Possum Kingdom - Toadies

The slap came abruptly, but not as abruptly as the sharp thrusts from the blade now protruding from her stomach. The gapping wound gushed onto the grinning face of her attacker. Despite the fact that she was bleeding out onto the ground she could focus with amazing clarity. The shadow fell caressing the left side of his facing stopping short of the bridge of his nose but continuing on past his right eyebrow up into his russet hair made darker by the boat house blocking the rays of the moon from cutting through. The light that did shine onto him bounced off the metallic of the two boats docked off to the west side of the small peer glinting off his exposed teeth. Her blood cascaded in droplets across his chin, some even staining the whites of his teeth. His high cheek bones seemed to raise higher with the prominent smile as if to accentuate the satisfaction he was so obviously feeling at the moment.

The pain hit her like a thousand needles hitting the same spot at once and she involuntarily lunged forward unintentionally taking the knife deeper. Her breath caught in her throat. Her lungs refused to expand and she wasn't sure if it was from shock or she was now feeling the symptoms of her imminent death. She gasped but the air wouldn't come.

Her hands slid up to the knife stopping just short of the blade. She pressed into herself as if to feebly attempt to put pressure on the wound that was currently corked in her lower abdomen. She felt an arm placed softly onto her right shoulder blade and slid its way over to the middle of her back. Was he truly hugging her? He took the embrace deeper and she prayed that it would all be over soon.

With the flick of his wrist the knife twisted counter clockwise and she felt the pain spread to her back. Gasp after gasp of nothing, but her rusty tasting blood filled her mouth. Giving into the faint feeling pushing its way into her head she closed her eyes and rested on his chest. The heaviness took hold and her knees gave out. She could feel her body being lowered to the ground and wondered why she was no longer feeling the pain. The ground blurred and she let go.

"Shhhhh, my angel."