Saviour

I struggled to open my eyes. My eyelids were too heavy. The pain was unbearable. I could still feel blood oozing out of my body. Bones were fractured, I couldn’t move a bit.

I forced my eyes to open. The car was completely smashed with me trapped inside. Though I tried to recollect what happened, my memories were vague. What I remembered was the pistol hidden in my pocket and the photo. The uniform on my body reminded me of my profession. I was assigned to arrest him. Smuggler.  I remembered a bullet flying out of my pistol and hitting the prey. I have done my job. A smile appeared on my face even in midst of deep pain.

I forced my head out, crawling. I had to move like an animal, in four legs. I knew every part of my body was broken. I gazed at my car. Clear accident.  I have been thrown many feets down into the chasm. A forsaken land, I doubted if any human have ever stepped in there.

I crawled, sneaking and dragging my legs behind me. I badly needed a help. I felt as if I m falling down. I tried to keep my eyes open. The smell of blood was nauseating.  I couldn’t take a single step forward again. I felt my head hitting the ground.

** ** ** ** **

“Mom, he is opening his eyes”

I heard a child’s voice near me followed by some footsteps running towards me. I opened my eyes. A lady and her daughter were taking care of me. I saw bandages tied around my wounds. They appeared tribal, but I could clearly see the glow on her face.

“How you feeling?”

I wanted to answer her but I couldn’t move my lips. She might have noticed my dubious face.

“We found you near the forest, you met with an accident I guess”, said the lady caressing her daughter’s head.

I forced a smile. I wanted to thank them with all my life, they saved me.

“Take rest, once my husband reaches home we will get you a doctor “

I thank god in my heart. Without these strangers I would have died by now. I sighed.

“Lets go hon, let him sleep”  She smiled again at me and left the room with her child.

I took a glance at the room. A small, clean house in the middle of the forest. I smiled until I found a marriage photo on the wall. I closed my eyes in disbelief. I gasped and fumbled in my pocket for the photo. I shivered for no reason while looking at both the photos.

It was Him.