The belt

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It's a tall, dark, beacon of old brick and steel.

Old, dusted Windows climb up to a faded red sign that reads 'pillows for ya' head!'

I reach my left hand to the rusted door handle.
Pulling, and testing its opening.
No use.
It's locked.
Sealed tight as I look towards and around the doors..

Panic starts eating away the little hope left in me.
I scramble to the sides of the factory,
To he left, searching for an opening,
Just more brick.

To the right.
Brick. Brick. Brick. BRICK.

I travel to the back, no door.
But a ladder that leads to the roof.

"Maybe there's an opening on the roof.." I whisper to myself.

I jump up to the ladder, and attempt to pull myself up.
Only to slip and fall on my bottom.

A stupid burning pain films my palms.

"Nugh.... I hate that feeling.."
I rub my palms gently

I look around to try and find something to give me a boost.

Slowly getting up, another stinging blue tint marks the dirty brick wall.

Lifting my jackets, I see once again, my glowing belt.

I flip out, deciding what to do.
"AHHNABJAJABS uhmm UHMMMmmm .. !"

I scramble my legs and get the courage to tap the screen.

As soon as I tap the cold screen, the blue fades.

Sigh.

Great.

I unhand my clothes and step forward.
Forgetting what I was doing.
Disappointment rises with in me again.

A burning feeling emenses from my abdomen.

It starts bleeding pain.

Like a fire marking a lining into lava.
Carving out veins into my skin.

I try and scream, I'm mute.
All I see is a blurry blue and white.
I turn to see my arms, are spread wide out
Little by little, my arm starts... Disintegrating.
From my fingers, down.
They float into little pixels,

adding to the blue blurry mess surrounding me.

The pain
Is pain..
I don't have a word for it.
My vocabulary is too limited for such feeling.

It all stops at once
As if someone pushed me into a pool,..
The cool is rushed throughout my body and my inside heat slowly heals.

I'm so confused, and worried.
I can't see, I can't open my eyes,
I'm too afraid.

As much as I hate the darkness of my mind, it's all that comforts me for now..

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