Final Destination: Cheat it Once, Cheat it Twice

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or ideas of Final Destination

Setting: The lobby of the Darla Inn of Extravagance.

Characters:

Jamie- A sophomore at the Finale School of Music

Wanda- Jamie's girlfriend

Quinton- A good friend of Jamie

Tashonya- Quinton's girlfriend

Umstel- Another student of Finale School of Music

Yolanda- The president of the social volunteer committee at Finale School of Music

The students arrive at the hotel in a blue van with yellow stripes. The side doors roll open, and six ecstatic individuals jump out of the vehicle and proceed to stand in front of the automatic doors of the hotel. Yolanda is the last to exit the bus.

TASHONYA: Ooh, damn! It's humid up in this bitch! Can I get some water? A fan? A blizzard, or somethin'?

QUINTON: Damn, girl, quit yappin'! You always got somethin' to say about everything!

TASHONYA: Will you quit bitchin' about my bitchin'? I believe I got the right to say what I wan'say!

QUINTON: Yeah, and I'm 'bout to say somethin' about your triflin' ass payin for your own ticket next time…

JAMIE: You two! Hush! Let's get to the front desk so we can get some air already!

Jamie turns around and looks at Wanda, Umstel, and Yolanda, who are lugging their bags out of the trunk.

JAMIE: C'mon! You're holding everyone up!

YOLANDA: Coming! Just gotta get these bags of this stinker, haha! They don't call it luggage for nothing! Haha!

Jamie laughs to be polite.

JAMIE: You too, Wanda and Umstel.

UMSTEL: I'm going as fast as I can! It would go much faster if you helped us a little…

WANDA: Yeah, Jamie!

Jamie rolls his eyes and heads toward the front desk, where Tashonya and Quinton have already arrived. After everyone congregates in front of the main desk, Jamie identifies their reservations.

JAMIE: Hello. How's it goin? We have reservations for two 3-room suites…Do you show these reservations under the name Finale?

HOTEL CLERK: Yes. However, you should know that that room is notorious for its noisy thermostat, and the only upgrade to a new room is very expensive.

JAMIE: (Sarcastically) Well, can't we just get the upgrade free, since we weren't notified over the phone about this issue?

Jamie laughs. The hotel clerk joins him in laughter.

HOTEL CLERK: Oh, no, hehe. My boss would kill me if I did that. He'd probably kill you, too.

Jamie's laughter dies down as a long line of paper emerges out of the clerk's printer. The clerk rips the paper out of the printer and hands it to Jamie, along with six room keys.

HOTEL CLERK: Enjoy your stay! You'll love your room—it's to die for.

JAMIE: Thanks!

Jamie turns to the others, who struggle to carry their heavy luggage. He passes out a key to every individual. The group heads toward the elevator.

UMSTEL: So, what room are we in, Jamie?

JAMIE: Hold on, let me check.

Jamie fumbles with the paper that the clerk gave him to find the room number. Just as he is about to announce it, the elevator doors open.

TASHONYA: Hells yes!

The group steps on. Jamie is the last to enter, but he hesitates boarding the elevator, as his mind becomes fuzzy. He shakes his head and walks onto the elevator. Two other people board with him and his group.

WANDA: What number?

STRANGER #1: Floor 1, please.

Wanda presses the button marked as "1". After hearing that they are in rooms 821 and 822, she also presses "8".

STRANGER #2: Oh, also the parking level, please.

Wanda smiles politely and presses "0-P". The elevator doors close. The passengers of the elevator stand in silence as the elevator heads downward. At the parking level, one of the strangers gets off. The elevator then heads back up. At the first level, the other stranger gets off. As they pass the third floor, the elevator begins to rattle. The students look at each other with concern. More rattling. Wanda looks worriedly at Jamie. Jamie strokes Wanda's hair as Wanda cuddles into him.

JAMIE: Don't worry, Wanda… Elevators in high-end hotels like this have a crash-rate of less than 6.

Wanda smiles. Pleased with himself, Jamie puts his arm around Wanda and glances at a small sticker by the floor-indicators that reads "next recommended maintenance check: 3/2/06. Jamie glances at his watch, which reads 3/11/06. The elevator now jumps up once, then lands back down. This causes the lights to flicker. More rattling. By now, half of the students are scrambling and worrying. The elevator jumps one last time, and everyone screams. This causes the ropes pulling the elevator up to start swerving, knocking the elevator off of its course. It hits the sides of the shaft, and the controls inside of the elevator begin to spark, as the lights completely shock out.

TASHONYA: Oh shit! Oh my God, what's happening?

QUINTON: Fuck!

Quinton leaps at the controls and frantically presses the emergency button, but it sparks and shorts out. The group then resorts to banging on the elevator doors, which just throws the elevator off balance even more. The elevator's ropes begin to snap, thread by thread. Suddenly, the elevator snaps, completely off of its ropes. As the elevator falls down seven stories of shaft, it rotates while falling and lands diagonally, which temporarily stops its fall. However, Wanda is thrown against the back of the elevator, and her skull is shattered against the metal.

JAMIE: Wanda! No!

Afterwards, the elevator begins sliding down the shaft against the walls. Quinton continuously punches the control box, eventually breaking it through. However, his fist slips through the hole, also. He is electrocuted, and falls to the ground.

TASHONYA: Shit!

The elevator doors malfunction, and open. The elevator itself them resumes its freefall through the shaft, but then lands the other way. Tashonya and Umstel are thrown out of the open doors, and fall to the end of the shaft. The electrical cords from the control box spark and eventually explode, igniting Yolanda's clothes. She flails, but eventually is roasted to her death. The elevator resumes its free fall. Jamie is crying and screaming, but before the elevator hits the bottom of the shaft, Jamie's mind clears up again.

TASHONYA: Hells yes!

The group proceeds to enter the elevator, but Jamie jumps in front of them. Tears are streaming down his face.

JAMIE: No! We can't get on the elevator!

TASHONYA: Why the hell not, Jamie? C'mon, I'm hot! I wanna get up to our rooms!

JAMIE: No! The whole elevator's gonna crash and fall to the bottom of the shaft! We're all gonna die! The ropes on the elevator are gonna snap…and…No! We can't!

Wanda runs over and tries to console her boyfriend. The hotel manager comes rushing over.

MANAGER: What in Christ's name is going on here?

QUINTON: My friend here claims the elevators going to crash. Sir, I apologize for the…

JAMIE: No! It's true! I'm serious!

The elevator doors close, and the elevator heads on its way.

TASHONYA: I hope you're happy! Now we have to wait for it to come all the way back down!

MANAGER: Is there any serious problem here? You're scaring out other visitors!

WANDA: You okay, Jamie?

JAMIE: Yolanda! She never got off of the elevator! She's gonna die!

QUINTON: Whatever—It was all just a load of bullshit! Of course he's okay! He just wants a little bit of—

A huge crash is heard, rattling the whole lobby. The elevator doors open to reveal a smashed elevator a couple of feet down the shaft. Smoke fills the lobby.

TASHONYA: Oh my God!

Quinton looks at the elevator, totally confused. Jamie begins crying.

WANDA: This is a joke, right? How could you possible know, Jamie?

JAMIE: I dunno, I just saw it. It all seemed so real…

The manager runs back to the scene.

MANAGER: Motherfucker…