-Welcome to Reality-

Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Dreams?

Black.  Everything is black.  I can't see anything, feel anything, say anything, or hear anything.  My thoughts are the only sensation that lets me know that I'm not dead.  Or am I?

Out of no where, a small white dot appears, the size of a dime maybe.  As I stare it, it grows bigger and brighter, and before I know it, everything is white.  There is no telling how long I have laid her like this, maybe hours... even days.  It seems like forever before there is even another clue of what is happening to me.

I now hear a faint ringing in my ears, and with every moment it intensifies, until it becomes almost deafening.  Out of frustration, I rummage the strength to lift my eye lids, just long enough to to take a glimpse of my surroundings.  The moment I do, I am so overwhelmed by this realization, that I can hardly bring myself to do it again a second time.  Yet as they slowly peek open, all my senses rush into play, and I know exactly where I am.  What I can't seem figure out, is how I got here.

 The sky is pitch dark, yet bright lights surround me.  Smoke and flashing colors impair my vision.  I now feel the rough surface beneath me dig into my skin.  Panic suddenly rushes through my veins, and I see my chest rising with every jagged breath.  My lungs feel crushed.  I struggle to sit up but severe pain shoots through my entire body and I instantly slump back down.  A man suddenly appears at my side, he is speaking to me,  but it takes me a moment to understand.

"..... relax okay?..........going to be fine...............are almost here.......hang on.....just hang on......"

I can tell by the buldging veins in his neck that he is shouting these words, but to me they are barely audible.  Then he puts something over my mouth, and a strange hissing sound fill my ears.  

All the while, my head is pounding heavily, it feels as though sharp blades are stabbing my temples.  I lift my trembling hand to touch the side of my forehead, but I do not feel skin as I had expected, in it's place is wet flesh.  As I pull my hand away, my eyes land on the red fluid dripping on my fingers.

My eyes scan down the rest of my body, cuts and bruises cover my arms and my right pant leg is especially stained with blood.  My clothes are filthy.  What happened to me?

Once again the man arrives, looking down on me, and this time a women is with him.  They are both at each side of me, lifting my body onto a smooth surface.  I open my mouth to ask them something...anything, but not a single syllable escapes.  I just lay here, my lips parted, struggling to speak. 

The lady places her hand on my chest and leans in, shouting hoarsely. ".....fix you up just fine...........don't worry.........don't close your eyes........keep them open....."

 But as I hear her speak through the chaos all around me, my eyes begin to blur, and I now see two of everything.  I squint my eyes shut to clear my vision and she repeats again  "...keep your eyes open...."

 I try to do as she says but it seem as though my lids are locked shut.  Suddenly I see the white light appear again before me, and I grip hard onto something at my side, drilling myself not to let go.  This time the light is disappearing and the darkness swallows its whole.

"....stay with us.....come one......stay with us.........."

 The noise begins to fade, and the pain follows suit, leaving me alone with my thoughts again.  

Or so I thought, before I drifted into unconsciousness...

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