[sound of sirens, smoke appear at the top of the building, fire blazing out from windows, a blast and people panic]
"The firefighters have been trying to put out the fire since 6:00 a.m., but strong winds and abundant flammable goods inside the building fueled the flames. Firefighters told the ABC News that the low water level was a serious obstacle in battling the blaze. At 7.00 a.m., a large explosion occurred in the third floor, most likely caused by a gas canister. Until now, no death reported, 10 people injured, and one firefighter has been hospitalized due to structural collapse."
On the scene:
"Command to Engine 41, Tell us your position!"
"Command to Engine 41..."
"Engine 41!"
"Damn, Lila, answer it!"
I yelled in panic after calling her without response. Realizing that my effort was useless, I turned to the other firefighter.
"I'm going to get Lila. Terry, take over the Command!"
The room filled with smoke and gas. I could not see clearly on my way to find her. If she had stopped moving, her PASS should have made a sound, but it had not.
Fire continued to flare and blocked our way. It difficult us to find the source of the gas leak. Lila had been out to the third floor, but it's been thirty minutes without any sign of her.
I needed a sign, the sound of her PASS alarm.
Then, after a few steps onward, I heard it.
It's not very far from my position.
"Lila!!!"
[Dave cough]
I knew it must have been her PASS alarm. She's in front of me, only a few feet away, but the fire blocked our way.
"LILA!!!"
****
November 2010:
[sound of footsteps entering a room]
"She's right there!" said a man who escorted him into the morgue.
At the end of those words and after seeing the view in the direction the man pointed him, he was instantly frozen.
He did not dare to move an inch toward it. He clenched his hands, trying to hold the shake that was coming from his fingertips. His heart beat faster and harder, much faster than the time when he walked along the alley and into the morgue and much harder than the first time he was confronted with fire or even when he saw the death of the person he failed to save.
He never thought that he would see it again, the corpse of the person he loved, lying on the table with remaining pain from the fire reflected on its skin. His father died because of fire and then the woman he put a hope for, the future he desired, had to experience the same death.
Deep inside, he felt guilt for not being there when she was still fighting the fire, but guilt has no use...
"Sir?" the man broke off the silence and brought him back into reality.
"Thank you, if you don't mind, I...."
"Alright, Sir. Take your time."
After the man had left, he continued to stare at the body bag. It was only a few feet away from him. He swallowed hard, extremely hard....and then took a first step toward it, until he arrived - right in front of her.
****
Sometimes, I did have nightmares of our team or me being trapped in a fire, but my most nightmare was a dream of Lila being trapped and I could not reach her.
Still...
I've never thought that those dreams would never be compared to the reality: to see her lying in front of me, wrapped in a body bag.
I could not hold the shaking on my knees as I instantly collapsed. My hands succeeded to hold the weight of my body on the side of the table. I knew I should open it, even though by opening it, everything I had would be gone in a second: her and the hope to be with her. I could not face the truth or to imagine how she had suffered through all the pain.
However, I must face the truth....Still, I believe that the corpse inside the body bag wasn't her. I didn't know, I just felt it.
"Dear Lord, please don't let it be Lila."
I closed my eyes while opening the zipper of the bag that covered the corpse's head. My mouth was still praying for a chance that it wasn't her.
I knew the world would keep on turning, and my life would continue to go on, but I could not imagine to live without her beside me.
My life would never be the same anymore-- not after she left the big hole in my heart.
Slowly, I opened my eyes, and I found ...
It wasn't her!!!
Of course, it could not possibly her.
I was so grateful. I had never felt so happy in a morgue before surrounded by those dead bodies.
"Sir, are you okay?" The man who escorted me into the morque came inside to check the noises.
"She's not dead. It's not her! She's alive!!!" I hugged him close.
"I'm.. I'm happy for you, Sir!" He calmed himself after a shock of being hugged by a man. "But, where could she be now?"
" It doesn't matter. I will find her right away! She's alive! My Lila is still alive!!!"
I ran outside, jumping along the hall, shouting out loud. It confused some of the patients and even the nurses warned me for making such noises.
I didn't care for anything else. All I wanted was to see her.
To Be Continued ...
Credit : Sims Morgue by Luna
13 comments:
Hi, new reader here. I love your stories. :)
Wow, that was suspenseful. I was on the edge of bawling my eyes out if the body in a bag turned out to be Lila. I literally breathed a sigh of relief when I saw blond hair, haha!
