Chapter 7- Next In Line

Laura had been calling around for hours but she had finally got the names, "Alright I think we have the names, now Laura can you find out what hotels they were relocated too?" asked Caraan looking at the list.

It Read:
Gino Rocko
Mikey Terix
Villie Yarmouth
Sparky Smothers
Sara Shammers
Laura Bangs
Kristaline Tremors
Jared Crimson
Jenny Gernimo
Caraan Manna

"Alright um, after talking to Mitch he said everyone but us and Sparky Smothers transferred to the Pearl Seaside Resort." says Laura finally dropping her phone, "Ow my hand hurts." Kristaline laughed.

"Alright let's call a taxi and get to the Pearl Seaside." said Mikey getting up.

"Who said anything about a taxi, I have my car here." said Laura, "We'll just take it instead."

Mikey was relieved he didn't have to deal with another taxi ride, Laura motioned for the door, everyone left, Mikey was the last, he turned around and locked the room, it clicked and everyone piled into Laura's bright white Mercedes Van. "Nice." said Mikey.

"Yeah I know, it is just a rental but I wish I could keep it." said Laura, Kristaline reached across the dash and touched a navigation system, Kristaline typed in "Pearl Seaside Resort"

"Destination granted." said the navigation system, "Ten Miles north, then five miles west, then finally seven miles south."

"Guide." said Kristaline, a tiny map came up on the system were the Pearl Seaside was located, Laura fired up the engine and back out of the hotel's lot, she sped along the dirt road, little rocks shot up in front of them.

Meanwhile Jenny was getting ready to work out in the Pearl's gym, she loved this place every hotel had a gym it was awesome, Jenny made her way over to the leg press, she loaded up five hundred pounds and began to work at it.

"Come on you can do this girl." Jenny grunted to herself, she was pushing as hard as she could, her lifting attracted one Jared Crimson who was using the flex ropes while watching the news, he walked over to her, "What do you want?" asked Jenny.

"Well it seems you don't have a spotter, want one?" asked Jared hoping for a yes.

"Sure, I mean what is the worst that could happen?" said Jenny laughing, "Here help me get off without breaking myself." Jared held the weights as Jenny jumped off, and Jared then let go of the leg press, it smashed to the ground with a bang, one of the weights dislocated and rolled away, Jenny and Jared laughed.

Meanwhile the group was now only seven minutes away from the Pearl Seaside, "I wish we could get there faster." said Kristaline tapping the dash, the navigation system blinked to life.

"Take next left for shortcut, cut travel minutes by four minutes." said the navigation system, everyone smiled.

"Wow these things are really helpful." said Laura making a left, everyone saw that this road is hardly used because it goes through a tropical area making travel dangerous to the wildlife.

Laura sped through and the exited the other side, they could see the shining Pearl Seaside it was about a mile away, "Good navi!" said Kristaline patting the navigation system, everyone had huge grins on there faces

Meanwhile Jenny and Jared had moved to the reps platform, Jared loaded up 150 pounds on each end of the dumbbell, he struggled to bring it over to Jenny he placed it on the rack above Jenny, "Thanks." said Jenny grasping it and then she began to push it up, the intense weight was causing the holding rack to shake loose. It rattled every rep she did.

Caraan and the others pulled up into the parking lot and jumped out of the van, they rushed in the front door were they were quickly stopped by the front desk, "Were do you think your going?" asked a pale man with deep silver hair.

"Please we need to find these people." said Caraan handing the man the list of the people that we here.

"I am sorry we cannot give you that information." said the silver haired man returning to his desk.

"Please this is a matter of life and death." said Caraan.

"Well maybe I can give you the info, should you be staying here." said the man looking at his computer.

"Well we were in the Golden Tiger, we were the ones that escaped." said Caraan hoping it would work.

"Ah yes, Caraan Manna, Laura Bangs, Kristaline Tremors and Mikey Terix, I am sorry to hear about your friend Sara." said the man, "Well the only two people on the that list I have seen recently were Jenny Gernimo and Jared Crimson, they both entered the gym about ten minutes ago."

"Guys I will stay here you go and see the others." said Laura, "Now about our rooms."

Mikey, Kristaline and Caraan burst in the gym, the instructor was listening to his headphones in the corner, Mikey ran up to him, "I need to see Jenny Gernimo and Jared Crimson." The man pointed to Jenny and Jared who were at the reps platform.

They rushed over, Jared saw them running and backed up, meanwhile Jenny yelled "Spot!" Jared tripped over the weight that had come loose from the leg press, he fell backwards and kicked the rep platform, and the holding rack fell off just as Jenny tried to release the dumbbell.

The dumbbell fell and the grip bar hit Jenny across the throat the dumbbell slid backwards off the platform and with a loud yank it tore Jenny's head from her body, Jared was in shock as the head rolled towards him, the top of Jenny's spinal cord swayed in the wind of the fan, the veins that connected the spinal bones together was completely visible. Blood and spinal fluid leaked on the floor, it was a disgusting bright red.

Everyone had stopped working out and was now staring at the headless body of Jenny Gernimo, Laura rushed in, "Guys I have our..." she stopped, "Who was that?"

"Jenny Gernimo." said Caraan still staring at the horror show in front of her.