Category : Stories

Sub Category : Suspense/Mystery

Its a rainy gloomy day. I am doing my morning run heading out of town towards the woods. 

The smell of wet soil and leaves are distinct in the air as I near the woods. I feel energized and alive as the endorphins are realised in my body. 

Up ahead something catches my eye in the undergrowth. I slow down and to my amazement I see it is a gasmask. 'What the hell is this doing here' I think to myself. 

Suddenly I hear a sirene going off, like one of those air raid alarms from WW2.  Followed by a small expIosion. I realise it is coming from town. 

'The Chemical facility' is the first though that runs through my mind. 

The Chemical facility have been there for years do they even have a alarm. 'What can it be?' I wonder. 

What do I do? Go back... run away...

I hear people coming towards me.  I see a  big crowd coming down the dirt road. Every single person has a gasmask on. 'What the hell' 

Behind me a man came running out of the bushes. Wild and bewildered he came to a standstill. He haven't got a gasmask on... 

We look at the gasmask.... and then at each other....

Five years later and I am jogging on the same road again.  Memory of that day is still vivid. 193 people died due to the toxic gas that was realised due to a small explosion.

 The trees have never recovered from the toxic gas. Bearing no leaves since that day. 

Leaving a grim reminder of the day I won the fight for my life