Phantom origins - Deaths apprentice

Okay so this is the origins of Aidan in my previous story Highschool mate,

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Chapter 1 - Rock bottom

The bright light blinded my eyes, searing heat coursing through every vein.

"Give him another shot---" the voice of authority ordered. Before i could understand the rest of his sentence, i felt a rough pinch in the crook of my arm and darkness consumed me...

Falling, i can feel myself falling but my heavy limbs won't respond. Lungs burn for air, just need one more breath. I know that soon my body will hit the ground leaving my bones in a broken mess, that my strange existence will come to an abrupt end. Before i hit the ground, my eyes snap open and the nauseating smell of blood and vomit invade my nostrils. Gasping for air i tilt my head back, inhaling the putrid smell.

I'm in a large white room with empty gurneys beside me. Blinking rapidly to get my eyes to adjust i try lift one arm. As it comes into view i see dozens of pencil sized, mustard yellow tubes gouged into the flesh. Tearing away the first bunch that were attached to my forearm, i see the redish brown gunge that was in the tubes seep through the circular wounds.

Acid fizzes i the back of my throat as my stomach heaves, spewing the contents of whatever was in my now empty stomach.

What the hell is this place? Where the hell am i?

Freeing myself from the tangle of tubes i get up from the blood stained gurney, my legs not quite stable yet.

A hissing sound comes from behind me and i see an automatic door open. Long legs walk through the open door, and as i look up my eyes rest on a curvy figure, her small waist leads up to an elegant neck and a petit jaw shows off the short brown hair that frames a pale face. Looking to where her arms are outstretched i am shocked to see a tranquilizer gun in her hands. Her face shows no emotion as she pulls the trigger and i feel my vision blurring again. The last thing i feel before i blackout is a shooting pain in my head and i know that there will be more when i awake....

A voice whispers in the darkness, waking me. I open my eyes only to be met by a black abyss,

"O'Dwyer. Aidan O'Dwyer."

Trying to turn my body in the direction the voice came from was almost impossible. My limbs seemed to move in slow motion, weighed down by some force. Opening my mouth to speak, water gushes in, clogging my airways and the saltiness of it burns my throat. Choking and spluttering i raise my head above water trying to find air.

So thats the mysterious force; water. My body is chin deep in water.

Arms outstretched i try feel for a way out. If i take one and a half steps forward i'm met by moss covered brick, the result is the same every way i turn. Well that settles it then, i have truly reached the rock bottom of a well. An old one by the feel of it, the brick is smooth and water worn, and considering the darkness in here it's probably been covered up from lack of use.

"Aidan" the voice whispers, echoing in the confines of the small space.

"Who is Aidan?" i try to ask but my voice comes out broken and raspy.

No answer comes and all that is heard is the echo of my unsteady breathing.

Hours pass and still no answer, my lathargic body feeling even more drained, starved from food and the only fluid i can drink is salt water. My eyelids begin to droop from exhaustion, but i must not fall asleep. No, sleep would only lead to drowning and i refuse to die. I vow to escape this place and once i do, i will never allow myself to become so careless as to be in this position again.

How did i get into this position? What could i possibly have done to drive someone to give these extreme punishment?

More importantly, who am i? Name. What is my name? Maybe i don't have a name?

"Aidan O'Dwyer." the voice stated snapping me out of my sleepy state.

"Who is Aidan O'Dwyer?" i rasp again

No reply again

"Am i Aidan O'Dwyer?" i question, more to myself than the voice.

"Do you know why you are here Aidan O'Dwyer" the whisper demands

"I don't even know who i am, i don't remember anything about myself" i admit

"Who are you? Voice answer me." i shout, more echoes of my request bounce off the walls and a few loose stones on the brick fall in the water.

Cold consumes me and goosebumps rise all over my body. The temperature of the water plummets causing my body to shiver.

"I have many names. Some call me Abaddon the Destroyer, others call me Archangel Sameul, in europe i'm known more commonly as the Angel of Darkness, Lord of the Abyss. Many know of me as the Grim Reaper, but you Aidan O'Dwyer may call me Death."