Death #44:
Wally-mart Death
By Lenni
Nick
Carter was shopping in Walmart, and in the sporting goods aisle. He was
checking things out, on his day off, as he figured it never hurt to look at
sporting equipment - no matter the store he was in. First he checked out the
basketballs, then the golf balls, and then the footballs - his three favourite
sports.
"Hmm....some of this shit ain't half
bad," he mused, as he twirled a basketball on his finger. "Though, I
all ready have, like, thirty basketballs lying around."
He placed the ball back on the rack, then moved
onto the fishing and camping aisle. If only he'd known it'd be the last aisle
he'd ever see.
He was looking at a fishing pole, when suddenly he
heard a loud crash and people shouting. From what he could make out, someone
had crashed something into the shelving behind him - which would explain the
sound of metal crashing down. He turned and looked in surprise, as the shelving
unit behind him, full of tents and other camping gear, came crashing down,
stopping slighlty as it hit the shelving unit holding the fishing products.
"Holy shit!" Nick gasped, as he was
ducked down, his hands held above his head, as he tried to prevent the shelving
from crashing down upon him. "I've got to get out of here!"
He could hear people yelling for him to get out
and make a run for it, but it was hard to run when hunched over so low. He
could hear the shelving unit holding the fishing gear, buckling under the pressure
of the camping shelving. He ran as fast as he could, glad nothing had landed on
him, when falling off the shelves.
If only he hadn't tripped over a fallen tent box,
he probably would've made it out of the aisle before the shelving came crashing
down upon him. If only he'd thought to run faster. If only the shelving had not
crushed his ribs, thus causing one to rupture his lungs, and cause internal
bleeding. If only he'd never decided to check out the fishing gear. And if only
those idiots had not crashed into the shelving.
If not for all of that, Nick Carter would not have
been crushed to death in Walmart.
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