The nail in my coffin ~ Ian McKinley

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Edited: May 18 2022

Edited: March 27th 2024

I woke up from the dead. I was back at the loading station, next to Ian... But he died... Everyone died... I died... Right? I was knocked out of my trail of thoughts when Ian tapped me on my shoulder, "Hey, you okay?" 

Shit... No! This can't be happening....

"We need to get out of here..." I mumbled. "W-what do you mean?" Ian asked but the guy was about to press the button to start the roller coaster and I had to stop it.

"NO NO DON'T PRESS THE BUTTON! PLEASE! DON'T- DON'T PRESS THE BUTTON! YOU'LL KILL EVERYONE" I yelled. Ian looked at me confused. "LET US OUT! LET US OUT!"

"Woh Tate, calm down." Ian said.

"NO IT'S GONNA CRASH! IT'S GONNA CRASH! PLEASE JUST LET US OUT!"

A guy that was probably the boss of the roller coaster came into the loading area. "What's going on here?"

"This chick is on something." The guy that was suppost to start the roller coaster answers his boss.

"LET US OFF! LET US OFF!" I yelled with tears starting to roll down my cheek. Ian looked back at Erin confused. I didn't care. I needed to get them off.

"Ok, let them out. Just the back."

The bars opened and I pushed Ian out as fast as possible, walking back to Erin's cart and pulling her out as well. "Hey, hey, Tatum calm down."

I turned to him, "Don't tell me to calm down, McKinley!" The boss walked up to me, "Woh, woh, woh, woh, woh, relax. Now, what's the matter?" The boss asked me. "I saw it, I saw it in my head. The tracks collapsed, the roller coaster crashes. You need to get everyone off." I explained.

"That's nonsence! The coaster is safer then anything." He tried to calm me down but there ain't no way I'm ignoring this.

"I believe her." Ian said to the boss. A tall guy had gotten off the coaster as well and walked up to us. It was Lewis...

"Man can you please control that bitch." Lewis said. "Damn, it's gonna crash, the hydraulics, the coaster." He mimiced me. "She's just trying to get some fucking attention!"

I saw Ian getting mad. "You know, you're a real piece of shit Lewis, fuck you!" Ian walked towards Lewis.

"Fuck moi? No man, fuck you!"

A fight broke lose between Ian and Lewis. Lewis pulled his arm back, hitting Wendy in the face. Kevin didn't like that and joined in on the fight. Wendy got out of the roller coaster too. Ashley and Ashlyn got off too and Frankie followed. Lewis, Ian and Kevin got pulled appart and pushed towards the exit. Erin and I were also both pushed away from the loading station.

Everyone that got out started to walk away but then I heard the coaster start, with people still in there! I pushed past the security and ran back to the loading area to try and stop the coaster. Ian and Erin right behind me. But it was to late, the coaster was already going up the lifthill, and security pulled us back towards the back exit.

"Hey, just relax, ok?" The boss told me while he let Ian, Erin and me out the back. He pushed us away but we heared screams. The first three karts fell down towards us. Ian immediatly grabbed Erin and I, pushed us down and he leaned over us as a shield. Luckily, the karts crashed a few feet away from us.

"I warned you..." I whispered.

"Holy shit!" Erin yelled as she put her hands infront of her mouth. I looked over to see Ian, eyes wide, staring up at the tracks. He turned to me with a panicked expression. After that, everything happened in slow motion. The security quickly grabbed us and dragged us off to a safe space. Ian had his arms around both Erin and I's shoulders as medical teams, police and firemen arrived at the scene. Quickly, the carnival cleared and parents arrived.

"Tatum! Ian! Erin!"

Mom

I turned to see my mom and Victor running to us. Victor is my older brother. He graduated 2 years ago and is a student at Boston College. He's in town for my graduation which I loved because I've really missed him. With him in Massachusetts and us in California it's been hard sometimes not having my big brother around...

Mom put her arms around the three of us "I'm so glad you're all okay." She mumbled. "We got out..." I wispered. She and let go of us, "What?"

"Erin, Ian and I were suppost to be on the coaster... But we got out..." I wispered again.

"Yea... She said she saw it crash in her head." Ian told her. While Ian was answering, Victor put his arms around my neck. "I'm so happy you're alive." He breathed out.

Mom sighed. "Oh honey... Well what matters is that you're all safe and here." She put her hands on our cheeks.

"Mrs Cameron, is it okay if Erin and I spend the night at your house... my parents are out of town, I know Erin doesn't wanna go home to her parents and we really don't wanna be alone right now."

"Oh sweethearts, ofcourse. I wouldn't want you both going home to those people anyway after this. I mean, they didn't even bother showing up so you both just come with us." Mom smiled at them. "Thank you." Erin smiled and mom pulled her in for a hug. "Anytime dear."

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"Ian, sarcasm doesn't solve all of your issues." Erin sighed, opening the door to my room and sitting down on my chair.

"Maybe not all but it does solve most of 'em!" Ian flopped down on my bed. We had just picked up our yearbooks from school. Everything just had a really depressing mood, which I normally didn't mind but this was different.

Ian pulled out his yearbook from his bag and started doodling on it, writing his name above the McKinley on the book. "Ian McKinley. How pathetic is it that my last name is the same as my highschool." He complained.

"Very." I chuckled, sitting down on Erin's lap.

"I can't help but feel quilty for not getting those people out of the coaster in time..."

"Hey it's not your fault!" Erin said hugging me from behind. "But it kinda is, Rin. I had the weird vision thingy." I stood up from Erin's lap and started pacing the room. "Omg I'm responsible for the deaths! I killed all of those people!"

"Wowow slow down." Ian said walking towards me "Tate, darling, there's nothing you could have done, okay?" Ian softly said. "Okay..." I sighed and he pulled me to his chest. 

"One question though," I pulled back to look at him, "What do my guts look like? They look as cool as I imagined?" He asked with a smile.

Erin sighed, "Not the time, Ian."