Death #38:
Tunnel of Death
By Steph
“Now this shouldn’t take too long Mr Carter” the radiologist advised
once Nick had removed his clothes and put on the ugly hospital gown and walked
into the examination room. “As we’ve already discussed, the scan will take
about 30 to 40 minutes and you’ll be required to lie nice and still whilst in
the machine. Any further questions?“
“No, I think you’ve covered everything”
“Ready?” he asked
“Sure” Nick replied
He was having a routine scan after leg surgery to correct an
injury he‘d picked up during the tour, just to make sure everything looked as
it should. He wasn’t too worried as he didn’t suffer from claustrophobia or
anything like that. It just looked like a little tunnel. He didn’t get why
people were so freaked out by it, it’s not like you couldn’t see the other end.
Besides, what’s the worst that could happen?
“OK then, if you could just lie down for me and I’ll pop this over
your leg so we can get a better image of the area” the radiologist informed him
as he wrapped something around Nick‘s leg which was supposed to help detect
things clearer whilst in the scanner. Nick did as he was asked and the
radiologist left the room to start the scanner.
Music began playing whilst Nick laid there motionless waiting for
the machine to begin. He closed his eyes and imagined he was on a nice sunny
beach somewhere, with the waves crashing up onto the sand, the sun warming his
skin and a hottie by his side. He smiled at the image his mind had conjured up
as the machine whirred into action and he began to move into the tunnel.
But something wasn’t right.
The stupid incompetent radiologist had mistakenly left a canister
of oxygen in the examination room and once the MRI equipment had started up,
the canister became magnetised. It flew through the air at super high speed and
shattered Nick’s skull in multiple places, brain matter and blood oozed out of
his head and decorated the inside of the tunnel, turning it from clinical white
to a messy speckled red. Particles of skull were scattered all over the place
too. It was a completely gruesome sight.
Needless to say, his death was instantaneous.
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