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"Okay," Misty said, ' How is this 'challenge' going to play out exactly? I mean, what is the challenge?' Death smirked at her evily, " You have to save all those people on that bus you're riding, every last one of them, and if you fail, well, eternity will seem like a long time in Limbo." Misty sighed irritably, " But what's the challenge, is a car gonna smash into us? Or is an airplane gonna fall on us???? " she waved a hand in the air, trying to prove her point, ' I don't know what the hell is gonna happen!!!" Death stood in front of her, not smiling, not frowning, he just wispered one word, " Bomb," and disappeared from sight. Misty glared where he once stood, " What, you mean like----" she woke up in her seat, with the old lady snoring across from her, "--Speed?" she finished. Misty wiped a hand across her face, " Whew, just a dream...hopefully." She looked out the window to see they had arrived at her destination, a little town out in nowhere. She lurched up and , as the bus driver stopped at his next to last destination, grabbed her suitcase and ran down the aisleway. Just as she was about to get off, she nearly bumped into a boy,who looked to be about two years older than her, getting on. "Sorry," she said politely,and stood to the side while he got on. She moved to go then, but another person stepped ont he bus,Misty patiently waited again, but then another boy got on the bus, and another, all in the same age-range. Misty tapped her foot impatiently, " God, how many of you are there?" Finally, the last one got on the bus, the sixth one, and she moved to get off, but one of the boys grabbed her arm, " You're not going anywhere," he said, and shoved her to the back of the bus. " hey!" Misty cried, " Let me off you Bas-" she trailed off, looking over the boy number 6's shoulder, and saw boy number 5 pointing a gun at the bus driver, telling him to drive. She looked behind her to see Boy number 4 ,2, and 3 manning stations in various places on the bus. She turned back to boy number six and was about to ask if she could just get off, when someone grabbed her hair, pulling her back and holding her to her attackers chest.She looked up and screamed.
"You!" she yelled, feeling her insides turn," How?" The face of her attcker , Death, sneared at her, leaning down to whisper in her ear, "Yes...they all think i'm someone else, but you see my true self, dont you?" he pushed her away, and grinned to everyone on the bus, and bellowed, ' ANd the challenge begins!"

Misty sat on the seat and pouted. This wasn't fair! She was just about to be free, when some Idiot comes along and ruins it for her. Death, disguised as boy number 1 in their little gang, was sitting in front of her, by the bus driver, and talking discreetly to him, shoving the gun in his side every once and a while. Misty over heard boys number 2 and 4 talking, and she learned their names, and what exactly they were planning:

Boy number 2:" Listen, Mikey, this ain't right, The Boss said after robbing that bank, we'd be free, but now we're got prisoners,too? If he tells us to shoot any of 'em, I'm leaving."

Boy number 4: "Yeah, but we gotta get away. Jesus, Nick, ya wanna get sent to jail? , " Misty heard a rustling sound, and a backpack being zipped open, " Now the bombs in here, when we leave, and the coppers come chasin us, we tell 'em that there's a bomb on this here bus, and if they chase us anymore, we'll blow it up, 'cause we got the detinator with us. SO the plans all worked out, no one will get hurt, at least not by a gun." She heard them laugh, and felt sick inside. She looked at all the frightened people and remembered that only ten minutes ago she was going to leave them here on the bus with murderers. SHe shook her head in disgust and stood up. Immediently, Mikey, Nick, and boy number 3, 5 and 6 were at her side, pointing guns at her face and torso. Death turned around in his seat and grinnned at her, ' Now where are you going?" Misty looked him in the eyes, " Please, i know what you want, leave them out of this, let this be between me and you." the boys holding the guns exchanged confused glances, as Death replied, " No, Misty, you know the challenge, It's not over until the game's over. Now, make your move."
Mikey looked over at Death, ' Hey, Henry, you know this chick?" Henry, ( A.k.A: Death,) glanced at Mikey, ' Yes, we've met before," he waved a hand in the air, " Dont worry about her, she wont disrupt The Boss's plan, or ours." He looked Misty in the eyes, ' Her next move depends on that." Misty narrowed her eyes, ' I have to use the bathroom," she said angrily, " Can i go or are we just gonna chat all day?" Death nodded his head and the guns went down. Misty shoved her way through Mikey and Nick and the other boys, and went into the little stall, knowing she couldn't escape this way, and that she wasn't too sure if she wanted to. " Okay," she said in a loud wihsper, " He said my next move depends on it.. What is 'it?" She paced the small bathroom, ' 'It' is his plan, the Boss's plan, which means i shouldn't interrupt it, or that i should, but if i do, they could blow up this bus..." She kicked the toilet, " Stupid Death! Stupid life!" she sighed, then sat down on the counter, thinking for a minute....then- " I've got it!" she said jumping up, ' my next move isn't a move at all, it's a wait. I sit it out until their next move, and see what's happening. I sit, and wait. Then, when their plan, their whole plan is laid out in front of me, then i make my move. Only then..." A minute later, Misty came out of the bathroom triumphantly, smiling like she hadn't in forever, smiling like she was actually proud of herself. When Death saw her, he lifted an eyebrow knowingly and smiled, much like her smile, and whispered to her, ' You passed the first test," and sat back in his seat, and all Misty could see was the back of his head. What she couldn't see was Death's face, filled with contempt, and pure evil. Something big was going to happen, because now it was hismove......