Final Destination: All Aboard

Chapter 1 – Boat Trip

It was a sunny day in suburbia. The sun was gleaming down upon the streets, glistening off the cars, birds were tweeting their merry songs. But all this was about to change for one group of people. For they were about to be stalked…by Death. They were originally destined to get on the cruise ship, but fate had to be changed because this was going to be no ordinary cruise – all the people on it were destined to die shortly after its departure, due to a faulty wiring no-one had noticed. And only one person knew about it…George Waxler.

"Hey George, wake up – we're nearly there!"

George Waxler woke with a start. He was going with some college buddies on a cruise, to soak in the sun and relax after just having finished their finals.

"Okay, people – next stop, the Santa Maria!"

All the college students were there from Highwood College – all of them ready to relax after just finishing their finals. They had all pitched in, no-one had been left out, not even the unpopular kids.

"Hey Nathan, watch out!" Billy called as he pushed Nathan down the steps, then laughing as Nathan picked himself up and brushing himself off. "Hey, watch it poindexter." Billy grunted as he shoved past Nathan.

Nathan got up and skulked off to get their tickets. He returned after about a minute with their tickets.

"Hey, hands off my ticket Nathan, I don't want you coming in my room while I'm there, you'd probably come onto me or something."

"I was just getting them."

"I can get tickets myself, numbnuts, I don't need your help, now beat it before I smash your face in!"

Nathan hurried off, but not before muttering under his breath a solitary:

"Jerk."

"What was that, asswipe?"

"N-Nothing."

"No, you said something. What did you say?"

"N-Nothing, I swear, Billy, why would I say anything about you?"

"Because you're a pathetic asshole who has nothing better to do than insult people when you're not cramming knowledge into your-"

Nathan ran up to Billy, grabbed him and pulled him out of the way, just in time for a car to narrowly miss him.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Saving your life – you could have got killed."

"Well…I could have dealt with it without your help."

"But you didn't even see it coming!"

"Are you questioning me?"
"No…"

"Good, well I guess I won't beat you up now."

"Thanks Billy."

"Just get on the damn boat and stay out of my sight."

Now that they all had their tickets, they got on the boat ready for it to start off. All their luggage was on board, and everyone else had already checked in. George went to the front of the ship and looked out to the coastline. He looked down at the sea, and could have sworn he saw a dark shape in the water. Probably just some fish, he thought. He was peering over the edge when suddenly a loud explosion, caused him to fall backwards in shock. He looked over the edge and saw flames rising up from the front of the ship.

"Jesus Christ, the boat's on fire!" He shouted.

He ran to John Bramble, his best friend's cabin – number #11, and banged on the door.

"What is it?"

"John, the boat's on fire!"
"What? George, is that you?"
"John, get out of there, the boat's on fire."
John came out of his room, and stared at George.

"George, I find it hard to believe that the boat's on fire, if this is your idea of a joke, then it's really not-"

An explosion cut him off in mid-sentence, flames engulfed the ship, destroying each cabin as it went. That was the last thing John and George saw before melting under the immense heat…

"Hey George, wake up – we're nearly there!"

George looked around him, shocked at what he had just witnessed – it seemed so real, the explosion, the heat – almost as if he had actually been there.

"W-What's going on?"

"We're here at the port. Come on, the ship will be leaving soon."

George grabbed John and pulled him back.

"George, what's wrong?"

"The ship's going to explode…I just saw it."

"Oh come on, I know everyone gets nervous when they hear about all these train wrecks and plane crashes, but you're just being paranoid, nothing bad will happen. I promise."

"No, I saw it – it was so real."

"You just had a bad dream, now come on, we've got a cruise to go on."

George glanced over to Nathan, now picking himself up off the floor and brushing himself off just outside the bus.

"Hey, watch it poindexter." Billy grunted as he passed Nathan, just like in George's premonition.

"It's happening…"

"What is?"

"My dream – Billy tripped up Nathan in it then Nathan pulled him away from the car that nearly killed him."

"What are you talking about? That never happened."

"But it will. It will happen, and then we're going to get on the boat and then it's going to explode and we're all going to die."
"Jesus, look at you, do you know how crazy you sound?"

"I know it sounds farfetched but it's better to be safe than sorry."

George ran out of the bus, pushing past everyone on his way.

'Gotta get those tickets,' George thought 'gotta save everyone.'

"Jerk." He heard Nathan mutter.

"What was that, asswipe?"

"N-Nothing."

"No, you said something. What did you say?"

"N-Nothing, I swear, Billy, why would I say anything about you?"

"Because you're a pathetic asshole who has nothing better to do than insult people when you're not cramming knowledge into your-"

Nathan ran up to Billy, grabbed him and pulled him out of the way, just in time for a car to narrowly miss him. No sooner had he done this, did George grab the tickets from Nathan, and throw them in the water, a lot of people started to move towards him, but John stopped them, claiming he was delirious.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Billy cried. "Those are our ticket!"

"Billy, I know this sounds stupid, but trust me – you mustn't get on that boat, it's going to explode. I saw it in a premonition."
"I knew it'd happen some day, you've finally cracked. Someday you'll learn the advantages of being normal."

"Give me your ticket Billy."

"No, why should I let some gaywad like you ruin the entire trip for me? I'm going, even if the rest of you aren't – I paid for this trip and I'm not being conned out of £300 just for some bad dream you had."

George

"I'm only trying to protect you Billy!" George shouted at Billy as the boat left the pier.

"Yeah, well I don't need your protection, I'm fine as I am! See? I'm on the boat and nothing's happened! Hey, maybe if you're quick enough you can swim to the boat before we get too far away. All except Nathan, he's probably allergic to water, he's allergic to everything else. Well, so long-"

An explosion cut him off just like it had with George. It was too late for Billy – as soon as he realised what was happening, it was too late…but for the others, it had just begun…