PAIN. He picks her up and throws her over the balcony. Nora screams as she falls to the ground. THUD!

Nora has landed hard on the cement patio of the backyard. Blood starts to form around her body. Nora Evans is dead.

Skiface hears a car arriving at the house. Realizing that somebody has arrived, he runs down the staircases leading to the backyard. Rather than sticking around to kill the person who just arrived, he runs away, going through the backyard and jumping over the fence.

EXT. EVANS' RESIDENCE - FRONT YARD - NIGHT

The person who has just arrived is Martha, being dropped off by Kenny, who walks her to the front door.

MARTHA: Thanks for dinner.

KENNY: Of course. I hope you enjoyed it.

MARTHA: I did. It was good. Well, I better check up on Nora and get to bed. I'll see you tomorrow. I love you, Kenny.

KENNY: I love you, too, Martha.

Martha and Kenny kiss each other. Martha walks into the front door and Kenny turns back to his car.

INT. EVANS' RESIDENCE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

The house is mostly dark with just a few lights on.

MARTHA: NORA?! ARE YOU HOME?!

Martha goes upstairs to check up on Nora.

INT. NORA'S BEDROOM

Martha enters her little sister's room. But she finds that Nora is NOT in her bedroom.

MARTHA: Nora?

Confused about her whereabouts, Martha pulls out her cell phone and calls Nora's phone. RING! Hearing the ringing of Nora's phone, Martha follows the ringing out to the balcony.

EXT. BALCONY/BACKYARD - NIGHT

Martha walks over to the balcony and follows the ringing over the balcony. She is horrified to find -- NORA'S BODY. MARTHA SCREAMS.

EXT. EVANS' RESIDENCE - NIGHT

The police, including Sheriff Mallory, are at the Evans house. Mallory talks to Martha about the murder.

MALLORY: Is there anything you can tell me?

It is now does Martha realize something.

MARTHA: We're all targeted.

MALLORY: (confused) Excuse me?

Gerald arrives on his motorcycle. He removes his helmet in time to see the morgue staff bringing out Nora's sheet covered body out. He begins to panic.

GERALD: Nora? NORA!

Gerald runs for Nora's body. He has to be restrained by Mallory and other cops.

GERALD: NO! THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND! NORA!

Gerald begins breaking down and crying over the death of his girlfriend. Martha comes over to him and they embrace each other as they cry and mourn for Nora.

INT. SURFACK CLUBHOUSE - DAY (THE NEXT DAY)

The entire club (Derek, Scott, Andrew, Daphne, Iris, Charlie, Nick, Madison, Gerald, Robin, Kyle, Martha, and Kenny) are mourning Nora's murder.

DEREK: This is it, guys. There are no more coincidences. Nora had to have been murdered by the same person who killed Austin and his team. Now they're targeting us?

SCOTT: Whoever is doing this, we must not let them get away with it. We must not hide from them.

DEREK: We must stop them ourselves. But how do we catch the killer?

SCOTT: I hate to say this...but...

Scott looks at everyone.

SCOTT: Melina was one of us. She led Francis to us. If this killer knows enough about us...then one of us is involved.

DEREK: That's hard to believe. We're family.

SCOTT: Which is why it'll be more harder to deal with. But it's the only explanation.

DEREK: If you're right and the killer is one of us, then it's either one of mine or one of yours. How do you suppose we determine how to deal with it?

SCOTT: Perhaps, we should split up. The original members of the club hang out here to lay their own trap here and my people go to the Carter house to set up our own trap. Either way, the killer will find us either here or there. And as long as we're prepared and not keeping our guard down, we can catch this killer.

Derek likes this idea.

DEREK: Everyone else agrees?

Everyone else nods their heads in agreement.

DEREK: Okay, tonight, we'll stop this killer. The original members meet here at six o'clock and Scott's people can figure out how they'll do this. But tonight we're ending this.

EXT. CLEARWOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - EVENING

The sun is going down over the busy hospital. It's a beautiful sight.

INT. CLARENCE'S OFFICE

Clarence is sitting at his desk and watching the security monitors. PHONE RINGS. Clarence answers it.

CLARENCE: Hello?

SKIFACE: Tonight is the night. Get ready.

CLARENCE: Fuck you!

CALL IS DISCONNECTED.

Clarence looks at the monitors. The screen turns to the PARKING GARAGE. Tannen is walking to his car. But as he unlocks his car -- SKIFACE SNEAKS UP BEHIND. Clarence is terrified upon seeing this.

CLARENCE: NO! BILL!

All Clarence can do is watch in horror as Skiface attacks and stabs Tannen in the back. He jumps away from his desk and storms out of his office.

INT. PARKING GARAGE

Clarence runs out of the elevator with his gun drawn. He reaches to Tannen's body and checks him. He's uncertain if the doctor is dead or not. But before he can properly check -- HE HEARS FOOTSTEPS.

Clarence gets up and attempts to follow the footsteps, pointing his gun at every direction. But he doesn't see anything. Suddenly, he feels a presence behind. He turns around -- A LOOK OF SHOCK IS ON HIS FACE.

CLARENCE: (shocked and confused) I don't understand. How?

Before he can get an answer -- SKIFACE SNEAKS UP BEHIND HIM AND WHACKS HIM OVER THE HEAD!

WE SMASH TO BLACK.

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

 * Nora's murder confirms that the new killer is targeting the main characters.
 * Clarence is kidnapped for a second time in the series.