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Chapter Nine

Beep

Beep

Beep

The regular beeping sound everything I heard in the darkness.

I wasn't able to open up my eyes, I still was too tired.

A warm hand grabbed mine and I heard a voice saying something. A familiar voice.

Everything went quiet again.

I don't know how long it was until I was able to sense something again.

The beeping started again.

Beep

Beep

Beep

I forced myself to move my hands, trying to flee out of that stifling, cold darkness.

I heard a voice saying something again, I guess it was my name.

I started fighting against the darkness, feeling the warm hand holding mine, hearing an excited voice saying something.

I saw a weak light and I started pushing through towards it.

I was able to feel the blanket on my legs.

I kept fighting.

My hand twitched. The person next to me grabbed both of my hands, saying something, but I wasn't able to understand through the haze covering me.

The light lighted up the more I came closer to it.

Shadows were trying to stop me from coming closer, but I fought them back.

My eyelids twitched. Someone touched my cheek.

"Co... Chr... ong... Wa...er...!"

These words echoed through the black darkness, covering anything.

I recognized this voice. And I wanted to get to him.

"Chris... Walk..."

It was exhausting to fight through the shadows to get to the light right in front of me.

My breath went fast and I walked slower.

"Come on Christine!"

He yelled this sentence and it echoed back many times.

New energy shot through my body and I started running again, the shadows still trying to stop me.

The light started to pulsate stronger.

It was almost so bright that it hurt to look in its direction.

But I kept fighting.

Arms made out of shadows were trying to grab my arms, my legs, my clothing, just to hold me back.

I yelled in anger, starting to run even faster.

Shadows were left behind the closer I was to the light.

With the last energy I had, I jumped forward and closed my eyes as my body touched the ball of light.

I opened my eyes and took a deep breath. My heart was beating fast and I still was feeling some shadows trying to pull me back into the darkness.

A worried looking man leaned over me.

"Christine...?" He asked.

It was the voice while I was fighting.

"A...Alan?" My voice trembled and it sounded like I hadn't used it for ages.

The man smiled.

"You're back!"