Wake up! Stella, you have to open your eyes! Open your eyes NOW!
Her eyes flew open and she jerked her head to sit up. Big mistake.
Pain. That is all she felt. Hot, searing pain like she was being stabbed with hot pokers. She looked around but didn't understand what she was seeing. She was expecting to see her bedroom. Instead she was in her car. At least what used to be her car. She tried to turn her head to get a better sense of her surroundings, but the excruciating pain in her head and neck made that move impossible. She brought her right hand to her forehead. Sticky. Blood. Some dry but some not which meant the wound had only recently stopped bleeding. She gently moved her fingers over her left eyebrow. She felt the open and what felt like a gaping wound. She gingerly tried to assess the injury. It started at the left brow and extended up to her scalp. It was about 4 inches long, wet, sticky and painful.
"Ok,"she said out loud. "Ok. I got into an accident and I hit my head. Ok, I can figure this out."
She knew she had to evaluate the rest of her potential injuries. Since she couldn't move her head too much, she tried to look as best as she could. Naturally, she first tried to wiggle her toes. Right side ok. Left side, not so much. She looked down and saw the deflated air bag. But then she looked to the left, and knew why she was in to much pain. The left side of the car, the side where she was sitting, was essentially gone. It was pushed so far in that most of her body had been pushed to the center of the front passenger area. The steering column was no longer front and center, but rather, down and twisted. The pain in her chest and right side ribs told her she had slammed into it at some point. The front and left side of the car were crushed in, completely pinning her left leg. She couldn't tell how badly her leg was injured; the slightly movement sent a wave of pain from her hip downward. It was unlike anything she had felt.
Ok, leg's bad. What else we got? She glanced down at her left arm which was pretty much trapped between her body and the crushed door. There were large shards of glass sticking to the arm of her jacket like a porcupine, but thankfully, her coat was puffy enough to have protected her arm from any major damage. However, she was stuck.
Shit. What the hell happened?