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Unexpected
Chapter One
Krissy was your average University
student. She liked to party with her friends, as well as cram and
study for her final exams at the end of the year. It was the start of
winter at Miscellaneous so the pavements were lined with a light
blanket of frost and snow. It was a clear, cold and sunny day with a
small breeze. The morning light foot traffic arriving at the
University to either get into classes early or just to get some
studying done. Only a few trees still had leaves on them around the
University, and with one tree in particular being the Pine tree that
Krissy had the most memories. One such memory was the time she fell
asleep with her head hard against the bark due to staying up all
night the previous night. When she woke up her long chestnut brown
hair was in such a mess, due to all of the sap, she had to skip her
afternoon class in order to run home and clean it out. She did not
like looking like a mess, especially in public places.
Since it was cold, Krissy had her
favorite Purple Hoodie on, which as kept her warm since she got it in
her senior year at High School. She bought it first of all because
purple is her favorite colour, and second of all it was to support
her then boyfriend who was in the Football team at the time. After
she caught her boyfriend cheating on her before the school prom not
only did she dump him, but she also humiliated him in front of the
entire school by spreading his baby photos during prom night. Ever
since then she has been wary of getting a new boyfriend. Since she
was wearing her favourite hoodie she decided to wear her lucky Jeans.
These jeans was made of thick denim which was worn out at the knees.
They were lucky because every time she has worn them something good,
big or small, has happened to her. From finding a dollor on the
street to making it to Uni on time, those jeans had brought nothing
but luck for her.
Krissy was sitting under the Pine tree,
which was situated near her friends Lecture room. She was reading one
of her old favourite books, "Tomorrow when the War began". She got it
from her Auntie who lives in Australia. She loved it because she
enjoyed reading about Ellie and how just her and her friends could
survive an invasion of Australia. As she was reading her book she
heard her friend, Emily, yell out to her, "Krissy! Sorry im
late!" Krissy lifted her head and tilted her small glasses
which compensated for her long sightedness. Krissy sighed, and
blinked her green eyes. "About time, I almost fell asleep
waiting for you. What kept you?"
"We had a substitute teacher. Our
usual teacher, Mr Standley, had some conference to go to in town. We
ended up having to copy down notes instead of the practicals we
usually do." Emily sighed as she thought about it. Emily is
studying Physics, mainly because she wants to become a Doctor. She
had already studied at a Medical School, but couldnt get into the
Hospitals she wanted so she decided to get another degree under her
belt to try to get in. She gave the impression that she was a
perfectionist, as she never arrived at Uni un prepared or didnt ever
have a messy house when she had visitors. She always denys that she
is a perfectionist when asked, she just says that she doesnt like to
be messy. Emily scrached her short curly blond hair, "I never
want to see that teacher again, he is so BORING. All he did was
either write stuff on the board or just drone on in a monotone
voice." Krissy chuckled and replied, "At least you dont
have to go through what I have to. Computer Programming is harder
than you think. When you think you have got the code licked, it only
takes one simple bug to cause you hours of scouring text. For all you
know it could be just an error in a video feed or something."
"Speaking of which." Emily
then motioned towards Krissy"s backback resting on the ground by the
tree, "Did ya get that DVD of those Scrubs episodes I asked
for?" If there was one thing that those girls loved more than
chocolate, it was the TV show "Scrubs". Krissy had a collection of
DVDs spanning nearly all of the episodes, par some of the recent
seasons. It was one of those shows where they did not want to miss a
single episode. Otherwise they would try to beg, steal or borrow
either through the internet or through their circle of friends.
Krissy then covered her face with her hand and muttered "Crap" in a
shocked voice. "Damnit im sorry Emily, I slept in by mistake
this morning and I had to rush out the door in order to make it on
time. I forgot all about it." She then kicked herself mentaly
for staying up watching those episodes that she was meant to let
Emily borrow late last night.
Emily then groaned with dissapointment,
"Man, I was looking forward to watching that episode before I
had to do my test paper on Newtons Theories. Any chance you could get
it to me before afternoon classes end? Its only for half an hour, Or
don"t you have the afternoon off?" Emily"s blue eyes then
looked expectantly at Krissy, who was starting to frown. "I was
planning to get some shut eye under the tree, but I guess I"ll hafta
run home to get it to you in time. I"ttle be the last time I will do
this for ya though Em."
Emily"s eyes then lit up with joy, "Oh
thank you! You are a real friend!" Emily then reached down and
gave Krissy a big hug. As Krissy started to get up and grab her
backpack she said to Emily, "I"ll meet you back here in about
an hour. You are so lucky my house is a 15 minute bike ride from
here." With this they both headed off.
