MC - Very nicley done ladies. And now let's meet last years winner, Miss Helen Shivers.

Helen walks out to a cheering crowd, she looks up in the balcony focusing on Barry. A girl is very horribly singing a very horrible song. Helen laughs and looks up at Barry who is also laughing. She looks back at the girl then back up at Barry to see the Fisherman coming up behind him and pulls him back.

Helen- BARRY!!!

The Fisherman hits Barry with the hook.

Helen-NO!!!!!!!

Helen runs off teh stage her crown dropping, people jumping up in her way, someone grabs her and she reaches out at her former boyfriend...

Helen - Somebody help him please....

Barry looks up at the fisherman as he raises the hook...

Helen- Somebody help....

The fisherman brings the hooks down.

Helen (watching the shadow of the hook) Barry!! No, Barry!! Help him! Barry no!

The hook keeps raising and slamming into Barry's stomach...

Helen- Help him, Please somebody! Let go.

Cop - Excuse me. What's the problem??

Helen - Help him he's gonna kill him.

Cop - Who's killing who?

Helen - Up in the balcony.

Cop - Okay everybody stay calm.

Helen - Get off of me!

There is a lot of commotion going on and everyone is talking over each other. Helen follows the cop up into the balcony.

Cop - Ma'am stay behind me okay?

They look around but find no one or no trace that anyone had ever been there.

Cop - There's nobody up here. I gotta tell ya, this is really not my idea of a funny joke.

Helen - He was here.

Cop - Who?

Helen - The fisherman, he killed Barry.

Cop - Barry who? Who are we talking about? There's nobody up here, come on let's go back downstairs, come one, come on, there's nobody up here.

As they are walking dowstairs they don't see the blood dripping from the edge of the balcony.

INT.-Backstage of the Croaker queen contest Helen is still sitting there looking at the floor. The Talent Competion is almost done, the cop comes up to her.

Cop - Ma'am, I'm gonna take you home, your parents are really worried about you.

Helen - You have to believe me.

Cop - Why don't you let me take you home okay?

She gets up to leave with him and the MC grabs at her crown.

MC - Excuse me, we'll be needing this.

EXT. - Police car --- Cop is driving Helen home.

Cop - So then he killed him with a fish hook?

Helen - Yes.

Cop - Did this fisherman guy use the same hook to cut all your hair off?

Helen - No, he used scissors asshole. Look, okay I know I sound delusional but it's true.

Cop - Yeah I've heard this story before except the way I heard it it wasn't a fisherman, it was an escaped mental patient and he had a hook for a hand.

The road has been blocked for the Parade.

Cop-We're gonna have to take the alley.

Helen - Look, you little shitstick mayberry ass regect, there's been a murder and you're gonna fry in hell if you ignore it.

Cop - Alright, I'll tell you what I'll do, okay I'll contact Barry's parents and put out a search for him alright? He was probably just playing a prank on you.

The cop sees a man standing under the hood of a truck.

Cop - Oh jesus, listen I'm just gonna be a minute alright, I'm gonna see if this guy needs help.

He gets out of the car and walks over to the man. Helen can tell who it is.

Helen - That's him.

Cop - What's the trouble?

Helen starts yelling to the cop.

Helen - That's him! Behind you, BEHIND YOU!

The cops turns back to the man who then sticks his hook in the cops stomach, bloods runs from the cops mouth. Helen screams, she tries to get out but she is in the back which is locked from the outside, the Fisherman starts coming towards the car, she kicks the glass out of the window and crawls out and starts running, he is following her. IEXT. - On the streets --- A shadow of Helen as she turns a corner and just runs towards the park. The fisherman is close behind. She runs up the curb into the trees hoping to lose him but he keeps his slow steady pace. She sees Elsa's tiny figure in the store accross the street and runs towards the door. She reaches and starts banging on it. A confused Elsa looks up.

Helen - ELSA, ELSA, ELSA OPEN THE DOOR PLEASE, ELSA JESUS CHRIST HURRY! OH GOD.

Elsa is slow in getting to the door, she finishes putting plastic over some items and then goes to get the keys.

Helen - WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ELSA, PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR NOW, JESUS CHRIST HURRY, PLEASE! ELSA OPEN THE DOOR NOW, PLEASE LET ME IN. OH GOD!

Elsa - I'm coming

Helen - ELSA, ELSA, PLEASE.

Elsa finally opens the door, Helen runs in and slams the door behind her.

Elsa - You could have walked around the Arch Tree entrance is open.

Helen - I'm being attacked.

Elsa - You're what?

They look outside and see no one.

Helen - Lock the other door, I'll call the police.

Elsa - What is going on?

Helen - Just do what I say god dammit.

Helen runs upstairs to use the phone, Elsa goes to the back entrance to lock the door. The door is swinging shut just before she walks in, she begins to lock it when she sees a reflection in the door, she turns around to see the man in a slicker standing looking at her with his face covered, she can't move or speak. His reflection passes through her glasses and she screams as the large hook slashes her throat. Helen hears the scream and hangs up the phone slowly moving towards the stairs.

Helen - Elsa?

No response because Elsa is being dragged by the Fisherman.

Helen (at the top of the stairs)- Elsa? Elsa where are you?

No response, she gets off the stairs and starts moving for the front door. The lights click off.She slowly turns around looking closely at a mannequin that is covered in plastic, it is very silent then all of the sudden he jumps out from under the plastic and tackles her to the ground, she escapes and runs to the back door. Finding it is locked she turns to the left and see Elsa lying near the toilet dead.She see the Fisherman coming closer and she hops onto an old hand operated elevator, the Fisherman is following her, she gets on the elevator and starts pulling the rope, he can't get on it but he swings his hook at her legs, she finally gets up to the attic and the Fisherman has used the stairs and is also up there, she runs into a room. And opens a window. She climbs over the ledge and right when the Fisherman brings down his hook, she drops 2 floors to the concrete alley littered with old boxes and peices of wood. In a daze she looks up to the window and sees the Fisherman is gone. She takes off running down the alleyways, trying to find someone who can help her. The fall hurt her leg and she is coughing bad . She stops, looking left and forwarded. She doesn't know where the Fisherman is. Fireworks start to go off and she hears the faint drumming of drums. She starts running down an alley lined woth old semis and stops at the alley facing the street.It is lined with stacks of tires. So many tires. She sees the flag twirlers and starts off towards the parade, towards the people, towards safety and then she hears the ping of the silver medallion bhind her and she turns. Seeing nothing down the alley, she turns to get to the parade and the Fisherman is blocking her way. She yelps as her throws her against the tirs and brings his hook down. She tries to fight him off, but she can't because he is throwing her from one end of the alley to the other. The only way she can still stand is the tires are holding her up. He keeps slashing at her with the hook and she claws at his face but he brings the hook down again and again. And right before everything goes white she sees the parade go by...