The time was 10 O' clock near midnight and the streets were mostly empty with only few cars passing by once in a while, the darkness made it hard to see the road, the streetlights were far apart. Jack's footsteps were stumbling, and he was tumbling while the road around was floaty, his breath had the scent of alcohol, he had a golden watch on his right hand and a suit with a red tie, his eyes looked as though they had never rested.
At an alley a woman's scream could be heard, the alley was few yards away from where Jack was present.
"Help me a robber is trying to rob me..."
She was grabbing her bag fiercely, her heart beating faster with each moment, her grip losing its power, tear drops falling from her eyes, her teeth gritted against each other and her legs barely grabbing on to the ground beneath her.
Jack's ears heard a familiar sounding voice, while being drunk he could barely walk but suddenly his mind and body automatically rushed towards the voice, he saw a familiar looking face while looking at the lady.
Jack's mind quickly changed from being foggy, his body began to move as though it normally does.
His eyes were wide open, his heart skipped a beat, and his eyes were on a brink of shedding tears.
After seeing Jack, the lady loosened her grip a little, her heartbeat slowed down.
"Why are you just standing there... please help me..."
The robber's eyes widened open with fear and shock of someone being there, he started to tear the bag away from her hand with even more of his strength, his right hand rushed in the right pocket of his jacket, he took out a knife and pointed it towards jack.
Seeing this Jack rushed towards the robber with full force, he had a hostile glare on his face. The robber let go of the bag and took a step back, the robber sliced at Jack's face, but jack narrowly dodged it and the swing barely went above his head slicing off few hairs.
Jack Tackled the robber onto the ground, the knife at the robber's hand was on the ground right next to Jack's right hand.
He tried pick it up, but the robber kicked the knife away with his left leg, both of them had the goal of reaching the knife and the lady noticed this, she picked up the knife and tried to pass down the knife to Jack, but Jack was mid fight with the robber and had no chance of getting the knife.
Both the robber and Jack finally had the chance to stand up, the robber instantly took out another knife and went after Jack, seeing this the lady passed the knife to Jack, he narrowly dodged one of the robbers slashes but couldn't maintain his footwork and fell, the robber took this chance to stab Jack on his right hand, Jack's body felt a jolt of sensation so heavy that it made him not even be able to scream properly, his eyes were barely opened properly, his teethes clenching together as if they're about to break, his consciousness fading away but he still didn't let go of the knife, he grabbed the robber's bloodied hand and stabbed his wrist, the robber couldn't hold on to the knife and let out a scream of pain, Jack was laying on the ground while the robber could barely hold himself together and was trying to stand by using the dumpster nearby as support.
The lady's eyes were wide open in shock as her hands were covering her mouth in fear,her legs barely being able to support her own body because of the gravity of the situation. Suddenly at the end of the alley way she could see the light of a car which was driving by,the car was just few yards away from reaching the mouth of the alley,the lady gathered all of her strength and rushed towards the upcoming vehicle with full speed,with each breath she could hear her own heart pounding faster,she didn't dare look back into the darkness of the alley and kept on running towards the light ahead of her,the moment she saw the vehicle her she felt a sense of relief but she knew that no one would notice her in this dark alley so she shouted with every single fiber of her being
"Help me...help me there's a person who got... stabbed"
The person in the car noticed this and stopped the vehicle,to her surprise it was a police vehicle,the doors to the car opened up and a officer came rushing towards her
"Hey are you ok, what Happened?"
She could barely catch a breath,she felt as her heart would pound out of her body but she pulled herself together and took few deep breaths,"I'm fine... there's a person who tried to...save me from a robber and got stabbed..."
"Ok, I want you to please wait here and catch your breath while I will go and check the situation"
"Please hurry"
The officer took out his flashlight and rushed towards the darkness, he reached jack, but the robber had already escaped. There was a print of the robbers bloodied hand on the Dumpster and a trail of blood that led further into the darkness. The officer noticed the trail, but his eyes went to Jack's bloodied up hand that was resting on the floor, while he himself lost consciousness, there was a bloodied knife nearby the dumpster. It was of the robber; he forcefully took it out while trying to escape.
The officer's face Changed expression the moment he looked at Jack, he lost his cool for a second, but he maintained his composure and called for backup.
They rushed Jack to the nearest hospital in a hurry, the doctor noted that Jack shouldn't be at risk of dying and he made a good choice by not talking the knife out of his arm or his bleeding would have been worsened and the situation would have gotten more critical.
The lady and the officer let out a sigh of relief. The officer looked at the lady and asked about the situation.
"I'm sorry I forgot to ask about what happened and if you were ok,but are you ok? And what happened back then. I would like to know all the details if you don't mind at this moment"
They shared information about happened and the officer assured her that he will look into this and try to find the robber.
The lady thanked him and the officer wore his cap wanting to leave but he noticed the expression on the Girl's face
Her eyes were looking at the ground while occasionally glancing at his face,her hands holding each other with both of her index finger twirling with each other.
"Umm.."
The officer Understood the situation well enough,he smiled and asked.
"Yes,do you want to ask me something?'
"Umm..if you don't mind me asking are you always this worried about all the people who you see are in danger or do you know who this man is Personally?"
The officer gave her a serious glance and Said "No I don't mind the question,I personally care for nearly all the people I see in danger but in this case I do know This man personally"
"Ohh I see...umm so..."
Just as she was about to utter another word suddenly the officer's phone rang. He looked at the number and had a worried look on his face
"Umm... yeah I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I will there soon"
"No no I'm getting there right at this moment, I just had a some pretty important case to deal with."
"No I'm not lying just trust me I will be there soon."
He put the down phone and spoke.
"Sorry lady I got to go; I have some pretty important business to take care off. But we can talk about this tomorrow."
"Yeah, ok no problem."
The officer left in a hurry.
The lady sat down on the bench near her and reflected on all that happened to her. She slowly drifted into sleep without even noticing it.
Chapter 1 End