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Final Destination AU let's go 💦

notes: sort of spoilers for final destination, but not really? it’s literally the plot of the movies. featuring @ircnxveils, @addictingvictories, @byacatalepsy, @ofjamra, @swtsvrndr.trigger warnings: death, graphic death, violence, suicide.

they’re on a cruise — courtesy of adan — on the hottest week of summer. they’re on route to croatia, departing from venice, but as their fourth day of the trip dawns on them, they spend it in mykonos, relishing the transparent blue waters under their feet. they have just finished navigating their way around the pearly white buildings, halting every ten minutes just to take polaroid pictures of each other.

there’s one of victoria sipping from a coconut through a swirly straw, then there’s maya trying on a strikingly white dress in the middle of a bazaar, clearly flirting with the seller. in one of them, adan has sunglasses perched on top of the bridge of his nose and his tanned face brings out the contrast of his smile as he’s laughing at jaime, who is slightly off the shot. for once, it isn’t eliza’s scowl that is captured — the girl is beaming during their late dinner and there’s haleema right next to her, beautifully illuminated by the dim glow of the candles.

they barely make it in time — they’re on board with only five minutes to spare, and all of them are sighing in relief. their laughter resonates in the halls as they disperse to their own cabins, but adan feels a cold sweat rolling off his back, even though the air is humid, and a terrible feeling begins churning in the pit of his stomach. he drowns it out with a cold shower and a numbing episode of a greek show that he doesn’t even understand before getting a message that they should all meet up in the front of the ship, right where the pool resides in. they all chime in with enthusiastic responses and adan laughs at maya's selfie of her already submerged in the pool, the crystal-clear water coming up to the bottom of her curls. she certainly never snoozes.

then, the lights flicker in a way that settles a chill upon his bones, ominous in its existence — like a warning that shouldn’t be ignored. not that it’d matter anyway because exactly five seconds later, the ground beneath him shakes and he’s thrown all the way forward, his body colliding with the oakwood wall, which makes him wince in pain. once he composes himself, adan throws the door open just to see eliza barging out of the room at the same time, both of them staring at each other in terrified bewilderment. the captain’s voice cracks in the system, but he manages to catch a word about a crash and explosion on the deck.

naturally, chaos erupts among the passengers. they’re all scurrying from one corner to another, demanding life jackets in case of sinking and safety boats, and adan can’t blame them. he tugs victoria inside a janitor’s closet just as another explosion sends shattered glass in their direction, missing them by a couple inches. he hears a voice booming through the air again, warning them about the abrasive explosions and blown-off pipes. great. if they’re lucky, the fire and water will cancel each other out, but adan doesn’t have to be a scientist to know that soon enough, they’ll suffocate in the rapidly leaking water if the ceilings don’t get to them first because of the blasts.

it all happens so quickly. the wooden planks crumble under the force and one of the chandeliers spring free from the screws, falling right on top of eliza as she tries to escape the first floor through the crowd of panicked tourists. it pierces right through her heart all the way to the ground and as the light evaporates from the crystal bulbs, her eyes dim too.

haleema and jaime come next. as soon as they make it out to the main hall, the glass sculpture in the middle of the room doesn’t manage to withstand the pressure and tips over, killing jaime almost instantly. with so many shards now engraved into his body, mutilating him, it’s hard to even recognize him. haleema makes the mistake of peering over the railing to check the ground floor and the swaying ship tips her over the edge, right above the fence of the little botanical garden. she lands right on top of it, with one of the sharp tips peeking out of her mouth. at least both of them welcomed an instant death.

