Keep moving. Don't stop.
She tries to breath but the panic inside sweeps her breath away, and she is left breathless, gasping for air.
Breath. Don't stop. Don't think. Move.
She tries to stand up; get to her feet. Do something over than lay there. But panic is quickly taking over, and she still can't breath.
Move.
She tries to crawl. Her sore and bloodied arms drag her dying torso over the warm concrete, but they give in half way. She's dying.
Don't stop. Don't stop. Don't stop.
She collapses, her whole body giving in to panic. She manages to turn so she is on her back, staring up at the cloudy sky.
Stay awake.
She's trying to, but her sight becomes blurry, and she's struggling to see if the bright light in the sky is the sun or just her.
Get up!
But she can't.
Move for God sake, move!
She takes in one last breath before she her eyes still on the ever-growing light in the sky. Then she's gone.
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Here, wherever here is, is black, numbing, and soundless. Mumbles and bumps in the dark bounce around her like a bouncy ball. Her eyes are just adjusting, so she uses her ears to figure out where she is.
"Get up, for god sake, get up." A voice says. She's floating, moving around in the empty blackness with no real purpose.
"Don't you dare quit on me." The voice says again. Crying. There's definitely crying. "I gave my life to you! And you did too! So don't you fucking dare leave me like this! Not now! Not today!" . There's crying and anger. A thudding sound. Movement. What's happening?
"Wake!...Up!..."A thud follows every word the voice speaks. A numb feeling spreads through her chest. Her eyes adjust to the blackness. Nothing – there's nothing there.
"Not today, Gray." The voice is now sobbing. Sobbing through the numbing darkness that she can't see. "If your still there Gray, panic. Freak out. Just wake up. Your not dead.This isn't the end. Use this as an advantage! It's a reflex!" The voice screams at her, but she can't co-operate.
While she lies in the numbing blackness, a millisecond of a memory flashes in front of her. A shock surges through her. What? Another memory, much longer – about a second. Her, on a table. Another one memory –she's opened up. She can see the body inside her; heart, liver,lungs, brain...
Another shock surges through her body.
Screaming. Her screams. Laughter.
Another shock.
Her screams. Maniacal laughter. Sweat. Crying. Days of darkness.
Another shock.
Locked away. Trapped. Borderline of insanity. Nights spent crying. Screaming for help.
Another shock causes her to jump in the darkness.
Surgery. Lot's of it. Weeks spent inside the white room. The white room...
"Gray he wants this! He wants you dead!" The voice comes with a much powerful shock. More memories. Black eyes. An operation gone wrong. Talon-like nails trace her skin. Water. Drowning. Family gone. Left for dead.
Another shock, so powerful that she almost screams as it passes through her veins, snaps at her heart.
In reality, her eyes snap open, and her body lurches to side.
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PHOTO: Gray
