Train Accident

Date: 2/9/2023

I think I was in Chicago with my best friend Claire, and my ex-friend Alex. Not sure what we were doing there, but I do recall getting on a train. It wasn’t a normal train tho since it didn’t have a roof, or an engine, and yet still functioned. So, in a way, ig it was kinda more like a rollercoaster, but without all the fun twists, turns, and loops. However, there were still hills. Anyways, on another note, we were the only three on this train, and we all sat in different cars. Claire sat in the second car near the front, I sat in the third, and behind me, was Alex in the fourth, with who knows how many other cars behind him. So then, there we were, riding on this weird train around the city, just talking to each other. The weather was nice and sunny, and it felt like nothing could go wrong. This feeling would later prove to be very misleading tho, because, well, the train tracks soon began to run alongside another set of train tracks. One train flew by us and was chill. Then another train came. However, as a third approached from the north, a different train approached from the south, and on the same tracks. Next thing we all knew was that these two trains had collided right in front of us. The crash was bad. So bad that rubble sprayed onto our track, and began to make the ride bumpy. The ride kept going and didn’t stop tho. We were fine… for now at least. I say this because as we soon began to make our way downhill, I realized that the south-bound train’s end had made its way onto our track, and was now completely blocking our path. We were definitely going to crash into it. “Everyone hold on!” I shouted out of fear, before then preparing myself. Bang! Smash! Creak! We’d hit the other train, and I’d felt myself get thrown forward a little, before the force of the crash ricocheted through the rest of the train, causing it to slip off the track, and to then slide down the hill; Tokyo drifting into the rest of the other train that’d Tokyo drifted onto our track. Not sure how I survived, but thanks to my gorilla grip, and a rush of adrenaline, I’d managed to hold on just fine, and face only whiplash. That said, I then began to look around and check to make sure everyone was okay. I didn’t really care about Alex tho, so, glancing back, and seeing him just fine, was kind of a let down. I was kinda hoping to see a steel rod poking out of his head like Phineas Gage… Who knows, maybe it would’ve fixed his personality. LMFAO. Anyways, continuing to look around, I soon realized that Claire was nowhere to be found. So, getting out of my car, I rushed over to hers. She wasn’t in it or anywhere near it. Now I was panicking. I was looking around like a mad man. Suddenly, I then spotted water dripping from one of the other train’s cars. It was obviously meant for cargo; more specifically fluids. Trailing the water, I soon found a large puddle in the gravel filled median between the two tracks. Claire was faced upside down in the water… She was covered in blood. She must’ve been thrown from the train when it’d crashed. I then immediately ran over to her, flipped her over, and dragged her by the armpits out of the water. Kneeling down beside her, I also rocked her back and fourth to try and wake her up. She wasn’t responding. I paused out of pure confusion and anxiety. Do I do chest compressions or mouth to mouth? I placed my hands on her chest, ready to start compressions to the beat “ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive”, but I panicked before bending over her face instead to do mouth to mouth. I panicked again tho and paused. Suddenly, Alex was knelt down beside me. He put his hand on my shoulder. Out of disgust for him, I pulled away, only for him to put his hand back on my should again. This time I just let him tho. My disgust didn’t matter right now. The only thing that mattered was Claire’s life. However, before Alex could then begin to do chest compressions and mouth to mouth on Claire, I woke up. So yeah, Idk if Claire lived in the end. Idek if she was still alive in the first place after the crash…