"You're not making any sense" Maia had spent the last hour trying to explain what was happening. All she got in return was side glances and a few huffs of disbelief. Safe to say she wasn't doing her best at convincing Alicia and Claire they were next.

If Randy was here he would've had an entire presentation ready, a speech that would give off I sucked in high school vibes. Which was true for him, he was more a nature boy, running around the grass until his pant legs turned green.

His mother would have to scrub them for hours until she gave up and bought him shorts. Randy was a wildcard, he could be laughing one second and then crying the next. He had his emotions under control when he tried but these days he was pissed off.

His rage had reached the boiling pot, no amount of cold water or cigarettes would ease his mind. Despite his sudden rebellion against death, he messaged Maia and said he was walking back into town. Like she would believe that when he hates the city.

She kept her focus on the girls beside her, making sure to watch the road extra hard as she drove. The radio kept glitching in and out but she ignored it as she listened to them bicker. "So you're saying, deaths coming after us? That we were meant to die at Randy's birthday party?". Maia nodded and gosh she wished Randy was with her, he'd get them to believe.

He just had a face that gave off you can trust me vibes and everyone folded for him so fast. It's no wonder he had so many friends after high school ended, he kept in contact for years. Did the whole group chat thing and then hated whenever it went off nonstop. Maia felt pretty honored when she was added in.

"Well even if what you're saying is true, how do we beat it?" Maia gripped the steering wheel and sighed. "Technically you either die or kill someone and take what's left of their life. I mean it sounds pretty straightforward to me". She smiled nervously and hoped they were actually listening.

"That's pretty fucked up, so how much did Randy pay you to tell us all that?". Maia turned towards Alicia "I'm telling you the truth, you're next. Then it's Claire and after that it's me. Why would I lie about this".

Alicia sighed "for attention?" Maia kept driving but then she frowned when the truck came to a complete stop. "What the... it's a full tank" she tried to start the truck but it wouldn't budge.

"Turn the key the other way" Claire reached over to help but the key snapped into the engine. "You gotta be kidding me, we're almost there". Maia sighed as she grabbed her phone out "I'll call Carter".

She kept trying to call but it went straight to voicemail "I can't get a signal out here". Claire grabbed her phone out "my phones dead, but it was fully charged when we hit the road". Alicia huffed "you're both being paranoid, this truck is old and Claire you didn't even bring your charger so it probably just died. Carter probably just has his phone off, he never uses that thing when he's busy".

Alicia pushed her seatbelt off and tried to open the door "hey unlock the door" Maia turned "Randy's back doors don't have locks, he's been meaning to have Simon fix it". Alicia tried the door again "well maybe he lied to you, because the door is locked".

Claire tried her door but it didn't budge either "come on Maia, unlock the doors! We get it you're trying to prove a point". Maia tried her door "I'm not doing this, it isn't me!". The windows began to roll up and Maia gasped as she tried to hit the buttons.

"It's not working!" the girls all screamed when a pole smacked straight into the front of the truck. The bright flashing lights made Maias eyes widen "we're on train tracks!". She tried the door again but it didn't move. "Come on! Put your back into it!".

She smacked into the door again but it didn't move "it's not my turn!" she cried as she punched at the window. Claire looked around for something to break the glass with "gosh Randy, all you got is condoms and beer bottles in here".

She sighed as she grabbed a beer bottle and tried to pry the end into the lock. "Why did Randy have to get the oldest truck known to mankind!". Maia struggled "it was on sale and he bought it to impress me". Claire laughed slightly "and that worked?".

Maia shrugged "anything would've worked, have you seen him shirtless". She kicked at the window and Alicia looked at her "have some standards girl". Maia sighed deeply as she watched the train in the distance begin to get closer "right, but Randy is sweet and he tried to save us all". She kicked at the window and watched as it began to slowly crack.

"Yeah and he ditched us, even if what you're saying is true. Why would death even target us! We haven't done anything, we're just trying to survive and I don't know about you, but I'm surviving".

