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Halloween Sequel
Sequel to original Halloween fanchise (picks up after Resurrection)
Prelude
October 30
Crisp autumn leaves danced in circles through the cold October air. The sun was beginning to set on the small Illinois town as the residents of Haddonfield were wrapping up the work day with an extra dose of caution. Halloween was approaching and although he had been dormant for a number of years, the fear of Michael Myers returning to his home town was a constant plague on the memories of the Haddonfield population.
John Tate felt the overwhelming demons return from the dead at the mere mention of his name. It had been years since the murders in California, which would prove to leave an impact so great that it changed his life forever. The undying obsession didn’t arrive until 2002 when his reoccurring nightmares turned into a whole new chapter of a murderous reality. This was the year his mother, Laurie Strode, had finally lost the battle with her sadistic nightmare of a brother - the one he had once denied was alive.
I should have believed her, John thought to himself sipping the glass of scotch that sat before him on the coffee table. Deep down he knew the situation was out of his hands, though there was a unshakable feeling of guilt that took over his soul day in and day out.
The blue glare of the television illuminated the nearly empty room of the one bedroom apartment. John finally understood the life that was unwillingly forced upon his mother for decades. She had felt alone and due to his previous ignorance about the reality of the situation, he was unavailable to understand her pain. Now, he understood. He was alone; alone in Haddonfield. Boxes lined the walls of the living room and hallways, the result of a recent relocation combined with a significant lack of caring as to where his belongings should go. A blue Honda Civic sat alone in the driveway with California license plates still sporting the bumpers. Other than a few pictures kept in a nearly empty drawer, the lifeless pieces of metal were the only remnants of his previous life - his happy life. John Tate was alone now. The obsession had taken over. His mother was gone. His friends were gone. His girlfriend had left him.
John’s mind traveled back to a lesson from an English class his mother taught in high school relating to the book, Frankenstein. A main piece of the story, as he remembered, was accepting one’s fate. Although it had taken years, John was finally realizing what he had to do. There was nothing left to lose. His life could not achieve an ounce of peace as long as Michael Myers roamed the earth.
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