When the smoke cleared and the car had stopped tumbling end over end to rest upside down in a ditch—Lewis believed things were going to be alright. The sheer fact that he was still alive was a pretty good sign. He gave himself a moment to gather his thoughts before reaching for the latch on his seatbelt. A sizeable gash ran across the length of his arm and he noticed as he fumbled trying to undo the restraint. The latch was slippery and he could only assume that was his own blood. All he could hear was his own shallow breaths and grunts of pain. No sirens in the distance. No evidence that the other driver involved in the accident was alright. He couldn't move his other arm at all and his left leg was beginning to hurt as the adrenaline and shock wore off.
Finally getting the seatbelt undone, he dropped a short distance and landed on his stomach in a pile of glass. His entire existence seemed to be fading into absolute pain and he held back convulsions as they attempted to wrack through his small frame. His previous thoughts fading as he realized things were much worse than he assumed. He took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes that had previously been squeezed shut.
What could have possibly caused this? He had been calmly driving along and— it hit him. No, no no no no. Dragging himself by his good arm he found it. The reason he went out in the first place. His hand closed around a small black box and at this point the pain was almost crippling.
He was gasping for breath as it felt like almost every surface of his body, give or take a few sections, was on fire. Inside the black box was a ring for Hannah. He had to drive almost halfway across the country to pick it up without any suspicion of her finding it, and now everything seemed so far away. This couldn't be how it ends for him. Surely he could have done so much more.
He nearly sobbed as he finally heard the sirens in the distance. He just had to hold on for a little while longer. His vision started to blur and he wondered what would happen to the Yogscast without him? Would everyone carry on making videos even if he was gone or would they give up and move on to do something else with their lives. These questions scared him and he felt like he was letting everyone down. Here he was, dying in an upside down car from an accident that could only have been his fault. He couldn't pinpoint how it was his fault though. He had been driving along just like he realized earlier and then what? What caused the crash?
By the time the ambulance reached the wreck and pried through the metal of the car to free him, he was already gone.
"Where did Lewis say he was going again?" Hannah poked her head into Duncan's office. You could say she was being a bit suspicious, but with Lewis's behavior over the last few days, she had every reason to be. The other night she had came into her boyfriends office and watched as Lewis quickly closed out the tab he was viewing on the internet. He ended up making a big fuss over how she shouldn't scare him like that which lead to an argument. It seemed like most things lead to arguments between them recently.
Duncan, who was reading an article or something and didn't take his eyes off the screen as he said, "Going out with one of his old friends to a pub." He didn't seem very fazed even though it was nearing midnight and Lewis typically didn't stay out drinking for so long.
That was the exact same story he told Hannah this afternoon and she accepted it without question as she was playing Dota at the time and was too distracted to question him on it. Maybe she was being overly worried, after all the idea of him cheating on her was almost unfathomable. She reassured herself that everything was going to be fine and she headed back to her office, not noticing the grin on Duncan's face, as he knew exactly what Lewis's plans for the day were.
Being a Saturday night, and a very rainy one at that, mostly everybody still seemed to be hanging around the office as there wasn't much to do elsewhere due to the weather. Sparkles, Parv, Martyn and Strippin were all hanging out in the studio watching a new anime and Duncan, Simon and now Hannah were back alone in their offices.
Being pretty bored, Hannah decided to do something she hadn't done in a while, record a Yogfilms. Ravs and Tee were online and most likely just as bored as her, so she sent them a message and was glad when they agreed. She needed to do something to get her mind off of Lewis. They once again picked some crappy movie and weren't enjoying it one bit. Like most of the other movies this one had crappy actors, a little too much female nudity and almost no sign of a feasible plot. The difference was that this one also had a lot of jump scares and a few caught them off guard.
"I bet it's going to come out of the closet this time." Ravs said.
"Of course, it's that fucking obvious." Tee pointed out and Hannah laughed.
They were right, because as soon as the main character got close enough to the closet to investigate the noise the monster came barreling out emitting a loud noise.
Everything went black.
Hannah's eyes widened as she adjusted to the darkness. The power in the office was gone. That means she had just lost her entire recording. She felt like getting up and flipping her desk out the window when she heard laughing from down the hall toward the studio. Sure, they thought it was funny.
The only light that filtered into the room was from the window, but it was enough to let her see just enough it get up and out of her office without tripping and breaking something. She headed for the studio where the laughing was heard.
"I swear if that was one of you." She started as she entered the room.
"Nope, was the weather I'm assuming." Sparkles pointed his cell phone in her direction and the light caused her to squint in aggravation. He noticed her expression and aimed it downward away from her eyes.
"I was recording something but now that's gone." She sighed and sat down on the couch beside Strippin who had his phone out as well and was most likely updating his twitter on the situation. Most likely Simon or Duncan would go find the circuit breaker and the power would be back on in a matter of a few minutes, so she wouldn't be needed.
Martyn and Sparkles went into a conversation about something while Parv seemed distracted, his face screwed up in concentration. Hannah watched him with a brow raised, ready to ask what on Earth he was doing when he suddenly shushed Martyn and Sparkles.
"Shush yourself." Sparkles joked, but Parv held up a hand to silence his friend.
"Do you hear that?" He asked.
"Hear what?" Martyn asked, his face looking as confused as Hannah's.
"That beeping." Parv answered and the room fell into absolute silence as they listened intently trying to find out what Parv ment. The only sound that could be heard was Simon and Duncan a few rooms away joking as they tried to get the power back on. Hannah considered yelling to them to shut up for a moment when she heard it. A small faint beeping coming from god knows where.
Hannah was about ready to ask what that was when Parv jumped off the couch and got down on his hands and knees and reached under the couch. Sparkles provided ample light from his phone to assist his friend and Parv managed to get hold of the source, holding it up as he tried to figure out what it was.
A small metallic ball emitted the noise, now louder as it was free from under the couch. Parv turned it over in confusion a couple of times.
The lights flicked back on and Sparkles computer and other equipment in the studio whirred to life as power had been restored.
"What is it?" Strippin asked and before Parv could answer it happened. Everything flashed white and faded to nothing.
