Story by Anonymous
Story by Anonymous
December
31, 2000
Los Angeles, California
11:00 pm
Christine Harper received five calls on that December night. Five calls from five different guys. You see, Christine had a multiple personality disorder. Five different characters, which means five different boyfriends. They had very different personalities: crazy, funny, cute and mischievous, mellow and down-to-earth, and serious. And Christine had a character for each one.
The problem was, all her boyfriends had called to say that they weren't seeing her that night. And each call was very abrupt.
The damn calls! Christine though bitterly. Blind with rage, she slipped into a black leather jumpsuit along with matching leather cape and boots, pulled a dark curly wig onto her blonde locks, and walked into her bathroom. Christine pulled out some thick mascara, applied it to her lashes, then took a very dark red lipstick and coated her lips with it. Thus, Christine had turned into her evil SIXTH alter ego, Veronica.
Veronica got into her black convertible and sped to a local dance club, knowing that her first boyfriend, AJ, was there. She made her way through the crowd and finally spotted him. Using her evil sexiness, she lured AJ into her trap. They left the club together, and Veronica hailed a cab that drove by itself! Using a controller to drive the car herself, she distracted AJ while she stopped the cab due to "heavy traffic" in a tunnel which were actually parked empty cars, set up by Veronica before she went to the club. She took this opportunity to jump out of the cab, startling AJ. He got up and realized that there was no driver! He stumbled out of the car and started sprinting after Veronica. He checked every single car, but to his astonishment, they were all EMPTY! Suddenly AJ spotted Veronica running off. He pursued her as fast as he could, but she was out of sight.
AJ scanned the tunnel frantically. He could hear Veronica's boots clicking against the concrete, but couldn't see the mysterious girl. He started running again and came to a bridge. Maybe if I jump off the bridge I could cut her off, he thought. AJ leapt over the bridge, but misjudged the actual height of the bridge. AJ did not succeed. He disappeared into the darkness of the ground below. Veronica watched him fall, then took out AJ's picture and scratched a big X on it.
Later, as Veronica left the tunnel, she spotted her second boyfriend, Brian, right outside of the tunnel. Once he spotted her, he stopped dead in his tracks. Veronica taunted him with a mischievous smile, then sprinted away.
Brian, struck with curiosity started after her. She ran down the stairs of a metro, her boots clamoring down them. He followed her down the stairs, watching her every move. He came up the metro stairs. Brian spotted a restaurant and peered in. The mysterious girl wasn't inside. He ran down the sidewalk and saw five pictures, two with X's on them: his and AJ's. He stared at them, totally confused at what it meant. Brian suddenly saw Veronica run into a convenience store. He ran inside, and searched al the aisles frantically. Brian spotted her behind the dairy aisle. He ran after her, bumping into a display of soup cans. The lights flickered eerily, sending a chill down Brian's spine. He saw Veronica disappear through a set of double doors. Brian quickly burst through them, seeing an empty storeroom. Suddenly he heard a gun behind him. Before Brian turned around, the trigger was pulled.
Veronica left Brian in the convenience store and headed down the street. She was about to cross the street when a black car almost ran her over. To avoid the collision, Veronica leapt onto the car. The man inside screamed and slammed on the brakes. Veronica couldn't believe her eyes. It was her third boyfriend, Nick! She stared at him in a malicious way, before leaping off and running away.
Nick, still recovering from Veronica's appearance, quickly sped away. He drove to a hotel, where his friend Howie (and Veronica's FOURTH boyfriend) was staying. Veronica took a quick shortcut to the hotel, where she crept to Howie's room and attacked him. Too easy, she thought as she disguised herself as Howie. Right when she was pulling a Howie look alike mask over her face, she heard someone repeatedly pounding on the door. She flung it open, where Nick practically jumped onto her in fear. He started yelling about a girl almost killing him. Veronica, dressed up as Howie, reassured him. Together they left the hotel and got into Nick's car. Veronica made sure she got into the driver's seat and sped away. She slammed on the gas pedal, causing the vehicle to accelerate faster and faster. Nick began fiddling nervously, then reached over to look at the sideview mirror. Who he saw beside him terrified him. It wasn't Howie in the driver's seat, it was VERONICA!
Nick whirled around in utter disbelief. Veronica opened the door and jumped out of the speeding car. She safely rolled away without hurting herself. Nick turned around as Veronica rolled down the street with shock written all over his face. The he drove into the driver's seat. The car was speeding dangerously. In horror, Nick saw a wall right in the car's path!
Nick grabbed the steering wheel to try to control the speeding car, but it was too late. He screamed and threw his hands before him, as if he was trying to protect himself. But it was too late. Veronica watched as the car turned over on its side and slam into the wall. It was now a smashed piece of metal and glass shards were everywhere. Satisfied, Veronica removed her mask and scratched X's on Howie's and Nick's pictures.
Veronica left the accident and headed to a parking garage. She saw her fifth and final boyfriend, Kevin, getting out of his car. He whirled around and saw five pictures on the wall, all scratched with X's.
Kevin stared at it in horror and walked up to inspect it. Suddenly, he heard someone behind him. He turned around and saw Veronica running away, throwing her Howie disguise behind her. Kevin started running quickly after her. He could hear her footsteps against the metal steps as she climbed up the stairs of the parking garage. Kevin pursued her, only a few steps away from her.
After four flights of stairs, he spotted her at the end of the corridor. She stopped and turned around, as if she was ready to give up. Kevin stopped as well, then slowly advanced toward her. Veronica began to breathe hard, as if she was panting. She peered out the window and saw that the next building was only a leap away.
Veronica backed up slowly, then sprinted toward the window, leapt through it, sending glass spraying everywhere. Her foot crashed into the window of the next building and she landed hard on the floor.
Kevin stared at the broken window in disbelief. Shaking his head in doubt, he started running at top speed toward the broken window. He easily leapt out of it and into the next building, his body crashing into the glass-covered floor. Kevin got up and brushed off his clothes.
Suddenly the lights flashed on, dimly lighting the room. Kevin took a look around. The walls were covered in graffiti, saying 'Scum' or 'Cheat' and other words. Suddenly he saw Veronica down the hall and began running after her. Kevin stopped in a dark room. Veronica stood behind him and closed the door with a loud squeak. He whirled around as Veronica flicked on the lights.
To his horror, she held an oily black gun, the same gun used with Brian. Her finger was right on the trigger, ready to pull it. Kevin let out a terrified scream. A crack of the gunshot pierced his yell, and suddenly Kevin was silent. There was a long pause as Kevin's last shout rang in Veronica's ear. She began to remember everything. AJ jumping off the bridge. The gunshot behind Brian's back. Attacking Howie. The car with Nick inside crashing into the wall. Kevin screaming and a gunshot. The pictures with the X's on them.
Suddenly
a second gunshot rang out.
January
1, 2001
Downtown Los Angeles, California
1:45 am
Silence. A very long silence. There were six picture on the wall: AJ's, Brian's, Howie's, Nick's, Kevin's, and....
Christine's.