adan makes it as far as he can, almost to the deck where the waterslides start. unfortunately, he’s too slow — had he been a few seconds faster, he would have avoided being crushed by one of the slides after they shake under the weight of rusty pillars and bolts. he splashes all over the walls and ground, like spilled milk, except it’s all in crimson. although it all happens in under a second, it feels like an eternity to him ; the moment he closes his eyes, he knows something else is going to happen, and when he opens them again …

he’s standing right at the entrance, with a boarding pass in his hand and maya urging him to go forward with a slight push. it feels like his heart is beating ten thousand times per minute as the staff tries to take the ticket from him to check it, but to no avail, due to adan gripping it tightly. he’s the first one in line, which means that all of his friends are still behind him and not on board yet, and he wastes no time to turn around and nudge them back down the stairs with wide-spread arms. of course, there’s a chorus of ‘ what the fuck, we’re going to be late ’ and collective curses, but he pays them no mind — right this moment, he trusts his gut feeling more than anything else. “ guys, we can’t go on board. this fucking ship is going down. i’ve seen it —— ” he sounds frantic as he begins explaining, making sure to push his friends as far as possible away from the cruise. “ for fuck’s sake, we’ve all seen final destination! ” it’s too late for them to change their mind anyway — the ship rings its final call and a few minutes later, the bridge closes, and it takes off to their next destination.

the destination being death, adan thinks. he books hotel rooms for them and he keeps checking his watch rather anxiously. any minute now, any minute and the ship will crash, and everything inside will explode, and everyone will meet their demise, and adan will be right. however, after another hour passes by, he begins thinking that maybe he overreacted for no reason ( thankfully, there are plenty of buses and smaller boats to take in order to get themselves back on the cruise if it survives ), but when he leaves the shower, drying his hair with a towel, he sees victoria on the edge of their bed, wrapped up in a robe and staring at the tv screen. this just in —— a cruise ship that was on the way to croatia crashed with another ship as it was leaving mykonos. dispatchers are on the scene already and trying to rescue people from the sinking ship. for now, the number of survivors is unknown, but from the looks of it, there have been a lot of fatal injuries.

adan tunes out the rest of it. there’s no need to listen ; he already knows what happened. everyone in his premonition just died … everyone except for them. so, that’s how it’s going to be? they’re going to go out one by one, according to some fucked up order — final destination style. still, adan is hopeful. it’s just a movie, there are no strange supernatural forces that would design their lives and deaths in such a twisted way. they will live.

“ okay, ” he starts once everyone is seated at their dinner table in the hotel’s restaurant, forks hanging off their plates. it’s pasta night, but apparently, no one is that hungry. except thirsty —— everyone has downed at least their second glass of wine. “ listen, guys. if this is actually what we think it is, we need to save ourselves some time before we figure out how to cheat this entirely. maybe if we keep intervening … i’ve read a reddit thread, i have some ideas. ” he’s aware that there’s no cheating death and they can’t avoid this like clear did because truth be told, he would rather die than suffer in a psychiatric ward with no social interaction, but something has to be tried. someone says something about killing tony todd if he shows up to solve this and it brightens up the mood a little. “ the order probably goes like this: eliza, jaime, haleema, maya, victoria, and me. according to the order of our cabins at least. ”

they decide that this won’t let them stop from enjoying their trip. if their days are truly numbered, they might as well have fun before going out with a bang. maya and eliza decide to go for a swim while victoria, adan, haleema and jaime are in their seats, sharing a two-liter cocktail among themselves. they quietly discuss the premonition after jaime asks him to start from the beginning.

“ wait, ” victoria interrupts him, seemingly lost in thought. “ you said the front of the ship crashed into the other, right? ” adan hums out a yes, turning his head to find the red-head, keeping an eye on her. if they’re right, at any possible moment she might get sucked into the depths of the sea by a massive spiral. “ and if the pool is there, it means that —— ”

shit. all of them shift their gazes immediately and a shriek follows. fuck, it wasn’t eliza’s turn — it was maya’s. they soon find out that she’s been stung by one of the most venomous jellyfish and the dose was so strong that it induced an immediate cardiac arrest. she dies before the ambulance arrives.

maya marceli, time of death: 3:49 pm. cause of death: cardiac arrest.

