The Day Death Went Away Chapter 8 Crime

He just needed to cut through town and he would be safe back in his house. He could feel the grass brushing against his legs as he started to descend down the hill. He had got about half way down the hill, when he heard a high pitch scream. It was from back where he was. “It was Ruby!” he said.

Mark did not even think about it for a second. He ran back up the hill, only to see Ruby Struggling as she was getting dragged out the car by two rather large muscular men.

“Let me go” Ruby yelled.

“Shut up! You Rich bitch, that a nice car you have we will be taking it now.” The man covered Ruby’s mouth with his bear like hands.  Ruby opened her mouth and her teeth bit down on the man’s finger.

“Ow! You stupid bitch, you need to be taught your place.”  The other man was unbuttoning the fly on his jeans. “I would have just put a bullet to your head but that don’t seem to work anymore.” Mark ducked behind the hill watching in horror what was about to occur. Mark thought back to when he was on the bridge. How he’d just given up, he was powerless and scared. “I have already taken a bullet to the heart, what’s the worst that they can do. It’s not like I can die.” He said to reassure himself.  Mark clinched his fists into balls.  He thought about all of the action stories he had written. How the hero always sweeps in to save the damsel in the last minute. They always make an entrance.

Ruby screamed as one of the men put their hands up her blue skirt to pull off her panties.

“No! No! Oh god no! Please let me go.”

“You brought this on yourself bitch; you should have just been a good girl.”

“Turn her on her back, let’s see that ass.” The men flip Ruby onto her back and pinned her down in the dirt. Mark could not take it no more he made his entrance.  He climbed up on top of the car. The men had not noticed him. He thought about what an action hero would do at this point. They would always say some kind of Cheesy line or insult to the bad guy. He thought if he could distract them Ruby could get away. Mark took in a deep breath and yelled “Hey small dicks, over here.” The two men turn their heads around. Mark eyes wish they could not see the man’s junk, It looked like dry raisins.  

“What did you just say to us you little shit.”

“Come over here and say that to us again.”

“Get away from her or I will call the police!”

Mark was not stupid he knew he could not win a fight. He had got hold of Ruby’s phone that she had left in her car when the two men were not looking.” He held out Ruby's phone. While the men were focused on Mark, Ruby kicked her hills into one of the man’s nuts. He fell on the ground in a fetal position. Mark jump down from the car, the other man had chased after him.   

Ruby pulled up her panties and ran to her car. She quickly got in and slammed the door behind. She turned the ignition key and press her foot on the pedal. The other guy quickly made a recovery, but he was too slow. Ruby was already driving down the hill. She Saw Mark running and the mussel bound man behind him. He was closing the gap between them. Ruby slowed her car and opened the door
she yelled “Get in.”

Mark jumped into the car while it was moving at a slow speed and shut the doors. Ruby and Mark watched out the wing mirrors as the man fade from view. They were both shaking and breathing heavily as they drove off into town. Mark wondered if people cannot die then they won’t be scared of committing crimes. He knew this was only going to get worse.

The Day Death Went Away Chapter 7 Radio

Ruby stood behind Mark. “I think we should drive you home now.” Mark nodded his head. He could not help wonder if he was just dreaming all this. Not one person had passed away in the last 52 hours how can this be? Why is this happening?

Mark and Ruby got into her car and drove away from the Hospital. “So where do you live then Mark?”  Mark had no idea how far away from his home he was. But he gave the name of his street. “I live on Blind Light Road.” He said in a quiet voice.

“Oh I know where that is, it not far from me.”

“Oh great, you can take me home I just want to go to sleep.”

Ruby had nothing to say to Mark, she was trying to think of something to say but the whole situation was just nutty. She Reach over to put on the radio again.  A man voice came blaring out the speaker’s “My fellow listeners God is among us. He has come down from the heavens. He has brought us the gift of eternal life. We have been lead back into the “Garden of Eden.” We no longer have anything to fear.”

