In all honesty, i can't believe i failed to see this before, It's all so simple.
"It's death." I mutter my hands out in front of me, trying to get them to see what i lay out so clearly
"What?"
"That thing... is death."
"June- you hit your head-" Tom says trying to explain my ridiculous rambling
"NO LISTEN!! What did it tell Bill? That he cheated it. Cheated it out of a life, cheated it out of his soul! It said he wouldn't be able to escape him forever and well..." i trail off hoping to not be forced to state the obvious
"We are all near death survivors, at one point all so close to that fine line that separates life from death. In our experience, we dipped below that line for a fraction of time. It felts like we wronged him for coming back to life... It wants to take us back to below the line. To death."
"Holy shit." whispers Zeke as his hand covers his freckled face, realizing i'm right.
"Why not just kill us all right here then?" Mia asks while dabbing away blood from the back of my arm with a warm washcloth
"Maybe.. it's toying with us?" i mutter in contemplation. What is its reasoning of plucking us off one by one, trapping us while all alone? "Maybe... maybe death is something that has to be gone through unaccompanied. We are allowed each others companionship while alive, but when it tries to take us... we are alone."
"What does this have to do with... me?" Tom worriedly bites the corner of his mouth.
"I don't- i don't know" I admit, shaking my head apologetically. I don't have answers to give him on that part, i'm still figuring all this out myself. The black sheep of the group, he has never seen this thing, only the gashes left behind on Bill and I's bodies. He has never walked the line as we have, what could he possibly be needed for?
"But why is everyone else... gone?" Mia interjects trying to add everything up for herself to fully understand
"I guess, to get us alone... I haven't really figured that part out yet.." i admit
"So, we can still go to Durham... surely other NDE havers will be there. We can't be the only ones left... right?"
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The Chosen.
FanfictionAfter a traumatic experience her senior year of high school and a very unsuccessful freshman year of college, June is determined to make her sophomore year the best one yet. Her eccentric and personable roommate Sloane pulls June from the comfort of...
