Sacrifice
Mike, unconscious, was dreaming about what school would have been like if the bus crash never happened. He remembered everybody, the dead and the five that were sill alive fighting for their lives.
Tobey, finally with Amy after years of waiting. Anthony finally getting enough guts to ask Anna out. Himself with Minnie Rodriguez, a pretty cute girl who Mike wanted to be with a few days before the crash. She died in the crash too. He remembered she was sitting a row in front of Anna.
"Thank god you didn't get off." He thought. He remembered everybody else. Ella, Paula, Jordan, Jason, Tuck, Ray, Kristy, and Marie. Then he thought of the dead friends he had that got off. Ben, the innocent outcast that always was fun to be around with. He was like a Robin if Tobey was Batman. His fate being sliced in two. Serena, the snobby pretty girl that every school needs, only to die in a fire. Kyle. Yes, he was aggressive and shallow but that was Kyle. A jerk if he was without Jordan Taylor. But worst f all, Giovanna. Giovanna. Giovanna's death hurt him like nothing before. He thought of all of this and thought of all the torment that the people who got off had to go through. "Thank god that none of you got off."
Jordan and Serena, prom queen and king. Kyle and Jason with Kristy and Marie. That was the point of what would be there prom. Ray and Tuck with other pretty girls. Tobey with Amy and Anthony with Anna together in true first love. Paula, Ella, and Alexis with the skaters they dated, but Giovanna all alone. All alone heartbroken. Mike dreamed of himself at the prom, walking up to Giovanna with a rented tuxedo. Joy filling her eyes as she held Mike's hands and danced. Just danced. That as all they needed to be happy.
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Tobey looked at Alexis' head on the ground. He was terrified. He have seen three people die in gruesome ways. He turned to an unconscious Mike only to be surprised. He was smiling in his temporally coma.
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Anthony was only having sudden flashbacks. His father. The jerk who left him. He pictured the moment.
Delilah Glover, heart broken to see her pregnancy test at 17 years of age. Positive. The father, Antoine Walters, was the typical jock in High School. They were deeply in love with each other according to Delilah's eyes. She wanted to tell Antoine. She had to. She was afraid how he would react, and then figured that he would understand.
She had run away with Antoine to a department. They could barely afford it, but it was something. Antoine had a job as a clerk after school and Delilah worked as a maid.
Antoine arrived. He had signed up for the army . He was excited but was shocked to see Delilah wasn't. He figured that she didn't like being alone. He told her that he would write to her and try to be with her at all times. Delilah broke the news to him, and he didn't react the way she expected.
Delilah's heart shattered to pieces to see his reaction. "What are you kidding me?" those being the words that made Delilah's life miserable. " I'm not ready for a kid. I can't take that responsibility. You're on your own." He yelled. He packed his stuff, ignoring the crying Delilah, and left. Delilah knew what this meant. Antoine was gone forever.
Six, years later, Delilah was working as a waitress now at age twenty three. Her treasure, six year old Anthony, was the most adorable thing on Earth according to her. She met a handsome decent man. Shawn, who became Anthony's step father. Now, 15 year old Anthony, only loved Delilah, but cared for Anna, Shawn and Mike.
"Anthony!!!!" Tobey yelled, " Look at Mike!!!!" Anthony woke up from his flashback. He looked at Mike, smiling unconscious. He made a confused face and then Mike opened his eyes.
" Let's finish Death." Mike said in a cheered up tone..
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Anthony was glad Mike was ok again. He had never seen Mike so upset in his life. He cared for Mike like a brother.
The hurricane had gotten worst. The rain stung your skin. That type of thin rain that felt like knife points on your skin. The wind blew everyone's hair. They were almost at Alexis' house when they saw bees flying.
" Bees flying, in a storm????" Anthony thought confused.
" Have you seen so many bees before?" Mike said. He was right. There were at least 500 bees outside in a swarm. None of them seen so much together in sunlight. Let alone in rain. " Is that a sign? " Mike asked. He barely finished saying this when the bees headed toward the five teenagers.
"RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Anthony shrieked with his puberty voice. Everybody hurried. The bees caught up quickly. Tobey yelped as couple of bees stung him. Mike and Amy desperately swatted at the buzzing insects. Anthony was ahead, while Anna looked like she had small pox on her left arm because of the bees,.
Luckily, they weren't that far from Alexis' house. They hurried in the door. With a great speed, Anthony smashed the door closed and locked it. Tobey closed an open window that he found, while the rest looked outside to see if the bees would leave. The bees left and died in the rain. The hurricane, fortunately, wasn't a strong one. The rain was worst and the winds were strong, but it wasn't enough to destroy a house. Tobey, Mike, and Anna had been covered in bee's stings.
Mike asked the wrong question at the time.
"Where's Alexis?" Anthony looked at him. He knew Mike was unconscious at the time of Alexis' death. Mike met Anthony's eyes, comprehending what Anthony meant, Mike sighed sadly.