“Well that not something you hear every day on the radio. What a bunch of crap! I’m sure there is logical explanation to all of this.” She switched the station to another, only to find more news. “A wife had repeatedly stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife although he has over 200 stab wounds the man still seems to be alive. Although he says he is in agony he is just happy to still be kicking. The wife Mary Dawn is being held under arrest for attempted murder.”  Ruby press on the breaks, the car came to a sudden stop. Mark’s head jolted forward but Lucky the seat belt keep him in place. Ruby hands were shaking on the steering wheel.  She whispered something under her breath but Mark could not hear it.  

Mark looked out the car window at the night’s sky. The sky was ablaze with an array of colours. It was as if the sky was an enormous canvas and paint was being thrown onto it everywhere. Mark got out the car realising he was on the hill top just outside his home town. From the hill top that was looking over the town he could hear cheering and music in the distances.  

I know how to get home from here. I don’t need to be with her no more. Mark turned around to see Ruby still sitting in the car. He could see the sparkle of tears rolling down her eyes. Her face was red under the dashboard lights.  Mark though he could turn around and just walk through town to get to his house. He did not know what was wrong with Ruby and really did not care. It’s not my problem he said to himself. I don’t do well with emotions of others. I just want to get home.

The Day Death Went Away Chapter 6 Dead But Alive

Mark walked down the narrow hallway till he got to a wooden door .Hanging on the interior of the door was a name. “Doctor Miller” Mark despised Doctors; he did not like the idea of the prodding, pulling and pocking every part of his body. It made Mark feel like he was going to hull just thinking about it. Mark legs wanted to turn the other way and get out the Hospital .However Ruby knocked on the door for him before he could turn around. The door opened and the Doctor said “come in" with his husky voice.

Mark hesitantly walked into the Doctors’ offices and sat up on the examining table. The Doctor had little too no hair left of what seem to be black hair. His ice cold eyes were looking directly at Mark as he spoke. Mark disliked the white lab coat he was wearing. It made the Doctor seem like some kind of mad scientists in Marks mind. “Aright Mark; tell me what’s wrong with you other than a change of clothes and smelling like something that crawled out a sewer.” The Doctor laughed to himself. Mark already could tell he was not going to enjoy talking to this Doctor.  But Mark has never liked anyone so this came at no surprise to Mark. 

Rather than talk Mark just took off his T shirt that was falling apart. The Doctor eyes instantly locked onto the hole in his chest.

“That a gun short wound directly in your heart!” he said in surprise.

He then quickly put his ear to Marks chest. Mark wanted to push the Doctor away, but let him proceed. “I don’t understand this, it’s not medically possible.” The doctor said in surprise. The Doctor then grabbed hold of Marks wrist to check for his pules. “Nothing not a single beat.” The Doctor said as he sat back into his leather chair.  

“Doctor what is wrong with him? How can he have no heartbeat?” She asked.

“The Better question is what is right with him! And everyone else I have seen today for that matter. ”He said in a frustrated voice.  

He tuned around to face Mark. “Young man I don’t know how to tell you this, but you should be dead right now. Medically speaking this is not even possible. Your heart is not even beating it defies how the human body works.” That was it; he had confirmed it for Mark.

“I am a miracle” Mark said as he let it sink in. 

“I think we should run some tests on you. Then remove the built from your heart.” The doctor said.

“No, thank you I just want go home!” He yelled like a little kid. Ruby noted to herself Mark must have suffered some kind of brain damage. He does not act like an 18 year old.  Mark jumped down from the table and ran out the room. 

 “Good bye doc.” She chased after Mark.
She found him in the small waiting room looking up at the TV hanging above with everyone else in the room Ruby looked up at the TV as well. “Breaking news in a shocking event we have just revised reports from The Worlds Heath Centre. That for the past 52 hours no one has died in the world.”The news reporters on the TV looked completely bewildered in disbelief  them self’s. “I will repeat that for you again. There has not been one single death on the entire planet. Since 52 hours ago!” Everyone in the waiting room's eyes shot up and sat in silence. Except an elderly old man with a scrunched up face “It’s one of them TV pranks.”  This was no prank Mark thought. This is real. 