Jack had just finished his show at the
park, and then decided to pack up. After all of the lunchtime foot
traffic had gone there was really no point in staying in the park.
Mainly due to the fact that it was gettting a lot colder. With Sandra
still on the loose and her dark influence gripping the town, less and
less people turn up to watch him. Sometimes he wonders himself why he
keeps doing these shows when hardly anyone comes to watch. With a
slight shiver he wrapped his plaid jacket a bit tighter around him
and held Tomie close to his chest. "Why do you keep on doing these
shows during winter Jack?" Tomie asked Jack telepathicly, "There
really isnt much point with Sandra"s influence spreading across the
town." Jack then held out Tomie, smiled, remembered his first show
with Wally and said to Tomie, "Even if I get through to one person a
day, thats enough encouragement for me."
"If you say so." Tomie replyed.
With Tomie in hand he looked at his
watch, "Ten past One?!" He thought to himself, "I better get home."
He then started to run out of the park
and down the frosty footpath. Since the lunch hour had gone, most of
the foot traffic had indeed dissapeared into the many small office
blocks that lined the street. The odd Shopper was about the many
stores that lined the ground floor of the old 1960"s style buildings.
The wind was really howling now, creating a tailwind behind Jack.
Jack had to hurry home because he couldn"t allow too much time to be
wasted in the park. He had to look for Sandra now that she had
dissapeared from his radar. He was so fixed in his thoughts and
theories that he did not see the Bike as he was running around a
corner.
Krissy walked up to her orange and
black Avanti Bicycle, which was in the carpark, while putting on her
black fingerless gloves. She then unlocked her bike, put on her
helmet and started to peddle out of the University grounds and into
the street.
After a near miss on the road she
usually tries to ride on (or at least near to it as possible) the
footpath, even though shes not supposed to. She doesn"t usually ride
as fast, but she had to get back to her flat pretty quickly, she knew
that Emily did not like waiting. Last time she made Emily wait it was
when they went to the movies a month or so ago. She had arrived 15 to
20 minutes late and they had missed the starting credits of the
movie. Krissy tried to say sorry to Emily, but she just ended up
being grumpy for a while. In the end Emily forgave Krissy, but she
didnt try to be late again after that.
Once she saw the park walls she was
nearly home. All she had to do then was turn round the corner, stop
at the apartment block just down the road and shes there. Breathing
heavily after a fast bike ride she checked her watch, "Ten past One,
gotta be a new record for me." As she looked up from her watch she
saw a man wearing a plaid jacket walking round the corner. As a
reflex she immediately slammed on the brakes, but it was too late. As
she tried to turn to try to avoid him her bike slid out from
underneath her, making her land hard on the ground and knocking over
the man in the process.
Pain immediately shot through her leg
and shoulder, causing her to yell in pain. As the man was knocked
back, the force of the impact caused him to release the book that he
was holding making it fly into the air. "NO!" Screamed
out the man. His scream startled Krissy, and she tried to get up to
apologise. Pain ripped through her right leg as she stood up, almost
colapsing again onto the ground. Both Krissy and the man then looked
up to the book, which was now half open. Twisting and turning it flew
back down. The man in the plaid jacket covered his face, while the
girl in tears from the pain started to apologise, *
sob * "I"m sorr--"
Before she could
finish the book landed with the spine facing the man and a blinding
light burst out from the pages as it slammed onto the ground. The
light overwhelmed Krissy, who was already dazed by the accident was
thrown over her now totaled bicycle and onto the open road. The man
in the plaid jacket then unsheilded his eyes and looked for the girl,
which was now in the middle of the road. In horror he tried to gasp
out while reaching out his hand, "watchout!" Krissy sat
up, now in shock from all of the pain looked behind her.
Chapter Two
Grant
had just finished helping the Chiller boys load the last of the beef
carcasses into the trailer of his truck and had sorted out the
paperwork with the Supervisor. "Just got that last load of pigs
to do after lunch right Gary?" Gary, the Supervisor, quickly
glanced at the loadout sheet and replyed. "Yea, just one more.
I"ll see ya after lunch then."
"Yep
Seeya." Grant then glanced at the clock (12:10pm), got changed
out of his white overalls and into his Shorts and Jersey, put his
beanie on his bald head and started up the truck. "If I get this load
to Westmere quick enough I might just be able to get myself a proper
lunch." He thought to himself. He then reached for the key in the
ignition, started the truck, put it in gear and off he went.
