Chapter 3: The Wolf
The first thing I remember is opening my eyes. My head ached and I felt a sharp pain in my arm. I glanced over and noticed that the glass was broken. Huh… Weird. Then I looked a bit lower and saw the glass sticking out of my arm, blood running down the seat and staining the floor below me.
"What… The hell…" My voice was dry and tired, and that's when I realized I was panting. My senses were all over the place right now. I felt as though I was underwater. The sounds were so muffled I couldn't make anything out.
Then my senses came back to me fully.
Screams suddenly filled my ears and my vision got sharper. I glanced around wildly, immediately noticing that Danny wasn't there. The bus was tipped on its side almost. Tree branches were sticking through the glass, and there was a distinct smell of gas in the air…
I swallowed and closed my eyes after I had realized I was the only one left in the bus. The emergency exit closest to me was on the left side of the bus, and I was on the right side. Apparently the back emergency exit must have been jammed because they weren't using that to get me out.
I tried to call for help but I was too weak to speak. I faintly heard voices screaming, "KRISTINA'S STILL IN THERE!" "YOU NEED TO GET HER OUT!" "I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE THE BUS BLOWS!"
Well, crap… That's what the gas was.
I suddenly heard MORE screaming, but this alarmed me. "What the hell is that?", I heard. "It… It's a wolf!" I immediately recognized Alex's shrill screaming above everything and everyone else. "It's going towards the bus! Someone stop it!"
A… Wolf? Hah… Wouldn't have it been funny if it was my wolf…
A large slam on one of the windows startled me, but I was too lazy to open my eyes again. I just wanted to get to sleep…
Then I felt it. My eyes flew open and suddenly I was staring into the green eyes of a massive grey wolf with blonde hair.
I would have screamed, but again, I didn't have the energy to. All the energy I had was enough to just stare at the wolf as it carefully maneuvered me from the seat. I grabbed onto his fur and held on for dear life.
I'm dying, aren't I? I thought to myself. I must be hallucinating. Wolves can't have hair. I chuckled mentally, but the feel of his fur underneath my shaking hands made me wonder if this was a dream or not…
I was suddenly on this wolf's back and I realized that he was a lot taller than I had expected him to be, almost the size of a horse! But again, I wondered if I was just hallucinating. My thoughts trailed off when he burst through another window, shattering the glass and nearly hitting me with it. I heard the screams again and had a quick second to look at my busmate's faces before the wolf took off into the woods with me on his back.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a dead deer laying a little bit away from where the bus had crashed.
A/C: This chapter really doesn't make sense… I can't really word things right but hopefully you know what's going on. ^^; Chapter 4 coming soon!
