Short Story Wake Up - 1056 Words

Wake up. Wake up. This phrase echoed through my mind as I stood there, gawking at this defenseless, elderly gentleman lying in a puddle of his own blood. A thin man, who must have been at least six and a half feet tall, kneeling over a motionless body. Stabbing. Staring into the man’s eyes with every jab. You could see that he was nuts, after all, who smirks as they repeatedly shove a sharpened blade into another man’s intestines? I just remember thinking about how sudden it was. â€Å"How did I get here?† We had just spent a week with our cousins in a beautiful cabin in the Kentucky wilderness. We got to enjoy the sweet smell of the maple trees and watch the colorful autumn leaves drift down from their towering limbs. Although it was†¦show more content†¦The skeleton figured man reached into his pocket and pulled out a blade. I watched as my mother’s face turned white. â€Å"Back to the car.† Her hands were trembling, she was holding back tears, yet her voice was calm. We jogged back about 30 feet. The man seemed to take no note of our existence. My mom called 911 as a couple other cars got over to see what was going on. My mind was spinning. â€Å"I have to be dreaming. I must have just fallen asleep.† About 15 minutes or so pass. In the passing, we had been searching for something, anything, to use in defense of ourselves and this man. Many other cars had gathered by this time. All of them sitting there, frozen. I watched in agony as the criminal left a 2 foot wide strip of blood as he dragged the body into the closest lane of highway. My mom was sitting next to me, finally broken, crying and praying out to God. You would think that someone, out of about ten or fifteen cars, must have had a gun or a baseball bat or something. Anything. Truck drivers sat in their colossal MAC’s, watching with the rest of the crowd. People had their phones out videoing the tragic scene, which I thought was absolutely sick. Seconds turned into what seemed like hours, as if time itself was waiting for someone to take some sort of action out of simple impulse or compassion. Finally, a small blonde woman, about 5 foot 2 inches tall, gets out of her car with a tennis racket and a horseShow MoreRelatedShort Story : Wake Up 1192 Words   |  5 PagesTonya! Wake up, Ashley is at the door, says Tonya’s mom. Tonya quickly jumps up and runs down stairs to open the door. Ashley looks a bit frustrated being that she waited outside for for Tonya for over an half an hour. I thought we said we were going to meet at the mall, I didn’t know you were coming to pick me up says Tonya. Ashley mumbles and throws her self on to the sofa. Just get dress come on says Ashley. 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