1 Life Shift
It all started in Henderson, the suburbean area of Las Vegas 9 years ago…
While countless number of people were spending millions of dollars daily in Las Vegas, families living nearby in Henderson barely had money to pay for their children's education... I am- No… I was a part of such a family back then. 17 at the time, this was my first year of high school. I certainly was not one of those 'cool' kids, but I was not a complete nerd either, having a few friends who I always used to go out with. Emma and Jack… I still remember them after all these years. Emma was one of the smartest students at our school, while Jack was a complete opposite, he spent all of his free time on computer games and comic books… and ended up being kicked out of school in December.
Anyway… this has nothing to do with what happened that night on 17th of December. It was last week of the term and everyone was waiting for the holidays to start. Especially I, because every school day was like a cruel torture for me. Morris, captain of school's basketball team always made a fun of me in front of my classmates and even teachers. He was always outlining my physical shape which I have to admit was awful at the time, as I used to weight almost 100kg at the time, but it did not decrease the shame I was experiencing during those days. Luckily, the best part of the day for me used to be evenings which sometimes helped me to overshadow negative feelings I had earlier that days. My parents were one of the few people who truly cared about me, they even took a bank loan to cover the costs of my private high school. That is why I always tried to help them financially as much as I could by working as a waiter in a small cafe at the edge of the city. Although the workplace itself was always full of rude clients, I always enjoyed the view I had on the sky and mountains from there as I was mostly working during shift with my friend Jack. That cafe was the place where my life turned around completely…
That , on 17th of December I went on a night shift alone, as Jack said that he was ill (which surely was one of his thousands excuses to play GTA). After cleaning all of the tables and finishing my work I went outside to enjoy the view. Even though most people do not like nature here, I always loved a view of mountains on the horizon and stars in the sky… If only I knew that could have been my last opprtunity to contemplate beauty of the environment which I always felt a spiritual connection with.
That night was darker than usual… after being outside for 10 minutes I heard something or someone stepping about 100 meters away from me, the steps were very loud and made me understand that something large was approaching in my direction. After a few seconds, I saw 2 large demonic red eyes staring at me from the shadows only a few meters away from me… It was a large wolf – like creature that was about 2-3 meters high and was standing in a human posture on its two legs. Wolf had large claws and fangs and had a terryfing view. I had never experienced such a fear in my life… I was unable to move or say anything… The wolf was slowly walking my way, before piercing its fangs into my neck…
