I was near the intersection on
Barbur &
Hamilton. I don't specifically remember seeing any of the familiar landmarks--
Swan Mart,
the Church, etc.--but I had a distinct impression of where I was; maybe it had to do with the
lay of the land. Anyway...
It seemed to be on the way home from
school; I was, in any case, wearing a backpack. Approaching the
intersection, I noticed a
sizable crowd of people. In the center was a man brandishing a
shotgun, apparently holding hostage another man. The general
hubbub surrounding the
event was accentuated by swerving cars, shouting pedestrians, and general
chaos. I can't remember any of what was said, but at some point the man with the
gun shoved his
hostage into the
fray. The crowd seemed to
disperse, and the man turned to me, pointed his gun, and fired.
Darkness. I got the impression that I was in that
dreamlike post-death state I'd heard about, where my body was dead while my
psyche lived on. My sense of
wonder at this was quickly diminished, however, and I woke up.