Unexpected Circumstances
Chapter 1
Something I Never Expected
It was a day like any other normal day. I woke up, took a shower, got dress, ate and made my way to work. It was the same routine that I had been doing for the last five years, so I didn't expect anything to change….but I was clearly wrong.
I never expected that I would have a gun pointed to my head as I walked down the alley that I took every day to get home, but it happened. He wanted my money, but I didn't have any and when I told him, it was definitely something that he didn't want to hear.
He thought I was lying and I cried that I wasn't. He wasn't buying it, so he threatened me. I guess he thought if he did that to me then I would give him the money he thought I had. But when my answer didn't change, he struck me twice with his gun.
Everything went blurry as I came crashing to the ground. I felt myself going in and out of consciousness with every passing moment, not really aware of what was going on around me. The pain that I felt was unbearable. My head was pounding and my jaw felt like it was broken from the force of the gun hitting me. I could feel liquid running down the side of my face, but I was so out of it to really think much about it.
I could see his mouth moving, but couldn't hear was he was saying. Moments later, I felt my body shift, as hands rummaged through my clothes.
He hovered over me again. The gun was pointed in my direction once again. He seemed to be yelling something, but I still couldn't hear, but I was sure that it had something to do with the money he wanted from me.
Even in the state I was in, I figured this was probably going to be the end for me. And I knew it was definite when I felt cold steel placed against my head.
Tears began to run from my eyes, as I thought about my family and how much I loved them. All of my precious memories with my friends and family flashed before my eyes in an instant. I thought about all the things that I hadn't gotten the chance to do. I never had a first kiss, a first love. I wanted to have children, but I knew that those dreams that I had for the future would mean nothing once the trigger was pulled.
I closed my eyes as I waited for my demise that I knew was coming soon. But…..it never came.
I looked up through hazy vision to see my attacker getting up and looking to his right. He was talking to someone. I slowly turned my throbbing head to where my attacker was facing. My vision seemed to get fuzzier by the second, so I had to squint them in an attempt to focus my vision.
There….there was a woman. She had blonde hair, but that's all I could make out before my vision went crazy again.
My eyes focused again. My attacker was walking towards the woman with blonde hair.
NO! He was probably going to hurt her as well and I didn't want that.
"R-run" I tried to say loud enough for the woman to hear, but the words only came out as a whisper.
But my words were too late.
I could vaguely see that there was a struggle between my savior and the theft. Punches and kicks were thrown and then at the blink of my eyes, there were rolling on the ground trying to knock out the other. I sat there helplessly watching this fight, which I was scared to know what the outcome would be. I didn't want to watch anymore, so I shut my eyes to tight as I could.
I wanted this to be over. I had wished this had never happened. I thought if I wished long enough, it would all be a dream. But when my ears picked up three gun shots, reality came crashing down. This definitely wasn't a dream.
My eyes snapped open abruptly. The sounds of the night came rushing to my ears. I could hear the cars nearby, people talking, and what seemed to be someone running. I turned to where I remembered the fight had taken place. Once where there were two people, there only lay one. A woman with blonde hair lay on the ground, with her hair scattered across the floor. And at that moment, I realized that what I was hoping wouldn't happen, happened….she got shot.
I moved on crawling knees as fast as my throbbing head would let me. Red droplet made contact with the ground as I moved, but I ignored it. I had to make she was alright.
Her body was unmoving. Her eyes, which were burgundy, were wide with fear as she looked at me. I was scared for her as I noticed blood spreading across her light blue shirt.
Her bloodied right hand hurriedly grabbed my hand as she whispered "Help me"
In my disoriented state, I fished through my coat pocket praying that the man who attacked me, hadn't taken my phone. Luckily I found it still there and I quickly called 911.
"911, what's your emergency?"
"A… woman has… been shot"
"Where are you right now ma'am?"
"In an alley….next to…. Midori….ya….cafe"
"Ma'am, are you okay? Ma'am?"
The phone fell from my hands as the throbbing in my head came back with pain that I had never experience before. My hearing was lost again as my vision was almost nothing. All that I was aware of was my ragged breathing and the thumping of my heart.
I guess my attacker really succeeded in killing me after all. And before I could feel myself losing consciousness, I looked to my savior. Her eyes were trying to stay open, but stopped and didn't open again.
I…. failed. I had failed this woman who was trying to save me. Her life was wasted for nothing and my heart hurt just knowing that.
"I'm…sorry"
And I crashed to the ground and was consumed by darkness.
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