Tracy's story: "Kimmel Island"

[Amanda Kimmel]

Kimmel Island
(inspired by Harper's Island)

Amanda smiled as the boat pulled up. Her sister's wedding was going to take place in a week and the guests were arriving for all the pre wedding preperations and parties. Amanda, the daughter of the rich Holland Kimmel, was hosting the event at her Inn on the Island, founded by her great great great grandfather.
The guests smiled and waved as they disembarked.
The staff at the Inn glared as they watched the guests walking up the long drive way of the Inn. Eliza & Rupert were the most vocal about their displeasure.
"Every time she's here, something bad happens" Eliza stated.
"Evil follows her wherever she goes" Rupert agreed.
Tom and Mikayla just shook their heads in agreement.
Amanda opened the door and smiled at the staff. Eliza went behind the counter to gather the keys to the rooms while Tom, Rupert, Erik & Austin gathered everyone's luggage to start taking upstairs.
"There are four rooms availabe, we'll split you off," Amanda stated. "Kelly G, Kelly W, Stephanie, Lillian and Tracy in room 9." Eliza handed Kelly G her key. "Linda, Kelly C, and Alexis in room 4. Brady, Jim, Yul and Robb in Room 1. And then Brandon, Brady, Tyson, Rudy, JT and Ted in Room 11. Some rooms are bigger than others, that's why some of you are only three to a room while others are five to a room. Go get settled and I'll meet you all in the dining room with your itineries."
The guests followed Tom, Rupert, Austin and Erik up the stairs to their rooms.

After settling in, JT decided he wanted to go for a walk first. He'd meet the others in the dining room later. That was the last any of them would see or hear from him.

Later in the dining room.
"Has anyone seen JT?" Tyson complained. "He borrowed my razor, now what am I going to do?"
"Borrow someone else's?" Amanda replied. "Let's not dwell on that. We have a lot of activities planned out for you all." she handed everyone a sheet of paper. "See you all later in the common area."
The staff glared as they walked away to do their jobs.
"Well," said Lillian. "That was.........weird. Ok, first thing on the itinery is........United Front....everyone will team up in two groups and you will toss eggs back and forth amongst each other. You have to throw your egg within five seconds to anyone of your choosing, whichever group drops their egg first loses."
Looking over Lillian's shoulder, Kelly C read off the groups. "kelly G, Tracy, Lillian, Kelly W, Stephenie, Robb, Jim, and Yul against myself, Linda, Alexis, Brandon, Brady, Ted, JT and Tyson. JT? UGH!"
The groups started to throw the eggs. Both started out fast, but soon Jim started to tire. When Lillian threw the egg towards Jim, he half assed put his arms in the air but caught the egg in the eye.
"I'm going to go clean up," he told the others. He grabbed a napkin and started walking back to the INN.
Along the way to the Inn, Jim heard a noise coming from the boat house. He went to investigate. Walking along the floor in the boathouse he slipped through a floorboard and got stuck. A dark figure walks into the boathouse.
"Oh thank gosh, i'm stuck and I can't...........what's that?" Jim blinked as he saw something shiny in the light. He let out a scream as the dark figure swung a sword and cut him right in half.

Back at the Inn everyone sat around drinking Flag on The Play, a drink Amanda had invented during her bartending course when preparing to run the Inn back in the day.
Kelly G stood up. "I think I'll go see where Jim went to." S
She walked outside and down the walkway towards the woods. Misty stared from an upstairs bedroom as Kelly G walked away.
In the woods Kelly G thought she heard a noise, unlike most horror film heroines, she wasn't going to investigate, so she walked in the opposite direction. Suddenly her foot got caught and she was flipped upside down and pulled into the air. Hanging there Kelly G panicked, but then suddenly she saw someone coming.
"Hey, i'm so glad you came along, I don't know why there are these animal traps around but I seem to have..............." silence soon followed as Kelly Gs head went rolling across the ground.

