Remember me

Your eyes snap open.
U feel a heavy sense of urgency but cannot figure out why.
You soon rise to your feet and begin to walk.
You dust yourself off and try to collect your thoughts.

You can't remember anything.
You panic and begin to yell out and look for any signs of life.

You begin to feel a presence.
At first it scares you but strangely it feels rather familiar to you.
You put the thought to the side and venture through this desolate world.
You analyse your surroundings.
The sky seemed dead and the ground was as lifeless as one can be.
Not even a single blade of grass can be seen.
Almost as if the world was made to be inhabitable.

After hours of walking in the distance you see a stairwell.
You walk toward it.
Almost as a response the world begins to crumble and deteriorate ever so slightly as you walk closer and closer to the stairwell.

You begin to panic and run towards the stairwell.
The world around you begins to shrink and crumble at a critical rate.

You reach the first step and begin to climb.
You take a look behind yourself and notice the ground in the distance is beginning to vanish.
You think nothing of it and continue.

5 steps.
10 steps.
20 steps.

The world at this point begins to shake and thrash almost as if it was in pain.
Foolishly, you continue.

You reach the final step and find a path leading to a doorway.
As you walk closer to the door you feel like you're losing something.
As if something was being pulled right out of your body.

Fearfully you swallow your doubts and venture on anyway.
The world is now gone.
Now it's just you and the door.

You begin to question the door.

“Is this really the exit?”
“Where does it lead?”
“How do I know this won't be a trap?”

You put away your thoughts and reach for the handle.

Almost immediately a figure appears and grabs your hand.
Shocked, you try to pull your hand away but the entity is strong.

The figure begins to drag you down the stairwell and almost immediately the world begins to take shape again.

Now off the stairwell the figure begins to drag you somewhere.
You begin to fear for your life and begin to try to converse with the figure.
“Um excuse me?”
No response.
“Where are we going?”
No response.
“Who are you?”
To your surprise the figure turns to you but says nothing.

It almost felt like the figure was hurt.
Realizing this you say nothing for the rest of the walk.

You soon reach an abyss still with the figure in hand.
You begin to question the figure.

“What is that?” and for the first time the figure responds.

“Home”

“What are you talking abo-”

Without missing a beat the figure shoves you in the center of the abyss.

You turn to look at the figure one last time.
It begins to speak with a rather raspy voice as if it had been crying.

“You don't belong here.”
“You need to return”
“Remember me ok?”

You soon find yourself in a room.

It's bright and cold but strangely filled with life.

As your eyes adjust to the light you notice a woman standing to your left side.
You try to get up but realize your body is broken.

You turn to the woman and ask.
“Who am i?”

The woman begins to cry but reluctantly answers your question.

“Your name is #### and you have just woken up from a coma caused by a traumatic brain injury."

What?
“How is that possible” you think to yourself recalling the events of the desolate world.

You then think about the figure and almost immediately you remember.

FLASHBACK
 
11:28 on a tuesday night

You and your buddy have been drinking to celebrate your admission to a pretty well known college.

You and your buddy decide to head to the store to grab snacks to prepare for a movie.
You enter a fairly empty road on the highway.
You begin to speed to try and maybe scare your friend.
Unbeknownst to both friends a car had lost control of the wheel and it was heading your direction.
With all the strength in your body you swerve to your left to avoid the car but slam headfirst into a tree.

The world begins to darken but even so you turn to your friend.
Your eyes widen and you begin to cry.
He had been impaled by scraps that were peeled off the front of your car.
He knows he doesn't have long left and turns to you and says.
“I love you bro”
“Be sure to remember me ok?”

The world goes black.

FLASHBACK END.

You freeze in place and say nothing.
You look at the women with panicked eyes and begin to scream out in frustration.
You claw at your hair and neck screaming every profanity you can think of.

Doctors rush in and hold you down.
This doesn't bother you in the least bit and you continue screaming.
After a few minutes they put you to sleep.

You soon awake now broken both physically and emotionally and begin to sob silently.

A voice soon creeps in your head

“Its ok”
“I don't blame you”
“Live for me will ya?”

"Remember me"

The voice fades and you're now alone.

You reminisce your childhood with your now deceased friend.

You sob once more

"I'm sorry..."