It was the middle of the night. The usually busy street was completley empty. At least that was what one person thought. He was very chilly and hungry. It was mid-october. Just the begining of the cold season. He belived he saw a light in the nearby forest. As a child, James is his name, James was always told to keep away from the forest. His parents had always spoke of wild beasts and mad hunters looking anything and everything. It must have been the hunger that drove him toward the strange light.
James wandered into the forest. As his pace quickened, the light seemed to as well. He wondered whether or not if the light was real or just a figment of his imagination. Then he noticed that the air had became thicker, and that breathing suddenly became a very difficult thing to do. Right as he thought he was about to surely die of suffication, he heard a pop.
Then everything was gone. The forest, the light, the oddly shaped trees, were all gone. It was as if he had wandered off of the earth itself. He was trying to find the ground, but nothing could be found. Just empty space that seemed to go on forever. He began questing whether or not he had died. James could not rember falling to the ground or passing out from lack of oxygen. Just running into nothingness.
Then another pop was heard. He listened very carefully for more noises to indicate were he was. A loud slapping was heard. Then his face began to burn.
Then he rembered were he was. He awoke with a confusion. His younger brother, who did not appear so young anymore was standing by his side. Instead of explaing himself, his brother began to sob. Not a sad sob, but happy sobs. Then more and more happy sobs were heard. He jumped up as much as he could and heard a crash. He had something in his arm. Something pointy. He tried to rip it out, but a strange woman that he did not recongize stopped him. He was very confused. Then someone finaly he rembered. His mother was standing over him. She began asking james various questions. First if he rembered her. James tried to ansewer, but his mouth was so dry that he couldnt form the nessacary words. He did indeed rember her. He just could not tell her this. So instead he moved his head to signal yes the best he could.
Another strange man came in the room. He asked if everyone would leave the room a moment. Then this man whos nametag read Dr. Melson, pulled a seat next to james. He explained to james "You may not rember much of what happened, but you were in an accident about sixteen years ago. It was a car accident. You were injured pretty badly, and the passenger,..." He paused, and did not continue. James was begining to rember what happened. He rembered what happened to the passenger. James had gathered enough strength to say " Kate.... katie was... passenger." Dr, Melson was shocked that James could form any words. He was almost certain that James would not have woken up as well. If it hadnt been for his mother refusing to let her baby go... They would have never known.
Outside of the room, excited chatter could be heard. Crying and calls being made.
Dr. Melson started explainging to James more about his situation "Yes, James. Katelynn was the passenger. But you need to know that katelynn did not survive the accident. You have been in a coma for nearly 16 years."
James did not belive this. If it had really been 16 years... he would be 37 years old! He knew that couldnt be true. Just yesterday he had celebrated his 21st birthday with his new car and too many to count shots....