Chapter 3: Meat my friend, Death
Scott walked into the local supermarket, Shop-N-Save with his apron on. He walked towards the meat department where he worked. Some of his co-workers smiled as they saw him walking up.
"Hey Scott. How are ya?", greeted his co-worker, Kaleb.
"Hey, Kaleb. I'm doing good. How about you?"
"I'm doing alright. Just packaging up some meat that was left over from yesterday."
"Awesome."
He smiled as he walked over to the meat grinder and flipped the switch to on, then began throwing meat into it so that it could chop it up for packaging. Scott chatted with a few of his friends as he threw the meat inside, trying not to get himself caught in it.
Meanwhile, Madison was at her house with Chase, sitting in front of the computer, doing some research. Chase was sitting in a chair watching the Animal Planet channel. She went to Google and typed in "Premonitons" and hit the Enter key. Many reports of others who had premonitions like her, came up. She clicked on one report and read about a kid who had a premonition about a racecar accident at the local Speedway. She then clicked on another report and read about a guy who had a premonition about a suspension bridge collapsing in front of his eyes. She printed out many of the reports and walked over to where Chase was sitting. Madison took the controls out of his hand and turned the TV off.
"Hey! Why did you do that?"
"I've got something to show you."
She threw the pieces of paper down on the coffee table so that he could see.
"What is it?", he asked as he glanced down at it in a confused manner.
"They're reports of people who have had premonitions about things that happened, then they saved a few people before it actually happened."
"Sort of like what happened at the Prom venue."
"Yeah."
"So what are you saying? Are you saying that we might've cheated Death somehow?"
"That's what I'm thinking. I also read on there that once they saved the people, days later, they began dying in bizarre accidents."
"So, that's basically what happened to Lauren."
"Yeah."
Chase sighed as he leaned back in the seat and glanced out the window. He then looked back at Madison.
"Well, how do you know when someone's going to die?"
"When Lauren died, I saw a sign."
"A sign?"
"Yeah, I was cleaning up around the house and I didn't notice but a piece of paper with Lauren's name on it fell to the floor. Then when I turned around to walk to the counter, I knocked over the cup of cleaner I was using, and it soaked the piece of paper."
"Her body tissues dissolving into the acids…"
"Right."
"So, who's next? Who died next in your vision?"
"Uh..um..Scott! He's next."
"Well we've got to go warn him or do something."
"You're right."
She stood up and walked over to the refrigerator to grab a bottle of water. Before she opened it, she saw a grocery list that reminded her that she needed to pick up some things.
"Oh, I've got to go over to Shop-N-Save to pick up some things. Wanna come?"
"Nah, I think I'll stay here and continue watching Animal Planet."
Madison chuckled and shook her head.
"You and that Animal Planet."
"What? I'm an animal lover."
"Whatever. I'll be back in a few. Love you."
"Love you too."
Madison grabbed her keys and pocketbook and got into her car.
Back at Shop-N-Save, Scott had just finished throwing the last of the mean into the meat grinder. He figured he'd take a break while everyone else did their job. Kaleb walked over and sat down next to Scott after he finished with the last package.
"Hey. Finished with the meat?", Kaleb asked as he looked over at him.
"Yep. Now I'm just resting."
"Yeah, me too." Kaleb looks around the room, then reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small beanbag ball. "Hey, how about we play some hackey-sack."
"Sounds good to me."
Scott smiled as he stood up with Kaleb and they began to play Hackey-Sack with the small beanbag. When Scott threw it up to kick it, he accidently kicked a piece of pipe that was sticking about two feet above the ground. He went backwards, trying to find something to hold on to, but there was nothing. Scott landed head first into the meat grinder. The sound of chewed up body parts made Kaleb want to puke. He looked away as he saw his best friend being eaten by the grinder. He immediately ran over to the phone and dialed 911.
As Madison began to drive off out of the driveway, she noticed that the hose pipe was in the way. She knew she couldn't destroy another hose pipe or her mom would kill her. She turned the car off and got out, picking up the hose pipe and threw it over to the side. Madison then got back into her car and turned it on and continued on her way to Shop-N-Save. Once she arrived, she noticed that there were ambulances and police cars sitting around.
"What the..?"
She got out of the car and walked up to the entrance, going inside. She was surprised they didn't have it blocked off. But once Madison got to the meat department, she could no longer go any further. She stopped and talked to one of the policemen.
"Hi. Can you tell me what happened here?"
"I'm sorry, ma'am. I can not release any information at this time."
"Please, I have to know what happened."
"I'm sorry, I can not tell you."
Defeated, Madison walked over to an empty spot and looked over and saw Scott's friend, Kaleb. She walked over to him.
"Hey, Kaleb. Can you tell me what happened?"
"Um…yeah. Me and Scott were playing with this little beanbag ball and I guess we were just too close to the meat grinder and he fell in. Chopped him to bits."
"Oh, my God! That's..that's horrible. I..I'm so sorry."
"It's okay. I knew someone would get hurt by that thing."
"Yeah, but Scott…"
She held her head down as she remembered the way Scott was. A small smile came across her face as she then looked up and back at Kaleb.
"Will you excuse me for a second?"
"Sure."
Madison walked over and pulled out her cellphone, dialing Chase's number.
"Hello?", he answered.
"Hey. I've got some bad news."
"What?"
"Scott just died."
"What?"
"Yeah, he fell into the meat grinder. It cut him up to bits. The ambulances and police are here now. They only have the meat department blocked off."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah. The policemen wouldn't tell me anything so I had to get it from his friend, Kaleb."
"Alright, well, just come on home. I don't want you around there so that you can get hurt as well."
"Okay. I'll be home soon. Love you."
"Love you too."
Madison hung up and stuck her cellphone back into her pocket and walked out to her car, got in, and drove back home. Once she arrived, she got out and walked inside where Chase was standing near the door, waiting for her. She rushed over to him and fell into his arms as he wrapped his around her, tears staining her cheeks.