Five. That was the number of funerals that Adie attended over the course of the next few weeks. Zach's, Jake's, Stacey's, Courtney's, and Rob's funerals. Each were more depressing than the first. Adie of course hadn't defeated Death and she knew that she wouldn't any time soon either but for the time being she was safe. She had begged her parents to be homeschooled. Her old school beared sad memories and it was a Death trap with anything from a black board to a lunch tray being the potential cause of her death. After a period of time, her parents had grudgingly agreed. Adie had demanded a simple homeschool teacher, the type that didn't wear anything flashy or use any technology like celphones. At that point her parents had been seriously weirded out but they had picked a safe homeschool teacher none the less.

It was a short stout woman who always wore a similar attire: A skirt and a blouse. She didn't use a cellphone and never had anything like her keys or purse with her , anything that could be identified as dangerous. She was graduating next week and was planning on taking a reasonable amount of those online college courses instead of going to an actual college. Then she was going to buy herself a nice apartment preferably near Wendy and Kevin's house. It sounded like a great and safe strategy on paper but she hated it. She hated it with every fiber of her being. She hated not being able to go to a real college. She hated not being able to escape the town that she had lived in ever since she was born. She hated having to watch her back and be cautious all the time. But most of all, she hated the feeling that she had. The feeling of pure fear that followed her around like her own personal ghost of hell, sending ice down her veins everywhere she went. Adie grabbed her purse from her bureau and stopped to look at the new picture frame on top of it. It was the pictue of her and Kris.

She had returned home one night and had instantly regretted her desicion. She had bought a new frame and had placed the picture inside. As she stared at it, a tear slid down her face. But it wasn't one of sadness it was on of fear. Fear of not knowing what was going to happen next of what was coming next. She traced Kris's smile with her finger and thistime the tear that fell was one of sadness.

Kris was the one person who cared about her. Her true love. Her soulmate. She scoffed as she realized that she sounded like one of those corny overly-dramatic Twilight Novels that she and Kris had so often mocked. Then the truth hit her. She had no one.

She had no friends and no boyfriend. She was all alone.

Her parents were so emotionally disconnected from her that neither could name her favorite color, much less understand what she was going through. Wendy and Kevin weren't as so much her friends but just two unlucky people that had been forced to interact with her because they were natural heroes at heart who liked to help others. And as for Joshua...they weren't friends either. He was just another unlucky guy who had been caught in this whole mess as well. If it weren't for Death chasing them, they never wouldn't have spoken to each other. This time she took her purse and left the room without looking back.

*** Adie entered the McKinley Art Museum and rolled her eyes. Why was everything in this town named after the McKinley's? Then the memory of Ian McKinley's room made her regret her thoughts. The museum was pretty small, nothing to go home and yell to mother about. It had several abstract paintings on one wall and portraits on the other. There was a group of the rich society type coversing in the middle of the room and Adie walked right past them. This was going to be one of the only times that she was going to be able to be in a public place and feel safe and no one was going to ruin it for her. There was an interesting and sharp sculpture that Adie examined. It was so unusual and yet simple. She passed by a tall marble statue of a man shooting an arrow, a painting of a fruit bowl, and a painting of two imprinted and painted red and blue hands. The painting read "Til Death do us Apart.'

The thought of dying for the one you loved was beautiful...but a bit creepy at the moment. She walked away, the image of the two hands still flashing in her mind. She reached what seemed to be the most popular wing of the museum and gasped. Above her was a large crystal chandelier that glittered mysteriouly. It was so pretty....

"Adie?" a voice called from behind her.

She spun around to see a beaming Joshua in a tux holding a glass full of some purple liquid.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Looking at some paintings and stuff. That's kind of the point of this museum you know." Adie answered.

Joshua smirked. "Haven't changed at all. So how's it going?"

"Fine i guess. Nothing's changed. I'm going to be taking some online college courses. I'm going to major in Art History." she told him with a careless wave.

"That sounds cool. Yeah i'm going to take some of those courses too. But i'm still not sure what i'm going to major in." he said.

Adie smiled back socially. Suddenly, she felt a rush of cold air and turned around quickly, startling Joshua and making him spill his drink all over his tux. "I'm so sorry!" Adie apologized, trying to get rid of the large purple stain with a napkin he was holding.

The stain just seemed to get worse.

"That's fine, i really hated this thing." Joshua laughed as he took the napkin from her hand. He smiled at her in a friendly way and the feeling of lonliness that Adie felt inside of her slowly subsided. Maybe she did have a friend after all.

"Adie? Joshua? Long time no see!" a cheery voice called from behind. It was Kevin and Wendy!

Kevin was wearing a tux too and his face was almost clear from the burns except for a few red spots on his right cheek. His hair had returned back to normal and was no longer stinged.

Wendy was wearing a dress similar to Adie's except it was red while Adie's was purple and Wendy's arm was in a sling.

Adie was of course happy to see them but she couldn't help but feel wary.

"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" she asked anxiously.

