Then Jason began his final attack, wading into the crowd. Hacking at anyone within range, he systematically reduced Entraxx employees to meat. April saw Cary Carson raising a fistful of dollars in a last-ditch attempt to make this madman see reason, only to lose his entire arm with one swish of steel. After a second blow to the waist, Carson keeled over in two separate halves.

Moving as one, the crowd urgently pushed against the fire escape door. Fists hammered on it until they were bloody. Fists hammered into the faces of fellow humans. Fists were hacked off and drifted on the river of blood, which formed a chaotic current around people’s feet.

All the time, those disco lights continued to flash red, blue and green.

April shrieked as Jason decapitated the woman behind her and pushed the body aside.

Then it was her turn.

Jason swung the cleaver into April’s stomach until it burst through her back. Then he lifted her into the air, throwing her over his right shoulder. Falling from the blade with a final screech, she hit the floor head first.

Jason removed two more heads with one long, sweeping arc. With his spare hand, he crushed someone’s throat, making blood gurgle out over his wrist.

Chapter 21, Friday the 13th: Hate Kill Repeat