He was
running late, that stop for petrol had cost him 20 minutes when he
found out he had a flat tyre at the back of his trailer. He was on
his way back to the Abbitors when he thought to himself, "I will just
hafta take my old shortcut if im gonna make it on time." With a twist
of the steering wheel he then turned towards the road that lead
straight past the park.
Krissy
then realised that there was a truck coming straight at her, and
there was nothing that she could do. Closing her eyes she whispered,
"Forgive me God..." A few seconds later the truck driver
despretly tried to push the breaks without jacknifing. The driver and
the man on the side of the road shielded their eyes, not wanting to
look at the death that was about to ensure. Sure enough, there was a
violently loud * WHAP *
"SHES
NOT BREATHING!" Yelled out the Paramedic, "Quick! Get her
into the Ambulance, ill peform CPR on the way to the Hospital!"
the Paramedic then signaled to the Ambulance Driver, "On my
count, lift her onto the stretcher. One, two, three, LIFT!"
With one swift movement Krissy was lifted onto the stretcher, which
was then raised and put in the ambulance. A crowd had gathered with a
police cordon to try to keep them away from the crash. A News team
had also gathered near the cordon, documenting this tradgety. With a
second ambulance tending to the truckdriver and the man who was hit
by the bicycle, the Driver then sped off with lights and sirens
blasing. Glancing at the police cordon which had now surrouned the
immediate area, the driver nodded to the Officer at the edge of the
cordon.
Inside
the Ambulance the Paramedic was trying to keep Krissy alive. "Come
ON! DON"T DIE ON ME NOW!" The paramedic then furiously pressed
onto her chest while counting "one two three four five" then put her
ear just above Krissys airways. "Damnit, still not breathing." With
nose blocked and jaw held open she breathed oxygen into her lungs,
which made Krissy"s chest rise and fall with each breath.
"Now
don"t forget to answer BOTH questions in the test paper that im going
to give you--" Mr Barrable, the Substitute teacher for Emily"s
Physics lecture, was abruptly interupted by a student bursting into
the room. "Sir! Turn on the radio! Quickly!" Blurted out
the teen.
"I
don"t think you should be here young man..." Mr Barrable
sternly said to the teen.
"Sir,
trust me, just turn on the radio!" Replyed the teen.
The
teacher then reached for the stereo at the front of the lecture room,
turned on the radio and then immediately turned it up.
"--
eaking News! A serious incident has occurred on the corner of Park
Ave and Corrent Street at noon today with a truck coliding with a
Student believed to have studied at Miscellaneous University. The
Police hasn"t released any details about the victim of the accident
but it is believed from witnesses that the Girl tried to swerve away
from a person on the footpath that she was about to hit and crashed
onto the road, right into the path of an oncoming truck. She is said
to be in a critical condition. Police are looking for anyone who had
seen the accident and they are launching an investigation."
Stunned
silence fell upon the lecture room. Emily sat there in shock worrying
about Krissy.
At the
hospital Krissy was being wheeled on a stretcher, with the Paramedic
still performing CPR whilst kneeling above Krissy on the stretcher.
The Ambulance driver was at the back of the stretcher , pushing it
towards the ER Theatre. An intern was holding up a bag of blood which
was being fed into Krissy"s arm. "OK, whats the situation?"
Asked the Doctor who was following the stretcher. "Female
student who was hit by a truck following a bicycle crash. Possible
broken Hips, Knees, Shoulders and Ribs, Internal Bleeding, Collapsed
lungs, and also has a large head trauma. I don"t think she will last
very long unless we act soon." answered the Paramedic.
They
reached the ER Theatre and lifted Krissy onto the bed. A constant
flatline then filled the room as she was hooked up to the EKG,
causing an even more tense atmosphere. "Get the Defib ready!"
The Defibulator was then wheeled quickly over beside Krissy"s bed and
got turned on and set up. As that was happening the doctor unzipped
what was left of the Hoodie and pushed Krissy"s shirt down to expose
the chest. The paddles were then handed over to the doctor.
"CLEAR!"
Krissy"s
body jumped as the paddles sent an electric shock through her body.
But to no avail did it start her heart.
"Again,
CLEAR!"
Krissy"s
body again jumped, causing the flatline to remain unchanged.
"Come
on! COME ON! CLEAR"
For a
third time Krissy"s body remained unchanged from its flatline state.
With this sad news, the Doctor then signaled one of the nearby nurses
to turn off the EKG. With a tear in her eye the Doctor then glanced
at the clock, "Time of Death, five past two pm."
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