they don’t get enough time and rest to mourn her. even though they try to avoid obvious traps and scenarios, death is always one step ahead. it’s loud and crowded in the club — so many shades of purple neon are swirling in adan’s eyes and he’s too drunk to even walk. he hears shouts coming from the vip section and he recognizes eliza’s voice in the sea of distorted sounds, and he hurries to her before something terrible can happen. maybe this time, he will be able to intervene. except he’s not because a fight breaks out and as hard as they try to break it up, it ends only when a broken champagne bottle is twisted deep inside her, most likely mangling her organs. they keep the criminal hostage before the police gets there and they spend the entire night in interrogation. all adan can think about is the light leaving eliza’s eyes, just like in the premonition, and the fact that all of their deaths are inevitable.

eliza cerrato, time of death: 4:07 am. cause of death: bleeding out.

death skips jaime for the time being.

a bus full of tourists comes out of nowhere when they’re hiking and haleema manages to get jaime out of the way before it can get to him ( it’s not her time to die — they know she’ll be fine when she surges forward to push him ). the driver steers the vehicle away, but it dives off the cliff anyway, resulting in death of at least twenty people. as adan begins losing count of zipped up bodies getting inside the ambulances, he realizes something: is this considered murder? maybe by saving jaime, they took away innocent people’s lives, thus they were crossed off the death’s list? they wait with baited breath. two days pass by with no casualties … the calm before the storm.

it’s two in the morning when he smells smoke. the hotel is on fire. adan doesn’t think as he jumps from his bed, almost naked, and peels the door open. he gets a flashback — crashing noises and screaming people, feeling like he’s tilting — but instead of eliza staring back at him, it’s jaime. there’s no room for spoken communication as they both sprint to haleema’s room only to find two bodies burnt to a crisp. he doesn’t recognize the other person, but by the looks of their … very naked bodies, he puts two and two together. at least they went out with an actual bang, just like all of them had wanted. they’re told there will be an investigation. looks like the bus crashing was all according to death’s design anyway.

haleema kanaan, time of death: 2:16 am. cause of death: burnt alive.

it’s victoria’s turn and adan goes more mad each day. he’s frantically trying to look for ways to save them, but all of the answers keep slipping from his fingers — deep down, he knows that there really is no cheating death, but he needs a faux sense of security to give him peace. he keeps researching and there it is ; a glimmer of hope. maybe he won’t live, but it will save them.

“ adan, what are you doing? get down. ” he ignores it. on the contrary, it prompts him to take another step closer to the ledge. will this work? he’s not certain, but at least all of this will be over for him. call him selfish, but he would rather not watch any more of his friends die right in front of his eyes.

“ i’m the last one on the list, right? so — ” he turns around to face victoria and adan, wincing at the wind tousling his hair and neglecting to acknowledge the terrified faces of strangers behind them. he vaguely hears them whispering to their phones, but everything in his head is buzzing and there’s blood rushing to his head, and he’s going absolutely crazy, and he just wants to die. “ if i kill myself right now, the order will be messed up. ” the breeze hits him a little harder this time and he sways, to which his friends respond by attempting to reach out for him. “ it makes sense! if i die out of my turn, we beat death! you guys get to survive! ” he takes another step. “ if not, maybe it will give you some more time. hey, you can make a baby together. new life defeats death, right? ” he laughs, almost maniacally. then, he stills, going quiet.

“ we should have stayed, ” he speaks up again, “ on the cruise. we would have all died at the same time, we wouldn’t suffer. it’s my fault — ” he looks up, his eyes boring into jaime and victoria’s. he takes a final step. “ — and i’m going to fix it. ”

adan garza, time of death: 12:20 pm. cause of death: suicide.

except … he isn’t the last one. victoria is. in the premonition, they part ways somewhere in between jaime and haleema’s deaths, therefore, there’s no knowing when victoria dies as the cabin numbers don’t entirely indicate their order. in reality, she would have been impaled by another ship’s pole while trying to jump out of the cruise to save herself from sinking, a few minutes after adan’s death. which brings to the conclusion that there’s also no way of knowing whether his theory is true —— after all, the man dies following the death’s list.

death takes away the rest too. their fate is inevitable. somewhere, far far away, zain and al are shaking their heads at them.

victoria villalobos, time of death: 9:14 pm. cause of death: plane crash.

james kaplan, time of death: 9:16 pm. cause of death: plane crash.