Save my soul [Imagine Dragons Fanfic]

Accident

Dan:

After we seperated our way I walk home alone again. Normally I would go straight home because of father but today I just feel like walking. So instead of heading home I put my headphones in and just walk down the street. After just a couple of moments I see someone familiar about 20 meters in front of me. I squeeze my eyes together and after a few moments I recognize the person. Ben.

I immediatly look around to find something where I can hide. Unfortunately we are both in the middle of a pretty long street. Nowhere to hide, just houses. Even though Ben isn't looking in my direction I'm worried that he could see me. After all that he has done I'm not just careful around him. I'm scared! Luckily he is on the other side of the street and there are many cars so I hope that he won't see me. But just as I'm about to turn around to go another way he turns around and directly stares at me. I guess he has seen my reflection somewhere because he defenitely new that I am standing here.

He raises his hand and points with his finger in my direction. "Reynolds!" he yells. I flinch. His scream sounded really angry. Maybe he thinks that I stole his friends or something. My anxiety sets in and I am unable to move. No way that I could run away from him! But he doesn't know that. "Don't move!" he shouts and walks in my direction. I just remain on my position, slowly pulling my headphones out of my ears again. While I shove them back into my pocket, my hands start to tremble a bit.

By now Ben is standing directly opposite of me. The street is the only thing seperating us. As I look around I can see that there are scattered cars driving down the street. No way for him to get here. I take a nervous glance at Ben. Now I can tell that he is angry. He clenches his fists and stares at me with a really angry face.

All of the sudden he starts running in my direction. I know that there is no car coming from the right side, but I thought there was one at the left side. I quickly turn my head around, just to see that I am right. There is a car, not far away and I know that it is going to hit Ben. As I look closer I can see that the car zigzags. It looks like the driver is looking at the backseat right now. My head shoots back to Ben who is already at the middle of the street. I try to signal him that there is a car coming but he keeps his eyes on me. Staring, he doesn't change a thing. My throat is dry because of fear and I'm not able to shout at him. I have to do something or this will end very bad!

Ben is so focused on me that he neither hears nor sees the car. By now it's only a couple of meters away from hitting him. The driver, a woman is still not looking forward and I have to decide what to do. Should I just stand here and risk that the car hits him? He could be killed or badly injured. Or the driver sees him and can avoid the crash. But if she doesn't? I could probably save his life, I just have to run towards him. But he bullied me. I nearly commited suicide because of that. I look at Ben, then at the car, then back at Ben again. No matter what he did, I can't let him die! I couldn't live with the thought that I could have saved him. It's my obligation to save him. Because no matter what someone did, you can't just decide about his or her life.

I take a last deep breath. Now or never. The car is just seconds away from hitting Ben. Everything happens in slow motion now. While pointing at the car I start running towards Ben. He gets slower, visibly confused and turns his head around. Now he has seen the car too. But he doesn't move, he just stands there. Shock, I think. I'm only a few meters away from him but the car also gets closer every second. If I'm not fast enough it will hit us both! I focus and get a move on, not willing to loose this race. I've finally found friends, I'm not ready to die yet. And I'm not ready to let Ben die.

Just two steps left until I can reach Ben. I take a last look on the driver. Just as I turn my head I can see her looking at the street again. Within seconds her mouth just forms a shocked "Oh my god" and she steers the car in the direction I've come from. I don't know if she was fast enough so I still tackle Ben as soon as I reach him. I try to stretch my hands out so that I won't fall on Ben with my complete weight. We both fall to the ground a few feet behind the place where Ben was standing just a second ago. I land on Ben and we hit the ground pretty hard. I'm not sure but I think I can even hear a bone crack. But I don't care. I look up again.

The driver was able to correct her way so she wouldn't hit us but now she is directly driving at a lantern. I guess she's seen at at the same moment I did because the car changes the direction again. But it was too fast. The car spins out of control and I immediatly know that she can't correct her course again. With a loud bang the car hits the lantern with the back door. Suddenly everything is silent again. The only thing I can hear is my and Bens breathing. After a quick look at Ben I jump up. Ben seems okay, just in shock. But I have to know if the driver is okay. Or if someone else is in the car with her..