Ugh. Push with all of your might, Sandburg. Don't let her do this to you! Don't!!!
Okay, Alex, that's enough. You don't
have to kill me. Alex? Alex? What have you got planned? I'm, I'm not ready to
die here, Alex.
Cold,
wet. Coughing. No, hold breath. Can't breath. Can't......
Blackness....
Don't, don't point that bow and arrow at me.
Aw,
man, that, like *really really* hurts.
White light.
Peace.
Soft.
Wrapped in a floating sensation.
Shouldn't
I be feeling something? Like warmth or cold?
Peacefulness.
Being pulled
toward the light white at the end of the tunnel.
That's it. Take one step
at a time, Sandburg. Don't look back.
But I need to look back.
I
don't want to die. I'm too young to die.
I have waaay too many things
I want to accomplish yet. Like my dissertation. Like...like....
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White
light.
Look back.
White light.
Look back.
Choices.
I
don't like choices.
Think, Sandburg, think.
I have only one choice.
I want to live.
The end of the tunnel.
Look back.
Look back
at blackness.
Nothing's back there any more.
Look ahead.
Nothing
to live for. Jim kicked me out. Then he shot me with an arrow.
Okay, Jim.
I finally got the message. Loud and clear.
I'm going man. Don't worry. I'm
outta here for good.
Look toward the white light, Sandburg. Don't look back.
See?
Decision made. Not too hard.
Did someone say something? I could have sworn
I heard my name called.
Jim? Jim? Where are you, man? Don't play games with
me! Jim!!!!
Look at the white light, Sandburg.
That's the only direction
you have to go in now.
That's it.
One foot in front of the other.
One
foot at a time.
That's it.
Right.
Left.
Right.
Left.
Growling?
I
hear growling.
Snarling?
I hear snarling.
A black Panther?
What
is this?
It's, it's getting ready to leap.
This is not good. It's
going to leap right at me.
Huh?
I'm leaping into the air but I don't
have legs.
I'm leaping straight at the panther.
Whoa! Did that just
happen? I merged with a panther?
Like, this is *so* weird, here. Talk about
bizarre stuff.
Peculiar, there's no physical pain from that union.
Tranquility....
.Jim's
calling my name.
Jim? Jim?
Cough, cough, gag.
What's happening?
Why do my lungs hurt? Why do they burn?
Whoa!
I don't feel so good.....what's
this? What happened?
Noise. I hear noise.
Crying? Sirens? Jim? Simon?
Simon crying?
What the hell happened? My chest hurts. I'm all wet.
My
chest hurts. Trouble...breathing.
Jim? Is that you? Jim?
Am
I alive, man? Would somebody tell me if I'm alive, here?
Please? Somebody?
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finis