Alicia's words got cut off when her seatbelt tightened around her throat, the girl gasped for air as she tried to claw it off. "Shit... do something!" Claire broke the beer bottle and winced as it cut her finger.

"Hold still, I'm trying to help you!" She tried to cut at the seat belt but it barely made a dent. Maia screamed when the window broke, the glass going everywhere. "I'm gonna climb out, try to get the door open!". She climbed out the window being careful of the glass.

Claire grabbed a piece of glass and cut at the seatbelt, she ignored the sting of it cutting her hand. Maia struggled as she tried to pull open the door "oh come on" she could see the train getting closer and it made her tense as she tried the door again.

"I can't get it open!" coughed as the seat belt snapped off of her throat. Claire grabbed hold of her and pushed her towards the front of the truck. "Come on, climb out!" Maia moved towards the front window grabbing hold of Alicia.

The girl coughed as she was dragged out, the glass cutting at her shirt. Claire followed after and they ran for the road "the trains coming, we gotta get out of here.!". Maia held onto herself as she watched the train get closer, Alicia screamed when a piece of glass flew towards her face.

It cut her cheek and she managed to dodge it in time "no! Death can go fuck himself! This is all bullshit!" she stood up angrily. Claire let out a shaky breath "What's going on.. Maia?" She held her hand against her chest as Maia let out a heavy breath.

"I told you, it's trying to kill us" Claire let out a soft breath "this is insane, I'm supposed to be in New York. I don't know why I came back here". Alicia held her cheek "there's no way this is real, people die all the time but it's because of accidents not because death decided it's their time".

Maia held onto herself "we should get away from the tracks, it's not safe here". She began to walk and Alicia stopped her "you said it wasn't your turn, how is any of this fair. You get to just survive while we fight. What's so special about you".

"What, that's... I'm going to die! It's just not my turn yet. I don't know how any of this works, just that Randy saw all of us die, that's how the order goes. But we can beat this if we work together. Please just get away from the tracks".

"Why? Because it's my turn, if I stay alive then that means you get longer until it's your turn. Who decided how this works, we can't beat this together, it's everyone for themselves. I don't see Randy around trying to help us either, he left us! I can't die, I'm not going to fucking die!".

Claire screamed when Alicia pushed her into the tracks, the train hitting the woman and killing her instantly. Alicia let out a heavy breath as blood splattered into her face, she moved back "there... I did it, I beat it's sorry ass!".

Maia moved back "what did you do" Alicia cringed as she wiped the blood off her face "I beat it, you said we could beat it that way". Maia cried softly "but she was after you, you only took the time she had left".

Alicia turned "then I'll find someone else! Or maybe you're lying! Randy can't save you now, no one can". Maia tensed as Alicia grabbed her roughly "please, there's always another way. We can find it together".

"You're not even a part of our group, you only got in because Randy liked you. I'm not going to die, do you hear me! Fuck the order and who's next, I'm not going to die!". Maia screamed when a piece of metal flew towards Alicia's head. It wedged itself into her neck making the girl let go of Maia.

Maia whimpered as she moved back, watching as Alicia fell into the road. "No no no.... Oh god" she held onto herself "I'm next... oh no... please". She turned around gasping when she saw a car driving towards her at full speed "not here... not now".

She closed her eyes and let out a breath "Maia! Get in the car!" She opened her eyes "Randal". Her voice cracked as the man ran towards her grabbing hold of her "come on, we don't have time".

She climbed into the passenger seat as Randy got in and started the engine. "I'm sorry about your truck" Maia held onto herself as he drove. "I hated that stupid thing anyways" he let out a soft sigh as he increased the speed. "They're dead, I tried to help them but Alicia lost it. She... god, she pushed Claire on the tracks. Then it killed her after, which means it's my turn Randy, what are we going to do".

Randy gripped the steering wheel tightly "I don't know, but let's just get to my place. Get with the others before something happens to you. I thought we had more time". He let out a breath and Maia held onto herself slightly "whose car is this?".

Randy turned to look at her "what?" Maia looked around "I said whose car is this, where did you go. You ditched us at the gas station". Randy rolled down the window slightly "I bought it off some guy, there was no way we were all fitting inside my truck".

