Missing - Five Minute Freewrite
Missing
The crying came from a distance. A piercing scream, then nothing.
"Where are you?!" My tears stream unchecked down my cheeks and blur my vision. I wipe my eyes with my sleeve as I stumble forward in the deep woods.
"Casey, answer me!" The night answers only with woodland sounds. A swift brush of air above signals a wood owl on the hunt.
My stomach lurches at the thought of Casey out here somewhere alone....amongst predators. The thought of what he faces and the sparse clothing he has on sends me pushing faster through the tangled brush.
"Casey! Casey!" The night answers with a gentle rustle of trees. Its cold, too cold to be without a coat and Casey had just pajamas on when he went missing from camp. I'm sweating in a fur lined leather coat from the exertion. I'm terrified Casey will stop responding to my voice. Miles and miles of dense woodland and one small boy out here.
I shine a flashlight beam into the dark and gasp. Orange eyes glow back at me. Stumbling backwards I feel with my hands for a tree, anything to put between me and the bear. Its musky scent overwhelms my senses. Dear God, help me climb a tree! My heartbeat thuds in my ears. The bear's roar is deafening in the stillness. I hear myself scream.
"Mommy! Mommy!" The bear turns its massive head towards the sound of my son's cry and begins shuffling in the direction of the sound...
"Come here, you fuckin' bear!" I scream barreling from my hiding place towards the massive hindquarters with a knife in hand, "Casey, run!"
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Aaauugghh!! What a place to stop writing! But I've done it myself, so I better forgive you. Hee hee.