"I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can." -Ernest Hemingway

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Monday, November 26, 2012

Baggage Claim (Part Eight)

Blood trickled down Chance’s face. He lay unconscious in his mangled car.
A man stepped out of the SUV. He stealthily moved closer to Chance’s defenseless body. Light caught on the silver plated handgun clutched in his fist. The gun pointed at Chance’s head in one swift moment.
The black streets were completely quiet. Nothing seemed to move, as if the Earth was holding her breath, anxiously begging Chance to wake up. Moments slowly passed and the only audible sounds were the slow compression of the gun’s trigger and the slow tapping of gas dripping to the ground.
A vibration of a phone sliced through the heavy silence. The humming gently pierced Chance’s consciousness and he began to stir. Groggy, he tried lifting his laden head, but he felt so bruised and weak.
He reached for his phone on the last vibration, but missed the incoming call.
The loud gunshot ran through the night. Chance instinctively ducked. The bullet pierced the steering wheel where Chance had just rested his head. Gunshots peppered the outside of Chance’s car.
With his mind still clouded from the crash, Chance could only hide and pray that the bullets wouldn’t hit him.
Chance knew the gunman was approaching. The volume of each successive gunshot was increasing steadily. He had to find a way out.
Adrenaline started to kick in. Chance reached under the passenger seat.

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