"Some guy just willingly let you take his car, this late in the night. That doesn't make any sense". Randy shrugged "nothing does these days but I had some cash in my pocket. Said I'd bring it back in the morning, I'm not a complete asshole".

Maia felt uneasy, nothing was making any sense and Randy seemed extra jumpy as he sped the car up more. "Could you maybe be careful, we'll get there we don't have to rush" Randy sighed "I know that but the road is dangerous. It's safer at the house, we can like baby proof everything".

Randy sighed when he saw the gas was almost empty "damn, I thought we could've made it". He quickly drove into a gas station, he stopped the car and climbed out "alright, I'll be fast! Just be careful".

He ran off inside and Maia gasped when she heard a loud thump. She got out of the car and made her way towards the back. Another thump, she looked around before she pulled open the trunk.

Some guy was inside, his eyes widened at the sight of her. Blood stained his face and shirt as he tried to grab at her for help. "Oh my god..." she moved back in shock and then she flinched when Randy slammed the trunk closed. "You weren't supposed to see that".

"Randy what did you do... who is that?" he let out a heavy breath as he pushed his hair back "I couldn't do it, I chickened out... and well I couldn't really afford him calling the cops on me... so I stole his car and put him there. I figured I'd just drop him off at the hospital after I make sure you're safe".

"What if he dies back there" Randy moved to fill the car up with gas "then... I won't have to worry about dying, look I want him to survive, I'm trying to rush so I can get him help faster". He climbed into the driver's seat "let's go, the clock is ticking".

Maia got into the passenger seat nervously "we should make sure he doesn't bleed out". Randy drove in silence before he looked at Maia, his head was spinning like crazy. The pocket knife in his pocket was almost burning him with such guilt.

One less person, and it meant he could stay here and be with Maia. Yet that look in her eyes made him realize maybe he had already lost her. He had nothing left to lose, he didn't care if he died or survived.

"Don't hate me" he whispered out, he clenched the steering wheel, determined. Maia looked at him, her lips twitching from trying to find the right words. Then Randy let out a soft breath before he hit the gas pedal at full force. "Randal!" he could hear her voice before it faded away and he crashed right off the small bridge he was driving over.

The wood creaked at the impact and Maia screamed as the car flipped into the water. Everything turned completely dark as she hit her head on the window.

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Authors notes:
So um...... no comments...

Alright, I've had this chapter planned for a decent while it's actually a draft of many drafts. I was originally going to have Claire survive longer and then she dies after it skips Alicia. But I remember the person who made her oc wanted her to be the villain. It just made sense that she was so desperate when she realized it was real that she'd push the first person she saw. She knew she was next, she was obviously still not fully believing it but she tried.

This chapter alone has 6 drafts of different outcomes, I'm so picky about these things. One was Claire surviving, the other was her being the one who pushed Alicia instead but that one felt out of character for her. The third one is the one I used in the end. While four was all three of them dying by getting hit by the train, deaths petty like that. Hated that route so I switched it. The fifth one was Randy showing up to save them but he accidentally gets hit by the train and then when they think they're safe, they get hit by a semi truck. Yeah these movies alone aren't nice to anymore, final boys and girls are not an option around here.

The last ending I had was them not even being on the train tracks. It would've been Maia and them getting into the truck at the gas station and it explodes the second she turns it on. That would've been lame so I ditched that right away. The train track alone felt right since in the first movie that also happens.

I love hinting at the movies with deaths it's like cute little Easter eggs or hidden details. The ending of this chapter was also gonna be at the start of the next chapter but I decided to have it here instead so it makes more sense. Also that guy was gonna be stabbed by Randy at the start as well but I took it out and focused on the girls instead. Felt better that way since he's always mentioned, also damn I didn't realize this note was so long, I'm rambling.

Also the manip I made for this chapter, I'm so proud of it. It's totally giving moments before disaster vibes.

Anyways bye! Please don't beat me up for killing people off, and remember no one is safe.

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