The Day Death Went Away Chapter 5 Waiting

Mark sat in the waiting room looking at all the people in urgent need of medical care. One young girl with sandy blond hair in pig tails. Had a Javelin going right through her abdominal, the Javelin point was covered in blood. The blood was dripping off the javelin onto the white linoleum floor. The girl seemed to be fine though. She had a big cheesy grin on her face like she was unaware of the seriousness of her accident. She was not the only one. Mark and Ruby looked around the waiting room. A man whose arms and legs were facing in Ways Mark thought should not even be possible. Yet the man still seem like he was not in any serious pain, just mild discomfort. The most flabbergasting of all these people, was a tiny boy. He had olive skin with scruffy brown hair. He looked no older than seven. To Mark and Ruby’s astonishment his head was twisted around the wrong way. Mark and Ruby wondered how he could even possibly still be breathing. His parents next to this boy with their worried faces, They too must have been wondering the same thing. The mother looked like she was about to faint at any moment as the father held her.

‘None of it made sense. How were any of these people still breathing?’ Mark said to himself. The lady at the desk who was calling out the people, looked like she was also going to faint every time she said “The Doctor will see you now” to the patients as they approached her. Everyone was staring at each other in the room gobsmacked wondering the same as Mark was.

Ruby sat down next to Mark “Looks like it’s going to be awhile. You gonna tell me what happened to you Mark?” Mark was not paying any attention to Ruby. He was too busy contemplating how he was still alive. How any of these people were. At first he believed he was dead. Then he thought he had got extremely lucky, but as he sat and watched these people, did they all also dodge death. Mark faced Ruby; he noticed her eyes were closed.

“Why are your eyes closed?” He said.

I don’t want to see these people. My gut can’t take it.”

Mark said nothing else on the matter. Ruby tapped her feet impatiently back and forth against the legs of the chair. “You ready to tell me, I saved your life. For all you know if I hadn't come along you would be dead by now. I think you own me an explanation.” Mark give in and told Ruby all about what had happened to him. She was utterly stunned, all she could say was. “You’re pulling my leg right?” She opened her eyes for a brief second. “I think I believe you though, after seeing all this and what I heard on the radio, your just one more of them miracles. Mark asked Ruby to feel his arm for a pules just make sure he was not imagining it. She placed her fingers onto marks wrist. Mark watched her face go into complete bafflement. She quickly removed her hand from Marks wrist and yell out “Your right you have no bloody pulse, how can that be?!”

The lady at the desk said. “Mark Fallen the Doctor will see you now.”      

The Day Death Went Away Chapter 4 Crowds

                                                

The outside of the hospital was an absolute chaos of people standing outside the front doors. Mark looked out the window of the car watching these people who were holding microphones and cameras.  He watched as they pounced on the first person to walk out them sliding doors. Bright flashes from the cameras were going off. They were like fireworks. The person walked out the sliding doors and the crowed of people gathering around.  Mark could not see what the person looked like. Mark turn around to face Ruby who was also looking at the crowed. “This could be a problem.” She said to Mark. Mark thought she was right. After all he did not like crowed's ever sense he was little. Crowed's have always felt like the walls closing in on him.

“They are just looking for more stories. One look at you and they'll be all over us. But I think you need to get checked out and this is the closes hospital around.” He knew Ruby was right but he just could not bear the thought of going through the crowed. “Ones we are inside they can’t follow, that’s why they’re waiting outside. We should just make a run through them.” Ruby and Mark opened the car doors and step out. 

“Can’t you just take me back to my home?”  He pleaded to Ruby.

“You could kick the bucket at any minute! I don’t want you to drop dead in my car, then have it be on my conscious! On the count of three we are goanna make a run for the doors. Grab hold of my hand.” She said. Mark hated body contact but he took hold of her hand nevertheless. 

“Three. Two, one.,"

 within seconds his arm felt like it was being pull out of its socket. They ran across the car park through the pack of people. It was so fast the flood of people just blurred by as they barged their way through. 

Mark was shocked when he made his was inside. Hundreds of people squashed into a tiny white room. Mark looked around at some of the people. He was stunned to see the conditions they were in. some looking worse than him. Ruby walked in the room in utter dismay her mouth drop open.

 “No wonder there were so many news reports outside. Just what the hell is going on?”