Part two: Rental Car

"Would you like to pay extra for the insurance?" The lady at the counter asked.
"Uh… no thanks. Don't think I'll be needing it."

Bam smiled and picked up the keys to his rental car. He walked out to the parking lot where someone was waiting with the car for him. Bam was going to be in California for a couple days to do a skate demo, and he couldn't have picked a better time to do it. As he drove down the road, he couldn't help thinking what a beautiful day it was. He took his eyes off the road for a second, almost missing the kids who were trying to chase after their ball that rolled across the street. He had to slam on the breaks and allow the kids to get their ball.

Once he started driving again, his mind began to wander. He almost didn't realize that another driver, coming from the opposite direction, was half way in his lane. He had to swerve in order to avoid getting hit. His car went off the road and rolled a couple times before landing upside down.

Everything was black. He couldn't move. There wasn't a part on his body that didn't seem to be throbbing of pain. Even his eyelids hurt when he blinked. He couldn't tell if he was able to move or open his eyes. There was something running down his skin that he didn't recognize at the moment.

What is that piercing my arms? Where am I? Why is it so dark? Am I breathing? He couldn't think except about those questions tumbling through his head on to p of the throbbing pain.

All kinds of sounds were surrounding him, so many that he couldn't figure out all of the sources. He was pretty sure some of the sounds were voices, but he had no idea whose voices they were, or what they were saying. Then he started to hear what sounded like someone screaming.

What's going on? Why is it so loud? Who is that screaming? Wait is that a person? What's that sound? Why can't I see? Oh no I'm blind! Why won't this pain go away?

The screaming Bam heard was actually someone sawing the passenger side door off. Finally the door was removed and the paramedic was able to crawl inside the car.

"Son? Son can you hear me?" He placed a hand on Bam's shoulder. "Listen you're going to be ok. We just have to get you out of the car. Do you hear me?"

Bam's eyes opened slowly and stared straight ahead. The overwhelming pain made it impossible for his eyes to focus on anything. His eyes rolled down to his body. There were red streaks running down his arms and hands. Something round and hard had him pined back. He tried to turn his head toward the person who was talking to him, but his head wouldn't move.

The paramedic unbuckled Bam's seatbelt. If Bam weren't pinned by the steering wheel he would have fallen out of the seat right then. There was a lot of broken glass surrounding him from the front and left side of him. Some slivers of the glass had lodged itself into Bam's arms when the window next to him and part of the windshield shattered.

"Can you move at all?"

Bam just closed and opened his eyes. He was disparately trying to breathe through the pain. His chest struggled to rise and fall a few times before everything went black again.

"Phil and April Margera?" The doctor asked while looking up from his charts.

They stood up together.

"Yes that's us." Phil stated.
"How is he?"
"Your son has suffered a collapsed lung, crushed pelvis, as well as many lesions on his arms, hands and even on is face, as well as some minor spinal damage. We haven't done a complete scan yet, but it's possible there is some brain damage.
"Brain damage?" April gasped.
"Now it's not definite, but possible. And the chances are that what damage might be there, may be reversible." The doctor continued.
"Can we see him?"
"He's stable right now but make sure you keep him talking.

The doctor led them down the hall to Bam's room. They cautiously approached the body lying in the bed. Bam cracked his eyes open, trying to focus on the blurred blobs standing next to him.

"Bam."
"A-April?" He croaked
"Yes Bam it's me."
"Good. Then that big blur must be Phil."
Phil chuckled. "Yeah that's me. Not seeing all too well, are you?"
"Among other things. H…how did you guys get here?"
"As soon as we got the news of your accident, we immediately got on a plain and flew out here."
"Oh. I'm glad that you did." He paused. "Probably going to be here for a while."
"From the looks of it. Do you remember anything that happened?"
"Not about the accident itself. But I do remember this one thing. I feel so stupid because of it too."
"What's that?"
"When I was renting the car, the lady asked if I wanted to pay extra for the insurance. I said no because I wasn't going to have the car very long. And the next thing I know I'm waking up here. I feel like an idiot."
"Well Bam, you know the insurance wasn't going to present the accident. Besides you have more important things to worry about."
"Yeah I guess so. But I can't help feeling stupid over it."