When Darkness Approaches

Chapter 1

Niki:

I lay in the bath, waiting. Waiting for the strength to go through with this plan, this stupid plan. It all happens so quickly, but so slowly. I grab the blade sat on the edge of the bath inbetween my forefinger and thumb. Dragging through my skin, the blade digs deep enough to be fatal, but not to leave a gaping wound. A line runs down my arm horizontally, pouring with blood. I start to dip in and out of consiousness as the clear water of the bath slowly becomes a clouded red. Blood running down the edge of the bath and onto the floor. Blood. It's pointless; we just loose it. My eyelids are heavy, and all the pain, guilt and memories leave my body, just as quickly as my blood does. I notice part of the blade is missing. Oh well, I will be dead anyway, so it won't matter.

"Now i can leave this world. Now i am free." I whisper. Suddenly, darkness. When darkness approaches, it's wonderfull.

--- Bank --- 

 Mrs Foster:

"Thank you, have a nice day"  smile until they can no longer see me. Working in a bank does have perks, but not that many. My boss walks over to me in his grey suit and black tie. What does he want now? I put on a smile, and wait for him to start talking.

"Mrs Foster..."

"Yes?"

"I was just on the phone to the hospital... It's about your daughter, Niki. They say it's urgent, and that you need to go there as quickly as possible."

"W...W...What's h..happened?" Panic imediately washes over my body. I know we aren't the closest, but she is still my daughter, and I still love her.

"i don't know, the wouldn't say. However, i believe you should go. I'll get Sarah to cover for you."

I grab my bag and coat then run to the car. I don't think i have ever run so fast in my life. I start to drive.

-- Hospital --

I'm greeted by a nurse sat behind the reception desk.

"Your name please?"

"What? Oh... Um... Mrs Foster"

"Doctor!!!" She calls off to the room behind her, and a young man - early twenties with light brow, boardering blonde hair - appears. 

"Yes?" 

"This woman is the mother of the young girl who was just ammited a few moments ago."

"Ah yes. Right this way ma'am."

He leads me into a corridor where rows upon rows of glass windows looked into patient rooms. He points to one room, and i see my young innocent daughter lying there, unresponsive.

"She is stable, for now. We believe it was an attempted suicide, but we're not 100 per cent sure until we hear her side of the story. Is there anyone who... harm... ex...maybe?... what... bully... friends..."

Attempted suicide? I can't lisen any longer.

"I want to see my daughter."

"I'm sorry, we can't do that at the moment, she is very fragile."

I start crying, and he tries to comfort me by placing a hand on my back. I smack it away and look in his directon, screaming.

"I WANT TO SEE MY DAUGHTER!!!"

As soon as i had said it, machines started to make noises, and I heard the iconic sound of a flatline. Doctors are rushing in and out of the room, but i can't help just standing there. I can't move, my body is frozen. I feel helpless, I couldn't see that my own daughter was hurt, so how on earth am I meant to help her now? Two doctors and a nurse wheel her out of the room and down the hall. All i could catch them saying was that she needed emergancy surgery, and even if she did make it, there would be a very small chance that she would survive a day out of the hospital. I swilvel slightly on my heels to see the bed being pushed through double doors that has the sign "EMERGANCY OPERATING THEATER 2" and i think it was the only movement I had made in 4 minutes.

After six and a half hours of waiting, i could finally se my Niki. 

"She is in a fragile state. She can hear everything you say, but she in comatose."

"Th...thank y...you doctor."

I walk into the room to see my beautiful daughter laying on the bed wiht tubes coming out of her. She looks so innocent, so helpless. How could she? She is perfect.