"Okay, I think I'm about to finish the first lap and then I'm going straight to buffing." I sigh, letting the weight of my foot speed up the cart while I turned a bit quicker then last time.
The lap was actually a quarter of the city, with three or four other cleaners driving around the part they usually get assigned on in their first week or so on the job. I wiped the sweat from my hands onto my jump suit, and stared up at the starry sky, content. The white search lights should be going up anyt moment now.
"Hey twenty six, you going to school?"
I sigh for a moment, then tapped reply on my headset.
"Don't...really want to..."
"Why not gray eyes?"
"Cause the teachers have it out for me."
"Oh my god, you're still on that?"
"You make it sound like its no big deal."
"Because it wasn't."
....I should have been paying attention to where I was going.
"You weren't there! What do you know?"
"Only what everyone's heard. You skipped all your classes then when your teachers came up to you, you punched Mrs.Lisp in the nose."
I groaned "Can you see me hitting someone?! I'm usually very calm!"
"Hey, hey....hey. All I'm saying-"
"Is a dirty dirty lie..."
"We-l, i-you-ay O-"
I leaned forward in my seat grabbing my headset, lurching forward in the darkness a bit confused.
"Wait, what? Hello?"
I tried to take my headset off and let go of the wheel so I removed my foot off the gas pedal.
And then it happened,
It shouldn't have been that dramatic really, even after I felt my elbow slide the wheel to the right, my eyes widen.
'Oh my--'
I slam my foot onto the break.
I tried to balance the weight by throwing myself over to the left and over the small door, but the seatbelt locked into place as I quickly fumbled to not teeter the cart in its fragile angle. It suddenly slammed onto its side and I hit the steering wheel with a harsh whip of my head, sure it cut skin as I quickly grabbed on to the door as leverage and uncliped my belt.
Dun-Dun,Dun-Dun,Dun-Dun,Dun-DunDunDun-
My heart was in my ears.
"OhmygodOhmygod dear Jesus I cannot die this way I'm deeply sorry for the total pain in the ass I've been-"
Once I was about to throw myself over the side of the sideways vehicle that has now spilled soapy water everywhere and ignored the blood in my eye, the cart slowly,
ever so gently,
started to fall.
It was slow motion. I was grappling at the nearest part that was away from my death, and thankfully I emerged on top of it. I grasped the side of the wall with my right hand, my eyes shutting tightly as the other gripped onto the space beside it....I cried out in pain from the sudden weight on my arms, and in joy from realizing I was somewhat okay.
My headset was around my neck...
"Emergency tower,-Twenty six, Twenty six emergency number '3350' please.... respond I'm gonna die any second-"
I froze when I just heard static on the line, waiting exactly five seconds, and then I tried again, and again, and again.
Nothing.
When I felt a sheet of water creep onto my hands, I knew full well this was about to get a whole god damn difficult with the soap gods against me.
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Adventure"I never knew... The light was so dim, That I was the one who chose to make it bright. It's a very sad fact. So I may be weak, I may even be evil. But maybe, just maybe, That means I will not be afraid. That I will stay strong. Since I'm already bro...
