Another Chance

Another Chance

Written by: Smoo Angel

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The moon rose high above into the clear and starry night sky, a young dark haired man stood still 

upon Wickrly bridge, His clear green eyes looking down at his own reflection upon the water below.

His hands shook as his mind reeled, his memories of the events that happened prior to him

waking up in a hospital bed only a few days ago... His last memories that haunted him, that made

him not want to close his eyes, because all he would see were flames, then water, then her face...

her beautiful, sweet face, saturated in fear and shock and then... nothing

Russ had been told Donna, his fiancee, had died in the accident. Drowned... But somehow, though

he should have died too, he had survived.  No one around when it happened, the dangers of

traveling a lone road no one really ever traveled... far from any visible eyes... It wasn't until the

morning after the crash that they were found, that's when the ambulance was called. Russ had

been found washed up on the bank of the river, strangely a few miles away from the bridge they had

nosed dived off of. She was still in the car, strapped to the driver's seat, lifeless...But this was six

months ago. Though he had survived Russ had been in a coma for the last six months.

It was November 3rd now, Russ had snuck out of the hospital and came back to where the crash

happened. It had been a while so he knew there wouldn't be anything there, but looking at the

place, it didn't seem possible there would be no trace of what happened, the bridge was fixed up so

he knew there was new wood, but in the dark no one would see the difference. There was no doubt

the case closed, but... it didn't seem fair or right. Someone so wonderful died here, and yet it was

as if nothing happened there at all. It was quiet, the crickets sounded, the wind blew.. this is what

he would expect if he had died, he should have died, how was he alive and she wasn't? What gave

him the right to live and not her? He surely didn't do anything to deserve to be saved, if there was

anything good about him at all it was Donna. She had changed his whole world, gave him life and

now it felt like his life was taken away from him. Like he was dead too, only cursed to live upon the

earth.

He wondered if the after life was true, that she was in a better place now... If he were to die maybe...

no, even if it was true, he wouldn't go where she was. She would go to heaven for sure, but him... he

was very sure he was going to the pit just like he was told by those bible thumpers that hung

outside the bar he'd go to. Donna would tell him that those people honestly didn't understand that

what they did was a bit too radical , by to her they were doing what they thought was best, and they

could save some who are called that way. Russ was sure they were just nuts, but Donna always