He awoke and raised his head from the steering wheel. He noticed a ringing in his ears, the intensity of it almost unbearable but he tried to ignore it. He instead decided to focus on the flickering object in front of him. He stared at the red-orange object flickering behind the terribly cracked front window, as his eyes slowly became adjusted to his surroundings, he noticed the strange object was fire. His mind, was still not completely aware of the dangers of it, so he leaned forward in his seat, glass crunching as he moved.
"Wow... This "fire" is beautiful..." He thought to himself, still mesmerized by it. "Wait... Fire... Burn... Explosion"
His eyes opened wide as he struggled unbuckle himself from the car then flung open the door and threw himself from the car. He sat there, feet from the open door, breathing heavily and staring at the wreckage. He noticed a figure in the car.
"Anna!" Joseph yelled as he ran to the passenger side
He knew of the danger he was putting himself in, the fire was still contained to the front of the car but it could easily spread, or even worse, explode, instantly killing both of them.
He reached the door and yanked with all his might.
"Fuck, it's stuck!" He cursed, hitting the door in anger
"Okay, okay, calm down... I need something to help me open this door."
He took a deep breath, mind racing, his eyes wildly searching the environment for an object that will help him save his beloved. He thought of reaching through his side of the door and dragging her out that way. He, again, quickly ran to the driver side.
"Shit!"
There was a large object in the way between him and Anna, not blocking her from sight but not allowing him to reach over to her.
"The snowboards!" He thought
He quickly reached the back of the car, the trunk, again, stuck.
"Are you fucking?"
Instead of finding something to open it, he grabbed a sturdy stick and slammed it into the window, the glass shattering, falling to the floor. He grunted as he leaped up onto the back bumper and grabbed the nearest snowboard.
He reached Anna's door once again and shoved the snowboard into the crack in the door.
"COME... ON..." He grunted as he struggled to open the door
Finally, he managed to get through it, the door snapping to open. He reached over Anna and with shaking hands, battled to release her from the seat. The seat belt unbuckled with a *clack* and he flung Anna's limp body over him. From there, he scrambled to the safest distance from the wreckage he could find and softly set her down when he suddenly remembered Elsa.
"FUCK"
He sprinted to the car, but stopped, when he heard a large *CRACK* from the front of it.
"NO, NO, NO, NO"
He knew the car was about to turn into a large heap of nothing within the next 30 seconds and started sprinting even faster. He reached the door and flung it open, not noticing that he made it fly off the hinges. He grabbed Elsa in a fireman carry and ran to the spot Anna was laying at. After what felt like ages, he reached Anna and sat Elsa down next to her. He finally plunged his body against a tree, elated that the fire didn't kill them all. As he thought this the car exploded into a fiery explosion, consuming the trees around it and transforming the area into a red-orange flame. He stared at this in awe, never seeing an explosion before. The explosion died down and he saw the sun appearing over the horizon, giving the sign of morning but sitting in front of it were dark, gray clouds. A storm was coming and he knew he had to find shelter, fast. He got up, his body still fueled by the adrenaline of the events that happened moments before, grabbed Anna and Elsa, and moved forward, searching for a shelter to keep their torn up bodies safe from the storm.
*Three Hours Later*
He was exhausted, the adrenaline left his body hours ago but he needed to move on, for them. The pace he was going at was incredibly slow, needing to take a break every five minutes. He noticed a pain in his chest as well, obviously contributing to the cause of the terrible pace, and the pain was incredible, every move he made it felt like his ribs were scraping against each other. He collapsed, Anna and Elsa's unconscious, seemingly lifeless bodies falling beside him. The exhaustion and pain had caught up to him, he tried to get up but he felt like he was chained to the ground. He turned his head to Anna, tears finding their way into his eyes. He had betrayed her, he got them into this fucking mess and now, they're both going to die out here, all of them are going to die out here. He looked up at the sky once more and slipped into unconsciousness. The last thing he could remember was that it had started snowing.