Back at the Inn, Ted went upstairs to his room to grab a sweater. A little while later Linda went upstairs to ask him a question. The group downstairs heard a scream and ran up the stairs to investigate. They found Linda in the hallway with her mouth over her hand pointing. Ted was in the room hanging from the rafters, dead.
Amanda told everyone to relax and to go back downstairs. Eliza called the police. Officer Shallow soon arrived and started to question the group.
"And did he seem depressed to you?"
"No," Tyson replied. "He was a weird one, but pretty chill. Something about the island though. Everyone just disappears."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, JT, Kelly G, Jim. We dont' know where any of them have gone off to. We went into town and they're not there. And now with Ted, well, it's just strange."
"I agree," Stephanie said suddenly. "And I want to go home. I'm seriously scared like totally right now and can't handle the stress."
Amanda put her arm around her sister. "It's ok Steph. It's your wedding. You can't leave the island now. This is exactly where mom and dad would've wanted you to be married. Stephen will be here tomorrow and everything will be fine."
Officer Shallow put her pad away. "Ok well, I see no sign of foul play. He must have been depressed. Call me if you need anything Amanda."
After the officer left, Amanda turned to the others. "ok well, if anyone's interested, we're going to have a beach blanket brawl in the morning. For now, I have some things to do, but I'll see you all at dinner."
Tracy stood in silence until Amanda had left. "I dont' buy it. He was not the suicidal type."
"I dont' either," Tyson remarked.
Robb sighed. "Well I for one do not believe that anything is just "happening" something strange is going on. I'm going to go look for Kelly and the guys."
"Well that's just great!" Stephanie said, exasperated. "If you go out there, something bad is going to happen to you too. I can't take this! Everything keeps going wrong! I should call the wedding off!"
Kelly W put her arm around Stephanie. "Calm down sweetie! We'll be fine. I'm sure the others are just playing a gag on us and will be back before you know it."

Eliza walked into the kitchen and saw Amanda standing there. "I warned you not to have the wedding here. Every time she's around, things go wrong."
"Oh Eliza, hush!" Amanda said. "She's my sister, what else did you want me to do?"
"We've worked so hard to make things better Amanda! Having her back here just erases everything we've accomplished!"
Amanda shook her head and left the room.

As Robb was walking through the woods he tripped and fell into a hole that had been dug into the ground. "What the heck!?" Looking up he noticed it was quite deep. He tried but couldn't climb up the side. "What's that smell?" He looked around, sniffing. "Smells like gas?" Suddenly a figure appeared above the hole and before he could let out a sound, the figure threw down a lit match and a fire erupted when the match hit the gasoline in the hole.

Alexis snuck down the boathouse. She was surprised when Yul walked up behind her.
"What are you doing?" Yul asked.
"Leaving." Was Alexis' reply.
"The ferry won't be back until the weekend."
"I saw a motorboat down here."
"Well, I want to leave with you," Yul stated.
The two got into the motorboat, and started to drive away from the island. Once they reached the middle of the ocean, they smiled. Thinking they were safe, they relaxed. Suddenly though, two sounds went off, they both looked down in shock. They had been shot by two rigged shotguns.

Brandon walked up to his room, while in there he heard a noise from the closet, he opened the door and was surprised by someone shooting him in the face.

Amanda walked up to Stephanie, Brady and Rudy in the kitchen. "Stephen isnt' here yet and the priest wants to do a quick run through."
"UGH" Stephanie said, exasperated. "Well what can we do about that?"
"I can stand in for Stephen for now," Brady said.
"That would be great!" Amanda said. "Let's go to the church now and get this out of the way so we can get back and join the others for some fun."
Stephanie sighed. "Fine, lets go. What about you Rudy? Wanna come?"
"Sure, I got nothing else to do right now."

The four walked over to the church. As the priest was setting up the altar, the others got into their positions.
"It's a little dark in here," Father Gentry stated. "Rudy, you go hit the lights. Stephanie, you and Brady come up here. Amanda, you on the other side of Stephanie."
As Rudy flipped the switch the others heard a strange noise. Everyone looked up at the chandelier, Stephanie let out a scream. A head spade that was hidden into the chandelier fell downwards, cutting Brady right down the middle, killing him instantly.
Amanda hugged her sister tightly, Rudy and Father Gentry rushed towards Brady, they covered him with a coat.
"Lets get her out of here," Rudy said. Everyone ran out of the church while the priest hopped into his truch and headed to the police station.
Tracy came running out of the Inn. "What's all the screaming for??"
Stephanie ran past her and into the Inn and up to her room.
"Brady was killed, freak accident." Amanda replied.
"Accident? What kind of accident?"
"The chandelier broke."

Upstairs, as Stephanie ran towards her room, Heidi came in after her. "What's all the commotion?"
"We're leaving, pack your bags!!"
"Wait, settle down. What happened?"
"Brady was murdered!!!!"
"Murdered?" Tracy said from the doorway. "Amanda said it was some freak accident."
Stephanie looked around. She walked to the door, looked out in the hall and then shut the door. "We have to leave and we have to leave NOW! It was no accident!"
"What are you talking about?" Heidi asked.
Suddenly there was a clicking noise. The girls turned to look at the door. Stephanie tried the handle.
"It's locked!!!"
"What is going on Steph!!!" Heidi asked.

