Lying on his back all he could see was the night sky. He heard footsteps but couldn't
sit up to see who it was. Completely paralyzed, he could move his eyes.
Looking to his right he saw a pair of legs walk by. They neither hesitated nor stopped.
Just walked by.
"This is odd," he thought. "I would expect a small crowd gathered around my mangled body."
Maury felt no pain.
He looked as far to the right as he could, and saw the lady at the bus stop. She didn't notice him, just got right
on the bus. The swooshing air of the closing bus door rang in his ears. The bus was heading toward him and it didn't
look like it was going to slow down.
He looked at the stars one last time, closed his eyes tight and started to laugh. The sound of the tires against
the pavement grew louder and louder. He could hear the engine right above him but felt nothing. He expected to
be mangled by the bus tires, but nothing happened. Opening his eyes, he saw the exhaust pipe of the bus pass overhead.
He desperately tried to move his head to see what his body looked like. Couldn't move a muscle. At this point,
he just wanted to move. He couldn't see anyone, but felt that people were watching him, a weird feeling he couldn't
shake. He moved his eyes around to see if anyone was around, he never saw anyone. He just had that feeling.
He couldn't think of anything else but getting himself to move...getting up. He felt like he was under some kind
of spell and convinced himself that if only he could move...anything, his foot, arm or hand, then the spell would
be broken. He decided on something small. His finger. If only he could move his index finger, then the spell would
be broken and he would be able to get right up. He concentrated on moving that finger. He felt that his life depended
on it. It was humid in the thick summer air and sweat dribbled down from his forehead and into his eyes. Ignoring
the sting, he kept on trying for that finger.
Then he decided to concentrated on the sensation of moving his finger. He tried not to think about it...just do
it. His finger raised an inch and a great fear lifted from his body. Finally cured, he tried to sit up. He couldn't.
The stars in the sky started swirling around as everything started to fade to black. Just as he was losing consciousness,
he heard a thunder crash and from the corner of his eye, he saw a blue flash of energy crawl around on the ground.
