Pawn

1.

It was a quiet night at the movie theatre, not much business but that stupid horror movie that was just released. Audrey scoffed at the ignorant teens that threw their popcorn and candy on the floor, and inwardly groaned when she remembered that she'd have to be the one to clean it up. She jumped when she heard the screams of the scared teens inside the theatre, and she chuckled as she leaned on the counter.

Her phone chimed, and she opened it, revealing a text message from an unknown number.

Hey killer, how's the movie?

She rolled her eyes as she began typing. She'd been getting messages like this for months since the entire Piper fiasco had occured.

Audrey: Haha, very funny. NOT.

Her phone chimed again, but this time the message wasn't as kiddy as the one's she usually used to recieving.

What? Now that Piper's dead you lost your sense of humor? You're a terrible partner.

Her expression completely shifted, as her phone vibrated again, this time a phone call from her best friend Noah. She lid her screen and and put the phone to her ear, "Hey, have you been sending me really creepy texts?"

"Well, I wouldn't put it past a creepy guy like me, but no, why? Creepers starting up again?" Noah asked, as he threw his rubber pig toy in the air.

"Just a little more threating than the usual." she said, as she walked over to the double doors leading into the theatre room. Casually peeking in, she sighed, "This gets annoying man."

"Speaking of annoying, do you think it'd be a good time to ask Emma if she'd interview for the morgue?" Noah asked, "Jay keeps telling me I'd have a better chance at losing my virginity."

Audrey laughed, "Yeah well, Jay has a point. I mean Noah, this is literally the worst time to ask her that."

"Yeah, yeah. I was thinking of swinging by and picking you up to go to Emma's little welcome home shindig so I won't be going stag, sound cool?"

"Yeah, that sounds good. I just have to clean up here and then I'll be good to go." Audrey replied, as she hung up the phone. She stuck the device in her pocket and began to sweep up the leftover popcorn on the floor, inwardly groaning at the amount of mess that teenagers can produce. She jumped when the double doors opened, and the group within the theatre began hauling out, all excited over the movie they'd just seen.

After much time, persuasion, and yelling, Audrey managed to get everyone out the door, and she sighed sweetly when she locked it, one step closer to finishing the work day off. She walked over to the counter, and ended up bumping into a young girl, her things dropping all over the floor.

"Crap, I'm so sorry.." Audrey said, as she began picking the various objects up from the floor.

"It's cool." the girl replied, before looking at her intriguingly, "Hey, you're Audrey Jensen right? The badass that shot Piper Shaw?"

Audrey chuckled, "I didn't shoot her, I just showed up in time."

She shrugged, "Either way, you impress me. Which is saying alot since I like, hate everyone."

They both laughed before Audrey helped her up, "Come on, I'll show you out the back."

"Mind if I snap a quick pic?" She asked, holding up her cell phone. Audrey nodded and they posed, as the girl took a picture, posting it on the web, "Name's Hailey by the way."

"Nice to meet you." Audrey replied, before guiding her towards the theatre, "Come on, follow me."

They walked through the double doors, and down the aisle, with Hailey in the lead. They were halfway down when the light in the projection room was turned on, blinding Audrey completely. She had her hand raised and looked towards Hailey, who seemed to have already left.