**(Should you find any grammar errors please let me know I am really BAD with catching them all. In fact I can use an Editor)**
Selections of Chapter 1- LOST and FOUND ( working title)
Before I thought I was lost. Now I know what that means. I was never lost until I was thrown into a world not my own, this is where I found myself.
The day was dark and overcast it was threatening to storm, most of the time it never hit and just blew over.
Jane was in the antique shop picking up a collectible six-shooter for her husband’s birthday. She was waiting for the clerk to wrap up the purchase when something glistens and caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. Walking over to the shelf she found the object, it was an odd dagger. There was a little info card lying next to it title " Dagger of Light. Jane waved the clerk over and question her about the dagger.
“ This little beauty was buried in the back room, who knows how long it’s been sitting back there collecting dust. I just put it out on the self-yesterday.” The clerk said when she pulled the dagger out of the cabinet for Jane to see. The clerk was very enthusiastic and smiled at Jane cheerily.
The handle was silver in a hexagonal shape with runic symbols engraved down the side of the handle. Very unique Jane thought. The blade was made out of cut stone which, looked like blue glass that glowed when the light shone through it, hexagon at the base and tapered to a thin tip and the top. The blade itself was roughly 3’5 inches. The dagger didn’t look like it was practical to use. Jane asked the clerk what she knew about it.
“ I believe it was a prop made for some low budget movie.” The clerk replied, hopeful to add to her sale, she handed Jane the info card. She and her husband love to collect swords and weapon replica and thought the dagger would make a great addition to their collection. Her husband mainly collected guns, she had a love for swords and such. The info card the clerk gave her, didn’t have much information on it, besides the name and the last known owner Kelley production, movie prop was all it said. There was something about this dagger that interested her enough. She added to her purchase.
By the time she left the store, the weather had taken a nasty turn. The sky grew to a purple-grey and with it a promised of a downpour. Driving in rain was never Jane's idea of a fun time people just didn't know how to drive in it since it only rained one week out of the year. Ten minutes into it the rain turn to hail and the visibility decreased. Jane pulled over to the side of the road and turned off her headlights not wanting other drivers to run into her. She dug out her cell phone to text her husband that she was going to head home instead and wait out the storm.
She put her phone back in her purse that she placed on the passenger seat along with her purchase. Turning on her headlights, she was preparing to merge back onto the road when a load WHACK and a strong jolt knocked her and the car forward. Her head had snapped forward the jolt was enough to force it caused the airbag to deploy. She had no time to react before getting hit in the face with the airbag. Another jolt from behind sent the car spinning, the care was jolted again and the car lurched forward, the car was pushed off the bridge into the canal which, was a good half mile away from where she had pulled over. The right front of the car was in the water tilted on side blocked just enough to keep it from sliding the rest of the way in. When the airbag released she tried to protect her face with her arm, but the force was enough to slam her arm right into her nose with a loud crack sending instant pain rushing to her nose, head, neck, and shoulder. The hit was enough to cause her to black out.
Jane slowly opened her eyes and tried to blink, her eye was already swelling shut. She was disoriented hanging from her seatbelt as the car must have moved, still tilted to its side more of the car was submerge in the pouring rain the water was quickly rising. Jane listen to her surrounding, he could hear the rain still pounding on the top of the car, but no sirens that she could make out yet. It was the rain blacking out any light. The cold was starting to wrap around her body. Assessing her situation Jane felt a sharp pain across her stomach, the seatbelt somehow got hung up and was cutting into her stomach. Trapped between the airbag and her belt with the water quickly rising and the car slowly sank further into the water. She tried to reach her purse, which had fallen to the floor on the passenger side just out of her reach.
She releases the seatbelt it loosens up but to get caught on something, which left part of the belt still wrapped around her shoulder. She reached for her purse again, catching the steering wheel. The wheel turn causing the tire to move and the car slide further into the canal now was hood deep into the water. She didn't know how long she had before the water would start seeping in. She reached again and grabbed her purse fumbling for her phone, seeing the neatly wrapped box with the dagger. She quickly unwrapped it, the car jerked and the car was halfway under the water, the jolt pushed her forward and the blade slices her hand. Surprisingly the blade was sharp blood dripped down the blade to the handle. Jane didn't have time to be concerned about the deep cut this point she just hopes it was sharp enough to shred through the seat belt.
Water started to creep in the floor of the car and Jane's heart speed up with panic. The airbag was hindering her movement taking the blade pressed the blade against the bag hoping it would just release slowly like a balloon. The air slowly releases giving her breathing room. She had no signal on her phone, calling out for help was no use.
Jane needed to calm herself so she could think, she tried to take deep calming breaths to lower her racing heart and the panic at bay. Her chest was tight with slight pain which didn't help. Jane could now finally hear sirens in the distance. The water pushed against the car trying to carry the car off as it rage all around the vehicle. She couldn’t wait for help; she needed to get out of the car now.
“Please, whoever watching over me let me get out of this alive.” She prayed silently. The dagger still in her hand, she thought that the tip might just be strong enough to crack the window. She smashed the dagger with all the strength she had left. The cracked spread and the window broke, cold freezing water pushing through as she took a deep breath and wiggle her way out. The current in the canal was strong that she fought against it. It spun her around until she didn't know which way was up. A bright light flashed in her face, temporally blinding her and giving her direction, but she hadn't taken in enough air her. Her leg caught on something and she couldn't get free of its hold on her. She jerked her leg up and her pant leg tearing setting her free, the darkness swallowing her whole.
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