I'm Alone (420-character-story)

By Cecily Salyer

I can't feel my leg as I crawl from the rubble. The old building wall had collapsed after the truck rammed into it. Was the driver paying attention? Where did he get the vehicle? All the cars had been stripped and the gas ran out a year ago.


I bring myself to a sitting position and look at my leg. It's bleeding from several large cuts and a piece of metal sticks out from my shin.


I see the driver is dead. I'm alone.