Chapter 19

"Tawni!" Sonny begged, taking a bite of her final sandwich. "Please talk to me!"

"Sonny, she'll talk to you if she wants to." Chad responded, licking the remnants of his own sandwich off of his fingers.

Sonny glared at him, then turned back to Tawni. "Can I just say one thing?" She pleaded.

The blonde turned to look at her, finally caving in. "What?"

"I just wanted to say you're an awesome friend, okay?" The brunette told her.

"Yeah, yeah," Tawni replied, not wanting Sonny to see her happiness. She'd usually have been alone in the world. "Let's just get going or something. I don't really feel like dying today." The two others nodded, packing up their belongings and strolling along.

The three walked in a line, side by side, quietly. Nobody really knew what to say at a time like this. Well, until Tawni announced, "I really have to use a bathroom."

Sonny and Chad looked at each other. "Okay," Chad told her, pointing at an ice cream place. "Go in that building over there."

"I bet it's dirty…"

Sonny sighed. "Just go, okay? We're not far from the clue."

The two watched as she began walking towards the restaurant. The next thing they knew, a loud shot erupted through the air. Tawni soon was on the ground, blood pouring out her skull. Chad and Sonny just stood there, shocked, before another bullet narrowly missed Sonny.

"Run?" Sonny questioned rather calmly for the situation.

"And scream." Chad added, before taking her hand and beginning to sprint. The two quickly maneuvered their way near a park, around buildings, and through the street. Sonny took the time to quickly look back, noticing a face glaring at her. It quickly sped off, attacking them from the side. The two ducked around a building and rushed inside, panting from the physical work.

The two looked each other in the eyes, smiling for a brief moment before Sonny's eye landed on Chad's shoulder. "Whoever was shooting may not have been good at handling a gun, but they did manage to graze you." She said, and it was true. Chad's shoulder was bleeding, but not enough to equal a severe injury.

"I'll be fine." He told her, smiling.

She shook her head. "I have gauze in here somewhere. I don't want your arm to get infected." The brunette rummaged through her bag, pulling out a first aid kid. Out came Neosporin and a long strip of gauze. She quickly used some spare gauze to take away some of the blood, then smeared Neosporin on it. Wrapping the gauze quickly around him arm, she cut it with some scissors and clamped it with a few clips also found in her bag.

Chad looked at her, dumbstruck. "Thanks. I didn't know you could do that."

She sighed. "It's not that hard."

"Get out of my lobby!" A voice yelled at the two, and they looked up to see a rather angry man in a nice uniform glaring at them. "You don't live here!"

"Sorry!" Sonny yelled, grabbing Chad by his good arm and starting to exit out the door. "I don't think the killer is here right now." She told him.

Chad grabbed her hand. "We need to be more careful." He told her, spinning her around so he could look into her beautiful eyes. "Or we'll get killed before we know it."

Sonny seemed distracted by something in the distance. "I know. Do you want to know what bothers me?"

"What?"

She looked down at the ground. "I know it seems stupid, but I kind of wanted to die seeing the sun. And it wasn't even sunny today!"

The blonde leaned in closer to her. "As long as you're here, it's always Sonny. Do you want to know something?"

She looked at him like a little lost child. "Yes, Chad?"

"I love you. Or at least, I think I do. I don't want to go a day without you." He took this time to further close the gap between them.

"I think I might just love you too." She responded, watching him slowly inch closer.

Then she closed the gap, feeling relatively calm as they kissed. The feeling of his lips on hers, the fingers playing with her hair, her fingers tangled in his, it all seemed surreal. They stayed like this for some time before needing to break apart. "Wow." She breathed, not completely aware she was saying it.

He smirked. "I'm good at kissing, aren't I?"

Sonny playfully punched him in the arm. "Shut up." Then she felt something roll into her leg: a rolled up piece of paper. Curiously, she opened it and began to look at it.

"What's that?" Chad asked, peeking over her shoulder.

The teen grinned up at the boy. "Another clue."

You have found your final clue,

And the end of your journey is near,

But before the end there must be pain,

As well as work and tears.

For this time you will not have to wait too long,

But must cross a sea of red,

And just as a warning, those who are gone,

May not actually be dead.

"What could they mean by that?" Chad asked, but Sonny was beginning to figure it out. All the weird things she had seen…

She ran. She knew something she needed to save people was near. Chad wasn't following, however. He watched as he felt an earthquake erupt out of nowhere. A crack formed, growing larger and larger. Chad ran out to save her, to die with her, but it was too late.

The crack was closing, swallowing up Sonny along with it.

OMG, A CLIFFY! That is a line from a story entitled, "How Not To Write Ouran Fanfiction." It is the story that got me interested in parodies. Anyways, I could have done a better job at updating, but I have been VERY busy, as always. The story is getting good now! I have evil lurking just around the corner… But so are tests and quizzes, so I hope you all will stand by this story no matter how long I am gone!

Disclaimer: Neosporin? Don't own that. SWAC? Don't own that? Any of the songs I use as chapter names? Don't own them either! Yay! *sarcasm*