*I removed my comment above because I forgot that Lila was indeed admitted to the hospital at some point which made her miss the wedding, but she wasn't dead. Sorry, a bit of absent-mindedness here. :P
Whew! I was getting really concerned there!
Oh, MJ. I'm wearing out the edge of my seat here. You won't believe how tensed up I was reading this. When I discovered it wasn't Lila in the body bag, I realized I had been holding my breath.
I swear you should be doing this professionally. I don't know if that is spelled right or not. Don't really care.
Pleae tell me it won't be many days before we get to see the next part.
I have no idea how you did those pictures. They're amazing. Wow. I can't wait to find out what happens next.
Hi mmmcheezy225, Welcome! Thank you for following. I hope you will enjoy reading this blog. I hope that the beginning of this part didn't confuse you all though.
@Berry, yes, he can be relieved now, but he has to find her soon.
@Dee. I am glad that it did make you tensed up ;) But, I know that everyone would not be so tensed up again after seeing the picture of the blonde sim in the body bag. Aaaawwww... thank you, Dee. To tell the truth... I am so nervous. But, I enjoyed very much of writing these stories and especially to be able to be friends with you all, even though it's only in a virtual world. I am learning so much from all of you.
@Chrysame, The first and second picture of fire happened in the game. It was a big blast!
By the way, Dee.. I am working on the next update. Please be patient of it :) It's weekend and I am trying to finish this story before this week ended, that is 48 hours from now. And thank you so much for reading these stories.
Don't be nervous. LOl, we are all too far away to do you any harm. :)
I'll be patient.
Some of the blogs I read just blow me away with how good they are. Yours is one of them. Everyone has their own style and that's one of the things I love about following these blogs.
Some are serious. Some are funny. Some are dramatic. Mine are sort of neutral but then that's me. I'm sort of neutral. :)
And we adore your stories just the way they are, Dee. ;)
I am perhaps a tteeeeesny bit disappointed it wasn't Lila (Make the Sims suffer! Bwahahahaa!!), but that is because I am an evil, evil person. But don't read that as me being disappointed in the story, because I totally am not! It's wonderful! I just love seeing Sims miserable. (Yes. I am guilty of deleting pool ladders in Sims 1 & 2. >.> )
But, I am happy for Dave -- but now nervous! If that's not Lila, then where is she?!
The way you did the screenshots in this post was very intense, MJ... How they incremented slowly as he opened the body bag. Shall I ever stop complimenting your screenshots? No, no I shant. :) <3!
Well, I wonder what genre mine is and I love yours Dee. I should really learn a lot from you. And maybe as you have noticed, I am not an English native speaker... so.... But, I am trying very hard. I hope that you will like them, even though I know how you might often confused or racing your eyebrows seeing my writing :D Well, I just wanted to share my stories, that's all.
@Kaleeko, if I let her dead the other part of their story will not happen ;) Dave probably would learn to cherish her a lot though, after the trouble he felt, by thinking that he might loose her. Don't worry, I have a little trait of enjoying to see my sims suffered too. I was the one who responsible for Alex and Helen's death (Dreams Upon a Pillow). Maybe I will do that again ***laughed evilly** Sometimes by that would make a more interesting story.
I figured it wasn't (English as your first language, that is), but it makes absolutely no difference, to me. :) If anything, it makes you more careful in your writing, which gives it a very unique quality (and you usually have much better grammar than me, too). I'm glad that you try, I would be sad without your stories! You're far more motivated than myself, I would have a very hard time trying to write my stories in another language.
You actually bring up a good point -- Dave did have to go through quite an ordeal, so he deserves a happy ending. If Lila had died, it would've been too depressing! The story of his trials are so beautifully done, though.. I can't wait to see more. :)
Thank you Kaleeko. You have just brighten up my whole day.
Most of the stories, yours included, have some drama, some comedy, some mystery and some in betweens.
I know English is not your first language but have no problems reading your stories. I would not even attempt writing in another language. I only know one language.
I just know I can't get enough of this story. I will hate to see it end but at the same time I really want to see them happy.
Be careful what you learn from me.
:D You could end up with a southern drawl and saying things like, "I'm fixin' to go to the store" or something like, "Ya'll come back now, ya hear?" My husband is from upstate New York and his accent is different. I'm originally from South Carolina and even sound different from the locals here in North Carolina.
Now to find out what's happening with Lila. I just know I'm going to be on the edge of my seat again when you update.
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