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Silence.
Jenny started crying, and Alexis got up. Suddenly Julie looked around, "Well, someone call 911!"
June immediately grabbed her iPhone and dialed. Yen rushed over to Cookie, soon followed by Shilo and Mint. Axel screamed as the oven exploded, "GUYS! We have to get out of here! The oven is still burning!"
The rug around them started to catch on fire and Alexis screamed. Connor grabbed Jenny and tugged her out the door. Shilo and Mint picked up the limp body of Cookie, and Yen looked for a fire extinguisher. When she saw there was none, she left. Axel looked at Julie and they ran. June quickly walked out the door, rapidly speaking to the operator, and fighting to keep her voice calm.
Sirens echoed outside.
As the police walked away, they sent a suspicious glance at the teens. One walked back, "We do have ample evidence that you have no part in the death of Edward Baker, Maria Castonell, and Cookie Burbans, but we will have you on watch, because all of you were in close to direct contact to them, close before they died. I'm sorry, and I know you didn't do it, but we have to take safety measures."
Shilo nodded, and a tear fell down his face. Axel went up to comfort him, and led him to the rest of the people. June looked at him, "Sorry for not believing now. I just... Don't want to believe. I want to live, not have to fear for the rest of my life. But I do need to know this. I'd just end up..."
She cut off, not to hurt Shilo's feelings. Julie laughed, "Well, I don't believe. I know this is horrible and all, but I just don't believe it."
She walked out of the station. Jenny looked at Shilo, and in a voice, not even a whisper "I believe. But how did you know?"
He took a deep breath in, "Do you want to hear all the details? Even the gruesome ones?"
She nodded and Shilo continued, "Well, at the café... I saw the crash. I mean I didn't, but I did. It was all just a vision, but first, Edward and Alexis were swallowed when the floor around them collapsed. Then-"
He was cut off as a sudden sickness overcame him.
Shilo nodded and Julie arrived with their drinks. She set them down and went over to the table with the family of five. The other maid, a nice lady of 20 or so, came out with the old man's drink and started to get his order. She had just started talking when there was a loud crash and explosion from down stairs. The floor around her and the old man was immediately swallowed up by a large inferno and the walls and door caught on fire. The path to the door was swallowed with flame and soon collapsed. Alexis screamed as the floor swallowed Edward, and she launched herself backwards. She collided with the wall as the floor where she had been collapsed. She screamed and jammed her foot into the burnt and crisp corner. It jammed, but she started to fall forward. She grabbed onto the doorknob, the one that led outside. She heard a car flip up and onto the café, and then another one. She tried to call for help, but the noise was too overpowering. She started crying.
Finally the fire was dying down, and the smoke was clearing. She saw some bodies under her, but what puzzled her most was the way some of them died. A young girl, who had been with her pepper-haired friend, was still on the top floor, her neck twisted at a painful angle. A single heart sat at the windows, smearing the window with blood. A body, which was decapitated, was half way hanging out the window. She started to wonder where the officials were. This was a high traffic area of the streets. But when she looked outside, there were cars piled up and she saw the cranes working to get it cleared. She dislodged her shoe, and jumped. She hung from the doorknob. She pulled herself up and ran down the stairs and out into the streets. People ran at her cheering that she lived. But she cried the whole time.
Shilo gasped and collapsed. Axel rushed over to catch him. Mint gulped, "What? What is it?"
Shilo shut his eyes lightly, "Alexis won't die. She would have survived either way. Those pieces of clay and glass must have been heading for someone else."
Mint nodded, "Yeah, Cookie wasn't on the list, and Death doesn't do that. It's unfair. And he DOES play fair."
Axel gulped, "But, who else would it have gone for? Jenny is next and she wasn't anywhere NEAR him."
Mint shrugged and sighed, "I don't know. This whole thing is too much. I don't know..."
Mint sat with Shilo, talking, "So, what now?"
Shilo blew his nose and looked up, "Well, I don't know. You said Death plays fair right?"
Mint nodded, "Well, he has to. You can't exactly appease Fate and play unfair."
Axel frowned, "Fate? And...?"
Mint shrugged, "Well, by extension, if there is Death, there is Fate, and Hope, and... well, you get it."
Axel nodded, and Yen brought up a disturbing though, "Well, if Cookie was accidentally killed, couldn't that happen to others?"
There was a sickening silence. Finally Shilo spoke, "Well, if that is true, and so far we have no alternative explanation, then we all have to space out as far as possible. From others mostly. Most likely, Cookie's life was coming to an end then, so Death just cut it short by a little."
Mint nodded, "Understandable."
Axel sighed, "Well, I guess we have to disappear from reality."
Suddenly Yen straightened up, "Wait, you said that there were other incidents like this? Well, what if there are survivors?"
Mint sighed, "Well, the latest batch of death dodgers happened to be killed in an accident that happened to be in the same café we were almost killed in!"
Yen sighed, "Remember Clear?"
Mint nodded, "Yeah... Wait, are you saying one of them might have actually survived, similar to Clear?"
Yen nodded and Mint took in a breath, "So, it couldn't be Janet. She was crushed badly. Probably not Lori, who was almost decapitated, and if it's one of them, I'm betting on Nick. He was thrown against a wall, so he had the largest chance of surviving. I'll look into that."
He pulled out his laptop, and started hacking. Shilo nodded, "Oh god... Please say one of them lived..."
