Mud and Fear

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My name is Cody Voller. I was born in Minnesota, and I have lived there my whole life. But now I find myself battered and bleeding, laying in the mud of an unfamiliar forest and in an unrecognized place. The air is humid, and water falls from high above, in the trees. Strangely,  I can see orange lights suspended up above, almost like city lights. My head is a fog, and I can’t think clearly, and I can barely remember what just happened. I remember a loud noise, and flying from a window. Then nothing.

I try to move my leg to stand, and yelp as I feel an unbelievable pain. It’s like a hammer was taken to my leg, and I look down to see my right leg, my shin snapped almost in half. There’s a large scrape, and I’m bleeding a lot. A moan escapes from my throat, almost animal like. I lay back into the mud.

My arms are bashed up too, but I can move them just enough to prop myself up. I carefully grab the side of a tree, and gingerly stand up on my uninjured leg. My right one shifts, and I almost scream from the pain, but I don’t collapse. Balancing on my left leg and using the tree for support, I look around for a source of light. Fear is burning in my chest, but I feel like I need to find where I am.

About a hundred feet to my left I can see the orange glow of streetlights,  and a flash as I hear a car driving in the distance. Hobbling on my left leg, I limp over about five feet before I almost scream from the pain. My leg shifts every time I move, and tears are beginning to flow. I limp back, lean against the tree, and take out my phone, trying to turn it on. No luck. Its in worse shape than me. Looking again towards the light,  I begin limping towards the source.

“H-hello?” I manage to shout, as I limp and limp towards the source of the light, each movement getting more and more excruciating. “Is anyone there? Please, help me!”

My vision is getting dull, and the pain is unbearable. I collapse facefirst  against what feels like asphalt as I enter the light.

I hear a shout, and dully look over to see a large, dark silhouette running towards me.

“Hey- what happ- stay with me!” says a voice, male. I feel what feels like large, hand like paws flipping me over, and briefly look into the green eye of a black jaguar.

My vision fades and I pass out from the pain.

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