First and Last Chance
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Summary: Major AU. Saturday detention always sucks. But when weird stuff starts to happen, it is anything but boring. Seth/Summer, Marissa/Oliver, Zack.
A/n: Sorry it took so long, with Summer Reading, Vacations, Concerts and of course HP6, I gave up writing for a few weeks…
Disclaimer: The OC belongs to Fox… and this is written for pleasure only, no money is being made off of it. The plot belongs loosely to the Breakfast Club, but not really after the first chapter.
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"The Grip Of Death"
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"YOU WHAT?" Summer shouted. She couldn't believe the fact that Seth would overdose. Then there was a fact that he overdosed the previous night. Meaning unless he got it all out of his system there was no freaking way he would even be… awake to be here.
"I know, it doesn't make any sense, but it happened, I know I remember it. Maybe that is why everything is so… screwed up! I don't know…" Seth rambled, not looking at Summer.
But when he did, he was silenced. "Why Seth?" she asked, her voice small. "Why?"
Seth took a deep breath. She wasn't taking it all like he was expecting her to. "I don't know. Maybe because I didn't have any friends… maybe because everyone hated me and maybe just because it was the easiest way to escape everything…" Seth rambled. "Or maybe it was because the only people who I knew loved me hated me because I got a detention and my grades were slipping…"
"But that still isn't any reason to go and OD on drugs Seth!"
"Yeah well, you'd do the same freaking thing if you were in my position, and you know it…" Seth said bitterly.
Summer stayed silent, thinking about what she was going to say next. She didn't want to get Seth any more upset than he already obviously was.
Seth forced his head to slam back against the door of the room they were hiding in. A resounding thud echoed throughout the room.
"Cohen…" Summer said quietly, resting her head on the upset boy's shoulder, trying to think of anyway that she could possible comfort him, but there was nothing. When Coop overdosed she was out of it for a while. This… this was different.
Not a word of response came from Seth. He just didn't want to believe that this was happening. Him and Summer were alone, in a locked school with a murderer. With a deeper look into it, him and Summer were alone in a science room, waiting out death.
That was what this had become, waiting out death. Death had already taken everyone else.
Dr. Kim.
Oliver.
Marissa.
Zack.
They were all dead. Seth and Summer were the only ones left anymore.
"Some seriously screwed up shit is going on here. The doors are locked, Dr. Kim is dead… Seth… I don't know what happened, but someone, or something it out to get us. We can't split up like this. We need to stay together. If we can't stay together, we're going to die alone."
Die Alone…
That was what was happening. They were all going to die. Although to Seth it was just overdue, but now, he didn't want to die. Not anymore. He was stupid for wanting to die. Really stupid. It was his fault for not wanting to get friends. He knew that there were kids out there that would be his friend, but he was too lazy to go out and find that person.
Seth took a deep breath and sighed, using his free hand (as in the one that wasn't around Summer) to wipe away the tears that had formed in his eyes.
Maybe if he wouldn't have tried to OD the previous night, they wouldn't be dead. None of them would have been dead.
"Cohen," Summer repeated quietly. Seth had almost forgotten that she was even there. Resting on him, Seth Cohen. It wasn't believable.
"What?" Seth asked, his voice cracking.
"I'm scared," she finally admitted.
"Me too Sum, terrified," Seth admitted to. Gee this was great. They were both terrified, this was no way to go down. This was no way to die.
Yet this was how they were gonna die. Cold and alone.
But together. They were together.
A sudden bang on the door behind Seth caused him to jump. Summer jumped as well.
"Oh shit!" Seth whispered.
"He… She… It found us?" Summer said, he voice lower than a whisper, but the words cut through Seth as he nodded.
He was terrified. Scared so much. He looked around the room. They were in the Chem class room. Haha, that was really funny. The same classroom that got him stuck in the predicament he was in now. There was so much he could use in here.
"Sum, grab… grab… grab something heavy off of that desk," Seth said, stopping abruptly as the doorknob began to turn. Oh shit. He pushed all his weight against the door to try to keep it shut.
Summer just stood there, staring between Seth and the shadowy figure in the window.
"NOW!" Seth shouted. He had to take charge or there was nothing he could do.
Summer ran over to the desk and picked up a paperweight and turned back to look at Seth.
"Throw it at the window!" he said.
Summer didn't need telling twice as she threw it as hard as she could at the window. Luckily, it shattered into many pieces, giving them a way out. Seth couldn't believe he hadn't thought of it before.
