Just returned from exam-stress hiatus, and hoping that people are still interested in reading these! I'm intending to get back into my habit of one-a-day posting now :) Please do review! And thank you very much to everyone who has so far :)
THE STORM - RAIN
Oh, my star is fading,
And I see no chance of release;
And I know I'm dead on the surface,
But I am screaming underneath.
~ Coldplay, 'Amsterdam'
Her life measured in seconds. Breaths. Heartbeats.
She can't look away. Not from Kolya, not from the gun.
Murderer! Torturer! she screams within her head.
Rodney gasps, from pain, or fear, and fury pulls these final heartbeats from her faster.
His terrified face, his blood in the corner of her eyes.
Rain drums against the glass, in rhythm with her pulse.
Sheppard yells over the radio, and she wants to shout too.
She thinks, John. Rodney. Atlantis. Thinks, please someone save me.
Kolya's finger tightens on the trigger.
Steadfast, she breathes. In.
And thinks she feels the silent city scream.