Chapter Two
Tricentennial
"So, what do you say?" Ian asked a few days later. "Should we go to the Tricentennial?"
Erin laughed. "Good one," she replied darkly. "Maybe Wendy and Kevin will be there, running around frantically and warning everyone that Death is coming." Erin laughed at his impression of Wendy, waving his arms around. "Oh, no!" he exclaimed in a high voice. "We're all gonna die!" He returned to his normal voice. "Really, Wendy? I thought we were all immortal." They both laughed together.
"Humor me," Erin said, standing up. "Let's go."
"There they are," Erin muttered, pointing across the crowd. "Or, there's Wendy. I wonder what her boyfriend's doing." Ian snickered.
Suddenly Wendy spotted them. "Ian!" she called. "Erin!"
"Oh, great," Ian muttered, rolling his eyes. "Let's go." He grabbed Erin's sleeve and they moved away through the crowd.
"Look at everyone," Erin said in disgust as they wandered through the crowd. "Getting all happy and festive. It makes me sick." Ian nodded his agreement. Erin shivered as a breeze blew through. She wrapped her arms around herself and leaned closer to Ian.
Suddenly Erin looked over and saw Wendy talking to a couple of juniors. She recognized one of them as her sister, Julie.
"Probably warning them about Death," Ian smirked, also catching sight of Wendy. The two started walking towards them just as one of the juniors stood up. A second later she was impaled. (Out of Story: I don't know what exactly impaled Perry, so if someone could tell me that would be great.)
"Jesus fucking Christ!" Ian muttered. "Death really is in the air!" The couple jogged over to a horrified Wendy and Julie.
"Ian!" Wendy cried, looking up. "Get out of here!"
"What?" Ian asked. "Do I cause your Death? Then let's get it started!" Wendy hopped up and started running in the opposite direction, Julie following her.
"What was that all about?" Erin wondered. "Come on, I think the fireworks are gonna start soon." They both cracked up, knowing neither of them cared about the fireworks at all.
"Want to go get a hot dog?" Ian asked. "I'm pretty hungry."
"You're always hungry," Erin pointed out, punching his arm playfully. They walked towards the hot dog stand. Kevin was working there.
"Oh, shit," Ian said. "We found Wendy's boyfriend." Erin laughed a little bit. Before they could reach the stand, however, Kevin ran off.
"What is he getting all worked up about?"
After paying for hot dogs Ian and Erin walked over to where Wendy, Kevin, and Julie were crouched on the ground after one another of their horrible experiences.
"What's going on?" Ian snickered.
"Ian!" Wendy called. "Get away from here! Get away from me!"
"You know what, I don't think I will," Ian said casually. Erin snickered. They kept talking, but Erin tuned them out as the fireworks began. She tilted her head back to look at the first one that exploded in the sky.
"Erin! Ian! Watch out!" Erin looked away from the sky in time to hear Kevin, Wendy, and Julie shouting.
"What?" Erin began to say. A firework had gotten loose, and it was heading straight towards them. Erin screamed and dropped to the ground, but Ian's reflexes were slower. The firework slammed into his stomach, hurtling his body back a few dozen yards.
"Ian!" Erin wailed. The four remaining survivors were all in shock. Erin rolled over to get a better look at Ian's body just as the huge McKinley Tricentennial sign slammed to the ground, right where she had been a few seconds ago.
I told you it would get more exciting!! So, Ian's dead, and now Erin, Julie, Kevin, and Wendy are the only remaining survivors. In the next chapter, Wendy faces Death…in the face! Kevin intervenes, Julie gets paranoid, and Erin starts to actually believe Wendy… Stick around to see who will survive…and who will bite the dust!! Mwahaha! Okay, I suck at summaries, but whatever.