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Arrow in My Shoulder

March 3, 2013
By kbatra SILVER, Needham, Massachusetts
kbatra SILVER, Needham, Massachusetts
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There was an arrow in my shoulder...

One day when I was walking by a busy Starbucks, a man with a bow and a half full quiver of arrows ran by. The man stopped suddenly and started firing arrows in the direction of the Starbucks. Someone screamed and everyone on the street dove to the ground for cover, and some of the people took out cell phones to call the police. The man just kept firing at the Starbucks, but was constantly missing because he had terrible aim, and was holding the bow upside down. There were a few shrieks of terror when arrows whizzed by, but no one seemed hurt.

When the man was out of arrows, he ran into an alley, and no one dared follow him. Then slowly, about 30 seconds later the policemen started arriving with their guns, and handcuffs, and tear gas, but they didn’t have to use it because the man with the bow was long gone.

Now everyone started to get up. I felt strangely tired and I was one of the last to stand, and when I did, I noticed that everyone was staring at me; and most of them looked horrified. I then looked at my lower body, but everything was fine. Then I looked at my reflection in the window of the Starbucks and, to my surprise, there was an arrow sticking out of my shoulder. I slowly turned my head and looked at my left shoulder. Blood covered my new white shirt and, at the far side of my shoulder there was the arrow, laughing at me; daring me to pull it out. I keep staring until I could stare no more. I tried to pull it out, but sudden pain engulfs me. All the pain I have been missing has now returned. I collapse into an engulfing darkness.





Apparently I was in a coma... I was in a coma for seven and a half months. When I woke up everyone was relieved, because they had almost given up on me. But then I noticed... The arrow was still there, taunting me. The doctor tells me that the man with the bow was never found, and that they couldn't operate on me while I was in a coma, in risk of killing me.

I tell the doctors to cut me up and do the surgery. I’d do anything to get rid of the arrow. They listen and operate as soon as they can. They knock me out and remove the arrow.When I wake up I cant move my arm. I tell the Doctor and he does some scans on my arm.

The doctor comes back the next day with terrible news. In the seven months I had been in a coma, the muscle in my arm had grown around the arrow, so I could move again, but when the doctors removed the arrow something terrible happened.

The removal of the arrow had destroyed all the tissue, and tendons, and muscle, and nerves, and much more in my shoulder. If i hadn’t removed the arrow I would be able to move my left arm, but now my left arm is permanently paralyzed. It will never move again.


The author's comments:
This is a sort-of sad story about a man what happens to him. It is a little bit violent and there is a sad ending...

Also a little bit random...

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IMSteel BRONZE said...
on Apr. 28 2013 at 2:43 pm
IMSteel BRONZE, Wallhala, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Learn from Yesterday, live for Today, hope for Tomorrow&quot; - Albert Einstein<br /> <br /> &quot;Brevity is the Soul of Wit&quot; - The Which

Oh, and please comment on my story, The Voyages of the Waved Albatross, thanks a lot!

IMSteel BRONZE said...
on Apr. 28 2013 at 2:42 pm
IMSteel BRONZE, Wallhala, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Learn from Yesterday, live for Today, hope for Tomorrow&quot; - Albert Einstein<br /> <br /> &quot;Brevity is the Soul of Wit&quot; - The Which

An interesting story, a thought off the top of the head it appears to be, but good, all the same.  I like it, though it could use some work, like everything could.  The only thing I recommend is to work on, and it'll be perfect, but otherwise, well done! 

on Apr. 24 2013 at 1:26 pm
Wings10FeetTall GOLD, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
May your words be sharp.<br /> - Christopher Paolini<br /> <br /> <br /> Nobody&#039;s going to wait for you, so do it now.<br /> -Ingrid Michaelson<br /> <br /> <br /> Broken hearts heal, but never the same.<br /> - Jessica Romo<br /> <br /> Idiots rely on luck.<br /> -Sherlock Holmes

This was really interesting. It was a little fast paced, like Guardian said, but it seems like it wouldn't have been as good if you had tried to slow it down.

on Apr. 23 2013 at 5:48 pm
GreekGoddess BRONZE, Andover, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
"The unprepared rebel dies in the fire."<br /> ~unknown

I agree with Guardian, this was a little fast paced, like why was the man shoting at people? Also I think The main character (we don't know their gender either!) needed some personal things in it too (loved one, friend, even enemy) to make it more drawing. It was a good idea though and I enjoyed reading it. The end was so sad and the story line unquie. Good job! 

on Apr. 22 2013 at 9:43 am
GuardianoftheStars GOLD, Shongaloo, Louisiana
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Let&#039;s tell young people the best books are yet to be written; the best painting, the best government, the best of everything is yet to be done by them.&quot;<br /> -John Erslcine

I found it a little too fast paced and I would've liked a little more details.  But the story is entertaining enough and it was very original (I don't think I've read anything like that before). :)

on Apr. 18 2013 at 10:08 am
Cutey-Beauty SILVER, Ulaanbaator, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Soli Deo Gloria.

I like this a lot....could be used as a methapor for something that is removed that a person thought they didn't need-but did actually. Really sad :(