Chapter Eight: "You And Me And One Spotlight"

Takbir and Adie both walked into the Gym and scoured the entire gymnasium for Chris but had no luck. "Paige said that Rob saw Chris on the court before being crushed by the scoreboard." Adie yelled to Takbir over the noise of the band that had just started to play aloud to raise the crowd's spirits. The tone of the song caught Adie's reminding her of what Paige had told her. "Basketball?" She asked herself. "It's almost time, keep your eyes open!" Adie yelled after realizing the sign. "I see him, He's on the Bench!" Takbir told Adie as he pushed his way through the crowd to get to Chris.


Victoria sat in front of the make-up mirror as a member of the crew helped apply her make-up on and another did her hair. She was supposed to be reading over her script, trying not to forget her lines, but a voice in the back of her mind was telling her not to go through with this. She knew something wasn't right. She somehow regretted not inviting Rob and Liz to her show hopefully she wasn't too late. "Two minutes, til curtain!" The stage manager said signaling her to get ready for her scene.

She took a deep breath and stood up from her chair and headed to the stage. "Good luck" witch number two told her with a smile before turning towards the audience. 'Good luck?' Victoria thought. 'It's bad luck to say good luck. That's why actors always say break a leg.' Victoria just pushed the thought out of her mind. She would get through this play and worry about life later. She looked out at the audience as the curtains opened. This would be a night she would always remember.


"You've got to believe me, this death stuff is real." Takbir told Chris. "I've researched this before but didn't want to believe it. I was supposed to die but Paige intervened so it skipped me, and went straight to Liz. After Liz, you and Victoria were supposed to die." He explained.

"Peralta get on that court!" Coach Carson told Chris as he exchanged Jonathan, Pierre's replacement, for him. "Listen, I have to play." Chris told them getting off the bench and walking onto the court. "This is what we're trying to talk to you about! Stay away from the score-" Adie shouted, trying to warn him about the scoreboard. before being cut off by the band. "Stay near the sidelines, If you see the scoreboard about to fall, get him out of there." Adie told Takbir, who nodded in return and went to the sidelines, staring intently at the Scoreboard.


Rob arrived in a matter of seconds, jumped out of Paige's prius and ran towards the front doors of the school, headed for the auditorium. "Sir, do you have a ticket?" The usher asked him as he approached, Paige not too far behind him. Rob didn't even bother to respond as he passed the public entrance, where the usher detained Paige, and ran towards the backstage door.

Paige reluctantly bought a ticket and went through the public doors and looked at stage, hoping to see Rob get to Victoria before she was crushed under the spotlight. Rob walked along the dark walls of the backstage room, trying to stay out of the view of any crew members. "All hail, Macbeth!-" The first witch said onstage, making Rob not care who saw him anymore as he ran towards the stage.

A Crew member, having heard of someone sneaking in, held him back as the ringtone "You and Me and One Spotlight" by Yellowcard went off in the audience. "You have to let me go, or else she's going to die!" Rob yelled at him. He reached for the refreshment table and grabbed for the punch bowl with one hand, and splashed the drink onto the crew member, who let go of Rob to get the juice out of his eyes. Rob ran towards Victoria just as she said her line. "All hail, Macbeth! Thou shalt be king hereafter"


The scoreboard began to groan above the crowd. Takbir and Adie both looked at it as it began to loosen from it's hinges. "Now Takbir!" Adie shouted as the scoreboard began to fall from the center of the court. Takbir ran at full force to Chris who stared straight up at the scoreboard. At the last second, Takbir slammed into Chris and pushed him out of the way before the scoreboard crushed him.

"You weren't kidding about his whole death thing, were you?" Chris asked in disbelief. Suddenly, the inside of the scoreboard began to rumble before erupting in a giant explosion. A shard of glass shot out and impaled him through his chest. He let out a groan as he slumped forward and fell to the ground. "No!" Takbir yelled after watching his friend die. Screams erupted as people rose from the stands and ran outside.