Had he thought of that sooner, everyone else would have survived.
"Go Sum!" Seth said, his eyes wide in shock at what he was saying. He was practically sacrificing himself for someone who just realized he existed no more than an hour ago.
"No!" Summer shouted angrily. "You're not gonna be the hero here…"
The girl looked around and found exactly what she was looking for. She pulled the chair over to the door, and it made a horrible screeching sound. Seth moved slightly, still keeping most of his weight on the door. The… thing was still trying to get in.
Summer propped it up against the doorknob. "Now let's get the fuck out of here!" she said, pulling Seth over to the shattered window. The door began to shake, but luckily, the chair was doing its job for now. Summer climbed up on the windowsill and maneuvered her body around so her head was just inside.
Seth still couldn't believe it. They were getting out of here. They weren't gonna die.
Then without warning, Summer leaned in and kissed Seth. Neither of them could explain it, but it was due time for Seth. He had been dreaming of this moment for what seemed like the longest time.
It was a magical experience. He never wanted it to end.
Although the circumstances were quite different. He never would have dreamed that this was how he was going to be kissing Summer Roberts. But it was exactly how he imagined it. Beautiful, amazing, scary… all at the same time.
All of a sudden, the two of them where split apart when the door slammed open. Seth turned quickly to see a shadowed figure in the door, just looking at the two of them. Seth was frozen in fear. Scared witless.
"Seth!" Summer pleaded in his ear, pulling his arm as she was now totally out of the window.
Seth Cohen couldn't move though. He was paralyzed. He could feel Summer pulling on his arm, but the figure was coming closer to him and he was just staring at it.
Time seemed to slow down. When he finally found himself able to move, it was already too late. He turned quickly and threw himself out the window.
But before he felt the comfort of the ground and escape from the hell-hole that Harbor had become, he felt himself being pulled back in through the window. "SUMMER!" he shouted. Summer grabbed his hands and Seth tried to pull away from the tight grip that the shadowy figure had on him. He shouted as he felt himself being pulled back in.
His eyes shut tightly. He wasn't gonna die. Not now, he was too close to freedom. But he was being pulled, nothing he could do.
Slowly, he let go of Summer's hands as he was thrown back inside of the room. He heard Summer shouting his name, but everything seemed to stop as his eyes locked on the shadowy figure that even in the slight light from the shattered window, was still shadowy.
This was the murderer.
This was the killer.
This was the… thing that killed Dr. Kim, Oliver, Marissa, Zack…
They were dead because of him. That thing and him.
He hated this. He tried to stand up, but his legs turned to jello again and he fell to the floor.
This was it. This was the end.
The shadowy thing laughed as he fell to the ground. Seth couldn't see what was so funny. He just glared at the figure as a pounding headache erupted through his head. This was horrible.
Slowly, the figure came closer to him. Too close for comfort. Everything suddenly got cold. Seth would have screamed had he been able to. Was this how it killed Marissa and Zack?
It felt like every single breath in his body was being sucked out of him. He couldn't breathe. He couldn't move. He was powerless, he was dying.
His eyes were being forced shut by some force and a searing pain shot through his body as everything faded into blackness.
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A/n: Wow, I got so many reviews for that chapter. It made me feel sooo special! Keep um coming!
Laugh-a-Lot Bear - Hence why I didn't actually have Seth see him, because he could very well be the 'killer'
octobersmoke - giggles
Abby - Ryan doesn't really exist in this story except as someone who spent the weekend at the Cohens. Sorry. No Summeran in this story…
JenJenxx - I never said Zack was dead…
emogeek1 - Cancer… that would be Ali (no offense Ali)
adambrody10 - It will make sense, I promise. FEENY!
kiss meh sexeh - Wow, I think you're the same person as V…
delicious caramel kisses - Seeing as you posted the same comment! Red Bull makes me hyper too..
orange-tide - YAY! You finally reviewed my story! Haha. As for what is going on… I have two paths I could go down… one being Seth dying… and there being no sequel, or Seth surviving and there being a sequel… Hmmm…
summeran forever07 - Thanks! I try to come up with different story ideas because I get sick of writing the same stories that everyone else is writing, because I get tired of reading the same stories over and over and over again… if I don't take the sequel to this path… the next one will be Summeran!
KC-Chick - I'll keep it in mind… back burner… Seth can't die? That used to be my motto… FEENY!
The Cotton Candy Kisses - I don't want your head to explode…
nefftys - Summer will live… the next chapter will decide whether Seth dies or not..