Miss Tania summoned up courage to take a step closer to the scene. In the period of time she had walked the earth, she had never spot a gory sight as this. What frightened her at first was the serenity of the environment when she first noticed the unpleasant situation. Now that she is a bit closer to the scene, she became hysterical at what her eyes beheld.
The wrecked creamy Toyota Camry car was beside a bush along side Tania red BMW. There was no other car or any other person at sight.
She tried to take another step closer to have a clearer view of the situation but her feet became too heavy for her to lift.
From where she stood she could sight the numbers of victim of the accident. Her eyes rested on an elderly man, whom she guessed could be in his late fifties. The man lied on his back. Blood gushing out from a huge gap on his forehead. His feet rested inbetween the front tire while his left hand rested closely to his lifeless body. His right arm was missing and the shoulder blade was a mass of bloody shredded flesh.
Few steps from the elderly man, was the body of a young lady . He couldn't guess her age because she lied face down. Close to her was the detached missing right arm of the elderly man. She was bleeding on her right ankle And her right fingers twitched every seconds. Other than the injury on her ankle, she looked quite fine.
She scanned the environment for the third time and her eyes surveyed the wreckage of the creamy Camry car once more. The windscreen was shattered in million pieces. The doors widely opened like a stretched out arm ready for a warm embrace and the length of the car was compressed to an arm length.
She tried once again to move closer to the victims but she couldn't move, she then looked down to check while her legs had suddenly lost its agility. Her eyes fell on a white pairs of shoes in front of her. She looked up and in those pair of shoes was a man on a white suit, with a dark brown short fluffy hair that complimented his fair glowing complexion. On both hands were standard medical equipments. "You are a doctor"? she said in a questioning tone. The stranger looked at her, shook his head in a pitiful manner and then walked straight to where the elderly man was lying down lifelessly without saying a word to her.
The stranger bent down, opened his medical box and set to work. In a couple of seconds he had stopped the bleeding from the head and the shoulder blade. He then lifted the elderly man on his shoulder without a strain of his muscles and took him straight to Tania's car. He opened the backseat door and carefully place him on the seat as he would a basket of egg. He shut the door with a heavy bang that sent the birds on a nearby tree scrambling in fright. "Give me the car key" he said to Tania for the first time while opening the door to the driver's seat. "not yet! What about the young lady, are you going to let her die here"?. She questioned in annoyance. The doctor looked at her for a moment and said "yes, is of no use bringing her back to life. "what do you mean by that"? She queried.
A short pause..
He shut the front door he had already opened, moved to the front of the car and stood there resting his ass on the bonnet. With his arms folded across his chest he said in a rich baritone voice. "you see that elderly man, he is one of the world greatest achiever. He might be unpopular and not quite wealthy but he never allowed his shortcomings to stop him from doing good and making life comfortable for other people. He Is one of the pioneer of ALLSTONE ASSOCIATION OF UDO COMMUNITY. this is a community that help to carter for the needs of the less privileged, the handicapped, orphans and widows in the society. Although he hardly contribute financially to the community development due to his meagre salary, his little contributions, advice, rally and persuasions on people have helped in shaping the community he lives in. He is a blessing to people around him, so I would rather keep him alive than save you". "me? She interrupted him. Then She Laughed shortly. "Oh! You quite an amusing young doctor, I don't need you to save me but that young lady does and I am not giving you the car keys until you revived her" she blurted out angrily, particularly upset at the doctors rants on his yardstick for determining who deserve to live.
Again the doctor looked at her in a pitiful manner for sometime. He then walked toward the young lady with the bleeding ankle, bent over her and turned his head towards Tania's and said "can you give me one reason why I should keep you alive"?. before Tania could say a word he flipped the young lady who had been lying face down and Tania was aghast when she saw the face of the lady. It was her all along in the pool of her own blood. The same oval shaped face, same weavon, same complexion but different attire. While she was on a flowing white gown, her other self was on a black pant with blue patterned shirt. There was no doubt it was her.
"That's me! Lord! This can't be real", She muttered to herself, after getting over her shock!. In a flashback, she could remember what transpired before the accident occurred. Her brake had failed and she had ran into a nearby bush in a bid to avoid a collision with an oncoming creamy coloured Toyota Camry. She had remembered there was a big truck right behind her before she drove into the bush. What happened afterwards remained a puzzle in her head.
She raised her head to have a perfect view of her otherself. She noticed trickle of blood flowing out of the mouth of her other self. Without a warning, her knees buckled off and she fell on the ground in a frump. Her strength was gradually deserting her and she knew in no time darkness would certainly envelope her.
She looked up to the doctor. With pain in her eyes,she pleaded. "sir, give me a second chance to live. "Tania, is not in my power to decide, I am obliged to only save people who have lived a meaningful life or help others at one time or the other or atleast put a smile on someone's face. I made everything comfortable for you. What have you done so far with your life? Well, It seems I gave you everything for nothing. Your life has been a total waste. He said emphatically .
"But sir, I am still young, I promise to make the best out of life once you give me a second chance". She pleaded once again. "Just give me one reason why I should save you instead of him" he asked pointing at the elderly man in the car. She racked her brain for an answer but she had none. She looked back at her otherself who was now gripped with severe seizure.
"RIP, Tania, the doctor said without a hot of emotion in his voice.
The doctor's last statement brought her back to reality. She jumped up from the bed, beads of sweat covered her forehead. "oh my gosh, is a nightmare" she suddenly cried out after feeling her ankle and other part of her body to be sure she is alive.
She checked the clock on the wall, it was few minutes past eight. "holy shit! I am late for class" she said as she scramble out of the bed and moved to the bathroom.
While, she was in the shower, she couldn't stop wondering what the disoriented dream was all about. "I have been having straight A's since I gained admission into higher institution, isn't that an achievement"? She questioned herself. "Well, that's your personal achievement and have A's made impact on anyone? Have you ever thought of what you can do for the one who gave you life? How you can help the society that mold you? What help you can render to people who are not as privileged as you are? what is your purpose in life? Her subconscious questioned her like a villain. "does it mean that my life is a total wastage if one person atleast can't boldly say, because of Tania, I didn't give up or Tania made me see reason why I should keep chasing my dreams"? She questioned herself again but her subconscious was silent this time, not willing to answer her even with a question.
When she noticed her mind was devoid of answers, she smiled to herself and said aloud as she turned off the shower. "what the heck does this dream even mean? I need to see someone concerning this nightmare".
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