A bare heartbeat to see the vehicle bearing down on me…
… The impact rips the air from my chest, slams the thought from my brain.
And for an unending moment-eternity-split-second…
Pain…
Lifted from my feet, I roll across the hood...
… impact the unforgiving ground…
And as darkness blooms, I see only the triumphant grin of The Surgeon, looking down at me…
*****
The world spins, blurs, and fades out…
…
… And fades back…
… in a sense…
My heart hammers…
Breathing is a riot of pain…
… Shadows dance with my vision…
Above me, it’s blue. But black ghosts skitter and streak across my vision. Inside my skull, blood and demons roar…
The air is thick, gluey, fighting against my lungs and the shriek from my ribs.
The pain disables me… Masking thought… Self… sanity…
Around me: a clamo
