Angel of Light (A Zak Bagans Story)

Chapter 40: Near Slip

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Chapter 40: Near Slip

Roughly a week and a half later...

We were on the road again, heading to our next investigation. Our destination - The "Queen Mary" - a retired ocean liner that mainly sailed along the North Atlantic Ocean between 1936 to 1967.

It was now considered to be one of the most haunted places on Earth, and permanently docked in Long Beach, California. Long Beach is a little over four and a half hours from Vegas, so we were driving.

The past week and a half since Zak and I had patched things up, had been wonderful.

We had started hanging out again in our free time. Although, with my neck still healing, we mainly just hung out at my place to watch movies, play video games, or just have long, wonderful conversations about life.

The only thing different I had noticed, was that Zak had been looking exhausted and unwell.

It reminded me of how he looked when I first met him, and even though he still kept up the positive attitude around me, there were moments I'd see him sitting in silence, just staring off into space.

After not being able to stand it anymore, I had finally asked him what was going on, and that I was worried about him. He didn't give up much resistance in telling me. Ever since we investigated at Poveglia Island, he had been having horrible nightmares again, and he wasn't able to sleep much.

However, when I asked him what the nightmares were about, he refused to tell me. He'd only get a terrible look of pain in his eyes.

Currently, as Billy was driving on the highway, Zak was passed out in the front seat. It made me wonder why he could sleep peacefully during road trips, but not in the comfort of his own home.

Regardless, I was thankful he was getting some sleep.

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Three hours later...

The drive had been pretty quiet. Billy, Aaron and I talked occasionally, but I think we all knew how much Zak needed sleep, so we kept as quiet as possible.

I was sitting quietly now, with my headphones on, and focusing on a sketch I was working on. I was so completely engrossed in my sketchbook, that all my current worries and fears were temporarily gone.

Since I had worked on the "Uncharted" video game series, I had always been a huge fan of it. And even though I had worked only in the Motion Capturing department, I liked drawing artwork of the characters.

So, currently, I was working on my own image of two of the main characters - "Nathan Drake" and "Elena Fisher" - standing on a cliff that looked over a large body of water. The rocky cliffs were covered by different types of foliage, and I had drawn tropical trees at the top. I had the two of them holding hands, as there was a love story between them.

As I was lightly sketching, planning on doing a full on piece and colouring it in with pencil crayons later, I was listening to music on my phone via my headphones. A new song had just started, and it didn't take me long to realize the lyrics fit my current situation with Zak almost completely.

The song was "Stranded" by Jennifer Paige.

I started to sing along with the song, but only "mouthing" the words, at least I had thought I was only mouthing the words at the time...