Wrapped in hope and dust with a thick scent of smoke the jeep approached, slowly but steadily.
'skrrt'
The jeep stood to an abrupt stop 20 meters from Seth.
"ahh thank whatever and all the gods responsible for this miracle, finally I can ..AHHHH".
A sharp pain emerged from Seth's eyes and like an electric shock travelled all the way to his brain. In a state of shock Seth got high, or at least he felt he did.
Flooded by a stream of images and emotions he saw snippets of the future spiraling. A strange feeling welled up inside him seeing himself stranded on the road from 3rd perspective.
.....
He saw him calling to the jeep for help and a young man with pale skin and dark circles under his eyes, cautiously stepped out.
With scared steps he begun his walk towards him. Although the weak man with his cheap synthetic coat didn't inspire much confidence, Seth finally felt a long overdue sense of relief.
--But on earth indifference is the least--
'at least somebody is here, somebody human saw me ". Something change on the man's face, from caution to dread to sudden denial of everything that was happening to him.
Focusing on his line of sight Seth saw the man was looking at him or more precisely at his half eaten leg which was.. somehow slowly snitching back together, closing the wound.
--We have to dread from man or beast--
The man snapped out of his denial with reluctance and rage like a kid forced to grow up before his time. With tears in his eyes and a mad grin which told Seth that he had lost the last of his marbles, he took out a gun and started laying it on Seth.
Feeling that was not enough Mr. Pistol Popper took out a strange briefcase out of the jeep, with a look in his eyes which promised to rain down hell fire and a whole lot of hurt if Seth even moved a finger.
Seth wanted to indulge him in his teen fantasy of a final showdown but sadly he was dying, again.
.....
The sadistic visions left him with a sense of apprehension. He had seen himself die in T-5 mins on the same road, trapped, caged and forgotten.
He had to hurry and think of something or else he knew his ass was toast, burnt- charcoaled without any butter.
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