i see nothing but an abyss of darkness and despair below me.
suddenly i'm falling and i see the bottom. i can't make out what it is. it's purple grass? wait no.. now it's green.
i brace myself for impact. i squeeze my eyes shut. seconds later i open my eyes, i see a bright light. did i die? i didn't feel any pain.
i look down again and see the ocean. i fall in, and somehow i have forgotten how to swim. i frail my arms around trying to get to the surface, gasping for air every chance i get. i breath in a ton of water and my lungs feel heavy. i start choking. i try to cough it out but it only makes it worse. my lungs are burning like hell. my eyes begin going blurry.
  "wake up before they get you to!"

     i fumble around in a panic looking for that voice. i look down and see a little girl around 6. "WAKE UP" she screams. then she fades away. i try my hardest to swim up to the surface. *beep* *beep* *beep* i turn around confused again. i get my head out of the water and everything goes black.
     i can see and hear but i can't move. i see men huddled around me. i hear the talking. i can't make anything out though. I feel a sharp pain in my chest.
I can start to make out what they are saying. The one to my left says "grab it. Squeeze the heart to stop the blood flow" stop the blood flow? And they trying to kill me? Another man says "he's bleeding out!"
I feel extreme pain in the left of my chest. I manage to move my eyes downward. What is see is my chest being cut open and blood squirting out.
How do I let them know that I'm awake?!??
What if they are trying to kill me??
As thoughts rush through my head the only thing I can think of do is to move. Scream. Jump up from this operating table and tell them I'm awake. But how?
I try to move but I'm completely frozen.

The beeping suddenly gets louder and more urgent. The medical staff moves even faster. I hear someone shout, "We're losing him!" Which only adds to my panic. Just then, I realize that i can move a little. Not much, but enough to wriggle my fingers and toes. You feel a surge of hope as you focus all your energy on trying to move your arms and legs. The pain in my chest is excruciating, but i push through it. Finally, i manage to twitch my arm.

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