I felt in the mood for a tragedy. Granted it is not the longest story but I got what I needed from it. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters depcited in the story below, they belong to their rightful owners.
A split second is all it takes to end decades of research. A writer and a scientist would concur with this that a single burst in a hard-drive, a fire in a home, and everything just goes up in flames and when the dust clears it was like it never existed in the first place. Now who's to say a human is no different. Spend upwards of decades living a life, having a dream and living it out, and then a simple slip up is all it takes to bring it all to an end.
To end a dream and a fulfilling life.
"It was an accident." Martin hadn't moved from the seat he fell in when the doctor came and told him that Chris was dead.
"I only took my eyes away for a second." He never acknowledged the team as they came to give their condolences.
"He was there, laughing like he always does." All he wanted was to be left alone in the silence of his own head. Far away from the reality that wanted to come constrict around him.
"I messed up." Crying was all he could do, helpless in the face of Death, one of Nature's faces.
24 hours ago Chris was sleeping soundly in his bed in Tortuga now . . .
"I'm so sorry."
Martin was lucky he only had a few broken bones and would be forced to wear a cast for a few months. Not many people can say that after a headlong collision into a boulder they survived, just ask Chris and the jeep.
They had face down dangerous creatures of all sorts, villainous people that have plotted their end, and yet it only took a few of seconds of eyes off the road to finally bring one of them to an end.
That's it. Hope you enjoyed it for this is where it ends. I'm keeping it as a one-shot unless I feel the mood return to me when then I'll add another chapter. A little tragedy here and there never hurt anyone. Farewell for now then.