Downstairs in the common room, Linda, Tyson and Kelly W sat enjoying some wine. Lillian walked in.
"Something's happeneing. Brady was killed. A freak accident Amanda said." Lillian told them.
A noise from behind her startled them. Lillian walked over and tried the handle.
"It's locked!!!"

Rudy ran into Kelly C in the kitchen and told her what was going on.
"Oh no!! How's Steph?" Kelly was walking into the pantry to get some crackers.
"Not good, she's hysterical." Rudy had followed her in.
Suddenly the door slammed shut and a clicking noise was heard. Rudy tried the handle.
"It's locked!!!"

In the common room Linda, Kelly W, Lillian and Tyson tried to knock the door down to get out.
"What the hell is going on here!!!" Linda screamed.
Tyson stood still suddenly. "What's that smell?"
"What smell?" Kelly W replied.
Linda staggered across the floor. She slipped and landed on the couch. When the others saw blood they were shocked, they lifter her up and found garden shears had been poked through the couch and sticking out where Linda had landed. Kelly W let out a scream. Tyson slowly made his way towards her. The three started to fall into unconscienceness from the fumes entering the room.

In the kitchen, the pantry door slowly opened up. Rudy walked out caustiously. He tried the door leading to the dining room but it was locked. The only door unlocked was the one leading out back.
"We need to hide," Kelly C said.
"Hide where?"
"Anywhere but here."
"There's the shed out back," Rudy said.
"Then lets go in there."
They ran across the yard to the shed and shut the door behind them.

Back upstairs, Stephanie, Heidi and Tracy were struggling trying to open the door. A loud explosion made them gasp. Running for the window their eyes widened as they saw the shed out back burning to the ground.
"What is going on?!?!" Heidi screamed.
Eliza swung open the door, anger in her eyes. "Why did you come back here!!!"
Tracy and Heidi looked at her in shock.
"Eliza! I didn't want to come here." Stephanie pleaded. "I begged Amanda to come to the mainland for the wedding. She insisted it be here."
"The last time you were here you brought nothing but pain and anguish to all of us."
"Eliza, it's not me. I didn't do anything."
"It's always you Steph! She's so good when you're not here."
Tracy and Heidi stared at their friend in horror.
"What's going on?" Tracy asked.
As everyone was talking and yelling, no one noticed the bookcase slowly inching it's way open, revealing a secret passageway.
Stephanie shook her head. "She's sick. Amanda is sick. She was supposed to be doing much better, the doctor's said she was doing well and could go off her meds."
Tracy and Heidi both stared wide eyed.
"Everything that's happened, everything we've done, everything to get her back to normal, and you just walk in and ruin it all!!!" Eliza screamed at Stephanie.
"How is this MY fault??" Stephanie begged. "I've never done anything wrong. Amanda has the problems. I never do anything to her. Mom and dad never did anything. She murdered them and everyone here at the Inn because she was sick!!"
Heidi dropped her shoe that she'd been holding the whole time. "Wha.....Wh....What...."she stammered.
Suddenly there was a sound and Tracy screamed. Everyone turned and saw Tracy standing there with a harpoon sticking out of her chest. She fell to the ground dead.
Eliza ran out of the room and locked the door. Heidi and Stephanie turned to find Amanda standing there with a gun in her hand. The crazed look in her eyes scared the crap out of Heidi.
"Amanda?" Heidi screamed out. "Wha....What are you doing??"
Amanda circled the two girls. "Good ol' Steph. Getting married. Stephanie always gets what she wants. She's so pretty and so smart and everyone just loves good ol' Stephanie! First Benjamin, then Stephen!! You just always get what you want don't you?!"
"oh Amanda, always so jealous. Can't get what you want so you have to make my life miserable!" Stephanie yelled at her sister.
Heidi stared as the two sisters yelled at each other. She inched her way up behind Stephanie.
"I am so sick of you getting what you want. Always. You get all the attention all the love." Amanda screamed.
"And I am so sick of you and your jealousy!" Stephanie screamed back.
"Where IS Stephen??" Amanda yelled. "You were just so worried about him being around me that you told him not to come right?!"
"Oh as if!!! I'm not worried about you. Just like I wasn't worried about Benjamin around you either!!"
"Of course not!" Amanda yelled. "That's why you killed him, and Stephen too!!!"
Heidi stopped short right behind Stephanie. She gasped out loud and then covered her mouth.
Stephanie turned around, knife in her hand. Her sinister smirk startled Heidi. Stephanie shoved the knife into Heidi's stomach.



[unfinished ]