The five guys pulled up to the warehouse about 20 minutes later. They had checked out half a dozen others and hoped that this would be the one. They got out of the car without speaking and walked into the building.
As they walked into the warehouse, they knew it was the right one. They could hear her CD playing from the end of the hall. They all walked down the hall together. It looked like a scene from a music video where the two groups had been combined and half of them kicked out.
When they entered the room, they could see Britney laying on the bed. They all walked over to the bed and just looked at her for a bit.
"She's dead," Kevin finally spoke.
That's when Chris noticed some pictures laying next to Britney. He picked them up. At the sight of the first one, he almost threw out. He flipped threw the rest and then passed them on to Kevin.
When the pictures finally reached Brian, he was dying from the suspense. Then he got them and wished he hadn't.
The first one was of Joey. The top of his head was a green blob and Brian could see a hole in the base of his neck. Next was Justin with his neck bent at an impossible angel. Then there was a picture of Howie sitting on the couch with his head next to him. After that, there was a picture of the hole the beetles had chewed into Lance's arm.
As Brian flipped to the next picture, he tried to prepare himself. But it didn't work. It was a picture of Nick, laying in a pool of oil and there were black spots under his skin. The worst part was that his eyes were open and the picture should the oil going threw his eyes.
That was when Brian lost it. He ripped up every single picture into tiny pieces, until it would be impossible to put them back together again.
Then he went over to the stereo and tore out the CD. He smashed it against the wall and it shattered into pieces, some of them cutting at his skin but he didn't notice the pain. Then Brian leaned against the wall and slid down it until he was sitting on the floor.
He started to sob uncontrollably. They came out in huge hiccuping sound and he was visibly shaking.
"Why?" he asked. "Why in the world did they have to die?! Why did Nick…" his voice broke at the thought of his best friend.
The other four came over to him and tried to comfort him with tears streaming down their cheeks. Then AJ and Kevin helped Brian up and the five of them left.
Chapter 19
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