" So what now?" He asked. " Are you guys comfortable staying here?"
Everybody looked at each other. Alexis was dead, so it was disturbing being in her house. Tobey was first to suggest.
" My dad had a warehouse. We could stay there."
Everybody agreed. They got on Mike's car, and drove away.
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Mike was in the drivers seat, then Anthony in the passengers seat. Anna, Tobey, and Amy stayed in the backseat. Tobey's Ipod was playing and the song Girl All The Bad Guys Want by Bowling For Soup was playing. Mike regretted being such an ass to Tobey. Tobey loved this song, they all knew.
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After a while driving, they finally arrived at the warehouse. They come out to the now calm rain and look. Locked. Mike, Anna, and Anthony looked at Tobey expectantly. Tobey grinned, and picked the lock like at the morgue. Amy rolled her eyes with a smirk, thinking that was cute.
Mike, Anna, and Anthony were in the office while Tobey and Amy were making out in the warehouse.
" So, right now ,the past disaster survivors, how have they survived?" Mike asked, trying to fin the solution to cheat Death once and for all.
"Well from Flight 180 nobody survived, and according to research, Route 22 lived from new life beats death." Anna pointed out.
" Well, that's useless, we're fifteen, how wrong would that be?" Mike joked. Only Anthony knew what this meant. They will have to discover how to cheat death another way, or have no escape.
"Well, we have to tell Tobey and Amy." Anna informed. Mike nodded and Anthony, as usual, agreed with whatever Anna said. They exited the office and headed toward the warehouse.
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Amy held by Tobey and feeling his lips against hers, never felt suck disappointment just as Anna, Anthony, and Mike interrupted. Amy knew this was bad news. She was next. Tobey, still holding her hips, looked at the other three teens that they accompanied.
" Guys, we still don't have idea how we are going to get out of this one." Anna began. Mike accidentally tumbled against a shelf that was about ten feet above Tobey. There was a lot of empty space between them and the walls.
Amy looked at the movement of the shelve from Mike's fall. A can of paint rolled full force against the end of a bronze pipe. The other end was against a box full of heavy construction equipment, just on top of Tobey. The box moved just a bit, but if hit again it would fall on Tobey. Amy felt a strange sensation by this. Anthony was the only one to realize that Amy wasn't paying attention to them. He looked toward where Amy was staring with nerves. Both saw a second can of paint hit against the end of the pipe. Amy had to react quick. She had an expression of fear a desperation on her face. Anthony knew what Amy was going to do just as the pipe knocked down the heavy box on Tobey.
" AMY NO!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed just before Tobey felt a heavy shove toward Mike and Anna provoked by Amy pushing him out of the way, knocking Mike, Anna, and Tobey on the floor. This caused Amy to be placed right under the heavy box. It crushed her instantly. Only a few of her fingers was left of her.
Tobey stared in horror just as he saw what was once Amy. He screamed at the top of his lungs with anger, pain, desperation, and regret.
"AMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Was all he said. He sobbed like never before. Everything he cared about before was gone.
"AMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!! AMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The sobs and screams of Tobey were like ear piercing blades striking Mike, Anna, and Anthony. Anthony, Anna, and even Mike cried at the sight. Mike and Anthony were tearing while Anna was sobbing against Anthony's shoulder. Tobey's fist hit the ground until they started to bleed. Anthony wished Tobey didn't have to go through this. He had lost his best friend, his father, and his girlfriend in gruesome ways the past week.
Tobey looked up at the other three teens. He had anger on his face, still with tears. Then he said: " I made her a promise. I promised I wouldn't let anything happen to her as long as I'm still alive.
"FUCK DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed pointlessly, but somehow Tobey still believed it could hear him. "YOU TOOK AWAY MY BEN, MY FATHER, AND AMY!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anthony didn't talk. Anna was against his shoulders still sobbing. Mike picked up his phone and called the Officers Ross and Villa.
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Three body bags held three departed friends. Tobey was still sobbing. Anthony stood next to the two familiar detectives.
" Three deaths, one afternoon. You should've listened to us. " Ty Villa stated. Anthony glared at him.
" Fuck you." He snapped. Ty just stood in silence, also glaring back.
" I'm sorry." Jacob Ross apologized for both Ty's behavior and what they had gone through as he pushed the younger detective back.. Anthony nodded at him.
" As much as I don't recognize it, you guys helped us make it farther." Anthony said in a serious tone. " Thanks, for everything."
The two detectives separated from the teen. Still raining, Anthony looked up at the sky.
"Ben, Serena, Kyle, Giovanna, Alexis, Amy…if you could hear me, I'm sorry I couldn't save you. You guys will never be forgotten. Thank you for making life every day worth living." Anthony thought.
Author's Note: This is the saddest chapter. I don't like it. Don't get me wrong it's one of my best chapters, but I hate myself for doing this to Amy and Tobey. One chapter left and then the Epilogue. To not leave you in total climax, I'll tell you the name of the next chapter. It is called: Roulette Of Death.