The World of Wonders(Akura Andrews) “Welcome to the World of Wonders.” The sign said. How wrong it was. All you find there is death and destruction, not happiness. Happiness, as they say there, is only a fantasy made to confuse the mind of the harsh reality.

I remember when…when I first went there. The sun was bright, the water clear. It was a perfect day for swimming. But then…We found it, “The World of Wonders.”

The sun was beating down on us. The heat unbearable. When we saw the sign for a water park, we were overjoyed. “Come on guys!” Chase shouted as we ran towards the park.

“Hey, wait up for me!” Ginger, the ‘untoned’ one, shouted behind us.

We laughed and kept running, unaware of how far behind us Ginger was.

Christina, her long silver hair flowing in the motion of her running, her green and blue short-shorts popping out, her white tank top seeming to glow, cried out in relief as she saw the park was open and people were inside.

“Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Cccccccchhhrrrrrriiiiiiiiissssssssssttttttttiiiiiinnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaa, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnndddddddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, Llllllllllleeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiisssssssssss," Ginger shouts behind us, “Wwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiittttttttttuuuuuuuuppppppp!!”

We all laughed and waited for him. Ginger caught up to us, his t-shirt soaked in sweat, panting. “Come on guys” he said and walked into the water park. We all followed him, unaware of the danger to come.

“Cost for five of you is $2” the person behind the counter said cheerfully.
We handed her the money, grateful that it wasn’t much.

“Thank you and enjoy the park. You are free to go anywhere in the park…except for the slide.” She said.

“Okay. Thanks.” We said.

“I wonder what’s wrong with the slide” Christina whispered to us, seeing people go down it.

“I don’t know, but I think we should stay off of it” Ginger said. “That lady did tell us to, anyway.”

Christina sighs. “Ginger, when will you stop being the good boy? Come ooooooonnn. I wanna go down the slide.” She begged him, knowing that he has a soft spot for her.

“Okay, okay. But if we get in trouble, it was your idea, Christina.” Ginger says, giving in.

We all walk over and wait in line for the slide, Christina in front of us and Ginger in back.

Christina laughs at a joke a guy said, obviously enjoying herself.

Christina goes down the slide with the guy, laughing.

Andy goes down after her, then Lewis, then me, then Ginger. Nothing happens and we go down about ten or eleven more times. Still, nothing happens.

But the twelfth time we go down, Christina doesn’t emerge from the slide.

Andy goes in, thinking she got stuck in a corner or something. A few minutes pass.
He doesn’t emerge.

Lewis and Ginger, trying to act like brave men, go down after them.

They don’t emerge.

Suddenly, I realize that I’m the only one still here. Everyone except me has gone down the slide, but no one has emerged.

“Guys?” I call. “You there?” The only response I get is a faint humming noise.
I decide to go down the slide to investigate what’s going on.

When I reach the bottom, I scream in horror, as I see my friends. Their blood sprayed everywhere. The blood forming words. “I told you not to go down the slide.”

I realize that the machine that is making the humming noise is a circular saw, its blades dripping blood.

The last thing I hear before I am pushed onto the saw is, “Go to slip¹.”

So, I warn you. On a hot summer day, never, NEVER go down the slide. The slide at a place called, “The World of Wonders”.

Slip¹: Phrase used by Jeff the Killer. He actually says “sleep”, but it sounds like “slip”.

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