Wendy looked at her inquisitevely, probably sensing that she didn't fell all that well but Kevin didn't seem to notice at all as he spoke in his warm voice, "Well we were looking for jobs the other day and i met this guy, Mr. Jacobson. He offered us work-at-home jobs and we accepted them. Anyways, we're here to meet him and some of his friends, you know to get on his good side."

"Ah." Adie acknowledged.

"Does your arm feel better?' Joshua asked Wendy.

Wendy grinned and held it up slightly. "Yeah it's just numb and a bit bruised and burned. It should be off next week." she replied.

Adie saw a sparkle from one of the fingers on Wendy's hand. It was a wedding ring! Wendy noticed Adie's wide eyes and she smiled brightly. "Yeah it's a wedding ring."

"And guess who's the lucky guy?" Kevin laughed, taking Wendy's good arm.

"Oh my god! Congratulations!" Adie squealed.

She wasn't the squealing type but she found that it was appropriate for this situation.

"Congrats man." Joshua told Kevin, shaking his hand.

"The wedding is next month. Nothing special, just a simple ceremony. You guys are invited, that is if you want to go." Wendy said.

Adie and Joshua chuckled.

"Of course we want to go!" Adie said brightly.

"Good. Because well i don't really know anybody else. I mean Carrie and Julie are..you know so i don't have any other girl friends. So it would be really good if maybe you could be my maid of honor?" Wendy requested nervously.

Adie was stunned. "Um sure! That would be great!" she finally answered.

"And maybe you could be my best man?" Kevin offered. Joshua agreed with his signature smile.

A bunch of teengers with baggy clothes and bad attitudes suddenly entered the museum and began making noise. One of them had an ipod that was so loud that even Adie could hear it. It had a familiar song on that she turned to listen to.

"Now i'm in over my head, with something i said. Completely misread, i'm better off dead. And now i can see, how fake you can be. This hypocary's beginning to get to me. Over my head, better off dead. Over my head, better off dead."

Adie shuddered.

Wendy once again seemed to sense her and turned to her. "What's wrong?"

Suddenly, a large truck came crashing through the glass window of the museum! People began running and screaming and Wendy, Adie, Joshua, and Kevin quickly headed for the door.

Unfourtantly, one of the shards of glass went flying towards Kevin and struck him in the throat! Blood began spilling rapidly down his neck and he backed up slowly, clutching at his throat. He was right next to the huge marble statue as it spontaneoulsy fell over and crushed him!

Wendy screamed loudly and she began running over to his body when she slipped on the floor. She stumbled to regain her footing and the chandelier above her collapsed and landed right on her!

Adie let out a blood-curdling scream and sobbed as she was pushed by bystanders that were trying to escape the museum. She tried to make her way over to Joshua who was a few yards away from her. One of the many people who were running away elbowed Joshua and he fell backwards, the sharp sculpture that Adie had examined before pierced his skull!

Adie yelled in horror at the sight of another person dead and she was also pushed aside roughly by a bystander. She fell to the floor and hit her head hard.

***Adie's eyes flickered open. The museum was dark and empty. It was also smoking as if a fire had started while she was knocked out. The glass ceiling had collapsed as well and all there was above her was the clear night sky. Her eyes wandered over to the door leading outside of the museum and saw that it had never been opened. No one had ever reached it. That's when she saw all the dead bodies laying around the floor and she sobbed. Everyone was dead. She was the only survivor. Suddenly, she felt a blazing light behind her and what she saw made her want to faint. The truck that had crashed into the museum was backing up, driverless. It was going to run her over! Adie trie to get on her feet but found that her legs had given out. The truck began racing forward towards her! Adie screamed desperately as she realized that all that was left for her was to die.

*** Adie's vision ended. Joshua was right in front of her talking about his major. She felt a rush of cold air and spun around. Joshua's drink spilled on him. Again.

"Oh my god." Adie whispered. Tears were now forming in her eyes.

"Are you ok?" Joshua asked in a voice full of concern.

"Adie? Joshua? Long time no see!" A cheery voice called from behind them.

Adie turned wildly and saw Wendy and Kevin. She ran up to them and grabbed Wendy's damaged arm. There was a wedding ring on her finger.

Wendy suddenly knew exactly what was going on. She knew that reaction.

"We have to get out here!" she cried, gripping Kevin's arm.

Adie nodded wildly and began running towards the exit door with Wendy, Joshua, and Kevin. The door wouldn't open!

Completely misread i'm better off dead

Adie and Wendy struggled with the door.

Over my head, better off dead

Kevin and Joshua tried the door as well and when it wouldn't budge they headed for the glass window but were blocked by a crowd of bystanders!

Over my head, better off dead

The truck from Adie's vision came into sight and Adie and Wendy screamed in terror as it crashed through the museum!

Author's Note: Whoa! Dramatic ending! But now it's up to you guys. Should i just end the story with this chapter making it more of a cliffhanger and keep you realing like FD3 or should i write an Epilougue? It's up to you! Write a review telling me what you want to read! The song that was played in the museum was called "Over My Head" by Sum41 and it's a really awesome song that you should listen to. As usual hope you enjoyed reading the story, thanks for reading, and please review!