Yen nodded.
Jenny looked at her Aunt Emily, "So I can stay in here?"
Emily nodded and smiled, "Yes, you can. After this, we're going home, and you can play with Connor."
Jenny nodded, "K!"
Emily walked into the bank and Jenny took out her DSi, which she had snuck into the car. Emily smiled at the clerk as the door shut, "I would like to make a small withdrawal off 500 dollars."
The clerk nodded and called up on the private phone system to the vaults, "500 from A02 please."
There was an unintelligible response and the clerk hung up, "It'll only be a few minutes ma'am."
Emily nodded and sat down.
Connor looked at his Uncle Jon, "So that was Britanny when she was little?"
Jon nodded, "Yep. I can't believe she's gone now. She was so young."
Connor nodded, "I miss her. Oh, what happened there?"
Jon looked down at the picture, "Oh my! That was a mistake. Look at Britanny there. Looks like she's going to be crushed by that plank in the background! And you! That car, looks like it's going to run you over! Jenny. Probably the most normal, other than her part of the photo was crumpled a little. But other than that, no chaos!"
Connor laughed and turned to him, "When's lunch?"
Jon started, "Oh? If you're hungry, there are some ham salad sandwiches over on the table."
Connor nodded and ran off to get one. Jon looked back at the picture, "I lost my only sister. And now I'm that close to losing her children... What kind of an uncle am I...?"
Shilo looked back, "Well, what now?"
Mint lifted his eyebrows, "Well, it seems that Lori is indeed surviving. She was severely injured, but not dead. It appears that she was gotten to just in time. It's guessed that a little later, she would have died of blocked blood flow and severe brain trauma."
Axel's face lifted, "Where is she?"
Mint shrugged, "Well, due to her own safety, it's kept secret. I could call her, seeing as she submitted herself to a hospice. But since she did it herself, she can also check out. But if she has a phone, I could track her with the signal, so long as the phone isn't destroyed."
Yen laughed, "Yes that would be good, despite the fact you are breaking about one hundred laws right now."
Mint blushed and Shilo nodded, "Well, that would be the optimal situation!"
Everyone laughed and suddenly Axel tensed, "Jenny."
Yen gulped, "Oh my god! We forgot about her!"
Shilo gasped, "Wait, Mint can you find her?"
Mint sighed, "No, she probably doesn't have a phone... I wouldn't even know the number if she did... I can't track her..."
Shilo nodded, "... Well, I guess... Axel, where do you think she would be?"
Axel shrugged, "I would personally call June. She would know... She's just one of those people..."
Shilo shut his eyes, "I don't KNOW her number though!"
Yen sighed, "She's doomed... None of the survivors know where she is, or could contact her... And she can only be saved by one of us..."
Mint nodded gravely, a small tear going down his face, "I'm so sorry Jenny..."
Emily turned to the clerk and asked nicely, "When is the package going to be here?"
The clerk smiled back and said, "Well, unfortunately there has been an unplanned error in the lift. Not that an error is ever planned. *smile* But, it will be here in a few minutes. I'm sorry for the inconvenience."
Emily nodded sweetly and sat down again.
The mechanic looked at the operator, "You sure this thing just stopped? I'm looking, and nothing's wrong."
The operator nodded, "Yes I'm sure sir. Although, I would not object if you tried to start the lift."
The mechanic nodded and stepped up to the control pad. He pushed a button, and the pore started to move down, but the lift stayed. The mechanic nodded, "It seems the lift is jammed, won't t-"
He was cut off as there was a small burning sound. They both turned to the lift and there were sparks flying everywhere. The mechanic went to shut it off, but the panel started to spark too. The mechanic grimaced, "Now, what in the name of hell is this?"
Suddenly there was a small noise, and the money in the lift caught aflame. The operator went to get the extinguisher, but when he sprayed, the foam caught on fire, and he rapidly dropped it. The fire alarm started blaring, and the mechanic groaned, "We'll have to evacuate."
The operator nodded and complied.
The alarm went off and Emily stood up. Suddenly there was a loud pop, and some dust fell from the front of the building. The clerk motioned to the back of the back, where the emergency exit was. Emily tried to get through to Jenny, but she was pushed back by the door hop, "I'm sorry ma'am, it's too dangerous out there."
She tried to protest, but he wouldn't listen. She sighed and left. Then there was a loud explosion and some bricks fell from the front of the store.
Jenny looked at the building, and started. The front was on fire and it was rapidly collapsing. She reached for her seatbelt but it was jammed. She jumped, and tried again, but it was jammed thoroughly. She panicked, and tried to crawl out, but the belt was too tight. She flipped and started to scream for help. Suddenly another girl, maybe two or three years older than her opened the door. Jenny screamed, "PLEASE HELP ME! I CAN'T GET OUT!"
The young girl reached out and undid the belt. Jenny gasped and jumped out of the car. The two ran and there was another explosion as the front of the building collapsed and onto the car in front of her aunt's car. It exploded too, with shards of brick in its motor, and blew backwards, completely crushing Emily's car. Jenny turned around, "Oh my god... You-"
She was cut off as the other girl screamed and pushed her down. She fell to the ground, and a fender shot over her. She screamed as the dead body of the impaled girl slid to the ground, over Jenny.
Short on time. Summary next chapter. ~ Shilo Burbans
