"Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot."
The moving feet in front of him kept Sam going in the right direction.
"Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot."
Nothing else mattered to him, not another thought occurred to him, just,
"Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot."
He didn't care about his throbbing side and head, hell, he could barely feel them.
"Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot."
He didn't care that except for a small line of visibility, his world was dark around the edges.
"Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot."
He didn't care that he had been moving for almost three hours without respite.
"Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot."
He didn't even care about the certain danger that surrounded him.
"Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot."
All his groggy mind could handle right now was lifting his damn left foot, putting it down in front of him, then taking his other damn foot and putting it in front of the other one.
"Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot."
It became his life, his goal, his purpose on this world, just to keep moving his frozen feet.
That is why he nearly ran into the large ass in front of him when it stopped at the sound of a voice saying, "I see it! I see it!" Josh's voice.
Slowly, very, very slowly, every thing came back to Sam's numb, exhausted mind.
"I made it! I made it! I did it! Just a few more yards, and I'm home free!"
Sam tried to continue the motion that he had come to know so well, that he was just performing mere seconds ago, but his leg felt like it weighed the weight of the world. He tried his other leg, but got the same results.
Suddenly Sam was mildly aware that he seemed to get shorter. He felt a small pain in his back as his knees landed with a thud on the ground. He watched his world disappear as his eyelids closed the curtains on him. Finally, his body completely shut down and he landed with a soft plop in the deep, cold, and oh so unforgiving snow. The white fluff pitter-pattered on his plump coat, covering the navy blue with white speckles.
And no one even noticed.
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SHORT, SHORT, SHORT, SHORT, SHOOOORRRRTTT! I know, I know, I know, but I just wanted to leave you guys at a really big cliff hanger because I don't know how much I am going to be able to write over break.
Why are you all looking at me like that, I'll be back I swear. grabs shield you know if you kill me, you will never know what happens!