Victoria heard a snap above her as a spotlight plummeted to the ground. Just in time, Rob pushed her out of the way, the spotlight missing her by a few inches. "Whoa! That was close." Victoria chuckled as she stood up, audience members clapping after seeing Rob push her out of the way. Another snap was heard as a wire that was connected to the spotlight, swung across the stage, straight towards Victoria. The other actors on stage saw the wire coming and all ducked, unlike Victoria who was oblivious to the wire. Rob noticed it at the last second and yelled for her to duck.

Victoria dropped to the ground as the wire sliced her witch's hat in half. "What the hell?!" Victoria yelled after almost being killed twice. Paige ran onstage and over to Rob and Victoria. "Adie just called. She wasn't able to save Chris." She informed them with a look of complete and utter horror. She knew that after Victoria and Chris, Adie was next and the thought of losing her best friend hadn't even crossed her mind. The three ran outside of the school where they met Adie and Takbir, who was covered in Chris's blood.

"What do we do now?" Adie asked in desperation, looking around trying to see if anything would or could kill her. "We could go to my father's Cabin, there's hardly anything there that's dangerous." Rob suggested. "How far away is it?" Adie asked agreeing with him. "It's about a thirty minute drive." Victoria chimed in, having been to Rob's father's cabin before. "It's the only thing we have so let's go." Adie said as she followed Rob, Paige, Victoria, and Takbir to Paige's prius, so that they would all remain together.

"You should sit in between Me and Takbir." Paige told Adie as they all huddled into the Prius. "Hey Rob, Where's Liz?" Victoria asked Rob as she sat in the passenger seat with him in the Drivers seat. "We weren't able to save her in time." Rob admitted sheepishly. "What?" Victoria asked with disbelief. "You're lying right? She's at the Cabin waiting for us isn't she? Isn't she?" Victoria continued to ask, tears flowing down her cheeks from her emerald eyes. "I'm sorry." Rob responded not able to look at her in the eyes. Adie, Paige, and Takbir sat in the backseat watching the events unfold in front of them. Victoria looked away from the group and stared outside deep in thought.

After a few moments of silence, Rob decided to start the car and Drive to the cabin before it was too late, driving at an appropriate speed as to not get into a car accident. After a while, Victoria broke the silence. "How did she die?" She asked. Nobody answered for a while. "Do you really want to know?" Adie asked her sincerely, Victoria nodding short after.

"A Beam fell from the ceiling, and was going to hit Takbir. She pushed him out of the way and towards a table saw. Luckily, Paige hit him with a 2x4 so hard, he missed, but Liz ran into a power drill and….." Adie said not able to finish the sentence.

They arrived at the cabin in a short time. "We need to safe proof the Cabin." Rob said as he opened the door revealing a ritzy cabin that looked as if it came straight out of a magazine. Stuffed animal heads lined the walls, a large chandelier hung in the center of the living room, and an 18th century Musket was in a glass case above the fire place.

"We need to take turns watching over Adie." Rob told the group. "I think she should stay in the master bedroom, It's the safest room in the entire cabin." Rob said. "I'll take the first shift." Victoria said as she walked into the master bedroom with Adie.

"We need to talk about what happened with Victoria." Paige said as She, Rob, and Takbir headed towards the table in the dining room. "What about Victoria?" Takbir asked. "After we saved her, she was almost killed again." Paige said. "Same thing happened with Chris! After I pushed him out of the way of the scoreboard, It exploded. The explosion is what killed him.

"I have a feeling Death knew I had another vision. He knew we were going to save them the first time. Maybe that's why they almost died a second time around. "Well whatever It was, Death obviously isn't going to let us go. I hope Adie will be okay, I don't think I could handle her leaving us." Paige whispered as she looked towards the master Bedroom. "Well let's get working. I'll Safe proof the Kitchen, Lord knows we don't need the stove blowing up." She smiled sheepishly as she stood from the table and walked away, hoping for the best but still expecting the worst.

Authors Note: No cliffhanger this time I suddenly got inspired after posting chapter Six and seven and decided to might as well post it. Hope I didn't disappoint and I Hope the next chapter will be very dramatic!!!!!