Pain. Darkness. Destruction.
Surrounding me, engulfing me, dragging me down into an ocean of despair.
Why? Why me? Why did my life have to be ruined?
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't rather have it that someone else be put through... well, everything I was forced to endure.
I just wish I could have been saved from it all too, the way all the happy, smiling faces around me were granted respite.
Can you really blame me? Even without knowing my story?
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The Taken
Short StoryWhat do you do when life as you know it changes around you? Surrender? Fight back? Or simply let it be, acting like nothing happened, even as chaos reigns supreme, turning your life upside down.