Death #52:
Not So Amusing
By Jen
“THAT
WAS FUCKING AWESOME!” Nick yelled as he exited the rollercoaster car.
He turned to look at his friend and bandmate,
Brian Littrell. He looked white as a ghost. It make Nick
snicker. It had taken some fast talking and smoozing from Nick, but he
finally talked Brian into going on the ride.
“Please watch your language Nick. There are
kids around” Brian scolded him.
“Whatever” Nick responded as he walked over to the
cubby where riders kept their things then put his beloved, black black fadora
back on his head.
As they walked through the gate and down the exit
ramp of the ride, they discussed which ride to go on next. Nick always
wanted to go on the adrenaline pumping rides where Brian was more of a
Merry-Go-Round kinda guy.
As they talked, a big gust of wind came up and
took Nick’s hat right off his head. It had blown into a fenced in
area just below the rollercoaster they had just ridden. Without even
thinking about it, not seeing the “DO NOT ENTER” sign, Nick side-leapt the
fence after his favorite hat. Running over, he bent down to pick it
up. Then stood up.
“A-HA! Got….
It happened so fast, he had no time to react,
cutting him off mid-sentence. A car of the coaster whizzed by just as he
stood back up. A girl’s leg had been sticking out of the side of the
car. Her foot connected with Nick’s head with so much force that it
ripped it from his neck, sending it flying like a football that had just been
punted. Nick’s body fell to the ground, jerking and spazzing all
over the place, blood squirting like a geyser, spraying on passersby, including
Brian. Brian let out a blood-curtailing scream then passed out from the
scene that was before him.
It was later discovered that his bloody head was found
at a nearby vendor’s cart, on one of the paper cones that held cotton candy,
one of Nick’s favorite amusement park treats.
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