THE
SHINING II
CHAPTER
1
(By Kar-zid)
A
black car was speeding around a tight corner on a rainy night. Inside
was a couple, Jack Tarrass and his wife Alice Tarrass. Alice kept on
telling Jack he looked just like Jack Torrance, who had gone mad not
that long ago. Jack would laugh at this and would make an evil smile
which would send them both into fits of laughter. The car continued
going fast on the slick road to get home.
There was a series of
tight curves still until they got onto the road home. "Honey, you
should slow down," Alice told her husband.
"We've got to get home though, but I will slow down, just for you," Jack told her lovingly.
He slowed down a bit, but continued going fast. When he turned another corner Jack lost control of the car. The car skidded on the wet asphalt and the car tumbled off the road. It crashed into a nearby tree completely crushing the front of the car.
Jack's
body was forced forward, but his seatbelt kept him from flying
through the windshield. Alice on the
other hand continued to move
forward, and her seatbelt could not hold her. It came undone and she
went head first into the front window, shattering it. All that was
left was the glass, and the blood on the dashboard. Jack recovered in
a few seconds and looked for his wife. He saw her body a few inches
from the car. Jack ripped his seatbelt off and went over to her. He
held her body in his arms.
"Alice! Alice! Wake up, please wake up!" Jack screamed at his blood covered wife.
Jack started to cry and sat in his mangled car holding his wife close to him; for what seemed like seconds but in reality was hours. He looked at the road hoping that someone would come. It had stopped raining now and Jack sat crying. He continued to hold his wife in his arms. He gently placed his wife down and walked out onto the highway and placed his head into his hands. They had been married for 5 years. Their anniversary was just 3 days ago and they had gone on a holiday for that special occasion. When he heard a car coming he didn't look up. Only when the driver got out of his yellow car and asked what happened did he look up.
"Hey, buddy, what happened?" the driver asked.
"Ca…call an ambulance! My wife, get help for my wife!" Jack sobbed out.
The driver obliged when he saw the mangled car wedged into the tree. The strange driver pulled out his phone and called an ambulance. He flipped his phone back into his pocket after he had finished explaining the situation, then he sat down next to Jack who was now rocking back and forth in tears.
"Tell me, what your name is?" the driver asked soothingly to Jack.
"J-Jack Tarrass. What's yours?" Jack whimpered through sobs.
"I'm Leon, what happened?" Leon asked.
"Me-me and m-my wife was driving home from our anniversary holiday. "The…the…then…" Jack sobbed out but then he shook his head.
"This happened" Leon finished for him.
"God, I loved her," Jack said. Now his voice was a bit steadier and he had cried as much as he could.
"I know, I have a missus back home as well, and lord knows what I would do if she passed on. All this tragedy and right after you're anniversary too!" Leon told Jack.
Jack nodded, but didn't continue talking. When the ambulance pulled up on the wet curb Jack was still sitting silent and just staring into space. God knows what he was thinking, he did just lose his wife, Leon thought, looking at the man beside him. Two paramedics jumped out of the back of the ambulance and ran to the car, while another paramedic jumped out from the passenger seat and ran to Jack.
"Mister, are you alright?" the man asked.
"I'm fine, help my wife," Jack told the man, hardly raising his voice but attempted to make it sound commanding. The man looked a bit taken aback, but left towards the car anyway.
"Look, you should really see a doctor, you're in bad shape, you're bleeding!" Leon said, not nastily but with a friendly voice.
Right after Leon finished Jack stood up and punched him in the face. He felt the bone crack under his fist and the warm touch of blood. Jack turned away and got into the back of the ambulance where his wife was being put. When they were at the hospital Jack's wife was declared dead, and Jack cried even more. When he went home he just sat on the couch, staring into space. The house seemed to be empty without his wife, Alice. Jack got up and grabbed a bottle of beer out of the fridge. When he finished he went and grabbed another beer, and another, and another. By the end of the night he had drunk 6 bottles of beer and fell asleep softly sobbing on the couch.
For
the next few days Jack was completely depressed and frequently had a
bottle in his hand. His friends got worried and so decided to get him
some help. When they confronted him with this idea Jack barked out a
harsh laugh and said
"Someone wanting to frolic in the meadows
of Jack's mind eh? Well no
thanks!"
His friends became even more worried when Jack only came out of his house when he really had to. So they came up with a new plan, a plan that was sure to work. They would make him go up to the Overlook hotel for a week or two where there was no alcohol or TV, or so they had heard from the reports on Jack Torrance. So, once again they approached him and let him in on their little ploy. Eventually after a long argument he agreed to go, if only to get over his wife's death. The next day his friend's car pulled up outside and Jack threw his things into the trunk and got inside. They drove up to the hotel and said their goodbyes. Jack stood outside the big hotel and stared at it. He took a deep breathe then walked inside.