CHAPTER 7

Amanda shuddered as she walked down the sidewalk, heading towards the hovertrains.

She hated seeing people dyeing, and twice in a row? She still remembered Falco's look of pain and anguish. And she remembered what he said at the reception

"It's all my fault! I told her to take the bath! I should have stopped her!" Falco cried at the table

"Falco, it's not your fault. No one could have saw this happening" Amanda said, trying to comfort him

"IT'S ALL MY FAULT!" Falco suddenly burst out

"Falco! Calm down" Fox said

"DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN MCCLOUD! YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS NOT LAYING SIX FEET UNDER THE FUCKING GROUND!" Falco yelled.

Suddenly, He grabbed the table and flipped it, sending finger sandwiches, watermelon slices, grapes, kiwis, punch, paper plates, plastic forks and knifes and napkins onto the floor. Everyone watched in shock as Falco stormed out of the building

Amanda shuddered again as she reached the stairs. Poor Falco, she though as she descended into the station. She handed her pass to the guy in the toll booth, then stood by the track and waited for her train.

"So who next to die?" She thought "Peppy? Fox? Falco? Slippy? Or even me? What if I'm sitting at home, reading a book, and I slip on some spilled water? What If my bookcase falls over, and pins me to the ground? What If while I'm pinned, my chandelier comes lose and falls, crushing me under the..."

WOOSH!

Amanda was suddenly jerked out of her horrid vision by the sound of her train rolling in. She quickly got on and, finding no seats available, grabbed the bar and in the middle of the tain.

"I've got to stop thinking like this!" She thought to her self "I'll be fine once I get to Slippy. Yeah, we can sit by the fire, eat popcorn, and I'll just listen to the sound of his voice as he goes on about the G-Diffuser or whatever the fuck he's working on." Amanda smiled at the thought of this, and kept her mind busy by watching a little boy trying to tie his shoe laces

The train stopped again, and a scuzzy looking gator got on. He spotted Amanda and, smiling to himself, stood purposely close to her. Amanda could feel the gators breath on her neck, she could smell his putrid breath, a mix of alcohol and cigarettes and some other odour that was so putrid and vile that words cannot describe it.

"I like the colour o' your skin" said the gator in his deep, southern accent. "And your hair is like a golden flowin' riva" Amanda could see that they had rolled into the station "Please god" Amanda thought to her self "Let the doors open"

"I'd like to take you home, put you in something much more comfortable" As the train stopped, Amanda saw Slippy, Peppy and Fox looking at one of the wall maps. "I bet you taste as good as you look" Amanda sighed with relief when she saw the doors open, but suddenly gasped as the gator ran his thick tongue up her neck.

That was the last straw. She made a break for the doors, but the gator gripped her hand tightly, and spun her around. "Where do you think you're going?" He asked through gritted teeth, as he reach into his pocket.

"Let me go!" Amanda screamed, and did the one thing she remembered from self defence class: she kneed the gator forcefully in the crotch. The gator cried out in pain, and released his grip. Amanda ran for the doors, yelling "SLIPPY HELP!"

Slippy, Peppy and Fox turned just as Amanda reached the doors. Unfortunately, the doors happened to close at that time and, due to a incompetent worker, the safety restraints didn't work. The doors slid shut, catching Amanda's head in between

Seeing this, Slippy, Peppy and Fox ran over and tried with all their might to open the doors. People on the other side of the door also started pulling on the door when suddenly Slippy's heart stopped as the loudspeaker boomed:

Train Departing On Track B. Please Stand Clear Of The Yellow Line

When Slippy felt the train move, he yelled to Fox "FOX! STOP THE TRAIN! STOP THE TRAIN!" Fox ran down the platform, banging on the side of the train, yelling "Hey! Stop the train! Someone stuck! Hey! Stop!" Unfortunately, he wasn't watching where he was going, and ran smack dab into the wall, knocking him unconscious. Slippy ran after Amanda, but couldn't keep up with the train. Amanda, still struggling, saw something out of the corner of her eye that made her heart stop.

The train was entering the tunnel, and her head wasn't going to clear it.

"AMANDA!" Slippy cried, also seeing what was about to happen

"SLIPPY!" Was the last thing Amanda said before her head connected with the edge of the tunnel, decapitating her and spraying blood all over the wall, the train, the floor, and unconscious Fox, and all the passengers in the train (including the gator).

Slippy stared speechless at his fiancé's disembodied head for a moment, before dropping to his knees and wailing out:

"AAMMMMMMAAAANNNNNNDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"