The rain was coming down in sheets, completely blurring the vision of the frustrated teen who was gripping the steering wheel so tightly her knuckles were white. 'I shouldn't have left,' she thought to herself but then again she also thought of the fight she had with Rei. A tear slipped past her crystal blue eye as she hunched closer to the windshield. The usually bouncy blonde could not for the world of her figure out why the raven haired priestess was so mean. Serena sighed as she put all her attention back on the road or what she could see of it.
A small scream escaped past her lips as a bolt of lightning flashed nearby and the thunder that followed crackled. Serena swore she felt the ground shake from all the tension. She was getting really worried, the weather was horrible, the sky was almost black with storm clouds plus the heavy rain and winds…it was scary. Her phone rang out beside her on the passenger seat, looking at the caller ID she seen that it was her mother.
"Hi mom." She said in the tiny silver phone trying to sound happy and unworried with her current situation.
"Where are you? I just got a call from the temple from Ami; she said you and Rei got into a fight and that you left. Do you have any idea how bad the weather is, please tell me you were smarter than to drive in it." Irene waited on the other end for a response, pacing her kitchen. Even though Serena didn't verbally say that she was in fact on the road, her not replying was enough of an answer. "Serena." Her mother drawled out. "I can't believe you! Where are you? I want you to pull over right now and wait this out."
Happy that her mom was finally letting her get a word in she answered, "I'm about a half hour out on 77, I'll be fine it's starting to clear up and," Whatever she was about to say was cut off by a loud scream followed by screeching tires across the wet pavement. Serena dropped the phone trying to correct her vehicle but it was too late. The small, dark car went careening over the side of the road and continued to rush down the steep embankment to the ravine down below.
Irene stared in horror at her phone listening to the loud crashes and scream on the other line. Tears silently filled her eyes and then spilled over as she called her daughter's name over and over, hoping to hear her voice within all the commotion. Minutes went by without a response; shaking herself out of shock she quickly called the police.
Waking up, Serena felt extremely dizzy, she felt weightless minus the huge headache that she was feeling. Opening her eyes she was confused, sure she had heard the expression about not knowing which way was which but she couldn't possibly be upside down. She had no clue where she was or how long she had been in the dark little hole of a forest but she did know a couple of things: she was upside down in a ravine, had a huge headache, and wished for more than anything the horn of her car would shut the hell up. Serena placed a hand on the ceiling of the car to brace herself and then used her other arm to mess her seatbelt. She kept jabbing at the release button but it held strong. She was getting irritated; she couldn't focus with the horn blaring in her face. So that was her next target. Serena started to wail on the wheel with both of her tiny fists, cursing the object to shut up. With one last beep it died down, she smiled to herself, knowing that she got one thing under control. The smile soon disappeared though.
"Ompff! Ouch! REALLY!" She yelled at her once favorite possession, as soon as she had her mini victory party over getting the horn to stop she heard a small click which resulted in her being dropped on her head. 'Well, the seatbelt works again.. .' Serena thought rubbing her sore head. She positioned herself between the two front seats and looked out through the splintered pieces of her windshield. It was pitch black outside. Serena felt a shiver go up her spine at the thought of what could be out in the woods at this time of night. She shuffled on her hands and knees to the back seat and messed with the seat to get at her trunk. It finally clicked and Serena grabbed the blanket and flashlight her dad had put in there in case of emergency.
Wrapping the blanket around her she was thankful for her father and how he put so much thought into everything, at this point she wasn't even upset at the thought that he knew she would wreck at some point in time. Pulling the blanket closer she smelt the faint scent of gasoline and the realized it was stronger now that the trunk had been opened. She snatched up the light and her phone and crawled out where the driver side window used to be. She gasped as her arm caught on a shard of glass that was still in the frame but put it aside and looked for somewhere dry to sit once she got to her feet.
Getting twisted in the white silk of his bed, the man tossed and turned with another nightmare. Always the same people, but a variety of different ways in which they got hurt and then ultimately died because of him. A shrill ring went through his apartment and jolted him to life. He rolled over in his bed, violently kicking at the sheets that trapped his legs and picked up the phone off the table next to him.
With a great exhausted sigh he answered, "Hello?" He quickly sat up and threw his legs over the side of the bed to stand. It was his sister, Rei on the other end crying about her friend and the girl's mom. "Whoa sis, calm down. Can you explain this a little slower?" He heard his sister choke back a sob and then tried to calmly tell him what was going on, her words still a little broken.
"Serena's mom….just called and said that Sere..na was in an acc…accident." Rei took a breath and the continued. "She called the police but they didn't see her or the car on the road she was supposed to be on. Irene, her mom, can't get a hold of her. Neither can I, it just goes to her stupid cheery voicemail! Aww this is all my fault!" He heard Rei curse on the other end and then come back to the conversation. "Can you come pick me up and take me to go look for her? Please, I'm begging, I'm so worried for her. It's dark and cold and….." He cut her off.
"It will take me over a half hour to get to the temple Rei. Serena was on her way home right? Highway 77? I will just go and check everything out. Chances are Serena got a ride or something and she is fine, ok? Now go calm down and talk to her mom and tell her that I'm going to go find her, ok?"
"Ok, thanks. You're the best big brother a girl could ask for, you know that?" Rei said, sounding a bit like herself.
"I'm your only big brother, love you Rei, I'll talk to you soon."
"Love you too Dare, be careful." Before the phone went to the dial tone she heard her brother chuckle at her goodbye.