There and back again.
Chapter One:
Dying.
Death.
Most people think that when they're dying, afterwards they are going to go to heaven or hell. Others believe that there is no afterlife. Some think you get reincarnated into a different form. I only believed that I would be greeted by my long-dead family, I had no idea what fate was twisting in store for me. That is of course, until I died.
My name is Brooklyn Evangeline Beauchamp and this is the story of how I got one more second chance.
-There-
The sweet fresh country wind raced past my face as I leant out of the window. "Brook! Get your melon back in the car before you crash this thing!" Sansa, my best friend since year 6 shrieked. I laughed, popping my head back in and wound the window up. It was good to be back on home soil and taking a road trip. Sansa Avery Fraser, she was always there for me when I needed her the most. She was my rock of hope and comfort when things got rough, and they have been rough.
After a minute of silence, I glanced over to see the fiery red-head reach into her grey duffle bag to grab a small box. I raised my eyebrow at her antics, she only shook her head and pointed to the road, her green eyes full of excitement.
"You know how we used to film our lives a bit? Well, I decided that we should film our road trip so we can remember it forever. So, I got a dash board camera to film us driving! Everything that is filmed get automatically saved into our phones" Sansa giggled and carefully installed it onto the dash-board and turned it on.
"This is going to be the best road trip ever!" I cheered and wound down the windows. The cool spring air whipped my chestnut brown hair back as I put aviators on over my dark whiskey coloured eyes and casually slung my arm out the window.
I realised we were both still dressed in our Renaissance fair clothes as we had gone straight on a road trip after visiting the fair. I was dressed in a jade green cotton dress with white puffy sleeves with white flower patterns on the dress and an umber coloured lace-up bodice. A certain redhead on the other hand was wearing an outfit the similar to mine but with a dress the colour of azurite with white puffy sleeves and golden butterflies stitched on the dress with the same bodice as mine. Sansa took this as a queue to turn on the radio.
'My friends are gonna be there too…
I'm on the highway to hell!
Highway to hell!
I'm on the highway to hell!
No stop signs,
Speed limit-'
I frowned as Sansa changed the station, she only laughed and said "We can listen to AC/DC on the way back!" As I was about to complain she squealed and started singing along.
"So let's build a bridge, yeah
From your side to mine
I'll be the one to cross over
Just tell me it's not the end of the line
Just tell me it's not the end of the line"
When I realised what song was being played I sung along too.
"I never meant to break your heart
I won't let this plane go down
I never meant to make you cry
I'll do what it takes to make this fly, oh
You gotta hold on
Hold on to what you're feeling
That feeling is the best thing
The best thing, alrigh-"
"AHHH! BROOKLYN LOOK OUT!"
I turned to the right and saw a black truck barrelling towards us. It was making a beeline straight for our glossy jet-black '67 Chevy Impala. I turned the wheel to the left and slammed my foot harder on the accelerator. It was too late.
CRASH!
The impact of the collision sent us rolling down a small hill next to a dark forest. Time seemed to stop as shards of glass and shrapnel lodged themselves into my body. From the corner of my eye, I could see Sansa's mouth form into a silent scream. All a sudden time fast forwarded and a blood-curling, animalistic noise left my lips as we crashed to a rolling stop. We had landed upside down and I could see a pond and forest where the sky should be. I slowly undid my belt and crawled over broken shards of glass and sharp twisted bits of metal to get Sansa down.
"I'm so sorry Sansa" I whispered with salty tears streaming down my face as I dragged her out of the car and leaned her on a boulder next to the pond, she still had her brown tote bag that we both shared on her. I glanced over to what was left of my baby and to my surprise, the dash-cam was still recording and it was trained on where we were resting. I looked up the hill to see a figure come running down with what looked like an AK-47 in his or her hands.
I gasped and stumbled backwards wincing at the pain in my leg, it was the KGB assassin that everyone at work nicknamed 'the Ghost' because of the fact that few knew if he was real or not because after all of his cases, he would disappear and would only re-surface for another case.
I reached into my back dress pocket and groped around for my specialised hand-gun that my work colleagues got for me. I came back empty handed when I realised I only had my IPhone and solar powered charger on me since I put my gun in the glove box.
The Ghost walked around the remains of my car and pointed his AK-47 at me. He was going to murder Sansa too if I didn't do anything.
"Please, kill me but not Sansa. Please, she's innocent" I begged making the Ghost stop. I scanned his body and my eyes widened at the variety of weapons on his body. He wore a black bullet-proof vest with long sleeves, black cargo pants and black combat boots and his dirty brown hair went just an inch above his shoulders. My eyes met his and I saw cold calculating eyes that reminded me of a ruthless robot, trained to kill.
I kneeled next to Sansa who had rolled off the boulder and onto the side of the pond, I grabbed her hand, closed my eyes and waited. I knew we were both going to die.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
I looked down at my chest to find three bullet holes with fresh dark blood streaming out of it. My eyes rolled into the back of my head and I fell backwards into the pond, dragging my dying friend with me.
Heya! This is my second fanfic the first was a Loki one on Wattpad but I never got around to finishing it. I'm re-writing all the chapters that I have published already so if you have already read the first 5 chapters then I suggest reading it again as there are some changes. Please rate and review!
~J