Author Note: I want to take the time and apologize how long it has taken me just to get one single chapter out. I can't thank you people enough for keep encouraging me to continue with this story. I never imagined people would like it this much, and I can only hope you like this chapter as well. If I had known what was going to transpire, that would make me not write I'd never put the first chapter out. I do not like keeping people in suspense this long, especially poor Nick. Just waiting around for me to continue writing huh ;)

I am a bit angry at my computer at the moment. I had started a while back the beginning of this chapter, and of all things to happen my computer died. So I had to rewrite this, and you know how difficult that can be. I am really worried and hoping that this chapter is okay.

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Chapter 2

Nick Stokes could feel consciousness slowly coming back to him as he heard a lone owl calling in the far distance. Confusion was at the forefront of his mind, 'funny, thought the owls stayed up in the mountain,' then again anything was possible with humans taking up any piece of land that was free. Opening one eye, Nick was now even more confused for the sight he saw in front of him was that of a large tree trunk. Then reality came back to him as though cold water was dumped on his entire body.

He was in a car accident. Opening his other eye as he brought himself to sit up and then turn and look at his now wreaked Tahoe. He had been in an accident that had sent him flying over the mountain. The last memory he had was he was inside the car and it had come to a stop. 'I should be dead.' How he had been thrown from the vehicle and not died was beyond Nick, but right now he didn't want to question it. He was rather thankful.

'The other car!' He stood up quickly he had to get to it to make sure the other person was okay. They had both collided, no telling what happened to them. Hoping that they didn't meet the same fate he did, and gone off the embankment somewhere. If they did they could be in need of medical assistance and he was their only hope.

Glancing up the steep hill with all the jagged rocks he wondered if they were even still around. 'HELLO IS ANYBODY UP THERE?" He tried yelling, hoping for some kind of answer. But he was only greeted with silence. Taking one more look at his car he debated about searching for one of his flashlights he kept in there for backup but decided against it. It was probably trashed anyways from the fall.

So he slowly began making his way up the hill. It was a lot steeper then it first appeared. As he got further up he began to wonder why he wasn't feeling any pain. From a wreak like that you were bound to have some kind of scratch, some kind of blood. But there was nothing that he could see. Then again he didn't have the best lighting in the world, the moon was the only thing shining down on him, and not to mention his body was probably in shock. Adrenaline was keeping him going. So that meant he could have injuries he just wasn't feeling them at the moment. It was better he got up the mountain faster than later that way if his body did fail him, at least he'd be somewhere someone could see him.

What felt like an hour but was only a mere few minutes, Nick made his way back up the incline. He looked both ways to see if any cars were coming his way. 'Go figure, completely isolated.' Shaking his head 'Next time you get into a wreak, make sure it's downtown Vegas, that way nobody misses it!'

His heart dropped not seeing the other vehicle. 'Maybe they took off, they didn't care that they hit somebody and could have well killed me.' But as his eyes traveled down towards the road, Nick could see where his and the other one had met, and then he saw them. Dark rubber marks on the ground left by heated tires trying to stop a speeding vehicle that was going to its doom.

Quickly jogging over to where the other vehicle had gone off the mountain, he wondered what kind of scene he would be greeted with. Hoping that the other person was okay he took a second to collect his thoughts and then peered over. He was actually surprised to find a young woman climbing up the mountain already.

He turned quickly around, scanning around him hoping to find something that he could use as a rope to thrown down to her. But there was nothing available so he settled with his own hand. Reaching down he called out to her, for it was obvious she was struggling. Blood was seeping down the right side of her face, and she was letting out tiny gasps every time she made a single move.

"Here, let me help you."

But she ignored him completely. Nick was baffled by this. She just went about her business climbing up the hill slowly but effectively.

Trying again Nick spoke to the woman, "grab my hand I can help you up Ma'am."

Still nothing.

Nick's mind began to wonder if she had possibly hurt her hearing, the force of the blow on her ears could have damaged her cochlea making her now deaf. The probability of her of not knowing was inevitable. Or, maybe she always was. In a second though Nick would find out as her hand reached the top of the incline and she pulled her body up.

By then he had given up trying to help and he had stood back up to his full height and watched as she took in shallow breaths, her eyes closed. For a minute Nick believed she was going to pass out, but her eyes shot open. She then slowly got back up onto her feet and Nick waited for her to say something to him, for he was already at a lost of words from when he first tried to help her.

But again silence on her part as her eyes got widely frantic as she then began searching the entire area. She was mimicking the same thing he had only done a few moments ago, she looked as though she was searching for his vehicle.

This was ludicrous he wasn't invisible he was standing right here and she was acting as though he wasn't. "I'm right here, I'm okay," he went to wave his hand in front of her face but she then just walked right through him.

Nick stood there with his mouth slightly open. 'I'm dreaming, this can't be real,' as he looked down at his hands. Turning them over, 'I can see myself, I don't understand this.' He then put one hand on top of the other and then touched his chest and looked down at himself. 'How come I can feel myself, I feel the same.' He was now in a full fledge panic, if he was here, that meant only his body was,

"Oh God." He turned around at the sound of the woman's voice. She was looking down at where his vehicle rested. He walked slowly towards her, fear of her walking through him again. He wasn't sure he could take that happening again, not so soon.

Standing next to her, he could see she was looking at every possible way of getting down there, but by her psychical appearance and how badly she appeared to be hurt made it look grim. Apparently she had made that same assessment for she than began yelling down the hill,

"If you can hear me, I'm going to try and get some help. Please just hang on, I'll be back I promise you!" She stood there, hoping to hear some kind of response, but Nick knew better than her, that wasn't possible. He placed his hand in front of her face once more, hoping for some kind of reaction. But he dropped it back down, knowing it was pointless.

"Unbelievable." He muttered.

Then Nick heard the woman take a small sigh. He watched as she closed her eyes take a few deep breaths then turned back around. She looked both ways then picked the direction in which she hoped was the way towards help. He had the urge to stay with her, not wanting to be left alone. But he didn't have much of a choice at the moment. So he watched as she got out of line of sight and he turned back around and looked down the embankment. He knew he had to do something, and that was check and see if he was still breathing if he was still alive.

He began stumbling down the steep hill almost tempted with the idea of just throwing himself down the hill; it wasn't like he could get hurt. But he was too chicken shit to try such a thing. Worried he'd make it worse somehow. He almost let out a laugh to himself. How could it get any worse? He was fucking Casper .

His momentum was stopped abruptly when he reached his vehicle. From the position in which the car was laying on its side, he couldn't see himself in the driver side. He wasn't ready for this. What if he was dead? He wasn't ready to be! Nick wanted to start a family, have the joy of seeing his wife walking down the aisle, to be married as his closest relatives and friends watched.

Then Nick looked up towards the sky that was slowly beginning to show dawn was approaching. He knew if he stood there for much longer and dwelled on it he wouldn't get the courage to look inside. Collecting himself he moved to the front of the vehicle. The front window was busted open, and as he peered in he could see his crumbled body in the drivers' seat still. The seatbelt kept him some what in place as his cheek rested in both dirt and rocks. Nick still couldn't see if he was breathing or not so he started inching closer, and as he did that he started to see clearer how hurt he truly was.

"Oh God, I look like shit."

TBC…

(Hope you all liked it, promise I won't wait a year this time!)