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"Jump, Cole! Jump for it!!"
Jack and Herschel held out their hands, feebly trying to reach Cole's hands as the water's height rapidly increased.
Cole saw there was no opportunity getting out of there, he accepted his doomed fate, looking at his loved ones for the last time and muttered,
"Goodbye.."
The sounds of rushing water filled his ears when he was suddenly pulled from behind by something.
He stumbled and fell into something concrete, solid. It felt like, the pavement?
His eyes are kept shut. The sound of water was no more, there was only the sound of trickling rain, nearby cars and buildings. Cole was sure he was in the sewers a second ago and he was going to die.
"Oh fucking great, now we're soaked."
There was a voice, it was the voice of a young woman. The voice came from behind him.
"Thank God we're just in time.."
Then another voice, this one spoke in a slightly deeper tone than the other. Assuming by their dialogues, these two know eachother.
Cole's eyes still shut, his heartbeat won't calm down from the daunting feeling that he was about to die a second ago. His breathing was audible, he felt his legs tremble with fear. He tried so hard to control his breathing. Yes, he was still breathing, he's not dead. 'I'm not dead, I'm not dead' His mind repeated those words
There were footsteps coming in closer, settling beside him.
"You okay there?" The deeper toned one spoke.
Cole rubbed his eyes with his hand, then slowly opened them.
His sight was greeted by two women. They were dark haired, it was slightly difficult to see as the lights were dim. The other wore a hat, and the other had her hair let down.
The woman with the hat waved her hand on Cole's face, ensuring that he did see them.
He quickly sat up and gasped for air. He tried to calm himself but his body couldn't. His body still rushing with adrenaline.
"Woah woah woah, slow down" The woman with the hat sat down next to him,
"You're alive, you're still alive"
The woman with the hat held on to him, ensuring his safety.
"I- I-"
His words stumbled, he couldn't believe what happened,
"I'm.. alive.."
Both women sat down next to him and nodded.
"Hey, we're going to get cold if we stay here. Let's go in the car" The woman in the hat spoke.
They helped Cole stand up and made their way to the car. He couldn't really make out what the car was other than the fact that it was a convertible and the soft top was raised. The women put Cole on the back passenger seats. The woman with the hat sat on the driver's seat and turned to look at Cole.
"Glad we took you out there in time, now you can be here with us"
Cole pinched the bridge of his nose, finally his heartbeat was setting. He looked at the women and spoke
"Who are you people?"
The woman who sat next to him smiled,
"The name's Raz and this-" she pointed to the driver "-is my friend Zaire. This might sound crazy but, we're from the future"
Cole looked at them and the word 'future' clicked on his mind.
"Hold on for a moment, the future?"
The one named Zaire lightly shook her head and stared at Raz.
"I think we dropped the truth bomb a bit too early"
"Considering he's dead to this time period, might as well.."
Dead? Wait, isn't he alive right now? Cole thought. Just what the hell is going on?
"Please tell me what's going on before I loose my mind.."
Both of them stared at Cole with a worried expression. Raz looked over to Zaire and seemed to instruct the other to speak up.
"Listen, for now on, to the people outside of this car, you are dead, no more. The sewers flinged your lifeless body to God knows where and we just saved you from your untimely death by pulling you from this time period"
Cole felt like his sanity was hanging on a thread. He couldn't wrap his head around what was going on except for the fact that he is supposed to be dead right now.
"Sorry but, I didn't have the heart to let it be. Your death was so quick that I just, had to save you okay?" Zaire continued
They all averted eachother's gazes. Cole only sighed and quite relieved that atleast he's alive, but not to his family and friends. He was dead to them, literally.
"I guess it's better than actually dying in that sewer. Thanks."
The women smiled at him and he smiled back. Zaire turned back to face the wheel and turned on the engine.
"Cool, now we need to get ourselves dry first. We're heading to my place in the forties, ha!"
Cole watched as the streets go by. Everything felt so strange. Being saved by two women who claimed to be from the future and now he's going with them. Even if it was strange, he felt a tinge of comfort with them.
Now he has to understand that his life wasn't going to be the same after his near-death experience.